LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 16 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

lb lias bjeeiK arranged-, that O. ~L. Haase, one of the invalided soldiers who returned by the Willochra, -will enter the Nelson Hospital.—Press Association. Reporting upon the health of the New Zealand garrison., at. Samoa, on;. 12th July, the Administrator. (Colonel. Logan} states —"Health of, troop©' good'. Wireless operator R. Croxicher, enteric. Samban. Re'ief Force: Pte. W- Martin, nasal sinus trouble; P.te. W. HV Shaw,, otitis media; Pte. F. W.' Bezar, follicular tonsilitis; Pte. W. H'Guinness, rhinitis.; Pte. H. G. Atkinson, colitis; Pte. J-. Sharp, neuritis; Pte. A. H, Gannaway, | tonsilitis; Pte.. SV G.uppy, n.y.d. All' doing well. ■ Attention is drawn to Mrs Anstice's new advertisement on the, sixth page of this issue. \ ' j Attention is drawn to 'Mrs Anstice's; "new advertisement on the third page, of,' this issue. Special Sale Prices for Sporty Coats, Raincoats, Dress Tweeds, and Furs. See Trathen's advertisement (on page 3 ,fp>*. further particulars.*

+ *i? ii-'Jit serious accident occurred at. tne .-s?otf; evening, when Mrs » &m ,&. of Britannia Heights, in tfee r <3ajjhess, -walked over the< sea % Mrsjßobinson had. ibeen in town , asa-d Tetarnf to the Port shortly 'before If o'clock id stepped over, the -wall a !-short distace beyond the freezing ! .'works. Cria of distress were later heard by a lad Aimed Louis Lukins, and he <found All's jtobiiison om the shingle. The woman havn,g been removed', Br Bett was sililimte'd, and he ordered her to be taken t/'the Hospital. Mi-'s Robinson, besides bfng severely shaken, received injuries t/ the head, and also sustained ©me broken Tibs. This is thei thir/accident of, the kind that has occurred a\ this spot -within) a short period, aW again emphasises the need for a lamjj in. the vicinity or protecting chains. 7

The sal| of work at the Girte' Central Schc-d to-morrow afternoon in aid of the Sia and Wounded Soldiers' Fund promises jk> be. largely attended.. Additional staas will dispose of t sweets, produce', am flowers and sevexaXclasses will songs and give a short exhibition of the new drill. The Rev. J.H . Mackenzie, the chairman of the Town Scfools Committee, -will open the proceedings at 2.30 p.m.

There jhas 'been a- considerable decline in-the s,s6eaiger traffic on-the Welling-; toh-L,ytt£ltorv ferry service, and theUnion Company, Says a Press- message, has . decided to withdraw the Wahrne using Ike P.ateena in her steady until the pr&pects improve. On inquiry from A&- Monßon, Nelson manager of: the "Union- Company, we-find thajt the will replace- the Pateena in the ]S T service, and that: tfefi' Mapourika will take up the Arahuri's West Coast running.

lit VjeW, of the telegram, the Minister of Defence has reecived from Alexandria ■advising- that there is. a shortage.of writing, paper, and envelopes at- the front, and- the suggestion, that -every, .person' writing to a "soldier, should, enclose, a piece of paper and an envelope, it is interesting to; note, that the letter from Corporal Lucre, published in these columns yesterday, was,.written on many, different : scraps .of paper, including the. outer edges of the "Weekly: Press." The letter.' was > written.. to his sister, Mrs Davies, and. contained a, request that it be handed aboundto his friends; including lieutenant D. Brown, of the. H. Battery, who was his ...fellow-lieutenant. He also |; said that he.did not know when he would, -be writing-again, were : .right..out oif writing paper, .and that friends who . are expecting, letters will understand why they are not forthcoming.

.At the Magistrate's Court this'morn-, ing, ..before Mr. J. ,S. Evans, S.M., H,, T. Rose was, charged .by the police- with : boardiig the 1; 15 p.m. train on-June 26th whilst it was in .motion.-. - The defendant and -was, convicted and fined- 10s and> 7s Court costs.; F. Junes, for Tiding.a bicycle- on the, Rocks Road without a light, was fined. £2 and; 7s cost.

Some excitement -was caused in : the vicinity of the Ferry wharf, Wellington, about 10 o'clock, the other morning, when a young woman of- unsound mind either fell or jumped into the. harbour. She was recovered, from the! water not much the. worse for her, experience, and was taken to. the ferry waiting room, where, she was given the. necessary attention, until she. could be. reinovedi.

A banJkirupt in Christchurch the other day told a moving, story. She was a, boardinig-house keeper, -andjiad borrowr ed in all £6O; Oh that amount she had paid in interest alone,£l27. Hayjng ; ,to pay so much interest she had to sacrifice "other creditors, and-attributed .her, bankruptcy to tile .strain diue to .the interest , she had to pay. ."The time will come, I am sure," remarked Mr 'Clement, Wragge during the. course of an. astronomical lecture delivered at Auckland on Thursday evening (says the- "Auckland, Star,"). 'Syhen alfl. I these wires, >vill' : be done, away with. We are.only on the.threshold:of, what can be done, with wireless telegraphy. I am certain that. the ; time will come when, with;a wireless-apparatus, each can-.carry round with him, w.e will be able. £o communicate. Avitlr our friends as easily, 'as we now., talk- together face to, face." There are many instances. of the most miraculous , escapes at the. Dardanelles, says, the .New- Zealand Official War Correspondent. Private R. Heaton Livingston, ah old; Christ's College- boy.; got a bullet, through his cap. It drilled i a neat hole through the centre, of: the I badge and came out, at. the top, without i touching his. head* Private.. Maxwell had the half of his entrenching: tool; which he wag. carrying in his: belt, pierced bya. bullets The iron at the top o£i the haft was hit by another bullet. This! bii?ei. would certainly have gone through: ihig hip. had- the. haft not been there. Private Cecil Y|ork, : late, of: the "Lyt-t-y ton Timesj!' whose chief claim' to fame in his regiment was the very - fat- diary hi used to keep, also had a- remarkably p arrow escape. The much-ridiculed diary stepped a Turkish, bulletwhen it; was in York's breast "pocket right over, his. leart! That, bullet, wqulcf. certainly,'hav«-fir-jshed. him even- 1 had, the diary been but a, thin one. York, is rather afraid, tJiat it las destroyed some of his notesr

It seems strange indeed, to see New. Zealarders. walking, about the streets-of Cairo-,.with, bandaged hands, and' heads; a.rj«« Ross, Official War Correspondents Occasionally, ■ even, at this. early stage ' of the fighting, you, may see. a., man, rwalk...ing ab6ut with/only.one;arm left.. Such, aii. one \ is Jack Erwin,, of GhristchuTch, so n of the. &ey<; R. Erwir.. -He.; was hit •by, an explosive htdletyand; walked-down to the beach with his left-hand; almost severed frpmi, his arm. He camex back to Alexandria o'n.' the troopship, he-: had gone lip in.. The.doctors ■decided;to am- ' putata immediately. Tovday ;he was walking about streets cf; Cairo with the bandages off, but wanting. to have another go at the Turks. He, however, will do iio more fighting, .but will return to New Zealand. His main, complaint is thai) he has to keep all' his " money in the right-hand" pocket! Norris, an old Christ's College bpy_ was killed; in the tre.nqh. 'beside: Erwin. The. latter was smoking a cigarette and* chatting , with his friend three. m* four yards, away. After lighting, the cigarette he said something to Noi'ris, and received tio /ftjplyj. Whereupon an Ajustraliaii next to Erwin your mate you'll get no answer: he was shot dead a. few minutes ago !" ______ 11 •'■•^u-wi The vast extent of-; the present farflung battle-line may he gleaned: from a letter justreceived, by a friend in Wellington, from Mr John Styche, a former resident of Brooklyn, who is the Church Missionary Society's representative; at Kota Kota, Nvasaland, near JLake Tanganyika, the Mission village, containing no less .than 10,000 souls, ' says the, "Post." "You. will, probably hayejhea'rd. that we had a. little fighting on "the German border ak the north of the lake," writes Mr Styche. "t was away 50 miles inland, at the time, but, ihe Germans have, been kept well within their .own line., and it- has not affected any of us farther .south, except that we were most •unfortunate in'-loafjag- the G.o T vernment, Reisident. of Kota, Kota,. wihp. was leading a company up. there at the time. He .was a fine mani wail 'b<\ a'ery hard to, replace.'' .Mr Styche',.. ex-> ; pects to. visit Wellingtqh on fpl-Jough next year. In the. early; .days..of >. the., Boy Scout movement he. was an ardent worker, and was scoutnia&ter for "tjb.fi. j Brooklyn district. - ••.'••""• i

The fortnightly meeting of the Nelson City Council will be held this evening.

Owing to the* shortage of explosives, Reefton mines are reducing hands.

Mr Acland, Financial (Secretary to the British Treasury, says that the war is costing jbhe taxpayers £3O a second.

Edward Ritchie, who was injured' at the Glenho'pe railway construction •works owing to the. prematurei explosion of a charge of gelignite, and brought to Nelson Hospital, is doing as well as can be expected. The extent of /the injuries to his eyes cannot yet be determined. Fat cattle are very hard to procure in the Wairarapa just now (says the Masterton. correspondent "Dominion,") and big prices are ruling. An early increase, in the price of beei is anticipated.

"I am quite satisfied that, motorists in the Dominion are not paying sufficient towards the cost of the roads," said Sir G. B. 'Bullock at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Automobile Union at Wellington on Friday (states the "Evening Post.")

Through the columns of their troopship paper ("The Maunganuian") the members of the sth Reinforceirents thank the many donors of those various o-ifts which "proved wonderfully com-' forting and desirable. If (says the journal) these kind friends knew and saw the excellent use•...•that, has, been and is being made of their forethought and generosity, they would be repaid, at least in part. There was none that was more acceptable than. another, widely diverse though the goods were; All are thanked, and the numerous gifts are here acknowledged :-r-120 cases apples, from Mayor's patriotic fund, Wellington; 5001b cake, from Mayoress's Fund, Wellington; 2 phonographs and re-cords, Lady Liverpool's Fund; 1 case books and games and 1 phonograph and records, from Gisborne Women's- Club ; 2 cases books, C. S. Fraser,, Timaru; books, per Lieut. Ashton; 1 bundle; illustrated papers, from Advertising Office; 5 cases books, 300 periodicals, and games, from Y.M.C.A., Wellington; 5 bales clothing, Otago Patriotic : Association, for Otago men; 1 case of .games, from Auckland Ladies' Patriotic 1 parcel socks, etc., Mor'rinsviile. Ladies' Committee. The, meji specially acknowledge the following" two iterns-/—24 cases measles from Trent-ham-Camp,, for use of embryo body-snatchers; & Boy.' Scout compasses (made. in. Germany); 1 for officers of -Wellington In:faniryj' B Company.

: Quantities of certain classes of seed; rhave- been imported in the past from ■'countries now involved! in war. It an'ticipated, that, in consethere;may be a,, shortage of cey"tairi' ini New Zealand, and the gesf<ton. was. put forvvard; a,t the Council of- Agriculture -yestesday, sa.ys then "Post," that something mnght be done by school l children in the collection of seed! from various sources which at; present go to waste. It was resolved, on the motion of ; the president (Mr W. Perry): "That..this conference approves the . pi'inciple. of school chiilda*ep being' encouraged to colect ; (grass, and;, other seeds, 'and,* where possible, grow them as wieUj ajidithat the proposals cpyered , by. an. article in> ani AucMand' weekly paper be sent to the..-Board' o,f. Agi'ioul-; ture wpth.a 'recommendiation that.it he.: favouraibly considered; and' that steps : bo > taken; to induce the Bctards of Education. and A. andi P. Associations to give effect to the suggest ion." •

The "Britash, Medical Joui*nal" pub, lishes a very sympathetic biographical inbtice of the latci Lieut. George Martin Chapman, son, of Mr Justice Chapman, was killed by a shell while attend-' ing a c wouhded - soldier.. in. France,.. The Journal says—"When the war began he was serving as house surgeon at the London. Hospital,' and joined' the R.A.M.C. Special Reserve as lieutenant on 10th. September, 1914. Early in, 1915 he received : a decoration from thej French Government for saving the lives of several fishermen wrecked ui a, rough sea- off Boulogne. At the time of his. death he was to the 2nd Dragooni Guards -as medicad r officer. "' ■ One\ of- his teachers writes: : 'Chapman, or ''George," as he was known' to more than his. intimates, was one. who received in- the-most generous measure the respect and affection of all who,knew him. Perr haps at / his age - it{ was inevitable that his athletic, gifts: should: attract more at« tontiontlian his. high mental abilities and sterling moral,"sense., which in later years, w.ouldi have surely won him a new re? nown.-...- He, was, cast, in a heroic mould, and,: •while it is no. doubt true- nothinghim: moie than the manner of it, is.but.cold: comfort to the "nji-ny.wlo inourn. the early end- of so itdriiirablo. a lifer—the sudden, quenching p'fj sd much vital'and kindly force.'"