LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2903, 16 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

This morning every bousoiiolder, and every other person who is required to do so, should have filled in his census schedule. The collection of the schedules will begin in the City area to-day, and 1 will probably be completed before the end of the week. ~i

A wireless message has been received from the captain of the Riverine stating that he expects his vessel to arrive at Wellington from Sydney at 10 a.m. to-day. The Riverina is bringing an Australian mail only.

The Makura is expected to arrive at [ Auckland from Vancouver at 6 a.m. today with a large European mail. Provided she arrives in time, the southern portion of . the mail should reaoh | Wellington to-morrow morning. Four charges under the War Regulations in regard to anti-shouting will be hoard in the Magistrate's Court this week. •> An analysis of the religious denominations of the members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces now at the front was given by Bishop Averill at the Auckland Anglican Synod on Thursday last. He stated that the force is composed as follows: —Anglicans, 53 per cent, (not quite); Presbyterians, 26 per cent, (not quito) - } Roman Catholics, 13 per cent, (not quite); Methodists, 5 per cent, (not quite); Baptists, 1 per cent. ; Congregationalists, } per cent.; Salvation Army, 1 per cent, (less than); Jews, one-ninth per cent.; other denominations, li per cent. A sum of £20 has been subscribed by members of the Savage Club and handed to' Captain-Chaplain Mullineux, to assist his work with the military Forces, the Chaplain having indicated a special purpose for which he needed financial assistance. ■ j The anniversary services in connection with the Kolburh Presbyterian Church woro held yesterday. The pulpit was occupied in the morning by the Rev. A. Reader, Mr. R. A. Wright, M.P., preached in the afternoon, and the Rev. A. B. Hunt at night. Special hymiis wero sung at all services. Subscribers to the telephone exchange are,notified that unless their accounts are paid by noon to-day they will be cut off. A very offective trap for the unwary is provided by tarring operations which are being carried out in certain Christchurch cjty streets. One of the latest victims (says a Christohurch paper) was a. usual very trim "buttons at a certain hotel. Gallantly he cycled along the .street, and then essayed a dignified approach to the hotel entrance, across' an area, of shining black tar. But, in the language, of the golf links, his approach was. bad. He sliced his drive, and then it was a case of one down and two to play. The cycle went one way, the "buttons" another. As he slid along the surface of the tar, with his face to tho sky, his feet shot higher into the air. When at last he came to rest' his head and shoulders were in the tar. He was bunkered. Let a veil be drawn over the subsequent sufferings of that once trim youth.

The result of the competition for the best designs for the Sargeant Art Gallery, to bo erected in Wanganui as part of a new civic centre in that city, places Mr. Edmund Anscombe, of Dunedin, in a very flattering position. In all 33 designs, sent in from all parts of Now Zealand and from Sydney, were adjudicated upon. The assessor (Mr. Hurst-Seagar, of Christchuroh) awarded Mr. Anscombe first place with 166 marks, Mr. H. M. Helm, of Wanganui, coming second with 149 marks, Messrs. W. G. and J..8. Young, of Wellington, third with 143 marks, and Mr. C. Winter, of Sydney,..fourth with 131. TV estimated cost of the work to Mr. Anscombe's design is £10,800. As a result of the appointment of a number of Magistrates as chairmen of Military Service Boards, certain alterations in the locality of Magistrates have been. made. Mr. E. Page, S.M., Whangaroi, has taken chargo of Thames district, in place of Mr. F. J. Burgess, chairman of the Auckland Board; Mr. L. G. Reid will replace Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, chairman of tho Wellington Board, at Wellington; Mr. W. Kerr (Wanganui) will replace Mr. Reid in tho Wairarapa; and Mr. J. G. B. Hewitt (Tkihape) will carry on the duties of the combined Taihape and Wanganui districts. Washboard slavery completely abolished, thanks, to "No fiubbine Laundry Help." Is. package sufficient fov ecrcn weekly washings. JUO guarantee that it will not injure tho Eneat fabrics. E. Sinclair,—Adyfc,

Owing to the news of the death in France of Pte. Fred. Allen, son of Mr. H. F. Allen, secretary of the Industrial Association, the meeting of the association called for to-night has been postponed.

Mr. H. S. Alpe, the veteran road walker, of Christchurch, is a* visitor to Wellington: He intends to attempt to lower his own 21 miles record on Labour Day, beginning his long tramp at the Upper Hutt and finishing at- the Labour Day sports on Newtown Park, Mr. Alpo established his 21 miles record in 3i hours on the Papanui-North Canterbury Road thirty years ago. He is now fifty years of age, and believes ha can break his own record.

Trafalgar Day, October 21, is to ho fittingly celebrated in Wellington. The Navy League has made arrangements for the school children to view a programme of pictures suitable to the occasion at the King's Theatre on Satuiday afternoon. There will be a minimum charge for admission. A similar entertainment will be offered at the Star Theatre, Newtown. In the evening at the Town Hall a popular gathering will be held. The Savage Club Orchestra and several prominent vocalists are to assist; the Ladies' Auxiliary Committee will present, an elaborate pageant under the direction of_ Mrs. Hannah, with musical accompaniment. Admission to the hall is free, but a limited number of front seats may bo reserved at the Bristol Piano Co.

Mr. F. V. Fail, secretary of the Dunedin Boilermakers' Union, reports an extraordinary experience, writes the Dunedin correspondent of a Christchurch paper. Eleven years ago last February, whilst at his work, a chip flew from a hammer bead, scarred his nose and entered his right eye. Attempts to extract the chip with a magnet failed, and as the eye could not he retained with safety it wag taken out by a specialist, -who found the wound of exit at the back of the eye, indicating that the bit of steel had gone into the head; in other words, the surgeon could not find the foreign fragment. Mr. Fail suffered much from headaches since, and, of course, he has been anxious as to what course the chip was taking. .These troubles ended a month ago last Monday. Prior to that a little sore appeared in the lower lip. Some suggested it might be cancer. Gradually the sore came to a head, and on the day mentioned a foreign object dropped out. It emerged in one piece, of a shape that fitted the face of the hammer, but it had corroded and was of the quality of a metal husk, so that it broke in two when handled. The doctor says that the recovery of the cliip is very interesting, but not surprising, and he congratulates Mr. Fail that the steel travailed in a safe direction, instead of passing backwards into the brain.

On several occasions the Minister of Internal Affairs has received from secretaries of/patriotic societies communications drawing attention to- the cost of funerals of returned soldiers. In some cases these soldiers have died while still in the forces, and away from -their homes, and their relatives have been put to considerable expense in coimeotion with their funerals. This matter was brought before the War Funds Council last week, and it was resolved that in cases where a recommendation 16 received from the patriotic society in the district where the soldier resides, a grant of £10 will he made by the council towards the funeral expenses. This, however, will apply only to soldiers who die while in the service, and does not apply to soldiers who have heen discharged before their death..

The following officers have heen elected by the. Wairarapa Automobile Association:—Patron, Hon. , Sir Walter Buchanan, M.L.C.; president, Mr. Martin Elgar; vice-presidents, Messrs. T. E. Maunsell, W. Howard Booth (Carterton), A. J. Toogood, A. Tocker (Featherston); treasurer, Mr. A. C. Holms: auditor, Mr. J. M. G. M'Kenzie, F.1.A., N.Z.;' committee, Messrs. A. M. Broadbent, H. A. Bunny, H. E. Jackson, H. M. B. Trapp, G. Hughan, F. C. Bunny (Carterton), W. Benton, H. H. Stewart, G. T. Stewart, S. Cundy. Rev. J G. S. Batrtett, C. J. Oarlyon (Featherston), W. A. Hutton and F. J. White (Greytown). The membership of this association has increased in four years from 89 members to 230 members. 1

The "Sports" Suit is tho suit of comfort; allows freedom of action. 425. 6d., at .Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., Manners Street— Advt. '•