LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 51, 25 November 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Imperial authorities have informed tho New Zealand Government by cablegram that no more aviation cadets will be required from this country. Some men who had completed their training in the Dominion and were ready to go abroad are now on leave, and others are still at the aviation schools. Captain Hall-Thompson, Senior Naval Officer in New Zealand, advises that a mine has been, washed up on the coast six miles north of the mouth of the Jlanawatu Elver. The new season's wool is now reaching the stores and passing through the hands of tho valuers. The wool from the Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay districts is reported to be of excellent quality and in good condition. The rain on Saturday interrupted demobilisation to some extent, since the medical officers did not consider it wise to allow many men, and especially convalescents, to leave tho camps in wet weather. If this week is fino a largo proportion of the men remaining in the camps will tie released. "I am most anxious to return, but someone must be here to represent and safeguard the interests of Australia at this critical juncture. It necessarily involves neglecting not only' general polilienl interests in Aushuli.i, but Bendigo and those of my constituents whom I was elected to represent. I feel I ought not to remain without their consent and approval." Thus said Mr. Hughes in a cable message sent to the National Party in Bendigo. "Slay as long as you like," wired back tho National Party.

A man was arrested by Plain Clothes Constable Wallace on Saturday on a chnrgo of stealing a watch from a dwelling. He will be brought beforo the Magistrate's Court to-day.

Constable Cox, of the Mount Cook police, took a woman into custody on Saturday on a charge of having stolon £1 13s. in ■ money and a quantity of fruit from a fruit shop in Cuba Street. The Accused will be brought beforo tho Magistrate's Court to-day.,

■About half-past 10 on Saturday nirfit one of the Post Office, motor lorries, which was standing; outside tho General Post' Office, caught firo. Tho Fire. Brigade was summoned and suppressed the blaze More much damage was done. Tho trouble appeared to bo.dne to the potrol fumes coming in contact with a naked light, which was being used to discover a fault in the engine.

In tho Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., a man named Michael Kiely, 58 years of age, pleaded guilty to a cliargo of drunkenness. Inspector Mareack stated that the man had a very long list of previous convictions; as n matter of fact there were 170 previous convictions for drunkenness. Prohibition orders wcro issued against him, and he had been Rent to homes, but without doing him any good. On Friday, he was drunk in the mormnij and was 'taken to tlio homo. Ho broke out in tho afternoon and got drunk again, and was arrested in Cuba Street about 10.10 p.m. Tho Magistrate ordered him to Koto Boa for two years. Ono first offender had his bail of 10s. forfeited.

A wrong inference may possibly have been placed upon a reported statement at the inquest on the late Thomas Edward John Tolloy, to the effect that the deceased had been worrying during his illness as to how he would meet his ha-libilties-that the loss of even a weeks wages would be a serious matter to him. The.officer in charge of the local committee asks us to state that deceased, who was in the employ of Messrs. John Chambers and Sons, Ltd., had been paid full wages during the whole period of his illness, and his employers had told him not to return.to duty till he was quite well.

In a recent supplement to (lie London "Gazette," in which Admiralty awards ■of the D.5.0., D.S.C., and D.S.M. are announced, particulars arc given of a plucky feat performed by Leading Mechanic Sydney Francis Anderson, D.S.M'., who is awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. "After repairing while in (light the petrol system of his machine, which had been damaged in action with enemy aircraft, ho noticed trouble in tho right engine. Asking tho pilot to slow down as' much as possible, he climbed out on to the lower plane and made extensive repairs. The work, which was done entirely in tho opon and in a wind forco of 90 miles an hour, took over 1* hours (ind saved the machine."