LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 14 July 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the inquest held yesterday on the remains of Mr Colin Craigie, orchard instructor, who was found dead in the bush at Pelorus, a verdict of death from exposure was returned by the Coroner (Mr Smith).

While a taxi was coming into Nelson from the country on Saturday night, the driver, in endeavouring to pas.'i the railwav crossing on Jcnkin s Hill got- his vehicle into the cattle stop. The car suitcred some damage and had to be towed into the city for repairs, 'I he driver and bis panscngor.s escaped injury.

The usual weekly euchre tournament, will be held in Hampden street schoolroom on Thursday evening next at 8 o'clock.

The youth George Campbell, who re reived serious injuries resulting from a fall mi the steamer Orepuki on Sunday, is still unconscious at the Nelson llospipital.

The first plantings of Finns Tnsigois were made with the idea- of filling the case shortage. Latterly it has been el-earlv demonstrated that the timber is suitable for the manufacture of wood pulp, and this opens up unlimited possibilities, as wood pulp or trees suitable for this can be grown in 10 or 12 years. Not- ordv is paper manufactured from pulp, blit it is being increasingly used for the manufacture of many beautiful fabrics, including ties, hosiery, etc. Plant Finns Insignis. —1L (!. Kingsland, Foret try Specialist, Wakefield.* Weather Report- It is indicated that the ram will probably clear in time for Trathcn's Great Thrift Week commencing on Thursday at 9 a.in.* Thrift Week means double sale reductions. Be first in the Queue on Thursday at Trathen’s.* ,

A meeting in Whangarei of dairymen representing a wide radius, was add revised by Mr Grounds. The following resolution was adopted without dissent:— “This representative meeting of dairymen gives* its full support to the Dairy Produce Export Control Board and considers it should he given a fair trial."— Press Association.

Twenty designs were sent, in in response to the Lower Hutt Borough Council's invitation for competitive designs for laying out the eastern portion of the borough. The first prize of £2OO was awarded to R. B. Hammond, architect, Auckland ; second, £SO, F. R. Kibbs, city engineer's department, Wellington, P.‘ 11. Graham, architect, Wellington, and Downer and Miller, architects, Takapuna, were specially commended. —- Pr< ess Association.

While cycling into Selwvn Place from Trafalgar street yesterday afternoon a College girl, Joan Fleming, daughter of Mr E. B. Fleming, of Tasman street, came into collision with a taxi, which was approaching from an opposite direction. The cyclist was thrown down, but fortunately escaped serious consequences.

"It is an offence to tether hulls and calves in the open,” said Mr White, inspector to the Canterbury branch of the S.P.C.A. at a meeting of the executive. "But still many people, who are evidently not aware of the Act are doing this' The animals must be provided with shelter.” Mr White said that some people left the beasts tethered in open paddocks in all sorts ot weather.

A contention that foodstuffs which, before readliing the consumer, have their nature altered through a preservative process cannot be included under the section in the Public Health Act relating to the sale of food was upheld by Mr .1, W. Povnton, S.M., at Auckland. The defendant was a bacon manufacturer, and the carcases of pigs were being convoyed from the killing place to iii.s own factory. They were lying uncovered on a tarpaulin on the bottom of the conveyance. They were not for sale ‘ but for conversion into bacon and hams. The defence was that, as they were not fur sale as pork in their then condition, but only after mev would be changed into something else, the regulations did not apply.

It is not often that an application for an increase in salary meets with not only the approval of tlie body approached, but that the latter decides to furincrease the amount asked for. Such an incident was forthcoming at a meeting of a school committee in the Mauawatu district recently, the services of the applicant as caretaker of the school building being considered well worthy of the action taken.

Six Harrow schoolboys have boon expelled, and a seventh has voluntarily withdrawn. This is the sequel to the police raid in March on the “45'’ club, one of j.o.ndon's night clubs. Ihree Harrow boys, who figured prominently on the school rolls, were found there. The Head is satisfied that only four others, in addition to those found m the

“43” club, had attended clubs from time to time. Unfortunately, three of the youths were seniors, and responsible boys" in their respective houses, and the Head, therefore, deemed it necessary to take the drastic course of "sending tiiein down.” Une of these hoys was regarded as among the cleverest in the school, besides being an exceptionally good athlete.

The new type of omnibus built in the Transvaal for travel by either rail or ordinary road is described as running over the road-rail with the front axle supported by a rail bogie, the bogie being on the rail and the driving wheels on wheelways. The 36-horse-powor water-cooled engine can run on the .South African motor spirit known as Natalite, or on producer gas. The Parker gas producer is used, with charcoal as the fuel, a charge of 4Cho. sufficing for the. round trip on the experimental line of 40 miles. Hie rear wheels have twin giant pneumatic tyres, till' front tyres being solid. The speed may vary trom 18 to 20 miles an hour, ami loads may be pulled up grades of 1 in 20. This novel vehicle can leave the track to deliver passengers, mail or freight, or can make special trips beyond the railway to any desired point.

The manager of a group of treeplanting companies operating in the Putaruru district has given some astonishing figures relative to tree-planting (writes ttie correspondent of the Auckland Herald). Despite the stormy weather of tlie past few days no fewer than 120 men are employed. A total of 4,500 acres has already been planted. Two hundred thousand trees are heeled in on the block for 'the daily requirements, and a further five to six million trees are ready for transplanting from the nurseries. The number of trees planted averages 160,000 a day, representing 1,600 trees for each man engaged in the actual planting operations, it is expected that, 16,000 acres will he planted before the season ends in September or October, Great, ns these figures are, they would have been largely exceeded but for the inclement weather of the past few weeks. The impassable state of the roads lias delayed operations put in hand for the construction of new camps.

A London flower girl, whoso pitch is outside Gloucester Rood Station, lias been photographed in her ordinary working, garb, and also in a beautiful dress designed by Pcrou, the famous Paris costumier, after the flower girl had submitted to the ministrations of a fashionable hairdresser and manicurist. The metamorphosis is truly amazing, for the second photograph shows a young lady whose beauty of face and figure would ado;n any of the society journals. As a contrast, a beautiful English girl has allowed herself to be photographed in the flower girl’s homely clothes. In the same way, a .London navvy doing road work near .Marble Arch was persuaded to he photographed first in his rough clothes, and then after he hail been fitted out by a wellknown West End tailor. Complete in every detail from spats to monocle, the navvy is transformed as by a fairy wand into a fashionable man-about-town. Tne same preeodure was carried out in a small child with equally striking results.

On Wednesday evening at the Salvation Army, Waimea-street, there is to he a special meeting and short programme, followed by an old-time hot pie and coffee supper. Mid-week “Happy Hours" are s- specialty, Mr Fitzgerald, Pubiic Trustee for Nelson, will visit Motueka on departmental business on Wednesday, July 22nd.

Allred Gould announces the following auction sales: —Thursday next 16tii inst at 1.30 p.m. At the Abattoir, Anjm shrunk. linuwhold furniture, on account Mr Frank Jones. Friday next. 17th at. L3O p.m.. at 69 Tasman Street, surplus lui nit in *- on account Mies Alii I lei- who has sold her property. See the sensational bargain windows, then be first in the Queue on Thursday. Trathen's.*

People who delight in music will he interested to learn that Galli-Curci and Krcisler, during their New Zealand concert tour, were accompanied upon the Steinway piano. This instrument, was supplied bv The Bristol Piano Company, Ltd., who are the Dominion agents for the Stein way. A Week of Bargain Gifts. Trathen's

Thrift Week.* Hundreds of Bargains at. Half-price and less. Trathen’s Thrift Week on Thursday.*

Early next month the Government sti'nmer ilinemoa will tiansport lepers from Quail Inland, Lyttelton Harbour, to (tie island of Makogai. i here art four Maoris, twin Chinamen, three Europeans—all males. Special accommodation will he constructed on the vessel, which will he left at tho leper station. Ten lepers will be transported from Samoa.—Press Association.

"In the corridor of the MigashiHoganji Temple at Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan,” says a writer in the .\lay Wide World Magnetic, "there lies what looks like a big hawser. 'The extraordinary tliijig about this great rope is that it is made entirely of human hair ! It is three inches in diameter, and over three hundred feet long, and contains the woven hair of literally millions of pious .Japanese wo men. who cut off their raven locks arid dedicated them to the service of the temple as token of their devotion to Buddha. When the temple was rebuilt, some ten years or so ago, this unique rope was used to haul the timbers to the. building, and it is now displayed in the corridor as a sacred relic. ’

l'or the first time in the history of Australia it is to have a flying Gover-nor-General, for Lord Stonehaven, who has been appointed to succeed Lord Forster, holds a pilot’s certificate. Lord St mchaven, who has had experience in the Air Ministry, is convinced of the value of aviation, especially in a laud of great distances. A distinguished flying officer will be his aide-de-camp, and he will probably map out flying trips so Lint lie may see as much as possible of Australia during his visit. If Lord Stonehaven sets a flying fashion, his term will not be exactly devoid of in tcrest. Indeed some Australian writers are already suggesting that before long an aerodrome will be laid down at Federal Government House.

The Hamilton correspondent of the Auckland Star writes that there lias been a decided move in the farm property market south of Auckland during the past six or seven weeks, quite a number of farms having changed Lands on substantial deposits, and agents declare that a healthier tone is now evident than for the past three years. The biggest demand appears to he for par tially improved dairy land and property. Selling firms regard the present movement as an augury of increased activity during the coming spring and summer. House property in Hamilton is not so easy to dispose of owing, chiefly, to the phenomenal amount of building by the State that has gone on during the past two or three yeais, while there are a good number of empty houses in the suburbs. Agents declare that good dwellings at reasonable rents, within easy distance of Hue centre of the town, are exceedingly difficult to get.

An unusual situation in New Zealand confronted the Chief Justice at Wellington to-day in a petition for nullity, when an allegation of bigamy was preferred against the respondent- by the petitioner on the grounds that although w’.ten the lady married him in Australia she had secured a divorce from her previous husband at Reno sh®* was still married to her former husband according to the laws of New York State, where, the latter resided, as New York State refused to acknowledge the validity of quick lunch Reno- divorces. ILs Honour granted a decree for nullity.— Press Association.