LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 46, 15 June 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. E. Atkersten, photographer, notifies that having accepted a special engagement in Blenheim, his Havelock business will be temporarily closed until further notice.

At a recent sale of stock in South Canterbury, £2 3s each was given for two fat lambs. They were bred by Mrs C. L. Inwood, of Waitohi, and the price is said to be a record one. A revised .list of justices of the peace will shortly be issued by the Justice Department. Some new appointments are being made and a number of names are to be taken off the register.

We have much pleasure in calling our readers’ attention to a new advt. from the Best Sports and Cycle Depot, which speaks best for itself, and we feel certain will give every satisfaction. ;

The Pacific Cable Board notify the suspension of the system of deferred cable service from the United Kingdom. Messages at the deferred rate are still being accepted for the United Kingdom.

Hislop’s Blenheim bootshop has a nice display of boots, shoes, etc., and a reputation for good value. In calling the attention of our readers to his new advertisement in another column, wc can confidently recommend a call, as his large stock places him in a position to fill all requriements.

The receipts from the recent fancy fair and sale of work, etc., so successfully organised and carried out by Mrs Burkinan, in aid of &t. Peter’s Sundav School Building Fund, now total £l7 13s lOd. Several generous donations are included in this amount, and further promises are expected to bring the total up to £2O. As the expenses incurred were only £1 7s 6d, the net result is a very substantial addition to the funds.

A dance in aid of Soldiers’ Parcels Fund and Y.M.C.A. will be held in the Town Hall to-night. A goosebill whale, a species very rarely seen in Australasian waters, was recently stranded at Pohara, Golden Bay.

Something new and novel in picture production is promised at the Town Hall on Saturday, June 23rd. "The Hand vf Peril ” is a Strong story, featuring some of the world's greatest actors and finest stage-setting yet brought into use. Canvastown will be visited on Thursday and Carluke on Friday. A new use to which moving pictures have been put in America is to teach cooking. Under the direction of a Government expert, a scries of illustrated lectures on cookery are now being delivered. The pictures show the process of preparing food palatably and tastefully. With regard to a jocular report we published in our issue of the Bth inst., about a motor accident,’ it appears that our reporter was not correctly informed as to the facts as they occurred. There wore six persons in the car, and so far' as we have ascertained there should be no blame attached to the driver and the injuries incurred were merely trivial. Patriotic Societies have the comfort that their old bugbear—a monthly statement of accounts for the War Funds Office—is to pass away soon. The secretaries and treasurers, in the main, have done their work so well that the system of monthly returns is no longer deemed necessary. Quarterly statements will be the rule, according to present indications. At a sitting of the Canterbury Military Service Board in Nelson the other day, James Lawler, French Pass (Mr Hayes) appealed on the ground of undue hardship. He was married in December, 19.1(3, and wanted a few months to enable him to go and see his people in Tasmania. He was an orehardist, and his father was an orehardist in Tasmania, and wanted him to go and help him for a few months. He was engaged in- bushfclling. The Chairman said it was not likely appellant would .be allowed to go out of New Zealand. Appellant was allowed till 22nd July. A provincial church at which the congregation has been growing less and less every Sunday for some time was recently crowded long before the time for commencement of the service, (says an exchange.) The minister was evidently adopting the Government’s idea, that, sermons should be more practical and topical in these days, for the subject announced, which had attracted such wonderful numbers, was "Three Days in a Submarine.” The expectant congregation were treated to a wonderful discourse, and came away sadder and wiser men after hearing a sermon on Jonah?

A mighty strong case of falsifying income tax returns was sheeted home to one John Williams, managing director of the Clayton Tinplate Co., and director of other trading concerns in Wales, who was found guilty of faking the returns of profit of the tinplate business, as well as of his private income, whereby the revenue had been defrauded of nearly £3OOO. Williams was a J.P. ahd a shining light in local religious and political parties. The judges at the Glamorgan Assizes, referring to the prisoner as a communicant member of the dissenting Church, called him the meanest of hounds and fined him £4OOO, with an additional contribution of £IOO towards the cost of prosecution. The fine was promptly paid.

A Dunedin visitor to the Maniototo district during the recent floods informs the ‘ ‘ Otago Daily Times' ’ that a great number of rabbits have been drowned. In many eases small mobs of sheep were isolated on rising ground, and were standing with water well up their bodies. Fear had driven the rabbits to swim to these sheep, and they could be observed perched on the sheep’s backs. The dogs which were used to drive the sheep out of . the water when it had commenced to fall found the water so cold that in a number of instances they could not be prevailed on to continue their work. Where, however, the dogs had an opportunity to scramble along on the backs of the sheep, they quickly took advantage of the living bridge, as it were and in this way followed out the commands of the drovers.

The seal, or. sea-lion, captured by Mr Haimona Patete at endeavour Inlet last week (says the Picton “Press”) and brought up to Picton for patriotic exhibition purposes, was “arrested” by the police under instructions from the authorities, and placed under lock and key, pending enquiries being made. It appears that seals are protected by law, and anyone destroying one of the species is liable to a heavy penalty. Haimona, who was innocent of any intention of wrong-doing in connection with the capture, was naturally greatly concerned when the facts were _ made known to him, and his anticipations of a substantial donation to the patriotic funds, as a result of the exhibition and the sale of the “find,” were “dashed to the ground.” Subsequently, the carnivorous mammal was released from captivity, and given a new lease of life in the ocean waves.

The keen interest taken by members of the Royal family in overseas soldiers on furlough in London, is illustrated by an incident related in the latest issue of the Victoria League Monthly Notes. While one or two members of the committee were working in the office of the Victoria League Overseas Club, at Peel House, an orderly interrupted them with the information that iQueen Alexandra was downstairs in the recreation room. Hurrying down, the ladies found the. Queen and Princess Victoria chatting to a party of overseas men gathered round the fire. When reproached for not sending _ word', of her intended visit, Her Majesty smilingly answered that she wanted to come quite informally, “to have a talk with the boys.” None of the men guessed her identity until Sir Everard Thuru told them, then great was their pleasure and interest. The Queen and the Princess spoke to every soldier, and noticing a young Fijian hobbling about with a stick; they took his name, the Queen later sending him a new stick, with inscription and date. For Home Defence against coughs, colds and sore throat get “NAZOL. ” Handy, efficacious and money-saving. Sixty doses cost only Is fid.

Cabled information has been received that the price of raw American cotton has risen to 15Jd a pound. Two weeks ago the price was 14Jd a pound, which was the highest on record. Before the war the cotton was from 5Jd to 6d a pound. A large portion of the supplies of cotton goods for New Zealand have been coming from America, and the rapid advance in the cost of the raw material during the last few months will doubtless lead to a groat increase in the cost of manufactured goods to the Now Zealand public.

A real surprise party was held on AVednesday evening at the residence of Mrs Frank Pope, who is leaving tomorrow on an extended holiday to Melbourne. About 50 friends attended, and during the evening Mrs Pope was presented with a handsome travelling case and rug. Dr Williams, in making the presentation, expressed his appreciation of Mrs Pope's services during her long connection with the nursing home.

The heavy southerly gales which prevailed in this district with more or less severity for two or three days gave place to bright and settled weather on Wednesday. Yesterday morning a very severe frost was experienced. In the Opouri the force of the gale brought down a number of trees, several of which fell across the road and blocked all vehicular traffic in this newly-settled district. Up to yesterday morning the obstructions had not been removed. Just before midnight on Wednesday, the residence of Mr AV._ Hill, Deep Crook, was found to be in flames, and in a short time the house and contents were burnt to the ground. There was no one in the house at the time, Mr and Mrs Hill being away in Havelock. On returning home at the time mentioned Mr Hill, in company with Mr Fisk found the house almost enveloped in flames, and it was then impossible to save any of the furniture, and the only thing that could be removed was the telephone.' We understand the furniture was only partly covered by insurance, Hill, in losing all his private effects is a heavy loser.

A wedding of considerable local interest was solemnised at St. Peter’s Church on Wednesday in fine weather, the contracting parties being Miss Constance Pickering, of Havelock, and Mr George William (“Bunny”) Twidle, son of Mr W. Twidle, of Pelorus. The Rev. A. H. Heron officiated. Mr Lee Twidle (brother of the bridegroom) acted as best man, and Miss Ada Twidle attended the bride. After the ceremony, the wedding party repaired to the rooms of Mrs C. Harris, where breakfast was partaken of and the usual toasts honoured. Later on in the afternoon the happy pair left amidst showers of rice and good wishes in their own motor car for Nelson, where a brief honeymoon is to be spent. The “Eltham Argus” states that the new gas-shell which is creating such havoc in the enemy’s ranks is the invention of a professor in a wellknown English Midland university. A certain gun that is used in the trenches is also the invention of a university professor. It is simplicity itself. At a trial of it an Eltham resident saw it manipulated so quickly that before the first discharged bomb had reached the ground nine others were in pursuit of it. A little girl of ten years of age could manipulate ‘this particular weapon. The first time we used it in action we lost one, and then the Germans had our secret.

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