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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1629, 21 December 1912, Page 6

71io Minister for hunda (tho Hon, W. F. MiL'i'idyj in for a conference of Cuimi>l;nioriM"i of Crown Jaikls, to be held in Wellington owly in J'ebnmry. The Wellington Hospital IJcard decided yesterday that Dr. Ilardwick Smith fihould br! niithori/iwl when in Great Britain to make inquiries for on expert bacteriologist, and that ho should be empowered to onga<;o a suitable man, at a salary not exceeding -W>oo i>er annum. The Iward defeated a proposal, moved by Mr. B. It. Gardener, of J.evin, to Die efl'eet that an endeavour should be made to get a mRn from within New Zealand. Dr. llardwick Smith (the hospital superintendent) said that he always gave preference to New Zealandcrs where possible, but ho did not think "a specialist of the kind needed could be got in tho Dominion, and if they had to look beyond New Zealand they should go to Britain, where they might get a man who had (studied under Wright, the founder of the science.! The Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces has received tho following letter from his Excellency tho Governor (Lord Liverpool):—'"Tho Governor is anxious to tako this opportunity of expressing through the General Officer Commanding the Forces his appreciation of tho turnout of the troops on the parado yesterday (Thursday) at his first State ceremony. Speaking as a soldier, he was much .impressed with the bearing and steadiness of men of the New Zealand army." Four reserved judgments will be delivered by the Court of Appeal this morning. The cases concerned are: Fraser, Ramsay v. De Renzy; Pearce v, Hen are Rakena Te Awe Awe; Commissioner of Stamps v. Finch; aiid in re Dickens. The following new regulation governing the acceptance of telegrams for pnssetigers or, trains is gazetted"A telegram addressed to a passenger on any train shall not be accepted for delivery at a station at which the train is due to arrivo at a time when the nearest telegraph office is closed for bilsinoss." ! The Tongariro Timber Company, Ltd., has been granted the exclusive right to use certain Crown lands for the purposes of a tramway between Kakahi railway station and the Whakapapa River. The Postmaster-General has, by Gazette notice published yesterday, ordered that no money-order shall be issued ill fuv'onr of, or postal correspondence delivered to, Scott and Jlartindaie, Commercial Hotel, Wellington, William Scott, Commercial Hotel, Wellington, or Harry Martindale, Commercial Hotel, Wellington. A similar prohibition affecting tho New Zealand Oxypathor Company, and B. C. Warnes is removed. The secretary of the Wellington Hos> pital and Charitablo Aid Board desires to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the Christmas fund:— Messrs. T. Ballniger and Co;, .£1 Is.; Messrs. E and A. Nash, 10s.; "Friend," 55.; Mr. J. B. Keaiij 2s. lid.;'and goods from Messrs. A. E., Preston and Co.- and Mr. J. Downs. The annual meeting of tW Women's Christian Temperance Union, Central Branch, was hold yesterday at the Y.M.C.A. rooms, Mrs. A. R. Atkinson presiding over a good attendance. The annual report ana balance-sheet, the latter showing a credit balanoe of .£32, were read and adopted. It was announced that undor the will of the late Hon. F. H. Fraser tho branch had received .£25. A resolution was passed expressing regret at the death of this keen supnorter of the union's work. >The Rev. J.' Dawson urged all members of the W.C.T.U., irrespective of party, to pledge themselves not to.vote for any Parliamentary candidate who will not do his utmost to remove the present three-fifths majority required to carry No-License. Detectives Rawle and Cameron yesterday arrested a man who will be brought before the magistrate for failing to comply with an order to maintain his wife. Detectives Cameron and Dempsey also arrested a man who will be. enurged with failing 'to make provision for the maintenance,of an unborn ohild. Soihe persW'tinktiown has' remitted to tho Secretary of tho Post Office the suin of 7s.' 6d., conscience money, and some other person unknown has sent a larger amount—.£lo—as fconscience money to the New Zealand Railways. Announooments of Church services will be' found on page 2 of this issue.