LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3043, 2 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Easter leave will not mean an. extra holiday in the military training camps except in. a fow instance's. . The Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Reinforcements at Trentham will be given leave or will not, according to the exigencies of their training. The Twentyfifths and Twenty-sixths, in camp at Featherston, have already '• gone on their extended leave, which will include Easter. The other draft in training is the Twenty-sevenths, now at Featherston, which has just hnen. mobilised. It is understood that these troops will bo given a limited amount of leave at Easter.

Two men, a father' and. his son, were arretted at Upper Butt by Constable M'Eolm on Saturday on a charge of sheep-stealing. They will be brought, before the Court this morning and remanded.

A- Masterton butcher, who desired to start in the butchery business, has been informed by th© Board of Trade that it 'is not proposed to supply any new business with meat from the Imperial hooks. The board is of opinion that in tho_ public interests tho number of rotail shops should not he increased during the currency of the war- ,

It is stated in Masterton that the greatest difficulty is bedng experienced in obtaining Exillod labourers and tradesmen, and /men of this class can almost obtain any wag<s3 they choose to demand. Asked by an "Age" reporter what class o: labour was in greatest demand by farmers, tho local representative of ihe Labour Department stated that sinco 'shearing had ceased there had been practically no applications for 'lslvsurers of any Kind, though, as 'a matter of fact, few men wero available for employment.

The aviation. school established uoar Christcliurch by tho Canterbury Aviation Company was visited on Saturday by Sir James Allen. The Acting-Prime Btated later that he had been greatly impressed with tho grounds. They seemed to bo bettor than the grounds at Hendon, in England. They wore, in faofc, excellent.

Nelson apples,'' "direct from grower to consumer, are being offered in trisborno at 2<L per pound by the case.

• Negotiations have recently been completed for the permanent housing of Fullers' Vaudeville Company •in His Majesty's Theatre, Christchurch. Of late years the variety headquarters in tho Cathedral City has been the Op&ra House, but as this .once-popular theatre is not now; large enough to accommodate the big increase of patronago vaudeville now receives, a change of residence has been necessary*

It is very likely that in the near future the spinning industry will make its appearance in .'Wellington. The Ladies' Auxiliary of tho Navy League have been inquiring into the possibilities, and have taken active stops in the matter, with tho result that the arrangements ate on {Ee point of corn-' pletioru Some time ago spinnipg was introduced into Melbourne and Sydney with most successful results.

, Three more workers' dwellings aro shortly to be erected in Masterton.,

An orphanage is shortly to be estabb'shed in Masterton by the Methodist Church, to serve the whole of tho Wellington provinces, says our sjwrial correspondent. It will be available for both boys and girls, and preference will be given to the'children of soldiers who. have fallen at the front.

i The' Military Service Appeal Board will again sit in Mastortou <jn Tuesday and \Vodnesday..

A number of offers have been made ib tie Government lately ef motor, ambulanoes for use at the front, bub Sir Jomcß Allen has, sayß a- Press Association telegram from Dunedin, received word from General Richardson, in Ebndon, that, the New Zealard Army Nursing Sorvice lias all the motor ambulances lit requires at present.

Councillor Frost-has given liotico to move, at the next, meeting of the City Oounoil. "That, in viow of the extra fares onarged by the Karori Borough Council over its lines on Sundays, whioli addition materially affects the large number of citizens visiting Northland and the cemetery on that day, and jwhercas the borough reaps an .undue advantage thereby, the city making no oxtra charge for the running, although paying time and a half; to the employees, the borough bo informed that 1 the running rates for Sunday will be increased to double the present rate of Is: Id. per oar mile unless the extra fares be at onco discontinued." There were no bankruptcies in Wellington during March of this year- nor wero there any in, March of last sear. For the last,three months ended with March there has been one bankruptcy this year, and last year there wero three. Atithe annual meeting of the Retail Soft Goods Employees' Union the following officers were elected; president, Mr. A., J. Humphries ; vice-president, Mr. T. Plant; treasurer, Mr. G. P; Mawson; committee, Miss Alcock, Messrs. A'. H. Wheatley, A. L. Kelly, G..Monkhou6e, and H. Power.

No bankruptcies were recorded in the Wairarapa for the month, of March. Only two have been recorded for the first quarter of the year, against four for the same period last year.;.

The Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, heard further ovidence on Saturday in a long-standing case, L. F. "Wallis and Co., Ltd., v. !The Dominion Motor Vehicles, Ltd. --The dispute, in which £9875 was claimed for alleged breach of contraot, was last before the Court in July, 1916. Cyril D. Bradford, re. presenting the manufacturers of the | Chevrolet car, was on Saturday called | to givo evidence as to his part in certain negotiations regarding the agency j for a particular model. Mr .C .P. | Skerrefct, K.C., appeared for the plaintiffs, and Sir John Findlay, K.C., and i M'\ Da M. Findlay for the defendants.

The rainfall registered in Masterton for the month of March (52 points) was the lowest recorded for six years. For the quarter ending Maroh 31, 6.28 inches have fallen, compared with 6.29 inches last year. .

Tho value of Latin and Greek was under discussion at a sitting_of the First 'Otago Military Service Board on Friday, when the Rev.; Andrew Cameron, as Chancellor of the University of Otago, appeared to support an appeal for exemption till the end of October for Thomas Dagger Adams, Professor of Latin and Greek, who had voluntarily enlisted. Mr. Cameron stated that Mr. Adams wished to '.go, but was prepared to stay if the oouncil desired it and obtained exemption. The council, did not know of anyone who could take Mr. Adams's place and traiu students for the honpurs course. Mr. Bell: Then you wish us to understand that aftor the university has taught Latin for forty years there is nobody in the community with tlie necessary combination of patriotism and learning to tako tho plaoe of a professor for a few months? Appellant. Only those who havo kept up. their studies would be capable of imparting the knowledge. Mr. Kellelt: Pardon my ignorance, hut if that is the case what is the use of it? Tho hoard dismissed the appeal. . ■