LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 87, 9 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Governor-General, Viscount Jelli-t coe, will present the prizes won at the Sunday School examinations. The prizegiving ceremony takes place on Friday night.

Mr. G. W. Barthrop, accountant in the head office of the Government Insurance Department, has been appointedl secretary to th» Department.

"One thing the Bolsheviks do not want is that people should own their own houses. As 6oon as a man owna property he csases to be a Bolshevik if he is already one; if not, he never becomes a Bolshevik."—Councillor Luckie at th» City Council yesterday afternoon.

Dr. 0. E. Adams, Government As< tronomer, has been appointed Government Seismologist.-

A gold medal is presented annually by Mr. L. J. Brabin, of Wellington, for the best work in all the classes in the students' competition held in con-> nection with the annual exhibition, of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. This year the medal has been awarded to Mass Evelyn Poison, of the Chrigtchurch School of Art. The judge* regard hsi drawing of "An Old Man's Head" as one of the finest examples of students' work yet shown in Wellington.

In order that goods may be sent straight through from Wellington to a station in the South Island, it is neces* sary, according to Mr J. B. Hamilton (Awarua), that they should first be taken to Petone or some station up the line., Mr. Hamilton asked in the House of Representatives on Wednesday if the Prime Minister would arrange that through, booking should be possible without this.; The Prime Minister said he would consult the General Manager of Railways and see if this could be arranged.

"I want," said the Hon. D. H. Guthrie (Minister for Lands) in the House of Representatives last evening, "to pay a tribute to the people of the Wairarapa, especially those who have given their time and abilities in assisting the settlement of the soldiers in their district. It shows that this district is not being neglected as far as the soldiers are concerned. The Wellington Land District, which is situated to Wairarapa, stands out as the one which ha? done more for, the settlement of soldiers than any in! New Zealand."

"I believe I speak for the members of both sides of the House," said Mr. L. -.x. Isitt last night, "when I say that whether the policy of the Government in regard to the settlement of soldiers has been right or wrong the Minister for Lands (the Hon. D. H. Guthrie) has always been anxious to do his best, andi has shown every courtesy to those who have approached him. I say this irrespective of what I might think of the Government's policy. Mr. Guthrie is a man who has been intensely anxious to do his duty."'

Notification was received by the Makara County Council yesterday from the Johnsonville School Committee accepting the condition.- on which the county was prepared to transfer to the Wellington Education Board the portion of the road required for the erection of a swimming pond for the Johnsonville School children. The committee undertook to taka any action necessary to ensure the purity, of the water, but as the proposed works were on land under, the control of the county, it was necessary to have th« council's permission to make improvements. This was granted.

A loan exhibition of works by the lat»; J. M. Nairn is to be h«ld in the Art Gallery, Whitmore-street, for a week o» ten days from Monday, the 18th. inst. The object of the exhibition, -which ■will be open to the public free of charge, ifl to promote art education in Wellington.; Public-spirited citizens who are fortunate enough to possess examples- of the late artist's work are invited to lendl them for the occasion. The pictures may be delivered at the Art Gallery on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 12th. and 1 13th. inst., or if the owners will communicate with the secretary, Mr. H. M. Gore, they can be collected from th» owners' houses on those dates;

"You must go to drill: The law eaj« you must, and there is no reason wlw| you. should not go. You are fined £5, and costs. You were fined before, and now you will be fined £5, aild oosts. It may pay you better to attend drill."— Mr. F. X- Hunt* S.M., on the case of a' young man named D. Ryan wSd was charged at the Magistrate's Court yesterday with having failed to attend drill. With the same- object in view, his Warship imposed a fine of £5 on \V. Mulholland, J. Mulholland, and A. Hislop. D. T. A. Burt pleaded guilty to having failed 1 to attend parade. He was convicted,and ordered to pay 7s costs. T. Petera and E. P. Carter were -each fined 10s, : with 7s coats, and B. Williamson, who had failed to register, was fined 10s, with' 7s oosts.

"The Use of Maps in Peace and War*' formed the subject of a highly interest" ing lecture delivered by LieutenantColonel E. B. Smythe, D.5.0., before members of the Wellington United Seri ■rice Officers' Club, at the Drill Hal], Buckle-street, last evening. The lectures emphasised the vital necessity of having good maps, and pointed out that if the British Forces had had better maps many lives would have been saved on! Galhpoli. The exhibition of maps from various parts of the world was a feature of the lecture. These revealed different characteristics, which repaid study from a military point of view. Map-making, like most things, had a gradual development. Towards the end of the war the stage was reached that aeroplane phographs almost supplanted maps for minor tactical operations. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer for his exceedingly "able address.

The following motion was passed byi the Makara County Council yesterday : —"That in order to enable the council to purchase the necessary road-making machinery for general improvement, of the main road, the council submit to tha ratepayers of the Porirua Riding at thai forthcoming general election of councillors a proposal to borrow the sum of £5000."

The annual meeting of the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be held at the offices of the society, 105, Customhouse-quay, at $ p.m. on Tuesday next.