LATE LOCALS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11684, 28 April 1916, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

The. Mavor to-day received the first contribution this year for tho Coal ami : Blanket Fund, It is os from " M.H.M. The raffle for a dressed, doll promoted' by tho nurses at tho Sunnvside Mental Hospital'in aid of tho Canterbury Patriotic Fund has been, won by tho hosier of ticket No. IGO. At a sitting of the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, before Mr T. A. B. Bailey S.M., fines were imposed in the following eases for failure to attend Territorial drills --Edward Samuel Bosher, 10s and costs; James Huddy, 10s and costs; Harold Gaud Jerman, 5s without costs; John William ' Roy Jones, os and costs -Eric George Moore, os and costs; William March, :' 5- -1101 costs; Nelson Haselhursfc Tasker, 5s and costs; and Charles Withers, IQs 1 and costs. John Duncan was convicted . and discharged. ; \n anti-" shouting " league has been • formed in Hokitika. Members who mfriiu'o nnv of tho rules governing the league aro to bo fined £l, which will be handed to the local Patriotic Fund. Tho league was formed as a counter move to tho decision of the Wcstland Licensed Victuallers' Association, the members of which have published a re- ! vised price list. The league's member- [ ship is reported to be already in tho vicinity of forty. Tlio Kotorua correspondent of the Auckland "Star" states that Mr Sclwyn Mays. Assistant Crown Prosecutor, recently mado a trip into tho Crowcra Country to Manngapohatu. accompanied by SeniorSergeant. ' Cassels, Constable Grant and Mr "Wilkinson (Government survevor). in order to have a plan . mado"of the locality of the recent fighting at llua's pa. Tho party was received everywhere most cordially by tho Natives, especially in Rua's village and - other Native pas on. tho road. The Na--1 "fives appeared extremely anxious to submit to tho law in the future. Rua.'s • wives have left the main" pa and re- \ tired to a smaller place two miles , away. I Whereas it is easy to sccuro "silence 1 in Court," when a magisterial inquiry , is in progress, the dignity of the law 1 is not always observed in the immediate vicinity of tho Court building. I Motor-cycles without silencers frequently drown tho voice of a witness, - and when it is not motor-cycles it is 1 something else. This morning if. was a ' dog, who apparently was most unn happy and whined his complaint, or apc peal for justice, in .shrill, nerve-racking i tones. " T wish somebody would get - rid <>f that wretched dog," at length' said Mr H. W. Bishop. S.M., who was conducting a firo inquiry. "Constable, I go out and drive it away." A conc stable, in tho Court departed to execute ■ the magisterial order, hut tho dog, wise • in his generation, did not wait, and his I whines ceased from troubling and the Court was again afc rest. ' L. D -V r x lg T> ,! ' S re " mt J. Hs l>fietion of tho '• Waikato River, tho Minister of Marine J (the Hon W. M'Nab), had pointed out , j to him the lack of facilities at Port j'Waikato owing to the absence of , I beacons and lights. Tl ie Minister ro--1 | cognised the possibilities of tho port, which is easily navigable to vessels of c 20ft draught, and there is tho prob- ' ability of tho sandy entrance being further deepened with the completion I of the river navigation scheme. Dr , M'Nab has now instructed Captain Fleming, of the Marine Department, ; to make a re-survey of the port, and i to have the necessary guides to inann- " i its orcoted- Dr M'Vab. during his I tour of inspection, expressed himself 'ins. greatly impressed with the poten- ' tialities of this great waterway, and I has now promised the River Board to . give the deepening scheme v/liat assist--1 anc.G he can. Next week a, regular serI vica will be established between the ' Manukau Harbour and Port Waikato, . where the cargo will he transhipped on ','j''«' 'iver steamers tot ports along tho _ j Waikato and Waipa Rivers. I I 'lhc steamer Barron Kails, will alsn • | tradi- dirtvr between Australia and . Bo:". Waikato.