LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2170, 8 June 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho steamer Rivarina arrived at Aiw-klaad frani Sydney at no.au yoste* day, Sho brmtgit an Australia)"] mail, tlio YYeHrHstoii portion of which sWuld roftcli hero by the Mttiii 'J'rattk train this tift-efttoon. I'lSo first nioetirtg of tho Bahr'cl of AcrieuMfflTe lias bacm convened for Tfiarsctay nest. Tho Right Bo». W. f. Jlassey, os Minister of A.griou.ltere, ivjU address the beard. Tire new Parsons stoa.iii turb.ifio .gcteorator for the ekcti'ie light StaiisSn is nil boa?d the- Ividrab.tiriiMj and is dMo hero <hi 'WwhiescJa.y, f lift 'new gtitierator js mud) needed, for ,tho. present t»la.ttfc is nevw bring Tcgulftrly ren with a heavy overbad to cape with the o:sira tlwiands marlo on currant. Tho action twilight by ftj> ft«w 2<mkivel Shipping Company .agahtst tho WciUflglpß ifarfeour Saard (with the ofajkvet of quashing the board's b'|4aw casting .tho responsibility for accidents arising cat tot tho worftiajg of tho 'ttharfierases *n persons. hifiiTy siich cranes), which Avast 6 hov't! been hoard ;hy the Chief Justice hi the Supremo Court on Saturday rnonvifig, was adjourned ttnti.l Friday at 2:1-5 p.m. Sergeant B, H, Tjeaitie, of Napier, a member of the Railway Corps of the | North tsltmd New feimitl Eitgi'MoorSi has decided ia dmwto a cbsHc-ngo- shield to the corps, for eomntititfers, as the Director flf Railway TriinsnaTt (CelonoJ fi. T.l. tlifeyi may' deftklo." The anmwiccmrmi iras nsade ort Saturday night at the smoke <?o»cort of the BheiiU'Ws, arid was rewired with applawo bv the Vttcsi present. Colonel Hik-v, in accept ins tho, thanked Sergeant Boat tie for In'!! ftenerosity. < A ckvnalid MR wade to tiio laranaki Education Hoard last week by a demits* tin!!, tho members of which urged the removal of a teacher. The ehirf apo'iscsman was the rkairmaH of tho school cowmif'tois. Krt alleged that the teacher !« question punished the e.h.ttcl'.Tii too severely- Another meralrtof f.hn committee said that the dissatisfaction with the teacher had been so OToac that he ami others had been (sleeted to this noMisnitteo an tho express ticket that they shanld sect) m? a change. One of his hoys, his said, twonty-oight cuts on one occasioa frofi} the tpaefaftr. Cosntfifint iv?,s made by members of tho board that the eonsniSttee had not in fairness to the tcaclmr IroSrl or nski?(l for' an inquiry. Whew ftirlber iniorrfisatO!'], ono; of thft cleTJiiEiatisn atlmjWßcl. that, rightly or wronsly, they wanted tho kaeiwr rcmovod !u aecfii'daueo with the wish iwprpssed at the lmuseiiohtars'.iireotmg. 'Tho chW inspftotor producftd reports to that ptwr to the teacher taittnw clwrgo the school had ftst into-an moilieieivt state. Since hia npjMiintmoitt the reports hrxvobeen very good. Tho baard found there was not- snltltiottfc ground .for art ; inquiry. A writ ckiiwiNf? £!(!f)0 has !i!';;i! issned by Mr. H. M'Nab against] thn WellirtKi-rtu l'ttblishittg On»»aity in ftwnnetttou with a letter simed R. is. Corrick, published oil; June 1, vefoiring to few ifJcftknd lifatoriool fcoords. .

Tlio Bight Hon. Mr. Massey (Prime Minister) "espeets shortly io have jpmpusftls submitted to him t'roin the Mmhour Boards, and who from people interested in the shipiiinii oi produce vvitii ih« o-ijcct of establishinji .permanent staffs of waterside workers. A number o< inloi'views have takesi pliico ofi the stiJjject and it is hoped that tijii oiittomo will bo Ujc cstahlisliiMg «f a system wliieh will prevent, a lxreunwics of the labour trouMes of this jwst.

Mr. J. Henry Lang, a inissjoswjr fjf*rtn Incliii. lectured at thia Y.B.C.A. yester* day nftcriimm on "Our Interests in India." Mr. Lang said that tlio Americans and English had been working iii Indie for twenty yfiiirs, hut tliat it was only three mid a half years siueo the New Zealand and Australian bran* oiies of the association had i/tlorißted themselves in this field. They were located at Hyderabad, which was their special f|tiarter. Hyderabad was ths fourth city of India, and had a pbpnla. tion of half a ndllioii. It Was a ]mrti«nlarly tiMportant centre, and was tlio capital of the State of the same name. The city was Jnnch in flewd of wUakm work The mission had j)-rogf«ssod well in its short life, and fond rcooh-isd sympat'lteii'c supjwrt, from tlie. Gawtnv»ent officials of the .State, and finau* eia3 ftM from all classes of the eflirilmmity. '11)0 objects of ijft'Hg'a visit- to Wellington are to report pfoeross and raise £6000—£5000 for n building io-r their central ■work., and £1001) for a secoml secretary fer three years.

SpeabinK to a tepofte.r on the new sse of wasto gum lands in the north for fruit- .growling, the Prime. Miifkter stated that these ia'iids aro at -prosßßt being inspected and classified ivy «iUoyal Commission. Tlio Cotmitfesiou's rojwrt will not be available for some' Ji'ttio tiroe, hut Hr, Massoy believes that tho svoHj of the Conimtssio'a will resti'ft- in a very larfie area of iaiid being Opened up for Sett-ioaieirt, paid liartioiilajriy W ifuit-jßiwving. Sl.alrf-ng a roumi estiniate, the Prime jlialsfaw tlrougnt tiliat Mt tes than 78,009 to 80,900 'tecs of this land tvoald be aada. 'ayailabie.. They ruii right through the H«th. Auckland puninsifla, A's instancing that their capabilities We not wvly hot tinkiroWit oulsido of thoir iirttncdiato 'v'ieiiiity t font are appreciated hy sottle.rs in other fifirts of. the Doinwian, Mr. Jfosser meiitioited that in the 'last sis mtiftths a iiui»ber of peojilo from fi'uitgiwvinfc Kelson had left for North AacWiwri to tafeo iip land thefo for fruit farms.

'Dif! Atlia.uasian 'Gtmii is iiot •cltou used at tlto A-fesKcoft ■Pio.-'Caiiifldral of this City, Softo etatshnien. ttbjeet- io it oM aietaiint of tlio daM.ftatorjf eiaiiseii or fw other roasousj and the qougrogatioii at St. Paul's yesteday todi'mug seemed to be ta-tlior fetten by B!ifi»iso wltofl they licm'd the openfeg words of t!j:-s aitcwJit eoufossion of faith, I?ho#gh it is usual to s'ta.ud *Wlg tiro erfiiii'ds aiq said, a few .ef tiose |)reseui ftroatoed' seated, pitcsimiaWy os a sign .of -disapproval. Tiso matter referrKj to fey blw aeting-yiear (tire R<sv. G. S. r<:y) daring his sermon. Ho remarked tlwi he 'believed scriie of tie oongresatioH had sat dftff-n in ivliilo tire Gjp#?cl. frfts beijjjfi *ecitftcl; Tint lie hastily ntiSsA, -with tbs swsprfiiwi ftf rt i:»iiilsl : p in kis e.y«H t-bat ■af course- lie did not fcftew esaijtly trl'..othe protesters wc.ro as 'his back wft-s tu-rlred at the tiinfc. !?« Witt oii to -fc feid iiie ti.§e of "the creod, and ;te es* plain the parts to tMtrh obj»trcat -was ponerfllly taltwi. 'Ab fevnttatevy elafises.'woro, he said, lnadc .tW-fely |injs3i by tlio iSnalisii renderwE of Bio Lat-in ttrig'Wal. anil I'tp ife-llght i'liftt it. bettc-f tmnslatioii wffd.ld go a tag iv.W ■to .femote the objections'! ffTwli many-pcc-nle had to roeititi's tlife or : Md.

A lortur*. ffiititkd ' f 6.awl.en CWm, and Social Idealism" was gl\rcii' by 'lijfl Ijw. C. Tf. C/teppte in the Pwrolo's Ptoffttc I'aiae-e last ji-ialifc. "file lcctwro was undo- tho anspicds of the Social Democratic Party.