LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Timaru Plunket Nurse Society's annual report states that the nurse attended during the year 115 cases, made 3043 visits to houses, received 626 calls at the., office, and paid 51 visits to seven country cent-res. —Press Association.

The following vessels are within wireless range : —.Moeraki, Itotorua, Warrinioo. Whakarua. Manuka, Victoria, Maori, Wahin-e. Maunganui.- Knight Templar, Tongarirb, Rord-erer, Muritai.

"Eels will not freeze," said a member of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society the other evening in emphasising the bad points of this much maligned fish, He stated that eels had been kept in a- freezer for some days without attaining any palatable result.

"Tq make the most of life, live in the country, in communion with Nature, and live in a cottage,"' said Mr R. C. "Bruce, at the annual meeting of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, says the ''Times." "I have just, I regret to sav," he added, "had to knock down, my old whare of fern-tree and clay, which has done me for many years, and it is possible that whares of- that kind may be cheaper and even better than the flash houses that we are forced to put up. - '

An amusing circumstance occurred at Feikling on Tuesday, reports the 'Manawatu Times." A resident, oil' for a holiday, in his natural elation boarded the train, and left his overcoat -on a seat in the station. Jlealising his forgetfulness, he telegraphed bark to the station, to have the coat sent on, but by that time it probably encircled some other form, as it had disappeared. While awav, he purchased a similar coat, and on returning to Feilding, having occasion to go outside the station, he left the new one on the seat. While ho was away a policeman' came along, and noticing the coat, asked a bystander to whom it belonged, and was told it had been left by a gentleman. Think-I ing this was the lost coat, the policeman took it into the parcels room, where it was found that the pockets contained jrame, one bird of the collection having been protected from slaughter by a fairly large penalty. Immediately after the coat had been taken into the parcel office the owner of the coat ar-, rived on the scene, and asked the -bystanders what had become of it. On being informed tha/t 'the jpolicie had taken charge of it, and that he could get it by going into the parcel office, he developed a passion for quick disappearance. The police are now more desirous of restoring the coat than the owner of receiving it.

"There is a striking contrast between Arnerican and French methods in regard to industrial conditions in the big manijI facturinc businesses," was an observa- > tion made by Mr H. L. Benjamiii. who [ arrived at Auckland from Australia by i the Eiverina on Sunday, on a holiday I visit after an absence of several years | from Auckland. During his travels ; abroad, savs the "Herald," Mr Ben- ! iamin has been associated with large fiiisiineering firms, first in America and latterly in Paris. "In. America," he continued, "the manufacturers are striving to obtain the maximum- results in the minimum of time, but in France the time element is neglected. It is interestins, however, to note the change that is taking place in France, which is, perhaps, one of the most conservative countries' in the woTld in industrial matters. The French people have always been noted for their agriculture and their artistic temperament, and the French engineers are second to none for then designs and inventions, and their perseverance in carrying out their ideas. I Ins ; s clearly shown in the early developments of the locomot:' ve, automobile, and aeroplane. But when it comes to straight-out manufacturing in large quantities, the French manufacture* shave been left behind bv -England, Gerir any. and the United States. France is now waking up to this fact and the French manufacturers are studying tne | methods that are adopted in America, ! methods which have plficed that country i in the high position she now occupies j in regard to manufactured articles. Another Boot Scatter ! We've just bought at a 66§ per cent, discount, a whole lot of Men's and \\ omen s Loots and Shoes—travellers' samples. All to be offered at one-third regular prices tomorrow. —Auckland Clothing and Draperv Co.* . Now that the winter is upon us, the : necessity for new and cosy blankets and ! Quilts is apparent ; and to-monow m 01 1" illrr Messrs Bisley .Bros, and to. will offer at auction 50 pairs 11 x 4 and 20 r) lirs 10 x 4 Colonial Blankets of the finest quality, and 30 full-size Quilts, j Be sure to inspect these for you a bound to be delisted with the,m. The Whisky that will please your palate—Watson's No. , P The famous ' Writing Pads, obtainable from aU Stationers and Stoie , nt, f)r{ an»l Is The lucky No. 1C is the beverage ° is the Whisky of tne '"weTliave a fine assortment of styles in Warner's Rust-proof Corsets, in that we may accurately an * fit every woman who comes to our counters for a Corset. Nelson drapers. Tranners! It's grand when you come in from the "'round" to be able to make a hot cup of coffee in a You can do it with Camp.. 1 is in liquid form—read-made. Just stir, in boiling water, and you have a warm,, comforting drink of the nicest coffee ob tainable.* I

Tho annual meeting of I lie Xolson .Jockey Club will be held at Mercers rooms 011 Saturdav. .June 27.

Tho Kaikoura correspondent of (he Christchinch "Star" says there is a consensus of opinion that there has been a record lali of snow there for .Maw

This year's potato croji in come districts of the South Island is reported to be very good. One fanner recently disposed of 300 tons at £3' per ton.

A special meeting of the. City Council will be held at the Council Chambers this evening at 8 o'clock to consider tho estimates and ■expenditure and strike the rate for the year. At the lastordinarv meeting ot the Council the Finance. Committee recommended that the iicncral rate lor the year be Is 9d—an increase of 2d, and consideration was defened until this evening.

A meeting of the Stoke Fruitgrowers' Association will be held iu the Stoko Public Hall this evening at 7.30 o'clock, when a- paper on " Lime-Sulphur Spraying" will be given by J\J ,• J|. K. son.

J lie railway revenue for the four P^nnn e,ldP< ! A P rfl 25th totalled :U/14.900. and expenditure £19.045 or 56 25 per cent. The North Island contributed £181.350. and the South Island £163.549 to the revenue, while the evin the Nonh Is >and was 00l o,£ 5 ' and in the South Island £B3.B4o.—Press Association.

Some people have very uncertain ideas as to the amount of latitude allo-wed to a policeman by those laws which it is his duty to see are maintained. "Are policeman allowed to shoot without a license?"' was the burden of a query, says the "Times." addressed to a member of tho Wellington Acclimatisation Society by a correspondent who wrote from the country. "I told liim emphatically they were not," said the recipient of the letter. Now, perhaps son.e uuort nodox police .sportsman in the country will have to effect a compiomise \\ith a watchlul observer armed' with a secret stock of new-learned law.

Captain Simpson, who was in command of the barque Lilla, which, ca.mc into \\ ellington on Saturday in tow of the Kaiapoi, gave his version of the voyage to a "Post" reporter yesterday: "We had some very exciting times," he said, and some very anxious times, too. For the greater part of the journey we were not in a position to communicate with Captain Hammond of the Kaiapoi. The barque took a great deal of careful handling, and last Wednesday we encountered a heavy storm. Together with the mate (,\lr J. C. Just), who. by the way, did excellent work, I remained on deck from 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 o'clock the next night. We signalled to the Kaiapoi at various times during the day and night by means of semaphore. At, one time we had to put oil on the troubled waters." Master mariners are loud in their praise of the feat accomplished by -Captains Simpson and Hammond in bringing the Lilla to Wellington in what was record time. Tho Lilla crossed the Tasmaro under the Norwegian flag, although she was manned by British officers and crew. The crew was a scratch one, and out of the 12 men on board only five were sailors. The remainder were fishermen picked up at Adelaide. They will be sent back at the expense of the Union Company.

Shoot first, then enquire, is the policy adopted at least by one delegate to the farmers' Union Conference which closed at Wanganui on Wednesday evening,' says tho "Post." He was discussing the question of dogs wor.riyng sheep, and mentioned that he had a neighbour who one day found a couple of canines molesting his merinos, and instead of dealing out drastic treatment lie rushed round to the County Council office to find out .their registration numbers, with a view to taking proceedings against their owner. (Laughter). "I always shoot them or cut their throats," remarked the farmer. "In one night I lost no le?s than 200 lambs. I have been prosecuted for shooting a dog. but I told the Magistrate, that I would do the same thing again."* He added that a good deal of trouble was caused through Maori boards being allowed to 'register dogs. They just took the fees and did not worry about anything else. Registration, he thought, should be left entirely -in the hands of county councils instead of the system Of dual control that prevailed at present. The grievance having been discussed the conference carried a remit from Waikanae asking the Government to bring in legislation to abate tho sheep-worrying ovil, and do away with the Maori registration of dogs.

A novel response to an appeal for money has been made by a Lower Hutt resident, says the "Post." Last Sunday the Rev. Jan:es M'Caw brought under the notice of the congregation the position of the Presbyterian Home Mission Fund. The next day he 'unexpectedly found himself in possession of a horse, and he is at a loss to know what to do with it. He reported the incident to the annual meeting of the Presbyterian Orphanage and Social Service 'Committee last night. It is desired that the animal should be converted into hard cash, and various suggestions were made as to its disposal. "I would like to see the horse purchased for the orphanage," said Mr M'Caw. amid laughter. "I am cure they are in need c'f a. horse there." "No, you don't," replied Dr. Gibb. "Look here," lie continued, "I heljeve Mr M'Caw is badly in need of a horse in order to work his district thoroughly. I would suggest that his congregation make him a present of this one. Of course, they would have to buy it, and I wo'uld suggest that a high price be ask-ad." (More laughter).

J Auckland, Cliristchurcli, and InvercarI gill arc enforcing by-laws against eyeI piercing and {ace-lacerating pins which j protrude from the ton-heavy hats of j thoughtless l women. Appaals were made I in vain for a sheathing <vf the spears, 1 and. some did cover the sharp points, j but "moral suasion" failed with the ma- ' joritv, and therefore it was u-ecessary to j resort to the force of the law. Some » offenders in A-Ucklund «ukl Invcrcuip,'iil ! imagined that the prohibition was an ' infrintierr ent of the viphts of wc/mon, and 1 they were rebels till they learned sense at Court, by lines. Wellington has a by- • law against the wearing of dangerous skewers in tramcars, but it seems to be as much a dead-letter as the one against spitting on footpaths or the sweeping of j the sidewalks by shopkeepers between 8 30 and 9 a.m.. when people, hurrying to work, are treated to naiisoatinii , noxious dust, of which desiccated sputum j is one component. A correspondent, complains to the "Post" about the laxity <>t the municipal authorities in allowing armoured hats to make tramway n<.vs distinctly .perilous to the public. "Daily," the' writer -declares, "one is in danger of being injured with one <>t these stabbing pins. They are worn up to 12 inches in length —and no protectors." A Saturday Costume Special tomorrow only we'll offer 20 Ladies stvlish new Costumes—ln iSavy Stige and Tweed—for 27s 6d each. H*ua •price 47s 6d. —Auckland Clothing and .Drapery Co.* Be sure to call at Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co.'ft and inspect the large assortment of delightful Quilts (Arctic down), which are to be sold by public auction, to-morrow morning. Their colourings will attract you, while their excellent qualities will hold you.* .

At tlio .Magistrate's Court at Timnru yesterday a grazing run-holder at Mt. Xessini* recovered £>2o and £7 costs from a neighbour l'ur lambs worried by a dog. Tho damage; Avas .ill clone iu ono day, states a- Press Association telegram.

Tlu; "Examiner" says a. Woodvillo business man has put up the shutters of )us establishment, and that "lie had 110 due but himself to blame, for he lias done no advertising, and consequently there was no chance of new settlers to the town and district knowing that he existod at. all. You can't get it without' advertising."

"Incompatibility of temper is not sutficient justiiication for a wife to leavo lier husband, or for a. husband to leavo his wife." said his Honor LMr Justice. Coper, in the course of his summ.in.g-up in a divorce action at the Auckland Supreme Court. I-lis Honor said: that counsel for the respondent in 'file case luul contended that if both .husband and vvifo had tempers there, was justification for one leaving the other. "I say emphatically that there is not," said his Honor. "There .must be other justification. The legal right for one spouso to leave another because of incompatibility of termper does not. exist in Now Zealand', and it is not sufficient ground's for one leaving the other. When two people are unhappily matched, they should have a desire to get on with each other as 'well as possible. What would justify one in leaving the other iriust bo something more than incompatibility of temper." His Honor said a .man often, unfortunately, left Jiis wife (because ho had grown tired of supporting her. A woman, as a'rule, did: not leavo her husband and children unless there was another man in the background.- If tliero was no such man it- was onlv a reasonable presumption that the' conditions Under which she lived with her husband had 'become intolerable to her.

After being at large for more than three ■days, four of the five boys who escaoed from the Takapuna Orphanage were captured at Onehunga. During their freedom they had a wild life, somewhat after the style of a .Robinson. Crusoe. Subsisting on tinned meat andi iruit,, which they managed to commandeer from some launches at Stanley Bay, and adopting the fresh air treatment by sleeping on a. rug which they aiso managed to capture after one of their piratical excursions, the boys led a bold, and free life with the added spicc of romance given, to their adventures by knowing that thev were and that the hand of the law was a.gainst them. I 1 or some days their career was unchequered, but emboldened by their past success, they made a fatal move. r l he provisions which had become exhausted, though sufficient l for their actual bodily needs, did not satisfy their longings. The temptation to pay'a visit to a lolly shop was too much for them, and three of them were told' off to' pur ■chase the necessary delecttabjles, twfa remaining on guard outside. A constable happened along, however, and made a capture, but one boy eluded..-* him and made off. With his prisoner tho constable cnteredi the shop- and caught the others, and took the'four of them to the lock-up.

The "Dominion" says.—Naturally the supporters of Sir Joseph Ward are shocked when they discover that the Ward Government's own oflicial figures disclose that instead of any reduction in the number of big estates during the five and a half years' Premiership of Sir Joseph Ward, they increased in number from 918 to 1016. This fact cannot be disputed and the Wardists do not- attempt tu deny the accuracy of their own figured. . Instead, they rely on keeping the public in ignorance of the facts and on their capacity to fool the electors with fine-sounding assertions "utterly at variance with the true position of things. If Sir Joseph Ward is so anxious to break up the large estates. how is it that during his term; of office the large estates increased in numbers'!

The crew attached to a local threshing mill had an exciting experience at Crown Terrace, at an early hour on Friday morning (says the "Lake County Press"). The men were sleeping in*a barn, the door of which had been left slightly open for the purpose of' ventilation. and about 2 a.m. a wandering cyw stalked majestically into the dor- \ mitory. Finding that she had mad© a mistake the cow attempted to Tback out, but in doing so she closed the door'and. then the trouble commenced. Th.o animal endeavoured to make an exit ; by the window and the crash of breaking; glass awoke the sleepers. Two of the men, who on the previous evening., had regaled their comrades "with tales of encounters with "wild cattle in Australia and pig-hunting in the Taranaki bush, immediately took to the rafters while several others took refuge under their respective beds. At length on© man, who appeared to be the only member of the crew to retain- his presence o£ mind during tho trying ordeal, executed) a rapid flank movement and aftfer opening tho door drove the animal out. Then the "heroes of a hundred fights" • descended from tho rafters and tho other "braves" emerged from their places of refuge.

The Daylight Saving Bill of Mr T. K. Sidey, M.P. for Dunodin South, ia under consideration 'by the Wellington branch of the Sports Protection League. Mr C. P. Skerrett, K.C., president of the branch, referred to" tho matter at tho annual meeting of tho Jbranch, and stated, says the "Post," that the executive had for some time been in communication with Mr Sidey and other persons to obtain information as to the advisability of the legislation proposed in the Bill. No definite .proposals had been arrived at. but it was suggested that a small sub-comn:ittee should bo appointed to enquire into the matter, as to its effects upon residents in both town and country. This committee would draw up a report, and as soon, as it was ready a general meeting would be called to consider it.

Milk, pure and otherwise, was discussed by tlie farmers in conference at Wanganui, when Mr James MacFarlano (Fending) moved : "That it is expedient that milk should be bought not only on its cream tost, but also on its. purity. The National Dairy Company should consider the matter. In moving tho adoption of the proposal, Mr MacFarlane stated thai, in view of the increased use of margarine for butter, it behoved the farmers to see that the mnlk was pure, so that high-grade 'butter could be turned out, both for local consumption and export. Mr E., L<aw (Shannon) expressed the view that in a few months milk wo'uld be paid for according to quality, as the outcome of tho Dairv Conference to be held at tho Manawatu Show. The remit was adopted , Blanket Coat Specials for Saturday only! To-nYorrow only we'll offer outsmart. cosy, Blanket Coats for 17s 6a, 21s. 30s, 'and 355. Usual prices'2ss, 30s, 355, and 50s.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* Everyone requiring warm, cosy, Blankets and Quilts for this cold, frosty weather will do well to attend Messrs Bislev Bros, and Cn.'s auction sale tomorrow morning. The quality of tno goods is the best, and they may be inspector! before the sale commences. A Scramble of Sample Bo'ot.s Vind Shoos ! To-morrow we'll offer for onethird regular prices, 100 pairs of AN o•men's and Men's splendid Boots and Shoes—English samples—just bought at 665J per cent, discount. —Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.*