LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 74, 20 December 1919, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mails for the United Kingdom which left New Zealand on November 8 arrived in London on December 16.

The Harbour Board decided last night to close the Wellington wharves from Wednesday evening , , Ohi'i.Minas Eve, until Monday mo'.iiing, December 20. Consideration of iihi.s mailer was taken by the board in committee.

A Gazette Extraordinary has been is sued revoking the War Regulations providing 10. certificates in-re-poet of imported goons.

Six applications from disabled soldiers for a. vocational (ruining allowance were granted and one declined »t n meeting of the Wellington District Hepatriat.on Committee this week. Ten application? from disabled men were also granted under tho Department's subsidised workers' scheme. Tuition foes were granted in eight cases, whilti one aj/plication was deferral and two declined.

In view of the passing of tho Undesirable Immigrants' Exclusion Act, 191!). n Gazette Extraordinary has been issued rovokinj the War Regulations as tn preventing lihe entry into New Zealand of undesirable persons. With reference to fche payment of the war gratuity to V.A.D.'s, the War Expenses Office stales that the provisions of tho General Headquarters instruction dealing with the subject apprav to l>s misinterpreted by tho general public. Tho instruction, it is pointed out', applies only to members of t'he Voluntary Aid Division who actually served overseas with the N.Z.E.F. under the. following conditions:—o) Signed an rißrcemcnt tn serve with tho N.Z.E.]?.; (2) served in that force for a continuous period of noli le.=s than twelve mpnths; (3) were 'administered by the N.Z.E.i , .; (-1) were paid from New Zealand Government fund?. Tho extension of the war Rratuity dww not apply to voluntary workers in-New Zealand.

At the last meeting of the Wellington District Kenatriation Committee, over which Mr. 'f. l'orsyth presided, twentyiivo aunliciitions for furniture loans ■were im-ived. Twenty-thres applications were L'ranlod. one deferred'and one declined Saenteu applications for the mirchase of businesses were.dealt with, and of ihe.se. seven were grauteff, three deferred, and tho leniainder (seven) declined. Incidentally it is interesting to note that almost invariably the reason for the. refusal of an application under this head i-i the excessive goodwill asked of the, soUliw. or the fact that the, pro-iio'iti-.'U piesented is not a sound one. Dining the posting of the election results on the board at Pctoue on Wednesday evening a very menu act was c'oniwittcd. A motor-ear belonging do a resident of Eastbourne was standing in the right-of-way adjoining the "Chronicle" building, and wiien the owner returned ho found that' Hie tyres had h«an badly cut with a sharp knife.. , The matter of providing for totally disabled soldiers was di.-cussad at a recent meeting of the Wellington War Relief Association, reported the chairman (Mr. L. 0. H. Tripp) at yeswray's lii'ectlug of the association. Mr. Tripp added that the secretary of the Wellington branch of the Relumed Soldiers Association was present at the meeting by invitation, and that after a general discussion further deliberations on the subject were adjourned until after the holidays.

Before Mr. E. Page, S.M., ad the Masistralo's Court, yesterday, a charge of selliii',' sausages unfit for human consumption was preferred against David Morgan, butcher, whofc establishment is at the corner of Hanker and 1 Tarnnaki Sliree-ls. The defcn<lant did not appenr. Mr. T. Ti. Prendcville, of the Crown Law Office, proseetited on behalf of the Hoiilth Department. Lister Mead said that: on August IS his boy went; to the d e lend an t's shop to purchase some sansajes, and when they were hrouvlht liome it: was evident thati they were imill hr consinupliou. He pent t'lio boy ba;. , !-:. but Morgan refused to lake the. sausages back or to refund the money. Inspector Peliaiter gave evidence to Hie effect that the sausages were submitted to Dr.. Paris, of the Health Department, who agreed with witness I hat. they were in a "putrid" condition. His Worship: You have no doubt about it? Witncfts: Nn doubt, at all. Mr. Prendeville stuted that the defendant, was in a sinali v.ny a-s a butcher. His Worship imposed a (ii\e nf J;5, and ordered defendant to pay enstf, amounting to ,fi> 2s. fid.

The New Zealand WalersWo Federation annual conference al> Xanier c.inio to a . close on Wednesday. Ths Wellington delegates !have returned lo town. T'lio delegiites will report iiMhe usual stop-work meeting held .in t-iie iirst Tuesday of the month.

At the Aknroa Ueswilta on Anniversary Day, says an exchange, one could) not but rnuiirkupon the large numiier of competitors who carried the honourable badge, of the returned soldier. It was guod indeed io see, them and to have a word with them. One of them, the stroke of a visiting crew, told of n plcnsaiit coincidence. He was manoeuvring for position at the starting post, and. in between whilps, riinnini l:is eye over his opponents. Here, in n nearby bunt, wearing the colours of the Alraron CluW. was an cx-?oldier, whom la<-t. lie had seen on dim battlefields nf Northern Prance. The Peninsula man had oyer four vearr.' active, service to his credit; the other, younger by a few years, had gone afr s. on as he w;is old enuuTh. and had played his part ri;rhl up to (he finish.

A su-pfded Hiicf, a. helpful livilian, "and a'i-peedy constable, were lil.e. p.incipals m an exciting chase, .■omineiiciiig in Ai'JJiajh Street, Oliri.-iciiui'ch. • u Tuesday. A man wliu had apnropmled n cash-box, from a. fruit shop was liutly ;iu!'s>.iH by :i riviliiin. Sizing up Hip {■ofition as they liovp into his.viev., Cnnsisiblc Taylor al.-o gave cha:C j . T,\ce!lpn\ speed w;is made by all i-oiiceriiorf. J'lnecs wen- scaled or vaultfd, and othfr i>l :• Nicies ovt'i'cnine Ijefore the consiable's superior powers imnbled inn lo n-re.-t the fugitive, states an exchange.

The prisoner, William N. i.'!;ufoh, alias Jolinslone, who (waned from t!>e/ Paparoa Prison at half-pasli eleven nn Saturday morning last, wns recaptured at Diiiisandel, us already briefly chronicled, on Wednesday morning l.\v Constables Shine and 'fiffeu, of the Chrie-i----c.liiiivh Police Force. Tliese two |iad been on special duty seeking traces of the escapee, and nbouli twenty minutes pa I eight on Wednesday morning, a-s they were iKiving the Ounsandcl Kailway tion, they noticed, reports tho "Times," a man answering the description nf the escaped prisoner eye! ins along the main road towards the. 'south. They hiul only one. bicycle, and I his Constable Tilfen rode, while Constable Slime ran alongside. Claiison had no idea '.imt he was beinir pursiiixl until the- ton 1 slablt.s got within about: twenty yards of him, by. which time they had covered a distance of fully a. mile south of Dunsandel. W-lien they drew alongside, the mini tried la bluff them us In his identity, but otherwise gave no trnubii , . (■lan>qn, w.ho was known to one n; t'e arre.iting constalile?, had been sinteneed to five years' iinnrisii'imem. ;it ''''.uial'ii for breaking and entering. H. , wa= taken to Clirislehureh by motor-car. ni!<l waft lodged in the lock-up. , Ii is si;ii<d that when awaiting trial at Tiinavu. Ihn prisoner made :i break-nivny. iu,d. uiilieeding Hie call of a «;\rder in piTfiiit. was fired at jiist us lie v.-n? •.iaii'.li'i-iou , over a fence. T:'.U' shot was '.'iTeclivo, and he was then recaptured.

The work of completing the ballasting of the tramway track on l/iiinliion Quay, which was delayed last week by the cement famine, has bn'ii rushed ( .i> completion. Yesterday the concrete ballasting was given a good coaling tof asphalt between the rails, and on Monday it is hoped to resume the 010 service along tho western track. The next wnrk in that i|uarl!'r will be the removal of the blocks and replacing them the full width of the street with concrete, and a bitumen wearing service. The blocks I'lnin the Quay will probably be -ised to' i-ave the maciida mi Til portions of Buckle and Dufferin Strecb.

Reference wjh rnnde -by the chairman 01 r. li. 0. 11. Tripp) lit yesterday'.? meet, imt of the War Relief Association hi I ho Foslcr-Crnucli memorial. Mr. Tripp inlimntcil that .£IOO lim , . been nubsonlvil Inward* the l'und, mid t::nt it hud lic.eii decided lo pay tin-; sum over lo the l'ui> lie 'I'l'iistee, the interest therefrom io bo utilised to proviV.n anrn.iily a Foster Crouch memorial prize for students at Ivinliiii; Welliii!!tim Collpvie. 'I'lie ilctnils in connection with ilie mallei , would. Hip chrirman explainec , . be iin'iin.wd aflnr consiillntioii with the headmaster (Mr. J. P. Firth) and masters of the college.

T'he Tl.ult Park Committce last night allocated JIIO for the purpose of commencing the beautifying scheme, and it was left to Mr. Hardy to make arrangements for starting- the tree planting. The caretaker has already started clearing the, ground. The Wellington Education Board has secured a week-day tenure of tho Tarnnaki Street Wesleyan Schoolroom for the accommodation of Ihß.nvprflmv frora tile Clyde Quay School, until another enliu'uemMit can be made. Tho Ijonrd is at present making innnirics about the value of some adjoining properties v»'ith a view to an extension of the school property southward, hi the meantime some of tho classes, or part classes, will be accommodated iu the Sunday school building.

Lieutenant-Commander Bourke, V.C., D.5.0.. French Legion of Honour, is at n'-c.«-nt :i visitor to Wellington. Lieu-fpuant-<'<immander Dourke is Hie first naval t.C. to visit New Zealand since tin- war. He was a participant in ths historic 'aid on Ostenn'. He is to deliver two lectures in Wellington under Ilio ausuices of the Wellington branch or tiio Niivv League

Tho meat prices iu Dunedin in 1358 make interesting rwiiling in those days of l,igii meat valuer.. At tho present time one of the oldest 'houses iu Dunedin is being pulled down to make way for a now building, and during tho course of tho work nn account book belonging to an parly occupier of Ihe houso was discovered. The book curries tho inseript/n, "1 , . Stone and Co., butchers, ISSS," aud is in an excellent state of preservation, and the i'lk in which the entries ,arp wade is nearly as black as the day it v.as first used on the paper. For .May 1, 1858, 5.11b. of mutton at 'la. 9il, and 7!b. beef at 3a. 6d. aro the entries. Some of tho other entries ibad:—Pickled tunguo 2s. Oil, 611b. sirloin beef 3s. 9d., Ill), sausages Sd., -lib. of beefsteak 2s. id. and GJlb. of mutton 3s. l!d., GJlb. shoulder of mutton Us. fiirt., 1318.* beef 6s. fid., lib. rump sto-nk 7d., bullock's heart l≤. Gd., - 2 ox tongues 55., lib. chops 7d., S?lb. leg ir.utton 3s. lfljd., 9Jlb. roast beef ss. 7d., lfljlb. mui> ton as. lid., leg mutton (131b.) 7s. 7d. Tho hook ends in December, 1858, with the entry, 31b. suet is. 6d. It is the intention of the citizen who has become possessed of the book to present it to the Early Settlers' Association. Referring to general trado conditions in the United States, John Dunn, Son, and Co., export merchants, of New York, state with regard to the. prt-vailing industrial unrest: "A general stata of uncertainty continues, and other disturbances are expected. There are, l.owevev, some reassuring features gradually developing, the most important being that the better class of the working people aro beginning to realise that much of tho agitation ostensibly in their-interjst is really being carried on by extreme Socialists mid political agitators, with a view of forcing revolutionary. doctrines on the country. As soon as this fact gets more general recognition Hie agitators will havu to suspend operations for tl.o time being." The Patriotic Society's Band will render selections at the Botanical Gardens to-morrow at 3 p.m.