LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2003, 10 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A discovery of mos. imues (says our .YhmU'rtoii «nrro-s]inwlri>t) has foaea made in tta Ltwor VilUoy b.v :i rosi* (fant of Mustertoi-i. Tim bones include a ttimploio st'fc of lPivs. The remains of a siiinlJer bird worn; also discovered.

A mpoliiw of the Wellington Hnrlreiiir Roawt for me mnpo.'ic «( examining, seltling. mv\ allowing the -annual statement of accounts- i'iw tho yea? omlwl September HO will fao lield <Ht Holiday next at noon.

At tiro Mwpliiig of thu .Indnstrial "Association this avon.iug, mi-mulipts will be. given a good doal of information ffitsirding thp Fajmnm l&'hibitisin, whioli is. to be laetd m Son Rrnueisco next year. Me. A. XV. Newton is also to lectaro on Hie raanufiietiira <sf soap.

Mr. Boi-mird Pago, tiro City -Organist, was vseen yestontfl'y v.-itJi regard to a reqiKst tlint ho- sho«kl repeat his Wag-iK-ria>s organ i-t«itaJ. He stated tl-sat he ivohW probably do- bo late next moiitli. He is to give a recital at tUo Toiva Hall on the ewnwig of Goad I'lida.y (April 10), on whicli oceaaiois l-io wiM piny tho. licaiittfid Oo<«l Friday jijusic froju "Parsifal," anil probably tho prdwlo to tke thii-d act >of thatopera.

W<j are asked to state that it is Elijsahot-h J)itnn who is sjMaking ai tho W.C.T.U. Cfliifcrcnco in Gisborho, and not Dr. Elizabeth Gu.nn, of Wellington.

Tho foiii'erenc? or the. Nfeiv Zealand Institute of Locn-i (Jovonmieni Kugi.nctfrs is to hn IwW at AwMaiifJ on Alarcli. 19. Several iiito»sting papers ate to bo road, mc : kttlin(? ons qli tpiviK plaNllug by Mr. John Ke% s engineer to tho gputh]anil County CannciL Jlr. Samuel «fickdl, ceiji-BCBr t-o tlw I'aJniePstott North foEO'ugli Cmmcil, will preside.

The compensation case, Holmes y. tho Wellington City Oerporatioiij wiH Ira heard in Use Swprerofi Court to-day.

Our jPiilmersten correspondent ■statoe that the fund for thg ytoiioscd Radium Institute has now α-eacjifld £2100.

■the services af Mr, Pmil Miifautt, tho ooiiuoufc tenor, have bcwi scotircd fw tho IrisJJ contort tei be hold iu tho Tcrfrn Hatl oil St. JBtrick% night (Mareh IT). Tho reeurrcjwo at'frequent intervals sf uiiuiiiiafly cold snaps wtn tho soirtlt appears te indicivto an early winter. Oil three flcoos.kms in thp past fortnight our "Indian sumiiwi'" kas been intrilded upDii by i>ea|ly shai-psof "imttiicriiCßj" B-amotiiiies acfiojn.pauied by raijii

. A wooden leg is not usually. ft efeusc cii rejoicing—scißetiuifis ib is. five Jlsv. Harry Owenft, ttn evangelist from Amei'ica, told ilio mnraltW's of the Methodist Oanferenpft ir.i Sydney lact «wk of the ardent Christian, m ii class meeting, who rejoiced fcefiairso hs had a wp-Amr leg. Hottsod to say that olio of his useful , limbs ffas on the ■(•artji- , -' tho other Was m licawn: "Not lost., but goivo-before." Amid tho laughter fstilowiiiE. tho remark.. jSTr. Owens sujp» gca-tod that tlreir good, friend ieould tluJik <i:f his absent leg already walking tho streets af geM,

In the section of their report pealing svith iminig-ra'tioii,, the Btrtomien* , Royal Commission state tlrat bo argent is the demand ttrai the ailismicQ of domestic help i-U Australia ( seriously affects tliij health of housewives, and eycii acts as a e-Jteclc tipoii tJifi growth of populatioia. fJciicrai cotfipla.Jfifc is macis, according tt> tlto ■Commiss'i'aii, that tliQ women Who cofuc Out •eitlscf know to© nuveti or too littto. "They :trn citiior factory haftcla <»• country girls, with mo espcj-iimco at all of s&tvtQB, or they aft» skilled servants in on.o or .awotiicir, and tj;iiivifii!ig to undertake tfe functions (ti :t general assistant, which k what Australasian ftvmijjcs chiefly need." flic eoiiimis.wallers find that witges apo higher, the Weirs of inbuilt hsi, iifid vMidi greater libeftv.is allowaol; aivd though haul n.iiil varied work is ■fiXDMrtcd, ills; gij.p between employer and worker is joss wide than in tho Mother CcWiriry.

Pealing with the harbours af Aiisfrs-ksi-d in tteip report, ttift Dominbiss Cem«mssiott ststo thai inking ilvo nihii" muni •ffodring (tepth raquired for a firstdnss pott as jp i'cet «t' by water spi'i-M.K tides (wlricli. is v.Htver Jttfer than ft"c-r wai'k), "we find that the facilities of Austrafasian harhb'ur.Sj with tho ei-eeptimi qf those Bt SytliWJ , , in Australia, and Hobnrt i.fi Tnsramtio,, (md W*lHsstou, .Riki (in tho new fijwirfi) Auckland fa Kew Zealand, fail ■oonsitlfraMy bcloiv tj)o etaiidnwli" Wjth fefcard te P&rt ■Phililtp Hcwis, tlim .rfr. taerfc states that "ilccponing presentsRitsit difficulties- mid wnS jpfoceedittp: at the tiffio of <Ji?r iaquirios ni ii Ugfcttiite slfi-w rate; it was assartal that it catrltj iMiiy ias ertrriofl on at s-lafik water, mid i.liirn only for liajf a.i.i liour al a, time." Tlie cnnwdigsSTOors jntMi'r-"Wc are cWi vineed tlutfc the Jiiaito-r is oho list only fif Jncat but also nf Imjteri.ji Wo cjHNiflt urge tao st-i-aji;g"l,v tlMstM-ho Envcnuivjr liodii-s of tho poi't? ft»l the fiin-onimonts cnnccrjicd siroiiitl fe-ot-w oniiicst considwetion to tte m-oWoih oi' tkepsniiiH tho 'iiiirlinii.i'R uimlw t : l>e-ir control, aiii} keeping t'licw wH ivljrpasi nf trade devekipißOijt a«l shipftxpanoidii.' .

Tlio in-eaeiit year will tm tif umiHtftl interest t<j asti-o:!i.o.isiefs, for fi- g.taii«o ;it an ostro-nomicai alnmtiac stars tliat &o»io tliTi'tiing i).ljciiomes>a sro duo to occur. Foremast in iinportaloo frill Im» a transit ef t-lio 'pla-iwt v Jjorai-ry across Uio sun's tlise. It will toko pkica oh. JS'ove.niivM' 1-, and will bo visJtto Jean.! Greenwich,' Tito flicndpioiiai! will ho ef asEtstnnice In ftbeofcimg Oi , iHotlifyiuc; iiwcsent csiimntcs <if tiro site oi' this pla«(jt ami in fl-tigmcnting tho information coneernjng its atiuci«].jtefp. A total tiplipso trf tin? RtlH an August 21 will bo visible, as a laii?o partial wWpse at (kcemricl). 1.1 iv-jil ho Keoji aa a total feline frou* Norway M\A Sw-nd:uli, ajiq astroHomicfti jwrties arc a.rrangirij; to visit Mlcdv stjjijoae iii tlwso countries from whkii) to tfatcli t'iiiS ■pv-oiiti Atjio'ns tlio pei'ioSic comets vfltieh' a?B liredictod te mtit.ru this year nifl vhose ojf.feffilKiJ. Swil'i, itotculT, tiiiicßhinij anci last, but not least, Eiielso's comet, ;j iiiys* tei'in-ns tittte bmk, ateiust a<3 lirterostiiig as Mallfiy's, wl>oisa v?i«ft*ics li-n-vo per,pki.\e4 astroiioniOTs.

SOME SIOTOU-CAft BAKSAJKS AT . I CBnI6TCSOR&!U. ■ There cflmes ft time jn t&o Ejuperiotjco of K)i»e w:dot cyclists wlic-ii tlwy fej Hio brat of twice cj'i.'lc; iiv.4 sifln-cajvs inai'ic* riuii.k' to -the requircmontii. and iiicy .»jgh for a reliable small c«V at it pria fl'itftiu tjio se&pa el tiie wwlroift-sijcd' .jiootept-boo-k. Sucli a cay wo lijve at pTosrat jn our gatasfr. It is a. tnjiabwit of lire latest type csuttcinHy designed tar eConsi!)}- ift ecut <rfru»«"i'S «" l! m'lwpp. B is in .jawtfcftlly now wmtWioiij att.vactfvs!y ftnishud jn Prcnel). grey, pioted Wit with Wttcjt. \Vo wilt take a B<x«1 WoHh , cydp ft jjiirt jinynifint. T-'ta P l "* c( : r l^^' a •'-fsater »ar fit , c>B li.ii. is .CIS- An iistesiftifnl that sliou'sl appeal t" t' ie c««nfcr.V Isotol nropriotor or 'ceafth t)r*!fftefiOr is n IMB li.p. talbet with tvro ■ bodies-, enp tJ.io ustrol fivc-SP-ilw touring kwly, find tld< clker a !•»(!)«■■ d-clivery viift bo'ly suHihte for 'j«is«'c))Wf w ftf'Gtls delivery SPjriti.". Jf«w this 'I'nltot, a «or of ix topod, fam«rf to llx "majmiftpMrt wcarifif* (inalltres ajii-1 )wyfro' cost in. Ui-c wrclibQMrfedfl hi VM- Its pvsco to-dn.V, with iii.Vl i;onriV'(•(luipmpiit anil rstra IkxJjs is r p2a. We hiivo iilab for sal*, en account el riipHts, who bflvo bowß-l»t new fflfs, tu-o TT.ur'lwr oats. 'JTlje. HUmlwt is a C;rst-rati : ij ilifstMi cMv <rf Aviiicli wo tiiink sa JiisM-y Hvi*- wo MGuf-Oii tiro aß*ncy. A 3S* h iT HwtttbM ear, sppctiifty peteted to,its owiier when sn T.wwon, ft™ with ail the usvifti extras. s*c«a at tljo same finv is offerciil at J125; ft stjiiihir ear as aßore (w £M', <" : w 10-13 .IJ.uiiVbpr S--6o.i'cr enmnicte «iti' wmil-ssi'Mm sStbphd'v whes}. Jt««(l ftjul -"iflo: lißlilSi is offeiect iitiCTS. Also a RfniuJto Ihtmtor l>6dV with real itflUi-pr liboA. RiootJ as n-f>. to'tniiver!; aujf.ftf tivo ftbov* nnrs to 2Srtoicvs ot cost ftf ~?3. Cntl niid «co Hibw hi*!i-etii.M ears. vrMdi. w *Ve -olfcrins at rnrK-.M-fenn fit-ifcft.' Adaflw. Strt.. Jjfitp.i'. <:,if (jnrngo, Tunm St-rcot. tbrlatcliurch.*

\Yq linvo been informed (says tins Ifotoruft "Chronicle") that a pwrtioh of tlio Maori Mission Choir Lns been invited by an Australian iirm to make- a tiiroo months' tone of Australia, giving euicarts and c?nturtaiiJiii*;J.its in this vsritiiis centres. 'Hio remuneration oifewi being cnnsMiwl very satisfa*** tiiry, tbo olfer f.ms bw>w nwciiled. Itis proposed to-send 25 of the younger members, under the oi' Mr. Mftokaj'i wlio will exareise tho Bccessary supervision. Tho prospests lioUI out fair a successful trip are blight.

Tljo Jjnwlms "Duil.v Ciii.xo.ii," the (ii'itish Labour party's ):to.vspap6.r, Sβ stated to be now running u-t a Joss of £313,000 a year, ft d.-ia-ws- heavy subsidi.es item t-ho twwfe rtioiis, H» it has, norort-jifliiisij, n, dtefcit nl ! £l ; 00 On each day's isspc' Jn ©titer words, ftc task <■)!' cststbJishing a niorivwig daily is !»ur« t'ormiiiaMc tluin t-l.ie IjE'bflTM' party o.nco tlsowghfc it to 1)0, Prom nil accounte (writes, a Lmidou covrcapoiidciit) tlm "Oaily Citteen" lias bccit c;oii3u.cted with KcfM.pu.lmi-s -ro-ivard for economy, and its staff Mβ hm-fie w uiuler «tistresaing circumstpn&ee. il3«t fti? one thing, the advcrtissiiient wvhiiilq jiot met. <sx]>cfit.atwns, aikl far attothw iinns tlift utwvoidably heavy oiittay oh (lisfril)Ution h&s proved too Siffirfi for tli-o paper's rcsbivrccs. Uistriiiu-tioii means, ahiiost ev-fi-r.vthii.ig in iiift fierce )tewspa|)M- eo!»pctitjo« IwJ;e, and distribution j.3 a t.dusta-iitijMiier.eas-ing cterge. r IliG trp'to-dato- London feveniiift paper, it is cstii-natetl, spends abant £1000 a psk «ii itiotfii'Hjar and otlwr tja.ttsoorli. !

While drivfng a flo&k of elieclp Soar Clmrloville, QuconiiJahtf, -receu-tty, the two drovers rested \mder a ijojc t-rco-. A heavy rainless eJmid gatljere.d ?u-i(l----doiity overhead, *ncl. a JlaSl-i of liglrtmnfi; k\lki oixo lnau i.i.vst«i.vily, and rtufincil the other. It was tjuto hoirrs l-iefpro t-lie latter cMiie t« liiraself, to fntil his mate iying tiead. besiite lis-fii, ai»t tlicji* liofses dead also.