LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3172, 24 August 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tt is stated 1 that the Board of Trade contemplates providing the meat supply of tho city of Christchurch from the Imperial Government stores, through the medium of the freezing companies. J. ho butchers are said to be almost unanimously against tho'proposal—Press Assn.

When Hie member, for Oamaru (Mr. Lee) was speaking in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night, he .stated that thero had been an increase in tho iiuantlty of beer produced during the year, and Mr. Myers interjected that there had been a decrease. Mr. Myers made a statemont in the House vesterdny afternoon. Ho said that Mr. Lee 8 figures related to the calendar year, and were correct for that, period- But for the financial year ending March 31, thero had been a reduction. For the year ending March 31, 1916, tho quantity of reproduced was 11,3*1,327 gallons and for the year ending March 31, 1917 it was 11,228,557 gallons, a decrease of 120,i70 gallons. . ~ < An applicant for a taxi licence, who came before tho City Council to show <auae why his application should not bo refused, admitted that he had on one night broken four city hro alarms and had been fined £5 for tho offence.- When asked if he was under the influence ol liquor at the time ho replied m the, negative. Ho had just done it for fun, but ho would take good care that it was not done again. As the police and motor inspectors reports..were both unfavourable tho application was'refused. " "Found the a™™ l well attended to.-A. Milligan." The above lines were discovered in the. visitors book at the' Zoo. On being communicated with, Mr. Milligan (who is a veterinary surgeon) wrote to Mr. George Frost a follows :-"Having occasion to visit the Zoo in the earV.pnrt of July, I W a look over the animals, and I tale thU opportunity to compliment the curator on the caro bestowed on the animals generally. The animals that came under my \etice were well fed and cared for. Eesidents of Karaka Avenue will be interested to learn that as soon as the local Bill being presented to is made law the council will have the power to light the avenue-and not until then. An inquest will be held this morning Into the circumstances attending the death of the male infant whose dead body was found floating near -the city sewage outfall near tho old pilot station.

Dr A. K. Newman has given notice to ask tho Minister of Finance whether, in adjusting the payment of a bonus to Civil Servants, tho Government will coneider the advisability of paying the full Bonus to wivos of soldiers in camp or at the front who are in Government employment.

"Eeceived" was the fato of the following resolution 6ent by tho Napier Borough Council to the Wellington City Council:-"That having -regard to the fact that everything points to a further increase in tho cost of living, this council is of opinion that the timo has arrived when, in tho' interests of the -people, the Government should take over the control of tho food supply of the country, and this country urges oil other local bodies to endorse this resolution and direct that copies of same he sent to all other borough and city councils throughout the Dominion, and that a copy of the resolution be also sent to every member of the Cabinet." Among the returned soldiers who have just arrived back from the Old Country is a Wetlinfrtott lad who went away with tho Main Body, and returns with eighteen wounds to his credit. This is Private Arthur A. Elliott, son of Mr. D. A. Elliott, of Riddiford Street. Private Elliott wa6 wounded in the leg at Gallipoli, and after being treated at Malta went on with the forces to Prance, and fought with good luck until May 29 last year. On that day he and five others were billeted in tho one house, when a, shell crashed into it, smashing the place to bits, and killing five of the men. Private Elliott was found to be olive, but he had no fewer than seventeen wounds, including a pellet through the lungs and a nasty gash in the forehead.

A return for the week ending August 17,' presented to Parliament yesterday afternoon, shows that there was one case of diphtheria at Trentham, two cases of respiratory diseases, four cases of digestive diseases, while at Fe'atherston there were four cases of influenza, three cases of nervous diseases, and four cases of digestive diseases. The total number of cases was 22 at Trentham, 30 at Featherston, and one at Awapuni. There were no deaths, and tho general health is most satisfactory.

The member for Grey has developed an interest in prison reform since "his recent sojourn in Lyttclton. Yesterday in tho House of "Representatives ho asked the Minister of Justice whether lie could (rive good conduct nris'oners light up till 9 p.m. instead of 7.40 p.m., as was the rule at Lyttelton. He suggested tlint if they were givon this extra light prisoners would have "a chance to imnrovo their minds." The Hon. ,T. A. Hanan said that some time ago it was decided to revise the prison reflations, and tho draft had been in the hands of the Crown T.aw Oliico for some time. Owing to the How of work through the office, tlio Crown Law officers had been unable vet to complete the revision. Tn order that some of the improvements might he wtf into operation, general orders were issued under which extended light would bo given to certain classes of prisoners. Whether these would go so far as the honourable gentleman desired, lie preferred not to state at present. "No Hubbing" Laundry Tlpip is what is recommended for washing clothes clean without rubbing or injury (o Hie hands or fabrics.—Levin and Co., Ltd. -Advt.

Last evening tie City Council confirmed a resolution passed (by way of special order) at a special meeting on JuAy 26, adopting the Wellington City Reserves Charge.-) Amendment By-law, No. 30, 1917. The- effect of this resolution is to iuako the price of admission to the Zoo for adults (id., instead of 3d., as at present. A notice appears in the Gazette prohibiting the issue of money-orders or the delivery of postal correspondence to David 'Ross, 215 Ingestre Street, 'Wellington. By proclamation in the Gazette Bluff has been added to tho list of ports from which honey may be exported from the Dominion. A proclamation appears in the Gazette constituting tjie borough of Featherstou. The first election of Mayor and councillors of the borough will be held on September 19, and' the first meeting of the council is fixed for September 2G, Last evening Constable Black, of Manners'Street,'arrested a man on a charge of stealing ia sum of money from William Senior in Taranaki Streot. The man will appear beforo the Court this morning to answer the charge.