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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tr4('S r Ncw Zealand waters, H.M.S. New Zealand is to visit Fiji, possibly Samoa, Vancouver, Panama Canal, Jamaica, Trinidad, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Zanzibar, Aden, Suez, nnd so, via,the Mediterranean, to England. She is duo. back at Portsmouth on May 1, 1920. Tho Hon. G. W. Rusoll stated 011 Saturday that both the Public Service Commissioner (Mr. D. Robertson) nnd the Assistant Commisssioner (Mr. A. 'fliomfon) had reached the superannuation ago and wero entitled to retire. They had nskeil to bo relieved cf their duties by the end of this year. The sum of about .£"20,000 has already bee'i realised by the Wellington Gas Company through tho smle of land 'from its Couirtenay Place-Wakeficld Street block, Tho latest sales, effected through Messrs. George Nathan and Co., liavo been two sections having n frontage to Lower Tory Street. One big section (55ft. x 217 ft.) has been disposed of to Jory, M'Whannell and Co., engineers, for a sum approximating ,£SOOO, and -another, adjoining the latter, with a frontage of 45ft, to Lower Tory /Street by a depth of 110 ft., has been sold to Messrs. Moore, "Wilson, and Co., merchants, for an amount just over JC2OOO. In a reminiscent moment at tho Orphans' Club on Saturday evening Admiijd Jeilicoe told a story of a Yankee destroyer commander'who had sunk a Üboai. He had wirelessed: "Sunk German submarine, latitude 55 north, longitude 22 w;est. Where am I?" Sir Lewis Bailey, Naval representative at Qiiecnstown, who received the message, was puzzled, for tho captain had given ".his exact position, yet was asking where 110 was. So 110 submitted the messago to an American naval man, who explained that the American destroyer commander wanted.to know what class he wa.s in (as the result of having sunk a submarine). ,

By (lie new steamer Wairnna there have arrived in Auckland from San Francisco Captain Saunders, the cliiel engineer, Mr. M'Caughey, and twelve members of tho crew of/ the vessel formerly bearing the iiamo'Wainma, sunk by the raider Wolf on June s 2, 1917, After they had been fourteen days in Germany they wero sent in squads to work at repairing railway lines. Their food consisted mostly of dried swede: turnips, and one small loaf every three days, and a mixture called soiip. They wero allowed (kl. per day to buy tobacco. etc—Press Assn. Owing to her rcmarkablo resemblance to a young woman who is "wanted" by the police a fifteen-year-old girl had a .most unfortunate experience the other afternoon (says the "Lyttelton Times"). She'was walking from Cathedral Square along Worcester Street with the intention of going to the Public Library, when two men in n motor-car called out to her to stop, As she did not know who they wero she took no notice of them, whereupon the men stopped the car and caught hold of her and bundled her into the car. They demanded to know why she had not stopped when they called out to her, and said that they wero police constables and had .a warrant for her arrest. Tho girl protested her innocence, but It was of no avail and she was taken to tho police station. Here eho was ablo to prove that she was not tho girl who was wanted, and she was released. When she reached her hoini' sho was in a state of collapse owing to the shock and treatment, she had. received. Her brother called at tho police station and demanded an explanation of the occurrence. The police apologised for the mistake and explained that it had been wholly duo to the girl's remarkable likeness to tho person for whom they held a warrant for arrest. Joan Miller, a four-year-old child, whoso people reside on Queen's Drive, was yesterday morning admitted to the Hospital suffering from burns about the arm. The little patient was reported "comfortable" last night. It Is understood that tho tour of Sir Harry Lauder and his company through New Zealand may be abandoned owing to the difficulties of transport between Australia and Now Zealand and the limited time at the disposal of the groat comedian. The Mayor of Christchurch, Dr. Thackcr, M.P., is promoting a Bill to make provision that municipalities may purcihaso and soil firewood on such terms as they think fit. At present they have power to doal in coal, but not in firewood. Dr. Thackcr intends to endeavour to get tho Bill through Partianient thifj year.—Piess Assn.

A Press Association tSlegram from Timani states that the War Memorial Committee has finally decided that the memorial shall not be anything of a utilitarian nature. So far, JJI3OO odd is in hand, and d£3oo more has been promised. All understanding has been arrived at between tlio Hutt River Board and the Lower Itutt Borough Council for the latter to become lessee from the board, at a nominal rental, of four acres of land at the northern,end of Gear Island, near the end of White's Line, for the purposes of a recreation ground for the borough. The land is well adapted fir this in every way, as in addition to affording room for a fine sports ground, there are splendid facilities for river bathing in tlio summer time. A conference of delegates of the different branches of the Navy League in New Zealand will bo opened in Wellington at 10 a.m. to-day. Viscount Jeilicoe, Admiral of the Fleet, has accepted the-in-'vitation to attend the conference to-mor-rovv morning. When the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. G. W. Russell, waited on Lord Jeilicoe last week, tho Admiral informed him that the portrait of Sir Joseph Ward, which was placed on H.M.S. Now Zealand, had been removed. Ho had no knowledge by whom it had been taken, but stated tliat possibly it had been injured in action. He added that the officers of the ship and 'himself keenly desired that a portrait of Sir Joseph Ward should be 011 board the vessel, n.nd, in accordance with this ivish, a lifesize enlargement of Sir Joseph Ward, framed and with a name-plate suitably inscribed, had been forwarded to tbe Admiral. At a meeting yesterday of the Thorndon branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand, the following resolution was passed: "This meeting regrets that, in view of the official figures given by the Hon. Mr. Myers and the improved prospect of the coal supply, tlio Railway Department is not contemplating immediate resumption of train services. It is considered thero is no reason .why the present drastic reductions should be further continued, thereby causing unnecessary unemployment in tho railway service, and denying the. staff their usual privileges." It was' stated that a considerable number of married men with families have been notified that their services are 110 longer required. A group of small companies who are interested in the export of dairy produce fiom t'ne Wellington district have formed a new company, which has acquired the balance of the unexpired lease from tho "Wellington Meat Export Company of that company's refrigerating stores and machinery plant in Waterloo Quay, together with any goodwill appertaining thereto, for a sum of J212.000. The lease has only 4J- years to run, but tho new company will, during that time, traiisfer their operations to a block of reclaimed land on the corner of AVaterloo Quay and Cornwall Street, tho lease of which has already been secured from the Harbour Board by the company, which will provide for continuity of operations. A hospital patient named' tVhern, suffering from an incurable complaint, is missing from the institution, says a Press Association telegram from Napier. Ho escaped from the institution on Sunday last and jumped into the sea near tho breakwater. Ho was pulled out by a passer-by. After being sent home he was returned to tho hospital, from which he escaped again. While in Indianopolis a Southland resident saw the annual meeting of Hie "Shiners," a wealthy Masonic lodge that holds its annual gathering at a different meeting place each year. During the Shiners' meeting in Indianopolis a procession of Freemasons was held, and it took two hours and ten minutes to pass a given point. The procession contained 30,000 Freemasons, and they wero accom l panied by forty-seven -bands. "New Zealand waiits a publicity bureau very badly in America," Said a returned traveller the other day, "as only about; one in every ten Americans knows that such a country. exists, and their ideas about New Zealand are very hazy. If inoro prominence were given to New.' Zealand it would result in a' great amount of tourist traffic coming this way from tho States, and there would also be a considerable number of American workmen emigrating if they knew more about the conditions under which t'iie New Zealand workman lives." The Cunard Company has announced in the American .Press that for tho moment it does not intend to build any more express mail steamers, but is going to concentrate on improved Frauconias and Tusoanias, eargo-and-passenger steamers oi 18,000 and 15,000 tons gross and about 18 knots speed. A little girl named Audrey Skinner, 6ix years of age, yesterday fell oft' a seesaw at Newtown Park and fractured her right wrist, ller parents reside at No. 16 Kiliwyn Terrace, Wellington South. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the brick warehouse at the corner of Albert and Swanson Streets has been purchased by tho Patriotic Association and the Women's Patriotic League, at a cost of .012,500, to provide a permanent Soldiers' Club. A Press Association telegram from Dmiedin states that Mr. John A, Brown, a member of tho Manufacturers' Association, will contest tho Dunedin West seat on behalf of tho New Zealand Labour Party. As the Motor Corps cannot successfully handle the large draft returning by tlio troopship Giessen, owners of era's willing to assist the corps are asked to ring No. 2173 or 2347. Latent talent of an unexpected order has been discovered in the Christchurch City Council (says the "Lyttelton Times"). Councillor Langley has presented to the Mayor, to be lning in his room during the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand, a large oil painting of Admiral Jollicoc, which lie has executed himself. The portrait is a very good likeness of Viscount Jeilicoe, and it will be hung in a place of honour in the Mayor's room. Two medical men from Dunedin figured in a little piece of comedy which was enacted in North Otago early last week, althougli it is doubtful if they were greatly impressed with the humour of the situatiou (says tho "btago Dan> Times"). After finding' their passage blocked at Bushoy they attempted to negotiate the hill road, but they failed to reckon with tho ICakanui Stream, which rose ■! feet within two hours, and, as they found> to their cost, presented an impassable barrier. Before they were aware of it their car had run into a depth of several feet of water, whero.it inconveniently came to a sudden stop and forced its occupants to wade ashore, wetter and wiser men. Assistance having been obtained, the car was towed to dry land, and the two medical men, after making a hazardous journey over a railway bridge in the Jiirlt. found temporary accommodation for tho night, and continued their journey to Dunedin on the following day. At the meeting of the School Headmusters' Association on Saturday after- ■ noon the following resolution was passed "That the headmasters desire to congratulate Mr. William Foster on tho excellent arraugements lndde by him in connection with the recent Peace celebrations .at Parliamentary Buildings." | The resolution was carried with acclamation. An extraordinary strike, connected with tho influenza epidemic, was one which held up a British liner in the Pacific for two days. The Chinamen, who formed a large proportion of the crow, refused to sail until tho captain had shipped a coffin for every celestial on. board. Their argument was that tho owners had contracted to send tho bodies *>f any men who died on service straight back to China—and in these days of influenza. one never knows! During the hearing of a charge in Christchurch against a man of'having bto.en two bicycles—one valued at i'D and the other at Jila—the picsecuting sergeant said that :KJ or -10 bicjcles were stolen in that city per week, and not half of them wero recovered The accused had ridden (ho bicycle vauued at ,:Cls lo 'J'imaru, and had sold it for .£2 10s. The other was dismantled. Al- i though the accused was-only 19' years of age he was married, but was living apart from his wife. The accused said he had j stolen tho cheaper bicycle at the instigation of his wife, who wanted tyres for her own bicycle. Ho was convicted and placed 011 probation for twelvo months, and was also ordered to refund ,£2 10s., the money ho got for tlio bicyclo in Timaru, and .£3, tho price of tho dismantled machine.

Referring to Die administration of the Government during the war period, .Mr. John Kowe, who presided at Iho annual meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club, said that no doubt the Dominion Government had left itself upeil to criticism on occasions, but to ils credit it should bo said that the eon'iiiiet of public affairs in New Zealand had been clean and wholesome. Tlio. Government !iad not failed to do its part 011 any occasion, either in the training of men or tho shipping of troops and produce, and all its undertakings had "been entirely free from serious financial or other scandal. The speaker added: "I know 1 am right in saying that 'his is the only country of any magnitude that took part in this war whoso administrators can statement."—"New Zealand .Herald." "Daylight saving was in force in Van couver during 'our stay there," said Mr. AV, Boyce, who has just returned t'rom Canada, to a "Southland Times" reporter, "and Ihe inhabitants are loud in their praiso of the system, and would notirevert to the old summer time. Ine clocks were advanced two hours, and while thero he went to a 'soccer match commenced at V.ofl p.m, and in one instance a match -was not finished until 9.-15 p.m. All the football in Vancouver is played in the summer, and it is not an uncommon sight -to eee a football match and a 1 rieket match being played 011 adjoining grounds.

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 282, 25 August 1919, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 282, 25 August 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 282, 25 August 1919, Page 4

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