LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 7 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The chairman of the McKenzie and Levels County has adversely commented on th© Local Government Bill, sayiijg that too much is to be don© by. the Board in Wellington and by Order-in Council. . . •■Local sporting enthusiasts are invited tp attend a meeting ,to be held the. Masonic Hall WMnesdaynext- fpr the purpose of "forming abranch of the Sports Protection League in Nelson. Mr.' A. Paape, General 'Secretary, will be present, and will address the meeting.

A few. days ago a .human skeleton vva? | found at Rockfovd,. near 'Oxford;' "In | the YVaihiakarivi River k short distance above the Gorge bi'idge,- is a £oqk'y v islajid > about :a square chain .in - area. The suth-1 rait stands well above flood-watei; mark. Recently; the river made a spit connecting the i slant) with the mainland.' , Mr W,. Farrelly, being in tliQ. vicinity," j\va& led by curiosity to step" across and"'explore' the rock, and the first object that met his gaz<3 was the human skeleton. It had undoubtedly laid there fqr many years,* for the lower part was embedded iii the loess or dust-blown soil, all tissue ' ■yyas gone, and there was no vestige oT clothing nor metal such as a button. It was in a recumbent position. JFrbm measurements taken, the skeleton appears to Tie that of a person not much more than sft in height and perhaps not more than seventeen years of age. There are numerous conjectures at identification, but no one has been able to throw any light on the mystery.

Every time you buy tlhe White Table Linen that, we are "firing" out, you may depend upon tho biggest bargain you ever fiuv. —The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Coy.*

Attention is drawn to Mrs Anstice's new advertisement on the third page of this issue.

At Is 6d. Is lid, and 23 lid.—We ai'D offering Whit-? Linen Tabling, worth double the money.—These are Belfast's best Droductions, which we secured -at an enormous rc-duction.—The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* New Season's Millinery is the subject of Trathen and Co.'s advertisement on page 3. The firm invite inspection of the new goods.* Home Rule for Ireland would be delayed 20 year?, if the weavers of the Emerald Isle knew that\ wo are selling, their best productions at less cost thnp xhev were manufactured. Best White Tailings at is 6d, is lid, and 2s lid yd. The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.*

The Maunganui, Wimmera, Moeraki, Rotorua, and Turakina should be within wireless range, to-day.

The Levels County Council, "finys Timaru tek.gram. yesterday resolved to limil loads drawn by tractors to 15 tone, whether oil two or three trucks, and wheel-loads to 5 cwt. per inch of tyro width, including the weight of the truck.

The Dominion's revenue for the eUven months of the financial year totals £9,692.220, an increas e of £703,103 over the revenue for the corresponding months of the previous year.

The petroleum bores Nos. 2, 3, and 5, at New Plymouth, continue to flow as usual, tho latter maintaining its record ilow.

Mr. W. Milne (Oamaruj has been reappointed as one of the directors representing the Government on the directorate of the Bank of New Zealand. Mr. D. J. Nathan (Wellington) has been appointed director in succession to Mr. Harold Beauehamp, whose term has expired.

The Hon. T. Mackenzie, in passing south yesterday, mentioned that lie will probably return nortli next week inland by the" Mt. Cook car service from Queenstown. This will be a. sort of official opening of. the Queenstown-Mt. Cook line, though cars have been running through the season with a satisfactory amount of patronage.

A Wakefield hop-grower informed a '"Mail" representative to-day that a splendid crop is anticipated.

Mr. F. Pirani, the well-known exParliamentarian, and proprietor of the Feilding "Star," who has been spending a few days with friends in the Sherry Valley on his way back from the New Zealand Press Association meeting at Greymouth, left for Wellington the Pa-teelia this morning, en route to Feilding.

The Murchison Agricultural and Pastoral show will be 3ield on Wednesday mextj, the 15th inst. Entries have been coming in freely for the events, and a successful show is anticipated. Messrs Newman-Bros", will' ruir a special coach if sufficient inducement offers.

The hospital returns laid on the table at the hospital and Charitable Aid Board meeting last evening showed that 74 patients were on the list, 25 of whom were received during the month of February. Of these 10 wer e relieved, 11 were cured, and four died.

Mr Edwards, railway manager, informs us that on Saturday next a load of sileep will be taken from the railhead at Glen hope to Nelson. It is. satisfactory to observe that there is at last some tangible evidence that the line will be open for traffic at an early date.

The Rev. F. H. Spencer, agent fo-t----the British and Foreign Bible Society, will deliver an address in the Rechabite Hall, Bright-water, on Friday evening next. Tne omission of. the word Brightwater from the local last evening unfortunately gav. L . many to understand that he was not speaking in Nelson la=.t evening, ana as a conse quence the meeting was poorly attended. „ A -deputation from the T.asman ijJino Company, -consisting of Messrs McKee, C. W. "Brown, and Gould (secretary), waited* on the Waimea C-ountv .Conricil to-dav in regard to the sub-divisional roads of"the Tas'man Estate. The deputation pointed out that- the work was now at a standstill, and information was. requested from the Council ns to the width of the roa<? formation After discussion it was resolved that the roads must be 16ft wide. :o ue made to the of the JL.ngii.eor.;

At the monthly meeting of the jj,imea County Council to-day, when the report of the County Engineer was brought up for adoption, Cr. Corder said he thought the Council should express its appreciation at the minner m which that official had carried out his duties since his appointment a months ago. Other Councillors endorsed the remarks, and passed a motion to that effect.

The election of fiv-e members to form the Nelson Licensing Committee will take place on Tuesday next, the polling places, a list of which has been advertised, being open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Messrs N. A. McLaren, T. , Pettit, R. Watson, (who are seeking re-election) and E. Grove wil, have the support of the No-License League. Messrs P. (seeking reelection), W- : N. Franklyn, and E. E. Trask are regarded as "in favour or the granting of conditional licenses for .race meetings, etc.. The; other candidates are Messrs H. Atmore-' M.P.J( seeking re-election), W. Lock, and J. Tayipr. The franchise is the same as forthe general election, and all persons whose names appear on the roll are entitled' to vote. •' \

A new ihethbd of "-administering anabs-| thetics, evolved by Dr. Meltzer. of the. Rockefeller Scientific-'. Institute,' wa£ tried?.-Recently in .New.' YorKj 1, ly approved' by many physicians. A silver.tube is placed down, the .} vI P...P I Pt of the: patient and.4heii;eth'fer mixed bellows. "The return current; ajr pastes through r betvveen the (tui>e and the \vall' of the windpipe, keeping up, a system of ventilation. Thus artificial respiration;, is..-4stab.i?J----t-d. the supply of oxygen replenished, and- the carbon dioxide removed. *.t, is claimed tliat all*dangers arising tr'jni an insufficient supply of Qxypen are eliminated by': the., distjqv.ery, yand. v.that nausea, 1 ■with '' the'" other unpleasant after! effects .of anesthetics! -is entii-ely. avoided 1 . 'No fatalitrcs have attended a hundred experiments, and at the Ijoclcefcller, I&tiMtPj .Dy. '• Mf\tzw,s m<* thod" has supplanted all others. ine medical papers describe the process > n great detail, T>ut withhold their j y. ruent, nntily more data-, are .available.. If was the covered, the,,.. remedy" for the famous "iioolcworm," and-.treated-,many patients in the Southern States very successfully.

Mr. *W: W. 'Mcßinney,timd'en/t -of : the - l^b.' John ' Ambulance Brigade-for Canterbury and/the West Coast, »has received;. some interesting particulars from Major Symie of the Medic-al Corps of the United States _i e-o-arding first aid work in America. Until three years ago no national attempt was made to provide lor attention to sufferers in civil life from accidents. but a First Aid Department wa? organised three years ago by the American Red Cross Society, which is now the authorised Government department. By Act of Congress a medical officer oi the Army was detailed to have charge of the department- and also of the Bureau of Mines First: Aid work. The railway ■companies place'two cars at the disposa yf- the department and from these T e P" resentatives' of the department teach nrs aid. Eight cars are at the disposal ot ihe Bureau of Mines First Aid. A K en £~ ral army force for war service is_to be oign.ni?ed. Quarterly bulletins are issued irom the headquarters of the department .30 that the progress of the work is always before all those interested. The Height of Perfection—are the glorious tailor-made Tweed Winter Costumes for ladies that we are throwing out at 21p, 255. and 35s each.—The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.

Th© prize giving in connection' with the PresDyterian Sunday' School will take place on Friday evening. Parents and friends invited.

Maciennan's Arapata estate, -Waituna West,-has .been cut into eleven sections of IJO to 540 acres, and auctioned yesterday, nine sections being sold for a total of £i4B,fc>34, averaging £l6 an acre. It Js expected that th. e remaining two (sections wnl be sold privately to-day, says a Feilding message.

A boy named Harris was injured -. at., GriiHn's mill yesterday, his hand being caught in a wn.ee 1 a.nd severely crushed.' Tliree fingers were severed, and the re£t of the hajid was badly bruised. Afterreceiving attention from Dr. Gibbs the boy was taken to the Hospital. ,

Great inter-rst is being displayed ,by the settlers round about Glenhope at, tho completion of the railway lino- to that p:ace, and it was their intention yester-f day to entertain the men working oil the line in celebration of . the event. Tha railway buildings at Glenhope will be erected by .Mr S. Galbraith, of NeL-so-n, whose tender of just on £4500 was accepted.

In giving judgment yesterday in the ; case W. King v. administration of the Estate of R. Fry, Mr. J. S. Evans, 5.M.,. held that under the particular section, tlie Destitute Persons' Act,-under whioh. tho complaint was laid, plaintiff was en;, titled to an order. He would make an order for the payment, of the sum of,, £IOO, and counsel's fee £5 ss. v On :the application' of Mr. Harley, consented to. by Mr. Maginriity, the order was .ultiv mately made for the. sum of. t £2§', ,th|E>". parties having agreed to • this , sum. irrespective of the value of deceased's, estate. , . ' . i.-~

Legal argument in the case. Waimea County Council, was- taken;y*s*; terday afternoon. After . hearing../ Mis - Har]ey( for the Council) and.Mr. Jitagitj*', nity (for plaintiff) Mi'. J". S. Eyarisj'< President of the Compensation; Court, said that the ease was one bristlingvwiili' - ■difficulties, and he would be- glaj to itf submitted to a higher •Gour.fc,,.'for* purpose lie would -d&. qnite-'prepared;";^'• the parties wished it, to state a. \ case. In the meantime he reserved judgment on the law. .. -r

Several Nelson mining, ventures are ji,ist now receiving a. great deal of attention. The latest to agitate-the.public miridVi's a, discovery at th e Baton bv Messrs. Wise and E. Davies. Tlioy have locatetl an exceptionally .wide gold-bearing reef five miles from- Taylor's Accommodation . House, in the range between Baton ailtl Karamca. The reef has been traced fi>r a considerable distance. .' A small tocal syndicate has put money in in order/to I develop and further u'at the reef,-/aria, samples of stone are to be sent away for analysis. ' '■ J .; -.-v-c

A some%vhat amusing incident to those not d irectly" concerned recently-.occurred at- the Solander Islands (in Foveaux Strait), where a whaling party-were-en-gaged. A whale had been caught, lift'rpooned; and seemingly rendered hors do combat. Everything was in readiness' to haul it aboard, when suddeCnlv -the monster returned, to life and made'bfj, speedily carrying harpoon, lines.,:. other gear without as much as o-ood-bye. The whaling business'ii-.evi-dently not without some severe disappointments. '

From a letter lately received by Captain W. Hoss, of Auckland,, it appeals that the hurricane which did.. such extensive damage in Tonga and Fiji- did not touchy the two islands of Nia'ufooii and Keppel, in the northern parts'of., the group. Hurricanes in the Islands. hs,yi6 fairly well-defined tracks, running. and west. When it was understood, that the Haapai group luid beeh visitedv ithe opinion was that the'■storm 'woulS nbt have reached far enough in a northerly direction to affect the -two islands mentioned. Niaufooil and Keppel support, a fair population, and as copra is the staple product, a hurricane would, havd been, disastrous to the inhabitants. ' >

"May I break the monotony with my fruit case?" asked Mr. Low© at laet night's meeting of the . Hospital: and Charitable Aid Board. Members rea<Jily. assented, and the well-known Motueka orchardist then; handed round to; those present a prime sample of Scarlet Germain. After testing tihe .fruit. ,ui' 'a thorough manner the Board proceeded with the more serious business of the evening. i ' ,'

The 'Oamaru.- Harbour Bdard is/eor--fronted . ; taslc'.oliagaiii, dea-Mog the entrance to the harbour. At j urday'© meeting (says tli e x'Oamatu correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times'') the, harbourmaster reported; that >iri some places the silt had increased; but, as- thk material was' soft, lit was impossibly to ascertain the ■ actual ..accumulation. .•Though soft now, the material might hard en and .'become a danger, to ■ --the navigation of: heavy. draught steahiers, and. lie recommended putting a ' dredgfe • to.. work as -early as pofislple.Tjn'ie> Oamaru 'dredge ha© been converted &'.stationary dredge, aiid authorities have, stated that" she -c4ii|lriib go to sea until docked and'overhauled at Port Chalmers if used, as- a hopper dredge. ;It Was .decided to ,make , inquiries as to Whether ■: another, dredge coulct be procured to clear the entrance. . '

, Th*> course of true .Jove; his .been/at the root of a mystery 'wliich has ..just' 'beam solved' ' "by the •' Road Board (telegraphs the Auckland obr.respondent of 1 the ''Otago" ■ Dually Times").-For some timo past-complaints have, been received of- the ; lamns not being alight in some of thjd ',streets of the district 4urine certain, hours of tho evening. The lariiplighter, on being questioned, stated positively that the I lamp&iin .question., were- regularly light-, cd, and; iii order to ascertain the cause 'oif their,, not' 'peeping;alfghV ;a watch was kept. Itwas] then discovered that ic<ei;tain: lanfps 'were ; inconveniently nerjr, the gate^ ij at which "'certain 1 young mbn are in the habit of saying. good-nigfit/ ti> their, sweethearts after the evening walks, /consequently the swains resorted to the expedient of tlirningvout the lamas and omitting to light them again.. . One .or two of the Offend'ers have b'eeh warned, .and it- is' not likely that there will be any further interference with the lamps so frir' . iis they are concerned: ••' ' Donegal Tweqds for-,Ladies' Winter Costumes in they .choice'st design^—all lo be "fired" out at 6s and 9s the full dress length.—-At the Auckland Clothing and • Drapery Co.V Sale.*

The Marquis of Queensbery,. in ( the "smoke-room" of the Mauvetania, 1 said, of the passing of the House of, Lords;- — "It makes little difference to me. I have no seat in the House. I am, you know, only a peer of Scotland." He smiled grimly, atad added:—"A Scottish peerisn't- thought much of in the House of Lordrj There was a Baptist minister once who attempted to enter the floor-of the House, ignorant of the fact that the floor is exclusively reserved for member.'? and their servants-. The doorkeeper thought the minister might...be the valet or butler of some peer. 'What lord do you .serve?' he asked. 'What lord 1?' replied the minister, 'Why. the Lowi Je_ hovah !' 'Oh, he's got no seat here." sneered the doorkeeper. 'He's one 'bf them poor Scottish peers, - I suppose." Cut by, an artist, of the 1 greats repute. means a tverfeit, fittiintr oOstutne of hidh'grade quality Tweed at le.<s '"th.ih li^Tf-price—onlv 21s. 255. and 35s each* —-The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.*