LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 183, 28 April 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Customs duty collected at Wellington yesterday amotintod to £1993 Ss. 2d. Our Greymoutli .correspondent .states that close on £3000 has -been paid away at the State Mine Office, Dunollic, for tivo and a half weeks' work. " Curates in the country districts in many cases live bh the smell of aii oil rag, aiid somoof thfem have n! beggarly existence;"- 1 tlev. A. M.> Johnson, vicar of St. Mark's Gliuroh', bii tko lofc'nf the country

It is proposed to establish agricultural and technical classes in Ekctahuna School at ail early d&te. ' It is notified that the season for shooting Native gamo and imported gamo in the Wellington district will open on May 1, and close oil July 31. A return showing the imports into Wellington per parcels post during the quarter ended March 31 last gives the total value of the parcels as £26,035, on which a duty of £4743 Is. 2d. was eollcctcd. At the Education Board's meeting' on Thursday, consideration Will be given to a motion' by Captain M'Donald that a subcommittee bo set up to investigate the nature of the fire risks in the City schools. The following additional tenders have beeri accepted for railway bookstallsWanganui, C. Allden j Frankton, Brett Publishing Company. Tho term in each case is for two years and eleven months, commencing on May 1. 'i A sitting of tho Board of Conciliation was held yesterday. It was;" decided to meet tomorrow for the purpose sof considering the recommendation to be made in respect of the C4en6rAl Labourers' dispute. The Board also resolved to deal, with the Wangamii Painters', dispute at Wanganui on May 6. The state of the house market ill Wellington is illustrated by the receipt of no less than 68 applications for leases of tho eight workers' dwellings erected by the. Government off Coromandti Street, NewHown. The applications ' Will be tested by/ the Land Board'this evening, and a ballot will be held on Thursday. ■ : Mr. Nelson Illingworth's marble bust of the late Premier was displayed in the main ontranCe. of the departmental, buildings'' yesterday fop inspection by memtiers of the Ministry and, others. : The position,. was more convenient to Ministers than favourable to the bust, which could hardly have been placed in a worse light. Some, months ago it was pointed out that the main doors admitting to the v public counters of the Post and Telegraph Office were needlessly tall and correspondingly cumbersome.' Tho Department evidently agrees, as workmen tire now engaged lopping about tliree feet off the top, and tho ease with which the door already reduced in t length is -opened justifies the alteration. Tho attempt which was made recently by the Wellington Education Board to sccurc a satisfactory adjustment of the school difficulty at. Mangatiti and Maku does not appear to have been successful. Tho. Board proposed to rembve the Mangatiti School to a new site.on the.Range Road. , The settlers in the district do not approve of .this, > and a petition containing a large number of signatures will be presented to the Board for consideration at its meeting on Thursday. A return showing the immigration to and emigration from the Dominion during the month of March has been ,rj:oived from the Registrar-General. The arrivals were as follows (those for March,. 1907, .being given ill parentheses) -.—Adults—Male,, 2014 (1711); female, .1013 (927). Children —Male, 180 (175)'; female, 175 (189). Total, 3382 (2993). Tho departures during the month were :— Adults—ilalc, 2204 (2558); female, 1458' (1589 V. Children—Malb, 162 (202); female, 171 (186), Totals, 3998 (4535). , ! Its' ffasvrbporfc'ed c 'at" lafet iiiightis.i meeting of tho Olympic Games Representation Committee that over £70 had bccn ; subscribed by the,. publio- the' cost ■of v sending : Mr. H. Kerr, of Wellington (amateur, champion walker, of Australasia), to London t<j coni' pete at l the' forthcoming'' Crimes. As the prospect, of securing, the balance required was considered bright, the Committee decided that Kerr bp: sent. He will be a paS-, senger by .tho s.s; Tongariro, which will take her departure for Home on 15. ; At', the' meeting of , householders of the Clyde Quay School district, held last .evening!' the headmaster (Mr. W. T. Grundy) mado a strong appear for funds for school sports. A healthy body'means a healthy mind for thought,"declared tho dominie, and the •meeting thought so too. The school had been prominent in sports for boys; there was alwayß plenty 6f Cricket for boys, plenty :of football for boyS^'aM"never anything 'for. the girls, but. now/they had a. 1 tennis'.club, and had hopes of winning the scho'ols championship next summer, or going .Somewhere near it. ;. Mr. H. F. Allen, secretary of the Wellington Provincial Industrial. Association, .has written to the steamship, companies, asking them to • consider the question of issu-'' ing passenger tickets at excursion rates during "Local. Industries Week." No reply has yet been received from the Union Coni-, pany, but the Huddart Parker. Company has written that it cannot see. its'.way to'grant the concessions referred to. Mr. Allen has received further,communications froni manufacturers and. shopkeepers, indicating that t,hey will take, full . advantage of tile opportunities to be afforded to bring the products of local industry before the people. It was stated at last'night's meeting of parishioners of St.' Mark's Churth that' the pulpit, which is to be erected in memory of the late Rev./R. Coffey is now in Wellington, and the workmen have already -got the space cleared to receive it. It is expected that the pulpit will be ready for liext Sunday. No ward had been received, of the marble cross for tho late vicar's grave at Karori,, although it has' been ordered for some months. Tho vicar, the Rev. A. M. Johnson, informed the meeting that lie had telegraphed to tho Rev. Mr. Bartlott, who had been in close touch with the late Mr. Coffey, and had asked him to .come up from Oamaru to preach the first sermon from tho new pulpit. , At the Clyde Quay School Committee meeting' last et'bning one householder, whoso voice trembled with earnestness, wished to move, before the election of tho new committee, that the meeting was in favour of a free,, secular; and. .compulsory system of oducation, >nd no other 1 brand, but the chairman (Mr. David Robertson), who said ho had Wrongly been worried into a reference to "this Bible-in-schools" question, firmly ruled that tho'.resolution could not bo accepted, which was firmly clinched by another gontlemlm, Who said that such a resolution would not bo fair to " the' other side." A mild old gentleman wanted to say something about the matter, and, after beiiig ruled out of ordor, continued to describe the Nelson system, where, optional Bible-read ing obtained, during certain hours, but the meeting was labelled "free, secular, and compulsory" in large typo, and no futile discussion was permitted after the headmaster had had his say- , . '. lifrs.: Etliol R. (to Cofta, (n«i Mi., nthfel R: Bonjamm, of Dtmbdin), after hraetisl In* for eohle j-eate in that litis. com; jnenced as_ ft barl-ister and Solicitor m No. 0 Nathan s Buildings, corner Grey iihd Featiierßlbfa Streets, Wellihßtbm Mrs. Dd Goats has the distinction of being the only lady faraotisitig at tho : Bar • w the Dominion. In--li-nding clients can depend on' prompt and cAiem attention at lira. Ua hind.

Mr. Justice Chapman has fixed. Monday, May 25, as the date of. the next sitting of the Bankruptcy Court. Tho Court of Appeal has decided to take tho remaining Ordwh cases on the list at the conclusion Of the hearing of argument in the action between the Phoenix Assurance Company and the United ' Insurance Company. .... The eighth annual volume of decisions and awards Under tho Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act is expected to be issued this week by the Department of Labour, it will cover the year ending December 31 last. The decisions for the present year up to the end of March will probably bo issued in volume form to-morrow. It is understood that the Wellington Edu. cation Board and the Natives ofriiers of the' site selected by the Board for tlie new school at Western Petone have been unable to como to satisfactory terms as to the price of, the iand, and that probably the question will be referred to the Compensation Court next month for settlement. ' ' ' - The Wellington Harbour Board has ao. copted tho tender of, Messrs. 51'Keegaa Bros., of Newtown, for ihe supply of running sheaves for jiggers for the King's Wharf. Stores. The tenders received were as follows:—Accepted: MeSsrS. 'M'Keegan 'Bros., £609 ,6s. Declined: Messrs. Si Luke, and Co., Ltd., £675; Messrs. J. • ilnrphy and Sdii, £887 ilOs.; Messrs. Hutcheson, Wilson and Company, £993 155.; Jilessrs. Hiitchisim and Catopbell, Ltd., £1000. The engineer's estimate was £552.'/ There are tjiiite a lot of •little things being doiie in the way of street improvement about the City just now. It seems an appropriate time to refer to what is a serious menace to tVie wayfarers' safety in Clyde Quay. At the fat end of tho Baths, wheris the cycle track ends, a fence has- been placed ,to guard against cyclists or pedestrians falling over on to the rocks below, \vhere. the Seas have eaten their way into the road. This fence runs diagonally out from the Baths, and stops about a yard from the tramway, track. Since its erection the sea lids further encroached upon tho roadWay beyond it, and in the uncertain light at .night, with the shadows cast by lamps or clouds, a person with defective sight might easily walk, or ride. ov<*r the edge to cfertain serious, if hot fatal, miur\\ Perhaps ( the authorities will see to it in time, and extend the fenfce round the bay for a space.