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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11, 13 September 1913, Page 4

After routine drill, while teaching the Territorials fencing one evening, Sergeant-major Shortall, at Kaitangata, was inadvertently jabbed by a pupil, and had a rib' broken. The correspondent of the Dunedin Evening Star states that lie will be laid up for about three weeks.

The Paten Licensing Committee on Thursday gave its judgment in the application, heard before the committee on .Monday, by Messrs Kennedy ■in Co., of Wellington, for a wholesale license. The chairman. Mr Kon•iek, S.M., at the conclusion of a written decision of the committee, .aid :—T hold that since the Act of 1910* rame into force a wholesale license cannot he granted if thereby it increases the number of licenses existing at the date of the poll. The granting of the oresent application would cause an incroase of licenses, and therefore cannot lie granted. Counsel for police Was dlowed £2 2s. Mr Smart (Barton and Smart) instructed by Messrs 0. and L. Beere, of Wellington, appeared in support of the application, and Mr Halliwell (Hnlliwell and*Sellar) appeared for the Inspector of Police, who ohlooted to fhe granting of the license.

The average motorist who does not realise fully the enormous power of his ear would perhaps have a better no-

tion of this If he had been a witness of a rather unusual test in California. V 40 horse power touring machine was attached by means of a strong cable to a 110 ton railway locomotive. The cable ran from the hack axle of Hie car to the cowcatcher of the locomotive. The start was made from a dead standstill. For some time the mofor car groaned, and vibrated to no avail. The wheels refused to find a purchase, and slipped around and around. Finally half a dozen men were put into the car to do duty as ballast. The additional weight had the desired effffeot. -With slow reluctance the wheels of the. monster in tow began to revolve, and the automobile had achieved the seemingly impossible task of drawing so tremendous a weight.' No injury to the car resulted from this great and unusual strain, and for some distance over the rails the mass of iron obediently tagged after its puny pilot. The demonstration was made by an automobile agent to show what a really powerful machine the motor car of to-day is.