IN OTHER CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 73, 19 December 1907, Page 9

IN OTHER CENTRES.

(BY TELEGI!A.rH—SrECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.) AUCKLAND. December 16.. An Unusual Incident. An unusual incident occurred near, the Parnell Railway bridge about .8 o'clock last evening, when a young married woman' was seen to sit down 011 the tram track apparently with the intention of deliberately. eomV mitting suicide. A car was approaching- at the time, but was brought to a standstill in time to prevent any accident. Two -ladies, who were passing, spoke to the woman, but received no reply, and, at their request, somo lads who were in tho vicinity kept watch to prevent a repetition of tho act, -while two-of : their number went for the -police. -It -is understood that the woman was subsequently arrested.. Tram and Ferry Service. The flotation of the Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Company brings within measuralilo distance the linking up of the lake district and the city. Wjieu/t-ho contemplated, seivices are running O'Neill's Point will bo brought within ten minutes'of Queen Street by ferry, and is: directly'opposite the now forry tee now in course! of construction on the Auckland side of the harbour, so that the proposed ferry, will be-a. straight'run from, wharf to wharf, and consequently free'; from; danger. The terminus for the whbio qf'iho Auckland city and suburban' tranv. lines, is within a few yards of the hew ferry tee,.'.so that the scheme will practically lie/;,i;,. continuation of the •Auckland-cdectric l^a'r,syston\l to Takapuna, whence it should command. largo share of tho passenger"' and' I 'frdiglit traffic to the more immediate p'qrtiqn of :/ tha north of Auckland. This,"proposed fferry" vice and tramway have become necessary/by reason of tho steady growth of the Takapuna district. The proposed service will bring the centre of Takapuna within, half.,:an .hojir's, travel of the city of Auckland. . ■The t immo idiato operations of the-company will.*6e'confined to the Auekland-TakapunaAlihe,-. but/it is anticipated that in the!'jicaf,,future '. the. company/will be in a position tq turn -its: attention to connecting by tram tlie district's.-of! Northcoto- and Birkenhead.' It is' proposed" that the ferry service between Auckland, arid O'Neill's Point shall bo, carried, 6}i by /fast first-class up-to-date steamers specially built', for the purpose. ..i t Main Trunk- (Line. - A correspondent of tho -'.-'Herald, I ',-writing-, from Waimai'mo, says that rapjcU p'rpgr.ess. is being made on the Main Trunk: ;)Ginq. Tourists speaK. highly of. the -scenery? passed; through between Ohakune and,- Rauriniu.I'assengcrs are now brought , by ,thq.-early:, train as far is tho Ohakune. station,,-gnd ifehas .been promised that : .:thay v will; be carried at the Northern e'nd from; and- torthnWaimarino station, over the section.. kiiow.ii as the ''Spiral," before,. Christmas. , special - train has been announced to' leayiitiio Waimarino station at 5.30 a.i)i.-011 liecomber 21, arriving in Auckland at 4.30, p.m. With the carriage, of passengers.from.tho Waimarino -sthtion tho distance, is reduced between the twe railheads to 18 miles;...: Of; con'rso in this strotch lies: the heaviest part of the work, but no doubt with continued rapid progress tho work'will be finished 111 tho specified' time—-tho end pf 15)08.;- - - North Auckland Railway. The secretary of the North Auckland Railway League (Mr. R. R. Hunt) reports .that tho lino is now finished to. Wayby, sixty-six miles from Auckland, rind that, stock,, piocluco, and passengevs aro conveyed over the lino by tho Public Works Department. tq tho finished section at .Kaipara Elats whero ordinary trains in chargo. of the Working i( ail way Department take over tho, traffic I to Auckland. Tho next .scqtipn of,yip: lino! to Wollsford is being laid, the ballast - boiriji carried from Mount Albqrt, ,a distancp of sixty-two miles. It is estimated .that this section of tho line will bo. finished by' March 31, and. thrown open for traffic., Tho line will then, reach tho important.:centre of Wellsford, many roads branching off from there to'the East Coast and. the Kaipara Waters. Beyond Wellsford the. line is , sur : veyod to .Kawakawa, a distanco' qf:..ciglitytwo miles, and beyond, that the-survey parties are locating the lino._. Tho , sum v of £40,000 was voted last session for this-rail' A Library for Parnell. .. ... A proposal to borrow £2000 for the purnoso ,of erecting a library in the Borough of jjarnell Was rcccnt-ly rejected by the ratepayers. -.At last night's meeting of 'the Council, Mr;-! Wood moved that a'grant-of £3000 be applied for from Mr. Caniegio, .at tho , saii|c, time mentioning the desirableness Of the "erection of a library in the Borough. The';mat"ter was lOjft in Mr. Wood's hands, . ;,r CHRISTCHURCH. • . December 10. Tho Council of tho Philosophical: Institute in its annual roport criticises: the •'administration of the N.Z.' Instituto, whoseiaffairs, it is remarked, aro-not in a very satisfactory condition. Tho financial position: ro-. quired most caroful consideration if . a levy 011 the affiliated institutos was to be avoided. '■ The annual volume of "the transactions" was not received from Wellington until October 14, and tho long delay in publishing tho rolumo seriously its -.value.,.- :Tho volume contained no record, of the ( .annual meeting of the Board of Governors held in. Wellington in January»last beyond the President's annual report presented to the meeting. Tho regulations for.i tho control of tho Hutton memorial research fund were not included, and there was 1110 indox of tho subjects doalt with in the,'-papers published in connection with "tho transactions.--' A Letter from Canada. ' r ., Mr. T. , H, Race, due "of thd : Canadian Commissioners to tho recent Exhibition," still holds Christchurch in • affectionate ''reniorii-' brance, but his pleasant l nicinorios droj .with ; some cause, tinged with '-regret".-Writing toa friend in. Christchurch; ! Hp 'says .that' 110 -"is; still nursing tho injuries he receiVcd in tlio bicycle accident .ho met witlr just boforo-lio loft Christchurch. The" in juries" have-proved to bo pf a much more' troublesome' aiid'lasV ing naturoi'than ho had'-antiqipated; l aiVd-' itis not likely that liq will 1 over -fully recover' from them. :" : ,v: v. ;:. Premature, • Tho rumour that Mr, "R. Slater .is : toybti called to the Legislative .Council seems to. bo nt least rather premature. In tlio-coursq of a conversation with a "Press'.,' roportor, tho Hon. J. A. Millar stated ho was Hmawaro of any intention 011 the part of tlm-Govern-ment to call Mr. Slater to tho Council, and was at a loss to understand how. such a rumour had originated. • • ■■■ Cost of Living. Mr. J. A. Frostick, a proininont Christchurch employer, speaking at the Arbitration Court, said ho thought it was time-every-body gave some consideration to the : riso that has occurred in recent years , in the. cost of living. .Tho cost of living was probably higher in New Zealand than anywhere else in the world, with the possiblo "exception of somo parts of America. The reason could be indioatod in reference to the boot trade. 111 America the cost of boot repairing had been put up to such an extent that peoplo would buy new boots sooner than pay for repairs. That was neither economical nor as it should bo. Tho question, of im-: port-ation had tho greatest bearing on- the present rates of wages. It was 110 sound argument to say that because a man in ono trade was paid £3 a week a man in another trade should have the samo wages. One man had said to him, whon asking; for higher wages, that a plumbor who came to-'mend one of his water pipes, and took a very long time about it, too, got £3 a week.' : Why; lie asked, should he not get £3 a week for mending that plumber's boots? A of mutual exploitation was boing followod in New Zealand that was putting up tho cost of living, and that would go on doing so till no section of the community remained

to bo exploited. Then no ono would be any.. : bettor off, thaii when tho process hegan. ... ........ Gurerof Cancer. .'• ' .' With Vcfcrence - to a,~ recent cable message. . regarding:-(Jig cure of .cancer in a London '•■■■ hospital- for- diseases of the skin, a Christ- !.' church doctor, .speaking-to a press repre-. ;-.■ sentative, said the cases treated were. evii. i<. j'dently casos of superficial cancer. It was ''.• well known that' tlie X-rays undoubtedly. cured certain forms of skin cancer, and, he. .- thought it'must bo the same forms that were ; being treated by radium. Such treatment, . however;-would -not-affect internal cancer,. ",- and it was 'certain.- that radhnn had not:... solved the'difficulty of curing- cancer gono- :■ rally. Another doctor.-who agreed with this opinion, explained that what the cablp meant was tbiit after the radium treatment: ■■ there had been no recurrence of the trouble tor two years; The radium treatment, how- . over, was a- very expensive one; and. itwould bo ineffectivo so far as interna) cancer. . was concerned. "'The .present method' of. . treating ca'ricor;'s6'far'as it could be treated,. , was to' remove promptly, by surgical meaus,' anything that might turn out to he" «■. malignant growth. ■ • ■•■ ■ . : -. Telephones. ; , ■■-•. ~,, , .' •. • . !, "'. r '.\ ~ Several times on Fnday afternoon thooperators at the Christchurch ■.Telephone. Ex- ' cliangqive'rd'surprisp'd' b'y'whiit appeared to '■<■• be a' simultaneous'call: ffoni-'fifteen "liuri-;' '■ dred;or so':of "subscribcrsy rendering it im- ■•' possible".'.to, cOpo ,witli 'the'calls vrhiclr we're ' ■'". ■ made. Air" ma'doi' '•■ and the causa wai' r, dis"cov6rea to be a fault' ■' in tho'insiilatron "of. the'City'-'Council's lights • -: ing current- conductors,'causing a periodical - oyorfidw of current, through' those" circuits ''■' '•■Bf;tbo-telepJionVsystem ; 'fii;\vliiclT-th'b-- : "eMh- i -! ! i'''return" -is "used. • The' metallic ,> clr.cuit , ."i ß ''' .;■ largely used in tho" Christchurch "telephone ' ; installation, 'liiifhas not' yet : Ijcoii'urii- '"'' • vcrsally '■ 'The trouble""occurred'-'"' ■again early,on Saturday'rtionniig, '■ and' , the\ i-' , - 'City'Counci.lshas';bcen."liQ ; tifi(;d : '€jat' , ' 'tho fault" ,in ! . its 1 circuit'is'remedied Tt 'must" •'"■' 'stop ■ tlie'dfetributioir'Sf''current'Vn'til'-sucb"''" , " ,, " tim6 r as'"'rep'airs''aVfl,:'effdetGd.' :■;■■■«■■;.'"■ ■■.. ■.•.-''■:■••■< ::;:.':;:',- ~': :; ; v'; :::r T :v .-■,...;.,,■ :■■,■■.■•.,,.;■:. Docembor 17. ' ; •"••It .has been 'docided'that 'Mr.' ,; ' , •iSV. ;6...Konrick, iS.M.;: at' present:stationed"' :jn: Westland, shall succeed Mr".- CruickslfiMit-' "■; -in-charge of the MiltourLawrence district, y. 'Local firms are up in arms over the City .Council appointing a buying -.agent" in, America for tho' electrical department. They ■say,it means a loss of trade to.them, and ;they intend protesting against the Council's ./nptipn. -■•„,-■,-. , -;:■:-.;■.•.•,-••:--.■' '-.- ■•: ;-ylhe total expenditure on tlie"Otago Fallen Soldiers' Memorial, £IGSS~I7s. 5d., is sub- J ■ .Bcri|)6d:land :£W over."'The coiii»nittee' :; are' Vl ' > .to decide -next- week-what'ito do -with"- the "■'•-'■'' '£40. .■•--"- -'<- - > ■ ■■:••.:.:. ■. -t.', •:.. , •;. -.-r.. '■■" Air. "JJorrihston,'. of,the-Bank, .of New-. Jfipa, •. ,-.v; .' ,a ' u Jj J.iaslbeen.'.trarisfiirri'd ffom,,l?ort. ,O)ialmors to Hokitika, and is succeeded at Port .Chalmers by ; Miv- J. Doiiald,'now of Christ- ' ■church.-, ■ :■;::. -,:■■ .... -. :. ■■.:..■ ■;,.-•: ' Tliß.tqleErain sbjjt. by.:Mr:."Arnold to'-Mr. :." ,Joyii't,, ; Registrar-qf t)).eif;Z.- Uniyof- ■ -■: ,sity, was as ..follows:—"The. informatio%.that v .■'-,•> the. fresh', exainiiiation.'-iha'dc"'"nijcessarv iii" eq'uscquence of the loss , of papers by'firo-at' '.': Parliamentary.' Buildings /will take placo ;>atthe end of January, has causqd considerablo' '-'' '.iinrost: and-disappointment here. -~ I- 'have! ■■, : .' lieen.retiuested you, tp have it fixed-, ... for spmo date before. Christmas.' I am sure.,,' .that I lined not point'out to you what this'. ~.' means";both'to "students 'and friends, 'and' 1 '"■■ to the: lato'.period 'of 1 . makiiig :! te- ' ■■' suits -known,;?.- Mr. Arnold, has rccoiyed. the / : following ~,reply:—','Absolutely ■' impossible.' .-'■ Examination will .take' four"or, five wcekjs, to" ': organise. "Papers' must bo : set"by : examiiiera , - ' in-diUoront;:parts'of the; colony and reach me,; andvget printed^—iiiiio diflforenf papers'— .'-'•' ,by one;-.confidential Wo - arrange v,, centres for 30? candidates, :"■ for supervisors', and other details. .The pub-.. lie have no knowledge of what has to he. ' done in such-cases. It would save me much trouble if-you would communicate this tele-' • gram to.the Press...-.Universityvofficials have ' • their, troubles as well as candidates.'- , . : .,-; , - : Y %,. ancf;Mrs. Charles' "Raftroy -and' M*. "' 'and' Alr;s. t. Tilbum roaehod Duhedin by'tlio ll "? 1 .Maho.no..' Mr. Mark Cohen is a' 'passenger""": ! tor Duncdin" by the' Mooraki. ■ ■ : '••'-' -'■ ' / ; . ..St.: An.drew.'s ProsbyteHan:.- congregation . are,buildjng a new Suudiiy School, and it is • . proposed, to re-seat the Church on. m0rp....--.• modern Tho wholo scheme will cost about £4000. Half of this'sum is already in' sight ■ '• ■•"■' •■...'. s .-•:■■.■:■■■-:■.,■

;, Mr. ill. , Breeu, Secretary of ■ the Tradesand Liibpur -Council,.;speakings at.-- a> .drbssers'.social, : said he was very sorry,-that -thpj oiFort's of tlie officers'of the Union to get.; an advance in their' present'conditions were not successful, but ho expressed tho ,'ppinioii, which he had held for a considerable tinio, that the unions,'ha'd\received all .they were likely to get from the Court, and that they should 'direcb their attention to I'arlianiontary; . and municipal , inatters .if they wished to havo their" conditions im'proved. •!■■.:■■:;. ::■.;... v.::l- ■-Ji-...;..•-. ". •/

The Iyaikorai. am] Mornington Bands are ,tho only two from,\Dum.dii! that, will ..take part.ia the contest to bo. held Vat. Now.~Plys inQutK.'iii .February. "7 : 7■ ■> j-!.-""' ' v ',-' ; V

V.'.'iMr.'.'.J.' .Thprntoif,. principal :of To.'. Auto' College,', .occupiijd the , pulpit of, ,st;. Pawl's CathpUral on .Sunday flight, ami, speaking of tho' Native.Congress' proposed to ho. held j in. Wellington next. year, pleaded eloquently that the-Maori race should have earnest consideration, given to their : needs. Ho made his: claim; firstly', 'because tho/ Maori is. a fellow n'itizdn; "secondly,'.because lie; is a felJpw Christian :'• and, thirdly, because ho has manifested a disposition to I'olp himself..