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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Yesterday, as Minister of Labour, Mr. iMassc.it signed agreements for the erection of lIG houses under tho Housing Act of last session. Over 200 houses arc now either in course of construction, or shortly to bo constructed, to tho order of tho Government. No decisions havo vet been mndo by tho Government ns to how tho million of loan money provided for under the Act is to be distributed among the local bodies applying for it, Probably all local bodies will be invited to Milmiil their requirements, and then the (ioverninont will have to allocate the money a., fairly as possible, having regard lo Iho needs of the communities concerned. Demands for huge sums liy any cily or (own aro not likely to be eu- , lertained. It was implied in a paragraph published in The Dominion yesterday that since authorising hist year the erection of 201' ' "workers' dwellings,".Cabinet has give; '] Iho labour Department no further ai I thority to buihl. The Housing Superin- ( lendent statci, however, that whenevci j the Department has heen able to secure j i satisfactory tenders, Cabinet has ap- j I proved of tho erection of houses. i

Several men have recently applied] to (he Wellington Repatriation Hoard for loans in order to pet up businesses which they propose shall be run by their wives or by hired labour while the applicants themselves, are engaged in 60nie other ' occupation. The board has not considered ' itself obliged to assist men in the cxe- ! cutinn of such projects. 1 His Honour Mr. Justice Stringer hns s decided that the Press and the public . shall be excluded from the sittings, of tho New Zealand ilinilway Servants' Ini ([iiiry Hoard, which on Monday next will commence an investigation of the vatcs : of pay and Iho conditions of work in the railway service. 11 is Honour is presiI dent of tho board, and ho considers that j tho order of reference will not permit , I he proceedings to l>e open to the Press and the public. The fact that thd inquiry :«■ a purely Departmental one is;, s it is undirstood, an additional reason for r His Honour's decision. The "Wellington District Hotel, Club, i and Keslaurant Workers' Union has tiled with tho Arbitration Court an appl'ca- , lion for a 'bonus of 10s. per week in addition to the rates of pay already pre- ' scribed in six awards aiVecting members of the union. The union bases its claim upon the most recent pronouncement of j the Court regard ng the "cost til liv ng' ■ bonus. This pronouncement was made on December last, after the Court had obtained from the (iovernmont Statistician ■ quarterly figures that look into account • the rise in the cost of clothing, fuel, and I light, besides the oilier factors that had picvionsly been considered. As the awards of the city restaurant workers and the city privnte hotel workers have 1 expired, they were not among the six to ■ which the abovo application has refer- ; once. i The Repatriation Board, at its last ! meeting, instructed the District Hepatria- , t'on Officer to call in two loans, of which ' the ono had been- granted to a man who wished, to sot uji in business and 1 the other lo a man who wished' to plir- ■ chase furniture. The borrower)! had ' fallen into arrears in the matter of i repavment, and had not made ;i proper effort to meet their obligations. This is .' the first occasion on which the board ' has ordered its oilicer to call in loans ; nml realise on Hie assets of men to whom ! it has lent money. "Confusion still exists in tho minds i of soldiers recently returned, chielly as ; regard'-; war loading on life insurance . policies. The recent prov sion enabling tho Government to pay any loading of proni'iim imposed by the, Government ln--1 surance Department on account of impaired health occasioned by service in Iho care of men now insuring r. still being misinterpreted to apply to war loading, i.e., lon dim; charged on account of military service beyond New Zealand." Extract from the latest report of the Financial Assistance Board to the Minister of Defence. The conference of meat companies is to be hold to-day in Wellington, not tomorrow us wa.s announced in yesterday's Dominion. ' The conference will be held in tho Accountants' Institute Chambers, Johnston Street. A special meeting of tho City Council is to ho hold 10-day at i p.m. to discuss matters in connection with certain city works. The formation of a Municipal Employees' Union was definitely decided upon at a meeting hold on Tuesday night, at which there was an attendance of about 100. It was agreed that the new union, which embraces all the corporation employees with tli.; exception of tho clerical staff and the tramway men, should come into being at once. Tho subscription was fixed at lis. per quarter, and tho entrance fee at 2s. lid. It was reported that a canvass had heen niado of tho out-districts, and that 05 per cent, of the men would join the union. Tho executive, which has been holding office temporarily, was reappointed. Another meeting will he held at an early date. j Those interested in opera ' will be pleased to learn that the Williamson Grand Opera Company is still hard at work extending its repertoire. During tho Wellington season, which concluded last evening, ton operas' were produced— I Gounod's "Faust" and "Borneo and Juliet," Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffman," Puccini's ".Madame Butterfly" and "la Boheme," Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammernioor," Mascagni's "Cavalleria Buslica.na,". Leoncavallo's "1 Pagliacei," Bizet's "Carillon" and Verdi's "H Trovatore." In Christclmrch Puccini's "La 'rosea" is to bo presented for the first time in New Zealand, and in Auckland it is hoped to produce Charpcntier's "Louise," which so far lias not been heard in this country. There is n chance of-a return season in Wellington at a later dale, which, if arranged, will givo the local public an opportunity to witness the works mentioned. Up to Saturday, January 10, the War Expenses Department ( had met 55,237 claims for gratuities. ' These represented a total disbursement of • £1,325,074. Claims were dealt with last week at an average rate of 1020 per day. Tho real cause of tho racial riots in Chicago was explained by Father Doran, who recently returned to Sydney from America, to have been tho presence of a large number of blacks, who had been brought into tho city from the south to act as strike-breakers. When tho strike was over the blacks were disinclined to go back. They becanio possessed of largo premises in the best residential quarters, and sublet them. "As a result values decreased immediately," added Father Doran. "What made the position worse was the fact that many officials who had certain influence with tho polico were either in sympathy with or under the control of the blacks." Following is a summary of tho business dealt with by the Wellington Hepatization Board at its last meeting:— JjOans for businesses, 1G granted, 2 deferred, 5 declined; loans for furniture, 27 granted, 1 deferred; loans for tools of trade. 2 granted; subsidies on wages of disabled soldiers learning new trades, U granted; sustenance allowances to enable men to attend technical colleges, 11 granted; payment of fee* or proportion of fees of snen receiving tuition in spare time, 30 applications granted, i declined. The board decided to pay tho passage of h. badly-disabled man who wished to return to his people in England. At tho Lower Holt Juvenile Court yesterday a tourtcen-yenr-old boy was charged with tho theft of £i in notes from the wallet of a kinema operator named William Frederick Smith. The boy was assisting Smith lo clean up tho theatre, and while tho operator was away for a short period ho extracted tho money from tho pocket of complainant's coat, which was hanging tip. Defendant pleaded not guilty, but a statoiient was read in which ho had admitted his guiit, and which ho said hml been made by him. The money had been refunded by the boy's father, who was referred lo by the polico ns being very respectable Petty thefts had heen committed by the boy on previous occasions. 11 n was adtui'tted to probation for two years, A youth named J shook Owen, who was charged' before Mr. E. Page, S.M., nt tho Magistrate's Court, Lower Hut t. yesterday with having created a disturbance ; in the King George Theatra was ad- : milted to probation for twelve months, with the warning that if ho repeated tho ; offence ho would bo called upon to pay a heavy fine, Advice has been received by tho Vic- , toria College Council of thei impending arrival in New Zealand of Dr. Stokes, secretary of the Yale University. Dr. ( Stokes "originally intended to bo present | nt tho Otngo University anniversary ce!e- f bra tons, lint he will not now reach Now ; Zealand in timo for this event. As he j is prepared to spend some timo touring j New Zealand, the council decided last j evening to refer to the Professorial Board i the. question of asking him to deliver an j address under the auspices of the Uni- { versify. r The Victoria College Council, at its j meeting list night, dee'ded to ask Sir ' Robert Sinn!, to prepare n oongralulal- f ory address lo be delivered by him on f behalf of tho University at the forth- ] coining aiinVersar.v celebrations in con- ' m>»Ht>" v.-U-h th- Otngo University. c In the Works and Traffic Committee's r report lo the Cliristchureh Tramway j Board, it was stated that Hie record of r 'public accidents for December totalled ], twenty-six. The details were as follow:— ~ Collisions with vehicles, thirteen; leay- c ing cars in motion, six; boaiding cars in r motion, one; pedestrians knocked down, ,j three; collision with motor or "push" D cyclee, three. ti

"This is not a very creditable performance," said .Mr. K. Page, S.M., to a ' young mun limned Paul Sullivan, who was brought up at tho Magistrate's Court, Lower Ilutt, yesterday to answer charges of assault, using obscene language, and disturbing an entertainment. It appeared that Sullivan attended a dance ut the Lyceum Hall, conducted by I', de Hosa. Near Hie end of the dancing, a number of young men, mora or loss under tho influence of I'iiuor, enlcren tne room and proceeded to indulge in "btickdaucing" and other rough forms _ of amusement. The music stopped, ond tie Rosa tliveatened to stop the dunce, if ti. disturbance did not cease, and the oll'cwlers did not leavo the room. At thi.juncture, de Hosa alleged, Sullivan ac'costed Iwr, and threatened to "crack" him. He also caught complainant bj I lie coat and tr'o.l to drag liitn «ul.'«! D> Rosa's wife and son interfered, and prevented further Burin" this performance accused had addressed, certnfn remarks to de Hosa, and tlics? his wife and other witnesses attested to. Accused pleaded not guilty, but was eonvicled on all three charges. His Worship remarking that tho assault did not ap.pear to have been a serous one.' For the obscene language he would bo required to nay a fine of M, with costs 155.: for creating a disturbance, Jil, and 7s. cost?.; and for the nssaiilt £\. AYilnessos' expenses, amounting to £2, were also allowed. Accused would he required to pay the. lines at the rate of Ms. per week. The age of giants is not nasi. Leonard Mason, a. youth of 16, who live; with his parents at Leicester, turns the scale at fflst., and is probably the heaviest boy in Great Britain. Some of his measurements are:—Arm, 23iu.; chest ClJiu.; thigh, 3Siu.; calf, 2-ttin. Like tlieir parents, the otilier members of the family, two sisters an<l a younger brother, aro normal, Leonard himself was quite an ordinary baby, though very early in life he began to show signs of extraordinary development, and it may be said of this budding Daniel Lambert that he has never looked hack. His health is wonderfully good, and his complexion is one that ladies might envy. He is a perfectly happy boy, and two of his enthusiasms are music and football. A g.amophone is one of his most prized posses6ions, and lie goes as often as ;>o siblo to see tho Leicester city matches. Since leaving school some years ago he has been exhibited in several parts of the country. His height is sft. 3in. The following, which appeared in a recent issue of the "Argus," voices a somewhat common complaint of late: "I arrived in .Melbourne on Sunday, December 11, by the Woslralia, from New Zealand. J was to go on next day to Tasmania by the Loongana. I am still (Ihe £Stn) here, and am told that I may get over by the "31st, and perhaps I may not. As a member of' Ihe travelling public, I protest against being made a shuttlecock, tossed backward and forward by Hi* steamship companies and their engineers. Which of these two parties is right, and which is wrong? The other day several hundred people were told that the steamer would go, so (hey settled their hotel bills, and-carted their baggage down to the wharf. They 'had to cart it back again, and found their rooms relet. This sort of thing is intolerable.—Maorilaudcr." The recently-elected ' Labour M.P.'s will address a public meeting in tho Paramount Theatre on Sunday evening next. The majority of the speakers are new to Wellington audiences, and it is expected that a big meeting will result. Notifications of 6ixty-six cases of influenza in the Auckland health district were received by the district health officer durimr the week ended at noon on Monday. They were mostly mild cases, and were distributed among the various hosnifal Iward districts as follow:—Auckland. 24: Waifcato. 27j Thames, 4; Waihi, 1: Tauranga, 7; Kay of Plenty, 3. During the previous week 75 cases were notified. ' The number of eases of pneumonia recorded during the. week was twenty, includinr seventeen in the "Auckland district, two in the Wnikato, and one at T'na'mes. The previous week's notifications totalled eight. Charles Olsen, a labourer, residing at •11 Frederick Street, had a fit outside of the Public Library in Wakefield Street yesterday. He -was conveyed to the Hosnital, and during tho evening he had tour more fits. Late last night he was reported to bo shg'htly better. William Jay, employed on the Maneahao power scheme, had the misfortune to break his leg by a fall of stone in one of the quarries on tho road side Two of his companions immediately went to • his assistance, but before they could remove the unfortunate man to a place of safety a. further fall of rock did more damage, injuring the man's chest and iaw. Assistance was obtained from a neielibouriiij- farmer, Mr. W. Mitchell, who promutly brought his car to the scene of the accident, and conveyed the j injured man to Palmerston North Hospital. .A. stop was made at Shannon, where the patient: was placed on a stretcher and mattress, supplied by Mr. M'Kegg. and the remainder of the journey was made under more favourable conditions. The old saying "Misfortunes never come singly" to be true in this instance, as Mrs. Jay is at present in a private hospital, also in Palmerston North. There are several small children, hut they will be well looked after bv willing neighbours during tho enforced absence of tho parents. The extraordinary discrepancy that sometimes occurs between the taxable and the marketable value of a property was strikingly exemplified in the course of the proceedings of the North Auckland Land Board (states the "Star"). As recently as March, last year, a properly that, is noiv on offer to a returned soldier was valued for taxation purposes a! i:HS(I. At. the meeting of the land board it transpired that there was a mortgage on the property of X2oofl, while two experienced valuers with knowledge of the district resncclivelv valued the property at, .£27110 and J2MO. Thus between tho mean of the two latest valuations and the taxation valuation there was a difference of .111350. A Christchnrch correspondent leleeranhed.—General Chaytor on Saturday visited the Sockburn Aerodrome in connection with the negotiations for the establishment of a refresher course for the proposed reserve of New Zealand Hying officers. General Chaytor said he could not. state definitely what policy would be adopted. The company had submitted an offer to the Government regarding the matter, but whether the company's offer would be accepted, or whether a separate establishment would be created he could not sav. The decision rested with Cabinet. General Chaytor was asked whether a decision had been arrived at as to the number of military neroplanes that would be accepted from the Imperial authorities, but; he replied that tho matter was still unsettled. A facsimile of a letter of condolenco sent to residents of Nelson by the mayor, aldermen, town councillors and inhabitants of Wellington on the occasion of the Wnirau Massacre, June 17, ISi!), has been placed in the Canterbury Museum The document is addressed to: "The inhabitants of the Settlement of Nelson, in New Minister," is dated July 11, 1813, and Idol's twenty-nine signatures. Amonest them are those of tho Mayor (Mr. G. Hunter), Dr. W. M. Turnbull, and Messrs. W. Lyon, Edward Johnston, William Fox. L. W. Brandon, .W. 13. Rhodes, and A. Beamish, all well-known residents of Wellington seventy-six years atro. "All my experience in (lie Old Country and in America," said Dr. Truby Ring to a Christchurch pressman, "has simply gone to confirm and accentuate the Now Zen land position with regard to the welfare of women and children, and ite relationship to national fitness and prosperity. I am more than ever- impressed with the paramount need of recognising that mother and child should bo inseparable—that they should be regarded as an indivisible unit—during the first year or so of the child's life. Tho worst thing that could happen to any nation is tho abandonment of homo lif'o in order that married women may earn their living in ..industrial and other pursuits at the tho first requirements of I ho child" are not only that it should be fed with breast milk,' but that it should bo nurtured at tho mother's own breast. It is not only tho duty, but it is tho privilege of tho mother,' as essential for herself as for the child, that this natural relationship should be retained. Any other course is tho broad road to economic inefficiency and tho injury ond decadence of tho race, not only from the bodily point of view, but from tho mental and moral standpoint." "

Another instance of the manner in which Germany is seeking to re-establish relations with New Zealand is provided in the receipt bv the chief librarian of (.lie Auckland Library, Mr. J. Barr, of u book ciitnlociie. from a firm of publishers in Leipzig. The publication, which nrrived a few days ago, is the first received since 1913. and is well printed on an excellent quality of paper. Jt contains the names of a very wide selection ol books, but it is not the intention of the librarian lo add any German literature lo Auckland's library for some lime to come—"Herald." It is not generally believed that horses possess a sense ol humour, but an incident that occurred recently in Colombo Street suggests that they 'have (says tho "Lytlelton Times"). A cab horse standing' near an empty iliotor-car began to gently lick the rubber on the motor horn,' with the result that the ihorn sounded. Passers-by stopped to laugh. Again and again the horse, with ears laid back, blew blasts on the horn, until an unimaginative policeman interi feral and spoiled the sporl. Several of . the spectato.'.s positively declared that ■ they saw the horse smile.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 94, 15 January 1920, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 94, 15 January 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 94, 15 January 1920, Page 4

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