LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 291, 28 August 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho Minister of Defence has rewind id vice that the Forty-first lteintorcements have reached a port of cnll .All sell." The Minister has been advisee ilso that the New Zealand hospital ?hip which was the last to leave New Zealand has reached the port of destination. ' Tho Minister of Internal Affairs stated yesterday that supplementary inspectors of totnlisators would m future be appointed- to Carry out tho duties at race meetings. Tho appointments would be made from the permanent stall ot the Internal Affairs Department. The Government hns received advice through the High Commissioner regardin? the alleged .cure of consumption by Professor Lomonacko, of the University of Rome, by the use of saccharine solutions. The written report of the High Commissioner bears out the news message already ca.bled to the effect that the treatment is not a euro for tuberculosis. ,5-. "What is an amusement parlour.'' asked a councillor at tho meeting oi the City Council on Monday evening, referring 'to a committee recommendation to "refuse a license for one. All amusement parlour,' said Councillor W 11. P. Barber, "is one of those places which the committee do _ not think it desirable to encourage. _ It is a place where they play 'houpda and various games of chance winch it \joulu not bo wise for city councillors to know too much about." The prompt arrival of the 'Fire Brigade averted a serious fire at the Jepot of tho Empire Oil Company, 20 Harris .Street, yesterday afternoon. The premises are owned and occupied by Messrs. Eeid and Reid, and the outbreak was discovered about 4.§o._Some oil was being boiled over a gas ring in preparation for tho manufacture ot a kind of emulsion, and after tho ring had been turned out the oil was poured from one receptacle into another vessel. Suddenly,, some drops which had presumably fallen upon the Jiot ring ignited, and a considerable blaze resulted. The possibilities of a big fire wore great, as the place was well Stocked with oils, but fortunately the brigade arrived on the scene before aiiy of tho drums burst, and tho outbreak was quickly got under JMitro . The building is insured for £2500 in various offices, and the contents arc ajso covered for £5000 insurance firms. Shortly b-fore 7 o clock everamp a tramcar bound for the city from Karon ran off tho line at a crossing lieai tlie Cemetery. Tho mishap occurrec through the car jumping the points No serious inconvenience to the servicc was caused, as tho car was replaced or tho rails about twenty minutes later and no damage resulted either to the car or the permanent way. Ihe_onlj effect on the time-tabh was thatttu tram which usually leaves the ternunui 1 at 7.7 p.m. did not make its departure "I don't mind giving a man a ohmce in fact, I am glad to give him a chano if there is any prospect ot his pulUn up," said Mr. F.. V. Frazer, S.M.,u a caso at the Magistrate s Court yester day, in which the defendant, who pos sessed a "list," asked for leniency Tho man had stolen a pair of boot when drunk, and stated that ho wa willing to he prohibited. Vlien yo get on the drink you tako things tha do not belong to you, replied Hi Worship, who added that the accusei had'had plenty of chances to reform In the circumstances Mr. Frazer deem od it best 1 ' to send the man to gaol to

two months. To-day is tho fourth anniversary of the capture of Samoa by the New Zealand troops. Tho 172 nd draft of Now Zealand returning soldiers arrived in Wellington last night from Egypt;, via Sydney. Tho draft was comprised ot loi of all ranks, commanded hy Captain Boyd. The men, who were ot tlio Mounted Brigade, saw Borvice m lalestino, and are generally m good health. There are ton cot casos. Mr. J. r. Luke, M.P., met tho Moeralu on arrival and distributed comforts, cigar- < ettes and fmit. Captain Wood, N.Z. M.0., was in charge of tho invalids. < The following teachers have now been • elected as members of the Appeal Board 1 before which teachers' appeals against their position on the Domimpn Grading . List will be heard in the various dis- ■ tricts:—Auckland: Mr. D. W. Dunlop, I Miss B. F. Hawkins. Lmov Ord Mowbray. Wellington. Mr. , WH. L. Foster, M.A. Hawke's Bay: , Mr. A. Stevenson, Miss E. G. Dugleby. , Nelson: Mrs. Kitty Esther Kidsou. , The City Council has refused ail offer ; to acquire a block of the Stenden , Estato at Karori for cemetery ext3i- ,

sion purposes. Prices of soveral popular brands of cigarettes havo been advanced as from yesterday by ss. ner 1000. Thi* -will result in ap extra Id. on the packet of ten, which was formerly (3d., then /(1., and now to be Bd. Some other brands of cigarettes were advanced a few months ago, and upon themi no additional riso lias been made. The reasons given for the latest advance, however are the same, viz., the advance in the price of tlio lngh-fjrado loaf used m cigarette manufacture by GO por cent., combined with the very lugh prices ruling for all packing materials. The annual meeting of tho Executive Council of tho Federated .Seamen s Union of New Zealand will commence to-morrow afternoon at Wellington, o folbwinu councillors t, will attend. Messrs. W. Clark, W. Brown, E. Cheshire (Dunedin), S. Millbank, T. F. Anderson, C. Nelson (Auckland), b. JNation J. RcglMj H- Richards (Wollington). Mr W T. W (general secretary)' will also attend. The conference will not bo open to the Preßs. An important dooision was arrived at, in committee,' by tho City Council on Monday night. Very soon the tramwaymen in Dunedin will soelc a new award, which, it is hoped, will he a mode award The Tramways Federation will back iho Dunedin Union, and tho proceedings will also have the full suppoit of tho Transport Workers' Federation As the Dunedin award will probably affect tramway conditions all « ww tM Dominion, the City Council had been asked to participate 'in a propose'd Do, minion conference which, it is desired, should be held before the Dunedin demands are considered. Tho Mayor (Mr. T V Luke) stated at the council meetins that he was not in favour of the suggestion. Wellington was quite able to deal with its own tramway problems, and did not want to be mixed up in any outside negotiations which the council into every petty dispute which occurred m other He urged the council to have nothing to do with the proposed conference. Ilia co.mcil decided upon this course of action. The Glasgow Corporate tramways for the year ended in May had a total surplus 'of £177,000, an increase of £17 000 over the previous year, while the' revenue roaehed the record sum of £1,412,000. At the next meoting of the Wellington Branch of tho New Zealand Educational Institute Mr. Parkinson intends to move: "That with a view to checking the present tendency towards sectarian among the people of the Dominion, the institute prepare and submit to the various churches a statement aettiiv: out- the opportunities that the Education Act allows for moral and Scripture teaching/ and explaining tho advantages of the Nelson system for the currying on of this work; ana tlin teachers' be recommended to co-operate with representatives of the churches in establishing the wherever such co-operation is deseed. "Stetson " The hat of the hour. Buy before tho coming rise, September 1. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., Manners Street.-Advt.

Though the present battle lins interfered somewhat with our education scheme (cabled Captain Malcolm Boss, Now Zealand official war correspondout, on Saturday), leotures are being daily given within sound of tho guns. Arrangements have also been made by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland with various farmers and owners of stock, by which officers and men on leave enn visit and inspect farms and stock in Scotland.

On tho arrival of tho Moeraki from Sydney yesterday afternoon, the police arrested n. batch oi seven stowaways. Six of the number are alleged to have illegally taken tlioir departure by the Manuka when she left Wellington on August 17. and two of them aye asserted to do deserters from the New Zealand Military Forces. All of them will bo brought before the Magistrate's Court this morning' and charged with having left tho Dominion without per-' mits, contrary to tho War Regulations, and with having stowed away on the Manuka. The uames and ages of tho men are as follow:—Thomas Peter Pmdergast (26), William Alfred Collins (30), Patrick Toohey (26), Michael O'Connor (35), Bernard Bradley (27), and Jeremiah Courtney (24). All of them are believed to no single, and Prendergast and Toohey are stated to have been in camp in New Zealand. When it was ascertained that they had left by tho Manuka the polico authorities in Sydney were communicated with, and they were arrested upon arrival at the .Now South Wales port. A large posse of police was in attendance when the Moeraki berthed at the King's Wharf yesterday, and the men 1 were all brought ashore handcuffed, | .and were lodged in the Central Police I Station. An Australian youth, aged 13 , years, was also arrested on a charge of' stowing away on the Moeraki at Sydney.

Tho crowd at the Maritime-Newton football match at the Auckland Domain on Saturday afternoon was regaled by a stop-thief chase. An ambulance official, in running for his first-aid box to attend to an injured player, dropped : across a young man in one of the dress-, ing rooms acting suspiciously, and raised the cry of "Stop, thief" as the young fellow bolted. Constable Gourley happened to he handy, saw the young man running away towards the main gate, and took up the chase. Tho fugitive jumped the fence, hut found his pursuer eaually agile, and lie made a regular hurdle race of it and took another fence into private property with a lead of several yards. Constable Gourley also fenced tho obstacle. 'and the leader went at the next fence, but struck it' nnd fell, while the constable made a diving jumo and'landed on ton of the rnnawav. Tho prisoner was taken back* to the navilion in the park, and several articles were found hidden in the dressing room from which he had bolted. He was tak»n before the Magistrate on Monday and remanded for a week, bail being allowed in one surety of £100.

A complete agreement has been arrivod at by the Conciliation Council in the Wellington brewers', bottlers, bottlewashers', and Aerated employees' dispute. There were slight alterations made in the general working conditions, and an all-round mcreaso in wages was decidcd upon. Under the now award brewers, and malt-house workers will bo paid £3 for the first three months and £3 2s. 6d. thereafter, as against the present rate of £2 17s. 6d. Bottlins-storo markers will receive £2 17s. 6a. and £3 respectively, as against £2 15s. now.' The parties congratulated the Commissioner (Mr. W. Newton) 011 the manlier in which he had conducted the proceedings.

A returned'soldier who has taken up one of the seotions in Lamont'e. Estate, near Woodlands, was agreeably surprised one moruing last week to receive a visit from some of his neighbouring farmers, says tlio "Southland Times." The visitors considerately brought their teams with them and instead of talking about the weather, crops, frozen mutton, dairy produce, and other topics so dear and necessary to a farmer's conversation, they merely said "Good morning," and immediately made preparations for a day's ploughing. Fortunately they were favoured with beautiful weather, and consequently mado good progress, somo fifteen acres being ploughed before they finished. 1

A well-known German spy got permission to visit a British aerodrome. In one week he visited scores of sheds and counted hundreds of new machines. One day our flying men allowed him an aerodrome that contained 100 brand new Handley-Page machines. In the afternoon he visited another shed some 60 miles away, and was shown another 100 of the same machines. Altogether he saw some thousands of HandloyPages and registered the fact at the moment the Germans were about to launch their big offensive in March. He now knows that our men flew their machines from one aerodrome to another as the spy appeared. In all they made him flount the same machines 29 times without showing him the hundreds ol big battloplanes housed in sheds that ho was not allowed to go near.

The Kent Terrace Presbyterian Sunday School further celebrated the anniversary last ovoning in a tea meeting and a varied programme of music, songß, etc. The schoolroom was taxed to its seating capacity, and hearty' applause followed every item. At the conclusion,, on the revest of Air. M. Hannay, the'superintendent, a vote of thanks was accorded the workers who had contributed to the success of the anniversary.