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LOCAL AND GENERAL

In connection with the International Conference to bo hold at Brussels on September 25 to dismiss finiucial matters, tho New Zealand Government has appointed Colonel G. F. C. Campbell, Secretary to the Treasury, ot present in lingland, to act in conjunction with the High Commissioner (Sir James Allen) in representing New Zealand, A disabled soldier, who was assisted by the War l(»liei Association ot Wellington, has I'xpriused his thankfulness in the following letter:—"lt was a distinct pleasure to receive such an intimation so long alter one luul uteu uischarged, and also l<> realise Hint the members of your hoard were keeping in touch with men who hau sutioreft permanent disabilities. As one from the ranks, may I express my rppreciation of the labour and -thought Hint t-lio members of your board havo displayed in tho workings of your association. It is one thing to carry on honourary work ill the heat and escitement of war, but quite another thing to continuo it, when the war is fast beconring a u emory. As a token of my appreciation, please accept the enclosed small donation to the funds." A Press Association message from Timaru states that Francis Stechman, aged G9 years, a liighfcwatchmnu for the TiMaru. Harbour Board, was found dead in a shed at 6 a.m. on Saturday. He had been 2<i years in the service of the board. A man named Henry P. Anderson was arrested 011 the arrival of the fl.fl. Moeiaki from Sydney last week and was charged in tho Magistrate's Court 011 Thursday with" obtaining goodß_by falsci pretences in Sydney. Mr. C. A. L. Treauwoll, who appeared for Anderson, said that the man had not been a residont in Sydney since 1913 and evidently a mistake had been made. He suggested that a cablegram should be sent asking for further particulars. Ghiof-Detectivxj Ward stated that a man with the right name had been apprehended. A message was dispatched to Sydney, and it was soon discovered that the man arrested was not tho one wanted, and Anderson was re-, leased forthwith. "Whilo tho origin of State life insurance in New Zealand is to be found primarily in the panio resulting from tho breakdown of large insurance concerns in Great Britain in the late 'sixties ' the Department has not only assisted in placing life insurance in Now Zealand upon a sound basis, but a great feature of its fifty years' work has been the provision of insurance protection at a low cost in direct and successful coinpetition with commercial companies, Bays the Government Insurance Commissioner in his annual report. "As a matter of fact, tho premiums charged by the Department are the lowest 111 Australasia. It is owitag in no small degree to the Departments operations that the population of New Zealand is one of the best insured in the world, the sum assured per liend working out at JUS in 1917, as Against £31 in Australia and approximately £29 in Groat Britain. Notwithstanding the restriction of! its business to so small an area as iscw Zealand, and in the face of the intensive competition indilc&ted by these striking figures, the Department has nevertheless attained a magnitude that would give it a considefeblo rank in a country like England; and it can furthermore take credit not only for past achievements, but also for the firm and solid basis upon whifoli flre built its hopes for tho future." "Tho Almighty made a cow so that she must be milked every day, and so men must work in dair» factories on Sunday, said Mr. J. Nathan when giving evidence at the Arbitration Court in Auckland recently. "K you do not milk a cow on a Sunday 6ho will coon ceafie to e ive milk/ 1 remarked Mr. Justice Stringor. "Do you think man is also made to work seven days a week P returned Mr. .1, P. John, the union secretary. "Is not a man entitled to a day off, oven if it entails the installation of more machinery?" Tho witness retorted that tho fact' that the men eoemed content to work there for many years spoko for itself. His Honour said tho union representative seemed to lose sight of the ' fact that the men worked at tho trade voluntarily, and were evidently compensated for' their Sunday work. The secretary continued to emphasise tho hardships tho moil wero subjected to, and cited case 3 rf men who left to work on the gumfiolds, whereupon His Honour ' said: "Don't preach a sormon to the witness; ask him quasUous, but don't detail 1 those tacts to turn.'--

lit a meeting last week of the Wellington Technical College Students' Association, a constitution was drawn up, and officers were elected as follow: President, Mr. J. Y. Walls, B.Sc.; vice-pre-sidents, Miss A. L. Wdsby nnd Jlr. A. Diehl; secretary and treasurer, Miss A. E. Jones. Miss L. Bolt and Mr. H. Hutchinson were elected to the executive committee. One member from each of the sports clubs and societies is to be elected Inter on. Sub-comniitteos for swimming, tennis, rumbling and pholographio clubs were formed. The Education .Dyiarfment has informed the Canterbury Education Bonrd that tho increases to touchers' salaries will bo distributed probably next month, and will date back to April 1. Instalments of the cost of living bonus that have been distributed are to bo deducted from thefo increases. In view of this, tho instalment of the cobl of living bonus which would have been paid at the end of the present month -will not bo paid, as to do so would involve unnecessary clerical work. Included in the works being shown at the annual exhibition of tho New Zealand Academy of Kno Arts, which was openod to members on Saturday evening,' is an. admirable portrait of tho liato Mr. James M, Nairn, artiist, uf Glasgow and Wellington, which bears the signature "Mabel Hill." As tho catalogue announces tho name of the artist as M. M'lndoe, people -unacquainted with Wellington's domestic history lnay be puzzled. Mabel Hill, who was one of the most gifted pupils of the late Mr. Nairn, j|j a Sister of Messrs. Charles, John, and E. J. Hill, of Wellington, aiul Alfred Hill, of Sydney. As Miss Hill she painted the portrait some twenty-six years ago. As Mrs. M'lndoo she has been a resident of Dnncdin for many years past. The portrait, which is standing the test of tftne admirably, was catalogued at J3SO, and was Iwuglit at that figure prior to the formal opening of the exhibition on Saturday evening. "There is plenty of good building timber ready for use on the West Coast," declared the Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch to a reporter last week, "but the millers axo unablo to procure shipping space to transport it to Lyttclton. One local merchant informs me that ho has no fewer than 200,000 feet ,of timber awaiting shipment,from the Coast, and cannot iret a foot of it here on account of the shipping shortage." Influenza is not so prevalent in Christchurch at present as it was 'during May (states the "Press"), but the number of cases of pneumonia js rather high, due in some measure to tho amount 'of measles and .whooping cough that is being experienced. A man named Joseph Stubbs, aged 21, was found dead on Friday night in a hut at Kokiri, near Greymouth, with a wound in the heart, and a double-barrelled gun alongside tha body—Press Assn, It is not often ,a Magistrate advisps people to go to law, but Mr. V. G. Day, S.M., during the hearing of a -tenement case in Chnstchurch last week, said thnt it was possible for an owner seeking possession of a house, to go in the wit-ness-box and swear that the house was wantod for his own occupation. Perhaps ho got an order for possession, but when tho tenant left the owner did not ro to live in tho house, but sold it. Undeir suoh circumstances an aotion for damages should lie, and he would <idviso ovicted. tenants to watch whether houseowners did actually take possession. There is evidently money in old houses. In tho couko of the hearing of a claim for possession at the Christchurch Magistrate's Court an instance was mentioned of an old box of a house which' had been condemned by the authorities. On the day on which it was condemned tho owner 6et to work to "turn it into a bungalow," as the city inspector put it, and it was sold shortly afterwards for ,£(iso, and was now let at 30s. per week. "It's what you might term an up-to-date bungalow now," said Mr. Hardie, amidst laughter, as he left tho witnessbox. The third annual festival of tho Wellington Competitions Society will commence at the Opera House to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Tho largo number of entries, and tho great number of olasses promise a most interestiaig and successful Mason, while tho evening entertainments, in _ which tho final awards are to bo given, should bo worthy of the utmost public siipport. The executive council has spared no pains to make the 1920 Competitions an artistic and financial success, and expect from the public its hearty cooperation and support. Gonerous concessions have been mado for members' tickets, and of these it is hoped tho supporters of the society will largely avnil themselves. The designs received for tho cover competition arc now on view at) Messrs. Chas. Begg and Co.'s premises, Manners Street. Tho box plan for the first 14 nights of the season is now open at tho Bristol Piano Co.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 4

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