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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 165, 10 July 1918, Page 8

AUCTIONS •TO-MORROW; THURSDAY NEXT AT I p.m. sharp. CLEARIXC SALE AT HOPE. Cows, !««»r;.e, Pigs, Implements, Fruit Trees, etc. \L.KREt> C!(MM:f), having received hind itclions I'roni Messrs Wilkinson and Hog;.; (owing to the latter going into Canm) will sell or. the Farm as Immediately after the sale of Messrs Wilkinson and Hogg's goods are. sold.' Under instructions from • THE RICHMOND SOLDIERS' PRO. TECTION ASSOCIATION, the undermentioned LIVE A..VI) DKA'D STOCK' will he sold on hehalf of MR a. WEBRY, who is going into C\i7iip: 3 Draught Horses, 1 Express Horse (staunch ;ind reliable), 1 Timber Waggon. Sin. tyres, demountable- body, and frame, 5 Collars with Hames, 5 pairs Winkers, 2 sets Spider Harness', 2 sets Outrigger Chains, Cart Saddle and Breeemng. Leather Leading Reins with check, Hhait Reins with cheek, 2 Racking Chains, 4 horse Co.ers. Ontside Entries:—l heavy 'Tip Dray, with 5 inch Tyres, in good order; 1 "Iran Age" 2-horse Cultivator; new Planet Seeder, complete; double-barrel Breech-loading l.iun, by Alanton. of .London : Yost Typewriter (cost £23). 1 Ray Cekling. 8 years, broken to all work. .First class hack. 18-gallon Melotto .Separator, Barb Wire, Netting, Lcggins, Nickel Bits, Rope, Chains, S. .Hooks, Empty Sacks, Swiiigletroe; .Duchess Qiest, 2 Morris Chairs, Pedestal Cupboard. ALF.RED GOULD, ■■./:.. . Auctioneer. I SATUR.DAY NEXT AT NOON. 1 AT THE ROOMS,* HARDY STREET. FREEHOLD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

LFJ&EiD 'COULD, ha vine received instructions from the Trustee* in the Estate of Thos. Cawthron, deceased, will sell at the. Auction Room's, "Aardy street, as above. ALL that piece or parcel of land situat- ! -'' ■' e.d in Kawui .street., known a,s Mrs 'Bright's, having a frontage of 102 feet thereto by a depth 01 137 feet therefrom (all more or less), being City nf Nelson. Together with a Cottage of live rooms.thereon. : Particuliirs and condition of sale obtainable from ■ • .•■■:-. ALFRED GOULD, Auctioneer.: SOLDIERS' MOTHERS' LEAGUE. (United Press Association.) AUCKLAND. Jilly 9. A deputation from the Soldiers' brothers' League waited on Sir .In.niM Allen with reference to an anomaly in the law of inheritance. . ;.'.. iMV■'("'. J. Parr, 'M.P., in nitioduoing t,ho deputation, said that under the Statute of. Distribution.'dating from about the reign of •( lliarles XL, ■the estate'of a •bachelor dying intestate, went to his father solely. .Several instances had cropped up in. which young soldiers .had beer i absolutely neglected' by their fathers during' their period' of rearing and education, yet when these youths bad made the- great sacrifice, the fathers claimed and received insurance mon.ev and other estate. Ho thought the mother was entitled to at least an equal share. ..'.'.■■,"■' Sir James Allen said that many cases had come before him in which' men who had deserted: their wives had enforced their claims to deceased sous* estates, and he had had great difficulty in preventing such men from, benefiting by allotment and allowances that ought to go to the wives arid mothers. Ho did not know how far the law could altered next session, or whether the government would be prepared to legislate but he would place the matter before the Attorney-General to . •*»»'■ means could be devispd; to place the matt-er on a. more equitable basis.

X well-known London theatrical manager remarked recently 'that he. was I ''busy doing- war avow, for he__ sat in hte office most of the day interviewimr girls who wished to go on tlifl staW. and gradually tnrndd. their thoughts to the land> ?r where their «eifvices would "be so much more useful! fKany ■Lierman war prisoners in the United States have seen t-lv asked the Wwr Department for permission to remain after the war. ;, Thes'severe simplicity of the Arnencan uniform will b:\ further accentuated it is declared at New York, by the removal of shoulder ■ straps and othar distinctly military appurtenances, m the interest' of economy. The highcollar of the' present uniform will be discarded, it is understood, in favour of the unstiffened roll, after the styJe of the British tunic. Ah Italian, who had escaped from imprisonment in occupied Italy, stated, at the did of April, that the poverty there was, terrible, awd ( that violence against women and, tihe flogging of those- who refuse to give way, and also looting and thieving by soldiers, Were, common ewnts. The constitution of courts-martial was under discussion in the Wellington Supreme Court on Thursday, when Mr Justice Chapman related' an incident in this respect that had come under his notice. A young naval man anxiously consulted him' about the legality or illegality of a court-martial he had sat on. After the court-martial had sat he had discovered that the court was improperly constituted, as he was, under twenty-one. "In that case," advised 'Mr Chapman, "I think you should take steps to have the prisoner released. The naval mun looked alarmed. "Why, the man was hanged next morjiinß," he exclaimed, "and ami I, too, .liable to be handed for murder? lo allav his fears," added his Honour, I told him that at the most he and the other members of the court-martial were probably only guilty of manslaughter," ' '..-•'__ i"

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