LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 102, 1 May 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Trafficking in house property is causing a great deal of annoyance and inconvenience in Masterton. Several people are reported to bo making quite a .iot of money; out of the business. The method employed is to purchase a house, pay a small deposit, make a few small improvements, and then sell again at a profit of £SO or £IOO. Many tenants have been compelled to leave their houses on a few weeks' notice, to make room for th speculator. It is understood that the question of- whether the operations ale not prohibited under the War Regulations is shortly to be tested in the Magistrate’s Court.

“One of the most noted exports of • Australia and New Zealand has been sweet singers to make music in the Old World, Melba, Crossley, Madame Stralia, Rosina Buckrnah, iNiora D’Argel, ami a crowd of others (says the British Australasian). In future it seems they can stay at home--if they want to—and still delight the 'concert halls of Europe. Ur Lee Forrest; the wireless telephone expert and inventor, declares that in a few months, by means of the radio-tele-phono it will bo beard twelve thousand iniles away. Nor will it be necessary to keep a telephone receiver to one’s ear to hear it, for the sound can be amplified to any desired degree, so as to be heard throughout a large auditorium.” , ,

O'lir soldier boys are streaming' back o ns. God bless them ? And th% are Viding great value In Dee and Sons 3ox Suits, as well as our Bespoke Suits, and comfort in our Winter Underwear. +

Speaking to a Lyttelton Times reporter on Saturday, Dr Chesson, Canterbury District Health Officer, said he would like to warn people against the tendency they had to box themselves up as soon as cold weather approaches. ‘With th': slightest breath of odd air/' said the dcctor, ‘‘up go all the windows and free ventilation is shut out. 3y doing this people rendered ■themselves more liable to catch eases, which would be the more readily disseminated. On Saturday afternoon Mr F. V. Fraser, Coroner, held an inquiry into the death of Herbert Henry Ellicock. the infant son of Mr and Mrs H. nil;cock. No. 9, Esplanade, Jtetcns, says tKe N.Z Timex Herbert idiiccck, father of the •Wild, said it was born on January Sth last. It had been, a delicate child from birth and had been attended by the Plunket nurse. The child was in bed when he arrived home at 11 o’clock, and awoke soon after they went to bed. It awoke again between 1 and 2 a.m., and : ts mother shifted it on to her side of the bed. He knew nothing more until his wife awoke him at 6 a.m. and told him the baby was dead. Clara Ellicock, mother of the child, gave corroborative evidence. After hearing other evidence the Coroner found that the child had met its death by suffocation through having been accidentally overlain by its mother.

“It has cost the Telegraph Department £3O in the last two years to replace insulators and other gear wilfully broken with stone,- thrown by children,” said ■Senior-Sergeant McNamara at Auckland, during the con'siderafion of a case in which three bovs. two aged 12, and the other 9, were charged with having committed such an offence, before Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., in the Police Court. The senior-sergeant stated that as a result the Department had requested the police to do all in their power to stop this wanton destruction. The boys, who pleaded guilty, were admonished and discharged by the magistrate, who- impressed on them the gravity of interfering with urgent telegraphic messages, and warned them that a recurrence of the offence would entail a heavier penalty.

The first cases for the new facial hospital established in Dunedin were expected to come by the hospital .ship Maheno, but they came by the Tainui, which has arrived at Wellington. There are 46 patients on the Tainui who will require treatment. Members of the Red Cross Society have been working energetically in furnishing the hospital, and they expected to have everything in readiness last week.

The importation into New Zealand of Russian rouble notes is prohibited l by a notice published in the Gazette. These nets are very much depreciatd.

One of the disadvantages under which men who go to sea for a living work is that in the event of disaster their wages stop on the day they have to abandon the vessel. It may be months before, they are in a position to-ob-tain other employment, and in the meantime their dependants do not receive any help from the breadwinner. The wreck of the Auckland schooner Awauui is a case in point (remarks the New Zealand Herald). The vessel was wrecked on Niue Island on January 18, and the crew were not taken off the island' until the beginning of April. They were taken to Samoa by a rescuing, steamer, arid it will probably be the middle of June before the members of the shipwrecked .crew can reach Auckland. Thi a , brakes it necessary for the men’s dependants to live on their reserve funds for at least five months. While at Samoa the men are being treated as shipwrecked mariners, and are being kept at the expense of the New Zealand Government.

The .Telegraph Department advises that the Maori, Mararoa, Pateena, Mpnowai, Athenic, and Kurow are within wireless range of Wellington to-day.

The Postmaster-General, in view of the fact that the Peace Treaty i ft being franked to newspapers by cable, has agreed also to frank _it to newspapers throughout the Dominion, states a Press Association message,

The Anchor Co. announce that the s.s, Nikau will lay" up on the 7th inst. for overhaul, including annual Government inspection, occupying probably about 10 days, consequently after Monday next the Nikau. will not again jsail for Wellington until about the middle of the month.

The Anchor Company announce that the s.s. Nikau will leave Wellington for Nelson on Saturday niext at 8 p.m. instead of «t 2 p.m., the postponement having been arranged at the request of ■several intending passengers.

Talk of the City! Those neat Black and White Check, Double Width Dress Materials —worth 3s lid, for 5® lid a y ar du_at Trathen’s Closing Down Sale of Hardy street Branch.*

Mr Alfred Gould returns thanks for his election to the Nelson Harbour Bbard.

Ladies’ Felt Hats, limited number only, clearing 2s lid, 3s lid, and; 4s lid each, at Closing Down Sale of Trathen’s Hardy street Branch*.

Only 1£ dav« to go now ! All day Friday and half day Saturday. Tra’hen s Hardy street Branch closes down absolutely at 1 p.m. on Saturday, 3rd May. Rare bargains going. Don’t hes'tats, or you’ll miss the ’bus.*

A dance will be held in St, Marys Hall, Manuka street, to-morrow night, commencing at 8 p.m.

Superior quality Jap, Crepes-—25 different colours —clearing for Is 6d a yam, at Glosing Down .Sale of Trathen’s Hardy street ranch.* . . ,

Your boys and girls will bo giving UP their sandals. to wear a pair of strong boots. The winter weather makes you think of their health. Dee and Sons ■ng stock of quality Boots you can t afford to miss seeing.'*

The Battle of Nations is over. It was a fight between jtwo standards —the right and wrongand -right won, _ of course. Just as Dee and Sons ■ _ right quality Boots- and Shoes are winning all along the line;* ~ “Nothing succeeds, like Success —so say the delighted users of “No Rubbinl*** Launch'v Help and tne ppie “.Golden . Rule'’ Soap.— ; M. V- Webster and Co* , ,