LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1554, 25 September 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The mails which left Wellington on September 20 for London, missisl connection ot Sydney, but will go fonw.rl by I!.M.S. Orsoya on September US. The delegates to the industrial Corporation Conference, in Wellington, were tho guests of the Wellington Industrial Association at luncheon at the ltoynl Oak Hotel yesterday.

Agricultural high schools were the subject of a brief debate at the meeting of the Wellington Education Board yesterday, ort a motion by Mr. A. 11. Vile to the effect that in the ease of district high schools situated in rural districts, where the average attendance at the sciondary classes exceeds 80. such schools should be constituted agricultural high schools, The discussion generally was in favour of tho principle underlying the motion. Mr- W. IT. Field stressed tho value of Wererai as » centre for such a school, and said that the agricultural courses of s.tudv at present covered liv the rural district high school classes only "scratched Hie surface of the subject."

Mr. It. C. Kirk mentioned .\t yesterday's meeting of the Hospital and Choritable Aid Hoard that after the fire at tho laundry of the Wellington Hospital, the Union' Steam Ship Company had at once rung up offering the use of their la indry during the emergency. Gratification was expressed at the generous ai-d prompt offer of the company..

Proceedings in connection with the pieliminary inquiry into the •iisnristing of the barquentino Wanganui, whilst b'tind from Wanganui to Sydney, «,n Friday morning last, were continued V the Collector of Customs at Wellington yesterday. It is expected that this i:-.iuiry will be* finished to-day. The evidence will then 1m forwarded to the Marine I'epart-

As all tho tenders for tho Palmerston West End' School are above the estimate, Messrs. F, Firani and G. H. Bennett, of the Wanganui Education Hoard, will interview the Minister, for Education this week to sea what can bo done in tho matter.

During the four weeks dulcd September 10 the inspector oT'tKe'-'iVnllTfi-Jtoii Hospital and Charitable Aid licur.l rcpirtcd yesterday, ho had reported 10 cases of scarlet fever, 22 cases of diphtheria, 7 cases of tuberculosis, mil t".o i:ises of enteric fever. Fifty investigations v/c-rc made into cases of infectious din-nscs 55 disinfections had ton made, R.nl II revisits made.

Thu date for the annual business meeting of the Wellington Y.W.C.A. has been ,nxed for next Thursday week, October 3. "What have we dono to deserve this?" inquired Mr. Win. Allan at the, meeting of the Education Board yesterday, when a letter from the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, intimating that the amount previously allocated for prizes would not bo available this year, was read. "Lack of funds," was the brief and succinct explanation offered by Mr. J. G. W. Aitken. The tender of Messrs. M'Lean and Gray has been accepted by Messrs. Crichton and M'Kay, architects for the erection of the new out-patients' and pathological block for the Wellington Hospital. The contract price is ,£7974 12s. Other tenders, were received as follow: Messrs. H.■Hanson, .£7997; A. Seamer, ,£8129; AY*. L. Thompson, ,£5478; Murdoch and Wallis, .£8524; Alfred H. Harbottle, .£8703; Hunt and M'Honald, JCS77O; J. L. M'Millan, .£8938; J. and A. Wilson. Ltd., .£8971; Howie and Matthews, Ji8975; W. H. Bennett, .£9319; Sanders Bros., .£10,898. : Parliament has shelved the Daylight Saving Bill, but there is still hope in some 'breasts that the idea may hebrought about at some time in the future. At the annual meeting of the Wellington North Cricket Club held last evening Mr. O. R. Smith said that ho was sorry the Bill had been practically turned down, but was glad to seo that tho Civil Servants were taking tho matter up by seeking to commence and cease work earlier during tho summer months. If the mercantile and insurance men were approached, he did not think thero would ba tho slightest opposition to commencing work at 8 a.m. and knockiuj off at i p.m. This would enable them to do any amount of practice during the cricket season instead of wasting time in bed. The Warehousemen's Association and. the legal firms might also be approched. .If once it got a start it would soon be found to be within the bounds of practical politics, and, done systematically, it would become law automatically. Mr. A. T. Bate warmly supported tho idea, and said he would do all ho could to assist in bringing it about. Mr. M. F. Luckie was also of opinion that most young men wasted a good two or three hours in bed during the summer. In the House of Representatives yestcrdav Mr. H. J. H. Okey (Taranaki' gave no'tico to ask the Minister for Agriculture whether his attention has been called to tho fact that inferior meat is being placed in tins in Australia with labels containing a coloured map of New Zealand, and no other matter by way of printing to show that the contents are other tban the products of New Zealand, and will he take the necessary steps in inquire into the position.