LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The postal authorities advise that ■ tile s.s. Sydney fftt VFcl», lington at noon on May 9. The vcs-' sel is bringing Australian mails attd is ■ duo in port to-morrow morning. Tho flon. Jas. Allen (Minister of De» fence) int'ormed a reporter who question-. 1 od liim oil tho subject yastePtlrty, - that ; ' li«, had not jot i;il;on any action in to- ' fcrcH«o to tlio cire-ulnr which lie recently • : sent- round to local bodies asking ffhe- ■ titer they Were prepared to liiid. employ- ■ meat for conscientious objectors to inili- : tary training. Tho'' general attitude of. : focal bodies appealed to lis that they ' wore not prepared to be irtfubfed with j those nioii. The various .replies received were, however, being filed for future re*, iVrence. Mr., Alien declined to say whether he wo«M bring down legislation, next session dealing with conscientious. objectors, but ho remarked t)ift;fc if tho ■ Ideal bodies did not care to provide' tlio necessary employment. the Owerfuawt ; would itself act in tile matter. The Rev. A. T. Thofnjwon, ivhs i: ad : been, acting as &ptam-t,'haplai« fit tho Tatapati ramp, gave some of his ini- - presskms of tlio ramp during the e-nrse : ■ n£ his sermon in. Knox Church, Mji.sterten, on Sunday owning. He said, his; general impression .Wfts that tire camp afforded opportunities for Christian ser- ■ ; vice to tho Churches. Ho was much ! impressed with tho spirit of discipline,. ' law, and order that Was apparent everywhere. there tww -also a spirit of ■ brotherhood and equality in the ranks,; All distinctions were levelled. There | was general gofidfellowship, and all the ■ 1 men seemed united iii the one patriotic > learn how to defend their country. Uo Was impressed with the value of the camp for fi-liaracter-birflding, as \ ruob a course of training meant dis- : elpline., both of l»Kiy ami mu.u. Tlio I moral and religious needs of the men j i were, fullv met, and every -facility was ! 1 given by "the. Headquarters Staff te tlio-: chaplains to minister to tho needs of | tho men. '. False l.eetli and packages of nads are- j not the sort of articles the- average athlete would wet as trophies for victories on the running track. Under tlio openorder system, however, athletes have accepted such prizes. This was nu'iitiouod at last night's meeting of council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, w'heii a ii»mber of the council stated that an athletic dub to which lie- belonged had on ono occasion been billed for a set of teeth oil account ©if a ruiruer, Who had been successful in a race lor wliicif tho prize was ait open or<ier. Another member related, thftt "ui a Similar cam a bill had come in for a hammer and a nanntiiv of flails. . While the. matter was being disfrnssect.. tho cfcLirfflftli s attention was drawn to.the fact that on© of tlio accounts boforo last nigh, s meeting was for a hone (for sharpening razors), which had been selected as a trophy by a successful competitor. lira chairman (Mr. A. Mnrryattj ruled ha this could not bo passed. At clifi SnpTemo Court yesterday morning ft Government ifiossoflgffl: asked that he should ho exempted from appearing «n Sis reason -was ■ the nature of his occupation, and he stated thai theft- was a shortage ot Government messengers. As t.-icro was ' also a shortage of jurymen His Honour was not inclined to grant tho request, but Mr. TL H o<tlei, ft owni law Otficer, stated that Section 0 <rt tho Juries Act, 1903, provided that Civil Servants woro exempted fv&in scrying oil juries. was of opiitiaii also that that section appli-ad to a Government, niessoucer- "Thru ho should ttflt ho. on the icrv,*' replied His, Honour, ''as ho is dlsiaalified from sorvmß; Thd applicant was "granted exemption. Another juryman was also exempted en the same ground. Possible undermining of ths outer, or down, lino on thd AVellington-retoiio train lino caused the. railway nutliontks to run only , tho oiie li.i.iO _ between 'Wellington and Pet olid last; night, A lwavy wind was Mowing this, white hordes'* over the eoncreto lireastivork, so that the rails Oil the down line were tittder water in placc-s, The high spring tides -wore, in scmio ilieasure, responsible- for this, -: It Is hardly espeistcd that there will he any wash-outs on the Hue- however. As a consequence of tho ('.ne-Hno service, tho traffic was disorganised stigiiily last night. As His Wovship the Mayor (Mr. J. P.* ljiike) is still out- of actioh through tj.'o Itijury .he .Mishiiiied to his kneo at tho citizens* carnival, tlio'' meeting of tho Tr.umvays Cwnmittee of the City Couneil was. postponed from yesterday until this afternoon. For tile 'last few days Mr. Luke's knee has been m Splints, and {hero is -a chance that his medical adviser might not. sanction tlseir removal to-day. A cnMegram was received in Mastertoii yesterday (says our teal correspondent)' stating* thai the Ipswich Band, of which Mr. F. Vt 7 , Jt'Leod, formerly of Mastertan, is bandmaster, has wott the 'IVuiiWiomb:! eliainpionsiiip, which carries with it a Inmdi'pd fimnea eup. This is the so«nd snecesMvo yonr in wliicii the Ipswich Band has woe (he chani* pienship.
Ttifi question of establishing a cotlago hospital in tbe Ihitt V alloy is to Im discussed at a joint (Mferoiice of the il'iti ami l'eki.c Borough C'oiuw cils <>» May 18. A letter W»s rend at last night's meeting of the Hutt Boron,:!) Coiinml complaining about a moten-cyclfet using tho cyclo track "hi t-lio borough. Councillor PciftSy spoke very strongly against theso broaches of by-laws. 110 hail, lie raid, noticed the numerous vehicle Kijing through- the hore-u-jjli at -night iviUmnt lights. ' Honiethitu; ntrist, lie dons," iio added, "and { mow thai new by-Jaws bo draft-ad ot oncc." The borough engineer pointed out that tin re was no by-jaw -prohibiting mO'tor-cyefeti) from using the. eyelo track. "Wall at that rate a moior-ear can go on tho track," replied Councillor Piirdy. "Ob, no," said the engineer, "There. it by-laiv {jwliibitiiig motor-ears isv>m nsin« Uio .track." ' Councillor Purdv: ''Well, it has beeis held in law that ft motorcycle is a motor, not a cycle " After further di-seussion it wits ' dew-led t-o iftfcp Court, proceedings. It was also ■ tlivc-ided to draft new by-laws gommisg the control and uso of tta ejelc tnicks. A deputation from the Plumbers' Union waited on tits Wellington Trades ami Labour Council last Week and re* quested the council to H-rfio the O'oventmefit to give effect to tta findings of the Cost of Living OoiMnissi'Mh The miiicH had already been considering this fenliter, ai.ni} it g&bgfequotttly decitU <)d _to ea II a eonf-rcnce •of Wellington unions for Thursday, June 25., when a summary of the position will be placed before the assembled delegates. It Will be the business of Elie conference to decide upon the best method -of bringing the. matter before the public and tho Government. Tm> Hon. Jos, Allen told a reporter yesterday that he Was gir-ea.tl v y .pleased : at the progress that was hems made > with the physical education solien'voi i;lo added that the teachers had taken it Up with praiseworthy enthusiasm -and lie did not know of. tin instance in which they had not conic to the conelusion that the new system would bo of great benefit la education generally, to tho children, and to teachers thesn- ; selves. It would be necessary before 1 long., Uio Minister stated, to appoint additional instructors aiid more medical inspectors of schools were also repaired. ' The State schools of Wellington will close d#iv)i for n week's holiday on May 22. This is the first eee-tioii ot" tbe ' winter holidays, n-osy observed in two spells of a week each.. V A meeting of the Wellington branch i of the Seamen's Union was held last 1 Evening. Oit inquiry being; iini.de Mr, > \V. E. SmiUtYinan, acting-secretary, irtd a reporter th-tit there was nothing for -psibiicatio-ii:. 110 rolii-arked that, the business t'Wflsaetocl was "purely 'of ail internal nature." . . The Petem? Itaroiigii Council lias t-Tae Mints -for being rather an efj'terprisiug local body-and., lately, it has .further c-mieavomed to reimburse its finance.by selling cut flowers. The eut-fioww industry was not- a snciiess., liorWcVSr. A trial consignment was sen! to an auction sal-o about s, fortnight ago.'but the result was not- cncmiragmn;, J.t was. tli-jiiGht by councillors that tilt lateness of their arrival had -souto'thiiig to clo with tho prior price, and more i-c ccijtly a-i'iothef batch sras sent ta ;ifi a-uotioai iiiarket, -li-u-t as j%t no rotef-n.s ha.v-o been roceived. Later a devastati.tig_ soutlierly arrived, arid pretty well ft.iiis.hcd tlio flowers for i'bc scasoir. I In tho eourso of Ins remarks, at a . gathering tcodfewel to Jli J. V Scnnd--0.1-s ill Godber'.s Rooms last eveniiiji, ( Fatltor Hartley reeailed Mr, Saunders's , bifr perl'oniKiiws with tile .ball to Vie- |! toria-n -and Test cricket, and reminded ( tbaso present ):mv on oiio Oceanian t.Jra . Englisli team liad had only throe -runs to make to win, with oi'ie wicket to f;dl. On that occasion the Atr3tralia-.il eap'tsin could net have done better ii.i.an hand tho ball to Sa-unde-xs. That saved the match. | The refusal af a. number af building , trades' labourers and carpenU re to work ( frith ii- man on a -building /-oiiti-act Hi , 6tatz-n.ee street-, is Said t-o bo tlio sub- , jeot of consideration by tho .Labour Department. It is understood -that in- ; quines are being made to ascertain if ! any legal action can bo taken in the n;atter. / Tbe -annual meeting of the United , I/abou-r Party will be li-eM oti Tiiursday , night, wJren the. reprirt for the year wiH . be presented. A nets' Paintors' Union has just been formed at Mastcrtcm, The first -meeting Was held on Saturday last.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 4
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