LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 217, 1 June 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

I he Hon. Vy\ I!. S. }!acDo;)a!d, Acting i o.UiuiwU'r-CiHK'rni, announces that the iulloiviiiß mails from .New Zealand have been lost at u-u.-Jl parcel receptacles ior the United Kingdom, SOS for. the Army Ijasu post ollices; two bags of letteivs for the United Kingdom, 'including a few registered; titi bags of newspapers for the L'nited Kingdom, Ji6 for the Army Base post offices. This mail contained parcels received in Wellington between March 13 and 'JO, and newspapers and specially-addressed correspondence, between March IB 'mid 22.

On Tuesday morning, at 10..10 o'clock, Mr. S. K M'L'nvthy, S.M., will deliver his reserved judgment in what is generally known as the Upland lioad case. During the past month one bankruptcy was registered with the Official Assigneo in Wellington, the name as in Hie. corresponding month of last year. For the five months ended yesterday there were ten bankruptcies. The Canterbury Clminbor of Commerce yesterday passed a motion strongly vo-. eoiiimeniUn-i the Government to take the necessary steps to counteract the antimilitarists' programme and anti-war propaganda, which is being pvecchod and spread broadcast throughout New Zealand.—Press Assn. The out-patients' department at the Wellington Hospital will be closed on Monday. TCrprpiit cases will be treated at the main building. The Second 'Wellington Military Service Board concluded its sittings in Wellington yesterday. On AVednesday the members of tho board will leave lor Mnsterton, and nltei-.vwls they will proceed to Dannovirke, 'Wnipnkurau, Napier, and Wairoa, where they will bold a sitting on June 18. After the business at Wairon lm.s been dealt with the board will return to Wellington.

About the end of April we published certain correspondence from Mr. H. G. ferryman, of Nelson, criticising the attitude of the. yovernnrs of Nelson Collego in connection witti lli" employment of a naturalised German. Ttprr Lemmer. In a footnote attached to bis letter we stated the result of certain inquiries into the question raised, and incidentally mentioned that. Herr Lemmer bad secured leave of absence to study music in Germany, and was on lrjs way, luit liml nnt reached there when war broke out. We find w> were niirinftyroed in this particular. Herr Lemnwr. it deems, had reached Germany on this visit when the war began.

On .Tune 12 the. Wellington Conciliation Commissioner is to hour a dispute concerning the Mctul WorVors' Assistants' Tndtistrin.l Ui"'nn of Workers end Hieir einnloyprs.- The union ask": for. anion'.' other things, a 47 hours week and n minimum wage of Is. Vd. per hour.

Heplyintj to Mr. IT. Baldwin, chairman of Hip Hospital Board,- (he Mayor of Polono (Mr. J; W. M'Ewan.) claims that even upon Mr. Baldwin's own showing tlio Victoria Hospital is absolutely under military control, the Hospital Board acting merely as supplier of commodities, and providing nursing staff. etc., Dr. Morire being the military medical officer in sole charge. Tho medical officer's salary is paid by the Defence Department. Ifis'now admitted, fays (lie Mayor of I'eloiie, that the hoard" has (he worst of the bargain, "and it is up to Mr. Baldwin lo have Ihe position reviewed. It also appears (Hat i> worse bargain lias been made with the Defence Department in the case of soldiers treated in tho General Hospital—medical services being thrown in, as it were, for the sum of 3"s. l!d. per patient per- week, whilst civilian patients are expected to pay £'i 2s. per week. I am making further inquiries into Ihis latter arrangement. I am plcawl that tile criticism directed at the board is bearing fruit." ~-.. . ,

•\n inriucsl will be held tine morning concerning tbe death of an old man named Alexander. Olson, who died .at ii ■\bel Smiili Street, on Wednesday. Dcc»ased was formerly a waterside worker, but had not been working for some time on account of ill-health. To-morrow'afternoon, at i o'clock, an open meeting will be held in the Y,.MC:\. rooms, Willis Street, when Mr W. V. Lascellos (Y.M.C.A. commissioner), just returned from France, Great; Britain, Egypt, and India, will speakon his experiences. AVhile ~ travelling from England to E?ypt the troopship lie i was on was torpedoed and 7CO lives lost. Mr Laetriles will be able, to speak fronn. first-hand knowledge of the many pntwes of Y.M.C.A. work abroad. Mr. «• Egliit, Y.M.C.A. fieljl secretary,, will speak' at the unveiling of a . memorial tablet to "Will Jpiminps. a hislily popular member of the local. Y.M.C.A., who died of wounds in France in September of l!)l(j. It is hoped that all who knew the late Mr. Jennings will attend. Soldiers and visitors are cordially invited to the strangers' ten. at 5 p.m. A settler named Albert Anderson was fined JCS and costs in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, says our Masterton correspondent, for fuilinp; to take effoctive measures to destroy rabbits on his property. "At March 31, 1918, New Zealand's national debt amounted to J;150,000,000," said the lion. A. M.. Myers, Acting-Min-ister of Finance, during an address on Wednesday nt the laying of the foundation stono of tl\e Fertiliser Company's works at To l'apapa.' "At the end of tho same period next yenr it will total about J;170,O00,C0y, or double our national debt at the time of our entry into the war." liefcrriit" to war taxation tho Minister stated it had reached..a total of JiT.OOO.ffIO to, March 31 last, and about one-third of the taxable income of the country was now being paid out in taxes.

".-\t the end of the present month we shall know who are the financial shirkers," snid tho Hon. A. M. Myers, ActingMinister of Finance, at the laying of the fonnilation-stone oi tho Fertiliser Company's works at To Papnpa on Wednesday. "There will be no hesitation on the part of the Government in making these people toe the line. The Government is 'determined that all the people of the Dominion shall play their part in every detail in this righteous war." A district court-martial, held at l?eatherston Camp, found 77,921 Private Frederick Guy Herbert, of CI Details, guilty of disobeying a lawful command Riven by his superior officer, and sentenced him to a year and eleven months' imprisonment with hard labour. . A deputation yesterday evening wailed on tho Kev. Father Malioney, parish priest, to express on behalf of themselves and pnrshioners their deep regret at the loss sustained in tho recent fire nl St. Mary's Church, Boulcott Street. Mr. D. E. Liiwlor acted as spokesman of the deputation, Regret was also expressed by numerous citizens who were not of the. Catholic faith. The deputation asked Father Mnlione.v to take immediate steps to have a public meeting of Catholics and sympathisers called to consider what steps should be taken to rebuild the- church. As a result of the deputation a meeting is being called for 3 p.m, to-morrow in the Brothers' old school, Boulcott Street.

A laudable effort to provide sonic comforts for the sailors of the Navy and tho merchant service is being mode by tho Women's Auxiliary Branch of the Navy League, which invites the public during the coming month to co-operate in a manner which will cost nothing, but a little time nnd loss trouble. Briefly, Hie public is asked fas is slated in a special appeal in another column 10-<lay) to collect all old bottles nf whatever description and also boot nnd floor noiish tins and send them in to Iho Sydney Street Schoolroom, where the assortment will he classified and sold, the nroceeds to go to the sailors' fund. The invitation is extended to country noor'n as well as helpers in the city, and with Hie hearlv co-operation of tho public the noinmiitec hopes to eolipso the JJlfiOfl mark, which resulted from a similar effort by the Christchurch people.

Tho Farmers' Union Conference at Auckland vo.stenlav contmlereii a remit— "That conference approve of a scheme by which farmers could, own (heir own ships and export ami dispose of their own produce, the necessary capital to lie raised by a levy of, say, one penny nor lb on wool, butter, ami rbceSe, a halfpenny por lb. on meat, and a proportionate amount, on hides and skins." An amendment was moved—"That conference approve of a scheme by which farmers and mercantile (inns in Iho Dominion, couhl own their own ships and eventually dispose of their own produce." The amendment was ca.rried.—Pres.s Assn.

Mr. Combs (of Masterton, and well known in educational circles) will deliver .-in address on "IMiicalion" in tlic Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith Street, on Sunday, at 8 p.m. The meeting, which will he presided over by Mr. J. Read, is under the auspices of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council mid the Wellington Social Democratic Party.