LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 162, 6 July 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Nelson fishing party that- visited the Oroixelles relates an incident that sounds "fishy, "but is neverthesess. founded on fact. It was a mixed party that made the trip on a launch, tivd the rtrongest beverage was tea. During the voyage out the kettle was knocked overboard and sank in about ICO feet of water. The fisherman responsible for the loss of the kettle, needless to say, had to put up with some criticism, in language not of the gentlest. The loss of the ikettle- was not, ■ however, sufficin. to deprive the party of their tea, as they made a brew wiith other utensils. .. In the meantime a Mne with oyer 100 hooks was put out from thp launch, and when hauled up some two or three hours later the last t"0 hooks were found to have caught, not fk-h but the missing kettle '

The funeral of the late Mrs Philip Best took place at Appleby yesterday afternoon, and was very lai'gely attended. The various local bodies of Nelson and district %vere represented, the bereaved husband being the County Chairrnna. Amongst- Ifchose attending were membeirsi of the Waimea County Council • the Mayor and several mem-bei-s of the Nefeoili City Council; the Mayor' and Councillors of Richmond: Town Clerk of Motneka. the 'Cbnjrm-aTii and members of the Stoko Road Board : repi-esentatives of the College Governors jMr R.. P. ''"'iH-udsbort, M.P. The remains, were interred at the Appleby Cemetery, the burial 'service being conducted by the Rev. A. J. Carr.

The first prosecution in Auckland j under the bylaw prohibiting the use i of dazzling headlights on a motor-car came before Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M- j jwhen Robert Ferguson, diriver of a I motor-car, was charged that his car j was Ht with headlights so brilliant as j to interf' re with the vision of drivers j of vehicles approaching his car. Per- : sons driving with dazzling head- , lights must dim the lights when driving in populated areas (said the Magistrate). They might use the bright lights in tliL country provided they , dimmed the lights on meeting other j vehicles, or approaching foot-passen-gers. IF drivers ignored the by-law they would have to be severely penalised. The present defendant would be fined 5s and 9s costs. j

Home idea of the severity of the snow : storm in the South may., be gathered from the following advertisement which appears in the Christchurch iH-wspapers of Wednesday:—"Lake Coleridge Electric Power.—Urgent.— As all telephone lines are interrupted and roads snowbound and' impassable for 25 miles, th: department is unable to communicate with the Lake Coleridge v Power House, and wishes to hear urgently from any pefson willing to undertake an effort to deliver a. message there by any method. Signed) "Electrical Engineer. Government Buildings, Christchurch,' 3rd July, 1918." Advice has be n received, states yesterday's Christchurch Fun,' that Mr Boris Daniels, w?io left Mount Hutt for Lake Coleridge on skis this morning reached the lake at 2 p.m. He tel - phoned over the north transmission line that the south line was clear and ready for a t st. One party that went out at 4 p.m. yesterday has been lost sight of. but as soon as it has been located the line will be submitted to a test.

Sev. n informations alleging breaches of the Finance -Act in respect to the payment of the amusement tax relative to the entertainment, "The Hand that Bocks the cradle," were laid in Auckland against Charles Rainger Bailey. When the case came before the Court, Chief-Detective M'Mahon stated that repeated applications were, madv- by lotter to defendant for payment of •"" amount of the tax, and' the applications wer- ignored until after a registered letter had been sent to him, and trouble threatened. He then paid tb*> tax (£lO 4s 9d). The difficulty in getting the money was in contrast "to the promptitude with -which most entertainment proprietors paid up, and the Act provided that payment should be made within 24 hours of the occurrence of the entertainment. Mr B A. Singer stated that defendant bad been suffering from illness at the time, and had also urgent business on hand, and as a matter of fact, did not receive the regsitered letter until after he had paid the amusement tax. Counsel added that though defendant .hr.d been lessee of His Majesty's Theatre, and had subsequently become local agent for J. C. Williamson, this was the first occasion on which He had personally acted as proprietor of an 'ntertainm.ent with respect to which the amusement tax was payable, and he was consequently not familiar with the requirements of the Finance Act. Def' ndant was fined £lO and £3 3s costs.

The Championship for Buff Orpingtons, competed for at the Wellington' Show this week, was won by F. Gibbons, of Nelson.

At the evening service of St. John's ■Methodist Church to-morrow evening Mr W .J. Salkeld will sine the solo, "Behold, I Stand at the 'Door." Mr A. Gould advertises the following sales :—Clearing sale\ at Hope, Thurs- ■ day next at 1 p.m. ; property sale at noon, Saturday next; clearing sale at Bainham, Monday, 15th inst. Mv A. Gould advertises details of the clearing sale to be held on account of Messrs Wilkinson and Hogg, on the farm at Hope, and calls special attention to an exceptionally _ good large quantity of spraying material, and a' fine, healthy, well-grown lot of fruit trees. The spraying materials *uid trees wi'l be sold in'lots io suit purchasers.* The month! v meeting of the W.C.T.U. will be held on Tuesday next, July 9th in the Rechabite Hall. Messrs J. H. Rankin and Co. will sell stock, implements, etc., on account of Mr W. H. Ganderton, Pangatotara, on Wedii' sday next.

(One of the surprises of the war has been the enormous military consumption of timber, and the scarcity of shipping for its transportation. The reconstruction committee advises Britain to plant '1;770,000 acres and assifet individuals and private bodies' to -plant all they caai. Britons are just awaking to the fadt that from a national or private point of iftew forestry is one of the best possible investments'. '_ Plant your waste lands in pinus insignis, the premier timber tree. Further particulars, Kingsland, Appleby.*

NO RUBBING Laundry Help x de lights every housewife. Is 1 3d packet sufficient "for seven weekly taini'ly washings.—T. Pettit