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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 63, 11 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL ♦ Six classes of the Budget Estimates were passed by the Kosse of Representatives last evening. The House was in good working mood, and though there was ample discussion on many items there was no desire abroad to hold up the passage of the Estimates. The House will continue to deal with the other I classes next week when sittings resume.l Trentham Camp will not be open to the general public to-morrow, nor until further notice. The military authorities give this intimation in order that intending visitors may not be disappointed. The reason for the delay in. obtaining automatic telephones, said the Post-master-General (Sir Joseph Ward), in th© House of Representatives last night, was that before the war they were made at Antwerp, and afterwards machinery was set vp y in Britain to do the work. But it became necessary to turn those factories into munition worke for Britain ' and her Allies, and the supplies of telephones had had to stand over A very high opinion of the Hansard staff was expressed by Mr. T. M. Wilford in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon, when the Estimates were being discussed. Mr. Wilford had noticed that there was not one etandard scale of remuneration for the official reporters, and wanted to know how the differentiation came about. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Wilford stated that he had delivered a 'speech on the Budget which lasted an hour, and that same day he had received a proof of it, which he was able to return to the Hansard supervisor that night. "I do not know who reported tie speech," remarked Mr. Wilford, "but I guarantee that in no Parliament in the" world could a speech have been reported better." 'The Minister (Mr. W. D. S. Macdonald) explained that one of the Hansard reforters had died, and a committee clerk ad taken bis place. The new Hansard reporter had not commenced at such a high rate as those who had been some years making cryptic signs on paper. An amendment to the Workers' Compensation Act was proposed by the Executive Council of the Seamen's Union at its recent session to provide that, where seamen are engaged in New Zealand and in the course of the voyage the' ship is lost, the dependents of those losing their lives shall be entitled to claim compensation from the owners of the ship, irrespective of where the owner or owners may be domiciled at the time of the engagement. This is designed to meet cases such as that of the dredge Manchester, which was lost with all hands after leaving Wellington for Sydney on 6th April, 1912. It was stated that the dependent* of members of the crew did not come within the scope of the Workers' Compensation Act because the vessel was owned by the Sydney Harbour Trust, domiciled outside New Zealand, having been purchased from the Lyttelton Harbour Board. The crew signed on at Lyttelton, and, their dependents resided in New Zealand, so that they could not claim under the New ' South Wales law, which says that dependents to receive compensation mustbe domiciled in that" State. ( A complaint has been received from a correspondent at Johnsonville in refer.ence to the administration of the Town Board by-law regulating the driving of stock through the township. The writer states that the local drovers do not observe the by-law, and that they drive stock at any hour which suits their convenience, no exception being made even on Sundays in that respect. Enquiry has been made of the cleric to the Town Board and Commissioner May, who gave an emphatic contradiction to the statements in the letter. The prohibited hours, according to the by-law, during which stock cannot be dnven through the township, so as not to interfere with the children going to and returning from school, are 8 to 10 a.m., 12 noon to 2 pan., and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays ihe prohibited hours extend from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Commissioner May states that several applicatipns have been made to the Town Board for permission to drive stock through the township during the prohibited hours, but in all cases they have been refused. For the past twelve months there have been no breaches of the by-law, and the Town Board intends to take proceedings for any infringement brought directly under its notice. Reports on fruit prospects in the Wellington, Hawkes Bay, and MarlborougU districts are satisfactory. Plum, pear, apricot, and peaches axe in full bloom in the Marlborough. and Hastings districts. So far as Wellington is concerned, the Horticultural Division reports : "Apples showing a very fair crop of fruit buds, so also are apricots- and cherries. Gooseberries, good crop anticipated. Lemons, the few grown look well. Peaches, email. Pears, many varieties out in blossom and big crops expected. Plums (Japanese) out in bloom, look well. Strawberries, only a few plants here and there. Tomatoes, young plants in boxes look well ; anticipate large planting this season. Oil spraying about over. The spraying for mildew and spot is about to begin." In February, 1914, Mr. S. L. King, together with two Government guides, Thomson and Richmond, was killed while making an ascent of Mount Cook. By last mail Mr. B. M. Wilson, general manager of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, received a letter from Mr. King's brother stating that he has handed to the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London a cheque for £200 for the purpose of making provision for the families of the two guides. The money is to be handed to the Public Trustee, Wellington, for him to apply in such manner as he thinks fit. Commissioner Hodder, head of the Salvation Army in the Dominion, was for some years in charge of the Army's operations in Japan, aad will deliver a lecture in the Vivian -street Citadel on Monday evening, on " Japan : Its People and Customs." The Commissioner gives some interesting sidelights on Japan's loyalty to Britain, also of the army and navy. The Commissioner will be accompanied bjr Mrs. Hodder and his four daughters in Japanese drees, and a very interesting exhibition of curios will be shown. The Mayores (Mrs. J. P. Luke) will preside. Whilst in the act of jumping, a ditch at the Trentham Camp last evening, Trooper - Collins, aged about 21 years, j misjudged its width, and in falling .broke ' his right leg below the knee. He was I conveyed to the Wellington Hospital last ! night. Another smart novelty at Kirkcaldie's : The latest Swathe Hip Belts, in rcih tartan effects, on all the newest coloured grounds. Sterling value at 10s 6d. You should certainly see these belts. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd. — Advt. "Roslyn"' has a reputation as a goodwear line. Come and inspect our Roslyn. trousoß (worsted) at 16b 6d. Geo.