LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1982, 12 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that R.M.S. Marania, which sailed item Sydney on February 9, for Auckland, is bringing Australian mails, also'ail Engfish mail, via Naples. The Wellington ■portion is duo per Main Trufik express : 6n Satlirdav next, .. '- At the Medical Congress yesterday, Dr. Robertson,; of "Brisbane, read a paper giving this results of a 'comparatively new method 6-f curing a. kind of deafness that in the past lias been considered hopeless, viz., in uljieh the patient- hears well hi n noise, as when riding in a train, a train, or in a ballroom. Of thirty cases quoted, eighteen did very well, 'five .were improved, and seven' were not affected. The good results' were obtained ill young -people, the.older giving less satisfactory results. Other members of the section quoted their experience with the method and agreed with Dr.. Robertson in his cmiciusiotos. •'•',. A ratepayer in the Aifredton district, in remitting, his. rates to the Master ton County Council, lias written as follows: "I am certain that no other public body in New Zealand oif the British Empire would systematically (apparently out of pure. cusseduess) leave' a road blocked like this is'. It is a disgrace t..0 civilisa. tioii, and a visible and certain proof cf tlio utter uselossness of the Masterton Council in general. . . . I would like to'sets the whole .council', buried up to the necks in ilie-.ciirsfld holes," Pay of officers iand-'mates on coastal' steamers tradiiijj'.'fo :Wcfliiig'toii occupied. • the Cen-ailiatfori Cotm&ii yesterday, The-; dispute is between the Merchant Service.. '(Juild and tho owners of the class of vos-' :sels. indicate-.], ■■oiio section'of the d>n> puts concerns thi) masters of ships, the other section' relates'to the ; other.irrigating officers., The- principal point is whether overf-i'me- shall' be paid to, of-, fioers. The iherjt-s of tiro, dispute' wei-e Dot diso.i&sed yesterday, but, Captain Watson, ill, urging that there was a casefor the payment of overtime, cited an instance of an A.B. on a small steamer having in one niotttli drawn morothaii.' the master... ,I'hb A.B. had drawn £24 lis., .n'mTtluy.master £23. 'This- A.B. was paid for his overtime,' which, on the coastal -rti-ns-, is considerable!' .aud the' master was not. The bearing was acl» iotancd on the application, of Mr: N,' 'SlOlobio,- agent for the shipowners, the •reason be'iiig that two of the- assessors,. • who' ivero the. owners' most vitally interested in the dispute, and Mr, W. Pryor, their agent, ware oiitof town, flic Commissioner (Mr. P.. H'it.%) under-. .took to summon the ■ council again at the earliest date'the'.employers, were icady to attend, whichj it was expected, would be. early in March.. At its meeting last evening! tho-Wel-liiigton Mitlj Vendors' Association' discussed the City Council's proposal to establish' (i depot through which all milk would pass,, for ipurpotes of inspection before reaching ' the'■ • consumer. The association' has decided to. place its views on the. subject before the City Council-and. .the Prime Minister,'and to engage legal assistance. Arrangements are being made by the Government t@ nvikb-a New .Zealand,, display at tlio Panama Exposition iit' San Francisco next year, '.which in oyery respect .will bo Worthy of the Da-.. minion. Tlio ~ Prihio jViiii-isfcerj.. in speaking on the subject in Auckland, ' said:--'lu this matter tho (JoVcnmiciit is hoping to. secure tho co-operation of . producers and merchants all over New.' fei.taud. In view of- tiro- recent changes in, thp American tariff it is highly dcsirablo'".thitt •wc...sho.iild do everything that we possibly can. to make a good dispitty of. tlio pviiirary products of this country." -All correspondence" (,ii tho subject shftuld be addressed: either to the Prinw Miiiistor or to the Secretary of tho Department of Indiis.trics and Commerce.' at Wellington. Mr. K. Clifton, who,has been appoiirfiid to art as Now Zealand's co.iiniiission.er in connection with; the Exposition, reached San Francisco on. Monday. •■•■.' , Reference to the cvperiments for tho treatment of caiioer by tjn> application of radiiirn was made by the. Hon. R, fioaton Rhodes (Minister of Public Health),'"at the inaugural meeting 0 f the Australasian Medical. Congress, held in the Auckland Tcwn Hall on Monday ■evening. The Minister Said that the : time might. como when it'.'would be r.ecessary for the- State ,_to iiiitiato a radium institute for tho' treatment of cancer. However, thp development of tho research had hardly -progressed'far enough at present to warrftnti New Zealand entering into experimeiits in cancer research on aiiyt'lting like ..in.' extensive scale. Tire Dominion im'!st, ? be-guided by tlio expctimciits of old-er and wealthier coiintrjes, "But," remarked tho Minister, "once they, are past the experimental stage, arid what.proves a euro has been discovered, it will be outduty to procure that benefit far the people of this eo-autry."