LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2799, 17 June 1916, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

'-The; postal authorities'-advise 'that the s.s. Victoria, which sailed' from- Sydney ■at noon .on June 15 for Auckland, is bringing Australian mails only. The Wellington portion is due, per. Main Trunk express oh Tuesday. "Reporting on the health of the. troops at Samoa, Col. Logan says:—Pte. AV. J. Grant is suffering from "synovitis; Pte. AV. S. Beid, from lymphangitis; Pte. C. Davis, from sciatica; Pte. B. S. Morrison, from insomnia; "Pte. 1 C. H. Marsden, from lipoma; and Pte., AV. C. M'Pherson,' from enteric.

A good deal of building is going on in Wellington just at present. Most of the contracts ■ let are for. residences in the suburbs,: and feve of. the bouses are be* ing built to rent; the owners are building them for .their own use. Recently, a considerable number of houses have been erected for people willing to buy them on some system of time payment.

The . telegraph office advise that tho telephone office at Karori East has been temporarily closed from June 14.

It is not generally known that express.men are, according to a City by-law, compelled to have a notice, "Private express," in letters two .inches deep, together, with the name of.the owner; ,in ; a. conspicu-. ous place on. both sides *df the\vehicle. 'A case in.wbich .the defendant had':omit'.t«d to . do this jvas heard . at : the Mdgis-; trate's Court yesterday, and in 'answer to a question.)ie" said.that.heVhad' b'eW driving for twenty years, and ; did jiot' know that there was'such a : by-law". -Mr. J. O'SKba, City Solicitor, explained'that tljo by-law' had only, been' in operation ! for twelve months, arid - 'the: case had . been brought to give ■ publicity •' to the fact. Defendant was convicteS- and dis-. charged,;' ' .'*■ y*■■■"• .

Arbor Day will not be celebrated .fa quite the . usual , way this year.'. No particular day is being gazetted by l%>.Government as Arbor Day, but .ing.may be done in the City on a day, to be. chosen. The chairman of the;. City Heserv.es Committee (City Councillor' G. Frost) is of opinion that the City Council should not have any celebrations this year, but dVop the practice of encouraging the public to . plant trees. Ho suggests that Saturday, July 1; might be recognised as a planting day. July 1 is earlier than the date usually set 'apart ; for Arbor Day, growers being of opinion that th<! dates i generally selected are too late in the season. .

' On and after Monday- nest the Base Records Branch of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force ivill be located in new promises erected on Government land at the rear of Governmentßuildings, in the .vicinity of th'e'Lambtou Railway Station. The inquiry office at Brandon Street will also bo transferred to the new premises, but the Pay Department will rem-" in in St. George's Buildings, Brandon- Street, 'as at present. , ; An arrest was effected outside the Magistrate's Court at .tie .luncheon adjournmeiit under unusual ciroumstances yesterday.' The Court had been-well filled With men who were evidently followers of Messrs. "Webb, M.F., mid H. Holland, who Were being prosecuted for a breach, of the City by-laws. Groups of riien liad gathered outside to discuss the proceedings, when two plain-clothes constables passed. One mail, it is alleged, mado ail insulting remark.' At first no notice was taken of it, and .the -constables passed on. When it was repeated a little later with greater effort the two constables returned and arrested the mail-on a charge of having used obscene language. referring to'mental. hospitals, the Budget tabled by Sir Joseph Ward last evening'stated:—The! growth of these institutions continues with the steadily increasing number of patients. Together with the policy of - enlargement', a fur-, ther step is to.be made '' n -. classification by segregating tlie aged, who comprise a fair proportion of'the admissions. The Government recognises'its duty to do all that it. reasonably can to promote tho welfare of ; the patients. Cleanliness is a virtue—it is also a necessity in the home, and you ljill fiiid the "Daisy" Vacuum Cleaner a great acquisition in your cleaning operations. It thoroughly cleans! and lightens your daily work to a marvellous degree. The "Daisy" is a daisy, there's no doubt, and if you call we. will show you how simple it is to operate and how low it is in price. Oscar Hewett and Co., Ltd.,' 58 Cuba Street '(just below Bank of N.Z.).—Advt. . . :

During til© hearing of a. chargo of &S3* ing obstructed , the traffic in' Abel Smitfc Street against twa well known Labou? leaders in the Magistrate's Court yester(layone o£ the defendants said tliat ho understood that the prosecution had been directed by the City Council. Mr. 0 Shea, City Solicitor, in reply, said that the City Corporation paid £500 per year w the police for the control of tho traffic, and he, as City Solicitor, had to give them any legal assistance that might be required. Tho City Council had not instituted the prosecution. . Mt. TJllan il'Cabe, of Wellington, writing from Liverpool to- a frieud in Wellington, says that on the voyage Home ill til© Corintbic, they had an interesting trip from -Monte Video dodging t the Moewe. The last three weeks of the voyago was completed with alb. lights out, and it was a case of. groping to bunk in the darkness. "We have got a sketch of the Jloewe," writes jfr. 31 Cabe, "done by an Italian artist (who wiis going home to join. tlio. -Italian Army), under - the direction"' of., a Belgian captain, whose ship,-, the Luxembourg, was, destroyed. by . the . Moewe. "ins captein was for some weeks a prisoner of .war on board, the Moewe, but .was afterwards landed at Teneriffe, where lie joined our boat.' The sketch shows guns, torpedo tubes, etc. The Italian" artist was afterwards torpedoed in the Sussex, but .was saved." - Mr. M'Cabe also states that his daughter, is progressing favourably after her .first operation. ..'.Referring to the employment of returned soldiers' (vide .the "Returned Soldiers'. Handbook"), the. following statement; appears in General Orders:—"lt would appear that'the instructions contained iu. this book are not being complied with in certain .places, and, in order that returned soldiers may not. plead, ignorance of the regulations,-group, commanders should impress upon returned soldiers on sick leave that they must not take up civil.employment.prior to , receiving notice of discharge, "and> tlien only oh condition that the, permission of the.Director of Base Kerards has, been obtained, and that a medical officer has certified that such work will not retard the recovery oi health of the. convalescent.. Any' known breaches of this order must be immediately reported ..to' Headquarters."

The Municipal Hart is reported to be doing good business, aud it is thought that tho authorities should soon be able to announce that the concern is .paying its way. The whole of the fish procured is readily sold, but there is. difficulty at times in getting enough fish. The interior of the building is being improved, and the place is now. open,from 7 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., instead, ot its'closing at 1 p.m. It is .uncertain whether..the,present.site will be permanently: adhered to, as some of the councillors afcj .of opinion . that "a- stand ' in. a., principal,? .thoroughfare would be, more..'convenient than the present stand.'-

Great: improvements.,to, the .Town:-Belt in the-.vicinity.of ,Kilbirnie,.are, being made.-; Already -much-of the : scrub has been cleared.away,-and young trees have been planted,r.aud .-the improvement in the appearance is, ; vsrj:.rioticyal>le..;; Last week-hundreds ,:df ■; heaithyi, shrubs'" were planted. The intention .'of the Outlying Districts Committee' is', to beautify the whole of. that portion -of .the belt.. Clear .snaees: are to be left for pichic parties, and it is hoped that.in, the'near future the reserve will be a popular picijic resort. -.-■■■

The milk problem, which is still unsettled so far as the Public Health, Committee of the: City Council is concerned, is to be the subject for consideration at a meeting of the committee to be held on, Monday. ■ It is understood that mem-, bers'of the committee are somewhat tired of- the delays which have-cropped, up, but that they have no intention of allowing the matter to drop. It is suggested that interesting developments may not be far . off.

"Iu view- of altered conditions of service at-the front-(slates a General Order) the : New Zealand Army regulations havo been modified as follows:—All soldiers who have suffered, from enteric fevor will be discharged from the Expeditionary Force when able, to leave hospital. ■ Suck cases -should not .be. permitted to serve again ■ uutil at. least six .'montlis - have elapsed siuc-6 date of discharge, a.nd then only after a bacteriological .and medical examination-, shows -them to. be in every .way; fit -for service... In .the ..case. of pffi- > oera".a.ni, niirepsi ~cach ,-case w;ill be ..treated on its meriti. With regard to dysentery /cases, .the, instructions as to the btliga,to'ry "discharge of soldiers suffering'from dysentery, are cancelled. In .future each, dysentery, case shall'be. treated on its .merits as regards eligibility for further service.".;

. •Mr: D. G. A. Cooper, District Coroner, held an inquest, concerning .the death of Albert • Edward. Stein, aged_ 9 months, which'took place-on June li. After hearing_ medical evidence,, Mr-. Cooper rehirned a verdict that death was due to pneumonia. . ' •

, AVith.commendable loyalty and patriotism the' European and native inhabitants of Malaysia; have presented to the British Government' a squadron of sixteen aeroplanes,', at a total cost of .£25.881, of which i525,G00 had already been subscrib-c-J and remitted at the end of March" last.

Eesidents on the Kilbirnie and Hataitai side of Mount Victoria are rejpol'ted to be very pleased with a work the City Council l , has just undertaken in their locality. In a sense, it is'but a short walk across tho hill from the eastern suburbs to Newtown,; and many people prefer to" use that means than to take the. roundabout car route. However, in the winter time the track over the hill is often quite slimy enough to make'one's progress rather too. acrobatic to be pleasant.; Now the council has cut' twoibroad aiid nicely' graded' paths/ by . which" the people majMYuake-'the crossing. One path ; tnns' from' Goa - Street to ! . the'- top ■of 'the hill above'Slein Street', and the otfrer the - traffic : a' little" farther soiitliA T ' :L. • : ; . ''

' ifc N ls reckoned that;the Wellington City Corporation's "expenditure, during the .current year vHll-be. about the same aiVfor list year.' .-" :r ' ■ : ;-

. A memorial service, in connection with the death of, Lord Kitchener was held at the Laiim'aini Health Home, Miraiuar,- last evening. The service was : conducted by ■ the. Rev. Sykes, vicar of Kilbimie, tebo whs' supported by the Eev. B. Anderson .and the Eev. Eobiuson, curate in charge of the Miramar district. An address, the purport.iof which" was Lord Kitchener's .work for the Umpire, was given .by Chaplain Knowles-Simth. Tile collection will be given to the fund for the wives and orphans" of the sailors who last their lives in tho North Sea battle.

' The Goodyear''Tyre and Rubber Company, of Akron, U.S.A., has beoomethe largest and 'most successful tyre company iii the ; world, solely ;by its policy of making only tho . highest class of tyres. Seventy per cent, of the new Motor-cars liow imported into' this country, especially' tlia better class cars, are fitted with' Goodyear Tyres. .Motorists should make sure that they .buy the genuine Goodyear Tyre. Particulars and price lists can be obtained from The' Dominion Motor Vehicles,' Limited,. 65 Courtenay Place,: Wellington, Controlling Agents for Wellington, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, and Nel--60n.-rAdvt.

All that "you desire in a winter overcoat for 465., 503., 555., or 603.- Geo. Fowlds, Ltd.. Manners Street.—Advt.

- Tho Board of -Trade,'on., its arrival ..in Wellington, complotod its. and negotiations into the price and supply, of sugar! : It .'.is 'undersbopd tiiac, as the result: of vtlie negotiations, the Cotoi- ; nial Sugar H^fining'Company, lias agreed ■/ij> maiiitain-the present wholesale price lor a further period of .twolvo mouths. Tho present-prioo"of-sugar'is.per ton. ~-A- commencement 'lias been made with the-.work of altoring-the-Basiri:-Reserve. Shrubs are being removed: from v the tion of the Buckle! Strtet'side near the /caretaker's.'residence, and the hollow is being 'filled to about footpath level. This new bank will : have a gradual ;slope. toward, the cricket ground;' and: it .is :reck-oned!thut-'it will be almost popular cor-. ■ -nor-of tlieaeservo in'time to come, on account of. tile view' it- "will oommand of -'-•the playing area.- - - - In place'of the weekly parade of-the Petone"Unit of'the National-.'Reserve, .1 -emoke concert nvas • held last evening at the looal Drill Hall, aiid an opportunity ' was taken to; bid" Gott-spoei '■ to': > threo ""members; (Moss'rs.. Mayhard, ' Thompson, and ;Max'well),'who' are shortly to leavo; New- Zealand. on active 'service.' About--50. members'attended .the function, Lieut. ; Anderson presided; 'and there were nTso - present Slajor Davis; fCapt'uin'' Lynsky, i .Seigi-Major fitowiirt; " ! hrid-'the' Mayor-of .'... JP.elpno (Mr; ".TV !W. :MT3w'a'n). The usual toasts were honoured, ,-hnd a'programme f /of.'songa submitted. During tho-'-evening • Messrs. Thompson arid ' Mayha'rd : . were presented with cigarette holders, and llr. Maxwell with a pipe. 1 The chairman; in making thft oil bobalf 'of-the unit, - congratulated the recipients on' their action,: and.: trusted, . would ro-. turu safely. '••: '•.In-our'report of-• the". AU-for-Empire Leaue,- tho naiiies'-'of-Messrs; D. J; Nathan' . 1 and-'A. E.', l'earce'were-omitted from the - 'list:of honorary, vice-presidents. . ; > Tho production of osti'ich'feathers will probably be removed shortly from'the list .of .New Zealand 'industries,- as 'tlie farm, t at' Pukekohe will'be ! closed, and'the pro- : per.ty sold ■' (states ''/the "New'. Zealand Herald"). Tho/faiTiv was; established in '1302, and stocked'with birds from South ..Africa .in,1903." The war has'almost stifled the demand, for ostrich plumes, and, owing to the 'unfavourable-conditions,: the stock has not been iuoreased.during the' ■ past two years. There' are now about 2JO birds on"the farm. 'Their commercial value is difficult to estimate, as there is no indication of any new enterprise that would utilise theih. In-the'TJnited.States, even at the present--time, the value of ostriches ig very high. r ' . To bb oaught by tho tide is an unpleasait'experience at any time, but when it involves a foroed:sojourn of a'day.and a hight.'at ;the BAse Of ah 5 exposed, pro- , monfory siich : as. the Giant's. Bye;- hard by Taylor's -'llistake,--thi 1 ; uhpleasMitness is , .considerably^-Increased;'. This 'was-testified . to by a young man. who, with a. com- . panion, ■ rowed • towards the fMistakel for - -' Sumner oii ; .Satiu-day-last, i -fo i r the-purpose 'of -fishing (says -'thei Christchurch "Press"). : l3eaching:their boiit after going ■ some 'distance; they'-'clambered "over; the' rocks, the' Eye.- '' Intent oh' their sport, ; they -were" oblivious : 'to" the incomingitidei'until they- found themselves cut off from 'their ljoat. After : some tiiue.'.one' of tliehV;' ; )iaturally' becoming dissatisfied' 'with his- surroundings,, 'especially as" it was ;now ,10 o'clock - at ' .night, 'and far. : . from warm,'.essayed to climb the cliff, and; by some miracle, •reached the he proceeded to searcii for "assistance! ; Not finding any; liowever,. in ; that lonely spot, and possibly becoming'"scared," he went home, and it.

was not till next day that his. companion , was discovered' 'by-; a party ;of rabbit-, v ;wli6. descended by: a rope and . effected his'resciie. . Tlie remains of an . old boat had been :washed 'ashore, there ' r da'ys ao, end on this; he-had built, a", fire,- though-' this'j did not compensate for lack of.food, which lie' had not touched fpr a day, • . • • The Du'nediri "Star" understands that four/ promises have been • made to sul>- . . scrilxs to the fund now being raised" for . the completioti'cf St. Margarnt' 1 ?-R€-(-,i{]en T , .tiai /.College ' building '(Presbyterian) ;! . sclieme—viz'.i one of : '.'il000, tWo, of-SSOO,■ ;aid one of^SOO.; Thesi sutetantial gifts .may. be accepted as-an indication- of'.'the> 'interest';thai • 'is. .taken - I*. this".-;jnoßt<ex-- ..- '!c^lei)t;'\ii»UtdtUin >t ';and' ;"angiiir 'well-for, , .the. success of the efforts'.of the comm'itv ,-tee; who'are' now devoting'their time-and' .^^r'gies : '-tb. bn%' ; -thepi' y tii'.- ! a' sSti6factgry, ■ i;. .■■Thepupilsat-.the 'Kohimarama 'aym- . -'.tion- school 'jnade 4 ' ■ ! ' Auckland: Harbour last* Sunday (says' an, ' exchange). /Wit.h the Curtiss. machine, Messrs. S. Marfih. : pilot. and .8.. JXwsofi flew, for half -an.-hour,, the longest flight, .yet .attempted -at the school. The; new, . machine,' built'by ?tcssrs: ■ "Walßh Btos., 'and driven with, a Roberts engine," -was ..... -piloted l>y Mr! V..lWalsh, 'arid" gave very satisfactory'. results, Teaching an altitude of SOO feet, '' . ' v, -.

... The. present retail pries of, motor .spirit in, Auckland is 195., Gd. a case, at which ■figure' it,h'as stood; for-some* The . 'oi'. a, further 'advance in the price, which was 13s. 6d. 'a' case before ' .the 'wa'r,, : has. 'been. : sußgest.ed .(states-the .-"New Zealand Herald"). but - no; advice . of, an incr'easbvhas-. yet ;been received in • -the northern city. . A shipment', is now •••being-:discharged; land, the importers- ■ : sta ted oh Wednesday .that it is being sold ~ -at the'priTO recently jnilihg:"■ ■' \ ;, A'. reipafkablo incident, which , may he .; -iegsrded'-;-as{',a-. sequel to-, the' uhfortun- :. ate -loss .of .-the., Hampshire was,' brought \ under the notice, of the ""Otago Daily. Times" on ' Thursday evening.. ..Whik Cortjoral M'Bride, of, the-New; Zealand .•■Pield' Artillery,, who ',left ,-,New,'j.Zealand -with-, the '.'Main .'.ai. . .Gallipoli; -,'a' liomb;, was .-dropped from; a, ; Turkish, . . parapet* ofcthe- gun --emplacement,kill-' t ;'ii» -liis. brotherj ; and. Jalso!'.-seven,' other ■ soldiers.v; CorporahvM'Brkie Received, an' injury to the spiiie, which' affected ;.his , right, arm ..and, legj'y' .The i; leg ~got": better, - ~but. th'e arm...was- paralysed, .and.."'after Cairo and two months in the'.Walliiigton' Hospita,.Corporal.. M'Bride.came "; to Dim- - .; edin.,- about; a' ..fortnight- 'ago';.,with the ...object.of'having it : amputated, liis ihedi T . cal adviser3'''havin" i :;recominended 'such, a course.; He", was lyiiig in bed on Wed.•nesday morning when the. news.of- the loss-of the;'Hampshire','reached Dun-' cdm, and when he was informed of what had-occurred he got a ,severe shock, as . he. had Served under £ord Kitchener at! Omdurmaii, and in the South. African • W ? r A n av ' n g .been present at the capture of General Cronje at Paardebnrg. While ■ he was grieved at the''death of such a distinguished, soldier, 1 however, ho. wassurprised and delighted to : discover the; 6nock which'he had received had resulted in we restoration' of the use of his • -evening Corporal il Bride was able to use his arm freely. ■ ' One. of Coromaridel's oldest and most' . respected settlers, MivJolin Reilly, ageil ... iu years, died at his residence- on Tuesday moniing, after a short illness.- The deceased - was bom" at, Scarva, . County Down, ..Ireland, and. received .his earlv education at-, the Royal Scliool 5 : Enniskillen, and. afterwards, took the B.A. degree.and C.E. degree-at.Trinity College,' arrlv , od in Zealand'iu 1867, and afterwards went to the Frieiid■iLi- ~9 ' - " tu , min ß to.New Zealand in • ,'j • eilly travelled all. over .the " goldnelds _as a surveyor, and' few' men knew more.about the Coromandel Penla- • sula than he'did.'" .He'married, in 1897 the ,eldest daughter ,:of -- Mr; William • Home, and leaves two sons and one; daughter. Deceased was a nephew cf the lato Sir George Grey,-and Mrs. De La Brosso. his-'cousin; is living at Kaipara. Hia nephew, the Earl of Senfield, was recently killed in Prance. Mr Reilly was instrumental in getting Coromandel _ proclaimed a' separate acclimati~ '■ ation district, and has'been chairman (if ■ the society since 'its formation; He was • also-a life" member of" the School of • -Mines. - . Messrs/ Baldwin' and Rayiyard, patent attorneys and conjni l-ting* Larabfcon Quay; Wellington, report that, recently they filed the following npplic.ifaons for.letters "patent of New Zealand: C. J. Monro, , Palmerston, ; preventing erosion of -rirers; G. Hutchinson, Chicago, !l C J n ? P°. W. Hodgson,- Perth, easy cliair'i N. J, Daysh, , or k»' Portable milking machine; J. , Sutherland, Christchurch, Ijand- tightener for casks, ' " '