TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18165, 2 August 1919, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Tho following auctioneers’ advertisements appear on page 13:—New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd., Jones, M’Crostio Company, Ltd., National Mortgage and Agency Company. Ltd., H. C. iSniith and W. E. Simes and Co. The Lake Coleridge electric power will bo cut off in tlie Woolston Bromley, Heathcote and Lyttelton districts from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to-morrow.

Tho Christchurch City Council announces that a poll will be taken on August 7 on a proposal to raise a loan of £150,000 for tho further distribution and supply of electricity and improvement of the existing plant. Tho polj will commence at 9 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Polling places and further particulars aro mentioned in an advertisement olsewhoro. “ It generally costs moro for a woman to live than it does a man—provided that the man spends his money wisely,” said Mr Thomas in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, in urging tho necessity for an adequate maintenance order being made in favour of his client. The Magistrate (Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M.): "I understood it was tho other way round 1” Mr Thomas: " Well, yes, your Worship, I believe that is the general theory, but my experience points the other way 1” A somewhat knotty problem concerning tho ownership of a gun was placert before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S-M., by tho polico in tho Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Senior-Sergeant Cummins said that tlio gun had in tho first placo belonged to a man named Stace. It was found under a hedge by another man, who, as no ono claimed it, sold it to a third man for £l. This man resold it for £1 and a side-chair, . and lastly .tho final possessor tried to dispose of it. There the police stepped in, and now tho question arose to whom did the gun belong. After bearing evidence too Magistrate docidetl that the gun was tho joint property of the Staco family, and ordered its return One of the purchasers asked if he could get his side-ehnir back, but the Magis, trato said that ho would have to bring an action against the man from whom he obtained the gun if ho wanted it At the same timo the Magistrate exnressod the opinion that he would find himself blocked.

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Tho leper who was isolated at Blackball some time ago was taken to Quail Island on Thursday night. Threo cases of diphtheria have been reported amongst children attending tho Now Brighton School, and the school yesterday was closed for a week.

At 1.20 o’clock this morning the City Fire Brigade received a call to Messrs P. and. I>. Duncan’s, Tuam Street, where a small lire was discovered in the coachsmith’s shop. Slight damn go was done to tlie coachsmith and implement departments. A Press Association message from Wellington says:—An increase in the price of motor spirits, to take effect to-day, is announced by the. Vacuum Oil Company. Kerosene advances Is per case, spirits (except benzine) Is 4<l per case, and lubricating oil from 4d to Gd a gallon. Mr R. W. Wightmun, of Mount Ilult, has sent the Mayor a sample of coal found on his property. Ho states that the coal is very hard and has to be blasted out, and that Scottish miners believe that it is similar to coal which they worked in Glasgow and which was used mainly for smelting. Tho election of two members of tho Rangiora High' School Board, to represent the parents of pupils, resulted in the return of the retiring members. Tho voting was —Mr J. Marshall 33, Rev F. P. Fendull 30, Mr H. A. Avchdall 20. Fifty-four parents voted, and thcro wero nine informal papers. At the Durham Street Methodist Church to-morrow evening the permanent honour roll of the church will be unveiled by Mr L. M. Isitt, M.P., who will also deliver a suitable eulogium. Mr Rex Harrison will sing Haydn’s "Spirit Song” and “Thou art passing hence, my Brother ” (Sullivan). A telegram has been received by Mr T. M. Charters, Repatriation Officer, from the Ministerial Board, stating that arrangements in connection with the opening up of tho Avonhoad settlement for returned soldiers aro progressing satisfactorily, and that tho Departmental experts will be down from Wellington within tho next few days.

Mr T. M. Charters, District Repatriation Officer, telegraphed te the Minister of Public Works (Sir William Fraser) on Wednesday evening asking him when ho could authorise work to bo started on tho Sumner-Lyttelton road te absorb somo of tho unemployment among returned soldiers. The Minister has replied, stating that ho has authorised the district engineer to employ thirty or forty men to begin the work, preference to bo given to returned soldiers. A temporary expenditure of £SOO has been authorised. Tlie whaling season at Whangamumu so far has been very successful, states the Auckland “ Herald-” Up to the present, twenty-seven whales have been caught, and although this is not ai record number tho quantity of oil obtained lias never beon exceeded at this stage of the season, the whales having been of extra large size. A largo whale was harpooned on Friday, but unfortunately it was lost. Tho winter whaling season extends for another three weeks; then thero occurs a break of about six weeks before the summer soason commences. By that time the whales which have gone north to warmer water to breed will bo returning south with the young calves-

Speaking te a reporter yesterday, a well known Christchurch labour agent stated that matters as regards general employment were fairly gooch and about on a par with the corresponding period last year. There was a good deal of ploughing and axe work offering—in fact, the positions to be filled and tho labour available just about balanced. “ Anyone really after a job,” the agent stated, "can get one. Among my inquirers for work aro a fair number of returned soldiers—men who wero in the habit of calling upon me on similar quests before the war. Tho majority of them are going back to their old occupations on the land, but a few | are seeking different employment. 1 For married couples for farm billets there is a good demand.” “ That indispensable political quarterly.” So Mr J. L. Garvin, in tho Economic Foundations of Peaco, styles “ The Round Tablo.” Tho June number justifies tho description. It. contains an impartial examination of the Peaco terms nnd a severe criticism of tho proposed trial of tho Kaiser, and deals with' matters so diverse as the League of Nations and tho relation to it of tho Empire, Russia’s revolt against Bolshevism, tho Empire’s military effort, tho recent outbreak in India, the industrial unrest in England, tho financial position and reparation, tho ono big union proposal in Australia and the Nationalist demand for independence in South _ Africa, It is tho opitomo of modern history in tho making and is essential to every thinking citizen. “ Tho Round Table ” carries no advertisements. It is not run for profit, and is a purely co-operative patriotic enterprise. You aro invited to give it your support, not only on patriotic grounds, but ns a sound business proposition. The annual subscription is but 12s (including postage). Send a postcard with your name and address, and receive a free sample copy of a bark issue. Address: “The Round Table,” Box 577, G.P.0., 'Wellington. 2038

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