News of the Dominion

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 12, 20 March 1912, Page 4

News of the Dominion

Private Eaterpriae. THE fi-s: .- -i :f tbe Wa:;<* RaTwav Let arek. In V* ■ t desired 1 It d ■<. i »-«ja to do aayzxifig <f k - Sos>et*sw? ;.‘:c deTxesX* <f 6 ■ z? sir- :r. <::* t'e mW laid down by G. ; was that so Icr-g *: . .-•<■ t - :<r;-r:se carried <- an underlay g a xha: was MUfinNT X i e -• : : izoeraiiv tiiere ais need for she Si-jue *o iaierfere. He <<4=®ended tie exuerpHsa wl.ch tie WAS d-paving. I: proposed :o betwofa £S<MW r_i £ G • W. It -a.n.d fceiide estfioysnent for a * n_ti. **fr i-f zee® upon *-&e cc-Bstrue’ \ <f x?.e liw, and when the uadervis in f-ii opera*ioa it w-?aM e~~/; • Z‘- I'y some hundreds cf m - He he ped :he eempany would :*e s'err Fa-xliaxsen: Bs.ildiagw. -■ - i : ? z e .’ •».;i : • <• creel'..n of tre new :,'t ii.r LesisLaiure- Orders have bees I y the Pr : r Works Depariatefit r .■’ eerxoua r*ort?oss of streets snrT.-nnd.ris ine s.:e .n neeonl&nee ».zl -\e *. make a : £ ii-i «*■&?*•«I _• : _'. - : - •: ’ '* xxi of : : r. xud the n-t a- rwHiasnen* ha&d- • ' ’ . • - C-i-v f rnrc-i r i arr-'-heed.. Slsrx-s of Wcakaess. T' ~- N ’ Z-?.s.ixr»d ■•'?•■>’ - * - - ■ - * 5 > _•••’. -t - " ! . £~*-i'. z «.;i ?:rS.-< sh.: l'?:, i* a tiros s - ' wits u*e <FAi**£e dispute : cnly tie iesest royaJiy is l< eljumeS the WeEinstos tramway men in-stx-fed of being Ules nstder ibe clause with uransikt; workers, xsd that certain individai_< and abetted tr.e tan sir«ke are not praßfewted. A Maan Grier-awee. e nfe-r. o-c o: ibe Maori tiLit botel-k.eec*ers refused Ward t: - in wx> .. lari'.• .:s were in&rteid is ecnse- - at :.he ebk«r line. Is :c.e case a ■ . naanhtees .x the z. <n the «-i-,-<U a«’e paank«Mar.y w*ia -A -.xr*r;« wb*r* the s*ra«n*ce ayreared to i* zl st prevalent. Mweh fxed it m .*< n hrur. and *r* -. txk rg ea*e that «vrib eonrs® ■ a s ’. tbe rear of tl* tram ust£! ail i. • A>rtJ i of tW ;-a»-ea.y to t:*e kerb

A Big Scheme. The Xarth <*a:eZ: iry Hospital Boaid have had under consideration a se*en»e : .-■ erevt an adaticislretire bkxk at tie Hospital a: a cost of aidOjMM. But the Board reoeatly «m--ferred ailh Dr. Valiatiae, ■who offered ••ic-.e X£a.a>: ike expcnditaie c: saich a iarge satai, based <»a the coaieoti >a that tse extensile pre.-sei proposed vias anaecessary. carisu h.:reh, be said, Aas ia need of an iafeeijoraa diseases hospitdd, a»d as is.dataon ward was more r,e;~.s-sary t&aa the s tgsresied admiaislrative Week. The Board decided, after that further jians should be prepared for aa aduaintstratire biock estimated to cost from X.10.0W to £12j060, at; for as asolatio* ward es-.i-nsated to eost fraua £sX*>? to £'<«W. A Coavincitag Test. The rerest heavy floods in the AuA'and district put to a thorough test the Hautnki drainage works. One of the highesj Soods ever experienced in the ’. .. ■ - - . i - • '. : : ' - ' drainef land. The eJagineer-in-xharse..

Mr. J. B. Tbocxpsca, says bo damage was doue- T&e tank was otry broken ts os* piaee, hut to salt water reacted the set tiers’ lauds. I; is tigsiy satisfar-torv :•? k»:w that t: damage oeeurred aioEgthe Phakc river itself .: to the xmaje.se 2xe step banks on each side of it. — he a.ex re .erred to .. ms t*a r * of the • . • now in tie oceupatk-n of about 100 sett'ers. Before the drainage took peace the vh -J- of these Huis'" were under 'With Eathtsiara. _ The werk ;f organisation in terne:taoe with the N.Z. s port« Prckeetaoa League .« tr' wefi. During the r-a«t f-w months branches of the leagu* Has sags, CBhorwe, Paimerston Fedda—jri.te . tun .. ka Asr t T-mart. Gerali s» Amheriev. Utti-e River. Dax- *-. a. and InvereargiiL Mr Paape, geemee'—ags .x tue Xdsc-a aui Wesxlaai trov:B-e« The board of eontroi has Uii cc-wa a :* 'Zremnae of W2aajsat*-..n which wi*’ rewnlt ia b-asAes heing fc-ÜBos .a ail tar pr.nnpai towns of the m©-.emet: is Wing taken trp •with enSteadoly Expaadlag. At a wee .rag of the AndtUrd Haafcuor rereaan waa expanding, axl

there was every prospect that the present year would constitute a record. Tie estimated total receipts for 1912 from al! sources were £103,473. while the expenditure including provision for interest and sinking fund was estimated at £15X189. Minimising Ssaday Work. Wide the Methodist Conference wab in session, a setter was read from MajorGeneral Godiey ia answer to a protest aga.nst the running of Sunday trains for military purposes. The letter was as t •!- lows:—“T.-e position is that large "i—■ hers of troops have to be trained in eamps with only limited time available for this p’UtpKrse. These eamps are arranged to as far as possible suit !<xa! conditions of employers ani employees and the various industries of lie Dominion. This necessitates, in some eases, a return of the troops on Sunday in order not to break into a second working week. Everything j-ossirtle is done, and will he done, to minimise Sunday work, and I would he very glad if you eould offer some suggestions to meet the diiSeulties of the situation. I will correspond c>n the subject with the various district commanders in order to limit travelling on Sundays to a minimmn amount, or. if possible, to obviate it altogether, which I will endeavour to do."

No DxstxxxetiozLS. la regard to a that a aiatiaeuou is reLxjs made between Civil service Territorials and those empToyed by yrrivate -bssslness firms. Kir Joaeph Ward says that ail young men ia tie service llai.ie for tra ntag have to evert y with the Act. The position of the cilgttie in the railway service, however, was differeat. Some 5000 members were probably affected i-y the Act, anc to call Cheas aT cut at once woißi mean a seri.-cs disruption of a public service. A definite rase coald n..t therefore be laid dowa, but ereryooe would have to coaform with the requirements of the Act. The AltXßl of T ife. Provision has been made by the Auckland Board for the honsng of old eocpies at the Costley Hrine withett; separaung them, as has been necessary La the past. Married eonpler quarters have been erected, a l«u.»d.ag of .sit living rooms an! a dinipgroom, male possible by hecaests from tie lale Mr-. Gamiue « £73* > and tie late Robert ■Tod-iard f £l23* . A nurses’ home has also been b_l.: at the iaetiration, and both bxiiidit’s were cA-ixliy opened by Mr. P. M. Mackay last week. A Menace to FootbalL A .»<•:« of alarm was sr-us>3ed by Bffr. D. We r at the annual meeting of th* Weßiarton Rugby Vnion. The bookmaker*. he sail, were getting as interest in tk» raeie. After every leg ~tat h larg« sums -.f »a*r ehang-4 handA Peayera were no: affected, out

the position was sarions nevertheless Bookmakers should he kept off tb« grounds. Mr. Little supported Mr. Weir, and nrg.-d that should be done.’ Professor Hunter re* marked that if they were to keep the gi’.ce .lean and free from professional izifluen.es, they must get players to follow the game for the sake of the game, not for any tours or other outside rewards. it was resolved. on the motion of Professor Hunter, that the Management Committee be instructed to takg stringent steps to prevent betting ett Athletic Park. " Toss Agreements to Comrade Hickey has spoken strongly again in the “Maoriland Worker.” Ho says some of his class who called him impassible and even questioned hi# sanity when he raised his voice against compulsory arbitration came to discover that he was right. And the same will apply to agreements. -Before long the workers will realise that they will have to insist upon the right to toss their agreements to h , if, in the tossing, working class betterment is assured.” In the meantime -the pliant tools of capitalism with the hearts of jackals and the minds of serpents will endeavour to pump their poisonous verbal offal into the minds of the workers’ so as

-split them in twain by the schism «t sectionalism.” Comrade Hickey is backed up by Corxra.de Dunean, who says that “viewed in the light of proletarian ’ogie agreesneuts or pacts which stand in the way of working class victory must go by the board.” The world’s workers, he says, "hnust wrench from the master class the world's wealth for the welfare of humanity.” Comrades Duncan and Hickey are backed up by Comrade Gale, who says in a breery way that the basses have broken agreements at Inangahua. Details Jfeeeasary. In a ease heard bef ore Dr. A. MeArthur. SAL. at Vpper Hutt, in which Dr. J. R. Purdy was suing Angus T. MeOurdy for £2 11/, defendant raised a nonsuit point on the ground that he had net been supplied with a detailed statement. "A doctor is bo more privileged than anyone else.” said Dr. MeArthur, “and an aeeount which states simply, to services rendered.’ is no account at *®- Tbs service ought to be defined, and, in fart, it ha* been ruled so in the rexjreme Court.’ Dr. Purdy stated that he followed The nsna! custom, but hi* Wnruhip replied that hi« Dr. Purdy’s) usual eu*t >m was not the enstom of the (ouri. Dort-ors were not exempt and n»'l give details. “That is news to me." ofeerved Dr. Pnrdy. “Well, you and other medical roen will have to learn it,’ remarked Dr. MeArthur. A noesui* was entered. Insanitary Conditdnnß. Tl>* *>»- :ary arrangement* at ’•’fig toa has. it is staled, thr ugh lack ad •

proper system of inspection and the employment of iaconjie'ait tradesmen. deVelcped some startling defects. and paenace to the health of the town is reC>rted to be so grave as to warrant itnediate action by the Health Departs jnent. Rip Van Winkle. Not tea miles from Cathedra] Square, fkristchurch. yet in a densely wooded had little-known country —in fact, a sori pf Never-Never Land —a party of weekfenders recently came upon a veritable flip Van Winkle. Old ani bent, he confessed to be over seventy years of age. He has pitched his tent in a small cosy flearing in the broom and lupins, and there without a break he has lived for twenty-fire years, to the knowledge of Vat few. In fact, so dense is the broom that even five yards away one would never dream of a tent being hidden there. Of cheerful visage and healthy look, the old hermit has all this time lived the simple life, not once having Gestured as far as to the city. Brighton is the only civilised settlement he. Visits, and there at lengthy intervals fee trudges the three miles which separate it from his camp in order to get supplies. He is a respectable, c'.eanlooking old chap, and his simple manner pf living has probably been the cause of his excellent health. Mort of Bribery Rumours. Mr. J. Pa me. hl P.. the. central figure of wrta!% bribery charges mentioned in the Ilcvjse during the no-confidence debate. has publicly announced his intention to proceed against Mr. W. F. Masley, deader of the. Opposition. The rumours. he says, have been revived, and this had compelled him to the derision that he would push Mr. Massey as far as the law allowed. Cathedral at Dunedin. The Hoard set up in eonneatson with the building of a new Cathedral at Dinedin has decided upon the acceptance of k design and the immediate conrmene*men: of six bays of the structure. A f .r, of £'■>.<»*> is available and promised. and with interest aseruing a deScifenry of £3500 will remain to be raised. Many Objections. Friday was the last lay for receiving objections to the. provisional .-".aesfi’alion scheme drawn up by the Civil Service Classification Board. Objections were received in hundreds by every mail, so it is reported, and the secretary of the Board was praetisally “-snowed under” with protests. Pet.-. ms of protest t o the Government are being sent in from the officers of some departments. The opinion is freely expressed amongst member* of the publie service that the? would prefer the establishment of a Civil Service Board rather than <“-e tue proposed ctassifi.acton, or anyth ng lake it brought into force. Was His Pledge Broken ? At a very stormy meeting on Friday right and amidst vigorous cheereng ant hooting. Mr. John Payne. M.P., attempted to explain to a gathering of 7<»' people that he had not broken his pledge cn Voting for the Government on the n> confidence jxot'on. He was a«el to resign and again c ■ ntes: ■ sea:. y - influential man -offering £39 towards ;•..* expenses. **lf id? per cent, of the p*T -

of Grey Lynu signed a petition ask.ug pie to resign.” was Mr. Payne's repay. -I should demand that I should be allowed to stay in Pir'.aara; three years t a prove that I am right." Rapid Hsidliaß. The new Auckland post oJfi.-e, which will shortly be handed over by the builders, will be equipped with al! the most modern and approve! appliances for the rapid handling of mads and telegraphic matter, in which respect the installation of pneumatic tubes will play an important part. Everything is now ready for connecting the new office with the old Portland street by these tubes, through which postal and telegraphic matter will be conveyed between the two buildings. The pneumatic tube, which is workable tip to a radins of about four miles. will later on connect all the nearer sub-office* with the central office, thus causing a great economic saving, and enabling a ymi-h quicker despatch in the handling of postal matter. A School Hostelry. A deputation, consisting of members of the High School Board of Governors, waited on the Domain Board in connection with the proposal to establish a boarding house or hostelry in conjunction with the Hamilton High School. The present system, under which pupils have frequently to travel a long distance by train, and be boarded out in the town was stated not- to be conducive to their physical or moral welfare. The board of governors at their last meelmr decided to apply to the Government for a grant of £3(K«O and ask the Domain Board to grant sections 13 and 14 alongside the High School site for the purpose. The deputation received a sympathetic hearing. The Board informed them that though they could not give the land, they would facilitate by every means it being taken under th.-- Public Works A-.-t. Takapana Post Office. The erection of a new post office st Takapuna is to be proceeded with at once. Last year Parliament autSofised £1,500 for the work, yesterday the. member for the district. Mr. A. Harris, was informed day the Prime Minister that plans had been approved, and tenders would be called immediately. The site, which was purchased some years ago, is at the corner of Hurst mere-road and Kills rney-st reet. A Slight on Canaitteenea. The proposal io form a Schoo! Committee's Association. to take in the school committees throughout the Auckland school district, Has not been allowed to drop, but has not yet taken definite shape. The suggestion for the formation of such a bdy came originally from Mr. F. Gaudin. chairman of the City Schools Committee. There is a fairly strong feeling that the Education Board, the members of which are elected directly by st-bo.d committees. is not, as a Board, representative of the committees’ interests. This is particularly the case with regard to the appointment of teachers The present method adopted by the Board (m compliance with its grading scheme of submitting the name of only one candidate to the school committee and inviting the committee’s consideration of that candidate as a suitable teacher for appointment, is regarded at

a slight upon intelligent men elected by the parents to look after the interests ot a school. There is no objection made io a grading scheme for teachers. What is taken exception to is that, in cases where there are several applicants all on the same step of the classification ladder, the names of all or at least some of these applicants are not submitted to the committee for selec t ion. For Sick Children. The King Edward Memorial Hospital, erected at Wellington for the reception of sick children, was officially opened by His Excellency the Governor, last week. There was a large and representative gathering. The campaign to raise she required sum of T 16.054 was substantially assisted by Mr. Hugh Ward, after whom one of the wards has been samel. The various speakers at the ceremony commended the movement to make special proviscion for the ailing children of the community. No More Imprisonment. Interviewed at Hamilton, General Godley expressed ft as his opinior. that it was a mistake to send to gaol the young fellows who refused to undertake training under the Defence Act, arid agreed the best way to deal with resisters wa? to curtail their civil rights—the franchise. and old-age pension. More could be done by goodwill than by -mpu'-ion. “But whatever happens," h: sail, "there must be no r; rise Sir Joseph Ward is also against imprlsmnient of the bays, but says the law will need to be altered to make it clear that gaol cannot be allowed. The Australian system of fines, and in default military detention, meets with his approval.