LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2483, 9 June 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Telegraph Office advises that the Cable Company notifies that the New Zealand Military Headquarters being at Alexandria, messages to their code address should be addressed "Alexandria)" not "Cairo." The Minister of Financg informed a reportor yesterday that the Government were taking some action with' respect to the audit of patriotic funds being collected in different districts. Tho Government had no power to insist upon audit, but were asking the committees to appoint auditors. Where tho committees would allow Government auditors 1o act they would do so. It was, quite evident to him, Mr. Allen Gaid, that all funds ought to be carefully audited. A judgment debtor, a working man, was about to bare put to him in the Magistrate's Court yesterday the formal questions as to. whether he was, in a position to pay a certain debt. "Where do you work?'' queried counsel. "In the railways," was the reply. "Are you married?" inquired coiihsel. "Yes." "Any children?"—"Nino." "Nine!" gasped counsel. "Yos," replied tho debtor nonchalantly, and counsel sat dowii in his chair with a thud.

The Firo Brigado was called out yesterday to a chimney fire in a house at 321 Adelaide Road. No damage was done.

A young lady who .attended the University Students' Christian Union camp in Waimate last Christmas (says the Waimate "Advertiser"), and is on her way to England to prepare for foreign missionary work, writes from Salt Lake City, Utah, to a friend in. Waimate. In the course of her letter she says: "The war question in America is outcrtainint?. The U.S.A. people laugh ..at'the idsa of their couiitry going to war."

1 ' ■' Tho Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) has reJ coivcd a letter from the hon. secretary of the AVar Patriotic Fund for Western Australia (.Mr. J. Crawcour), asking if he would be good enough to forward any information in regard to our funds' which may be considered useful to those engaged in the work. It is proposed that any such information will be incorporated in a progress report proposed to be issued in Perth in conformity witb those issued by similar committees in the eastern States (South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queens* land). Information as'to the lines which! are being followed in New Zealand is to bo supplied.

Mr. Arthur Stigant. who plays tha Dame in "'Cinderella," and is closely in touch with many associated with the London stage, states that the theatrical business in London during the winter lias been simply wonderful. He recently had a letter from one friend, who being a member of the profession is ordinarily entitled to the right of entree on ajn plication in the usual manner —in which' ne states he had tried to secure "tho necessary" at no fewer than seven theatres and had been refused in every case on the score of full-up business. With a broken heart his friend had determined to write to another six I theatres before soliciting a pass for the trenches. Friends of his who were engaged in the pantomime at NewcastleoiKTyne from Christmas to February state that the season beat all records. After it closed all the men who were in the chorus took jobs in the ammunition factories making shells.

The executive of the Municipal Association of New Zealand is to meet in Wellington nest week in connection with proposed legislation of interest to local bodies. . The business set out on the older paper is as follows: —Hutt River Board test case, re rates on mortgaged land bought by Publio Trustee (confirmation of president's action); increased freight, insurance, etc., on contracts for works and supplies lot before the war; power to make salary and wage pay-, ments to employees who have enlisted; inquiry by Minister for committee's opinion on proposal for remission of rates due by those absent on active service; application for donation to Belgian Fund j power of councils to establish their own accident insurance funds (Auckland); power to prohibit importation into district of second-hand timber (Eastbourne); power for councils to purchase land on terms (Westport): power for council to apply unexpendedsurplus" of loan in purchase of its own debentures in any other loan (Invercargill); Shops and Offices Act (to exclude borough councils from o o'clock closing— New Plymouth); to press upon the attention of the Government tho passing of conference remits not yet embodied in legislation.

An application for the rehearing of tho case in which Matt-how Livingstone was fined £25 for betting_ in Willis Street has been filed, and will come before the Magistrate's Court on Monday next. Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., who heard the case, allowed. defendant , a month in which to find the money, but that period expired yesterday, and in view, of the application for a rehearing , the time has now beeu extended another fortnight. (

The fully-rigged pirate ship Peter Pan, which figured in tLo carnival procession, will be put up to auction to-day in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' and Sailors' Fund. The sale will he, conducted by Mr. James Dykes; outside the Union Bank, Lambton Quay, at 1.80 p.m. For further partioulars see the announcement in another column.

Most of the work in connection with' fitting and refitting the transports hat! I been carried out at Port Chalmers and Wellington, where it has Droved a boon, to many tradesmen wio otherwise might fiave experienced a slack time. Lyttelton in this respect has not been so fortunate, and in tho port and .in Ohristohurcli there lias been a considerable number of men out of employment. With a view to relieving the position, the Mayors of Christchurch and Lyttelton (Messrs. H. Holland and J. Radcliffe) conjointly sent a telegram to the Prime Minister on Saturday,_ suggesting that he should use. his influence in the matter of having in future a portion of the work carried out at Lyttelton.—Christcharch "Press."

The monthly meeting of the Petone Technical School, Board, which was to haye taken place last evening, lapsed for the want of a Quorum.

At the Petone Court yesterday, before Mr. J. W. M'Ewim, J.P., a firstoffending inebriate was convicted and discharged.

Several members of "The Violets" Company, and Mr. and Mrs. Eeter Dawson were on the wharf as the.Weatralia sailed on Friday, to wish ,bon voyage to Miss Carline Jiirs and Miss Grace Newman, of the, Peter. Dawson Company'. The generosity of Mr. Dawson was again shown. After several part songs had been sung in honour of the departing artists, Mr. Dawson, taking oft-his hat, said _in a .quiet voice,. '.'Penny, lady," with tlie result that £2 lis. "was thrown from the boat in a few minutes. The' president of the Commercial Travellers' Club .was present and the amount was handed to him in the interests of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

The foundation stone of the new 'Allelic an Cathedral at Dunedin was laid by the Primate of New Zealand, Bishop Novill, yesterday afternoon, in the presence of. a large gathering. A meeting was held in the Garrison Hall at night, at which the speakers, including Bisjiop Julius and Bishop Averill, paid a tribute to Bishop Nevill for his valuable work in the direction of securing a cathedral worthy of the city and the diocese. The erection of the new building had been made possible by a handsome bequest by Mr. W. Harrop several yearß ago.— Press Association.

Tho Wellington Education Board announce the following appointments:— Clyde Quay, assistant, during continuance of war, Mr. A. H. Tocker; KaiparorOj solo teacher, Mrs. A. Robbie; I'ukelunau, solo teacher, Sir. J. T. Clarko; Mount Cook Beys', assistants, Miss M. E. Magill mid Miss J. Hiagins; Eastern Hutt, assistant, Miss N. Lea; Waikanae, assistant, Miss 6. Cork; Porirua, assistant, Miss L. Dixon.