LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2717, 11 March 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Unregistered dogs are being- rounded up by the Oity Council officers, and yesterday several owners were proceeded; against in the Magistrates' Court. The summonses were withdrawn on payment of costs. The public is requested to note that owing to the annual picnic of employees, The Dominion Office will close at 11 a.m. to-day, and will reopen from 7i p.m. to 8 p.m. as usual. The Defence Minister has received thef ' following telegram from the High Commissioner:—"American Ambassador ropork fairly successful in supplying necessaries for comfort New Zealand prisoners of war. _ Have placed £500 at disposal Imperial authorities for this purpose. Corporal Ea'rles recovered during August; now in prisoners of war camp, I'ouzanti I Bilcmedik " The case of Corporal Earles was mentioned ai ■ few days ago in a telegram from Wanganui, and the information in tha " telegram is in reply to the Minister's inquiries regarding him. It Has come to our knowledge that an attempt lias' been mado within tbe past few days to pass off in exchange for goods one of tho forged £10 notes, that were circulated so freely in Auckland some three years ago. It is a Bank oi Now Zealand note, No. "169,943. Busi< ness people and otherti aro warned t<j examine all such notfcs very carefully; before cashing them. Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., have recently purchased a busiiiess site in Queen Street, Auckland. They intend erecting a four-storied warehouse in keeping with their otter houses in New Zealand. Two prisoners—Gordon Stuart Masoa and R.hoda. Randall Davidson—who pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, * in tho Magistrate's Court on Wednesday last, will appear in the Supreme Court for sentence on Monday morning. At yesterday's meeting of the Makarai County Council .a circular was received from the War Necessities Committee - with regard to the sale of liquor in war time and the early closing movement as far as the bars are concerned. The circular included the planks of the campaign: (1) That a wet canteen be established at all military camps in the Wellington military district during the period of the war j and (2) that all hotel and club bars in. the Wellington military area be closed 1 for the - sale of spirituous liquors between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. during the period of the present war. A blank petition form for signatures of those subscribing to the above was also enclosed. The circular was received, and it was agreed to geb signatures to the petition. Up till .the present the War Relief Association has dealt with 140 applications for relief, and the work continues To thicken up, so that Mr. S. Wills (the secretary), who has been getting along with tho assistance of a typist, is to be given further • clerical assistaiico. Mrs. J. B. Kl'Ewen, who has been • appointed honorary inspector of tho association, has been doing invaluable investigation work, not only in inquiring into such cases that have come under. the notice of the association, but in "digging out" cases, and bringing their needs before tho committee. One recent case she discovered was that of a woman, whose husband (a labourer) had gone to the war, leaving only part, of his wages for the support of herself and five small children. Assistance was at onco granted. Mr. Wills says that there are many of such cases, and the separation allowance of 6d. per day, per child will be a very real help to i many a poor struggling woman, and tha nooner it is granted the better. Children at Masterton aro collecting empty bottles in aid of the Wounded Soldiers'- Fuiid. One hundred dozen bottles comprised one day's haul, this being (as an exchange points out) in a Xo-License district.