LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, 3 August 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A tablet to the memory of trie late Major Houlker will be unveiled in the Cathedral by the Bishop of Nelsm at 5.30 p.m. to-morrow (Friday), when all friends interested are invited to t e present.

An appropriation in connection with the Nelson People's Terminating BuiHing Society-was drawn last night by ballot. Mr L. Page, the holder of two shares, was the successful shareholder.

While bringing a load of straw into town from Appleby yesterday, Mi- W. Robinson's dray was blown over by a violent gust of wind. The mishap occurred near Saxon's corner. No damage was done.

The LeHslative Council, which sat yesterday afternoon and evening, passed the War Regulations Bill in the form adopted by the House. An amendment by the Hon. G. Carson in favour of nine o'clock closing of "hotels was negatived bv 12 votes to six. The Cinematograph Film Censorship Bill was read a second time.

A remarkable accident occurred at the Gisborne wharf the other day, when, a horse and cart belonging to the Westport Coal Company backed over the wharf and plunged into the river. The driver pluckilv jumped to the rescue of his horse, which was a valuable one, and endeavoured to keep its head abo>?e water, but without avail, as, hampered by the cart and' harness, the animal was unable to help itself, and soon- drowned. The cart was salvaged after a good deal of trouble.

An up-to-date deep-sea fishing industry is about to be established, in Wanganui.

The infectious diseases bulletin issued by the Department of Public Health shows that the number of cases of scarlet fever notified throughout the Dominion during the week ending July 31st, was 94; the number of diphtheria cases, 51 : enteric fever, 18 : tuberculosis, 22; cerebro-spinal meningitis, 4 : puerperal fever, 1 : blood-poisoning, 4; total, 194.

The shortage of white paper, which recently caused the American Newspaper Publishers' Association to urge upon its members the strictest economy, even to the cutting-down of margins and the discontinuance of useless extra editions, is now so serious that the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce has just issued a pamphlet with definite instructions as to what kind of materials should' be saved, and how it should Le assorted. These instructions are printed in the form of a manual for the guidance of small householders, apartment Houses, small stores, hotels, department stores, office buildings, large printing establishments, and other users of paper, and the material from which it is manufactured.

It is not often that one police officer prosecutes another member of the force, and it becomes unique when the senior-sergeant appears for the proseeu tion against the sub-inspector (say the Otago Daily Times. Such a case took place in the City Pofice Court on Thursday, when Sub-Inspector Broberg was charged with permitting a chimney in his residence in Castle street to be on fire. A plea of "Guilty" was entered by the defendant, who explained that Le had been an occupant of the house for only nine weeks. He pleaded guilty because he realised that he should have examined the chimneys and ascertained their true state. After • the fire he found out that the chimney, had bet?n dirty. The Magistrate, in imposing a fine of ss, remarked that this was a new role for a- sub-inspector.

Ail immense muuber of l'abbits has been railied' from 'Central Otago to the freezer this season. JRabbiters are now getting lOd a pair cu the fence. On the Mian-i-cxtol© Plain a four-horse team fit to rim in any coach service has been bringing rabbits down from the Styx.. between 20 and 30 'miles from the railway. The Alexandra Freezing Works aire" dispatching large -quantities of rabbits ready .frozen. The winter in -Central Otago has "been very open, -with an exceptional rainfall for this dry area. Stock ■are in splendid -condition, and every day for weeks past special trains have been, leaving fpr Dunedin with fat sheep and cattle.' The Central Otago grazier has had a splendid season for taking advantage of the abnormal war prices for his stock. Some farmers have refused 27s per head for sheep on trucks, preferring to take the chancei of a larger price at the Bxirnsidte yards. Times have changed for <the old southern- identities who "took tip land under the l.i.p. title.

Additional regulations exempting soldiers of the Expeditionary Forces from arrest on civil process or under the Destitute Persons Act have been gazetted.

Auckland city is to have a town clc-jc at a salary of" £1250 a ..ear, and the appointment will be date by a special coiitiun-uv which has been authorised to act in the matter.

The patriotic hare-drive—-a function very much in vogue "down south" just novv —appears to Le accompanied by excitement apart from the potting of pussv. On Saturday at a "drive" at Charteris Bay (Canterbury), one sportsman received' two pellets in his- face, and another sustained an injury to one of his hands.

Owing to the rain on Monday the ladies' tug-of-war, for which special prizes had been promised, Avas not held. As great interest has been aroused by the recent tournament, it has been decided to hold another tug-of-war for ladies on the 24th, 25th, and 26th inst. The prize money has been raised by-sin-scription, and the net proceeds will be devoted to the Lady Liverpool Fund. The staging is erected at Trafalgar Park, and teams wishing to train may obtain the gear from Mr W. McGregor. The place where the contests will be held will be announced later.

Mr J. A. Simson, manager of Bray Bros., distributors for the New Zealand Poultry Industry Ltd., who is at present iin Nelson will be present at this evening's meeting of the Nelson Poultry Association after the ordinaa-y businesshas been concluded to discuss the question of the marketing of eggs from the Nelson district. Mr Simson is a brother of Captain Simson, founder of the Returned Soldiers' Association.

A progress statement of the Discharged Soldiers' Information Department shows that at July 26th the total number of men on the register was 5229. Of the 3435 cases disposed of, 124 men have left New Zealand, or their, addresses cannot be ascertained; 1360 have re-enlisted or returned to military duty, or had .work to return to; 875 had signed "assistance not required" ;. 787 had been placed in employment; 183 had not responded to repeated communications, or had accepted work the department found" for them- but failed to start work; and 106 had drawn, sections of land. The number of men on the employment wanted register is 330; while 772' men had recently returned to New Zealand, and are now convalescing, not ready for employment, or not yet discharged by the military authorities. The nine amen unplaced in the Wellington district desred employment as follows : _light work 4; form work lj simple clerical work 1; motor work- 1; clerical work 2.

A young .New Zealander who lias had considerable experience in our -military camps says that lie has had to completely rev-se his opinion regarding the various classes of men. He is absolutely con'f vinced that the men with the to-esfc manners are not those drawn from public 1 offices and banks, nor those who come from the well-to-do classes, but they are the men from the back-blocks, settlers, timber workers, miners, navvies. These men, he says,, shave had wide experience of camipi life, and know the value of orderliness, oleanl-iness, and equal division of tasks. Moreover, they know how to make camp/ life comfortable; how to wait their.turn-when meals are being served. TQie class with the worst manners, he says, are the young recruits -from-'the cities, and particularly those from large offices.

After a visit to the British Mr I Arthur Pollen writes of the spirit of the .Navy''as follows :—"Sir David Beatty may be what he looks, the personification of the eager fighting spirit, but it is an extraordinaryly caluu, level-headed, self-contained incarnation at that. As for the Commander-in-Chief, he has long been ,the very type of imperturbahty. Twenty months of the greatest responsibility and the greatest strain that any man in any part of the fields of war has •undergone, 'find- hjinu to-day without an added grey hair for an added wrinkle. And as the Commander-in-Chief, so every officer and man seemed also. It really looked as if continuous service, | without a day's -holiday or a 'moment's ' .remission of incessant duty, must certainly be the best prescription for perfect health and perfect nerves. When one reflects upon what, all these men N have been through, what sea cruising means to-day, .the incredible standard of skill that is being maintained, and the drills, practices and discipline that it calls for, the thing is a perfect wonder. Never has the fleet toad less sickness; never have so few officers broken down and become unfit. One thing is sure. Any German hopes that are bu.lt on the supposition that the fleet is wair-weary are doomed to disappointment." ,„,'.. „ Owinoi to the Boys' Training Farm concert "on Friday the Stoke Fruitgrowers' Association meeting will not be he.d until Tuesday, Bth August.

Passengers to Lyttelton will note that on and after Saturday, August sth, 'the Mararoa will leave Wellington at 7.40 p.m. on Saturdays insteadof 11 p.m.