LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 44, 16 November 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

\ "It is notified for thq information of nil concerned," stales a General- Headquarters Instruction, "that all. public moneys collected, no matter from what ' sources, must bo paid into public ac- , count with the least possible ««»«;•,_'': regularities have recently been brought ■ to light, where public, moneys were u> ertcd from public account without an- ' thority. Such irregularities will not Do overlooked in the future. A special number of the Lon-ion "Times," published- on Armistice Dili, contained the following cablegram row the Prime Minister- ot New Zealand - "Tho fitting tribute at Westminster o- : day to- the glorious British dead must . assuredly strengthen the tie? which bind ?lo Empire together, aad ll.e though.s of the people of New Zealand will be with their kinsfolk during the silence that marks thte «iemn oaßSion. The. sacrifices made alike by. Great Bntn n and her overseas Dominions havo the natural bond o tW path/ and rendered impregnable our Imperial unity.-tSigned) f Massey. The following letter has been sent to Mr 11. E. Holland, chairman of the_larliaiiientary Labour Party, by *£• J; w - Campbell, secretary ot the Trades and Labour Council:- I '» n J structed by the above" council to record sense ot appreciation of the splendid services rendered by your par J<> tho State. It is fully recognised that join .fight is an uphill one, handicapped as it s by an unreasonably hostile fes and bv a Government whose policy seems to be determined by .vested interests. 'Especially are industrial unions your debtou, for your manly fight against the amendment to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act." Upon the application of the Crown Law Office, a further adjournment ot. a week was yesterday granted m the Magistrate's Court in connection with the charges of profiteering on the sale ot ttceds preferred against lour warehouse firnis-Biiig, Harris and Co. R. Jameson and Co., Kobert Wilson and Co., and VMUler and Abeam.. A'verdict of death from natural causes was relumed yesterday morning-, at the inquest into-tho circumstances ot the sudden death on Saturday of Herbert Cohen, a. steward oil the R.M.S. I'ofua. A large block of city property has recently changed hands. The block rcter- * red to comprises the two-story brick 'f' shops between Everybody's Theatre and Cornhill Street (including the shops tenanted by Mr. L. M'Kciuie. Miss Macandrew, the Catholic Supplies, Mr. A. C. Jensen, and until lately. Mr. El Perry). The purchaser is Mr. James Bell, tailor, who is irioving into»the premises lately, occupied by Mr. Perry (to which he has added an extra story behind).. The vendors were the Wellington Laud Syndicate and Mr. Edilson. An announcement in the Commonwealth Gazette indicates- that the services of the Administrator of Nauru Island are to be recompensed on a much more moderate scale than the newlyappointed commissioner (Mr. Pope), who is to receive .£2OOO a year. Applications nre invited, returnable on or before November 30, to Mr. M. L. Shepherd, secretary to tho Prime Minister's Department, for the l position of Administrator at a salary of iIOOO a year and residence, the appointment to be for a term of five years. According to the agreement between the Commonwealth, Great Britain and New Zealand, each x>f the parties is alternately to make appointments, tho first being in the hands of the Commonwealth. A plan of the seats for the Davis Cap matches to bo played at Auckland in December has reached Mr. D. Murray Kean (secretary of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association). The plan will shortly bo shown in Messrs. Stewart Dawson » l Window, for the benefit of those who havo booked. A block of fifty seails on the north stand have been reserved for Wellingtonians. and these will bo reserved up till November 27. During tho first booking week the number of season tickets .sold equalled that for the whole period for the matches in Australia. Replying to a request by tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce for a through service from Wellington to Picton and Nelson (instead of two direct services), at least once n week, tho local manager of the Union Steam Ship Company (Mr. W. A. Kennedy) stated- that the question' .was fully considered by the company before fixing the present running, and although in iiidividual eases tho new service might be inconvenient.regular nightly sailings from Wellington to Nelson direct wore tin essential, in connection with the-amended time-table. The president of the clumber (Mr. M. A. Carr) slated that a letter similar to that sent by tho chamber had been forwarded by the Commercial .Travellers and Warehousemen's Association. The reply was to the effect that tho people of Marlborough and Nelson had asked for the direct services, and tho company had decided to try the experiment. The company had, however, decided lo chargo the special rate of Ms. per ton for travellers' samples froui Blenheim to Nelson via Wellington (including transhipping charges). A. pleasant gathering look place at the Mount Cook Hoys' School, Tarnnaki Street, yesterday afternoon, when Mr. G. S Will, chairman of the Wellington Swimming Ccni'ro and of the lioyal LifeSaving Society, and members of his committee, presented tho But hie Cup for swimming and tho lioyal Life-Saving Society Shield and medals to the winning team—tho Mount Cook Boys' School. Tho visitors were wolcomed by the ohairnian of tho School Committee, Mr. W. E. Fuller nnd tho headmaster of thu school. Mr. C. Bary. Mr. Hill stated that the winning of tho school championship for swimming three limes in succession and the Life-Saving Shield twico in succession by the boys of tho Mounti Cook School was a record as far as the Wellington schools were concerned. He would like lo see the cup and shield go round. The boys, however, did not agree with him, and with cheers for the winning team and for Mr. Hill and his committee, plainly signified their intention of going stronger iihan ever for the cup and shield noxt year.

Tho threatened culling oA' of Auckland's gas supplies to-day has been avert- e] ;d by a loan from the city reserves— d Press Assn. b In order to give. local centres iin op- i portunlly of considering the nnminl 're- i., port iuul balance-sheet, of 'the New Zea- « land Amateur Atljletic Association, tho annual meeting of the association has* been adjourned until November 29. n 'I'lie recent conference held in Sydney t for tho purpose of arriving at a dorini- f Hon uf tile amateur status, was rei'crioct r to at Inst night's meeting of the council i of the New Zealand Amateur Athlotio t Association. Mr.' C. E. Briilgo asked if 1 any information Had come to hnncL with 1 reference to the conference. The chair- ( man_(Alr. A. A. Marryatt) replied that j nothing olficinl had been received, but, judging by Press reports, ho gathered that tho aro-angement arrived at was now. There had bean an' Amateur ITctlciatio.n in New South Wales for somo yours, and be thought that it was now desired to bring into the federation such . bodies, as the Jtujby League, provided that thoy submitted' \n an nivuvteur art-1 ministration. Previously, ft League footballer was not allowed lo be all amateur swimmer or runner, and amateurs could not compete- in. games with professionals. Apparently tho idea of tlio new movement was to allow professionals nijd uruatcuro to take part together in football, and to make the amateur definition the eninn as that which pertained in New Zealand, provided Hie professional did- not take money. However, the decision of tho conference was purely a local matt»r, and "earned no "guns" in New Zealand. In New Zealand there was no amateur federation, only an Olymptc. Council, which was composed entirely of auiatour bodies. . v; Secession of twenty centres of tho Young Women's Christian Association .in Great Britain on the ground that they could not tolerate tho official attitude towards dancing, card-playing, smoking, and theatricals, has aroused much interest in Christian Association circles in Auckland. "The ea6e at present stands as follows," said Mr. IT. S. Wilson, of tho Y.M.C.A., in a,' statement lo the "Star." "The question of mixed dancing hns come up in the conference of the Y.M.C.A. in New Zealand and Australia. Tho Y.M.C.A. does not allow mixed dancing in its' buildings, but I understand that the Y.W.C.A., though not agreeing lo a set dancing occasion, allows it as an occasional item in its. social gatherings. The recent conferonce held in Sydney by representatives of the Australian and New Zealand Young Men's Christian Associations decided against mixed dancing as a part of its programme. "It is largely a question of control. Tho Y.M.C.A. fosters billiards because it finds that it can control tho game. 'In .the mutter of dancing the case.is more difficult, and I presume the Y.M.C.A. leaders x prefer to be more safe than sorry. It may bo that protest by secession was needed in England, but the magnificent services of the Y.W.C.A. on behalf of young women and also its war work has given it £ great placo in tho hearts of citizens in; all English-sneaking lands." An officer' of the Y.AV.C.A. pointed out that amateur dramatic performances -were occasionally given here, while dancing conducted in n reasonable and nropor wsj was not objected to. Possibility that anything of the kind that had occurred in' England could occur here was so remote' as need not be considered. The Y.W.C.A, hero desired to keep, to tho "happy mean" in all such matters. In' future all warrant officers, nc.o.'s, and men of the New Zealand Permanent Forces, when retiring after more than five years' service, will lie permitted to Tetain their uniform clothing freo of charge. Warrant officers, n.c.o.'s and men with less than five years' continuous service in the New Zealand Permanent .Forces will, be inelHble to retain uniform clothing, and must hand the same into store-on discharge or retirement. Those discharged for misconduct will be ineligible to participate in this privilege. ,\t a .meeting ofv municipal employees held in the Clyde Quay School last night, it was decided to approach the City Council're the paving of the'9s. co=t of living bonus. Members were unanimously of opinion that ever,i with the proposed bonus they would still be far behind the 19H wage standard. Ihe secretary reported that the union had received registration under the Trade Union Act and was now a. .nlly. legalised union. Mr. C. Buckley was in. the chair. •Vdmirers of Eotorua who have not been there for seme years, get a rude shock when they go down to he once picturesque edge of the lake 1 to the east of the main bath-house (states an Auckland paper). A few years ago this area w"" I' maze of pains cut Ihrdugh the t;-trce which grew thick and formed a striking, contrast with the other iiarU of the sanatorium grounds laid out m .formal flower beds ami lawns. Here and there at the lake edge the wanderer used to come on thermal action, hidden among the scrub, and it wasj a singular attraction to, visitors to thus ceo the place in practically its natural state rHit alongside, the more formal part* of the pounds. Now the wide of the ti-treo has been swept away. I'iro got into a part of it. Mid the rest is beng grubbed out. From-on aesthete of view, the loss is a very great Sm and it is difficult to realise how titenuttioritios could have have allowed such a ruthless clearing away of what ,v„ s \lwavs such an attraction, especially or visitors from other lends. A football ground, lawns, and more pardons an ear to be contemplated in U» ncwlvcleared "rca, end these will be a «U Sensation for Hie charmi ofhe native vegetation. The change has been adversely commented upon bv quite a number of visitors to Kotorna. An Auckland, hotelkeeper had somethin" to cay Inst week regarding tho nine si Uing bonus He predicted that in tho evnt o he honns being rf to hot 1 workers, the increase, so far as I o censing trade was concerned, would b pasced nn to the imMic. TTc »ddpd h tw co of late the workers ha,»l ad tlc> Uet increased and further that JJ had for drinks hafl been made to the public In tho oonrro of an the Juvenile Court at A»cM.nd^haje Inro.'^'S^toS^dfor by the Magistrate that nndci sueU w cumstaiices a. — *>fi .r email inMi» W mie °P ? Mm _ giving »V Whev Tcre entitled, and ton to which the\ weie i arrangements ™o ™' ? T week pond ng SSn^^S^r. ta AV«wi«rtf p th. S 'v!'m A Carr (president of the Weiyards could be improve 1 and ""^fj"!; and at Fae-, kakariki-. "The time is now. earning when great ill hnvn to be exorc sod lo nrevent undue water through, excessive uniiuL «oo;i c |„i o , he engineer (Mr. rtR his report to the Petone Boron "h Council last evening. "Already on ""viral occasions, indications have oKend ers brought into court Oiling to the., greater part of the sanitary insta lations finvii" been completed, the additional a of garden hosing is more than the in-aibiblo supply «i« bo especlod lo eland."

"What is this guild—is it a guild of : clerks?" asked Mr. 'J'. Munt. at yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. "Yes," was tho answer. "Are their interests and ours identical?" asked Mr. limit. "You've got to make it so!" was the comment of Mr. • A. P. Roberts. In order to endow Italy with a great: nntional fleet, aavs Professor Guisoppe: Belluzo, of tlio Milan Polytechnic Institute, in 11 report dealing with the probable future of Italian industries, the number of shipbuilding yards has been increased, nnd in those already existent' the capacity nf the works, and of the dips has been enlarged. For example, in Venice alone, close to the new great industrial harbour of the Boltcnißlii, two groat naval yards arc beimj. built. -An instruction issued liv General Headquarters states that at tlio discretion of the medical, officers in charge,' servicepatients in hospitals may be granted' fourteen days' leave at Christmas. Hnil,way warrants may bn .issued to enable the patient to proceed to bis home. In the ease of a patient having no relatives in tlu? Dominion, tlio warrant may bo ; made out to finable him lo visit friends. ; If such warrant is not due to the patient at Christmas, but will fall due before that date, the issue.may bo deferred in order to permit the patient lo make use of the warrant when proceeding on Christmas leave. If a warrant i« not due until aft-r Christmas, the next warrant due may be issued in advance for' this period. No warrants _ for steamer, coach, or other than railway transport may be isßued. The offices of the Defence Department throughout the Dominion will be closed for the Christmas holidays on December 24, 25, 27, 28, January 1 and 3.