LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Western Star, 10 February 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sittimr in chambers at Bmiedm on Urn Stdii Bay of January. 1922, his

-Mnour Air .1 •■slice Sim granted probate in the rotate of the lato .‘Oscph -Fenton, of Invercargill, railway cmr loyee, to air AYillia.nh Htenton, of •xiverton. mill worker, on t:ie an--!i tOi.Air AY. S. Hunter.

Tlie .schedule; and prize-list ter tue ftoenth annual show and exhibiti iu f tin* I? . : verlon Amateur l-lortimi!-.Sovi-ty, to i;e held on Tuesday ml Wcdi-mi-dav, 71 h and Bth of ■'r.rch, ha so noa* been issued, . and nyies rc.-v be obtained on ajm-uca-•mi io t’m Secretary, Mr A. F, Stock.

i'o B-b-c r-'Miiir.g of the el"al .! Bill, I mV; throng!: r.'H.ia-

imvt. A1 1 ;.•:’ a' ;B''’at <mai e? i- mriv railing j hv the Labour membe;" the iiiv 1 reaedng of tae rCiuiiratiuCi r.m .•a.S‘ carried. i

Tim ir.?j.S. Cimtliam will he at .i'-> Bluff on 17th iia-t.,- and the Ulicers and men will be entertained ‘••V tile Southland Motor AssociaEan, >ud, in ail probability they will visit '■tiverten. Tt lavs been suge:6sfced that dm Riverton school excursion should c livid at the Bluff Airing the vL-it if the warship. The H..M.A.S. hicliO;iinie will visit the BltifE on the '4th for oue day.

A dreplay of youthful audacity was iven in Paoroa the oilier evening, ’cording to a paragraph .in , the Auckland ‘Herald.’ A lady, whose ouse had been • entered a night ber.ve and a small sum of money stelen, ms tii the Pasfca railway -station,

d.en she saw a youth walk up an nock at the door of lier house nor v. No one auie.vered tue knock, s

'■'e -jautli wailred in. Help was su.’iv uon-Al, and on the part/entering the oui e. ihe youthful thief held the u .p with a gu’n,’ ■fihoutiug: ‘'Hands

or I’ll shoot!'’ One of the- party i;shod the, youth, and on being overc were til it to found that he was fined with a harmlests toy pistol.

Dt’Aic tie “Beenes ” are. net un-w."M-i‘V,i in tho privacy of the home, cut the tendency to carry them out in public is to bo deplored (says the '.Vellingtcn ‘Time-:’). A few clays ■ ,r o cue fond lady arrived at the Uagiswate’i, Court eager to know whether her better half hiu’i been .•vuuiuonec! for maintenance.' By one

: Hose queer little coincidences: :-n .ear to ne.voh'vt yuid playwright, ’ !mf •enilcninn arrived a -moment later ••oemp.'.uied by a now lady friend, to —ho.u the. wile was not disposed to l.' amiable. Prompt interference by eaurl tdiieial avcilvd any priiuful •{■{.‘{■{'eying". the tw:; W'.mion y. t-harply told that “if they wanle : io bid algo in u free fight thoy hod he IU < Lee eut&ioe into the street.’* Someone who claims to he. v'd 1 - ’nformed miTi- “ Princess. Alary h iefiniiciy decided that after her or I'mge i-Jie <\iil dispen-e with a lady-in-waiting Gave when her cereiunui-i. at tend unco at Cimirc m.akA-; titi-ucceS'T-ry. Tn such c;is. :s her prr ■,■■:'•,: mby-in-waiting, 1 La.-dy Joan aiu'lmi'•itfl, will act in that imysaty. Va.PrimouAi, pci-cmol ;:<;•:tsoholcS .will w upon a rory uvh’T sca-10, and si'e has rccfiutly ; int'iuatr.l. to t■ about her that .after her warrl it is her dci-.ire to lie regiuv.;- : merely as a Viscountess—or a Co unless, as. in more probable—rather I lain :>h the daughter of'the Sovereign. In general she is following the example of several of our Royal Princesses ip

l’eceu „ yean;. TV lion a tenant of to which war b'lrVJ.ifinn a-ylies elects to continue in omuput iou after the expiry of a notice lo quit lie lien a statutory right to remain in /occupation, subject; to any conditions specified in the b'ljb'daticu. That was the view lukon by His Honour Air fa-'-’..Be Hocking, of the Suoreme' Cmn't Bench, vh be d'aali with a caiu' in die i'-e/rome Court at AY-eil iu-j Lon !!{"?. v,“A landlord,” said the a b.M', “ cairtct rocoyer possession, g;’ a r ihr- e couditiuitL except by eu •or-inr of the i.'OT(rt, nmle sn corlaia piv c' gri.v •: he. The awieoja; .-how tiii-i a. . • • t to eord.iav • in pcssos-u,.; u)i..h,r B;o legis!at ; ''-n b l -; gins to operate if leu ant- in fact j remains in ccrsi-eati- .• The laiuliowi l in bound by that r irrr’- e '.!•.■'• ;:f whr.t t : e te;j I intenß'in 11..I 1 .. ’..Lc i.fi in .pc-ses-hm a-. i-l fi-t., vß:hu. eo.ainrm hrv. --amid mil be t m- ; for tlie :i«».v rv-d thm in cr-.M’!-. d by- the lamanhc action in eon! inning in I’.as.siy- - A “n. But, n f, l!;i:ig to the contrary ii", B ••’, ! e '1 !),-> assumed to ■ - ■ ■;. re ■ iie'i-g ul of usw- ,: •; ; in • rofili'..!! to go out :.,e’, 1 8,1,-x '-'Jevre'.! io the 1 -.t• iB d-f le- vvßil l the landy r -i ••• breind to ivsrcct the tenant s continued nosscssicn.” ; i

The Railway Department lias doci :>' ! in run the .thm-uuh expr-'-i• ; liiverearpiii to Christchurch femes a wec-V. viz., Tuesday,?, k.ir-dny an'! .Saturday. ">i. r Qreonhil!, organ-imr for. the Ci‘ufillu», will visit Hire.!rton uii Friday and a meetihg of the .local .uie' isrs-r-' n-ii! he- hold in tho- I'own llu.l! on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Al,avl:ets hardened tor fat lamb s all w v S'- ..m Dominion hml week. There ; was ak-o a- siiput improvement in ! l‘s a ishoep, and stems are in great : demand in Haulerbury. Guttle are • Sv! d;.-.s J. to move up shottlv. 1 The mutt on birds' have made their I re-appearance at the mouth the ■ Aparima estuary, and are feeding on d.-,:w im ; . As a r-'-iiit 'the river is Miit-rahy teeming with fa h of all deivi.ie.r.s, nu-.t \A liters .and local .re T ; ■ufs:. have Jieou catching lprgo mu.-users r.i mullet from the hrit m. e and rocks. j Colonel Leader when ,„peaking at ■ the Chnut.rm-a a at Auckland, said I that when in A merica he -was. called : upon i.o a least to one of the Aides in the v. oriel war. lie pre-i::o.-ed: “ The oil" that did the most land! Tasked the leaat abgut it,” but ! menlioned r.o country. the It oast 1 hcr.oured, the Americans j minplyitu.r the name, u t Britain. ’

ill is staled (says an exchange) that attempts have been .made recently to dissuade new arrivals from accepting work at the Blackball minors, and that if initial interviews are unsuccessful, t!:o new churn's workiii: hours are

hoi so congenial as they might he. ft: is diirthm- stated that the- loeal constable is j-.ow on hand when trains arrive - at Blackball to- prevent attempts atd intimidation.

I'dici-iv.n advocates in Ktigland in turn- mirhaf-da-in, which could Well be '*:i;uluted by sup-porters • of other breed?, have alleged that the Friesh-yi

tli.- only brood that hats a 10001 b butler fat record within 'twelve

nnurihs. A Guernsey enth.uisiast attacks this statement, and quotes the !’iii-rn--ey rattle club eu the authority d:r .stating that no lo'-e than six G-eernsMy*:- havp achieved the feat. Ae tralia has, it .-may be- added 1 , 'pro* >. need a Shorthorn. “ thoi*sand-pound-i.v,” and : Ainejican a Jcxwey.

A large school excursion from the 'Whiten district held . a picnic in Riverton on Wednesday. There were aver 1200 present, many coming by motor car. The visitors had a most enjoyable day. While large numbers ' were fishing with * lines from A the traffic bridge others patronised .the launches, .which ran excursions to 1 the mouth of the- river. The Whiten .Brag* Band was in attendance, and played a - number of selections from the balcony of the picnic building, which line been erected for the benefit of visitors.

In the third race for the Sanders’ Cup the De-sort Gold was first, the Muriliiku second and the Heather third. The -.viiuV -,vas very light, and in stue parts of the race there wan a dead calm.

It may surprise tile general reader to knew that there are two- chapter,? in the Biblet which are identical, ilu'sa being the l'S.th chapter of ‘ the h'ecend Book of Kings and the 37tb eiiapfcer of Isaiah. There are 920 chapters with 592,403 words in the O’d Testament, and 260 chapters and 181,253 words, in the New TeiMamept.

The annual school excursion from the Oclmtau, Fairfax and Tliornbury district** took placei at C'olac on Thursday, and was largely attendee, some fourteen carriages• being used to t-onvey {lie picnicker,* to their rendezvous. On arrival at Co-lac tlieV

■vGlided' their way to tide beach, and i most oitjoyaldo day was? Bif-ent,

Uiiiy indulging' in a dip in the eurr. tvr George Darwin- has demonstrat-

ed £iiat the moon, luindveds mii•ions or years* ago, was either formed eicv-e to the earth out of the saui" doming nebulous lgm-e • which conion -e i into our globe, cr was actually

a. portion of our earth. Whilst Iho x chore revolved near this r-iit, perhaps only a few thousand miles away, ; cur duyts and niglite were gi;t hours in length instead of twenty-four, as at present. The- attraction r.:-f the moon raised enormous iick-s, causing i;udi fiiction that the r ps-ed of t-,o earth's-, rotation dimin-i-Ke.i, more rapidly at first and later l Ai'e and' n;,ore slowly, until at ' the

i.re -.jut time the retardation is on;y ? cud in two thdueand years. Tim iriclion also c;.used the moon to re~ eic from the 'earth until the die-YUi-ce of the centre of tlie satellite ■ ;;OiV 288,843 miles from the centrl* M the parent world. Its diameter is 2,100 wiles, which in rather more (ban a quarter of the diameter of the earth, and its: density about | three-fifths of. flint of the world. Ouv heathen ancestors worshipped the moon as* a god, and the sun a»* a ■;r;.l floss.' "" ' BLACK CASHMERE STOCKINGS. Whi'i) t ! tese goods arrived we aui ice; a ted a big demand, but a rush :er game hoi* now set in—Jos do-zen l-v'-'t Ki"i' : -li Carhi.ic-re Hose to iselect h'om. till op ear’y and avoid disap••oiutin.uit. Dure Wool Cash-mi,are il in Ills:’:, value for 9/6, sale price 2/11. .Black Cnehmere Hose, 1 vaiue lor 10!-), sale, price 3/tj. Be.:-1 quality full fashioned (Vvhmere i.losg in black, value ior l.’i/b, . o price; -'l'll. The famous Itore- : ,!aif* Cashmere Hose in black ami i ■ boos-Lor ole price (i'll, now All). ; ,\!i cl 4 lire.* of Coloured Ci-ffimert; and Li--!e Hose to c-loar at 3/(5. Silk I A ok!-.; Hciso in 'while, tan, grey ant! i cha;:ir.:a;ne, vahic for 8/'(‘>, sale price : »/11. Black Bilk II mu,. in white, tan, -so-- and champagne-, value for 8/(3, 1,-jo 4 il. Black Kiik Hm-a-!m, ■ Children’!* Grey nml J'a-.vn Sex' with strived tops, from ‘■i'-c's, 2 io 6, salie pricer, l/'i i<>. 2«S. | 1 ( ’hi!-Iren's Tan and Black Sox, sizes | 21 o (i, 1/4 to I/jl pair. Cream:, Viv,-d;„ //-Hose, r,izes 4 to 9, all lo'|' e'err at 2//i pair. Ibis io only ah ''rneliou of' t : -e many oimrings now;’ on/ view at H. .fc -J. SMITH, LtrL.'j Tin- rrH';r"'oi v .> ! .‘vapors, Tay 'street, Inver- argil!, and .Main street, Goro. — , Advt. f