LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 89, 9 January 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Advice lias been received by Base Records Office that 11/1625 Major Wilson Cameron Morrison, New Zealand Staft Corps, died at 2G Wairarnpa Terrace, I'eiidalton, on November 25, 3018, the cause of death being K as poisoning on active service, influenza, and -heart failure. Deceased was 43 years'of age and married, his next-of-kin being, his wife, Mrs. 0. C. Morrison, 11 Albert Street, 'Palmerston North. The Jfoana, which is due at Welling ton in about a week's tiihe from' Sar Francisco, is bringing 7721 sucks of mail matter; of which 5628 sacks comprist American- parcels. - Tho balance consistf of letters from the 'United Kingdom an<J the United States of America. ' "I consider that the one blot on th< Conscription Act wa6 the fact that'tin clergy were not conscripted," said th< Rev. 0. Fitzgerald ia the course of hi: address at the special thanksgiving service held in the Avonsido Pariah Cuurcl on Sunday to.celebrate the victory, oi the Allies. "I consider there should hav< been no exemption," 'said the preacher . "everyone who was fit should have beer conscripted, otherwise it was not' con scription." The new General Staff Officer to th< Canterbury Military District will pro bnbly be Major Finnis, who occupiei that position up to the time of his de porture -for active service in 1917 (shy* the "Lyttelton Times"). Major Finnif has seen considerable service at th< front, not only.in the trenches, but alsc in administrative positions with.Brigade Divisional and Army ,o'orps Headquart ers. In conformity with the general pol icy of allowing New Zealand officers at opportunity of gaining experience in various commands, Major ]?innis was choser to serve temporarily with an Imperia Army Corps, He was at one time groii] commander at Christchurch. . It is likely, : states the .Waikatc "Times," that efforts will shortly • b< • made to make Hamilton the centre foi all branches of sports—swimming, . foot ball, etc.—by establishing South Aucklanc centres, with (headquarters at.Hamilton. Mrs. H. E. Hart, .of "Karloo," Carterton, wife of Brigadier-General Hart, C.M.G.,' D:S.O., received a regimenta 1 brooch with the following letter- from Lieutenant-Colonel James Hardie-Niel, 0.C., No. 3 New Zeajand Field Ambulance:—"Dear Madam,—On behalf of th< No. 3 New Zealand-Rifle Brigade Fielc Ambulance, I beg to tender you' this regi mental brooch .as a .token of our esteerr of the Brigadier. Wβ'trust you wil sometimes wear, it as a token of our ap preciation of his many kindnesses « this unit.—Believe, me, yours faithfully (Sf;d.) Jas. Hardie-Nieli Lieutenant-Col bncl." . ' ■'■:.'. "'.' ..'' It .has been- recently stated that ai Arbitration Court, award for storemer has just been filed with the Clerk, o: Awards. It should have been stated that it was an industrial agreement be tween the wool brokers and the-.union and that the agreement applies on]y t< workers employed in wool and graii stores. ■ ' . ; : » The following donations to the Mayor'; Influenza Epidemic Relief Fund hnrbeei received:—ltarori Vigilance Committee .£l9 Os. 3d.; F. Wilson, Karaka Bay, £U 10s.; Mrs. N. Bishop, £1; Mrs. V. Ben nett, XI ; "Ngnire,"' 10s,; D. G/ Stuart, v£2; F. -W. Rowley; .£1; '-'Australia, , ' Havelock, 10s.; Marlborough (per T. E Heron) i £1. ' . An Auckland "Star" reporter was "informed' by the railway officials that th< holiday traffic, as fnr.-as the , railways ar.e concerned, lias been-markedly -lightei than in previous years. Tho falling of is attributed largely to the recent epi demic scare. On the other hand, it if probable that many people decided' t( postpone train journeying. until Uasler in the hope, that by tjien excursion farei will be restored. The Auckland Tourisl Office reports a reduction in business this season,' but a gradual increase ie expected in the next few months nowthat th< war is over and there is a settling dowr in life's affairs. In the meantime loca seaside and land resorts are enjoying excellent patronage. ■. • Quite large schools of the genuim Cornisji pilchard or sardino have been Been in the Gulf (says the Thames "Star"), nnd ultimately n very profitable industry should 'be built up around thit branch of local fisheries. ; ■ A. meeting of the Executive Council o< the Competitions Society was held lasi evening, -Mr. Hetliwell- presiding. II was resolved that the competitions com menco on Thursday,, February 13, anc extend to March 1. The judges in thi various sections wrote .stating their ser yices would, be- available for the "date: of the competitions. .l!r. W. P. Inn wns appointed stago manager./' A nuralier of applications , for additional en : tries were received, bat it wa§ iresolvec that as the time-table and programme! were already in,circulation further en tries could not be accepted. New Zealand is referred to in a. receni number of the. "Chamber of Commerci Journal," Ixmdon. Apart from an ajtioli dealing with the internal trade of th< Dominion, ■ the journal renialrke editon ally: "The market for dairying machin ery and appliances is important and like ly to expand. That for electrical ma ciinery and equipment of every kind alsi is important, and certain to glow rapid ly. The prosperity which New Zealam , has experienced since the beginning o ,tho war continues, and tlie'comparativel; high prices which have been received, fo: produce, most , of which is bein;? bough on behalf of the Imperial Government have materially 'added to the genera wealth of the country. The purchasin! power of the people is therefore beini maintained at a high level, and if' pricei of;produce remain high New Zealan* after the war should witness.a furthe; era of great prosperity, attended bi heavy buying and an important campaijjl of development." ■ From Montreal comes an accurate pro phecy made in Canada by the late Low Roberts, recounted by "L'Evenernent," o Quebec. The paper eays I<ord Roberts when in Canada 10 years ago, stated oi one occasion: "They .refuse,, to believi me, and we are asleep .under false secur ity, for I do not hesitate to affirm tlia we will have a frightful war in Europe and England and France will have th hardest experience of their existence They, in fact, will see defeat very near but the war will be finally won by thi genius of a French general na"med Fer dinand Foch, professor in a militar; ■school' in Paris." The newspaper eayi Lord Roberts's prophecy was heard by i ■' number of people, and that the Duke o Devonshire ' has repeated the prophecy attributing it to the field marshal. The New South Wales Railway Com miseioners are evidently guided, by an tique standards of decorum that make n< allowance for freaks of eccentric woman kind (saye the Sydney "Daily Telegraph") At the Central Railway. Station an age< .' porter scratched the top of his cap w-hci a fair maid of Sydney, on being politelj informed that.' smoking compartment! were the exclusive privilege, of man, de manded admittance .to one on the grounc that she wished to smoke, too. The yor ter found all: his old-fashioned, ideas # oi the gentleness of woman fa'et slipping from him. A. mist swept across his o> e< as he saw himself obliged to adapt him self to a changed environment. Facet ■ with the fact that the compartment vrat reserved for "smokers," and that tin lady came under that- category, he con soled himself perforce with the thougJil that the.train was about full, that thi; was just the last-remaining .seat, and ho let her occupy it. The solution foi this new problem seems to be the sereins apart of both a woman's and a niunt smoker in addition to compartments foi non-smokers of both sexes. The picture of classfuls of bewhisker cd schoolboys, not as a romanceftil vision of the backward past, but as a desirable possibility of the future, was drawn bj Jtr. C. H. Zercho, principal of tho All Saints' Grammar' School, St. Kilda, Melbourne, at tho annual speech-making and prize distribution last month. The difficult problems of capital and labour, the relutious of employer and employee, race suicide, and the abolition of slums would, Mr. Zercho considered, i require for then solution the earnest attention of men nnd women who hfid been trained in thehighest ideals of true and .unselfish citiKinship. He earnestly advispd parents to keep their boys .at school "until they were twenty years of ago," if need be, ruid pointed out. that Japan, who wa( rapidly coining to tho front ae a manufacturing nation, insisted, on the education of her sons being continued—not all the time at school—until they were 25 years of age.

William Mooney, employed by tho British Meat Company, Cuba Street, met with a painful accident on Tuesday afternoon. While working a. machine he got L " tho forefinger of his right hand torn off, 2- necessitating his removal to the Host pital. Ie Mr. Hamilton Holt, editor of the n "New York Independent," who arrived ■t at Liverpool towards the end of March, ;e writes thus of our boys in his journal is of November 30: ".We found n regiment :t of New Zealand boys waiting to be taken to their camp'. AVhat a magnificent set of follows they were—tall, lithe, bronzed, B_ and each with a red-banded sombrero n hat which looked very much like the ones 11 our American boys love so well, but j e which have now had to be discarded, for j the more unbecoming caps. I have since " seen the English, Canadian, Australian,' South African, Italian, French, Belgian, ie Russian, Portuguese, and American ie armies iu lest and.in action, nnd I have ie no hesitation in saying_ that the New is Zealand''.hoys are tho finest appearing r- troops of all." . h Stanley*"Clout, eon of Mr. . William )f i Clout, of Windsor, New South Wales, re and three 'other lads (B. P. Snowden, r.; Frank Mayne, and .Mairk Jones) • were in rabbiting at BuAlridge, nine miles from i>- town, recently, when Clout had an ex; ■ citing adventure with-snakes. He was le going through some thick bracken .and 0- stepped on three large black snakes, eyi■d dently coiled up together. Two of the e- reptiles attacked him, while the third -s glided away.' One snake bit the boy on is the 'fron\; of: the leg near the ankle, ie 1 while he received/a bite oh the back of i 6 the', same foot from the other snake, e, Clout's companions promptly. A t- ligature \vn_s tied- above the bites, boot 1- laces being used, and Mayno sucked the n wounds. Clout was then put on a horse i- and- hurried in to,. Windsor Hospital, * where he was treated by one of tho mefllal cal officers., He was.in. a'precarious equip dition for.some time, but has now quite recovered. The presence of mind and o prompt first aid by his companions no. Ie "doubt ,savtd Clout's life.