LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2592, 14 October 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Yesterday, the first day for a very long time, there were no casualty lists issued from the Defenco Department. An unusual application was heard' by ,Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., yesterday, when the Director of Education asked to have a little girl committed to the Sumner School for the deaf. The application was made under Section 27 of the Education Act of last year, and the question for his Worship to decide was whether the child was capable of receiving education in tho ordinary manner. According to tho Act, a deaf child is "a child who cannot be efficiently taught with other children" by reason of defective hearing. Mr. V. R. Meredith appeared for the Crown, while Mr. T. 51. Wilford appeared for the parents of the child to oppose the application. Eventually the case, was adjourned sine die in order that tho child might be sent to; a convent for three months for the ...purr pose of being tested by the ordinary methods of education.

Fifty-four 'members of the Sariioan Forco arrived back in Auckland by. the Talune on Monday. Of that number thirty-eight arrived here by the Main Trunk express 011 Tuesday.

Out of deference to the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) and the cause lie has at heart, the committee of the local branch of the League has decided to postpono the demonstration arranged for October 21 until November 6. The decision was arrived at owing to the desire of tho Mayor to hold a demonstration in the Town Hall 011 the evening of October 21, in aid of the funds for Red Cross work, at the front. Throughout the day collections are to be made in the streets, and in the evening there will bo held a combined meeting and entertainment, when a call will bo _ made for financial aid to the cause which carries within itself an appeal to every heart;' and, it is hoped, to every pocket;

At a meeting of the Management Committee of tho Wellington Football Association last evening it was decided tliat the final play-off of the Fourth B Division championship between Wadestown and Y.M.C.A. be played at Anderson Park (if available) on Saturday, at 3 p.m. Mr. F: Dick will bo referee.

The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke), accompanied by the City Engineer, town clerk and Mr. Geo. Frost (chairman of the Deserves .Committee), paid a visit to Wilton's Bush yesterday afternoon. This beautiful spot is looking at its verv best at present, and, according to the Mayor, would be a much more popular scenic resort with the public if its attractions were better known. Since last summer tho stream which Hows gently through tho bush has been spanned by a stout wooden bridge, erected on brick piers, and here and there proper lireplaces have been conveniently built l'ojf tho use of picnic parties, who are not allowed to .build fires other than in these "places in case the beautiful bush should be destroyed. One proposal that will be considered shortly is the matter of widening out the ciid of the road which le-ids down to the bush to provide spaco enough for vehicles to turn round, whk'h is hardly possible at present. Pino cloth, light-weight pyjamas for summer wear, lffs. 6d. and Vis. 6d.; hisroro silk, Bd. Geo. Fowlde, Ltd., Mitantrs Street,—Advt,

Mr. S. Tansloy, Acting-Official Assignee, had before him on Tuesday tho affairs of Albert Edward Richardson, formerly of 228 Jj.nnbto'i Quay, ros-taurant-kccpcr. Tho liabilities amount to £97 17s. Id., and tho chief creditors are A. S'. Paterson and Co. (£36 12s. 'Id.) and F. N. R. Meadows (£lB 2s. 8(1.); other creditors wore for small amounts, mostly under £o. After hearing bankrupt's statement tho meeting adojurncd sine die.

At the noxt meeting of the Wellington Hospital Board, Mr. F. T. Moore will move, "That after December 31 next no caso of attempted suicide or of delirium tremens be admitted to tho Hospital."

Mi'. Eric C'alder, nephew of Archdeacon Calder, of Auckland, and Mr. Norman Davenport, also of Auckland, have entered the Naval School of Aviation at Portsmouth, in which important branch of the service both young men have secured commissions. When tho last mail left neither of tho young New Zealanders had touched on the flying stage. Thoy . wore attending lectures daily on H.M.S. Fishguard in the harbour, and put in so much time in tho engineering shop, gaining a thorough grounding in all matters appertaining to the manufacture and working of oombusiion engines. One of their first acts on reaching Portsmouth was to pay_ a visit to Nelson's Victory, which its quaint bulk remains a symbol of England's prowess on tho seas.

v A Zionist Literary and Debating Society was formed in Wellington last night, in the rooms of tho Central Chamber of Commerce, a number of enthusiastic supporters being present. Mr. 11. Cano was elected president of the society. The meeting was most enthusiastic.

The 'Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs (Mr. J. Hiulop) writes as under: —"I have the honour to inform you that advico h'as been received from the High Commissioner that the sum of £89 55., collected through the medium of The Dominion newspaper and forwarded to me on ■Juno 18 last; for t'he Serbian Relief Fund, has been duly paid over to the Minister for Serbia in London, who has requested that his sincere thanks and deep appreciation should be_ conveyed to the various donors for their contributions."' The Randwick Asylum in Sydney has been taken over by the Commonwealth Military. Authorities as a hospital and convalescent home for wounded soldiers. Mr. A'. Varney, general secretary of the Y.M.C.A., writes:—"My association through its ■ twenty-three secretaries working in connectio'n with camps, military hospitals, and convalescent homes iii Egypt, places itself at the service of .themothers,-fathers, and friends of tho New Zealand soldiers stationed in that country, and offers its services for the purpose of communicating through its agents with the wounded and sick in the various hospitals and homes. The postal authorities grant to tho association the privilege of sending cables to its agents in England, Egypt, or Malta, on behalf of the_ relatives of the sick or wounded, and in connection with the distribution of comforts for soldiers, as week-end messages at Expeditionary Force rates. The .local associations w'lll be pleased to render any such service on behalf of anxious relatives and friends."

An Auokland Company which recently acquired the trawler Countess has now purchased the Muriel, which left Napier yesterday morning for her new hunting ground.

The Napier High School annual sports ivere held yesterday afternoon, some of the winners being as followlooyds. championship, Jackson 1, Keith 2; 100 yds. senior,'Amyes 1, Burt 2; High jump, senior, Keith 1, Tansey 2; high jump, junior, Harman 1; 100 yds., junior, L Williams 1, M'Leod 2 ; 220 yds. championship, Jackson 1, Keith 2; 220 yds. senior, Jackson 1, M. M'Kay 2; 220 yds. junior, Annan 1, Harkncss 2.

"I think the marching, of ths 5000 New 'Zealand- soldiers through the streets of Wellington on Saturday was "splendid," remarked Dr. A. W. Averill, Anglican Bishop of Auckland, when ha returned from Wellington. "It was a revelation';'to. the people to think that in view of the numbers that had already been sent to the front there was such a fine body of men ready to go. The mon looked very fit and well." , Dr. Avorill said lie. visited the Trontham camp on".Friday, and was pleased to •notice that further improvements had been carried out there.

In an address 'to tho Christchurch Philosophical Institute, Dr. Hilgendorf mentioned that the opening of tho Dardanelles would liberate the huge reserves of wheat now stored up in Russia, and that the flooding of tho English market with this wheat would probably reduce wheat to tho pre-war rate of 4s. per. bushel. That, he said, would mean that exportable wheat in New Zealand would fall to about 3s. per' busliel, or 2s. below present prices. Estimating next season's yield at 10,000,000 .bushels, and tho exportable surplus at 3,000,000 bushels, the opening of a the Dardanelles would mean a loss to farmers of £1,000,000, and to the country as a whole a loss of £300,000 of outside money. _ We were fighting to reduce our receipts by- thoso amounts, and that we wero doing so was, he considered, a- very fine thing to contemplate.

At tho Greytowii Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr. S. Poison, proprietor of the Greytpwn Hotel, was fined £7 and 21s. costs-for selling-liquor 011 Sunday, September. 19. He was also fined 10s. and costs 7s. for supplying liquor to a youth: under 21 years of age.

A meeting or representatives and members of the various amateur shorts bodies will be held in No. 1 Committee Room, Town Hall, this evening, to arrange for the Christmas Shilling Fund for the troops at tho Dardanelles and Samoa. - ■ .

The fast oomlng summer season turn? one's mind to the pleasant thrills and jovs of motoring, and to the car of the 6eaKoit--the Chevrolet. The sturdy and sweet-running Chevrolet cars are attracting the admiration of the Motorists who know. The Dominion Motor } eludes, Ltd., 65 Courtenay Place, aro willing to demonstrata to you, so why not make an appointment at once?—Advt.