LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2158, 26 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

■ The postal autljoTitJcs whim thai tho s,s. MaMisyuwi, wliidi tarts Sydney on May 583 for WelHagtori. is. bringing Australian moils only, sM is Uuo" in* inoftftitv warning;. A Gazette Extraordinary p'u'bßshed last night ctmiaii'is a [w'Selnnuvtioji. faiiiS Thursday, Jmjio 23, as the date for the Hieo-trag of Parliament. In fount tiro prucLiinji.tion is of a further prorogation'from May 5 to Juno 35.

It is thought not uvdikoly that the Govemmcirt raay bring flmvii loGislatkm during the comins session fay the griw.jMUtr, of the city electorates, but thn only'official httijuatiofi Hint, !;«» yet (seen made ia tWs caiwoefckm is thai: an Electoral Bill rill bo introduced ji-eijt session, An erKmoew impression might ho cans*,! by a wfcreu-oe tu "sfsfirt--\vt>ip.tit" tins, which appeared in a para'Siapls in vpslerduy's issue 1-vlating "to the jM'iM o; tobami. ~lf is ctotaty stated on tlio tins that- ihi' eotttunls wciigh Ifea., atid no Kt.U'iiiist U mado lo ilisgtwso the ofti>tip:* s ! <it' wight fj'o;n Siu."" During the mouth of April iast t!is> State Advances Office ;{i'ivi,if(i ktaus to workers aurnnmiiiift to .C'Jfi.StitV. am! ftH . ihrtiised further hums in Shis i)cpitrU motif, tntitlliiiu: £30,800. L'ans graMwl t<< settlors flnriii:* she 'meriin Toirtl'tod £7P,GS(i : «nd loans (to rotifers) authorised amounted to £93,410.

_ "Ooiisidcrujg tlio fsiiKiui.it of work put' through, and the mismaMe. support in the inaitw of letting men away for €w ■ camp, give.n. by ttw" local lieadV' says a_ Cantai-tery wriki in tlae J'srst ami ; Telegraph joMrn»l "The Ksitipo," il I am very much' afraid. tha ; t if ever P. and : T nteii g.*j into t'anif) again as military ' men, t&ny will ask for slightly better' i coiulition's tlian t'huso of Ivowai) 1411 <J. 1-lovecv.jr, No. 1 cßiii)>aii,v now Imvo sojii-n history to fall back. wpuß, oth! right .good. roadiJis it makes. Wither, the military trsiniag was evefywliore cvidvat Willi our hovs. Kiiiart couplet! with ciyitity_ and profiiptJUide were : ways in evidence, and the Departiuent '■ i can rest assured that tticy are losing nothing by sivMeeihu* the officers iiablo lor trainiHE to the, ligoiifs of Tcrn'torwl servbe."

1-arade statistics in oannectjott with Sntnrday's review at 'Xinvtowu I»a#k sJiow thai ?i total of 1301 ofcife, endets, ami rilloniuft watt present. Tlio figures were as follow:—1st Unttjilirai <M'eHingtou tlollcfio). 5 ollioers aiid iio'3 oiia«t*; 2nd Battalion (St. Patrick's <Mlefto and iS'eivtoWH eompaiiies), 1 offl;ee.fs and m «ailets; 3rd Battalion (Su'to* ban companies), 7 ©ffifivrs and, 354 «?adete;-4t.h llattalion ('Wolliuftoii City Udots), 10 officers aiid Ml' Asiwhira 3 'officers and 32 cadets; total, 32 offieers and 1292 cadets. The Iliile Clvrfes (i'etafte, Su.buil.Sj H)glilaiid, w«l Old Novalsl bad 70 men tm parade. , A baKot is being taken ansong tho members of the Dairy 'Wurkcrs.' Union Soi' the offices of seetetaa'V and igye trustees. 3:tessj'S. F. J, Lyons,- D. M» Croaks, and fl. Vaiiay have been Moiiiksatod for the position of secretary, The nominations for tlio preiiioJis of trtisteess are; Messrs, l'\ lii Wick, Wiiy, and p. Kettlowell. the Hon. B,J}. M\ tMinistcr of Internal Affairs.) kifofittrf a reporter yesterday that he had not yet determined the date of the iltet ljieetiftg of the Board oi Seie-ftco and Art- which has jlrst bco'iisefc tip. In the apijciutmcßi of the uieinJjers of tlio hoard regttrtl was paid to its threefold eapaeity, Messrs. G. jl. Thoi.RSon, p, (i. HorgaJj aiid Dr.Thoiims are scientific repa'cseiltrt'tivos.. while :\'lr. 0. i,. ISwoii was Jijipaiftted on ivccOHiit of the interest he taftes in Iristof it'a.l re-. seareJi, and Mr. E. 1?, ton JJjwysi for his toofidedgo of art and related mattors. All the 'positions oh the hoard are honorary.

It lifts been decided to supply letter' carriers and past office messengers' thro-ughout tl'M} Dominion with two iini* forms, one as at present and tiro other of lighter weight, for winter ftivd Slimmer wear ■rssiiectively. Tho two .uniforms will he required to last two yews. The aqi.iiri'hrai equipment fftimi tin? AA'tckkiid TMuWlion, which W seen psresonted to flip WoHiftgtoh City Council by the. Marine Departaent, is likely to form not pjjjy aa educative, Viit a pictiiresquß addition to tlw> %VHin«tnii Zoo. The present fntaitisn i:s to looato the tank's on the haiik of live hath opposite to, but a littlo a'bows, the lions' den. l'lac<s for the reception of tlife tanks will ho excavated onfc of the day, -which will tend ta keep tin* tanks earil in t>ie Minimer tjnifc, 'I'he knks will Itr wechvri about fear fc.et from tho ground, and it is propwsfrll to embellish' *a-eJt tank with a- small iwk<?ry ami, not of wtrßicicnt width, liotvvvct, to fiscliKfc the licilit and Wish fa*, and hetiveßn the tanks suitable ornamental plants are to be placed in be* tffcon the arenes. tho plans are k present heiag prepared in the City Enguioer s Department, Work f«- tire uiwntplove.d in Wellington is still being found'fey tire Lahoiir Department, Which has .Hist convplßtftcl arrangements ta .wild >awav same 30 moil to public works in th* Ta'umarttntii and larnnaki districts. The first batch of to sneji ti-r.it leave Wdliug.ton to-ffiorreiv, aiMl the remainder will leave at (Jhj ond of tlie we.ok. . Mr. James Hajjan, who serions'lv injured by the psplmsfon at ttio tlrtw'f Hutt on Jlardi St), h.as reeawvrstl sufficiently to leave the Wellington Hospital for tho Convalescent Home in Oriental Bay,Mr. Jstni&s lffcmittg, a PimgareliU former, liad aa extrferdinaTy expfl'i■oncc rt few days ago. Bo \vi»s mmnvarg feMcins, hauliug away the posts and Wires m Jang lengths attached to a dray, when, tho wire, catching m tho slope of £ lull, ti-pped'the dray info a stream. The horse, after straying for rt : n hotrr or sa, was cJtowhcd. It was n«t until four hours later that Hi Fleming was fattud, He hatl licwi tilntictlj face; downwards, in the sia-eW but was Mo to keep his head abort.water. Ho Ma .d 6 a p.tftew for his hoad wm the stones,.and liad stood his long esposuro with wofldcr-ftd foriitude. fe suffered severely tmta. his itomcrsion in ice-cold water, .and from a coHtusioji of ono leg, but is not fifcdv to espuriCiSttfl guy perniancivt ilWffieets.

TJic. Ivirk iscssiuft e| tfl:o P.tßsbvterinn Uiuwh, , Wcsti>oit, has parsed a roso-* lution urging on Mm BevefiiHioi.it that' tiwro sliauld \m no defe in trim gtaiit-. HiR <if iho rd'orentlilm <islsod-for bv the li>ble-isti-State»Seheolii Leasue. A s*mifer rflsohition has .a.Js.c? faf?en passed by tko Kills Session ftf Aliaroa, A aid w-!i;S ftadsj en a itcmso, Jto. 3i IVederiftk Street, .yosta-day afternoon,' : Hy Seaiflr-Scrfioajit Daw ;ui.d tooieivt'k'cScfgoaiifc Cassbli's, and tjio offly «cctj-pau-t, a Cftii'ifls.o Bftuiod Ah Ytrit.,. was Anxwtcß. Ma win iip.po.ar at tiw M-tßh* teito's Court this simMiing,' io- ansxw n, ctoai ! g& «f 'bav-feg bocii th:6 aWpier «f a «smnwi ' • ■ When tfio lat« Tito Mattei, Wjo foin-. •ons eong composer, was a M ot Eve rtiul a half, Ills Lather took Isiia to visit If.nbkche, the groa-t singer, wlia wa.s ffraat physically rt.s well as musioa:il;v.. His fathea- niOntioiicd tlio wnjsij;j.i powor the boy had of fKstinsSuislHng tire notes ; without looliing at the- piano. "Sing a, note," said flio liny's fatlvor, "nni tii'is bay will toil you what it is." IjnWadio' sang. * ! 'WeH, my little man, what is that?" hofiflid, "lltat k out of W«s" was the iT-p.ly. I.jaWaelio. grow- seajlet, "Yon Kiipei'tiftnist little rasOfll, what do you -oieawr" "What yo'u Bans ?vas-iiot A Bat, and it w«s not- A iwtteai " s-vas the answer, tabl-acfe; went to the pfh.no and struel« A. Mjitttrnl, then lie Stnie-k A ■fiat, The .note lie li-'ai-l svnig. wits -j'-rist hottvcoji t!iß t«'<:t. I.ii a- bioiii<»((t> with ihf> tftie artist's (Mtyta-sfevsln, his !Sii,H;.ei; dSod away. He iwttod tho ljoy on .tins JrrwJ,. and sitkl: "Ab, liiy toy, .kftow"hot-t-p-r than I do. Yoii arc my master." : That. Mattel ddeided. was fe first sue-: cess lie nmde. in Iris life. . A ropni't Was circulitixl in S.vdw'y sliippiwg -.ciwlss laft't week tl.iafc tlio sh:|uXi'mt, eoifipaiiy cf llndslart-PiirUer. )/tq,, hail scgarocl a largo interest in Hohlntrii . coal iii-.ine a an :extei-re«-e oclSiery in llftithasl {Nst» Sout'li Wales) (tistric't. Cftivtrtiii f. L-ancloy Wehh, diTector of tlto corapnny in Sydney* conftr-racd tlio nm't -of the doal, but was uflstole : .to fto int-rt details. "All I can say," said tn.in WoW), "is tl'rat HnfltJnrt-Parlwr, " Ltd., Ivfts soCvtt-Mtl 1-irftfr interests in tlto, mine, ait-d nrrangJ'jneaits l>nv-e been tnad-e- i for the ofes "of the, -sos! company, ■, wliirfi of* at pro-seat in l'<9iiilots, io ho , cofitvolied 5« Anslvalia." Certain ai'« ; I'aMgf.'iueiits lssvo yet to ami ihs>so will te.ke. some time. VlflA- ; Aart-P-nrker, Ltd., hMs UtSfi coal eort. traets w the OomfOTSitfoqltfe. JMiipln-ynig ! a. I>ijJ fl'N>t of «toani#-rS S-Wl wiltbts in tise- ) '. i-ntor-Stato trade. 'Ho'Wniffi ji'.lnn is e.ne : of tltß finest tn New Sftiitlt "S r a.fcs. jt : , forms part of the- A.A. Cmntteny's pto- ' j por'ty.

Workittg jfrwellfrrs iii ■fflmstoljurrfi have ft»riw?ti a waiw, atel !as.t wods. prrfmitaiift steps wow (fiteii for ins fi» tuvart! mi liio Kwos oi' the agfc*» nwiits ontewl inin hy tiro jwiimis itiul employers in a»l EhniPiThi. Ssomc'weola hack, Hie frwrtwrs In ttm hade in Aviddawtl n}« tewctl a wnioitj ami .iiijiiicatiflii ts' hm\S: iniitfii for- an Award, so that tmfw'o lone it is cs-|tf-elr>d thai, {hi; ocgaufeiitisn of Iho workers will be cmiipleto ift tho few csJifrea.

Mr. 0. J. lt«afcos s Chief Gos'SiaUD.ch'jfe Veterinarian, who lifts been ftn.AwJs-Jwiil aUci).diii|| tlio l%a•■]i.!e:^s• , Union totticrence, is at present visiting Miininkli for tiro purjifise of iiiejifeoti-jig the CWcrirweirf dvps£ for exis&i'jiweutiwg With remedies tor liii-sli sirlfji.oss i.u entile, Whoai. the mil >Vii.s tailed tit the aft. ■iitol rcitiMoii of t'i'i'i':'; Wellington Jsriyjieh, o!" the fa Zealand Association of ills Majesty's Veta'aiis, held last night, lb was nswi'tiiiJiflfi that si'flße ti* last; » iin.ioii aiiuet-G.w Mvomhete had died. During tht l reafforg of the lHimos the voierans wiira.inc4 aiaucfiitg <is -a Mark of respect to their late ejiniry.des. ( Kiiipife Day, which full Win psivt oti ■Sunday last-, passed off very ffuielty in. Welti figtai. There ft'jj'S no iiesierjil flhSMs-ailee of tlio liifllklay yestiyitkiy, b«t a saluto was fired n.t 'MaW Cotife. A new travinviiiys tinie-t*Jjk has been: by 1)« Tramways llep&rtiitein of iho City Cwrporation. Tto 'eo.n.vpilittisjii IS very Mrcptetip and. them is list t'ba slightest weuHy in -finding tath tiia Week-day fljld Suiid'ay lime4a'b:les orer any o* the «eeti<roa. Tlio oiil.v tiwtorhil ctottgo made is tlio jfi.nrti-in£ of the VVadcstown. fta.rg throtiglt to Aft Street, the central iea-tm-e of th e jirav .piibfeiJiojv—a [to shotting the whole .of the he of interest as Well as a usef til mdsi to visiters to the city. Jnchirtod is also h ftttjdti to tihti inab sfoiwJs. a schedule of special trfts l4f TKitors, airf alf parfeifefs roSpertfM ■concesstoa t.icfajs-. . fa

A soMsatjsital mowknt oer.srW a* O-ncntal Upy shortly after 2.J-5 i> m .wstordny, m wkM, ■« wanner Wharj « shi|> s boat a P the to„l ott i,j s ■mttMiuFoasry escaped serious iutof-v, His horse (it yjmtp vow restjvp, and tl«> Mvix & n oldorvV "Off. *lW() tt« wilm.tv-1 teok friftlit a«a the Mils, ami tos to a dkfiitnrt. .of ,ilx).ntor.e,h.u:iKli'{?(l varfls. mnoji to Mio alarm -Of the o.tdookei-&. -\VJwn' the ■runmvay was : eareora}R wart tiofton's store tJw fteritettsfetsteiaM iJian kt fio ins hold, and w ■•beh'w tra-wp'imf Mdcr thft kiK-b's hoofsj tlm ■ wteim wheels passed over .both legs. To 'the .astmiislmieirt *f*ce>wi(;):iesi?e.s, tawevi3f, !» anieldy rose, hy which iima tlio lW away mis Dear the- fiiriido vecreafior ETOHtI. M W e, after a driver Of' a twoAorso ivaso.fi had n.Wfowlv os&i-ped wllisioHj a passier-liy made an Unsiiftwss J* atfmvist to stojo ;the miKhkiipd \ mi -m.. iho iieifvy load, liofrw'er, iv<i ; s .notf ai:'>mte : hiJvo th?.itnimal 5 s hijfs't ftf arid ai Clyde $iiny eomej' ft pere.ept.ihk ■siacfct%inij was notipeablc, ' ,\ yotw* mas ,it fcngtli dashed hj, .aiidj ai-Lnt'l»' hanpriiiß on to the .drawing wiw, ei feeted a captftrc. In a lew inijiirtes th.e and TiWwod owner tajjponed along to tendeiv Ms feities aid ouee inore j'eSnMie his seat of. nftt-Wifer.