LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1598, 15 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The 8.51.5. Aofmigi, which ' left San * Francisco on November 13, hus on board ■ 158 bags of mail for New Zealand, nnd t 23 bags for Australia, - u Tho last executive meeting ; at which « Wd Islington will preside, is to be held q on Monday nrat. u Thos. James Stemson, a single man, *} aged 2G, residing at 102 Taranaki Street, L j was admitted to the hospital yesterday V morning suffering from severe injuries. 3 Stemson, who is a wharf labourer, was *!. assisting in discharging operations on the Huddnrt-Parker steamer Ulimaroa, when J lie was struck by some timber which had ' fallen from a slinj. Stemson is pro- s grossing favourably. ■ . ' J The Begistra.r-Genernl directs attention, £ in tile "Gazette," to the opportunity at- c lorded a limited time (twelve mdilths \ from November 7, 1912) to persons, or the » parents of persons, who were bom in New j Zealand before May 7, 1912, but whose { births have not previously been registered, of effecting a special registration by application to the 'Registrar-General, ( AVellington. By Section 21 of the Births , and Deaths Registration Amendment' Act, i 1912, it is enacted that the Registrar- £ General may register the birth of any 3 I child 'born in New Zealand previous to the period of sis months before the passiiif; of the Act, but whose birth has not * previously been registered: Provided that j satisfactory evidence on path, and such other proo? as he may deem neoessai'y, of the fact,' tihie, and place of birth, anil of i HlO particulars of the parents, shall _bu ' received by the Registrar-General within ■ twelve months after tho .passing of the. 1 Apt, and that on application to have suck < birth registered a fee'of fire shillings 1 shall be paid to the Registrar-General. ] What is supposed to be a case : of attempted' suicide occurred at -: Lyall Bay last evening. A single ■ man named Alfred Pinn, oged , about 30 years, was discovered outside a "batch" at the' bay in a critical condition. Tlus police were informed, and the man was taken to the hospital, where it was found that he had taken nitrate acid. Pinn was also suffering from a severe wound in the throat, which had apparently been caused by some instrument. The* hospital authorities reported last evening that Pinn was in a seriofls condition. Under the auspices of the Moral and Physical Society, Professor Kitk delivered a lecture on "Hormones" at the Museum last evening to a fairly large audience. Professor Kirlc described "Harmones; as being a substance secreted by certain glands, in addition to other substances, in the human body. Harmones was ultimately discharged into : the blood, several examples were given, one or Which was regarding the pancreas. This particular glaiid.,:said the lecturer, had long been known' as ono forming praticreata juice, which is of so much importance to digestion. It is now known that this particular gland secreted harmones as well. This was of great importance, because it regelated: the taking :of grape sugar from the blood. The lecturer stated that one of the causes of diabetes was the absence of this harmones. Referenco was also wade to the Work done by the thyroid eland in the work of secreting Of ■ harmones. Another meeting of those interested in tho formation of teams for the international tug-of-war contest,' to be/decided at the Town Hall during Christmas week, was held at the rooms af Kaywards, litcl., last evening. Matters in connection with the contest were discussed, nnd another meeting will be held this evening, when it is hoped that intending'members of the Scotch and Maori teams will be present, Sir. Geoffrey Nye, the manager of the ' contest, is in attendance, to meet h-kely - .candidates, at the office <rf Haywards Pic; turn Enterprises, Ltd., Gualter, I3yk.es 'Buildings, Brandon Street. Tils Wellington City Council has agreed to -tile exchange of the strip of laud -at Salamanca Road, owned by the council, for the -Wellington Hospital Board's Pipitea Street, Tinakori' Bond, and Jlol«& worth Street properties, on payment by ' th'o,board of JCIOO S .^,.',... ' if' the "''Pi»p : ie' , a'" Piata.oe" .Private Hotel, conducted, by the Salvation Army, tho kitchen hands are to be given a -complete holiday every .week, commencing from ■ Monday, November' 25. -For tho last three years girls employed in the e> , tablisliment have been given a weekly day of rest, and the extension of the same privilege to male employees will . make- the. six-day week Universal, so to ' as the "People's Palace" is ..concerned. The periodical examination held by the examiners of the Inspection of jUacMlitNJy Department took place recently At Auckland, Awamri, Christchurch, Cpllingwood, bunedin, Gisborne, Greyuionth,' Hamilton, Hiiwera, Holdanga, Inverfcapgiil, Mangarah.au, Napier, Nelson, Fnlm'erston North, Russell, timaifu, Wailii,'. Wnitara, Wangaaui, Waverley, Wellington, and Whangarei. Candidates sat.for the following classes of class marine engineer eeconoVolasS marine engineer, third-class marine engineer,, river engineer, marine enginerdr.iv«r and engineers of auxiliary powered .Vessels other than steam (botn'for sea-going and river trade)* extra, firs Mass engineer, first-class stationary engine-driver, secondclass stationary engine-driver, locomotive and traction engine-driver, winding en. 1 gine-driver (for, mining certificates), and electric-tram driver. Of the two liiin-' . dred and eighty-ono candidates, two hun- [ dred and nine were successful. ■■ ■ The current "Gazette" intimates that the sttiu of JE4OOO has been voted by Par* 'liamcnt for distribution to public libra- ■ ries, and Sets forth the conditions Oh > which subsidies may be obtained by these institutions. ,■'■.. The Wellington Orphans' Club will tender a complimentary function to' the chief orphan on Friday -evening next in. tho Masonic Hall, Boulcott Street, whoft a big muster of members will be present. Dr. Arnold Izard (most orphan) will preside during the evening. A programme of unusual excellence has been. arranged by tho executive, and amongst' other distinguished artists Messrs. Hamilton Hodges, Baxter Buckley, the Orpheus Quartet, and Caurtenay v. Mohr will con.tribute items to the programme. ' A notice- in -the. -"Gazette" states that by proclamation dated September. 18, J9I2V the Government of the Commonwealth of '< Australia has prohibited the introduction into Australia of straw or hay for fodder purposes, In consequence of certain reclamations Which, have lately been made oh tho waterfront in Wellington steps are to bo; ■ taken to have the boundaries of the city altered. . ■' . The receipt of a .£1 bank-note, "con* science-money," posted from Roxburgh to the "Customs Department, Dunedin,' , by some person unknown, is acknowledged in the "Gazette" by the Secretary to the Treasury. . , ■

The days of childhood■ aro fleeting find, youth gallops through the tettis to manhood at an astonishing rate. This tact, according to tho "Sydney Morning Her? aid," has been lost sight of by the led" eral Military authorities. Little boys in the cadot forces aro measured for tbeir uniforms with scrupulous accuracy, but when tho finished article is delivered the quondam child may have becomes man, married, and settled down in life, awl qiiito forgotten that he ever entertained a Childish longing for the glories of a uniform. At least, this may .be expecteq, judging by the experience- of the Eev. al. J. oJE*illy,0 J E*illy, president of St. Stanislaus College, Bathurst. At a meeting yesterday tho president protested against the laxity of the Federal authorities. He said tho measurements for some of the uniforms for the college cadets had been taken 18 months ago, and others K months ago, but the clothes had not yet arrived. "The boys are shooting up, he said, in allusion to their increase in physical stature, "and who knows what Ministry will be in power at the time these bays are supplied."Last night the Wellington City Council refused the request of the Makara County Council for a contribution of .£250 towards the cost of driving a tunne through the land above tho municipal abattoir to divert tlio 'water from the Ngahauranga Gorge. According to Lieutenant J. J. Simons, of Prcmantle, who last year took a contingent of members of tho Young Australia League through ttie United States and Great Britain, and is now in Sydney orgaaising another tour, the ignorance oi tho great bulk of Americans concerning Australia is positively amazing, the popular notion being that thiscontinont is one of the islands of the South Seas, and not a very big one at that. "They always opened their ieyes very, wide, he said yesterday, "when I used to tell them in my addresses, as I delighted ingoing, "that this insignificant place that they know so little about happened to be 3000 square miles bigger than tho ivhole oi the United States." The Wellington Ferry Company has intimated to tho Miramar Borough Unuicu that it is serious]}- considering discontinuing the Karaia Bay and Seatoun service, and has asked if &o council JS prepared to grant a subsidy for the continuation q the service. It was decided, at the counpl meeting last eveiiing, to leave tho matter in the hands of a special committee. 'Tire brigade mattes are not in.a.satisfactory state in. the district, states tjie ■ annual report of the KilMrme Ratepayers Association. "The appliances in us» by the local brigade are- antiquated and out Of date, and when it ie borw in-n»nd What a large area the bngado has to protect, the association is 011 tha * a verr grave danger exists.' The- report urges memfoe of the associabon to continue agiUting until matters are placed on a more satisfactory basis. The tender of Messrs. Standidge ..<pw Ca. of XlB 15s. for painting of back corridors at the Wellington Hospital has been recommended by the Hospiol Committee far acceptance by the board at its next meeting. . ■ Five hundred feet of fife hose is to be pßtchased for use in the Town' Hall. The Rev. Canon Garland will address tho Presbyterian Genera; Assembly at 10.80 o'clock this morning , , on the Bible-in-sohools question.