LOCAL AID GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AID GENERAL NEWS.

A widow, Mary Ann Bishop, 64 years of age, died , suddenly . 12, Stanley Street, : Archhill, -at 11.46 on' Sunday 'night. Mrs. Bishop, who for : : the past > ten "years,: has been living in Suva, Fiji, arrived in Auckland , about a month ■ ago on a visit to her sister,;Mrs;>Billett/,with whom she was staying , a \ the £ time' of :• hoT death. t It is stated that Mrs. Bishop retired about ten o <slock, complaining of/a ": sore throat. A little later Mrs. Billet found , her struggling or breath. ;: ;Dr. P. M. Keller was called m, but. deceased, died before'his arrival. Die cause of death ; is ; believed to be heart ft An inqnert ? will .• be held ? before Mr. ; F. V. Frazer, S.M., this morning. ™ •: The ; necessity of having, some place of detention in Auckland for juvenile offetf den on remand was mentioned at' a sitting of;the Juveniles/Offenders \ Court yesterday, when a lad was ; -remanded I 'on^a 1 charge of theft. Mr. F. S. Shell nr«l« said there was a real need for some p ace of detent on apart from the gaol or lockup feSfe««. Wg Senior-Sergeant Rutledge : said ; it would ; not } be right to Place the boy in ; a.cell at the lockup %M Saturday .with criminals, and SS hardly do to place him in the female ZT ters. Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., said case before hta sh owed the need for J place of detention : and agreed %m& gestion of Mr. f SieUto;lriniS a S ;jSe. th ° nticß ° the D WSrf :■ A great number of Inquiries are being received at the local Government Tourist Bureau ,m. regard to tours through the: Dominion .and;; all indications; point to feay holiday during the Easter holidays .There are: many intending Visitorsto. the thermal district, and it i \&i .caly certain ; ftat;air:the'accommodE ; Easter" Bt3atßotonia ' willbo engaged at' To the, circular from the Auckland' Labour Representation Committee, ' invit-; ing him to emulate the example of Mr. j <P. C. ,•:-Webb and; agree \ to resign ; his ■ seat' and recontest it if , 1000 of his constituents ■ would aim a petition to that effect, Mr. C. ;-H.^Poolo,/M.P./yhas.replied ; ; as follows:— While; appreciating the 'anxiety| oi your committee to discover an 'accurate' : Ipublic opinion on some of the prominent 5 ' questions; of the day, I fail : to see how a ! diversion in the shape of isolated political 1 contests i? will ? secure that ' end ■? just ■ now. I Personally, I; am ; anxious that the people should have access , to : the ballot-box in tho' .shape of'a! general election as early 'aspossible, and will welcome 1 the ": co-opera- v tion of -; your organisation : to procure a 1 speedy triumph for Our nation in her great I struggle for life -and; liberty, when ballots can again take the place of bullets."' ',■;;;:■• j 'The Printer's Register, London, an authority .oh all matters rotating to tho printing trado, concludes an appreciative i notico of '• tho Christmas ••; Number of 'the' Auckland Weekly News with i the state-1 :--"-The'fact; that the: whole of the work,/ including the .'. making of ;; tho/ half-> tone- arid three-colour ' plates, ; was executed oh the premises shows that Messrs. Wilson and Horton's works are singularly well equipped."' An indication that the allies' have an abundant store of ; shells, and ammunition is contained in a cablegram received by a jeweller in Auckland from a large firm of manufacturing jewellers in' London. It is well known; that the services of working jewellers .were requisitioned l > by the ;Im-perial-authorities for work in munition shops, and the ;: message ' states y that the Government has now released a great many y workers, v and r the ir London firm" in question, having again secured' the services of s their s employees,: is now j. able'to fulfil orders for the jewellery,trade. :•' " Proceedings arising y from ■ tho meeting addressed in ; Hamilton recently by } the Rev. Howard Elliott, havo been instituted against Peter ; Kelly, who j was : charged? in the .Hamilton -Magistrate's; Court ; yesterday with using language 'calculated to pro-' voke a breach of, the peace. On the application; of ; .the defendant,, the case was adjourned i-till?April^«^^ defendant stating '' that his counsel, Mr. J, R, Luijdon, was wgaged ifk th§ Supremo Cour& '. ; , , , '" ' v 1 , ,/., '.:,,',. , •:

- A case under, the Stamp Act was heard in the Magistrate's Court : . ; (it'/Hamilton; yesterday. Evidence was given that ft ' settler, W. Cooper Smith, made two pay- ; ments to one ■ Whitaker. "; The 'latter gave receipts,' but, stamped only f the'first one. . A dispute - arose \ subsequently, and Smith then landed * the receipts to 'the r police. ; After: hearing '.. the |evidence| of ' Smith | the magistrate said Ihe 't considered that the case was '■ largely jj the \ outcome of spite. Ho > had •■■■ decided; to!i enter a] conviction, but would not imposo a fine, and he would not. allow Smith his expenses. ~ ;•• ■;;When an :■ agreement in •an i industrial dispute has : been reached iii the Conciliation. Council, the statute"' stipulates ; that 30 days must elapse before the Arbitration , Court can be called on to confirm the : agreement, in ' order: to give all parties an , opportunity, of making objections. KAt the sitting of the Arbitration Court yesterday, application was made in two instances to fix dates for" ; hearing cases ; in which .;'; .there were ; agreements ,;; on all points,; but '■ in ~ connection \: with; which ■. thb j: full y■: interval >; of iX3O k. days had not v elapsed.>;'ylt x was';.;, stated • that where the Court grants such applications ■ the advantage 'gained : is that the case can f bo disposed 'of: at the present sitting of the Court '■'. in : Auckland, ->; instead '■■ of•; being . postponed ..until the '; succeeding \ one.', Mr. S. E. Wright," employers' ■ assessor, \ objected in ono instance to the case '.being called on before it was "ripe," on the ground "that \ latterly the Conciliation Council had been engaged iii hearing disputes almost up. to the time of the sitting of the Court, in the hope of a settlement bein<r reached and '-'the agreement I being confirmed by the Court. Mr. Wright ; said that on account; of the pressure of work, ho was unable', to give adequate time to the ■■ preparation, of ; tho ■". cases fop -' the Court's consideration. - -y ' \ ' . ■ A remarkable fine line of fat cattle, comprising 89 head of mixed sorts] was recently • sold by ; Mr, M. J. - Friedlander, of Surrey Farm, Pokeno; through an Auckland stock firm. The cattle were well ; fattened, and when killed at the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company's works averaged 892:281b deadweight. : . Mr. Friedlander's farm includes several acres of alluvial flat, and during the'process of fattening the cattle fed on nothing beyond thorich grass rowing on the river flat. It is stated that an excellent prico was received. '~ , ■> The first meeting of tho executive ol the New Zealand branch of tho Red Cross Society will bo,,held in Wellington this week. A delegate from 'each of the fom centres will attend, also two permanent members in Wellington. His Excellent the Governor will preside. The Auckland delegate, Mr. H. D. Robertson, secretary ol tho local branch, leaves for Wellington to-day. < Among other matters which will be considered will bo the position as re. gards the fund in .England, and steps will bo taken to ascertain the exact amount desired as Now Zealand's monthly contribution. : . s, A meeting of the ambulance section of the National Reserve was held last evening at the' Ambulance Station to consider a proposal for handing over to the newlyformed National Reserve Ambulance• Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade overseas the funds and equipment of the •National: Reserve ambulance section. It was unanimously- resolved: '*'That the equipment and funds be handed over." .=,' £ A man named Michael ; Helm, alias Herbert Helm, alias George Stewart, ,4ias George Edwards; who escaped from Waikena Prison Farm on January 4 last, was arrested in Auckland by Detective-Ser-geant Hammond yesterday. ,-- The circular ■> letter '{* issued kby V the National Efficiency Board local bodies in reference to curtailment ■of works was received by tho Onehunga Borough Council at its meeting last • night. vln moving that the-letter be ; received,- the Mayor, Mr. J. Rowe, said ho. thought the council would have little 1 information 'to give tho board. Ho thought the Government might set an example by employing superannuated men. on ( the railways arid show tho local | bodies that,it was endeavouring to "carry I out what it was asking local bodies to do. iTho letter was "received," I;■ A reference' to the effects .of the State secular education in vogue in New" Zealand was made ; by. the Minister for Education, the.Hon. J., A. Hanan, recently at the opening of a new school at; Wadestewn, Wellington. • Mr. Hanan declared that j! those -•■ scholars who '"-■ had passed through■ the State schools of this;country were morally, mentally, and /physically second to none in any part of the world. - At the last meeting 'of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Land Values League the following resolutions were carried: —"That, in view; of' the . threatened shortage .-; of foodstuffs, J, the \ branch ?■ urges the Government : tor requisition as much (vacant land as it can find labour*to cultivate, using labour at present unemployed in the-cities., 'It ■ considers that:-as.so.many men havo given themselves for the good of their country, it is "only reasonable that owners of unused * land jshould put such unused land at the disposal of the Government. \\>, : . " That this league protests against the retention; during war time of .•• any duties "on the food of the people and other necessaries of life,'^believing ; , such duties to be "brie; of ■ the chief causes of the rising cost of living." Copies of the first resolution are to be forwarded to the ' Act-ing-PriniQ; Minister and the Minister for Agriculture.•• '• ■■ , " *,(',-'. At a special meeting of the -Devonport Boroifjh .'; Council, ■• held ■; last evening, ■ the present members 'unanimously agreed ■to stand : for re-election . at.: the '■ forthcoming : local elections. :It was explained that the members wished, if possible, to avoid unnecessary expense during ;;'tho ..present troublous times. ; ' A "street day " was held by the Young Men's Christian Association in Invercargill. on St.■ Patrick's Day, to raise funds for trench comforts. > The effort, which was mainly, organised by;; a committee of ladies, resulted in £450 being received. Collectors and Stallholders were unable to do much business until 2 p.m., on account of heavy rain. --. ■'" ; y-- t ' ■:■;• ; At a conference between the . Gisborne Hospital Board and Dr. Valintme, Inspec-tor-General of Hospitals, 'on tho subject of hoßpita) requirements, the latter said that tho Department had been rather concerned about X-ray appliances and the way they were used. - Special cafe ! had ' to bo exercised in connection;: with the administration of the : X-ray, arid for thai purpose tlio Department, appointed ..' Dr. Loatham, of Now Plymouth, who had had : special experience : in X-ray work, to visit ; the various ' hospitals >in the: Dominion and report on the X-ray apparatus, and also on tho work,done in tho various institutions. From the . reports that ■ had come in it would appear that it was high time \ there" should be some uniformity; in regard to X-ray work, and Dr. Leatham had made some very valuable suggestions, not only in the direction ,of , ; an improvement in the administration of X-ray apparatus,' but also to effect 'considerable economy.*'', ■*• ;■•.' ' _ -.;■..;■!;• ;''K* ; ' : v-C &..*\j 1 .;.lt'; is reported ' that further !'. prospecting on the; lode confirms the opinion that the recont j; find of scheelito at Pukerangi, Otago, is one. of the richest discoveries of tho kind vet made in New Zealand. Machinery for tho : treatment of the ore is now ' being installed, and it is anticipated that the mine ; will •be yielding scheehte in large quantities in about a month's time. :; Steadily tho municipal tramways freight car service is increasing in popularity, remarks a Wellington paper.';; Within recent months a noticeable' advance has been madoin the yolume of business done. This is attributed in part to the fact ■ that the war is pressing people and business houses to'use, tho most economical methods in tho delivery of: parcels and ' the carriage of luggage. '"Rabbiting is now in active operation in tho Roxburgh, • Otago, district,^ and ; ; largo catches and handsome cheques ; are ! being mado. c; Three buyers offering tempting prices, and as'.tho rabbits are abundant, many men nvo making as much as £1 a day at trapping." So many men are employed ) that i labour,, for other .work :is very MculJ: to obtains