LOCAL AND GENERAL
TIIO following cases of influenza wero reported, between noon on ' November 17 and 110011 on November 24):—Auckland, 21 mild, 1 pneumonic, i severe; Wellington. IS mild; Caiitorbury, 7 mild, ] untmnomic, 2 severe; Otago, nil.
The Pacific Cablo Board notify: "Work, ins well homeward; clear of United Kingdom traffic."
A deputation representing the carpenters ami joiners employed by tho PublicWorks Department in Wellington interviewed tlm Minister of Public Works on Thursday in order to claim increased rates of pay. The interview followed n stop-work meeting. The Department, it was explained, was paying a maximum rote of 2s. per hour for a foriv-foiir-hoiir week, with slightly lower rates for the lesii skilled workers. Private employers in Wellington are now paying as much m 2s. 6d. per hour for carpenters. Tho Minister (Sir William Frnser) undertook to look into ihe matter and i-'ee what ought to be done. lie indicated th.it the Department wished to bo fair to all its workers. Tho Government lias decided, ill accordance -with tho statement made by the Prime Minister, that the circumstances of the detention of Donald M'lntosh, a returned soldier, at KariUqo ('amp and at fieaclilf Mental Hospital, and his complaint as to his treatment while under detention, shall be inquired into by ft Stipendiary Magistrate empowered under tho Commissions of Inquiry Act. . As Dr. 'J'rubv King, medical superintendent of the Mental Hesuit.il. is absent from New Zealand it will not. be possible to hold the inquiry before January next, when if. is expected that ho will have relurne.l. At 4.28 yesterday afternoon tho fire brigade ■ received' n call to the Lister Hospital, No. 110 Abel Smith Street, owned and occupied by Nurses Fisher and Jefferies. There a small adjoining building, used for ironing and airing, had caught fire through an electric, iron having been left on. The building wa9 practically destroyed. The Sun office hold the insurance, tho exact amount of ■which is at present'not known. Further appointments aro announced in connection with tho reorganisation of the Board of Trade under last session's Act. Messrs. 11. C. Leary and G. W. Clinkard have been appointed advisory accountants. . .Mr. Leary is a. public accountant of Invercargill, and Mr. Clinkard. who holds the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, is in clinrgo of the wholesalo statistics section ot' the Census and Statistics Denartment. Jlr. Clinkard was formerly assistant-secretary of tho New Zealand Employers' Federation. The Travelling Medical Hoard, which is examining soldiers under medical treatment, with a view to securing them tho most suitable treatment, or arranging their discharge if further medical attention in not needed, has arranged another series of visits in the Wellington military district- Tho board will begin at. Orevtown on November 21, and will visit' in turn Mnstertou, Dannevirkc, Waipukurau. Hastings. Napier, G'isbome, I'almerston North, Hawera. New Plymouth. Wanganui, Taihape, Taumarunui. and Hamilton. The ICarori amalgamation poll will be taken or, December HI, not December 20, as slated'. "Digger" is the title of an enlivening impression in colours of a Xew Zealand soldier in lighting kit, which has been cleverly painted by .\irr M. King, of Messrs. Banna and King, and is being otTere-l as a memorial of tho war, with .% unanlitv of interesting data, which is lwimd to be useful as the years roll on, This data gives the. number of awards and decorations gained by New Zealanders. the numbers who answered' tho call (under various headings)., tho dates of tlm chief events and engagements at Gallipoli, the Western front, Sinai, and Palestine, the losses in man power, and nieiiK.r.'iblo dates, tho whole being an interesting compendium of New Zealand's in the Groat Wat'. There is an idea among joutlis that tho Defence Department is responsible for their registration for mililtary training anil that no action is necessary on their part. This is entirely wrong—tho responsibility rests entirely with the individual concerned and there is a heavy penalty for failing to comply with the requirements of the Act. M'\ (i. li. Shaw, a Californian pastoralist. who arrived in Now Zealand recently. is visiting the big sheep stations of Canterbury. He predicts that Miring the next three years there would ■ be most active business relations between American breeders and New Zealand. Americans, he says, arc fully alivo to tho necessity of increasing llieir sheep flocks considerably, and they are setting about Ihe business by securing Ihe best fdud sheen nincurable. New Zealand has a CTonl name throughout the Foiled Slates for million ;;ml wool, and Australia also in certain breeds. If is Mr. Shaw's intention to lispla.v his Now Zealand purchafe? at the big show to bo held in San Francisco next ,lunc. At 3.30 to-morrow afternoon Ihe unveiling of the memorial to the laic Mr. D. n. Weir, well known in local liugby circles, will take place at (ho Karori Cemetery. A largo attendance of returned soloiers is anticipated at (lie extraordinary general meeting of ihe Wellington Hcturncd Soldiers' Association, which is to be held in the' Masonic llall on Tuesday next at 7.311 p.m.' Tho business to be discussed is most important, ana' financial members are requested to attend. ,
A large faultily of frozen meat, held in store in Canterbury, will now, it is certain, ba carried over into next sea--6011, whilst somo of last season's wool will also be liclil hero when the new clip cullies forward (says the Christchurcli ."Sun"). The liemuera is at present loading at Lyttelton, and is taking all lier fiozcn meat cargo from there. The vessel is lifting 72,000 freight carcasses, which is equal to 11)5,000 carcasses of million and lamb. In addition, 5500 bales of wool will bo taken—which will leave 21,001) bales of HlO old clip ,vet to bo shipped—looo crates I)f cheese, 1100 sacks of peas and clover, and 750 cases of meats, besides a quantity of tallow and pells. Overseas shipping for 'December loading lias not yet been allocated, but refrigerated liners to load at Dominion ports next month include the Kaikoura, Kuahine, Eiuiutaka, Fakelia, and Wai--111:1 na.
Dr. Anderson, Government geologist, lias completed the survey of the supposed oil-bearing areas at Cheviot, but his report will not be available until about January. Until then, (hero may not be any further development work by the syndic,lie which has options over the territory. An application for a (trailt tor development purposes lias been made to tho Government, and it is in connection that the Government survey has been made. Tho oil, if it exists in payable ouantities. will probably not bo verv deep at Cheviot, and it is considered likclv that, three or four bore-; could be sunk with lhe amount of the grant that Hip Government has authority to make. In the meantime, however, it is possible 1 hat one b»re may lx> sunk by lhe syndicate at Hie spot which is considered lo lie most likely to give an immediate result Ou Sunday morninsr the Bislton of. Wellington, Dr. Sprnlt, will unveil a memorial window in St. Mary's Church., Karovi. to the lale Mr. Robert Caldwell, wlm died in July last year. Mr. Caldwn.ll w/is for many years a very aelive worker in the Karori narisli. lie held the ofl'cn of e.lmrchwarden and roiirc-'cnled the parishioners of Ivarori and Makarn in lhe Wellington Diocesan Synod. At the time of the Imildinor of the new church, which is a beautiful structure in concrete, Jlr. Caldwell save up much of his lime and worked hard, both in colleetiim funds and organising a gang of workers to lay our HlO croumls. ITo was a most, consistent cluircliL'oer. and for nearly 40 years at tended the church which lie loved. The subject: of the window is the "Good Mieplier.il," and is erected to Mr. Caldwell's memory :bv many, pereonal friends in the district. . The Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co. lias received Hie following instructions from ' the 'Director ot' the Live Stock Division:—"l'lease note that no further permits will be granted to slaughter young stock, that is, cattle between tho ages of nine months and two years, for purchase by the Imperial Government, and that tlie prohibition of the slaughter of such stock for export is again in force.'" It will b" remembered that owimr to shortage of feed last autumn tho Government agreed to grant permits for the slaughter of cattle between tho ages of nine months and two years. Advantage was not taken of the privilego to any great extent. One of the most) famous herds of deer in Great Britain is that of Mr. 0. J. Lucas, of ' Warnham Court, Horsham. Three records—for number of points, for length of "head," and for spread—for park deer are held bv that herd. Some considerable tiniw the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society obtained some deer from the Warnham Court herd. Members of tho Lucas family, who have stalked deer in Canterbury, nave shown much interest in tho society's work in this direction. Now, says the Christchurcli "Sun." 1110 society lias received, through its president (Dr. C. Morton Anderson), an offer of a gift of two stags (two years old) and six hinds from the Warnham Court herd, shipment to be made about September of next year, and the society to arrange for the transport of the deer from England. The society's council accepted tho ofFer with gratitude. All interesting report, which is 9 tribute to tho efficacy of Dunedin fire-figlit-ine services, has been made bv Inspector Hugo (Inspector of Fire Brigades)', showing the losses by fire in the fire board districts for the year ended .Tune ,W, 1010 ; In Auckland the losses were: Insured .i-15,45!). uninsured ,5390; total, .£•15.84!). In Christchurcli the losses were: Insured uninsured J31049: total. .C 27.433. Tll Dunedin. they were: Insuml ~e. r iM7, uninsured J3474; total. ,t!)l?1. There are 31 (ire board, districts in the Dominion. The Wellington services aro not. under the control of n fire bo.T'd. but under the City Council. The total losses for the Dominion for .the above nerioil were: Insured .etlfl,2G7, uninsured i'3t,B3G; total, .£151.,10!). At the request of the Defence Department tho General Manager of Tf nilwnvs has consented lo provide seats, where practicable, fo- disabled soldiers travelling' bv rail, whoso disability renders it particularly oesimble that watin.r •aecominoii'iiioM should lie nrovided. Diseharced soldiers who intend travlI'li'i* should annly for certificates to the A.'VAi.S. of the district: in wh'oli they ii'sided at Ilie time of their discharge from the forces; or if lindischnriro', the A.D.AI.S. of the district in which tbev arr-etationed. Althomrh every endeavour will lx> made to provide seats, ; t. must l>e remembered that neither the Pailway nor the Defence Department can definitely nromise that sncli will always be available. A meeting of the Commercial Traveller:' B'ind Soldier- and Sailors' Fund Committee was held last week, at which My. W. Garreit, one of the Auckland Iruslees. was present. This committee will be lileasco' to henr of anv soldiers or sailors afflicted with blindne=3 who mav require direct assistance.
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