LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1368, 20 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The postal authorities advise that tho Moana, which sailed from Sydney on February 17, lias on board in Australian mail, due 'n Wellington on Wodnesdny uext.

Military training camps will bo held in the Wclluigtim Military District: as fn - low .-Wellington Division Garrison Artillery (Nos. 3, '), mid 0 Companies), March o l'o 10, in Wellington defences: 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles), March 6 to It, at Kakariki; Ist and 2nd ISaltalions. , Dili Regiment (Wellington East Coast Biflcs), -March 16 te SI. at Tnkapau; 11th Regiment (Tnrnnaki Rifles), March 21 to 29, at Hawen.

Judgment will bo delivered by his Honour Mr. Justice Chapman this luornin" in the civil suits, Cousins v. M Ilvnde, ami T. S. O'Korke v. Ikaroa Native Land Board.

It is officially announced that applications for the positions of additional area non-commissioned officers and sergeant instructors in the New Zealand military forces, addressed to tho officer commanding the district in which the candidate re-ides, will bo received at District Headquarter? Auckland, C.'luistchurch, Dunodin, and Palmoivstoii North, up to March 15 lill-. Preference will bo given to qualified Territorials at present serving, ex-Xew Zealand South African confingente'rs, ox-voi'inteers and cs-lmperials resident in New Zealand, in tho order named, provided qualifications are equal. Information as to service, forms for application, pay, etc., may be obtained at any district or area ollice. Candidates must be between the ages of 21 and !15 years, and physically tit. The following qualified non-commissioned officers arc required for each military district:—One for field ambulances; one forvsigna' companies; ono mounted rifle instructor; one infantry instructor; 16 area sergeant-majors each for Wellington and Auckland districts; and 12, area sergeant-majors each for Canterbury and Otago districts. They will also be required fx> tweist in instruction of cadets ind rifle, clubs. Selected candidates will bo required to par all expenses of transport from their homes to station they may be posted to, .railway travelling for'himself only exceptcd.

Tho llev. C. I , '. Askew, the new vicar of St. Mark's Anglican Church, Sussex Square, nnnninices in a circular letter that it is proposed to hold monthly snrvices for men at St: Mark's, beginning on Sundav, Jlarch 3, at ;i p.m. "This letter," he writes "will doubtless fall into the hands of some who belong to other religious Iwdie?, and therefore 1 ask those who attend -.nothur place of worship to accept tlus letter in the spirit in which it is written—the spirit of Christian brotherhood, and not an attempt to proselytise. If, howevor. you. do not attend u»y cither place of worship, it will afford me great pleasure to see you present at the monthlv services on the first Sunday in the mouth. We hope lo make these services bright and brotherly, with hearty singing and straight talks, and therefore extend a very cordial welcome to all vho cure to 'attend. An objection fref|iiently ursetl is: 'The Church is 100 still and Marchy.' Whether rightly, or wrongly, \ve ciin only say: 'Wo desii-e your welfare, and we want to show vein that the ('lunch does care I'm - the manhood of the country. . In order that we may gel to know ouch other, the churchwardens, vpsfry, C.8.M.5., ami myself cordially invite ali who care lo nttem] to n fnml gathering lor men in St.. Mark"? Schoolroiiin, S?iivw .'riuiiirc, on Fridnj , , Vebruery 23, from 7,30 to 10.30 p.m."

The annual picnic in connection with I In; l(<i«>m«l)i School was held at Day's Hay hist Saturday. Tho School Coinmittc-'. headed by the eluiinmm (Jit. ,1. Smith) and .Mrs. Sinilh, sjKircd no effort in making the day u happy one for the children. About a •hundred prizes were distributed for various rnoes. Colin Post moved himself lo )n> champion runner mining the boys, while Marjory Adams secured the premier pluce lunniijjst the Kirls-. Tim time-honoured cricket match— committee v. Ijoys—ro.suHivl in a win for the former. At the end of the day tho jmrly wiis put aOiore at the Clyde Quay Wharf after a good oulin?.

When application for issue of a new rilli! barrel, on payment, i« made by Territorials, or members (if defence rille clubs, it must be understood that the bu-rel, without body, w issued at 255. The rifle, or old barrel with body, should be scut, freight paid, to the District Store, where a new barrel will bo fitted and returned. Whore a new bodv is required with the barrel (he total cost is 3D". The custom of forwarding rilles to store, freight forward, which has prevailed latterly, must, it i.s pointed oul in a District Order, hi; discontinued, otherwise rifles so forwarded will be retained in store until the. amount charged for freight is recovered from the consignor.

According to a recent issuo of "La France AuHnilc," the anti-Germnn feeling is verv pronounced among the natives of Samoa." The Now Caledonian journal reports that a German planter of Samoa, on his return- from a trip to Europe, had to seek the protection of the English police in order to escape a number of infuriated half-cask , women. In a brochure on immigration to Polynesia, of which the planter was the author, he had committed the crime of advising bis compatriots who emigrated to take German wives with them. Anglo-German rivalry has been communicated to the natives, and the coloured population are .staunchly anti-German. A club has boon formed by the coloured ladies of S-iinoa, which is very exclusive, and few white.? and no Germans are admitted. The language spoken is English, and members are pledged to read only English and Australian newspapers. These Amazons have declared war on the German element in the Samoan Islands, and intend tn send thoir children to Australian schools. Recently the club held a huge inaugural taum.ifataga (picnic) at the residence of Faumcrina, a high native chief at Lepea.

The Telegraph Department advise that a wireless station has been opened at .uellMiirne for communicating with ships at sea. The charges are tenpence per word, with a minimum of Bs. W. per message, plus the ordinary telegraph or cable rates from or to Melbourne.

A man was arrested in Wellington by Detectives Kemp and Hammond yesterday on a charge of stealing a £h note and a gold chain valued at £5, the pronerty of John Shelley, boardinghousekecper, Wanganui.

The offer of the Government to delegate the authority to the AVhangarei Borough Council to proceed with the Wainia Falls hydro-electric power scheme-was considered at a meeting of the council held on Friday last. The Mayor (Mr. T. Jt. Steadman) stated that if the council adopted the proposal there was a possibility of private purchasers taking over a considerable quantity of the power at a satisfactory rate. It was resolved that formal application bs made to tho Government to take over and use the falls for tho purpose of generating electric power and light.

On Hie voyage of the P. and 0. R.M.S. llorea from London to Australia, tho vessel communicated by wireless with tho station at Cqcos Islnnd. A message was sent to tho inhabitants that the More;i hoped to pass close in, and would make a call at the island if possible. On nearliifT the Cocos it. was seen that largo bonfires had been lighted to guide the ship. The Morca slowed down, and a crisk, containing, fresh provisions, magazines, papers, letters, etc., was dropped overboard with an automatic flare-light attached. A wireless message was subsequently received from the land station stating that the ciisk had been received and convoying gratofnl thanks, especially to the passengers, who had contributed to tho contents of the cask.