WELLINGTON TOPICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1916, Page 3

WELLINGTON TOPICS.

RECRUITING AIPI'EAI BOARD. ' (From Our Oivn Correspondent.) Wellington, '.September The Recruiting Hoard Ims ascertained that the Justice De) artiuent will be able to supply four magistrates to sit as chair-men ol the appeal boards to be set up shortly under i.lie .Military .Service Aet. There are to be f6ur of these boards, one for each of the military districts. and they will be brought into existence almost at once. The number of boards is not limited to four, but, probably, ail effort will be made to make that number suffit >, in view of the great importance of securing uniformity of practice and the complete confidence of the public. The number of appeals under the Act may be very large ,and in that case the Recruiting Hoard will create some additional appeal boards, since it is important that all appeals should be dealt with promptly. Delay would mean that liieii liable for service might be able to avoid the discbarge of their duty by involving themselves in proceeding? before the boards. RECRUITSJOR PATROL SHIPS. Amateur yachtsmen, who want to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and serve on .patrol boats in the waters where mines and submarines do congregate, are tp have their chance. The -Defence authorities have received abvice from the. Imperial Government that recruits are required for service in motor auxiliary patrol vessels. Selected men wiil become members of the Reserve, and they must be between 21 and 35 years of ageApplicants who are not professional sailors will be required to have a knowledge of the sea and of the handling of ' small craft as amateur yachtsmen. Any man who is desirous of entering the service should enter his name at the district headquarters ol the Defence Department. at Auckland, Wellington. Christchurch or Dunedin, and furnish full particulars of his qualifications, which should be certified to by some responsible person. Representatives of the British Admiralty will arrive in New Zealand shortly for the purpose of interviewing applicants and selecting suitable men. Particulars as to pay, allowances, etc., will then be furnished. Recruits, it is understood, will be required to begin their new duties promptly. Arrangements will be made for their transport to the scene of their work.

- AXTI-SIIOUTIXO. Ono result of the operation of the antishouting regulation lias boon nil increase in the sales made at the bottle-stores, whore the public allegedly docs business on the basis of "a single bottle at wholesale prices." A reporter who made inquiries on this subject to-day learned that the increase, while considerable in itself in some of the licensed houses, is a very small matter indeed in comparison with the loss 011 the ordinary bar trade. The bottle? stores used to be patronised tc some extent by women, who are now excluded by the new War Regulations. T'>e extra sales made to men under the present conditions may be taken to indicate that a certain amount, of ''shouting'' has been transferred to private premises, but tlie figures provide very little convolution for licensees.

Devices for evading the aiiii-shouting rule have been discussed, hut the police, whose duty it is to see that "every gentleman pays for his own drink," do not expect tn have any difficulty nil this score. Tiie fact is that the pleasure of the "shout" disappears as soon as an f'.r of stealth is imparted to what u-ed to be a social habit. "Much ot the shouting was done by men who had no particular desire to consume a certain number of drink-,'' said u lic-en-ee yester day. "The shout was a mark of friendship and good-ielloWship: I don t think any of us rcali-ed how much a natioral habit it had luvcme Now the barmaid tells the men they must not buy drinks for one another and most of them won't bother to deceive her t>v any juggling sixpences. The charm of the shout was its easv and spontaneous character." It locs not appear that steps have been tanen yet to reduce bar-room stall's in anv part'of Wellington, but 'ome action in that direction is anticipated by licensed victuallers if the pre-i'iit slump in trade continues. The amount of hardship involved will be minimised by the fact that barmaids are scare in Neiv Zealand and are steadily growing -career under the operation of the law ot which prohibited the registrator, of barmaids after June 1, I!U3. dirls and women have not been able to enter the trade since that date, and the ranks of the regi-tered barmaids are thinned steadily by marriage and retirement. The reduction of' stall's will not solve the problem created for hotel licensees by the War Regulations, and it appears to be generally recognised in the trade that some concerted action will require t.o be taken for the relief of those who have been hard hit by the change. It is possible tiiat the Government will be asked to provide some machinery for the amendment of leases that were entered into.upon the assumption that the old conditions of trade would be maintained.

THE EGG TRADE. The wholesale prion of eggs in Wellington yesterday was H 2d per dozen and supplies were reported to be coming forward fairly freely at that price. The retail pi'ieo in ino-t parts oi the cit\ was Is 4d for guaranteed egos. The demand is strong at the present time, pi'obablv because many people have been doing without eggs altogether for many months past. Eggs are expected to be more plentiful ihisleason than they were last year. The high prices prevailing in New Zealand for wheat, bran anil pollard in the hitter part of 10U caused many thousands of hens to be consigned to the pot and drove some poultrymcn out of the business altogether. The suburban poul-try-vards snll'ered severely; but the position is better now. Poultrymen have been encouraged by reduced prices of foodstuffs, by reports of the big surplus of wheat in Australia and by the promise of the (Jovernment - not yet fully fulfilled—to insist upon the branding of imported egg?. Poultry farmers are still anxious to secure regulations for the classification of eggs. At the present time small eggs, medium eggs, and large eggs are lumped together for sale purpose, though measures are taken as a rule to separate the very small ''pullets' eggs," which would be 'sure to attract unfavorable notice on the breakfast table. These eggs go mostly into the confectionary establishments. The leading poultrymen would like to see a definite classification of eggs according to size, so that the production of full-sized eggs might he encouraged by seme slight recognition in the matter of price. The present arrangement gives ail unfair advantage to the hen that lays the small egg. She does less than her more generous neisbbor and gets the same money.

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Y\7AITAHA . "J J AIL TIMETABLE. CARS LEAVE DAILY— Waitara at 8.30 a.m. Motunui jj» .. ~ 5.40 a.m. Onaero .. fl.O a.m. Urcnui .. 9.15 a.m. Waitoitoi ~ ~ ~~ ~ 9.25 a.m. Uruti 10.0 a.m. Okau Road .. .. .. .. 12.0 noon Tonga porutu 1.0 p.m. Mokau 3.15 p , m , Awakino—Arrive about.. 4.0 p.m. RETURN JOURNEY*-; Awakino—Leave at.. ~ 0.0 a.m. Mokau .. 6.45 a.m. Tongaporntu ... .. >.. 9.0 a.m. Okau Road .. .. .. 9.30 a.m. Uruti .. ...... ... '.. 11.40 a.m. Waitoitoi .. 12.0 noon Urenui ~ '.. J.. . 12.10 p.m. Onaero .. .. 12.20 p.m. Motunui ......' '..' .. 12.25 p.m! Waitara—Arrive about.. 1.0 p.m. information to be obtained at Garage, Waitara. Fares Oasli,