LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho Wimmera, with English (via Suez) and Australian mailt?, arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Saturday afternoon. The Wellington portion of tho mall will arrivo by this afternoon's Main Trunk express. ■ A firo broke out yesterday at 11.10 a.m. (n a two-story dwelling dn Hobson Street, at present untenanted. It is Buspected that some unauthorised person has beeit using tho building for temporary sleeping quarters. Tho flro brigade yesterday found several doors unlocked, Although tho front door was fastened. Somo slight dainago was dono in the neighbourhood of tho' kitchen. before tho llames wero extinguished. A Wairarapa p>ipor must be held responslblo for this i—A Nativo, of considerable purchased a motorcar, for which lie paid ,£250. He wrote to the vendor, soon after Clio purchase, as follows i—"To motor you selleo mo no goore. Pto keep te berry too croso to wheel. You coino tako him pack." Legislation was passed by Parliament last session to repair a defect in the Barmaids' Kogistratfon Act of the previous session by prohibiting tile employment of unregistered barmaids in private bars, which tho original Act liiid failed to do. A legal opinion obtoinod recently in Auckland was to tho effect that the later legislation was in its turn defective, sines it failed to define a "private bar." The matter wad brought Tinder tho notice of the Minister for Justice by the Hotel Em-' ployees* Federation, aid that organisation has now received a conimunicatioa from the Labour Department stating that the Grown Law officers have advised that the Act of lost session, and its provisions are quite sufficient to prevent the employment of Unregistered barmaids in any part of hotels. : Tho Department further intimated that'instructions had been friven to the police to tako proceedings in any casO where unregistered barmaids were being einploywl. Tho union, in view of th>i above intimation, will report sjwsific oases eo as to have the point legally decided. In a street disturbance at PnlMereton Inst week, reports the . "Manawatu TimeSj" a cabman named Mr. Alexander Gallagher went to the rescuo of Constablo liullen, who was fiercely engaged with several assailants. The members of tho local police force have now presented, Mr, Gallagher with ft reward for his action, in tho shape of a handsome sot of carvers and a silvor-nioUnted cigarette holder. Tho presentation was made on Thursday last by Sergt. Willis. An unfortunate sot Of Circumstances has beta operating • ftprainst.the • commencement of tho Napier tramway system. After considerable delay, tho contractors secured about .11,000 hardwood, sleepers and got' them to Sydney. Hero' further trouble was mot, tho New Zear land' watersiders intimating that, ctifgo shipped on a vessel carrying an Asiatio crew would not be unloaded in Now Zealand. Although it was impossible to get another steamer to take tho sleepers, tho vjiiio of organised labour was sufficiently determined to stop tho shipment, which was to htivo coiile to Napier in a Japanese boat. It :is not known, just at present,'says an exchange, liow soon the long-looked-for Sleepers (vill arrivo. Senior-Sergeant Rtttledge, ACcotmianied by Constables M'Kolvie and Favell, paid a surprise visit at 1.30 p.m. yesterday to a lartfo boardinghouse which stands at tho corner of Martin Street and Torantiki Street, and is occupied by Mrs. Mary Baker: Tbo police seized; a quantity of liquor. Proceedings aro to follbw. Says an exchango:—Probably . tfoiao persons may not be awaro that it ii.ri'iw Illegal to sell in New .Zealand 'matohea manufactured with white pho9phorUß. The HioSphorus. Matches Aot of 1010 prohibit' ed Hie importation or manufacture -of matches made with yellow or white phosphorus during the year 1012, and the Dlovision Of tho Aot; prohibiting tho iato of sUoli hatches camo into operation with tho ne\v,'year. Some dealers Contend that all tho wax matches, excepting the. bird-, eye kind (with vfhlto tip on head) are nlado of poisonous phosphorus,' and ♦tiat tho only nintehea.that can now bo legally sold are the ordinary safeties and the bird-eye match. ' : . . There Vis' a ( 'strange irony of Mo in connection with flic death Of' Dr. Wilson, of Palmcrston' North (says 'an exchanjfe). He was always strongly opiwsed to operations'in cases of appendicitis, and recently Carried On a spirited controversy in the looftl press, discountenancing operations for that ailment. It would appenr that ho had at length to submit himself to an operating tablo for an attacs if nnpondioitls,' having undergone the operation On Sunday, death ensuing on Tutsday evening. What is a "dodgef" Mr. Bamfotd, ono of tho Queenslabd niembers of the Federal Houso of Eeprcsentativos, declares that, to has himself been acoused—in the Melbourne "Age"-*-of dodging, and ho under' took last weok to define the simple word, but when ho had completed his task tlio fog was thicker than ever. Tho definition given in tho Oxford dictionary was, bo said, that to "dodge" was to "change one's position or ground," or "to shuffle." Steel, another authority, declared that thd art of dodging atnounted to "triokery," whilo yet another definition likened tho word te "falling down." "I have been ac cused of dodging," he declared, "but I object to it being said that I nave 'fallen down.'" ThO statement provoked 6onto laughter. 'Mr. Bamford then quoted a passage from Shakespeare, in his endeavour to eluoidato tho truo meaning of tho Word. Ho delved still deeper into the subject, dnd seriously informed the Houso that Congreve's interpretation of a dodge Was "a cur's trick." The burden ,of thd hon. member's remarks was apparently that it was an unpleasant tiling to bo accused of perpetrating a ''dodge' —Cvon in tho Pickwickian, or political sense— and that a newspaper which had ' the temerity to accuse an lion, member .of Bneh a thing was deserving of very Severn, penalties indeed. Luckily for the inhabitants of Tristan d'Aohuna, ono of tho loneliest islands in the world, tho French barque Villa nu Havre passed there within hailing distance, whilst voyaging from New York to Melbourne, For somo months previously tho islanders hod tasted neither bread nor biscuits through supplies of flour/having run out, and a ceaseless watch, wliisli they kept in tho moantimo for ; a phssiitg ship, wont unrewarded until tho Villi du Havre in response to signals "hove-to" off tho island. Manned by a number of: tho inhabitants a boat was rowed D\it to the ship, and Captain Halluito provided tliem with the flour, and biscui.ts (hey were in need of, receiving iii return vegetables, which the islanders ted brought with them.

MOTOR CARS, MOTOR CYCLES FOR THE NEW YEAR TRADE. We fire offering for immediate delivery the famous Clement. Bayard cars, noted for their simplicity, prkeful appearance, ahd' absolute reliability. These "French Talbots" aro guaranteed to run 100,000 miles with ft minimum of attention. Tlio 8-12 h.p. 8-seator Clement-Bayard, with full running equipment, soils (it .£295; tlio 10.15 n.p. Clement-Bayard, fully equipped, cells at X 393 lis. lid., and the 10-15 4-5 seatM Clement-Bayard, fully equipped, sells at X42G 45.., Ofl., theso prices being inclusive of everything usually sold as "extras." Those splendid light cars of tlio Studobaker manufacture, which have earned such n wonderful New Zealand reputation for. giving satisfaction and "making good," are offered as follows!— 20 h.p, 2-seater Stude-baltcr-Flanders, finished •in French grev mid cDmpleto with hood, wind-shield, five lamps, clock, and speedometer, .£275; 20 h.p. 4-sCater Studobaker-Flanders (same ' finish and equipment), X 295; 30 ll.p. 5-sCater Studebakcr E.M.F. (same equipment), .£375. Iti motor-cycles we have the world's best, tlio "Triumph,' fixed engine .£7O, ffee engine .£BO, 3-speed £S! IDs., and that popular machine, the "8.5.A., fixed engine £70, freo engine JL'SO, 2-spccd .£BS. We welcome letters requiring particulars of our wido ranga of motor cars and motor cycles, and anyone interested is oordiafly jnvited to write us 1 at tlio head office, High Street, Christohurch. Branches at Wanganui and Palmerston North, where cars and motor cycles can' be inspected. Also at agents— Motor Co.. Huttings, Sutherland ana Rankino, Wellington,—Advt*

A Uaßterton farmer told i "Wairarapa' Ago" represents,tivo on Friday that' ho had offered 12s. a day for men for harvesting work during tho holidays, and oould not- procure them. It is expected that, now tho holidays aro over labour will ho more abundant. The eooretary of tho Sooioty for Prevention cf Cruelty to Animals imports that tho soojflty has been successful in. its special effort to raise ,£!0 so fiß to eeoure .£lO donation offered conditionally. Additional donations sinoo the last acknowledgments were-.—Per Mrs. CalleadOr, .£1 lOs.j per Mrs. Chittenden, <61 105.; tor Mr. J. Holt, £i 12s. (S. and W. Mackay, £1 Is., Alex. Cowan, and Son .£1 Is., Mrs. M. Montgomery; £1, J. Ilott A J. M. A. llott 10s.); per Inspector Sted, ifl 10s. (13, W. Mills and Co.'s employees JCI Bs. Gd., It. Fletcher and Co. <El, H.C. JCI Is., J. O'Brion and Co. 10s. Gd., Jliint, Cottrell and 00., Colonial Carrying Co., N.Z. Express Co., GAV. 10s. each, Mowhare, Rowe, M.S., ss. each); Miss E, M. Rowley, £1) J. SI. Richardson. J!l; Mrs. Christie, 10s. j Mr. Page, 10a. j E.F., 10s.; Alexander, 6s. This makes the total £bl (is., or £12 Oft. abovo the stipulated amount.