LOCAL AND GENERAL
During his stay in 'Wellington tho Prince of Wales held his first Privy Council me.cting sit Government House. He was made a Privy Councillor b'imself shortly before leaving England, and had never held a Privy Council meeting before. Acording to the Constituti m, three members form a quorum. Tho only three who could be available were the Prince himself, Mr. Ma6sey and Sir Joseph Ward. Fortunately. Mr. Maesey aud t-'ir Joferjli Ward were able to attend. The Prince desired to hold the meeting for the purpose of the formal introduction of the Governor-General (the Earl of Liverpool) as a member of the Privy Council. Tho Earl of Liverpool was appointed some timo ago, but had never actually been admitted. No others were present but the Prince, Mr. Massov, and S;r Joseph Ward, the Earl of Liverpool, and Sir / Godfrey Thomas forivnte secie.tury to the Prince). Sir Godfrey Thomas was acting clerk to the Privy Council. Two oaths were administered to the Earl of Liverpool—the oath of allegiance and thfe special oath for members of the Privy Council. Having taken the oaths prescribed, tho Earl of Liverpool kissed the hand of the Prince, who tl«en declared him a Privy Councillor. A similar ceremony will, according to Mr. J. Sands, the special representative of the "Argus," be held in Melbourne.
' In tho report of the deputation which waited on the Prime Minister'on Saturday. Mr. Singleton stated that timber at Westhaven was offered to ; buyers at Wellington at 14s. Gd. per hundred feet. This, says Mr. A. J. Seed, is incorrect. The price of the lowest grade timber is 145..fi11, on wharf at Westhaven. Handling charges, excluding freight, are at least 3s. per hundred feet. Freight had then to be added to arrive at the cost of tho timber landed at any port. Mr. Singleton made a further statement that Mr. Seed is reported as having stated that this company had three million feet of timber cut. This also was absolutely wrong, says Mr. Seed, and no statement to that effect was made by him,
Reserved judgment was given by Mt. W. G. Eiddell, S.M., in the ease of C. E. Lamb v. E. M. Boyd, a .claton for ,£llß for plastering work to defendant's house in Brooklyn last September Judgment went for the plaintiff % the amount claimed, with costs totalling JlO Bs. At the he&ring Mr. A., M. Salek appeared.for the plaintiff and Mr. J. M. Dale for the defendant. The defendant asked for leave to appeal, which was granted, and.security.fixed, at .£lO 10s.
An infant named Joyce Iris Pierce, one of triplets, was found choked on Sunday with a piece of cotton wool, _ which her 31-year-old sister had put in tho infant's mouth (reports- a Wangamii Press Association telegram).
""At the Napier Magistrate's Court, James George Tracey, Customs clerk, was charged with theft of Government moneys totalling J&J63I. He pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence at Wellington-Press Assu.
Some -time ago Messrs. E. W. Mills and Co., Ltd., found it necessary to erect a huge built, store on tlie Harbour ■Board reclamation at' Tliomdon, aa the six-story building in Victoria "Street, next to tho Commercial Travellers' Club and opposite the -firm's main warehouse and offices, did not provide nearly euincipnt accommodation to meet /requirements. Messrs'. Mills and Co. have now sold tlio building adjoining tho Travellers" Club to Kodak (Australasia) Ltd., for .635,000, and it will bo used by its new owners as a wholesale warehouse. Five years ago-Kodak," Ltd., moved its offices from Mercer .Street to .the present premises in Dixon Street, but the expansion .of business has been eo rapid - and so extensive -that the present change had become a, necessity.
A winding-up meeting of tho Cuba Street Committee in connection with the street decorations in honour of the Prince of Wales's visit was held yesterday, afternoon, Mr. W. E.. Jackson .presiding. Congratulations wore interchanged on tho good showing the tradespeople of Cuba 6treet had made, it being considered that the general and individual displays made were second to none. Tn connection with tho decorations money was raised by canvass, and .it was reported -at yesterday's meeting that k small credit balance remained ii> hand, which it was proposed to bank against the next festive .occasion. .
At a meeting of persons interested it was decided to form an aviation company in Timaru to work from there Mount Cook «nd soutkward. Mr. E. Wigley, managing director of the Mount Cook Motor Company, is the moving spiritPress Assn.
A system of, taking, babv footprints has been adopted for purposes of identification in a childs' hospital and .day nursery in New York. The -step, was. taken aftor .the complaint of a young .mother, the wife of an American soldier, that she feared that the baby the hospital physicians had assigned to her was not here. 'She refused to be convinced until it was found that.the only other baby about the time of'hers was a negro child. The physician though of taking finger-prints of the new-born babies, but that did not prove satisfactory. Footprints came out 'beautifully.'..
A general increase in crime in tho Wellington police district, which includes Marlborough, Nelson, the Wairorapa, and Wellington City, is disclosed in the Offences Return for the sear end-ed December 31 last. The number .'-f \ases renorted was 5079, an increase of 227 compared with the previous year. Convictions for drunkenness numbered. 2182,' as against 2050 for the year 1918.' There was also a, big increase in offences under the Gaming Act, tho number for the year being .61, whereas in the previous year there were only 16 convictions. The proportion of case's of, mischief was doublo compared with the figures for 1918, 111 cases being .dealt ,w3th against 58 in .the'.pi'eceding year,. Charges of petty theft also showed a'big increase, 170 more, cases of this class of crime being brought before the courts than in 1918.
Business men; and friends of Sir Joseph Ward will forgather at the Commercial Travellers' Club at 4 p.m. to-day to bid farewell to Sir Joseph Ward, who leaves by the T,ofua to-morrow en routo for London.
Dr. Wallace! M'Eenzie, who underwent a serious operation a month ago, is still an inmate of the Wellington Hospital!. He is .progressing favourably..
Acting on tho motto "strike when the dinner's hot," tho waitresses in two restaurants in Auckland ono day last week struck work when the clock struck twelve. Tho union point of view was explained later iby the secretary of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union, who stated that officially the strike was not a strike at all.so far as the union was concerned. The girls concerned wore not all members of the union. They had asked fov a rise in wages, and as, the request had not been granted on a specified date, they had walked out without'consulting tho union officials. They had afterwards spoken to him, ond he had advised them that their action could not be backed up by the union. The .secretary added that he had recently had to intervene. to'prevent a similar incident at Eotonia, just, on'tho evo of .'the Prince's visit.
It is announced that war medals and the New Zealand Government certificate of honourable service in connection with the Great War 1914-19 will not bo issued to men who belong to the rtiXnvying categories :-Ha) Those ftund guTTty by court-martial, of desertion or an offence under Motions' 17 or 18 of' the Army Act (fraud, embezzlement, stealing, malingering, wilful self-ininry, producing or aggravating by means ot misconduct disease, or infirmity or delaying cure, or disgraceful misconduct), (b) Soldiers who have been discharged with ignominy "Or exprossly on account of misconduct or on. conviction by civil power or on being sentenced -to penal servitude, (o) Soldiers who hnvo been convicted by oivil power to sentences of six months or more, (d) .Soldiers who have been returned to New Zealand and discharged with ignominy or expressly on account, of misconduct without having actually taken part in military operations against the enemy. I.e) Soldiers who.deliberately evaded service with their units by refusing lo submit to vaccination or inoculation, or who deliberately or by misconduct renderwWhemselves unfit for active service and .'wore returned to New Zealniul and discharged without having actually taken part in military operations against the enemy. The above disqualifications will not, however, prejudice claims on account of services subseauently and satisfactorily .rendered.
On Sunday afternoon the Hon. J. G. Coates had a flight over the City of Christchurch, with Captain Dickson. When over the aerodrome, at the conclusion of the flight, at a height of 1500 feet, Captain Dickson asked the Minister if he would like "to stunt." Mr. Coates agreed, arid Captain Dickson did one loop and one roll, and then-side-slipped vertically from 1000 feet tooiHe ground. —Press Assn. ,
All the primary schools in Palmorston North are now closed en account of sickness. Influenza spread rapidly among the children, but principally in a mild form. Mumps and measles are aiso prevalent— Press Assn.
The lynx-eyed-Customs officials in Australia are engaged in making a vigorous search just now for hidden sovereigns, and are watchful of the movements of those departing for the East. It is now a punishable offence to carry more than' a specified number of sovereigns on one's person without first obtaining a. permit. The "Age" eays that the\ Treasury Department is convinced that there are many atocks of hoarded gold coins in Australia. In some instances tho ooin9 have been melted down and attempts made to export the gold\in the form of bullion. There is a very ready demand for gold in all Eastern countries, and there «vve said to be native jewellers in Ceylon, India, and China who are finite willing to offer the equivalent of 30s. in silver for every sovereign that may come their way. The Treasury authorities are at -.present investigating a case where over ,£I3OO in gold was smuggled out of Australia in a suit case As the result of an anonymous lettel the smugglers were caught and the gold recovered; Recently an officer of tho Customs Department visited China on a mission connected with gold and'opium smuggling.. The work this officer was able to accomplish will, it is thought, render the smuggling of gold into China a much more difficult proposition.
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