WELLINGTON NOTES.
(special to "thk peess.") WELLINGTON, April 11
There is a great outcry herd et the proposed stoppage of the tramway eer•vice on Good Friday, And there is an idea that the trams will stall run on that day. The men hare the right to a holiday, but a. notice has been posted to-day giving them the opportunity of choosing to work on Friday (when the rate of pay will be double that for ordinary days), or deciding to take the holiday. If the number of men who agree to work is sufficient to run the service, then tram cere will be run on Good Friday. The Union Bank of Australia, Ltd., has just issued for circulation a new £1 note. In design it is smaller than the old issue.. The face is artistically printed in a light-coloured ink, with the words "The Union Bank of Australia, Ltd.", in black, and "one" in deep red. A print of the late Queen Victoria as she appeared in 1837 adorns the left side of the note, and a scrolled "ono" the right eide.! Britannia, surrounded by a crouching lion and kangaroo and implements, I representing the march of agriculture, ] form the centre pioce of the top portion of the note, and a pretty stretch of skyline, with a eteamer and a three-masted sailer, makes a handsome background. The reverse side of the note is printed in green. The City Council is negotiating for the use of the Holmce-Allen trolley head patent on the local lines. The New South Wales Government is also making enquiries about it. Tho invention is patented throughout the world, and is likely to prove a gold mine to the inventors, both of whom arc ypuug men in tho electric tramway works here. Mr Holmes is a New Zealander,.and a son of Mr John Holmes, I who acted ac New Zealand Trade Commissioner in. 1897. Mr Allen hails from j Ireland. The two young men worked together nearly every night for about six months. First or all they invented a new trolley head on the retrieving principle, ana though it was said to be superior to any on the market, the principle of attaching anything more to tho cars was distasteful to them, and they did not rost content untii they had devised the prwent patent. The Commission, consisting of Mr S. Percy Smith;, of Taranaki, formerly Surveyor-General; Mr Matthews, Chief State Forester; Mr Smith, of Ashburton. and a representative of the native race, which was set up by the Government three years ago to adviso as to what areas in various parts of tho colony should be reserved for scenic purposes, has been dissolved. Arrangements have been made whereby the work will be carried on by the officials of the Tourists and Lands Departments.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12477, 12 April 1906, Page 5
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