LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 18137, 29 November 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr A. B. Atkinson, president of t.ho New ZeaiHnd Alliance, addressed an openair mocking -at Nelson on. Saturday, in the course of which he offered' some criticism on the adminstration of the licensing law by the Nelson police. This was resented by a largo section of the audience, and there was a rush for the lorry, in tho course of which tho speaker was twice, to use his own description, technically assaulted. A detective and a constable came to his rescue and escorted Mr Atkinson to the police station, accompanied by some friends, and -some hundreds who were hostile, but who ultimately calmed down. They waited at tho front door, but in the meantime Mr Atkinson had gone out by ’the back, and when informed of this the crowd dispersed. A New Plymouth telegram states that the Supreme* Court opened yesterday before Mr Justice Chapman, when Herbert Cedrio Jepson was called on to answer several Charges of failing to account for moneys received when he was an electric meter reader for tho Borough Council, and with stealing the money and furnishing a false return Ho was found not guilty. At the monthly meeting of the Mosglol School Committee the rector reported that the attendance was slowly improving. Tho local clergymen intimated that their work with the classes for religious instruction had terminated for this year. They expressed their appreciation of the attention given by the pupils. The committee decided to write and thank the ministers for their labors. It was decided that the annual concert be in aid of the prize and picnic fund, and that the sum of £l6 bo spent in prizes. A letter from the Defence Department in ro more accommodation at the gymnasium for equipment was referred to the chairman and Air Millar to attend to. The Education Board advised : (1) That pea-mission would not be given to make use of the school courts for tennis on Sundays; (2) that it favored purchasing more land for school site, but objected to the price asked. It was resolved to interview the owner of the land as to some reduction in price. It having been decided to asphalt portion of tho playground, a sub-commit-tee was instructed to see the board’s architect re specifications, eto., and when these were to hand tenders to be called for the work, the Works Committee to deal with same. An influential deputation, consisting of Mrs 0. E. Statham (vice-president of the Women Citizens’ Association), an,d including Mrs Lindo Ferguson „■ (Otago Women’s Club), Mrs Carmalt Jones (National Council of Women), Mrs Murray, Miss Mackenzie, and Mrs Jackson (representing the city social workers),, waited on Mrs Denton Leech yesterday'with the'request that she allow herself to bo nominated for a seat on Die Oily Council at the elections which take place in April next Mrs Leech, in reply to the deputation’s request, expressed her appreciation of her fcLlow-workors’ support, and said she would accede to the Request to contest a seat on tho City Council on the broad grounds of general welfare, and outside of- party interests. In connection with the dental treatment of school children, tho Education Department has notified tho Mosgiel SchoM Committee, In answer to inquiries, that it. was desired that committees should provide a suitable’room for a dental surgery, with water and gas laid on, where possible, but other equipment would be supplied by the department. It was only to bo expected that committees should defray tho expense of board and lodgings of a nurse during such time as she was on duty in the district and away from her headquarters. It was possible that Mosgiel would bo made tho headquarters of one nurse when available. The Eev. W. Uphill presided at a meeting hold in St. Peters Schoolroom last evening to further tho interests of the Dunedin War Memorial Fund in tho Caversham district-. A good deal of enthusiasm was shown, and Mr T. M. Wright undertook the duties of honorary organiser. The ladies of tho district are faking up tho matter in earnest, and it is understood that a systematic canvass will be made. A lecture on ‘Begonias’ wots delivered to the Dunedin Gardening Club last evening bv Mr M. Barnett. Ho exhibited specimens of tho different varieties in cultivation, and -explained tho methods of propagation by cuttings and from seeds. He expressed tho opinion that the begonia should bo more widely grown in Dunedin, as the experience of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens had proved it to bo one of the most satisfactory bedding plants used. During tho stormy weather of last March, when the gweot peas, roses, -geraniums, and other bedding plants had withered .before the rough weather, the begonia had bloomed with undiminishefi ’vigor. After Mr Barnett had- answered a number of questions, a very hearty vote of thanks was carried.

The death of an inmate of the mental hospital has been the subject of a coroners inquiry at Wellington. It is stated that deceased, who was frail, succumbed suddenly* No medical certificate being forthcoming, the police intervened to ascertain the true facts.

Referring to tho fact of a lamb being born with an earmark identical with that of its mother’s, mentioned' in the ‘ Dominion,’ the Levin ‘ Chronicle ’ says: “The occurrence is not singular, but one of tho most remarkable cases of fidelity in the transmission of marks of tho kind took place in Levin some twelve months ago. Three years previously _ a -cow produced a calf bearing a similar ©armark as herself, and last year the heifer oalved, and the offspring, a heifer, was similarly marked, showing that the earmarks had been transmitted through two generations.” On Tuesday evening, in the Tabernacle, members of * the Dunedin and 1 suburban Churches of Christ met at a rally for tho purpose of stimulating interest in home missions. Mr J. Inghs Wright, who presided, made some observation!; on the work and its importance, and stressed the fact that the Christian call was pre-emi-nently a call to service—a call that demanded their sympathy, work, _ co-opera-tion, and giving m tho promulgation of tho Gospel at home, beyond their borders, and abroad. Messrs Oorlett and G. JWool-nough-having addressed tho meeting, Mr G. P. Cuttriss (home missionary organiser for Now Zealand) outlined the work now being carried on through the Dominion Home Mission Committee and their financial obligations. A musical programme was contributed during the evening. Record Wool Price.—Mr G. L. Rutherford, “ Connemara," obtained the record price of 25|d per lb at the Christchurch November sale. This wool was dipped with “Highland" dip.—[Advt.]