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LOCAL AND GENERAL

A big deal in sheep is reported to . nave taken, place up the Main Trunk lino (says the.'Manawatu Daily Times'). The vendor is a farmer in the vicinity of Waioru and the purchaser a Wanganui resident. It related to a line of 6,C00 ewes, and the price paid is said to be £2 6s per head, or a total of £13,800. The sheep are, to be kept by the. vendor until after docking and shearing, the lambs and wool being the property of the purchaser. A letter received in Christchurch from a private in the Otago Battalion says : "The boys are-as proud as Punch. We had a small canning party out in 'No Man's Land,' protecting a wiring party, when suddenly some Huns appeared, and bombed four of our boys. Three were hit, but not seriously, but they , stuck to it, and succeeded m killing one Hun and capturing another, bringing him over the parapet m quite good condition. He was brought to the O.C. as if he were a regimental pet. The boys were a bit excited, because he is the first Hun captured by the New Zealanders." Two little children were observed to

be taking coal from the railway wharf at Wellington on Saturday morning, and ft constable tried to arrest them (says the Wellington 'Times'). There were about 300 waterside workers in the vicinity at the time, and a mob of them attacked the constable, and a rough-and-tumble ensued, in which the children were enabled to escape, making off as fast as they could. The incident looked as if it would have a serious ending at one time, but nothing further happened, except that the constable was hooted by the watersiders. The weekly meeting of the Roslyn Band of Hope was held on Friday night m the Boslyri Baptist Church, when the Rev. S. Jenkin presided over a large gathering. The programme was a good one. Those who contributed items were : iUute solo, Master Harold Beath; dialogue, Messrs Rene Oliver and Nellie Tyrellj duet, Misses Florrie and Rene Macintosh; solo. Miss Lorna Stokes; recitation, Miss May Sinclair; solo, Miss Myra Williams; recitations, Misses Jean Thomson, Kathleen Heenan, and Gracie Scherp. Mr Jenkin spoke a few words on 'Temperance.' He pointed out that temperance" meant something more than just abstinence from strong drink; it meant something fuller, wider; in Bhort, it meant self-control—control over temper, tongue, and appetite. _ Lord Beresford would deport all aliens, irrespective of sex. In a letter sent to a meeting held on Tower Hill to urge the Government to take steps to intern all alien enemies, he wrote :—" The German alien peril is most pronounced. A German is always a German, naturalised or not, and we appear to be favoring these enemies to the prejudice of our own people. I am firmly of opinion, and have been since the beginning of the war, that all German aliens, male and female, rich and poor, should be interned or deported. It is only the force of public opinion that will bring this about. Ordinary common sense should show that it is necessary for the safety of our own peoi nu At if s P ecial mating of the London Chamber of Commerce a resolution was carried—" That the chamber request all German and» Austrian members, whether naturalised or not. to resien and that m future the London Chamber of Commerce shall be for British-born members and members of allied and neutral countries only." In the Supreme Court at Palmerston

JVorth yesterday, before the Chief Justice, ihomas Stanley Madge appeared on a charge of the manslaughter of Mr and Mrs Growdy, who were killed as the result of a railway accident at the Taonui railway crossing, in which a train and a motor car, driven by Madge, came into collision. J. D. Evans, one of the paesengers, said he considered that Madge was a most careful driver. If he had not been so careful the accident might not have happened. If he had been going faster he would have got over the line before the engine came. Ho did not hear a whistle. The driver and fireman on the express which came into coPision with the car gave evidence as to blowing the whistle and pulling up the train. The defence contended that Madje had taken everv precaution, lhat he had not heard the whistle, and that he had looked back three chains away from the crossing. Further evidence was given as to Madge's good character and carefulness as a car driver. His Hcnor laid the jury had to find whether the accused had taken reaeorable precautions and care. There was no suggestion that the accused had acted wilfully. The jury returned a verdict of Not guilty." t In the Magistrate's Court at Wellington yesterday Joseph Boucher was charged with haying, on Jnlv 22, shot at Arthur Durlmg with intent to do grievous bOQily barm The affair arose out of disagreement* in Boucher's house, where Durliri£ :«. .fdcd, Boucher was committed for

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Evening Star, Issue 16195, 17 August 1916, Page 10

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Evening Star, Issue 16195, 17 August 1916, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL Evening Star, Issue 16195, 17 August 1916, Page 10