LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The s.s. Wimincra, bound from Svdnev to .Auckland with English and Australian moils on board, failed to connect with the Main Trunk express at the northern terminus lasf evening, and her mails consequently will not reach Wellington til) tomorrow afternoon. A wireless message received yesterday stated that the steamer expected to make Auckland by 7 p.m., but that anticipation was not fulfilled. On Saturday Detectives Kemp and H.immond arrested Walter Richard Sadler on a charge that on April 2G he attempted to procure abortion. The arrc ! t was made on the authority of a warrant from Christchurch, but the alleged offence is supposed to hnve boon actually committed Here. Sadler was one of the two accused who stood trial on a charge of murder iu connection with (lie dealh of a young woman named Ethel Bradley in tihristehureh about a year ago. ]je was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury, but the conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal. The other iieru>ed. Jack, wji*; sent to gaol for perjury eouimitVd al Ihe trial. A sujlherii paper is responsible for (lie statement Hint ii hus been discovered by the Crown Law Office that owing to a ilaw in the Act, the legislation passed to do away with the fair Hebe; in the ban i; ineffective. The wording of tht Act is that no unregistered barmaid can serve in "a public bar," and that, of course, doe? not prevent any woman registered or otherwise, from taking a place in a private bar. Hence the "futility of the Act to bring about what was intended— viz., the RriuliuU elimination of women fiiim service iu such positions. The election ot women a= momlieis nl siliiwl MiiiiiiitU'es in DiiMcilin ha* been I'ullmvi'd by the appointment of women as delegates In Hie School Coinmilfei's' A--o-I'iuliou, Die St. Clnir f.'oinmillpc Heddrd that Mis. John Wilson and Mi-.. \V. n. Goutledse, together wilh Mr. I!. .Oiiw.fl!!, sbnll rcpr?.-ont il wu the i>»r"tiatitiu this Tcar,--! ! Utapo Daily Times."-

A cablegram published Inst week noted the apprehension of a New Zealand girl in Sydney who had proposed eloping to Sail Francisco with her lover. The Sydney correspondent of tho "Ofngo Dailv Time-" writes:—"The girl, who is the daughter of a well-known N,.,v Zealand merchant, arrived by tin.' boat with the intention of iiiectiiiK her lover, who had conio over by a prcviiius limit', si ml going willi him to Sun Francisco, wiiere they were to be married. But intend <jf meeting him, was mot by two detectives, wliii tool; cliarjsc of her, with the inten--1 iini of sending her back to her liomp. Ifcr father apparently lionril oF the .ymiu« couple's intention, for he hud communicated «ilh the police authorities here, forwarding a description of the girl, and instructing tlmt she Iμ' sent buck to .New Zealand. The girl is only si-ventecn yeiirs of ago. Slip stnled thnt her father objected , to the man of htr choice, and she had, therefore, determined to run away and gel: married. However, '•he will shortly be buck home again, iinniirried." In hi- report of the ve:ir's work ii t ho Mailboiongh scluiiiU, X'lr. Slrachan said: "Ampriciui novel-re tiling is becoming more mid more prevalent in \e\v Zenland, and the result i>ll the language is beginning (0 be visible in the frequent' use of such Americanism* as 'belonging there,' the use of 'like' as a conjunction, and even such expressions as 'where did you used to see these' may be found in otherwise gowl writers. Inasmuch as English is ii living, growing, developing language it will become » problem of the. near future how far it may be permissible to accept contributions from the jjri«>t Anglo-S ixon-( cltic-Lntin-Ncgro raco of Ihe West—how isir it may be wise to neglect these idioms if we wish to preserve in clor-e relation to each other Ihe great nations (hat use our- .speech," According to the annual report of the llarlborougli Education Hoard, it is stilted (lint ninny parents are still under the impression thai they may keep their children from school on one day a week, and quite a number of instances have come under (he bond's noli™ of children being kept at home to perforin household duties. Others are apparently still unaware that a child under the age of M years mav not now leave school unless ho has passed the Sixth Standard. The. board, therefore, begs to suggest to the Education Depnil'iient thai: when issuing the proposed monthly attendance report forms: it: should distribute a place-card to be hung in schoolrooms setting forth the requirements of (ho School Attendance Act. It lias been decided to hold another military camp nn the H'csL Coast dnring the month of liny, when all those liable, who did i\ot attend Ihe Kustor encampment, will be required to be present, failiiiß which the Act will lie enfurccd. Our Otaki correspondent states another search party is being organised to look for the missing man, S. .1. Bcnttie, who lias been away for over three weeks. Jll consequence of (ho election made necessary by the vacancy in (lie City Council through the election of Councillor M'Laren to the Mayoralty, another supplementary roll will be prepared. Application for enrolment must, be lodged with the Town Clerk not later than 5 o'clock on Friday, Jlay 3. The cinematograph has just been utilised by the police of Prague in an original fashion. Henceforth all (he shows in KiiheiiiK) will exhibit the portraits of criminals who are "wanted" by the police. The public will be invited to collaborate with the police in arresting malefactors. Councillor List: will move at the next meeting of the I'etone Horough Council:— "That in future all applications for private drains being laid the same to be approved by tiic council before the work is done."