LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 54, 26 November 1921, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Postal authorities have received advice from Sydney that the Manuka sailed at noon on November 24 for Wellington. She carries 383 bags of mails for the Dominion, including 27 from' the East, and. 4 from Africa. (

At last night’s meeting of the Wellington section of the New Zealand Public Service Association it. was . resolved that the section strenuously oppose any attempt to reduce salaries in the Public Service • except in accordance with the agreement made between, the Government’s agents and the association, i.e., until the cost of living falls .to 52 per cent, above pre-war level, and then only in proportion to such decrease. It was also decided to press for the publication, in the interests of -the public as well as the Public Service, of the Economy Commission’s report -on the .sendee.

Some interesting figures regarding the Press of the Dominion were given at the Chamber of Commerce dinner by Mr. R. C. Bishop, In proposing the toast of "The Press” (says the "Press”). Mr. Bishop said, that he had found there were 236 papers published in New Zealand, which was in the proportion of one to every 5000 inhabitants. Eliminating those whose ages were under 15, the proportion was equal to one to every 3700 peoplj. He had also ascertained froni "returns supplied by the Post Office that 35} millions of newspapers were handled by that i Department in a year. , , ~ . "The biggest . profiteering • concern in New Zealand!” . said an Eastbourne borough .councillor at last night’s meeting of the council. lie was referring to the 'Wellington Harbour Board. Whether, money having been paid on draft for a 'shipment of goods, and then the goods proving to be unsaleable by. the receiver, a claim lies against the seller of the goods for,interest on the money paid, as part of an action for breach ofi contract, was a point at issue in the Supremo Court yesterday (states Thursday’s “Lyttelton Tynes”). Mr. W. J. Sim made, an application on these lines, but His .Honour said be could not allow th© interest. How many meals a day does a shearer get? 'This query was answered by Mr. Justice Frazer in the -Arbitration Court, when Mr. K. GJ Archer, for a plaintiff, asked that the Court should allow his client keep allowance'on tho same terms as a shearer was allowed (remarks the Christchurch “Suri"). “But do you know how ■ many meals a shearer has ? asked the president. “There is a meal at 6.30, breakfast at 8, smoke-oh at 10, dinner at 12, smoke-ph ' at, 3, tea at 5, and. supper 'afc any time flp’ to'9 p.m.' You’’ must ’temfember' that a shearer' works at high pressure, and has.to" be kept up.

Relative to the erection of bathing sheds for the children of the Muritai School, thp general manager of the Eastbourne Borough Council reported at last night’s meeting that good temporary ac-i commodation could be erected for about J 135. Councillor Hartridge spoke in favour of -- the suggestion. The matter was left in the hands of the manager. That the primary schools of New Zealand reach a distinctly higher standard in academic work than do corresponding schools of the United. Slates, is tho opinion of Mr. T. U. Wells, who represented New Zealand at the recent Imperial Conference of Teachers held in Toronto. “Much of the.work that I saw there in the upper Classes was, from bur point of view, slipshod; slovenly, and inaccurate.” said . Mr. Wells-to an Auckland. "Herald” reporter. "There wore,. of course, some notable exceptions, but that was. the general impression left bn iuy mind.. I also saw a good niany kindergarten 1 classes, the equipment of which was generally better and more complete; flhaiv ours' but in ~mv. opinion the. teaching given, end the methods employed, were in no way better than in our own country.” , . . Several teachers, of the and Girls’ Grammar Schools tendered their resignations to the boiiril of Governors on AVednesdny. The resignation of the Rev.' J. King Davis, ecmmercial and histoiyr master, at the bOJ'.s Bthool, ‘ was accepted ...with', regret ■ and sympathy,. Jslr. : ,U.ayiA whoso resignationwas based on health reasons, has t*®® 11 ’ 32- years of .iiervice; at/t-h.e,school, , other resignation was that of Alt. LiCaradus,'''"Science 1 master at ‘ flip _ boys school, who will leave 'at the of next year to take up the -iiositioti of first assistant and housemaster.nt the Nelson Boys’ College. Misses I. Maclean, Tipaifl, T. Paterson, and E. Bradly, mistresses at the sir's school in Howe Street, and Miss’R. SchisChka, of th© Ippsom School, also tendered their resignations.

Amongst the most recent appointments made by the Wellington- Education Board, are those of Mr. A. R.Cullen., of Hawke’s ■ Bav, -to be headmaster of. th? Karori School, and Miss Louisa Morgan, also of Hawke’s Bay,- to be infant ipistress of IVellington South School. .■ ..* On his.return from a visit to the North Inland the chairman.bf the Nelson. Chamber of Commerce (Air- 'A. Gilbert) stated that he found no evidence of depression in Auckland, and that the slump appeared to be felt more in AVellington than in the North.

A fine example of that, spirit of generous comradeship, so characteristic of colonials, was shown recently in a country settlement in Hawke’s Bay (states an exchange).- One of the settlers had a most unfortunate run of bad , luck. While his wife was lying seriously ill in the hospital his home was burned down, and he and his children were left without shelter. It was-then that the neighbouring settlers came to the rescue: They provided all the labour for a new house, and subscribed sufficient money to enable the man to pay his wife’s hospital expenses, and to provide for the comfort of his little ones. Such practical charity cannot be over-praised, for it represents in the truest sense "the milk of human kindness.” , :

“As no extra accommodation hasjbeen provided for next year,” stated .Miss McLean (principal of the Girls’ College) in her report to the College Governors yesterday, “authority will be necessary for rejecting any beyond the roll number of this year. It will .'bo quite impossible to increase onr number without increased accommodation.”

The monument erected to the memory of the late Dr. T. Cahill will he consecrated at his gave in the Karon cemetery, to-dav, at 3 p.m., and advantage will be taken of the occasion to unveil a tablet expressing .(he appreciation of those who .knew the deceased well.. AH , friends of the late Dr. Cahill are in--1 vited tojjttondi

At the conclusion of a claim made yesterday'in'the Supreme Court by “Lloyds” against tho Dominion Film Company, Ltd., for refund of insurance moneys; the company asked =£l2oo infleinr nity from the captain and owners of the steamer Westmeath, on which an error had occurred regarding “jettisoned” cargo. Mr. Myers appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. Hadfield for the defendants. Decision, was reserved.

Messrs. W. E. Sill (president) and F. J. Niall (secretary- .of Wellington branch), of the New Zealand Freezing Workers’ Federation, who have been attending the freezers' dispute before the Arbitration Court at Christchurch, ■ returned to. Wellington yesterday morning. They informed a Dominion reporter, yesterday that ’the hearing proceeded most amicably, and' it was expected that the award would be made- by the Court today... Mr. Sill left for his-home at Auckland by the midday express yesterday; A somewhat restless juror made an unusual request to Mr; Justice Herdman during the hearing, of a civil action at the Supreme Court yesterday (states Thursday’s Auckland “Herald”). The case centred around an agreement under which-, a - contractor consented to -surrender his contract, for the erection of buildings for a dairy company at a stage when the 1 buildings were only partially completed, and the views put forward by the opposing parties were widely divergent, with the result that counsel both traversed common ground at some length. The juror, who did not even happen to be the foreman, asked if it was necessary. for counsel to go over the facts so closely .on.ee they , had been explained'; stating that the members of the. jury were not. children, and were quite capable of understanding the facts once they had heard them. His Honour, while regretting that the time of the jurors should be. taken uji in this way, said that in justice to their respective clients counsel found it necessary to make everv point absolutely clear, oml in this they were within their rightsThe jliror naturalfy had to accent this view', but he was not told that he had yet to listen to the addresses by counsel, both o? whom will doubtless'cover this same familiar ground., while His Honour, Tn putting , the issues to the jury, will not altogether avoid the subject.