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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 27, 31 January 1919, Page 8

There was only one bankruptcy in the City of Wellington during January.

Marauders paid a visit to the Wellington Boys' College Observatory during the holidays, and, besides doing a considerable amount of damage, took several things away. In reporting the matter at the meeting of the Board of Governors this morning, the Chairman (Mr. W. F. Ward) stated that the miscreants broke into the building and stole various things. The damage would have to be repaired. The secretary (Mr. C. V. Powles) said, the building being locked, the visitors got in through the Toof by prising up the galvanised iron. It was decided to repair the damage and to repaint the observatory at a cost of £2.V 10s 6d.

This afternoon, at the usual parade of the local police at the Central Police Station, Constable Cleverley was presented by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. O'Donovan, with the Eoyal Humane Society's certificate for his heroic act some eighteen months ago, in endeavouring to save the life of Cornelius Boyle, from drowning. Boyle, who ■ was a fireman on the 6teamer Divon, fell into the harbour and Constable Cleverley jumped into the water fully clothed and supported the man for twenty minutes, until further help' came. Boyle subsequently succumbed from shock.

A regulation just issued provides that " warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the R.N.Z.A. or N.Z.P.S. who, three months after landing in the Dominion, are declared by a Medical Board to be still unfit for active or homo service will be discharged from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and r.cahsorbed into the R.N.Z.A. or the N.Z.P.S. with their rank and seniority therein, when their cases will be considered by Headquarters with a view to their retirement on superannuation, and when application may be made by them for a pension under the War Pensions Act, 1915, and its amendments."

"Vendors must understand that every can of milk must be up to standard/1 said Mr. F. V. Fraier, S.M., when Ernest Cook, charged with selling milk deficient in fat (2.8 per cent, instead of 3.5 per cent.), said that the milk from his farm was put in tie can direct from the cows, and that the only explanation he could give was that the "stoppings," which would be richer in fats, had gon» into one can.. "It is no us© having a good milk system unless everyon* plays his part." If some cows were rich and others were poor, it was by no means sure that the milk would be mixed to produce a standard quality before it was retailed. Mr. J. Tudhope, of th» Crown Law Office, said that the defendant had a very good record as a, vendor, for the sample complained of vu the first out of 14 found to be below standard.. A fine of £3 and £1 18s 6/ ooat* wm imsoeed.