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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL, Some Wellington citizens, eager to see a new home, fire-proof and damp-proof, for priceless Maori relics new stored in the old inflammable Dominion Museum, are very dubious about the Government's mind regarding the promised new building. They fear that the projects may be deferred for four or five years. Much work remains to bo dona ou the contract for the- Post Office, and soon the Government will have the new railway station and Parliament Buildings to seriously consider. Hence it is thought that the Government will not bo disposed to go on with the museum till other building enterprises are well advanced. In the meantime a very valuable Maori collection is in peril of destruction by fire or decay. It has been suggested in various quarters that if the Government cannot see its way to build a National Museum in the near future, it should at least make sufficient safe provision for the Maori treasure. No Judge was available at the Supreme Court to-day, and the fixtures have had to stand down. Mi*. Justice Sim, who arrived yesterday morning, left for Napier this morning to relieve the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), who returns to-morrow evening. ! The hearing of the dispute between, the workers and the employers in the tinsmithing trade, which was to have been resumed to-morrow before the Con- j ciHation Commissioner, Mr. P. Hally, will not be heard until Friday. The further adjournment was granted in, order to have uncited employers cited, j The general utility of the finger-print branch of the Police Department is being manifested almost daily, and recently there have been two signal instances in which its value has been fully demonstrated. It is only a few weeks ago that a man unknown wae drowned at Petone. No one knew who he was, and in the certificate of death his name was to be left blank. 'The Finger-nrint Department took a record, and discovered his identity from records in its books. Only a few days ago a "swagger" was run over by a train — also near Petone. He also was unknown. No one knew him by name, but the Finger-print Department took a record from the dead htnd, and his identity was established beyond dispute. The regulations regarding the registration of barmaids will be gazetted very .shortly. To qualrfy for registration, an applicant must have been employed for three months during the year ended 21st November last. A registered barmaid can serve in the bar till the day of her death, if she chooses, but she must not leave it for any period exceeding two years. If she complies with this provision she can obtain employment on production of her certificate. It is interesting to note that the licensee is the responsible person for the basmaid. He would be held responsible for employing an unregistered barmaid, who herself could not be prosecuted for not being registered. Regulations will soon be sent to all licensees in the Dominion. Marriage makes no difference as regards registration. Charitable impulses are always commendable. A Wellington lad, Master E. MacEwen, was presented' at Christmas' with a gramophone, and thinking j he might do some good .service with it, he generously organised a concert among his friends. Charging each one penny he succeeded in raising five shillings, which he has forwarded to the treasurer of the fund in aid of Mother Aubert's Home. The donation is now gladly acknowledged. In connection with the recent campaign on behalf of Mother Aubert the treasurer (Mrs. T. G. Macarthy) would be obliged if all holders would send 1 in the tickets, ticketblocks, and money for the watch competition by Ist March. The yacht Rawene, built in Wellington two years ago, was purchased on. Saturday by Mr. Frederick Kiernan, of Thorndon. Mr. Kiernan was a prominent yachtsman in the days when, big prizes attracted crack boats from other ports to Wellington to the regattas held here every Anniversary Day. The Rawene is a little yacht, 23ft 6in long, with a beam of 7ft 9in and a draught of 4ft Sin. She has two skins and carries 30cwt of lead. She hasi a good turn of tpeed, and in her new owner's hands should give a satisfactory account of herself when pitted against yachts of her class. Mrs. John M'Naught sustained some ■injuries by fire at her residence, Eptvnistreet, shortly after midnight on Sunday. The cause of the fire is not known, but when the brigade arrived it was found that the fire had a good hold, having probably originated in the diningroom, where a fire had been burning. This room is situated on the ground floor and the fire had already made its way upstairs when the brigade reached the house. The dining room and contents were badly damaged by fire, and the upper rooms and their contents were also damaged. Mrs. M'Naught, who was alone at the time, was burned in attempting to escape from upstairs. Her legs were injured, and she also suffered from &hock. The sufferer was taken next door. Mr. M'Naught, who is a 'linotype operator employed by the New Zealand Times, owned the building, ■which is insured in the Commercial 'Union for £600. The contents are -covered by a policy of £100 in the Norwich Union office. The medical faculty, with the approval of the Ota-go University College Council and the Hospital Board, has decided "to inaugurate at the Otago College a series of short post-graduate-classes (sa-ys the Dunedin Times). Thesyllabus, which is being circulated among medical men throughout the Dominion, shows that the opening classes will be held from sbh April to 18th April. The classes will be essentially praeticalAand medical men who desire to avail themselves of them will have every opportunity of personally practising the methods taught and of making themselves familiar with the more modern methods of diagnosis and treatment. And in this connection it is interesting to note that quite recently there have Been established and made available, in addition to the existing pathological laboratory, a fully-equipped bacteriological laboratory, and a department of X-rays and medical electricity. The classes at which lectures and demonstrations will be given will include medicine, surgery, and dental surgery, while practical courses have been arranged in connection with the pathological laboratory, the bacteriological and public health laboratory, and in the department of X-rays and medical electricity. The committee which has been set up in connection with these postgraduate classes, and _of which Dr. Champtaloup is organising secretary, ■will endeavour, as far as possible, to meet the special individual requirements of those attending the courses. The post-graduate course is quite a new departure as far as; New Zealand is concerned, and follow* on the lines adopted by some of the leading* medical schools at Home, where very full advantage is taken of the course by the medical profession. Those who purpose taking the post-graduate course at the Otago University must necessarily, of course, have graduated in medicine. Imitation Harris tweeds, 54in wide, in green mixtures, 'brown mixtures, and two shades of fancy grey, at 4s (5d a yard. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd.— Advt.