LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1976, 5 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

V —* The Hton: Jas. 'A3lcn informed a reporter Inst evening thai practically the whole,of the new loan had -already ken converted into .tang-dated rlcbenfeures. It lias been announced/ says our Taihapo correspondent, that Sir. F. Beeohey, of. ijaitjekq, Will contest the Watmarino seat at tile ■ general election ag.ainst.Mr. 11. W. Smith. Mr. Bccehej', >who Witt stand as a Government sup* porter, is welt known throughout .the electorate, and is a member of tho' Kaitieko County Council. The Prime Minister is to receive several deputations to-day. Olio froin local bodies and sports bodies is to urg? tho acquisition of the Bay's Bay bush as a public i-osen-e. In company with, tho Han. R. H. Rhodes, Mr, Ma§sey will receive a deputation from the Wellington City .Council in reference tothe mijincipjil milk; supply- Still fm>t)\iw fopmfttionji'itam v ths. ..'Outlying'; District Committee of the City Council, is to make' representations to the Prime Minister regarding the survey of,Vogeltown. .Tho Hon. Jas. Allen (Minister of De* fence) states that the itinerary Which lie recently niado .public a.s indicating the movements .of General Sir lan Hamilton' during his tour of .the l)q----hiinion is prO-visioiia-i and open to. alteration. - Members of the Opposition Party eon* tinued their caUSus' meeting yesterday. Last evening: Sir -Joseph Ward told a reporter that matters, affecting'the. Opposition Party throughout the Dominion were discussed at tho conference. Sir Joseph Ward said that he could not give details, but mentioned that a plan of campaign had boon Arranged. Consideration was given to the question of the number of candidates for the various electorates in tho Dominion. "Members 'who -wore present," stated SirJoseph Ward, "were quite united, and were enthusiastic when determining upon a- big campaign." ' ' The four North Island members,of the. Now Zealand Boy Scout team which attended the recent rally in Melbourne an; returning by the TJlimaroa, due in port ' to-day from the south. The other twelve members of tho team have, returned to their liomos in the South' Island. The New &alanders won the first-aid competition at the Melbourne gathering, and we.ro 'specially, eompli-* Uioiitod by .the-. judge.on their work. They also secured--second.place in the night-alarm .-competition,. which was ' quite new to then'i. The medical inspection <f schools, has Hot yet reached a point at which,- it is possible to publish a report showing detailed results, hut the medical, inspectors have made a claSs.iftcati.Oli of tho ailments to which school children are ■subject. This classification, is now being considered by the Education Department, and will later -on bo submitted to the Minister of jHucation. The Work. of inspection in tho sel-iools was delayed to a considerable extent by the action of the Health Department iij obtaining tlie assistance of the medical inspectors during.tho laic smallpox epidemicChief inspectors'.. from tho various : education districts throughout the Dominion (thirteen iii number) are to meet in conference to-day in tho Joint Committee room., Parliamentary Buildinp. | The conference was recommended by tho Education Committee, of the Housd ,# I Representatives'last year. Tho,chief inspectors will conduct their' delphora- ! tjon-s in private. The oonfercilOO is ex> : pectod to last for two days.' ' ■the election, by ballot, Of officers for the Working Mai's Club took place yesterday. The Jesuit will npt ho known fot -a day o;r tw-q. < * Tho Government is pushing on with the policy of providing homes for rural; workers.' A number of cottages are to j ho erected near Master-ten shortly, and others are ■in coiiteni-pltftion elsewhene. At Wiliowbridgo, in Canterbury) thirteen cottages; -ate in coU'rsO of erection. Attached to each'cottage is asm-all holding, thi* area divided up ill this way amongst tho thirteen allotment's at Wiiiowbridge being 05 oe-tes. , ■ , The.work of erecting tho DOW Parliamentary Buildings wul be earotnencfld very shortly. There has:neccsssirilybeen a delay siiico a eantraot li'-as let in' December last, while the contractors' have been engaged in procuring build* ■■ iiig-stone, stool-framing, and other materials, tinder ordinary nirmilustaiices work imiilil have been, eoftilttcnced, upon tho foi'iiulatioiis soon after the sighing of tint.contract, but in the cns.o of the now Parliamentary Buildings the foundatioiis had already been completed by the Public Works Department.. There is a big demand for sawmill hands by West Coast millers. Jinny mills lire working short-handed, and ft 'is estimated that fully one hundred hands c.onkj bo employed if tho labour, ivcro offering. Rjrkc-nld.io'-s Great S-iini-mer Bate.— Boys' llugby. Suits, in Tweeds, Sovges, -ami Worsteds, -to fit boys from 13 to U. Usual pricss, 325. (3d. to 375. 6d. To clear at IBs. 6*1., IBs. Sd.—a' great bargain,—'Adrt.

In compliance with a rc-qyc*t recently made to the Prime Minister. .by the Prime Minister t>? I'as* niania, Mr. E. Parry (Government liyd-ro-olcctfical engineer) is to leave 'for that State hi February in nrdor to adyiso tiao Tasmiiiium Government regardiMg a large hydro-eleckieal scheme \yhie-h it has in eoiitemplatkm. "Wo arc under control at tho present moment. A great auti-: cyclonic swing is taking place, ajid an early winter is foreshadowed." This is contained in tho report issued oil Monday by Mr. Devermix, Fii.M.S., the freli-kndwn Wailii moteo-i-alogißt. At tho anntial meeting yestei'ilntf of the Loyal Antipodean Lodge, 1.0U3..F., M.U,, the annual report was adopted. It was stated that the total funds of the talgo increased during tho year from £3.0,35-1 6s. lid. to £19,9818 Is. 5d.. an increase of. £641 14s. 6d. Tho interest earned on investments alpno during tlio year was more than sufficient to {fleet all oliiiins on tho sick and fmioral ftjnd., leaving rents ami. contributions free for ! acettimilatio-n to tlio Lodge funds. Pur- : ing the year the surplus appropriation to ■ tho end of 1010 was cemjilßtw, and al- ■ located to 'tho members ih reduction of [ contributions or additional funeral allowance as elected hy them. Tito 'amount ■ allocated was £2371 Bs., divided as jgollows:—£l423 6-3. Bd. in. reduction, of contributions to sick and taeral fiiiid.; £327 fis, 4cL in increased funeral benefits; £240 lCs., in reSi).c:tion of :contrita-■ tione to mattagemtait fund, 5 £300 transferred to fciaftagenieilt 'fund; £75 -trans' fr-fred to distress fund; total,, S2S7I fis. The cook .of the steajner Jtoa. (Mr.. Thomas; Lrtriii), which was burnc a. at ; sea off "Waiigaiiui on Tuesday, was also .a moniVcr of the «o-.v of the ilWijtcd steamer Maitav which was wrecked in' the Bay of Plenty in 'Juney 1889. Mr. 'AV. Meredith, of r the Haf'pour Board's night staff, was also a member 0! tho **e ; iv of tho yesselj a-iid he ment.ionetjl the wreck and tho narrow , escape from' drowning which the crew- of tlio vessel I had to a reporter last evening. On tho ■] night of Juno I,' 188.9, this ' Maitai struck Richard .Rods, jn the Ray ;of ■ Plenty, and -sank in So fiittomi of wilier '. inside 10 minutes. It is .gratifying to learji that the -Canterbury' Bi-anch of the .Na'vy- League has ' iniprpved on its original isfojwsal re- 'i gardiug the training of boys for the sea (says tho Christohureh "Evening. ! News"), The first idea Wot to procure a. training barge Oil the Avon. O.ii such a firaft tho bdy-s might>,pcrtniniy -naive , learned tho -minor tochhiquo of ,a ttork, but it ftould hatfp been, 'too lmich like learning to swim- .0,11 dry land to ho . of any great value, f 110 place to train a boy for tho ■(Soil:,, is on tlio sea itself, : and the Navy is on the right.' track in seeking to secure one of tho: schooncS'S or scows that , ply in .and out flf Aw.kl.lnd. On such a vessel the bays will get a taste Of tho real:things' -and will lie trained ln.itch faster tliaii; they co-aid bo cut barge iii the Avon-. Tho improved scheme- deserves hearty support, _ ■ Tlio concert giveji on the Manuka on Tuesday evening in- aid of the New ,Zea r : land Shipwreck Relief Society -realised the -sum of .£5 2s, Amoiig the eoiitritat-; tors to tlio prOgramnie was Viscoujit Kolburn, the nciv naval cbjiimandof in these waters, who- is to take command Of the Pyi'amws forthwith; Without a-ti-J ,; pressing Vjsetftint Kelbnrii .e&n.sciitcd to sing, contribiitiiiK with great gusto, "A Naval Ditty," and in response to appiausd lie flowed , his. versatility by ci** me a repitiitiori in the 'Scotch tliakct, A supplenwiit,, to the Nftw JiealaM' Oazctte has boon issued, co.ntainiiip; the. iogulatious.for, the Fo.rc'c3, <ji New Zealand;. The wgulatio'iis. Jμ .opqrai- 1 , t-ipn during the. past .veal' were ofily provisional, and tho.Y have now , been rq-' , v-to: date, iii 0,0 .cotAmfcb \\ilh Uciieriit'Orders that have been issued- from, time to time. The annual conference of tho.Kew. Zealafid '.Fi'cezin"' U'o-rko-fs' and' Allied Trades' F-e-deratibii ivas held hi the Trades Hall yesterday. The' following delegates wora in a-ttettdauoo:—Messrs. A. Rosser (Auckland), T. Doirßng (Hawke's Bay), J. Mafshall (WeMmgtaji),.T. Pbolo attii]. .Ellis fCinv-terl«iry).» ■and J. Yates (Otago), Mr, Poofe was ■elected. e]ia-.ifman s and Mv. Bllis secretary. The Press were , not admitted., and; jjt the- clos,o of tlio da.V*s hurfness -the secretary said that there was iiothjiig to mafvo public. Tho business of .the couferciice will be concluded to-day, when the following remit' from Canterbury ffill he epftsidcred; "That the -finding of -the Unity Coii-gress-, -held, in Jiiiy, 1913, bo approved ; that rv : bailet of nil iiiiioris affiKntfld to this Federation be taken oil' tho fq.llowi-11.3 question: 'Tliat all unip-ns in' this Federation afflb'iile with- tlip t'.'nited. .Federation of Labour and Social .Democratic Party, ■the ballot to.be taken faring tho.motiti'j '(if Jlareh, 1014, tJio mode of ballot to be -dra-fted by the conference,, "

A clasfc for grocers' assistants is being 6rg!Hiisi?(3 by -the director of tiro Aue'kr land Teelinieiil/ (Mr, tJ-corg.6 George). Having enli-stod -tlio interest of tlio o'tnpjojvrs'iit tlio trade, and having befcii given promises of practical assistance, Mr. Gfeorge explained bis pio- ■ posal on Monday to the annual meeting o£ the Grocers' Assistants' Union. He suggested several directions in which expert knowledge nva.s requited .111 the grocery business) instancing tlrfe blending of. tea, 'the economical liaiidling of various oilier Miminoditios, and tire Keeping of business boolts. Mr. Goorgo re? marked, that teehftica] training' wa.s equivalent to deposits in a savings bank T!;o plan, tlio '*Siar" statoSj was.ro* eeived with general intefe'st by the meet* Shg.aud'iM union promised* its cordial support, ■ Tile Australia!! Aviation Corps will c&mmeivcc praeti.ea'l operations at tho flying school in about six wrecks, Tlio tlelnj; Mint has occurred, has b'e.e'n caused hf .tUffimilties in getting a siijtablo site for the. flying school and In erecting the' necessary buildings, Tito ground selected for tliG.s6ho.ol is at j'aiiif Co6k, Aitona Cay, Tenders for tlio erection of, hangars, stares, and repair shops are. β-heut to be. invited. In tlio meantime .a canvas liangar is being obtained. TII9 Ariation Corps coiusists of two officers ami four niceliariks. , T-hc-rc arc tlirtfeflying ftiacliines, and two others arc -to awis'o at tlio civd df nest month.

INSTANTANEOUS SUCCESS OF THIS 4-H.P. TKIIWH AT CHRISTCHUReH. < ■ The first shipment pi the new 1.9.M----model "Triumph" lnotar-eyclcs, co:wsis.tiiig'pf forty-eight siarisiard i,-hjfh, t.hre.e.speed. machines, arrived in Chrtsfcjhurbhs ou Thursday last. By 1 jwii. on Sahmltvj Bβ less than tHvemty-three. had been 501 d.., n.iid orders . aro stilt flowing hi. Wβ had tacit ted to e.tpeot iofrrettonir of especial merit in the I9U moiitl, tat th,o reality lists surpassed both our own cx\y-.<s iation's and t3it>Ko of .out cliojvte. Tlio running of tiro new iAi.-p. niodcl is a psrfcf* rovelatio.H, .even (q thoso Who h.nd ex<iterance of -the fltsibiljty *n<l rciidv teMonso l<t cftiftol. ftf tho 19.1:3 ibitse-spfiDtt ■Trhimplis. Eμ jiicrottfio in cngiiio pofl'CT provides a vcty bis t'eserve of p.ov.'bj' ■for tlie side-car user, and cS.crfle.ht as the 3i-l).J>. "Trittmnh ,, Tfftg as i> machine, the 4.-h.p, modM. is still Ijottfr, As a spip iiin.chinp it, relaions all tJio vir-f-ijps of the low.cr i -p.dwefed b\Hit% n.ml oinljadi.es Several ijiipi'oveijrtieiils, wjiflo' ft is. flieo «ftt»MC ef ii higher jpofij, Of "Triw.ivph qrfnlity in (t.oiie.rjj'l wo w«!d soy nothing., It lids Iwsi.l prft««d in mm coinpsHtioß in Hoyr Zcalniul on scorei oi' occasions, Hie latest <s.f whicji was (ho ttjniiiriß of t)re Kotth Isknd; .Fi'ffp.en Milos C'liampiflnsliip Rnco, cojtdiiolfltl iindev (ho pnsniees' of tlio Mnitamviu jtotof Cyclists' Clvib on .Tttinmr.v 22. Wo •-sn give iwmed.fati , delivery of the IQli : Mt'.p. "Trivuriph" fi.tt«d with the fefcbrsfad StHrni?j-Arc!i!!V tftwospfM .nnrl also of tho fiijfious "Cnno'el.ei." rar. Adam?, I,fd.. ''Trinmplf'; Motor-evdo*,. Hish. Street, ■Ch. l fi«tcliii.reh. Dopot.s at WntigiTiiii snd . Agencies, Sutherland Jvnd RtnkiTte, \Vol« ■liiicten. bi»J tovuist. Motor Co., Hastings-