LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 8, 4 October 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Minister of Defence has received cabled advice-Wai tiie first porttou of Sβ ffllh Reinforcements have readied their destination. • The Government has acquired the well™ldie?3 It is understood that the price was a wry satisfactory one for the Govcrnment. _ The Industries Committee of the iiouse of Representatives presented a report yestoday on the utilisation of stee 1 bcrap W w-iste "by electrical process. Uhe re£rt states that the committee has had under consideration a proposal fioui mi.Thomas Waddell, of tjhristchurcli. wo , oposw to establish ? plant for the L,e\tin g of 6 crapßee by mol rc fl l I S£d for the establiehuient of euch 3 The oommiltro does not tecom«Md that a bonus be granted, but recomifiiili inquiry be pursued in regard Vo this im portant questipu. ' The rulo that teachers on aefare dubinet and it was under the cone.ueralion of Cabinet now. The Hospital Board lmve received fron the president of the Karon BowlV /Government, subsidy, w« be a once ulinlfor the purpose lor which it «as, donated.

A very valuable adjunct to the work of .he Y.iI.C.A. witli the New Zealand :ioop3 at the front is the travelling dtcheii molor-vau donated by Sir. Percy ll'Hardy, of Pnliuerstoii North. In graticule for the generosity of the ilonpr and or tho free refreshments sumiliGd from t it has been christened by the Uoj-b 'BucKshco Mac." The vim Ims done ixcellent service. .Tlie INew Zoalund Divii'iou is so mobile that it is iuiperativu : or fTTe association to have menus ol getIng about the country quickly, and 'Buckshee ilac" ie now an indispensable iart of its organisation. Mr. T. F. Martin, solicitor to the Joun'ties' Association, has informed tho Uasterton Borough Council that attentions to the names of streets can only >e made by Order-in-Councu. A revisal of the drill and camps reniirenients, said the Defence Minister n the House of Representatives ycsterky "has been under consideradtion lor tome time past, and will, as usual, be ssued in October, when further concesiions to meet the country and town connTTbne will be issued for the coming rear, both as regards exemptions and he convenience of farming and industrial concerns generally. Implying to Mr. Walker in the House /Representatives yesterday, Sir Joseph Ward, said that because importation ot lugar into England, except under licence, iad been prohibited, the Isew Zealand Post Office could not receive packages if sugar for persons in Britain. Owing to tlie high price ruling for ron, tho Masterton Borough Council has lecided to temporarily suspend tho by aw prohibiting the erection of building* n. the borough with shingle roots. The number of admissions to hospital it the military camps for tlie week endns September 28 is as unden—irentnam is, Featherston 117, Awapum '2, farrow Seek nil. Influenza was responsible foi H cases. There was one death the cause King corebro spinal memngitis. lucre ,vore three serious cases (all snoun in ast week's sick report). New Zealand troops have passed through appr c atTvo notices By Sydney gapere f tm> 'wok "Historio Trentham. bcv ral of which came to hand wcenily. ih« Evening News" saye:'To Will Lawson, inpt- andstory-weaver, has fallen the task f writing the history of Xrentham Camp L p&herein the system was evolved under which tho New Zealand fighting SeT*hohave won renown oveiteu were record of that historic place. • The work LTvell produced, and is as valuable for to literature as for being a record oi in historic place in. that island DoSnionTere P patnotism andeelf-sacnficc liave been ehown in such marked abundmce Other Australian papers are equaHy ppre6iative, and tho "Town and Country Journal" adds: "It is an epic ot military Statag which deserves tb widest possible publicity." , Mr H. G. Ell, M.P., of Chrmtchurch »-a ted ok the finance Committee of the msm tngcon City Council. In order that the public may get some mm ISsllS ? Zco the New Zealand troops Mt tto. winter quarters in France, the had onened fifty of its centres with them wo months ago. Where possible a num. to S these nuts or Blffiras have beer amoved to tho present New Zealand area, Some have had to be evacuated, and tors have been, handed over to the Uritish Y.M.C.A. The portrait of the late Mr. George Heron was unveiled by Mr. James S ? Gresor, senr"., in the Masterton Mumipal Chambers on Wednesday afternoon, nd formally handed over to His WorKp fte Mayor. Our Masterton correenondent states that a number of elo--lUent tributes were paid to the deceabed ;itizen. * . ■, ■ In speaking 'before the First Mihtarj Service Board at Auckland, of the effort being made by boot manufacturers to obbain the services of experienced men, m longer in the trade, in order that young lien might be released for service, Mr. ' BUI Skelton mentioned the case of >ne old man of 78, a clicker, who had ■"ken uth work again in order to asast & »e present time of etiwe. 'Mhougli this old man is showing a trulj Xh^iffTff^ o^ is a shame and a discredit to the Department." Not many people know that there, m such an affliction as night blindness, bu uch a case came under the notice of the Ct Auckland Military Service Board The young man in question, a farmer, fvas reprMMted to be «»*! or military service for that reason, nnc he » of two doctors corrobor ited "Did you mention this to xm felical Boa/d?" asked Major Qgag ■iTid the reply was No. 1 nen wiiy cic ■on come here, instead of telling thf propel authorities?" "The board trw in a hin-rv to get away to lunch, replied appellant. 0 (Laughter) A w.tnos: Sed up to the board and stated thai tthe tfme appellant was attendms mediral examination a man m th< ion had been arrested for refus nTto attest, so appellant was probablj flttd Major Conlen .mentioned tha In ii v case, while the private medical ivfeers nii-ht be correct, there was m envin" the fact that the military <loc I would more likely know bet ei Mb. ma" w« fit for anyspe™ l.rniinh of the service or not. The mill arv doctors knrw what men were re uired for, and it was quite reasonabU ?o state that they should know bettei vhethe a man was fit or not tor some lutv The board a<l ourned the er.« pending re-examination of the appellant