LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 66, 10 December 1921, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

' The Postal authorities have , received advice from Sydney that the Manuka left at noon on December 8 for- Auckland. She carries 660 bags of mails for. the Dominion, including 24 parcel receptacles!

' A sharp shock of. .earthquake was felt at Greytown at 8 o’clock on Thursday night (says our special correspondent). It was preceded by a loud, rumbling noise..

At about 2.30 p.m. yesterday a, seaman named Eric Eastman, a single 'man, aged’ 28, who was engaged in painting the funnel’of the S.S. 'and A; liner Matakana, slipped and fell into- the ship’s hold. 1 ’ Almost ■ simultaneously with the occurrence, James Walker, a waterside;-, who was also working on the vessel, fell

into the hold at the other end of the Matakana. Both men received injuries to their arms, and were removed Io the hospital. The hospital authorities advised at. a late hour last night that the patients were progressing favourably, and that they would be made the subject’s of an X-ray examination this morning. Walker is 45 years of ago and a married man.

Mr. H. J. Monaghan has given notice to move at. the next meeting of the Makara County Council" That wages of roadmen be reduced from 14s. to 12s. per day.” .

The first public meeting to deal with the question of the recent Irish settlement will be held in the Paramount Theatre on Sunday night, under the aus-i pices of the New Zealand Labour Party. The speakers announced are Mr. H. E. Holland, M.P.’, chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party,’ and Mr. P. J. O’Regan, president of the Self-Determin-ation for Ireland League of New Zealand. The' doors will be opened .at 7 p.m., and Mr. T. Brindle, president of the' Wellington Labour Representation Committee, will take tho chair at 8. o’clock sharp. The funeral of the late Private L, J. J. Dennett, who died in. the Trcntham Hospital, on Wednesday last, took place at tho . Soldiers’ Cemetery, Kurori, yesterday morning. Those present included the Mayor (Mr., R. A. Wright, W.P.), the Acting Town Clerk (Mr. It. Tait), CapLain Thompson, and Major W. J. Hardham, V.C. The service was conducted by the Rev. Father Murphy, S.M. The late" Private Dennett saw much service in France during 1916 and 1917, and was woiinded in action. Tlis death was tho result of war injuries. A firing pa.rty under Lieut. Shearm was supplied by the Wellington College cadets.

Mr. ,1. J. McGrath, chairman of Mother Aubert’s Appeal Committee, who left yesterday on a trip abroad, received the following letter from the Rev. Mother Aubert before boarding the Ulimaroa for Sydney" Dear Mr. McGrath,—l find no words to express to you the depth of our gratitude to your good self, to the secretaries, and to the members of the charitable committee who organised so successfully every arrangement for the street day collection, and the several entertainments given in e.onneetion with the appeal which was crowned with such unqualified success —.£2000! Our heartfelt gratitude is extended to each and' every one of the sympathetic people who contributed, according to their means, from handsome donations to the free services of workmen and the humble pennies of the less fortunate, but by no means less kindly, inclined, whose number might bo called legion, and whose names were recorded only—by the angels. Amongst the prominent helpers. I wish to offer my humble thanks to the Wellington Press, which, for the test twenty years, has been always so ready on every occasion to giro us most valuable hb’p. Though we have given our hands and our hearts to the work, we are perfect l.v conscious that it belongs to Hie City of Wellington, for without the generous, unfailing help of its citizens and friends in other parts of the Dominion, what could we. have, done?”

The Tramways Military Band will play at Karori Park to-morrow afternoon.

. The Wairarapa Farmers’ Union is convening a meeting of farmers from all over the Wairarapa and Bush districts, to bo held on Tuesday next, at 2.30 p.m., in the A. and P. rooms, Masterton, to discuss freezing charges, shipping freights, freezing workers’ award, preference to unionists, and decide what action is to bo taken to afford the farmers some relief in the present crisis.

The Makara County Council decided yesterday to advise the Public Works Department that it was not prepared to join the Hutt Valley Power Board. Poverty has its compensations as well as its drawbacks. In the course of an address before the Christchurch Philosophical Institute on "Vitamines in Meat,” Mr. A. M. Wright mentioned one of the compensations. “Poverty," ho said, “seems to assure that those foods are eaten which provide a vi.tamine content in adequate., amount.” —Christchurch "Press.”

Referring to the bankruptcy of a bgafnfi farmers (a returned toldier), who has unsecured creditors amounting to ■£3OM. states an exchange, the deputyofficial assignee of Pahiatua said: —“This yonng man went-.inlo a farm when everything was booming, when prices were the highest known in New Zealand fdr many years, if not the highest oir record; and almost immediately afterwards he finds be. cannot carry 'on. He does not get half, a chance at all. According to the statement before me and the signed statement. it is only one of those things one would expect to happen.’ A General Headquarters instruction states that as a result of the experience of.the w.nr it has been found-necessary io reconsider the principles of trainimr and employment of the mounted arm. A new edition' of cavalry training has been issued, emlmdying jhe teaching which the war has shown to be necessary "Cavalry Training,” vol. I, “Training, and vol. 11, "War. 1921,” will be taken into use forthwith for the training of mounted rifles. As .these manuals are prepared for the regular cavalry organisations, they deal with cavalry drill in two ranks. It has been decided .that while the system of training and the principles of war as laid down in vol I and vol. IT. 'Cavalry Training, 1921.” are to be adopted, the system of drill at present in force as laid down in "Yeoinonrv and Mounted Rifles ’Training. 1912.” in single rank will continue in New Zealand. Ths decision of the Government on the question of holding Christmas Day on Monday this year is being awaited with some degree of interest by Dunedin City Corporation officials, says a Press Association message. It is pointed out that if Christmas Day is Mondayised it will involve the payment of double time for the tramways staff. ‘‘lt’ is difficult to understand,’’ said Mr. C. G. Creagh at the annual meeting of the Auckland Stock Exchange (remarks the “Herald”), "why Govern--ment and municipal undertakings should not be taxed on their profits, and it "is -certainly very unjust to private trading enterprises, which are compelled to pay their full share of income tax. No Government in New- Zealand for years past has been prepared to give this matter of taxation the attention it deserves, and it is time a. board, consisting of Government experts and a number of able business men (experts in finance) was appointed to consider what .is. undoubtedly one of the most important and pressing questions of the day—the revision of the' whole incidence of taxation.”

"Very few ministers by their training make good teachers of the young,” said a minister at the meeting’ of Christian congregations this week (reports the Auckland “Star”). From his own experience he knew how hard, it was for the ordinary person to impress young children’s minds. That was one reason why he always held that moral teaching in the schools from a Biblical standpoint would be far more effective wh.en. .given by a person specially trained, in teaching work than by an ordinary person who was not gifted or trained in the same way.- The one great hope of the race in training the young was to hand it over to persons specially fitted' for that work.

"I hove no profession and no trade,” was the explanation given by a judgment debtor at the -Magistrate’s Court why he had not paid an account (states the Auckland “Star”). He added: “I was one of tho- victims of a .-firm of solicitors. • I- am absolutely homeless, and have no income at all, ’ I had to close down my business. I sold my property, for £3006. My solicitors received .£2OOO cash, and I am left with a useless mortgage. I had to pawn my watch yesterday.” ■ Mr. .J. E l . Wilson, S.M., refused to make any order in the case. - -

The committee recently appointed' in connection with the formation of an Auckland branch of the League of. Nations Union decided at its meeting to ask-the Governor-General to accept the office of patron, and the Prime Minister that of vice-patron, A draft constitution was prepared ter presentation to a general meeting-to be held early next year. .... _

All Defence Department offices throughout the Dominion will, be closed for the Christmas and now year holidays from Saturday, December ’24,' until Tuesday. January '3. both days inclusive. All officers and’ other Tanks of ’ the New Zealand Permanent Forces and civil staff will be automatically debited with, four days against annual leave, excepting in the ’case‘of a Staff officer ’ detailed at General Headquarters and at Command Headquarters to receive and deal with urgent correspondence’. Ono officer of each administrative department may be retained on duty at the discretion of O.C. Commands.-