LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 28 March 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

■ A Sydney press . \yire states that the 6able fi ar e delayed--1 I The Telegraph Department advises that ‘ho Maori, ! Mararoa, Pateena, Kurow, Argylshire, Mamari, Westland, pnd Farnwdrth 'are within wireicjs range of Wellington to-day. ; At the;monthly ■;meeting of the’Stole fruitgrowers to. be held this evening, a paper will be read by Mr tfo.voli manager of the Motueka ,v‘ool Store, on the cool storage of fruit/., JJr Powell was formerly employed by -he Victorian Government as a cool store expert, and h’s handling of this important .subject Should be of great interest to fruitgrowers. who: will have to more and more jadop; this system of , distributing the "Apple crop over a longer period. ? Thevlalo ;Alr C. A. 'Curnow was an |enthusiast;'; in regard to. rifle, shooting, ■fle; Had been an active member of the jNqlsqn Defence Hihe 'Club for a number of ;ari<L had always proved a shot.* ; 0n several Occasions He had gohe very neiar < to winning ’.he District Beit, , Although- he had not_ been shooting this season, owing to being out* of town, -he still; took -a deep interest •- in the club; and . shooting in. general. . Major-General .S’r ih. VV. (J. Ghaytor, who commanded the JNew Zealand iMourtted. Forces in /Egypt and Palestine, is .still abroad, and no date has, been fixed for his fetdrn to. New-.Zealand. I is ■ possible that the .disturbances, reported in Egypt will delay his departure for- the -Dominion.'An atfini’.y between the *• completion of the Arthur's Pass tunnel and the promotion of public health was established by the Hon. O. W. Russell in the course of his reply: to a denudation which waited on him in Christchurch oil Monday. THe .Minister said' that a great deal. of difficulty of. building adequate houses for fhe population °f country, thus avoiding slums, wa s caused by the enormous increase in the price of timber arid anything that would connecCanterbury with the large timber districts of Vhe /West (Coast must command the consideration of the , Government, the absolute. necessity for railway carriage Was. emphasised- m the most glaring manner recently (says an exchange) when it was ascertairife<J tpat the freight by sea to the West Coast had increased by T1 per cent., , and notice .was, given cf a further rise, .j

The thoroughness of the enquiry m o the conditions. of the fishing by the which finished its public attifajb • las: ■ w.eek ia shown by the fact that 62 wth&ees were examined representing all interests— he trawlerowners, the line; and net tishermeiv of Auckland, Thames, Manukau, and Ka l ' para, the wholesale, , and retail fishdealers, and coastal settlers. Twen ysix sittings were held by the commission of which two were at- the lhaines and ■one at Helensville, The commissioners ■report will be forwarded to the Government in dußrjcourho. •* A Hokowhitii resident is the possessor of a horse which i ft 49 yhars of agg arid which, though practically toothless, still . has, ©very appearance oj good health.' The proud owner Thought until he visited; England recently, that his horse ■ wa» the oldest ever, but he discovered one in the Old Cpumry_ 62 years of age. Strangely enough, This animal Avas born in ■ Wayerley, New Zealand, An accident happened to Mr - Frank H. Tuckneyj of the > Treasury, Department on Tuesday last. He was returning to Wellington by the Rateena, which met with some rough weather ,in the (Straits, and in entering : the- smoking room he , was thrown violently across ihe room during a sudden lurch of .the steamer, sustaining a severe bruising, both internal andexternal, He will be confined; to bed for some days, A public meeting of dozens is fo be hold in the Theatre- Royal oh Sunday, JUth March, when adveeses on the Liquor Question from Ihe moderate viewpoint w’lT be delivered by Messrs D. M. Findlay and JR- A. Armstrong; of Welling on. * Resident and Secretary respectively of the New Zealand Moderate 'League, which organisation is conducting a campaign', throughout the dominion with regard .to the changes in Licensing Legislation made in connection with the Special Referendum to be held on Anri f lOfch. At the Richmond Baptist Churdh next Sunday Harvest Thanksgiving services - will be held. The preachers : for the day will be the Rev. J ofin Laird, B. A.) °f Nelson, and ( Pastor E. T. Jones. Harvest hymns and solos .will be'sung qt, the services. Gifts of fruit, ■Vegetables, and produce wilt' be thankfully'.received Saturday afternoon and evening. . - ' The last presentation of the Creation lantfm pictures takes nlace to-morrow evening at 7.30 in the Tahuna Hall. Mrv A. announces the follow. ing ; sales :—il*o-morrow at 11 a.m., usual weekly Vale at rooms; Wednesday. 2nd April, at 1... p.iia, ,bousesold furniture and effdeks, dri' account of Mr C‘. L. 'VTn/o,- Thursday, 3rd Anvil, at 1.30. Organ, furniture. ' arid effects, on account of Mr L. Xpwood, • Richmond * Tuesday. Bth '•'April;' at 1' p.nj., household furuiture and effect's, on account of Air iLouis Kerxv, Upper Collmgwoodstrect. Nine a.m. Tuesday! '.Beautiful Wide Silk Ribbons—black and all colours— Is yard.— Auckland Clothing, and Drapery Co.* 1 , Never let a day pass without telling someone about: the wonderful laboursaving and perfect cleansing dualities of “No Rubbing” Laundry Help. ‘ls packet sufficient for seven weekly family wasHiugsi—R. M. Edwards.*

You, htar on the Men's, Clothes question, the high and increasing costs, that everybody's suits belter than others, and again Dee & lions come on the scene and say Why their Box Suits-are the best- on., the market because they’ra the real tailord s'yle, shaped shoulders, nonhreakablp fronts, in” 40 different eifc.es. Ours have all the style'of . bur Bespoke Suits, hut we’re not bold enough to say they’re ‘jus*- good',' for one’ thing they are only’hhlf’the price,.hut -we do say they're useful-shite. Th'ey'ro -a real good go-between suit, and Wfe are" tcoramenduig theth because We know we have the right suit ’ fit every tnahi~D.ee' and gbiis, the big Suit and Boot Store.*

e A farmer informed a Levin Chronicle . representative That he knew’ of a case _ where a herd of 6U calves was badly attacked with scour, and all would have probably died but for treatment with e biddy : biddy. The plants were pulled s and boiled, and about half a pint was i given to; each calf, with -a similar quantity of milk. A!! the calves were saved 8 but three. The plant is very well known to the Natives for its, medicinal propers ties. 8 Speaking at Chris*church on Saturday of the dental students that would be 3 available for. State service as the result of the war bursaries, the Hon. G. W. Russell said that the dental service of 'he country would not have to wait until the first graduates were available. Now CvVt- the soldiers were returning 3 the whole of the dentists in the camps would be liberated for civilian practice, "mid ,he hoped that a great number of s them would be employed by hospital boards under the scheme already se’ * out. This scheme wa„ not confined to 5 the State schools, hut was for the whole of the children of the country. Examlnat'on without treatment was absolutely 3 useless, and the. policy was for the hospital Boards to set no clinics where . children could he treated. It wag. a big s scheme, and there would have to be 5 enough dentists, say, to enable twelve t to go into the Christchurch schools a- [ lone. Whether it would be administer- ; ed by the Public Health or Education , Department he could not say. bin the , need for it wa s shown by the fact that , in one Wellington school on: of 700 children only three had perfect teeth. Details of the action which led to Dr J. D. Marks, of Christchurch, being recommended for ■:he Military Cross were received by the last mail from England. I The men w-ero heavily engaged at Hav-} rincourt Wood and had been under lire j all day, the Huns shelling the woods at j a range which means death to many j men. The order had been given '-o re-| tire, but so many were requiring medical j aid that Dr Marks remained at his post. | During the operation of attending to the; wounded, a medical orderly standing by j Dr. Marks wa s hit by a shell. The , orderly died three days later, and but | for the fact that that particular shell | did not burst twenty men. would have j been killed. The Germans continued the shelling of the wood, the shells being heavily , charged, wi hj gas, which made the work of attending to the wounded more-and more hazardous, but Dr. Mark* stayed on until relieved. Later <the medical officer who took over the work and the whole of his staff had to leave the field through being gassed. When speaking at the Pahiatua Farmers' Union on Saturday on ■he necessity for farmers being better organised, Mr J. E. Hewitt said that in the past- the farmers had been, too prosperous, but “there’s the writing on the wall,” and farmers were not going to have such a prosperous time in _ the future. “We shall have to organise,’’ said Mr. Hewitt, “or we will under.’

Control of coal was not an easy matter, stated the Hon. A. M. Myers, referring to this section of the work of the Munitio!n.s n!nd iSupplif- Dephrt-' merit. It had to he remembered that for the last four years their had not been : sufficient coal obtainable for all requirements, so that they, had great difficulty indeed in satisfying everyone. Indeed, it wals' to -satisfy everyone. Still, ‘ with ,the experienced advice given by Mr feltinn' (of the. Coal Control Depot) and the tactful way, in which Mr Adams carried out the advice of the Coal Board, the most was made of the situation. which were looked upon as most essential were nnturaly given preference, and nol withstanding the shortage, up to the present time no industry had to be stopped owing to the shortage of coal. The control of the petrol supply was also a difficult task, but he ■ believed that ' the' most was made of the situa : tioh in the interests of all concerned. Tliieveg are evidently at work in ’-his district (state ft the Rankitikel Advocate). About a fortnight ago the totalizer house at the Marton racecourse was broken into by means of a window being smashed. All the drawers in the building were ransacked, but a* the goods in the building are valueless the thieves got very little for their trouble. On a recent evening the Marton ‘District High was broken into and £6 taken Irom the head master s desk. Strawberries at this time of the year are a very unusual occurence, the cold and wet month* of spring and early summer, followed by the ideal weather of the pas: ’two months, no doubt accounted for the splendid samples of strawberries given us by Mr M Neil, of South Invercargill, from big backyard plot. Mr M'Neil informed the Southland News that he hja fi had qlii'e a crop of them. 7 ' ‘

f The Hon. T. M. Wilford (Minister of r Justice) stated at.Masterton on Friday ■ that two more appointments are shortly . to be made to the Bench i j n New Zealand—-one next month,, and ! another later in the year. , Nine a.m. Tuesdav the Ribbon Rush starts! Wide' Silk Ribbons—black and. all colours —Is' yard. Get to them early,— Auckland ' Clothing and Dm- ■ pery Co.* ’ ‘V A friend is someone who can tell you unpleasant truths about yourself—but won’t. Nino a.m. Tuesday, Big Sale starts! Men’s Tweed Working Suits 30s. Buckskin Trousers 7« lid pair.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery' Co.* • Rome of the counterfeit- Bank of New Zealand ten shilling notes are still m j circulation in Masterton.. One was pre- j sented on Thursday which Had the appearance of having been passed many times.

' Nine a.m. Tuesday! Women’s Tweed Costumes 19s- 6d ; Woven Combinations 3s lid.-—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* There is a dearth of suitable houses in •Uamani. and house agents say that tenants could be found for about 60 modem dwellings. Sale starts 9 .a.m. Tuesday! Another lot of thaa isplendid- quality (Tussore Silk at Is 6d yard.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* 1 McKay's have just received another shipment of the; famous Burberry < oats for Ladies and Gentlemen. This name stands for *he highest grade of Kernproof Clothing and coat buyers should inspect.* - Big Sale starts .9. a.jrn. Tuesday! English TJnion Flannel Is yard. .Double-bed White Twill Sheeting 2s 3d yard.— Auckland 'Clothing and Drapery Co* The three main things that men want in Xliejr suits ■ »o-day, are Apoearanoe, Style, and Reliability. For five years now we have proved that the ‘.‘Clyde” Suits contain ‘ all these important essen: *lals, and the largely increasing number pf fClvde” buyers as&nre ns of their satisfaction. - , ticnlarlv,' are asked to call at McKay's the sole agents) and see these Ready *o i Wear Suita.*" ,

It' is stated tha: the 'iHamilton Hospital authorities iiave receniy been entertaining- rmawafes, not- an angel, but a shirker. Some little time ago a “patient" was admitted, allegedly suffering from an injured spine or some trouble which necessitated the use of crutches. The mysterious injury or disease baffled the doctor for a while, and instead of calling in the services of another medical man, as is usually done in such cases, he consulted the police. The result the arrival of a policeman at the hospital entrance, and an intimation to the “patien-’ from' the doctor that i: was desirable ih the former’s interests that he remove *o another ward. While moving out of the ward, leaning heavily on his crutches, he espied the policeman. Smelling a rat, the patient, displaying considerably more activity than he had shown since entering the hospital, thought lit to make his exit through ano her door. Here he discarded his crutches, and with the agility of a sprinter left the ■ institution which had hefrinded him, with the constable in hot pursuit. The pursuit still continues. t The electors of Richmond and Wakefield are asked to read the advertisement in this, issue regarding the antiliquor campaign. Everyone should seek to be well-informed on this subject.*