NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Witness, Issue 3509, 14 June 1921, Page 38

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Pome soldier settle ; in part of Eketaluma County, Veiling! on, decline to pay the county rate, and the county finds payment cannot be enforced. file Board o; 1 rad. has fixed the price to K, "’inter..milk in Auckland ai 2s 8d per ganon. the vendors announce that tile increased price of 9d per quart begins tomorrow In the Hokitika Court, two women and nU> the husband of One, were convicted and .nied 40s and costs 45.-) for charges ot assault on a referee after a football match at Rimu four weeks ago John Larkin and James M’Nullv, two members of the crew of the Tasmania aaimttid smuggling gold, spirits, tobacco cigarettes, etc., valued at £34. from the icssil. They were fined £l6O each, or six months imprisonment. I iie tine it £IOO imposed on two seamen (Larkin and Al'Xuilv) for emugiriing has been reduced by the magistrate to £25 apiece, both being married men with families, ami able lo pay tin? smaller sum. and tiers avoid inipris; mne-nt. Air E. M’Carih.v, S.AI., lias announced lhat the Lyttelton Licensing Committee would ,11 future grant no licenses to women as far as Lyttelton was concerned. There was too much tough trade, and the hotels a t Lyttelton required nun to have charge of them. Daniel Lnol t utneih.nd, a clerk in tiie employ of the Defence Department, was charged in the Wellington Alagistrate's Court that on or about April 5 and 011 divers dates between April 3 and May 18, lie did steal divers sums totalling £lO5 13s 6.1, the property of the New Zealand Got eminent. A remand until Wednesday next was granted. A three storm.- building in Auckland, including the Hippodrome Picture '1 heat re, including the Hippodrome Picture Theatre] with 33ft of frontage and 190 ft deep, fins been bought by the Lewis R. Ladv Company for £42,000, or £2272 per foot. . The Westland Licensing Committee, at the annual meeting, adjourned the majority of the applications for renewals for three months to enable llie recommendations of the poli'o and Health Department to be given effect 10. ’J he Health Department’s requirement i- fairly extensive, mainly in regard to the installation of hot and cold water services throughout the buildings end attention to sanitary conditions. it was remarked that the police reports made 110 reference to tile misconduct of licensees c!y."ii;g the past year. The Hon. G. J. Ar.<k r.son (Minister of Alines) made a tour of mining townships of the Buber district, including Deimiston, Granity, Millerton, Stockton, and Seddonville. \ho last-named being the scene of co-operative mining on a fairly extensive scale. Deputations were met. and various requirements placed before the Minister. On return m Westport Air Anderson was tendered a civic luncneon and a civic reception, and. later hoard deputations regarding the Buller Gorge railway and scientific research into the by-products of brown coals. Probably the first nautical wedding celebrated at Timavu was that on the Bth, when Ah 11. J. 1 human, second officer of the s.s. Kini. was married at the Anglican Church to Plieebe Grither, -second daughter of Air and Airs * Grither, of ATerivale Christchurch. Chief Officer A!‘Gregor gave away the bride. Ail the officers attended in uniform, and gave presents, and the crew a tea set. ’1 he steamer was gaily decorated for the occasion. The young couple went south for the day. The officer will rejoin his ship tomorrow. They will make their home at Wellington. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Licensing Committee last week the chairman (Air Widdowson, KM.) spoke a few words of warning with reference ro illicit business done after hours, which must eea-e. He also suggested that if licensees were extending their bars and means of selling liquor they should also have consideration for the public and pa ?., ide more accommodation for visitors to the city. A temporary transfer of the license of the Metropolitan Hotel from J. F. Hatnmcrley to John Hope was agreed to. All other applications for renewals ai.d new licenses were granted. Fourteen wholesale licenses w :e granted. The 10-icrnation by the Rev. G. King of t the pastoral charge of the Sencliff-War-rington charge drew from some members of the Dime.lin Presbytery expression of opinion to the effect that the people and the church had been hardly dealt with. Air King having rsigned in order to take up sheep farming. ' Rev. J. Kilpatrick said that when Mr King went to Warrington the first thing he asked wa< an enlargement of 1 lie manse, which had erst between £SOO and £6OO. The next thing was that AllKing went to Africa. He did not at that time tell the Presbytery be was going. After a year’s absence he came back—about a year ago. Now be had taken possession of a sheep run, and there they were. The Chalmers Licensing Committee granted all hut three of the licenses applied for, thanks to the police reports being favourable. In respect to the I’ortobello Hotel at Portobello. the Railway Hotel at Alosgiel. and the George Hotel at Port Chalmers tiie Magistrate warned publicans that they must keep within the four corners of the law if they wished to carry on. Sunday trading and the supplying of drink after hours as alleged at Alosgiel and Portobello must cease. The license in ihe Portobello case would be granted, lint in tHo meantime the Railway Hotel’s application would be held over till the 31st. inst., pending charges agians.t the licensee. As far as the George Hotel was concerned, the drainage required attention. Under the auspices of the Women Citizen’s Association an address was delivered last week by Professor Pringle on “Woman’s Place in the league of Nations.’’ Tn the course of his remarks lie said the League of Nations was of marked interest to women not only because of tln-i: desire for ihe avoidano • of war. but also he a use women more than men had felt the pro-sure of tin just ee m mic eondit ion«. and because they r nld supply unit, thing that was greatly la he- : in mil,be life. He believed that the :-:ir-limd V-it e in present day morality wi- limb of - n eriiy. P liticiaris said one thing in publie and another in private, and if a mien se 1 heir faces a tint kind of tiring there wraild cm,-., tint brighter future that the League of Nations exist ’d to create. \\ emeu could neatly help also by their power tc re-upture the spirit of genrienoss and considm at ion f,,jothers on which civilisation should ho Imp 1. Y e had to choose between Mars and Christ, and it was women who could supply the