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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 April 1918, Page 4

The Oreyiiiont.li Orchestral Society will meet for practice this evening at 7.30.--Advt. ' * The Himu sports, which are tj take place to-morrow,' promise to be a great success, the entries for the different events •being most satisfactory. Special reduction in Books and Ladies’ Handbags are now being offered during Easter Week at A. E. Kilgonr’s. &-» visitors to town should avail themselves of this opportunity. View my window display, and then step inside to see our large and varied slock. —Advt A resident of Burn, a young man named Edward Chamberlain, Clio is home from .camp on final leave, met with a painful accident. He was walking along with‘a, loaded gnu in his hand, when he stumbled- over a log. His foot canio hi contact with the, trigger, exploding the gnu. which blew ■ off two lingers of his right hand. He was removed to the Grey River Hospital, wlieie he is making satisfactory progress. Bowlers had another big day yesterday, when about 30 devotees of “kitty” played a pairs tournament. The green was in splendid order, notwithstanding the lain on Sunday, and excellent plaVjwas the re suit. T. Jones looked all the way a winner in the skip section with 4 wns, but went down in the last game, and Buck scoring a win finished up with 41, to his credit, and the winner of his section. W. Mcllroy won every game, and thus eerily won the lead section. As on the 1’ rid ay the winners donated their prizes to the Rod Triangle Fund, the fund thus benefiting to fbe extent of £2 11s as a result of the Easter bowling tournament. Both da vs were most enjoyable, those playing being loud in their praise of the green. For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peeper■mint Cure. Never fails. 2,6. Advt.

On the Hokitika bowling green yesterday, Blank beat Boyd, 17 to 14- Blank beat Stevenson, 13 to 11, Blank is th*3 singles champion, Stevenson held cnampionship for four years previously, Clank and Boyd played a close game. Wanted Known.—B. Dixon, Bookseller, Greymouth, lias now opened up a new stock of well-selected Leather Hand-Bags, practical shapes, lined with leather. Prices 6s 9d to 37s 6d each. —Advt. At the Polite Station this morning,, before “.Mr F. 1L Kilgour, J.P., Char lets Tomlin alias C. McDonald was agau* brought before the court, charged that on 27th day of March, 1918, at Greymouth, with intent to defraud by certain false pretences, to wit, a valueless cheque, drawn on the Bank of New Zealand,, Christchurch, for £lO, and falsely representing that lie. had money in the mink, that he did obtain goods from C. Smith, Lid,, to the value, of £1 14s sd, and cash £8 5s 7d, less 6d exchange. Sergeant Simpson, who appealed for the police, stated that at the present moment they were not prepared to go on with the charge, and asked for a further remand till Monday, Bth April. The remand was granted, bail being allowed in two sureties of £SO each. The bail was not forthcoming. Some drops of Na/.0l on lump sugar instantly soothe sore throats and remove huskiness. Equally effective for coughs and colds. Sixtv doses 1-6. Get genuine Nazol.—Advt. Writing of the late Sir Jr.hn Mrrddtti (Chief Justice of Victor!i) as a judge, the Melbourne “Age” says: Hi# kuof picturesque phrasing was a source of keen delight to the legal fraternity. ’ In one judgment ho referred to a runaway thief as an “evanescent spieler.” A discursive pleader at the bar he said -hud “circumnavigated the entire globe of irrelevancy.” An untruthful witness ho descriebd as a “facile and fairly re sourceful liar.” One day he pulled up King’s counsel abruptly in his . argument by exclaiming “Absurd!” Counsel congratulated him on having pronounced the shortest judgment he had • ver heard. The real judgment, which came afterwards, was much longer, and it was in favour of this counsel’s client. Ho was in the habit of engaging in controversy with members of the bar, • but be was seldom known to give what lawyers sometimes facetiously call an “interim judgment” in the course of an action. He was notably severe in cases of offences against the weaker sex. Erring husbands, to bis mind, dc- : served to .be “flogged with scorpion# through the streets.” Thrifty wives and “No Rubbing” Laundry F.ilp inseparable. “No Rubbing” banishes washboard slavery. W. Partitt and Co.—Advt. A London correspondent states that the New Zealand proposal to compel capi . talists to subscribe to the war loan in proportion to the amount of their income ' tax has created a good dealMf interest in financial circles in Great Britain. It Ims bpen loosely described as “conscription of : capital,” and Mr Harold Cox takes “The. i Times” to task for the heading Capita j • Conscription Experiment,” under whieii . they print a letter from their New Zcalan i correspondent on the last local loan. Mi ; Cox points out that this heading is qniu* misleading, inasmuch as the text shows . that the New Zealand experiment is u«t conscription of capital at all, but a scheme ; for compelling people with large incomes to convert a portion of those incomes HI to capital hearing a fixed rate of interest, or > alternative!v -to pay an increased income tax. This* he points out, “is the vci via ■ verse of the proposal which Mr Bonar Law , advocates.” The “Liverpool Daily ' Courier” remarks that the New ZeManu proposal “is certainly the least ob jection - • able form of conscription of wealth yet » mooted, and has something to commend it. if lt were confined to those people who . have refused to lend their money to the State.” ’ ]lani#h -’oughs and colds and save ' i \T,.*nL Ei ah teen pen co

money by using iw.m. ■■ • buvs GO doses— enough to cure the whole ? bad-cold family.- Get genuine baizol.— ; Advt. t' ’“Buttercup” and “Mac Creature” worn ) found by Judge J. H. J>. Murray Lieuteur ant-Governor of Papua, to be the names of two native chiefs of the Gogodara tm’c 1 which lie recently visited (says the Mel--1 honrnc “Herald”). The tribe lives he- ’ tween the Banm and Fly rivers. He i ma.de enquiries regarding these mitn i 1 sounding names. He found that Buttei- , cup" was the man’s real native name, „ and that the natives pronounced it as Britons <ln. Ho was puzzled over [Mar 1 Creature ” and summed up the position - with' the' remark; “Mac Creature is more -of an approximation.” The. Gogodara. I although uncivilised, have managed to , provide themselves with lamps . am candles. Lamps arc generally made of I stone, and arc hollowed out in the ecu '« 1 to receive a resinous substance called ’ gagaha. It burns brightly, -hut quickly, i and has a pleasant smell, which has the , gratifying effect of driving away mosque | toes. The candle consists of a of wood called garnho. It burns brightly. " and gives very little smoke. “If a man \ wants a. cocoa nut at night.” savs Judge b Murray. “he a piece of lighted ■ gar;\ho into the trunk of a cocoanut palm. , and can then climb up and select his nut ; without -difficulty, for the palm is illuminated as brightly as if it were day. 5 Easter Post Cards, with suitable verses. 1 Glossy Coloured 2d ’and 6d each. Glossy, i Black and White 3d each. For safe at ; B. Dixon, Tainui Street, Grey mouth Advt. . A legal point, on which, it is stated, no ■ previous has been given in New Zealand, was recently raised in the Magistrate's Court, Pukekohe, the magistrate Mr Wyvern Wilson, being called on to determine whether a confession of debt and payment of the full amount claimed was to he automatically followed by judgment being entered for the plaintiff, "thus coneluding the action. The case at issue concerned a share-milking- dispute, the milker claiming from his employer £SO in ■ respect of his share of the defei red' payments made by the New Zealand Dairy i Association last season tq the employer, i The latter had “confessed” judgment, and 1 paid the amount claimed. O.n behalf qf the plaintiff, Mr A. Hanna stated that, isnlg • sequent to the issue of the summons, the plaintiff found that £95, instead of £SO, was due to him, and lie asked the court to set aside the judgment, if such was - the natural sequel to payment, and to allow the claim to ho amended. Mr J. ,G. Tlad<3ow for the defendant, contended - that, on a confession, the clerk of the court was forced 4b enter judgment, which ended the proceedings. The magistrate has. now given his''reserved decision, and he sets out. that, under the provisions of the Magistrate’s . Courts Act, a judgment- may be elite red/by the clerk of the court cn a plaintiff’s' application - , with the written consent of a defendant. In Hie present instances, .the plaintiff had not sd applied :■ consequently no judgment existed, and thus plaintiffs'application for the judgment to he’ set tujide was superfluous. The magistrate "granted the plaintiff power to amend his claim,-and fixed the next , uurt day for the hearing. The man who causes two - blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a public-benefactor. What then- is to be said of those who establish a successful local industry, finding employment for many hands, developing the latent resources of New Zealand and keeping the .money here. Look at what Hawke’s Bay is doing. This province is the home of the New Zealand tobacco industry. It produces “Gold Pouch” and ‘‘Three Diamonds,” two brands which for flavour, fragrance, small percentage of nicotine and all round excellence are unbeaten. Prices have not been increased, and a big stout bag can ho had for Is, same as before. —Advt. * . 1