LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2879, 18 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A wireless message lias been receivcrl from Captain Collins, of tho Jloeraid, statiug that lie expected his vessel to arrivo at Wellington from Syd-. ney at 7 a.m. to-day. The Moeraki is bringing an Australian mail only. An English mail, via Vancouver, is duo at Auckland by It.M.S. Niagara to-day, and tho southern portion is oxpoctod to arrivo in Wellington to-morrow. Tho Defence authorities advise that Private Henry Charles Phillips, E Company, 20th Reinforcements, died in Featherston Military Hospital at 5 p.m. on Friday last. The certified cause of death was measles and bronchial pneumonia. Tho northern section of the Tofua's returned soldiers roached Wellington yesterday morning by tho Maori, and were mot by the Mayor (Sir. J. P. Luke), and welcomed back to New Zealand. Thero wero only two for Wellington—Privato I' 1 . D. Thoraason and Gunner Hanau. Tho mon wero in oliarge of Sister Salmon. Wellington has not enjoyed a very pleasant weok-end. Saturday was clear and sunny, but a piping northerly galo sprang up during tlio night, bringing with it some heavy showers of ra.in. After a brief respite, the wind swung round to tlio south shortly before 15 p.m. yesterday, and heavy rain fell for three hours, witli colder weather. ''Ho tokl falsehoods Dreadnought heavy," remarked a Dalmatian witness in tlio Auekand Supreme Court recontly in his efforts to refute statements made against him. "That is a new phrase," said His Honour Mr. Justice I'losldng. Tho same witness stated that a man who had made charges against him "shook like' a fish aud changed colour like a lemon." A ceremonial parade <i[ members of tlio Expeditionary Force, all units of tlio territorial force., and senior cadets in Hie Auckland City group, and the National .Ttcservo, will bo held at tlio Auckland Domain Cricket Ground next Saturday for tho purpose of review by the Minister of Defence, and the presentation of tho Mcdaille Militaire to Sergeant-Major P. C. Boato, of tlio New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The French decoration was awarded Ser-geant-Major Boato by the President of tho Republic in recognition of distin- | guished service during tho Gallipoli [campaign.

For the purpose of taking the evidetico of Captain F. Hemming, of tho Now Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Riinntaka, a special sitting of tho Nautical Court will ho hold at 2.15 p.m. to-day in connection with tho Tongariro inquiry. Special jurors,' who wcro summoned to ho in attendance at tlio Supremo Court to-day, are notified that thoii services will not ht> required. Tho Hon. G. W. Russell, who returned to Wellington yesterday from the south, presided at the opening of the music and elocutionary competitions in Duncdin. . Mr. Jolm_ Duggan, who is engaged oi\ a recruiting campaign to secure 5000 additional members for the Roman Catholic Federation, is 6aid to he meeting with splendid success in liis lour, and already the number enrolled to date is not far 'short the number aimed at. Mr. TV. F. Johnson, secretary of the diocesan council, lias received an invitation from tho Pallia tua and Hamua parish committees to address the Catholics at thoso towns so that they can add their quota to tho special campaign membership. The necessity oE providing a strctchcr and some first-aid equipment at Eastbonrno was referred to at the meeting of the Rovoiigli Council on Friday niglit. Accidents are liable to happen— one happened only last week, when al man had his leg broken —and tho lack' of first-aid equipment is, oil such occasions, verv severely felt. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Kelly) was appointed to interview tho Harbour Board and the St. John Ambulance Association on the subject, and to report to the council. On February 5 of this year, Mr. C. Middleditch, labour foreman for tho TJnion Company, rescued a member of the crow of tho TJnion Company's collier Karamu from drowning in Wellington Harbour. Steps have been taken by those interested in the matter to havo tho action recognised by tho IRoyal Humano Society, and the. witnesses of the occurrence have sworn statements before a Jnstico of the Peace. Everything is ready to be sent in, except that the name of the rescued man cannot bo ascertained, and as the Humano Society's rules necessitate this, it appears likely that Mr. Middleditch's action will not ho recogniscd. Mr. T. Shields, of Willis Street, would be glad to hear from anyone who knows the name of the man rescued. During tho passage from Sydney to Auckland of the Victoria last week, a wireless mcßsago was received from Osezaki, a town in Japan, at a. distance of 4300 miles. This (remarks the Auckland "Herald") is probably a record distance for an intercolonial steamer. A Christchurch resident has just received two postcards from a relative who lias been a prisoner of war in Turkey since tho early part of August, 1915. Tho postcards state that the prisoners are well fed and aro in good health, but a complaint is made that though every other unit among the prisoners has had money sent to it at times, tho Now Zoalanders have not recoived a penny since tho time they were captured. For urgent messages, a new expedient was introduced, after the ordinary telegraph wires were thrown completely out of order last week (states the Christchurch "Press"). Tnese messages were sent by wirelesß from the Wellington Radio Station to the Awarua Radio at Bluff, and from there telegraphed back to Christchurch and other South Island towns north of Bluff, for tho break applied only to communication with tho north and not. with the south. This is the first time 6uch a measure has been found necessary, and, of cotirso, it' was only adopted in a case of urgency. . A 'special intercossory service was held in the Town Hall Committee Room yesterday afternoon, when'supplication w;as made to the Ruler of all things -that the present war should be shortly terminated with honour for those who were fighting for liberty and justice. Tho service was presided over by the Hon. J. 6. W. Aitken, and a brief address was delivered by Mr. E. J. Helens, M.A. New Zealand has been particularly unl'ortunato in regard to its shipping this year. Whilst owners, importers, and insurance people were wrestling with tho difficulties caused by tho wreck of the Rangatira and the partial salvage of her cargo,_ tho Tongariro, a first-class cargo carrier with big refrigerating space, has become a total wreck on the East Coast. Whilst that lino vessel was 6ee-sawing on Bull Rock the long-lived Sibrmbird was totally wrecked at Wanganui, and now tha barque Antiope appears' to be. ia a rather hopeless condition on the rocks in the entrance to Bluff Harbour. It is particularly regrettable that such a chapter of accidents should havo happened >at a time when every vessel is of greater valuo to its owners and the nation than has boen tho caso for half a. century past. A movement is on foot in Auokland to establish a permanent club for returned soldiers, to be called the Anzao Memorial Club, on the lines of the one that is being mooted in Wellington by tlio New Zealand Natives' Association. A strong committee lias been appointed in Auckland to draw up a draft scheme for submission to a futuro meeting. Speaking at a gathering at Victoria Collcgo on Saturday night, Mr. 6. G. G. Wilson said that Mr. Lionel Curtis had asked the College Debating Society to conduct a public meeting for tho further discussion of tho problem of Imperial organisation. Tho meeting would bo held in tho college gymnasium on Friday, October 6. Three motions would bo placed before • the meeting, added Mr. Wilson." Mr. H. F. Von Haast would move: "That the preservation of the Empire can best bo secured in tho future by tho , creation of a supremo Imperial Parliament, with powers of taxation' for Imperial purposes." Mr. P. J. O'Regan would proposo a motion suggesting a system of alliances among tho self-governing Dominions of tho Empiro for mutual defence. The third motion would be proposed probably by Dr. Saimond, who would support the existing system of Empire government. Admirers of the Wellington Zoo will doubtless appreciate the issue of a magazine, "The Zoo Standard," devoted to its oxhibits. Tho magazine is dedicated to the boys and girls of New Zealand, and subsequent issues will appear as circumstanccs require or permit. Tho contents are interesting and well written. A series' of biographical sketches on notablo animals in tha Zoo commences iu tho first issuo- with "Osman," tho Russian dog that accompanied the late Captain Scott to the Antarctic. 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News calculated, to relievo the anxiety felt for tho safety of a y;-.uiig married man named 11. S. Smith, who left Whangapoua in a launch for Tukituki on Tuesday last, and was missing for somo days, has been received. It is to the effect, states -an Auckland paper, that Smith was, seen passing Cabbage Bay, making for home. Ir. is, therefore, believed that' tho irj£6ing man has reached Whangaooua in safety. The town clerk at Dargavillo has received a telegraphic direction from the Solicitor-General that Alfred Gregory, a member of tho Borough Council, who was tho other day convictcd and fined for refusing to exhibit a military servico notice on Lis business premises, lias forfeited his seat on the council. - The forfeiture is brought about by tho fact that ihe Military Servico Act provides for a penalty of twelve months' imprisonment as an alternative to a fine.—"New Zealand Herald!" Tho Auckland Acclimatisation Society has started its campaign against hawks by offering threepence per beak to ensure their destruction. An appoalfor gifts of poultry for the Wellington Province Soldiers' mas Gift Fund is made by tlio Mayor '(Mr. J. P. Luke) and the Amateur Sports Bodies. Birds, dressed or undressed, or alive, will be gratefully' received, and will be sold by Messrs. Townsend and Paul, Ltd., on tho day of arrival, tho whole proceeds being devoted to the fund. Gifts will bo delivered free of freight if marked "Soldiers' Christmas Gift Fund," and should bo forwarded to tho auctioneers, Allen Street, Wellington, as soon, as possible. In his annual report, tlio chairman of the Gisborne Harbour Board (Mr. John Townley) stated that no rate had been struck by the board sflics tho year 1906, and unless there was a radical change in tho incidence of taxation it would not be necessary to revert to this mode of raising the necessary revonue to meet the payment of interest on the 1913 loan. Mr. Victor Grayson, ox-M.P. for Colno Valley (Yorkshire,. England), gavo au address to an interested audience at the Alexandra Hall last evening, takiug for his subject "Christ or Caesar." The subject- involved in the titlo was the question aB to what Christianity had done to bring about a common understanding between the peoples of tlio world, and to alleviate human sacrifice and suffering in tho face of the present cataclysm in Europe, and drawing deductions therofrom the lecturer eaid ho had been forced to the conclusion that Christianity had failed to brand its tenets on tho spirit of mankind. Otherwise such a war as was now being fought could not be. Mr. Grayson' will speak at the Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith Street, on the following dates Tuesday, "The War and Labour's Destiny"; Thursday, "The Coming Revolution" ; and Sunday "The Altar of Mammon,." At a general meeting of the Christy church Branch of the Overseas Club, Dr. Jennings, who presided, announced that the executive committee liad nominated the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr. H. Holland) for the office of president, and lie was- elected unanimously. The chairman outlined the proposed work the club hadin view, chief of which was the providing of an aeroplane to tlio War Office for active service. Several had been presented by branches of tho cft4 in Now Zealand; Gisborne had already presented two. A point of particular interest about gift aeroplanes was that the machino iras named after the district which presented it, such names being shown in large letters on the machine it6elf. Should the aeroplane be destroyed the War Office immediately replaced it 'with a new one bearing tho same name. Messrs. T. M. Charters, H. Lightband, and H. W. Candy spoko strongly in support of tlio project, and it was decided that the club should take the matter upwithout delay. The price of a 70-h.p, biplane is £1500 complete. Mrs. I'. E. Bowes, of Fairlie, lias received cable advice that her brother, Lieutenant J. E. Hunt, formerly of Timaru, has -been granted a commission in the Royal Flying Corps. Lieutenant Hunt, who is an old boy of the Timaru Boys' Higti School, was recently attached to the Military Secretary of the second Australian Division, both in Egypt and in France. 1 In Egypt he was sent to Alexandria to supervise the printing of an official book, whilo more recently he has been entrusted with the charge of dispatches seqt from the headquarters in Franco to the head office of the Australasian Forces in London. The New Zea|and Overseas Shipowners' Committee, which usually meets monthly in Wellington to allot space for export of produce, met this month in Christchurch, as several of its members had to, be in the. city in connection with tho Freights Conference. The committee lias allotted space In the following steamers during October: —Rimutaka. lonic, Kumara, Somersot, Port Napier. Tho space allotted is equivalent to that required for 370,000 ■ freight carcasses of (601b.) sheep, 10,000 crates of rabbits, 43,000 crates -of cheese, and 60,000 boxes of butter. It is expected that the next allotment, for November sailings, will clear out tho whole of the present'stocks of frozen meat in New Zealand. To date the stocks have already been cleared from the works at Auckland, Whangs.rei, Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, Napier, Waitara andPicton, and tho bulk of tho remaining meat is in tho South Island. 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