LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2155, 22 May 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hospital authorities reported last evening that Misses O'Nei] and Hifigiiisoii and Messrs. Megan and Smith, who were injured in tho lire which destroyed the Manchester Prj* vato Hotel on Sunday morning, were all doing fairly well. >

A deputation representing tho City Council is to interview the Prime Stmisier to-dav in reference to the Hut-t Road.

Lad night. Detective Abbott Arrested an elderly nsfta for allegedly obtaining board and lodging in a city hotel by means of false" pretences. 1 A .voting mini was also arrested by Detective Dempsey, on a charge of stealing a clock valued at £<5, Both will appear before the Magistrate this morning. j

Chimney -fires resulted in the Fire Brigade receiving two calls between five and sis o'clock list evening. The first occurred in a house at 183 "Willis Street, occupied by Wm.. Miller, and thn second in a house at 13 Lawrence Street, occupied. by John Conndl. No damage was done in. either ease. In connection with chimney Sires, Superintendent Teifc advises occupiers of dwelling-houses, in view of tho prevalence'" of chimney fires at this tiiiie of the year, to have their chimneys attended to and swept. This, he says,will savo the Fire Brigade trouble and oifflense, while it will save the occupiers of the houses from Court proceedings.

Patron's of the City Organist's Saturday.recitds will bo pleased to know that for the future the big hall will be artificially heated for the recitals to bo (riven during the winter .-months. Aft elefltrie radiator is to bo placed near t.h& organ seat for the. Special benefit of Mr* Bernard Pago.

Mr. Harold Beaiieliamp {chairman of directors of tiro Bank of Hew Zealand!) ■ has received a cablegram from Eari ' Grey's solicitor, in London, Mr. Ralph i Bond, announcing that the London Comity Council has extended tile op* tkm over tho AMwych site open wbkli Earl Grey proposes that tho Dominions should group their London offices.. This . seems to indicate that the Loudon. County Council is rather impressed by the measure of success which lias attended ijnrl Grey's efforts to popular* iso' his proposal (luring his tour of the Dominion. Several nurses in the Hospital recently Contracted enteric fever,, and Members of tho hoard at- the meeting yesterday made inquiries as to how this outbreak occurred. • Dr. Hardwick Smith, medical supertotehcloflfc,.. said that rather a bod case had occurred in tho Children's Hospital, and that five mißi's Who Jiatl ali been oh duty in ilio Children's Hospital had contracted the disease, apparent ly catching the infection from MiO child. Very thorough investigation was being made, he said, as to whether the putbroak Was due to defects ift' 1 the drainage system. 'As .vet, only five prisoners are at work on the road from' Waiinaiin-o to Tofciami, which is to. be improved, so as to provide oasy and coiwenicnt access to Lake Taupo, hut it is expected 4hat in about a week's time the number trill he increased to fifteen.' Huts for'tho aceniiimadatief! Of the larger party arfl nearly completed. In the course of his speech at tho civic fewptioii ami luncheon ;at, New Plymouth, General Sir lan Hamilton referred in glmvin.g terms to the- c'ass of hays whom he Sad roeontl.vjjoon iiispcctiuj; in the Csilege at Wangunui, : who were being prepared for all emergencies by iivtolioctua! and twuiDAl exorcises. He could not suim-iem.ly ex*. •press his admiration of the work of the technical schools of Now Zealand, which were teaching yenng men another ideal ef life from tlto hlack coat anil "boiled shirt" existence in an office. 'Tho teiys were being taught the. dignity of nwHMftt labour, and hp had seen ettourii of the result of 'heir tuition to wisli that there were Woro of such schools in England. ' i

! Tho resolution recently agreed! to by a- conf'ereuco of the I'otw.vo and Lower Hutt Bonnigh Coiirscils affirming the necessity for the establishment of a ■ liospit.'il in tho ttntt Valley caftiss before the Hospital and Cliaritabto Aid Board at its meeting yesterday. Gii : the motion of the chairman it was decided that the tetter convoying the res'lhaio'i Ik* referred to the. I'inonc-o and j'olicv Committoo for consideration a.tid •report, and that Mr. J, W. M'feviift be added to the coni.niitteo. Mr. F. T, 3looro said that if this gra-nt was in* sisted upon, ho would ask far a hospital on i.h" West Coast to in cot the needs of the MaL.ra, ,i»d Johnsonvillo and suvroimdiiig di.-itnets. In connection with tho 'laying 'ibwn of nutnicipa'l golf , links on i'te Town Belt, in the (slajid Bay district, the Refierica Committee has tlmdc-d that tho sub-comfflittco set up to go into the matter slmll confer «ith the golf cl'ul) steret(tries and professional .players at a meeting to bw held on Friday evening next, in order to. ascct'tfmi appmxiliiiiteii- what expenditure would be involved in pwpwins the pnum-c-l golf confso for play. Armed with. Shis in* formation..tho Rowrve-fi Cou>in i f tee wili then he. in n jwitio'i to formulato >> I reeeiiJinendaiian to tlii City Council.

.-■ -The latest donation to The DoMNiOH list in aid of tlio Upper Rutt firo tragedy is 10s. from making ilio to t:i 1 to da to £117 13a, 9d.

Mr. K. IS. Elliott has been returned sis a member of tho Upper Hutt Town Board, vioa the late Mr. Virgil M'Govorn. Tho voting was as follows:-®. B, Klliot-t, 139; L, Chn;rh, 93; informal, 4. The candidates briefly addressed the electors after the declaration of i'Sio poll.

Tho State Schools of Wellington will break up. this ofternoo-n for tho first tornvs holiday, which extends over tho ensuing wool;. Ordinarily the schools would reopen on Monday week (Juno I), but at tho King's, Birthday, which is rciiogiaised as a public holiday by tho selroals, occurs on tho Wednesday (Julio 3) following, the Education Board lias cSoddki to ie.avo it to the discretion of tho schoolmasters as to whether that holiday shall bo observed on tho Monday or tho Wednesday.

Tho Defence authorities have inritod the Mayor, members of - tho City Council, and the head officials of tho corpora* tion to witness the bombardment of tho wrecked -steamer Devon from l'oi't Dorset this intoning. All thoso who inItntfl ta accept the invito turn pro reimtuk'd that a spacial tramcar will leave the Towu, Hall at 0 a.m. for SeaUran. Th-oneo tho party will walk to Fort Dorset, which crowns the hill immediately, to the east of tho Pass of Branda —a" quarter ot' an hour's smart walk from tho tramway Providing tho weather is ' reasonably clear, the spectacle should pi'ove an interesting one, ami only a continuation of tho existing stormy conditions wifl prevent a largo number of the public from ot-BCi-vihg tl.i;> sight from the hilfeiaes in tho vicinity of fort Dorset..

In accordance with issued bv' tho Public Service Commissioner, tlie Marine and Inspection ©f Maclunerv Departments-, have been amalgamated, Tiic Gommis.nonrr considered that this alteration would do away with a deal of duplication; work, and probably in course of time, effect some oeertCFiny by making it possible to transfer softie of- the officers ta Departments wjioso staffs rcftuiro to bo streifgfteaed. The combined .Ddpttrtments are us-idaf tho direct cafttMl .of Mt. George Afiport, who; has fceesi -Secretary for Marin© for liiquy years. Mr. Robert Dmicai-i xemai&s i» the position of Chief Inspector oI Machinery. Tho an\aia:.iuiat-iO)i lifts net nffcc-tcrl the salaries of any of the official?.

tt was announced at j"£stcrda,v's meeting of tho Hospital and Chari-tablo Aid fioat'd that the following eases of infectious ' diseases had. boon rf:jx>rtcd (luring the month ended May 10, the fignrcs in parentheses being those for t& same month of last year.•—Scitrfct fever, 85 (IS); diphtheria,. 4 (10); tu» bereufosis, 3 (18); enteric "fever, 5 (8) ; cbicken-pox, H (Hot notifebio),; infant paralysis, 1 (not rtcrfiftable). r

An executive meeting of the Wellington Industrial Association was to liave ■been held last- night, but lapsed for waiit of a quotum. A general meeting; will to held on juitc 0.

The challenge e«ips' for classified shooting matches atnoiig the tweirlySrx cadet companies of the pity and suburb* have jiist arrived at the IVill Hall, Birelik Street. TheS; Mips., which ■ wore purchased as the result of tin: fund initiated by Mrs. Go/.iley, are called the Ladies' Cbnilotifle Cups, and will bo. competed for on . tiio ran pes throughout the season. file company whose tn.otnbar gains the highest .scoro «ill ho awarded tho cup far the ye.tr, whit® the eadot who is responsible for the, tap score will he awarded a silver ■medal,

In spite of the fact that stifth a poor response resulted from the linmicuil appeal to the. elfens- towards the establishment of a drum. and life hand for the Senior Cadets in the city, another appeal is being made. Colleetionbr.xos for the bawd funds will be pifieed at prominent positions in Newtown I'nrlt to-morrow' afternoon, and it is hoped by the organisers of the movement that there will he a generous response. The foifewrng hate already subscribed tow ards , tire fiinnjHon, R. lleii;ton Rhodes. Soil. James Allen, Hen. V. H. ETcrrics. tht lion. W, Fraser, and '.he Hop. F. ,M. 15. Fisher, Further subscriptions will tie received by the seeretatv, Lieiitenant F. A,' Ruc.h, Box 112, Wellington.

Tito vacant' allotment fife the, corner of Lower Tai-iiiuiki Sir Set and Wakefield Street is by notion in Inst night's "Gftofttto'"' reserved hot tho sjto if a lio® Police. Station, to present Mawiars Street station. Under j!;o City Council's scheme for the widening of Manners Street Mid site on winch tho Maffin&ts- Street station now stands will bo reduced almost to vanishing point, hence the. reason for moving tho station.

Amended regulations, under tho Public Service- Act, arc gazetted, refcHM.g ■to the granting of special Leaves to engineers of tho Public Works' Department to attend a prescribed course of ■tuition not exceeding two years at tho Canterbury Collegt* School of Engineering, tho granting -of special travelling and othfcr allowanoos, and the payment of camp or Sold a-I}o.waneo to certain officers en sui-vcy parties. Tho regulation regarding admission to tho Public Service is also amended by the addition of the following sentence' 'ShoiiM * pass hi any other examinations,, scientific e:r otherwise. be accepted in lion of Ore Public Service Entrance Examination oi* Public Servico Senior Examination, as a qualification for admission to any special Department or Depart' wonts, such tisttftviiiaifeii shall not bo roganlerl as qualifying for transfer to any other Dcpartfttaiit." , Amended rci.pdai.ions imdftr the Plumbers' .liegistraticm Act are gazetted.

A nolico in the Gazette of last night announces that no postal packet adrlirs?od to "fi6 Hornbv Koad, Pockbam, London," will bo jo!*isteml or Jof-ivajr-docl by tije Xe\v Zealand Post Office, for the rVason that it is believed tbat the persons'JosiSing. at that address aro cngfifted in promoting 3 lottery 04' selWmo of ehanee.