LOCAL AND GENERAL
Tlio sugar ■ shortage was particularly acute- in Wellington at the end of last week. Many of the grocery shops, including some of the large city establishments, had, no sugar at all, and customers went Iran shop to shop in the search for small quantities to carry them over the week-end. A shipment of sugar will reach Wellington this week, but there is no indication that tho supply will meet tho demand in the near future. t, The public are warned lhat forged .£1 notes of the National Bank of New ?,ealan.l are still in circulation, and if they accept them tlicy will only have valueless paper on their hands. The rotes nro genuine, except for the .signature, which is forged. They are those which wore stolen somo months ago from a package of unsigned notes on their way out from England. The numbers run from 200,000 onwards, f>99,801 to 000,000, and 000,201 to 001.000. A fen days ago one of these numbered 000,1100 was accepted by Mr. Thomas Arthur, sailmaker. Upper Willis Street, and on being handed in at the National Bank was returned as a forgery. The officer in charge, of the Magnetic Observatory of the Lands and Survey Departmtnt at Christchureh (Mr. 11. F. Skey) reports that a considerable. magnetic storm was recorded at tho observatory on March 22. The duration of the storm was ten hours, and l at times the oscillations of the magnets were so great as to pass beyond the range of tho recording magnetograph. A brilliant aurora accompanied the magnetic d'sturbance. The Deputy-Mayor (Councillor G. Frost), referring at tho dinner to tho visiting tennis champions to suggestions that the City Council might give more aid (o tennis, said the council was in entire sympathy with projects for providing more spbrts grounds, particularly for the Tennis Association. He know that tennis had been neglected to some extent, but that had been largely through the tennis players not "pushing their barrow." It wns not fair to ask the ratepayers to shoulder the whole oimlen, however, and what the- association should do was to go to the council with a proposal ►hat they would form tho ground if the council would lease it to them for a long term at a nominal rental. A spectacular display of water being thrown up under pressure from one of the city mains in Brandon Street wns witnessed at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. On the corporation authorities being notified of the burst a repair gang was soon on the spot, and repairs were effected in a few hours. The Merchant Service Guild was in conference with tho Shipowners' Federation last week with regard to a new agreement; to cover officers employed on tho smaller vessels, and the- shipowners, it is announced, have now made a certain offer. The offer will bo considered at a special meeting of the Merchant Serv'ce Guild this afternoon. The proposed limitation of hours and ether important matters are to be discussed. A Press Association message from Thames states that the loan proposal for -620,000 for a. bridge over the Thames ■ River at Puriri was carried bv 84 votes to 53. The bridge will have a swinging span, and is expected to he the first of several to cross the Thames Eiver. In connection with the Hunrau tunnel strike (says a Press Association -telegram from Auckland), advice from Papurca states that the men rejected the Department's otter of an increase of one shilling per day. The Chief Engineer and his assistant are visiting the works. The Arbitration Court has decided that the Court ought not to compel the dissenting employers to come under one big award, such as.was asked for by ihe Auckland branch of the Carpenters and Joiners' Society. The Court was propar--1 ed to make an award covering tho eml plovers who were at one in this parlicni far case but it declined (o compel those L who objected, even if they were related ■ trades.—Press Assn. At the annual meeting of the Mana--5 watipsection of the Post and Telegraph 5 Association held nt Polinerston on Satnr--5 dav night the following motion was car- ! rie'd:—"That this meeting of the Mapa- . watu section of the P. and T. Assnciai lion unanimously demand that the outstanding bonus be immediately paid; ! also that the Chief Justine's report therei on be made public at once."—Press Assn. ' At the annual meeting of the Hutl I' Labour Representation Committee the fol- - lowing motion was passed:—"That this .' meeting of the Jlutt Labour Representation Committee urges [ Hie Petone Council to petition ' the Government to immediately take I steps to' cope with the abnormal demand - for workers' homes, by building upwards i of 250 homes an the property already set i ! aside in the Hutt Valley for that pur-1 pose." [ -U Nuhakn a Native named Matengi ' Tukareho was charged at the Magis ; (rate's Court with indecent assault oi I a Maori girl, aged 13. and .also with m - tent lo commit a major crime. Alter ( . lcn'thy hearing the accused -was com J mitted for trial on the minor chargel' Press Assn. ■The Wairoa Harbour Board has decid " cd to advertise in New Zealand and Syd i nev and Melbourne for a consulting en 1 gineer to prepare plans and estimate! t for the, new harbour at Waikokopu.Press Assn. - The inquest touching tho death oi , Phillip Lambert, waterside worker, who J fell into the harbour and was drowned " on Fridav, will be held at 9.30 a.m. to- ! day, iind'tho inquest on Eliza Jane' He> 3 bend wifo of Charles Ambrose Hen- , bend, dver.'of Kent Terrace, whose ' bodv was found floating in the hurboui '_ on Friday, will begin at 4 p.m. to-day. t A brief sitting of . the Magistrate's . Court was held on Saturday morning, ' Mr E. Page, S.M., being on the Bench, 3 Daniel Murphy, who was convicted foi 1 the third time this month for drunken- - ness was fined 205., with the alternative i of three days' imprisonment. Fergus , John Adams was remanded to Wednesday ' on a. charge of attempted carnal know--1 led"D of a girl under 10 years of oge. " Bail was allowed in J;150 and one surety t of .£l3O. i \s a result of tho dispute regarding, - the dismissal of two employees, the i tram service was suspended for sonic i hours on Saturday (says a Press Association telegram from Auckland. Trams 3 wore running yesterday, and a conference - between tho partis sat all day, with a b few to effecting a settlement. 3 Among what may be regarded as one - of the curiosities of the Samoan trir. ■i (states a Press Association report) is a 1 proposal to intern the ex-Kaiser in Samoa. The author of this scheme is Mr. 1 TT. J. Moors,' an American citizen, who 1 for many years has lived in Apia, but is i believed to be of German extraction. His i idoa is that it would relieve everyone of . iroublo if tho Kaiser or Count Hohon■/.ollern, as he calls him, bad a portion ' of his fortune restored with wlr'ch he i should buy out the interests of Ihe New 3 Zealand Qovernment-pnil all others who 3 desired to sell; and Hien he conk! set up f in business in tho Islands, in ITpnlu for j. choice, where he woubl be far enough away and powerless to do mischief. 1 Mr. J. Chnrclioiise writes with reference to a remark make 1>- Mr. W. S, 1 Brice at last week's meeting of the Wei- " lington Rugby League that the league'? s application for a ground at Petone had . been turned down owing to the ebjec- „ lions of a Labour member of the Petone Council, and ho could not understand Ihis as league football was the workingI man's game. Mr. Chnrclioiise noinfs out s that Rugbv, "Soccer." and other branches s of our lield sports nro equally the work- ' inginau's game. "The onlv inference tc be drawn from the remarks of Mr. 3 Brice,"' ho adds, "is that a Labour man 1 had been guilty of the unpardonable of--3 fence of having turned Labour down. ) True, the meeting was held in the Trade.; i Hall, but what special claim the league or any branch of our sports or pasHmes has iijioii labour industrially or nolilicall.v passes my understanding. Tho statement made by Mr. Brice is both prcma- ' lure mid incorrect, and only lends to ' prejudice the league claims, when the • allocations of grounds comes before the > council at its next meeting, and the t claims of other sports liodies not vet con. t sidered will come up for consideration. 1 Mr. Jiriee has coupled League and Lull- " our. I with others have been in the . Labour movement for years, and have ; mad" many sacrifices f'"' Labour. How I much assistance morally or materially i lias Labour received from Mr. Brice dur- ! ing the recent Parliamentary elections is i ,\ question T will leave to Mr. Brice and his conscienoo to answer. -
The present-day freight on a fiOlb. mutton carcass to Grout Britain ifi 9s. fid. Tim pro-war freight was ils. 3d. That was the increase to which Mr. 1). .Tones, M.P., drew attention at tho Canterburv Farmevs' Union meeting on Wednesday, as illustrating what tho producers would have lind to bear had the Dominion's produce not ibeen commandeered (says a Christchurcli paper). Those persons of an allegedly humorous turn of mind who, when speeding a departing bride and bridegroom on their honeymoon, chnllc the words/Must married" in a prominent position on the side'of a railway carriage, may bo surprised to learn that such an act constitutes a legal offence (remarks an exchange). Several rasps have recently come under the notice of (he Cliristehurch railway staff, and it is intended to talte steps lo ensure the punishment of the offenders.. It is stated that chalk will ruin the varnish used on the carriages, particularly if the chalk 'ie 'if (be scratchy kind, and even after a "resh cent has been applied the marks will often show through the varnish. A special meeting of the Citv Council will lw held to-morrow evening to discuss matters in connection with tho site for the local power-house in connection with the Mangahao hydro-electric scheme. A loan proposal' for a million and a half for the Lake Monowai hydro-electric scheme for Southland was carried by C 531 voles to 116.—Press Assn. The latest fish story was related in some Supreme Court, proceedings at Gishorne in connection with a claim by Maoris for compensation for loss cf eels through the draining liv settlors of the Kepongnere Lake. The Maoris, who were awarded by a jury ,£37 compensation, claimed that tho eels from the lake supplied all the food for huis in that mid other districts. Mr. Justice Hosknig became reminiscent, and said be bad seen eels six feet in length in Lake Manapouri. A Maori witness, Taki Korekerc, who was in the. box. capped (his by saving he had seen eels 18 feet m length, and men had been used for bait. His Honour said ho thought this was rather a. tall one, and adjourned the Court for lunch.
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