LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Secretary, General Post Office, has been advised t.hat legal time has iicen reverted to in Azores, Bulgaria, Portugal, and Turkey.
The fact that every increase in wages contributes eomothing lo tho growing cost of living was mentioned «t tho Arbitration Court at Auckland last week. Mr. Justice Stringer ncreed. "I suppose that every increase adds to the cost of livins; of every other section of workers." he said. "It wi]l go on until wo 'topple' over the precipice, I suppose."
DtHint the course of his remarks at the'.Navy League meeting in the Town Hall last niirht, Mr. Justice Hoskini» staled that the Wellington College had put up a very creditable record in resnect to membership o£ the Navy League. It had the second largest membership of any school in ..the British Emnire. nimol.v. 31)0 members. The Otaeo Boys' JTicrli School had the largest school membership in the Empire, with -144 members. The statement wns received with apnlanse.
A deputation from the conference of the N.Z.B.S.A. will wait on the Prime Minister- nt 9.15 o'clock this morning to urge that soldiers who have, yet to return to the Dominion shall have the right to vote at the coming general election. . '
In the official book of instruction for £adet irainiitg just issued by tho Government, it; is provided that life-saving and swimming shall form part of the syllabus. It is pointed out by the Department that "swimming forms one of the best means for developing every musclo of the body. Those who habitually ewim are better able to resist exposure to weather and to avoid colds, influenza, etc. Having learned to swim, the duty of all Cadets is to learxi to save life in the water."
Oile way of meeting the rise in the cost of living was proposed by Mr. C. E. C. Eobieson at tlio annual conference of tlio Public Service Association yesterday. The present time, he said, was the very best opportunity for getting members together for the ptfrpwc of establishing co-operative store-.!. Nothing to-day exercised the mind of the public servant more than the cost of living. Everybody knew that profiteering had been going on all over tlio country. No denial could explain away the facts of the present prices. On this account the time was opportune for co-operative effort in the shape of stores to supply public servants.
A novel suggestion, which ran as follows, was contained in the annual report of the First N.Z. 'Mounted Kities (South Africu). presented at the annual reunion of the corps last evening:—"The funds of the association are gradually augmented, and it has been suggested that, as they are not used except for tlio purpose.? of the annual reunion and tlio publication of the 'Bulletin' the last surviving member shall ultimately )>ecom» the possessor. It is perhaps early in tlio day to make the suggestion, but no doiibt by the year 19G9' the legacy will bo worth lifting." The reading of the paragraph created much merriment, one veteran who had not. proved inimical to the ravages of Time, remarking, amid laughter : "I will sell out my chances for a 'fiver.'" \ Tho conference of the N.Z.R.S.A. was yesterday requested to support a remit from Waikato that the provisions of tiia Discharged Scf.diors' Settlement ' Act should be extended to include veterans of the South African campaign. Several delegates from Auckland spoke in favour of the proposal, urging that it woiud help in getting more men on to tlie land. Mr. J. I). Harpc.l' (Wellington) thought the proposition prematura, a* it wns first necessary to settle all the co'diers who imd fought in tlie late war. Air. ll'. M. Haycock (Palmerston North) with this view. Wlrln favouring tho motion, Mr. N. H. M. l 'Oa".lum (Chr'atcliurch) moved an amendment that the scheme take effect on ntul after Novwnlwr 1, 1920. Tina would give the soldiers who had fought in the 1-isl war 'i chance of beinjj repatriated. Mr. A. B. Stevwright (Wellington) seconded the amendment. After a good deal of d'scussion the amendment was lost, and t'no motion wns carried by a large majority.
A start was made yesterday with the erection .of a shelter shed on Day's Bay Wlwri, ,
The dangerous practice nf bon riling a tranicar in motion was commented on liy Sub-Inspector Emor.-on in tlio Magistrate's Court yesterday in regard to n en so iu point in which a man named Andrew Wallace was tho defendant, Wallace, he stated, had jumped on to a crowded tram in Conrlonay Place wlrifst it was travelling fairly fust. He was unable to got inside, and stood on the running board. There was a largo crowd waiting at. tho torminm-i, and the defendant. bumped against a number of persons in such a manner that, it wus a miracle I hat -some of (hem were not knocked down. Sooner or later, remarked the SubInspectin-, a serious accident would fake place unless the practice >vas stopped. Wallace was convicted and lined ifts., with 7s. costs.
Tlie conference of the N.B.R.S.A. vesterday resolved to urge that 7s. lid. be tie} tee for any valuation For an inspection of any dwelling under the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act, and v.o stamp .duties should be charged to soldier* on Hie first purchase of properly or business, this to be made retrospective.
t Notice of the following question was given by the Hon.' G. Jones in the l.egislafive Council yesterday: "Whether the (lovcrnmoiit will on use an inspection to be made of the Hakataramen pastoial runs with a view to ascertaining their suitability for closer settlement?"
A matter of some little interest to Feathei-ston was mentioned in the House ol' Representatives yesterday by Mr. Hornstiy. Ite said that he' understood irom correspondence that the Railway Department was erecting some cottages for railwaymen at Featherston, and as tho cottages were to be built iu the most attractive part of the town there was some little concern lest the Department should adopt the bad old l "packing-case" pattern of architecture. Mr. Massey said that he had nut particulars at hand, but the General Manager had that morning told him that he would coon be able to send in a report on the subject of houses for workers in the Railway service which would be satisfactory. Ho understood from the General Manager that it was the intention of (lie Department to build houses of quite ornamental design.
Tho hearing, of argument in the Court of Appeal in respect to the special case slated by the Registrar-General of Land was concluded yesterday. Three parcels of laud vere granted by the Crown to three Natives, and' James Patrick Bradley atid John Bernard Bradley claimed that they had been in undisputed possession of tho three parcels and had thereby acquired a title to same. They applied to have the land brought under the Land Transfer Act, and tho Crown lodged a caveat. The question submitted for the opinion ol the Court was, Could the Bradley Bros, acquire a title to- the land by virtue of adverse possession for u period of twenty years?
Tho Wellington branch of the Navy League acknowledges-the sum of J2lO 10s. received from Mr. C. 11. Emery, No. 1 Kanfurly Terrace, a life member of tho J-;aguo.
In connection with the installation of tho Westonv Electric automatic telephones in Wellington, it may bo of interest to know that in Auckland substation at Ponsonby, Remuera, and Mt. Eden have already been equipped with iho automatic machinery. Unlike Wellington, however, it is not proposed, owing to cable difficulties, to "cut over' such districts to the automatic until the whole of tho city is so provided, which will not, in all probability, be for another year or more.
A Press Association messago from Christohurcli stntes that Arthur Johnson. arrested at lnvereargill and charged with desertion by absenting himsolf from medical examination at Tiniarn, was found guilty by a court-martial. Johnson stated that he enlisted and had been rejected. Ho thought he was turned down altogether, therefore he did not notify his changes of address. Colonel ChatTey, O.C, district, confirmed the finding of the court-martial, but remitted the sentence, and the . prisoner was released.
The secretary of the Wellington War UMief Association has received the following letter from a woman residing in A'ictoria, who had been assisted by the association;—"No words of mine can thank you for your great kindness ami tli'! trouble you have taken to get me what you have. But for the =£1 a week from the Marlborough Patriotic Association, I am quite sure that neither my child nor myself would have been am e but for it. Accept, sir, my gratitude. [ will make sure that I will have a home for a time, although I may not be able to hold it if I do not get anything permanent, for my girl is not ajlo to work'for me. There is never a kind act done but that it will hive its reward one way or another, and J pr. > God to reward you, sir. A widow s and an orphan's prayers go with you. Says the Dunedin "Star"; A map of Otago. compiled in\lß6-t,. shows that a. that time there were 18 streams with names terminating with "burn : Manorburn Idaburn, Poolburn Gimmerburn. Wwldf'iburn, Eweburn, fegburn, Sowburn, Stotburn, Pigburu Swinburn Ivyetmrn, Canburn, Houndburn, Mareburn, Tforseburn, Fillyburo and Scrubburn It is a tradition in the department, that the surveyor who prepared the original map, a man recently from England, save the=e places high-soundmir names such as would fill the mouth and impress the ear and give greatness of n sort. Mr .T I. Thomson, the chief surveyor, straightwav ruled out these names as flashy and the mawnaker, to ' get one on to his chief, thereupon wrote in all the commonplace hums, many of which hnvo since been replaced.
A new theatre to meet, the visits of travelling companies, is to be built in Dunodin (telegraphed a correspondent recently). It will occupy a prominent place in Princes Street, And will b" named the Savoy Opera House. It wil be finished in white Oamaru stone, and will have a handsome and imiwsi-'; facade risins tliTee stories in heigh- and surmounted by a cupola. It wilt; provide individual seating for approximately 20C0 persons. The dress cjrcle will be the largest in Australasia. His Majesty s. Sydney, coming second. The ntans have been nrenared on the basis of a capital of .CIO.OOO. The project is beimr flonted into a comnanv, and the lartre=t pronorlinn of the capital is hlreaily promised.
A case of unusual interest to employers of labour and their apprentices was before the Magistrate at Auckland, Mr. J. W. Povnton, recently. 'The Auckland 'i'.iilo'esses' Union asked for a penalty of J.'so against Mesare. Schneidemaii Hrothers for failing to instruct a female apprentice. The girl had, it was submitted. been for four years a ladies coat hand, and, after completion of her' term, was dismissed because she would not sign an application to be classed as an under-rate worker. The union claimed tlie want of efficiency was the fault of defendants, who did not give the apprentice the teaching due to her. His worship said the evidence showed that for two .ind a half years tlio girl received liardlv any instruction, being mostly engaged sweeping out rooms and running messages. During tlio remainder' of the term she was almost constantly on "alteration" work, which gave excellent practice in sewing and joining, but very little in constructional work. He would not accept the defence that the girl was unwilling to learn, inattentive, and lazy, and held that defendants had failed in their dulv to instruct the apprentice, adding that it was fair to state the partners did not interfere, but left it to their heads. They were, however, responsible to see that apprentices got what was due to tliem. The id"ft of motiving for an mwier-rate permit for the virl had not come from the partners, ,ui(l "the fact should be known that they did not suggest it either. His "Worship held that the ?irl hnrt Ik>»ii seriously wronged through the absence of proper teaching during her apprenticeship. and therefore the penalty must be substantial, not only ns a deterrent, in similar cases, but to help to make good her present defects as a tradeswoman. Judgment was for .KO and costs, security (or appeal being fixed at .£2O. Mr. Povnton suggested that two-thirds be given to the girl, and cne-third be held in trust to be expended in getting her the instruction necessary to make her a competent Indies' coat liand. Costa (i! 3 25.) were allowed
Evory candidato for Parliamentary honours during the forthcoming elections is lo bo asked to support iiny up-to-date town-planning measure that mighty be brought forward in the House. This decision was arrived at by the executive of tho Federated Town-Planning Association of New Zealand at a meeting held yesterday, when Mr.-C. J. Parr, M.l'.. C.Mpresided. The question will be formulated and sent out to every candidate in the country.
Tho Main Trunk express train which lel'l. Auckland last Friday week narrowly escaped disaster. As the train was approaching the distant signal at Otorohanga. 2!) miles south of Frankton .1 unction. shortly before 11 o'clock, the engine crashed into n bull which had strayed on to the line, and was apparently 1 vins there asleep. The noise of the collision was heard by the clerk on diilv at Otorohanga Station, about three hundred vards away. The bull was carried two hundred yards liefoi-e the train was brought to a standstill. It was then found that the wheels of the engine had jiist left the line*, and that thirty sleepers had been torn un. The bull had been drawn right under tho first cor Some difficulty was experienced in extricating its carcass. The process occasioned a delay of forty minules. IlVd the driver not acted with promptitude in applying the brakes the enlire train might have crashed over the Otoroimnga Bridge, a few yards further jilnnir {hp lino
The. congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, rccenlly took a vote on (he question of union between Ihe Prcsbvteriau, .Methodist, and Congregational Churches. Altogether 16+ voting papers were handed in, and of these 1.17 favoured the proposal to proceed with union .negotiations, while 27 opposed it. The Historical Section of the Wellington Philosophical Society held its animal meeting last evening, and elected the following office-bearers for the coming year-.—President, Mr. Elsdon Best; vice-president, Colonel Porter, C.8.; secretary, Mr. J. C. Andersen; committee, i)r. C. P. Kuight, Messrs. ISdwards, F. P. Wilson, 111. Baillie, N. Jlogben. Donations atid interesting photographs of old Wellington and Otaki wens received from .Messrs. A. C. Holms and JT. Baillie. The president reported that the Wellington Amateur Photographic Society had agreed to assist the .section in photographing places of historic interest in and about Wellington. Twq papers were read—one by Mr. Best on "The Maori Genius for Personification," and the other by Mr. Baillie on "Our liist Navy." \
A petition signed by 914 women of Poverty Bay was presented to the House of' Representatives yesterday by All'. Mac Donald. The petitioners asked that pre-war reduced passages for women ami irirls suitable for domestic help should be restored immediately. _It was urged that women were breaking down ltj health from overwork and strain, ami that the low'birth-rate was not like) to'improve uitless some relief were afforded to over-worked mothers.
As the work of relaying the tramtrack between Grey " ree f of New Zealand, on Lamb on Quaj, jhM been commenced, all south-b°«rnl wo been diverted to the Customhouse Ouav line but norlh-bound cars are still Kir, o u o the western track along Smbtan Q«V When.that Hio eastern track now interfered > Ins been replaced, south-bound cars will resume rnmiing along and those running northward diverted to Customhouse Quay. A vouth named Divvies, aged 19 years, an employee of the Carrara Geiline Works, Newtown, fractured the sma 1 bone in his left ankle wlnle at work yesterday afternoon. Davies; who was admitted to the hospital, lives at G8 ltussell Terrace. •Vt the conclusion of the war in South Africa in 1902. the New Zealand Government voted a sum of money for tie compilation of an official history of the work done by the contingents winch sailed from these shores lor active service in South Africa. The work was eventuallv entrusted to Cnntain T. h. Beamish, who had seen considerable aerric« with the Sixth New Zealand Contingent, and as far as can he learned it was completed and ready for the publisher, and that appears to be as far as the-matter got, for nothing further has been heard ol it The question of this work was raised at thn South African veterans' dinner at the Cafe Boynl, Hamilton, recently. when a motion was pn?wd.a»tliorising the secretary to communicate vitli the Minister of Defence, inquiring the 'Government's intentions regarding the nieH'er, and when the history will li f - available fo who served in the New Wand contingents, and to the general public.
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