LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 219, 5 June 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho Minister of Defence has received advice that the transport conveying the Thirty-sixth Reinforcements, the Thirtyseventh Mounted ltcinforcemonts, and a Wireless Troop lias arrived at the port of destination.

Tho Secretary of the General Post Oflieo has. been advised that legal time lias been advanced by ouo hour in French Morocco from Jlay IG.

"I don't like to sea our girls going into factories to work," remarked the Hon. W. Earnshaw, M.L.C., at a P.P.A. meeting at Petone last night. "I think they should be getting married to our liovs and fulfilling their job, which is locking after the home."

The Tiniaru Presbytery yesterday, by li'ii votes (o three, adopted mi overture to the General Assembly in favour of an inquiry into tho feasibility of union with other churches. It also agreed ;o purchase a house property nt Jj3ooo to establish a Presbyterian. Orphanage m Tiinani.—Press Assn.

The following remit will be submitted by tho executive at the June conference of tho Public Service Association: "That tho Government be requested to so amend tho Public Service Act, 1912, as to provide for tho control of Iho service by a board,"ill place of tho Commissioner and two Assistant-Commissioners as at present, tho board to include at least one member to bo elected by public servants who are members of the Public Scrvice Association." >

Sitting in divorce nt the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon. His Honour Mr. ,luslice Hosking heard a case in which .Tames Dick petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage with Eva 'lierllia Dick on the grounds of desertion. There was a counter-petition in which respondent alleged that, petitioner had deserted her and had failed to support her or iier child. Mr. G. G. ('!. Watson appeared for petitioner, Mr. 11. l\ von Hnnst. represented the respondent. Tho'husband's petition succeeded, a decree nisi beiivgranted, In lie made absolute after three months. His Honour ordered that, the child should remain in tho Homp of Compassion, Jsland Bay. Tho countor-petition was dismissed without oosta,

During May the consor of' films (Mr. W. Jollifi'o) put through -IBO.DOOft. of films, making a total of 811,100 ft. for tho two months of the financial year, and a grand total of 8,709,970 ft. since tho censorship commenced in tho middle of September, 1910. During May live films were refused exhibition, and 31 "cuts" were nude in others, considerably above tho average. "You would expect by now," said Mr. Jollilfe to a reporter, "that with a censorship all over tho world film producers would liavo modified their treatment of subjects. As a matter of fact, however, there have been more absolute acts of indecency shown in tho films submitted to me (luring the last moith :han I have ever seen since I have been censor. On the other hand, I am pleased to say, there have been stories of genuine'merit and more good clean stuff going through."

Respecting a published report regarding the acquisition of Mr. W. 13. Bidwill's "Piliautea" estate in tho Wairarapa, Mr. Ritchie, the land purchase officer, asks us to contradict the report. Tho Government has not purchased, nor has it decided to purchase, tho estate named.

Tho Hon. Arthur M. Myers, Minister of Customs, states that the amount of Customs revenue collected throughout tho Dominion for the mouth of May was •£30:1,43'?; and tho excise beer duty J:20,091. The figures for the month of May, 1917, were ,E27G,9t8 and d£15,523 respectively,

' In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., J. T. Lewis, Ltd., claimed from W. Miller the sum of .£lO 25., the value of two suits of clothes. It was admitted that defendant had obtained tho clothes, but it was contended that the euita were presented to defendaut in consideration for his feervices in procuring a motor-car on advantageous terms for Lewis. After hearing evidence judgment given for the defendant with costs .£1 12s. 6d. Mr. E. C. Levvey appeared for plaintiff and Mr. 11. F. O'Leary for defendant.

The true dignity of labour was emphasised by the Hon. J. A. Hanan, Minister of Edu,cation, in his speech at the Cliristclnu'ch Technical College on Saturday. He said that it was his earnest desire that, through a wise application of the true principles- of education tlioy might remove whatever stigma ■still rcriiained on manual labour. (Applause.) It was to bo deplored that many young people considered it to be below their social standing to engage in manual labour. He asked them to think:just for one moment what tho effort [would bo in this or any other country if this increasing distaste for industrial work becamo more manifest, Let us, continued Mr. Hanan, dignify such labour by making it, as it could be made, the medium of a real and advanced education by showing our young people I hat tliero was really no limit to tho development of a skilled industry-' and that the implication of science to industry was in its infancy. (Applause.) . . ; .The Management Committee ot the Rugby Union decided last night to put in hand nt onco improvements to tho Athletic Park grandstand if tho combined estimate for tho plumbing and woodwork 1 does not exceed .12100. .

' r 'ho Salvation Army held their anniversary tea at the Citadel in Vivian Street' last evening, and later in the evening thero was the usual entertainment by tho bunds and iho choristers. 11. was'tho. thirty-fifth 1 anniversary of tho Army this place, and this was. remarked upon by Commissioner Hod<ler r in the few words ho had to say to tho audience piesent. It was almost wholly an Army gathering, for rather more than half of Iho people wore the familiar uniform; Tho contributed iterns of entertainment, except those by little people, were all by members of- the Army, and the speeches inado nil by Army officers, .had to do wholly with Army affairs, and particularly with th? growth of Army work in this district of Wellington.

At a meeting of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council on May 23 it was decided, according to an Australian paper, to cancel the affiliation of tho Musicians' Union. Eeccntly the Musicians' declared tho Eight Hours Day procession "black," and instructed its members not to take part in it. This position was created by the Eight Hours Anniversary Committee deciding to enrage bands other than thoso affiliated with the Musiciuns' Union. It was alleged that this decision was due to tho refusal of the union to reinstate enemy alien members who had been suspended. The executive of the Trades Hall Council also asked the union to reopen the case against, the suspended memliers, but tho union declined. It is understood that such is the number of soldier out-patient 3 who depend on tho Victoria Hospital for .treatment that tho men cannot get the attendance they require and deserve. The in-pa-tienta are not so badly off, but in the case of the out-patients the arrangements are believed to be altogether inadequate, In a good many instances.'the men require massage—electric, "hand, or magnetic—treatment, for such treatment ic bo effective they should get it for a stated period ever/ day. One returned soldier, whoso leg was massaged for -10 minutes every day in England, states that some of the out-patienta are only receiving from ftvo to ten minutes treatment—mice a week, which, is about equalto no treatment at all.