LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9916, 3 August 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i There was a clean charge-sheet a* the Magistrate's Court this morning. . . From Christchurch southwards this' morning thore was an"~unlnterruptcd succession of blue skies. Cape Camp- - bell, Blenheim, Wellington, Nelson; and Westport reported rain from the oast. Auckland stations for the most part reported cloudy weather. /The Harbour. Board was this morni ing faced .with tho weighty problem ot whether a man who had had all his teeth, extracted, and was told by a den-, tist to take a week's holiday, should be eligible for sick pay. Fortunately tot one of its employees, the Board decided that it could under its regulations grant' sick pay to a toothless ma n.

The Lyttelton Harbour Board to-day received word that Lord Islington would receive the chairman and members and accept a_ verbal address of welcome on bis arrival in Lvttoltoa at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Mr Friedlatider said'that he could not be present, and it was agreed that Mr J. Hay should welcome Lord Islington, with as many members as could be present. The King's will is never published or proven, and the money disposed of pairs no death duties. It is stated, however, that the late King left tw<? wills, one a more or less formal docu« ment in which were legacies to hii wife and children, and the establishment of a large trust. The second! will gives directions as to how the capital and interest of this trust are to be dealt irith. The trustees are act members of the Royal Family. . • f

The German Emperor will stand godfather to the eighth son of a honse-i decorator named Busch, of Bocholt, who has received £3. through tho local authorities, from his Majesty's private purse. The action kin accordance With a decision arrived at by the Emperor last year, that he would stand t godfather to the eighth child in any German family, rich or poor, with a) View of stimulating . the birih-rafce, which had shown signs of decreasing. . At Westport, a sailor named Johns, from the barquo Laura, slightly wounded two of his shipmates with & pockel knife, apparently without provocation. Accused, in tho Magistrate's Court, had nothine to sav. and pleaded trnilty. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. At the same sit-, ting John Keogh pleaded guilty to the theft of poods valued at £3 16s from a slum. He waft sentenced to Six months' imprisonment in Wellington gaol. Previous convictions at Wan* ganui. Ekctahutia and Otaki wfcre re* 'corded against hitn. ■ , >

. Mr J. J. Kinsey. official represefitetive of the British Antarctic expedition of 1910, has informed th* Lyttelton Harbour Board that Captain Scott expects the Terra Nora to reach Lytteiton about October 13, ami lias asked whotlier the Board call provide the expedition With store aOTommodatioh, and space on ths recteiuied land for condacting practice in the speedy erection of huts. Captain Scott. i». a letter tc the Board, eaid that he eXpeot*u tt mako Lyttel'toii this basoor the fespedU tion, and he wished to give th»" men a* ".; much practice in shipping stores aad m on as possible The Board agreed ttf cdmpiv with the request; and to toahp Captain Scott as far as possible. ~ Shaking of the new geyser at Waff mangti, says tho "Post." Mr Phillip* Turner. Inspector of Governtiient Scenic "Reserves, who surveyed the country in 1900-1, said:—" From, what has now taken place it is wry probablethat any day more geysers may break out in the eanio locality, Seeing that it is tho centre of great volcanic disturbances. There is a general belief that the steam valves act as gaiety values, but it must be remembered, that tbfc safety valves only exist in proportion* to the amount of pressure underneath. It cannot reasonably be .assumed tha« these different vents, stick as wax* mangu, act as safety valves, because no one can have any idea of tliej>res<' sure they havo to withstand. Inea© safety valte,s all existed there before the tara.wem eruption, yet they wor* quite insufficient io prevent the l&rgert eruption ever known in New Zoaland. ( A rare chance of procuring the latest and hsst heating apparatus. Just loaded, a Coventry Heating Stove, complete, with 30ft. of 4m cast-iron, piping, rings and joints, water reservoir, chimney, etc. A youth Can &x it. Call and see at W. Congreve and Sons, Ltd., Colombo Street, City. Pric? £ll I'D*. ' t .. .JjgSi.. ,_ .

Dr Bradshaw will give an organ re cital, devoted entirely to Wagner': music, at His Majesty's Theatre tomorrow afternoon, commencing at 3.31 p.m.

In the Magistrate's Court at Wol lington to-day Sydney Phillips, ; •wharf labourer, was fined £lO lor >:b grog-selling, with the alternative c. twenty-one days' imprisonment.

f The Pither aeroplane will he exhibitpd in King Edward Barracks on Ihtirs dav and Saturday evenings. Mr Pither is "looking for-a suitable ground tor a flight in the vicinity of Chnstchurcli.

V The rainfall for July at Waikan wa> 880.points, tlio heaviest recorded sine observations were first regularly made. Rain fell on seventeen days, the hoariest day's downpour being i6O points on July 12.

/ At Wellington to-day, say* a Presa 'Association telegram, Mary M Ancny, 'alias Wilson, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence on a , rhar"-c of having made a ffllse declara(t'ion to the Registrar concerning the birth of her daughter.

\ His Honor Mr Justice Sim will hold a Bitting of the Supreme Court tomorrow. At 10 a.m. -three bankruptcy cases will be .dealt wu.h, re W; Skinner, S. Humm and J. It. [Murray. At 10.30. his Honor will su in Banco to hear the case Benham v. jßenham, an originating summons.

\- The number of unemployed calling Kb the Labour Department's bureau this 'Season has been much smaller than that of. last winter, and there does not appear to be tho 'distress,.- prevalent that there was in former seasons. The Mayor has not had so many claims made< upon him as is usual, and so far there have been.no signs of demonstrations on the part of men who are out of work.

■ At a meeting of the executive of the Fabian Society, held on Tuesday evening; recent proposals for dealing with the question of domestic servants were eonsfdered, .and-ihe- following resolution "was passed-" The Fabian Society toroteats against the importation, or indentured girls as servants, and considers that the time has com© to proride an attractive and thorough training in domestic economy in all tue large centres in New; Zealand to enable women of all classes to become skilled workers, and the Society considers that the conditions under which Servants, are engaged must then inevitably be modified." I Speaking at this afternoon's meeting W the North Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board the chairman, Mr F. Horrell. suggested that the. Board should >again urge upon the Government the necessity' for immediate action with regard to'.the proposed amendment of the Hospitaf and Charitable Institutions Aci The Board had alteadv communicated with the Minister, bat he had replied on July 21 that the matter had not been fully considered. JMr R. Moore moved that the chairman should write to the Minister emphasising the necessity for the immediate introduction of the amending Act. Mr 3 H. Davidson said that the position was that the Board was administering funds to which it was not entitled. The motion was carried.

I The Mayor of Christchurch, Mr _C. 'AMson, received a deputation this Afternoon from the Canterbury bt John Ambulance Association, consisting or Messrs A. El G. Rhode ß (president), U. J. Treleaven (secretary) and A. W. M'Kinney (representing the Ambulance Brigade). The deputation asked permission to provide some efficient means of giving an alarm to members oi the brigade, and to the doctors associated with it when tho occurrence oi a serious accident demanded the service as promptly as possible of a largo body oi trained ambulance workers. The members of the deputation stated that the Association had a full equipment or medical stores and ambulance apparatus, and fifteen doctors were attached to the Association, but m the event lof a serious railway or tramcar accident, much time would Iks lost in mobilising its.forces for the relief or the inim-ed. "The Mayor remarked xhat there was a syren at the municipal destruotor. which had formerly been used as a fire alarm, and this might bo adapted for the Associations purposes. He expressed sympathy with the proposal, and promised to place the •request before a committee of the Council to see if some means could be devised of givmfc an alarm that would "not cause a public nuisance.

i' On Tuesday evening ft lecture on *• Prehistoric Man " wae given, under the auspices of the Linwood Young Men's Guild, by the RevW .J. L. Closs, at the SociaL Stall, Perry Road The chair was occupied by Ml' W. W. banner, and there was a good attendance, deferring to- the beginnings of the human race, "the lecturer stated that much work had been done in the Way of researches into the 'origin of language arid mythology, but geology fend archeology, had been more iruitful in- throwing light on the infancy ot mankind. Less than a century ot study had entirely changed the former Imm'an viewpoint, the, discoveries of Perthes uv 1689 and the labours ot sLyell and Lubbock and continental geologists revealing the slow develophiient of humanity through whole cycles Of unwritten history. A graphic and interesting sketch of the cave man and His m-imitive environment followed, based oh; the examination of Kent's cavern, And the first beginnings of ornament, colour, language arid earlv art were described, The ■ lake dwellings of Switzerland', with their proofs of jsraduarprdgtess, were touched on, thf 6py ikeWons and the Northflect skull gave additional evidence, and the development of mail was traced up to the stage at which metal implements camp into use. The lecturer was listened to .throughout with sustained interest. [and was heartily thanked and applauded at the close of tho address.

Carry a box of Zymole Trokeva in *our pocket. They a«v a £cod thing to liave about you, oft-times preventing a little hoarseness from resulting in a tiard cough. 11