LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 276, 18 August 1919, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

On account of the coming of EMS New Zealand on Wednesday, the fortnightly meeting of the. City Council will be hold tq-moriw evening instead of on Thursday night.

A very large, attendance of returned soldiers is anticipated at the extraordinary, general meeting to be held in iho club to-night. la view of tho activities of the association at present, jnoro than ordinary interest is being taken in this meeting. Colonel Mitchell, the newly K ;,. pointed district organiser, who is well known to reUirccci s-cidiers generally, will be introduced to tha gatheriny, and will deliver an address.

Tho Kgatipikiao tribe, a. !>rai\p,h 0 J th* Arawa tribe, living at Lake, fotoiti, reBonts the action of tho Government faking, without tomnonsaticm, all' the beauty spots -around the lako, aggre»,'Ming five hundr&l teres, aad are supuV.tiug for the right to uso the old burial places coatainc-d Therein.—Press Assn.

During tlio past weofc-entl (telegzv/iuie our sjiwisl correspondent fVoa" \vangnmn) there has bten a verr sorious shortage of buttis , , and many iiouseholda kivo goao short, sorau fy-niiiiM having to go wi liter.'; (Utoijet-hor, The pc«ilnoa is serious, a.ad is nftt likely 'to improveuntil tho ne»v soaeon's supplies ivvo available.

Lionel Posgelly. a youth 17 yearn of •it's, who had plavJed guilty to tlie thal't of r. w.-iah-j , - watch valued at 255., tha property of Aiiwt Ansell, was brought bsfoi'o Mt. 55. l v ,vri>, S.JI., in tho Magistmite'fi (/on;i w Saturday morutiisr and iriis ndnii&d (»> probation for ft iiAviod of tiveiw mof>tlt£.

fiencnii EaaA-iuartsrs instniotions issued on Saturday contain the following riotiiiiMt.ir*: Stldiais who have been discharged from tha N.Z.E.F. and obissifle<l dentally "lit" und who havo sinco been roatastiid aad admitted to militaiy ho.spitnls for furtlwr medical troatmiiit, may, while- either "in" or "out" patients, be givon dental treatment at Government expense, bat will bo limited to tho relief of pain or treaUuor.t of disabilities that *re the diieut rcault ol injuries received on sorvice.

"When '.heir disabilities warrant it, limbless and other soldier patients travelling by rail or steamer may he allowed lirei-eliii*. iicconiniodation at the discretion of the uicdicnl officer authorising tlii> joi'.niey."—Ex-tract froai ilp-umml Hw/iqiiiii'tßW instructions icsur.l on Saturday.

Mr. It. 0. Pullbrook, who mi successfully stood for Wellington Suburbs ut last election, and who now lircii in Napier, lias decided to eonW l : Uin Napier eeat.—Press Assn.-

A man was ari-cstod'yesterday in Wellington on a charge of being about to abscond from bail. The man waa committed for trial at Wnnganui, and admitted to bail. He w3l appear before the Court in Wellington this morning, when a remand to Wenganui will bo applied for by tho police.

The annual meeting of the New Zealand Academy of I'ino Arts will be held in thu Art. Uallovy, Whitmore Street, _at t! o'clock this evening to consider t'lio annual report and balance-sheet for the year ended June 30. An election will be held for the offices of the president, two vice-presidents, four members cf council, and lion, treasurer and auditor. A lull attendance of members is requested.

"You ean't, and never will, eradicate sport from the human race," said Sir James Carroll, at a meeting of the Owners' and Breeders' Association at Christchurch last week. "What has made the British nation but those sporting proclivities '( How would we have scored in tho great war had it not been for our young people, who went out, thoroughly 'imbued with line eporting spirit, ready to give their lives for sportsmanship and duty? Sport does not demoralise mankind; it elevates it."

A strange bird js at present a visitor to Tiuiaru, and was seen last week at Vi'aimailaitai, first washing at the edge of the creek near tho North-end Park, and later perched near the top of a big fir tree. It was a bird a little bigger than a hawk, pure white in colour, \v:tli long legs, a long neck, and a long beak. As seen on tho fir tree just when the sun was rising, it looked very pretty, and those who saw it took it to be cither a crane or a heron. After submitting to inspection for some little time tho bird flew away, making a rapid ilisht. Some five or six mouths ago a white heron was seen at Balolutha, und it is thought that this may be the eame bird.

Aii address was delivered in the Alexandra Hall last night by Mr. Harry Holland, M.P., on the principles cf Socialism. The principles, as expounded by Mr. Holland, were those made ival known by Karl Marx, the German economist, who is the teacher followed bj all the lattcr-dny apostles of Labour-Socialism. Mr. Holland quoted extensively from the writings of Marx, Riving the principles as annunciated a local application when possible. The Salvation Army in America has just received the magnificent sum of <E3,200.0M from the people of that country. This is an expression of the gratitude of Americans for -the magnificent work done by the Army amongst American soldiers "during the war, as the organisation ranks, in the opinion of Americans, equal with any regarding its selfdenying yet effectual and economical work from camp basa to fftmt line. This money is to b9 used purely in the advancement of Solvation Army operations in America, and is.distinct from the large sums which have been given to it for war purposes. The American Government has also given an additional tribute of its esteem in that one of its large warships just launched at Hog Island han been named The Salvation Lass. Sn.lva.tion Army women workers were permitted by the American authorities.in company with men officers of the Army to be well up toward the front lines, and were often under shell-five, and the naming of the battleship is particularly n tribute to the women workers. Commander Eva Booth, who is the youngest daughter of the founder of the Army, was the officer who was asked by the naval official? to perform the christening ceremony at the iauiiohing of the ship.

A»n exciting man hunt took place at Addingtou on Friday.- At the end of the seventh race at the Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting, a young fellow is alleged to have walked up to a payingout window of the totalisator and snatched .£2O in banknotes from the ledgo. Ho is then stated b h-wc dodged in among the crowd, and made full speed for the Show Grounds adjoining. Inside the totnlisator were Detective Abbott and Acting-Deiectivo Bickerdikc. They had, however, to traverse tho full length of the building before reaching the egress door. They saw theiv quarry making for the Show Ground fence, and in company with Mr. M'Lennan, of tho totalisator staff, set out in hot pursuit, \v)iil& bohind them panted the crowd. Over tho hijjh fence leapt the quarry with the agility of a practised hurdler, and following him in athletic manner came Actini;Uetectivo Bickerdike, with a fow others in close attendance. Meanwhile Detective Abbott had run rtmnd to s&» that the suspect did not escape by the gates. For half-nn-hour Acting-Detective Bicker dike chased his man .round the Show Grounds, taking care that he did not scale tho fence- and escape- in that manner, and finally he ran l.im lo i-arth, hiding among soino manuka hurdles. Tho man was arrested. Earlier in the afternoon. the two detectives arrested a man on the grounds upon a charge of forging a totalisator ticket by altering its number.

On Saturday .morning further evidence was heard by His Honour tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) in 'the divorce caso of Armstrong v. Armstrong, and the case was then adjourned until this morning.

Iu February last - (says the "Otago Daily Times") there appeared in- our columns an article headed. "Dangers of I'lying Decreased: Important Invention by Young New Zqalnndcr." This gave eanio account of Mr. Humphrey P. Parker's variable camber wing patent, which had been officially taken up by the American Government. Mr. Parker proceeded from Dunedin to Washington, U.S.A., in May, 1918, and the authorities there speedily recognised th potentialities of his patent, with the result that a series of /the most exhaustive tests were made at the American Bureau of Standards under the direction of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, with extremely satisfactory results. The tests were carried out under the personal supervision o - the inventor, who was appointed to tho staff at the Bureau of -Standards, where lie has been continuously engaged not only on work connected with his own invention, but on other important Government work as well. A company was formed in New Zealand and registered on June •21 to develop the commercial side of the invention. The capital of the company was fully subscribed from the- ouUet and registration was effected under the name of the Parker Aeroplane Improvement Company. This company controls the patent rights of the invention, and negotiations have already been opened up with a strong financial syndicate for the handling of the invention in England. Prior to proceeding to England in 1915 to offer his services to the British Air Authorities, Mr. 1 Parker was an engineering student nt Canterbury College under Professor Scott. As indicated, he is still engaged in Washington at the Bureau of Standards on most important work for the U.S.A. Government. This work will bo finished shortly and Mr. Parker will probably proceed to England for the purpose of supervising the coni etniction of an aeroplane embodying the invention.

A vary «ir.art arrest of t'lree boys was niiidfi by Constable J. Hunt, of the Tarn:!iilci S'rect polico, ye. 3 hvrduy afternoon. When on ;iAtrol in 'Waktifielii Street lie hp.d h:e «'!si>icims that all wai not woll with' theM"e ln ' ses °' Messrs. Bannntyno am! KsiV.J-f-:. at tho corner of Alien '■■iTcei. On waking investigations _ho fouii-.l i-hst .'. window had been forcibly <>noned. and as soon as ho Mt?red tho V.;f!-jSi;r lie cnice, across tba throe buys, •.■.'ho had no viirlit to bo on t!\c- premises. '.!'>.'.£> ",t r s.-> of the intruders ranged from 13 i.-. U. Thair names were taken and in ili)a -r-iursß they nil! be brcuriit before the Juvenile- .Court.

"Thnre is n vory good item "f raturned soldinr applying for km , , in the Cantnrbiiivy- tlis'rict," said Mi. H. T). M. Hiiswird, the Coinmissioner of Crown I,;>nds, to a ">,ytteHon Times" reporter. "Occnaionally we find some 'hard cases who ehn us a bit of trouble, but on *I>b v''"e~w we find that the men play th-> same, and are sinoOTsiy iinxious to lnnki a at farin'o;;." Rβ added lhat tV.s T.nnd Board did -.w. encoumc to trt> in for fprmini: vniil (hey l>n'l Ind «nmn cxncriencp ni. it. as most of t<ir> fpw failures whii-h iair;o before tho. bofi-rl "■•"!•" dii" tn biel,- «f f-'.qjerience nnd i:n"Hibbilily for Ihe work.

"l'v-'r --iiioi! tlie wnr we have boon ';itti!'ir shovtw and >hortcr of Ipaelirrf." "Tho soldicw ure ;o'.n\v\s back nnd ii'.iirryii"; the I'nnvO.e teachers." Three lemarts worn nisiri;.- by the chairman ill the Aiickli'.nil Education Board, i\lr F. '."'. Hiink-;, (iu.viniT ennsiderat'on of ii point raisd l\v tlio'r/iuntry represontntivs of iho bonrd, liiat an undue prripnrlion of Ihn inferior nnd uncerliSPiilod teaehrrs woi , " lvin-,' sent into Ihe country. Mr. Banks fliss'.'sW that the hoard 'shoiO.d ndverti-o in t'u , south for tearliP's to fill the dep-etr-d ranks. Mrs. F. R Banme iiointed out that tliore were no fewer than 180 students in the Training Col!c{fo who could bo looked upon to fill a number of the vacancies. With this tho discussion dropped,

Tho manager of tihe State Coal Depot asks us to state that William Bines mid Leslie pldakor, who were fined for being on licensed premises after hours, have no connection with the Department. It was stated in evidence that Biny and Oldnker had represented themselves as being connected with, tho depot.

A lad was entrusted to dispatch some business telegrams by the Paramount Picture Supplies Co., and instead of doing so ho appropriated tho money, 53. lid., to his own use. Tho lad appeared in tho Juvenile Court on Saturday liefore Mr. 10. Page, S.M., and pleaded μ-uilty. Mr. H. F. o'Lea.ry appeared for tho l)oy, and pointed out that ho was a lad who had a very goad character, which tho juvenile probation officer endorsed. The Magistrate decided to adjourn the case for six alonths, during which period the boy is to remain under the supervision of the probation officer.

Advice was received through Featherston yesterday that a German mine had 'been washed ashore in Waitaranga Bay. On the strength of this information the Janio Seddon wr.s dispatched to destroy Hie mine, but after tho steamer had left later news was received from the police on the spot to the effect that the object stranded was not ft mine, but a dead whale!

In spite of the stern lessons that were burned into the mind of the community by the epidemic last year it seems that some peoplo are still ignorant of the first facts about "the spread of disease (remarks the "Otago Daily Times"). A Dunedin lady met a neighbour's little girl the other day, and on making the usual polite inquiries about the health of the family learned that a sister had just been taken to the hospital suffering from diphtheria. "And where lire you ireing with tho bundle of papers? the lady asked. "Oh! I'm just taking them round to sell at the store," was the startling reply. It would bo interesting to know if any loaves of bread were subsequently wrapped up in theso papers from an infected hou/se, tat in any caae'such ignorance at this t : me of day must be considered closely akin to crime.

A communication to tho executive of the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association from tho Director of Military Hospitals caused, some comment. The letter was to the 1 effect that after a eoldier returned to New Zealand ho must himself. pay for any artificial eyes he might require. One of those present replied that the Department might as well say that the returned men should pay for the renewal of legs or arms. "And this would men," sail another, "that a man might be compelled to go forty years or lvioro tin one leg. They have fought for their country and have to no on one leg in consequence." It was decided to refer the matter to the Minieter of Defence with a request that all renewals be provided by the Defence Department.

Tho conditions at Eeutherston Camp regarding which complaint was made recently, were alludeii to in a letter lroni an inmate of the hospital to the executive of the Beturned Soldiers , Association at Auckland last week, m whien the writer said tho place had been thoroughly cleaned up and he had no doubt the commanding officer (Lieut.-Colo'ael M'Leau) intended to make tho place what it never was before—a hospital. An attempt was niado last week to reintroduce onamelware, but this received so bad a reception that it had not bee:i tried since. The complaints, it was stated, had been officially denteu, but nevsrtuelcse the authorities were remarkably quiok in acting upon them before members of the public could obtain further proof. Tho president (Mr. G. Elliot) said that 'notwithstanding the promise of an early statement by Sir James AUci, the association wished tho matter carried further, and thti blame sheeted home to those responsible.

"The world can only be properly ruled or governed on the" b;\ais of common sense," said Sir James Carroll at a meeting of the Owners' and Breeders' Association, at Christchurch, last week. "We have too many politicians and too few statesmen, hardly any, in this corntry in thesu days. We want lewer of tho one and many-more of the other."

■Writing under date of July 17 to Mr. I .Walter Hcldson, manager of the Christchurch Opera House, the Melbourne manager for Messrs. John Fuller and Son.l nays: "The military authorities hero evidently expect trouble, for 1 put in a requisition for 12 riilee, bayonets, etc, for 'Secrets of the Hai'ciu,' and trnw the Commandant of tho Domain Camp, who 'promised mo faithfully that everything would bo all right. Last night he sent ! his lieutenant up to say that ho was very sorry, but Jio had 'received strict ordore that no arms or uminunition wero to leavo. tho store under any consideration, and, in addition, instructions had been issued that all rifles that wore in the hands of the citizen forces should bo called in as nuiskly and quietly as passible. Wo had a fair sample yesterday afternoon outside the Palace of what is likely to happen at auy time. A great deputation of 1000 strong had visited tho State Premier, aud woro inarching down Bourlto Street. Before they had left Parliament House they wero addressed by one of the speakers, who advised l:lu»m if they wanted anything to go and tako it, not to knock anybody on the head, but juat go in quietly and take what they wanted. He said if everybody did this no one would starve, and they could certainly not pnt tip tihe w'holo population in gaol. As a result of his utterances as soon as they got to AngUvis's big shop near the Palace, tho strflcevs all broke the lines and charged tho ehop. Evidently the authorities wero forewarned, for immediately the strikers broke bounds police emerged from every little shop from, Exhibition .Street to Spring Street, on both eidos of The road, and out of the lane behind Anglais's came a body of mounted police. I have never seea anything so quick or quite so dramatic in all my life. The police ! just quietly emerged from every door- ! way and slowly worked the crowd back into the road without even one getting I into Anglais's."