LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15292, 3 May 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

The weather was very wintry yesterday, a cold southerly wind blowing through out the- day, accompanied by; heavy rain, and : the ( streets ■ were in a very sloppy state. Rough weather is being experienced on both the East and West Coasts, and in several cases coastal vessels have been delayed; The Northern- Company's steamer | Rarawa was unable to cross the Manukau " Bar, for - New • Plymouth yesterday afternoon,;and hei* trip was consequently abandoned . until Monday.; The Rimu, bound ' from' Onehuriga to Wanganui, - put into | New Plymouth yesterday " morning, short iof coal. So' far no vessels have been • reported as being seriously delayed on. the' East Coast, and those. due yesterday . arrived up to. their usual time. - A reserved judgment of great importance to milk - vendors. was delivered by Mr. :E. C. Cutten, S.M., yesterday. ■ Edward Fitzjames (Mr. Bagnall) had been charged with selling milk ; deficient in fatty solids. The magistrate said that a guarantee from a milk supplier— as the defendant constituted no defence for the vendor of • the milk • unless he could prove that the milk,' when sold, was. substantially in the same condition as when it was received from the guarantor. ' In the present case, however, His Worship was satisfied that the defendant. had acted in good faith. The r milk had y probably deteriorated through being carried about-all day, and from a • combination- of small ' circumstances. ; It was pointed out that even where they; had guarantees, milk vendors must . take measures .to see that the milk they are actually selling to the public is at least of standard quality.' The defendant was convicted, and ordered to pay 17s 6d costs, no further penalty being imposed.:-: - " ; 'v '■ . ; 1 » "If a home is to be run properly, there should be .some definite system of housekeeping," said Mr. .C. C. Kettle, S; M., during the hearing of a maintenance case at the Magistrate's "; Court^yesterday. " -That is the • trouble with a 1 great ' number of young . married people' ; just ■ muddling along, without any proper system especially regarding money matters. I think there should be a proper housekeeping book, in: which the substantial i items at least should ■be { entered. Just the same as a.business, a home will ultimately come to grief if there is no system or discipline in its management.' 1 The One-tree Hill ratepayers are • not satisfied - with the district's police, protection. - At the annual meeting. last night a question was put to the chair, asking - why • - the by-law prohibiting cyclists from riding on the footpaths to the danger and dis-' comfort of pedestrians was not enforced. The chairman,' Mr. •E. A. Craig, replied i that unfortunately the ; police protection 1 was , not adequate; arid consequently the ; cyclists took advantage of this. . ; Subse- 1 quently it was : decided to ;; request ; the '■ Road Board to apply .to the police for better protection.. ' i. . . . > . • > < ■■ - *-V; f.Z

Among the features of the supplemeEfc %\ issued with to-day's Herald are: "The I Machine and the Voter," by Tohunga* ; and " The Most Perfect; Promenade," by '",_'• Mrs. Leo Myers. Mercutio's column -of '' • ■'""; 5 j Local Gossip appears as usual, while' A.Z. '/I* contributes another instalment of "Ex- -1» periences -of a First Offender." .H. B. ' - >'-'*" Devereux contributes " The Past Summer," ' %-j Isabel writes of "A Dream that Came " % True," while Hon Henar* supplies a third ")! instalment of "Britain on the Seas." This &• issuev also -contains a fine:: photograph of Jl the battleship; New Zealand in the Atick- y m\ land Harbour, suirounded by a portion of " - M . the fleet of pleasure boats which welcomed -, \ f her to Auckland. ■ , ! | I The trouble .at Messrs. Donaghy's rope || and twine factory, which resulted in about | 30 men knocking off work, has now been '.'U satisfactorily settled.; Seven of the men % resumed work yesterday, and the rest will ~''M ; commence work again on Monday, when the -■ f? works will be once more in'full swing. •'•,:-5 • r Reference to the late; Sir John Logan ; • } Campbell: was made in the annual report ':M presented to the annual meeting of One- " tree ; Hill ratepayers last night. The re- / ■ ' port read "It is with sincere regret we i have at this meeting of. ratepayers to re- ' l cord the death of one of Auckland's great- '% est benefactors, Sir John Logan Campbell. 1 Sir' John's benefactions have peculiar in- ' I terest to our ratepayers;-as his most im- ::? portant gift is the magnificent park within ■ 1 our own district." ~ . ■•/■ "X. ,■'■-" '/ ■§? ,/A general parade of senior cadets• in f the city and suburbs will be held during | June for inspection by His Excellency the ■.: : M Governor. The review was formerly fixed '-1 for to-day, but the arrangement was can- /. celled, owing to. the wt of the New Zea- '■ *5 land. Another date; has/ not yet been ■ ■--f fixed. All cadets who can be conveniently : * J transported to and from Auckland on the --•-< same day will be ordered; to attend the * J parade. ' ' , " ' . ,- '; A report that a portion of the members f of the Green Lane Fire Brigade might ,1 refuse to turn out in , the event of a fire > I was made at the Kemuera Koad Hoard's ~ meeting, last evening. It appears' th*fc ' -' the One-tree Hill Koad Board, which pro- - I vides .half the cost of maintaining .the ' brigade, .recently appointed a ' captain ■■ ? without consulting the firemen, and ** thereby created ; considerable dissatisfac- ; . '$, tion ' among the • men. The Kemueri \ Board decided last evening to meet the One-tree Hill Board, together with the men, at an early opportunity, and to re- i< port to the new board.' Members were of I opinion that as the brigade's; plant' bad > been provided by the board, the latter : should be allowed to exercise the privi- i legs of appointing the captain. \ >.■ s;.' ;f< The president of the " Navy . League * ' (Mr. W. J. Napier) has received the' fol- - | lowing, letter, from- the Prime Minister in" : % reply to certain resolutions recently passed by the Auckland branch of the league "With reference to ! the resolutions passed by your ; league, and transmitted to -the '-"■"> Naval Commander-in-Chief, through" His Excellency the Governor, relative to reinforcements of seamen from New : . Zealand ;/| for His Majesty's ships in time'of -war, '">• an Imperial training ship \ for seamen > for / the navy located at Auckland, and asking that l four New • Zealand -' youths per annum be permitted .to qualify for . appointment as officers in the Imperial Navy, > / I: have, the honour to , state, that a reply ' has been received from His Excellency the '■ Adniiral to the effect that he is not in a \ position, to give his views on the resolu- % tions in question, and that in'his opinion ? it is advisable;to wait ? and see; the result - * of i the negotiations between, the Ad-' • ininaty.and Colonel AHehi - Now; Zealand Minister -for Defence, bofore taking any - further. in connection, with the. tosolutions." ' ' ' An inquest was held by the coroner (Mr.■ T.;Gresham) yesterday into the cir- "' T -' cumstances surrounding the death : of Francis William Cowan, 66 years of age, who died suddenly at his, residence in Norfolk : Road; , Ponsonby, on Thursday. -\ The deceased was apparently in.his usual health on Wednesday night, bm> early the \ next, morning he passed away. Dr. McMaster attended the deceased last January, but as he was away from Auckland;»T)r. ". I Inglis was called in, and he could not give I ? a certificate of death. /Evidence' at the • r | inquest was to the effect that *a - .'post- •' ~ : ' mortem examination revealed the fact that ? ■-■'■■ ■ O deceased had suffered from pleurisy, from ■■■■■■' kidney trouble, and 7 from dilated heart. " The jury returned a verdict to the,effect that death was due {to fatty degeneration of the heart. *-, :;■The Victorian Government .recently called for ; tenders. for the >; insulating materials for the new cool; stores it is erecting,-'-and decided to accept one. for' she 'supply . of . New Zealand r pumlsfe This : action (writes out Sydney correspondent-) has raised quite a controversy in; Melbourne .as to • the merits of pumice for this purpose. The Minister for Agriculture has explained that the Department's decision had been made with a < desire to secure the utmost efficiency. -The Department would not run any risks in such a matter, ;and would not take the responsibility. In, the light of the opinion of experts ■ and its.own,experience!;. the Department add, Slater,. the Cabinet—had b decided on v * pumice. ~: The Government could not afford - V to run any risks in 'a building costing £80,1300,. and likely in the 'future to contain at times as much as ; £50,000 or £60,(300 worth of produce. . ': }':,:■ ;'/./■-■ ;';■; Preference to employers belonging to associations ; ; was .advocated by Mr. '■ C.''■■■• ■%' Harford,* president of the New " South "' Wales .Master • Butchers* Association, '/ : speaking at '-> the.; association's, picnic 4'in Sydney last week. : He said 'he would like ; : to see all master butchers members of the association, so that they could co-operate in ;• connection with ; industrial; strife. >He : was *in accord with giving preference to ■ unionists, provided unionists were willing ;■;>•; to give preference to master butchers: that is, that they would; not work, for : j; butchers who did not belong '■■ to the Master Butchers' Association;/ If all the" mas- •; ter ; butchers .'■:■ joined i the 't association they •'-', could combat "all ; industrial strife -and there was,no reason why they could not build up arid unite their forces; and in a . // short time -have* as good ; a building*/as their employees had in the 'Trades. Hall. • The assumption which is % the basis -of. almost all union claims' for increased wages was explained away by the chairman, Mr. ; J H. 11. Curlewis, at a meeting of one of ~: the wages boards in the professional and . .: -.| shopworkers' group in, Sydney last week. | "I think," he said, '■ "there v has ; been} a great deal of misconception; I cannot help r i! thinking that it existed on > the side of the - ;,;;| employees,regarding the wages, aad it was ■:■.? -,'A based on an assumption that is fundament- ;,'| ally unsound. It was assumed that since . ' |f'| the cost:of living had gon<i up the em- l§i ployers should bear, . the whole of it; and that the employees should only ;beAr an in- ■-; finitesimal fraction of that higher cost. of /./ living. I cannot assent to that »t all. <<~* The employee is a member of the f com- .'/| munity, and he, with the other members ; 'M of _ the community; must bear not ?n'm- 1 fnitestimal fraction, but a. considerable ,-$ I proportion/ He must bear his share, and p ought not to be better.off. than anybody -M else. •.'!■ do not think the ' matter can -b*s§!3§gi calculated to a : decimal ■ pbinfc. - 1/ is- 1 * - matter one must take to > a certain' extent 3| i on a rough: approximation of wfcatWl||l [ tbiskis io.be justic©."-, ;' ■' " '-i