LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1345, 24 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An nnonymons donor has contributed ■£75 to the funds of the Victoria Hospital, and an equal sum to the convalescent fund. The Hospital Board decided yesterday that the latter fund should be drawn on to help those patients lyho, on luavins the institution, require assistance, and that the house steward be authorised to make payments on a certificate from the medical superintendent. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the donor, to whom a notiiicatinn of Ibe vote will bo forwarded 'through the person who paid the amounts indicated to tho board.

A telegram from Auckland yesterday morning slated that the Kille Association there had refused to a(|ilialo with the Auckland District Hide Association, recently formed as part of a now organisation of Piille Clubs by the Defence authorities. Interviewed by a Dominion' reporter on the position in Wellington, llr. Marshall, president of the Karori Kille Club, said that Wellington riflemen were almost completely in the dark as to what the Government's proposals were, and consequently ho could not discuss them, 'i'ho liiilc Clubs hail, however, to take control of the last championship meeting here, otherwise if.they had waited for the Government to assume control there would probably not have l>cen a meeting held. Whether tho Government assumed control or not, these meetings would certainly be held. Tho local association had held a very good 0110 this year and hoped to lipid aiL equally good one next year. The annual retreat of Roman Catholic priests of.the arch-diocese of Wellington will commence at St. Patrick's College on Monday week, and will last until the following "Friday. About eighty priests from all parts of the province will go into retreat. At the recommendation of its Hospital Committee, the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday congratulated the medical superintendent (Dr. llardwick Smith) and stall' oil the fact thai, sinco the Infectious Diseases Hospital was opened, oyer a year ago, nearly ' 200 cases of scarlet fever had been treated without a single death, and that not a nurse had contracted the disease in the execution of her duties. The new Marist Brothers' School in Hnwkestone Street will be formally opened by Archbishop Hodwood on Sunduy next. To celebrate the occasion, a fancy fair will bo held in the school next weekA gorse fire at Brooklyn claimed the attention of the I'iro Brigade about 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The blaze was extinguished before any 1 damage to property resulted. An ordinance governing the aboriginals in the Northern Territory has been formulated by the Federal Government. The Protector is to be given power to undertake the care, custody, or control of any aboriginal or half-caste for the natives' benefit, and any person having control or custody of an aboriginal or lialf-easte is required to deliver him up at the demand of the Chief Protector. Where any Protector or police officer has reason to believe that a native is not being properly treated, he may remove him from the control of the person so improperly treating him. Only aboriginals and authorised officials are to be allowed to enter a native reserve without special authority from the Protector, except whero such entry is reasonably necessary for the protection of life or property. Lieense.s to employ aboriginals are restricted to one year, subject- to conditions and right of renewal, or to cancellation in the event of the employer being deemed unfit to have the care of a native. "The Nnkntawhiti Block or 13,000 acres, situate in the Mnngakahia district, at the north of Wairoa, has been sold by Mr. Kenneth I'inlnyson to JJessru.'AUeit and Worsp, at a price a trifle over JJ:! per acre, giving a total of about .£28,000," writes tho Auckland "Herald's" Northern Wairoa correspondent. "This properly was purchased by Mr. Vinlayson for ,£>ooo, and the kauri timber taken from it will approximate in value some .£7- r i,0(l0. The timlsT tins nol been sold lo Messrs. Allen and Worsp, but is being taken out by contractors for yinlaysoii. It is known as (lie "L'ri" hush, which contains largo quantities of beaulilul timber."

Till" Society tor I lie Prevention nt' Cruelty to Animals met last evening, Mr. I!. Jl. Webb presiding. 'I'lie i'nllowiiif; donations were acknowledged.Miss Malcolm, Jluddart I'arker Co., U. \V. Mills and Co., .£1 Is. each; Mr. Ilulmi's Mr. .1. M. liicliardsoo, Dr. lio-s, Mrs. A. Anderson, 10s. each; Dr. Izard, (I. Webb, Weblcv and Co., W. Wollnwl, Laurence and Hanson, and Miss Callender, as. each; \V. Price, M'.Arlluir and Co., I). Hull, l)r. Patlie, A. W'liillnker, I). Wiggins, A. .ionsen, .Mrs. Mattlicwson, ,1. Cotton, W. 11, Jenuess, Kuril and Son, C. Ilotland, -s. fid. each; M..1.5.. li-;.; M.H., Is.; C. Hill, Is.; A.K.P., Is.; Mrs. Inglis, 2s. Total, .£8 10s. Tlie l'uliliu llealtli Commillce reported to (lie Hospital Hoard yc-lonlay tlint eighteen applications laid iieen soul in for ilie position of Public llealtli Inspector, and that the coniinillcc, at n special meeting; on l''riday, January 10, had uaaiiiinoiisly decided- to recommend Hint Mr. .1. T. Hopkins, of I'elone, lie appointed, vice Mr. I'. (I. York, resigned. Mr. York has ljo£ii appointed Public Health lnspi-c----lor ivt Gisborot.

Another "IWSSIIRC from I lie son" has arrived in Xpw Zealand. A Jlaori, named Tine 'I'llkoi-f, lias (says the Auckland "Herald") rcgiorf<■() the discovery, near flit! Waiknli) lli'ads, <if n bottle eontainin slip ill' ]>;«per. The paper boars an inscription, neatly written in indelible pencil or ink, as follows:—"Wrecked L 1!.") ].o HO S days 011 reef; making for Thursday Island, W. Killie, Han." The. writer was evidently in too ureal distress to write down the name of his ship, if lie had one. An investigation of the map shows that it was likely that the wreck involved no risk of drowning. The lati--1 ncl«! and longitude indicate a spot in a dry-looking area in the smith-western corner of Queensland, and the nearest chartered water seems to be a creek of only intermittent wetness. Says onr Carterton correspondent:—Six Wairarapa factories round Carterton are sending 1251 cases of cheese Home in the s.s. Arawa on Thursday. The approximate value is ,£(MG7.