LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 163, 3 April 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' -—: * The Customs revenue collected at Wellington yesterday amounted to £3015 10s. The arrivals in New Zealand during last February totalled .4507, and the departures 2966, as compared with 3610 arrivals: and 3176 departures in February, 1907. It is directed by an Order-in-Council, now gazotted, that the valuation - rolls for tho boroughs of Miramar, Karori, and Onslow shall be revised by tho Valuer-General as at March 31, 1908. - > The polico havo been advised that a fiveroomed houso occupied by Alfred Rolstou, of Judgeford, was totally destroyed by firo on Tuesday. The building was owned by Mr. Wm. Galloway. The cause of the fire is supposed, to have been a defective chimney. The building was insured for £100, and tho furniture for £40, both in tho Commeroial Union Office,

The Cabinet has decided to publish the records of the recent expedition to the southern islands.

Detectives Williams and Kemp arrested a man yesterday on a charge of theft from tho dwelling of Dr. Hamilton Gilmer, Willis Street.

Regulations aro published in this week's Gazette regarding the powers and duties of arbitrators, and other matters under the I/and Laws Amendment Act, 1907.

By Gazette notice it is declared that the number of councillors for tho ridings of the Dannevirke County shall bo as follows:— Oimondvillo Riding, one; Nrirsewood, two; 'Dannovirke, two; and Mangatoro, two.

, Messrs. James Trevor and Soil aro about to erect a substantial four-story brick warehouse on the vacant section in Lower Cuba Street (next to the State Coal Department's promises). The section, which has a frontago of 30 feet to Lower Cuba Street, is owned by Mr. James Trevor.

On and after January 1, 1909, every candidate for a certificate of competency, either as master or mate, will be required to show to the Marino Department a certificate that he possesses a knowledge of first-aid to tho injured. The Department is arranging with tho St. John Ambulance Association 'for special facilities for the instruction and examination of candidates.

An engineer named Robert Sommerville, residing at 10 Roscommon Street, Petone, met with'a serious accident while working at Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs's new building yesterday morning'. . Sommerville was accidentally caught in a" lift, and was badly injured about! the head. On inquiry at ;tlie. Hospital last night wo' were, informed ■■ that Sommerville was in a serious condition.

. A member of the Hon. T. W. Hislop's audience at; Wades town last evening asked' him whether, if elected again as Mayor, ho would be in favour of placing a few seats on the Wadestown road.] A'woman going up ; with a parcel or two and. a child or two in a pram on a hot day found it hard: work to get to the .top without a rest. Tho candidate .had no hesitation in giving a sympathetic answer to this moderate request." .» .: I

Dr. Mackin/who has just completed a three months' post graduate course in. the London hospitals, considers that tho Wellington Hospital; is well up-to-date as compared with the English hospitals 'he " walked.!' The one ithing• that struck him .was: that electricity was becoming a great therapeutic factor. Nearly every hospital in London has its ; electrical department, which: certainly went to show that there is an increasing 'respect for electricity as a .curative .asent. >

In regard to the appointment of two additional inspectors under the Orchard and Garden Pests Act, the Hon. R. : M'Nab (Minister for Agriculture) states: that -the appointments are being made in consoquenoa of the great additional work entailod by the new regulations concerning the inspection' of fruit coming : into the colony; It was thought that the work would !be carried out with the ■ ordinary; staff, but this has been found ' impossible. The appointments will bo made almost; immediately.

While touring tho Old World, Dr.lMackin made one of an excursion to tho. Norwegian' fiords in the steamer Midnight Sun, sailing from Newcastle-on-Tyne,': Askwl. for an opinion as to how tho West Coast Sounds .com-.: pared .with /those ,of ; Norway, Dr. Maokin , said that they were hardly' comparable.: Ho" would call them the weird and natiirai re-; spqetively, but, personally, he thonatural boauties .of tho' Otigo Smmils. The doctor remarked on the- lit-tle-known J««t interesting fact-that- the nvmgc- depth' of'the North Sea Was r.buv,; 50 vatlt'Tii"-,, but on .entering tho fiords there, was n .sudden drop to ISO fathoms, which js certainly a-weird, attributr.

The position uf Trades .Unionists -under Section 15 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act v.'ivs'jiK'ntioned at last night's meet;. 'mg of (ho Trades Council. It was submitted by that Section 15 was against'the pnac'plfj-inteiided by tho original .framers of tj'"' A°fc> and the,opinion of the Councilwas v hat a Union ; skould be allowed .to resort to <:>|her methods when that Union: failed to', get justice from the Act. TJhe following resolution in this connection was carried:—'' That this-Council, . after,. reviewing the .present .position of the industrial law of the Dominion, considers that Section 15 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act of '1905 is ; a blot upon such legislation, and. demands that th'is section of the''Act be immediately repealed. '* - ,

Under regulations appearing in the Gazette, tne secretary or the . Wellington Acclimatisation Society,-* or'any person or persons duly ; authorised by him in writing, may,during the period-from April. 1 to June 30, 1908, kill red deer of either sex and of any ags; which, in the opinion of the ,secretary or of the authorised persons, should be destroyed either by reason■ of age, deformity, or other physical, imperfection. . A Teturn shall ,be furnished to the Minister for Internal Affiairs by the secretary, within ono calendar month aftef the expiry of the aforesaid period, stating the number and sexes of all red deer so destroyed as aforesaid,, the dates,', and name of tho porson by whom, and the locality in' which, the deer were destroyed. It is provided that nothing in the regulations shall extend to authorising any person to sell ( deer. Any.,person who commits a breach of these ■ regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

Mr. C. M. Gray, M.P., of Christchurch, passed through' Wellington yesterday on his return home from a .trip over tho Main irunk line. Speaking to a Dominion'representative, he said that, he does not think it probable that the line can be finished by tho end of the year. / From present indications the conclusion ,of the work is likely to be deferred until this time next year, but it is not impossible that Mr.*Hall-Jones.may bo* ablo to fulfil his assurance that 1908 will see the completion of the line. Mr. Gray did not think,that the construction would bo delayed on account of. the Makatot© Viaduct, for which/Messrs. Anderson and Co. are contractors. Mr. Andrew Anderson informed him that after one or two more spans have been placed in position, the work will be of a very simple nature. Mr. Gray thinks, that other portions of the railway will still be unfinished when tlio Jla kn to to Viaduct is completed. When lie went up the lino, five crowded coaches, made tho journey between tho rail-heads. Coming back-, however Mr. Gray had to ride in an almost empty coach, and the jolting which ho experienced during the four hours' journey was not at all pleasant. It was raining hard on tho occasion of both coach journoys. Mrs. Etliol E. do Costa, LL.B. (nee Miss Ethel R. Benjamin, of Dunedin), after practi6. inR for some years in that city, has commenced practice as a barrister and solicitor in No. G Nathan's Buildings, corner Grey and Feathcrston Streets, Wellington. Mrs. De Costa has the distinction of beine the only lady practising at tho Bur in the Dominion, Intt'noinp ollonta oan depend on prompt and careful attention at Mm Do Costt'a banda.'

A proclamation constituting tho Town District of Upper Hutt is published in last night's Gazette.

There is at least one Chinese laundryman with a sonso of humour in Wellington. The name of his firm, prominently exhibited on tho premises, is Wall Shing and Co. '.

Tho postal authorities advise that the Wimmcra, which left Sydney on April 1, has on board Australian and English mails for Wellington. 'The mail is due in Wellington in tho-ordinary course, by the express train from New Plymouth next Tuesday night. The Public Works Department has accepted tho tender of Mr. W. Ward, of' Napier, for renovations to the Napier Courthouse, which will'cost-from £400 to £500, v and the tender ,of Mr; Alderton, of Whangarei, for additious to the, Court-house in that.town, to the value of about £350. In regard to the restrictions proposed to be placed on code words by .tho International Telegraphic Conference to be,held at Lisbon on May 4, a member:'of the Chamber of Commerce is of opinion that a protest should be made against the barring of any words now in use,'(pronounceable or otherwise), as any alteration in a code would cause endless trouble and expense, to those concerned. . . When the annual balance-sheet was presented for adoption, at the meeting of the Miramar Borough Coilncil last' night, the ' Mayor pointed out that tho Treasurer, ought, to be heartily congratulated on the fact, that tho whole'of the, rates had again been collated. " Year after year'," observed the Mayor, "there has not been a penny outstanding. The position is, I consider, unique." : . • At the next meeting of the City Council, Councillor Hindniarsh will movo" That it is desirable'that tho'citizens of Wellington should immediately acquiro ,250 acres 'of landin the Wadestown' district , on which to erect . houses 'for ,'suitabla; tonants, arid i that tho City Council endeavour to arrange;with the Wellington Harbour Board means of .providing 1 wharf employees and others with decent homes at rents reasonably proportionate "to earnings." ' ~

; " The tipping system: is one of the horrors of travelling ,in America," says Dr. Mackin, who has just returned from a world's tour.- " You can't have a meal in i a dccent hotel without having to tip your waiter 20 , or, 25 cents. If you offered him 10 cents (5d.) he .would "pitch it at, you.- If you order a glass of ice water to be .brought to your bedroom you must tip tho man, 10 cents, the same to tho man'who cleans your boots, oir who shifty a trunk. . If you'don't tip voluntarily they ask for it bluntly without any false delicacy.• It is iniquit-oiis, but you cannot get on without it,; Tips must have cost mo not much short of £200."*

. Mr. Robert Parker's publio addresses are almost , invariably flavoured 1 witli, humour. : They had all heard, he observed to his audience in tho Sydney Street Schoolroom, last. evening, on, tho occasion of ■ the Parker-Richmond lecture-concert, of the pretentious lady who asked Mr./:-W., S. Gilbert whether Bach ' (she pronounced it "Batch ") had./been ; composing '.anything lately, and of the humorist's crushing reply, '" No, madam, he has been decomposing for a considerable time past." "I. have had,' 1 concluded Mr. Parker, an almost identical experience, relating to the same composer, in this onlightonMl Dominion' of 'New Zealand." ': . ; .• ; ■ j

..' At' last* nigHt's meeting":'of the''.Trades -Council severali instances .of ; what delegates alleged to be deliberate discrimination against Trades -Unionists were brought under notice, ai) d it was decided to call the attention of the Labour Department to what, in the opinion of the meeting, .were two cases requiring investigation, ,'tho- action. of : the Stewart Timber' Company in dismissing, three of- its employees who'gave'.evidence 'before tlio. Arbitration. Court, .arid, the dismissal by. the directors of the Kaimata .Dairy Factory of a prominent member. of tho Butter iWorkers' Union, who,had beon'in the employ of the firm for ten^ years. ■; In addition, -a Committee was set up 'to draft a. report of the various cases 'of discrimination that have been brought under the notice'of tho Coiincil. The Melbourne " Age," referring W Mr. Wade and the Victorian' Wages' Board sysl tern, now world-famed as ,the furthest advance science has made in the peaceful adjustment of 'industrial differences," says that the New South' Wales Premier has divined tho secret of its efficacy. The paper, goes on to say. " that secret may- be related in ii few/words.' Our system derives all its vigour and its . virtue from "fact that, instead of.j separating the of. employers and .employed- and opposing : theni, like irreconcilable before a. legal' tribunal 'having ' no inherent knowledge of the matters, at, issue—and therefore obliged depend .on. extrinsic evidence: for "its guidanceiT-it ' draws the; antagonists together in the persons of - their,.chosen repre-. sentatives,, who have ah-expert knowledge of the industry in all its bearings and tho cause of trouble.; They, .meet and discuss their differences, and come to an agreement. Thej parties are* their own court. Their; judgment is a-mutual .'decree, arid honour and ; intorest alike .'prevail" upon them t-Q respect it." : ;

Dr. M. M'lntyre Sinclair, in a report presented to subscribers in Sydney last week, stated that the table of rosults of the year 1907 at King's Tableland Sanatorium illus- 1 trated particularly the very marked benefit, of sanatoria; in early' stago .'cases as coinpared with the results in t)ie intermediate' , and more advanced stages ,of consumption. Of 34 early oases admitted' not one failed to improve under treatment,, and every one was discharged from the institution either with full restoration of Working capacity, or with the capacity for work but slightly diminished.', With, tho completion of the new Government hospital for'advanced consumptives at Waterfall, it was to be-hoped the Queen Victoria Honies 'would be able to devote themselves more and! more exclusively to tho treatment of curable eases, for which they were primarily 'intended, andl for which they aro pre-eminently .suited. The "openair " or sanatorium method Still'held the fiold as the main basis of all treatment. At the same time, in - suitable cases, observations hnd been continued on the use of various tuberculins and serums as adjuncts to treatment. .The latter have been regulated in their application by-'the use of both laboratory and clinical methods, and had undoubtedly proved of valtio in many eases; Wright's Opsonic method had proved of less Value than anticipated.in pulmonary tubercle, and in its present form could ;not, it was thought, - yet • replace the clinical methods elaborated by various authprities during recent years. ,

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The annual synod of the Wellington diocese will be opened on July 7 at the Sydney Street schoolroom. The Hospital authorities advised last night' that the man M'lntyre, who was admitted to the institution last Saturday suffering from a gunshot wound): had takon a slight turn for the worse. Motorman Barton was stated to be making good progress. The negotiations instituted by the Wellington Rugby Football Union with the Athletic Park Company for a lease for a.further term of the Athletic Park will be completed next week. It is understood that- the Union will be granted a lease of tho property for several years on terms almost those on which they now occupy t' l ® ground.