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Evening Star, Issue 19953, 24 August 1928, Page 6

Aceovdim.; to a Christchurch Press Association telegram a petition to declare J. B. Batchelor a solicitor, bankrupt was lodged in the Supremo Court vestorday. [Batchelor was stated in a previous message to owe £O,OOO, and a warrant issued for him has not yet been executed.] As chairman of the public meeting held on August 2 in the Trades Hall Mr John Gilchrist forwarded the followi»! resolution, carried with the hope that it would receive the earnest consideration of members, to last night’s meeting of the Hospital Board : —“ That this meeting is of the opinion that a ease has been made out to justify the readrnittanco of Elliott Staudficld to the Benevolent Institution, and _ requests the Hospital Board_ to reconsider its previous decision.” Without discussion and on the motion of Mr J. AV. Scnrr, seconded by Mr D. Larnach, tho letter was merely “ received.” The overland express to tho AVest Coast ran into a hurricane at Springfield yesterday morning, causing a delay of ten minutes. So terrific was the force of the gale in the district that outhouses wei'i blown' down, plate-glass windows broken, and other minor damage done. A torrential rain was experienced at Arthur’s Pass and Otira. —Christchurch Press Association telegram.

The New Zealand Political Reform League has been holding a conference this wee.M at which Mr Coates and most of the Ministers delivered addresses. A number of remits were considered, some of which were sent on to the Dominion Executive for consideration and action. Members .affirmed their continued confidence in Mr Coates and the Government, expressed the conviction that they would' win through at the coming election,— Press Association. •

At 10.40 last evening the City Brigade turned out to a chimney fire in Pacific street, Roslyn. No damage was done. Word was received to-day that the ‘ County Press ’ office at Arrowtown was destroyed by fire last night. The building and contents wero insured in the South British Office.

Special jurors u'il] not now be required for the case of James Lamb v. the Crown, it having been settled out of court. The claim in the case was for £834 7s general damages and £165 13s special damages for alleged negligence in respect of the driving of a motor car.

Mr and Mrs L. W.yllio escaped from tboir house in Cobden street in their night attire when tho building which they occupied was discovered in llames early this morning. 'Nothing was saved. -Gisborne Press Association telegram.

The postaUiUithontics advise that tuo Makura from San Francisco is duo at Wellington on Monday next. The vessel has 170 bags of mail and lifty parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The letter portion should reach hero on Tuesday aud tho balance later in the week.

A question that tho ‘ Star ’ is asked to answer is “ When was the late shopping night in Dunedin changed from Saturday to Friday?” Tho reply is that a ‘ Gazette ’ notice signed by tho Hon W. F. Massey changed the halfholiday from Wednesday to Saturday on June 1, 1915. This automatically fixed Friday as the late shopping night. A small but very neat marble monument carrying an inscription in Cbiueso letto-' '.g is being put over tho grave of Joe Shen, at Anderson’s Bay, by his compatriots in Dunedin. The memorial was worked at the yards of H. S. Bingham and Co. A Dunedin amateur gardener writes to give a tip about slugs: “ I have tried all sorts of recommended dodges—lime sprinkliim night searchings, etc.—and got the best results from a process that is perfectly simple Smooth the soil surface, damp it. lay carrot refuse, such as tops or scrapings, nnd cover with a bag thick enough to exclude light. Lift the bagging each morning, pick up your slues, and replace tb* cover. In a week or two you will catch the lot. without toil or expense.” In addition to the damage already recorded (reported on another page), last night’s storm at Mew Plymouth unroofed four out of eight shops in course of erection in Devon street for Mr Fair, of, Foilding. The iron covering seems to have been sucked off by the wind, and tho wooden rafters were smashed into matchwood. The other shops escaped, but the double chimney of an adjoining hoarding house was blown off and the roof damaged,—Press Association.

At Wellington. Eric Albert AI gar, a builder, was lined £5 to-day for Failing to make an income tax return. Warncs and Stephenson, printers, were fined £lO for not furnishing a return in 1926, and £5 for a similar omission in 1927. Reginald John Foss, a schoolmaster at Levin, was lined the minimum of £2 for not furnishing a return for 1028.—Press Association.

For spectacles that soothe the c.cs consult W. V. Stunner, D. 5.0.1., G.A'O.C., 2 Octagon. Our business is exclusively optical.— LAdvt.j