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LOCAL AND GENERAL

jippealius; for a farmer's son yesterday a Wellington lawyer mealed an unusual state of affairs. "This mnn, he said with a show of pride, "is the last of the family left-he is the last mainmainins to work the fnrm. Hie father is unable to do tho work, and he has given all his other eligible eons to the cause. This son was taken out of ft bank in Napier and brought back to tne farm. There sre eo many sheep and so many cattle on the place, and this one ma/hae to milk all tho sheep and look after all the cattle !" Hie eloquence mi-ht have followed tho example o the brook, hut that loud laughter and tho policeman's calls, for silence pat » period to his peroration. It is not generally Known that there are upwards of a thousand houses in Wellington lighted will. electricity which have ~o meter. They an. aupplied with current under contract, according to the number of points in the house on the basis of the sencrnl average of houses with a similar pointage that nave. metew). ™««'«»«* ure rooterless, not because tho department believes the contract tobs perfects Bound, but because no meters have been obtainable for tm* time past owing to war conditions. Under the new scheme the City Council has adopted the Iwo-meter (light and power) house is to "sure Tup. ajAne of th. weter. the house wires are £ tataS Five cases of diphtheria were recorded in Napier duriiw the past week «y».«ur special correspondent but some of these were from outside districts. There is vVn* indication that the <¥'*«»«» dying out with the arrival o* dry «eathA man with a bueinew, aCI certificate, and 42 years of life, was before the Military Service Board yesterday, and the iSd regarded the qucst.on of what to <lo with him as awkward. As he was Ol he m Wit not stand the training test, so woufd it be wise to comoel him to sacn•is a recruit not to bo risked. me mi" H f^noT^taSS^ ?1 waf a Rroat pity that something .for the SUidanno of board, on these po.nts was not laid down.

\t n maetiiK of Second D:n6ion men in Timaru last night, which was. accordinir to a Press Association telegram, tairt well attended, rn.soluhonfi were carried unanimous!*, W tho mot .!« n of ll^_ r - T Buxton, that U'o separation allowance for children should bo increased o Oβ. per week, and the wife's alwirinca should not J,e less than fa. per day.

John Jamicson and Keubon Hunt Johnston, of Ngaio, engineers, hare been adjudged bankrupt. Owin" to the Electrical Department not being in a position to accept union new business that would .-nt.au nn added drain upon the output of current at peak load times, the new lever Hosbusiness of the kind specified must be ••turned down" l>y the department, which is pretty well at the end of its resowces "Jna il a lack of material and » close rail (at certain hours) on tho available power.

The scarcity of wheat in Bunedin is iroduoing some queer market dcvelopnents (says an exohange). J™™, l. 00 . t0 0 P acL of milling wheat dribble in rcoklv, «i«<s. because the millers dare 1i buy at a higher price than that ive',l bv Iho Government (avcragins• .«■ ) d P or bushel), these odd lolf, which vould be acceptable for flour-making, are old a-i fowl wheat at values up In 6s £' One parcel that wm. 6<mt In mart k fowl wheat, upon examination was ■omtl (o be of such prime qimlity «hal ( "ervod to fill an orjor for ened wheat, m<l thoroughly satisfied the purchasers. "Not » reservist" wan the ground of appeal taken by a young man at the Military Service Board yesterday. He was a half-caste, and ho put in n document signed by a- Native interpreter cer-tiMn-to that fact. The Ikm«1 was infnrmefl l>7 t' lo representative hit this particular interpreter was a man to be relied on. but tho chairman of the board said that there should be ?1 me "more official" information availSTe to the lwards, and. he wondered if ch«irma n p f , sP s there should he n« nlncrfl Mince of information on such matters.

Tho Commandant at Trenlbam acknowledges with thanks receipt of a valuable collection of feme from Mr. H. Cave, of ltangataua.

As a result of a conference of deleuates of twenty-four dairy companies, held at Cartcrton for (he purpose of discussing the ofl'er of the Government in connection with the season's output of cheese, Messrs. W. i'isher (southern factories) unci Breechin (northern faclonesj were appointed members of the deputation io meet the Prime .Minister in connection with the matter.

A Maori witness in a judgment summons ca« at Hie Waneanui Magistrates Court stated on oath that he had only M per year to live on. Tho exemininK counsel thought this incredible, and asked how witness lived. The hitter. stated that once a month, he bought a haz ot sugar, a tin of biscuits, and a bae ot potatoes, and thia did him for food. "tYe Maoris help one another," said witness, in conclusion.

A private telegram received from Auckland yesterday morning (states a Press Association telegram from Dunedin) stated that the girl Martin, who disappeared from here some time ago, has been discovered and taken charge of by friends. A warrant lias been issued for the arrest of a man named Young, who disappeared at the same time, on a charge of wife desettion. On Juna ijast, Hie Invewargill secretary of a Southland dairy factory wrote out a cheque for £S, and placed It In a covering letter in- an envelope addressee! "The Secretary, Harbour Board, Bluff. The letter was posted, bat no leoewfc came, and the secretary made inquiries. The letter had not reached its destination. Time went on and still there was no sign of the missing cheque. Another was made out, and the account ecruaTOQ. Then, at the end of laat week, a letter turned up in the Harbour Boanl s post office l»x. On its face the envelope carried the stamp: "London, Aiie. 20.1 i, and the written explanation, lound in th'eWda of a newspaper from New Zenland in 1.5.G.P.0., 24/8/17."

Tho memorial plaque' -which is to be made for presentation to tlie next-of-kin of fallen soldiers and sailors }s to be in bronze, with an area of as nearly as possible 18 inches. The War Office in London invites British-born subjects in New Zealand to send in designs. The prizes in this competition aggregate £fO. Tho designs will be received in London up to the last day of the present yonr. Amongst the successful New Zealand soldiers serving in France is Major Eric AMorson, youngest soa of tlVe late Mr. W. Anderson, of Cnst and Banpiora, and an old boy of the B«ngiora High School. When tho war broko out he was in Canada, whithw lie had gone to gain experience in his profession as o. civil enjrfneor. He at onco mado his way to England, where he joined the Rfcyal Enginoore and obtained ft lieutenants commission. His promotion was rapid, and he was also awarded the Military Cross for distinguished service. Major Anderson is now commanding a Field Company of the Bflyal Engineers, and in a letter by last mail reported himself to be fit and well.

A congregation of over 200 children listened to an address Riven at Trinity Methodist Church, Newtown, last evening bv the Rev. 13. Palgrave Davy, Superintendent of the New Zealand Children s Mission. Mr. Davy proved himself an espert in interesting and instructing rue ohildren. His explanation of the. Pilgrim's Progress" from a boy a point of view was unique. The mission will 1)0 continued at tlie same place until Friday night. . Mr Yi«or Brown asked the Prime Minister'in the House of BepreseiitatlvM yesterday morning whether it wae the intention of tho Government to niter the re'Tilations to increase the separation allowances to be paid to the wives of numbers of the First and Second T'ir.wiona on service. Mr. Massey said tho mntter hnd been settled by the .louse, oDd it would not he reopened.

In the House of Representatives Mr. H J H". Okey Rave notice to ask the Minislei- of Internal Affairs: "Whether his attention has been directed to statements in circulation in AYellinston to the effect that in certain Government Departments, where groceries aro purchased in wholesale quantities for distribution on co-operative lines, the snme are distributed to the purchasers by •lov'Jraniont servants in Government rrdiiance-vans during ordinary working hnnrsP If the rumours prove iintruo. will he officially exonerate Deparl mental officers from such unjii6t charges?" Messrs. .T. H. Bethune and Co.. at their miction sale yesterday aftoraoon, sold a residential property In Jfulgrayo Street, comprising freehold laud, 2(tt. frontage by a depth of 90ft.. with sevuiroomed residence, No. in. 'hereon. the purchaser being Mrs. Diulson, and the price wE725.

In tlio Magistrate's Conrt nt Christcliurch ye3tevdav, eays a Press Assomation- telegram, Henry Thomeen and Gus Thorn, two alien seafaTers, for lauding: in New Zealand without passports, were ordered to lie kept in custody till their vessel sailed. A. loud explosion attracted the altention of snme constables on beat duty in Brunswick Street, Pi tooy (Melbourne), at 3 a.m. on Ootober 20. While they were searching for the cause, a smell of burning material drew their attention to the shop of Messrs. D. and W. Chandlers, wholesale ironmongers, of Brunswick Street, FitsiroT. The fire' brigade was summoned, and on"breakiny through the front door the men found that one of the sales had been blown open, and some rugs to deaden the sound had become alijht, Tho burglars hnd been nlnrmed, and they hurried off. leaving JESOO in the safe. In a lane near the warehouse a loaded revolver, a pair of gloves, and a flash-lump were found by a milkman on his early round. As compensation for this prone-rty, the burglars took iwo automatic pistols and a watch.

A. email army of theatrical folk, seme of whom have been held up by I.he stoppage of the bofits, have been able 1o away from New Zealand, They included tho members of tho Ada Eeeve Company, tho English Pierrots, tho New Dandies, and a number of people who have- been doing the Fuller circuit in New Zealand. It is understood ' that there are stilly numbers of ireople In Australia awaiting saloon accommodation for the trip, to New Zealand. Sevoral well-known people, who had to tiet back as a necessity, and who could not even gp.t steerage accommodation, were furnished with bunks in ono of lije holds, and had to beg the favour of the i;ee of steerage cabins to dress and 6havß in.

A stone monument, twenty feet high, in being erected in Feathe'rstoii Cemetery in memory of soldiers who Vnve died in Featherston Camp. There are sixteen names en graved on the etone at i resent. Arrangements have now been o lupleted for the negotiation of New Zealand Y.M.CA. soldiers' coupons in England and France, and definite word bus'been received that tfiese coupons will be honoured by the kindred associations' across the seas. The popularity of the scheme here is evidenced by the fact that dining the first month in which they vore on sole over 150,000 3d. coupons "were disposed of at the various money-order offices throughout New Zealand,'to be eent away to tho boys on. service in other lull [Is.

_Thp National Committee of the Y.M.CA. has just cabled away u sum of •£IB,OOO for expenditure on its war work for the New Zealand soldiers nbiond. Of this amount ,£15,000 went to London, ■E25011 to Egypt, and £;M to Mesopotamia.

All friends of Wellington College,, especially old boy soldiers, are specially in vital to be present at Wellington College on Friday next, on Uie occasion of the annual sports. Given fine weather, the gathering should be a great, success. The entries for tho various events are numerous. Flower, produce, and various other stalls have been set up lo augment the patriotic funds. Tho Waterside Workers' Rand will play selections at the Basin Bcservo ( o. night at 8 o'clock.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 31, 31 October 1917, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 31, 31 October 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 31, 31 October 1917, Page 4

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