LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 17 July 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Popular Concert by the Whangarai Orchestra Town Hal!, July 21. Tickets 2s and Is. Box-plan at Chissell's.* The N.S. Wales Select Committee on veneral diseases has commenced its sittings. Doctor Paton advocated examination before marriage. The Newmarket Borough Council has refused a request by its labourers for an increase in wages owing to the higher cost of living. King George has a miniature fleet in gold and silver, which shows the development of the British Navy. eince the days of William the Conqueror. Sacred concert, Britannia Theatre, Sunday, 8.15 p.m., by the Municipal Band. Mr C. "Bryant will play "The Rosary." Mr E. Bryant will sing "The Loet Chord."* The Auckland Women's Political League and the Housewives' Union nave asked the City Council to ar« range for free Sunday evening organ recitals during the winter. The request was declined as the Council was opposed to Sunday concerts. The following scale of salaries was adopted yesterday by the Whangarei Hospital and Charitable Aid Board:— Matron £1125, with annual £10 Increases to £175; senior sister £80, £5 increases to £100; sisters £75, one increase to £80; staff £60, £5 increases to £70; pupil nurses first year £|20, second £26, third £36. One name was omitted from the voting in the report of the Hospital Board's purchase of the Kamo Springs Hotel. The division was as follows: For the motion of purchase, Messrs N. McKenzie (chairman), J. R. McInnes, T. Ellis and A. G. Mackenzie; against, Messrs W. A. Kerr, P. T. Steele, H. A. Morey and J. M. McKay. Th e motion was carried on the casting vote of the chairman. Mr A. Fairley, of Whangarei, has received a letter from his sister dated from London, June 6th, In which she cays: "By the way, we had a Zeppelin raid on London last Monday (May 31st) night. Ninety bombs were dropped and seven people killed. Three bombs fell an the Shoreditch Empire Theatre while it was packed with people, and not one exploded. It is all being kept very quiet, as nothing is being put into the newspapers likely to cause more ill-feeling than is necessary against German inhabitants owing to the anti-German riots.

The Defence Posting Committee has been busy this week in Whangarei dealing with promotions from the senior cadets to the Territorials, and the admittance of boys of 14 years of age/to the cadets. The total cadets for disposal was 400, from Whangarei 70, Hikurangi 44, Dargaville 59, Maungaturoto 24, Helensville 70, Kaitaia 56, Waimate North 33, kohukohu 44. The foregoing were posted, 12 as totally unfit, four as unfit for the present year, 162 to the general training section, three to the Post and Telegraph Corps, 19 (Helensville) to the 3rd Auckland Mounted Regiment, 127 to the loth Auckland Regiment, 65 to th e 11th Mounted Regiment, three to the Army Service Corps and five to the Mounted Ambulance. Four N.C.O.'s wer e retained for service in the Senior cadets. The cadets admitted from the schools totalled 491, the number of cadets after posting being 997.