LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15233, 21 February 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

•■','. ■■*» " ■■"•.•' The ' offer made by ■ Professor Douglas Archibald to present; the autographed message of Sir George Grey to the citizens of Auckland, virtually : bis last'message .to the people, his been accepted''with thanks by the City Council. _The message will be placed !i in. the ■■; Grey collection in the Art Gallery.

A collision occurred in the harbour yesterday 'afternoon between the ferry-boat Pupuke' and I the vehicular ferry '■ steamer Goshawk. .The Pupnke was leaving the Northcote fenry tee at about: a quarter past four o'clock, and the Goshawk was coming : in '■_ to ths tee, when the ; collision occurred. V.: A considerable portion of ; the bulwarks of the Pupake were torn away and the deadwood above the rudder of the Goshawk was broken ;, by : the impact. The > damage, .however, was not very serious, and both vessels were able to continue their running.

... "I am always very careful not to reflect upon the police," remarked Mr. Justice- Edwards at the Supreme Court yesterday. "On the whole they are a strong, respectable and reliable body of .men. Some are better than others, for some t>re too keen to secure convictions." He went on to say that- in . the case that had just been, before' him■•.'■-^a policeman had i spoken of the industrial school to a girL That was wrong, for there should never be any suggestion of • intimidation" on the : part of the police. . -

The regulation of the accommodation in" boardinghousec and hotels has Been suggested to the Auckland City Council by the district health office?. as a • matter deserving consideration, in view of the prospective rush of visitors during the Exhibition period. In. a letter received aii last evening's meeting of the council, Dr. Mekgill wrote that there ■ would be a great tendency, .especially; in the cheaper .1 type; of boax-dinghouses, to overtax the accommodation. He ; recommended that advantage;; should be taken of: section 295 of the Municipal Corporations - Act to regulate by. by-law/the minimum number of cubic feet in", each bedroom: for each: occupant. I A register of lodging-houses, such' as was' intended by tiub-section . 7 of -the -Abi'i, would be very useful, and if the law p.jlr'-, mits -> it would be an excellent thing'; Win compel all lodging-houses to obtain: a license from : the council before they could lawfully take ! lodgers. ': The suggestion was referred to the By-laws Committee.

The City Council -placed On record last evening its high appreciation of the, pluck displayed by Captain Scott and his party during their fateful journey from the, South Pole. The council also ~ expressed "deep sympathy;; with" the relatives ?of : : the men who perished so bravely, -,

The message picked up in a bottle on the beach at Rsmuera'on' Wednesday, purporting to be .sent by an injured man at Rangitoto, on investigation, proved to ,be a; hoax. The police-visited the spot indicated in the message on Wednesday night, -and yesterday morning another visit was paid to Eangitoto. A careful search was made, < but nothing was found' to indicate that any mishap had occurred in the vicinity. .-,; Two trips in an oil-launch cost a certain . amount of money for ; fuel to say nothing of the men's, wasted time, so 'the. hoax, besides being a silly one also put the country to some expense. '

A fire occurred early yesterday morning in an -ironi;building owned and occupied by Messrs. V; Hardley and Hardleyi sheet metal-- workers in Patteaon Street, Freeman's' Bay. The fire obtained a good hold and the brigade had considerable difficulty in getting; the flames' under control. Tho damage is estimated at .between £200 and £300. The building;; was insured for £300 in the South;; British Office^ though there, was not policy on tW> contents. The fire evidently commenced in. the ■ leadhead«d nail: department, where -two; ;; ,employees were working : - late, ; ; fjfufc; when' : they left - everything / -aria apparently -as it • should be,, and no cause can .be:ascribed for the outbreak. V'l--■'- ; ; ''-.■;■ '-'' ':'', '^)V-

The goodVork done by- the St. John Ambulance Association was clearly demonstrated when, the other day,, on Cheltenham Beach, .one of the territorials now in camp got into difficulties while ) bathing. Th© bather was rescued, and after artificial respiration had . been effectively ; applied, he was conveyed to the sick tent,'.!- For a short time; he' : 'was' : in a; bad '-way,';'.; but skilled .nursing ; soon raftered him : & to health. Corporal * Trewhelan, of ■ the s No. 1 Field Ambulance Corps, who : happened to be in camp, is the; .man;, to whom the territorial •undoubtedly owes' his ■; life! as it was due to the former's : unrelaxing and skilled efforts that J" ammaifeioa : was - restored. ': ' ■ '■: • .'•''• . .

Two live specimens of tjhat : interesting bird, the kiwi, are now to be seen in, a shop window in Queen Street.;- The kinii are creating a great deal of interest;;; and : at almost any hour of , the day curious groups of people may be'seen gathered round the window. The birds seem very healthy.: In view of : the fact that kiwis are reported to be gradually becoming, extinct, it is interesting to hear that m the hills in the Clevedon district the birds are reported to bo increasing in numbers, it

'-, The'annual-''- returns ■-. of ,the I Auckland District Health Office have been, completed. The number of cases of infectious diseases imported during 1912!'was : 1064, compared with. 1169 in 1911J and 1640 in 1910, Scarlet fever : accounted for 258 cases, as compared with, 367 for: 1911, aid 994 in 1910. The figures :-for.: cases of diphtheria were 1912, 261; ; 1911, 223 v and 1910., 257,. Tuberculosis : 1912, 230 • 1911, 177; 1910, 137. Enteric fever: 1912, 262 i 19U X 346; 1910, 197./ -

Several ' resolutions . in favour of . pre. venting war were passed at the Interna,' '■-?• tional Conference of the . Chambers of Commerce held in Boston towards, the && of last year. Mr. G. W. S.- Patterson, who represented the Auckland Chamber - : has supplied his report of the proceedings to the secretary ? and concludes: "it wag \jndeed gratifying to; observe the effects of > -. trie great march of progress in the world's affairs, and the very strong : desire oi£Sff§frSi hands to endeavour to cement the world's peace." . The question of. establishing 221 International Court of Justice for' suits between individuals and foreign States was dealt with, • Dr. Max Aft, :of Buriin speaking at length on, the subject. 1 ' 'Ho ''' '■ ~'~ : - stated that it would not only mean -a 'i great advance in the development of com- ' .' merce and industry, but would also fill a great void which now exists in the state of justice and civilisation. "Interna- <?i tional -Peace and Arbitration" was introduced by Mr. Edwin G. Gann, who in : ; the course of his remarks, referred' to the : "-'■"- importance of impressing the minds of the ' - young against war, and urged the use of -' -' the great influence of the Press and the '''■- Church. • It was unanimously decided' by the conference : "That this congress affirms its desire to see convened as soon as possible a number of . International Con- "-" ferences assuring ; arbitral jurisdiction in. ; -'■ the widest sense to secure an equitable - - solution of all international controversies, : '-- a;; either between private people of differ- .• ■-- ent nations, or between governments, and '■■■'"■'' agrees with the proposal for a combination J S of nations to prevent, if possible, the* hor- r ''- ; - : H :i rors of war." ! ■;...•. ■'■':<■;',: ';.-■■: .''/;'- )p v':':.-^- : y .-..'.: . : ■'.■' : - ■''^ v r'kkf l^yviyii The Navy League, Auckland branch', :-i | has reminded the City Council ; that '- j H.M.S. New Zealand will arrive in Auck- • ■■'':'$ j land in about- two months' ■■ time. In a ' k: I letter laid before the council last evening r':t Mr. W. J. Napier,' president of the ' branch, asked whether' the council would* undertake the 'celebration of the event in *'"' some suitable way, and whether it would -M also undertake the entertainment of the officers* and men of the warship. The ,: ; query was referred to . the Finance Com-,' ■":. mittee. .-'■ . ,; - ' -~ .v-' ■ ■>'.':.. ■: *' -'.>':-.,..-■' ■:::.. - j^y'■■'-- ■ ■ '.': ''■.- ''.. ''k.'V: :;; v'^ ''About 50 per cent, of the city traffia •-' : which uses the roads leading to the new f bridga 'that is to be erected at Mstngero , is composed of motor-oara,'' remarked the Mayor (Mr.-C. J. Parr), at a meeting of.- ':'■s■< the City Council last evening,, "It-is -tf' going to* become a very serious matter for us if we are to be called upon, to pay a ■'■'■:> percentage of the cost of country bridges ■'■.■"'= because a certain amount of the traffic is, . ' composed of motor-cars from the city; j s These cars are full of people holiday. v§| making or pleasui-e-eeciking,, and if •■re are , "; to bo called upon to pay, ori their accoaat, ;>| why should not we tax the county for •'- the erection, for iriHtsaico, of Grafton Bridge. Country people use that bridge' enough. Beally I don' 6 know when> it isjfff| all going to end. ,f \i\ -'.•."': v .■':.>.'•..■■'■-:;' '■ v\ ■■':--'S' ;;. ; '. :'■. ■'-.' 1 .,-.! : . ■■ •■,:.'-v.- .:-.'.' . ; :''.;v :'-* : -*--" r i'N.':"'.. , ::--'::.^>-^';^ " ' ''- . , : •-'".', .'•' ' %. Two \respec^l&>lc<)km|;..yo«,tlNi } Fred- .:-„' ' crick John Starkey and Ernest Burn, ap- > : peared before Messrs. J. • A. Langfoirdj L. . r W. Andrews, and C. E. Palmer, J.Fs., at the Police Court yesterday, charged with : : stealing a panel saw, braces, thi"ee chisels y and other. too|s, valued at £2 13s> tho ; property of Frederick Williams. It is . alleged that the lads stole the 'tools from ■\"'■. houses in course of erection, and' frciia dwellings, the occupants of , which were '*, : i§ absent holiday-making. The articles were . :v disposed of, it; id alleged, to a second- . hand dealer. The accused were remanded. ' for a weeki bail being fixed in each in* stance at one surety of £20. ■. - !•'..' ''.■ <- '.:'■';-:': -•-■ ..-.: -/-' ■■ ' ;i 'i'M

-■• •' ' " -•-■ -■■: -v ' : "'Si TheMangereßridgeCommission opens :? at .10 o'clock this morning, in the Cham- - : ber ;df jGommerce^before;Mri* C. 0. Kettle,, S.M.": Nearly all the local bodies have been cited to appear at the inquiry. Mr. ; Kettle has been directed to inquire into,'. land report on the construction -of thei,; . ! bridge, and also to which local :| bodies will derive iianefl : ; from the proposed bridge. . . , " ,/, r - Numerous applications for increases in . salary made' by employees of the Aockland City Council have been considered by the council in committee of the whole., ' The recommendation made :to the crnncil ' >;, at: its meeting last evening was thv.-.. ■ ■';■ question of salaries should hi considered " 3ix months. hence, when the position ;of ' 'i . Greater. Auoldind and its added responmbilities will be' better known, but that ; the Finance Committee should bs. em- ...■ | powered to act in any special case merit-'? . i ing consideration.' This decision was con- ■ . firmed. " -' .- : >( '•..-/:';.'.-. " " - ' ■ • . :' .11 ■' ' .'.' .'. ' . ■ "■'■ '.-'■■•..' . ■.. .- ■ ;. 'The sittings of the Trade of the Empire;;', : ; Royal Commission in Auckland will open ,;;;; on March ;13 and be. continvwd nntil March 17. At the request of the New Zealand officer for the commiasion (Ms. Malcolm Boss}' arrangements have been ' made by the Mayor of Auckland to place Si,-'. the City .Council Chamber" in the Town i-\ ! Hall at the disposal of the commission for ; ;- its sittings in Auckland. ~ ''- ■ ■.■■•'■'.' ■ ■■'■-:■-' ■'■'■ ■:'- "''' . '<■ '■.- >'-:' "'-,- ; S] Exactly what position a woman in Eng- - ■; land holds to-day is rather,difficult to m- ~" f. termine, according to Miss- Margaret • : Hodge, in her speech at the Chamber of Commerce last night. ' One magistrate, she' ' said, i had , decided that women were not "persons." Another, in forbidding them 'r | entrance to a law court,; had held that :iff, [women were not "the public." ■ Mr., •*' [ Asqaith, in refusing to accept deputations -'? I and petitions, affirms that they are not' '■•/,' ."subjects of tho King." /'A clergyman .-' recently called the ' suffragettes ' objectionable bipeds,' " remarked the /speaker amid f ! laughter. "And until we., can obtain ''M another term, I suppose the women of Erg--. Si land must be content to remain ' bipeds ; .i % for some time to come!" . \

Three applications for admission as bar- ? risters or solicitors, were; considered, by \ • Mr. Justice Cooper at the Supreme Court yesterday morning. Mr. Harry. James "■'.". : Durham, ■on the application joj) • Mr. V J,; W. :\ i\% Stewart, was admitted as a barrister said - : solicitor, .while Mr. Marcus ; Noble Skolton, on the: application :of Mr. J., R. Reed, K.C., and Mr. James OlipbanV on the application of Mr. Peter >01iph?aifc x •; were both admitted as solicitors. The efficacy of,, the-.life-saving reel in cases .of surf accidents was ; fully demonstrated at Lyall Bay, Wellington, last Saturday, when the Marahui Surf and Life ; -s ; Saving Clnb was successful in ;:escuing a, man named McGregor, whom the back- ; wash had carried beyond the Mc- '• Gregor swam out to tell.a y«K » vi Vv come ashore, but found that it. ~.„,.-)ria>j;».'- , able to do so, and that he waa siriilarly;'-? placad. Their plight wag noticed by the L , Majranm-Club's lookout, and a squad went ■■ immediately to the rescue.. The lady, was /if safely ,b: i£,fi.t ashore by two members,' > fc Mr. Newman, of the Lyall Bay Surf Club,,-' ''-':■ stood by , McGregor ■ till the ; be&man j; ar- y jrj rived toM took charge of him, when all, r were brought safely e Special piaiseT ' 7 is due (says b Wellington paper) to Mr. 0.. O. Morgan, who acted as beltman, and ~wbo'!;N. had a, Bkeatioiu 20 minutes* strangle with ,- the breakers, and..to Mr. Newman, who';l ! 5 stood by McGregor without regard- to his '; i own . safety. : McGregor and bis rescuers '.'•.' were thoroughlyesbausted shore w|9||]|f| reached, but the resuscitating appliance* ; ;|" kept at the Marcnui Club's reams awn an* ' ; :i stored thorn. ■'.--'; . ..•---• ...'.'-r7' .-:■■•■:■ .- :/--X'\'..'-'.\. ■ ,'-'•-.■ I ■•:■•.■■:•.■ .•'-'••.•-:':.;.■:■> ■ .'.'•?:- .. ..■:.:'»•-'-:■ •"; '■ V; '■ ■ Ha?