LOCAL AND GENERAL
Tho following copy of a district circular issued on January 21 appears in Battalion Orders:—"l am directed to inform you that iio officer will be appointed on probation to the subsequent Reinforcements, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, or is to bo recommended for appointment on probation to the subsequent Reinforcements, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, unless at tho time of going into camp he has held a commission for at least one year. _ Previous instructions as to the service an officer must have before being eligible for appointment on probation to Reinforcements are hereby cancelled."
A number of people who were enjoying the sun on the outer wall of Te Aro Baths yesterday claim to have Been a school 1 of five sharks swim past the bath in the direction of Oriental Bay. One of those .ivho saw the sharks states that the biggest of the monstors was well over 15ft. in length, whilst the smallest'was, he estimated, not less than Bft.' ■ ! . Dr. Valintine, Chief Health- Officer and Inspector-General of Hospitals, stated yesterday that no cases of infantile paralysis, similar to the outbreak at Auckland, had been reported in Wellington. Grass-seeders, ballast workers, and labourers are reported by tho Labour Department to be in demand in Canterbury, and there is difficulty in getting reliable nifcn willing and suitable to undertake such work.
Octopi are fairly numerous in and around Wellington Harbour this summer. Fishermen, amateur and professional, ..have pulled them up from tlio deep with unusual frequency this season. It is generally assumed that the octopus is found in the vicinity of rocks, which afford the terrifying creature a firm hold for its tentacles, hut there have been instances where those repellent denizens of the sea have been hauled up on a line in the open. One gentleman was fishing in the entrance off Scorching Bay this week, and feeling a. sluggish weight on his line, pulled in, only to find a baby octopus clinging to the line, which it released as soon as it left the water. ' Another octopus with tentacles two feet in length was recently pulled in by a man fishing off the Karaka Bay wharf.
The State Labour_ Department; considers that the position of employment in' New Zealand is remarkably good. 11l -Wellington last, week there were S3 applicants for work, and every one of them were placed. Christchurch had forty-eight applicants, sixteen of whom were placed; Auckland, forty-threo applicants, eight of whom were placed; and in 'Dunedin, five of the nine who sought employment got it. At Oamaru, Invercargill, Wanganui, an 3 Greymouth there were a few applicants, and all were placed, At New Plymouth, Masterton, Napier, and Palmerston North, there "were no applicants. The harvesting is reported by the State Labour Department to have absorbed a large proportion of the unemployed in Now Zealand, olid there is at present a demand for harvesters ; in Otago. It lias been reported to the City Council by the Baths Committee that a difficulty lias arisen during the present summer owing to the shortage of ladies bathing accommodation at Lyall and in order to fully "utilise the sheds on tlio beach, the committee recommended tlio amalgamation of tlio two clubs operating at Lyall Bay, and meanwhile that a letter should be sent to the Lyall Bay Surf Club, asking whether they -will permit their shed'to be used for ladies. The committee's recommendation has been adopted by tljo council. So great was the heat on Wednesday that one of the railway lines a short distance from Himataugi Station buckled and caused a delay of nearly rm hour in the arrival of the 1.30 p:m. Palmerston train, writes the "Manawatu Eer- . aid " The buckled rail was fortunately noticed before the train arrived at the locality, thus preventing a more serious happening . The Masterton Fire Brigade intends sending a team to compete at the district demonstration to be held at Woodville at Easter. ,
The fixing of dates for the resumption of tho wool sales at Dunedin and Wellington was yesterday brought under the notice of tlie Prime Minister, fclio Itight Hon. W. F. Massey, who remarked that it was an indication that tho position as regarded tho amount' of ftfcico available in overseas boats was improving. Tliera 'was, however, still a somewhat serious shortago of space. Tho Prime Minister will he interviewed by representatives of tho wool brokers this morning.
TJie Auckland City Council has, states a Press Association message, resolved to eend a circular to all single men in its employment who have not enlisted ,or been rejected, calling upon them to seriously consider their duty ,to the Empire by offering themselves for activo sen-ice.
A. list of successful tenderers for stores for railway dining cars in the Wellington districts is gazetted. The names of the accepted tenderers are:— Biscuits, etc., It. Hudson and Co., Ltd. j: cheeses', Brown, Barrett, and Co.; coffee and spices, Empire -Manufacturing' Co., Ltd., Since ton's, Ltd., Windsoi Manufacturing Co.; jams, J. H. Hinton and Co.; picklch, etc., l'\ WhitlocK and Sons, Whittome, Stevenson, and Co., Ltd., Brown, Barrett, and Co., Win. Taylor and Sons, Ltd. ; sugar, Hutchinson Bros., Ltd., Empire Manufacturing Co.; tea,_ _ Colombo Tea Co.; tinned fruits, Whittome, Stevenson and Co.; tinned vegetables, Hutchinson 8r05.,Brown, Barrett, and Co.; groceries, Empire Manufacturing Co., Colombo Tea Co., Brown t Barrett, and Co., Windsor Manufacturing Co., Smeeton's," Ltd., Robert ltew, and Hutchinson Bros.
Certain feport-s in circulation with reference to enemy trading were mentioned yesterday to tho Prime Minister, the Right Hon. W. F. Massey, who spoko with emphasis on the matter. "If any citizen, commercial man or otherwise," he said, "knows of any case or even any suspected case of. trading with the enemy I shall be very glad if he will give the Government particulars,' because wo are determined to" put a stop to anything of the kind. We have dono a great deal already, although I can well imagine more requires to be dono. Goods may find their way to America, and then come to New Zealand stamped as articles of American origin. Wo have ample powers and we are prepared to exercise them."
Tho Mayor's reference to further improvements contemplated for Day's Bay 111 the course of his remarks at the staff picnic held there yesterday, involves the consideration of a complete water and drainage scheme for the residential portion of the Williams Park estate that now comes within tho purview of the Wellington City Corporation's activities. There is a reservoir 011 tho hillside to the south-west of the pavilion at present which serves some of the residences, and is greatly valued by-all who benefit by it, but the scheme of reticulation has necessarily been one of haphazard construction, and is not comprehensive. During tho present year the City Engineer (Mr. W. H. .Morton) will go thoroughly into the matter of a complete water and drainage scheme, so that all data will bo prepared against the time when this costly work can be carried out. As the area is within the confines of the Hntt County Council it is assumed that the cost of the proposed work will be borne by that body.
A new moving picture, entitled "A Maori Maid's Love;" taken at llotoraa, has been screened in Sydney, and is said to be considerably above many of the imported pictures ill quality. The Sydney "Sun" says: "'A Maori Maid's Lovo' is unquestionably the best moving picture produced up to date at this end of the world, and Mr. Longford's next attempt should prove even more successful. But even if lie should make no" improvement there would be little need for importing films while Australia can make her own of such a standard."
"This is one of the worst things about' the service," said a passenger to Day's Bay by the Duchess, when the steamer moved away from the Rona Bay wharf. It reached that pier at 3.6 p.m., but did not leave again in continuation of its journey to Day's Bay until 3.25 p.m., though there was nothing doing, and' the majority of the passengers were booked to Day's : Bay. Just why the steamer'should be delayed so long at "tho home port" many people would like to know.
Those who take an interest in the inhabitants of the City Zoo -will-regret, to learn that the sea lioness, which gave birth to a cub about 'five weeks ago, was found dead in a pool of blood at: the side of the pond on • Thursday morning. A 6 there are no exterior signs of a wound, the City authorities' have ordered a post-mortem examination to he made by a veterinary surgeon, in ordor to determine- the cause of doatli. The lioness, which ivas brought from the' Auckland Islands by Captain. Hooper, of the Government training ship Amokura, had showed no signs of sickness. The .cub is now being fed on cow's milk, but aa to whether it will thrive on it is a matter for doubt.
Tlie question of proceeding with tha work of providing water supply and sanitation for about 400 acres of Karori Borough and a portion of Day's Bay lias been occupying the attention of the City Council. The idea is for the council to engineer and, carry out the work, and the local bodies concerned (Karori Borough and Hutt County Council) to pay the cost. It is understood t!hat the City Council is prepared to facilitate matters, and that the question will now go before the other bodies.
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