LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 155, 26 March 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Anthrax, -erysipelas, and tetanus -have been declared by special order lo be infectious diseased within t'lie meaning of ■the Public Health Act. They require to be reported to the IJealth authorities >n all cases.

The City Council ; wm .informed .last evening that a notification had been'received from the Public Works Department 'that the ■order-in-Council with respect to workers' fares ombo'dyii}g .'.the council's proposals, was .about .to be issued.

Evidence of the shortage of building material was given last night at the meeting of the .committee ..who .have in hand the arrangement of the Hutt Valley Pageant by .a member of 't.htf subcommittee Bet up to procure tho tipiber required for the construction .of i-lie pall, Ho reported that .in reply to inquiries lie ,ha'd made -from -several firms -ho had been informed in each caso that theyhad not the timber in stock which the committee required.

"There was not a day pa.s3«l last week," said a lady resident .of 'llntaitoi to ia Dominion reporter, "but : wliat an njftiit called, wanting to know whether I wished .to : oell my ,house or :iiot. Ifs,a now.form of {rightfulness, .and,,if;it continues, I .intend -to put up ; a notice.announcing that tho owner of- : the property has no intention of selling, and nsnyftge bull-dog is loose .in the grounds."

"There's as big a, ring in the timber trade as there is in-the drapery-trade," raid Councillor J. Glover in speaking of the City Council'? housing scheme nt last meeting ,of the --City Council.

The order constituting the Wairarajia electric power district is published in this week's "Gazette."

There was a burst of laughter from councillors nt last evening's meeting at tlio announcement made by the Town Clerk that a letter had been recoived from .a, citizen complaining about the excessive spued <of tcamcjirs. :Even Councillor P. Frusjr admitted that it was a peculiar complaint to bo made at the present .time.

Mr. 11. Oakley, secretary of the New .Zealand Rugby League, has received 'advice that the English Nor.thern Union team, which is. to -tour Aiistr.nUa .and New Zealand, will leave Australia ;for the Dominion on July 3. It will now bo possible to fix the dates for the ;Dominion itinerary.

Mr. -W. G. Biddell, S.M., held ; an in-' iquiry yesterday morning into i:he circumstances attending the death of George :Saundei's. ,i fruiterer, 56 yearg of age,, whoso body was found oh Wednesdayflight in an outhouse, .at -the back-of .his residence, No. 20 Crawford Terrace. The lOvidence showed 'that when last seon nlive ho jyas .apparently in health. .Georgo Gardner, who occupied rooms in the same house as Saunders, found the body of the deceased in. tho lavatory, nt 10 p.m. Tho medical evidence showed' that deceased was suffering from pneumonia, which was the cause nf death. The Coroner found' in accordance with ■the medic,il evidence.

The City Council has granted authority for picture entertainments on Good •Friday, subject to tlio programmes being approved by the Town Clerk.

Tho amalgamation of two military groups, No. 9 (Cliristchiiroh) and -No. 11 (North; Canterbury) is . announced in this ivecic's "Gazette."

A case was recently brought under our notice in which a Wellington resident nurchased an article of furniture, to find attached thereto tho New Zealand manufacturer's price docket (per dozen). Dividing tho amount by twelve, ho found that the manufacturer's jirioe worked out at Gs. 9(1. each. The price paid by the Wellington resident was DGs. The fol-' lowinj day a friend purchased a s : milar article, but the price had advanced to 28<>. Gd.

Tho Public Health Department recently raised t.lio question of the weight of biitter sold V tho City Council's milk departmont. | It was reported to thft council by tjlio Town Clerk last nipht that a,reply .had been forwarded, pointing out that a number of packages of butter had been purchased and weighed, and in' every instanc" it had been found that they weighed lib. net. The manager of the Rahui Factory had also received instructions to see that every package from the factory weighed lib. net. 1

On tho recommendation of the Outlying Districts Committee, tho City Council last evening dccided that property owners at: Williams Street, Kilbirnie, wbo have not carried out tho council's requirements with respect to their erie'oaclinionls be called upon to set back their fences to tho correct boundary lines.

Before leaving Samoa, Mnjor-General Sir Alfred Robin. accompanied bv Caplain Garland, A.D.C., 6pent n fow days at Savaii cs tho guests of Mr. It. Williams, tho Deputy-Admlnistritor,

"Have wo any control over those machines?" asked Councilor L. M'Kenzie .when .a letter was before the council last evening dealing with sites for weighing machines. The Town Clerk said that tlio council'did have control 1 over the _ni.Hr chines. "I raise tho point," continued Councillor M'Kenzie, "because some people have put coins into tho machines and they would not weigh at all. Tliero ought to be some control over them m that respect. The Mayor weighed 18 •stone on the Central Park one."'(Laughter.)

The Princo of -AVales, now ien route to New Zealand, is in his twenty-sixth year, ile -was born .on June 22, 1891, .and his twenty-sixth .birthdsiy will be celebrated whilst he is in Australia.

The .reappointment of Mr. 'lihomas Eonayne . os , the representative of the Wellington city and suburban eleotrical. •tramways on the Tramways' Board .of Appeal was approved by the City Council ■last evening. Tho tramways general manager (Mr. W. H. Morton) and Messrs. Cable .and M'fiillivrny were appointed the council's representatives in connection .kith .the iclaims of the Tramways Employees' .Union and the Wellington Tramway Officials' Union.

If the 'English tennis players—Messrs. Beam'sh and ouick.ot their game .as they , are at-repartee, their .laurels will remain intact (says -the .D.unedin "Evening -Star")'. At the. welcome extended to them atthe,Savoy, ihe Mayor (Mr. Begg) by .a, : slip of the tongue referred to ,Captain '.Beamish as Captajn •"Blomixh." Immediately the .gentleman referred to quickly retorted' "Yes! the ,oi)ly vwenk -.spot in -the'-team."

' The Public Trust Office, has been authorised by Orc'er-in-Council to invest ,£50,000 in the i debentures of tho AVellington /Harbour Board.

It was .decided last evening by the City Council that provision he made in ■the estimates-for the next .financial year : for improvements by planting to be carried out at the TTatiitai end of Hie Mount Victoria, tupnel. A .sports meeting is to be held at -Xfrlbrirn JP«ark -to-morrow afternoon by the Victoria College Amateur Athletic Club. (On the day's : form .representative* will be selected to-uphold the honour of ■Victoria College at the forthcoming uni■versity -tournament. There is •$ 410 yards open handicap on to-morrow iifternoon's programme.

The City Council ..decided last -evening that the Island ;Bay :S.urf .and Life-Say-ing Club be informed, -in reply -to their request .for tho appointment of a custodian to take cliargo ,of the Island Bay beach, that -the -council is o.f .opinion that iSiich on fipnointnient is not warranted at present.

The historical secretary of the Early, Settlers' Association (Mr. Edwards) last •night told the meeting of the Hutt Valley Prinoe of Wales Visit Committee that use of the Amokura had been ■granted for -the occasion of the pageant. 'Unfortunately it /is not possible to raise ,steani in Jicr, and she will have to be towcil to tlie moorings to be made ready for iter near .tlie scene jf: the settlers' landing -pIAC-e.

Yesterday the pupils of tho Terrace School iourneyed -to Day's Bay for their annual' picnic. A large number of children, the whtile -of the staff, and some of the 'Sebool .Committee, travelled by .the 10 ..o'clock ])o.at. The sports received good patropage, and tlio aquatic side also 'received lafctontion. Th 6 children returned by .the' Duchess at'4.ls ».m.

The Salvation Army was given nermission by .the . City Council last to hold a "street day" on April 23 for tlio ■purpose of .raisins funds in aid •of the Young People's Hall, which is being erected at the rear of the Citadel in Vivian Street.

.At the ri.nnnnl meeting of tho Hurt Labour .Eqnresentation ■ Committee, the. following officers were appointed for tlio ensuing year:—President.'Mr. A. Schole-' field: '>iricc-prefgl«nt, Mr. J). K. Pritchard; secretary-treasurer, 'Mr. W. H.Bo.ves; auditors, Messrs. A. Anderson, and G. 'Moody; trustees, Messrs. W. Seddon and W. 11. Edwards. The report showed that three, .nominations were received 'for th" honoulr of candidate at.-the Parliamentary election, Mr. I). Jv. Prit-; chard ■•'having been selected. The others 1 were Mr. A. Anderson (nominated- by ! .Woollen Workers''Union).-.apd Mr. ,T. L. iChurehouse (A.SJS.R.). The : renort -also stated that, although Mr. Pritchard had not been -successful. .the propaganda, had left, its mark >for nil time in ,the Valley.' T6 reap 'the fruits Qf this .propaganda, the report continues, 'Labour must'fight ; evor.v election, both municipal and national. .■ ' i A lenecial .melting' of the City Council will 'be -held at 8 o'clock on' Tuesday night for the pnrnose of-considering Ihe' fluestion qf >a site in connection with the 'hydro-electric power scheme.

It is now .announced >thnt tlio .engage ment offered to Mr. .Henri iVerbrugghen, ofrtlie New South Wales Conservator] um of Music, came from Indianapolis. The offoL- was .£SOOO fft year as conductor of a .nex orchestra there for five years, each •season to consist .of seven ..months, •