LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12707, 31 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-i meeting of ratepayers at Whakatane unanimously approved a boron"h loan proposal totalling £70,500. as follows: Roads £17,500. water £25,000, electric light and power £24,000, drainage £4ooo.—Press Association. The chairman of the New Zealand Company, Limited, announces than tne general manager Mr A. W. Bennett, i s retiring at the end’ of August, and the position which he held vill not be filled. The hoard of directors have appointed Mr G. B. Bullock, tueir Wellington manager, as superintendent of the company. He will he stationed at Wellington, as experience has shown the necessity for the chief executive officer resi&ig there.

+C fnl? ?r’ ias received u ?7^ g . t€leg . ram fr°m the Hon 7c ■, j‘ outline, Minister or Lands:— I only received your telegram regarding )\ sst Coast scenic reserves, and have noted contents- Representations were made to me when in Hokitika suggesting that reservation should oe hr tea from certain blocks, but hetore anything is done report will be o ameti and careful consideration given. Have noted your reference to areas on mam South Westland Road and shall obtain report thereon. Regret had no time to visit that locality.” “To my mind the most valuable degree a teacher can secure at present is that of Bachelor of Commerce, for which the subjects are largely those which we are called upon to teach,” lemarked Mr C. M- Haelam (chairman ot the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute) at a meeting of the branch. Mr Haslam added tnat as far as he was aware the degree in question carried no teacher’s certificate, whereas other degrees. t vL.i C ' cu d secur « i with subjects or little use in teaching, had a very important bearing upon the securing of these certificates.

• m hiers have been watching the case of Paul Freeman in Australia with great interest, and the seeretary V>f the Miners’ Federation has received the following resolution, carned at a recent meeting of the Point Elizabeth and Liverpool State Ooliievies Union, with a request that it should be forwarded to the Commonwealth authorities:—“We protest against the detention of Paul Freeman, and demand that he bo given an open trial, at which all evidence should be produced, so that he would be able to defend himself. We consider hia deportation and detention is an outrageous act of militarism and injustice, and a violation of the fundamental principles of human liberty.” The union has also passed a motion, which has been forwarded to Sir James Allen, protesting against the Government’s attitude towards conscientious objectors and all offenders under the Military Service Act and, its regulations.

A _fine example of “coolness tinder fire ’ w&s afforded by an elderly lady Tvh’o was among the patrons of Liberty Theatre when the fire occurred yesterday She had taken a seat m the auditorium, and while she had observed the exodus of the other people she was not excited about it. A Pressman who was looking up at the busy firemen in the circle approached her, and asked Avhether there had been much excitement over the affair. The lady denied any knowledge of anything likely to cause excitement, and was blissfully ignorant of the fact that the operating hox was on fire. Her attention was drawn to the efforts of the fire-fighters above, hut even then she declined to bo shaken out of her placid calm. She rose, and remarking, “I don’t suppose there will he any show this afternoon,” she walked serenely to the exit and vanished. < The publication of a “ Gazette ” notice extending the moratorium to August 31 if the war should end before that date, and the Attorney-General’s explanation of the necessity for this, have reminded Some people that the war is not yet Wally at an end. states the “ Post.” _ The position has been carefully provided for in legislation of last session—the War Legislation and Statute Law Amendment Act. Section 24 of that Act, referring to the “termination of the Avar,” defines “ the war” as “the Avar with Germany,” and the termination is to be from a date to be named by the GovernorGeneral in a proclamation. That proclamation has not been issued yet, and presumably it will not be until New Zealand receives formal and official advice through the regular channels that the Peace Treaty has been regularly ratified. That will mean the termination of the war so far assOch termination is referred to in legislation or in Court proceedings: but it jtfll by no means settle all questions arifing from the war. For example, the status of nationals of other enemy races than Germany cannot well he determined until the treaties with Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria are in order, too. Even then Ncav Zealand’s action is hound to be affected by the course taken by Great' Britain, for this Dominion cannot take upon itself the responsibility of settling whether former enemy subjects, now included in one of the new States, are to he treated as enemy aliens, neutrals or allies-

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