NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8560, 24 October 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

The Hcretaunga Boating Club, P«-t-ono. will open its so&soti to-morrow. Race's are to bo held during the afternoon, followed by an excursion to the Devon vjrock. The following vessels are expected to bo within range of tho Wellington wireless station to-night:—Victoria, Riverina, Westralia, W'ahine, Manuka, Maunganui. In range of Chat-hams station: Numeric. It is stated that within tho next two years between sixty and seventy employees in tho Railway Department will retire on superannuation. A number of transfers aro taking place at present, and more are to follow within the next few months. On tho Wellington College grounds on December Ist the old boys of that institution intend holding a sports gathering. Mr J. P. Firth (the headmaster) and the committee intend to make the day a thoroughly representative one, and the parents and friends of the boys will be welcomed. It the gathering proves a success it ig intended to make it an annual affair. The following crews have Iqeen picked for tho trial fours by the committee of the Petono Rowing Club: —B. Trcmain (str), W. Hume (3)_, Clapson (2), Langridge (bow) ; H. Parrant (str), C. H. Barridge (3), J. Kirk (2), J. Hooper (bow); IV. Sharon (str), A. Glading (3), Howie (2), J. Wilson (bow); A. White (str), J. Childs (3), Ingham (2), A. Cornett! (bow). At a meeting in Wellington of tho High School Teachers’ Association, a scheme was drafted for a salary scale in secondary schools. Copies of the scheme, it was stated, wore to be forwarded to all the principals of secondary schools, with a request for help ,and co-operation in endeavouring to persuade the Government to adopt it. ,Tho main basis of the scheme is tho adequate payment of secondary teachers on a colonial jeale. A visitor from Tasmania named Timothy John Watson, who was arrested in Wellington recently on a charge of forging an order for £49 2s 9d, at Hobart, on tho Commonwealth Bank of Australia, appeared on remand at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M. Senior-Constable Wright, of Hobart, gave formal evidence, and I the magistrate made an order that tho 'accused should be returned to Tasmania in tho custody of tho constable. The difficulty of securing space in tho vessels trading between Sydney and Wellington is inconveniencing the work mapped oat in connection with tho Petone sewerage scheme. Tho hardwood timber ordered has been lying in Sydney for some time awaiting shipment, and there appears to be Small hope of its arrival for some timo to come. An earlier start than was anticipated is to he made with tho opening up of tho main trench along the esplanade, but until the major portion o( the necessary material comes to ! hand a full complement of workmen cannot be engaged. A Chinese cracker was responsible for the appearance of two small hoys in the Juvenile Co'art at Auckland the other day. The two defendants had, it appeared, persuaded a number of their friends to gather round a rubbish tin in the street, and then slipped the lighted cracker into tho tin. Suddenly the explosion came, and shot tho lid off tho tin, to the great surprise and equally groat fright of the unsuspecting spectators. Luckily none of them were hurt, and the two practical jokers were let off with a caution, their parents having to share the S® costs.

In the “Mercantile Gazette” this week is recorded the registration of the following new company:—Denhard Automatic Baking Company, Ltd. (incorporating the Denhard Bread Company, Ltd., H. Langdon and Sons, and Davis and Sons), Wellington; registered as a private company on October 16th. Capital £12,000, into 12,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wellington—Denhard Bread Company, Ltd., 4000; H. Langdon, senr., 3875; H. Langdon, jnur., 25; F. Langdon, 100: D. H. Davies, 1334; B. V. Davies, 11333; W. D. Davies, 1333. Objects— Bakery business and incidental. Ninety cases of infectious diseases were investigated in Wellington and suburbs by the health inspectors during the period from September 9th to October 10th. The number of oases lathe corresponding period of last year was forty-eight, but at that time chicken-pox, of which twenty-nine cases are included in the recent figures, was not a notifiable disease. The particulars of the oases are as follows: —Scarlet fever, 35 cases; diphtheria, 3; tuberculosis, 14; enteric fever, 6; chicken-pox, 29; blood-poison-ing, 3. Twenty-two visits were made in connection with the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. At the Town Hall yesterday arbitration proceedings were in progress in connection with the renewal of corporation leases. Each case was dealt with by a committee of three—an umpire and an assessor for the lessee and the corporation respectively. The gentlemen who were engaged in the iseveral cases were;—T. and G. Mutual, Messrs A. Gray, K.C. (umpire), A. S. Biss (lessee’s arbitrator), and C. B. Morison, K.C. (corporation’s arbitrator). Haroourt and Co., Messrs A. Macintosh (umpire), Biss (lessee), and J. P. Maxwell (corporation). Aitken, Wilson and Co., Messrs Macintosh (umpire), W. M. Hannay (lessee) and Morison (corporation). Kirkcaldie and Stains, Messrs Macintosh (umpire), Hannay (lessee), and Morison (corporation). The Economic, Messrs Macintosh (umpire), Hannay (lessee), and Maxwell (corporation). Hall and Knight, Messrs Macintosh (umpire), Hannay (lessee), and Maxwell (corporation). A defaulting husband appeared in the dock at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning before Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., charged with failing to provide for the maintenance of his wife and two children. The defendant, Ernest John William Mead, a butcher, residing in Nelson, was arrested the previous night on the arrival of the steamer from Nelson, and when searched was found to have £llß 18s 4d in his possession. Mr P. W. Jackson, who appeared for defendant’s wife, said that Mead, with the exception of one contribution of £2, nad not paid anything towards the support of his wife and children since the beginning of the year. It was supposed that his object in coming to Wellington was to leave New Zealand in company with another woman. The Magistrate made an order directing Mead to pay 25s a week in respect of his wife and us a week towards the support of each of the two children. Defendant was also ordered to deposit the sum of £IOO as security and to find two sureties of £SO each. 'The complainant was allowed £2 2s costs.

Mr Richard Keene left by last night’s expres-s for Auckland. The Niagara advises by wireless that she expects to arrive in Auckland at 5.30 a.m. this morning. The Hospital Board has authorised tho expenditure of £BO upon Christmas goods and presents for tho patients and inmates of the hospital. Madame Clara Butt sang to another crowded house at the Theatre Royal, Christchurch, last night, and received a big demonstration. She was showered with floral offerings, says a Pres* Association message. George Burt was arrested at Cartel-* ton on Wednesday night on a charge of breaking and entering the promises occupied by George Condon, and stealing a silver watch valued £3, says » Press Association telegram. At the request of Mr B. R. Gardener, tho Hospital Board is to procure a return showing the causes of an increase of about £SOO in wagofli and salaries during the past sis months as compared with the corresponding period of last year. Tho tramway returns for the term April Ist to October 13th, which wero laid before the Miramar Borough Council last night, showed that the sum of £315 7s had been lost on tiia Miramar line, and £2 17s 2d on the Soatouu line. The sale of coupon tickets had accounted for £lO9 12s* leaving a total debit balance of £203 12s 2d. For tho corresponding period of last year £233 7s 9d was lost. A general mooting of tho Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, Sir A. Leigh Hunt (vicepresident) being in the chair. The. meeting unanimously agreed to a proposal of its council whereby a permanent chamber and offices are to be so* cured in a central position. Tho new quarters will be available for mootings and the general use of members u> about throe weeks’ timo. A now ooin-in-the-slot machine, tho patent of an English firm, is at prosent being installed at the Thorndon railway station for the purpose of issuing platform tickets. There are two slots in the machine, one on each side, in which tho pennies are Inserted. Upon a handle being pulled, the tickets shoot out into a tray ready to hold them. The contrivance is capable of holding 5000 tickets, and as each is issued the date is stamped upon it. It is expected to have tho machine in use within a few day®. Notice has been given by Mr P. O. Webb, M.P., to ask the Minister for Minos whether, in view of the fact that there are coal-mines on the West Coast, principally in the Bullcr district, working from two to four days per week owing to slackness of trade, whilst tho Government are importing supplies of coal from Australia, the Government will undertake in future to place all orders for coal with tho mines in the Dominion, thereby encouraging local industry and ensuring to hundreds of men a living wage. The Minister for Mines has been invited by Mr P. O. Webb, M.P., to state whether, in view of tho fact that there axe no adequate safety appliances for rescue work underground in any of the mining districts of New Zealand, the Government will undertake to immediately secure tho neoessary appliances, so that in the event of any disaster occurring tho loss ol human life will be reduced to a minimum ; and whether they will see that up-to-date ambulance outfits, in sufficient quantity and in convenient places, are provided at all mines? A meeting of tbe local branch of the New Zealand Society of Accountants was held in tho lecture hall of the Accountants’ Chambers last evening. Mr Robert Wiiberfoss, chairman of tho branch, presided over a largo attendance. An. interesting lecture was delivered by Mr C. B. Morison, K.C., on the subject of membership of com. panies. In the course of his remarks he dealt in a thorough manner with different forms of membership and the rights and liabilities thereof. An in* structive discussion ensued, and at the conclusion Mr Morison was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Our special correspondent in Christchurch telegraphs:—Referring to hia letter to ithe Officer Commanding, which appeared in the “Times” yesterday morning, tho member of the Passive Resistors’ Union writes as follows i “As a matter of fact, that letter woe written eleven months ago in the heat of the moment, after receiving one of the perpetual notices. Some days after posting it I interviewed the officer in question 'with some companions, informing him that I was sorry that a letter Sack as I had sent had boon, written. He accepted my apology. Eaving, in the meantime, matured my opinions, I now see that_ abuse is no argument. Therefore, I withdraw my remarks, recognising that such statements as prefaced my letter cannot make converts. Re my challenge to the authorities, it is a significant fact that though the union has been in existence defying tho law by advising boys not to drill, the authorities have made no attempt to suppress or pun* ish it.” Notice has been given by Mr J. Payne, M.P., to ask the Minister for Customs how it is that, notwithstanding tho fact that we have a paid official at Homo whose duty it is to se« that shoddy goods aro not exported from Britain to New Zealand, quantities of shoddy boots and shoes are being exported from Homo to this country ? Mr Payne adds ; “ Tho Minister, for Customs, when making the appoint, ment of an officer to go Home, whose duty it was to see that shoddy goods wero not exported to this Dominion, was very emphatic in his representations that such an officer was badly needed, and that he would perform Invaluable service to the people of Now Zealand. As the people of New Zealand have paid tho travelling expense* of this officer and are paying him a big salary, the taxpayers have a right to know what return they are getting for the expenditure, and how it is that that officer is not performing the duty he was specifically appointed to carry oat.” The latest modes in hairdressing aocessories from London and Paris may bo seen at Mrs Rolleston’s. Fresh supplies are imported regularly. Ladies should note tho address: 256, Lambton quay. *