NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8483, 18 July 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

“Its life is not a long one, but its habits are bad,” said a member of the Farmers’ Union, speaking of the sheep tick at the conference yesterday. It is the intention of Councillor Tregear to move in the City Council “that the Municipal Corporations Act be amended to provide for the licensing of private motor care by by-law. “ We would not have so much trouble if every farmer dipped his sheep thoroughly and well,” said Dr Reakes (Chief Veterinarian) at the Farmers Union Conference yesterday. A great deal of trouble occurs through the dipping not being thoroughly carried out.”

At Levin on Tuesday a Maori named Ariki Roaroa was knocked down by a motor-car, which was supposed to he on its way to Wellington races. Roaroa died the following day. The driver stopped his car and paid the expenses of a doctor before proceeding oh his journey.

Speaking of lectures by veterinary officers to farmers, Dr C. J. Reakes (Chief Veterinarian) told the Farmers’ Union Conference that the middle-aged and older farmers attended the lectures well and seemed to appreciate them. “The young men in the country districts do not come along,” he added, “ and take advantage of their privileges as they should.”

Gratification was yesterday expressed by the Mayor, Mr J. P. Luke, with the enthusiastic response made by Wellington citizens to the call for workers on Arbor Hay. He said that the part taken by the children was particularly pleasing, as it must create in their minds a sense of responsibility for the welfare of the trees they had planted. Scarlet fever has been more prevalent in Wellington during the past month than in the corresponding period of last year. Thirty-four cases were reported to the hospital authorities during the four weak just ended, in addition to the cases brought to Wellington by the Corinthic and the Remuera, whereas last year only twenty-six were notified. The fact that 153 applications were received by the Hospital Board for a position worth £3 per week was commented upon by Mr D. McLaren at the board meeting yesterday. He said it showed that there was a fair amount of unemployment in the city this winter. It was pointed out by another member, however, that many of the applicants were in other employment, but evidently desired a change. Whether or not their return home from the conference was contingent on their first getting vaccinated was a question which caused some members of the Fanners’ Union to make inquiries of the Health Department. “Members have asked me,” said Mr J. G. Wilson, yesterday, “ to find out if they have to. ■be vaccinated. The reply of the Health Department is that vaccination is not compulsory, but it is advisable, and it may later be compulsory if the disease spreads.” In the interests of public health, certain, officers of the Hospital Board are engaged for part of their time in taking samples of milk for the Health Department. At the meeting yesterday some members complained that the results of these investigations were never reported to the board, and they held that the board should at least know what its own servants were doing. It was decided to ask tho deportment to furnish the results of the analyses to the board for its information, hut not necessarily for publication.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Farmers’ Union Conference, Dr Iteaaes (Chief Veterinarian) was asked what had been done in regard to the veterinary school which it was proposed some time ago to set up in Otago. “ There was a sort of move made a few years ago,” said Dr Reakes, “ but it never got beyond the stage of being discussed.” A member: “£SOOO was voted.’ ’ Hr Reakes; “ Yes, but it was never utilised. A difficulty arose about the site for the school. On the Otago University property in Dunedin there was not sufficient space available for the necessary bnildings, and it was considered it would be an advantage in many ways to’ have the veterinary school outside tho city altogether.” It was, he added, a matter of getting a site.

While on a recent visit to the Bay of Islands, prosecuting inquiries in connection with his forthcoming book on “Tho-Treaty of Waitangi,” Mr T. Lindsay Bnick was shown some early records of the Dominion which are in charge of the Anglican Church authorities at Paihia. Other records of a still earlier date are in charge of the church at Waimate, and as there is always a possibility of these documents being destroyed by fire, Mir Buick, on his return to Wellington, suggested to tho Government, through Mr Hamilton, of tho Dominion Museum, that either photographs or transcripts of these records ought to bo made 00 that the information concerning the early families of the colony might he preserved. The Government at once communicated with the Diocesan Committee at Auckland with a view to this being done, and that body having given its consent, copies will -bo mado in due course.

Superannuated railway men have petitioned Parliament to be placed on the same footing as the present members of the railway service, in regard to privilege tickets and free passes. It was announced at the meeting of the Dunedin University Council on Wednesday that while the locs from home science students amounted to only £179 last year, this year they wore £350.

A “Gazette” notice states that the Public Service entrance examination commences on or about November 18th, 1913, and the Public Sendee senior examination on or about January sth. 1917.

Mr Walcott, of the bead office of tho San Francisco and Canadian Department of tho Union Company, arrived at Wellington by the Tahiti yesterday on his way back to San Francisco after a holiday in Australia. On the recommendation of the acting medical superintendent, the Hospital Board yesterday decided that in future the visiting days at the hospital should be Wednesdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and on Fridays (.special only) from 7 p.m. to 7.30 p.m, Mr J. McQueen (Southland) was speaking of tho difference of the seasons in England and in New Zealand at tho Farmers’ Union conference yesterday. “If you have a summer at Jdome, it will be summer,” he said, “but here you may have summer in the winter.”

“Everything—courts and everything else —that have anything to do with natives become natives themselves,” said a speaker at tho Farmers’ Union Conference last evening in complaining of the time occupied before finality was reached in transactions concerning native land.

“We have not a free hand/’ said Colonel Heard in reply to a question at the Farmers’ Union conference yesterday. “If the Minister chooses he can say no to anything he likes. We, of course, can bring. forward a proposal to the Minister that may cost money, and the Minister may say no. The directors of the Union Company have invited members of Parliament, their wives and families to visit the new turbine steamer Wahme on Mciiday next. Their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Liverpool have accepted an invitation to visit the ship. It is intended that the steamer shall leave the wharf at 3.30 p.m. for a short sea run with the visitors on board, returning about 4 o’clock.

“There should be a miuimum wage for teachers in aided schools,” said a speaker at the Farmers’ Union conference last .evening. He considered a minimum wage of at least £1 per week should be set. Another speaker thought that the conference should pass a remit advocating the increasing of the salaries of teachers in order to prevent them joining other professions.

At the Harbour Board meeting next week the chairman, Mr R- h letcher, will submit a series of proposed changes in the by-laws.designed to effect an adjustment in the port charges on wool and hemp. Ho proposes to reduce the charges for dumping wool and hemp by 5d per bale and to increase the wharfage charga on wool by the same amount, leaving the wharfage rate on hemp as at present.

Inspectors under the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, have been appointed as follows: —Messrs J. 11. S, Heaton (Masterton), R. Fleming (Dunedin), H. Rountree (Timaru), F. Witty (Invercargill), J. E? Tomlinson (Gisborne), D. M. McKay (Invercargill), Gdorgo Blair (Napier), E. Dawson (Gisborne), J. F. Ross (Christchurch), G. B. Carter (Ngahauranga), 0. 0. Mackley (Woodville). Au allegation that some time ago a person holding property valued at £6OO applied for and received charitable aid was made at the Hospital Board meeting yesterday by Mr W. Galloway. He said he was quite certain of the,main fact, though he was unable to remember the name of the person concerned. The chairman, the Rev. W. A. Evans, said he had no recollection of any such incident. It was quite possible, however, that special circumstances had surrounded the case. The board decided that the charitald® aid committee should make investigations and report.

Speaking of the corm*iirv*ist at camps at yesterday’s meeting of the i''a^lne^s , Union, Colonel Heard stated that ho disapproved of unseemly scrambles for food, and if that existed it was the fault of the cou : cerned. At one camp ho lying groaning in a tent. What is the matter with that man;' asKfd Colonel Heard. “Oh ” was the reply, “he had fourteen big fat sausages for breakfast yesterday morning. it appeared, said Colonel Heard that he had been sent to get the food for the rest of the company, and had helped himself.

Commissioner Lamb was an optimist last evening at the Salvation Army mccting in fegard to New Zealand and its future. With less than three weeks knowledge of the country, he firmly declined to commit himself, to any definite conclusions as to his impressions. That he admired New Zealand, its immense undeveloped resoutces, and the hospitahility of its people was evident, but the lesson gathered from his remarks was, never seek the maximum of wage for the minimum of work. If you do, as' a nation you will get left "in the race, and will occupy a third place in the Parliament of men and the federation of the world. The Public Trust Office staff has formed a debating society for the purpose of educating its members for social intercourse, and for classes of instruction from lectures on their highly-spe-cialised work. The membership is already very large, and it is expected that over 100 members will attend the .first debate, Which will be on the present system of compulsory military training. The election of officers resulted as follows:—Patron: Hon. A. L. Herdman; president. Dr Fitchett (Public Trustee); vice-presidents, Messrs T. S. Bonaldson, M. C. Barnett, J. W. Macdonald. A. Purdie, William Barr, and W. A. Fordham; committee, Messrs E. P. Hay, A. C. Bretherton, W. M-, Egglestono, R. L. Macalister, F. E. Keflv, L. L. McKay, and H. A Cunningham (hon. secretary). . It was urged by Mr B. R. Gardener at the meeting of the Hospital Board yesterday that steps should be taken to remind the Government of its promise to assist the boards in dealing with consumptive cases. There was urgent necessity, he said, for the boards being in a position to follow up all patients who passed through the sanatoria, with a view to . seeing whether and to what degree they bad benefited from the treatment received. The boards had been promised Government assistance, but as far as conld be seen nothing whatever had been done. They had also been promised by Dr. Valintinc that the Government would help in securing a uniform system of treatment for consumptives throughout the Dominion. It was agreed to bring the matter under the notice of Dr. Valintine by a deputation to-day.

Mr H. H. Hayward, of Wellington, has been appointed to act as ViceConsul for Argentina at Wellington. Tho following vessels are expected to bo within wireless range of _ Wellington this evening:—Maunganui, Tofua, Victoria, Willocbr.i, Tahiti, Moana, L'limaroa, and Kuahine.

Mr K. P. Crowe, a through passenger to Sydney by the Moana from San. Francisco, is taking with him i blood stallion and mare from the United States.

The Suffolk, which is due at Welling" ton about August Ist, has the following passengers for this port.:—Mr and Mrs H. Miller, Mr and Mrs Joseph Astall, and Misses -E. and F. Astall. Mr 11. McK. McLennan, manager ol tho Cauadian-Anstralian and San Francisco department of the Union Company's head office at Dunedin, arrived back from San Francisco by the Moana yesterday. The burning of a macrocarpa- hedge iu Hobson street last evening was responsible for the fire .brigade being; called out. About tliirty feet of the hedge were destroyed, but no other damage was done. Tbe Buahine, dud at Wellington ois Monday evening from Dondon, has 168 “assisted” immigrants on board, comprising 38 female domestic servambi, 47 farm labourers, and 83 wives ami their children coming out to rejoin their husbands. Vital statistics for the four main, centres for the month of June showthat in Auckland there were 178 births, in Christchurch 140, Wellington 130, and Dunedin 122. Tho deaths were: Auckland 69, Wellington. 46, Christchurch 72, Dunedin 55.

“Governments have risen and fallen without producing this Bill,” said Mr J. McQueen, referring to the Local Government Bill at the Fanners’ Union Conference last evening. “Whether our ‘BUT will produce it or notwe will require to jog his memory.’ • (Laughter.)

A public meeting will he hold in the Opera House on Sunday evening next, when the findings of the late Labour Congress will bo placed before the citizens of Wellington. Replies will also bo made to various misstatements concerning congress work circulated during the past week, “We must send a circular to tba local unions to tell them not to send so many remits,” said Mr J. G. Wilson, chairman of the Farmers’ Union Conference last evenin. “Wo have got too many.” Mr J. McQueen (Southland) agreed. Ho thought the executive should deal with the remits befora they came before the conference and eliminate all duplications. In its disagreeable moods the weather is most injurious to the Complexion. Mrs Rolleston recommends “Masseine” as the Best Face Cream on tho market. Price 8s Cd, posted in plain wrapper, 3s 9d. Conscientious advice and treatment given on all mat ■ ters pertaining to the Complexion. Address, 256, Lambton quay. Telephone 1599 *