LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 121, 18 November 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

London advises that deferred cable messages to the United Kingdom are temporarily being posted from Gibraltar. The average delay is about eight days.

,A conscience-stricken person has forwarded the sum of £3 10s to the New Zealand High Commissioner. It will go to swell the Consolidated Revenue of the Dominion.

I The Wanganui Harbour Board proposes asking Parliamentary sanction to raise an additional loan of £150,000 for harbour improvement works. The board is also endeavouring to obtain delivery of the powerful dredge purchased some time ago, but which'could not be brought from England on account of war conditions. The names of three first-offending inebriates figured on the charge-sheet at the Magistrate 1* Court this morning:. They were dealt with in the usual way, anil a previous offender named John I'ry Was lined 10s. Robert Fitton, an articled seaman on the s.s. Port Alma, pleaded guilty to having disobeyed the lawful commands of the chief engineer. It appeared that accused had been offended at the refusal of the captain to advance him money. He was fined £2, and ordered to forfeit two days' wages, and to pay 7s costs. Ho was also warned that if ho offended in the game way again he would be severely dealt with.

Mr. George H. Redwood, of Woodville, who went to Gisborne to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, who had died from influenza, and contracted the disease himself, death occurring a day or two afterwards, waß widely known and respected throughout the Wellington and Hawkes Bay districts. Born in Blenheim 47 years ago, he was the third son of th« late Mr Charles Redwood. He was a brewer of long standing and high reputation, and an indefatigable worker as a member for many yeajg of the Woodville Borough Council. Mr. Redwood was a prominent member of the Catholic Church, and a representative of the Catholic Federation for his town. He leaves a widow and six children to mown their loss.

Mr. F V. Frazer, S.M., opened an inquest yesterday afternoon on the body of a child named John William Le Comte, aged three years, who died from injuries received through being run over by a breadcart in Adelaide-road on sth November, and died on Saturday. Reginald Arthur Newton, the driver of the cart, said he was driving his cart in a northerly direction on the proper side along Adelaide-road. When opposite Douglas-street three children, apparently chasing one another, ran rapidly down Douglas-street, without looking to the right or the left. He immediately applied the brakes, but was unable to avoid running over the little boy The child was picked up at once, ana taken by a passing motor to the Hospital. Owing to other witnesses concerned being laid up with the influenza, the inquiry had to bo adjourned till a date yet to be fixed.

Theatrical folk have been more or less hard hit by the precautionary measures necessary to combat the spread of the influenza epidemic. This by reason of the fact that in every contract between managers and artists there is a clause absolving the former from any" responsibility should theatres be closed on account of an epidemic. Thus with the closing, of the theatres salaries automatically cease. Apart from the vaudeville business, there are few touring companies in New Zealand at present, but one of these is the J. and N. Tail "Peg o' My Heart" Company, which was to have opened in Wellington this week. Of this combination Miss Sara Allgood, Mr. Gerald Henson, and Mr. Maurice Ralph (manager) are vifitim* of the ruling malady. Included amongst other professional people whose arrangements have had to be cancelled is Mr. Alexander Watson, the English elocutionist

The Governor-General (the Earl of Liverpool) has received the following cablegram from the Governor-General of Canada (the Duke of Devonshire): — "The Government and people of Canada desire to, associate themselves with their fellow-subjects in New Zealand in celebrating the glorious triumph of the Allied armies over the foes who attempted to destroy the liberties of the world. They trust that the future may have in store many blessings for New Zealand, and that her gallant sons may prove as proficient in the arts of peace as they have shown themselves distinguished in arms." Lord Liverpool replied as follows on behalf of the Dominion:— "New Zealand thanks you for your cordial message. This Dominion heartily reciprocates your good wishes for the future, and feels convinced that as the peoples of the Old Country and the younger dominions have successfully faced the difficulties of the past four years they will be equally competent to deal with the problems of reconstruction which lie before them."

The following reference to Territorial service by Class C 2 men appears in District Orders, just published: —The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., in the matter of the rendering of personal service under the Defence Act, 1909, as Territorials, by men who have been drawn in the ballot and classed C 2. The Supreme Court has held that all men have a double status by being both members of the Expeditionary Force and membere of the Territorial Force, and that whilst not actually serving in the Expeditionary Force a man is bound to perform his duties in the ordinary course as a member of/the Territorial Force. This decision,not only affects reservists classified' C 2, but will also affect sine die adjournments and all other decisions affecting the status of a member of the Expeditionary Force who is hot actually serving in regard to his services as a member" of the Territorial Force. Men d the Territorial Force who are members of the Expeditionary Force, and not actually serving in the Expeditionary Force, should therefore be called irpon to render personal services required of them under the Defence Act as members of the Territorial Force.

The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Jjuke) desires to acknowledge receipt of the following donations for the Fire Belief Fund: C.W.Gr., 10s; Haydon and Lubranskv, £2 11s.

The Aitutaki (Cook Wands) correspondent of the Auckland Herald, writing under date 24th October, rtates that upwards of 3000 cases of oranges are stored in the wharf sheds at Aitutaki awaiting shipment by the steamer Flora. lie space on the steamer is limited to that quantity, although thousands of cases would be available if there was a larger steamer. The surplus will now rot, as no further steamer will be available. Thousands of cases of pineapples will probably be wasted, also for want of shipping facilities. The schooner Toafa Haamia called at Aitutaki some weeks ago- and loaded about 35 tonß of copra, out of the 300 tons lying there, for Tahiti, where the cargo will be transhipped to San Francisco.