LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1951, 7 January 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"^P~'^fi?i.»SifM^ , fffi' :,;i ;:#,.fsrj , ' v o^i; ,,, '' : '",. _"'-. to'leave''New of i.tlifi r tiiiiil' , t'raiir oil' Monday' next," instead "of svTii(?'sfJay...a3. !3.:.u.simlly, the"case,.■. '.;?:■.' , that froiiHVjaiiuary..:l llic- charge-,-- for- , the .-transmission- ; cf..■ ordinary'.,''radio-tele-grams to or, ; from ■ ships .trading oxclusivoly-, between. Australia arid - Now Zealand or ■ between ■ parts on;-tho , . coast of New Zealand ,, -is-to be Od; , ; per, word. The wluctioiivdoea.;-;not,apply : to ..ships engaged', in':;tho Homo:: cr'j. foreign ports' .■■.-. : + A/'nmnari'ori, thesX: Westrslia was •mwte;] by.. Delectiyc-Serficant Cassolle and Detective '•Mason' yesterday for al:leg«U.v ; assaulting one. Archibald ■\\ ills at LytteltonVg^^;7;V'' J 7^' : -'''* .g* of/ immigrants will ""arrive"-.'b.v&tlie \ ■ RotoVua"' to-day. ;uo. 380 third-class 'passengers'on tli© ship, and-of theso .13.0,9ro"assisted immigrants. ".The- "assistech'.' comprise ;18 domestic-' servants, i' 9. farm ■ labourers': (bringing with them their •■■wives' and , -children- to-: tTie .mim-ber?of-':<ll ■■ in 'all),, and, 22 ; persons -who ]mvo';:.bcpn' ?i ')ioniinatedS,by i ;;r.e-latiyes\in New.-ZealandjJ.Vj?kS'^&, i\^''":'■■'■■ . " ' :-4There'is' > still:"a;"sc"arcit.vof 'good coal for;houschold.smse. in*-Wellington.. Coal is;,fprocurable',\ but , -'dealers twill supply only Ma- small, quantities,- and at rates imich liigher.tham ivero current before the-strike'.'"-h-'-Thc''State Coal Department, recently received a parcel of about 200.".tons'-.'from the Scddonvillo mine, and, although it had been retailed in sniall,lots only,, th.© supply is nearly exhausted.! , . , /-Private firms are also re-

fusingi-to supply large lots,- . South Africa ami. Newcastle coal is being rctniled at the rate of 50s. per ton, whereas, before.'tho strike tho rato.'.ior Westport coal : was 30s. per/ton.' , ?; guv'v .■■';>-. ■■ - ..Tise propeller of tho'Defence"'Department's gift aeroplane, after being-miss- ■ ins fir some time , , was discovered safely in"olio of the holds'of,the Taimti. and Major O'Sisllivani.-Dii-cctor-, of Military Stores', lias, scut - it-'.oiu to Auckland, vhevo Lieutenant Hammond proposes to give tlw 'aeroplane its lirst, flight in New Zealand. ,, -;.-... , . '.- Two youth's 'eol-fis?i««K .iti'"t-h«> Mnngatcra. last-. week j'obtained'-'.the catch of tho season—a Witster ..whieh'itm'iied tho scalo'''at-21.-.ppunds.f-,^'yi^s). j i§yh "; .''■Biittalion'brdeVsha'vd'been issued caning a jwradc of-" tbn-various' Territorial companies,■ to- be'-/ held--.next ; week, for the purposc'-of-'-'i&sßing-''''' arms; ; 'Uw usual parades,'- which have been diserRaniscd.by. the'rocont strike, 1 will then recommence tho following week; Senior Cadets wiil , resume the ordinary dnJln shortly. ■ On Tuesday next a camp will be coinmeiiced at Keilding, when soino 400 officers and non-commissioned officers of- tho Senior Cadets of the Wijlliunton 'Military District\will attend. Jlajor Teniperloyj General Staff Officer of the District-, will bo" in command, and a ten days'- instructional course 'will be followed.'.JvThe .camp is a . voluntary one, and.no pay attaches to those attcmling.- "iv :.;v : Towards the end of this week tho first shipment of Westport coal sinco tho strilws will arrive at Wellington by tho Union Company's Kini Two oversea steamers—tno. Achlidstor and Strath(j(.nll — ai - e also clue lioro about January 20 with coal from Calcutta. These two latter steamers will lie the last oversea vessels to bring coai from foreign ports to Wellington. : Up to the present five big ocean steamers have arrived at this port with coal from Newcastle and delagoa Ba/. ■ . A young man .had a narrow ©scape from' drowning in Martin's Bay, near ikseneath. Tho young man a.m! two companions went out in a punt to see that their yacht, which was lying m a somowhat exposed position ;■ was sail', and when .they were returning a wave swamped and overturned the ooiu. Two of the party swam ashore, but tho tho. third chmg to .the upturned boat. He was ultimately rescued in an oxhaustod condition by a member cf tho crew of the Yacht Ainai, who put off to his assistance. ■ ■ _■ ;

The Abattoirs Committee of the City Council will shortly consider proposals for the regulation of the city's milk supply, and probably nr.tko recommendations on tlie subject to the next meeting of the council. The Mayor (Mr, J. P. Luke) discussing the milk supply question yesterday, said that in his opinion supervision should cover the transport of the milk from tiro farm to the city, and the delivery' to tho consumer. First, it was necessary to Bee that the conditions on tho farm were satisfactory, and this work was being undertaken by tho Department of Agriculture. Then, there was tlw transport to the city very largely by rail. This, in tho Mayor's opinion, is one of the weakest links in.the chain of communication, and capable of a vast improve' ment. The Railway Department should provide special vans for milk traffic— suitably' cooled and ventilated. Further, the milk-cans should be inspected, and, ii possible, tho battered and dented can, which was so difficult to clean, should be abolished. Lastly, there should bo some central depot for the distribution of all milk destined for human consumption. This depot should l>o under tho control of the local authorities, but the Mayor is nltojsethcr against any direct municipalisation ot the miik supply. Ho believes the. duty of the municipality should end at thorough inspection and supervision by a competent expert official. He expressed a hope that the Government v.ould co-operate with the council in bringing about tho reforms indicated.

The prospect- of'the opening of a market for New Zealand wool in the East is suggested by the presence in Wellington now of Mr. T. Takahnshi, wlia represents the- Government woollen mills at Tokio, Japan. He will be & spectator at the wool sales to-day- _ Hts object ■ in visiting New Zealand is to furnish a report to the Japanese Government on the quality of our wool and as to the methods of sain adopted hero. Already Mr. Takahashi has visited the sheds where the wool is _ displayed. Questioned as to whether Japan w.\s likely to bo a competitor for New Zealand' wools, he said tlip.t this would depend on the decision of the Government after considering tho reports he proposed to make on tho quality or New Zealand and Australian wools, and tho conditions (if sale and coat ot shipment. It should 'bp explained that tho Government ■■.woollen mills at Tokm ma.be all tho materia! for the Japanese army, and. that 1500 hands are constantly employed, in it.; '■' '"'___