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LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Manuka brought. 100 bn<?s of mail .from Sydney yesterdav, of'whieh amount 31) bags are for Wellington. A local syndicate has acr/uir'ed a. I)lnck of. forty acres of land at Mirnmar, opposite the golf links, with the intention of forming a. garden suburb. • Only of approved design' will lie sanctioned by the promoters, who are confident-thai the proposition will be an entire, .success. l''or the financial year ended AlaTeli 31, MM. the sum of ,1't,172,575 was collected in Customs duties in. the Dominion; Tho 'amounts taken at the principal ports of entry and the cost of collection were: Wellington Xl.'J-l-S,o3(i, costing .CI Bs..' ldi per cent.; Auckland, «C1,035,2(i5, and ill 8s; ltd.; Lyttelton ,£560,781, and M 14s. lfld.; Dunedin J.'!j17,209, and .£1 lis. Id.; Napier J;107,167, and Jil ,18s. lOd. The average cost of' collection of the whole sum. Was ill 10s. Bd. per cent.. The cheapest port was Paten, where X9IGS was collected, at a cost of XI Is. Cd. "7 reckon thai the whole of I his -Dominion could ho bettor governed by 10 or "12 good solid, men than by .the So representatives now in-- .Parliament" re-, marked Dr. Thicker, M.'l'., at u meeting at Christchurch on Wednesday morning.. In the ' Legislative Council yesterday the Hon. G. J. Garland gave notice lo ask the Government whether they would have prepared and printed as soon as possible an illustrated catalogue of the fishes of New Zealand.

The Telegraph Office advises that, messages at tho deferred rate may now be accepted, via Eastern only, for Canada and British West Indies. The cost, to New • Zealand of the occupation of Samoa up to June 3D. l'Jl'J. was •£411,905. At. 6.50 last night Christopher Burke, residing at llay Street, Oriental Hay,' was admitted to. the hospital, (suffering from an' injured' back, caused through a fall from a crane on the. wharves. :

The following havo signified their intention. of being present at the commercial travellers' -dinner wiiicli is beiug held to commemorate., the anniversary of the incorporation of Uiu united travellers and tho warehousemen of New Zealand:lit.': Hon. ;Wv l'\. AJ.assey t (l'rnn& iliilis-. ter),. Sir Joseph Ward, Sir Francis Hell,. Sir William i'Vaser, lion,. W. Nosworthy, Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister of Justice), Mr. 1!. W. It'Vuty (General Manager of Railways), Air. J. G. Harkness (chairman, ot Wellington Harbour board),', Air. C. W. Jones (manager of .Huddurt Parker Company), Captain Al'ludoe. (secretary of ulercimnt.Service Guild of Australasia), Hon. D. li. Guthrie (Alinister. of Agriculture). Il'he following .toasts are to be honoured: "The King," ','Tlie Day Wo Celebrate," "Parliament," "Commerce," "Hailway Department," "Harbour Board," "Shipping Companies," Tteins are to lie provided by, the. association's musical society. "The Christclntrch macadamised. and tarred roads tire the nearest approach lo me real aspiialtic roads that i have ever 6een," remarked Air. Sandston in tho course of a lecture on "lluad Economics." He added that the roads in and about Christchurch were much superior to those seen in Australia.

At the meeting of tlio Canterbury Repatriation Board on Wednesday'evening, t.ho chairman (Mr. A. W, Jamieson) said that cases w,ere continually being brought before 'the board of men purchasing farms at exorbitant prices from private owners, and then coming to the board for a grant t np to 4.'3t)1) for the purpose of obtaining plant, etc. He thought something could be done to protect soldiers who contemplated purchasing such farms by advertising in tlio newspapers asking them to call on the board for advice. .'There were two. or three members of the board who were competent to give advice to such men, -and they would willingly give assistance. Ho inentioued the case of a sol-dier-who had paid i:500 down on u farm and then came'to tin; board for a loan of ,£3OO for plant. The man was a fine type, and bad been a. good soldier, but lie luid paid an exorbitant price for the land, and would, have to work very hard for a. number of years to meet; his financial obligations, and it was doubtful if lie could over make a success of the farm at tlio price lie paid for it' Most likely ho would meet .with failure at the end and lose his own. JiuOO and then Jiave to. luako a fresh start. In view of such facts, said the chairman, ho would'ask tlie board to give permission for an advertisement to be inserted in the newspapers along the lines suggested. The board granted authority for the purpose. ; . .

During a discussion on the unemployment rine.stiou at a meeting of tlio Canterbury Hepatization Hoard, several speakers referred lo llie large number of girls still being.retained in what were ostensibly men's positions. The opinion wan expressed that the board was practically helpless in the matter, and all it:could do was lo urge employers lo lake on men instead of girls when engaging clerks.

"If we had more houses, Iho men would marry the women and that would si'llle the difficulty,'-' commented Mr. E. .1. Howard. "Wouldn't it bo better to 'make' Hie soldiers marry the girls and get. their jobs that way?" suggested- another member. Eventually Ihe board decided to make an appeal lo the. public to engage men clerks instead of girls.

A Japanese merchant, Mr IC. Ohkubo, staying al. Usher's.Hotel, Sydney, Tell a distance of 151) ft.. from tho roof of tho building down the light area last week, and was killed. Mr. Ohkubo was taking photographs of Sydnov nl the time of the accident. Tho fatality look place, a. lew minutes after :! o'clock. Mr. Ohkubo, who iiad a room on tho third lloor, returned from the dining room a. few minutes before 1! o'clock, and, gelling his camera, told one. of tho atlemlanls. that, he was going to lake somo views of Sydney. lie entered 'the 'lift and reached thi? roof. There was no one besides Mr. Ohkubo on Die roof-'at. the time; consequently Ihe cause, of ihe accidcnl is a mailer of i-onjecluie. II is believed thai whilo getting into a good 'position closo to tlio light area way, so a* lo gel, views of tlio harbour, deceased slipped and fell. hi falling be biimpod the iroof of a siniall kitchen, and then crashed through a glass roof Iho ground floor ' behind ; the inatn bar. Smashing through, tho glass, he landed on his head on Ihe. marble lloor, and was killed. Nearly every, bono in his body was fractured. hate last night one of the Cenlral Station firemen was admitted to the hospital' with• a broken arm; The injury was caused through an engine backlil'illg, • ■ •

A taxi-cab driver was wrested yesteriluy by Detective-Sergeant Scott on a i-hartfo of failing to account to his employer for a. sum of ,lil lis..

The member lor Wellington Suburbs (Mr. I{. A. Wright) has nsked the Minister of Defence, whether he will favourably consider the claim for relrosneelive allowance of tho wives of men who volunteered for home service. Home service men volunteered with tne Ot-si: possible motive and did excellent work, .s':i.tcs Jlr. Wright. Home of them contracted illness in camp. Physical unfitness or the age limit prevented lliem from being sent overseas. The wife of a hmi.e service man found it just as difficult, to keep house as did the wife of an ,'iclive service man, and the Is. per day separation allowance allowed lo the forriwr was totally inadequate.

Mr. W. 11. .field (Otaki). has asked the Prime Minister whether, m order to augment (lie revenue of the Dominion and to lessen the coil, to the consumer, (he Government will favourably consider the r|iiestibn of establishing a Shite monopoly of the importation of benzine .mil other commodities upon which inordi 1 alol.y large profits are now being nude. .It is reported, says Mr. field, thai the -Anglo-Persian Oil Company wild iie willing to supply the New /eaii'id ('< vernmont with .benzine, to be. convc-vtd here in tank steamers, nl a pri:.'e which would enormously diminish the . retail price of. same.

The display of narcissi in the . Botanical Hardens is a glorious one just now and should continue for the next two weeks. The beauty of the mass of bloom on (he borders and 011 the slope 011 the left-hand side of the main entrance path will l'ewnrd visitors. The -primroses and anemones also make a. fine show, and in addition the kowhai is in ■full bloom. Detective-Sergeant Mason and Constable' Burnett arrested a man {it Pae-. kakariki on a charge of forgery at Christchurch. Mr. H". Holland ftlrey) has given notice in the House of Representatives to ask the Prime Minister—(t) -Whether, in view of the rcfural'.of the Cowl Mine Owners' Association to meet, the miners in conference, ho will at once call a compulsory conference .of owners and miners?. (2) ■Whether he will take immediate action to prevent the eoal-nn'no owners from putting in to. ope ration .their threat to increase the price of coal to consumers? (:l) Whether, in the event,of a compulsory, conference failing to 'effect'« settlement of the matters in dispute..between the mine owners ami miners, lie will-im-mediately give' the House an opportunity to adopt the recommendations of the 'Industries- Committee with resnect lo the iiutioiia''.isatio!i of (110 mines?;

Seine excitemeut' wiw arous-ad »t Sumner on Wednesday aftei'noon by' the fact that tiro young .girls had. been isolated on Herring Brick by the rising tide. The visitors had foil waiting''during the. midday hours, and had nqt noticed their predicament until about two, when they found', their return to shore cut oft'..'. 'A ninnber'.uf lads borrowed a long' plank from'a e6nfaetof;near by and. made " repented, efforts to . pet . across a. passage' of water, which by .this • time .was rolling in three to four feet deep, but all attempts' resulted in failure'. Meanwhile* a very heavy sea had. risen, the rock being surrounded by' an exceedingly dil.rigerous wash" which, on the seaward side, reached" f.lie' exit of. Cave lloclt. As it was considered inadvisable to attempt a rescue by means of a boat,.tho girls patiently resigned'themselves to their'fate and awaited'a'fallihs; tide. Just before six o'clock n ■ stalwart member of the Sumner Life-Saving Clubsucceeded in reaching the/'girls,'and eventually carried each to safety.V Both had apparently experienced a very, trying time, one being rescued in a state of. collapse. After receiving attention from resident's nearby, the girls sufficiently recovered to bo able to return I .''to', town by train. " " •

"I wish to raise a protest, against the way the Land Board demands ' its pound of llesli .from the soldiers," said Mr. .E. J. 'Howard,; at''.Wednesday night's meeting of the Canterbury ■ liepatriation Board. He tii.cn referred to an incident which happened at the Land Board ballot for sections in tho - Avonhead settlement, where' a returned soldiVr, who had drawn a section, forfeit-; ed it'because lie'was not-present at the moment 'that the ballot touk. place... - Tho principle adopted by the! board, -said Mr. Howard, ■ was most unfair, as the man had waited about all day, and then gone away; in the belief that the ballot was not going to take place until the following day. '' In consequence he was not present when he drew the': section, and a fresh ballot win held. The chairman (Mr." A'. W. Jainieson) explained . that the Land Board had to receive, the', first half-year's relit immediately the .'ballot took'place, and the man unfortunately was not present at the time. _. He had seen iiiui subsequently, and was. endeavouring to arrange .something else for hint in order that he should..not suffer. j\[r. •A. I 1 '.: Drayton remarked'.that it' was a scandal' the way l'J2 men had been kept hanging about the, Lands Department's office for two days, with t|ielr money in their hands. "They call it national efficiency," added Mr. Drayton, "but I can't see much efficiency about it."

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 299, 13 September 1919, Page 6

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 299, 13 September 1919, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 299, 13 September 1919, Page 6

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