LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 72, 27 March 1922, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

As the result of a further conference ■with representatives of the Arawa tribe a settlement of the Native claims to ownership of the beds of the Rotorua Lakes have been settled. At the final conference the Prime Minister and Sir Francis Bell represented the Government, and the Arawas were represented by the Hon. A. T. Ngatt, M.P., and Messrs. F. Earle, K.C.,. and R. L. Levin. Details of the terms of th& settlement are not yet available for publication.' The Recha.bite Order, the New Zealand Jubilee of which will he celebrated in Wellington next month, claims to be the third largest friendly society in the British Empire, numbering nearly one and a-half million of members. v In delivering their finding on Saturday in regard to the Maori-Zita collision, the Nautical Court—Mr. F. K. Hunt, S M., and Captains J. Broadhouse and G. W. Airey—added , the following "rider :— "Further, the Court commends ior the consideration of owners of fast pissen^a' i ships the desirability of a :".ie being made: 'That the officer on watch, on being relieved at night time, cites not leave the bridge until five minutus after his relief.' The relieving officer will then have an opportunity to enable his sight to become accustomed to the 'livkiiess." A charge of haviag assaulted' n China'riian named On Lee was preferred against a man named Douglas Kells, ■who appeared' before '.Mr, F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court last week. Sub-Inspector M'Namara appeared for the police, and the accused was represented by Mr. A. B. Sievwright, who pleaded not guilty on his behalf. The assault is alleged to have been committed in Laery and Co's auction mart, and was stated by police witneeses to be unprovoked. Counsel for the defence said that Lee had a very disagreeable nature, and was constantly annoying ■ people. The .Magistrate convicted the ■ defendant and fined hiru £1 and £5 15s 6d costs. The danger of the shifting snr.Ss at! Farewell Spit was stressed during (he hearing of evidence at the Nantkal Inquiry regarding the recent straii'iinjj of the schooner Valmarie, anil, in delivering its finding on Saturday, ihe Court had something to'say unJer this iirad. The extract from the find:.i,» is as :o!---]ows:—"Further - ,—"Further, -he Co'itt desires that the attention of ihe Mr.nrie ,l,iepa"tm<'iit be drawn to the evidence given by Captains Walton and Schultzc as to the constant changing of the sands at the place, and that warning; should bo given to shipmasters sailing in this iceu'.'ifcy." From observations made during his visit of inspection to the Otira tunnel, the Minister of Public Works (Hon. J. G. Coates) states that, generally, the work is proceeding satisfactorily. He does not anticipate that he will have to alter his statement that the line through the tunnel will be in operation about the end of the present year. Regarding the proposed Tekapo power schemes, Mr. Coates states that as soon as the Power Board (when it is established) shows the power developed at Lake Tekapo can be supplied to consumers at si reasonable rate, a license to proceed will be issued. "Women should never forget whet they owe to Christianity," declared Bishop Whyte, of Dunedin, when preaching at St. Mary of ' the- Angela last night. In pre-Christian times*, said the Bishop, women were treated little better than slaves. . Even the philosophers, the most learned and polished men in Greece and Borne, regarded women as having no claim at all upon the reverence of men. Divorce was granted, and even the mc6t cultivated, men of the time had no scruples in putting away their wives, regarding them as below them in refinement, and having no claim at all on the-ir respect. But, Christianity changed all' that. The Apostles at first, and afterwards the Facers of the Church dwelt upon the equality of the sexes. Soon it became realised thnt women held the same important position in the sight of God' as men did. .By degrees it became, clear that all were to look upon women in her true light. It should not be for-. gotten, then, that women owed to Christianity t^hat improvement in their social position which they did not possess in pre-Christian times. A painful accident happened to Mr. J. J. Levvthwaite, of High-street, Petone, on Sunday evening. Mr.- Lewthwaite is an officer in the .Railway Signalling Department, and was assisting in a test of the new automatic signals, which were being brought into operation on the Wellington-Petone line yesterday. The test at^the Petone junction south of Petone had jusl been completed, and Mr. Lewthwaite and two others were returning, to Petone on a motor-driven "jigger " when, just at the level crossing, a collision occurred with another motor " jigger " which was proceeding south. Mr. Lewthwaite, who was seated at the rear of the " jigger," was thrown right over those in front of him, landing in the cattle-stops. He received a severe cut behind the right ear and abrasions on his face, besides severe bruisings on other parts .of his body. He was unconscious when picked up, and removed to his home, where he regained consciousness and received medical attention from Dr. Kerr-Hislop. The other members of both parties escaped with severe shakings.

The Dunedin City Council received 28 applications for the position of tramway engineer. It appointed Mr. C. W. Payne, oi Auckland, on sue months' trial. The steamer Dorset arrived at Auckland from Liverpool on Sunday with 262 immigrants, who are all in good health. They include 37 domestics and 18 weavers for the Kaiapoi, Roslyn, and Mosgiel mills. ' During the voyage a man named James Carter, died, and was buried at sea. The outstanding performance of the Petone fifth-class team last, season was the subject of complimentary remarks at the club's annual meeting. Mr. I. Goble, on behalf of the team, 1 presented the club with an enlarged photo, of the team, which had established such a wonderful record. Mr. Donovan", on behalf of the club, thanked Mr. Goble, and the members of the team for their' thoughtful action. He had no hesitation in saying that last year's fifth-eiass team was one of the greatest teams that had represented the club. The election of two delegates to iepresent the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Railway Officers' Institute at the Dominion Conference in May next resulted as follows:—M. J.'Forde, 221; F. E. Hunt, 181; C. W. E. Watson, IS6; A. N. Longlon, 140; A. S. Henderson, 67. Messrs. Ford c and Hunt will therefore represent the branch. The polling for' the position of secretary of the branch'wus as follows:—C. W. R. Watsfm 173 (re-elected), A. C. Thomson 115, T. Fitzgerald 76, A. I. Coleman 59. Mr. A. T. HaVi'ken acted aa returning officer.On the question whether the plaintiff in a compensation case was hurt at the time of an accident through holding on to a falling hatch cover, when it was about to drop into the hold, a witness, mate of the plaintiff's, who had pushed the cover to him, was asked in the Arbitration. Court to-day. whether the plaintiff had complained. "Did he say he was hurt?" asked the examining counsel. "Well," said the witness, a respectable young man, ' somewhat reluctantly, "he called me a- very nasty name," "We understand," put in a member of tlie court amid suppressed .laughter. "You need not repeat it." The witness aefded that tho plaintiff afterwards complained of pains in his chest. A woman named Susan M'Loughlin this morning made her seventy-seventh appearance at the Magistrate's Court, tin's time on a charge of being an incorrigible rogue. "This is a woman who goes from the street to the home and from the home to the street," said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M. "The best thing to do with her is to put her out of the way for a while." Here M'Loughlln entered a protest against being sent to the Saivation Army Home. "I don't like it at all," she Faid. "Very good," eaid the Magistrate. "I'll give you the maximum sentence the. law allows me. You oro (sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. It's the only thing I can do with you." Before the commencement of the hearing of the Wellington Waterside Workers' dispute the Arbitration Court today gave attention to a compensation case, H. Hyde v. The Blackball Coal Company, Ltd. For the plaintiff Mr. P. J. O'Regan explained that an ac^k dent happened to him while working in the defendant company's cargo steamship Ngahere, at Timaru, on 15th August last. The nlaintjff suffered heart strain through holding up a hatch cover, which, was canting- to fall into the hold. He had since besn totally disabled. Claim was made for a weekly payment of £2 6s 4d as from 25th August, 1921, to the.date of the liearinpr, and for. a reasonable lump sum in lieu of future weekly payments. ..The defence .was mainly a denial. One witness was Kcavd, to-day and .then the case was adjourned, It was resolved n t the last meeting of the New Zealand Automobile Union to communicate with the. Minister of Internal Affairs, asking him to incorporate in the Motor .Vehicles Bill a clause enforcing all trade motor lorries and vans to carry mirrors, as numerous complaints had been received lately from various sources, stating that the motor-lorry driver invariably drove in the middle of the road, and it seemed impossible for him to hear the horn of an approaching car. Attention .was. drawn to a recent judgment by the Lord Chief Justice in London against an appeal wherein a motor-lorry driver was convicted of obstruction, because, although the horn of the car was constantly ..sounded, the lorry-driver persisted in enjoying the best part of the roacir The Lord Chief Justice, in giving judgment, said that the lorry-driver laid himself open to conviction by the mere fact of travelling for half-a-mile without giving an opportunity for vehicles overtaking him to pass. The lorry-driver must know perfectly well that owing to the oncoming traffic it would be positively dangerous for vehicles to try and pass him on his off side while he kept to the crown of the road. ; Tho action of three members of the New Brighton Surf Club in refusing to compete as members of the Cnnterbury representative team for the Nelson Shield life-saving contests at tho New Zealand championship meeting in Wellington last month provoked a lively discussion at a meeting of Uie Canterbury Surf Association in Christchurcli last week. The members concerned had been selected for the Canterbury team, but instead had represented, their club at the contest, and New Brighton won the shield. The tlvlee members, in correspondence, gave reasons for their-action. During the course of a long discussion it waß emphasised that a principle was at stake, in that in sport it was recognised that when a person was selected to represent his province he must do so unless he lias a sound reason for refusing. It wiis resolved: "That the association does not consider the explanation offered by the three members satisfactory from a surfing standpoint to the association, and that they be censured for their action." 4.n amendment, that the members be suspended from the-date of the offence, was defeated; also a second amendment, that the association view with displeasure the action of the three members, and express regret for the lateness in the selection of the Canterbury team. Before the motion was'put the New Brighton Club delegates withdrew from the meeting. Do you like Zane Grey? Well, you should read his big new novel, ','To the Last Man." Our price ,6s copy, or posted 6s 6d. Why pay more? Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd.—Advt. 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