LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 158, 29 March 1919, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The harsh treatment of a woman teacher, who had been hi ill-health since being attacked by the epidemic influenza last year, was brought before the Teachers' Institute last t.ight by Mr. il. Kean. He said that ti-achers had been practical!}' ordered to help in the epi> demie, and the teachers had giveu help willingly. One lady t°aeher had fallen ill after giving aid, and she hud since been unable to work. She had received full pay for one month, half-pay for another month, and dow she received nothing. He suggested that the case was one for better treatment in view nf the exceptional circumstances. . It was decided that the institute ask thfi board to grant the lady extended leave of absence on full pay.

In order to have all accommodation possible for influenza patients, should the disease manifest itself again in Wellington, the Hospital Board lias instructed the contractors engaged on the erection of the new Infectious- Diseases Hospital to push on as rapidly as possible with the work essential to making the placo liubitable for patients, and that, it is anticipated bv the chairman of the board (ilr. H. Baldwin), will have l)cen accomplished within a few days. Tho hospital will then be able to take in some UOO cases before a call is made on tho accommodation offered by the temporary hospitals, lip till yesterday morning eight applications had been made by; women desirous of undergoing tho brief course of training in homo musing which tho board is offering free of any charge. Applications will bo received up till next Tuesday for places in tho lirst group to undertake tho courso suggested.

"You have no light to hit another man unless he attempts to strike you and you have to ;ct in ■self-defence,' said ilr. I'. V. Prnzer, S.M., to a defendant in an assault esse at. the Magistrate's Court yesterday. "The . mere fact that you may be called an unpleasant name is not sufficient reason for your hitting another man."

An historic building in the annals of Roman Catholicism in Wellington is at present disappearing in the demolition of St. Patrick's Hall in Boulcott Street, for manv vears the meeting-place of tho Uoinan 'Catholic bodies in Wellington Central- This building, which is being removed in order to clear the site for the new St.. Marv of tho Angels' Church, was erected in the early 'eighties as a prcsbvterv to tho parish church, thon ptosidod "over bv the late Itev. rather Kerrigan. It was so used until the new prcsbvterv was erected on the samo block, but a little higher up Boulcott Street. When that building was erected the old presbvlerv was used as a Sunday School and for 'the holding of parish meetings and social functions, and served its purpose well. Plans providing, for a noule structure to replace the church destroyed by tiro in Mav last year have been prepared bv Messrs. Cipro nnd \\ llliams of this city. Tenders close on Monday next.

Auckland reports of the alleged influx of Hindus into New Zealand from 1-tji led a Dominion' reporter to iuqinre yesterday whether there had been any notioenblo increase, in the number e Hindus in Wellington during recent months. The chief inspector of the city (Mr. .Tames Dovlo) said' that he did not think Micro wow more than l«tj.;ee« thirty and forty Hindus resident nr Wellington at tbo present time. Of ihe ■!•> licensed frail hawkers in AUllmxlon 13 only were. Hindus, and they appeared to bo'quiet, law-abiding men, a much boiler class of men, for instance, than some whilo people with whom ho ha< bad to deal a fe\* years back, the fact that the Hindus competed actively for tiio various stands against ono another showed that, thev were not combined for llio purposes of'trade. Some of the strangers went in for bottle-hawking. .■these were not licensed in any way. though Iho inspector was of the opinion that hey should be ill order that they might be uii'.trolled.

The Minister or Public Health Mho Hon. G. W. Unwell) lias given Ins consent to the. appointment of Hi', bandall Woodhousu us medical siiperinlcndonl. of the. Wellington Hospital.

At tbo Magistrate's Court: yesterday afternoon. Norman Thompson, lormerly employed us a clerk by Messrs. Parguod, Son and T'.wen, pleaded guilty to a charge of having attempted to commit sui'.'ide at Hie Britannia Hotel on .March 16. Acling-Sub-Insncclor .Emerson taid that apparently drink bad a good deal to do with the trouble. On tlie Sunday in question the man was very despondent, and when left alone for a few minutes in the evening he cut his throat with a. razor. The. wound was a severe one, but it had now healed. Thompson,-who was still in a weak stale, said ho was prepared to go lo Eoto Koa, Island Inebriates' Homo for twelve 'month*, and an order was made to that cll'cct by Mr. I l '. ■V. Frazer, S.M. ■

. . .—, __ «g At yesterday's silling of the Conciliation. Council, presided over by. (ho Coniini* skiner (Jlr. \V. A"o\vton), the Auckland settlement of the drivers' dispute was adopted by Hie parlies. The council decided to recommend that the, agreement be made into an award rs sunn ns possible. The tlastie raffle was drawn in tho Mayor's room yeslerday afternoon, and was won by Al'r.s. 13. licnlon, Kaliau'iata Koad, I'ealhrrston. The number of tho winning ticket was -10!). Ticntham camp orders slate that lil.Tfil) l'io. John Puck, Details late l: 1 Company,Thirtieth ltoinforeements, absent without leave from October 21), 1917, to February 22, lai'.l, wa.s tried by district courtmartial and sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for twelve months for deserting His Majesty's service, and losing by neglect his equipment, clothing, and regimental necessaries.

Mr. Walter A. Cox. I'.Ci Clarence Street, Sydney, has received a letter, from (lis managing director of Ihe Verreries da Seuilnmnt (glass factories), at Manage, Belgium, in which lm. writes: "We are now free to speak and talk freely, thanks to tho soldiers of Ihe glorious Allies, f feel sure nothing will surprise, you of the Heches' doings. Barly in .101" t secured permission to go to Amsterdam, and whilst I hero heard that my soldier brother-in-law on the Belgian front had been wounded, and wrote him a sympathising letter, and at the. same time informed bim of the death of my wife and gave only family hews. This letter I personally posted at Amsterdam, "he steamer carrying the mail was detained by a German patrol boat and the 'mail taken to Zcobrugge. On my return to Belgium .1 was I brown into prison for three months and lined 1000 marts. To ft my inquiry why. ihe. IWho' officer said for being suspected of espionage, and said he would double ihe period if I asked too many questions. Vnu will he pleased to know our factories escaped damage on the retreat. The Hun bad to get through our district quickly, and thus did not have lime, to do much damage, although villages near us were almost demolished by Ihe wretches. I had the pleasure ofseeing your Anzaes as tlicy passed through here, and took (lie opportunity to dig up some of my hidden old Burgundy, and .with them drank to the Allies 'collectively and sincly. They are grand men and great soldiers The Germans feared and respected them. They thought there were twenty divisions of Airacs at- the front. My country owes n lot to the overseas Ansae soldiers; I shall always salute them." Several Chinamen, were prosecuted at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday on informations of having sold tobacco after -7 p.m. Sing On .Tie i.as lined £5,. with 7s. costs, on' one charge, and £\, with costs Vs., on another; and \.Y;£ Keo Bros, and Co. and Sue Clow were, each fined .-£l. with 7s. iosls. It was explained that Sing On Tie had been fined previously for a similar offence. In a recent newspaper report'it war stated that among the articles disposed of at the City Council's annual auction sale a number of returned soldiers' badges were sold. As badges 'remain under all circumstances the property of tho association, the general secretary of tho Xew Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association at. once communicated with the Town Clerk, asking whether the newspaper report was correct, and, if en, pointing out that the badges belonged to ■ the association. A reply lias been received to the effect that no association badges were among the articles disposed of.

The following tenders have been received by the Harbour Board for annual contracts endin-i March 31, 1920:—Coal, schedule "A," G. H. Scales. Ltd., agents, Westport-Stockton Coal Co., Ltd., at schedule prices; coal, schedules "B* and "C," Blackball Coal Co., Ltd„ ( at schedule prices; coal, schedule .'/D,' 1). Andrews, at schedule prices; rubbish, T). Andrews, at schedule prices; cartage, contract No. 1, Munt. Coltrcll, and Co., Tid.. Nt schedule prices; cartage, contract No. 2, Munt, Cottrell, and Co., Ltd., at schedule prices.

• At the Magistrate's Court yesterday a man named Ted .Tones was charged with having indulged in the game of "hazards" on the Jervois Quay 'Wharf ou March 5. He almitted the accusation, saving that lie iad been merely filling iii time. A fine of .£1 was imposed.

On the information of the ■Eastbourne Borough Council, a man named Walker was charged before Mr. P. V. Prazer, SM at the Magistrate's Court yesterday with having, on March 6, travelled on the s.s. Cobar vithout having previously paid his fare. Mr. H. E. Anderson appeared for the Borough Council and Mr. T. S. Weston for the defendant. Evidence was given that defendant had tendered a ticket which had been clipped. Por tho defence, Mr. Weston said Walker usually used a concession ticket. On the occasion in question however, he picked up a ticket which he thought was' a good one, and, thinking there was no harm, preferred it at the gangwav. He had no intention of trving to obtain a free passage by usui"" a ticket, which was of no value. Defendant said that had he noticed tho ticket was an old one he would have procured another at the ticket; office. His Worship said he did not think defendant's excuse that he did not knowthe ticket was clipped was a sufficient defence. He had not paid the fare, but His Worship believed he had acted in a genuine manner. Tho information would be.dismissed as trivial on payment ol costs, amounting to .£3 Gs. 3d.

The transport Ajana, from which ttcopa disembarked at Auckland, called, en route from Panama, at Pitcaim Island, on which is the small settlement fouuded by tho descendants of the .mutineers of the Bounty. The Ajana was given a most heartv welcome by the inhabitants of. ho island, who were much excited by the visit of the troopship. Only two hours wore spent at the island, during which • time the residents rowed out to the ship and exchanged fruit and other produce for clothing and flour. Letters for postill" in New Zealand were sent abroad, and as the islanders had no stamps they gave beads in payment. Incidentally, it niav be mentioned that the women oi tho island were amazed to see so' many men gathered together at one time. As a result of experiments made by inspectors of the Duncdin City Corporation (savs the "Olngo Daily Times'), a very cheap and satisfactory compound for Hie destruction of the maggot of the house flv has been evolved, lhe lift* historv of the fly is made up of four staccs'-tho egg, the maggot, the chrysalis, end Hie convpleto fly- l' 1" breeding ground chiellv favoured by tho fly ia tho manure heap, and hero tho egg is dsposited. In a few' days a maggot is matured from flic egg, and it is'llia maggot which is deslroyed. A reporter was shown a small brick receptacle lor horse manure situated in-a stable yard, The manure had been sprayed by the compound, and myriads of maggots, which would in due course have passed into tho flv stage, were seen lying dead on tho surface. The compound, which 13 sweetened with brown sugar, soak* through tho manure, and is drunk by the ma»gots, which then struggle up lr> the surface and die. The insnectors of Iho corporation have been instructed to nee that the owners of stable yards take steps to use tho spray at stipulated intervals, and by this mentis many mil; lions of Hies will undoubtedly lx> destroyed before they can mature into a common nuisance.

"'theestablishment of a Chair of :'.grl< culture at raiilorlinry College was discussed liv the North Canterbury ojccu. live of the Tanners* Union on Wcdii-js-,hiv when it was resolved to wait: on (tin College Board and ask Mint u chair snould he oslublishcd. Sir. .D. Jones said that New Zealand farmers were in a vorso position in regard to agricultural <;duealion tlian the farmers of (lie most procountries. There had ben *<""« Talk of'a Chair of Vnrestrv. and it the Iwn subjects cnulil lie combined, it won d lip an excellent: thing. Tin; union ci.uld poiißdpnt.lv ask the 'ward In consider the proposal not onlv because Caulcr-mry ■wa» the agricultural centre of New /enland, but also because Canterbury Collew bad large land endowments which would benefit by improved agricultural methods.

The law of succw-S is operating wonder--fnllv in favour of "GOLDEN TiUI/K" , floods and "NO TtHMHNG" Laundry Tlelp.-Advt. ;

Twister will soon be here. Se? mir large variety in suit eases. All '6ir.es from Ss: Gd.'to 975. Gd., at Geo. FowMs, i Ltd., Manners Street.-Advtv

Councillor J. Castle has decided that he will be unable, owing to business and - family reasons, to again stand for a seat on the City Council at tho forthcoming election.

During tho present weoklho Government audit inspectors from all parts of New Zealand havo been sitting in coni'erenco at the Government Buildings, disqussing the matter of local government audit, the 'boundaries of districts, and the adoption of a uniform system of audit'in ; connection with all iocal authorities. The busings o" tho conference was brought to a close yesterday, after an interview with the Public Service Commissioners on the question of classification. The senior officers of tho head office, Audit. Department, entertained tho visiting audit inspectors at a social function on Thursday evening. Thero was a very largo gathering of the staff, presided over by tho Controller and Auditor-General (Colonel It. J. Collins, 0.M.G.). Messrs. Eraser Thomson, Phipps, Meates. Hamillon, Dovoreux, and Miller contributed to the evening's enjoyment. The principal ton.sls 'were: "Our Gue.sl>," "The Audit Department," and "Absent' Members." Mr. S. Ciniino played the accompaniments.

The 'Wellington Patriotic Society's Band will piny at Newtown Park tomorrow at 3 p'.m. ' •

The, Hon. G. W. Tiussell, Minister of Public Health, infurmed a Christehurch "Press'' reporter tho oilier-day. that his attention had been drawn to the.fact that certain statements made in evidence bv Dr. Valintine. Chief Health Officer, hefore tho Epidemic Commission in Wellington had been issued as a proclamation to the people of Hie country; Dr. Yalintine's attention having been drawn to tho malter he (Mr. Russell) had ver ceived the following telegram from him:—"Hon.. Ci. W. i'ussell, Minister of Public Health, Christehurch.—ln further reference to proclainaiion issued apparently by some organisation representing liquor trade, giving prominence to my name and.making it appear that in my official capacity I am icsponsible for opinions outlined in circular. I would strongly suggest you tako first opportunity of disclaiming any responsibility on part of Department in connection with circular in question. With your approval, I will approach SolicitorGeneral as to best means of taking necessary action to jirotect the name of-De-partment and myself personally as regards this impudent proclamation." Tn reply, the following telegram had been sent:—"Dr. Valintine, Wellington— approve your proposal to refer proclamation referred to in your wire to SolicitorGeneral for consideration and advice.— (Signed) G. W. Russell." v

For a considerable time there has been great 'difficulty in obtaining the services of senior nurses for'administrative positions in the hospitals, and the Christchurch Hospital Board has becu. recommended by a committee to communicato with other boards with a view to bringing pressure to bear upon the military authorities to release some of the nurses who had returned to New Zealand so .lhat,the.v might take up work in civilian hospitals... Mr. S. Andrew, speaking' on the subject to a Christehurch reporter, said it was regrettable .that city offices were filled with young women, while higher services in tho cause of humanity' did not attract them. There were hundreds of. soldiers out of work, yet banks had hundreds of girls working "for them. There had been much talk of,reinstating men when the war was over, but it was not being done. He thought. that the banks should discharge 6ome of their girl clerks.