LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 44, 16 November 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Minister of Defence- stated yesterday, Ihnf: New-Zealand, troops en .route-to the fighting fronts had not been l'ecallcd. The only Now Zealand .-jeiiiforccments now-nt'sea were mounted men;- who were almost at their'dc'stiimtio'n. ■ v\ cablegram stoles that-the Australian Government, has-recalled sonic troops on. their way to Hie front. A correspondent points nut lhat the New Zealand mounted men travelled with Australians,, and asks why the-.New Z"ala'iiders are to proceed if the Australians are returning. The position" seeins.: to-be that Australia has recalled certain transports that had not proceeded far "on their way. The decision-does not. apply to. the.ships in ivhicli this country happens to be interested. '

It-is-notified- in the. Gazette, that..persons alioiu lo : jo'Urile'y 'to"l1ic" iiep'tiblic of J'aniima are required to olitaiii vise of their passport before departure from the Dominion. The Consular officers for the United States of America are nulhorised to vise on behalf of the Jtapublic of Panama, and applications for vise, together. with three, unmounted, photographs, niust be. made to,- an ■ American Consular' officer at ; least .fourteen, days before the date of embarkation.

With reference to the late- appeal in Wellington on behalf of,,the Italian lied Cross Society, Mr. L. O. H. /i'ripp, the Consular-Agent for Italy, yesterday : received from the delegate of the Italian Red Cross Society in Australia the following cable . message:—."Cablegram . received .from Signoi' Frascar'a,. president, reads: 'Send grateful thanks citizens of Wellington.for their generosity towards Italian Red Cross, which is. affording great'relief to sick.and wou'ndod soldiers of the victorious" ' Italian Army, the liberator of the national .soil.' —(Signed) Uaillieu, Delegate." '....'.

.The liecess, Committee of. tlie, Seni|le met vesterdav to':consider 'further, the oiie-stion of holding,the scholarships" and matriculation'examinations .in December, and decided' that these '.examinations shall net be held before Ihe .second week in JanuiiiT, 131!),. the ..exact dale lo .lie notified, later. ..,. u . . ■ Until -further notice, Hie Chief, Telegraph Office, will .only .be. open for the receipt of telegrams from' 9 a.ni. to's p.m. Only .urgent, telegrams about .sickness,- deailis, accidents, present .movements of steamers,. trains, ami couches ivill be accepted. .Press telegrams must not exceed 100 words in length, and must, lie of supreme importance. Racing news must be excluded from all messages. ■■■■;'

-The dead Ixidv of a man was found floating in- the iSojitltarbour yesterday morning,.-and later .was identified as that of .William Brenton. who,'.,lived at 25 Tory. Street. Brenton was .last .seen alive, a week ago yesterday, when lio left, his home.-. He, was aboiit 55 years of age, and had been on the permanent staff of the Harbour. .Hoard for about twentv .vears.' Identification' was.made by comparing the..number, and.'.amountin a wages,-envelope in'.hjs pocket.with (he books of his late employers.

An : inquest was held yesterday morniii" by Mr. T\ V. Prazer; S.M., into the. cause of the deatli of Sarah Martha Walts.' a single woman -aged 01, who (licit nt 36 Cambridge Terrace, where she was living as a lodger. Deceased, was seen alive last Tuesday, and was found dead in her room the following afternoon. Dr. Fyffe; ■ who made the ■ .post-mortem- j ex- ■ animation, gave it as •his'-onimon. that deatli was due to:bronchial pneumonia following upon influenza, and a verdict to this effect was returned, by the coronei. \moiiff tlie deaths • recorded yesterday Was that of "Joe" 'Carter,- a well-known identity'' in Wellington 'for • many' years - past.•'He had been employed in'demoli;.iimr old buildings', for yea'rsp and ..lately, was iiTtlie employ of Mr..--AVjlson,,.of Wakefield Street; The deceased was discovered dead in a room in the Wellington central district, with two other men down with the disease in the same room. The ordinary meeting of the City Council, postponed from Thursday evening, will be held : pn Monday evening next. ■ Some person unknown has forwarded to ; the High '.Commissioner -the sum of.*?. 10s.-as conscience money to the Now Zealand Government. :-■'•■• i.' The crying need of motor-cars to convey workers to the homes- of the sick was' plainly noticeable at flic Town Hall yc'stei'dav. For the number of voluntary helpers who were doing this work, and. the niimber of ears at their disposal was Kvi'oVd'ii'slr inadequate, and all tho available assistance could in consequence.-.1101 be put to' its'best advantage.- 'It f, pointed' 'nut that if; the owneS-S' of cars would"ci'iilv" land them-if-'ouiy fer ft short tim'e-fbe extensive field coti'd' bo c/,vei'cd with less individual effort.-and the Riirplns'.could be lurne<Kinto other-chan-nels where they- are just as urgently ii^p'dei! : .'' :? ' v ' ." ; '' ' ":'"''' "■''.':' The mariagenient of" tlie. D.I.C. has decided ; t6 ; remiu'u' ; closed-'tn-day. ; -I'his wilivpfovide'Uie'opportiinity to'tliorouglilv .cleanse .and fumigate the building; also to'allow" fhc : st'alf a'coilple of days I cnjoyinciit. of. fresh, airi—Advt. "■_ " ! "