LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 20, 19 October 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Ulimaroa arrived in Wellington from Australia yesterday with 04 bags of mail itan Wellington, including three bags from London, -& from the United States, one from Cape Town, and seven from China. The mail will be delivered this morning. The Westralia sailed from Melbourne at 3 p.m. on October 15 for Wellington. She carries 98' bags of mail for New Zealand. The s.s. Garada sailed from Sydney for Auckland at 1 p.m. on October 15 with IS bags of mail.

Tho secretary, General Post Office, has been advised that legal time in Portugal was put back by one hour on the night of October H-15.

That bad language is not encouraged in military camps is evidenced by the following, which appears in 'i'rentham camp routine orders:—"lt has been brought to the notice of the Commandant that upon Mie date of assembly at the U.li.Q. School, Treiitham, certain cadets were heard using bad language. , The use of bad language, either on or off parade, is uot permitted at U.H.Q. School. Cadets so ott'ending after this warning will be immediately dismissed from tue camp, and will not be allowed to attend subsequent courses."

Mr. John Gillespie writes stating the motiou in the ease Dale v, Gillespie, referred to -in Friday's Dominion, was not mi appeal from the judgment of Mr. Justice Rosking. '".the correct fact?," states Mr. Gillespie, "are, immediately the jury delivered their verdict on the issues put to them for decision on February »j, 1920, the motion as stated was entered for legal argument, and on behalf of counsel was adjourned until 9.30 a.m., February 21, 1920. On the morning of that date the solicitor who was acting for the plaintiff at tlio hearing was not able to nppear before the Court. The matter was therefore.adjourned, and has stood adjourned until it was by my efforts brought before the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, for ,• the 'hearing of legal argument and judgment. Mr, Justice Hosking: never got the opportunity to deliver his judgment on the matter."

Mr. K. S. Williams, who at the recent by-election was returned to represent the Bay of Plenty electorate, last night took tho oath and sat for the first time as a member of Parliament.

The committee of the Navy League has asked His Worship the Mayor to invito nitizens to display as much buntim; *it> possible on Thursday next in honour o» Nelson Day.

At a meeting of the sub-piwlneial executive of the Manawatu Farmers' Union, held at Levin'on Saturday, the following resolution was carried unanimously: —"That this executive hereby places on record iU loyalty to constitutional government, and pledges itself to assist in every way to maintain law and order should the necessity arise.''

It has been the practice in the Magistrate's Court to clear the Court when hearing" affiliation cases, but Mr. K lv. Hunt, S.M., declined to follow this course yesterday when requested to do so by the solicitor for a complainant. He remarked: "Publicity in these matters is Jike daylight and sunshine in the ventilation of a dark room."

The necessity for a wide outulook as to the function of tho school was. emphasised on Saturday afternoon by the Miniser of Education (the Hon. C. J. Parr) in his remarks when opening the new public school at Vnuxhall, Devonport. Usually it was said Unit the object of education was to fit a man for his life's work. Scarcely less important, however, in the opinion of the .Minister, wasthat the school should fit the pupil for tho enjoyment of his leisure in after life. One-third of a man's day was passed in the toil which gained his living; another third must be devoted to the recreation of tho mind and thetbody. The school which trained the young mind'to love good books, and to find solnce in the joys of literature and science was the one to be aimed at. The rational enjoyment of the leisure hours must be the object of education just as much as th i education of the citiczu for the work of life.

In tho Magistrate's Court at AVanganui yesterday, four business men were proceeded against for failing to 6end in trade returns at tho time stipulated, as # required by the Government Statistician. The Magistrate, Mr. Wyvern Wilson, eaid it. appeared to be a case of neglect, 110 convicted all the defendants, and ordered them to pay Ts. costs each, ana solicitor's fee, j3 3s.—Press A66n.

The appeal in Otngo and Southland on behalf of tho Starving Women and Children Fund of Central Europe resulted in over .t'20,000 being subscribed.—Press Assn.

Tho following recent promotions in the Tost and Telegraph 'Department .ire announced:—Mr. I''. W. Penlington, district accountant, Wellington, to be iiesistantpostmaster, AVellington; Mr. G. R. Cooper, postmaster, Stratford, to be chief postmaster, Oamaru; Mr. F. G. A. Eagles, examiner, chief post office, "Wellington, to he district accountant, Nelson; Mr. 0. J. Wright, senior examiner accountant's branch, general post office, to be supervisor, M.O. and 5.8.. Christchurch; Mr. T. Joll, supervisor of postmen, Christchurch. to be head mail staff, Auckland.

I'toa many householders who live in the vicinity of the Metropolitan Gas Company's gas holders will be interested to learn that the board of inquiry appointed a long, long time ago to investigate the ancient explosion of the gns holder at South Melbourne, is still trying to satisfy its mind (says tho "Age"). Nothing like exports for an expert's job! Meantime it is generally horwd that there will not be another explosion el6ewhore. to distract the attention of tte Government and to induce it to enlarge tlie board's scope. In any case it is expected tWi next explosion ' will probably be a coroner's jb'b, so that the evidence already available in connection with the South iilolbouruo inquiry may bo useful then.

The Melbourne "Age" states how an interesting exposure of th« manner in which prices of soft goods are manipulated bv Minders Lane to the extra profit of the wholesale and ratail houses, and to tho disadvantage of tho consumer, was made, perhaps inadvertently, by a suburban draper in his eagerness to disavow the opprobrious title of profiteer. A lady customer, disgusted and indignant at tho manner in which prices for dress materials ponied to bti perpetually on the rise, taxed the draper with being "a real take-down." To prove his innocence in regard to tlie increases, he produced a letter from a wholesale house, notifying that prices for certain specified woolcotton goods—well known trade lineswould bo increased by approximately 50 per cent, as from the first of the pre. month, Tho respective retail prices to be charged for the various goods were set out and the retailer w.as instructed to charge those prices for his stocks as from the date stated. Failure h> obey those instructions, the letter stated, would mean ttuafc no further orders'for those goods woula bu executed for the shopkeeper. The customer visited tho establishment again after th c date fixed for the increase and Icarneu that prices had.duly jumped as ordered by Flinders Lano.

The Wellington Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Assn., Ltd., passed the following resolution at its annual meeting on Thursday evening:—"This meeting of dniry farmers stands for constitutional government and law and order, in place of intimidation and mob rule, and will uphold the law at all coste."

As there must shortly he several vacancies in the Supreme Court Bench of New Zealand owing to Judges having reached the age limit, there is a good deal of speculation as to the names of the men. who will be chosen for this high position (says the Auckland "Star"). It is rumoured that n well-known Aucklaoder is almost, certain to be among* those elevated. He is a young man, not yet s K.C., who has won- a very o high reputation, particularly at the Court of Appeal.