LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2121, 13 April 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An Australian niail arrived at Auckland by the Riveriiia from Sydney at 10 a.m. yesterday. The southern 'portion of this fiiail should rcaHi Wellington by this afternoon's Main Trunk express. To« infefmatiofts have been sworn 3ga.ifi.st porsofls. Who will !;<* cliftrpjccf witli having taken part in the disturbance at tlio Hon. P. i\l. D. Fisher's [ recent meeting in the Town Hall, and in I an elev-ettHt case a porseis trjll be.ellisrgod with. Jiavrtig conimittwl witful damage ki «f)io of the doors which wore burst open iv}ioii a crowd trek* into tlie lialL A suggestion was made Botrre, tame ago fry Mr, fi. M./Tltottson, M.P., that public schools desirous tvF having thx?m i should Ik> furuislfed with photographs of New &nlarrf scenery liy the Department flf Tourist as<l Hoalti! Tteserts. A re-ply has been sent to Mr. TltoJiison Ijv tisfi Minister in clmrgo <sf tliu Dc ■partment (tho Ho)).- R. H. flhodes) j Mint to has jnstrncteil tile general nvau* ager of tjio Denartroent tr» sutoi)J.v schools making application witlt wiroteplft.tf> ptotogfflphs in sets of six, free of etiarpo, with t!w -am* cAuditton that they must be suitalily fritnu-d riiid per- 1 mflncittly iniug in the sclisois, Al- ill* 1 lflsrl; JHfpting «f the Wellingtoji traiicli of the Jsngifi.(i-drivers', FirpniPti, anil Clpajjers* Association vnferpnoe Wiis wndft Irt th* recp.nt trilgedy a): T/ppor Tlutt. Ahiuilicrs sjiolw hiplily of tlio. nvatily fiMalitifs of tlioiv tive !ate MHirailps, Otiai'd Flviin ami Porfor Tay»' lor, who w-nre viotiras of ilin disaster. Tlk> following motion was earned in silence :-~"That this branch expresses its dcpppst syiepath.v with tlw-saffef-ors 3'kl Hie rtiatives of tfrp victims of the disastrous firo ,it t T t>|Jtr HntL" Modifiers <>xprft«Mi t-hnir iutpniio?) of showing Hii?ii- syp*j)4thv in a practical mainnsr h? Hbrrsllv siibsoribinsr to tlio lists wow in tfiivnUtinn <m b'ehalf of tho sUEEcrers and »ot»r»we.

: ■ A, cimtfar letter has boon sent by the' Wellington Central ■■ CliumW of CuuunoKn til all the Chambers of ComHitiroe and local bodies in the Wellington Uf'oviHcisil district, Urging that a CiMif<M<;lH;<.! of (k'tegates lie hold at \V«I- - to consider tho following important (|iicßttotis: — (I) Baiiways, ds.'vijitkiijs and branch lines: (2) opening of EastConst lands; (3) improvement of main ivivh —in particular, the improvoMont of i'ackaknrtki and HioHitaka inclines add Ngitlwufauga Oorgo for motor traific. •' Mr. V. T. Moore lias given notice to: move at the next meeting of tlio Wellington Hospital Board:—"That " tlje ' niciticnl eujje'rtntpndoitt (Dr. Ba.rd'.viek Smith) bo asked to report upon tho therapeutic value of paraffin oil,nnd the host method•'of obtaining a pure ttwl abtmdanb supply for general use by all classes of tho community at cash prices." On Saturday morning visiting mom* hws of the Ghri.stehui'ch Corporation start wore, the guests o£ tho Mayor (Mr. W.' J, Organ) and ceuuoillors of tho E&stbourii© Borough . Council, at an excursion, to Day's Bay. Tho steamer Duchess v6nvoyed tho party, which included tho Mayor of Wellington City (Mr. ,T. P. Lulec) and heads ef civic departments to tlio Bay, where a short stay was made. On tho return trip, morning tea «*as prorlded on tho ferry steamer. Speaking β-n bchslf of the visitors, Mr, . H. M'Mtasli thanked ibe Mayor attd councillors of EHSttoeurne for their hosI pitattty, and Mr. Organ briefly responded. In touching en the Requisition of Day's Bay Bush "and tlw wiuiiioipiHsa* ' tioh of tho ferry service, Mr. Jmfa) -expressed tlio opinion that tho day Was . not very distant ivlien the Borough :of Eastbourne ttHglit be an integral portion of the City.

A conference of representatives of tile New fteafoud iPurnitnre "Trade Eni: gloyees' Federation awl the federated, burnishing Trade Society of Australasia will Open at the Ofrristchufoh Tratlq3 Kail ttHmoi'roW, and will probably last until Friday, ' Several matters of hapartance are to be discussed, including the advisableiiess of Australian aud New Zealand arg-aiiisations federating, aftd the dsE-iraMeness of establishing a Federal Trade Jetfjiial to protect tho interests uf those engaged in the furniture trade throughout j&btraksia. Inquiries show that qu:ife SO j>tsr cent, of the films shown in Sydney Isave been passed or certified to by t'lte recognised official censors of fingtend or America. fka approximate number ei' films ftat tier not bear any certificate of censorship is about 20' per oen'i*., consisting chiefly of stsMiie or 'comic, films, to which very little importance is attached by the police. These figures are nwst gratifying to the Minister, who is also pleased at the marked improvement in tins general character of the pictures at present being cxWtiitccl, such improtewieufc beittg attributable to the tcemla* timvs unetcr Hio Theatres and PyMic Halls_ Act, 1908, governing thfi publid ■exhibition of Icinbmatogfaph fihhs. According to an. Aiistraliaii detective who has just retained from Co-lombo, .murders are a daily ocenrrenee if] Cejka, the average being about 12 a week. "These, of course," he said to an interviewer last week, "only rfißvesejst xnurdoirs that cotte wider the watiee of the authftritios. One moi'iiing when I tf-as tl-iefo jin fewer than seven esecutions tofllc place, and so used to this sort of thing are tire nublie tlia't not one wo«l -was urijitesl in i tlip pi),pers. At the iwesent time the »lfitecti*es are _ ctticfty «oHc6rneo! irt. W.iteliiiic Beflgali ecrlitieilists, who very trv to eKcapp ft'ftra liits?», Via ■pejp|on. No; there k not nmch Seditihn hi CflyloM itself, and sri far jws J cowW see the Cinaiilesf , are loyal." Mt. Ai.slaWe, a Ribej-al candidate st the {ortiwomng: general election, wilt giro nil addreis at the Town Hal!, Is-. land Bar, oil Thiwsday eveiiing next, at. S.o'eloek. ■ ■ Jf<jedles3 'apprehension has been ecca* eio.ne4 in Wellington .and the- Wawarapa ! district cancerwiig the safety of til© Multiyiima. Dredge Compauf s j>roi>efty ; .at HokitHta. 'file company's jjlant is on. tho beach, «n.d' ; a rumour was in Uon to the effect that the rocent iva-sh-mrt damsgod the A tele grain liaSi however, bedn .teceived. by tits douipany's \\'etlingtaii ofllco from %he niiivager at liakitika stat-mg ttat tho property \n& not suffered any damage.' tlirough tins storm. j One of the most valuable collecii&ns of ■, fossils in tlte •Cairterbufy Maseuiu has jifst been received from tbe l«ol.aiid-stfln" ford University, Caljfemja. The collec-1 tioii- (the Christchnrch "Press" states) nambors nearly 2!)0 specimens, w'hioli ] Will be of great imp for e'omparisoii ft-iih KfiW Zealand fossils 'Shells of the aanre Bge. Part of this coUectien lifts been ; roceired in rettini for n- colleotion of rocks 'and fossils taken to California by iff. G. H. JlasiMi, malvager of tho AH Black football team. ' Additions to tijO' collection received Jrom California, in the form of rocks aud laincr&tej «f6 now ■in process of ctf eetion. Wiftin the most few days a cellection of fflpks and fossils from New South Wales, inado by Professor T. Eftgeworth Darkl, will b<3 re-. ceived at tho tanscnaj. Th'esq will fill a gap in tic eolfcetiofls alreg.dy in tho' miiseam, and, having b«eu cho'smr by such a- great auHiofitv as Professor David, may bo regarded us representative of tb*e most interesting rooks ot , . Sew South Wales.

At Thursday's meeting of the Southland Bosmtai and Chnrltabto Aid Board tlie Health Inspector (&r. T. Bhfikfey) fcpettet} that the returns of infeetfotis diseases for tbo tost twelve moiith.s showed an inbiease as compared with tlio pttsrious year. '.Hie tuterculdsis eases were twlcd as many as those for 1013. and thote iyete also twice as many dwitfis due to this disease. JlAst af tfic inberertfesis notices wore pjeeiv&l after the floods ajicl heavy rsinfoll ef the aututnn slid early winter, Slid there ivSs Bvev.r iwiiea-tioii" thai these teceptoftisl cirtv'imstaHCKS TiiwJuJy hiflncneccl iho ro-tui-ns. Eiyirt cases of }»fai.iiijfi 'pnrnlvsts were recorded as exlstina: i-A Sotttiiland. At the revest of the Piiblie HcaHli Oetiaftmeist a number of instructions lt»ve been carried en* and invcs%atio)is dealing witli ifttoiile paraly-sis IiSTo Ueci) linwle as to posstb'.e sowrces of tn(Mtioji, Hit the results of these mquij-iea have been, so fat very cwitraijiotory, and hav« given vo»y Tifetlo assistance.