LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 62, 6 December 1919, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No nrrawtenicnls have yet liten come to re<rn;-(liii!; holidays "0 (lie waterfront at Cliri-sfmas and New Year lime.

The "Olapxi l.Vllv Times" stales: "Vie iiliderst.'im! thai it is the intention of the waln-Ridc worker; not to work between Christmas-. TCvo and N"e\v Year's Day, o.nd that tV' shippin-r interests coo'cei-'eil will shortly ho nolifM to iliat effect."

?o fnr there lias been no relief effonh-d t« ]}iiil(lo-s and llm=e in ebaiw of oonsiTiiclioual works who Ir-'c been starved for eehionf Ihi-' week. Tl is understood fiat there are do7.«ns of contracts whore the .work has had b\ bo suspended because of cement supn'ios beii": Knbb'ni"nblo. One local merchant, who lias Von In-iii" to nrnmro shipniii" traii'-'tiorl fro-n the. fini'lmi Hav Owt Company's works to V'ollinnton.' seid that "'0 WOll'd have "0 difficult!" in niacins W ; n "iVo'liii"t<"i. I'e hoirs Ihet.'Hiof iri-11 be af-for-'od oar'v n»vt week: if not, thorn is •> likob'hood of a <-o"d ninny irr" 'heii'ir Ibi-own out of work until local stocks are ro"l»nis.bed.

Tbe ce*» nf Annie Brims BaW. IIOM-I-o,i»r P»lni»Hnn v TTM..P"' Kin" '* ehim fiv f '7o '*. M . hrmiirM under the Oov.n A«t. wbirb w;= <'« I„, VP W-, I.P-v,l bv Hi? Honour H>e Cm-.Tii.-l:ee ' c; r Bobo'l Stnn') y~H-orday, »n« In be adjourned until the Tehnir-v ""?- b-canse a. materiel witness, for Hm pHilion w"" not avei'nbh'. Tt i"< a«i antieipMed (bat the divorce ease of Lrascr v Vvijor nw'.i have h""n benrd. as n" =nit' but el Hie last mom"'! |l,e re-nonderi-. who Vhl nreyimi=ly m-Pm-ied intention not b -'-«. <l«i<M to do sa and the ease will therefore be hn-T-l later. B.iddiii" al Ihe sale of unclaimed prizes from Ih/Trentliam Art Union was keen, but bnving was confined to a small s»clion of'those present. Some of he pr'ncinal prires realised were as follow (tlie abated value being given in parentheses): Fur co-.I JMB LliOS); oak bedroom suite .W (.CM)'; canteen or !>:"! piece-,- of .S'u'tfield cutlery. .£l!i(.fc!7 ]0s.) ; <ct oftable silver, ,t9 lf:b"i): oak tantalus, AH 10-. The. sale was ' conducted by Messrs. George Thomas and Co. ' According to Mr. Aubrey L. Williams, who lectured on "Bolshevism' at the Concert Chamber. ;mil who lived in Ihe midst of it in Potrograd and Moscow in till? and part of 1916, the policy of 'go slow" ranked with profiteering as a capital oli'cnc-. 1 . iintl many were executed tor the ofl'ence bv order of the Extraordinary Commissions, which were set up by the Soviets to repress anything m the nature of cnunter-revolutionary action, and "going slow" was cons'dcred one of (ho offences' against B.ibhevil; good gov-, eminent. Tlie lecturer also staled with great emphasis that no one was mow wccdilv cured of "Bolshevism" than those who might have been inclined to listen to its teachings, mid who had somo experience of it as it existed i" liussia. In that respect he quoted Cat case of an Tririiiiiiin a fiiend of his, who wa< routined 'for 3G days in the fortress of St. Peter and SI. Paul, from whik'h he emerged himself completely cured of. and a confirmed opponent of, the Bolshevik doctrine.

Tlie annual presentation of pri?es in connection willi Ihc Wellington Technical College will take place in the Concert Chamber ('Town Hall) on Wednesday afternoon next.

The Wellington branch nf Iho Tost mid Telegraph Oliicer--' Association, at a meeting held yesterday, p.vscd the following motion:—"This meeting of "'c Wellington secl'on of the Post and Telegraph Olliecrs' Afsocintinn strongly urges the Government to fulfil Ihc promise given by Kir Joseph Ward that Ihc war bonus would be paid up to September .')0. Win. and in support thereof draws ottcii'tioii to the still inciw.sing cost of "living which has. been fully recognised by I lie recent awards of Hie Arbitration Court."

A meeting wis held the other evening in Hip Lower ll'ntt to consider ways and means for the parvyin',' out of a Scout carnival lo be held on the recreation jti'oiiihl on .Tauunry 212, Anniversary Day. Arrangements were made to circularise prominent citizens seeking their support, and offers for prices to h.< eomnelrd for were received from Messrs. V. liiddifnrd. IT. Haldw'n. and A. Ulack, and a shield by Mr. Waller Collmi. All the trnnps from Wellington and Polnnc have .signified tV.eir intention of altaiding. A publie nieetinjr is In be held in the Council Chamber alter the elections.

Southern lilts report that all the limber mills i. Hie houl'ilami district are gradually giiting Kick lo pre-war umdilions. and the railways will soon be hard imshcd to lift the timber. In fact, even now the Denartnienl cannot cany it inriiv ill Millieient i|iianlilir-, In keep the mills clear. The demand far exceeds the supplv. and orders are beini; .refused dailv. ■ ■ • ■•'

The ceremonv of the iuouction of the licv. .1. A. Mackenzie, who has been called to the Presbyterian Church, l'elone. took place in the church last night. .Mr. Mackenzie will lie Riven his ministry oil Suiulav. and will be accorded "a, social welcome, on Monday evening.

The suiting „f a rabbit which had been dog considerable damago to n Mount. Inn icsident'.s garden led to n niiin lnii wiNoeiik'u in tin; Police Court lit Aurknd this week for having discharged! firearm without rensonablg enme in to I lie danger of passers-by. The dcfclant said lie l-.id .-hot (lie rabbit in ''If protection," mid complained I hill: he luld not use poison for fear of killing 1: neighbour's dogs; and that if he faileeo destroy rabbils he would bo liable to. line- of ..£SO. , lie rose at' live, o'clock n morning to kill the rabbit, and had;on shooting for forty-five years without •.'cideiil. Hub-Inspector Wohlniann sled that the prosecution had been ma l as Ihe Imllet had ricocheted and uoaeafi'd the bedclothes of a neighbour whhad slent on a verandah. Tho Magislra, .Mr. .1: ]•!. Wilson, S.M., said it was n a trivial charge, aim' imposed n fine ol';l. with lis. costs.

The ei'lion of a war memorial was ili-cu's.-eoy the executive of the Canterbury J':vcss J.eugue tliis week, the nuestionuiving been introduced by a teleiiliDiiime.i.sase lo the organiser from Dr. Timer, urging the league's eo-oper-ntioii. jeinbcrs expressco the opinion. that thoi was grave danger of the proposal beg allowed to drop, jirineipally on aecoit. of the rivalry between eupnortcrs e different schemes. The province slnld be given a lead by a pnhlio bodv cnnelent to net, nnd every effort should Ijqmub lo bring about cither a national in provincial memorial. After ennddcra'; discission in committee tho oiicstioii as deferral, states, an exchange.

Aeeordi' to the Auckland "Herald" an iiilerting development Jn railway trallie onliD long-dis'.anec lines in late months hi been the increased number of travellers'ho patronise the first-class aeconiuioilnln. Some time ago the railwiiv autlrities found it necessary, on account '( the development of public, la-it:' in fs (liiTcMon, to alter the proiinrliini ofr-it-class carriages in the comnositiun ivxpvcss trains, until now tbey form npi;ximately one-half of each trail! di-fclied. Wednesday night's Main Tr.ilc express may be taken as tvoicnl o:tlie general rule. When it l.'ft'Auck'id practically every firs'-clas? seat: was cunied, while !n each secondclass car icre was reasonable room in which 10 casual passengers from wavlations

Tho leg barriers that prevent many public-spied business men. i'roui serving; the i-oniiiiiities 111 which they live wens criticised,- Mr. J. Louis Snlmond at tho arcliiledssiiioke- social at Dunedin this week, lefts tho "Times." Nc referred to reu-ks 'the Mayor liad maoo earlier in I; evening about the contribution that.rchitecfs could make to such schemes , public utility as 4wn-p!nii-niiiK. i iKi'ointed out that the presenceof ijiit K'hitret in the council would Mebar hj from taking part in these

fflii'im* r planning workers' ilhtlliiirs or oll"i-buiidin;;s for the corporation. Mr. iiliond specially moniioied Jlr. P'iTt'l'ifr as ii leadii:<i professional ninn who InIscI: cut In sr-rv (lie citizens in the CvCouncil, but had been compelled' to rero on account of his association will), romimiy that: did'some business, with .lip corporation. Sonic safeguard was ;cessarv certainly, hut it seemed lo him at the law as it at present existed was l.iir.l. It went far (oo far, and ho llioil it would bo altered so as to uivovasonablo opportunity for enpablo buses* men who wished lo take part in iljlic affairs lo do so.

Tl folknvins eases of influenza wero repined in Hie Dominion between noon on Ichulkt 1 and noon on Pieoembor I:—ickhiml: (i' 2 ni'ld. S. severe. AVellinuii: 12 mild. /Canterbury. 13 mild, 5 piuiionie. Oluso: 0 mild. Total: !)3 nd, 5 pneunionit', ,'1 swore.

'I'llspecial Christinas number of the "WZealand and Dramatic Kcvh" which is now on sale at all bnokllors, is an excellent production and . profusely illuslraled, while tho shprktorios with which it. is embellished lips to place the paper in the forefrontf publications of its kind in Xfiv Zeal.'d. The number is profusely illnsIr.'il'iiith views of various places in Hie Bomi.oii, X.S.W., .and Samoa, and makes it a eiy acceptable paper to send • lo friem abroad. • ■ '