LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2363, 20 January 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An election petition has been lodged against the return of Tan Henaro, who was declared duly elected member for Northern Maori.

As from yesterday the port regulations respecting the medical examination of passengers by the Port Health Officer (Dr. Pollen) revert to the system in adoption prior to tbe outbreak of smallpox in Sydney and the north, viz., examination alongside the wharf. This was evidently not made known .to the, captain of the Manuka, as on the arrival of that Steamer from Sydney at noon yesterday, she made for the an* chorage in the stream, and lay there somo little time before she was signalled tt berth from the Harbour Board's staff at the head of the Queen S Wharf. The steamer arrived alongside the'wharf at about 12.30 p.m.) and Ilor mails were discharged just ill time for the Auckland hftgs to fiflflfiififc vrltfi the Main Trunk express, which left at 1.10 p.m. ,

There will only be one delivery by letter-carrier in Wellington City and Suburbs on Friday (Anniversary Day).

Included in the cargo from Sydney by the Manuka were 937 sacks of. flouf {or Wellington.

It is not generally known that tha capture of certain or the ships or tka' Woermaun Line, recently announced,, ivas a direct biow at the pocket of tha* iSmperor William. Until a few years' ago the Woemaiw Line was a private' entorpriso of the Woerniann lauiily,; but, on the death of the head of tha' firm, the business was turned, for family reasons, into a limited liability company. Still later a controlling interest was acquired by the Hamburg-American Company and the Kaiser himself, tha sum paid being a very huge one, tha Emperor investing a largo portion of his savings in this very prosperous concern. He has now lost tllat proportion 'if his money, which is represented in ,; the captured vessels, and also it is to bo hoped, the exclusive privileges which I his line had for trading with what have been German colonies in Africa.

. Holiday was the i 4th axniversarv oj the proclamation of the German Em< pire. 'i'hc formation of Germany as ad,. Kmpire on January 18, 1871, was, ,bjf,, virtue of treaties between the Norto* German Confederation and the South! German States, and by the acquisition,-; in the peace of Frankfort, on May 10/ 1871, of Alsace-Lorraine. The German Empire an then proclaimed embraced;' all the countries of the former German! Confederation, with th-j exception of* Austria, Luxemburg, Limburg, and; Liechtenstein. The sole addition to thai Emph» proper since that.-data is thei island of Heligoland, im the North Sea, ceded by Great Britain in 1890, but Germany had, until the present war, extensive colonies in Africa and, the Pacific, most of which Bhe has now 1 , lost. Germany Is Composed of 20 Stated and divisions.

The hand of death hai dealt verjij hardly with the Labour parties of Aus-: tralia, both in the Federal and Statol Parliaments. "Within tho last few.i yeart," said Mr. D. R. Hall, the NeW; South Wales Minister, to a pressman,' "our Federal colleagues have lost fouf. very capable Ministers in Mr. gor, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Roberts, and Mr.i Arthur, whilst 'lie latest victim is Mr.;! Jolley, a Victorian barrister. Of these Ave, four died at a very tarly age. Tha New Bouth Wales State Ministry, diirw'. ing the four, years of its existence, has lost bv death Mr. Donald Macdonnell,' Mr. J. R. Dacey, Mr. A. Kelly, and now Mr. J. L. Trefle, Minister for Lands. Wo are the poorer for Mr, Trefle's death. He was a loyal comrade] and a capable, practical administrator/ whosß knowledge of land_ affairs was second to that of no man in New South; Wales. Largely as a result of nis polj" icy, wo held our country seats at tliej lost general election. He was a man; whose reputation was unsullied by tha slightest breath of suspicion. His early! death robbod us of a man of whom wej expected 20 years of active service.

The un written law that yaohtßmenj shall alwayß give assistance in time need resulted in a somewhat disastrous ending to a launching picnic on Satur-. / day afternoon, says the Auckland "Her-j aid." The launch was making its way; tip to Pine Island when a yacht was| Been to bo aground just off the Chelsea!' beacon, having missed the channel. Thej launch at once went to the rescue. A' rope was thrown from the yacht and! naught by the launch party as it travel-j led past at .full speed. In an attempt) to help make fast the end, a young belonging to the latinch party unfortufli btely got her hand in th'ej, f swift-running rope and nas instantlyj dragged overboard. Hsr brother road® <in attempt to help her and the nexti/ Moment he too was struggling in the* water. Fortunately the water was now deen and botli managed to reach thoi vncht, although it was seen that thai : rounf? lady's hatld was severely hurt.) In the meantime the launch itself hM C,<mo aground and it was some'time be-, ; fore the others could be taken on boar<F again.. First aid was at once mvenJ „tk3 the Inunoh made with all speed toty the wharf, leaving the yacht to thq kindly attention of the next plcnfa party. It was fouirt thai the Iwtia. finder of the young lady s hand dislocated and broken in two placeß. ) 'A number of well-known Wellington artists in the musical world havo uiw dertaketi to give a programme in aid of the Salvation Army s War Emergency! Belief Fund, which is now before the f public. The concert, which is to tabs place in the Palais do Danse on Janu-<> nrv 27, will he presided over by the Mayor. Particulars will be later. ; A Wellington gentleman • who is in-'' terested in building in ft large way ana who recently paid a visit to the auarries of Sandy Bay, informed a[ .Dominion reporter yesterday that He wps at a loss, to understand the tmsou) given fol* tho stoppage of work at the Parliamentary buildings. He thorough- i ly examined the quarries, and comes back enthusiastic as t<i the quality, colour, and texture of the marble, which, he says, is far superior to Sicilian) marble, and brought, back samples of crev and white marble and grey graniw from the locality. A 6 to tho njarble b»ing there in large enough blocks 01? slabs for building purposes, he states that' notliing 'he saw at the served to strengthen the assertion tlmt sufficient sizes could no be obtained,' He saw 0110 magttifioent. piece of solid! marble. 25 feet in lengtn, out of whict* solid pillars that length could be. hewn/ and when it was struck by a huge ham-j, mer it rang as clear as steel. . As the result of the visit referred to, Sandy 1 ! Bav marble will probably be used exjj teiisively in the construction of a larga building that is being erected in a north of Wellington. ... I Messrs. 0. Atkinson (East Christchurch), H. Jerredi (Opawa), and G. H,;. H Rich (Opawa) have been selected to, represent Canterbury at the New Zea*f land Swimming Championships. AW kinson is nominated for all events pa-j chiding tho breaststroke champiorahip)* Jerred for. tho 100 yds. and 220 yds. championships, ana Bich for the yds. and mile. f

In regard to the weekly half-holidaA {of shops,' eto., in Featheraton, it ha# been found that a poll of riie.eleotors lit. the town district bavins heen taken m> 1008 to determine observe the weekly half-holiday, th& Town Board has no power to change the day from Thursday to Saturday,'or an*} other day in the week. Under the cir* cumatances, the half-hoMay w.U ocg* tinue to be observed on Thursday unuf another day is appointed w •with the provisions of Sectionlß or tJiq Shops and Offices Act,,1908. Thw. that no action can oe " 15 linttt* t!on ■ of cliMicvnft rho ' in ' f the general dection of members of tW board in 191 M- \

The Willoughby Dramatio Company has oonsented to take part in the Diamond Jubilee (of Wellington) procession to be held on Friday morning. In .addition to the Wellington Old NavaboAssociation's boathouse the secretary if the local branoh of the Y.M.O.A. has written to the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) offering the use of the association's rooms in Upper Williu Street to the troops when in town. Tho offer is a valuable ono, owing- to tho oentral situation of the building and the appurtenances in the way of reading ana writing rooms, which are all freely, placed at the disposal of our Dominion ''Tommies." When a civil case in whioh a Levin resident'is being _ sued : for a sum of money was mentioned in the Magistrate a Court yesterday) Mr. F. E. Ward rose and asked for an immediate order of execution, as defendant was taking advantage of the Mortgages Extension Aot to shirk payment ~of his debts. On behalf of defendant Mr. M. F. Ltickie held that there was not tho slightest necessity for suoh an order, as a . cheque for the. amount sued for was to arrive that very day. 'Mr. A. W. _Blair said he proposed to make a similar application, which though not in respect to the same.case; was .against the same defendant, and for a much larger amount. Altogether the am6unts ho owed would total about £3000. Under these ..circumstances the Magistrate would soe the necessity. of granting the order for immediate execution. Mr. Luckie said there was also a cheque to arrive in thiß claim for the amount mentioned. The Magistrate : "I will grant the order and it is to lie in the office until to-morrow." Fire severely damaged & flve-roomed oottage la HadMd Terrace, Kelblirn, at about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. The brigade received the oall shortly before ■ 2 a.m., and extinguished the flames after considerable damage had been done and elight damage to an adjoining house. Mrs.. Frank George is the ownef, and Elizabeth Gullery the oocupier. The house is insured for £400 with the. Northern Company, and the contents for £160 in the New Zealand Company. The adjoining house, owned and occupied by Mr. W. J. Cody, is insured for £400 in the Northern Office. The last parade of No. 42 Company Senior Cadets (Hatait&i) was marked _bv a'pleasant little oeremony, • in which gold medals were presented to the cadets who did ■ such good work in the company's recent camp at Maungaroa: The recipients were Colour-Sergeant C. Ibbotson, Corporal Lembtirg (whose cooking earned the praise of all hands), and Corporal Brown (who made a most . efficient Acting Quartermaster-Ser-geant). The medals, which, were donated by Lieutenant K. H. Nimfno, O.C. Company, were, presented by. Mrs. Sharp, wife of Quartermaster-Sergeant. H. E. Sharp, of tjie New Zealand Permanent Staff. The strength of the company, which Is out to earn the reputation of the crick cadet corps of Wellington, has lately increased from 42 to over 100.- • On Tuesday, Messrs, T. H. Davey, of Christchuroh East, ,-and. Mr. G. Hunter, M.P. for Waipawa. visited the Tara-taM-Carterion Racing Club's course, • and later lift for , Martinborough, ,in connection with the application, for permits. ' ' : The Greytown Amateur' Swimming Club will hold its annual carnival on February 11,-when a programme of twelve events will be decided. Mr. Alex. national'secretary for the Y;M.O.A.,in New Zealand, is to take up organising work in Tasmania shortly. . . ' The eighth annual meeting and conference, of the New Zealand Assooia- ■ tion of Nurserymen will commence at 10 o'clock this morning, in the Chamber of Commerce. At the afternoon session Mr. Thos. Horton will read a paper.on ."The'Nursery Trade .'arid its Future Prospects," and at the evening session a paper on "The Prospeots of the Applo Trade." • r. v'.'.*Bl',. ' ,J 1