LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 95, 24 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

,-Mt W.' Carr will address the ratepayers from}the Market Place rotunda this evening.

Mr J. A. Wallace (formerly of Blenheim) has been re-elected unopposed as Mayor of Motueka.

Advices received by* a Wellington firm of merchants oil Friday show a rise of 10 per cent, in the price of chinaware and 20 per cent, in the price "of earthenware... ~

After. May otii the weekly drafts of soldiers sent to camp will, be discontinued, and monthly drafts -will be sent' instead. The authorities have come to the conclusion that- the monthly drafts are more convenient for the camps to deal with.

- A Christehurch telegram states that #he charges against the managers of the Lytteltdn Times pnd Press newspapers, for infringing the War Regulations by publishing shipping information have been adjourned for a week. i

Fullers Country Pictures will be shown at Tua Marina to-night. Grovetown to-morrow night, and Renwickon Saturday. The management will be unable, owing to unforeseen circumstances, to show in Seddon and Ward this week. :

Suffererr. from Bronchitis or Asthma will get speedy relief by taking "NAZOL" on lump sugar, or inhaling it throxilrh a Nazol Inhaler. 60 doses Is 6d—Advt.

Mr A. Craven, of Grovetown, received word yfsterday that his son, Lieut. Leslie Craven, who has been fighting in Palestine, was reported dangerously wounded on the 19th inst. Lieut. Craven left as a trooper with the Main Body.

"The weak.l will make strong"— Wilr-ox.

A patriotic social in'aid of the V.M.C.A. Funds will be held in Mr J. Brownlee's barn, .Havelock Suburban, on Friday night. The Awatere District Roll of Honor will be unveiled, at .the service to be held in the Seddon Town Hall: tomorrow morning. . Contributions will be gratefully accepted tor next Thursday's lied Cross sale, the proceeds of which are in aid of the New Zealand soldiers at Codford. . ' Word was received, to-day from S'ergt.-Major Norman i?arker to the effect that he was returning to New

Zealand on duty. Sergt.-Major Parker lias recently been through a course of instruction t6 qualify-*»for a commission. ' _'. ; ~ The Westport News says: From coal-miner to brigadier - general! Charlie Brown,, who formerly worked in the Westport Coal Company's minesaatt t Denniston'j later developed his military genius m various grades of military sei vice, took part in the campaign at Galiipoli, and in France, is< now a brigadier-general. This is a striking illustration of the democracy of the.'British/;'Army. , Private Frederick Charles Keys, (died of sickness 071 April 14) was the second son of Mr Benjamin H. Keys, of North-East'Valle^, jpunedin, who was formerly officer in charge of the Telegraph I)ep,artiji§ht at Ejunedin, and w.ik at one'time stationed in Blenheim. Private Keys, who was a single man, was engaged in a seafaring occupation before he enlisted. He went away with the 19th Reinforcementsj and nt thf» time.<of,his death (wjrich occurred at tho ThiiKi'CbdfOTd'1 Hospital, from pleurisy) was 36 yours of age- 'Prh'.-tte Keys was for some years a'pupil of tho -Blenheim Borough School. The new romet that the astronomers hays become so absorbingly, interested in since it first floated into their line of vision, is, regarded as a total' stranger. Its periodicity is not established, since it has not so far been identified, and nobody can say whea it last visited the sun. It is supposed* to ,have a period of anything up to thousands of years. -Mr D. B. McLeod, of Canterbury College, Christchurch, states that the new comet, 'which is now known as the Wolfe'Comet, was\ discovered on April "3,>1916.. At the beginning of. April in v this year, it -was 33 times brighter than when ' first discovered, and lias" increased in ' bright ne*ss three ; times ' fr"om the beginning of February to the end of March. - -. ' The late Mr' George Brnddock, who died at the Nelson Hospital at the age' of 84, (says ' tho Golden Bay Times) "one of "Collingwood's oldest identities, being amongst the earliest diggers who \sought-their" fortune on, the Colling Wood goldfiolds. Previous to coming to New Zealand, tho late Mr Bmddoek, who was an intellectual imd well-educated gentleman, had banking experience in London, which' life he forsook for the more alluring pursuit of ixoldmining. " His first oxporience on tho Colling wood goldfields was general laboring work, and par-ticularly'pit-sawing of timber for mining purposefe, but ho gradually drifted into the inevitable' life of a goldminor. 'He spent many years at Itocky River in alluvial mining, and subsequently took up a' claim at Doctor's Creek, from which ho made. •a competency. He had lived in retirement ir Nelson for many yc-irs. The deceased was nevor married, and was of a very retiring and studious disposition. - i- . ; To ensure getting genuine' '"NA7OL"—•the true and tried cough and cold remedy,-*—always" order by name. l?esist imitations and substitutes. Get what you want— "N'AZOL."—Advt. The method of marking a cross opposite the name of a candidate for whom the voter wishes to vote dnes not find universal iavor amongst the free and enlightened. The old method of erasure seems to some, J especially to' the female suffrage- ' holder, a much inoie satisfactory ' procedure. To alleviate any anxiety | regarding the legality of votes thus dealt with, it may be stated that the erasure of the names of those not wanted is equally as efficacious as the cross method.'! Section 24, subsection 1, of the '''Local Elections and Polls Act" of 1908 reads; "The voter,, having received the voting paper or papers, shall immediately'retire into one of th* inner compartments prov.ided, and there alone and secretly >on each voting paper indicate the candidate or candidates for whom he t'esires to vote by marking a cross in a square set opposite the name of each such candidate." Provided that no voting paper shall be rejected as informal, that clearly indicates the candidate or candidates p for whom the voter intended to vote, 'whether such indication is made in the manner prescribed by this section or by striking out die names of the candidate or candidates for whom the voter did not. intend to vote.

A unique tribute was paid by the Wellington City Council on Friday night to four men who have lost their lives in the great war,; and to another who distinguished himself.to such an extent that lie .carried the Victoria .Gross: In order to discontinue the confusion arising out of rhe duplication of street names, it-became necessary to bring about some changes. "In each instance the new name selected was that of .a soldier: well known 'in the city. Wright Street. Vjogeltown, was changed" to McColl Street (in manipry of Captain, McColl); Tainui Terrace, Maranui, to Freyberg Street -Colonel B. C. Freyberg, V.C.) ;•. Victoria Road-, Roseneath, to Robieson Street (Lance-Corpl. Robieson); ~,High Street (late firand North Road),. to Frandi . Street (Cautain Frandi); and H'eaton Terrace, M'ichelltown, to ! Carey I Street (Scrgt. E. J. Carey1). Councillor Barber stated that the committee, j'egretted that it cQuld not pernetu.ite the memory of Private Cook, V-.C, of Brooklyn, but there was a Cook Street in Maranui, named after the famous navigator.

\ At Rangitukca (Hawke's Bay) re- \ cently a Maori named Tungiawha, ,«i cripplo, bit his wife's nose off. , No reasons are obtainable to explain the man's action but jealousy is supposed to be the cause/ This Maori was sentenced a number, of years, ago to v term of imprisonment for biting a man's nose off.

Referring to the oft-repeated threat of the dairy farmer that if his son, brother, or laborer (as the case may be) were sent into. camp, he- would sell off his herd and e,o in for grazing. Captain Walker said at the Appeal Board at Palmerston North :—"I understand that at the present time the British authorities are not purchasing any Nevr Zealand butter, but will fjake as much cheese as they can possibly get.' J don't think the country will suffer if some farmers turn their farms into sheep farms; it woiild mean a reduction in butter* but an inGrease.in mutton and wool."' .1 >■ -i

When Mr Malcolm Niceol, grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of- New Zealand Freemasons, was in London, at the time of the outbreak ;of s the war, he had the misfortune to fee;, t^e victim of a theft when travelling on the underground railway, whereby he was deprived of a valuable gold watch, presented to^hirir by the:, Freemasons of,Dunedj.n. Mr Niceol has.just attained the jubilee of his admission into Freemasonry, and occasion was taljren ;£he .other night by'a; number of his Masonic friends in' in celebration of .the event, to present Itim with another gold; watch,, similar jo that stolen from him.

p h j a>;^.;'a /; w(iy; of thejr o\vn;pf : 1: iiif^i^ii^" afld> d^iv^rQiible \ ,the' general public with, theif* 'vmjiritaiVaittairsj'"i,'''but JVfr "Jnstic'6 :^rt•ar:ds■^iast'v'w^k':•'t^iis: < ■;:e■all€>d..■; upDn■ •to hear \ ,<iiior.ee1 proceedings borw«?en a couple <& Waipiro Natives, this _;bekHig the firet Niative divorce cas« -heard in Gisb'drne. Tlie wife, who was the jMiitioner,!, made' no secret of the fact vthVtt'iorjgo'me years past she has lived with a pakeha, and she gave us her reason' for seeking th©^ divorce that '.she %anted to .'fpx'^tect; the,interests ■'*»£■-■;■ h'er:A^alfr*pj!t.st!o'::cnildrerii'"''-''iSlie al-: legetl riii iscQiic(u<?,t against. the r«^spond•oiit', who took no: trouble 'to :! defend; the action. His Honor granted a do--1 bree nisi} remarking that it had, beep, held that proof of misconduct by petitionoi- did not nocessarily constitute grounds for refusing a divorce.

O. Plum has always a good Word for •fNp Rubbing" Laundry Help, because it-has justly earned its popular reputation as the;abolisher or washboard slavery, and also because the famous Thinker Note Book is given free vith every Is packet of "No Rubbing.''—Advt.

Writing from London, under date of February 18, a Chnstehurch soldier says: "The New Zealand Soldiers' Club is an ideal institution, run by New Zealand Indies, or those ,who have resided in New Zealand. Here a change of clothing is .available, hot and cold showers and plunges, breakfast, dinner, and tea, and a good bed; billiard-room, music-room, and writing-room, and the secretary will take care of one's cash and give' a receipt for it. Meals1 can be had any time during the whole 24 hours. Breakfast Bd, dmner (three courses) Is, tea 3d, bed Bd. / When the din-ing-room is" closed the canteen is epeu, and one can order hot meals throughout the night, at about an average price of Is, say, two sausages, two egas, toast, and tea. coffee, or cocoa, with potatoes. . What more <san a man need? The same * would cost anything up to 2« 6d privately."