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LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is announced in General Orders, with reference to the war gratuity, that in the case of members evacuated sick or wounded from an actual theatre of war and returned to Now Zealand as unfit for further overseas service, and who have been continuously, under i reatnient as in-patients in any hospital in New Zealand for not less than six calendar months, the period for ' hL'li the gratuity will be payable shall not he less than two years. A further proviso is to the effect'that if, as a result (f a disability contracted on active servbe. a soldier outers hospital at any time within two vcars After his return to New Zealand,'and remains thero continuously for a period cf six mouths, 1 e should be given'tho benefit of this minimum two years' gratuity.

A bricklayer who got stuck for bricks to coincide a small job went round, to a few houses with the old-fashioned heavy topped chimney, and agreed to make them the latest straight bungalow type if ho could have the remaining bricks. Several owners agreed to his proposal, and before long he had the 500 bricks reoaired, and went, to finish his job with a liylit heart. Tho old-fashioned broadtopped chimney was a glutton for swallowing up bricks.—Auckland "Star." The death occurred, in the hospital at 3.f5 a.m. yesterday morning of tlio man named Alfred Croxton Fitchett, who shot himself with a pea-rillo on Thursday nisrht while lying iu bed at his residence at 40 Nairn Street. An inquest will bo held.

A motor-car belonging to Mr. P. F. Laurie, which was taken from the Royal Oak Hotel during Monday night, was found on Lyall Bay beach in a badly damaged condition.

Tho Defence Department, lias imado arrangements'with the lniivay'Department for the provision, where practicable, of seating accommodation for disabled soldiers travelling by rail. Tho A.-flistant Director of Medical Services of each district will issue, on app'ica(ion, a certificate to each disabled ;o'.dier whoso disability renders it particularly desirable that seaiing accommodation should Ik provide'!. Such certificates will be available for six i.uiths florn date of issue, when fnrthsr certificate; will bo issued if ".irr.wed.

Tho trouble at the Cashmere Military Sanatorium has been settled (says the "Lvtteltoii Times"). Mr. W. E. Leadlev, secretary of tho Christchiireh Returned Soldiers' Association, states that Colonel Young, O.C. district, has given orders that the patients aro to bo called on to wash only their own cups, plates, and saucers. General fatigue work will bi future Jw done by orderlies. This result of the negotiations is considered verv satisfactory. The patients at the sanatorium wished particularly, said Mr. leadlev. that it. should be understood tiiat thev had always been perfectly sati,lied witli tho administration ot their 6.C.. Major Aitken.

Reserved judgment was delivered in the. Magistrate's Court yesterday by Mr. E. SAee 8.M., in the case against W. A. Mercer who was asked to show eaus,e why certain pictures seized by the police after thev had been exhibited by defendant in slot machines at the recent Lyall Tiav carnival, should not lie destroyed; The Ma'dstrate said that a number of the pictures" were very close to tho border line, and that the majority were not very edifying, and possessed very little artistic merit. However, lie did not think that be would be warranted m ordering tfat destruction of the pictures which were to be returned to the defendant.

Three vomiK ladies from Christchurch .irrivetl in Now Plymouth tho other iii-'l't nnt fSDcrtiiijr any difficulty in sornri'ii" accommodation, and. .meaning to stav two or three vceka (says tho "Taranaki Dnilv News"). They had not gone fir Wore they found they were up ■vninst" it; and after n further ami 'fruitless quest appealed to a policeman, who did his best, and in despair practir 'rallv ordered a hotel proprietor to put ||,o visitors up for the night. Next day |),ev looked up the loiirist and Expansion Leacue office, and tho secretary, who Veens clo'clv in touch with all accommodation available, secured them comfortable, niiartcrs. Tho Waterside Workors' Band fill play at Itfall Bay to-morrow.

Mr. A. 11. Williams, of Napier, possesses a German 1-mnrk stamp overprinted "G.E.1." with the words "1 shilling." This variety is very, rare as it is unilcrstood there are only 35 copies. It was recently published that some of the British occupation stamps of German Samoa and tho Marshall Islands have reached fancy prices beyond tho means of the avcrnsre collector, and the G.H-.1. shilling stamp of Samoa is now catalogued at .£,'ilfl unused and «£2-W used.

The Auckland "Shr" records two curious accidents. The heel dime olf tho shoo of a lady who was alighting from a trnmcnr with a baby in her .it-ms- The lady fell heavily on the street, find the baby was saved from a similar fate by a. man who succeeded i» catching the littlo mite just before she reached the ground. When crossing on tlio terry to Dfvonport, an elderly woman foil on the steps leadinj down to the cabin through one of the iiecls of her boots coming oft'. When the boot was examined it was found that the lisel had been put on without nearly enough nails to keep n togethei. -

_ A valuable farm horse belonging to tho Gladbiook sheep station came lo its death in a strange way a few days ago (savs the "Otaso Times"). One of thn hands found it lying dead in a paddock. The manager decided to investigate, aim on opening the animal found a portion of Hie stomach broken and much decayed. An cnipiv .22 rifle cartridge caso was found embedded at the place cf decay, an no doubt was the cause of the trouble. The animal had either swallowed it with chaff or picked it up on the pasture.

The Chrislchurch "Press" states:— Because of (he improbability of Christchurch tramwaymeu getting letter rates of nav and conditions of labour from the Court of Arbitration, the likelihood ifi, Hceoidiuir- lo the opinion expressed by one in a p&sition to speak with some authority .that, tho rates and conditions as drawn up at Iho recent conlerc-nee in Wellington will he acceptable to, and will be adopted by, (Jhrintchurch tramway employees. Hitherto, Cliri'tcliiU'eh tramwavmen have not been oir the same footing as their fellows in other parts of■' tho Dominion; the proposals of tho conference, if accepted, will remove this disability.

A. noteworthy feature of the vital stat- | istics for the Clirislchurch metropolitan ( area for January is the large number of . births registered, the total being ■ 227 i (savs tin." "Press"). This is the highest < number registered in any one- month | since January, 1908, when 236 wore regis- , tared. N Since, (hat year the boundaries , of the metropolitan registration area have | been extended so that tlio basis of com- i narison is not quite tho same. The fig- , ures i'ot the month of January, 1920 and 1919. are as follow:—Births (1920) 227, : 0019) 178: deaths, (1920) G5, (1919) 81; ■ marriage notices (1920) 108, (1919) 57; marriages in office (1920) 20, (1919) 21. A. complaint was made at a meeting of the Christcliurch Itepalriation Board that recently, m four or five cases, good iobs had been found for men, who had expressed their satisfaction with them, and then had never turned up to work at all. The opinion was expressed that tho men had an obligation to their employers as well as the employers an obliaation to tho men. It was suggested fh.it the men who had defaulted should lw "Mack listed," but it was thought that first of all they should have the opportunity ta explain their conduct.— Ghristc/mi'ch "Press." 1 Provision has been made by tho Auckland Patriotic Association tor the conveyance, of disabled soldiers during the restricted tramway service, states the "Star " Tn addition to tlio' motor-em that is used chiefly for running inmates of tho Annexo to and from Graft™ Brid"e, a motor-bus lias been placed ok tlio road for tho needs of disabled mzn having business in tho city. This bears the sign, "For disabled soldiers only, and runs daily to the wharf, general post office, and back, so that tliej arc enabled to connect with the trams, The inability of rhe Auckland Ee•lurned soldiers' Association to secure a set of band instruments from tho stock of tho iN.Z.E.K. was the subject of some caustic remarks at a meeting of the U.S.A., executive (stales the Auckland "Star''). A letter was read from the < lion. J'. G. Coates on the matter. 'J he Minister quoted a letter iroin Sir James Alien, who stated that all N.Z.E.F. band instruments were the property cf the virions units, and that before making anv sales ho would have to consult the unit commanders. It vus pointed out by members that. tho association' had never suggested buying instruments, which the association held belonged in many cases to tho men of tho force themselves, who. had a . prior claim to them than territorial units. Members stated that some, sets of instruiiisiUs had Ijaeii purchased by tho men of the regiments themselves. Tho roator was referred to a committdi'. Tho acting-secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union has forwarded tho following tetter to the JJunedin "Star,relative to the proposed trip to Samoa:— "Though Cabinet has decided that tins venture shall bo gone on with, its decision has yet to be ratified from enothor source, equally '«s important as Cabinet, and n» a note of -mrning 1 should just like to remind Mr. .tfassey and others that .there is irany a slip 'twixt cup and lip." The General Committee of the Dunodin City Council recently resolved that it was time steps were taken to form a fish dcuot, with the object of the fish supply of the city on the line? fol- ' lowed with meat at the abattoirs, not to buv and sell fish, but to liavo alt fish passed through tho depot. Negotiations for the execution of the project are proceeding. Typically Olngo • Central' summer ' v. wither lias (a Midd'.emarcli correspondent writes) settled in at last, fr'omc days lately have been exceptionally warm —in fact," too hot to be pleasant. On Saturday last at Hyde a farmer picked up an iron bolt on. the road. Finding it hot, he rolled it in his handkerchief and put it in his coat pocket. ' Subsequently he found that the bolt r,ad burnt i a number of holes in the handkerchief.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 114, 7 February 1920, Page 6

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 114, 7 February 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 114, 7 February 1920, Page 6

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