LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 15, 18 July 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The conference of North Island Hos-pital-Boards,- held in Wellington yesterday to consider the proposal of the Health Department that the boards should take over'the control of the Otaki and Fukeora Sanatoria for persons suffer-' ing from tuberculosis, passed.'a resolution, by 18 votes to 5, disapproving of the proposal. ' „.'..■'

A. handsome shield has been presented by Mr. R.. A. Nichol : 'for annual competition between.Manawatu district public schools foi- the best school garden, the shield to be known as, the "R. A. Nichol Garden.Shield.'" The-Wellington Education Board, in thanking Mr. Nichol for the generous .offer; decided,,subject to the approval of the donor, that the district should b e between Ngaio and Tokomaru, including both these schools and the schools in- the locality. ,■ :. .'".A 'statesmanlike settlement of a difficult position" is-sought .by, seventeen settlers, on the •Puahue Soldier Settlement in a petition presented to the Government. They ask for relief and suggest that;certain, legislation that has been foreshadowed shall, be on broad and generous lines. . Their principal demands are the remission of back rent upto July, 1923, and revaluation of the capital value of their sections arid improvements to conform with to-day's values, 'allowing for the cost in labour and money "expended by the holders. The petitioners state that.-they will.not.be able, to,carry on unless Jthey are afforded relief': "Boom prices,", they state, "and labour expended , and paid ; for have made improvements a greater burden on us^than any commission, however sympathetic, or layman can possibly gauge without a previous knowledge of the condition of each and every section when originally taken UP-" ... . ,- .:•• . .• , '

. A question. in reference to sub'divi!sion of land at Palmerston. North was addresseil to the Prime Minister. y&ster r day, in the House of Representatives, by Mr. J. A. Nash. (Palmerstbii/North)', .who pub liis query in view of the fact that l people might want to build on tlie land with the assistance of the State- Advancas Office. There was, he said, a Mock of thirty acres, at Palmerston North owned by the Government. It had been acquired some twenty years ago for workers' homes, of which 120 had already been built. He jivarited to know" whether the remainder of the block was to be subdivided soon. as.other people might want to build there.. The Prime Minister replied that he would be glad' to make use of the land as time went on, but the necessary arrangements would first of all have to be made to permit of it being sold- He had no objection to the land being sold to bona fide purchasers, but he would not permit any dealings by speculators. ■■...'

At -their annual house dinner in Melbourne recently the commercial . travellers said,a number of appropriately nice tilings about then* guests, who responded with-ii-few nice (things in return. The Prime Minister (Mr. S. M. Bruce) said that having lived-l,is life amongst tlie I'bpys oi. the road," he knew and understood them, and realised that had lie continued exclusively in business he would, in time, have become as "cunningand as alert as they were. As it was, he learned a little r about politics, and-in reply, to the president's remark _£hat the G.T.A.. had no politics, his advice was:' "Continue to. have none." It was interes'.Vng, ..although not always easy, to secure, others' frank opinions about one-s self. Once a boy in America rushed into a store and asked permission to use the i.'phone.. The.storekeeper demurred at first, but hearing that a job was vacant and hadn't 'time to get. to. the place before applications closed, he let him use it. . Tlie boy rang up. He ask-.e.d-if there wasn't a job vacant at .the. office. "No," .cam.c tlie reply. '-'Are you sure?" persisted the. boy."' "Yes," came the, answer. "But aren't you 'dissatisfied with jour present office boy?" asked the ringer. . "No; we're ' qjiite satisfied." "But won't yon take my name in case you get . dissatisfied-?"' pleade.il the boy. "No," came the snappy reply, "we, hay« an office- boy;he s P- very good, office boy, 'and we are not .at. all likely to want to. change- him. King off, please." The boy rang off "l);naj)poinl;«l. sonny?" askad the sym-piilhet-ie storekeeper. "Disappointed! li— 1, no, 1' replied the boy; "that's my doss ; I wauled to know what ho tßought s)I me.". ' °

The Postal authorities ' have received advice front Suva, that the Makura left Oa" we-afternoon of the. 16th-iustant for Auckland.. Sho carries 554 bags of -mails and parcel receptacles for Welling-

_ During the course of a case before Mr. i. K. Hunt, S.M., at tlie. Magistrate's Court, reference was made by Mr. J. Meltzer to the recent decision of the Hutt County Council preventing three- *?" trucks going over the Paekakariki Hill. Mr. .Meltzer stated that this had had the effect already of .driving several carriers out of business, with serious consequence to them. ■■

The. annual pruning demonstration at the Horticulture Society's Kosery in the /oo will be taking place on Saturday afternoon. As it. is on skilful and judicious pruning the result of the year's labour depends—a sliapely tree and a crop of good; flowei-H, with size and substance—all who wish to excel in growing the "Queen of Flowers" should be present Jlembei-s of the society will be admitted free to the grounds on this occasion,, and.are also entitled to the rose cuttings after the demonstration.

The chairman of-the Wellington Hospital Board, Mr. F. Castle, who . preside^ at the conference of North Island Hospital Boards, yesterday, was one of the few board delegates who favoured the proposal of the Health Department that the boards, should take over the Otaki and. Pukeora Sanatoria. , Mr. Castle s approval was, however, conditional. He moved:, "That the delegates present are prepared to recommend their boards to approve of the proposal to hand over the Otaki and Pukeora Sanatoria ■; to. the .control of the boards as soon as the.subsidy question is settled, and .provided the. biiildings are handed; over in a, satisfactory condition.". Mr.' Castle's amendment was negatived.

■ The • fortnightly meeting 'of the S.P.C.A.. was held on Monday,., when | Mr. E. M'eadowcroft presided. It was [resolved: "That the Wellington Society regrets to read the account of what hapJ??n?& recently aj the Auckland municipal lethal chamber, and suggests that the Auckland City Council get into immediate touch with the Wellipgton municipal authorities • with a view to securing the- services of one of. the Wellington assistants to. demoriatr3.te in Auckland tile humane and efficient working of a | lethal chamber,- which works quite satisfactorily in Wellington." It was.reported that several cases of. alleged cruelty had been investigated by the inspector since the previous •• meeting, and in several instances relief had been given to suffering animals. The committee placed on record its appreciation of the generous action of Mr. T. T. Hugo in again donating £5 to provide prizes for the annual essay competition. Subscriptions arid donations amounting to;£l6l6s were acknowledged, and these uipluded £5 5s from Mrs. M. S.,Martin £2 2s from Messrs. , Kirkcaldie and Mains. £1 Is each from Messrs. W. D. Hunt, J O'Donovan, Levin' "and Co., £1 from Mrs. P. Palliser, and £1 2s 6d from the staff of the National Mutual Life Association.

A dinner was g"iven the retiring Commissioner of the Government Life and Accident Insurance (Mr. J. H. Eichardsqn, .C.M.G.) at the Empire Hotel -" lain.' .evening. There, was a very large gath'enng -of representatives' of -the' insurance fraternity, over whom Mr. C. A Richardson, of the-Mutual Life and Citizeiis' Company, presided. :In hi§ address, the president referred to the long association of 'the guest'of the evening with Government Insurance. : Mr. Hicbardson had. entered the Department in 1b74, and had been, engaged in insurance* •work over fifty yearg. , His promotion nad been particularly rapid, and. the Government Insurance;, Department was a monument to his connection with it the funds showing whaf-strides had been made. When Mr. Richardson had iT^ n Cn O nntrO^: tbe funds>ad totalled £1,500,000. Now they were £6,000 000 The president then presented Mv Richardson with' a gold watch from those-present: . In replying, Mr. 'Kichardson said he had beeii Commissioner for ,tlm-ty-three years, and iW as within a year of -fifty years of service when he retired. He did not know whether he deserved-the: nice things that had been said, about, him, and. he regretted that he would lose.many friends by his retirement. He thought the: very best feel-' ings had always; ruled, between them' Several other toasts, were, honoured, aria the-gathering closed with "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." ! .

In. a judgment..delivered at tho 'SuJ pi-cmc Court yesterday, IMr. Justice Salmond deluied to allow the appeal o f Kegmald John Davis against his conviction under section 4 of the -Gaming' Act, 1908, relative to,the keeping of ; f common gaming house. The first ground of appeal, said hi s Honour, was that the conviction was defective as not setting out., any offence. The information charged the appellant with bavinffnff * T?^' 1 C i bari 6i'■ the O^identai Hotel m ; Wellmgtou for the .purpose of gaming, contrary to. the statute m such cases made and provided. V , It was correcetly _said by the appellant; that that was not an offence known to the law Ihe respondent, the Crown, replied that the charge,, though,-in form irregular was m substance one.of. keeping a common Vaming house, and was so under stood and . dealt i with at the trial by both parties and by the Magistrate.. His Honour held- that the objeciion entered by Hie appellant to,the. form of the information could not succeed. ariS he proceeded to deal with the general merits of the cas.e. Al ter : reviewing .'these »i spme . pngth, his Honour held that the conviction of. the appellant wa> correct! and the appeal-was dismissed with costs amounting to £JO 10s. At the hearing Hr._3l. .Myers, X.C.. with him Mr. H appearedfor the appellant', and the Crown, was represented by air. i if. ,£,. p.. Maciißsey.

A. deputiit-ipu from . the Kilb'irnie bcliopl Committee, introduced by Mr J t J Clark,. appeared before the Wellington^ Education Board to-day to protest against the inadequacy of ,the grant to .schools,, in particuki-, the- -Kilbinue' bcnqol./ Speakers , submitted that the grant m thiq respect had not been nearly sufficient for the' enlarged school The committee had gone to the bad in two years to the extent of over £40 School committees should have sufficient funds to enable the. school to be kept clean' The- sum of between £700 and £800 raised by subscription in the last two or three years had all been spent oh the school. .Ihey could not naii-y on without these funds raised by entertainments and voluntary subscriptions.' " The' : iet ing-chairman suggested that, the ' School Committees 1 Association should confirm the general request, and .. the board might make the very strongest representation to-th e Government. , Other members of the board expressed sympathy ■with-the deputation and Bddcd'coi'finJ^ atovy examples .of .the -inadequacy of orur ] eV' r% dcci, aed; 'i n a" ™li°> ■f. Sr-fV 0 P]^c tho case before the Minister, of Education to-night a statement sho-.vcd that at 28th Fobrunrythe incidental expenses accounts of e'iaht school committees were overdrawn to the extent of £1294 10s; This amount , hqmdated only by means. of moneyraised lo'cplly by the committees con- 1 corned, and, being expended in this wav was.thoreby excluded from bearing' tlie £1 for.£l sub Sl dy, as otherwise mM,t have been the case. . ,-.."• °

•E«gai;dmg the suggestion fliat Uiename of Courte.nay place should be changed -i coiTespondent ("Worker") recommends that it be. called "Scddon Square," as "an inspiration and encouragement to every worker."

A frank admission was made by the Director-General of Health, Dr. 1\ A. Vahntuie, at a conference of North- Is"limd Hpspital ; Boards yesterday that the Uepurtroent. could not administer such institutions as the Otaki and Pukeora banatona. as economically as could the hospital boards. '

Ons of the Departments to take'seriously the recommendations of the Economy Committee in regard to brevity of Parliamentary reports is the. Pensions Branch which submitted, in its annual reporo to Parliament a' collection of figures with the briefest of connecting links: J-Ue^ principal statistics had "already been published, in the Budget. ..Members did not follow the -departmental lead, for their discussion of the report—which ■they did not see until it was received— lasted during* tlie whole of yesterday afternoon. .'■ .• • ■ . .

A quantity pf salvaged cargo and material from the Wiltshire was brought to Auckland by the scow Kgahua on" Saturday. Included in tlie'scow's cargo ■were the--Wiltshire's., eight, propeller blades and two of the ship's lifeboats,as well as a reel of.' mooring wire, a condenser, .copper tubing,.. and other material.- The salvaged cargo 'consists' of fencing wire/galvanised iron, paint, cotton .waste, bars, of pig irpn, and various other items of general merchandise. -Lne eight, propeller, blades,, which are of bronze, are the most valuable items salvaged frbm ; the .wreck,for some time, itates the ".New Zealand Herald." '

, A- little incident that might be pondered with'advantage by packers-of tireserved fruits and meats wasrolatedlby Mr. Marks,: in the Federal House .of Representatives on aVr.ecent afternoon. The incident; in the first" piace,. sayfl tha 'Age," was related.to Mi-. Marks during his visit-to the East/by, a; merchant in China. This merchant, .it appeared, had. a stack of Australian tinned foods, and;a customer asked him for-some preserved., peaches., : ..A., tin . of. Australian peaches was promptly handed -to the customer, who glanced at the label and even more promptly.handed tlfe tin.back w the merchant with the comment. "I dont want parrot." It happened that the brand of the peaches, was named' after a species of Australian bird; which was represented:, on Xthe--label. Mr Marks suggested that cawners'should use JuTjeis £o rep'res'enV the fruit Tfiiiae "the tins. , ■■.'..'■ ■ ■ ■

A delegate of the. Auckland Hospital Board at the conference of the North Island Hospital Boards yesterday drew attention to, the case of an Jndian who arrived some months ago at Auckland .and; was subsequently found, to he suffering from tuberculosis.. . The speaker added that he had also heard of "other similar cases. He asked the Assistant Diisßctoi-.pf.Health.,if he considered tße regulations'ware sfringent enough? Dr. Frengley .replied that, iiL consequence of. complaints received ' frbm hospital boards, the .Health. Department had taken steps in respect to the admission of pers.ons suffering, from. tuberculosis. .There had jbesn no complaints during the past six/month's. The .greatest care was: now taken by the High. Commissioner's Umce. There was, however,.the risk of persons coming -here, for health-reasons, who; wel . e .suffering from y le llla i adv .j v its early stages. The question'of whether .our. „ immigration law required amendment was'now under consideration. .■■;.■■■

..The affairs, of the. Taranaki (N.Z.) Oil Wells, Limited, have been wound up, f.W.M r.- E. Gil.moui- who has acted as liquidator, has.been engaged recently in distributing' the!-proceeds of the assets of the. company, .which represented 3d per shave. Mr. Gihriour's position has not been by any nieans an enviable one, but it has had'its humorous side, as evidenced ■ by..'many of .the- notes which.; have •■been-" attached to-'the "receipU/ states the "Taranaki Herald." The following ,are a ;few:—"May: my money quake m the oil hole. The Lord loveth. a.;, cheerful giver. I am not one." Xw«ve years' wait and then. 3d- in „7?- :• '■■-■■ T' can i'-■you spare it?" Uive it. to the hospital.", "Give the JLS-A. jm X ;_,ls. 6d."_ "A M '» d' Ms money parteth. I was "the Too." ~\ lady shareholder wrote: "To the direcOil., Wells,—Dear Sirs: .After all tlie anxiety and! worry you have been occasioned I. do.hpt feel justified in accept-' «f\ • e"or, mous ".niouiit you- offer me (6d), so will.be pleased if you will do me the honour of accepting, it either to he iE?nt_jn. a. JQy. L ride_.pr..it._may..h£lp... id pay exes in ,bormg for another successful oil well .in. Tarunaki:, Can supply a few empty tins for surplus oil.—P.S : Better,'stick to.'cowa."- '. .-'■;.- .'■" '■■■■■;-

v.Sandon. is the, biggest township,' and Sanson the smallest Village in the world, -states .the ."Manawatu Daily, limes. The question is frequently ?.™, c, ' even more, often pondered: .Why is evsry-farm in the Manawatu within many miles'of the village of Sanson deseribed.Jn.al^.suryey. documents and Crown-grants as being within the .^ n5L es.orthe;townshi E s_oLSaMffli and Carnarvon? livery newcomer marvels that larrns of £0 acres up to 10C0-are witlun the township, The explanation is given- by an old settler "of Sanson, who says-that in the old days a Small Hutt with the object of settling.the new district, which they named "Sandon, and this must not. be confused with;gan S on, tlie_ small village m its midst.' This- association .pqc.upied. lands lying between the sea and somewhere opposite Kimboltoij say,. 25 miles long!. L 4.t that tlmf- *«* ?vere floating afound thousands of official documents in the form ofscnp which entitled" every ex-soldier to select 60 acres of unoccupied land anv-. -wl>?l:9 .except within the. boundaries, of • a fownsEip. In the.then condition of in e\y Zealand society, unthriftyl habits were.the prerogative of .the., soldier,-; w that these Crown grants could be' bought for a suit of clothes or: a bottle of beer, »!}d the majority D fi;hem-were--parted *ith in. Uiis. manner, r to,, speculators, whose profession .brought, them into close' contact .with .these .unfortunates. To circumvent -and' exclude this undesirable class-of.speculators from the new model' settlement the whole block was, "at the request of these pioneer settlers.- constitututed and gazetted "a.township.'? -It may also be observed, that the village-tif Sanson, _ excepting, only in official docurrents, is invariably called Sandon. the .whole settlement was named 'after the Jinglish_ distnct of Sandon from which' many pf the pioneer, settlers came; The Milage was named,after.Jlr. Henry Santh«* ,m ?r 75?"°"?- of- t]le Prigwators- of ts fir? l al- m settl «nent scheme, and % I C hßlrm^-: Now. his j, identity ■v.d memory,. are lost in the confusion ofW -t?? 1-118 f^'° m ihe ;<=»'cra«tance S - heie.told m print for the• Brst- time •'