NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9736, 11 August 1917, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

George Dennis, manager of a clothing factory at Auckland, was fined at the Magistrate's Court for having employed an uncertificated reservist. — Press Association telegram. By Order-in-Council gazetted yesterday, the sale and purchase of wool save by the consent in writing of the Controller of Imperial Supplies Department are prohibited. A deputation from tbe Wellington Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Minister for Finance yesterday afternoon, when various matters regarding taxation proposals were laid before him and discussed with him. “The matter of filthy bank-notes has already been brought to the notice of the banks, to whom further representations are being made.” This is the reply given by the Finance Minister to a question asked in Parliament by Dr Thacker. 1 ‘Since I halve been back from the front I have never been sane,” pleaded Arthur Sherrill,a returned soldier, when he was before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with being found In a helplessly drunken- condition in Willis street. He was convicted and fined 20s, in default to serve forty-eight hours in prison. The members of the Karori Rifle Club fired the third match of its second winter series on the Buckle street range dunne the week. The following are the best results: —Rflm. A. Jensen 98, Rfim. H. V. Oroxton 96, Rflia. H. Preston 96, Rflm. W. X. Clark 95. Rflm. L. J. Grhnstone 94, Rflm. J. Williamson 93, Rflm. G. Tinney 92, Rflm. H. Daniel 91, Rflm. F. morgan 91, Rflm. \V. Morrah 90, Dep.Pres. W. F. Willoughby 88. A telegram received by the Marine Department from Mr Fraser, the lighthouse expert who went to Castlopoint to repair the damaged light, reports that certain published accounts or tbe damage wrought there by the recent earthquake were considerably exaggerated. Only one chimney was damaged there, and a few prisms connected ■with the light were cracked. It will not be necessary to replace^the prisms. The light is working quite satisfactorily. A young man named Marcus Patrick Joseph Keogh was placed on his trial in the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr Justice Hosking, on a charge of having, on February 16th, forged an application for a certificate for. a newspaper reporter’s railway ticket, addressed to the stationmaster at Auckland. Mr Watson appeared for the prisoner. The case having been partly heard was adjourned until this morning. Replying to Mr Nosworthy, member for Ashburton, who asked —Whether he or his colleague, the Right Hon. Sir J. G. Ward, could refute the statement made by a Roman Catholic priest at Waerengiaahika on Sunday, July 29th, to his congregation after the celebration of Mass, that “When Massey and Ward were in England they were interviewed by Bishop Cleary, and they gave him their promise that the Marist Brothers would not be conscripted”—Mr Massey replied that no such promise was made.

Cruelty to animals is abhorrent to most citizens, and if the fine inflicted in a case that came before Mr ' 8. E. McCarthy, S.M., has tho effect intended, owners of animals will take greater care to discover their condition before working them. D. L. Burns, carrier, Kvlbirme, and his servant, John Bergh, were proceeded against by Inspector Henry, of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Society, for illtreating a horse by working it when the animal was in an unfit state. Ins Doctor Henry said the horse had a raw and bloody sore under the collar. The owner, . when seen, stated that he knew the condition of the animal. The information against Bergh was dis.iiisaedl and Burns was convicted and fined £lO, with costs 19s 6d, in default to be imprisoned for two months.

With the end of the season in sight the remaining games in the first grade Rugby championship are likely to_ provide some more than ordinarily interesting contests. At Athletic Park this afternoon the second meeting between Wellington College and Petone will doubtless attract a Targe number of patrons who have been following tho clever play of the College boys during recent Saturdays. When the two teams mdt in the first round a keen, fast contest ended in favour of Petone by a small margin, and since then tlit" Petone team has carried on with an unbroken record. On tho second ground University meet Orion tel, and at Petore the game is between Old Boys and Poneke. Next Saturday is set apart for the annual game between St. Patrick’s College and Wellington College, and at the same time the representative team will be trving conclusions with Auckland at Auckland.

Mr P. C. Webb. M.P., will be tendered a- public welcome in the King's Theatre on Sunday evening, at S o’clock, by a number of Labour, political. and industrial organisations ol Welli ugton. Messrs Meek and von Haast write stating, that in the civil case Wellington Gas Co. v, M. S. Mansfield, judgment was incorrectly entered against Walter S. Mansfield. Defendant was another person bearing the same surname. There was some, misunderstanding in idle Supremo Court yesterday as to exactly the defence that was being set up. Said Mr Wilford, “I should blush to put up such a defence as is suggested.” Mr Justice Husking retorted: “I am never surprised at +hc absence of a blush from counsel for any dlofonco that is put forward.” When the Radcliffe case came on for hearing in the Supreme Court yesterday Mr Wilford obtained the consent of the,court for the accused to bo seated ns he was in a weak condition. “I real Ay do not see why prisoners should not be allowed to sit always.” remarked’. Mr Justice Hosking. “In some of the United States chairs are provided Aor prisoners. It is rather a tax on a:nyone to have to stand all day.” A Press Association telegram from Auckland Mates that the following pupils of the New Zealand Plying School quah.lied for the Royal Aero Club’s aviators’ certificates:—--William George Mitchell (Wanganui), Charles Patrick Todd (Dunedin), Eric Norman Strain (Port Chalmers), Frederick ~>emulford Hvde (Hamilton), Trevor Dudlev Hall Aldeirton (Auckland), George Clarence Hydo (of Tarras Otago), Robert Hector Grey (Wellington). Thirty-eight pupils have now qualified. A concert is announced for Tuesday evening next at- the Masonic Hall, Boulcolt street, yvhich should attract lovers of music. A quite unusual number of popular performers are on tho programme, including Miss Reno yuoreo, Miss Francis Barry, Miss Chatwin, Miss Janie Petrie, Air Rupert Meats, Mr W. Go’udie, Air N. Watson (violin), and Mu Hamilton Hodges, while Airs Ernest H. QUereo will preside at, the piano. Among the items which Mr Hamilton. Hodges will sin*, will bo Godard’s ‘‘Angels Guard Thee,” with violin obbligato, and the popular song of tho moment, “There's a Lot of Sunshine Coining Soon.” Tihe Trades and Ltxbour Council passed a motion on Thursday night to the effect that the time, had arrived when gas consumers should be afforded more adequate protection from suppliers, and to this end the council suggested tho fixing of a legal stand, ard of quality of gas for' lighting' and heating. It was recommended that inspectors be appointed to test the gas. If the meter were found to he correct a nominal charge should be made to the consumer, but if the meter were incorrect the »\s company concerned should pay, and itlso refund to the consumer an amount in proportion to the -error discovered. An unusual case as far as Wellington was concerned came before Mr 8. E. McCarthy, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when Frank Hunt, a reservist, was charged, witli assuming another. name without first obtaining the consent of the Minister for Defence. Accused pleaded guilty to the offence. Inspector M.ortuck said that the information wae laid under the Military Service ’Act. Hunt had assumed the name of "A. Brown without authority. He had since gone into camp, and no grievous harm Had been done. Defendant was couriered and ’ordered to be handed ’ over to tide military authorities. The official opening of the new United Institute for soldiers at Tauherenikau camp took place last evening. Among the speakers were Messrs C. M. Luke, chairman of the Y.M.C.A. camp committee, E. C. Brownell, general national secretary of the Y.M.C.A. and A. Varney, national secretary. A concert was given by the men in camp, who can supply some excellent musical talent. The need of such an institute at Tauherenikau has been keenly felt by the men throughout the winter, and there is no doubt that its advantages will be largely availed of. The main hall of the building will seat about 500 or 600 men, and every facility will be given there for the recreational and religious work of the cooperating churches and the Y.M.C.A. William Scholes came before the Chief Justice for sentence in the Supreme Court yesterday on charges ol forging and uttering a cheque for £2 12s and false pretences. His Honour said ho bad come to tho conclusion that in view of the illness of the prisoner’s wife the best thing ho could do was to defer sentence until September 21st. If in the meantime the prisoner got work, behaved himself, and loou ed after his, wife and child no sentence would\"be passed on him otherwise the prisoner would have to go to gaol. The probation officer had undei taken to look after the prisoner and get him work. There was little doubt that poverty had driven him to the foolish expedient of issuing a valueless cheque, but if he had been a careful man there was no necessity foi him to have been in Such an impov erished condition. Owing to the mlisposition of Mr Justice Edwards, his reserved judgment in the case of Mary Waddington v. Annie Redmond was delivered by Mr Justice Chapman in the Supreme Court yesterday morning. The action arose out of the will of the late Mrs Sarah McLean McLaren, oi Eeilding. The residue of her estate was directed to be sold and the ne~ proceeds divided between several relatives of the deceased in equal share,-, “as joint tenants.” Some of these relatives had .died when the time arrived for distributing the proceeds o', sale and the survivors claimed that they were entitled at Jaw to the whole, proceeds by virtue of the Use of the winds “joint tenants” in the will, which implied a right of survivors to take the whole interest as against the children or other representatives of Uie deceased beneficiaries. The representatives of the deceased beneficiaries on the other hand contended that the words “joint tenants.’’ though having the technical meaning ascribed to them bv the plaintiff as a general rule, the will as a, whole showed that the words were -Used inadvertently, and thai therefore the representatives of the deceased bencfi.ciaries were entitled to share. His Honour held that the contention of the survivors to be entitle-’ to “he whole proceeds was unfotindeinnd that the representatives of the dceased, beneficiaries should take an equal share of the proceeds. Mr F. Haggett. of Feilding, auueared fur the plaintiffs; Mr L. Elliott,‘ of Feilding, for the trustees of the will; and Mr T. Neavc for the representatives of the deceased beneficiaries.

A deputation representing the local bodies between .Wellington and Wanganui will wait on the Prime Minister on Monday to urge upon the Government the desirableness of installing hydro-electric power for the North Inland at the earliest possible time. The whole of the Wellington city councillors will be present. Replying to a question asked by Mr Hunter (Waipawa) in the House ol Representatives, the Minister for Agriculture states that the present instructions from the luijicrial Government regarding the shipment of meat are that preference of shipment must bo given to beef and wether mutton. When companies cannot fill their allotment of space with such meal, owe mutton and lamb may bo shipped. These instructions arc being carried out. A man charged with insobriety who pleaded not guilty to the offence m tho Alagistratc’s Court yesterday before Mr S. E. AlcCarthy, S.M., said ho desired to give evidence to- proto ho was not drunk. Accused* who is a returned soldier, entered the witness box, and his evidence consisted or the words, “I was not drunk.” 'I no magistrate said the defendant did not appear to bo 4 *all there.’ Doing ** first offender, the accused was convicted and discharged for drunkenness, and ordered to pay 17s 6d modica. penses incurred in his behalf. The case of a. Now Zealand nurse, who was in tho Marquette disaster, and who had lofti, wo brothers at the front, while a third had just been invalided home wounded, was referred to in tho House of Representatives yestordny by Dr Hia-ckcr, luciubor for Christchurch East. The nurse bad hoped to get a pension until, she was strong enough to go back to her woik. But she had not received one; and now, as she felt that her nerves were not steady enough for night-nursing and for looking after very sick people, she was trying to got outside work on rtio land. He thought tha,t proper provision should have been made for such a case, i (Hear, hear.) Tho member for Napier (Mr J. Vigor (Brown) was not satisfied with a reply given by tho Defence Minister in I arliamcnt last week as to whether the Government paid Captain Grierson s passage home to England or not. . Mr Brown repeated tho question, and received the following reply yesterday from Sir James Allen: “Lieutenant Grierson was treated in the same way as all other reinforcement officers. Howas conveyed on a chartered transport the cost of which was defrayed by tho Government of New Zealand. X have already informed the hon. menvner that no direct payment was made for, Lieutenant Grierson's passage.” From what was taking place at Tauherenikau camp just now, said Dr Thacker in tho course of the debate on the Financial Statement in tho House Of Representatives yesterday, he thought that tho Prime Minister must have come from the West of Ireland, whore there ware so many big round stones, and not from the North of Ireland. Ho understood that a great part of tho work for tho men at Tauherenikau just now consisted in carrying about the big round stones found on the site of the camp. He did not say that it was not good exorcise for thorn, and good training for what they would havo to do at tho front; but the men called it “humping somebody’s”—ho would not say whoso—“boulders.” (Loud laughter.) The Rev. J. Rogers, Anglican chaplain at Tauherenikau, writes:—“The Anglican chaplain at Tauherenikau military earnp would be pleased to receive immediately recent copies ol weekly papers, magazines, etc., for the use of the men. We have over 2000 men here, and they deserve all the practical help we can givo them. Mo havo plenty of games for them such as billiards, ’ bagatelle, quoits, and draughts, and sufficient writing desks to allow hundreds of them to write their letters daily. Hundreds of the men arc provided-free every day wi.h notopaper and envelopes. All wo bodily need at present is good reading matte,. We earnestly ask the public to help us in this respect and thus add considerably to of tho men while in camp. Three young men who failed to carryout their military obligations by attending the requisite number of drills were severely dealt with by Mr a. EMcCarthy, S.M., in the Magistrates Court yesterday. The evidence of the prosecution stated that F. R. Guy C Polo, two of the defendants, wore lax in carrying out their duty, and they were each convicted and uned £3. and costs 7s, m lieu of to undergo military detention tor twenty-one days Ronald the third defendant, had been transferred from the South Wand, a cording to the evidence of thes ge ant-major who appeared on behalf of tho prosecution. ? e .Y twenty-right/ days’ military detention. ' wife and to Dunedin writes: “Again let me emphasise the fact that the Argument that married men are selfish and shirking their home durihr coming to tho war is rotten. Lx cuso the word, hut no other willcxoress what I think on tho subject. KvOTy married man 1 know hero would rive to bo able to go back to his home duties and be away from the hellish life here, hut this war must first be fought to a victorious finish. H is hard-very harder our wive, and families, but war is hard Mives rive their husbands, mothers their sons, and children their fathers, and fathers, husbands, and sons give their lives. Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life tor ais ! friend.” • The opinion that the Mivoris have done exceedingly veil in the matter of voluntary recruiting was expressed l,y the Rev. Mr Hawkins, lute senior Anglican chaplain in to the NW • Zealand Expeditionary I'orce, m i-ho course of special war aerrhoas preached at Auckland on Sammy. He ,aid that 3000 Maoris iiad passed ‘through the camps at Avondah? and .'.’arrow Neck, and others had enlist-_-d in European units. In proportion o a population of about 40,0u0, this was a'very good percentage, and was oven better than it actually appeared, because practically no voluntary 1 recruiting had taken place among the Maoris in Taranaki and Waikato because of an old grievance dating back to the time of the Maori war- The recruiting was, therefore, really in oroportion to a population of from >O,OOO to 40.000. At the front the .iaoris had earned an excellent name for their pioneering work. Donnelly’s Hair Restorer, —A real Hair Tonic. Cures dandruff, stops hair falling. Chemists, stores, hairdressers; 2/6. Donnelly’s, 63, Yivian street. •