LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10680, 29 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The weather throughout the do* minion this morning was good. Ram was not reported from any part. ' A meeting of the Conciliation Council, which was to have been held to-day to hear the bookbinders' dispute, has been postponed indefinitely. The Rnkaia was the only Canterbury trout stream • reported clear this morning. The Waimakariri (both branches) aucl tho Waitaki were dirty, but tho P.ungitata was fish able.

Mrs Holland acknowledges the receipt of the following sums for' Mrs Godley's "Cadet Prises Fund:—K B, Millton, £1 Is; Dr Jessie Maddisoii, 10s Gd. A meeting of the local com* mittee will he held in'tho Mayor's roora nt 31 a.m. on Friday, when, it is hoped, nil members will be present. It is also hoped that all those who have lists will try to send them ,in to the meeting, as it is proposed to close the fund at an early date. • The annual report of the chairman of the Oaniaru Harbour Board discloses a record year. The amount received for wharf ago duos is the highest in the history" of the Board, dtie to the increase• in the expert of grain and potatoes. Adverse reference is made to the. continuance of the differential railway tariff, which tends to keep imports at a minimum. On the receinb shortly of £82,000, the balance of the 4 per cent consolidated loan of £21;\000, the remainder of the Board's old loans at high rates of interest will be paid off and a substantial reduction of the harbour rates will bo announced. The Appointments Committee of the North Canterbury Education. Board reported at the meeting of the Board this morning that it had received a resolution adopted by the Southland. Educa*tion Board to the effect that no candidate should be eligible for appointment on a teaching staTF until after one year's continuous service in one position, such' regulation to apply to all_ candidates irrespective of the education district in which at the time of application they might be employed. A reply had been sent stating that the North Canterbury Board bad alreadv concurred in tha princinle contained in tho resolution except that the continuous service should bo for two years instead of for ono year. Is your step elastic? No reason why it should not be. Stearns' Wine of Ood Liver Extract gives you energy—lends a spirit and dash to your wall: and a©* lions. 1988 v

General Godley will inspect the Pa- ' panui, Fendalton, Riccarton, Linwood, St Michael's and Opawa Senior Cadets on Tuesday night next. ' The naiwe of Mr H. A. Adlev was inadvertently included in the list of vice-presidents elected at the annual "iee>tip<; of the Mur.iea-1 Union last night. Mr Adley was.elected a membe;- of tho committee. "*ih» following vessels will bo within range of the radio stations to-night:— ' Auckland—Manngnnui, Mnheno, Victoria, Moana, Tahiti, Navua and Toiua ; ■"Wellington—Victoria, Alaunganui, Nnvna, Tofua, Tahiti and Delpnic. At the Lyttelton Police Court this morning James Edward Green was Charged with having, on Deeoiubor 113, nt Port Chalmers, desorted from the U.S. Waiwera. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to fourteen days' impritionment. The steamer Westmeath has arrived nt. Auckland from London with KM immigrants, including 100 for Wellington and thirty-four for Auckland, 'lhc immigrants are a fine type, and various trades are represented. There was no • illness on tho voyage. To-morrow morning Mr P. He reus, president of the Canterbury Industrial Association, Mr J. B. Laurenson, aecrotary, and Mr F. Notlcy Meadows, will wait on the Mayor and discuss with him the or Christohurch at tho Auckland Exhibition. In tho report presented by the Buildings Committee to tho Education Board this morning, it was stated that tho • Board's architect had been instructed to nssist the committee in getting rid of a swarm of bees that hud taken possession of the school building at Dorie. ' The long-distance wireless record of 2500 miles, which the Uliniaroa was recently credited with, Has been_ beaten l>v the Moorhki on her last trip from Wellington to Sydney. She got into communication with the Moana, and the distance was approximately -900 miles. A \neoting of tho Ladies' Committee of the Domain Fete was hold yesterday, Mrs J. Collins presiding over a largo attendance of ladies. Mr 13. J. Righton reported that work in connection with the fete was progressing satisfactorily. Further allocation of stalls was'made and details were supervised. Derry'a Private Band will play the following programme at tho Victoria Square Band Rotunda on Thursday evening. January 30:—Mavcli, * "Honest Toil " (Rimmer); valse, " Frieze '' (Safroni); selection, "Girls of Gottcnburg (Caryll); intermezzo, " A Reverie (Hume); barn dance, " Waiting at the Church" (Pother): selection, V Our Miss Gibbr." (Monckton); •raise, "Tho Girl in tho Train" (Fall); march, "'x"no Silver King (Allen). Speaking at the Conference of the; New Zealand Institute, tho Hon F. H. D. Bell said that the Government was in unison with the Governors of tho Institute and the Committee of Parliament which reported last „year. ; Ho had no doubt a measure would bo introduced next session that would bo satisfactory to the Institute, and the Scientific Boards of advice for Government publications would be attended to. He was now collecting information with a view to having a measure drafted for the next session. . The Hector Memorial Committee reported to the New Zealand Institute to-day that they were unanimously of opinion that the Hector medal of 1913 -should be awarded to Professor Easterfield, Victoria College, for distinguished work in chemical research, especi-, ally in connection with New Zealand produce, his work having a direct as well as an indirect bearing on the scientific knowledge, life and prosperity of the community. Tho recommendation was adopted.'. Mr Thomson, chair- ' man. of the Award Committee, read a letter from Professor Orme Masson, expressing the opinion that the original intention of the trust was to make an award for work done in New Zealand, whether it had a bearing on New Zealand or not. It was decided to obtain " a legal opinion as to whether the deed of trust, being in contravention of : the report of the Hector Memorial Committee adopted by the Board of Governors, could be altered.