LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

: ... The Customs revenue collected at Wellington yesterday amounted to £4129 2s. 6d. No now cases of scarlet fever havo been reported from Brooklyn since. Tuesday last, A number of letters to the Editor aro crowded out of this issue, and will appear on Monday. ' ( A curious fact is noticeablo about the tenders for tho Seddon Memorial, of which three wero received from Wellington and one from Auckland. Tho Auckland firm proposes to do the work with Tonga Bay (Nelson) granite, and one of tho Wellington firms with Coromandel stone. About a dozen of the Tongariro's immigrants sought employment at the Labour Department's office>yesterday. Six or seven "navvies" and farm labourers were sent into the country, and the other applicants, who were tradesmen, 1 were,sent to the secretaries of the Unions connected with their trades.. . . During the hearing of a case at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, in which an unauthorised collector pleaded guilty to having illegally collected money on behalf of the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, Chief Detective M'Grath stated, that at present no person has authority to go round collecting on behalf of the Society. Further, when a collector was sent round, he would bo able to show credentials that could bo easily, tested. , Tho Arbitration Court established a record at North on Thursday. Tho members of the Court left Wellington by the morning express train, and commenced sitting at 12.15 p.m. Two casfls affecting workers' compensation, 1 the bakers' dispute, and no fewer than 17 alleged breaches wero dealt with in three hours, which allowed timo for' "the Court" to catch the 3.30 p.m.. express to town. The next sitting of tho Arbitration Court will bo at Auckland , on April. 28. " The Fire Brigade received a call at 10.40 o'clock last night, to No. 9 Owen Street. Tho house,, comprising ,one story, and containing six rooms, owned by Mr. James Mor- . t»n,l Cuba Street, and occupied by Mr. James O'Dea, was on fire at the rear. Tho brigade quickly mastered the flames, but a back bedroom, with its contents, was destroyed, and the remainder of the rooms suffered slightly from smoke and water. A certain coming in.; contact with a lighted candle was tho cause of the fire. The contents of the building were insured in the United Office for £300. .-' ... - " Whilst' at Hobart, the cutter crew . of H.M.S. Challenger, which was defeated last year by tho Wellington Navals, beat all . tho crews in tho fleet, which, is a feather in thoir cap—and of tho local Navals. During ono race, tho ridge rope round the forecastle head of tho Challenger,: on .which some of the ship's company 'wero standing,: Watching, the progress of .the.-.-contest,-.-.broke, precipitating a crowd of bluejackets into the water. Willing hands dived'in, arid rescued all, who had been bumped in the accident, save one—a sailor named Richards (of England), whose body was not recovered. •_,; The Land and Income Tax Department is reminding .shareholders, and' land companies of their liability to taxation under the now Act. The provision hearing on the question states:—"For the purposes of the Act, all land' ownod by a company shall bo deemed (though not to the exclusion of 1 the liability of the 'company, or of any other persons) to be owned in common by the shareholders of that, company in the proportion which'their interests in- the paid-up capital of the company bear to the total paid-up capital, and tho said shareholders shall be individually assessed and liable for graduated' tax accordingly." ' The "local industries week", has caught on wonderfully. Mr. H. F: Allen, secretary of the Wellington Industrial Association, has received advice from' the secretary iof the Christchurch Association, stating that it has decided to make the display of locally-manu-factured goods between June. 4 and 10, the week practically decided upon, by Wellington and Auckland. The display is to be made through the means and by the' co-operation of shopkeepers, who aro being asked by circular to prepare window exhibits of ' local; Manufactures during the; week mentioned. The public will be made aware what shops are participating in this very laudablo project by large placards prominently exhibited. , The contractors for the new ferro-concreto wharf at Clyde Quay, Messrs. J. M'Lean and Son, .are making satisfactory progress with the work, twenty-eight' men being' employed i at present. .The foundations for casting the | ferro-concrote piles-are being made, and will occupy a space of 100 ft; square. The boxes will ,be 18in. wide,'lßin. high, and run i the length of the piles, somo of which will be 63ft. long. The casting of the piles,should bo commenced in about five weeks' time, but thoy ,take four months to settle. The foreman (Mr. G. Campbell) told a Dominion roporter that, as a safeguard against damage, a row of spring iron-bark piles will be' driven outside the concrete piles to save the wharf from , injury from ' a collision. When the work is completed, 500 tons, of; steel will have been used in its construction. There is no town in the Province of Wellington that more urgently "needs, a-suitable building for the carrying out of technical instruction than Petone, and it must be considered a source of gratification to all who study the real interests of the district to know that such a building is to bo provided. The foundation stono is to bo laid this afternoon by His Excellency the Governor, who has always taken a warm interest in the fostering of technical education in New Zealand. During tho function, His' Exoelloncy will bo presented with a very .handsome mallet, with which to perform his pleasant duty. It is a purely, New Zealand production. Tho mallet head is of nicely-marked black maire, bound with silver bands, and its shank is of solid greenstone, capped with a baronet's coronet, beautifully designed in gold and silver. On tho head of the mallet is a silver plate bearing the following inscription: " Petone Technical School. Presented to His Excellency tho Right-Hon. William Loe, Baron Plunket, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.0., Governor of Now Zealand. April 11, 1908." ' I\rrs. Ethel K. da Costa, LL.B. (nee JDss Ethel R." Benjamin, of Dunedin), after practising for 6omc years in that citv, has commenced practice as a barrister 'and solicitor in No'. G Nathan's Buildings, corner Grey and Feathorston Streets, Wellington. Mrs. De Costa has the distinction of being tho only lady practising at tho Bar iu tho Dominion. Intending clients can depend on prompt and caxaiul attention at Kirs. Da CosU'i

Mr. Justice Cooper will pass sentence on three prisoners at 10 o'clock this morning.' Tho Magistrate's Court will be closed for tho Easter Holidays from Good Friday tal Easter Tuesday (both days inclusive). The Kelburne pumping station is now: almost ready for action, and the water sup- . ply for tho district will be in full operation next Tuesday., Application has been made to'the Court of Arbitration to extend tho bricklayers' award (which ,was made cn September G, 1 1906) to additional employers, as follows:— / Napier, 20;' ilasterton, 11; Hastings, 33; and Palriierston North, 23. The .hearing of the motion for a rnandarnus to 'compel Pastor Reis, Mayor of Dannevirko, to accept certain resolutions dealing with the alteration of levels in High Street, Dannevirke, was'; fixed provisionally for this morning, but, in'view of tho fact that the date will not bo .convenient for counsel for the defendant, the mutter will not now b® dealt with until a later date. \ Theatrical managers operating in New Zealand nowadays have ,to look, well ahead to ensure a straight-on.-tour, owing to keen competition for dates at the leading theatres. Mr. Herbert Flcmming, whose company is at. present playing at tho Opera, House, has booked tours through New Zealand 'for 1909, and 1910. During his forthcoming season iu Sydney, Mr. Flemming will produce the recent London success, '" Simple Simon," said to be a play of considerable power. Seventy-four out of the eighty, new palabe cars, which were ordered for. the City Tramways somo time ago, will be in traffic by Easter. There will then bp four yards to have the under-carriagos fitted to tho car bodies, and two others still under construction. The making of the car bodies has been distributed between : • Messrs. Rouse ' and Black, Messrs.. Rouse and Hurrell, arid tho departmental workshops, all the. under-cais riages being fitted, by the workshops. \ : ' •The playground attacked to tho ,Mitchelltown School is little bigger than the average backyard, of. a dwelling house, and tho School Committee has for > some tiino had in hand tho question of providing a larger, and more suitable area of recreation ground for the children. A section of the Town' Belt, 'about ono and a v half acres, has beeh, under., permission from the City Council, excavated, and levelled for this purpose, and up to the present something like £60 has been,'-expended ' on the work by the committee.. To further this work, a bazaar is to be Held next Tuesday afternoon and evening' when is expected that about £10 will be ' The first annual' social of the members of the Wellington Letter Carriers' Staff was . held at the New, Century Hall last evening. There wore about fifty couples present, and songs and dances filled in a very enjoyable ovqning. During the interval, Mr. R. ; B. Morris, Acting-Chief Postmaster, on behalf of the letter carriers, presented Mr. ,R. K. Couper—who has, during his term of office, as secretary of the various social functions, earned, high praise for the energy and enthusiasm which he has instilled into his work— with a silver biscuit jar,. and a .handsome silver and glass opargn'e, as a mark of esteem and appreciation. Messrs. Jupp (cornet) arid Williams (pianist) wore the musicians for the evening. '" Now that the agreement between the Citj Council and tho Harbour Board" in connection with the, wood-blocking of parts'of Customhouse and Jervois Quays is as good as signed, it may bo taken for granted that tho work will soon be commenced; Some of the spoil, which will be removed in the'-'process, is to ; be used for'metalling a portion of Jervois Quay, on 1 the harbour side of the railWay,'to the north-west, of To Aro Station. This piece of-road has never! been macadamised, and the wood-blocking of the more important sections of the watersido thoroughfare will enable {.his minor, improvement to be effected at a minimum cost. Already, the surface of the ground- has been removed in preparation. The wood-blocks 'for tho major work have been on hand for several months. There was an outcry amongst , somo steerage passengers booked by tho Wiikare, which left' for Sydney' yesterday. Some of • them objected to their makeshift quarters, situated in one of the vessel's holds. The Marine Department had granted the Union. Company extra passenger accommodation for ,the Waikare, and the alterations which, were necessary wero carried out under/ their. , supervision. The TJiiion Company state that there had been complaints, but all intending steerage passengers knew .beforehand about .the only accommodation ' offering. It was considered very doubtful whether the additional accommodation • granted by 1 the Marine Dof partment would bo required, as tho saloon tvas not full, and may be used.by the surplus •of steerage pabsengcrs.'. ' 5 ■ ■ Maoris . of .both : Islands are very anxious to secure a match with the English footballers, and negotiations to that end have been in progress,between Mr. C./ R. Parata and the New Zealand Rugby Union. 'Mr. Parata has been informed' that the' Union would willingly do what it could to, arrange the match, but the itinerary has, already been drawn up, and the matter must-be left to the visitors. There is just a chance that a match may be arranged for Rotorua during tho visitors' stay there. It-was at Rotorua that the last English , team played a Nativo fifteen, but-in the proposed event the' Maoris would be representative of the whole Dominion, and would not be merely a local'team.lt-is said that out of the fifteen, ten would bo'inter--provincial players. 1 ' ' . In connection with the night-firing pra<> tioes to bo carried .out at the forts by the Garrison Artillery - Division during Eastfer, the following ordora by Captain Richardson, Director of Artillery, havo been issued :r— " No gun is to fire shotted rounds by night unless a'red lamp is shown- on the lire com-, mander's station. The director of manoouvres will, first give his signal by a 'red'" lamp at Fort Balance, which will, bo answered-by a signal from tho F.C. station. This wiij indicate that the ' course is ciear.' Blank charges only are to be used if a white lamp is shown in place of a red one, and gun cbnimanders are responsible.that no gun is t firod with'projectilo unless tho target is in a -plnce of safoty. When attacks - are being made diir- - ing the day flag signals will bo hoisted, at Fort Ballanco to indicate , unsafety'; and blank ammunition will.be used until the targets are in a safe arc of fire." ■ .. ■'«... ; ' j ■ - Hair an<rt-aco' Treatments'visit Mrj. Kollestou, Hair Physician, Face Specialist and Masseuses certificated, who has tlio distinction of medical training, being qualified-under Dr. . Renlei E. Both, M.R.C.S., Eng.' Courses-of treatment, including necessary lotions, < from 30s. Advice free. Personal attention .only. Evening appointments arranged First Floor. 3 Willis Street (over Carroll's). Telcphono 1599. , _ -■■■:■ 7152, It is announced that the acceptances for .'all • handicap, events, and entries for the Trial Plato and Scurry at the Feildirig Jockey-Club " races, close on Monday.- • '-p ; The fourteenth = annivorsii-v #f the. Court " Lady Glasgow A.O.F. will bo hold.. in . th® Druids' Hall, Taranaki Street, - on Friday. > April 24, at 8 p.w ' ' : in-