NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14284, 13 December 1916, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The programme of the Pelorus Racing Club's hack race meeting to be held at Canyastown on' New Year's Day is advertised in this issue. . .- ,

At the Magistrate's Court-yesterday before Messrs \T. -Edwards and F. W. Fairey^ Justices, judgment for plaintiifs was given in the following cases:—T. •M. Brennan v. J. R. Cairns; claim £3, costs ss; Fell and Atkinson (Mr C. R. Fell) v. Vincent Gibbons, claim £2'2s", costs £1 3s.

The annual meetii)g of shareholders of the Nelson People's Terminating Building Society «i)l be held on Wednesday, the I'Otli mst. -

.The Nelson Poultry Association's annual mooting will be held at l>pie's rooms to-morrow evening.

• The Helping Hand Shop will be open on Thursday (and to-day for receiving only). Contributions from Kawai, Van Dieman and Examiner streets Mouct. street (at Mrs Bisley's), and "Wellington Terraco (at Mrs Cass's) will be called for on. Thursday morning. All entries for the camisolo competition must' be at the shop by 10 a.m. on Thursday.

The hot weather of the past week or two. has causedxmany of the springs and water-coursos in the Masteiton district, to go dry (says the "Age") and unless rain falls shortly, stock will be made to suffer.

The travelling public are notified that Norman Emms,has commenced a daily raptor oar seryice Nelson-Motueka-Ta-kaka... The .cars' employed - are, luxurious : 50> JnT*.^'Os*W*»H? I*fl^.rhnß" can r*! >■ ,fin i Nniir^fal; att^ritiptrf.and" civflj tyV liooli seats^phdrie-'SJk :PriV»te address No. 14 Wainui Street. "'Phone 627.*

Prize money won at the Nelson Agricultural and Pastoral Association's annual show is now' payable, "as" advertised. • £- 8 , An appeal thoroughly deserving of attention is made by Di\ Jeffreys on behalf ot tho Christmas and Recreation lurid of the Nelson Mental Hospital.

The annual incoming in connection \uth the British and Foreign Bible Society will be held in the Rechabite Hall, Brightwater, on Sunday afternoon, the 17th mst. v

A parade of H Battery was held at the Drill Shed on Monday night, when they wont through ordinary drill and were inspected by Lieutenant-Colonel /.dams and Major.Roberts (Inspecting Officer for Artillery).

The annual prise distribution, in connection with Nelson College, will be held'm the Assembly Hall at the Boys' College this evening. The Yen. Archdeacon Kcmptiiorno will preside.

Regarding a proposal to send'tt> America an Australian commission consisting "of representatives of manufacturing, and artisan interests, to study industrial and manufacturing methods, Mr Hughes* when asked what his intentions were on the matter said': "There are greater questions than that at stake. For heaven's sake don't raise ghosts of thepaet!" ■-..-•■•

Something like, a shearing record was made at Collins Bros.' Aranui shed, Mangamahu, a few days ago, when feix shearers :' turned out 1442 sheep in the usual shearing hours:—A. Wilson 305, G. Bolton 267, S. Johnston 246, D. Cameron 209, W. Mahons v 208, A. Gray 207—an average of 240 per man.

Jhe scarcity of labour has been acutely felt-..during.the last bush-felling season. \ According to a farmer in the tipper Pphangma, prices have advanced substantially farV-this' class of work, and fellmg, which was worth 27s 6d per aero a year ago, is now as high as £2 to £2 10s, and there are very few experienced men to be obtained even at these figures*.

Already since the Hamilton baths opened 2000 persons have paid for admission to them".

To secure as far as possible the distribution of Christmas messages, the pubho would greatly assist the Post and .telegraph Department by posting correspondence and printed matter and by sending telegraphic greetings as many days before Christmas Day as possible. This would also be of advantage'to the public in ensuring delivery before Christmas Day. If catalogues and printed matter were posted not later than the 16th inst. and Christmas cards not later than the 18th, these eaily postings would, materially assist prompt delivery.

Attention is drawn by the Nelson District Fruitpackers, by advertisement in this issue, to the question of labour for the coming fruit season. With so many men away at iilie front, there'I'is-a shortage of labour, the women are asked to come to the rescue. Good v ages are offered, thus putting the n-.atter on a business, footing, dt is desired that- applications': be made to the Nelson District Fruitpackers, Ltd.. as soon as possible.

An outbreak of fire occurred at tho new Parliamentary Buildings on Saturday afternoon, in close proximity to the tube -which connects the old Parliamentary buildings with the library wing. Fortunately the. flamekwere suppressed before much damage was done.

In connection with a suggestion made that the Government proposes to establish a wireless telephone at Centre Island, the Hon. Dr. M'Nab (Minister' of: Justice : and Marine) stated iij. Wellington the "other .day that Six- Joseph Ward was making inquiries wJiile in" England with a view to ascertaining whether tha development of wireless telephony had reached a degree of efficiency to justify the system being established" among the lighthouses of New Zealand.

With the approach of the hop season, (says the "Post") growers in the iNeison district a-re looking round for pickers. The Labdur Department has been asked to engage people for the work, and if sufficient applications are received in Wellington it will arrange to send over parties to the principal growers. So far-, only •■half, a .dozen' applicants have presented themselves at the Women's Branch of the Department. It is expected that the picking season will begin next month.

The compulsory enlistment of farm workers was discussed at a meeting of the Oxford County Council recently. The council decided that the Government should be asked to exempt all tanners sons and farm labourers in agricultural districts from the military ballot until after harvest, and that a copy, of the resolution should be sent t) every county council in Canterbury, asking,its support.

A ruling in regard to .the antishouting" regulations was given byj His Honour Mr Justice Edwards at! the- Supreme Court in Wanganui. He upheld an- appeal by the licensee of a hotel, who was convicted on a charge1 or permitting "shouting," the chief I ground for the conviction being that he had failed to place notices in the bar. Ihe Judge held that it was un-lies&sary-<tQ placet notices in the bar, pronded licensees warned their employees and confoimed strictly to the regulations, as the appeUaiit had done. His Honour expressed the'opinion that the barmaid was also wrongly convicted, and steps could be taken to nullify her conviction. >

; MrWyvorn Wilson, S.M), heard a case in.the-.Magistrate's Court at Motueka yesterday, Police v. Horace James Trewavas, in which the defendant, a baker, «\«>s chargod with selling short-weight bread. The information was laid under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. It appeared that m .November 13th .Mr H. Cob man, the inspector under the Ac--, piueuasc-- ac the defendant's ii-ik.j'j »nse a 4lb loaf wt:ch was not of the required weight. Other 41b loaves in the bakehouse were found to be similarly deficient, except oi;e, which weighed 41b ]oz. At the same tune a loat .\as soKl xv another ]ieisou. The defendant, who pleaded not guilty.' contended -fiat the lakehou.se was Lot1 a shop; that his wife, who sold th»» loaf to Mr Cokrnan. was uoc n member of his >talf; and ihat the lirvat: m the bakehouse w;is not for sale The Magistrate remarkM that the .u-fe dant e\idently .-»oiisidoiijd he could soil «!iortweight broAil by .sending it out oji t cart, but that was not so. The defendant was convicted and fined £3, with ]js Court costs and 3s 2d expenses.

The Thermometer._At 3 o'clock this morning the thermometer outside this office registered 62 degrees.

niFA^ when" m Westport. GRAND HOTEL, opposite Bank of New Zealand.*

Norman E/lanms's car leaves Takaka for Oolhngwood on arrival of his Nelson cars iori-Taesdays and Thwsaays.- Gun will Ww Collingwood forTatakavorr .W^dnpwlayd and Fridi»Tf-<«f- W » ,„' m oonoact with car f<x frbimm *r i£ *;ms'

As a sequel to, the advent of conscription, - &isborne\ may ; soon have a' depleted fire brigade. Amongst the names in the first batch of local men called up for military service appears, that of the superintendent: 'It is also understood that several senior local firo bi-igadesmen are in the First Division.

It is stated that dairymen in Nelson intend shortly-to raise the price of milk to Gd por quart. A similar move was made recently by milk vendors at Upper Hutt, but the local Borough Council communicated with the Board of Trade on the matter, with . the result that the price remained at od per quart.

A serious accident to one of the outgoing coaches was narrowly itverted at Otira recently (says . the "Kumara Times")- A house was being mewed and the floor placed on,a dray. When near a coach the floor fell from the dray on to the road. "J'he noise and cloud of dust raised startled the horses of the coach. They swerved round and attempted to scale, a timber heap, and it appeared as if the coach* would capsize but the pole broke, saving the situation. A couple of the horses were severely staked on the timber. The passengers and luggage were afterj wards transferred to another coach.

In the course of a recent speech the Australian Naval Minister, Air Jensen, mentioned an incident guaranteed as authentic, -which he quoted as giving some-idea., of-the-atrocious conduct of the Germans. A few weeks 3ex> a British sailing ship with a. prize crew <m board was boarded by an enemy submarine, and as the British sailors had no chance with their rifles against the Germans with their 13-pounder guns, they had t&_ surrender, and were taken on board the submarine, which was cut to destroy British shipping. After a couple of days the Germans ftund that; the British prisoners took up too much room. So being at the time about twelve miles off the Irish coast, they made them go.up on deck. Then they closed the conning tower ( and went ..full speed ahead, dived and left the mert' struggling in the water. All were drowned save one, who wa3 picked up an hour later by rt fishing boat.