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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Forty deaths from pulmonary consumption took plaeo in Now Zealand during tho month of August. Of thoso thirteen occurred in the Wellington metropolitan area, nine at Auckland, eight in Dunedin, ami ten in the nine suburban areas of tho Dominion. 11 n j s '' er of Defenco has informed the New Zealand Ki(le Clubs that they are to remain under tho Defence Department. Up to tlio present there has been some doubt about this, as it is generally recognised that tho war has proved that the shooting of such clubs is not on the lines shown to bo necessary in modern warfare, while there is a general disposilion to cut down, tli© expenditure on defence to what is absolutely nccessarv. Tho Minister of Defenco has stipulated that the expenditure under the heading of Biflo Clubs must appear as a separate item in the Defence vote. "If youngsters were properly trained and looked after thoy would never aupear in this Court," said JV. S. E. M'tothy, S.M., during a sitting of the Juvenile Court at Christahurch, on Saturday "I have been'studying! child crimes for a long time, and I Agree with tho American wlio eaiu: Show me the parents of the children going wrong, and I will show you the real wrong-doers.'"

Nominations in connection with ' tho pending municipal by-election closo on Tuesday next with Mr. Arthur Amos (acting-chief returning officer). So far Here is no indication of any opposition to Messrs. J. 0. "Shorlnnd and Ij. M'Kenfie (the members who l-esigned), and it is not unlikely that they will be returned unopposed.

The licensee of the Panama Hotel, Mr. i ■ i'.T , oy ' owns a Mexican parrot, which lie values at 410. On Mondav the bird in its cago was left in tho usual plaeo near the hotel kitchen, and later m the day tho barman was a9ked by a customer who knew the bird if tho parff 1 ,^, on Eo ' l ' - -^' le barman replied that it had notj and went out to see if tho bird was in its accustomed place,, but it was,not there. The customer took (ho barman to the door in Taranaki Street, and pointing down tho street, directed his attention to a man walking away with cage and bird. The barman wenc after the man and brought him back to the hotel. Eventually a policeman appeared, when the man gavo his name as Henry S. Busher, fireman 011 the Atliemc. Busher appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday before Mr. I l '. Iv. Hunt, S.M., charged with the theft of the parrot and cage. Busher's story was that he bought tho bird for JJI from a man whom ho did not know and was trying to resell it at 30s. When taken back to the hotel by the barman ho had the impudence to offer to sell the bird to the licensee. The Magistrate refused to believe tho man's story and sentenced him to a month's imprisonment, and ordered him to be placod 011 board the Athenic should the vessel sail before the expiry of tho term. The Advisory Board of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, nt. its meeting yesterday, decided that tho annual meeting of tho federation should lie held in Wellington on Wednesday, October 27. Tho meeting will take plaeo in the Cham, ber of Commerce. The annual meeting of the Wellington Furmtjire and Furnishing Trade Industrial Union of Employers was held last wook, when tho report and balance-sheet for the preceding year wero -read and adopted. Various matters were discussed, the main subject being the high cost of production and tho difficulty in procuring sufficient labour to fully man the Wellington factories. Instead of holding monthly meetings it was decided to liokl them quarterly, thus saving country members tho expense of coming to Wellington more often than necessary. Mr. A. Menzies, manager of. the Scoullar Company, > Ltd., was re-elected president and Sir. B. N. Staff, manager of Messrs. B. L. Ilart and Co., Ltd., was elected joint secretary and. treasurer. It is the intention of tiie president mid secretary to visit- Palmerston North and Masterton at an early diito to further strengthen tho union by holding meetings in those towns.

A young man named Johu E. Comlren, while prowling about tho wharves en Monday afterncon, noticed a portmanteau which was apparently not in the care of any one. He picked it up and took it to the left luggage ollice, where it remained until Condren came back, and, giving a false name, claimed it. In tho meanwhile the owner had reported his loss, and a policeman was in tho office when Cuiulren claimed the portmanteau. He was immediately asked for an explanation, and stated that h<3 found tho luggage on the wharf, and intended taking it to tlie police station, but as he was in a hurry to get to a picture theatre ho left it in tie luggage cfficc. He could not explain why he claimed it under a false name. Mr. I\ IC. Hunt, S.M., who heard tho details in tho Magistrate 9 Court yesterday, convicted tlio man and sent him to prison for fourteen days.

The monthly mooting of the Hataiiai Municipal Electors' Association was held on Monday, Mr. A. Leigh Hunt presiding. Satisfaction was expressed at the favourable results of the recent loan proposals pell, and to tho success of Mr. W. J. (.Timlin's candidature for the vacancy on the City Council. It was considered that these progressive results were helped in no small measure by the propaganda of the Eastern Suburbs Citizens' League, plus the loyal support accorded by the electors generally to- the principles enunciated by that body.

TJio scarcity of timber and bricks has led to t'ho use of much that would liavo been considered weil-nisrht valueless in days when those materials' could be readily obtained (says the Auckland "Herald"). Pine trees, which would then luivo been wastefully burned, avo now used for tho making of boxes, and it is not uncommon for tlio trunks of tees to be transported a distance of live miles by horse-drawn, lorries. In r regard to bricks, it whs onco the cutom to break up mucli old material, but nowadays bricks from old buildings are cleaned for re-use. A large number of secondhand bricks recently sold in tho A.vondalo district are. being used in the erection of ail Auckland factory.

With a fiiow to conserving the con. sumption of banker coal, Captain J. V. Keilly, master of the steamer Carpentaria, whiclu arrived at Auckland from Avonmouth and Now York oil Saturday, took full advantage of the oceau currents after clearing the Panama Canal, those greatly assisting the vessel on the voyage. Steamers leaving the canal for New Zealand ports usually take the "great' circle'' sailing track, which brings them near Pitcairn Island. The Carpentaria steamed south of the Marquesas Island and north of Tahiti. This routo gavo ncv favourable currents (or ;JOO miles, mid she met with exceptionally fino weather. Sho actually steamed 265 miles further i'han sho would have done on the usual track,' but t'ho extra mileage was moro than made up for by tho lessened consumption of coal. For five days the steamer was assisted by currents flowing at tho rato of 20 miles a day, while on one occasion sho .ran into a. iW-niile current. The spend of the lesser currents varied from 15 to 10 miles a day.

Tho method cf disposal o£ pedigree stock raised on the (-iovemment larms is tho subject of a letter from the Minister of Agriculture to tho provincial secretary of tho Auckland Farmers' Union. Recently tho Waikato nib-provincial executive of the imion protested r&ainst the pedigree 6tock from Ruakura being offered for auction in competition with that of private breeders, and suggested that (lit) Government-raised stock should be disposed of by ballot at a. price sufficient to cover tliQ cost of production. It was emphasised that this method would givo farmers of small means the opportunity of acquiring the best class of breeding stock. The Minister states that the method of balloting for the stock has been tried by the Dopartment, and has bean found to bo less satisfactory than offering the animals by auction. '

A movement is said to bo on font, saj's ft northern exchange, in connection with an ultimate coast to coast railway system, the present suggestion being that proposals for the linking of ICawhia and To Awamutu should bo inaugurated. At present a lino is contemplated, and will bo in the making shortly from To Awnmutii to Ptltflro.ru, and it is thought that tho ultimato object should be to extend a line right through to the west coast so as to reach the nearest navigable harbour, and thus givo relief to congestion on tho Main Trunk s3 - stein by diverting all tb.o traffic from the central dietrffltfl to tho was tern herbtiur,

Speaking at a valedictory social rt Wniki on. Saturday evening, Mr. F, Campbell (president of the MineirfUnion), who was recently in Wellington, said Air. Massey had thrown out a warning to the effect that a crisis was apparently approacliing in New Zealand, and that it would be "God help the Dominion' if it cnino. The Prime Minister had not indicated whether approaching troublo was of on industrial or financial naturo, but it behoved the workers to be ready, added .Mr. Campbell, and bo industrially organised that they would bo prepnred to hold' their own in probably the biggest fight that New Zealand had ever 6een, Amongst tho immigrants who arrived by the Mamari at Port Chalmers last week wero 25 Cornish tin miners, who have come out to work in the Consolidated Mines at lleei'ton. When asked why they had Jeft England, they answered, almost with ono voice, that they could not get work. "The Cornish tin mines aro closing dovni," said one of them. "East Indian till is killing them. In the East Indies they are using coloured labour, and can land tin in .England cheaper than tho Cornish mines can produce it." The men stated that on landing they had been approached by a representative of certain coal-mino owners/ but had declined-, f'or the present, at any rate, to take up coal-mining-. They havo not brought their families out yet, preferring to wait and see how uiey like tho country. | For .selling rader-weight bread, Frank rseedham was lined .£2O. and costs ail ' Ghristchurch yesterday.—Press Assn.

At a meeting of the committee of the Wellington Master Printers' Union yesterday, a letter was read from tho Typographical Union forwarding a motion passed at their meeting on Saturday "expressing _ regret at the evident intention cf the Newspaper Proprietors' and Master Printers' Associations in endeavouring to break an agreement entered into in good faith." It wa's decided to reply, pointing out that tho employers had never broken an agreement entered into by the workers with them, that it ljaa exactly the opposite-the workers had signed up a full agreement with the employees and shortly after repudiated it; that it'was'their duty to ascertain tho correct reading of certain ambiguities in tho awards; and that as soon as an authoritative opinion was given by tho Court the employers would, as they always did, abide by it. The agreement, it was added by the meeting, was only a partial one, and the ambiguities were caused by the additions made by the Court. It was mentioned that the increases in wages 'brought tho pay of journeymen up to ,£5- Is. 3d. and £5 103. I)d. per week, and that of linotype operators 011 time to 10s. and iG per week; while pieceworkers, who were earning between .£5 and .£8 per week, had eomcthing liko ,£1 ss. per week added to their earnings, and tho extraordinary thing was that tho lntlor wculd also receive about four months and a half back pay of these increases.

Constable Lumber, of the Pctone Police Force, who has been away nil a visit to Ireland, returned by the Corinthio on Monday.

"The great possibilities of the North are being rapidly realised by the southern people," said Mr. Hornblow, Mayor of Dargaville, in the course of an interview, in which he was asked as to the truth of the reports about fabulous sums being made out of the gum -industry. The statements, we are informed, are not by any means overrated (says the Auckland "Star"). Dargaville is the centre of this great industry, which is, it is stated, on the eve of a boom. Thousands of pounds are being expended in machinery, aud 6inall companies to work the gum chips are springing up nil over the place. Privato individuals working under the most primitivo conditions are making XlO to ,£ls a week. One well-known syndicate in Auckland, which owns a large tract of country a few miles out of Dargaville, 'has employed over 0110 hundred Dalmatians, who contribute Jt's each per month (,£6(l per annum) merely for the right to dig. Several properties are earning as much as .£G per equaro yard, and it is reported that as njnch as .£6(100 is/being taken out of one allotment containing three-quartern of .au acre.

The question of the domicile of d respondent to a divorce petition wag raised by Mr. Justice Salmond at-'tjje Supremo Court at Auckland, on Saturday, ilis Honour said the domicile of' the respondent in such actions was a most important one. Women who married strangers must not assume that if they were subsequently deserted they could obtain a divorce. The only women who could get a divorce in the Dominion were, the wives of Now Zealandors or persons who became 2s tjvv- Zealanders by permanent residence here.

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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 3, 29 September 1920, Page 6

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 3, 29 September 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 3, 29 September 1920, Page 6

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