LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, 28 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A clause in the Washing-Ui> Bill which was introduced yesterday extends the borrowing powers" of the Motueka 'Harbour Board from to £28,000. The maximum rate of interest that may be paid is raised from 5 to 5i per cent„ whilst the special rating limit i.s raised from a penny to five farthings in the pound, says our Correspondent"

The Rev. Father Skinner, of Waiuktt, who has been appointed a chaplain to the New Zealand Forces, leaves Waiuku for the front in a few weeks' time. The Rev. Father Keraine, of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, will succeed him, and the Rev. Father Brennan. who recently returned from active service, will till the vacancy at the Cathedral.

Before he became secretary of th-i Marlborough Education Board. Mr E. S. Hylton was on the staff of the Wellington Education Board. Now that the Wellington and Marlborough educational districts have been amalgamated Mr Hylton will re-enter the Wellington Board's service. At the last meeting of the Marlborough Board he was granted an allowance equal to three months' salary, in view of the leave of absence to which he had been entitled during the past three years, and\wihich he had not taken.

The Colonial Sugar Refining Company, about 18 months ago (says the Suva correspondent of the New- Zealand Herald), offered the Fijian Government the sum of £IOO,OOO at 4 per cent, interest, the money to be used for acquiring land and settling Indian immigrants under the indenture system upon it. Since then the Government has decided that immigration under the indenture system must cease, and, although there was no opposition to the scheme at the outset, there is now considerable agitation against the proposal, more especially; to the Government Bill authorising the loan. The Government, in view of the attitude of the elected members, decided to refer the Bill to a Select Committee, consisting of all the elected members, seven in number, and three Government members of the Council.

The division on 9 o'clock closing, which was the most crucial of the night's divisions (lost by 36 to 55) was one of the largest divisions recorded on any question for some years, viz., 71 of a House of 80. The remaining nine consist of the Speaker, Chairman of Committees, Capt. Hine (in camp), Mr Escott (ill), three members in England and two on active service. There were no pairs.— Own Correspondent.

"Sale time affords big opportunities for this sort of thing," remarked 1 ChiefDetective Herbert during the hearing of a shop-lifting case at the Christchurch "Magistrate's Court, says the Press. "Yes. there, is too much of it altogether, and it will have to be stopped," replied the Magistrate. Mr T. A. B. Bailey. The accused woman was stated to have four children, the youngest of whom was just nine months old. and' which she was still nursing. "That is the only reason that I will°not send you to gaol, if I decide v,ot to do so." Mr 'Bailey continued, and remanded 1 the. accused until Wednesday, to £rive her an opportunity of accounting ""for various other articles which were found in- her 'house.

Photographs illustrating some features of the New Zealand Military Hospital at at Walton-ori-Thames (established and conducted by the N.Z. War Contingent Association in England), are on view in the Auckland Drapery Co.'s w-.udow. These were forwarded to Mr W. w - Snodgrass by Mr G. E. Tolhurst, who is a member of the Committee of the N.Z. War Contingent Association, and has been actively connected with the work of the Association ii> England. Mr Tolhurst is at present in New Zealand, hut intends to return to. England. In a letter accompanying the photographs Mr >■ Tolhurst states that the British military authorities consider Walton the model hospital-in England. It is run at the same cost as other hospitals, and the only advantages the patients enjoy are theresult of the War Committee's internal arrangement. Similar advantages are enjoyed at Brockenhurst, another hospital for New Zealanders with over 1000 beds. Patriotic societies in New Zealand contribute £3OOO a month towards the work of the War Contingent Association in England ,and> the expenditure of this sum has enabled- the provision of tho advantages referred to. Recently the British ""Government decided to take over the Walton Hospital, a step which is not approved of by the New Zealand Association, and it is certain that representations will be made to the Home Government for a rescision of their decision.

To-morrow wlil be a husy day at Trathen's Sale. Shop early. We will be closed all day Monday.*

McKay's, Bridge-street, have just landed from English manufacturers a very fine assortment of British Flags. All kinds at 6d, 9d. Is. up to 4s 6d. Buv one for your child for Monday, the Gala Day.*

To-morrow, at Trathen's Sale ! Special bargains will be offered in rich duality Fur Sets, many handsome sets in Fitch. Fur. Squirrel, Bear, etc., at very low prices. *

The Anchor Company advertise- specal excursions to emble Motueka residents to rttend l Gala Day celebrations. The Nikan leaves Motueka for Nelson on Monday at 8 a.m.. and the Koi leaves Nelson for Motueka at 7 p.m. Excursionists can also re-turn by the Kaitoa on 'Tuesday, morning.

Tobralco at Trathein's Sale, to-morrow is last chance of securing this famous wash material at Is yard, all colours in stock.*

'Ladies' Costumes to-morrow at 'Trathen's Sain, tho smartest and' newest styles are offered at big reductions, good assortment in Navy.*

.Ladies' Stylish Trimmed Hats-, all Mi is season's importations. Sale orices 3s lid, 4s lid, 6s lid, 8s 6d,12s 6d Tratlien's Sale* Ladies' Ribbed Cashmere Hose <arc sli'll quite, reasonable in price at. Trathen'.Sale prices Is 3d, is lid, 2s 6d. x

Tlie Com'mdssioncr of Taxes, in order apparently to -verify income returns sen* in by dairy farmers, has addressed circulars to dairy companies asking for particulars of milk cheques paid out during f-ho past- season, navE ! the Post. The Ccnrnrrsioiier ha? indicited that he hai power to demand such, in formation, and attaches a memioTandarm to this -effect: "I have to say that T ami empowered' by law to require the furnishing of .this information. I -shall be glad if you will inform l your dir-eetors that \:by .refusing it you render yourself liable to prosecution." Wavm Whiter Blouses much reduced, 3s lid. 4s 6d, 5s lid, at Trathen's Sale To-morrow. Closed all day Monday.* Ladies' Black Handbags, sale prices 2s 3d. 2s 6d, 4s 6d,, 6s lid. to 27s 6d each.—Tra then and Co., the best place lor bags.*

After referring to the increased taxation and the burden put upon the laud, Sir James Wilson, in his address at the D'ominion 'Conference of the Farmers' Union, stated :—"One significant fact one cannot help noting is that during all the debates as to how t.he taxation should be imposed' oil 0i!;..-s, Uie.re has not been a suggests:: t'-pt -' iy remission of payment should' ut, i.x.iu' either by Ministers or members. When, however, all is said and done, however much hardship mav result from taxation, the Government has had to deal with very exceptional circumstances, and, although i<t has been squeezed- unduly by some sections of the community, and throwing the cost of the process on others, it must have the money, and 1 am sure all those who have to find it will hope that it will be wisely and economically spent, and help to end the war in the a.uly way in which the Empire will permit."

Owing- to a mis-understanding counsel engaged in the case Knapp v. Currie and Evans were not present at the Bright\vater Court when Mr Evans, S.M., gave his judgment, nonsuiting the plaintiff, and therefore no order was made as to costs Mr W. V. Rout, who appeared for the defendants, to-day stated that l.e and Mr A. C. Maginnity (counsel for the p'aintiff) had understood the judgment would be delivered at Nelson. He asked whether costs would be allowed the defendants. The Magistrate said he would not allow any costs so far as the expenses at Napier were concerned, but he would allow £1 Is in respect of costs at Nelson.

A number of girls have just finished their year's course of training 'in order to 'be" able to take the place of German and Austrian hairdressers at the Barrett street School, Oxford street, London, W. They learn -brushing, singeing, shaniicooing, and all the other things of the trade, pract sing on one another in the art of hair-dressing, says the Daily Mail. A skilful hairdresser, and these girls are learning the trade thor-_ oughly, can earn 35s a week, apart from "tips." Never again, should the Hun hairdersser be needed.

In an interview with a Christchurch reporter, Mr Lawrence Birks, engineer in charge of the Lake Coleridge electrical scheme, stated that the power from the Lake would meet all demands —even as at present equipped—for a verv long time. There was a maximum load on at the present time of 2800 horse-power, and the commitments to which the Department was pledged within the next twelve months were 8000 h.p. To meet this demand, LakeColeridge provided three systems «'f 2000 h.p. each, a fourth of 2000 h.p. was under construction, and there was a fifth of 4000 h.p. proposed, and anothers—a sixth—of 4000 h.p. was provided for if required. He instanced the cases of the city of Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City, which had started' off .wiia systems of from 10,000 h.p. to 20,000 h p., and that would give the people some idea of the growth, which would assuredly come. Mr Birks contended i that the free use of electricity tended in the direction of economy.

"The shortage of workers demands the closer attention of the farmers, and therefore your presence here betokens the keenness of your desire to advance the agricultural interests of this Dominion," said. Sir James Wilson, at theopening of the Dominion Conference ; of the Farmers' Union. "There are manyquestions on, our order paper which show that the vision of the farmer is broader than his fields; that the interests, of the people of this land are paramount to the interests of our own class. These conferences are not only beneficial to ourselves as farmers, but they are educational and perform the important work of educating public opinion. enable us to place our views before the public and correct many erroneous ideas that prevail in regard to the business oi farming. They also serve to inform the. town-dwellers that we are anxious to fc", many more seeking their life's work in the country. These conferences tend towards a better appreciation of the difficulties the farmer has to contend against and to foster the idea of mutual help."

Chaplains to the forces are very often designated wrongly. District ordersissued by Colonel Ghaffey, Commanding the Canterbury District, give the right designation-: Chaplains should be designated, the Rev. (name) Chaplain to the Eorces ( Class)> and not "Chaplain Captain" or "Chaplain-Major" as the case may be. Chaplains hold their appointments a s Chaplain to the Forces only, and) are given status- but not rank, as caipttains, majors, lieut.-colonels, or colonels, according to whether they are chaplains 4th, 3rd, 2nd, or Ist class. Strictly speaking, there are no such appointments as "chaip : iam-capta>;n," "major-chaplain',".- etc., and the term, when used' is incorrect, says the Press.

"The motive power of the future is going- to be electricity," said l Sir James Wilson at the Farmers' Conference. "Mr Clifton, in v an address given at the Council of Agriculture meeting, said he had seen a farm in 'California- where everythuig_was driven by electricity generated by water in the hills. The' only tiring not done thus was the tilling 'of the soil. The faTmer told him that it would not be long before he was doing this too. What a chance for the Chief Electrical Engineer to be allowed, by his Minister to give a demonstration of how much can- be done on a Canterbury farm, by the power generated at Lake 'Coleridge! By the use of the cheapest form of motive power, and the increase of machinery, even with high wages, we may be able to cheapen the cost of crops. Dairymen are all now impressed l that machinery must replace hand labour, and the number of milking machines is being doubled. One local firm that ma-k.es oil engines which have stood the test which experience of their use gives, told me that one man alone had given them an order for 500. Motor ploughs have not yet been perfected-; but I have no doubt that ini a few years we shall see them successfully doing work on farms, though on hills our old friend the horse is likely to remain."

Now is the time to secure a Fur Lined Motoring Coat; to-morrow Trathen and Co. offer some very handsome Coats. Balo prices, only 4 guineas each.*