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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 113, 17 May 1918, Page 5

One of the exhibits in a Po^ ce .% r i case against two men charged.at W; lhigton b n Wednesday with the theft »" dB4 frSiri a lady .passenger 6 .5. 'Maori on her,, voyage from Lyttel : ton to Wellingtoii on Saturday, night, last, was a two-Tip set, says the J?Q&. It consisted of two four-inch Jhinhisb. *rips of white pine and a doublerheadThe victim of the "friendly gam*" believes' that one aim only, is used *o throw the pennies, and that there is no: deception about that suck he can see, h'ecause he handles it when tis turn "to toss comes round. XttQ other slip, similar in outward ance,is handled only .by the winner of <the game. Towards one. end of stick a slot had been c)ft/ into:, which the double-headed penny is slipped. Two genuine pennies are placed on tho stick when the faked (toss is made,-but. the thrower's thum'bcovers one. When the throw is made, the prepared' penny slips out of its slot, and the unsuspect. irig victim deplores his unusual run of .bad Wh£h. tho men concerned',' were .being searched "at the police star tioh by ' Sergeant Mathieson after ■"'■arV rest, one of them was observed- to; slip something . from his pocket underva mattress, and the "exhibit" was dis- ' covered.' Truly the quickness of the hand- deceives the eye, but this last - time the hands were not quite quick enough. ' /. ; . •

• A startling announcement in respect to the depredations of rabfoits in parte of the King Country and. Waikato is contained in a" remit drawn tip by tlio Maihiihi',branch of the farmers' Union for consideration at the forthcoming annual provincial conference in Auoky land. The remit states that ill the- dis-" trict under .review the nuisance, has, reached such a stage that if special legislation be not, enacted to meet the ■"..• trouble the rabbits nvilV put many ers entirely out of bußiriess.,This; has been bi'ought about by the largo number of sections left .vacant or neglected owin,g , to f wa<r ddfß<iul ! tic ! B ha,vjn£ become breeding grounds for thia Vpr-. min, and exaggerated a situation * already intolerable . As a meaus of combating the . evil it is asked''':: that, & the Government be _ approached with a view to getting legislation passed,' em- , powering local 'bodies to borrow money for ithe purpose of supplying settlers ■with the netting necessary to fence * their sections, rating the 'sections to : pay interest and sinking fund.