LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Out ,of the six applications received for "the. position 'of secretary of the Poverty Bay. 'Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Mr C.. R. Spragg was appointed. "The most pitiful thing in the life of New Zealand is the, large proportion of her native born sons who are unskilled workers'. ■ The waste in the use'.of incomplete equipment is very great, but the greatest waste of all is in the incapacity of heV untrained workers."— Professor .M'fll's, before the Cost of Living Commission. , A full practice of the Cathedral and All Saints'' choirs will be- held" in,'the Cathedral at 7.50 this evening, when the music for the consecration service on Sunday, July 21st, will be sung. At Mokau a horse died the other day from son:e mysterious complaint, which resisted all the time-honoured remedies. A post mo'rtem examination was made, and it was discovered that death was due to a largo quantity of sand (nearly lewt.) in the stomach. i At tho international aviation n:eeting at Vienna one of tho airmen, accompanied by a passenger, reached an altitude of 13,779 ft. This achievement surpasses, the previous height record for an aviator with a passenger, which was 9840 ft. The individual record stands at 13,943 ft. A Wairarapa dairyman says the prospects of the cheese market are such that several firms have offered to finance new cheese factories in Taranaki at 5i per cent., on a joint and several guarantee of the settlers. A ewe belonging to Mr John Thomas, Llanoclarne, near Cardiff, has given birth to five lambs. Two ad'c tho usual number, three are unusual, and five extraordinary. .lu our publicity columns . Messrs G. Fleming and Son's, house furnishers, make special mention of their stock of comfort-giving carpets. * • ■ Eyestrain ! Eyestrain ! Mr H. H. Coote, of the firm of Cooto and Sandstein, Consulting Opticians, Lambton Quay (6pp. Bank of N.Z.), Wellington, will make his usual quarterly professionnl visit to Nelson, and may be consulted on Saturday, July 6th ; Monday,, July Bth j and Tuesday, July 9th; at the• ro'oms over Messrs Rout and Sons', Uardy-st. Consultation Free.*

! "The survival of the fattest" is the war-cry of the supporters of Tat't, the twenty-one stone candidate fur the American Presidency. A conference of 'prominent officers of the Defence Department from all parts of New Zealand was opened in the Garrison Hall, Buckle-street, Wellington, yesterday, Majo'r-General Godley presiding. The following steamers will be within wireless range to-night:—Maheno, Maitai, Moana, Moeraki, Tainui, Ulimaroa, Victoria, Zealandia. The ordinary fortnightly* korero of the Nelson Savage 'Club will .be liekl tomorrow evening. During last year 1159 people were killed and 32,258 were injured on the premises of the railways of the United -Kingdom. The figures for 1910 were 1121 killed and 30,110 injured. A special general meeting of the' Nelson Amateur ' Swimming Club will be held at .730 this evening in Stallard's room, to discuss the proposed loan for baths. At the Magistrate's Court at Hokitika this morning two brothers were each fined £5 and costs for cutting timber on a scenic reserve near Lake Kaniei'i. — Press wire. ', It is notified that a social will Ibe held in connection with the Loyal NeUon Lodges this evening to celebrate the 12th of July. A meeting of licensed drainage contractors will be held at Mercer's rooms this evening, at 7.30. The first, telegram that the Hon. Mr Massey seht away on taking his seat as Prime Minister was one in answer to a congratulatory message from his oldest friend" in New Zealand, Mr Thomas Wyllie,;'of Mr Wyllie is 96 years of age; find still hale and hearty withal. I ItTrtiote senses than one he is the Prime,'Ministwr's oldest friend, for it was under.Mr Wyllie's care that MrMassey came out to New Zealand to join his parents, forty-one years ago. The Postal Department's motor lorry which left, i°r Blenheim yesterday on an experiirJerital trip, reached its destination after; a run of eleven' hours. The roads were in* a- very bad condition, and were several delays owing .• to flooded crpeks. -The return journey was commenced-at 10.10 this forenoon, and advice received states that the weather is still unfavourable. ■ . There recently arrived to the order of •Messrs 'Chas.' Fenemore and W. Barker, of Stanley (Brook, through Dalgety and' 'Co.., Limited, two pure bred, Australian "Kelpie" sheep dog pups. These pups we-e bred by Messrs King and McLeod, Caiionbar Station,. Miowera, Queensland, and secured at considerable expense by Fenemore and Barker. 1 Se.veral ye,ars ago, wrote a Hawke's Bay teacher to tlie Education Commission in a letter read on Thursday says the "Post," when; the headmaster of a large school'in'the Nelson district fell vacant, it was reported that the Nelson Education Board, not knowing what to do with the twelve applicants, put the names into a hat, and drew out three .to be forwarded to' the School Corrimitteo for selection. ■„A rank outsider was appointed. The funeral of the late Dr. James' Hudson, M.8., took place yesterday ':-affcernoon, the remains being interred ;in the churchyard at Stoke. There-was. a large attendance of citizens and residents of the country districts. Among the former were the Mavor (Mr. T. A. H. Field), Crs. Snodgrass and Bisloy, and the Tow.n Clerk, "representing the City Council, of which body Dr. Hudson, when residing, in. town, was for some years a memJher. The medical profession was also well represented. The service in St. Barnabas' Church, and at the grave s^de 1 was conducted by the '-.Rev. W. S. Lucas; assisted by the'Rey. O. R. Hewlett. .Members of the Wakatu Mounted Rifles, of which corps deceased was Surgeon-Captain,, under "Lieutenant Rutherford, acted as pall bearers.. Many beautiful floral tributes were sent from friends in ail parts of the district. • At the inquest held yesterday into the accident on. Spooner's Range, by : which Dr. Hudson lost his lifei.Dr. Pearless deposed that deceased's skull was badly smashed: Witness did not think the ear skidded, but was of opinion that the car had been taken to'o sharply i*ound. the corner. Wm! Graham Vining, motorcar expert, stated that he sold deceased the car about three months ago, arid had .sent a man.to Tapawera to teach him to drive. When he knew the deceased was contemplating a trip into town three weeks ago, in answer to a question the doctor had replied that he could. drive the car anywhere, saying that he had been over 'the Sherry and Stanley .Brook hills, which were harder to negotiate than Spooner.'s Range. Witness had offered to send a man up any time to drive the car into town; but the offer had been declined. He had tcld deceased to come down vthe hill on the intermediate gear*which had been done. The car could not have been travelling rhore than ten miles an hour on that gear. The: steering gear was all right, because his man had driven the car into town after the accident. The car was not damaged to any extert. ,

In an " interesting. :-nvcrsaticn with an Auckland representative on Friday/ Dr: "W. ! P.' Patersbn, Professor of Divinity ia,t» Edinburgh "University,, who was a. passenger fey the .Marama, for Vancouver, ©tated that Now" Zeaiaiidcrs were'in''particular fa.vour at his institution, and 'were looked'upon' as excellent ■students I .' Most of 'tlkj. New 'Zcalanders entered' the university to- take up medical work, and in every case they had done well.; Two who had been through the college ."had been very successful —1 rc~ feasor Gilray," who'some' time ago was appointed to the Chair of Literature at Of ago University, and' Professor Dickie, of..Knox .College", Dunedin. ■ It is admitted on all sides (says a Constantinople message to he "Sun*") that the war situation lsJiopeless unless the Turks can replenish their eolfcrs immediately. The cost of maintainin<r the army at present in the held[is increasing .dailv. The Minister .of War is constantly'calling for large sums, but three are obtained only with the greacest difficulty. , As things are, Turkey is unable to Va'ise a loan abroad, and at pressht the' Porte is just able to carry on from day to diiv bv borrowing small sums from different banks. Such indeed is the extremity to which the Government are reduced that they recently seized the money belonging to /the- pension-fund. The- Cabinet 'is divided on" the question as to whether the campaign should be continued,' and there is not ' a pyMic department in which the greatest confusion does not prevail. The' Young Turks appear to ' hsiye lost their heads completely, and, with' the powerful party that is ready to oust them, a. crisis is near at hand. Newspaper correspondents; consider, in view of the increasing unpopularity of the Young Turks, that a revolution is not at all improbable. Mr Gould will hold a sale of potatoes, furniture, etc., at the rooms, Hardystreet, to-morrow, at IT a.m Also oil I Wednesday a- sale of furniture and effects on account of Mr H. Livick, Bridgestreet, will-be held.

A first offender .for drunkenness, on. being brought before Messrs G. M. Rout and B. H. Moller, J'sP., at the [Magistrate's -Court:; this .morning, was "convicted and discharged. A man named-"Tier was arrested at Wellington charged with burglary at Hill and Sons' premises last night. , Hewas remanded to-day till the .18th, hail of £l5O being allowed.—Press wire. '. It was .reported at- a recent meeting of the Wild, Life Preservation Society in Sydney that the Council of the So--1 ciety had, sent an appeal to practicallyall the leading members of the theatrical profession in Sydney last August, urging the discontinuance of the use of osprcy feathers on the stage. Notwithstanding the cruelties disclosed in the. letter'and the Egret leallet of photographs which accompanied it, only two ladies of the theatrical profession, Miss Ethel Irving ' and Miss Margaret Cooper, sho,\ved themselves sympathetic, the former having given her written promise to do what .she could to help the o'bjects of the society. Whilst, a steamer, was loading 'coal.'at the Greymouth Iwharf "recently an unusual experience befel one of , the men working in the hold, of the vessel. :It appears that he began to feel a numb and. death-like feeling in his body, his "legs 'began, to' fail, and, being an experienced coal miner, he at once knew the cause and made for the open air,, which,he only, partially reached when he was overcome 1 , and had to be assisted put of the danger of gaseous effects fro.ih the "coal. Enquiries as to the catise. of the presence, of the gas are said to have been traced, to a leak in,a. steam pipe in the hold'; against which the coal had been heaped up. The result was the generating,.of foul gas, and it is fortunate the results were not more serious. . '*■■[' "For. the first time in New Zealand examinations were .held during the .year to test ■ the qualifications of the of electric -tram cars," states, the- annual report of the Inspection'of slafbin«ry Department: One hundred arid forty-eighfr candidates presented themselves for examination. These examinations will now be held pericdically. A service certificate was issued to each'person: .who, not ;..■'■ 'later than December 24, 1911, appli«fd for arid produced 'evidence to the satisfaction of the. board •of examiners that he was, for a, period of not less y than one. yeai; jib - any time before the. passing of." "TheTramways Amendment Act. 1910," \em-' , ployed as a motorman and had not been subsequently dismissed for misconduct, , .'X■Captain E. R. M'Taggart, the advance-' agent of the Vancouver. Cadet Coros r whose members are to,, tour. ; Australia., was a. passenger; on board the Makura, en route to Sydney (says the Nevy ; Zea- V land "Herald."") While in Auckland ho was engaged in making: spme preliminary arrangements for their tour in New Zealland. The boys, who are toMeaveVancouver o" theioth inst., will not stop at Auckland,', but, will' v .proceed'■direct-ttp, Sydney, and, after touring the Cominojiwealth, they will come to New Zealiiftd, landing at Bluff, and thence p&oceed' on_ tHieir inspection of "the visiting the important centres, a'pd finishing up at Auckland. The coi*ps is;comprised of 75 boys, with a biigle and fife and drum band. Concerts and military displays will be given ■'n each of tho centres. Like the Australian cadets on their recent tour through Great they will be billeted out in the. houses , of the hpspitaih)e' and representative citizens of each particular town, and in this; way gain at;first hand, a knowledge of the local customs. ',> •' . v,.'-- ■ / • When, referring to the proposal to iriv stal automatic telephone systems-in 1 the large, centres (says : the '''Post,'") the. fiori. H. Or. Ell (late, Postmaster-General) said there was a lot oi" consternation when the scheme was first.' announced, as it was thought'that the girls would lose their positions, / .but .this" was a. groupdless fear, as theyAvpiild be- employed>in ,othel* branches of the service. It was likely, of course, that ino further girls' would be, taken on. " ; ■■„ : ' Mr. T. R. Fleming, Chief inspector /under the Wellington Education Board, was asked at,thevEducation Obmmissior* whether lie thought' the 'average! iritellf-t gence and the Sixth' Standard product: of ; bur primary. schopij; system; was high ;to-day as it was ' some ten years ago. There had been coriiphiirifcs by merchants that it was not: Mr. Fleming; explained that the Sixth* Standard boy of t6-day was"a'much nvbrq satisfactory of raw material for ,the\hierchant than liis prototype of ;-1q years ago. But he * was scarce, for he prepared'to engage 'n. further study either at the technical school or 'the secondary school before committins himself to'his life's "work. ,; What probably.gave rise to the brit'icism { of the merchant, said Mr. Fleming,wway's y ' that, some of tho boys who left the State school Ibetween the'V Fourth and Sixth (Standards,! and' had dariftr/i aimlessly about for a while, had served for a time in mercantile offices—to the dissa-tisfac-tion of the merchants. ■ A Sixth Standard boy of average intelligence, had greater initiative, and more general culture than this prototype of a, deca ( de ago. ' V The first outside contribution to the fund to present a. Unibn> Jack arid ensign from, Che women of this Dominion to the battle cruiser New Zealand reached the hon. secretary in Timaru last week, being-'a postal order "from a.-re'sU , dent of an Auckland suburb. Letters , have ( also been received from the Mayor of Dunedin and the' Mayor of Gisborne, both of whom.: are calling public meetings .of ladies 'in their respective boroughs to further the schonie, which, they write," meets with their. . entire sympathy and Approval. . , Details of the movement have now been published all over'-the'Dominion, arid the originators can corigratulato theriiselves on tho successful launchingcjf their pi'oposal. . The Wellington IP.ire Brigade, which was f/he first in. New Zealand to'adbpt motor fire apparatus, has added.another vehicle to its fleet of mechanically.-pro-pellcd appliances, a The brigade now possesses fivo petrol ongined machines, four of which were mado by Messrs Merry weather, of London. The latest arrival is a 30-hoi'so power hose and implement tender, to which tho brigade intends to attach a '.first-aid... chemical cylinder and fittings. The machine is fitted with electric head lights, and in addition to a number of firerncn and a full complement of hose and gear, it car- , rie's a 30ft. extension . ladder, j ■