LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 103, 2 May 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thieves entered the house of the manager of the Princess Theatre. Dunedin, last night, tjok the theatre keys fi om his clothes, and got into the theatre and opened the safe and extracted £4B.—Press Association.

A letter sent out by a leading Christchurch firm seems to indicate that the woollen mills of the dominion have not yet caught up with the civilian demand for their goods. The letter states At the present time jerseys are practically unprocurable in Christchurch, and although we, together with other warehouses, have them on order from the different colonial mills, we are unable to get delivery of them, nor can we get any information as to when we jnay expect delivery,” 1

Mr R. W. Dalton, British ( Trade Commissioner for New Zealand, 1 in the course of an interview at Wolverhampton. said that a feature of the New Zealand,, market was that Americans supplied^”attractive showcards with their goods, thus constituting a factor worthy of being taken into serious consideration. By far the greater proportion of the hardware trade in New Zealand was British, yet the goods shown in shop windows were largely American, simply btcau.sc the articles were more attractive in appearance. The New Zealand market generally had grown very prosperous since the war, and a great increase in the buying power of the country might ho expected during the next couple of years.

The Hqn. G. W. 'Russell, replying to the criticism of Iris refusal to sanction• '•he transfer’ of £3OOO from the Lady Liverpool Fund to the Soldiers’ Club Building Fund, eaid the veto was imposed on the direct advice of the Solicitor-(general. The purpose of, the fund having ceased, it came under the War Funds Act automatically. That Act made no provision for such transfer, and he would not create the precendent. Mr Russell added that the patriotic funds totalled £1,700,000, raised for the benefit of soldier# and their dependents, and they would be maintained as a sacred heritage: but there was un-, doubteclly hoarding, and he would shortly publish a statement of funds of over £IO.OOO, showing the revenue# received, the amounts paid over for the last year, and the credit balances. This would be an eye-opener for the people, and especially for the soldiers, who dioukl seek to protect the funds, arm ■hnuld have more direct control or partnership in their management. Fie hopen . t:hait liprawised; . represent 'oj soldiers on the War Funds ’Councils would -non be give*.

The largest dried milk factory hi the world is at Matangi (say® the Waikato rimes). Everything points to the com ple-te fittings being in place in the new building for operations to commence with the new season.

Referring to the menace of the cattle tick a speaker at the annual meeting At 'be Wanganui branch of the Farmers Union urged that every step bo taker to combat it. Young farmers did not know what a scourge scab had been, when nothing could be done with sheep except boil them down and fellmonger ‘ho wool. They got 5s and 6s for sheep that were now worth 355. It wa# deeded to submit the following remit to he Conference: “Tha the Government he asked to take immediate steps to MUitrol cattle tick and prevent its turher spread in New eZaland.

The Telegraph (Department advisee that the Maori, Mararoa, Monowai. and A theme are within wii e’ess range of Wellington to-day; within range of the Chatham*. Km Ora.

film annual meeting of the Nelson Returned Soldiers’ Association- will' be •mid in the Club, Trafalgar Smiave on Saturday, the 17th May, at 7.30 p.m.

The opening match of the goU season -Ices place on the links afSernoon with an- Encounter Shield round.

Advice has been received by the Minister of Defence that «P to 19th 'rvril the total number of mebe% of the Now Zealand Force •’vacualed from the United Kingdom was 2.4,823. The strength of the n.Z.E.F. in France on 19th April wa* "SI and the strength in the United Tingdom 19,155. The number of pa louts in honiital in the United King lorn was 2012; while the number of nmses and Red Cross workers to oacmated was 216. Tim number of carried men with their wives and fannies in the TTmlod Kingdom on that ’■vie is not available.

Our soldier boys are streaming back o us. God bless' them! And they are '-’ding great value in Dee and Sons Sot. Suits, ns well as our Bespoke Suits, and comfort ii| our Winter Underwear,.

Following ere the vital statistics for he month of April:—Births 12, deaths 10, marriages 11.

A curio 11,3 domestic complication wiw related to a Post reporter by a- Southern member of Parliament. A married mm, with a wife and one child enlisted and went to the front, leaving his wife an dlotment. Their relations had not been ■ cry friendly, and after the man had gone the wife contracted a liaison with mother man, and a. child was born, -ater. during the influenza epidemic, the father of the second child died, and die applied for relief frorn the locai comltteo, wliiah- refused 1 * the application, contending that her husband ought to provide her with support. Just as ■ffairs had reached this stage the sot-dier-husband cabled that he had cut off his wife’s allotment, on the ground that die was dead, and the woman was therefore left without any means of subsistence. Further inquiries ©bowed that ihe man had married another woman in England, in the alleged belief that has wife had died. The present position is "hat the New Zealand wife and family are being provided for, and the soldierla us ba-nd i«, if possible, to be charged with bigamy.

Work on the Wellington waterfront is supended thi H afternoon, a.s the watersi ders will attend the funeral of Mr. r. •J, Fogarty, a member of the Waterside Workers’ Union, who died at the Hospital on Monday as the result of mjuries received from a fall down the hold of the Kamona ou 22nd April last. This “stop-work” funeral, says the Post, is tiic rule when a member of the union dies from injuries received while working, but so tar only one other has been held, that of Mr. R. Henderson, who was drowned off a hulk some two years ago. The Watersiders’ Band win attend'’ the funeral.

A general meeting of the Nelson Poultry Association will be held at Upie’s Room at 7.30 to-morrow evening, to make arrangements fur the annual show.

lii the course of his address of welcome' to General Hart at Carterton on Friday, the Mayor stated that Brigadier• General Hart , had, by a strange coincidence, served as a steward on boaid tue C ornithic on> returning from the Boer \Var. On. this occasion he had returned ■ n the same vessel as Brigadier-Genei al, G.M.G., D.S.O.

At the inquest at Pukekohe on Brio Ferguson, second son of Mr. Ferguson, stationer, of Wellington, the District Coroner brought in a verdict of accidentally shot through life gun exploding while being dragged muzzle first through a wire fence. Hie Coroner stressed the importance of the press again warning gun-users against careless handling of firearms, which wa* causing a constant toll of deaths.

of the death of 2/1245 Gunner D. M‘Dougail, N.Z. Field Artillery, who was lost at sea during the voyage out of the Baranga from the United Kingdom, says the lost, show that the deceased jumped overboard on ; th March, a few days after the vessel left for New Zealand., The Baranga was stopped immediately, and endeavours were madfe to rescue M‘Dougall, but he disappeared before help could reach mm. A soldier who witnessed the occurrence stated that M‘Dougali made an effort to swim on finding himself *» bine water, but soon went under. Deceased, had been suffering for_ some days previously. A Court held on board found that deceased jumped overboard whilst., of unsound mind.

Mr W. R. Morris, secretary Post and Telegraph Department, advises « has been arranged for ships lrom Urn ted Kingdom conveying t<> New Zealand to carry marl matter in cases iu which a oetter despatch can be made than by the San Francisco or Vancouver routes.

“We have killed the last suction gas plant in the city.” said the Christchurch City Electrical Engineer proudly on Monday (reports the Lvttelton Times) He said that the electrical revenue in 1913 £ 1918 £54.000. and at the 1 it. would have been £120,000 By re ■duoing rates, however every gas plant had been outed, and he had received very pathetic letters expressing the hope that they would never bo needed again.

There isy some tendency, said the Mayor of Auckland when he welcomed the commercial travellers delegates to Auckland on Saturday, for business houses in this country to /work on the mail order system. In isolated instances the success of tbi# system .mold not be gainsaid, but at, tne same time all his commercial experience had convinced him that the commercial traveller was a necessary adjunct to every big business. The traveller was an integral part. of the business machine that could mot be taken away or replaced. “The mail Ik ft dead thing,” the Mayor coneluded, “compared with the living personality of the traveller.”

Many a silver wristlet watch valued by its owner was exchanged for a loaf of bread by New Zealand prisoners of war in Germany. Lance-Corpor-al Henderson, of Wellington, was for many months in thg hands of the Germans, and during the whole time he, as well as many other prisoners, were practically starved. Conditions were so bad in one place, 11 The Black Hole of Lille,” that the prisoners were forced to barter for food many valuable articles, keepsakes, clothing ets., being given to members of the German garrison there in exchange for bread to relieve the pangs of hunger. Even then the bread was hardly fit for consumption.

The Anchor Company announce that the s.s. Nikau will leave Wellington for Nelson to-morrow at 8 p.m., instead of 2 p.m., the postponement having been arranged at the request of several intending passengers. The 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 sail for Wellington until about the middle of the month.

The Peace Celebrations Committee meets at the City Council Chambers this evening.

Final Reminder! Trathen’s Hardy street branch is closing down to-morrow (Saturday, 3rd May).

Your boys and girls will be giving up their aandals t*o wear a pair of strong boots. The winter weather makes you think of their health. Dee and Sons’ big stock of quality Boots you can’t afford to mm seeing.*

The Battle of Nations is over. It was a fight between two standards —the right and wrong; and 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 RubSjna” Lnnndvv Help and the pure “Golden Rule” 1 Soap.—M. P. Webster .mil Co.* ..