LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 135, 3 March 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A peculiar case came before Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, ■ S.M., at the Ohristchurch Magistrate's Court. Oliaa Quintall, a half-caste South Sea Islander, was charged on Friday with the theft of the property of her employer. When asked to plead she replied: ''I will plead guilty if that is what you want." This was accepted as a plea of guilty, and the accused was committed to ihe Supreme Court for sentence.' On Saturday the Magistrate reviewed the ease, and decided to cancel the plea of guilty on the ground that the accused's plea of the previous day suggested that it was not a voluntary one. The accused was committed for trial.—Press Asan.

A Press ..Association message from Christchurch states that Mr. W. D. Bayley, a'Prohibition speaker, addressed the Methodist Conference on the efficiency campaign and the relations of Capital and Labour. He criticised the president's opening reference to Bolshevism, and lively interjections were made to his proceeding, some of the delegates concluding that the subject was outside the scope of Mr. Bayley's invitation to address the conference. Eventually Mr. Buyley was permitted'to-conclude his ad-, dress on his own lines.

"There can be no universal peace in the world until there is peace' in the mind of the individual"—Chancellor G. H., Bradford, at the Empress Theatre yesterday afternoon.

John Wallace, of Ashburton, was admitted to Wellington Hospital on Saturday afternoon suffering from injuries to his wrist, said to have been received through a fall from- a tramcar.

Following are the final selections of Labour candidates for the forthcoming local bodies' election?:—City Council: Messrs, A. W. Cossgirove, H. E. Swindell, J. Hutchison, P. Eraser, T. Brindle, J. Read, R. H. Stickney, Mrs. Snow, Mrs. S. Beck, Mrs. J. Aitken, W. T. Young, M'Arley, C. H. Chapman, J. Glover, and R. M'lieen. Hospital and Charitable Aid Board: J. Hutchison, J. Glover, C. H. Chapman, T. A. Eagle, Miss P. Macdonald, Mrs. E. Lawlor, Mts. S. Beck, Mrs. J. Aitken, Mrs. Osborne, Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Hulbert. Harbour Board: Messrs. T. Brindle, C. H. Chapman, W.' T. Young.

Councillor W. J. Thompson Las given notice of his intention to move the following motion at this week's meeting of the City Council:—"That a special committee do appointed to fully consider the proposed exchange of land between the Railway Department, the Harbour Board, and the Corporation, necessitated by the resumption of Thorndon Esplanade by the Railway Department, end iiirthen to consider the use of the land proposed to bo obtained by'tho corporation on the hairbour reclamation adjacent to tho corporation yards."

At the Auckland Supreme Court a decree nisi was granted in the case of Richard Leach versus Elizabeth Leach and Harold Markwick, the co-respondent being ordered to pay ,£35 costs and disbursements. Petitioner alleged that misconduct took place during petitioner's absence at tho war, and while his wife drew A3 6s. a week from his pay.—Press Assn.

Kenneth Wilson and Raymond Butcher, both aged six, sons of 60ldiers killed in tho war, died at Kawakawa from gastroenteritis., following convulsions from eating green fruit;

In consequence of the non-departure of the Maori troop 3 from England, the big hut to be held mainly for tho purpose of welcoming tlie_ Maori soldiers, who were to land nt Gisborne, has been postponed from the middle of March till the middle of April. The troops are expected about Easter.—Press Assu.

The building of ward 7 at the Wellington General Hospital is to be proceeded with at once from the plans of Messrs. Clere and Williams, architects. Mr: E. S. Knight was the lowest tenderer, and his price (i62'18 175.) has been accepted. The architects' estimate was £6200.

Some of those who have been interested in tho recent competitions have expressed the hope that the local society will not adhero to February hereafter as the month in which the competitions are

always to be hold. It I'ns been said that February is our hottest and finest month, and for that reason alono children should not be asked to congregate morning, afternoon, and evening in a hall in the centre of the city, when they should lie out and about enjoying tho severely limited spell of fine weather wo get in the autumn. Originally the competitions were to have been held in November, but had to be postponed owing to the epidemic. It is auito possible that the committee may adhero to November, and so for the first time on record, Wellington mnv have two seasons in the ono year. Tho proceeds, over and above expenses, were to be devoted to patriotic purposes. As the war is over, and "patriotic purposes" nrn dwindling into vagueness, the society will probably find 6ome 'laudablo means of encouraging tho various forms of art with tho proceeds over and above tho money necessary for the successful carrying on of the competitions. The proceedings at tho Magistrate's Court on Saturday wero very brief. Ono

first offender for insobriety was fined the amount of his bail, 10s., and another was convicted and discharged, a condition'being that he should forfeit a deposit of 10s. for medical expenses. Mr. P. V. Frazer, S.M., was on the Bench.

A- Dominion representative on Saturday referred to Colonel Collins, executive officer in connection with the proposed Trenthaui Dominion riflo meeting, tho suggestion of »i correspondent, "Riiloniau," that it should be leit open to competitors to use any rifle or sight thoy wish. Colonel Colljus explained that competitors were for good reasons required to use the rifles issued by the Defence Department. The use of these rifles placed all competitors on the same looting. If the solectiou of rifle and sight were left to individuals, those who could afford to purchase a specially good weapon would have a distinct advantage over those who could purchase only an inferior one or none at all. Moreover, it was natural that the Defence Department should endeavour to familiarise riflemen as much as possible with the use of the service arm. A practice shoot w«a to bo hold on the day before the meeting, and any who found their issued rifles unsuitable could change them before the matdies.

Weliiiifito.". snowed a clean sheet last mouth in rwpect to bankruptcies. In February, 1818, one petition in bankruptcy was filed.

Many residents who collected rubbish [and placed it alongside their ordinary I tin, to have the v arils cleared during ("cleaning up" week in Auckland were annoyed to find the loose rubbish taken jand the tins left full. Afterwards other I carts went round collecting the tins and other rubbish, the driver shouting in one 6treet, "Bring out your tins," in a voice that would havo fitted the days of the Black Plague, when the word "dead" was used in place of "tin."

It is many moons sii;ee a whale has disported itself in the harbour, 6ays the Bluff "Press," but on Sunday morning one of these leviathans carne up the harbour and sported for a couple of hours in full view of scores of residents, while the tug ooming up tho harbour passed within 100 yards of the monster without disturbing him. Several old whalers were anxious to. go after him, but there was no gear available.

Speaking at the Empress Theatre'yesterday afternoon, Chancellor George H. Bradford, of the Oklahoma University, said that ho believed in women's clubs up to a point. He was once invited to speak in a large American city by one or its women's clubs, and consented to do so. "Where they made a mistake," said Mr. Bradford, • "was that they allowed me to choose my own theme. The one I chose I named "Less Bridgo and More Bridget" •{laughter). I guess you can see what I was driving at. When a woman is prepared to spend some hours over a card game in the hope of making a few dollars of an afternoon, instead of being in her place at home to welcome the children when they enme from 6chool, there. is something amiss with her notions of true motherhood. What hapIpens? The children come h/'me, find the place locked up and cheerless, and they go back to the alleys to fill in the time picking up bad habits until mother comes home!" >

Several of the winners at the competitions provided an impromptu concert at the Victoria Military Ward yesterday afternoon, much to the delight ~of the inmates. Colonel Maurice, who Welcomed the party, expressed appreciation of thj kindly thsught which moved the performers, The following ladies and gentlemen contributed to the programme: Mesdames A. M. Montague. M. Hay ward,, and Patterson, Misses V. Lewman, 1.. Snelling, M. Castle, M. Pickett, L. C. Adams, P. Kutner, Messrs. H. Phipps ana T.'L. Brady. The executive of the Competitions Society was represented by Messrs. Jenner, Palliser, and Carr.

"A politician is a. man who waits round until he finds out what the 6treet gang wants, and he goes for it—just as long as that gang commands a majority. What this world wants is not the politician, but the patriot—the man who will do the right thing courageously, undaunted, though'not a single man may follow him, just because he knows it to be the right thing. That is. the true patriot. What this and every other country wants is good government, not tho government of politicians, ■ but the government 'of patriots."—Chancellor George H. Bradford, at ' the Empress Theatre yesterday afternoon. .

"I notice a correspondent signing himself "Rosemary" recommends the plant to those who may be suffering from loss of hair, writes Mr. J. H. Parquhar, of 127 Cuba Street. It is a splendid tonic for hair if used as directed, also'adding a.few drops of bay rum, and has produced excellent results in arresting the hair from falling out after the influenza. If any one suffering in this way would like to try it, and find any difficulty in getting the rosemary, I would be very pleaseji. to supply them, having large trees of it in my garden."

The governing director of the Nattrass and Harris Motor Co., Ltd., Mr. Howard Nattrass, has just finished a motor tour round the Hot Lakes district. His party had excellent weather and a most eiiioyable journey. The hot springs, according to Mr. Nattrass, are as lively as ever in this weird country, the roads-are fairly good for this- season, and the hotel accommodation seemed to be everywhere taxed to its limits.

The Wellington Patriotic Society s Band, under Conductor W. Jupp, junr., Kave an excellent programme ot music at Newtown Park yesterday afternoon. The opening march of the programme was "Tregarthan," by W. Rimmer. The grand selection, "lolanthe" (Ord Hume), w0.3- played very effectively. The trombone novelty, "Sliding Jim" (Ancliffe), was very nicely played by the soloist. Mr. Arch. Taylor, and the soprano comet solo "Invulnerable" (J. Moss) was played by Bandsman Vincent. Tho waltz "Elaine" (Robert Holloway), and the American march "Victory" (F. H. Losey) were played by the band very effectively. The attendance of the .public was large.

Mdlle. Dolores, who had to abandon the last concert of her Wellington season owing to the fact that she was suffering from a cold, was able to sing at Palmerston on Saturday. The country tour will now proceed as arranged, and Mdlle. Dolores hopes to give a return concert in Wellington at tho end of the month.