LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13294, 25 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Necessity can set me helpless on my back, but she cannot keep me there, nor can four nails limit my vision. The banks, legal, public and other offices are closed to-day in celebration of Dominion Day. John Alfred Shirley, for the theft of petrol from Fitzgerald's garage, Wellington, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at the Supreme Court on Saturday. At the Supreme Court, Wellington, on Saturday, William Tbsswell, solicitor, of Pahiatua, pleaded guilty to three charges of the theft of trust' moneys, and was sentenced to two rears' imprisonment with hard labour.' Herbert Samuel Potter, the wellknown figure at the local police court, whose peculiar utterances from the dock on Saturday last are fresh in memory, has been medically examined and committed to a mental hospital. No date has yet been fixed for the introduction of the revised scale of oversea freights Homeward from New Zealand, but the projected increase will be likely to come into operation some time next month. The alteration will not affect oversea vessels now loading on the New Zealand coast, but it i s very probable that freight rates after next month will carry a 25 per cent increase generally. The Hon. Sir George McLean has informed a Press representative that he resigned the position of president of the Dunedin Jockey Club, which he has filled for thirty-three years, because, despite his protest, a majority' of the comnuttee persisted in placing eight races on the winter programme. When the. (faming Bill was before the Legislative Council he had given an assurance that this would not be done, and the action of the Dunedin Jockey Club Committee was dishonouring his pledge as a member of the Legislature. From to-day and following days an interesting exposition of 150 charming French and English model frocks and costumes is being made at Hooker and Kingstons. There is always something distinctive in the goods this rirm shows, and the selection this season in both dresses and costumes gives the ladies of Hamilton an opportunity of viewing styles and fashions that are direct from the London and Paris centres. The prices as usual ara the lowest possible, consistent with the, firm's high stan! (lard of quality, but during the war a special discount of 3d back in every 5s spent is given throughout the store.

HANNAH'S are showing die finest stock in the Dominion of ladies' white boots and shoes. Our prices are the same low prices as last season. Women's white canvas buttons and lace boots 9s bd, white canvas one-button shoes 7s 6d, white 'canvas heel bar shoes from 7s 6d,' white canvas Derby shoes from 7s 6d. Also good variety of white buckskin and white calf boots and shoes. We are showing a nice selection of children's white boots and shoes.* 315. Teach your boy the Violin. Complete ■iiittits from 30s to £lO, at EADY'S Piano and .Music Warehouse.*

We have decided to clear our stock of Lades' Fancy Top Button and Lace | Boots, in brown, grey,* lawn, white' and black top—all one price. 18s 1 Id. at Hannah's.* / Wben you ask for Fluid M'gnesia don't t\ke fcnytlrng •■w« ; is good," but have \ v 'it is the best that money can buy. Ore shilling per bottle. 5 [

J he patients and staff of (he Waikato hospital were recentely tendered a most enjoyable concert by Mr G. E. Turner's orchestra. Among the numbers played were the National anthems of Uussia Belgium, Japan, France, and England.' Twenty-seven men enrolled at the Auckland recruiting station on Saturday. Fourteen were accepted (one from •><). 4 group), seven deterred, and six rejected. The Treasurer of the Dominion Gift Parcel Fund acknowledges the receipt ot £,, being the proceeds of the collection taken up on Sunday afternoon at the Concert given by the Prankton I own Hand on the rotunda, Ferry Hank. At Ferry Hank yesterday afternoon the rrankton Municipal Hand, under the baton of the bandmaster, Mr T. Donovan, rendered a programme of selections. There was a large attendance ot promenaders, and the standard of the musical numbers submitted was iavourahly commented upon. The band turned out specially with the obje« t of assisting financially the Dominion Gift Parcels scheme, for which the sum of '-, was raised—a. highly satisfactory return. At the Police Court this morniim he tore Messrs W. F .Mason and J E '■• id, J's.P., Edward Stephen McAnulty was charged with drunkenness in Victoria street on Satutday evening. Defendant had two previous convictions against him for drunkenness, on successive dates on the hitter part of last month. The bench imposed a fine of *<Js, in default seven days' gaol. A first offending inebriate was fined 5s and costs, his explanation being that he had "to 0 many long beers." "We don't know what will b e done unless you enlarge the fines," advocated Constable Hern to the bench at the Police Court this morning, when "nolight" by-law-breakers were being dealt with. Constable Hern stated that the olteiiders remembered the penalty for a couple of days only, when thev returned to their by-law breaking ways as if nothing had happened. The constable mentioned (hat it was not loi g since a batch of offenders wow haled before the Court, and it could be gathered from his further comment that the crop would soon be ready tor police "plucking" once again. The Frankton vicinity provided the lull list of by-law breakers who appeared at tins morning's sitting of the Police Court. For riding bicycles without lights 1.. ('. Tolley and Hose Hrough were each fined 5s and 7s casts, and Daniel Roberts was similarly treated lor driving an unliehted vehicle in the borough between stinset and sunrise. Henry Cave, for allowing a cow to wander, was also fined 5s and ordered to pay costs. The defendant explained that it was not his custom to give the bovine access to the grass on Frankton's streets at night time, but on this particular occasion he had unwittingly left the gate open, and the cow had strayed until the poundkeoper gathered her in. Constable Hern drew the attention of the Justices to the fact that the Heautifying Society had made complaint to the Borough Council in respect to the depredations of wandering stock on the Society's plots in various part of the town, and prosecutions were being taken as the only reinedv.