LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 115, 21 May 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! At the Magistrate's Court to-day, be- I ' fore Messrs l\ Edwards and F. W. j i Fairey, justices, a prohibition order was ; I issued against a JSielson resident. i It has been decided, says the Auck- j j land Herald, to invite representatives j :of trade unions to attend, the forth- I ' comy.ng provincial! conference of tho ! Farmer's Union. j I The Otago Daily Times status that \ j an interval of two hours only separated j ; the receipt by a Mosgiel resident of a j I cablegram from his son, dispatched from j • Walton-on-Thames, intimating that he I I was leaving for New- Zealand, and a tele- j • gram from the same son announcing his ! arrival in the Dominion. The cableI gram which was transmitted under the I "E.F.iM." regulations, was lodged in j England on April 4. I Coal is beginning to reach Christj church from the Mt. Torlese collieries | at Broken River, on the Midland Raili way. ;_ These collieries, situated on tlie I Canterbury side of the dividing range, j ! are tapping a coalfield that was first dis- j ! covered very many years ago, but that i ; could not be utilised except for local j i purposes owing to the lack of railway j j communication. A substantial seam of ! coal outcrops, and settlers in the imme- ! diate neighbourhood used- to get their ! I coal for the labour of hewing and cart- j ■ ing. The mine now being worked is j | capable of a. daily output of SO tons, j jand is expected to be producing 150 tons j I a day by the end of the present month. .; | j [ An incident that would have been I amusing, had it not ended seriously for | four men, is recorded by a soldier writI iii'g from one of the camps at Home to his parents in Auckland. He relates how j something went wrong with the engine -. of an aeroplane, and the pilot was { compelled to come down. "A big ] crowd of Tommies gathered round the } machine," he states, "and after the j pilot had repaired the trouble, he got j half-a-dozen of them to hold the aeroi plane while -he started the propeller. • As soon as the Tommies heard the buzz '"of the blades they let go, an<j before the pilot could get in the machine was j going round and round the paddock at, i about forty miles an hour. Several attempts were made by the pilot to gi-t I on board, but he- was unable to do so. Unfortunately when the machine began I to move it bumped into the crowd of Tommies and knocked them down like skittle-pins. Our company was putting on their coats after physical drill, and when we saw the aeroplane coming straight for us we ran for our lives. Finally one of the wings caught tne ground, and the plane turned over on its back. About a dozen men were lying on the ground, and of these four were so seriously injured that there was not much hope for them." Would vou like a trip to the Coast and back?" If you get the lucky packet Messrs Newman Bros, will give you a return trip to Weetport. Tickets Is each.* \ parish social will be held in the All Saints' Schoolroom to-morrow evening at 7.50 o'clock. Have you got that tired feeling? Try apple* for a diet. The Stoke fruit-grow-ers are sending in a large number ot cases o fapples. All to go in Surprise Packets. Tickets Is each.* Attention is directed to the New Zealand Clothing Factory's advt, appearing on page 2 of this issue. Getting pretty cold, isn't it? There are three genuine Eider Down Quilts to be nut in the Surprise Packets, lor. may get one. Tickets Is each.' From our comprehensive stock of Men's and Boys' Overcoats yours is 1 here for stormy days and _ cold nights. i See our big advertisement m this issue. —New Zealand Clothing Factory, lra-falgar-street. Phone 236.* Better than Art Unions! Every ticket gives you a parcel, and it all helps the heroes" Tickets Is each.* At last they're here (15 only) Ladies' j Belted English 'Rain Coats. Excellent i value.—Dee and Sons.* i Let your daughter learn the piano. I Miss Moore will give a quarter s tuition free to the one who gets the order in the packet. Tickets Is each.* The Nelson wool brokers announce by advertisement in this issue that the next wool valuations will be made in Nelson on June 6th. R M. Edwards for I*o RUBBING Laundry Hetp. 1* packet. Beat for 'every bom«->.