LOCAL AND GENERAL
Asked in Christchurch regarding tievclopmculs in connection with ll'.o Grer sent, Mr. If. Kemple said that he thought it jikoly that Mr. AVchb would again be selected as a candidate hy the Labour Parly, nnil lit! himself would work to that end.—Press Assn.
The •'Wellington Citizens' Committee, of tho Jfwl Jersey appeal has been challenged by (lie Auckland Committee, to raise 4!.VJ,000. . first advices .from .Auckland show that already certain iirnw ■have headed tho northern city's list with donations of iIIOOO each.
The Minister of Public Health has received from the clerk of the Wiuniarino County Council a lettc-r stating that the only nursing .home.at Kaetilu lor maternity and other cases was destroyed <>}' the lire, i;nd that at present there is no accommodation available for cases of this description in. the township. The Minister has replied that he will.. ■] fit' once j(o into Hie matter of :i iuirsiiia home for the district, and will see. what can be done.
AYriting from Palestine on March 3 last, Lieutenant l'Yank Moore, of Jo'.msunville, Kays:—""Wo have just completed ii. hurried tour of nil .impojpm!:. places captured from the. Turks: .in, • the past yeiiv. We visited Bethlehem,, Tprusi-.fem, Jericho, the Dead Sea, and the River .lordnn. I poized the opportunity to note the nature of sacred spots in these historic places for future use. It was very severe on our horses. For miles we rods in single file ..lonj; shingly passes. We are now resting on. (he ba;ilcs of the Diver Jordon, considprins.oiu , next move afler- ganging- the enemy's position,"
"f-jhoiik'uireil his crutch and showed how fields were .won," ran Goldsmith's immortal -verse. All this and more the Wellington returned soldiers. will show to the uniliated at iheir public 'entertainment which is to' be .held in the Grand Opera House on Wednesday, April 21. When it comes to celebrating Anzac Eve what more fitting commemoration of this glorious day in tho annals of New Zealand's martial history could there be than that which is to be put on by the men' who have been there —soldiers who actually fought and lived through l'jose stirring events which to- j day stand for the last .word-in chivalry and heroism. ■ The- spirit .which moves all- in the. desire , ■'to -.'perpetuate Aiisac Day is one which.arises .out of a sense of profound admiration . and appreeia : (ion of the part New Zealand's soldiersons have played overseas. The returned .soldiers are all Anzaes, and citizens of Wellinrlon will honour the living as well as the dead by attending the ireturned soldiers' own special celebration. There will be much to interest in the shape of song and story, and the feature ifins will, include .actual photographs taken on the spot. Tjvo, bands will play •throughout the evening. ; A. motion-was carried 'it. the, annual meeting of St. Augustine's Church; Vetone,' recommending Synod to-extend the franchise-to women, and.to make ic possible for them to hold tho office of wardens and members of tho vestry on j (lie sumo conditions as- those enjoyed' by I men.
'i'ho remarkable way in which the New South Wales Government trawlers cover the ground on the const is very well known (says die Sydney "Sun ). bo clusaly does the ' great otter trawl--iollov lire lines of the ocean floor that, as has been seen, while a' 'great shark fourteen test in:length has been; taken, . small pieces of crockery, like portions of- dinner plates wliich have been cast overboard by ocean steamers, and even a man's linen collar, have been taken from the depths. Some time back the State trawler Brolga lost a email -buoy anchor overboard. Twelve months atlerwimls this was picked up in n-perfect stnte of preservation. But now comes what Mr. Stead, the officer in charge, regards as the most remarkable happening yet experienced with the trawlers.- A few days ago (the Brolga lost the upper part of ii deck light overboard;- The pattern is particularly difficult to match. On the next day, while the Department was endeavouring to match the missing part, the Giinunciaal arrived, and included in the catch was the missing part of the deck light, which had been picked up by her with the otter trawl in about 1150 feet of water the day after it was lost.
"Xho. demand for week-end'cottages at Lyi-.U Bay is-so-t'rest-that people_will go into iuiy shed, whether it had .sanitary conveniences'. or not/'.was the reimti iniuio by Air. J. O'rfhea, City boliercor, in the case in .which EHznbadi llewison \vusi charged with allowing a motor-shed at Lyall jtay to be used as a residence. Tlio case 1 was heard by Mr. -8. K. H'Urthy, S.M., in the -Magistrate'* Court i ye'sienlny. It was stated in evidence that! when a- -permit for the ched was soujhi | it was held up because a-chimney was ! attached to -.lie. shed. An assurance was ; -iveii that llro shed would not' be used | "or residential purposes. Mr. .0 Shea j said the City I'ouncil was determined to nut a stop lo sheds being let to week-end residents. The defendant was convicted and lined £i, with costs 17s. Cd. ""•Vrb you aware', Your Worship, that tho'trannvuy waiting-shed at Scatouii.was buna down giime tinw ago, said uumcillor 11. A. Wright at anursday.s mutiny of the Oity Council. "Well, its no. our busing," wild Councillor i y,ie, "it belongs to 51 irninar,! On, is I that so?" said an cniiglitwie.il councillor. At Thursday. ivomng's meeting oi.-lho tCiiy- Council, Councillor Jl. I'. Luckie ! moved: "That the council; enter mto negotiatious with the. Kducation .Department with a view to -ofterms to lease to tho Department such purtiuiis ot he ! Town belt as may be suitable for the ! purpose for-the erection thereon ot -atiue Uclwo'i to take the. placc-s ot these at ip-ese»t .situated m- Wilis- Street, .Tory i Street, Itiddil'ord Street, and o her conge'ted' awns of the city." CoimcilkJ Luckio enlarged upon the necessitj ot doing away with sciiools in crowued area, ■s far as uossiblo and erecting them. m me plai with healll.y : surroundings, X.e ihero was, ample f^,,S Kvoen -fields a-s playgrounds. ..Hβ- mged that the Town .Belt could not be put |° a better purpose, than sites lor school. The motion lapsed for want of under, whereupon Councilor J. U■ « withdrew his motion dealing with the alienation of Town Belt land. The work of'the, social service department of the Wellington Presnycer i= steadily increasing: There are 0 chil-di-en in-the two house*:ftt-Me lin po Which arc now quite full, neeeiulj t.ne cbSttce has acquired a new prone tj atSimdßay. Whenthc-^ntempto additions have- been made to tin future it will house 30 children, it i? t >*■ intention of the authorities to remo\e all the"Uior girls to this building. At the last meeting of the Welling ton Pnsbvtery, Dr. Gibb gave-notice ot he following overture to.the asseml. :- In view of the manifest weakness and tooccasioned to the -vork ot the Ch U-tun Church throush its- manifold .d usio.is, ad espeiali; of the waste ot » om-y, and effort in our own eouht.j HiroA tho over appinp-and •ov.ei-imii'-i. iSonofebiuxl^in^y-^g herever possible,, without the j, essential convictions, manifest thea in war unify in an outward union, »e Presbv erv of Wellington, overtures the 0 onnral anointed to. meet.. ChristolinrcU next M.ovfmbe to . ake the subinct into serious consideiatmn, and. to Sevisoench. means .« -w ■ * nocMsary lo ascertain of our rl'iirch are preonred. io considei svm; theS a ifinite movement, aiminp at a union of tho-Presb yteiun, Me hodist. and ch-n-ches nf New Zealand, and of Mich other Chi ■»- tian bodies as may find it possible-In con'e together on" the Dari* of, a common creed and a common .poluy.
Tho 'CHEVROLET model, ■' "PonrNinetv," always a dependable'and inistworthy automobile, now is in iv position to receive the attention, of thoso vlio cinsiro completeness in equipment with the minimum in price nnd the "™i° 3 t "j norforniance. The advance 1918 model now offered, more than ever before, is entitled to the term Economy Car, for it embodies everything necessary for cnjoynblo motoring with the least expense. -Advt. ■ . ■ .
Tenders for tho erection of the new fire.brigado station to be built on the Town Belt at tho top of Constable Street closed on Thursday last, and aro now under consideration. Owing to the day-to-day fluctuations in tho price of bunding niati-rial, the new Nation may, yet have to be built on a percentage basis.
The Cily Council lias agreed to iupl»rt the request of the Day's Bay Katepayers' 'Association to tin) li'arlwiir Hoard lor the. erection of a waiting-shed on the Day's Bay Wharf.
A caso'Uiat took up a great deal of time in the .Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon was tliat in which William Murphy, a professional rat-catcher, and , his mend, iiertram Sinclair Jones,--pro- 1 cccded against Charles lUariiell for alleged assault. Murphy was a tenant ot Mardell's in Adelaide Koad, and it waa alleged that he was'requested to quit the house, lie was eventually ejected, and on April 0 Murphy, wtompamed by Jomn went to tlie premises iur the purpose oi obtaining some clothes belonging to the former, when the assault is alleged-.-to. havo taken place. After heanus evidence the Magistrate, Mr. b. h. M Laithy, dismissed both inwrimmons, _ ana awarded the defendant J£l (is co-ys. Jir. i; M. lleeciicy appeared for complainants and Mr. 1 , . \V. Jackson for defendant. The martial music which Sis bjen such i great feature at the Camp is to receive an impetus by new members joining, and there are now several vacancies in both the brass and trumpet bands. Applications from G«od musicians should bo made to the nearw Defence offics. Intending camp . bandsmen must 1» unfit for nctive.wrnw i-nd classed C! (fit for home service).
■U the meeting to be held in tho lung's Theatre on Sunday ..evening to protest aifiinst the action of the Mayor aod Finance Committee in refusing the use oi the Town Hall to-the Labour Party, Messrs. A. 11. Hiiulmnrsh, M.P., tt. *-• Holland, J. Read, and P. l'rascr will be the speakers. Mr. A. Parlanc- will preside. . , - ■
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