LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1710, 29 March 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An allegation lhat some juilior, officers were dissatisfied Mith the tecfcnt ele\-a-tion to ilietitenancibs of area .-sergeantmajors who tarried prdinotionby passing d special cxiimi,nation iraS; riilmtioned yesterday to the Hon. R. It. Rhodes (ActingMinister for Defence). Mr. Rhodes said that lio officer ivotild- suffer loss of .seniority fey tlie promotion of the .SStgeantinajors. It'had been avraiipetl that the Duutrotin students should fill sthff vacancies its they ociiutred., These students not yet bting availiible, tliert was a' temporary, shortage (if ofllcerS; Arid it had teen decided to promote the feetePaiit-mnjot's who had been well tried and shotfn themselves capable Of discharging- the duties demanded of thenn ' .

The new .Pure, Food regillations, which frerii rbceiitlv iiifcetted, cpiiid Into operation on Api'il I.' No frictibii byef t]ui iiitrodiibtibh bf thb new .regulatibhs anticipated by the Health authorities; as the ti'itdorS aiid importers ctihcbtncd havb had opportunities 10l- Some tiKid past Of making thelilselves faiiiiliar with the fcoiiditibns wliitli. ttiby will lie .expected to observe henceforth. Siiiiilai'M-erfiilatibds nave . been iiitrbduced ; ill ■ tlie' Coimlidilwcalth. . ; Dozens of applications have already been received by tlie Government from. sbttlei's desirdus of taking up, the twbnty-fivp-acre sections of ,kauri film Uilds which ore to Ift throwii open lorthlvitH in the Auckland district. Regulations governing this class of settleiiieiit. were gazetted ft week ago. - ' 1 Well-disposed persons frith atyb'boHies are reminded that to-day i 9 appointed fbr a continuance of the "gorse-cutting bee" at the Home bf Compftsslliti, Island Bay. Ttamways and City Council working men Jireponderate at this particular "bse," -but all ■ willing are . cordially. invited to assemble at the home Teddy.to start at 1,30 this afternoon. •

A special' meeting of the City Council lias bibii calibd fdr + p.iit. oil Holiday next to consider Mattel's in- cohhection frith tins rbcepHbii bf the omijers aiid crew of H.M.S. New Zealand, ■. The dental ward at the, Cliristchurch ilospital was opened, on Sldrch. 3; and the medical superintendent of the' hospital rbports that there has beiiii enough work to kefep tlie department busy. -During the .first i'lJ working days, the .following Work was 'done •—Amalgain fillings, 9; cement fillings, l0;,root fiIUnRS, 1; dressings, 32'j .sowings, 8; iniscellrinbotts aiid advice, 89; simple extractions; 11; nuhlber of teeth extracted, 21j anafesthetib cases, 6j number of teeth, extracted; 76; total number of operations, 79;. number of attendance,s, .01: number of fresh patients, 35. Tlie Advisory Committee of the Dental Association is assisting in ah honorary capacity) pending appointments to.tho httii,oraiy. staff* but.it has been defcided to advertise fbr two honorary anaesthetists.

In tho Perth Police Court recently fourteen women freto eafcU filled Js< for having wbt'li unsheathed liat-.pitis in Hie street. The previous batch of offenders In. this resnbet .was each fined.3s.t aild the Magistrate said that tho penalty would bij increased to 10s. in future. Wheii a certain yotiHi'S nivnig was called ttl tllb il'aslsti-fite s Cdiirt fcstbrday, dtlK ing tho libflriiig of breaches of the Defeiirt Act, lit# itltjt'her ajipeat'ed Aiid told.tlie Inaglstnttb that she did hot ktlbv Tvhferii h§r ttoy wis. tie lind Been away siiicd Adgust, atul she did Hot khoit 1 frhSii lib Would return.

''ttl idokitig ovist tlife ilistkcttirs' repoi'ts, I find that tile littciidaneo at oiie couhtry schoal is stH-eii, aiiotlidi' eight, aiid diiftt'iier ililie." said tilt ellaiHiiau of tlife E(Hic:ltidli BoArd (Mi'. Lee), at its liiefetirig yesterday, "and I consider thilt it is a very Idw status." , Mr. Ito'ig Mnntfted that tllsrb wits a genoi'iU fallitig-off ili attendance at coitnthv schools. later on iii the lhcetiiijr; Mt\ Hoprtj lilovbd, and Mr. Field seconded: "That a return be prepared showing the staff anil average attenddiicb in the schools of the district for (he ypar 10(10, and lit the preseitt time." 11l moving the motioti; Mr. IlOgg fitrthbr stflttd that there was a great falling-off in the attendance at the country schools. Tile motion v,-as carried unanimously. !)• was reported At, last night's meeting of'tlie Wtillinjjtoji I'ecliliical Ediicdtion Board that the bdard coliuiienced the present Vear With a credit balance of £2XL 'l'iie Hon. R. jj. I?liodes, Actinfc-Minis-ter for Defence, declares himself very well nleased with the showing niado by the Territorials recently bncatnped at Yalilliurst, in their march, through Christchurch, aiid their ohtralbitig.at tliat city. The. Miiir.sler witnessed the eiilrainilig aiid considered the discipline of the troops excellent, and'in general was wdll satislied with all that he, saw. It wiis reported to hi in that liie bearing of the men iii their march through tho city was equally creditable.

"Nature study continues to be taken in most schools, and where the Subject is (rented on broad lints, based on observation, very creditable Work is being .(lone/' slates the annual report of the Welling* turn School Inspectors. ,"In drawing up tchemes of work, prominence must be given to the local feritiffts iiii(l fcif&fm* dances bf the school district,' as well lis the possibility of arranging excursions ajid of carrying oiit experiments in the classrooms, the playjrOUlid, aiid the school garden;" lii connection witll, sfckiil libraries, tlia anuiial report of the school inspectors states that a. gratifying, response to the encouragement given bjj tlie ' EdiiCatiOrt Hoard in giving a subsidy 011 local contributions arid in publishing a suitable •list of books ill order to.assist committees and headmasters in making, a alectioh, is to lie seen in .Hit general improvement in the school libraries of tlie district.

There are several Kentish hop-pickers in the gardens in Motiieka this season. A grtwer informed a "Nelson Mail" re]X>rter tlnlt the English pickers do letter work and keep at it more consistently Until the colonials. Good m'oriey is to iJd made ht the prevailing price of 2!d, fi. bushel, one family's earnings amount' ihg to 30s. a day, rtnd some pickers earn M a week; in tact, last week, one young -woman. earned £3 15s, Visitors are present from many parts of tlie North Island) the West Coast, rtiul even from Canterbury, It iri expected that hoppicking will last for another two or three weeks. There, is some speculation as' to the prieo this season, as so far 110 sales ■have been made, with the exception of those growers who, have received a guarantee, is, & pound it is said, from merchants for their crop; The hops are turniiig oiit well ,and the crop is reported to l>e ii good one. At a meeting of the Mastcrton Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon (writes oiir correspondent) a resolution was carried urging the taking ci a {roll throughout the Dominion oh the question of a universal Half-holiday, jlie Chamber also decided to.approach the local Labour party and hs'eei'ffim if it was favourable to observing a holiday, dfl Easter Saturday instead of Labour Ha}',

Councillor Pipfer lids gitftxl notice iliat lie will iiiHve at Monday's InMihg of the I'etoiie fioi'oitgh Council i—"( 1) That ill view of the Plumbers' Registration Act, coining into force on' April. 1, the engineer be authorised to irenew.existing plumbers'' licHises free of .till ftes. (2) 'JPhat as gasfittih'fe is iniiV.' defined by the Labour Law as'part of it pliiiiibet s tMdff, existing licenses bo rcltfited 6ft tlrt same conditions as plumbers' licences," • A circular' has feten issued by the C.'hristclmrch City Coriucil asking repfesentdtives of the local Wilts interested in the. election of ittfftbers Of - the. Lyttelton Ilartttilf Bctfrd to flits t on the first Friday ill April/ I'htf COtllieil points out the present representation ol fourteen members on the boiird only includes four for the city dlii suburbsi which have-ft population of 80,701 pefson.<! ) and a capital valuation in round figures of .£12,2!12,000, ebmpared with thi Of 110,190 and valuation .£{2,553,000 whjch elects tlw. Whole elccted' tfitmbSi'S bl the bctif.d. It is contended that on tho-,population of the city it should have .a representation of eight, and upon the contributions nine. Considerable damage appears to have been done to the sugar crops in ■ Queensland by the-, l'ecent cyclone, The Australian Minister for Customs has received a report, statins that ( f)2,000 lons of cane wns-destfoyecT in the Cairiis district, and tons in'the Lucinda district. 'Inspectors for the other districts, while.not tiiaking any'definite statements of this Kind, indicate that the flood waters destroyed many acres of young cane. - The dxtent of the rainfall may be judged from the fact that at Farina nearly 58.69 inches of rain fell ill five days, and over two feet,in- .24 hours. Other districts suffered to a more or less extent, but notwithstanding this damage the industry is reported to be'in a very satisfactory condition.' ■ ' '■, ~

It is probable that the conference which the Victorian> Government is'arranging to consider the'apprenticeship problem will not bo Iwund down in any degree by the terms of the Apprenticeship Bill which failed to get., through Parliament last year (says the Melbourne "Agc")v The whole ; subject of apprenticeship will, be discussed from an independent point of view, and an attempt will be liiadft to decide tho main principles of a. scheme _to provide for the training of artiklns. I"ie . conference will be asked to 6ipl'6s!s "an dpinipn as to whether anything in tho nature of apprenticeship could be revived, or whether it would bs better to abandon the old system and endeavour to replace it with a fuller development of tefchnical education: The confereuce.will make a report to the Cabinet. ■ s ' The special meeting rif- the Eastbourne' llorough Councili which was to lirtve beeii field at Eona Bay last evening, far the .purpose of considering a motion by, Councillor Organ to reject tho. Mayor's motion that a prill be taken on the question of & water schwne, was adjourned lintil "Wednesday ovening, owing to the absence of some ,of the councillors;

lii his annual;report,.tlie cliiifhiilii fcf the ■Wellington Education Board says:— "Tlie board lias observed with pleasure the increasing number of sehbbls ap frliich efforts hare, beeii made to b-eiiut.ify atid improve the school wounds; lii this cbliiiection the board brought, beforb £tht>ol Committees ami teachers tllfe benefits arising from a faithful observance of At'bor Pay. While in sonic districts tile djiporkriiity was neglected, iii others well-ebh-sidered plans >were adapted; -ttiid local enthusiasm aroused, Svitli rfetilts iii a iiumber of instiiilccs highly creditable alike to committees aiitl'teachers." ' \ In yesterday's paragraph about: automatic telephones iuentidii was liiiide tlidt the Western Ijlectl'ic. Coinpau.V,, Of America, liad coins into the field. It is the Western Electric Cohiiirtiiy, .of Lindon, for whom Messrs. Arthur D. Hiley find Co. are tlio local ageiits.

Announcements of Sunday's services will be found oil pngb 1 of this issue. There was a rcp.taeiltativti attendance atvtho, funeral at' Kaittpbi.On Wednesday of the late Mr. Itobert Wylio, trlib died on Monday; aged 78 years. . A native M Scotland, he totik lip tlife dcfcui>atlbii of shipwright, and assisted at. the biiiluinjj of the Black Priiico iroliclad. ■ Wlilla serving as a ship's tiirjieiifeiv lie wiis bn one occasion on a vfesel tlidt was wreck-, ed on the coast'if Sdiit'h Aiiloficil, iliitl getting to shore lib received a winiiitl from aimed natives. Tilt; resciife<t patt of the vessel's crew wWe sbiiiti frtteks Uefßttj they riSclied it frieiidly settlement. Leaving the sea for altinie, Mr. Wylic joined tlie Royal Irish Rifles.. With his . wife lie arrived in Auckland in the Watcrsptite, in 1863, and was ciijjagctl iii building pontoons and light vessels to assist the British operatidils in the Maori war. Thirty-five years %> he sbtlletl iii Lytteltoii, and later removed, tb Kaiapoi. I'liq fuiieral was attended b.V liis fofif SbitS ahd two daughters, blife .of the fbimef beihg Mayor of Kaiapoi. The service was conducted by tlia Etev. A. Mitchell.

Wafl "TiiitiMptt" Still on fop. Tho Christchurcii-Kaikoura-and-back' record still standi tB tllS crfcdit of jf r . G. B; Brown and his full roitdstei 1 'Trii umpll," and the tifcw record madt) Inst Thursday has been burifcd alnidst as souh ais it fraa borri uhdfer Hie orushiitg weight of two hours niid twenty-rifle minutes. The principal features 01. Sir;. Q. 13. B town's great ride on biiturday . havo fen given.full publicity. On Stli February he rodo dloiie.: Pome capital was Made out ot tlio inct that on a previous occasion lio was accompanied by another rider, and, though the precedent thus set lias been followed in the subsequent attempts upon t'ic record liy riders of machines other than tho "Triumph," Mr. Brown decided .to. demonstrate his faith in "I'riuihtih" reliability by riding tiltilif. He rode till! same full roadster tlirebspeed "Triumph" as ho rode when he oStablished tHB record 011 Jilhnhry 17. The biilv difference in the cohditiohs Was that lie taw tho road. It must be' reiiiehifeed that this Christchurch-Kaikoura tide was suggested by IHutaph* competitors prestiiiiably as a courts on which their machines had a better chanco against tlio "Triumph" than any other. Tho etnirso evidently does suit their machine—when their machine is going well-but it quito a3 evidently suits thpY'Triumph" just as well; and a great deal better. So tho result of this little sporting controversy liris been to establish the "Triumph" as the best "cross-couhtty" motor-cvcle. as well as the best speed mnthirie, the best ntnchilie.fSr reliability, arid tlie. lifest for hlll-clitjiuliig. Thb latest "Tritiinphs" aire now to hand; prlfceS: fixed engine, jjVO; fW$ engine. iifiO; three-spefed, i'Bl 10s. Adams, Imliilod., Christchiircli. Wfttiganlli, Paliiierstoh North, Agents, Sutherland and Rankino. Welling, ton, and Tourist Motor Co., Hastings,Advt«