NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 16, 24 February 1914, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

According to the daily.rcport fill the rivers in" the district are'clear. '; Probates in the estates of Helen Byron (Mr Beswick) and James Gardner (Mr Cassidy)..were granted, at the Supreme Cburt this morning before Mr Justice Denniston. . . Mr P. P. J.Amodeo was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court this morning on the motion of Mr A. F. Wright. Mr 11. G. Corbett was, on the motion of Mr John R. Cunningham, admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court this morning. A meeting of the Carpenters' and Joiners' Union is called for Wednesday, 25th inst., to-receive the report of the proceedings before the Conciliation Council. Through the intervention of his Worship the Mayor, the old and dilapidated fence rourid' the 'Railway Department's property in Carlisle Street is to be properly repaired aud painted at an early date. For some considerable time complaints re pillaged cargo have been few and far between as far as Lyttelton is concerned. Recently, however, several have been received by one company, and a diligent watch is beiiig kept to detect the offenders. Auckland and Wellington are reputed to be the worst ports for claims for pillaged cargo. Owing to so many being unable to attend the waterside workers'-meeting convened for -yesterday, it was postponed till an " opportune time. The monthly meeting of the Lyttelton Wharf 'is to be held on Thursday, February 26, at 8 p.m. As the grass-seeding work on the peninsular finishes the Waterside workers who make an annual trip there, return and expect to find ready employment on the wharves. Lately there has been an unusual influx and considering the state of the shipping at the Port,a number are required to remain idle. On February 38 an ord?r was jnrAe for the administration of the estate of Rose Adelaide Lawrence (deceased) by the Official Assignee. The first meeting of creditors* has been fixed for Tuesday, March 3, at 11 a.m. Two' prisoners who have pleaded guilty in the lower court will be set forward in the Supreme Court to-mor row for sentence by his Honour Mr Justice Denniston. They are: —Frank Morton, two charges of committing a a indecent act, with intent to annoy; and Lionel Dorreen, making a false declaration under the Marriage Act. The Hon. B. Heaton Rhodes, Minister of Public Health, informs ns that, with the view of getting authentic information a? to the number of cases of infantile paralysis (pyhomyelitis) in the Dominion, and so'to' h'elj>'to' prevent its spreading, he has decided to make the disease a notifiable one. A notification to this effect will be ,smb{ished in this week's Gazette. A letter was received,.by the secretary of the Lyttelton Industrial Workers' Union this morning from,the employers intimating that after, February 27. all moneys owing to waterside workers would be paid out ; respective shipping companies, instead of by the Union Steam Ship .Company, as has been the case since the strike. One would imagine by recent reports that things at Lytteitom'were bad and that a strike was imminent. ■ To show that the likelihood of a strike is far from the watersider's minds was made clear yesterday when both original members of the Union and exstrikers discussed in a'friendly manner the question of holding an annual picnic. A Taranaki farmer, finding a- difficulty in securing motive power for chaffcutting, rigged up a contrivance in connection with his motor car,, and cut 15 tons of chaff in fine style. Outside his labour in making, the platform for the car and other work, the cost of the iob amounted to two tins of benzine. The following programme will be played by the Linwood Brass Band on St. Albans Park rotunda this evening: —March, "Imperator" (J. Moorhouse); selection, "Macbeth" (Verdi); waltz, "Eileen Alannah" (Theo Bonheur); two-step, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" (H. Pether); song, "A Perfect Day" (C. J. Bond); selection, "The Outlaw" (W. Rimmer); waltz, " Contemplation'' (Julian Kandt); march, "Imperial George" (R. 11. M'Analty). A flying hat was beautifully fielded this morning by a High School boy who was walking along Worcester Street towards the A cyclist was pegging along with his head down to the ungentle nor'-wester. His hat was snatched from his head by the wind and whirled into the air. It was coming down, to the ground with a beautiful curve when it was fielded splendidly by the High School boy. It was a lefthanded catch which would have made the boy's reputation on the cricket field. The fire brigade received two calls last night of little importance. The first was from a house in Caledonian Road, St. Albans, where a rubbish fire had.got out of hand. No sooner had the'brigade returned from answering that call than another was received from 10 Clothier Street, where a macrocarpa fence and a cabbage tree were blazing merrily in front of a house, and .causing some anxiety. The hand pump was requisitioned, and the flames extinguished before much damage was done. At the waterside workers' meeting held this morning at Lyttelton, Mr H. R. Voyee spoke at considerable length about the abilities of several of the new members. He personally had had an unenviable time whilst working in a gang of five that included four original members of the new union. The new mer. were quite inexperienced at the class of work they were engaged in, and Mr Voyce states he had to do the lion's share, and yet receive the same remuneration. Another remark was to the effect that from the employers ' point of view, preference was against their own interest, and the sooner it was removed and men chosen on their respective merits, the "sooner a better working condition would result.