LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12889, 6 August 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Jllingworth, of tho Toska Studio, has presontcd two fine enlarged photographs to the Union Boating Club? 'Ono is of tho Hobart Championship crew of l!X>9-10, :ind the other is of« the New Zealand Champion.shin now of 1913.

in the annual j-eir.irt of the Wanganui River Trust it was stated that the chairman or the Waitotara County Council wcis lax in his attendance. This, Mi- Ritchie explained at the Council mooting on MomJjiy. was due to tho nnsuitabihty of the hour at which the meetings were hold. It was not because the cii,a:i-mnn of the Trust did

Applications for the land ballot to be liold i t-o-day respecting Block Wh.akai-kmvha-k«i, which comprises 8923 acres, and 1k..--; at the> bond of the Waitotara Kivcr and nearly opposite Pipiriki, closed yesterday at tho local office of the Lands -uid Survey Department. The ballot will take- pla-co ;it the Fire Brigado* Hall at 10 a.m.

Mr. T. Pargetor, health inspector tinder the Wanganui Hospital JioarJ, returnod to town yesterday after paying a visit of inspection to the old Maori who was isolated at Ohoua settlement by Dr. Mackenzie when visiting tho up-river settlements as a suspected smallpox patient. Mr. Pargetcr found the old man much improved in health. The vaccine with which he had Been inoculated had taken, and the .patient's condition was satisfactory.

Letters for Gardener, Genuine, PusTi, Machinery, .Central, Pianoforte, Single and <S.W. are lying at this office. ! The Wiaimana arrived in the stream from London top •■'"" late' for medical'inspection last evening, says a Wellington telegram. Word was conveyed to '. the shore that she had eight cases o? scarletina. on board. The. annual general meeting of members of the men's branch of the Reform ! League will b e held at Dusting rooms !on Friday next at 8 p.m. All members i of the women's branch and supporters; or the .League are cordially invited to '> be present. It was rumoured yesterday afternoon > that- the .body of Mr F. Neylon, who. lias been missing since Saturday night, had been found in the river. The re-; port, proved to be unfounded, for up to a late hour last night no trace of, tho missing man had been discovered. ( One of the lc/al public vaccinators received! the fdllowing not© from a Maori resident of Waitotara., who was recently vaccinated by him: "Auc. 1, 1913 please Dre — You san my tivesget"—which being , interpreted means : "Please Dr — will you send my certi-

ficate?" i Further complaint was made at the meeting of the Gonville-Castlecliff Tramway Board last night that as a result of vandalism a quantity, of man-am grass along; the foreshore- had been pulled up and 'burned. The members considered that this -was a dreadfuF state of affairs, and on c that the Board greatly deplored. It was decided that- any person found interfering with the marra?n : grass would be prosecuted. A local plumber named W. Butler ] appeared at the Magistrate's Court yes- ! terday morning on the charge of a 1 breach of the Plumbers' Award, in that,.' ho employed two assistants to one

journey-man. The Inspector of Awards \ ,(Mr. Moston), who prosecuted, stated i that defendant had employed two an- : prentices, and he himself Was "the only j journeyman. This was a breach of the i award. Defendant could employ an assistant in the shop, but he could not employ an apprentice and not teach him tho trade, and the Act provided that ■ it" an employer could not teach an ap- ! prentice, ho must find him another em- j ployer. Defendant explained that ho ■ must have someone to mind the shop. ! It was stated that tho breach had net j been continued, an arrangement having j been come to. In the circumstances, ■the ! Magistrate. 'Mr. W. Kerr, gave judg-ihent-for£l. There are some foolish things done by school committees in the direction 'of health presentation. The Public Ilealth officer has drawn the attention o? the'"Feilding'Star*' to the case of the Clydesdale school, which has been, closed for nearly a fortnight as a procaution against scarlet fever. It apI,oars that ono of the pupils was away en a holiday, and seven days after her return symptoms of scJrlet* fever were -noticed and tho .child was isolated. 'Ilion, without consulting anyone or notifying tho Education Board, tho school committeo .closed the school and sent post-haste for tho health officer1. Visions of smallpox, plague, vaccinations and other troubles before tho eyes of Mr O'Brien, but a 50-milo (h-'ivM only revealed the fact that he had been on a fool's errand and that the committee and teacher- required to exercise;a little more patience and to ,'rieek outside, counsel,7 instead of acting detrimentally to the welfare of the children.

"Oh, yes, I got £450 as compensation," remarked a judgment debtor-at the Auckland Magistrate's Court, in answer to a cross-exanur.ing lawyer, "but I had to pay £273 expenses out of that "■ " What for ?" interjected Mi- C. G. Kettie, S.M. "Who got that amount?" Tlio debtor explained that he had proceeded against 'the' Mount Eden Borough Council for compensation in respect of certain injuries received. "The case was settled," he said. "My solicitors advised mo to take £450 in settlement, and pay all my own expenses, and like a fool I did it." Two payments had been made direct to him, 'he added whil c the balance of £275 had been handed over to his solicitor to meet expenses. Tho magistrate expressed ey dtevrfm^rjajtiocil toj /fijnd out lexa^t^what tho expenses were, and therefore 'idjournedtt o case in order that the debtor might produce a statement to show where the - money paid over for expenses had gon G to. ' Mv; W. Kerr, S.M., gave judgment ■ lor plaintiffs by.default in the follow-in" cases:—Tho . Wanganui Meat Freezing C.0., Ltd., v. L. Gosnell, £1 Is. Sd : Warpock and Adkin v. Heu Heu Tukmo, £21 7s. 9d.; Bert Hart v. W. Parsons. £3 9s. Bd.; N.Z. Loan and Meroantjlo Agency Co.. Ltd., v. Thomas Mcßenn, £9 Bs. 4d..; Borough Coun™rT Pi • J> Bel1' £5 65..--oa.; Mary MeUonachie v. Joseph Hnwira, £5 0s 6d.; "Wanganui.Chronicle" Co, Ltd I;- G- Ji White, £7 17s. 9d.; John Jeters Cow jo v. Hohcpa Hawira, £10 <fi.; be. D. Jones and Co. v. Holiepa Hawera, £4 155.; Dalgety and Co Ltd.. v. E. Bonwick, £3 6s. Sd.: Wanpanui Carrying Co. v. William Tingoy £1 10s. ;'H. I. Jones and Co. v. WO. i Walker," £4 19s. sd. George Charles Cameron was ordered to nay Charles Jivan Mackay'£6 Is. forthwith or go to prison for six dr.rs. • Reremoana-To-lnki'ra was ordered to pay the Wan- ' sranui Meat Freezing Co.. Ltd.. £,1 Cs. '■ forthwith, in default five days'' impris- j onment. N<jpia Taura Avas ordered to I pay A. A. Gower £1 Bs. forthwith, "n j default ono day's imprisonment. Jo- I rgdli Em in. was ordered to pay W Rich- { ings £o 18s. forthwith, in default six ! day's imprisonment.