LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 16, 21 January 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Be,turning to dress -after a dip in Jhg Hole yesterday, two bathers discovered that their clothes had been gone through and a fairly large sum in silver taken, ..

The Bichiftond telephone service is now open from 8 aan,_io 8 p.m., the wai’S* m !l le liU , nlber of subscribers warranting the extension of hours.

a cJiar S e . of bigamy be fi'aid against a person m New, Zealand in, rcspect of an offence committed in England? This interesting legal point is being raised in connection with a returned soldier named Walter Lander who was brought up from Lyttelton by the Maori to be charged with bigamy alleged to have been committed in Engv land, aays tho Post/. I*andGr had a wife in New Zealand when he joined the forces, and it is .alleged that he went through a form of marriage with another woman at Codford in October, 1917. Lander was brought before Mr F. V. Fraser, S.M., at the Weidington Magistrate’s Court, and, on the application of Acting-Sub-Inspector Emerson, was remanded to appear on 27th January. Bail, was allowed’in the sum of £SO, or _two 6urefcies of £25 each. The trial will be unusual on account of it being the first occasion on which the test will be applied to New Zealand legislation controlling the acts of persons committing offences ipi other countries. There is aft Act oft the New Zealand/ Statute Book whiclj specially deals with bigamy alleged to have been committed abroad.

At the instance of the Mayor (Mr J. A. Nash, M.P.) the Hospital Board deputed its executive to confer with the special committee appointed by the Borough Councils with a view to drafting a skoleton. scheme 1 of organisation which would be used to cope with any future epidemic if the contingency eventuated. , ‘

Open all day to-morrow. Special Bargains in Men’s Panamas 7s 6d to 12s 6d. Men's Cellular underpants 2s lid. (Boys’ 'Washing suits cheap, at McKays’ Peace Sale.*

Open all day to-morrow Wednesday when we will offer salbargains in all departments at boOi Trafalgar and Hardy stree: shops.—Trathen and Co.*

Mr Alfred Gould, advertises a sale on account of 'Mrs Holey for to-mor-row, on Thursday for Mr IX Wood, and on Friday for Mrs Pope,

To-morrow, Wednesday is Bargain Day at the Peace .Sale at McKays’. Obfldl’js Labe Sox. 9d| pair upwards. Klduncing Embroideries Is Ud. yard;: (Ladies’ Black Hose, Cashmere finish 2s 6d pair.* . . ,

A fresh lot of Sale Bargains to be put forward to-morrow, Wednesday. Open all: day.—Tratheii and-Co., Drapers and Ladies’ Outfitters, Trafalgar street.*

Loose Cover? made on the premises; fine range of materials. Special prices quoted now at the Peace Sale at McKays.’*

Open all day to-morrow Wednesday. SS|ll some Costumes left at exactly half prices, pow 22s 6d, 31s 6d,:42s '6d to 755. ' itlsually double.—Trathen and Co.*

‘"Take any one hundred successful men ip this country,** say? an American neiysipaper' paragraph, “and you will find that at least .ninety of them wer© raised in' homes where the kitchen W : aa used as,a dfomg-rpom-” The first, term ,of .the 1919 season of the Ndsoa -Te<±jijcai ..Schaioi will. commence bh. ’JVesda f,. 'February * 4th. In another ,<jblumu idysirtiSemeht ap* pears ref owing to 'the btoEvefyone urged to sing their cheeriest songs now that .the wap ds oyer '.ajjd the fluf flying-.*Mk& 's# joy of it, “No Stubbing’ ’ Laundry Help, now obtainable from all Jtores at Is pel packet,, pontaipinq sqflUient lor seven weekly

A monster cabbage, weighing S*- I .’ os, is at present on view in Mr Gaze's window in Bridge-street. The variety IGiant Swedish, and the speci nen under notice was grown by Constaole Barn.

A short sitting of the Magistrate’s Court was held to-day, Messrs T. Edwards, C. P. Graham, and A, Gould, Justices, presiding, Onjy one case was called on, and this was adjourned till January 31st, to be taken by the Magistrate.

As Anniversary Day (Feb. Ist) this year falls on a Saturday, there has been some discussion as to whether the holiday should bo observed on the Ist, or Monday the 3rd' of February. The •Soft Goods -Association nas decided to keep tlie holiday on the Saturday, which day will doubtless be generally observed.

Lieutenant-Colonel Abbott, replying to complaints that “dirty slurs” were being cast on them by various sections of the community at Glen Innes, South Australia, said: that Glen Innea was not alone in this respect. Queensland members had told him that in certain parts of that State returned men had tp take their badges off, or they would get <a rough time. They were jeered at by certain sections for having been fools enough to fight. The colonel urged the men to stick together and when the other boys came back there would be enough to mould public opinion, and it would be their own fault if they were not soon the most powerful force in Australia.

A very peculiar case is reported from Otaki ,where the postmistress at Chau pleaded guilty to a'charge of opening fifteen postal packets. The evidence showed that only on© of the lettersopened contained ’ anything of fwafsip, and the contents of this packet were intact. The opened letters were left i about the office, and no attempt was made to hide what had been done. When interviewed by .Detective-Ser-geant Rawle 1 the accused admitted her guilt, and said she had opened other fetters and forwarded them on. “The only reason I can give for my action is that the surroundings are dull, and my, curiosity, together with a breakdown of nerves, caused me to do it. X knew when I did it it was wrong.”

After being in abeyance since 1915 on account of the war, the annual tournament of the New Zealand University to be revived this year. The last tournament took place in Auckland at Easter, 1915, and it has been decided to adhere to the usual order, and to hold the next at Dunedin' at Easter. A meeting of the tournament delegates from the Students’ Associations of the four affiliated colleges took place the other evening at Victoria University College. There was a full tion present from each association, and all necessary arrangements were made so that, given the support of the students and of the public, the success of the revival should be complete.

“This man came to town on his twenty-first birthday and made the most of his rights, so that he was apparently well under the influence of liquor by 6 o’clock,” said Mr H. F. O’Leary, Who appeared at the .Wellington Magi®; trate’s Court says the Post on behalf of a member of the Military Force named John Stuart Putty charged with disorderly behaviour while drunlc, and! also assaulting Constable George Dowling. Putty , said that a soldier in an hotel bar had hailed him in a most objectionable manner, and he had endeavoured to square accounts. When the civil police came on the scene, one of them twisted his arm severely, and he struck out to get away. He had re sisted the constable, bub «>£ ** saulted him. Mr F. V. £^f er ’ convicted and discharged Putty on the first- count, and gave hmtheoptmn of paying a fine of £3 or going to gaol for fourteen days on the second charge.

A somewhat remarkable instance ><oi how a soldier evaded his military obli gationa is narrated by a, of the Lyttelton Times. When the 18th Reinforcement was abput to sail, tjj writer states, one of the troops, who >. a j proceeded otd board m the usual' manner, answered the emUrkation ro call then made his way to the sroKe hold Where he hid his identity and cnmmeiK'.ed work with the stokehold X As-0 stokehold hand ho P™^: ed to England. Ho remained hoard troops had. disembarked, ano "StuX Sme WSktS NeV, M*? 4 on the transport, still working to stokehold Ho remained; with the ves edStr the 34th Heinforce^ntow. , . _„; i when he was arrested py and dealt with as a deserter.

rc%vvr« ■ d , /v-TnoiT6W there should h© JSS 5 Sirnit i« WePtofon tor SSo Imo, says A ?p nJed in pprt,™ Satnrd^ha, a <mnsi B nmeH o£ lto ™“ 0 f S. from^dW. S afSSnJnd mdpekay respective^, fl over-carried bythe he dehyored tm th much next few months tham it has been for a considerable time past.

Owihg to .circumstances w#h shipping, oyer the Zealand Government has coprol. departure of the German Ing repatriated, who were to have fiau tri from Wellington tins week, nas, i s d armomiced, bSn' indefinitely postponed. ■

'S^-'s^Sias that evening, and being a P moored at theCastlecliff wharf. £ap£<h Bull reports that he had l« ally calm passage oi tne most favourable he had expe»eacMk me taoagM .. cargo of , «£ for the-Wmmmß «w<orta,,«»"**£ cargo of hardwood for the Harbour Board. Portion of the Cargo will , ha discharged at Castlecun.

The ielegraoh Department advises that the Maori, Mararoa, and Mpana are within wireless range of Wellington to-day. School afartg soon. See the range of Boys’ strong Tweed School Suits at 27s 6d at McKays’ Peace Sale.* When you make your boot and shoe investment, is no eaying putting your hipney into ihleriar goods, and the onjy get your bpot. value is to buy one quality footwear- 'I’M double waste buying boots. without .a ■ guarantee; and. 1 it .’pays .to priced goojjs.. It is buy boots that'are hot • W W*\ well to' remongber w'. sell. 'fiuarahteed’ quality boots and’shoos; •»n|J uhappepa .tb' be hot y»bat we aye here ,tb put, any .wrongs », can ’with safety ‘ guarantee a and .you are sure of satisfaction, bfifh hr quality arid "at ; i Pee; and JBIg pot'-’and' Suit Store'.'" 1 ' • J ' * 'I s*i

Mr T. A. H. Field, M.P., to-d«y re-! ceived a letter from the Minister of Marine stating that the Government had, reconsidered the matter of the ’[French Pass wharf and had agreed to increase the subsidy) for repairing and extending the structure. This will permit of the work toeing gone on with at once and the Marine Engineer has been given the necessary instructions.

The organiser of the Arab forces of the King of the Hedjaz, which gave great aid in the Palestine operations, both by fighting and by the destruction of railways, was a young archaeologist of the British Museum staff, Colonel Lawrence. He was the officer who arranged the exchange .of wpunded after the fall of Kut, when ho went blindfolded into the Turkish lines. It is saidi that the Turks, well aware of his feats of organisation among the Arabs, had put a price upon his head.

In Indian warfare, in the Phillippines, and on the Mexican border, as well as in his leadership of the American forces in Europe, General Pershing has proved) his mettle. He was bora on a humble Missouri farm. “I knew him simply as a quiet, studious young man,” says one of his old-time friends. “I never heard of any petty tricks done by John Pershing. The impression he made here was that he jKfjuld make his mark in the world as a professional dr business man. His mother and father were strict church people—he grew up a Methodist. H© had a new home, just i finished, at Port Bliss, all ready for his family. He hadi planned to go up to California after them the very next week—when the terrible news came that his wife and three little girls were burned) to death at the Presidio. That jwas in 1915.” ' The soldiers who left New Zealand as the mounted draft of the 41st Reimiorcement have had an unenviable experience, as is disclosed! by a letter received in Wanganui. The draft of 500 men left Wellington by the MoeraM for Sydney, where they were shipped on board a transport with 1000 Australian Light Horse. At a South African port the transport was recalled. “We arrived at Port Adelaide on Saturday from Albany,” the writer states, <O We were not allowed to land at Albany, and the lumpers refused to coal the ship without heavy sureties. About ten cases of influenza were put off at Albany, and we left over 500 men at Fremantle, We were at Fremantle for eight davs, lying about three miles out. Up to the time we left there' were 25 dleaths. It was a sad sight to see the worst cases being put over the side into small tug-boats, as the sea was choppy, and they were drenched before reaching the quarantine istation. At present {time of writing) 400 men are in quarantine on Torres Island, off Port Adelaide.”

’ A 'bargain in plain white 45 inch' ; Organdie Muslin, usually Is lid now lls 3d. All wool Navy Delaine with white spot 2g lid for Is 6d.—McKays’ iSale.* Ladies’ Hats at Half Prices.— Trathen’s Bargain Drapery Sale.*