LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1225, 6 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ons of Mr. Isitt's first experiences of tho INTew Zealand parliament is unfortunate. He has had his overcoat stolen. Tho coat disappeared on Wednesday last and so far all elVorfs to trace it have l been as futile as the attempt' of tho police to ascertain the whereabouts of Powelka. Ko doubt, some "stranger" has taken the garment from the corridor by mistake or of malice prepense, but in any case Mr. Isit't is the victim of his independence in politics. Were ho a party man and as smell entitled to hang his hat (and coat) in the Whip's room of either party, he would not now be iameuling his loss. Tho first shipment of cement manufactured by the Golden liay Cement Works came to hand by the steamer Kailca yesterday. It weighed a ton, and was brought over to Wellington for purposes of testing and analysis. Tlio general election campaign opens in Wnnganui tu-day, when Jlr. Geo. Hutchison, an Opposition candidate, iiddiosw; the electors. Part of bis speech, ho sti'lef, will be an elucidation of a scheme which ho thinks will harmoniously adjust the relations between Labour aiid CapiOn Sunday Inst an alarming accident happened on braid tho Tiunui. she lieiii" then en mute from ll.cpbr.rt (n Wellin.". ton. A litllo girl fhreo years of aifu managed to obtain -cpiiio carbolic acid and swallowed n purl inn of tlio mixture. ()«■- ing to (he timely arriviil oil ho .ship's surgeon (Dr. 11. Larder), .-criou.-i (|\\en«'S wove averted. A lcinnle passenger by tho Tainiii was proven I i.'d from lauding yesterday until i>. further nicdicul ciamiualion haa boon made

Tlio present is the first occasion nn which li',M.S. Tiiiiiui lias arrived lu>re willi a wirelo.-s installation, and good use was made of it nn Ihc voyage until slu; pot well down in the Southern Ocean, It is a Marconi mil lit, iiml it worked very satisfactorily, .Durban being "held" tit a distancß of'over 1000 miles! Communication was with E.M.S. Arawa (now at ■Wellington) for two days before tliu Tuinui reached port. Since (ho ro.irg.init.ition of the administrative control <■{ district hospitals and charitable aid work tho quarterly visits off inspection at tlio (Hiiro Jloino. by tlio members of (lie CliarifaVilo Airl Committee (formerly (he .Honcvoien't Trustees) have liol been mad? a malter of strict routine. Tlio qucs'iou of reviving tliose visits, which were made as much with 'he idea of getting into closer touch with the old people at the home as from (he idea of making an inspectioiial round, was meu-. tioncil at tlio meeting of the Charitable Aid Committee yesterday, and it was agreed that it would be a desirable thing to revert to the o!:l cu-toni of dining at the home once a quarter. The first visit will talte place on the third Tuesday following the next meeting of the Hospital Board. The discharge of cargo from several large vessels at Auckland has been considerably retarded during the past few days owing to the difficulty of finding waterside labour (writes our correspondent). The steamer Cape Ortegal arrived from New York on Monday, and the number of men available was only sufficient to work one hold instead of leur. Other are similarly affected. The Waitemata, which arrived from Fiji' with a largo cargo of sugar, will absorb a large number of men, ami it will tako seven or eight days to empty her holds. The low birth-ntc mid Hie best means of keeping the cradles full was one of tlio subjects dealt with by Mr. A. Harris in his political address at Dcvonport (Auckland) on Monday night. He advocated that (he Government should give a paidup endowment policy of ,£2O to each baby girl ir. a family of, six or over, the amount, together with interest, making a total of about JijO, to Ik? presented to the girt at her marriage as a wedding dowry. As an alternative, ho said, a section bf land might bo given to the fathers of six or more children. He al'o advocated free maternity hospitals for the wives of workers earning not more than a fixed wage. The local representatives of • Messrs. Pathe Treros, of Paris, the well-known manufacturers of kinematograph. film, have received a number of scientific pictures taken by means of an ultra-micro-scopic lens. A private display of these films is to be given in the projecting rooms of Pat'ho J'reres, in lTiiiilcr Street , to-morrow afternoon under the direction of Dr. J. 'Comanclon, of Paris. ri A third-class lady passenger by the Tuinui was prevented from jumping overboard at Hobart by the boatswain and other members of the crew. From what can bo gathered she had mounted the ship's rail and was about to spring overboard, when her intention was noticed. The Library lecture to-morrow evening will bo given by Professor Kirk and will bo under the joint auspices of the Library Committee and the Wellington Eugenics Education Society., Tho subject of tho lecture "Heredity" will bo treated from the standpoint of science. The basic facts of heredity,' so far as these aro at present known, "will be referred to and an explanation will be given of tho view that characters acquired during the life-time of a parent' are not transmitted. The lecture will be illustrated by lantern slides showing certain results ot heredity in tho human race. With the object of placing tho general administration of its affairs upon a more efficient basis, the Charitable Aid Committee of the Wellington Hospital Board decided at its meeting yesterday that "a permanent sub-committee to be called tho Keller Committee be set up, and that its functions be to assume tho whole of that portion of tho Charitable Aid Committee's duties which consist of the dispensing, supervision and control of outdoor and indoor relief, and the general administration of the Benevolent Home." Mosrs 1). Kobertson, J. W. M'Ewan, J. Smith, W. Galloway, and Miss Richmond were appointed to act as tlio committee. Tho "Wairarapa Ago" thus rebukes a foolish kind of political criticism: "The young- men of the district are, according to Mr. J. T. M. Hm-nsby, paying a poor compliment to their pioneering parents by gloating over newspaper articles which decry the country. It would be interesting to know just where thoso newspaper articles are published'. Certainly tiiev aro iiot the production of the Wellington" province. Tho newspapers of (his district aro constantly proclaiming Kow Zealand to bo the most resourceful country on tho face of God's earth. They never tiro of advertising its potentialities. Possibly, however, Mr. Hornsby confuses the Government with tho country. It is a stylo of logic peculiar to a certain cla?s of politicians to argue that because one exposes tho nepotism of those iii power, he is decrying the country. Such logicians would anathematise "a Judge oi tho Supremo Court for daring' to punisU wrongdoers." When tho judgment summonses were being heard in vho Magistrate's Court yesterday a. judgment debtor appeared, but the creditors did not. "No appearance," announced the clerk. "Well, get away from hero as quickly as you can," remarked Dr. M'ArtfiUT, S.M. 'The man went to sit down. "Don't sit down," observed his Worship, "they might turn up." _______