LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2914, 28 October 1916, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Poßtal authorities advise that the . s'.s. ' Moeraki, ' which 6aijed from Sydney'at noon oil October-26 for Wellington, --carrying Australian'--"mails only, is due here on Monday.-".

According to a paragraph in the current issue of the "Public Service Journal," the Treasury has announced that' the second instalment of the war bonus will be paid during the last week of ■November. ~ .....

The referendum regarding the con : scription issue takes place in Australia to-day. The New-Zealand Patriotic Society has-cabled as.follows to. tie Hon.. W. M. Hughes, • Prime Minister of Australia:.—."New Zealand Patriotic Society feel confident' Australia will vote right for Empire to-morrow. Best wishes for success. ' .(Sgd.) Tlios. M. Wilford, chairman; Joseph Lewis, general secretary."

Afc. a time when the limelight is playing conspicuously on the • man .who deliberately refuses, to serve his-country,. a'rcmarK made by tho Secretary of the. Returned Soldiers' Association in Auckland as to the re-enlistment of wounded ATizacs is of particular Interest, "livery i-einforccment which Jeaves now, takes away 'a certain number .of returned men," said Mr. Andrews. "Some of them.have_boon wounded at. Gallipoli, some sick in Egypt; .but they are all eager to.get back. A couple.of men remarked to me sis months -ago. that no monoy on earth would ever .induce them to take on. fighting again, but 6inco' the news of the doings of our boys in France has <ome through they have both thrown tip their work and got back into khaki.. They said they had done their part on the peninsula, and so earned the right to'have a.say. in the great doings in France!"

In the Magistrate's Court yesterday (says our Masterton • correspondent) Bert Kelleheo, ex-licensee of the Tinui Hotel, was fined £20 for having draught whisky on his shelves in bottles labelled "Buchanan's whisky;"

Tho secretary of St. John Ambulance Association acknowledges the-sum of £145 from.tho AVairarapa Caledonian Society, being a donation towards tho further upkeep of the AVairarapa Motor Ambulance, which was donated by the Wairarapa Patriotic-Society for service in France.

At a meeting'of the Wellington Harbour Ambulance Division, held on Thursday last, a resolution was passed that the division urge the board to support the chairman's alternative scheme for a motor ambulance for the solo uso of tho Wellington waterfront,'. as no other scheme can meet the requirements of the waterfront..

It is understood that tho names of certain people known to have played golf on Sunday on the municipal links at Berh'ainporo since, the prohibitory by-law came into operation have been furnished the Town - Clerk,' and that prosecutions will follow.

It is understood that a deputation will wait upon, the City Council at its next meeting to urge the council to adopt the principal of proportional representation .in connection with municipal .elections. ■

At a meeting of the Central Executive of tho Modtrato League, held yesterday, Mr. D. M. Findlay was elected to the office of president, rendered vacant by tho death of the late Mr. A. A. Stuart Menteath.. Mr. J. B. Harcourt, acting.-chairm.an, in pro-, posing the election of the new president, said that tho members of the league we're to bo congratulated on having secured Mr. Findlay's consent to nomination. He felt sure that a more able "man could not be found to fill tho position; '.The established itself in- auimporfanfrplace in public estimation, and, with the advent of Mr. Findlay to the presidential chair, its supporters could rely on a vigorous and progressive policy being maintained.

At a meeting held in the Hibernian Hall, Christchurch, on Thursday night, to discuss the distress in 'Dublin, it was decided, on the motion of Mr. L. M. Isitt, M.P., that all friends of Ireland should be urged to contribute to alleviate the distress. A motion _by Mr. D. G. Sullivan was also carried, that the ■ draws ■ attention to the fact that tho generous sacrifices made by Ireland in-tho Empire's battles justified her people's claim for the fulfilment of the promise of Home Rule.—Press Association.

The afternoon of December 15 has been fixed as the time and date for the breaking up of the Boys' College, at' which function His Excellency the Governor is to be asked to preside.

A man named George E. Clarke, residing at Tully Street, Kilbirnie, was admitted to the Hospital last night, suffering from exposure. It is stated that he wa found on Mount Victoria by some boys, who informed the police that the man had been on the hill- for,, some days. Clark, who. is a saddler, was Hated last night to be in a critical condition. ■• '

A resident of Midhirst claimed damages from the Taranaki Education; Board at their meeting on Wednesday, in • respect of three heifers which, he said, lost their lives through licking paint from the grass at Radnor school. The- writer said tho paint had been spilt by the board's carpenters. The heifers were value at .£ls. The overseer said it was debatable whether the cattle should have been near tho spot. The matter was referred to the chairman for his report. ,

Some interesting particulars of the training'Tccoivcd by candidates for commissions in the Royal Flying Corps have been given by a Now Zealander at ono of the schools in England (savs the "Now Zealand Herald"). "We have a- hard time of it as -regards work," he writes. "After studying for a month, there is an examination on tho twenty-five subjects- on which, lectures have been given. '-It- -means "several hours a day Teal study. Have' to Morse eight words a minuto. On leaving her© you- are posted to v any flying squadron that you would like to go to, provided there is a vacancy. Remainthere four or five weeks flying,- and you pass a Lewis machine-gun examination, and Morse twelve words " a minute. . Then .being .-a. qualified flyer,. : ;yp'tt go : to'' Hythe. for training; in ■ the' machine-gun for two weeks —most exciting, as the shooting is done whilst flying past a target— : at tho _ end. of. which, time you _ are ready for Franco as a fully qualified' airman. ; The pay is. very liberal—an allowance of £50 for outfit,' and 7,5. fid. a day, .with Is. 3d. allowance while,.in training. .The messing costs 4s. 9d. a day. As soon as one commences flvinc.oue gets 4s. .6d.. a day extra, and when qualified £1 a day—in France it increases t0.255. 9d. a day for a sub-lieutenant, and at the end of each year the £150 bonus is added to that—so there.you are!" .