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LOCAL AND GENERAL

A- ' ' '■'.- ";' As the result of yesterday's big jump in the price of hides and skins, po Mr. C. J. Ward, tho Wellington boot rnaimfacturer (who attended the sale) informed a Dominion reporter, there would be an advanco of 7s. Gd. in the price :vof the standardised boot, and 12s.' (!d. in better class boots. Present -prices could not bo maintained with hides selling at such sky-high prices as wore realised yesterday, and it would he his niiplcasfltit duty to cancel orders hebad received for 27,000 pairs of boots.

A remit from the Hawke's flay War Relief Association to lie submitted t0... the meeting of the Advisory Hoard next Thursday Is as follows: ."That a. complete list, of all the permanently disabled soldiers in Now Zealand be compiled, and a calculation be made of the amount it would be necessary to contribute in order to .form a Dominion fund to supplement Government pens'oiiß, to ensure ihese .men living in comfort for the rest of tlieir lives, jand that .'affiliated societies bo assessed on a population basis t» provide such fund."

The residence of Mr. A: Williams in Holkou Street has been acquired and will shortly lie onenjd as a St. Andrew's Church Hostel for the accommodation of young men of the city. Accommodation will lie provided for about twenty-five ■

At a meeting of the Wellington branch, of the Railway Officers' 'Institute the following resolution was passed-.— That in .view of the 'discontentment and dissatisfaction existing, arid evidenced by the officers of the Railway, service ''owing to tho present high and prospective', higher' cost of living, and the inadequate remuneration mid to officers, this branch calls upon the executive'control to take immediate action with a view to obtaining tho finding of the Wages Board and having the same brought into operation immediately. It is again out that the financial position of railway officers and the conditions of employmeni are having a serious effect -npoii.tlw efficiency of the service. While tive living cost on the three food groups ,'.lone lias increased over 50 per ciJht.. the increases paid since 19M to "April, 1918, vary from only 7 per cent, in the highest t0.20 per cent, in the lowest grades."

It is • not often that the highest bidder at a sale sees tho goods quietly passed over to another parly altogether, yet that is-what occurred- time after time at the salo of-liidas yesterday afternoon.. Tho .-buyers for the Now Zealand tanners, who did no bidding; had the right, to take any !ot at the amount of the highest bid. Noiv and-ngain tho prices climbed too high for tho tanners, even in lines-they required, and the Jots-'were knocked down to shippers' buyers. , But- in tho cape of some lines, the shippers' representatives bid up and up, and the line was quietly aopropilMed by the .tanners-' buyers, who had 'to- spctik promptly on. the knock if they'required (he lino. Occasionally >:nme of the buyers for ex-, port jokingly complained that tho auc-' fioneer was "dwelling too long on the knock." which meant that he was giving too much time to the tanner's man • to consider whether ho would t;rke the line or not.

An instance of the contrary'nature'.'of some people -was given to passengers' on fcho I'almerston'-lVelliugton express on Thursday nfternnon. In one of the-car-riages there were two men who, in-spite ■of renoated requests, declined to allow one of the windows-to be opened, and who. when it was opened by ono passenger bolder tham the r&?f, pnt. it down again. At last an apneal was made to the guard, who decided" in favour of the majority, and' the : window was opened. In due course a tunnel was reached, and all windows'wore'promptly''closed, except one. through which rojlod volumes of.smoke. ■ This was the window which had almost caused a-disturbance before it. was onened. When an attempt was made to close it the eame •■ objectors maintained that-the-guard said it- had to be onened, and that, it must be as-'ho had said. -So. in spite, of the risk of suffocation these mon had their way.

Tho Earlv Settlers .and Historical Asffliriatinn will hold another' "happy-go-luckv night"'on.Wednesday next. These oveninirs are always much '. enjoyed. Reminiscences will be given to bring incidents of the early days back to the minds of members, and, as usual, there will be musical items and refreshment!?; The C'hristcluirch Gas -Company's stock of coal is becoming very low, and steps are being taken to supplement if. in -the hone that, serious consequences : will not result to consumers of gas, stales a-Press. Association message from Christohurch. When his name was called -at Hie Magistrate's Court vesterday as a military defaulter, Ernest Humphries stepped up before the bench chewing "urn. Tho Magistrate noticed tho chewing, stopped the case, and told the bnv to leave the.court and got rid of the chewing gum.

A milliner of-members-of the'l'etone Working Men's Club are to make their annual cruise t(. Pcncarrow to-morrow in the yacht White Wings, leaving the wharf at 8.30 a.m. ■.-;,

Captain Alban Roberts, physic'*i export to Iho. Royal Navai Air Service, wjkV lias just invented, according to lute Home payers, a marvellous whistle which' will astonish Hid world, is well known in.New.Zealand, 'having" us a young man of 21 established tho electric l'ght in a southern town, .lie, is an inventive genius of.no mean order, and to him belongs the credit (or 'many of the "hush" inventions of the war.

Two shipments of bananas arrived at Auckland from Fiji this week, IG.OCO eases'by the. Nnvua on Monday and 1350 by the. Katon on Wednesday..". About 50 per cent, of lx>th shipments., had been packet!-in clean eases.'and were landed in good order and condition. The remainder had been.packed in dirty mildewy case.?, and the fruit in.them was in very poor condition, entailing cona'derable loss. .The Taluno is due from the Eastern -Pacific next Monday, but us 6he has a very small cargo it is possible she has little or no fruit. \

Increased coal supplies! having came to hand during the past few days, crushing operat'ons at the Waihi Grand Junction mine, w-h'di .were tfraporariiy sus ; pended owinf! to coal shortage, have been resumed, and full time is again being worked at the mill.

Tt-was authoritatively stated to a representative of the "Lyltelton Times" on Wednesday; that the position in resard to tho dVrmtc between the Freezing Works and Allied Trades Federation and\ the employers remains' unaltered. The men are accepting the Mew rate« of.piy, based on the Auckland rates, which the employers offered then).,but..ne.itber official acceptance nor rejection of "the. employers-', terms ■ has l>?en. received .from the- union. There is-no "go slow" policy ia. operation.

Tho ruling' that "only men'who have been'accepted h< fit for the Expeditionary Force and have received a number are entitled to the' benefits of the Act, was givon at'a'mectinrr of the Canterbury Repatriation Board.' The case under discussion, was that of a man who had spent two months in a CI camp, and was then discharged as medically unfit, on account of lead poisoning.. which had been aggravated through malaria contracted wlr'lst serving With tho crew of the hospital ship Marauia.. A member said that though technically iff might be'Wrong,'he was in favour'of making the grant tea man who had served the.natlon in a hospital ship, though he might not have been'on active service.' Another member said that fTie board had to guard against opening the door to captains, officers, and seamen. off transports, who might ■• have contracted sickness-and wish;to secure grants;' It was resolved, to make tho'man a grant of .£3OO to assist-, him. in business as a tnxj-driver,. provided the t.matter'Vus in order. ■ "" ■■■'■■

A eomolnint that improper use .has been ni-nde. of the official badge is being considered by the executive of the Christchurch . Returned. Soldiers' , Association. The allegation ' is. to the effect that' a nolicemari. seeking to secure'.evidence of Sunday trading in liquor, pinned to his coat.tho.'badge of the. association, and Pf.'iincd admission to a country hotel. The "Lyttelton Times" states that the association's. secr«tarv has addressed inquiries to Mr. S. E; M'Carthy.. S.M;, on ;the 'subject. »"

Kitting in Chambers yesterday morning, His Honour: Mr.; Justice Edwards delivered referred judgment in. the undefended divorce case Ingle v. Ingle. 'Walter Ingle, for whom .Mr. H. F. O'l.eary appeared, petitioned for a dissolution of his-marriage with ■ Mabel Josephine Ingle en. the. ground of constructive.desertion. His Honour formally granted a decree nisi to ■'■bo made absolute at'the end of three months. No order - was made as to costs. ■.

Provisional dress regulations for the ■New Zealand "Permanent Forces' have been issued, laying down the abolition of •ear-let jackets and blue'froek coats for officers. In Future, ,khaki will' he the recognised uniform lor officOrsi the only distinction between full" dress and undress uniform being that medals will l:o from with the. former. In accordance ivith the 6.ystem followed at the War Office, only general officers and heads of departments ..will wear staff distinctions. The officers who will wear- red gorget patches, red and aiguillettes in future will be general officers, the Director of' Military Training, andi staff officers "G," "Q," "A," .Director .'of Artillery, officers, commanding districts, and

ihief stall officers of' districts. 'Blue "tabs" and blue cap-bands will be worn 6y tho following officers only Director of Ordnance, Director of Finance, and. Director of Medical Services. Those officers not'included in the above, who have formerly be.cn entitled, to wear staff or administrative distinctions vtill...discou,' tinuo their U6e as from March 1, 11)20 When on parade with troops, officers in tho. latter category will wear armlet badges, on which'will be boruc the letters "G," "A,", or "0.," etc., to show to; what particular branch 'they belong. To .ensure that the new regulations will bo, carried out, an. officer from ] Genera! Headquarters, or. from .district or group staffs, will bo', specially detailed, to, supervise the dress of all officers attending official parades.'or functions, andwill' bo held responsible for' reporting errors of dress to the senior, officer pre,'sent. Officers whose attention has been drawn to irregularities of dress will ,at the discretion of the senior officer present,, be required tcj rectify tjienr immediately, even if this necessitates their leaving the parade or function. .

■Heavy' rains resulting in flooded rivers caused some-of the mail services in the' Takaka and Motueka'districts to be interrupted yesterday (reports a- Press Association message from' Nelson).

About. 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, as a fiye-seater motor-car,was'being hoist,ed from No. 3. wharf into tho after-hold of the ferry steamer 'Wa'hine, at LytfeltpnMhe shackle carried;away, smashing th's derrick near the centre. Tho motor, .jvliich was. about level with the deck ■at the..time, crashed down on the wharf. The falling derrick tore off a.door of the car. and caused other' damage. ..None of the men on the.wharf were injured. Tn tho morning, the same .derrick -fell, sina'shinz portion of the top rail of the vessel.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

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