LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 143, 12 March 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In new regulations under the Public Health Amendment Act provision is mado for the making of certain payments to tho members of the Board of Public Health. Every member of the board who is not a member of the Public Service is to receive .£1 10s. for every day 011 which he attends a meeting of the board, together with .£1 10s. for every night lie is necessarily absent from home by reasou of such attendance. Actual travelling expenses are also to be paid.

At Monday's meeting of the Industrial Association Mr. C. J. Ward will deal with the question of comparative prices and quality of Australian'and New Zealand boots, a subject which lias been vcr.v much before the public of : late.

At the hearing of an appeal in the Supremo. Court yesterday in respect to a motor collision, the Chief Justieo said:

"It is the duty of 1 drivers of motoicars to 6top immediately when they sc-e danger, but that is what they won't do; thoy go 011 and on regardless of tho consequences."

The Cricket Association has been granted permission to make n charge of (id. for admission to the Basin Peserve 011 March 13, 20, and 27, also April 10.

A Press Association messago received from Timaru ou Wednesday stated that as the second express from the north was. entering the Temuka station, a sixhorso team, with an empty wagon, essayed to cross the Denmark Street crossing. though the warning bells were ringing. A second six-horsn team was following closely, and. it is supposed that the noise of the two teams prevented tnc driver from hearing tho bells. The en-gine-driver had not time to null up in order to save a collision. The engine crashed into the leaders, and carried one of them nearly to the platform. Two horses. were killed outright, a third had to be shot, and a fourth was seriously injured. The team, belonged to W. 11. Thornley, and thii driver was E. Tarrant. Tho three horses were valued at £100.

So far no one has accepted. Mr. C. J. Ward's.challenge to prove that Australian boots may bo purchased hero cheaper than New Zealand' manufactured boots of equal quality, and his cheque for £2ZO still remains in the hands of the holder.

His Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) will pass sentence on three Drisoner3 in tho Supreme Court this morning.

So many pupils and teachers are suffer, ing from influenza, that the Timaru Boys' High School has been closed for a week (states a Press Association message re. ceived last .night).

A proclamation of the uniofi of tne borough of Karori with tho City of Wellington is contained in this week's Gazette. The union takes effect on April 1.

Tho consent of tho Government to the raising of a loan of ,£IO,OOO by 'the Carterton Borough Council :s gazetted.

Of 10.000 electors on the roll only 138S exercised their votes at the Hutt Licensing Committee election, which resulted in the "moderates" gaining tho day. There wow two tickets—the moderates, who were in favour of granting licenses for the sale of liquor at both Trentlmm aud Hutt Park on rftoe, days, and "the ueoolo's candidates," who were not.

Tho City Counoil decided last night, on the recommendation of the Cemeteries Committee, that the plans forwarded by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Jleuiorial Conimitteo of the gato and seats to be erected at. the soldiers' and sailors' cemetery, Karori, should be approved, and that authority Bhould be granted for the erection of a sun-dial 111 tho grounds as suggested, by. tho Memorial Committee. .

At tho plumbing workshops of tho Technical College last night, Mr. W. Judd, tho president of the Master Plumbors' UniQ'f, presented gold medals to the successful students for the year. Among those present were: Messrs. J. IT. Howell (director oi' tho college), C. A. Lawrence, H. Clark, S. M'lvcr, and ][, W. Johnson '.late head teacher of the class, but who has now been given an appointment in tue Public Works. Department). Mr. Lawrence, in calling on Jlr. J add lo present the medals, spoke of the action of the master plumbers in encouraging their apprentices to attend the classes, ami in Riving them every possible help. Jlr. Judd assured the 'students that the master plumlurs intended to help the students in tho nir- -is they nud dene in ihe. p;M. The three successful students were.- G. '' a«ikiW'- TiK'inpsnii, and 11. !■'. Ward! Mr. llowcU callcd for three cheers' for the master plumbers, and the class resumed its work.

The City Council decided last niglit to inform the Harbour Board that it is prepared to take over Waterloo Quay Extension, Cornwell Street, and Fryatt Quay, provided the thoroughfares are completed to the satisfaction of the city engineer before December 31, 192(T.

A conference was held ye-jtorrtay 'between the Hoard, of Trade and representatives of the Petone and _ Lower Hutt Borough Councils concerning the price of ;rns sold by Petone to Hutt. This dispute 's an affair of ".on<; standing. The Petone Borough to supjilv ens to Lower Hutt at n certain price. At the timo the price was fixed it was regarded as adenuale, but since then the cost of pas production has increased a great deal, and Petone has sought to vary the contract or to end it and make another. This move the Hutt Borough successfully resisted in the Courts. .It is claimed that Petone is making a loss on the sale of gas to Hutt, and it is because of this that the matter is being nursujd. and that the Board of Trade is interesting itself in the dispute.

A man was arrested yesterday by Constable Smith on a charge of stealing a cheese from the wharf,

An Amateur Operatic Society was formed in C'.ristchurch on Tuesday evening. when no members joined.

For some time the rough state of tho ground around the new bandstand on Oriental Bay Esplanade has been Hie subject of comment. Tn accordance with a decision arrived at by the City Council last night,. l however, the work of asphalting the area will soon, bo put in hand.

The National Association of Spiritualist Churches of New Zealand will hold its annual conference in Christchurch during Easter week. Delegates from all parts of the Domiuion will be present. The 72nd anniversary of Modern Spiritualism will be celebrated by a large public meeting.

The Hous'ng Branch of the Labour Department has 111 houses authorised and under erection in Wellington, and 71 in other parts of New Zealand. Mr. P. W. Ifowlpy, Secretary of the Department, stated yesterday that it was expected some of the dwellings under construction locally would be ready for occu]xition in three months' time, and the remainder inside of nine months. Negotiations were in progress for the erection of 1.07 houses in Chr'stchurch, New Plymouth, Timaru. and Palmerston North, and lie was giving attention tn the needs of some other centres, including Wnnganui and Masterton,

An amendment of tlie by-laws relating to the erection of eleratov.s in new build.ings was approved by the City Council last night. It provides that "in any bnild'ng over four stories in height, the elevator shaft shall bo situated at least 20 feet distant from any stairway enclosure, unless where specially approved." Tho precision is intended to safeguard life in the, exit of-fire. An elevatoi shaft: is likely to act as a funnel if the building burns, and the staircase may become unusable if it adjoins the shaft.

Yesterday morning His Honour the Chief Justice fSir Eobcrt ghratV wanted a decree absolute in the divorce suits of Ellen Ilutchins v. Frederick John H.ulchins. and Mav Belln Edwards v. Ernest Arthur Edwards the petitioner in canh case being granted custody of the. children. Mr. P. 11. Putnam appeared in both cases, and the respondent* ofYerod 110 onuosition.

The City Council spent some time last nisht debating whether it would be advisable to sell by auction _ the land accmired at the corner of Ellire Street and Kent. Terrace for street-widening- purposes Councillor -T. 0. Sbnrland miposed the proposal of' the Power Stations and Tramways Committee that the land should be sold by auction, contendin? that the value of tho vacant area would be considerably enhanced in years to conie. Tho Depnty-liiyor (Mr. G. Frost) said tho Tramways Department had paid ,£2IOO for the land, and it would only result in loss to the council if the section were retained. Heavy loss had hecn inclined 011 the purchase of the old tramway sitn in Adelaide Jtoad. Councillors J. Glover and P. Eraser, M.P., suggested that tho land should be leased for a term of years, as it would become increasingly valuable in the futuj-e. Mr. Frost, said it would be difficult to provide, a suitable form of revenue-producing as tho land would only be a residential site, and would not be suitable for business purposes. Councillor Shorland moved an amendment that the recommendation of tho committee should not"ho adopted, but this was defeated by seven votes to fivo. and the clause was passed.