LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. , y.„. .. , . . The Customs revenue collected at Wel'.ing ion yesterday amounted to £1062 14s. The' Cjty Council Intends to adopt th :qnsolid?tioi? and rpyiaign of tho "Wetljugto! Dlty Corporation Byrkir 1908" at its ipoetim 3i'. Thursday. • The annual "dog cfU6ade" is about to b :ommenced by Inspector Doyle. People wh iro forgetful of the law in regard to Uiei 3anino pets will have to appear beforo ; magistrate nest inqr\th. It.js understood >hat Detectivo Kenned; ind Actingrbetective Edo, of Ohristfih«rch jfo to leave for London by the Shaw- Sayil steamer Athcnic in order to give evidence:?] the charge of perjury whicji is boing brough igainst "Miss" Robinson aa (l result of .tK Druce case.. v, A report conveyed tp tho police that; ( i ten :ontaining a, quantity of camping gear an slothing had been found at Wajnui cause the authorjtios some anxiety for a few day recently. ' Enquiries were set afoot, and i was found that the tent had been occupie by two young men front; town during th holidays. When their holiday was up the returned to work, leaving tho tent and it fontontg, with the intention of going bao to it at an early date. During the interv; the tent was found, and, as the finder wa of opinion that campers had been bushec lie qommunicatcd with tho'policy, A largely-attended meeting of represent! tive no-]iconse workers took placQ last even ing in the Baptist Schoolroom, tho Rev. J Dawson presiding in the absence of the Re\ Mr. Comrie (President of the Wellington Nt Comrio (President of tho Wellington Nf License League), The Secretary of the N. 2 AlHaqco submitted a series of proposal which bad been considered • by- workers i Otago and Canterbury during his rccer visit, and animated discussion ensued i many instances. Arrangements were mad for further discussion of matters affectin tho near future of the party. Sittings of the Native Land Court wei held yesterday morning and afternoon, i tho Sydney Street Methodist Schoolrpon Judge Palmer prosiding. From to-day tli sittings will he conducted by Judge Johnsoi The llegatta Committee of tho Poi Nicholson Yacht Club mot last night to coi sider a the Dauntless, wjnne of the first of tho third-class races. It we decided that, as the Dauntless took a buo on the starboard instead pf the port eid< tho first prize should go to' the Tuna, tli Taipari being placed second and the T Rhuna third. Tho prize-money, m tho moi o'-war cutter race was allotted as follows Prometheus's 28ft. cutter, 1, £5; Powerful' 32ft. cutter, 2, £3. The winner of thi race, tho Powerful'? 28ft. cutter, had bee disqualified by a Special committee. It is stated that the enterprising burglr is abroad' again, and has entered - sever; dwelling houses diiring tho past' couplc t weeks, and confiscated any loose change tha could be found. These people appear to g for coin only, and leave jewellery, or an artiplp that might incriminate them, si voroly alone. The latest house to be broke into, situated pi? Austin Street, was thoi oughly rai)B?ckcd yesterday afternoo whilst the occupants were absent, an ei trance being effected through a back wiv dow, which had been left unlocked. Th clothing and drawers in the various bee rooms vvere gone through, and a fair amour of money in gold and silver removed. , number of articles of jewellery, including ivatoh, which stood in a casket pn a drcssin table in a ladies' hedrooni, were untouched Householders would be wise to lock up thei houses before leaving them unattended. Mrs. Ethel R; Do Costa, LL,B. (pec Mi: Ethel R. Benjamin, of Dunedin), after practii ing for some years in that oity, lias con menced praotice as a barrister and solicitc in No. 6 Niithan'e Buildings, corner Grey an Featherston Streets, Wellington. Mrs. De Cost has the distinction of being the only lad practising at the Bar in tho Dominion. It tonome clients can d«i«ad on prompt an c&riful &tt®ntiaa &t Mr». De Cotta't himdi.

The shopkeepers. of the Butt havo inforpicd tho Mayor (Mr- Peterkin) that they are in favour. of ■ observing the weekly holiday on Wednesday, but if thor Welling' ton shopkeepers decided TO Saturday they would $dnpt that dfl.v also The postal aqtfroritieg advise , tbat the Australian piail ox s,s, Zoalandla, via Auok' land, will arrive in Wellington by tomtit's express- tram) also that the Wiminera, which loft Sydney-direct for Wellington on Saturday, January 25, lias on board Australjan and. JUnglish .- mails. She is due !n Wellington on Wednesday afternoon. Tho Fjre Brigade at Potgne received.: a call to a house in the Hutt Road, occupied by Mr Tracy, at about- nine ; o'clqpk last night, It seems that tho children were going to bed, and one of them sot firo tq the curtainß while trying toipull dgwn the blind I K-itb a candle in,his hand. . The brigade was I soon on tho the firo was nearly out when they arrived. About £3 worth of damage was done' to the scrim and paper, t A Hutt ratepayer.last night urgently re-, quested the Borough Council to: fix up tho naming of certain streets. In support of bis roquest ho quaintly wrote 'A lady lias cpmo gut from town to visit a lady friend of hers, and tlio address given was White'p Lane.' &he has been two hours trying t<> find her, and has not succeeded, and now she ha?; gone home dead boat.'.! "Ig )t dead beat or dead broW" asked itlio Mayor of tho Clerk. Tho matter was. held over. . The misspelling of Mow. geographical names; which a little band Vf reformers ie attempting to redress; often alters radically their sense. Judgo Johnson, of tljo Native Conrt,Vmdntbned .yesterday , to a, re. porter that the name Waerenga, whiQh. Wat converted- by! the Railway .Department into Waerengl, means "bush clearing.'.'! 'The wrong spoiling makes tho word mean •'stupid. 1 ' • Taumarunui means a ''ridge which gives great shelter." "Taumaranui, aE it is often misspelt, might conceivably mean . the "ridge'on which thorij is a big cultiva. tion." ■ The .terminatipn maunga is often abbreviated to manga, but the former word means mount and tlje latter stream.