LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 95, 24 April 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

The annual meetings of householders for the election of school committees will be held fo-night. As it is manifestly impossible for the reporting staff of The Post to attend all the meetings, secretaries are asked to furnish the results of the elections as early as possible tomorrow morning. As thero is and has been some confusion as to the qualrication of electors of school committees, it may be pointed out hhat a householder who has resided ii> a particular dnlrict for three months may vote. A hus- 1 band's right to vote carries with it a similar right for the wife. A guardian of children, too, is entitled to vote for ihe election of a committee to the school attended by the children he controls. Among the items of expenditure authorised by Cabinet at its meeting today was the sum of £32,000 for railway rolling stock. There are thirty engines m course of construction now approaching completion, and the amount authorised to-day includes a portion, of the material for twenty more, which are to be at once put in hand. St. George, Patron Saint of England, is duly honoured to-day by the closing of the Government offices, the banks, the Stock Exchange, the insurance and the legal offices. Coming so soon after the Easter holidays, the observance of the Saint's day (actually 23rd April) necessarily inconveniences tradespeople and those having business at the Government offices St. George is not so honoured in England itself. Whe,n the Court of Appeal opened this morning, the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) .announced that judgment in. the caeo Thomas Kennedy Macdonald v. Janet , Mackay Rose, Mary Rose, Ellen Roberta Greenfield, and John Greenfield would be given to-morrow. The Postal authorities advise that the s.s. Mokoia, which left Sydney on 22nd inst., has on board an Australian mail. She is due to arrive here on Wednesday next, at noon. A warning to parents and other guardians of children is given by a correspondent, "E. 8." The writer states that it is not safe to let children of tender years go to Now town Park without proper ' protection. It is suggested by the complainant .that animals on human guise lurk in the park, to the "danger of defenceless children. As the date of the Coronation is not very far ahead, the Mayor of Wellington (Mr. T. M. Wilford) has written to the Acting Prime Minister (Hon. Jas. Carroll), asking what arrangements the Government proposes to make for the day. Mr. Wilford suggests that tho Town Hall should be thrown open to the public, free of chavge, and that the Municipal Orchestra should be engaged to give a suitable musical programme" in connection with the ceremony. Some comment on the decision in tho recent watersido affair, Farland v. Currie, is given in a lette-i 1 to The Post by a correspondent who .subscribes herself the wife oi v waterside worker. The writer stoutly defends the action by Mr. Farland, and declares Lhat tho workers are liable to be unfairly "bullied." "I feel certain," she concludes, "that the Waterside Workers' Union will cause an enquiry to be made. Someone must interfere, if thing* are ovftr going to improve." Plain faced Amazon cloths, 48in wide, in sage, moss, myrtle, bronao, grey, vieux rose, cardinal, grenot, Burgundy, etc., at 4s 9d a yard. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd. — Advt.

The Court of Appeal resumed its sittings to-day. The time of hearing the remaining cases should not exceed a fortnight. Satisfactory progress is being made j with the construction of the new ferry boat for the Wellington Ferry Company, and the launching will take place in a few weeks. Tho machinery and boiler for the new vessel arrived by the Tainui. Mount Egmont has recently been clear of snow, except for a tiny spot in the crater. One of the oldest business men. in Hawera states that this is the first time in forty years that he had seen j Egmont "naked." A candle left burning in a bedroom in Jew|s boardinghouse, 188, Lambtonquay, ignited a window curtain on. Saturday night, and several pounds' worth of damage waa done before the flames were extinguished. The Opposition campaign, which is to be prosecuted vigorously during the next few months (says a southern contemporary), is to be carried on in the course of the next week or two on the West Coast by Mr. W. H. Herries, the popular member for Tauranga. After visiting the Coa6t, Mr. Herries will visit Christchurch. reaching there on the 15th of next month. There were three accidents in the St. James-Wellington football match on Saturday. Bridge (Wellington) injured his shoulder, Thomas (St. James) retired from the field with a broken nose, and Smith (St. James) broke the humerus of his left arm in tackling a Wellington player. On the adjoijiing ground, Gilbert (Old Boys)' broke a rib, and at Peton© Poole (Athletic) received a severe gash in the leg. The outbreak of typhoid among the Maoris along the East Coast of the North Island, Rawhia.and Dorgaviile, has now practically ceased. It was chiefly due to bad water, but with the closing of infected supplies and the substitution of better ones, the epidemic in time abated. It is also reported that there is no increase in the cases of consumption which were so noticeable among the Maoris of the ' Wairarapa a few_ months ago. Patients were then advised by native health officers to leave the pas and sleep in tente o:i the hills, and it is stated that in quite a large number of cases the. results have been highly satisfactory. At the final sitting of the conference of the New Zealand Labour Party ib was resolved that until the next 'conference the national executive bo located in Wellington. The executive will consist of a president, secretary, and five other members. The Wellington branch of the party is instructed to make the appointments. A resolution was passed at the New Zealand Labour Party's Conference in Christchurch (Mr. M'Larea having left for Wellington)— " That this conference of the New Zealand Labour Party extends ite hearty thanks and appreciation to Mr. D. M'Laren. M.P., in recognition of his services to Labour in Parliament since his election in l§08." Elder Bowles, the retiring president oi the Mormon Church, who "is at present on a visit friends in Wairarapa prior to leaving' for tho United States (says the Daily Times), claims to have achieved bettor results amongst the Maori people than, any, other religious eect, and avers that at least 80 per cent, of their members live strictly up to the principles of his Church. During the last two decades between 500 and > 600 New Zealanders who embraced the Mormon faith hay« gone to live in Zion City. The doctrine of plural marriage, adds President Bowles, has not been taught since 1890. The progress of the movement amongst the Maoris is, ascribed to the fact that the Mormons, or Latter Day Saint® as they are sometimes called, claim that the Maoris are of the House of Israel of Manasseh, ft colony of which left Jerusalem 600 years B.C. Fixtures in several cases were mad© by the Court of Appeal to-day. The case, Harrison v. the Wadmate Conufcy Council, will probably be finished tomorrow. It will be followed by threo Auckland cases— in re Elizabeth Knox, deceased, Thomas Buddie and others v, the Commissioner of Stamps,- Devonport Borough Consncil v. the Auckland Gas Company; and George Cooper v. Jakob Bertlesen and Rudolf Rasmusscji. The next case is an application by the New Zealand Educational Institute for the determination of a question as to the construction of the Education Ad. and amendments, in regard to the power of an Education Board to prevent any children of school age attending a District High School. The appeal under tho Family Protection Act, Charles Manby Walker and Bessie Walker v. Alfred John Litchfield and others, cormsj next on the list. A shark, 14ft 6in in length, was captured near Moeraki Lighthouse ono day last week. It appears (says the Palmerston Times) that a few days previously a cow fell over the cliff and was killed.' The carcase got caught in some kelp about 30 yards from the shore, and the shark, when first observed by Mr. Culling, was feeding on the flesh. Mr. Culling immediately went home for his rifle, and when he returned the shark was still busy with the carcase. After waiting for a few minutes a favourable opportunity presented itself, and .with his first shot Mr. Culling was successful in striking the monster in a vital part. The shark was towed ashore with some difficulty, and was afterwards hoisted to' the top of the cliff with the aid of the lighthouse crane. The shark was found to be 6ft 4in in girth, and was the largest that has been captured at Moeraki for many years. At a meeting of the Greymouth. Chamber of Commerce last week a letter was read from the Hokitika Council regaiding the question of inducing the Railway Department to connect with the Wellington boat at LytteLton, and so make a through connection, instead of mails and passengers being detained in Christchurch for fourteen hours. Mr. Campbell said that having recently travelled over the line, he could plainly *see that changing the station at Otira would, be a great inconvenience to the department. Mr. Pepper said that as the Railway Department could get over the difficulty by starting the train from Greymouth an' hour earlier, it was hardly likely that tho department would incur the exjjenso of moving the station. Mr. Campbell, in reply, said that the whole trouble layin the fact that the s.s. Maori was the only ferry boat which could wait for the Greymouth train and reach Wellington in time to catch the northern express. On the motion of Mr. Kettle, it was resolved to fall in with fhe Hokitika Council in the direction of securing a through connection. You actually save money by checking your baggage through us. A small fe« for cartage at either end is all you pay. For that wo collect, check, and deliver tho baggage. Enquire. -N.Z. Express Co., Ltd. — Advt. It must bo gratifying to tho councillors and tho general public to find the financial position of the city, as stated by iha Mayor to be in such a satisfactory position. Tho result of tho year's working aro none the less satisfactory boeaufo a year ago Wellington expected hard times. Tho increased prosperity means an increased circulation or monoy, and with -.Tinter coming on ladies will be on the look out for smart, new costumes. Such costumes may bo found in tho Mantle Department at C. Smith's, Ltd., Cuba-eiroet. Special line rough Navy Serge Costumes, Norfolk styles, coat lined, stripe lining, skirt well out, 50s; Ladies' Smart Tweed Costumes, Norfolk styles, in grey, fawn, , green, brown mixtures, 63s.— Advt.