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Evening Post, Volume LXV, Issue 70, 24 March 1903, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. '«■ Tho Defence Dopartmont has received a copy of thu conditions for the international rillu match, to bo firod ut liislcy on 11th July next for the l'ulmii trophy. A cordial invitation has bcon sent to Xow Zealfind to outer a team of eight men born in tbo colony. The ranges will be 800, 900, and 1000 yards, and fifteen ulio!. 1 * will bo allowed at oach di»Umco. Kneh toam will be allowed to fiiv with tho natiomil military oi-m of tho country M'lticn •it represents. Tho Minister for Lands stutes that it is improbablo that ho will bo ablo to see his way to accede to tho request that Poverty Buy should be miulo a separate land district. At present all Crown lands in Iluwkes Bay and Poverty Bay nro controlled by a. Board which sits at Napier. Tho Napior Daily Telegraph loams that a requisition asking tho Government to recommend the Governor to call Mr. S. Cunicll, PX-M.11.1t., to tho Upper House, i« being largely eigncd by tho Liberals in Napior. Coinmontincj editorially upon the recent appointment* to tho Legislative Council, Iho Southland Times says of Uw Southland nominco (Mr. Alfred Baldey, of Hynl Bu»h) : — "Wo do nob hesitate to assert that in npito of his long connec» tion with local government Mr. Baldey hns not nltninccl that position in tho regard of Iho publio whioh a member of thu Legmlativo Council should occupy. . . . Ho cannot by any Btrotch of tho imagination bo described as a leader of public opiuion. . . . Tho Legislative Council is hardly takoa seriously nowadays." Ono of tho Chief Veterinarian's (uaistnnt«, Mr. Wilkie, has discovered the microbe of a contagious form of inflammation of tho udder which has broken out iv pnrUt of tho South Island. The Dairy Commissioner intends if posaiblo to havo bacteriological experiments mado with infected be;wt«. Dairymen should ho on the outlook for such diseases, and any cow vulToring from' inflammation of tho udder should be isolated till ctpcrt opinion in obtained. Yesterday afternoon, at tho Magistrate* i^ourt, G. F. M'Arthur, a fireman on board tho Janet NUioll, wus churgod with disobedience of lawful command* on tho high am. Mr. Oellicoo defended M' Arthur, who pleaded not guilty, nnd Dr. Findlay conducted the prosecution. Tho facts woro that defendant, while 011 duty, had allowed tho Mtonm to go down (thii* endangering tho ship and tho lives of tho*o on board), nnd refused to continue firing. Tho caw wns adjourned until 30th inst-., oh the Applk,Ui:>n of Mr. Jellicot*. An order was mudo against John William Winter that he pay 5s por week towards tlio bupport of his mother. Still anothor complaint wns reported nt yoxterdny'w meeting of tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with regard to cruolty to poultry during transit by steamer. The. case in -point wns a shipment from Nelson, nnd tho Inspector reported that tho birds weio drenched with sea water, and covered ■with filth that- enmo off tha boxes. Thirteen wero dead or dying. Tho Inspector pointed out tlmt the captain of tho vessel was liablo to prosecution for carrying tho birds in that state. It was pointed out that they wero not overcrowded, but wore exposed to tho rough weather. Tho Inspector considered that tlio Company should not carry the birds, ami remarked that in a number of ensos the birdt wore not fit for consumption. It wns <kcided to communicate with tho owners of tho boat. A Conference of District Health. Officers under tho Publio Health Act hns juat boon held at Nelson. Various matters woro discussed, including inspection of schools, administrative control of enses of tuberculosis, tho necessity of urging locnl authorities to iusist on tho registration of plumbers, tho scarlet fever upidemio iv vaiious parts of tho colony, tlio notification of disoase, and the duty of Health OfUoers towards general practitioncre, especially ns regards infectious cases. Dr. Frengley, District Health OiHcor for Nelson, introduced a discussion on modern sanitary appliances ; intor ulia, it wns suggested that thoro bo formed a New Zealand Branch of tho London Sanitary Institute, the object of which is ti> dbseminato sanitary knowledge and cducato by lecture and demonstration. Ono great Advantage of this Coufercnco of District Health Officers is that it will ensure a certain amount of unanimity of action in tho different districts with, regard to particular matters. Tho Californian thistle has made its appearance iv several parts of Poverty Bay, tho seed having been imported in grass seed from Canterbury. The Agricultural Department states that) if tho tops arc cut off the weed will bloed to death. Tho moa under grass in Poverty Baj% has increased by 200,000 acres during the past thrco yoais. Tho soventeenfh annual report of tho Citizens Lifo Assurance Company, a I copy of which lm» been forwarded to us by Mr. J. Frankis Lano, Resident Secretary for Now Zealand, shows that in tiiio ordinary branch tho number of pdlicke issued during tho year -was 7068, asiuring the sum of £1,055,105 14s, j and producing a new annual premium ' incomo of £40,292 5s 6d. The sum of £2679 9s 9d was received ns consideration for annuities Amounting to £289 5s 4d per annum. Now assurances, totalling over £1,000,000, have been completed in tho ordinary branch alono for nvo years in succession. Tho revenue for tho yenr amounted to £386,112 8s 4d, nn increase of £33,480 4s 2d over that of tho preceding year. Kirkcaldio nnd Stains, Limited, announco tho arrival of a fresh lot of velvet ribbons in all widths and ull shades ; now veilings havo iUiq been leeoivsd,— Advt,