LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2638, 8 December 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Reporting on the health of the garrison at Samoa, Colonel Logan gives the following particulars:—Corp], jt Swann, enterioj Ptes. R. W. Simpson, renal calculus ; F. Quainton, catarrhal jaundico; n. A. Finch, bronchitis. .Corpl. iswann is not yet out of danger. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, applying for the oonsent of the Governor-in-Council to the transfer to the War Relief Association of Wellington of moneys now held by you or which may hereafter be paid to you I s Mayor of the. City of Wellington on behalf of wounded soldiers and 6ailors, etc., and moneys now held bv you and the Hon. J. 6. W. Aitken, or which, may hereafter be held by you as trustees' tor. the Wellington Patriotic Society, which society has collected the moneys on behalf of wounded soldiers ctnd sailors, etc. In reply, I have to inform you that in terms of Section 18 of the War Funds Act, 1915. His Excellency the Governor-in-Council has consented to the transfer of the above-mentioned ear Relief Association of Wellington."

The net proceeds of the Roeo and nS? 11 ™ 1011 ow held last month was £71 18s., and of this £35 19s. has boen handed over to the Mayor's Fund for the "Wounded Soldiers' Fund, and the ualanoe, £35 195,, is to be spent on the Rosary at the Newtown Zoo.

In connection with the transfer of funds donated to the fund for the relief of wounded soldiers aind sailors and their dependents through His Worship the Mayor, Mr. Luke 6tated yesterday that in reply to a letter forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. G. W. ltussell), the following reply had been received:—

Commencing on Christmas Day, the annual conference and camp in connection with the Dominion Presbyterian Bible Class Union will be held at Palmerston. It will last a little over a week. Owing to a large number of the male members having gone to the war, the attendance this year is not expected to be equal in numbers to that at other conferences in recent years, but the total attendance will probably he between 600 and 700.

Consideration was given by tho Wellington Jewellers' Union on Monday uiglit to tho recent Order-in-Council prohibiting fclie importation or exportation of unset diamonds. It was decided to convene a meeting of manufacturers, importers, and members of the union to consider the question of securing a repeal of tho Order. Referring to conscription, the union passed the following resolution:—"That this union is of opinion that the matter of conscription should not be considered in this country until such time as it has been decided by the British authorities."

Tho conference of delegates from various waterside workers' unions in New Zealand was continued in the Accountants' Oliambers, Johnston Street, yesterday. Tho question of the formation of a Waterside Workers' Federation wa» discussed. It was finally decided that the delegates should advise thoir respeetivo unions to join tho New Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation. Yesterday tho conference discussed the question of amending the rules which have been revised by a committoo of sis.

On October 27 New Zealand's cruiser. H.M.S. Philomel, was at Aden, and British offioors and prominent citizens of that port were entertained by a concert party from tho ship. Messrs. Johnston and Co., Ltd., nil! offer 865- bales of wool at the nest Wellington wool sale. For flexibility, springing, silence, power, and beautifully evon torque, it is impossible to beat the eight-cylinder King. This car may be inspected at the garage of Tho Dominion Motor Vehicles, Ltd G5 Courtenay Place, or -H-1G Tory Street. If you oannot call personally, write or 'phone for a demonstration or catalogues, whifih ;v|ll willingly bo scat rou freo of (OSto-Afati 1

''For the winter we are having hutg built," writes a Wellington soldier from Anzac Cove, "so that in the matter of accommodation we won't be too badly off. The winter here is supposed to bs pretty violent, so plenty of protection will be essential. Matters just now (October 1) are very quiet here. Nothuig doing at all. Sometimes you can't oven hear a allot, but there are occa* sional artillery duels, at times in tlia dead of night. Wo appear to'be sitting on a fence awaiting developments." „ - A^ r ' J- Lewis, secretary of the New Zealand Parotic Society, ] la s received a letter from Colonel A. B. Oliartres, N ? w Zealand baso Al MMdrm, in which reference \vJ?]fiTrrf Mr CMain Frandi, of Wellington:— X suppose you have heard a R o°d deal of the death of poor Frandi," he says. "And yet I r'X suppose the term 'poor' is wrong, for if anyone died hravelv Tie did. . , T always had a hidi opinion of Frandi, and I am pleased to say that under closer contact, as his 0.0. in Trentham nnd on the troopship, I never lost it— '' n - y > it increased. When wo reached IlSvpt his company was a joy to see— j: el ' l disciplined and well trained. When the Mam Body returned from the Suez Canal, and the 2nd Reinforcements were absorbed, the late Colonel Mnlono tested tho capacity of Frandi's Com. pany by a small scheme. At the con. elusion the colonel expressed to me his gratification at, and congratulations on, the training the men had received, and these were conveyed to Frandi, who had done the work. The result, was that frandi was almost immediately an. pointed to fill a vacancy ; n rpiri. ment. and accordinglv left TVvnt aa one of the captains of the Wellington J l .™' Every boy who has served with him says the same: Tlint a brnre r mani .never set. foot on Gallinoli. Fia relatives and friends hav» the connola» t'on of krowino that ho died jib a bravo officer mid gentleman would wish to die. No oßir/ir was irore universally regretted bv hi* mq +bnn "

A Press Association message from Sydney relates that Mr. E. V. Hall, of the staff of our evening contemporary, who recently arrived in Sydney to be married, armed with a New Zealand Government permit, proposed to return with his wife by the Moeraki on Thursday, which is the last sailing which will enable him to fulfil the conditions of his permit. It appears, however, that the New Zealand permit, is not sufflcient, and that he must obtain an Aus-. Italian passport. Th© Customs authori* ties in Sydney so far have declined to give him an assurance wh. her ouch passport will be issued by Thursday. Mention of a big water power scheme (the harnessing of the Akatarawa stream) m the Hntt Valley was made by Sir Joseph Ward (Minister for Finance) when opening the Upper Hutt [lower show yesterday. He said' that there had for some little time been established in: the South Island a mag. mficent electrical system, where the water forces coming from Lalte Coleridge were harnessed and utilised. The Lake Coleridge scheme had proved to be an immense success, and the statutes contained power to extend the idea by applying it to tho North Island. Some people had been doubtful whether the Lake Coleridge and other schemes would be useful and financially practioable Now they were not so very far oft the time when the water forces ' S runnin g to waste in the Hutt Valley would be harnessed up and made valuable, not only to residents of the Valley, but to the City of Wellington as well. As a result of the scheme property in the Hntt Valley would bo inoreased in value. It was a very fine thing for the people to realise the great future m store for this part of the country. For that matter, there was a great future ahead of the whole of New Zealand. Ours was a wonderfully favoured country. Providence had been good to New Zealand, and had bountifully endowed it with an ample supplyi-. of water from tho heavens and in the rivers, with a result that the ooiintry was one of the most prolific producers in the world. We knew there was a terrible war raging, and that only a ■ few thousand miles of sea separated us from the scene of operations, but except for the Press and the recruiting we might not know that a conflict was )? progress. People in every walk of life in New Zealand were carrying on their occupations just as if no struggle was'proceeding. Yet- our hearts were beating in unison with the hearts of the other parts of the Empiro in regard to the Empire's struggle for supremaoy.

Christmas is fast drawing near. The women folk should inspect our stoofc of nicely-finished silk handkerchiefs, with initials, at 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. Geo, Fowlds, Ltd., Manners Street.—Adrt.