LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1548, 18 September 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that the s.s. Maitai, which left Sydney at 2 p.m. on September H, lias nn bmrd en Australian mail. She is due to arrive here to-day.

The wholesale clothing trade case cornea up for consideration in Wellington tomorrow before a Conciliation Council. A good deal of interest is taken in tho matter, as the award will bo a Dominion one. The nssessors for the workers are Miss Denham and Messrs. It. Slater and Davie, all of Dunedin. The employers' assessors are Messrs; Kerens, of Christchurch, and Messrs. Levy and Kerr, of Wellington. The Hon. .1. 'J'. Paul. M.L.C., is acting as agent for tho workers:

Conrlcnny Place is to be adorned with another lar'pe building. The comer block, opposite tho sectional terminus , where Cambridge Terrace nnd Courtenay Plncn meet, lias been leased by Mr. Paul Coffey for 09 years to Mr. Arthur Bolton, of Kent Terrace, who .intends erecting a modern block of buildings on th« site.

"EMF" AND "FLANDERS" CARS GIVE SATISFACTION-WHO SAYS SO ?

The true test of automoMle quality is the verdict of tho man who buys the car and the man who drives it. We say that Kα "E MF. Thirty" and its smaller sieler tho "Flanders Twenty," aro tho best American cars ever introduced to New Zealand. You say: "Ye=, perhnps so, but can von give in any evidence?" Well we'll sen what some of tho owners hive,'to sav about it. Mr. B. Wylie (Mayor of "Kaiapoi) has had an "E.M.F. Thirty" for mno months. Ho writes that he has not had tho slightest mechanical trouble, that the car is doing "" to °5 miles to the gallon of petrol, and ?nir it is giving tht- , - 'great«st satisfactioii" Sir. G. B. Slarkey .says ho Ims r in his "K.M.F. Thirty" 3500 miles, and found it "very satisfactory." Sir. Job Obnrne, of rJn.ylestoii, «;<;»-k""wn, encincT says he thinks his "h.M.I;. Thirty" i<! th"e be 4 car that can be boiißlit for the money, nml his iniloage aver oi; es 1000 a mniith Mr ''I. 1.. Boajtic, ot Summer Hill, Cust, snys of his Twenty" Hint he is "extremely satisfied' with her, tint ho has run 7000 miles, and found the car exceptionally Hg_ht °» ><<* n>"' petrol, the engine be.nK excellon for < ercloDine power. The. .10 h.p. 'L.M.I'." fiveT"lM- Priro .£375; the 20 h.p. "Plnnders" fnnr-scater, price £W~o; and the 20 h.p. "Flanders" two-seater, piice. J!27a. \ll the=o cars aro complete Willi windshield, enpe hood, nnd five Iniiips. In stock at Warns, Limited (nßente). Christclmrcli. timnrn, PiilmerMon North, -ffanuanui; alfo Tourist Motor Company GMMe. Aucklaaa.~A(ivU

'J'ho Education Committee of llio ITOII6O of Jlcprpsenlutives reported yesterday upon tho petition of Mr. Henry N. Clarlaiid, praying for conipensntion fnr loss of offico us secretary lo Uic Auckland .School Commissioners. The committed express tho opinion that ho should get eix months' Hilary (le.vi one month nlrendy received), uml suggest Hint the nmoiint Ijo paid out of tho funds uccruiiifr from the reserves dealt with l>y the luto School Conimissionei's nt Auckland. Monday. September 30, has lwen tixed by Mr. W. S. Short, Commisshncr, for this hearing of evidence by the local bodies concerned in connection with the cost of the improvement and straightcniii" of the Ilutt Bond. The inquiry will lw held nt the Magistrate's Court-room, Wellington. A claim by Mr. .Tiimes K. Law for overdue house allowance in connection with the Aramoho Public School, has been.adjudicated by tho Education Committee of the House of Hepresentntives. Its opinion, reported In Hie ll.oii.sc .yesterday, is that the petitioner is entitled to tho amount claimed fnr house allowance, but that ho has no claim against, the (.iovernment, the matter being one between him and the Wanganni Education lioard. Councillor Godbcr will move at tomorrow's meeting of the City Council:— "That in order to give full aud r.roper consideration to all matters brcuglit weforo tho council, the council revives that no new business will be t:iken a'.'icr 11'.30 p.m., and that any business not aur.lcted by 11 p.m. shall be left ov?r till nixt meeting." A lady who was too anxious to get ashore I'roin tho ferry steamer at Devonport, Auckland, camo to serious grief last Saturday afternoon. Instead of stepping on to tho wharf she stepped into space, and next moment was floundering in the water. Two mule passengers dived in to her assistance,' and in a. very bedraggled and dishevelled condition the lady was hauled to safety. Her peggy bag, which was Hording between tho vessel and the jetty was also rescued and restored to its embarrassed owner, who hastened to hide herself from tho public gaze as quickly as possible. A few months ago, a very old identity of Campbell's Creek (Victoria), Mr. J. AV. Stansmore, died,'at tho age of over 80 years. He lived alono, having no relatives, and left his property in trust for scholarships at tho ijtato School. He was somewhat eccentric, and an examination of the property disclosed a dog cemetery. He was fond of dogs., and as each died he placed it in a coihn, and then in a cement vault, over lvliipli a headstone was placed, on which was inscribed the name of .the dog, its α-gt, and date of death. There were aLout a score of these vaults. Another discovery made was that he , had carefully kept all the love-letters he had received since the year 1839. They were from six different girls, The letters were in bundles of 50, and as there were 4(i I of these bundles, the letters numbered 2300. The friends of a French nobleman well known in literary and social circles noticed that the envelopes which contained the notice of his brother's death bore not' halfpenny, but four-shilling, stamps. Later they ventured to ask him the reason. Tho nobleman replied that his artistic sense had been outraged by the lack of harmony between the crude colours of the halfpenny stamp and the black edging of the envelope. Only the delicate purple of the four-shilling stamp, ho found, wns suited to the sad circumstances.—London "Daily Telegraph."

.During the hearing of the claim nf the Australian .Postal Electricians' Union in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court rcceiiily, Mr. \V. Clemens, who appeared for the Commonwealth Commissioner, had occasion to question a witness for the union in respect to a clause demanding that employees should bo paid Is. (Id. compensation when debarred from getting a mnal on special duly. "Wo aslc that Is. C(!. bo paid," .said witness, "as compensation in such coses." Mr. Clemens asked if the union demanded first-class tickets for men travelling to places over 100 miles distance. "Yes," 6aid witness, "I always travel first-class. Tho union pays my fare." "When going into thn country for pleasure, bow do you travel?" Ihe witness explained that he always travelled iirst-class. "If it. is not too pertinent ..a. question," said Mr. Clpinens, "have yon private means' , " A smile played over the witness's features. "No private moans, ho said, "but 1 have an economical wife. The assertion was greeted' with a sedate ripple of laughter, which burst into full volume, and resounded through the solemn chambers of the court when Mr. Justice Higgins added, "Ah, that is quite as good as private means."

. The. new battle cruisor New Zealand, building .it tho yard of the Fairfield Shipping Company, Govau, ou the Clyde, is well advanced towards completion (wrote the Sydney "Daily Telegraph's London naval correspondent on July 2G). Tho heavy guns nnd her secondary armaments were recently received from Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth-, and Co., Elswick, and the former have already been mounted in position in their barbettes. Hie heavy guns include eight 12in. weapons, so arranged as to be practically able to lire ahead and astern. The New Zealand is fitted with two tripod masts, although originally intended to carry only one. Tho conning towor is larger than is usual in cruisers of her size, and very heavily armoured. It is understood that she will be ready for her acceptance trials about October next under ordinary circumstances. The lines of the New Zealand ore very tine, and sho does not present the squat appearance of sonio of her sister cruisers.

In a lengthy question addressed to the Minister in Charge of the Patent Office, Mr. T. K. Sidey, M.P., asks whdtliw tho Minister is aware that the. Government mado a profit of .£4004 out of inventors last jear, and that the total profit made by the Government out of inventors since 1890 amounts to .£55,383. Mr. Sidey suggests various improvements in the working of the Patent Office, and asks the Government to consider whether the re6ponsible duties of the. Registrar of Patents are sufficiently recompensed by a salary of JGISO a year. An interesting address on Oscar Wilde, his writing and his plays, was given by Dr. A. hard at tho Jewish Literary and Debating Society's club-rooms last evening. Mr. D. J. Nathan presided over a large attendance. At tho conclusion of, tho address tho speaker was accorded a hearty vote of thanks on the motion of Mr. J. Zaclmriah.