LOCAL AND GENERAL
Tlic Minister of Defence has received adyico that tho second portion of the llnrty-first Reinforcements and tho wholo of the Thirty-second Reinforcements have arrived safely at a port of eall. Tho Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. (.. \V. Hussein announces for public linorniiition that" instructions havo been given by "the Imperial Government that all persons desiring to cuter Greece must liave'tlieir passports vised by a competent consular authority of the Kingdom of Greece before tln\y can bo allowed to enter the country. A preliminary meeting of parties interested in waterside work was held in the office of the Minister of Marine yesterday to discuss measures that may be taken to reduce tho number of accidents occurring on tho wharves while cargo is being handled. . Another conference is to be held early in the New Year. Tho Minister of Internal Affairs, who is chairman of the Public Service Superannuation Board, has Riven instructions that all superannuation payments for the current month are to" be -made on December 20, instead of on the last clny of the month, on account of tho Christmas holidays. Tho salaries of Civil Servants will be paid on December 21. Tho holiday passenger traffic this month will'bo very heavy. The traffic during Christmas and Now Year weeks will bo exceptionally' heavy* as is shown by the fact that on tho forry steamers Maori and Mararoa all berths from Wednesday, December 19, to Saturday, December 22, have been booked. To relievo the rush of passengers, the Monowai will run in the forry sorvico, starting on Saturday, December 22, nnd withdrawing after tho Now Year. The booking of passages on tho Nikau and Kaitoa in the Nolson service is well ahead, and on Thursday and, Saturday of next week tho Nikau will be a full sliip. and tho Kaitoa will also bo full on Fridav.
Notice has been given by Councillor jr. I*. Luckio of his intention of moving al next meeting of the, City Council: "That tho' council enter into negotiations with tho Education Department with a view to offering toleascto 'tho Department such portions' ot the Town Belt as may be suitablo for the purpose of the- erection thereon of Stato schools to take tho place of those at present situated in Willis Street, Tory Street, Riddiford ; Street, and other congested areas of tho city." Thursday's was tho last m'eoting of tho City Council for tho year, and after the business was finished, the Mayor (Mr. Lnko) ontcrtaincd the councillors,, corporation officers, and Press representatives in his room, and wished all a vory happy Christmas. Tho gathering returned tho compliment and toasted the health of tho Mayor and tho Mayoress, both of whom wero proclaimed in song to he jolly good fellows. A. return furnished to tho Otngo Education Board showed tho result of the bottle collection for patriotic purposes by the children of the Dunedin and country schools. The sum received from liwttlrs collected by tho Dunedin schools ivas £1673 13sl 7d.; that from the effort nf tho-country schools £828 J 14s. 10d. The board expressed gratification at the splendid work dono by the children and the committee...
At the sitting of the Second-Canter-bury Military Service Appeal Board at Ashburton, the chairman (Mr. H. W. Bishop) said that too many soldiers who word on the ovo of embarkation woro, asking for leave or for help on tlipir farms. Not long ago nearly 500 soldiers applied for leave a few hours .before a,, transport .sailed, ami if all these hpict been.'granted leave tho strength' of the remfo'rce''iiant :: n-buld bave. been; greatly ■ reduced.'' Counsel '.who was nppeafin£ for-an' appellant said that'.tho need for labour was very ('rent. "Yes, and the need for sotrliers is still greater." replied Mr. Bishop, with emphasis: "and judging from the. way the war is poins? we will have to do without many things wo ukp at the present time."
"Thero is nothing that helps one through life so well as good manners," remarked Sir John Madden, president of the Victorian Boy Scouts' Association, at the annual meeting of the association, held in the Melbourne Town Hall. His constant advice to tho young people, ho added, was to remember their manners. To imagine that to bp | free one should he unrestrained, should bo under no obligation to uuybody. should not trouble to lift one's hat to a woman, was a painful mistake, since freedom was based, before e.vervthing pise, on good.manners and civility; which, creating mutual re•eiwet, added greatly to thoenjqvment of freedom. That form of exercise of individual freedom that encouraged the forgetting of what was due \o every-1 body else., and that sent a man swaggering along the streets or thrmieh l'iffl generally, indifferent to the libcr- . ties of "titers, was a menace to freedom. The excellent manners und behaviour of the. Boy .Scouts was one of tho. admirable : -features'-'of tljn, .exeat movement of which-he-(fair John-Mai-den) was so genuinely proud. MnH set up, full of pride in their association, doing with fact and care everyMiing they were asked to (In, tho Boy Scouts were s credit, tn tlicir .country, and no one, who wnft-erl about with his j ev<"s onen, could U\\ {o ho impressed with the extrnontTnary value of tho movement to.the people of Australia. A Christchurch soldier had the misfortune to lose a leg whilst on active service (says the "Press"). lie was supplied with an artificial linii), and a duplicate, but neither proved satisfactory. He then scE to work and made a leg himself. The result was so perfect that the doctors were amazed. These facts were stated to tho executive of the Canterbury Patriotic Fund by Mr. F. W:-Hobbs,- who announced that the Fund's Trades and Professions Committee proposed ■• to make the man a grant of £50, and give him a loan , of 530, to .enable him to start an artificial limb manufacturing business. 'Without any hesitation the executive unanimously adopted the committee's recommendation.' ■\Vo have received , from tho sole colonial agents, Gordon and Gotch Pty., Ltd., a copy of Pears' Annual, 19i7. This publication, which is now on salo throughout the Dominion, is an admirablo production in wartime. Tho publishers evidently beliove that it is necessary to uphold tho great old English sentiment of good-will and tho customs and observances pertaining to the Christmas season. There aro given gratis with this publication threo splendidly printed presentation plates, and tho. contents of the annual include a notable collection of Christmas contributions by well-known authors— Eden Phillpotts, Marl; Allerton, etc. Tho whole production is enclosed in a handsome cover in colours specially designed hy Joseph Simpson, K.B.A. Messrs. Baldwin and Rayward, patent attorneys and consnlting engineers, of 215 Lambton Quay, Wellington,' report that recently they acted as agents in iiliiig tho following applications for letters patent of New Zealand:--W. Matthewman, London, improvements in internal combustion engines; A. G. Shrimpton, Auckland, an improved picture framo; J. Peterson, Washington, improved _po\«;r transmitting mechanism ; .1. Kristoferson, Remuera, an improved garncrcr; S. Rospo-Trovor, Auckland, apparatus for treating peat; \V. K. Scott, Melbourne, improvements in totiitisators; J. 11. W.eavcr, Auckland, improved connter-sprin" for vehicles; li\ J, Johns, Waihi, an improved safety-fuse. •:.••.
Tho Wellington Palriotio Society's Band will play selections at Central Park to-morrow afternoon. As tho Park is at present looking at its Lest, iv good attendance of tho general public is expected. A selection ballot will bo held at the Trades Hall to-diiy between the hours of 9 a.m. and 8 p.m., for the purpose of selecting a candidate to con lust the Wellington North seat in the interests of Labour in the event of a by-election. Four nominations have been received, mid the ballot will bo conducted on tho preferential system. Many curious incidents aro related, sonio of them disconcerting and inconvenient or worse, in connection with tho ballot for reservists (says tho "Manawatu Daily Times"). This one, wo think, is unique. "A well-known Palmerston North man enlisted voluntarily, and was passed as fit last month. He accordingly made all due provision to go to camp, when, to his surprise, although he was a volunteer and a married man with a family, ha was balloted in the section for men without children, and received notice to present himself for medical examination. Being curious lo sec what would happen, he promptly complied, and was actually turned "down as medically unlit! lie is now pondering tho problems as to ho is (it or otherwise, and what ho is to do about his farm, for which arrangements were completed, during the period of his active service. To bo passed and rejected within twcnty-eiglit days is surely a uniquo experience.
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