LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1768, 5 June 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Salvation Army bonnet as an aid to beauty was recommended by Commissioner Richards, when speaking at the public welcome extended to the Salvation Army officers last insht. 1 find women," lie said, "going to Madame this and Mudaiuo'that. for beautifying creams and tints, but if they only knew, its tho bonnet that tells. It suits loii" faces, round faces, and small faces. W hen I see n woman out in a big hat, with a. pickled cabbage stuck in front, I know that it detracts from her beauty, lhere is nothing of the pickled cabbage in tho Salvation Army baiinct. It leaves tho beauty of the face to declare itselt.

"Even scientific men havo fallen into the error," Mr. M'Cabe remarked last evonins, "of crediting woman with a lower intelligence than man, because her brain weighs five and a half ounccs less. He went on to explain that mere size of head and brain counted for little. It was the proportionate weight of the bram to tho rest of the body that had to be taken into account. On this basis woman's brain would compare favourably with that of man, and leaving "dead tissue, fat, and so forth, out of account, woman might show even a greater bram capacity than man. The Grevmouth Chamber of Commerce, nt a meeting last night (says a Press Association telegram), endorsed the action of "tho Wellington Chamber in protesting a"ainst the Union Steam Ship Company or anv other shipping company, combining with the Federation of Labour for the exclusion of free labour. The following tenders were received by the Citv Council for the supply of :tu trail-formers I'. Ii- Haillie and Co., ,£3<l i JO 1 ] (pcccpted); A. I). Riley and Co., JE-lUS 1 Tiiii'iihull and Jones, A'i2G 125.; Tollcy an:i Sons, ,£3lio. A by-law prohibiting the wearing of lin"irirdt'd hatpins has been prepared by the Citv Solicitor in accordance with the resolution of the City Council It will m duo course como before the By-laws Committee, and the council will receive it at next meeting Th«re hns been a great influx of Maoris into "Wnnganui during the past day or two (telegraphs our special correspondent), and it transpires that the large number of visitors is duo to the fact that rents are being paid m connection with Iho blocks of land vested in the Maori Land Hoard. Over .£IO,OOO is being paid out. . \ remarkable stale of affairs was liuucnted i" « peculiar discussion (hat took dUxco at tlio Lake County Council nvc<;tin" last week. According to the Lake Wakatipu Mail's" account, when the clerk ••sked for instructions regarding certain 'burial expenses, Ccuiicilbr .Johnston mad? •l complaint about the poverty ol a ccllm ii'-ovided in the case of a deathl that occurred rcccntlv at i-kippcr*. Ihe colon, he said, was partly made of brosem- and whisky eases, lie himsell saw pari ol tho wliWi'v eases at the end c-f Iho coffin, which was painted with lainpbk'rk. Ue lelt anied of ii, and was sure that the num;,(>rs <if tlie County Council would not ■.'•im Son such a cidlin as (he one lie had ,U-.tribe:!, lie wax. aoi |im;iou-!r J™ lliii the council paid I'-".' siu-h ccfiuis, I lie ch'iinii.'in relai d one i;;sfanee where the I'orouyli (.oiv.f'sl hwl l<> bu!\ <\ i-|,ii,lie did not know it ih i.- was ■1 flTiid-ird "eiiin. After furiher discussion ;he clerk w.,s ask'd to lind out the law rn | hi, sill.and to interview Ihe milkers of the co'liu complained of as to (lr„-timb.-r put into the collin. A fire last night practically destroyed til-' Araniolni .School, one of the oldest fcliool buildings in tho Wwignnni district.— Press Association.

There were .registered in Wellington during tho Inst council year (ending March 31) 140 motor-cars and 259 motor cycles, making tho total for Wellington 1101.

A course of lectures to women on first aid to tlio injured will be given regularly on Thursday afternoons under the joint auspices of tlio Young Women's Christian .Association ami (lie »t. John Ambulance Association. Dr. Plntts-Mills, wiio t was to have taken tlio position of .surgeon instructor, is now unable to act, owing to public duties, and the position will be filled by Dr. Wlivtc. 'Ladies other than numbers of the Y. WX'.A. may join tlio class, which opens this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, ill the Y.W.C.A. rooms. The City Engineer hopes that the debris that is now 'burying the broken water main at Kgahauranga will be sufficiently cleared away by Saturday week to permit of repairs being effected. It will probably b? tliroo months before all the earth ami rock at the slip can be removed and tlio road left clear for its full width, there is no urgency about mending tho pipe. The new main, it is stated, brings in quite enough water to supply the city, and not the slightest shortage has been noticeable on account of the breaking of one of tho two mains. Particulars of the stock slaughtered at the City Abattoirs during this month of April are:—l7-t cows, CG-i bullocks, 13 bulls, <!3G5 sheep. (J7O lambs, nt calves, and 112 pigs. Out of this number, 33 cows, 21. bullocks, 1 bull, C-5 she.ip, 23 pigs, and 1 calf were condemned as unfit for human consumption. The total sum collected I from all soiiirccs in the month was jCftifi 15s. 5d., an increase of .£U lGs. lid. over tho amount for tlio previous month. Referring to tho observance of Arbor Bav by tho civic authorities, flic Mayor (Mr. j. T. Luke) informed a DoaimoN reporter vesterday that lio proposed to have an interview with tlio chairman of the Reserves Committee, in order to' evolve a scheme of Ircc-plant.ing to bo oarriod out oil that day. Tho desiro of tho Reserves Committee would no doubt bo to plant small areas which could bo efficiently cared for, in preference to the planting of large areas which could not bo kept in order without a good deal of annual cost. Tho council would, as previously, seek to interest the school authorities ill tho carrying out of a tree-planting scheme to celebrate Arbor Day, which falls this year on July IG. "We have had great difficulty in dealing with gorse," says the Chief City inspector in- his annual report. "There were 58 complaints, and tho fire brigade was called 38 times to suppress fires caused by overgrowth of gor.stt during the year. In many cases tho owner of the land is an absentee, or his agent (if lie has one) has no authority to spend money in complying with notices, and while wo are trying | to find tlio owner or fix tlio responsibility, life and property are endangered. Under the Public Health Act tlio local authority lias ■ power to abate certain nuisances and make tlio espouses incurred a chargo upon the land. I consider that tho council should have similar poweir in connection with land so overgrown with gorso as to bo a danger. A case of some interest to employees was before the Hutt Court yesterday, when the Inspector of Award!" proceeded against Harry Wallace for failing to give a week s notice to his employers when leaving his position. Defendant was fined 10s. Tho Public Scrvicc Commissioner (Jlr. D. Robertson) anticipates that the provisional classification of the Public service will he completed at.about t'ho end of this month. After the . classification has been issued, officers will bo grunted a period of thirty days in which to lodge appeal if thev desiro to do so. At a meeting of tho New Zealand Sheapowners' Federation, held yesterday, the following resolution was carried:— "That this conference -of .representatives of tho New Zealand Sheepowners' Federation has noticed with much regret that the U.S.S. Company has again employed exclusively members of the Federation.of Labour a"t Timaru, thus ignoring .tho Waterside Workers' Union recently formed there and registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, being in opposition to the statement by Sir James Mills that tho rights' of free labour would bo respected, and that tho conference is of the opinion that such a course of action is opposed to the hest,interests of tho producers of tho dominion."

A new commercial firm is to ariso in Wellington as tlio result of nil arrangement between Messrs. James Macintosh ami Co. pud Messrs. W. nnd G. Turnlnill and Co., of Wellington, which combination is to take the form of a limited liability company. Messrs. James Macintosh and Co. at present operate 111 Wellington and Masterton, and Messrs.. Turnbull and Co. in Wellington and at Wang.mui. 'l'iie directorate will bo formed of tlio representatives of the two firms, and, it is likely, that Mr. W. W. D. Hunt of Invercargill, chairman of Messrs. Wrifflit, Stephenson nnd Co., will also be a member. ' Mr. James' Macintosh will bo the managing director of the lieiv company. Commercial Traveller's can bo accommodated with Sample Rooms on applying to Messrs. Munt, Cottrell and Co. Ltd., Forwarding Agents. The Rooms aro situated 011 tlie top flat of Nathan's Buildings, opp. the G.P.O. Light is a special feature 111 these rooms, besides which they tM fitted with gas fires, telephono, lavatories. etc. Call and inspect—Advt.