LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20403, 8 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

«3>- ; At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Kerr, S.M., one first offending inebriate was fined ss. The latest additions to the Telephone Exchange are: No. 1134, Mr. T. Tamehana's residence, 28 White St., Wanganui East; 874, Rev. G, F. Neligan's residence, 25 Harrison Street. j The revenue on the Gonville-Castle-' cliff trams for May totalled £310, as against £292 the previous year, and £254 in 1912-13. The revenue for the year end'ng May totalled £3990, in comparison with £3869 last year, and £2881 in 1912-13. : j The whole of the proceeds >pf the forthcoming production of "The Toreador" will be handed over to the Patriotic Committee to be credited to the local Contingency Fund. The production will be on July 27th and will be lor three or four nights. j A b'g patriotic bazaar in aid of the N.Z. Wounded Soldiers and the Belgians will be held in the Fire Brigade Hall on Wednesday next. The bazaar lias been organised by Miss Barnott and her pupils, assisted by friends. A very successful function, is anticipated, j That the world is very small and time brings many changes was strikingly shown at Marton yesterday in connection with the ploughing match. About the year 1880, when Mr J. S. Cral/be, of Hawera, was a boy, he remembered i seeing Mr Beverley win the champion boit for ploughing in Scotland. Yesterday, alter so many years, Mr Crabbc ' was one of three judges who awarded the championship for ploughing to Mr. • Beverley's son. j The sercetary of the Victoria Lea give dos'res to acknowledge donations for wounded soldiers: —Mrs Carvel, 2 nightingales; Mrs. Wootton, 1 muffler; Mrs. Greenwood, 3 Balaclavas, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Sherriff, 1 pair bed socks, washers ; Miss Withers, 3 pairs mittens, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Bullock and Mrs. Rice, proceeds of gift afternoon, 5 pars sheets, 1 pair pyjamas, 40 towels, 41 pillow slips, 1 pair bed socks, 3 pairs socks, 1 scarf, 1 doz. bags, 2 washers, 2 ■feeding cups; Mrs. Blain, 6 washers; Mrs. Brian, 2s 6d; Mrs. Bates, 6 khahi shirts; Mrs. Dunn,, 4 pairs socks; Mrs. Anderson, 6 ditto; Mrs. Latham. 1 doz. lnen towels; Mrs. H. Bayly, 2 cairs socks; Mrs. Darley, 2s 6d; Mrs. Sierriff, £1. •;.,;• j

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, The Xew South Wales Cricket Association recommends the abandonment or first-class cricket during the war, says a. Sydney cable. Up till date, the Hon. Sir Waiter Buchanan, M.L.C., of Tupurupuru, Masterton, has contributed over £7000 to the various patriotic funds. Dr. Innes, who /is shortly leaving for England to offer his services in a military hospital, is to be entertained by the congregation of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in the schoolroom at three o'clock this afternoon. Other friends arc invited to take this opportunity of bidding farewell to Dr Innes. The Commonwealth Government is taking over the Queensland sugar crop for the current year, amounting to 120,000 tons, and is arranging for the Colonial Sugar Company to undertake the refining and distribution. It is understood that the price will be £25 per ton. Mr. G. V. 'Pearoe, M.P. for Patea, has received the following from the Minister of Railways: With reference to your representation urging that sheep-trucking yards should be provided at Westmere Station, I have he honour to inform you that instructions have now been given for a sheep-loading yard to be provided. The whaling season commenced in June, and yesterday a well-known resi^ dent of Marton received a letter stating that Messrs Perano, of Picton, had sifcce th« beginning of operations captured eleven whales out of fourteen fastened. One was caught within a. mile of Pict'on wharf. According to the letter the approximate value of the catch, *k> far,] is about £350 each whale, or la total of £3850. j • When a certain 'aeht case was called on (at Feilding Court yesterday, Mr. ' Power, for the defendant, asked for J an adjournment until the second week in August. At the same time he men- j tioned that Ms advice was to the et- ' feet that a race meeting would intervene before that time. Mr Haggitt, ! counsel for the plaintiff, offered iio objection, and consented "on the offchance." I "I am sorry to say that in some cases school teachers do not want to work harmoniously with school committees," .said Mr. "W. M. Luxford, a delegate from the Wanganui East School Com- | niittes, at the annual meeting of the Wanganui School Committees' Association J_ast night. "If the teachers ! would lay themselves out to assist school committee', the school committees in turn to assist them. At times members have occasion to consult headmasters and teachers about arranging various functions. Ten years ago they were always certain of getting their cooperaton, but to-day they turn round and say that they will not assist in any w*y." The men employed by the Gonvrii& j Town Board applied last evening for' nn increase in wages in order that they might better cope with the increased i cost of living. The men got a lot of I sympathy, but their petition had to be turned down, the chairman even going so far as to say that some would prob- [ ably have to get an "Irishman's rise" j because the Board would have to curtail its expenditure. The chairman said that the matter of increasing the wages was the work of the Arbitration Court nnd it was there the men should go. If the Cotirt, in view of the admittedly increased cost of living, made another award, the Board would gladly pay tli3 prescribed rates. j ■ I A plan of a sub-division of land came before the Gonville Town Board last evening with the application that the sireets called Kawatiri Avenue and Wuiel Street should b-e dedicated. The Board considered more suitable names could be found and referred the plan back to the owners with the suggestion that the highways should be called Gurin St. and Dustin St. respectively, the intention being that by thus naming the streets, the names of Gonville's first two citizens to die in the great war would Ibe ever remembered, namely, Sergt. Gunn and Corporal Dustin. It also happen/3, too, that the street which it is intended should bear the name of the I latter, passes property belonging to Mr. |W. S. Dufitin.. | ! The second son of Mrs. I. Salek, of Wellington Terrace, enlisted for the front in Melbourne. In that city the mothers of sons who have gone to the war are honoured with a neat* Jittle - badge consisting of a neat gilt brooch — , an emblazoned crown —from which is ! pendant an enamelled Union Jack, with the words " Son with the Colours" neat- ; ly 'lettered in the enamel. One of those ,■ emblems lias been forwarded to Mrs Snltk, and Has created a lively interest among Wellington women. It has been shown to some of the members of Parliament, and it is not improbable ! that a proposal will be made to do something on the same linefl in New , Zealand for the mothers of our .soldiers. It was feared that when the Christchurch Meat Company's application for a slaughterhouse license came before the Gonville Town Board last evening, there would be some opposition. There was none whatever, the few possible objectors evidently placing public weal before private gain. The Board had not the power to grant the license, that being the duty of the Stock Department, but the Board unanimously expressed its j consent to the procedure. Mr. Bigneli declared that the proposed works would ', be only the forerunner of many other. important enterprises undertaken on ' the water front. The freezing works' would not depreciate the value of the ! land (except perhaps a very few pro-! perties in the vicinity) nor cause annoy- | ance or offence to the residents. The enterprise should bs welcomed. Mr. IV'gnell said he was convinced that if a poll were taken on the question nine out of ten would gladly vote for it. ' Mr. t 3. B. Gilberd said: It's the best thing that ever happened to Gonville. i The lathes.of Wangaiiui have doiie an ' enormous amount of sewing and knitting during the last few months for the varit us committees at work in connection with the war, and not the least is the work done in response to Lady French's appeal for clothing for British babies. Already two large cases containing over ( two thousand new garments have been ' shipped and a further case is ready to ( bo packed. -The average persons has j no idea of the number of garments it takes to fill a clase and of the amount of ( pleasure one gets in seeing a thousand ; little garments sorted out ready for ' packing. The Plunkct Society, through ; whom the appeal was made, has decided , that this pleasure should be shared by ■ those who hove helped and the public j generally, and to this end a display has ' bteu arranged in the T.Y.M.I. Hall, ' next to Trinity Church, for this after- j noon. The admission is sixpence, and , thii3 goes towards the purchase of moro material. A good • musical programme has been arranged, including the name of Mies Harina, of Wellington, Gold Me- ; daillist of the Royal College of Music, j The sweets and flower stalls are sure to , be popular, and as afternoon tea is ; provided free the afternoon should prove n great suptwyi.