LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 284, 27 August 1919, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho Governor-General presided at n. luncheon tendered yesterday to Admiral Lord Jellicoe by the New Zealand Club. The guests.inohided: Sir Joseph Ward, Sir James Allen, Captain C. li. Leggett (of tho Now Zealand), nml other 'officers of the battle-cruiser. Lord Liverpool welcomed tho Admiral and his officers, and assured them that Now Zealand people were always delighted to receive a visit from representatives of, His Majesty's Navy. It was mentioned in this course of tho proceedings that fclio members of tho New Zealand Club intended to place on the wheel of the battle-cruiser tho inesnption "Ako! Ako! Alee! KinKnlu!" The words were inscribed on the old wheel of the New Zealand, now in the Dominion Museum. ' ' Smoking and expectoration in auction mark aro strictly forbidden, but there are still persons who fail to realise the existence of a law directing such prohibition. Yesterday at tho . Magistrate's Court several offenders were penalised for the offence. Mr. R. W. Smith, M.P. for Waimarino, has received tho following telegram from tho General Manager of Railways in reply to a request that n, definite statement should be miulo regarding the carriage of timber on the railways: 'Tour telegram received re timber workers. Tho improvements which are now being niado in tho railway services will enable sawmills to bo carried on as usual." Ac-cording-to Mr. Smith about 10 mills in his district havo had to close down ss a remit of tho railway restrictions, and a number of others had only intended keeping going'for a short time longer to eeo if the position improved, failing which they would have had ,to close. Timber stocks wore very heavy at present, many of tho mills having two months' cutting in hand. Pour of tho Liberal ex-Ministers have qualified, according to the customary requirement, to retain tho title of "Honourable." Permission to retain this titlo is. usually granted by the Governor-Gen-eral after three yoa.rs'' continuous service as a Minister of tho Crown. The Hons. W. l>. S. MacDonakl, A. M. Myers, G. W. Russell, and J. A. H.anan have been members of the National Ministry since its foundation in 1915. Sir Joseph Ward, as a Privy Councillor, is .Eight Honourable. Mr. I. W. Baymond, chairman of the New Zealand War Contingent Association, and one of tho most active workers .in London 'On Ijchalf of Now Zealand soldiers, is thinking of returning to Now Zealand shortfty, and 1 hear (writes ,x London .correspondent) that strong representations hayo been made to him to enter politics in the Dominion. Mr. Raymond opposed the late Dr. M'Nab for; Malaura on two occasions, and at tho ' last pre-war in England, was. the oth'cia.l Unionist 'candidate for Carlisle, missing election to tho House of Commons by the narrow margin of eighteen votes. His election for this float last. December looked almost a certainty, but at the last moment he was laid low in the influenza epidemic and compelled to withdraw his candidature. As chairman of the London Branch of the National Party, Mr. Baymond latterly took a prominent part in that organisation. As chairman of tho War Contingent Association he has given up almost tho whole of his timo throughout tho war to the interests of New Zealnndors without accepting anything in Hie way of salary or expenses. Ho does not think the vimr-point of the soldier in | the ranks has always been properly nppreciated by tho Government, and remarked to mo the other'day that if he did go out to Now Zealand and any constituency (KMred him for its member he cerlnin'y would not tie himself to either the Massey or Ward parties. The policy ho would advocate would be a. square den'l for the PX-coMier without spnon-fpcdinp , . and a speeding up of tho development of the Dominion's resources in every direction. No doubt the Repatriation Department and the Government would be very glad [ if the excellent example of a generous run-holder of the Eangitata district wero emulated. This gentleman took up his run in 1912. He is a bachelor, and as he says he has done well with the land, ho. has offered to transfer it to three discharged soldiers, charging nothing for' goodwill, which is estimated (o he.worth ,fi%oo. The area of the run is 5230 acr<>s. The Land Board has approved of the transfer. Frequent complaints of indecent behaviour by some person prowling about Tho Terrace have lately been received by tho police. Constates have kept a iviitch upon the locality indicated by ttiiuplaiiijuits, and a man .believed to nnswer the description of the offender has beon arrested. lie will 'be brought before tho Court to-day and charged, Bishop Julius thoroughly agrees with Kipling's pronouncement tii-afc "The Colonol's lady and Bridget O'Grady are sisters under their skins." Speaking at ■Everybody's Theatre (says a Christcliuroh paper), he remarked that tlu> difference between capitalist and labour loader was, like beauty, only skin deep. "Let the capitalist only lose his capital. and ho becomes a labour leader," 'he said, "and when the labour leader rnan'igco to acounaulate a good round sum, he will become a capitalist, and from what 1 havo seen, ho will be as hard on Labour as the worst." Tho lion, treasurers H.M.S. New Zealand Entertainment Fund acknowledge receipt of the undermentioned amounts:— Previously acknowledged, <£1008 Bs. Gd. I H. Hall, ,C 2; C. M. Banks, Ltd., ,£2 25.; ' C. 15. Finch, M Is.; G. J>\ C. Cnmuholl, .£2 25.; l<, C. Koimer, £1 Is.; Blackball : Coal Company, J!l Is. j Sir Robert Stout, .£2; G. 11. Wilmot, Jii 25. ; Dr. Youug, ! £2 25.; James Smith, Ltd., 4:5 as.; L. A. j Line, £1 Is.; L. W. Ludwig, M; E. K. Kirkcaldie, ,fil Is.; E. I'ciirce and Co., £1 Is.; Eastern Tetegraph Co., ,£9 2s. 6d. Tcte., £im 10s. Reference to tlie men of H.M.S. New iealuiid was made by Mr. T. M. Willonl, fli.P., in the course of his address at the annual meeting of the Sailors' i Fiiond Society last night. "Tho be- | hiiviour of these men as fur as 1 havo ; noticed it in passing through the strccls is a credit," said Mr. Wilford. "It is. absolutely something that all public men shoutd admire, and I have to commend one of tho men for the way in which they have conducted themselves since they havo been in Wellington." (Applause.)

;s Mr. Vivici Kiddiford has offered 111 Government CIHIO acres in tho Te Await v Block, near llai'linborough, for sadic. ' sfiltli'iiißiit. It is understood Hint th " Land Piircliaso Board will shortly in 0 sped the property. l ' Explaining the word "Digger," Brign ! f 'lir-r-Ueneral Brand, the Victorian Com •- lnaiidaiit, Hinted recently that it was th 0 password \ised by tho Australian scout , on patrol in "No Man's Land," am j" eventually tho term was applied to fijfht >ng (poops. At one time, he said, th '- greatest compliment that could ba paii i, to a man in France was to refer to liin J us a Dinger. iSiifco tho armistice ever, man woariiiff tho uniform of the Austra linn Imperial Force was dubbed a "Din 11 cer." The- word kliouUl bo protected f (i'niil General Brand, and should not b - applied to men who did not know th c Kound of a "5.U." S From tho beginning of the ourren .. financial year to date the, ICsirori Bor „ ough Council issued 17 building permit , representing a, valuo of J2732. The en 1 giueer reports that there is every imliea 1 tion that there will presently bo a mark - ed increase in building operations withii a tho borough. 1 The Wellington TechnicaC Educatior 1 Board decided lust niglit, oil the niotioi - of Mr. IT. M. Gore, to support tho move- ° niont to bring about uniformity in school " holidays. The mover pointed cut thai B under present conditions children of the c smile fnmily, attending different schools, t got their hoWdnya ot different times. This \ was a hardship to parents as well as tc [. tho scholars. , Tho representation ■of contributing bodies on the Technical Education Boaix I was the subject of discussion at lasf " night's meeting of tho board.' Members ! objected to the new regulations, limiting r- the number of lnpnibors of the board tc » fifteen, and depriving certain bodies -of I, representation. The effeot of the charfgo, it was stated, would be. to reduce public } interest in technical education, and pos--1 sibly deprivo the board of some financial ) support, The board decided to interview the new Minister of Education, and urge upon him tlie • desirability of increa-sin;" tho number of members. It stated lh.il: a conference of representatives of technical education bonnls and directorn of technical mlioo-H wou'd bo held in AVollinjtton on September 10. : At the ChristcJiureh' Magistrate's Courl . four charges of failing to furnish return: of incomes were heard. In each case tht , minimum penalty (J!2), with costs, vn.< ; imposed. Mr. Raymond said tho infor i illation had been laid with a, view to piv . ing publicity to the matter "of defaults Ho added that much heavier penalties i would bo asked for in the future.- ; Press Assn. , ■ The London correspondent of a southern 1 paper reports that in the bankruptcy i proceedings in tho estate of Edward A. C. Lowe, of London, 'whose gross liabilities were .£22,000, the bankrupt-said that in 1910 he lost ,CU,OtK), representing the pjoceeds of a sale of horses and liouso property through the absconding of a Solicitor, who, he said, went to New Zealand. 1 ' Mr. Hoi'old Whittle, of Wellington, and Mrs. Asfloy Black (soprano) aro to be associated with 'Mr. Arthur Gordon' (the Auckland violinist who has just returned from Italy and England) in the recitals he is to give in Wellington. About 1 p.m. yesterday the Pctone Fire Brigade received a call to Mrs. Jones's ' wood yard, Sydney Street, Pctone, where. ' u fire had broken out. During the time \ between tho giving of the alarm and the arrival of tho brigade, however, the out--1 break had been suppressed, and the ser- ' vices of the brigade were not required. No damage was done, and the origin of the Jiro is unknown. "During the railway restrictions when communication with the country districts is far from easy, solicitors should use a great deal of discretion in issuing summonses." said the Jnvercargill Magistrate. Mr. G. Cruickshank, recently. "If thev did not do this," ho said, "it would probably lead to injustice being done, especially if the claim was a small one. It would bo found that in some cases witnesses would, lose three or four days from their employment and the expenses miclit amount to moro than the claim." 1 TIo felt that until the means of communication became less difficult they should, as far as possible, refrain from .issuinjr summonses in such cases and before doing so it would bo a good-idea for solicitors to consult the Magistrate and the clerk of the court. The Governor of Now South Wales does not think tho industrial outlook in Australia is as serious as many pcoplo think it is. Sir Walter Davidson took as his theme the considered opinion of tho chairman of the Sydnoy Chamber of Commerce, who in his presidential address had expressed his personal opinion that a feeling in favour of revolution wns not likelv to obtain a footing in Australia. "I. do not believe," said Sir Waller, "that revolutions—the word to which expression has been given—aro possible in democratic communities such as yours. Education has always brought'grievances. Tt hns always tended, as it should, to make people discontented with their lot, and it has always had that effect. I have not the least doubt that the various stages.of labour discontent, will be met in an impartial, statesmanlike spirit in overy case in ■ which tho complaints are well founded and remedies aro visible. I am sure, so far as a community such as ourfl is concerned, that the.se momentary differences will readily be smoothed out without the dread possibility of revolution, or of a deeper class cleavage than at present." The matter of perpetuating the memory of those members of the Star Boating Club who fell in the war will bo I CMifidered at the annual meeting of tho I club. So far, four suggestions have been marie: (1) That a suitable brass tablet memorial ba placed in the clubhouse; (2). that an obefisk bo erected in the clubhouse grounds;.(3) that the invitation or the Anglican Cathedral authorities bo accepted to contribute towards the cost of the Cathedral, and eo have there-a permanent memorial and record. The associated sports bodies have been invited to make a combined offering, but efiCh' club is assured of a separate record; (4) that a silver oup. (with the names of [ (hose who hnvp fallen en,ernved theroon) l>3 competed.for annually by club members, the race to be known as the "Memorial Fours," This.latter suggestion has found much favour.. These proposals nn<l any others thnt may be advanced will Ijo discussed finally atithc nnnua.l meeting. Private H. S. Clark, of Wellington, who returned by the Giesson yesterday, was loss than two months in the firing line in France, but he returns with the M.AI., and a promise of the D.S.M. He won his medal through a bit of individual daring which ended successfully. His company had been worried by a persistent Gorman sniper, who was losing no cliances of potting their men. Marking the p'ace, Private Clark went out alone at 1 o'e'lock one morning, and a little later returned with eleven German prisoners and the one machine-gun which had been worrying , tho sector. Not longafter the platoon of which Private Clark was a member was practically wiped out, and wandering about somewhat aimlessly ho saw.a woundjod officer (a colonel), and stood by him in an exposed position for some sis hours until the wounded man could be removed by ambulance. As he was being carried away the colonel was again wounded, but 60 grateful was ho to Private Clark rant ho has recommended Mm for the D.S.M. Private Clark was formerly in the employ of Mr. Henry Bodley. ■ , Mr. H. Fitzherbert Wright, in a letter to tho "Derbyshire Advertiser," emphasises Hie great succeses achieved by co-operation anions farmers in New ZeaI land. After quoting figures to illustrate tho striking development, of tho movement, ho adds: "In anticipation of the : criticism that some may feel inclined to make —namely, that New Zealand is not j England, I would say, New Zealand fari 'ucr.s aro Englishmen living in New Zea-. I land with the experience, many of them, of l'armintf in England, with the inspiration cf tho spirit of the Now World added. What they have douo wo can do; we only need to seek r.nd practise tho two qualities, ;vhich go to make Hit-, motto of tho A.D.S., efficiency and loyalty, and to remember that we, as ' producers, aro a branch of the grout sysi tern of social service, to justify the ■ claim, which we'innke upon the Government and consumers, for a policy of support and encouragement for home food production." 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