LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1130, 18 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Fiji government notify that radiotelegrams may now Ijd accepted for vessels which are equipped with wireless appnrafn=, npprcnehing' or departing from Suva. Messages for vessels departing from Suva should reach (here hefpre such vessels are thrcD hundred miles distant. The rate to be ehaVged will be (enpenco per word, in addition to the enbls charges to Suva.

Sir. A. IT. Vile has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Wellington Education Board: "That it is undesirable that teachers in the service of the board should accept outside public positions which might tend to impair Hie efficiency of the school with which they are connected."

Cadet orders by Major T. W. M'Donald, officer commanding the junior cadets, state that all .310 rifles and ammunition on hand are to bo returned immediately to store?. This is consequent upon the substitution of the miniature rifle for the .310 arm. It is also stated that the issue of uniforms for officers nnd units is being proceeded with as cxpoditiously us possible. llany officer;, however, have not yet complied with this request of November last to forward requisitions for uniform and equipment. Full details of the conditions of the Ear! of Jleath Imperial trophy competition (a cadet teams' rifle match), and the Homo Defence trophy (a 25 yards range shooting competition held under the auspices of the Imperial Cadet Association) are also published.in orders.

On Hie run from Cape Town to Ilobart, the lonic's passengers Unit the privilege and delight of hearing, every morning, Soufa's famous band at practice. The band left the steamer at Itobart, en route to Australia, where a tour is to be completed prior to coming over to New Zealand. Thu band numbers about

T\\o annual conference of the Xew Zealand Dental Association is to be held in the Victoria College, Wellington, on July 12, 13, 11. and 1J next, ilifheito this conference has always been held early in January, but members of the association have expressed the opinion that by so doing the New Year holidays of delegates aro unduly trespassed upon, and at the Inst conference it was decided lo hold the next gathering in mid-winter. Dr. Paterson, of Christcliurch, will preside. Apart from routine, business a number of interesting papers will be read, and certain hours will be devoted to clinics.

There have been various objections to compulsion being employed to bring about, in connection with (own-planning, the amalgamation of ciiy and suburbs. This question was referred to the Hon. G. Forlds at Auckland on Tuesday. He said ho thought it very desirable that thfiro should lie- a consolidation of the suburbs with tho city of Auckland, and it, was not a question which concerned merely the residents in the particular localities bordering upon the city. It concerned tho wholo population living within a given area. The orderly expansion of the city was a tiling which transcended tho interests of the people in any littlo section outside tho eity limits. He would prefer to see amalgamation effected by voluntary agreement amongst the local bodies concerned, but in the growth of every city provision had to be made for expansion, and the feelings and interests of a small section in any given locality could not. be allowed to postpone indefinitely tho natural growth and development.

"Are you in favour of having Government Douss where it is?" asked a questioner of Dr. Iznrd last evening. "The Government House is already where it is," was the reply. He thought that a great mistake was made in putting it where it now is. He thought it an extravagant waste.of money because on the old site of the Parliament Buildings there could have boon placed a residence large enough for a Governor of the whole Empire. However, the tiling was done now.

A meeting; of the council of the re-cently-formed Eugenic? Education Society was held in the No. 1 Committee Kooni at the Town Hall Inst night, Professor Kirk presiding.- It-was decided to arrange for a lecture on eugenics, to be given iu Wellington in probably a fortnight or three weeks' time.

Tho construction of the Wadestxiwn tramway is proceeding satisfactorily, and it is anticipated that the cars will be running over portion of the line by the end of the month.

A total of 8375 workers' return tickets wore sold on the trams during the first week's working of tho new system. The concession to the workers represents a sura of X 77 in hard cash. The new idea is, of course, experiencing the inevitable troubles incidental lo every, now scheme, but conductors and passengers arc now becoming used to the change. The scheme is being watched with interest by th-3 tramway authorities in of her centres.

The tender of the Laurence and Hansen Electric Company for the annual electrical supplies for the City Council has been signed,

A parade of the Wellington Battalion was held last evening, the muster on parade being about 250. After the parade- the men wero nddresscd on the new organisation of tho battalion under the revised defence scheme.

A.r, far as Hobart the lonic was a very full ship, there )>eing on board a large number of immigrants bound for Australia. Even to Wellington the steamer was pretty full, having 321 on board. At Hobart there wcro landed 12 first-class passengers, Gfi second-class, and 2oS thirdclass passengers, most of tho lattor being immigrants. Anions: the third-class passengers booked to Wellington are a company of 40 domestic servant girls, 22 of whom have come out to New Zealand under the auspices of the British Women's Immigration Society.

A surgical operation for appendicitis was successfully performed on the lonic on April 13, while the steamer was on the run down from Tenerifte to Cape Town. The steamer was stopped in midseu during the progress of the operation, which was performed by the ship's surgeon, Dr. G. Gordon Stuart, formerly medical officer under tho Tasinaninn Government.

Only one foreigner arrived by the Moaua from Sydney yesterday—a Chinese returning after a visit to his native land.

Two cMatlis occurred on board the lonie while on the voyage out to New Zealand. In each case the deceased was asi infant. ;

The secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department has consented to the establishment in the Coronation Exhibition building of a post, telegraph and money-order office. This will occupy a space at the northern end of "V" shed, near the secretary's office, which is as near to the centre of the. Exhibition as it is possible to get. A telephone bureau is also to be among the conveniences to be installed at the exhibition.

In Australia the proportion of "multiple births" is fairly constant, according to the "Commonwealth Year Book" for 1910. Among the total number 114,071 births registered in 1900 there were 111,779 single births. 2251 twins, and 41 triplets. The total number, of mothers was 112,921, Hie proportion of mothers of twins being one in every 100, and of mothers of triplets one in every SOSO of the total mothers. In 1907 tho multiple births numbered 1043 out of a (otal of 109,306, or one in 105; in 190S, 1065, or one in 10i; and in 1909, 1112, or one in 9D. The number of cases of triplets is so small that a slight alteration in the total will completely change the proportion. Thus, in 1907 thero were 11 cases, or one in 7872 of fatal mothers, ns compared with one in 18,115 in 190S, end one in 80GS in 1909.

At about ten minutes past 10 o'clock last night, a seaman off the steamer Indrnbai'iih walked up to a man iu Willis Street, and struck him (it is alleged) without provocation.. As th-'s style of boxing is not in acconbnr.p with JUiirmus of Queensbury rules, nor yet with the Police Offencos Act. the penman was arrested by .Detective Casjells and Constable Squires. This morning he will appear a , , the Magistrate's Court, charg.'d (1) with drunkenness, (2) resisting (he police, and (3) assault.

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