LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Health.Department advises that tho following casos of infectious diseases liavo bcon reported during tho week: — Scarlet fover, 7; ontoric, 3 ;' diphtheria, 5; tuberculosis, 2., Hutt County—Scarlet fever, 1. I Tho Wellington College Old Boys' Association is a live body which, takes keen interest in the affairs of tho College. Tho Association was started twenty years ago with a membership of 25, which.has now grown to 800. On moro than one occasion £,ssistnnco of a practical nature has been rendered. This year. the. sura of £350 has been contributed by members of tho Association. Theso and similar views wero placed before tho Minister for Education on Saturday by a deputation from tho Association, which made a request for legislation to enable three of its niombors to sit on tho Board of Govornors. '■' The speakers wero: Messrs. Field, M.H.R., M. Myers, and Pilohor. Tho desiro was to have thoir representation in addition to tho prosont inomber on tho Board. Tho Minister, in roplying, said ho could not commit himself, In any case, legislation could not bo introduced this year on account of pressure of othor business. Next year, prcbably, a moasure could bo introduced, lvhish would also confer tho samo advantago on )ther Old Boys' Associations which had mado similar requests; . ■ Two cases comprised the' business brought boforo Mr. "\V. G. Kiddell, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning/ A twolvc-yoar-old boy, John Johnson, found • wandering in tho streets, and said to be beyond control, was committed to tho AYeraroa .Truancy School, his father being ordered to pay ss. per week towards his lnaintonnnco. One first-offemling inebriate was convicted and fined os., in dofault 2-1 hours' imprisonninnt. . Mr. A. W. Vilo has given uotico to movo, at tho 'next nicstjng of tho Wellington Education Board, " That teachers in tho employ of tho Board bo informed that writing pads must not be substituted . for slates, unless wore'directed by tho Board's inspectors." At a meeting of tho Wellington Typographical Union, held on Saturday night, 'Mr. 11. Slater, by a narrow majority over Mr. J. A. M'Oullough was elected as tho Union's nomincq for tho position of labour represontativo on tho Arbitration Court. No nomination was mado for the office of vice-ropreson-lativo, . .

At a special meeting of the Wellington , : , Education Board, to bo held on Thursday : next, prior to tho ordinary meeting, a suo- . cessor to the Rov. W. A. Evans, who has re- '. ', i signed his seaVon' tho Technical Education ; Board, will bp appointed. Although winter has gone, there are still ' j numerous bookings for concerts and other functions at tho Town Hall. Tho following 1 aro fixture !■ so far as tho booking of tlio halls is concern ui:— Concert Hall — October 28, . ' lecture by '"Drv Maclaurin; October 29 (?), ' Boys' Institute'; • November ■1, Mr. John M'Glashan's Concert; November 4, lecture by Mr. A. L. D. Frasor, M.H.R,; November 11, locturo by Dr. Tudor Jonos; Novombor 15, Wellington iWoolbrokers' Salo; November 20, lloso and Carnation Club's Show; December 6, Woolbrokors' Sale. In tho Town Hall—, October 21,'. Navy League's Concert.; October 27 or 'November 3, Primitivo Methodist Special Services; November 9 and 11, International Tug-of-War Contests; Decomber 10, Wellington Choral Society; December. 20, Wellington Musical Union. From December 23 to January 11, the big hall will sheltbr tho West's Pictures Entertainment, and Messrs. Moyiioll and Gunn, theatrical nianagors, havo booked tho liall for, Septoniber 6 t and 9 next year. . - ' , Tho Karori Rifle Club has decided that in consequence of the limited.timo available fol shooting at Trontham on, Saturday afternoons, too number of shots in each compctie tioiv will bo reduced from, twenty to fourteen. With regard to the unfinished competition of 1 twenty shots on Saturday, October'l2, it was decided that tho number bo reduced to fourtoon shots, each man counting his first seven shots at ' each" rang'o. The president and secretary being both laid aside by illness, Mri H. Marshall was'thorofore elected deputy- ' president. " A meeting for the formation of a Gregg Shorthand Association in Wellington was hold at tho Gregg Shorthand Institute on' October, 17, there being a largo attendance of Gregg Mr. J. Heaton Barker occupied the chair. Tho following officers wero elected:— . President, Mr. F. M. 'B." Fisher, M.H.Ri ; Vico-Presidents, Mrs. Irwin, Miss Maodougall, Messrs.. F. V. Waters,,. J. Heaton Barker, and A. H. Fo;x; Secretary, and Trea- 1 suror, Miss A. ,Soward; Assistant Secretary / and, Treasurer, Mr. S. J. Smith; Committeo, Missos 3. 0. -Browne and D. Dawson, Messrs. W. I Dawson, A. Murdoch, and W. Wilkie, It was decided to tioldi tri-wcekly' 'meetings, ! the'date for the next being fixed for November 5. . ■.'".,■ ' ... i. A meeting for tho promotion of the health of women aiid children will bo held in. the Concert Half (Town' Hall) this.afternoon. Lady Plunket will preside, and addresses will bo delivered by Mosdames Hislop, ..Mrs. A-. B. Atkinson, and Dr. Truby King. ' / ,' The Fire Brigade , received three calls.on Saturday. Tho first was at 4.23 p.m. j , and proved to bo a false alarm; due to tho fumigating of a house in Wellington Terrace. .The second call was at 4-25 p.m., and was found to "be a' 'gorse fire at Viotoria Terrace, i Brooklyn. At 10:9 p.m. tho brigade iwas summoned'to'.a house, No. 19 Nelson Street, :occupiod by Mi , . Henry Van. Tho outbreak started between the weatherboards and the lining boards of a bedroom.ou the first floor. Tlio fire: was extinguished by ' ihe : use of chemicals, the damage. bqiug estimated at about £5. There was lio insurance /on' the ' furniture, and tho cause of the outbreak is j unknown, There had been no one in the ' room since .7145 p.m. • . ; ■>■■', A. telegram'received from Blenheim yestor"day by Inspector Ellison states that Margaret. Jones, a married woman, aged twenty-eight years, was found dea'd in her.father's house . at tlio Rai Valley on Saturday night. A pea .rifle was found alongsido tho body, .. ■ . i A fruitless search has been made for the body of tho man Charles Pulford, who was drowned at Whareama, near Slasterton; recently, through a boat capsizing; whilo Pulford and another man were out.fishing. .Con- , stiiblo Colloston and othors have mado a pom- | pleto search of the coast and river mouth without result. ,; ... .' ; ,;: Mr. '■ J. Hessoy, who has been prospecting on the Mnuawatu rivtsr flats on Mr. M'Rao's ' property, a short distance out of Palmerston North, has informed, a " Wairarapa Ago "•. reporter that lie had come across, quantities of very fine gold,: but it would bo necessary to have tlio' samples accurately weighed'in Groymouth before-ho could be sure of the quality of the gold. "I do not want to boom tho thing until I am suro-of my ground," said Mr. Hessoy.; . ''~ '■ , '' I 'Tho'Wellington Garrison Officers' Club will meet on Thursday evening, October 24, when Colonel A. W. Robins, C.8., mil continue his lecturo'on "Tactics Leading up to a Garrison Tour or .Ride for all Arms." Tho previous meeting was a very successful one, and some , excellent work on problems arising out of the ■ first part of the lecture was dono by the officers. It is expected that Thursday's meeting will'bo evonmoro successful. It is the last lecture of the session. , Under tho auspices of the Wellington Riflo ' , Battalion Band, a military carnival will betheld at His Majesty's Theatre on November 4. TJio object'of tho carniyal is to provide tho hand with, new which are badly needed. Tho various corps attached to the Wellington Riflo,Battalion hayp been invited by Lioutenant-Colonol Dutbiq to co-operate in the undertaking. ■ ' ■ ' \' ' ' ' ■• ■ ' Special concessions have boen granted to competitors proceeding to tho military tour-- ; nainent' which is to bp held at Palmerston North on November 9, King's Birthday.,,Tho : entrance feo, which also admits to tho ground, avorages about Is.' per hian. Free passes over both the, Manawatu and Government railway lines will also bo issued to competitors, and tho mouuted men will, havo their horses carried freo one way. Entries have now closed, but late ent'rios will, bo received up till October 30. Special .trains will bo mn in connection with tho tournament, which ■promises to bo a.hugo success. ;; : . ' The annual reunion of tho Nelson College Old Boys in Wellington will take place at . tho Masouic, Hiill, Boul'cott Strbnt, this oveniug. There aro over 100..Nelson Old Boys in Wellington, and tho gathering promises to bo a very successful bno.' ' '.' ■ ' Especial interest attaches to tho annual mooting of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children to bo hold this evening in the Lower Committoo. Room, ,Town Hall. His Excellency the Governor will side, and tho ; list of speakers includos Dr. Valintino, Dr. Trilby King, , Mr. A. R. Atkinson, and Rev. T. Sprott. The mooting will begin at 7.8,0 p.m. in order to olash as littlo as possiblo with the Navy Leaguo ontortiiinnicnt. ' , •■■■■• Itrs. • Ethol R., Do Costa, LL.B. (neo All* Ethel It. Benjamin of Dunodin), after ; practising for Bomo years 'In that city, has'commenced practico as a. barrister, and solicitor in No. G Nathan's 'Buildings, corner Groy and .Ifcatherston Streets, Wellington. Mrs! Dβ Costa has tlie distinction of bcing tho only kdy praoUsing'at tho Bar in tho Dominion., Intending I clients win depend on prompt and'earofct attention at Mrs. Do Costa's haDds. . ■'.; • ,