LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2899, 11 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Colonel Logan reports as follows, under date October 7, on the health of the troops at Samoa: —"Pte. Younf;,' vertigo; D. Gray, tinea cruris." Two cases of diphtheria at Day's Bay and one at Paekakariki have been reported in the last four weeks. ■ The following telegram has been sent by the Minister of Defence (Hon. James Allen) to General Sir Alexander Godley) "Sir Douglas Haig has reported that the New Zealand Division has always done_moro than, was asked of it, and that it has won universal confidence and admiration. Please, let officers and men know that we in NewZealand are proud of our soldiers, who have won for their country such high praise, and who have so nobly carried out to tho full all that was required of them. We grieve over the lost ones, and trust that the wounded may quickly be restored to health. Our confidence in the men who have been through so much has been splendidly vindicated, _ and we are certain their exampie will be readily followed by those who are eager to make up the losses. In those things of the greatest value New Zealand is richer to-day through the deeds of her sons."

Included in the passengers who arrived from Sydney by the Moeraki yesterday afternoon were eleven Tabitian recruits, who are being returned to Papeete from Noumea as unlit for active service. They are in charge of Lieut. Celeste Perrot, an officer who was twice wounded in the war, and who wears the French Military Cross as a reward for his gallant conduct o« the field..

New Zealand will be well represented at the Y.M.C.A. Conference, to be v held in Sydney, on October 18 to 21. Several delegates. will sail ou the Moeraki on Thursday. Auckland will be represented by Hon. G. Fowlds, Messrs. Chas. Rhodes, E. A. Rimmer, A. C. Caughey, Miss Rhodes, P. J. L. Kenny. Wellington: Messrs. D. H. George, C. S. Falconer. Christchurch: Mr. E. 0. Brownell, Mrs. E. C. Brownell, Milton: Mr. Wm. Moore. Dunedin: Mr. Mr. G. W. W. B. Hughes, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Adams, Messrs. G. M. Thomson, Wm. J. Bardsley. Invercargill: Messrs. J. B. M'Kinney, Baxter. Hastings: Mr. E. J. F. King. Wanganui: Mr. John M'Millan, Mrs. M'Millan. Hon. Gilbert Carson, M.L.C., Mr. Wm. R. Taylor. Melbourne: Messrs. D. A. Picken, M.A., A. P. Webster, Bank Australasia.

"Why are my rates increased?" was the substance, if not the language, of a ratepayer's demand on the Hutt County Council, which -met yesterday. The ratepayer, who was reckoned to be very much annoyed, is to receive the following srfft answer by way of reply: "The council thought fit to increase the rates to provide for increased expenditure."

The matter of the Petone catchment area (respecting the possibility of polluting which a good deal was recently heard) was before the Hutt County Council yesterday. The area has been disposed of by tho Government to a farmer, who proposes, to build a. house on it. The Petone Borough Council wrote asjeing the Hutt Council to prevent the farmer erecting a house there, but tho council took the "view that it had not the power to withhold a building permit in such a case as this.

A special rating district of the Hutt County is to be formed at Plimmerton for the purpose of establishing a sanitary service. Also, another special rating area is to be formed there so that certain improvements favoured by a meeting of Plimmerton residents held last Saturday can bp undertaken. A sum of £1000 is to be raised for the works.

Prison labour should, in the opinion of tho Rotorua Chamber of Commerco, 'be used in maintaining main arterial roads. The suggestion was conveyed by letter to the Hutt County Council yesterday, but the Hutt body resolved not to take any action in tlie matter. A protest against the voluntary system of securing men for military purposes was received by the Hutt County Council yesterday from tho Waitomo County Council. The Hutt councillors decided to take no action in tho matter.

| Mr. V. Lamer, of Auckland, a member of the Advisory Board of the Federated War Relief Societies, returned from a brief visit to Sydney by the Moeraki yesterday afternoon. During his stay in Sydney Mr. Lamer made it his business to inquire into the methods of disbursing relief moneys to returned soldiers ana their dependants, to Bee if there was anything to Be learned that would be of advantage to tho Auckland body, and possibly other societies in New Zealand. In the course of a brief chat, Mr. Larner said that the scale of relief in Sydney was decidedly more liberal than had been considered a fair thing in Auckland; which may havo been governed by the big funds they havo to handle. Their system, which appeared to bo a very ■satisfactory one, was aided firstly by a very fine body of honorary workers, who were giving a first-rate "account of themselves,_ and whose work tended very materially to keep down the cost of administration. Tho committees administering the Amelioration Fund were also assisted by selected Government officials, who were, just the right men, and who worked in complote harmony with the honorary assistants.

At yesterday's meeting of the Hutt County Council, it was reported that tho Day's Bay water and drainage proposal was still in abeyance.

A petition signed, by twenty-nine ratepayers was received by the Hutt ■County Council yesterday, asking tho Council to take over tho Maymoni tramway line and convert it into a road for the purpose of connecting Mansaroa railway station with the main Wairarapa roarl. The council decided to go over tho tramline to-day.

In Christchurch, according to the labour returns for lust week, there are a fair number of men out of work, but it is presumed that, some of them are .not prepared to take work which |is offering, as the same return shows that men are wanted for certain employment. •Thirty men sought work at the Wellington Labour Bureau last week, seven of them married and twentythree single. Sis of die married men ana nine of the single woro provided with work, all except two in private employment. Twenty of the applicants were labourers, eight were hotel workers, and two were carpenters. When,the members of the Wellington Education Board assemble in Wellington for this month's meeting they will probably go to the Minister of Education as a deputation seeking better technical school accommodation for the city.

Tho Wellington Savago Club's committee has decided to repeat its entertainment, "In tho Trenches," in aid of tho Red Cross funds, on tho evening of Saturday, Novomber 4, subject to Ihe consent of tho performers.

The Karori Borough Council is anxious to keep down tho cost of its sanitary service at the present time, aud at last night's meeting of the c oll y>cil a, request was made to householders to assist by refraining from depositing slops, cinders, etc., in certain receptacles. In fact, they were asked to exclude everything except that for whioh those particular receptacles are intended for. Since the establishment of the military camp at Featherston, the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board has received payments amounting to £1978 12s. from the Defence Department. According to telegraphic advico received from Bluff yesterday, tho I'aloona, which arrived there at 1 a.m. yesterday morning, brought a small English mail. Some eight or nine of the Parliamentary delegates who have been representing New Zealand and Australia on a visit to England aro leturning by the R.M.S. Maku-a, which is duo in Auckland on Monday morning next. The distribution of tho schedule for the forthcoming census is proceeding satisfactorily _ both in tho city and in the surrounding districts, and up to date 10,586 forms havo been placed with the_ householders. The officers engaged in the distribution are being asked all manner of questions, but an inspection of the form will show that full instructions are given to assist persons in completing the form.

Tho annual meeting of the Masterton Poultry, Pigeon, and Cage Bird Society was held on Monday evening. Mr. J. B. P. Sutherland was re-elected president, and the followiug committee was elected:—Messrs. T. W. Barnes. J. Bradbury, J. Dixon, F. J. Fellingham, W. 0. Gourlay, F. W. Heaven, R. O. Jarrett, R. Roulston, and R. G. Vile. It was decided to recommend to' the N.Z. Championship Association that a class in the utility section be provided for Sicilian buttercups. Twenty-two new members were elected.

0)1 a Brooklyn tramcar recently there was no seating room for a woman who entered the car, and a man, incidentally a returned soldier, rose to give the woman liis seat. Ho was slightly taken aback when the woman remarked, acidly: "Thank you, I don'ttake seats from shirkers." The ex-soldier took off the overcoat he was wearing, displaying a scarlet band on his arm, and resumed his seat, remarking: "I beg yonr pardon, I thought you wero a lady."

The "Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board had a credit balance on September 30 of £2179 3s. Id. The receipts for the half-year amounted to £10,147 Is. sd.

Four infantile paralysis cases from the Wairarapa are at present undergoing treatment in the Wellington Hospital.

The official opening of the Wairarapa Anzao Club at Feat liers toil, which is to take place on Monday afternoon nest, is expected to draw a large gathering of visitors A massed parade of about 4000 troops from the camp will bo an imposing feature of the proceedings. The Minister of Defence and the principal officers of the Forces_ will be present, and will be entertained by the Club Committee. Refreshments are also to, be provided for the_soldiors by a committee of ladies, and a concert will be held in the Social Hall in the evening.

"Washing jour dirty linen in public" Is a phrase that should never be used in refined society, unless it is expressly expressed to impress the fact that "No Rubbing Laundry Help" washes nil dirty linen spotlessly clean without rubbing or injury. "And so eay all of us!" Wellington Grocers.—Advt.