LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 193, 4 May 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It .is notified in liie Gazette Ilinl, in accordance with I lie wish of His Majesty the Kins, His Majesty's Birthday will foe. observed tlii.s year on Ihe ucliinl dale, .lime 11. llis Majesty desires that in (ho mailer nl' ceremonial obsorviince Iho pre<:o(li!iit of last your should bo strictly followed in all respects—namely, (lags should |» lluwn, lint no. dinners, roviowii, salute.-;, or other celebration should lake place.

A Press Association lelcsriuri from tiisljoino states-Unit a wugon on ltiversidu Itoad cras'licd over the bridgo <m Thiirfiday, aiul Ml twenty foot into the crock, (liiiiigin.' a ftve-hori-o team and the driver, nnme (jos.s, with it. Gos« inirßciiloDsly csoapod unhurt. One. of the huiws whs killed, but Ihe others wero I'ticncd ivitli difficulty after fivehours' hard work.

Itiyiibilims dciilniK with the ainusonipiil las f.i'n pnblisli-xl in this week's (jnwttc.

Dnriiiß Thursday niglil and yo.ilnriliiy morning the work of willing iiilo Iliw existing Irnnks in Culm Street for Ihii jiiir|«w(! .if liiyinu down the fpecial work in connect ion villi thn doubli , Iraelt wiis Mitcr.ossfiilly iiiii.'Oinplli.hnd. Thin mciine Hint III'; 'rmpii'iil (li'liijm both iif llm I'toviil Oak Hotel and opponitc Veitch nn.'l Allnii':- will lie ."unpU'tcly «livinleil. The newly-laid npcMnl ivoil; was inppcel.ed at mi riirly hour yesterday liy Mr. I , '. W. Furkoli, Governiiinnt Insprclinn l'liiKiiii'cr, and pa:-H('d, mill the ii''W I ruck win nl. oiiii- put into cmmnii'siwi.

I'Vn iitoplc! have iiiucli idea ol v.lial. I it costs ii eniiiiniinil.v Niieli iw Wpllinjjlon In iiiainlain n. ueneral hospilnl '«iUi iU , iippemliißes) , mid n Byelcin of ithiiriliiblo aid, flu" loliil Dion rcpiirud under nil lii-inliiiK!! for tin) ciirienl. linancinl year i'i ,tlll!l,ai.1, wliicli will be (iccoiintcd lor n> fdllowßi-llnsiiilnU. J;9l.lffi; T. 0. Mneiirtliy Holiic. -tWlOi rlinrilnblo aid. .I'KI.KT.V.' n(liiilHinlfiili«.ili, J::i:il.'i. Auninil. thin liirce iiiiioiiiil. III'! folbnviliK vci'iliti lire i.iili''ip.ilcd:-llo?|i!lalii. JtIW.TfH) j fliiirilni/le iilil. .Kail); head oflinr, XM; T. (I. iMnciirlliy lloiiic, .fcMj hmclk over lialiililiei, These li'iirc?, when liilnllnd, cf|iinl J.'.'iO,k:«, leaving JMI.HWI In lie ininln up by levies oil Inc.il bodien nnil Xl&Mi from Mm (invernuiniil. A I'teM AsTOclitlioii bleßniin from Auckland Blairs llmt Williinii fliitnble, n widower, W, who win linncked down by ii Irani" on April 27, died in I lie hospital. IJn Minnlny the A|ipe;il Court will doliver jmtament ». t.iic ioUowing cnseß , .— Jiurd Im-licam! v. Minister of Klunip ])«- lics (a cririu before llio Full Coiirl); Tar--1 hitL v. Nicholas (removed); Col(|uhoun v. (Jriißs (nM'N'l); Wellinglon City Council v. Knrori Uorotijtli Council (nppeal); ami JlojikiJi.-) v. Eiisli.'i'brook (nppwil). Jn l''iidny'n ißsuo in ruiKJi-tiiiff Hio proceedings befoD tlw Aliljlnry Appcnl I Hoard on Tliuiiidny, Captain Monro «•«» Muled lo luiv.) rcprciieiitcil tho IJarbour JJonril in U'O iippenl ciines. This is not conrcl, us 'lie ww aillod ia nti expert v.-ilii'.'ss, mid di<l not iippenr on behalf of llio Harbour Honrd. In the comw) of his evidenc.l, Ca.plal.ii Alpnco fjtuled that there was no'marked shorlaßO of labour. The nppeiile wero ad)oinned sine die, and tho clminnnn (Mr. J. W. I'oynlon, S'.Jl.j nlafed (hat the (|iies(ion of wciniilini; wlilerside workers a3 a class would be referred to the Eflisioncy Hoard for consideration.

Tho iiominrl roll i>f mon ordered to coiicenlnilo lost lloiidii> with the Clirist-c-hui-ch draft for the Forty-first Hcmforcoimjnla liai been definitely checked, iiml it Jnis heen found that '%'lit reservist.*, llireo of whom nre Second Division men, h»vc to l>a treated as wilful nlwenlws. The 1 nil received from J'renIliiini Camp (ihnwcil Hint 103 members or (hi) draft reported Miere on Tuesday jnoniiii". ioiirteen more reached camp on Wedncgdr/ morning. Five otiitrs reiiorteil nt Hie Chrislchtirch rccriiitin« nn Wwlnesdiiy. "Of the remainin» men notified to parade for the draft," siiys the "Sun," "sixloon arc accounted for m linvinc valid reasons for not.lwimt in camp now,"

The Qristclmreh City Council is negotiating for tho aseney for a successful Ivpo of electric truck. The councils electrical engineer sUUes that.there i.s a Held in Clirislchurch for the sale and .lisa of KlO'elcclric motor trucks. « l |ll: > business is secured' it will .displace 420J tons of -petrol,- nt a minimum cost of XI per case! This will keep in the country !i sum 0f'.£611,000 annually now paid to the Standard Oil interests. The council will provide (,'arage accommodation for the trucks, and will charge the batteries at night, when the power trom Lake Coleridge would otherwise be wasted, lhe c-hargo for housing a truck, keeping it in ■orde?, and supplying it with electricity, will lie <E35 a year.

An appellant who appeared before the Military Service Board at Auckland stated Hint his chief- Ri'omul of appeal was the question of Ihc maintenance of his dependants, but lie admitted that lie had not yet made an application to the linaiicial Assistance Board. Major Con;an drew attention to the delay which occurred in the determination of appeals ovmg to appellants omitting to ascertain before their cases were, heard to what 'extent the Financial Assistance Board would .resist them. He said it was probable that a law number of Second Division reservists in Class B, reuently called up, would put, in appeals on financial grounds and they would be expected lo come before the board .with information ns to the. amount of the grant (lie l'liiancial \ssistancc Board had made in their caS e The proper time to make an apnlicalion for financi.il assistance wis immediately after a reservist had been passed by the medical board.

Selections will be played by the Tramways Military Band at; Island Bay tomorrow at i! p.m. ■ HcKiiliitioKS fire polled dealing with IV creation, of dwelling for /Uscharßed soldiers under the Dihoharijed Soldieih Settlement Amendment Act. )91i.

Tho annual meeting of the Featherston Second Division JxMßiie passed tho loilowhiK motion :-"'J'hat the ««>™rnmcnt be loyally assisted in in-osuculniß tha «. 1 to a victorious issue, and > urged to protect all soldiers and their dependant from economic ,lisabililiw; thai, the I'lnancial Assistance Donrd's h'nwls ele, be made in accordance with the scheduled conditions, and irrospeciive ol income conditions; that tho importance of tho ficivermiipiit providim; adequate maternUv benefit 1» uracil, as a, solution of the l>irth-ralo nroblem; that the aicetiiiß record* its satisfaction at (lie concessions .secured and regrets that Parliament was swmittoil lo subordinate- tho claims of soldiers and dependants, tspecinlly as Ihc Jiomiiiion finances are in a stnto of buoyancyj and that tho wcetiiijj supports ihc'cnlitW of a natioHiil conference."