LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, 24 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Owing to Paddy's Market to-night's bandaeing class in connection -with St. John Ambulance Association has been postponed until to-morrow tveiling.

It has been currentiv reported that Mr Massev and Sir ."Joseph Ward intend to leave for England in a fortnight. V. is now officially stated, telegraphs the Mail's Parliamentary correspondent, that this statement is incorrect.

The Nelson quota for the Nineteenth Reinforcements will be farewclled at. Paddy's Market this evenmc. Ihe speaker will be Mr .1. S. Evans, S.M.

During proceedings in the Wellinct-VT Supreme Court this morning the Chief Justice. Sir Robert Stout said that unfortunately in our community there seem to be people -who think it no shame to get drunk. This no doubt accounts for the large numbers of soldiers who are to be seen in a drunken state in the streets, and it could easily be stopped by the Defence Authorities declaring hotels to be out of bounds. If they did.this there would be. something done to stop a great" amount of drunkenness amongst the voung men of this city.—Press Association,.

A meeting of the Nelson Recruiting Association was held in the Council Chambers, on Saturday evening. Mr F. G. Gibbs was voted to the chair. Cone - pondence was received from the Hor.. W. F. Massey. Chairman, and Air 1 D .Gray. secretary of the Recruiting Board, 'expressing p-reat satisfaction with the tine work done by the lorn! Committee. Mr W. Lock. Treasure-, presented a financial statement in connection with carrying out of the scheme. Opportunity was taken to bid farewell to the Secretary. Mr Hedges— Messrs Gibbs, Lock, * and Snodgrass snoke in high-terms of appreciation <. f Mr Hedge's services—and a resolution regarding the same was recorded on the minutes. Mr Hedges thanked the Committee for its expression of appreciation. A fuller report is held over until to-morrow •

A good example of practical patriotism was set hv the members of the Palmo-'-ston Patriotic Society at the last meeting of that body. At a previous meeting a returned soldier applied for assistance in order to enable him to take part in a land ballot, but the society decided that this was outside their province. At the last meeting the soldier waited upon the society and explained that he had drawn a- section in a land ballot, and asked for a- loan of £l2O for a month to enable him to take up the section. Tito soldier stated he was one of five brothers who had volunteered for active service, four of whom, including himself, had been in the firing line. He had returned wounded in the lee and with his left arm paralysed. The socier.y considered the case one that demanded their assistance, and 12 members of the society guaranteed the money, which was dnlv paid over.

The sacred concert which was to have been held by the Wnimea-Port Grenadiers, in the Theatre Royal last evening, was postponed, in consequence of floodwater having reached the engine and affected the lighting arrangements.

Owing to the inclemency of the weather on Saturday. there was uc ouorum for the annual meeting of the Nelson branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute, and it was postponed for a fortnight.

At the Christchurch Magistrate's Court an elderly dame, who pleaded guilty to gazing-,upon the beer when it was brown, or words to that effect, was asked if she would go to the Mt. Magdala Home. She did' not appear to jump at the offer. "I've done 12 months there," she remarked, "and I think I've done my bit! I don't want to go there any more, and I don't understand the religion. I'm Church of England, I am."

A generous act of sympathy has oeen displayed) towards the son of Mr WE. Goffe, of Gisborne, who was recently prosecuted for having a wireless plant in his possession without the consent of the Government. An anonymous sympathiser (reports the Poverty Bay Herald) has forwarded the lad the sum of £2, the amount of the fine imposed. Whilst gratefully a;ppTec : ating the kindness prompting 'this a.ction, the young man has forwarded the amount to the Herald office to be credited to the British Red Cross Fund in the name of "Toy Wireless." The asm omit- has 'been hamd'fcd to the Defence Committee. >

Cattle are generally easy to drive, but it is another matter "to lead them. This week an Ashburton carrier endeavoured to persuade a bull to go over the Ashburton traffic bridge (says the Guardian). The bull had through its nose a ring, to which was' tied a rope. All the endeavours of the carrier failed, and cventuallv the animal, in its struggles,, pulled back' sharply, and the ring was pulled clean through the nostril. When last seen by the person who described the incident, the animal was lying down and .bleeding profusely.

According to the Wairarapa D:»ly Times, a sufferer from s;iiial meningitis, who has been' an inornate of the Infectious hospital building at the Tauhernnikau racecourse, for tin- past, seven months, has recovered. The value of imp.-M"-- ""(•■> ".he Dniininion during t-he .Inn; qtiavu.r was £5.760.158. includii, valued at £210.250. The figures, for the eorresipondinir quarter last year were respectively £4,487.934 and £553,261. Definite advice has been received in New-Zealand (says the Dominion) that the price of rennet is now close, on t4O per 1001b keg. and that no more "veils'' for the making of renmet'ean >be procured from Russia. 'The farming community, it is pointed out, should realise how ibsolutely neissssnry it is for them to immediately set about saving calf "veils ' iu New Zealand. The Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund and the Red Cross Committee have accepted the suggestion of Mr IT. G. Hill that a concert iriven bv combined choirs in aid of the two funds, be held._ The musical arrangements will be carried out bv a- committee composed of representatives of the combined choirs, and other matters will be in the hands of a committee composed of representatives of the two funds mentioned. Miss Gladvs Bamford, of Wanganui, last week collected £7 5s 9d on the trai,a. .bringing her total up to £458 (says the Chronicle). Iu another six weeks she will have reached the first anniversary of her collecting on the trains for patrioic purposes, "and with liberal respouses on the icart of passengers she hopes to reach £SOO.

In connection with the Silver Bullet entertainment at Hope, it is reported t'. - dav that the ground escaped the floui waters and is in good condition. Residents having articles for the fishing competition 'arc asked to leave them, at Messrs Wilkinson Hogc's residence by to-morrow evening. Fuller details aro advertised. '^'O

A difference of cmnion has arisen between the Victorian, ond the New Zealand Departments of Agriculture regardins; consignments of fruit trees from Victoria (savs a Melbourne exchange). Considerable quantities of young trees have been sent from the Victorian orchards to Wellington. but\ in spite of the fact that these orchards have been carefully inspected, and the young trees have revealed no traces of disease, the consignments have been condemned by the Wellington inspectors. -Mr C. Brittlebarik, an expert officer from Victoria, is at present in Wellington conferring with the New Zealand' officials regarding the reason for condemning the trees, in which the latter officials declare they have found traces of a root disease. The Victorian nurserymen are bearing te expenses of the officer, and the Victorian Minister of Agriculture is anxious that the difficulty should be overcome,_ as the shipments of trees from Victoria to New ■ Zealand are of considerable value to the State.

"Tho banking companies pay just'the same taxation as all other taxpayers, and no specia l concession is given to them," said the Minister for Finance (the Right Hon. Sir J. G. Ward), reply- 1 ini-r in the House to the question asked by" Mr J. Payne (Grey Lynn)—"Whether the banking-companies pay the 33 1-3 per cent provided for in clause 4 and the 5 per cent flat rate of tax ''provided for in clause 5 of the Finance Bill, in addir tion to the 2s 8d in the pound_ the companies pay on the assessable income _As assessed in the peculiar manner banking companies' incomes are assessed?"

In New Zealand, as in other parts of the Empire, the marriage ceremonyis a' somewhat lengthy as well as a deeply solemn ceremony, but according to a Yankee who plighted his troth 1o a New Zealand lady at the office of the Registrar of Marriages the other day, they do things a bit more sudden in "Amurica." "Will you have h : ;m," asks the officiating official of the lady.. "Yes," she replies. "Will you have her?" he then -asks-the swain. "Yes," he responds. "Married," announces the official. "Ten dollars please."