LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 855, 29 June 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs. Vf. M. Ballantync and Co., local iisjonl's for the Tyser lino, have been advised by telegram thai the Indradevi will bring her own cargo on 1.0 Wellington, lltr (Into of arrival is for Iho present uncertain ag some repairs have to bo effected at Aucklnnd, and this work will take a itcplc or more. Tho underwriters were lo have decided yesterday as to what course would bo adopted in deal* iiitf with damaged cnrgo. Tlie flat at Island B".V was under water yosti-rday, as the result of the continuous heavy rain, nnd lit Horsey Slrept tho inundation was six »r seven inches deep. Cars were unable to run right through to the bay, the water reaching the running geor and short-circuiting tho motors. The Licenced Victuallers' Association has been waited on by representatives of tho Wellington Tobacconists' Association regarding tho selling of cigarettes auil cigars in hotels. The n-ssncintion's conferonco with the Warehousemen's Association has been adjourned for a week. The plans for tho new Government Buildings in Christchurch wern passed by Cabinet yesterday, and tenders for this important work will be called for within the nest day or two. Mr. Davey has been informed by Iho Hon. If. M'Jvcnzio that tho time allowed for the receipt of tenders will be made as short as possible, so that the successful contractors can get quickly to work and employ any surplus labour that is available. The building will be a very largo one, with a basement and three stories, and the plans indicato that it wilt bo a serviceable, but not of a highly ornate, character. The Soldiers' Graves Guild is about to erect tombstones at the graves of New Zealand soldiers who fought in the South African war, and who afterwards (Med in this country as Iho result of wounds or diseases contracted in the war. The hemlsUmes will be of Coromandel granite, and will te suitably engraved. Each grave will also bo surrounded with a coping. Arrangements have been made with monumental masons for tho erection of headstones and copings at twenty graves in different parts of IS'ew Zealand. When the application nf thirteen or fourinen Ifiicliers for leave of absence came before the Wellington Education Hoard y<:»torday, the chairman stated that tho number seemed very largo. It would appeal , that female teachers were specially subject lo breakdown in health through throat and other atVections. In connection with the announcement that the new Jluddart-Parkov steamer f'ealandia is to enter the Vancouver service, it is interesting in know that thn late 311 r. James Uuddiiit initiated the Vancouver service on his own account many years ago, with the steamers Miowci'M m\d Warrimoo. It is, perhaps, not inappropriate that the Huddart-Pirkor Proprietary, with which ho was so long connected, should again, with so admirable an addition to its ileet, acquire an. interest in the service. Captain TV. J. Bead and Professor 1 , . D. Brown, M.A., B.Sc : , have been appointed assessors to sit on the inquiry to bo held at Auckland into the fire on the Tyser liner Indradevi. Captain Read has fiat on several previous nautical Inquiries, including Unit on the wreck of the l'su. Ifiiin. Professor Brown has been appointed on account of his experience in chem:'slry. ill thu hope that ho will be able 1,0 assist the Court in arriving at tho cause of (ha fire. Although it was stated a few days back that the Waiiganui Education Board had convened a conference of odu. cation bonnls, to bn held in Wellington in August, tho Wellington Board has as yet received no otlicinl intimation to I hat effect-. When the matter was mentioned at the May meeting of the board, it; was decided tlint, in view of a conference Ui be convened by (lie Minister, it, was unnecessary lo tak o snparalotictton. 11 r. William Watson has mado n. special donation of fifty pounds to the. Society fur thn Prevention of Cruelty io Animals. The eoininittnp, at its meeting last evening, acknowledged the gift with a hearty vote of thanks. Mr. Watson, who was present as a membor of tho committee, suitably replied. Councillor Ballinger will inovo at tho moot in of tho Ci tv Council i-o-moTrow night:—"That the lollowing bo a remit to tho Jlunieipal Association tor consideration at the coming conference: 'That tho Government bo requested to amend Section H of tho Fire Hrigadcs Act Amendment Act, 1008, by striking out the following words: "shall be dromod to bo carried 'unless at least one-third of the ratepayers of that district Lave valinly exercised their votes in respect of that proposal." and substitute tho following: "That tho proposal shall be deemed to be carried if iwo-thivds of the valid votes cast by the ratepayers at tho poll are in favour of the propojnl."'" Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdressing, Manicuring, t-ace Mnssngc, Treatment of Palling Hail'. iUltl Dandruff. Combings Stl-Bflt. 'Phono ISPO.-Arlvt

Teachers of music and their students— particularly ihosu iiitt-mline to sit for the next examination of the Hoyal Academy of Music—wilt bo inlerrstcd to hear that Madame Carrcno, the gifted pianist at present in Wellington, will play Beotliovcn's "Waldstein" Sonata (tip. S3), at. (he concert this evening. Tho "Waldstein" has been fcl as-part of tho performers' examination by the academy. Kel'erring to a case reecntly in which an anaesthetic fatality was prevented by mns.NUgc of the- heart, the feilding "Star" stale* 1 hat some fourteen years ago. the late Mr. Robert Tripe, who practised dentistry at Palmerston. was successful in saving a lady patient's life, by this method, when she swmod' beyond medical aid, although there was no surgical operation rerniiml. lie. just lifted Ihe lady np. and with tho powerful pressure of his hands—one at the back and the other over the heart—restored Hit - organs ben ting, and brought the lady to again. He used to tell with a grim smilo how the lady came back to him some weeks afterwards and complained of a pain above her heart, due—as Mr. Tripo. said —to t.wq ribs being broken in the saving of her lift. It is said to be now definitely decided that the. western entrance to the Panama Canal shall be defended by three small island forts and one on the mainland. At the Atlantic end two land fortifications are to he erected, one on. each side of tho canal. They will he armed with fourteen-ineb guns with hydraulic elevating gear, and six-inch quick-firers. A correspondent at Lower Hutt has appealed to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to do something for tho poor, suffering horses in that district. He. said it was pitiful to see them "working and starving at the same time." Inspector Seed reported at tho mooting of the committee yesterday, havin;, , interviewed tlio owner of a horse which had been worked when not fit. Tho usual meeting of the committee of the Society for tlip Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held at the Chamber of Commerce last evening, Jlr. J. S. Jamieson presiding over an attendant* o< niii'j otln'd momljora, besides the inspector and secretary. In regard to 'ho proposal to hold a conference of the kindred societies, the secretary reported that (as secretary of the Board of Advice of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) he had circularised the various societies to obtain their opinions on tho project. In the course of discussion, some members expressed douWs as to tho value of the last conference, which was held two ytdrs ago. Inspector Seed, who was one of the delegates on that occasion, said ho considered that tlio conference had achieved much material good. Tho matter was deferred until next meeting. Inspector Seed reported several cast* of alleged ill-treat-ment of animals, and received the in. structions of tho committee. Tho truant, officer of the 'Wellington Education Board lias had a difficulty of late years in dealing with children who remain from school for some days after the expiry of term holidays. Tho matter was discussed at t|ie mnetins of the hoard yesterday, and it was decided that in future head teachers should send a circular to the parents of children who aro nbsent beyond 'th.; holiday period, informing them that they aro rendering themselves liable ti prosecution. Tho annual meeting of the University of New Zealand for the conferring of degrees and presentation of diplomas, in connection with the middle University district, will ho hold in the Town Hall (Concert Chamber) to-morrow (Thursday), at 3 p.m. What wa3 probably the first exchange of greetings between Lord Islington and New Zealandors took place when the P. and O. steamer Morea, which left Auckland in April last, was in the Tied Sea, about two days from Suez. Tho New Zealand passengers, knowing that our new Governor was on board the Macedonia, decided, upon learning that the two steamers were in communication by wireless at a distance of about ISO miles, to send the following mossasje to him:—"Now Zealand passengers join in wishing you a pleasant trip and safe arrival. Kia ora." The rnplr came: "Lord Islington is much gratified with kindly wishes from New Zealand passengers on Morea, and is much looking forward to his arrival in , their Dominion.—lslington."