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I LOCAL AND GENERAL

9 ■ A Prey Association message from Christchurch slates that the steamer Covinlhic, which arrived at Lyttelton yesterday, brought a very small English mail. The hospital ship Maheno left Auckland at 1 p.m. yesterday for Wellington, and is duo early to-morrow mowing. Sho will berth at 8 a.m. to land her soldiers from Avoiimouth, and sail at noou for Lyttelton ,und Duncdin. The Chief Itytniaster notifies that on Fridav (Anzac Day) there will only bo one delivery by postmen in the city and suburbs. For the residential area this will commence at 7 a.m. Some Hastings deer-stalkers are reported to have made a remnrkahlo "bag." Arising in tho early hours, mnid the grey mists, they saw the dim out line of a lordly stag against the sky, and a sure shot lay the noble beast low. Fearing Hie deadly attacks of these sturdy animals when in. I heir death extremity, the sportsmen took the very proper precaution of protecting themselves from his savagery by lodging a coup de sraco in his still heaving side. They then cautiously approached the quivering carcass —only to find that thev had slaughtered their hired, but faithful naekhorse. who ' had so loyally carried their imi)odimp»ta through their journey to the hills. The snorts are more or less silent about their exploit, but the owner of the packhorse is (--.lid to have imposed no lock upon his lips—(Exchange.) Mr. Luke referred to the Kelburn tram in the courisa of his address at the Concert Chamber last evening. He said that the council, by arrangement with the tramway company, had the right to lake over tho lino on the basis of the annual accounts, and ha thought that the time had arrived for the council to negotiate. The-line ought to bo owned by the municipality. In any case, some effort to remedy the overcrowding on this line would have to be made, and one means would be for the council to provide an alternative tramway route to Kelburn. The public had suffered a good deal from overcrowding on the tramways generally during the war. when it: had been impossible to extend the plant, but some relief could now be looked for. The Workers' Dwellings Board has for some time been investigating the merits of three different systems proposed for the erection of standardised dwellings in concrete. It is probable that if the results of the investigations appear sufficiently favourable the board will go as far as to erect a few dwellings on the system showing most promise. The work will, of course, be something in the way of an experiment. To avoid the monotony of appearance that threatens to attend standardisation, the board would as far as possible vary the fronts of tho house, and build no more' than two or three in any one locality. Should the experiment be resolved upon, it will in all likelihood be made in Wellington. The will of the late Mr. W. H. Brown, of Woodford, near Loudon, a great benefactor to Congregational missions, has iust been proved at .£297,000. Explaining why no bequests outside llie family circle are left, Mr. Brown stated in the will: "Having during my lifetime endeavoured to give conscientiously to religious and philanthropic objects yearly according to my means, I have not felt called upon te leave money for these objects at my death." The discharge of the damaged cargo in tho forehold of the steamer Bossa lias now advanced so far that it will to-day probably be possible to make an examination of'the interior of Hie .bull in the vicinity of the leakages. While discharging timber from the tvamona at Clyde Quay Wharf a man named Fogerly fell down the hold, sustaining injury to his head. Ho was removed to tiie Hospital shortly after i o'clock, where his injury was attended to. Our Wanganui correspondent telegraphs: —Largo numbers of people from both the North and South Islands have been spending the Easter holidays at' Wanganui, with the object of attending tho Collegiate School sports, which have proved an unqualified success. The school senior championship was won by C'ouper, Harding being runner-up. Great interest was attached to. tho contests with the old boys, the ranks of the competitors including several returned men. The old boys won the tug-of-war and the football match by 22 points to 5. The school won the swimming and the rowing. Wanton damage to the fittings at 'the Athletic Park is becoming a serious matter as far as the Wellington Rugby Union is concerned. At the meeting of the union last evening it was reported that new spouting had been deliberately torn loope, and the seats and stiles considerably damaged. It was decided to write to the superintendent of the police directing attention to this, and asking that action be taken. The Wellington AV'alersjde Workers' Union will hold a "stop-work" meeting at 8 o'clock this morning to receive a report from the union's delegates at the recent conference with the employers, oil tho question of wages. Tho meeting, will fix a date fur tho holding of a secret ballot to decide whether the report shall be adopted. A boy named Shapcott was run over by. a motor-car yesterday afternoon. Ho was immediately, conveyed to the Hospital, where ho was found to lie suffering frojn a fractured leg and an injury to bin head. He was admitted to tho Hospital at 1.20 p.m. ' "' There is nothing fresh to record regarding the trouble With the Green Island miners, who are still out on strike (says the "Otago Daily Times"). Mr. O'Hourke, a member of the Federation of Labour, has arrived from the north, and a meeting of the miners is tu be held imrnediately. In the meantime local supplies of coal are getting short, as in the absence of supplies from Green Island the small stocks of other coals in hand have had to be requisitioned. There does not appear any great likelihood of the shortage being relieved in the near future either, as tho Green Island mine proprietors resent very much the manner in which they were treated by the miners when they decided to leave their em? ploymeut, notwithstanding that the miners! with the owners, had subscribed their names to abide by an agreement come to under the provisions of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. The allegedly drastic treatment which has been meted out to V.D. men by the military authorities here has been the subiect of a protest made by the Returned Soldiers' Association to"the Minister of Defence. There have, it is said, been cases where men with excellent war service records have, through their misfortune, been summarily discharged with ignominy here, and deprived of all returned soldiers' privileges (including railway facilities). All that has been given them has been a 30s. suit of clothes in yirliieh to reach their homes, practically iu disgrace. The association.las placed tiie matter before the Minister, who is giving it consideration. A largely-attended' meeting of the Nelson branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants unanimpusly carried tho following motion :-r"That we have every confidence in the present executive council of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, and that the members are doing their best for the men tjiey represent.—Press Assn. A Press Association message frgm Palmerslon Jv'orth etates that tjie Presbyterian Bible Class Conference has decided that the executive for the year 1919-1920 shall be located in Christchurch. Officers have been eleoted as follow;— President, Mr. G. If, MHnger; vicepresidentf, Messrs. J). G. Wilson and W. S. M'Gibbop; secretary, Mr. S. Wilkin--60)j; treasurer, Mr. G. A. K. Summers. The police committee of inquiry, which commenced its sittings at Wellington o:i April 7, proceeded to Dunedin on April 11 and commenced its sittings there op tho following Monday. During the Dunfdip sittings representatives of both tho detective and uniform branches of tho servico from Dunedin and Invercargill gave evidence, and on April 17 the committee adjourned to Christchurch and will commence'-its siUjugs there torduy. Mi'. W. G. lliddell, S.M., is chairman of the committee, and with him are Super, intendent Kiely (Auckland), Superin, dent Wright (Dunedin),. Inspector M'Grath (Napier), and Sub-Inspector Brobcrg (Headquarters Office, Wellington). The sittings'of the committee, havo been attended by the Commissioner' of Police (Mr. J, (/Donovan

When hostilities in Europe ceased the Workers' Dwellings Board of this countrv imiucdialcly inquired of the Defence Department what building materials (such us ruofing iron) could be made available tu the board out of the Department's purchases. The secretary of the board yesterday informed a Dominion representative that the Department had replied that there was no material to spare. A. return of the attendance of coun-, cillors at meetings of the City Council und committees gives the following information (the number of meetings sumitioued is Riven first, meetings attended second, and percentage of attendances tlrhdh-Tho Mayor, 177, IM, 92.6; Councillor Atkinson, 101, IG7, 87.4; Councillor Barber, 282. 253, 80.7; Councillor Bennett, 238, 227, 91.9; Councillor Castle, 1311, 122. 89.7; Councillor Fitzgerald, 198. 78. 30.3; Councillor Frost, 271, 223, 82,2; Councillor Godber, 163, 108, 6G.25; Councillor Hildreth, 103, 135, 69.9; Councillor Luekie, 317, 2GB, 83.0; Councillor M'Kenzie. 311,202, 04.9; Councillor Norwood. 250, 205, 79.1; Councillor Shorlaml, 223. 212, 95; Councillor Thompson, 277, Sii.l; Councillor Wright, 321, 272, 84.7. Councillors Veitoh, Wright, and Godber had leave of absence to visit Australia. The annual conference of the United Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association of New Zealand is to open in Auckland on April 20, and will be attended by representatives of tho four centres. The Wellington representatives will be Messrs. C. W. Rushbrook (president),. M. A. Cnrr and E. A. Phelps (vice-presidents), and F. W. Cu.th■borlson (past president', who will leave for the North on Saturday. The Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago Travellers and Warehousemen's Associations have raised during the war period over ,£OOO,OOO for various war funds. The Returned Soldiers' Clubhouse Society acknowledges tho receipt of .£lsl lOs/Sd. from Mrs. Charles Earle, secretary of the Sydney Street Soldiers' Club, being the balance remaining at its disposal after winding-up the club's affairs at the end of tho war. The Sydney Street Club intimates that its felt that it could put its remaining funds to no better purpose than that of furthering the welfare of the soldiers on their return, through the clubhouse. This would not only meet its own desires, but also be approved by those who have at all times' so generously contributed to the Sydney Street Club. An important action relating to the Wanganui Central lire Station will Shortly be argued before the Full Court at Wellington (states the Wanganui "Herald"). When the A r olupteer Fire Brigade disbanded, after many years of faithful service, it handed over the station—comprising land and buildings—to the Borough Council, which had from time to time contrtbuted considerable sums to the brigade by way of subsidies, subscriptions from the public, amounting iu the aggregate to a large'sum, being the other main source of the brigade's revenue. On the Wanganui Fire Board ■being formed, the council, in terms of tho Act, offered to sell the site to the board fgr .£SOOO. After examination of tho documents bearing on the matter, however, the Fire Board came ■to the conclusion that the site, having originally been granted by the Government for fire purposes, should have been handed over to it instead of to the cpumcil, and, in order to save tiie heavy expenses of new land and buildings tailing upon the public whom it represents, the hoard lodged a claim for Hie same. This the council declined to admit, and proceedings are being taken to establish the rights of |ho parties. Mr. Skerrett, K.C., will appear for the council, and Sir John Findlay, K.C., for the Fire Board.

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 6

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I LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 6

I LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 6

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