LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 14 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Air E. G. Siapp, Chief Postmaster, advises that from the loth instant, the commission on money orders tor payment in Canada ami the United Slates of America will lie reduced to 6d for each pound or fraction of a pound, and the rate of conversion will be altered from four dollars eighty seven cents to the pound sterling, to lour dollars thirty cents in tin* ease of Canada, and'four dollars in tho ease ol the United States. A honeymoon colony, believed to bo the first of its kind in England, has been established in a meadow near Fuvnham, ‘Surrey. At the edge of a. certain wood half a dozen tents may ho seen. They are the homes of four brides and their husbands, who, rendered homeless by the house shortage. Ini,vo begun their married life in the open air. Several other couples have applied for admission to the colony. At the annual meeting of the Bond’d of the New Zealand Trotting Association tho ballot for one North Island and three South Island members of th e board resulted in the election of Air. K- A. Armstrong (North. Island), and Messrs H. F. Nicoll, AV. H. Denton, and J. H. Williams (South Island). The dearth of newsprint paper was brought vividly to the attention ol tho American public by the appearance at Buffalo last month of the Lackawanna Journal printed on brown wrapping paper, with the following (headline across the front page: ‘"This paper cost ns 14} cents a pound, 4} cents move than the meat they used to wrap in it.”

Two Patea residents recently wrote to tlie Patea Borough Com oil requesting permission to be allowed to erect tents as dwelling-places for themselves and their families within the borough. Thev had done their very best to obtain houses both in New Plymouth and Wanganui, hut had been unsuccessful. The name of Air F. V. Knapp was omitted from .the 'members of the commit toe 'of the Scientific branch of the Nelson Institute, in the report appearing in last evening’s issue. The practice indulged in by some inconsiderate persons of casting banana and orange skins on the footpaths is net to bo commended (says Hie Timaru Post). The' other morning a Timaru resident was proceeding along the footpath in Stafford-strcet, when he trod on a banana skin, and, losing his footing, fell to the pavement. He escaped injury, but cases have beear known in which a fall under similar circumstances lias boon followed by serious results. The practice of throwing fruit skins on the footpaths is also very prevalent, in Nelson. ‘ Baskets for such things are provided, by the City Council, and it is not too much to ask that these should be availed of nither than cause a danger to pedestrians by throwing the skins on the footpaths.

Tlit> mildness of the season in Southland is exemplilied. by the- early appearance of whitebait in the New Bivor, Small shoals have already been observed working their way inland. Enthusiasts ot the curly-bird variety have been seen on the hanks, several of whom report having caught siiilicient for a dainty meal. Explaining his unfortunate position in. tho Thames Magistrate’s Court (says the Star], a judgment debtor attributed his state to bad luek - '‘ l « owt ’d a lot of oats,” h© said. “-Were they wild oats?” asked counsel, “No. they were perfectly tame,'’ the unfortunate one replied, “and there was a oood crop; but it wasn’t very long before the stack went up m snioke. .Every bit of it was burnt.” The Auckland Star believes that numbers of racegoers will! agree that there is already quite enough racing in New Zealand.‘The sport absorbs- a great deal of time mid energy in channcls that* are largely unproductive, unci the extent to which the passion for gambling has grown under oflicial encouragement is a cause- of considerable concern to those who measure progress m something besides money.

O.E. Game fanciers are reminded of the, meeting to be bold at the Institute this evening at /Ho. Prior to tho hearing of evidence in a case which came before the Supreme Court, Wellington, recently, Ins HoilOJ ordered the court to be cleared. ihe case was being proceeded with, when his Honor noticed that a woman ■ found her way into the gallery. ,Is there no one to prevent, -strarigms -entering the court?” he asked. There are four or five police officers piesent m the court.” 'The woman made a hasty retreat. To-morrow evening the Rev. Je| in Laird wiH preach on the Lite ami Conversion of F. N. Cnamngtou who gave ui) a fortune of a million and a quaitJ of money for the sake of Christ and man. At Trinity Presbyterian Church toiuoitow evening "the H-ov. t*. • _ "ill continue tho series of -The World after the War , the pa t Scalar subject to "be dealt, with. b«n = , “The Danger of Pessimism. What is Bootsave Ask your grocer. * Mr. Sinclair, assistant manager to the N.Z. (Jo-Up. Dairy Company referring to tho high prices ot land in the Waikato, said; “Economists stated that two ’factor© fixed the value, ot land; but he was afraid in the AVaikato throe factors determined the price—the fertility of the soil, the convenience of its location, and tho number land agents operating within fifty miles.” He might also have -mentioned climate us a contributing fac- | tor. The thousands of acres of Emus ; Insignis being planted out in this ; province will improve our climate out iof eight. Join in the good work; my [ job is to supply the trees.- H. U. Kings laud, Wakefield, Nelson.* “Be sure that ‘Keep Smiling Lino Polish’ will lighten your labour! It gives a fin© bright dnstrq with a minimum of work. Housewives, ask your grocer for it! Emms’s mail cars team? Nelson for Takaka, daily, from his booking othc©, 29 Hardy-street, ‘phone 527, atß a.iti*, arriving in Takaka at 1 p.m. Leave Takaka for Nelson at 7,45 a.m., rriving in Nelson at 1 p.m. Cars meet in Alotueka at 10.15 a.m.*

The latest strike is one that has occurred at a hoarding establishment connected with a Wanganui scholastic institution. The hoys considered that they had a number of grievances, ami felt they bad a fresh one tho other day when, at dinner-time, pudding was served up without milk. The next day that pudding made its appearance without milk it was refused by all, ami efforts to discover who was the instigator of this mild form of passive resistance failed. Tho sequel, bus been the deletion of pudding from the menu, a decision which is viewed, with, misiderahle misgivings by the hoys. Da mo Nellie' Melba - sang to tho world by wireless telephone on Juno 15th, at the invitation of tho Daily Mail. The concert was given au Chelmsford, met the audience included ail ‘Mistenersiu” within, a radius of 1000 miles. IMie singer's glorious voice was ideally heard in Baris and Berlin and at Die Hague, and messages from li-< etiei m in all pari;/, of England record the success of this unique and woiv.ienu! concert.

The money spent in New York ot theatre-going is attracting attention. From information based on Die juv.W'nionfc tax proceeds, it is estimated that theatres in January ami Eebnjarv took in ,03,000,000, widen is calculated would be '.sniTmieiifc to buy ! ,000.000 pairs of high-grade bum s and 250,000 well-made suds m Domes. A good story which has the added merit of being true is Add by a Dunedin man who has just returned jrom a trip to tho tjnited States, lie was conversing one day with a_ school teacher in a populous district, and mentioned that lie came from New Zealand. “New Zealand I” reimmad the pedagogue, obviously searching his memory; “Lot mo see, was New Zealand in the wav or was she neutral/” The visitor from Dunedin bad no adequate reply ready, hut thonged ol mans' stinging rejoinders when d was too late. Farm.veil addresses will he given by Air P. A. Dickson at the Church of Ohrid' to-morrow. Mr and Airs Dickson leave Nelson on Monday evening hv tlie Nikavi for AVollington and thence to Auckland to catch tho S.S. Niagara to Vancouver. They expeetdo spend an extended holiday with Air Dickson’s brother in Los Angeles, California. No damage, but a magnificent exhibition of night attire worn, by c.tizons with scared faces, followed two sharp earthquakes at Los Angelos at 4 o'clock this morning (states a table from Vancouver, dated July 20, published in the Sydney Sun).

The effect of the legislation enacted during the past few years for the protection of tenants was thejrbject of a few remarks made by the Chief Justice tSif Robert Stout) in the Supremo Court at Wellington. Honour believed that while legislation represented well-meant efforts to ensure that poor people should have houses to live in, it possibly had a contrary effect, inasmuch as landlords would not build’or people invest money in houses if they could not get possession of the nJnccs when they desired. It might have been advisable, his Honor thought, not to have gone beyond the law saving that the rent should bo fixed by a magistrate, as a guaranteed return of 8 per cent, might still have induced people to build. Through the head of his bicycio collapsing, Mr George Clark had a nasty spill in Waimen-street this morning. Mr. Clark was heavily thrown, and ■suffered injuries to the face and head, hut if is not anticipated that they will be serious. A writ against the Pensions .Department has been issued by the headquarters of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, with the object of endeavouring to compel it to conform to the Pensions Act, as interpreted by the association. The latter holds that' the Act entitles the wile of any married soldier who is in receipt of a pension to also receive a pension, and this view is said to he supported by legal opinion in Auckland and Wellington. It is in order to test the interpretation of the Act that' a specific case has been cited.

Two instances of hardship in connection with tho shortage of houses were cited by Air G. AV. Lightfoot, representing; xho Labour Department, in the course of a. dispute between a Auckland Magistrate’s Court, says the Herald. Mr Lightfoot said he knew of a man, who, with a wife and five children, had recently been evicted from a house in Onehunga. They, were .now living in a one-roomed cottage. in the other case, said Air Lightfoot, a man and his four children were, through sheer necessity, living in a shed, though they were able to pay for proper house accommodation. At a meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, the president, Mr G. Parr, in reporting on. his recent visit lo Wellington amt tho South Island, stated that ho and Oaptain Dansey had. visited Kelson and Blenheim, where they met the local Chambers of Commerce and discussed the question of a direct water service between Nelson Blenheim, and ..Hamilton. He had shown them how it was possible for their steamers to work up the coast and enter the port of Waikato to QG* as far as Hamilton with certain slight alterations to the berthages. The people of tho South were greatly and agreeably surprised at the information and conversations were carried on between Hamilton and Nelson at the present time with a view to developing a direct water service. Fruitgrowers are requested to notify Houiker’s Fruit Products Company the (quantities of apples available for evaporating. . The total amount of funds held by the New. Zealand patriotic and war relief societies on March 31st last was £1,760,567, and the number who had over 20 per cent, disability totalled 3*)65 : which number will be increased verv’much when full particulars are obtained fro rathe Pensions Depart--meixfc. Xu addition there will be ■ a lar"o number of men who wilt tweak .'down as the result of war service.— Press Association. It, was inadvertently announced that the Nelson Cribbage Associations euchre tournament and P r f;?, enta^ lou of prizes would be held last Thursday, instead of on Thursday, Idth mst. The competitions are not yet concluded some ties remaining to be got oh. Those will be completed before ilnusdav next, and the full results announcedatthe'gathering, which is to beheld in tho Oddfellows’ Hall. On Sunday night at- St. John’s Methodist Church the Wakatu troops of Boy Scouts will hold their hist Church parade. Hie _ Rev. E. Dv Patchott will give an address to the hovs on “'Watchwords for Boy Scouts; Be Beady ; Be Courteous; Be Strong. Beautiful Camisoles and Boudoir (laps, exquisite and choice, designs, making a charming window display, are now on view at Airs Hansen’s, 60 Hardy Street. -55, Be sure to call and see. tlve pretty Camisoles and Boudoir Caps now on show at Airs Hanson’s, Draper.*

KAY’S “LINSEED COAIPOITND,” for Coughs und Colds. Loosens; allays irritation.

The necessity of provision being made by the Government for a maternity bonus and for assistance being granted in the same form to parents in proportion to the size of their family, ivas emphasised by several speakers at. the meming of tiio Provincial Execufive of the Audi la ml Farmers’ Union. 'flu l subject was introduced in a resolution by Mr F. Keegan, who said that the principle of assistance to parents of families had been frequently affirmed, lie considered it was time that definite action should be taken by the Government to provide this assistance. Other speakers supported the resolution, which was carried unanimously. It was decided to forward a copy of the resolution to each ol the political leaders in Parliament. The annual meeting of the electors of the Nelson School of Music will bo hold mi Thursday, 26th August. at 5 mm.