LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 248, 19 October 1915, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

The Waimea (Vopersithe .Hairy Coronany, Ltd.. has iu«t l-cen j>-.zis-tered. Tts capital is '£2000. divided into 400 shares of £5- each. The s!ibf--cribc-rs are L'ichn'.ond residents.

Wednesday, October 27th, will bo observed as* a special holiday by the local banks.

Contributions are desired for tho Red Cross sale on. Thursday next. A prize of half a guinea has been offered for the best pair of dressed fowls.

The Presbyterian Young People's Guild are holding a sale of work -and produce in St. Andrew's Hall on Thursday. Afternoon tea and supper will be obtainable.

In connection with the poll to be taken for the purpose of raising a special loan of £40U0 to acquire from the Government a- portion of the Wither Hills settlement, the hours o^ voting will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the polling booth will be at -the Council Chambers.

The Public Service Commissioners are apparently taking a hand in the recruiting campaign by discouraging applications for positions in the Public Service from men fit to 30m the Expeditionriry'Force.. ki advertisements inviting application for a certain position, it is oxpret-sly stated that "applications from single men of military age will not he entertained "

A patriotic cricket match played in Wellington on Saturday between a team fiom Trentham and a WeHingion representative eleven resulted in a win for the foimer by 191 runs to 122. The "Trents" included R. G. llickir-ctt. D. Sandman, Sneddon, Bennett, Naughton, and Saxon. Sandiran (M) and Naughton iSO) were the highest scorers, and Hickmott (3 for 22) secured the test bowling aveiage.

There was a' good attendance o\

members at the annual'meeting of the WaJrn.u Valley Saleyards Association. The election or"officers resulted: President, Mr G. H. Andrew; secretary, Mr J. R. A. Gifford; committee, Messrs E. IT. Williams. T. Fowler, Roberts, G. B. Broadbridge, and W. 11. Atkinson. It was decided to {MT.'uiige for sales to be held at the yards of Mr J. 0. Antiss, of Hillersden.

Thursday next has been set apart throughout the whole of the British Empire as a day for a. special appeal for the purpose of meeting tSie growing demand for funds for Red Cross requirements, both in France and in the Near East. > The money so raised is to be devoted to relieve the suffering of our sick and wounded soldiers and sailors wherever they may be. located. A baind of collectors will make a house-to-house canvass, and a special sale of goods will be made from the Red Cross shop in Market

A meeting of the ■Hillersden branch of the Patriotic Society was held in the school last Satm'day, and was well attended. A fair amount ot work was sent in, and the ladies are "■•working energetically to raise funds. The sum of £5, proceeds of a dance held at Wairau Valley, was handed over to the Committee, and arrangements were made for a euohre +«>-'-nament and dance to be heldi at Hillersdent next Friday. The following are the stall-holders for the bazaar to be held iv December:—Refreshments: Mrs Excell, Mrs H. Murray, Miss J. Williams, and Miss J. Atkinson. Sweet stall: Miss B. Atkinson and Miss Henderson. Produce: Mrs Martin and Mrs McCaskey. Fruit salad: Mrs Roberts and Mrs McAlpine. Plain and fancy: Mrs Newman. Christinas Tree and bran tub: Mrs A. Timms.

f At the annual mooting of the New Zealand Rowing Association in Wellington on Saturday evening, in moving the annual report and balancesheet, the chairman (Mr R. ■«•. McVilly) said that their sport, iti com:r,on ,vith other sports, had suffered bocaus3 of the war, but he vas very pioud to say that their sport, in common with other spoits, had done its part in connection with the war. (ApplauseI*. No less than' 1005 of their members had joined the Expeditionary Forces. And, since their total -membership was only 2338, that meant that 43 per cent., taking eligiVlcs and ineligibles alike, had volunteered. (Applause). Since a good nu-ny of 'heir members were, like himself, over military age, anc*. a great mr.r.y wer-.-s i-nder age. considerably over £0 per cent, of their members of military age had enlisted. (Applause). That was a very good showing, j nd tht-y had a right to be proud of it. (Applax se).

A meeting of the management of the Maori Patriotic- Entertainers was held in Blenheim on Saturday, there beng present: Messrs Tahua Watson (organiser, in the chair). Ruka Tapata, J. Mac Donald, and P. •Mac-Donald (hon. secretary). The objoct of the meeting was to* meet Mr J. Ba-ry, representing the Renwick Patrictic Bazaar Committee. After discussion it was retolved to offer the services of the troupe to the Berwick Committee. Tlie Maoris are nominating a team of twelve men for the tug-of-v.nr, and also ?. team o*f 10 women to pull agj.-in.st any 13 women of the district. The members of the troupe will supply Maori articles for sale at various stalls, and will also take part w the boxing attractions. They also offered to roast either a whole brllcck or two sheep at the bazaar. Ihe management are also giving a prize of £1 3s for the best ornamented Maori mat at the forthcoming A. f*nd > P- Show Mr Barv thanked the com- ! mittee for offering their services, and promised to make arrnnEements f->r the comcjing to and from Renwick ot the troupe.

Tin; Marlborough Patriotic Fund Executive" requests that all person;-, making or proposing to give articles toward* the equipment of beds for th-e hospital ship shall notify a member of the Ladies' Executive.

Some discussion tcok place ntthp annr-al meeting of the New Zculand 5 'j 4i,«+ +hi« meet ng should l»e SSSd be done to rowing. The motion was carried. a r

of the day. The wind force had moderated. Rough seas were rnnnmg off the .Auckland coast and .at Cape Palli'cr. nnd the' Waiiganm, Westport, and Greymouth bars were disturbed. Cape Campbell reported * considerable sea. Dunedm, twth o7 degtves, w=is the warmest centi c m the South Islan-1 at-nine o'clock, while Aukland registered 50,. Wellington 55 Blenheim 53 and Chnstchurch 60.

Charges laid by Mr C. Patchett, the borougß by-laws ranger, against ..ohn Sullivan, James Fulton, and George Stevens, for riding on the footpath m Hutcheson Street; weie dealt with by Messrs J. Reid nnd J.* J. White, Justices of the. Peade, in the Magistrate's Court this morning. The defendants were detected on the one occasion. Each was fined ss.,with 7s costs. An unopposed application for a prohibition ordpr was granted- An application for the cancellation of a prohibition order was struck out, the applicant not appearing.

In dealing with by-law cases for" riding bicycles "on. the footpath, the Justices occupying the bench at the Magistrate's Court th?s morning made it clear that if the Council made laws against riding on footpaths and -*hen chose to make it impossible to comply with them by turning the roads into riverbeds, they would not record a conviction agoinst anyone so charged if it \va» shown that the road was unfit to ride on "The state of the roads is a positive disgrace." was the emphatic opinioi- of the Bench. In the cases in question it was shown that the road was in good order, and thoiv was no necessity for the persons charged to ride on the footpath.

A miner working in the Extended mine. charged with having a cigarette in his posspssion whilo at work in a mine where safety lamps were in use, was convicted by the S.M., Mr Rawson, at Huntly,* and lined £1, with 7s costs. Mr..Rawson stated that since the introduction of safety 'amps int:> the ITuntly mHos. (hrirges against men nf hi<v:n<r matches and, smoking material in their possession were becoming so common \hat in future he would be obliged to enfc rce tho maximum penaltj'.