LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20161, 2 September 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The West Coast millers have decided to work i.alf-time -owing to the war. Three destitute "children were committed to tlie Education Board's Industrial School Iby th© Magistrate yesterday, and the fathei* Was ordered to contribute toiwards their ■ma.in-ienian'ce. The Pacific Oalble Board notifies that conditions are noav favourable for hand--4 in^ deferred1, and iwe&lc-end messages ";#Mi'.-ilittle .over normal delay. Metes,:jig6sj r hp.wever,: are -aeoepted at senders' risk.. ' ...... . "T.lie'iCitizens' P&tKOjftc Committee meets this afternoon' in- the Borough Council Chambers, at four o'clock (not two o'clock as pitevioudy advertised). The reports of the various sub-commit-tees will be presented andl considered. All members are asked to be preserit 3 ias matters of imporatnee are to be brought up. : At Palmerston North, yesterday the Conciliation Council met to hear an application from the hotel workers of Wanganui, Feilding, and Palmerston N. for & new award. Mr P. Hally, Commissioner, presided. Messrs Hayward, Devine siad! McCarty (Wanganui) appeared on behalf of the employers ,-and Messrs Carey (general secretary), Wiright and Conchie on behalf of the employees. Judgment' for 'plaintiff iwas isciven .by default in the 'following ©ivil actions heard at the Magistrate's Court yester-d-ay:—^Carrad aiyd Eowe v. P. C. "ipQo.tr-

er £3 3> M. L Lampe v." 'T. Uawrere £4, ■ Wm. : Brown .v. 'Alice Price £2 Os. 6d.; R: and E. Tin^ey v. jG. .Hackett £3..155. and posisessToh" of.. tenement, A. I>unibar . v. Kingi 9s. .6d.,: Jlei\ry;:Rb!binson, -':.Ernera Taika £3 lls. 11d.,2 Jariies "Thaiiir and Co. Ltd. V. John McLennan £28 25..;8d., A. p,._Ma.rtis v. William ,Ck>r-' jnick" £3, A. iQ. SVtartis v. F. B. Jjangridge'"Ss 155., T.m Mills v. A. McKae £1, D. McFarlane Ltd. v. -Allan Marshall £42 os. 9d".. L. Elliott vv Mary Rhodes £2" 10s. The "Wairoa Guardian" thus takes its readers into its confidence: "On Monday morning two of our staff left at the call of the Empire, and we were left with the manager and a young lady to set up the paper. Mr Christophers, of Dalgety's, j.TjtfJ.- kindly lent us the seryiftes of Mr. G. W. Brown, an ex-conipositor, the Rev G. E. Kear 3 who understands theart, volunteered very kindly from Fras/ertown, and the town constable, also an j ex-compositor, and oae other official assisted in the folding", and thus the paper was fairly- up to time. It is not every paper that can claim they were so generously assisted by the Church, Militant, the Law and the Police." At Dnnedin yesterday, Mr. Widdovvson, S.M., gave judgment in an interesting case in 'which the Tramways Union sued ■&. member for three-shillings representing two fines of one shilling each uipjon the defendant for absenting himself"without apology in writing.iErom the annual meetings of the Union on two Sundays, aiid a further fine of one shilling for not bean-? clear of the books at the half-yearly meeting. The secretary stated that .the meetings ihad been called on Sundays as .sixty per cent, of" the members were unable to attend"on'weekdays. , Ih© defeml?nt objected on principle to jsuch meetings, and held- -that he was iustifiecl : in' 'albsientinig hintself without an apology. In conpludinp; his judgment, . the .■.Magistrate said': "■ "(Although a 'great- deal may ibear^giued on ethical grounds, 1 n-m bound to hold that tho meetings referred to weiffe- legally held. I am,/ iihereffore, of oipinion that ■plaintiffs are entitled.to jndigmenit, but do not think that costs should he fallowed. ' . ■■■>-■■"■' : Mr. 'Royd Garlick, Director of Physical Inspection, informed a "Chronicle" represenfcative that the'idea of the camp, which will last till Friday week,.is to give the teachers sufficient knowledge of .physical culture for a year. Tlgis^knowledge they will impart to the children.. The schools would be visited periodically by the instructors and practical asI sistance given the teachers; - The system lis fotmded! on old Swedish methods. It is divided into grades, with 72 exercises. The grades co-ordinate, and may be adapted to- children of -all ages. Tho exercises include swimming, life-saving, and resuscitation. .The idea of the whole scheme is to build up a people of better physique than their fathers. Physical culture tends to promote discipline" — a factor which is becoming less .and less - pronounced in the colonial youth, and is more and more desired by the business and professional man—a high^moral standard", and efficiency.:;Mr. Garlick expressed himself as being very pleased with the progress,made'■#tifi the system since its inception in Neiw^Zealandv He was-confident that the Depart.ment?s efforts would1 be crowned with great cucoess." - .■ -_ The Marton Library is rather a reflection upon such' an important and grow-ing-town,., and as the. borough could.not apparehtly undertake :the erection'of a,! bualdmg worthy of'the;district, it; was] decided that the town clerk should^ma'l? e appluoation to Mr Carnegie for a dona- ] pon towards the cost of a new build-] ing This course was followed, and yesterday Mr Knigge received the following satisfactory reply from Mr J Bert-' ram, secretary of the Carnegie Corpora-' tion: Responding to your communication on behalf of library building for Mjartorv, New. Zealand, /fche Oarnef/l<i Cooperation of New York will be glad to i give £1250 to erect a free PublSLib-1 '■rIT f°r^ ar Ito1ton' if tlle Council' will! pledge .officially from taxation not - less' than ££0 annually -for the upkeep of : the - building; • and -will also "provide a site tor the building the cost "of-which will not ]>c a burden on the revenue specified. It should be noted that the amountindicated is to cover the cost of library building complete, ready for occupancy, and for the mirposes intended" Before any expenditure;on buildings or plans is incurred, the approval of the ; proposed plans by-the Carnegie Corporation of -New York should be. Becured to obtain which please send sketch plans for inspection." In view of-the "foregoing, it is quite probable that the conditions will he cbmplii&i with. "■'■■'.

A few minutes after he had commenced' to give evidence in a civil action at the Supreme Court yesterday, a man, to all appearances strong and 'healthy, fainted. He was conducbedi out of court, and his evidence was taken at' a later stage in the proceedings. At, Wellington yesterday Mr Riddell, S.M., gave judgment in an interesting civil action in which the defendant placed reliance on; the Moratorium Act passed' last month. The claim was for instalments of the pr&cipal and 'interest diie under the mortgage of a lease by the defendant to the plaintiff. The Plaintiffs (admitted that they had not applied to the Supreme Court idr'leave to take ac-tion,-ias provided under the Mortgages Extension Act, consequently the defence contended, that they ;could not succeed His WorsMp pointed out that the action ■was commenced in April last; and there was no provision in the Act making it retrospective. Judgment was accordingly given for plaintiffs.

dust sitter midnight, the big fire-belf broke the-silence, a, conflagration haviriobroken out amongst the dry-pine needlel beneath the trees in the park adjoinurgtba Museum. Some young men on Dm-ie Hill saw, the blaze, and adivisedConstable Hitchcock, who gave the alarm. The fire was easily extinguished by the aid of'the chemical apparatus on the motor hose reel,, but the incident should-serve as a warning that the time may soon be past when there -will be no neoessiity for housing a brick building the valuable curiosities and historic relics now reposing- in. an old wooden structure. If—and-the word is suggestive—the fire had started rather nearer^ the building, if the wind had! been blowmg m the.opposite direction, and if tne alarm Jiad not been promptly <nven and attended to, the Wanganui Museum might this morning have been a heaw of ashes. ; ■ *