PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2679, 27 January 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

' The Prime Minister, the Right Hon. W. F. Massey, returned to Wellington from Auckland _ last evening. On his way down the line he visited the Levin Agricultural Show, and performed the opening ceremony. A Press Association messago from Rotorua states that Sir Joseph Wardleaves on his journey back to Wellington to-day. Mr. W. H. Field. M.P., was among those who visited the Levin Show yesterday. Mr. R. E. Young, of Colyton, has been offioially advised that his son, Corporal Lynn Robert Young, previously reported missing, is now reported killed in action. Corporal Young, who was 26 years of age, went. wiSi the Main Expeditionary Force, 1 and fought for six months in Gallipoli. The late Corporal Young was a good horseman, a great enthusiast' in all forms of sport, and an exceedingly popular young man. Mr. Mrs.'A. Matheson, visitors from Johannesburg, are at present in Palmerstou. Mr. Matheson is a New Zealauder, having been a school teacher in the Manawatu' district for several years prior to. his leaving for South Africa 16 years ago. He is now headmaster of the Langlaagt© school in Johannesburg. ; Mr. H. F. Law, manager of the Bank of Australasia at Waverley, and) late of New Plymouth, has been transferred to the Auckland distriot. Mr. H. G. Cornwall, Resident Commissioner' on the island of Niue, is visiting Auokland on furlough. Mr. Cornwall, after staving in Auckland for a week or two, will come to Wellington to oonfer with the head of his Department, the Hon. Dr. Pen 1 arc, member of the Eseoutive in charge of the Oook and Other Islands Administration. The death occurred yesterday afternoon at Timaru of Egerton Humphries Reid, aged 40, the seventh son of the late John Reid, of Elderslie, Oamaru. He was farming for some time in. North Otago and for the last eleven years had been a. member of the Timaru firm of Guinness and Le Cren. He was a prominent supporter of racing and hunting. A year or so ago he was seriously injured in a motor accident, and never properly got over it. He leaves a widow and two children. —Press, Association. Mr, E.. J. Fitzgibbon left Wellington yesterday on a few days' visit to Dannevirke.. . ■ Advice has been received by the Salvation Army that it has been found impossible for General Booth to mako his' projected visit to New Zealand this year. ' Mr. Gordon Pettigrew, who was for some time on the stock staff of the Dannevirke branch of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, but who latterly has been in Inglewood, leaves Wellington this week to join the Imperial Flying Corps in England.

■ The Telegraph Office advises that soldiers' telegrams at ordinary, deferred, or E.F.M. rates, may be accepted, via Eastern,, addressed to Mudros or to Salonika. The E.F.M. rate is the same as to Egypt. At a meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board last night the chairman (Mr. C. .E. Daniell) said thai if the sevenpence extra- per hour demanded by casual labourers were granted it would' mean a sum of £21,000 to the Harbour Board. Then the permanent employees had to be considered after that. ' Two calls to fires were answered by the City . Brigade yesterday. At 1.20 p.m. the motor engines : proceeded to Thorndon Quay, and there suppressed a fire .among a, stack of drain pipes, before any material damage had,been done. At 4 p.m. the alarm was given for an outbreak at 75 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, a dwelling .owned and occupied by Mr. T. Bibby. .By the time the brigade reached the scene tho flames had enveloped a small workshop, which was completely destroyed. The building was covered by a policy for £10 with the Phoenix Company. As a result of the recent conference of delegates from the various waterside workers' unions in New Zealand, the Waterside Workers' Federation hat) drafted a set of demands similar in many respects to the Federal award. These demands, which have been the subject of correspondence between the Waterside Federation and itiho employers,, are as follow:—It is sought to obtain an increase from Is. sd. to 2s. an hour for general cargo work. The Australian rate is Is. !ld. Special rates obtain in Australia for work on cement, lime, manures, case oils, "kerosene, naphtha, benzine explosives, and other classes of dangerous cargo; and the New Zealand Federation asks that the' Dominion rates for petrol, kerosene, case oils, and explosives -be raised to 2s. sd.- an hour. Though the present rate for case oils is Is. 5d., labour for recent cargoes lias not been obtainable at less than 2s. For superphosphates, sulphur, guano, bon'edust, basic slag, Japanese phosphates, and pebbles in bulk, the present rate is Is. 6d., and the demands provide for an increase of Is. an hour for these lines, with lOd. an hour increase for cement, lime, superphosphates, etc., in bags.. Proportionate increases in overtime rates are sought, with double time for work done on holidays, instead of time and a half as at present, and pay for each hour as complete. Salvage work is not often done in Wellington (the salvage of the Devon is one of the most recent cases), but when it is done the men ask for full pay at Australian rates from tho time of leaving the wharf until they return. An instance of patriotism was mentioned by tha Pfime Minister at Levin yesterday. Mr. Ilassey introduced the matter by remarking that he knew that the Horowhenua district had a large proportion of patriotic people; had sent its fair share of men to tho frout; <ind done its share in other ways. "I am glad to hear that one of your mast successful exhibitors," ho added, "a man who won ten prizes here to-day, has donated the whole of his prizemoney to the Patriotic Funds." The refitted hospital ship Maheno. which was supposed to have cleared Wellington at daybreak yesterday morning, was still in the stream in the afternoon. She was held up on account of a shortage in her complement of firemen and trimmers. Eftorts to make up the shortage were not successful until about 5 p.m., when five firemen and four trimmers were securedTwo extra bakers were asked for and those were readily obtained. The Maheno finally cleared the harbour at 6.30 p.m. _____ Two further shipments each of 500 horses are to be sent away from tho Dominion shortly to the figliting-line. This will make a total of about 20,000 that liave left these shores since the outbreak of the war. A commission is to sit soon to inquire into several matters of concern to tho Horowhenua 'district. The fact was stated'by Mr. W. H. Field. M.l\, #fc tho Levin Show yesterday. Mr. Field said that the commission would inquire into the proposal to deviate tho railway at Levin and run it from there straight on to Greatfor'd, probably absorbing the Sanson line by the way. Another matter for the commission's inquiry was the control of the Foxton wharves. A proposal had been made that the control of the wharves should bo taken away from tho Railway Departineut. The commission would consist of Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice), Mr. Cyrus Wilson, and Mr. Wm. Hanlay.

SiIO'KER'S THROAT.

Irritating bacteria in tlie mucous mem--1 braiies causo, Smoker's Throat, which is rapidly relieved by gargling Fiuenzol while lying down with head well back. *