LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 231, 24 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

General Booth, who is at present conducting important councils with the Salvation Army officers of the. Dominion, arranged a postponement of ono of these sessions yesterday to enable him to visit the Trentham Military Hospital. Mr. •Shirtcliffe kindly placed his car and driver at the General's disposal for the journey, and on arrival. General Booth was received by Colonel Caibe'rry and the matron, who showed him round tho principal wards. Following this, tno General addressed the patients, and staff for ovor half an hour/ The General's visit to Wellington concludes with a day of staff councils to-day, after which he proceeds to Auckland by' the evening express.

Title last meeting of the Wellington District Repatriation .Hoard was presided over by .Mr. 11. J. Reardon. Twentythree applications for loans to purchase furniture were granted, and five grants for assistance in the establishment of businesses were allowed. In five cases it was resolved to subsidise the wage 3 of men undergoing training in new avocations, and in three other instances the board resolved to pay the fees of men undergoing instruction in technical, and othor subjects.

The Education Board has been advised that the Education Department lias authorised a grant of oKS6S for a new scbtool at Castlepoint.

A short sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held yesterday morning, Mr. P. L. Boilings, S.AL, being on the bench. John Patrick M'Coll, who was charged \rfitiil iisi/ng threatening behaviour in Cuba Street, whereby a breach of the peace was. occasioned, also with wilfully damaging n plate-glass window, value .■MO, tho property of C. Smith, Ltd., was remanded for a week. Bail was allowed in .£25 and one surety of .£25. Alfred Charles Love, nn lnmato of tho Wovaroa Training Farm, pleaded guilty to being an idlo and disorderly person in tliht he possessed insufficient lawful means of support, aud wns remanded until to-day for sentence to enable the police to make further inquiries.'

A letter was received by the Education Board yesterday recommending the substitution of "Sports Day" for "Picnic Holiday." On the suggestioji of the. assistant' secretary (Mr. Hylton) it was resolved to forward the recommendntiori to tho Schtool Committees' Association for an expression of opinion.

An old-age ponsioner named Michael Wnlsh was found dead on tho road at Haleombe yesterday morning. He was apparently overcome by night, aud lay down and died—Press Assn.

At the annual meeting of the Canterbury Patriotic Fund yesterday a resolution was carried approving of the resolutions pas?od at the conference of Wellington Societies at Palmerston North, and supporting a proper scheme for providing for disabled soldiers and dependants, —Press Assn.

The North Canterbury Hospital Board agreed yesterday to accept responsibility for tho care and treatment of soldiers under conditions decided on bot'ween tho board and tho Defence Department.— Press Assn.

A meeting of members of the Palniorston North Borough Council and tho Chamber of Commerce at Foxton on Tuesday night (states a Press Association message) decided to urge upon the Government the linking-up of tho Main Trunk line between Morton or Greatford and Levin to relievo the congested traffic at Palmerston North and obviate huge expenditure on tho Palmerston North deviation. It was pointed out thnt the linking-up would shorten tho journey between Auckland and Wellington by over an hour, and the saving in haulage alone would pay interest on construction. It was decided to hold a wmforenco of local bodies to discuss the matter further, ana in tho meantime to communicato the Primo Minister tmd members of Parliament.

General complaints wero.niade at tho meeting of the New Zealand Pig Breeders' Association at Palmertson North about tho handling of stock on tho railways. One member characterised it as "simply murderous." A breeder 6aid that he had shipped three sows at Hal-, combe, and.when they arrived at their destination (Shannon) one hadthreo legs broken, ono had one leg broken (both animals had to be destroyed), and, the remaining pig's condition was serious. Another breeder said that he had lost a. boar at Hasting? because the railway officials had closed it up. He had allowed tho pig adequato-ventilation when he shipped it, and all the satisfaction he got was in being told that he should have insured tho animal. He had subsequently insured a consignment for ,£SOO, and they had all arrived in good condition. Tho president said that he had never had to complain of tho handling on railways, and he shipped pedigree stock largely. He "thought, however, that tho'trucks, especially cattle trucks, could be a great deal cleaner. It was. decided to send a remit to the Council of Agriculture: "That better facilities and conditions be demanded for handling stock."-' ■■■'■■'

Yesterday tho Hutt Valley was visited by into of a torrential nature. At Lower .-Hutt. some .remarkably heavy . showers fell;during tho morning, and as a consequence of tho outlet proving inadequate u number of the streets were flooded. At Petone it rained intermittently during the day. Tho Hutt Hivcr is looking rather swollen at present, but eo far no flood has beon reported.

The curtailment or suspension of the "New Zealand Journal of Science" has beon suggested in consequence of the paper shortage. The Wellington subeditors of the journal havo protested on the ground that the publication of scientific papers is of great importance to the Dominion, and that tho amount of paper used is small. Some important papers, including/several dealing with electrical pdiver, are at present awaiting publication.

The transfer of historical collections from the Dominion Museum to the Turnbull Library was approved by the Board of Science and Art yesterday. An amendment of the Act governing the Dominion Museum will bo necessary 'to confirm this arrangement. The Director of the Dominion Museum, in suggesting this arrangement, said that the forma-, tion of a historical collection had not been satisfactory sinco 191(5. and the reason was the lack of a suitable building to exhibit the more interesting parts of the • collection, and the unsatisfactory position as regards the consultation of tho collection by students. If the col; lection went- to the Turnbull Library, the interesting parts could be exhibited and the whole made accessible to students.

In tho Arbitration Court at Christchurch (reports' tho Press Association) Olive Lyford sued the Htipuku Dairy Company, Kaikoura, for ,COOO damages for, the loss of her -husband, who was killed in an accident while in tho company's employ. Deceased was manager of tho company, and usually went between tho factory and the office on a bicycle, On the day of the accident ho accepted the. offer of a lift in a motor-car. A tyre burst, and an accident resulted by which he was killed. The question was raised ■whether, in accepting a lift in a motor-car, he increased the risk of accident in his employment. The Court held ho had taken a recognised means of locomotion, and had acted reasonably. Judgment was given for the amount claimed.

Tho chief medical officer (Dr; Wil» kins) and chief dental officer (Colonel Hunter) of tho .Wellington Education Department addressed tho members of the-Wellington Education Board yesterday, bespeaking the board's hearty support for the. effort to bo made by the Department in connection with . tho health and care of the teeth of tho school children of tho Dominion, especially as regards tho proper diet to be given to children. The officers were cordially thanked for their address and were given to understand that tho board would do all in its power to advance tho proposals outlined. Tho board'has already agreed to provide a room in tho Normal School in order that a beginning may be mado almost immediately, with the dental work of the Department.

Tho historical report of Hie Early Settlers' aVd Historical Association presented at the annual meeting of tlio.association last night stated that tl\e compiling of an 'historical: .roll of members has been commenced. Circulars asking for the necessary details have been sent out, but only about 50 or GO have been returned. Tho work of compiling Hie roll of pioneers is also .progressing slowly. So far, about, 150 names and tho necessary details have been collected. The roll is to comnriso the names of pioneers who arrived 1 beforo 1855 and the vessel in which they arrived and the date.

It was announced at tho meeting of the Wellington Education Hoard yesterday that accommodation had been found for two of the gaol warders (by arrangement with the gaol authorities), and' tho two cottages they occupied at the Terrace Gaol site could now be removed. Tliis would enable them to nush on with the grading of the lower level without delay, and so make early provision for the infant department of tho new school. • > ■ '

The Department of Internal Affairs has undertaken tho care of the graves of the veterans of tiie early days, and' Miss Ptatham has paid visits, wth members of the Early Settlors' and. Historical Association, to tho Sydney Street Cemetery and other places, with the result that some -10 graves of old veterans have been repaired or are being repaired.

When Mr. C. Bonn was urging in the Arbitration Court, at Christchurch, Hint because certain employers in the printing trade paid their'employees for pub' lie holidays, such a-provision should be included in the award being sought, and made incumbent on all employers, His Honour Mr. .Tustico Stringer remarked that it was rather dangerous to proceed on thoso lilies. Individual employers would be very chary of giving any concessions, if they were to be used as a precedent, or hs an nrgument for tho Court to make them into hard and fast conditions applicable to all employers, irrespective of the size and earning capacity of their businesses. ,

Criticism of the existing high prices for land, and of the holding of too much land in blocks by largo owners, wa9 made by Mr. B. I* 1 . Bollard, M.P., at tho To Awamutu light railroads dinner at the end of last week. Mr. Bollard said that 50 per cent, of the Waikato had yet to bo farmed. There were too many largo neglected blocks. It was a fallacy to think that tho largo areas were ■the only ones that produced good livings. "There is a farmer near my place," said Mr. Bollard, "who has twenty-six acres in grass. Ten acres of this are in lucerne. . Last year that man took JfiDQ from his place, and most of it was pr 0,61." ,61." '

A shipment of IG.GOO oases of bananas readied Auckland oil Monday by the Navua from Fiji. Tho whole consignment was landed in a very sound condition. The bananas, however, will require a great . deal of ripening before they will be ready for consumption.

A remarkable trnin accident occurred in the New Plymouth railway'yards yesterday afternoon, eays a Press Association telegram. A guard's van of a train was derailed, and after capsizing was dragged a distance of two chains. The guard was in front of the trajn at the timo. No one was injured.

"They talk about a sugar shortage here," said Colonel Hunter, chief dental officer to the Education Department, "why, this community could do' without two-thirds tho 'sugar it, consumes, andbe all the better for it!"

The body of Mrs, Holland, of Carterton, who had been missing since Sunday ovcuing, was found at 6 o'clock last night in a creek at Clareville—Press Assn,

A proposal was made at the meeting of the Wellington Education Board to provide sorno form of movable residence for school teachers in rural districts. Mr. T. Moss favoured tho idea of providing some kind of residence- that could bo shifted about. He said that in country places where land was being cut up there might be fifteen children at\,ono place at one time, but three years later tho centre of population might bo moved to a position three miles away. .In view of the difficulty of providing- accommodation for teachers in the moreremote, country districts something would hayo to jw done. Mr. C. I. 'Harkness said if tho building were going to be a moveable ono it must be some kind of hut. The County Council had 6Uch huts with bunks in them which they had removed from pkco to place by tractors, but that sort of thing was not good enough for toachors. . The secretary reported thnt the architect (Mr. M'Dougall) had prepared plans for such a building. Tho plans provided for a neat two-roomed cottage, which could be dismantled in sections for rebuilding'elsewhere Members of the board said that such a residence was suitable enough, for male teachers but hardly so for femalo teachers. Tho board finally agreed to adopt the style of building proposed where the circumstances warranted it.