LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 118, 22 May 1925, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

St. Mark's Church begins its jubilee year to-day. St. Mark's was consecrated by Bishop Hadfield ou 21st May, 1876. .1 he Rev. F.. Sherriff was in charge for the first few months, and was succeeded as vicar by the Rev. R, Coffey, who remained as vicar for many years. At the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Ostler, yesterday, David Yokavitch (Mr. P. Jackson) was granted a divorce from Dorothy Yokavitch. on the grounds of' mutual separation over a period of three years. This morning the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) granted a decree to Hilda Ellen Nichols against Walter Samuel Nichols on the ground of separation due. to drunkenness, cruelty, and failure to maintain. According to. a report of Dr. D. M. Wilson, there were 1977 total attend, ances, against 1598 last year, in the XJ'fy department of Wellington Hospital. The want of a modern apparatus has been much felt," he adds, " but with .new diagnostic and therapeutic machines installed this year this department should be absolutely up to date except for floor, space and accessory rooms, which will be overcome with the erection of the new building, when the X-ray depart, ment will be housed in the present out. patients' department. 1' " The past year has been a heavy one for the bacteriological department at Wellington Hospital—3o,l94 examinations were made, compared with 26,170 last year. In this total there were 9334 swabs for diphtheria and 1184 sputa for tuberculosis examined. The total number of specimens examined is not a true in. dcx of the increase of the work. More elaborate biochemical examinations are now made, entailing. longer and more intricate examinations," states Dr. Wilson in a report to the Wellington Hospital Board. . " pathology department has at last been put upon a-sound basis, and has already justified the steps taken. We are under a debt of gratitude to i>r. Lynch for the amount of work he has done voluntarily," states Dr. Wilson m a report to the Wellington Hospital ■Board. ' During the recent epidemic! much work was done, bringing credit to the institution. This could not have been done had this department riot been organised. During the coming year this department should still further develop equi Id "Ie thOrOUghly and fi,AnxT ame!i dment in the regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, gazetted last night, provides that "officers of the Territorial Force transferred from one unit or corps to another unit or corps of the same arm of the service will retain their rank nnd seniority. If transferred to a different arm of the service, they will rank as junior of'their rank in the new unit or corps until •tney have passed the prescribed examination, after which they will resume their original seniority. If transferred trom the reserve of officers, or reappowted from the retired list to the active list, they will become junior to other officers of their own rank on the active list." « In an address on the importance' of quality m dairy produce, Mr.. W. M. bwgleton, Dairy Commissioner, said the number of farm dairy instructors working on a basis of co-operation between the Dairy Division and one or moro dairy companies is 30. -He had already a request in from an additional district for a farm dairy instructor for next season. Some districts have already had such a service for five years, and are still using these officers. The districts in which this service is operative include Hokianga, Hikurangi,.. Whangarei, and Maungatapere,- Northern Wairoa, Waikato, Taumarunui, Eltham, South Taraiiaki; Wanganui, Feilding, I almerston North, Levin, North Canterbury, Temuka, Otago,, and Southland, the South Island officers being connected almost entirely with butfier factories, lhe dairy companies served by farm dairy instructors .manufactured produce during last season which accounted for 43 per cent, of the total butterfat graded as butter and cheese. An explanation of the prevalence of borer in wooden buildings was made by Mr. A. Entrican, Engineer in Forest Products, of the Forestry Department, in the course of an address before members of the Wellington Master Builders Association last evening. "In fifty per cent, of cases in which decay is found in newly-erected buildings, say two or three years old," he said, "the insects responsible for the boring activities are in the timber when the building is_ erected." The presence of the borer in the timber before it. was used was largely due to uncleanliness and disorderliness in the timber yards. It was a very serious menace to the wooden house that timber yards were frequently found to be in an unsanitary condition —breeding-grounds for all the insects which preyed upon the building woods of the Dominion. Mr. Entrican stressed the seriousness of the matter, and appealed to builders to help in keeping th e borer down by seeing to the cleanliness of their yards. An unreasoning prejudice existed in New Zealand, declared Mr. A- R Eptrican, Engineer in Forest; Products, of the Forestry Department, addressing members of the Master Builders' Association last evening, against the kiln drying of timber. Ha could not understand where, the objection lay, for airdrying did- not, and could not, give the same results as kiln, drying. With the latter process the wood was dried to a point which could not bo attained with a hundred years of air drying, and nothing but kiln-drying could give perfect satisfaction in the seasoning of timber for interior finishing, 'furniture, floors, etc. The lecturer gave ;a detailed explanation of the methods of constructing kilns, and recommended the master builders present to install kilns. •The Forest Service, he said, was erecting a small kiln in Auckland, and he had to install others elsewhere. He stressed, however, that kiln drying was a science, and that it could not be carried out by, "any fool of a workman." The Department would soon be able to give. practical advice to those who were contemplating the erection of plant. An unenviable experience is narrated by the owner (Mr. Mark Jurakovich) of the registered auxiliary fishing boat Marsden No. 156, states a Press Association message, from Whangarei.- In company with.his son Frank and a mate, Frank Glueina, he was fishing off Poor Knight's Island in 40 fathoms at 10.30 on Monday night when the vessel swung on to a submerged rock and was badly holed. By dint of continuous baling for two hours and a half the craft was kept afloat until it was manoeuvred into six fathoms in a comparatively sheltered position, where she dived nose first' to the bottom. Leaving at 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday in a fourteen feet dinghy, tjie three men set out for Ngunguru, on the. mainland, twenty-five miles distant. The journey occupied nineteen .hours and involved strenuous rowing the whole time in the teeth of a strong south-west wind, with a heavy sea running. 1 The Marsden, which sails from One Tree Point', near lhe entrance of Whangarei Harbour, is thirty-four feet by ten' with- two tons of ballast, and is valued at £300. There is no insurance. She had over a ton of fish aboard at the time she foundered. Efforts to refloat her will probably be made when circumstances are favourable. The shipwrecked party came overland (» Whaajwei from Isgunguru on Wedcwsay aiterjißoa. ■ ''

The Appeal Board for the year 1925 set up to hear appeals in connection with tho grading of primary-School teachers ia constituted as follows:—Mr. A. D. Thompson (chairman), Mr. F. H. Bakewell (representing the Education Department) and one of the following is representative of teachers:—Messrs. C. G. Ascheman, B. N. T . Blake, R. E. Hunter, or N. H. S. Law. A further nomination in connection with the election of members to fill vacancies on the Dairy Produce Export Control Board was received after the time for the closing of nominations, and it was therefore not in order. It is possible that not all the nominees will actually take part in tho poll, for it is understood certain of them will stand down; at any rate, a move is on foot •with the object of fining down the number of candidates by inducing them to withdraw. The _ law requires the names of all the nominees to appear on the voting paper, and it will be necessary for, the withdrawing candidates to nqtify their action by advertisement. "I don't know whether I shall be able to help you during the coming session, because you know that Labour legislation is very difficult, and-I think- that the legislation you already have is exceedingly good," remarked the Minister of Labour (the Hon. G. J. Anderson) to a shop assistants' deputation, which last night suggested that he should have passed an,amendment of the law providing for a 4-i.hour week. "I have other Bills,' proceeded the Minister, "which I think are of more importance than this particular Bill regarding hours, and I intend to push them rather than this one you mention." Mr. A. W. Croskery, the union secretary, said the New Zealand Shops and Offices Act was "miles behind similar Acts in other parts." A voice:, "Especially Australia." The Minister: "I think ours is a very good Act. "Australia loses it," remarked a member of the deputation. "I am very much astonished if that is so," replied Mr. Anderson, The member of the deputation quoted Queensland and South Australia as his examples, but the Min-1 ister made no further comment. Mr Croskery said that the talk about a late shipping night being necessary was all a bogey. The Minister; "When it is proved that a late night is not required I have no doubt that the people will see that there is not one, but I am advised by a very large number of people that it is necessary in the interests of the workers. ' Mr. Croskerry: "We represent thousands of the workers in this coun-