LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2337, 19 December 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The master bakers of Wellington have decided to raise the price of the 21b. loaf of bread from 4d. to 4id. as from Monday nest.

It is stated that tenders for the Farmers' Co-operative Freezing Works at Taihape, which involve an expenditure of about £40,000, are to be called in January. ;

A women . was .arrested by Detective Dempsey yesijerday on a charge of having stolen a bag, valued at 495. 6d., tho property of Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd.

Official figures for the Temuka licensing election are, aocording to a Press Association telegram:—Continuance, 3089; No-License, 2t58; for National Prohibition, 2666; against, 2858. •

Thursday's was the last meeting of the Wellington City Council before Christmas, and after business had been done, the Mayor entertained councillors, corporation officers, and tho Press in his room, and wishied all the compliments of the season. In a few remarks befitting the occasion, he paid a high tribute to the capacity and industry of the officers, observations which tho councillors heartily endorsed. Subsequently the gathering toasted the health of the Mayor, and .the Mayoress, and speakers mentioned particularly the good work Mrs. Luke was doing at this time of strife.

Mr. Wm. Jennings, of Upper Willis Street, fell off his bicycle while rounding the- Duke of Edinburgh Hotel corner on Thursday, sustaining an injury to his left knee. Dr. Steele attended him, and Mr. Jennings is expected to bo able to get about in a week or so.

Gisborne bakers, says a Press Association telegram, anticipate a bread famine, 'having only a fortnight's flour supply.

The declaration of the y notes of tho Bank of New Zealand, National .Bank of New Zealand, Union Bank, Bank of Australasia, New South Wales, and Commercial Bank, as legal tender, has been extended by Gazette Extraordinary from January 8, 1915, to April 7, .1915. The) object of this is mainly to retain the gold in the country and also to prevent it being hoarded by frightened individuals. The banks, of courso, hold more than sufficient gold to cover the note circulation, and this was proved by tho figures for the September quarter, when the note circulation totalled £3.012,569, and the coin and bullion £5,823,576.

The schooner Gretel had her sails blown away and cast her anchors at Hicks Bay: on the voyage from Auckland, says a Press Association telegram from Gisborue.

The work of substituting suspension wires for tramway contre poles in Courtonay Placo is now proceeding. With the centro poles out of the way this busy thoroughfare will bo ono of tho finest in tho city.

Tho Mayor of Hastings (New Zealand) has received a letter from tho Hastings (England) Education Committoo stating that tho Hastings (N.Z.) Union Jack had been won by tho Christchurch Girls' School, St. Leonard-on-Sea, for the highest average attendance. Tho flag was much appreciated and tho secretary forwarded an illustrated p&psr, efcpwisg & picture of the uoiurMt....

Arising out of a recent collision be-: tween a motor-car and a motor-oycle: at the corner of Wakefield and Cuba/ Streets, Albert Latta and Francis Cj Loscombe appeared in the Magistrate's Court to answer charges of committing breaolies of the by-laws. The former was charged with failing to keep to tho left side of tho street and going at a greater speed than eight' miles ani hour over tho crossing at the inter-' section of the two streets, while Los-! combo was charged with the last-named* offence. Tho respective speeds of both vehicles were set down at 18 and 15 miles an hour. The Magistrate remarked on the excessive speed with which' young man Whirled through the city on motor vehicles. Ho fined each defend J ant £1 with 7s; costs. i In t'ho Magistrate's Court says our Mastorton correspondent, Mr.: / L. G. Reidj S.M., fined the manager' of tho Town Hall Picture Company 20s. for having conduoted a system of "lucky' seats" which was held to be a breach' of the Gaming Act. Notice of intend tion to appeal was given. On Sunday, January B—the firstf Sunday of the New Year—the Salva-i tion Army is to make a special appeal' to its adherents and friends on behalf, of the fund for tho Poor of Great Bri- 1 , tain, Ireland, and Belgium. The Armyj authorities expect to realise a substan«: tial amount. An illustration of the value of re*' claimed, land on the Auckland water-' front was by the chairman of the: Harbour Board on Tuesday. Mr. Gunson informed members that land rs»; cently reclaimed in the Hobson Street; area, at a cost of £20,000, was now! producing revenue equivalent to interest on an outlay of £100,000. Members agreed that tho reclamation areas rod been leased to advantage.

At a meeting of the Mount Hector Tourists' Track' Committee on Thurs-.' day evening, says our Greytown corres-i pondent, it was reported that the committee has £153 to expend on the track, and £50 for a hut. Work will be;' started immediately men are available. On Labour Day the Wellington Typographical Union published a patriotio souvenir to raise money to augment the Mayor's Patriotic Fund and the liuntly Relief Fund, and part of the souvenir was a folio containing the autographs of the Governor, the Ministers of the Crown, tho Speakers of both Houses of Parliament, and the G.0.C., Sir Alexander Godloy, and his staff officers. The original copy has been bound handsomely by Mr. T. Clark, and embellished very artistically by Mr.: Herbert Carter, both of the staff of the Government Printing' Office. The album contains a few photographs of personages and events, making a valuable memorial. The photographs ar,o by Mr. E. Gilling, a well-known Press photographer, and all the work of makuig up this memorial has been given; freely. Tho album will be on view in Whitcombo and Tombs' windows to-day. It is proposed to put the album up for, auction at some patriotic function in ! tho near the proceeds to be divided equally between the Mayor's Patriotic Fund and the Huntly Relief; Fund. , Tho Timaru Jockey Club last nigM voted £105, and the Licensed Victuallers £100 additional to the Home and Belgian Fund.—Press Association. The Maori Contingent for service abroad are rapidly uoveloping into an enkient body of trained soldiers. Such at any rate is tho opinion of the Hon.J. Allan, who inspected them in Auck* land recently. In conversation with a, Dominion reporter yesterday, lie said that although the men had, not been Very long in training they had improved in a remarkable way,.not only in training, but in general appearance and physique,., ,Their drill, for'.the amount of training they had had was very good; Also their musketry, already by no means bad, was rapidly improving.

Among those in Belgium when the' German army spread desolation over that ill-fated country was Master Haydn Beck, the talented Wanganui violinist, who has been studying with M. Caesar Thompson at the Brussels Conservatorium. Ho happened to be spending a vacation with his friends Mr. and Mrs. Ellis at the Hotel Citadelle, at Namur, when the Germans advanced on that picturesque city. Writing to Wa-, nganui, he said:—"l saw tho bridges on ihe Mouse being blown up at midnight. The Hotel Citadelle stands •on the top of a hill 2000 metres above the level, of the river, and commands a view ex- > tending from fifteen to twenty or twenty-five miles in every direction—an ',', ideal position. The Belgian Engineers! made an awful row fixing up a wireless} installation on the tower* or the hotel.! The tower was blowu off with dyna-ij mite by two German spies in the hotel. The night before a Zeppelin tried to drop a bomb on it, hut the forts had' v ft say in the matter, and frightened the, Zeppelin away." Master Beck escaped! from Namur with a little music and : such odds and ends of clothing as could* be carried in a handbag. He arrived in London with twopence in his pocket,and is now residing with Dr. Greenish, (senior harmony professor at the Royal 1 Academy of Music). A peculiar position has arisen in con* nection with the action of the Auckland] Waterside Workers' Union in subscrib-j ing £360 3s. 6d. towards the cost of) obtaining a motor-ambulance for use on,' .the Auckland waterfront. The secre-; tary of tho union notified the Hospital' Board that tie Prime Minister had beeninterviewed, and he had promised that a Government subsidy would bo added: to the amount subscribed. The Prime, Minister had advised the union to pay, its donation into the Hospital Board's account and then the board could apply for a subsidy in the union's behalf. The secretary asked the board to make 1 early application. With referenco to this matter the Acting-Inspector-Gen-eral of Hospitals, Dr. J. P. Frengley, wrote, stating that the subscriptions received from the union for the purchase of an ambulance for tho union did noti carry the usual 245. subsidy under the Act. Tho best thing for the board to do would be to send the claim forward separately, and then authority would be obtained to charge tho amount to a special item. , The Acting-Inspector-General said he was writing under the assumption that the motor ambulance would bo the property of tho union. If, however, it was the property of the. board, the primary object being to provide an ambulance for the use of the, workers on tho wharf, and to take accident and other cases therefrom to the hospital, then the money subscribed; for the ambulance would carry a sub? sidy.. ,

EXCEPTIONAL OPPOKTUNITY-D& MONSTRATION DAIMLEB & TALBOT FOE SALE. CHEAP.

Within a few days, Messrs. Adams, Ltd., expect to receive delivery of a big shipment of new cars,,which, will be exhibited at the November' Show at Christ, church. In order to find garage room for these it has been found necessary to dispose of a couple of demonstration cars. The first of these is a 15-28 h.p., five-seater touring Silent Knight Daimler, of recent model, with stylish torpedo body. The car is in magnificent condition. Its equipmont includes five Dunlop detachable wire wheels, C.A.V. electrio tail and side lamps, khaki hood, horn, windsoreen, powerful head-lamps, arid everything ready for the road. It is a beautifully finished car, runs absolutely silently, and cost £702. The price to-day is fiiod at .£350, to stimulate a quick sale. The other car is a two-seater, 12-22 h.p. Talbot, also of quite recent model, and right in the fashion. The Talbot car has a reputation for durability and reliability second to none, and probably holds moro prizes won in competition than any other make in the world. This particular two-seater is in 6plendid condition, fully equipped for the road. The price is fixed at the extremelylow figure of .£250. Both these oars are finished in the latest shade of biscuit, and oro absolutely now and clean in appearance. Call at our garage and see them. They won't be there long. lUpgj tratod photographs on application, Maxan, LM„ High Sfcrwtj Chrißtchuich,^

The amount of money realised 'through Mrs. P. Isanos's art union was £61 18s.—10s. .more than was noted in these columns yesterday. ' These ten thousand young New Zealanders have done • well in their day and generation, and their names will live in remembrance. But they are not' enough.. . There should be twenty thousand sons of New Zealand in tho procession on the day when tin Allies enter Berlin.—Ohristchureh "Press." (Two small boys were recently robbing 'au orchard in Beresford Street, when the. owner discovered them (says a Ohristchureh paper).. Instead of de.camping in shame, the youngsters turned round and throw bricks at the man's house. He gave chase, but was outndistanced, and, moreover, had his feelings harrowed'by one of the ten-year-old invaders of his garden shouting . derisive comments. The lads • were hunted up later by a policeman, and were brought before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S!M., when the Magistrate was somewhat shocked to be told by one of them that the language he used had been learned from companions at sohool. Having impressed the boys with a proper sense of their wrong-doing, His Worship discharged one of them, while the user of bad language was placed for three months under the eye of the Probation Officer. During her periodical visit to Norfolk Island and the Solomon Group, the mission steamer Southern Cross picked up six Fijians on November 25, at tho island of Ticopea, The natives were oil their way from Nasotf to Levuka in a banana cutter when a heavy gale drove them out to sea. i They were carried before the. wind for 600 or 700 miles to Ticopea,; where, they managed to swim ashore. Their 'boat was considerably damaged, and they remained on the island until the Southern Cross arrived, the inhabitants providing»for Itheir wants in the meantime.