TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17815, 13 June 1918, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The Minister of Defence has been advised that another port has been reached by a troopship carrying the Thirty-eighth Artillery and EngineersAnother troopship, with tho Thirtyseventh Specialists and 1) Company of tho Thirty-sevenths, has arrived at a port of call.

Eleven deserters and absentees, principally from tho West Coast, wero sent to camp last evening under escort. At tho Police Court at Auckland yesterday, Aug..st Ockcrstrom milk vendor, was charged that he sold milk containing addeu water. Evidenco was given that an analysis showed 15 per cent of added water. Tho milk originally was very rich. Defendant was lined £2O, the conviction to bo advertised-

The case of Herbert Bromley, butcher, of St Albans, v. Stewart Barr, dealer, of Hare wood Road, a claim for £#U damages in connection with tho loss of a torse, duo to an accident Letweon the gigs of tho plaintiff and defendant, was again heard in tho Magistrate's Court yesterday. At tho first hearing Mr T. A. B. Bailey had given judgment for the defendant. This decision was upset by the Supreme Court on appeal. Yesterday Mr Bailey was called upon to assess damages and costs, and ho allowed £l7 10s damages and costs and expenses. Mr Twyneham appeared for Bromley ana Mr Johnston for Barr. During the past two years tho Government of South Australia has had attached to its Civil Service an expert in town planning and housing. Tho Attorney-General, the Hon H. N. Barwell, announced recently that tho Government had decided to maintain town planning as a separate and permanent department of the State under his direction, and as a preliminary to this tho services of Mr Charles C. Heade (who organised and carried through the Australasian town planin 1914 and 1915 on behalf of tluj Garden Cities and Town Plan ning Association of Groat Britain) have been engaged for a further term of two years as Government Town Planner. Mr Rcade will be an officer of the first class in tho professional division of tho Public Seivice.

A deputation from the Wharenui School _ Committee, headed by Mr T. rlaberfieid, chairman, waited on Mr John Jamicson, chairman of tho Education Board's Building Committeo, last evening and entered a strong protest against the failure of the board to remedy tho defective heating apparatus 4ii the Wharenui infant school. It was stated that the brick building was very cold on frosty mornings owing to tho hot-water radiator system producing only 40 to 46 degrees of heat, or on one occasion 50 degrees after all-night firing. These conditions had ruled for the past three winters, and the committeo was determined that something should bo t'one to make tho building comfortable for the children for the remainder of this winter, Mr Jamieson was in sympathy witli the request, and promised to send out an independent expert on the following morning to report, with a view to putting matters right. He also thanked tho deputation for coming to him direct with its request. A fish story which has the merit of being true comes to hand in a letter recently received in Dunedin from a captain in tho R.A.M.C. now serving with tho Forces in Mesopotamia, states tho "Otago Daily Times." It gives an idea of tho extraordinary size to which fish may attain in tho Euphrates River. "Our fisherman, a regular 'bad hat,''-' says tho captain, "created a small sensation a few days ago by marching in with tho most enormous fish—probably a record for the country-—l've ever seen. He had taken it on a length of telephone wire with a hugo triple hook and n primitive bait of flour pasto, but it had required eight strong men to haul it out. It turned out on measurement to be 6ft lOin long, with a girth of 4ft, and it weighed 2141 b. We wero tremendously generous, handinc it but freely to mix Indian and British personnel, and yet there has been enough left to "ivo its a fish course at every meal since. These big Euphrates fish, contrary to what; might b e expected, mako most excellent eating—never coarse—in fact. the larger they aro tho bettor, for the bones in the smaller ones aro a painful nuisance."

Some discussion took place at the meeting of th o Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association yesterday ever tho proposed remit to tho Agricultural Confeiencc, that no further conferences bo held during war time. Mr C. H. Elisor said that he thought the conferences should meet in war time. It was most essential that tho production of the country should be kept -up, f.nd tho conferences nltrays did something useful in that direction. He suggested that the conference should meet in com'unntion with a committee from the Efficiency Board. Tho agricultural societies did not exist just for the purpose of holding shows. They represented an efficient part of tlio com•"uuitv. and thev should try to increase their efficiency by holding these annual conferences, at which something useful was always learnt. Mr J. Deans said 'hat he was responsible for tho remit. Tlio reason he had made the suggestion was because nothing was done at these conferences. Tho delegates jnsf went there and talked. Sir George Clifford said that he also was in favour of tho remit. IT e had attended conferences, but tho onlv thine about them that had impressed him was their uselessness. Tho discussion at these conferences generally degenerated into disorder, so that no one bad anv idea of what was ?oin<r on. Tho chairman 'Mr T*_ 4 W', T/Ocbbond) also expressed the opinion that tho remit was along <hc right linos. After further discussion it was decided to alter the remit to read: '-That the conference at arising adjourn sine die." That tickling cough speedlv yields to I/oasby's Stop Tt. Suits young or old. Chemists and stores. " 2X Tho N.Z. Express Co.'s new five-ton motor lorry, carrying furniture and merchandise between Christchurch and Ashburton, is competing successfully with tho railway. Inquire for rates. X2 The week-end salo of home-made food supplies at the Red Cross Sales Depot in Cathedral Square will be bi charge of the Cashmere lied Cross Sranch, who will have on offer the usual supply of delicacies, etc. They will also have on exhibition, in a tent in the Square, a model of a stage"coach used by Cobb and Co. in the sixties. 1898

No men wore offering for the stokehold in the steamer Pateena on Tuesday, and the vessel is held up indefinitely. At the present time there is no prospect of a settlement of the dispute. It is understood that the Labour Department has considered whether or not tho men have committer! a breach of tho law. As the incident is really more concerned with the War Regulations governing work in essential industries than with the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the question will be referred, in all probability, to tho Crown Law Office. Tho matter has not yet been considered by the officials of that office

Tho long-standing correspondence botween the Railway Department and various local bodies in Christchurch relative to the Styx railway crossing was advanced another step last night, when tho Automobile Association received a letter from tho General Manager of Railways stating that it was not desirable to place tho warning bolls far from the crossing, as they were used as a warning to pedestrians as well as drivers. Rolls similar to those at Styx, the letter added, had been heard 100 yards distant against a wind. The reading of the lotter was received with laughter, and it was formally resolved to nlaco it in the association's " archives/'

At yesterday's meeting of the executivo of the Canterbury Patriotic Fund, Mr H. A. Knight brought boforo tho meeting a oaso in which a, bequest by a soldier killed in action, of £342 to the Patriotic Fund had been held by the Crown to bo subject to duty. H« considered this was quite wrong, as tho Patriotic Funds had saved the Government a vast amount of capital expenditure. It was hard that when a man gave both his life and his property to his countrv the Government 6houlu exact taxation on his estate. It was resolved to refer tho matter to the Advisory Board, with a request to make representations to the Government on tho subject.

Various suggestions for the improvement of motoring in the city were made last evening by members of tho Automobile Association. Mr F. D. Kesteven said that the improvement effected by the City Council in the bumpy tramway crossing at Victoria Street bridge was so much appreciated that be hoped the council would go on and improve other crossings, notably the one near tho Oxford Hotel and the Colombo Street and Ca&heJ Street intersection. He suggested also that tho isolated drinking trough opposite the Pioneer Club might be moved a little to leave a. clear space for traffic. The suggestions met with hearty apnroval, and it was resolved to write to the City Council on the matter.

The "Evening Post" reports that on Saturday night, between eight and 9.30 o'clock all the bedrooms on the top floor of a hotel were entered, the portmanteaux of the lodgers ransacked, and a number of articles stolen. In several cases where the portmanteaux had been left locked they were found ripped open, and the contents were spread about in disorder. The person or persons guilty of the thefts were ovidontly familiar, with tho customs and arrangements of hotels, and selected an hour when hardly anyone would bo about that* part of the premises. The bedrooms hi an upper storey floor of another hotel were also "gone through" in a similar manner at about the same time, and boarders were robbed of some of their money and jewellery and other valuables.

Sitting in divorce iv Wellington on Tuesday, says the " Post," rrs Honor M r Justice Hosking heard the case of Gertrude Emma Stewart v. Harbert James Stewart, an application for divoroe on the ground of respondent's adultery with one Rosa Moon, a domestic servant in his employ. The parties were married before the Registrar in Wellington on April 7, 1901, and thereafter lived at Murchison, Nelson district, where it was alleged the adultery took place. Petitioner said that since March, 1917. she had lived with her mother at Christchurch. His Honor granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months, with costs £25 and disbursements against respondent, and custody of the one child to thfc petitioner. Mr 0. T. J. Alpers appeared for tho petitioner. The respondent did not appear, and was not represented by counsel. At tho conclusion of the first ballot of Class O in Wellington on Tuesday, good-humoured reference was made by the Mavor to tho fact that the Government Statistician (Mr Malcolm Fraser) h- d bren " caught'' (says the " Post.") There will be no need for anybody to appeal, at this stage, on Mr Erasers behalf. Though ho is of military age (within the limit of forty-six years), according to the strict letter of tho law, he is " out of bounds " according to tho practice of Medical Boards, which do not accept men who are more than forty-four years of ago at the time when they are drawn in the ballot. As Mr Fraser has turned forty-five, ho will bo automatically classed C2 as long as tho present rule remains in operation. This practice has been in vogue somo time. It is based on the experience that, on the average, the age of fortyfour years is the outside limit for active service conditions. In Great Britain —even with all the stress and after all tho crises—tho ago of eligibleness has not yet gono above forty-one for active service. Men are accepted above that a g G _but only for home servico or garrison duty.

\ case at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr T. A.. B. Bailey, S.M., prosented some unusual features. A seaman of a vessel now in Lyttelton was proceeded against by the captain of the ship for desertion, whilst tho captain of tlio ship was proceeded against by the seaman for tho cancellation of his (tho seaman's) articles. Mr Sargent, who appeared for the seaman, applied for an adjournment on the gewnd that his client was ljing ill at the Timaru Hospital. Ho said that the seaman, who was a Maltese, was subject to epileptic (its. Mr Sargent said ho did nob know anything about the charge of desertion. His client had not attempted to conceal himself, becauso ho had come before the Magistrate and laid tho information against the captain. Ho thought it probable that this charge of desertion was in the nature of a counter-blast from tho captain. Ho did not know how the man had got into tho Timaru Hospital, but the fact was ho was there, and the caso could not go on until he was discharged. Mr Beswiclc said that the man had deserted. With regard to the application for a cancellation of articles, the War Regulations made such a step impossible. Mr Sargent said that it was almost useless for his client to go back on the boat, becauso if ho were sent aloft ho would be ;.n danger of falling down in a fit.. The Magistrate said ho weald adjourn the case for nine days.

Special notice to every man of the Second Division. Ask tho wife to order a soz tin of St Georgo Sandwich Paste at the grocer's; specify Ham and Chicken, or Ham and Tongue. You'll vote the flavour to be just fine—so will mother and the kiddies. fit Georgo paste is pure, delicious, and rich in food-value. A soz tin contains twice as much as usual. 8 "Do the duty that lies nearest thee." —Carlylo. Your first duty is to your health. Baxter's Lung Preserver is best remedy for coughs, colds, chest, bronchial troubles. Largo bottle 2s. Chemist or Store. 3 Before going out in cold, wet weather, take NAZOL on sugar. This will keep coughs and colds away. Thousands uso NAZOL. Sixty doses Is (3d. 5 Akaroa's beautiful harbour. Enjoy its perfect autumn and winter nerve-rest-ing climate. Modern accommodation, and glorious motor drive from Broadway's, Christchurch ; 25s return- •**

The secretary of the Canterbury Automobile Association has been advised that motorists travelling through the Greta at night should be careful. AH motor traffic crosses the two new bridges. The fords are now impassable for motors.

In answer to an inquiry by the CantAfVmrv Automobile Association at the instance of Mr J. S. Hawkes, the American Consul-General at Auckland (Mr A W Winslow) has forwarded a quantity of printed matter on the subject of concrete roads which are of considerable interest to motorists. Mr Winslow stated that although there was no text book on the subject as far as ho knew, the cement manufacturers hod -nven the matter a lot of attention'and he would be glad to forward anv other information he might receive. Mr Hawkes stated that the information would bo very useful to the association after the war m considering the question of new roads. An indoor bowling rink, stated to be the first of its kind in New Zealand, will bo opened on Saturday afternoon by members of tho Lyttelton Bowling Club in Canterbury Street, Lyttelton. Tho room is 94ft by 22ft, the rink space being 56ft by 18ft and the surfree of the floor is padded with heavy scrim. The committco of the club mado an inspection of the rink yesterday, and expressed their entire satisfaction. A trial match was nlayed between/teams consisting of W. Gowor, J Garrard J. Young and D. Page (skip) and E. Collins, J. Bromlev. H. Barnard and J. Collins (skip), Collins'n team led slightly until tho last head when their opponents scored four points, making the total 14 all. The committee will make cm endeavour to arrange a series of matches with crabs in the city. There are a good many photographic oblications you havo never paid. Call on Steffano Webb at once. 252, High Street. Tel. 1989. 9 General carrying of all sorts undertaken by J. M Hey wood and Co., Ltd. Their plant of horses and vehicles is o_o of the largest in New Zealand. X 3 NAZOL is not a mixture or syrup—but a breatheablo remedy. _ Tackles coughs and colds by direct action. No cold is NAZOL-proof. 60 doses Is 6d 5 The "Lyttelton Times" has by far the largest and best newspaper circulation in the South Island. Results from advertising aro better, and cost less, in this paper for that very reason. And recent figures prove it. Call up telephone 168, and a representative will be along to see you and assist you towards greater success. * "WADE'S WORM FIGS eradicate Worms of all description. Price Is 6d. o THE STUDEBAKER GOLD CAR, HAS ARRIVED! It will be on exhibition on Friday, for the first time in New Zealand, at Adams, Ltd.'s, spacious motor-car showrooms, High Street, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The public are cordially invited to inspect this world-famouis car. n