LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 216, 31 May 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Monday next (the King's Birthday) will be observed as a bunk holiday. Tho Department of Internal Affairs has decided to withdraw tho telegraphic facilities granted to many patriotic societies at the beginning of the; war. The privilege was originally grunted as a matter of extreme urgency to prevent blocking of work in (ho stress of patriotic arrangements at that time. No patriotic society established at a later date has been granted the privilege, and as the older societies are now well established and have considerable funds at (heir disposal it is not considered nooesnary to continue the concession beyond May 31. Tho following scale of fares for carriers was approved by the City Council last evening:—Expresses: First half mile, Sc.wt., Is. lid.; JOewt., 2s. (id.: l.icwt., 3s. lid.; yiewt. 5*.-.; additional half mile, 9d., Is. 3d., Is. Sid., and 2s. (id. Fares by time: Motor lorry over 2 tons capacity, 12s ; (id. (first hour), Gi. 3d. additional half hour; motor lorry under 2 tons, 10s. and "is.; double horse lorry, 7s. and 3s. (id.; single horse lorry, (is. and 35.; double horse van over 2 tons, lis. lid. and 3s. 3d.; double horse van under 2 tons, (is. and 35.; single van, as. and 2s. (Id.; dray, !>s. and 2s. lid.; express, ss. and 2s. lid. Day of eight hours, single horse vehicle, 235.. A defaulters' list issued this week contained Ihe name "Stanley Tyler, Owhang.i." II appears that llie man indicated is Stanley Herbert Tyler, who died in t'eatlierslon Camn about two years ago. The mistake probably was due to Ihe omission of the second. Christian name. A seaman named George Wilhelm Wass, who deserted' from an oversea vessel in August, 1918, and who was arrested on Wednesday, appeared in tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. W. <x. Uiddell, S.M., charged with deserting from his ship. Ho was convicted, and ordered to jiay.JßS Bs., the expenses incurred by the shipping company. -Milton's line—"They also servo who stand and wait," has a quaint application ■when it is remembered that hundreds of German waiters acted as spies in England and Franco for a decado before tho present war broke out. They "waited" in the best restaurants, the fashionable military and political clubs, and oven in i lie homes of the statesmen who guided the destinies of tho Empire, and there is small doubt that thev served their country well in this insidious and treacherous manner, poisoning the hands which fed them. The reference to soldier-wait--ters is reminiscent of a story told by a New Zealand musical student, who was on holiday (from Brussels) in Nainur .when the German Army entered Belgium. He with other English youths had to cut and run. Later on in London they met the proprietor of tho hotel, who informed them that a colonel of one of the German regiments who took Nainur turned out to be a man who had for two years previous to the war filled the position of head waiter at tho hotel.

In the report of the proceedings of tho Wellington Military Service Board in yesterday's Dominion it was stated that the appeal of Gcorgo Day, builder, of Miramar, was dismissed, leavo being granted till September 11. This is not quite in accordance with the facte, the report having suffered by condensation. Mr. Day did not apply for exemption from service, but only for four weeks' extension of time, to enable him (o complete existing contracts. This extension was granted. . "Is it a fact that the Government havo yielded to tho demands of tho citizens and allowed the council to erect a waiting shed opposite the Government Buildings?" asked Councillor J. E. Fitzgerald at tho City Council last evening. Tho Mayor replied that a shed was being erected in connection with a "copper trail." He thought it was an indication that tho Government was relenting. Tho people had got a foot in and tho council could now urge the Government to erect a waiting shed. The Mayor stated at. the City Council last evening that the City Engineer was to prepare plans of a new alignment of the western sido of Boulcott Street. The City Council has decided to join in a deputation to the Minister of Education on Thursday next regarding bettor provision for technical education.

A vigorous protest against the adoption of any policy tending in tho direction ot secession from tho rules of the English Jtiigby Union was raa ,i 3 n (; nights aununl meeting of the executive ol the New Zealand Kugby Union by Dr. 11 ■•.. J !,' Kvctl - v ' n "° <> f 'he delegates from tlio Wellington Union. "You seo n gamo I'laye.l m Auckland that is not Kugbv," added Dr. M'Kvedy. "It is played according to rules framed by Oio Auckland iijigby Union. Rugby can only ho plavcd according to tho rules laid down by tho English Rugby Union. If vou change rom thoso rules then tho game is no longer Rugby."

Jho military barracks at Wellington Gollego was continued yesterday under the direction of the Commandant, Colonel •T. ]~ Hlccman, I.G.S. Tho cadets showed continued progress, and did much useful work during tho day. Tho barracks will bo brought to a close to-day. 'The boys will undertake a oeremonial parade jn the nftcrnoon, and parent? and friends will have an opportunity to seo tho results of tk? instruction that has been given. & Of the 180 real ami falso alarms of lire riven in Wellington during the year ended March 31, fJ7 were given from the .'iron within the old city limits, 20 were Item Nowtown, 27 lrom Thorndoii, and 111 from Kilbirnio (north and *outh). From Brooklyn G alarms were received, helburn 5, Maianui 5, Roseneath 3, Jlaiailai 2, Wadcstown 2, Nortlilnna !!, and Tnilvillo 1. _ When the Second Wellington Military Service Board resumed its sitting yesterday, tho chairman, Mr. .1. U'. I'oynton, K.M., referred to the case of George W. ft. Chiirmnn, hoot and <=hon manufacturer, which was heard tho previous day. At the hearing of the appeal Charman gave a.s his reasoir. tor desiring exemption the fact that he manufactured low-priced footwear, principally for women and children. "Two members of the board visited the factory," said the chairman yesterday, "and" we are salisfied that good work is being done I here." We think it would bo a misfortune to the community if tho factory were closed. All tho work devolved upon the owner, and ho and his wife are tho mainspring of the business. If ho were sent into camp it would mean ruin to him and misfortune to the community." The caso was adjourned until September. At tho hearing Mr. A. W. Blair appeared for appellant. ,

Dr. Blackmore, head of the consumption sanatoria at Christchurch, referring to tho cablo message published on Monday regarding Professor Lomonaco's successful experiments in the treatment of tuberculosis by saccharine solutions, said it was most likely that the saccharine treatment mentioned was the ordinary sugar solution, and this was not a new thing, as it was used for various kinds of debility, both/ as a food and a stimulant, being particularly good , for the heart muscle. _In some of the armies of the Continental Powers a certain ration of sugar was served out each day, especially on long marches. Sugar was also recommended for consumption, in that it improved tho general condition of the patient. Ho had .used sugar on many occasions, but was satisfied only that its effect was purely of food value. Plain Biigar in solution was not a new treatment.

Tho procedure ndoptetl with regard to Hie registration and enlistment of Ameri-can-born citizens of military age resident in New Zealand, was explained at Auckland by the Consul-General, Mr. A. A. Winslow. Since the United States entered tho war, some dO or 50 Americans have registered at the Consul-General's office. These registration cards are sent homo to the city to which the man belongs, and tho authorities then send out a document known as a questionnaire, to be filled out in full detail by the recipient. This is returned to America, and in due course another form is received ordering a medical examination. This is as far as any American citizens ill Now Zealand have got at present, with regard to war service, an order for oxamination having been received last week by the first man to register. The process is a somewhat lengthy one, somo eight or nine months having elapsed, in this instance, between registration and 'medical examination, but it was explained by Mr. Winslow that America's citizens abroad are not liable to be called homo until the homo draft is heavily, reduced. Registration* is required so that the authorities may know where overseas citizens of military age ars to be found, should they be required.