LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tlie Defence authorities stated yesterday that the Willochra, which has 275 sick and wounded New Zealaiiders aboard, is due to arrive in Wellington on Friday, July 16. She was to arrive at Fremantle yesterday, arid is expected to reacli Hobart on .Tuly 10. All on board are reported to be progressing favourably.

■ The/New Zealand Hospital Ship Ma- | heno will arrive in Wellington Harbour from Port Chalmers early on "Monday morning. Tho ship will bo open for inspection by the; publio on Monday. Tlie hours between, 2 p.m. .and 3 p.m. will.be reserved for* country people .who are comiiig to the City to view the ship. Monday will be the only day on which pcoplo will he allowed on board the ship, because a good deal of time will be occupicd in fitting out the ship with equipment and storesj and it is very important that' the sailing should not bo delayed. : .■. ' ■ -'■ ' The New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championship Meeting is .usually held every Christmastido, but the chairman of tho New Zealand Association considers that in; tho special circumstances of .this year there, should beino meeting. ' Tho. association has decided to obtain the opinion of its affiliated bodies on this matter. ■ .■:.'■ ' . ' . The following tenders have been accepted by the Public Servico Stores Tender Board:—2so bags ; Parcel Post, style "E," Hutcheson, Wilson, and Co., Wellington, £156 55.; 200 bags, Parcel Post; 6tyle "F," Hutcheson, Wilson, and Co., Wellington, £225 ; 3000 clamps, messenger wire, J. Maim and Co., Dunedin, £155; 200,000 hooks, galvanised, Canterbury Wire-Working .. Company, Christchurch, £122' 10s.; 1000 poke, 16ft. tubular, Richardson, M'Cabe,'• and Co., Ltd., Wellington, £616 13s. 4d/'; 1250 poles, 18ft. tubular, Richardson, M'Cabe, and Co., Ltd., ' Wellington, £864 lis. Bd.; "'ISOO poles, 19ft. 6in. tubular, . Richardson, M'Cabe, and Co., Ltd., Wellington, £1762 10s.; 120 miles wire, rubber insulated, P. R. Baillie and Co., Wellington, £1976; 2000 reams paper, qmber wove, foolscap folio, W. J. Seater and Co._, Wellington, £206 55,; paper, brown, 40in. by 48ih., New Zealand Paper Mills, Ltd., Dunedih,' £225. Mr. A'. Walker, Lloyd's surveyor, and' Captain Attwood made an,.examination of No. 3 hold of tlie Victoria yesterday. It was found thatxthe fire liadidnmaged the No. 3 'tween decks and No." 3 bulkhead slightly." The damaged cargo, which had ,been removed, will be sold by public auction. The : Victoria, left Wellington for northern ports at Ip.m. yesterday. ' ,' '• 1 . , Wo have received, a, copy -of the second edition of an excellent map of-the Dardanelles, with inset maps of the Bosphohis and the Sea of Marmora, published by Mr. H. E. C. Robinson, of Sydney. It gives a clear idea of tho topography of tie areas mentioned, together witll much information wliich should make it easy to follow the operations now in progress on the Gallipoli Peninsula and those to which they aro likely to lead. Mr. Ewart Gordon 'Anderson, a former assistant of Mr. John Castlo, chemist, . Newtown, and who is studjnng medicine at-London Hospital, writes: "Daily batches of wounded arrive at our hospital, ,inany within twenty-four hours of falling on the battlefield. The severity of the wounds varies much, and niost of t'hem.are caused by shrap-, nel. It is remarkable, how healthy and strong the'fellows look, and how quickly after the' extraction' of foreign bodies their wounds heal, and the men .are able to go to a convalescent home." ■ The Minister of Defence has had a complaint, from Mrs. E. ,M. Williams, proprietress of Mahara House, Waikanae, concerning a statement alleged to have been mado by him that patients suffering from measles were being accommodated at her establishment. Mr. Allen wishes us to' state that ho has rievor mentioned Mrs. Williams's name or her house, and ' that no measles patients are being sent there. Somo patients, who aro convalescent and out of the infectious condition, havo been sont to Mrs. Hadfield's house somewhere in that neighbourhood, and that is probably how tho misapprehension has arisen. ... > A total of <17 members, of the Now Zealand Insurance Company's various staffs is at present engaged in military sorvice, either at tho front or in training. This number, moreover, is increasing; and hi addition thoro aro others availablg .for. poast defeucir re- , : ■,-o-;.....

Olio of tho most regrettable incidents' in connection with New Zealand's par-', ticipation in the war lias been related to an "Asliburton Guardian" reporter J Prior to leaving Egypt for tlio Dardanelles, a Now Zealand officer had a largo case packed with curios which he had purchased, together with certain of his personal elFocts. He wrote to his wifo, enumerating the articles in the case,' and stating that it "would be shipped from Egypt by a certain steamer re-, turning to New Zealand. Shortly after landing at tho Dardanelles, tho officer: was killed in action, and some days ago his widow raado inquiries regarding: the case, tho steamer by which it was ! to arrive having reached Wellington*: She learned that the. case, amongst sev-i oral others, was,in store at Wellington,! and sho gave instruction for it to be sent to her. It duly arrived, but hcr : great grief at the loss of lier husband was accentuated wlien sho found ,that, with tho exception of somo'of the letr ( ters she had written him (which ho", bad carefully treasured), the paso .waa: absolutely empty. ' . 1 ;

Dr. A. A., Martin, of I'almerstoir North, who has just returned from tha' front, will bo the guest of honour at' a Now Zealand Club luncheon on Wednesday next. Dr.'Martin'will speak on: what 'he taw in tho fighting lma o£ Franco and Flanders.

"Perhaps under the circumstances we, wjll dismiss the information, Mr. Barber, as you were working.for the Carnival,",- such wereytha words of His Worship at the ,Magistrate's Court' yester-. day to Mr. W. H. P, Barber, charged with leaving his motor-car with no competent person in charge. Defendant had explained that he had been out at the Hutt Valley canvassing for one of tho Carnival queens. Ho had returned late, and had left his .car for tern minutes outside the Grand Opora House, returning'to find a constable in charge* Under tho circumstances, the Magis* trate (Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M.) dis-i missed tho information.'

In asking .for-.'tho withdrawal of' charges of obstructing .drill"laid two boys in the Magistrate's.Court yesJ terday,. Sub-Inspector M'Kinnon said he was making this request ,as tho parents of the two boys had., already inflicted punishment ion their sons for their offences. "I am glad ,to see, tho parents taking a hand in the matter," remarked tlie Magistrate, as ha consented to tlio; application.

Ail indication of ."'American feeling respecting the attitude of ■ President. ■Wilson ovor the 'Lusitania is' given in a letter received from the United States by Mr. J. W. Walkce. Tho writer, after diecussiiig' the President's strong inclination for, peace at any price and dealing, with', what seemed to him to be'demanded of America, adds:—"if Wilson temporises, and .we take ,it lying down, I shall blush Kir my country as no mail should ever have .to do. T shall feel like repudiating my . citizenship and moving to England, where, so far as I' havo.heard open insults to the Fl.ag and' violent aggression by foreign Fovfes on citizens 1 , are. resented. t timo you get this' tlie issue will bo decided,' but I just want you.to know that practically' all real Anieriean§_l see feel .».s I do. If Wilson, takes it lying dow;\ he will have taken from us the riglvo not only to rank as'a great Power, but as anything but a heterogeneous mass of mixed 'Humanity dwelling in ;weakness together and:waiting for a mas-» ter. . .

A man was arrested by Mason yesterday on a charge of forgery and -uttering at .Greymouth. Another man was arrested by Detective Mason on a chargo of stealing ; clothing at Wellington. Both will appear in. Court this: morning.; ' . j Any. infornlation. of a'character Jilrely to bo serviceable 'about the New Zealand troops abroad may be obtained from the Inauiry Bureau which' has been established ht the Post are those people who go to no end of trouble to get into touch with the Defence;, Department! to : gain certain .in? formation which, is. beigg supplied on'' the instant to any; who care to call and inqriire. How to address cablegrams and letters, the best and cheapest:form' of, cabling, the official addresses .of every man.at tho front,' and in the case" of those reported wounded, next-of-kin-may forward two cable messages free of cost altogether. • At'.the Inquiry, Bureau' may also be registered changes in tho addresses of next-of-kin, changes , that .'are At, once -reported-to tho Defence Department. , .• . , I A special feature of tho British' Industries Fair at the Agricultural Hall,London, was a display of British-made model- locomotives and trains, and-' of equipment 'for miiiature .'."•railway =. sys-.. terns. This important branch of the" toy trade has for years been almost entirely : in German hands, and there, is one very large Nuremburg firm which has not only, supplied-tho bulk of the requirements of the British market, but has, also built up ,a large business in model steamers, . small electro-motors, - and other mechanical toys.. Some ;rears ago a determined attempt was made to boat: the German's,' and; tho Britishmado artiole is, so incomparably superior. that-- it is: worth the small extra; cost. But hitherto, the trade in cheap articles of the kind, which have far the Greatest sale, has been mainly in German hands v Now that our makers have got their opportuiiity, it is to'bo hoped that tho- Gorman" mechanical toy wilt be ; for over banislied, i as has alreadjy happened in the case :of the toy soldier Messrs. Baldwin and Rayward,'patent attorneys, of 215 lambton Quay, report that they have filed the following applications for' patent of Now Zealand r&« centlyS. D. Priest, Waima, Palliatua, electric' plant. current balancer; n. H. Chisholm, : Napier, 'extracting vegetable matter from■ woven fabrics; P. Sabatier and A., Mailhe, Toulouse, France, liquid hydro carbons convertinginfo volatile hydrocarbons; W. MT.; Rutbrauff. Chicago,. U.S.A., dentrifrico; J. F. Goddard, Holloway, London, cement; S. S. Allwill,. Hautapu, N.Z., railway trains stopping; W. Redman, Lyttelton, N.Z., receiving and reproducing sounds under water ; H. C>-Abbott, 1 Ponsonby, Auckland, N.Z.", foot wanner; W. Soott, iChrisfchurcli,'. : N.Z., cream separator friction, clutch; W. It. Sykes,-. Interlocking Signal ; Ltd., and It. i W- ■ Tarrant, Clapham, England, elect! trie relay; G. F. Blombery,' Sydney,■ N.S.W., paving and other surfaco com*, positions containing tar; W. Hirst,,■ Auckland,■/N.Z., counter-balancing win*; dow sashes. "'.'■'■ .