LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, 18 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The mails which left New Zealand on 31st August, via. Suez, arrived in London on loth inst. A large deputation of ladies waited on. the IBDon. A. L. Herdman to-day to urge the appointment of women police for 'Court work and' safeguarding the •welfare of women, and children in the. streets. The speakers included Lady 'Stout, who referred) to the good world done 'hy women police elsewhere. The Minister )> in replying, said' that the deiputation would (recognise that it would be folly to appoint women with the full powers of police officers. He intended, however, to reque.'4 the Government to appoint, additional police matrons for Court work. This* would go a long way Howards meetingithe diEipntation's request. —-Press Association.

As has 'been ip'reviously stated, 'the women ©tf Wellington l are carrying on very imiportant work in the interests of soldiers at the Soldiers' Club, Sidney street. Here soldiers are provided) with; a warm welcome and a pleasant .touch of home life, etc. The, good work is carried on mainly for those soldiers who come from outside of Wellington City and therefore other iparts of New. Zealand are .really more directly interested l .hi tihe cluib than Wellington' citizens ■themselves. With a view to enlisting the sympathy of Nelson 'residents in the good work Mrs Chatfield. a hiteihiher of -the Club who is at present on a 'holiday visit to has agreed' to address a .Nelson meeting in the City 'Council 'Chambers on Monday even'•img next at -which the Mayor will preside. As one actively einuga.gedj>iw,worfc" for soldiers dri mainy ways> a-hd-editor- of > the Ladies Page xa .the Evening Post; Mrs Chatfield has had' wide^'experience in work for soldiers, and wiO have l imainy stories tell at x Mondiay evening's '■ leathering.' Speaking of itlie soldiers generally, Mrs, Ohatn.eld states that . it as ithe'oipinioni of one and- all. engaged in-' •the work they are all really lows, and all feel that they coiUd not do too ni'ucli''for them. . J '"..', !

The Agricultural Departments, has ! received the following' dated 17th, from the Mew Zealand Trade Commissioner at Melbourne: "The authorities have decided that butter in Australia shall remain at 16d' wholesale, regardless of London parity."—Press Association. The Committee of the /Union Jack Tef Rooms is making a special appeal to the public to make an. effort to visit the 'rooms during the next few days, and so to help the much-needed Red Cross funds. A hard-up d'ance will be held av the Port Rowing Shed on Friday night, the 20th. Prizes will be given for the best hard-up costumes', ladies' and men's, and a prize will also '.be given for the best basket. Particulars are advertised on page 1 of this issue. The examiner (having been delayed, the practical examination in music of the Associated Bbardi will 'be held! in Nelson) on October 31st and November Ist. Attention is invited to a social ""fteilnoon given by the Nelson Lodge of thfe Theosophical" Society at their Room, Hardy-street, next Saturday., The subject for discussion will be a The Power of Thought," sipecially in connectiorii with, the present crisis. All friends will be welcomed. Everybody's praising "No R/uibbing Laundry Help" because it washes all clothes clean without rubbing or injury to handa or fabrics. £lO • guarantee with every Is carton which contains sufficient "for seven, weekly washings.—T. [ Usher arid Sort-* .- •

Several letters are tinavoida-bly held over.. At the military parade at Duinedim on. '.Saturday the Hon J. Allen wilt present -the D.C.M.. to Sapper.. A. L. C'aselberg, of the signal troops of the 'New Zealand Mounted 1 Rifle Brigade, and to Alex. Campbell, father of Sergeant J. • Campbell, father of Sergeant ~. CampbellA O'tago Mounted Rifles, who won the medal alt Gali'cpli, hut was killed in France. —Press Association.

A first, offender (within the meaning of the Act) was brought before Mr H. JHarris. J.P., this morning, and convicted and fined ss.

The Amokura will be despatched from Wellington ora Thursday tor Cook Strait, Picton,°and Nelson, en route to the southern outlying islands.

At the Wellington Magistrate's Court this •morning Frederick George Smith, a soldier, pleaded not guilt on a charge of theft from a dwelling. He was_ committed for trial. Oni two other similar charges Hie pleaded' guilty and wa® committed for sentence.. -Press Association.

An Auckland dog scored well at the Australasian Championship Show held toy t-he Bulldog Club of New South Wales hi! Sydney on September 29. There were 260 -en.tr.es of bulldogs, every State but Tasmania being represented. The New Zealand dog "Wharekoki Punch," owned' by Mrs A. L. Des-.o-ranges, succeeded! ini winning two special prizes, a .first, a second, a third, and' a reserve. The judge was Mr Green, of the Manchester and ■Oauwtoea BaiUdog 'Club, Eniglaaid.

The rainy weather experienced during iihe last few .(Days has not spoilt the strawberry crops, .though the work of keeping" the beds from weeds lias, of course, been delayed, says the New Zealand' Herald. Reports irom the growers are to the effect that the season, is fully a fortnight late this year. Ordinarily the full market supplies begin to come in- about October 20. It is not expected that the, mora crop will come in this season, however,'till early in) November. At the same time, early ssuplies fromi well-sheltered 'beds are likely to be marketed in small lots this week. Fully BO per cent of the nuaini crop is said to be in a backward' state.

Attention, has recently 'been called to the fact that the' City Council's by-law Requiring protectors to ibe affixed 1 to women's h&tpiins is being disregarded* dn the majority' of cases (says the Auckland Herald). The cause to some extent is to ibe found! in> the fact that the lone hatpins are no longer in fashion, and 1 that'those- now soldi jare not more than six or seven inches" ia length. These pins, it ds stated, do not protrude beyond the hat to any serious extent, if at all, and therefore require no iprotctors if carefully affixed. There," however, are a large number of women who are still wearing the long pins purchased before the fashion changed. Most of. •these have dispensed! with the use of protectors, and they apparently have forgotten) the existenoe of the :by-law, nindei' which a ntimlber of prosecutions took place two or three years ago. Those responsible for enforcing the -by-law ap|pa.ren.tly/als6 have forgotten it. There is a very small demand now for protectors. "Where we formerly sold ; dozens we do not now sell one," was the statement mad© oni Monday at on© of the leading Auckland drapery e&tablishmenits.

"Australian conditions will foe responsible for the development of distinctly Australian characteristics, which will become very marked," saidrvDr Ramsay Smith,.in giving evidence in a case at the Adelaide Industrial Court-last week. Referring to a book, "Touch of Fanta sv )" by Mr Arthur H. Adams, of Sydney, as an illustration, he quoted the following extract from that nublication: —"The girls had, despite the cheapnessof their dresses, that Parisian yet sharp' ly individual touch that distinguishes the Sydney girl. The warm climate, 'but yet not tropical, and with winters like the traditional but seldom' seen English spring, makes them 'blossom soon. The girl of 16 has the figure of the Emg. tish woman. The pallid face she wears touches with refinement a beauty that is. above all, healthy. In this new land the restraints of older countries are cast off; the sunlight kills conventional germs. The sun made the Latins, as the lack of it made the Teutons. And Australia is a vast laboratory wherein is being worked out an experiment new to history. ' A solid Teutonic race is placed under the rays of the sun> and a strange | witchery is worked; The result is perplexing new race with the sober 'basis- of Puritanical Britain, arid the gaiety of tho Latin races—their laughing irresponsibility,, their alertness, perhaps shallow ness, of mind —their quick, grace of body;''' The President of the Court asked witness whether acquired, characteristics might not be transmitted, ;to successive generations. Witness ■, neplied that it appeared to be more a matter of environment.

'Judging from outward signs, a star of prosperity has risen ,in the East End of London," writes a correspondent who has returned to London after two years abroad (says, the Daily Mail of August Ist). "Last Sundav I took a motoromnibus ride from the Strand to Canning. Town by way of Commercial road and the East India Dock road, and I marvelled at the change. In the summer of J. 914 there were deep, poverty and street riots throughout the East End. Barelegged* badlv-clothed, ill-nourished children ' filled the, slums; sullen, workless men stood at the street corners; women were receiving charity to feed their families; the pawnshops were overstocked •with pledges. Now all is changed. Well'"shod, well-fed children; looked smart in. their Sunday best ; there was an air of alertness and prosperity about the men; I women gazing on the traffic from flat windows looked contented and cheerful. The motor-omnibuses for Wan stead and Epping Forest were crowded chiefly by well-dressed girls who. while still displaying their characteristic and elaborate headgear, wore expensive Mouses and ornate boots. In place of the old rabbit furs there were to be seen many handsome and expensive specimens of white fur." I The Kaitoa will 'be laidvup on Satip day, next for the*" pan-pose 'of having add'itiona;! fitted. She; -wall resume .aiilnning about the end of the present month. "The Doll's' Wedding," »' children's operetta, will l be staged at the Theatre Royal on Friday evening next, the pro ceeds being in aid of the Red Cross Fuhd. The children, in their practices are promising well, and. a, successful performance is anticipated. Seats may be reserved at Jackson's, and swKs will he obtainable at, the Theatre. Dee and Sons wish to notify the public that they are now making a speciality of boot repairs and 'boots made to measure. Having engaged Mr W. Styles, who hah earned a very high reputation in Nelson as a bootmaker and repairer, • they arc prepared to make any class of boot to measure. All work, ' including repairs, guaranteed. Orders will be executed promptly.* ' We.say without fear of contradiction "No Rubbing Laundry Help" is a positive boon 'to houseav.ives, contains noth- '■ inig injurious to handis or fabrics', yet washes ali clothes perfectly clean without ambbihig.—J. Airira'sfcrang and Son..* Nurse : "The new patient in our ward is lisht-headed." Doctor: "Delirious or blonde?"