LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1206, 15 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that tho s.s. Uliraaroa, which left Sydney at noon oil August 12, has on board an Australian mail. She is due in' Wellington tomorrow morning, > Tho Aiicklaud-Wcllington express was three-quarters of an hour late in arriving at I'almer.ston yesterday, various circumstances causing the delay. Officers whoso names appear in tho "New Zealand Army List" for June, 1911, will (except in cases where obvious errors have bttn made) not lie required to present themselves for examination for tho rank they aro shown as holding. The dates of their promotioti to their present rank will be as now shown; A start was made • yesterday with the excavation works in connection with the wood-blocking of Customhouse Quay. Given favourable weather, this work should be pretty well completed by the end of next week. An error as reeirds capitation was made in the article on the position of Garrison Bands under tho new Defence Act, which appeared in yesterday's issue. The amount stated was..£ls per man jwr annum, whereas the capitation for bandsmen is only £2 10s. per man. This fact emphasises the arguments of the writer of the article. There will lie a Chamber sitting of the Supreme Court 10.30 this morning before Mr. Justice Sim.

When the Grand Jury list was lxing called over yesterday hvo of those summoned—Messrs. K. M'Guiro and J. Bennic—failed to answer. The former had sent an explanation, which was to the effect that ho had left the district to go into business at Nelson,-and he was accordingly excused. . The latter was fined £a, but subsequently Mr. E. J. Filzgibbon mentioned the matter, and explained that Mr. liennie was living with his family at Lyall Bay, and being detained there on account of illness in the family was unable to reach the Court in time, but was then present. His Honour said that in 1 view of the circumstances he was prepared to remit the tine. Mr. P. Itally (Conciliation Commissioner\ will act as chairman at the conference between the Typographical Union and the master printers to bo held at Wellington 011 August 21 and 2b. When the new tramway section of lino from tiie Bank of New Zealand corner to the General Post Oflicc has, been completed, the Brooklyn car service, tho present terminus of which is the Albert Hotel corner in Willis Street, will be altered, the General Post Oflice fixed as the new terminus, and the following timetable adopted:—Ten minutes service as at present; SI a.m. to 1.15 p.m.—l 2 minutes service with -special cars at noon and 1 p.m.; '1.15 p.m. to G. 30 p.m., six minutes servico with special cars from Manners .Street; G..'10 p.m. to 11 p.m., 12 minutes service aud late specials as required. Tho prc.-:imt Is. and Gd. Aro Street concession tickets will be interchangeable, so a.s to b:> avnilabh between' Wordsworth Street and the Post Office on Brooklyn cars.

Cases set down for hearing',it the Supremo Court to-day are those of George t'eriningcr, alleged indecency, and Frank Cootes, alleged robbery. In conversation with a Dominion representative yesterday, Dr. J[athew Holmes drew attention to the somewhat remarkable fact that of the largo number of youths registered for military training and now being medically tested for physical efficiency before being drafted to the Territorial force, lie lias noticed a very marked difference in the matter of teeth between city and country youth, those of the latter being much sounder and showing considerably less evidence of decay. An explanation as to the causes of this curious circumstance would be interesting. Bronchitis and colds on tho chest, if heated with "Nazol" as directed, must go. The curative properties of this remedy givo them no option. Relief is felt ■with the first dose. Price, Is. Gd., ali chemists and stores.—Advt.