LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 256, 22 July 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

~T ll® Arbitration Bill will bo .discussed * by t ip Trades and Labour Councils'- Conference tins morning. It is stated that the present Trades and Labour Council's Conference represents a membership of from 15,000 to 17,000 Unionists.; ■ . Tho Grey combination of billiardists—Mr. ! Harry Grey and liis sixteen-year-old son, Mr. 1 Geo. Groy—aro to play at the Wellington 1 Club this evening. Tho meeting of tlio Aotea Maori Land Board, which was to bare been opened to-"" day at . Wanganui, was adjourned until next ! Tuesday, when it will be held in Wellington. A meeting of creditors in the baukrupt es-tat-o of Robert D. Al'Farlane, hairdresser, Wellington, will be held bofore the Official Assignee, Mr. A. Simpson, on July 30, at 1 11 a.m. A start has already been made with tho contract for tho extensive alterations at the ] To Aro Baths. , Preliminary operations wero commenced last week, and pilo driving is now under way. . . , ' Tljo now consolidated statutes,, which will givo tho legislation of this country in, five volumes instead of 'fifty-four,' will probably ho completed in time for presentation to Parliament nest week. ( The Mayor (tho Hon. T. W. Hislop) has received advice that the Wellington City 1 Council's loan of £100,000 for the drainage of outlying suburbs has been fully sub- 1 scribed at. par. This means , that, after : all expenses have been paid, the City will ' net 98. ' ' • Mr. A. Hamilton, Director of the Dominion . Museum, has received a very fine collection of insects, mainly lepidoptera, collected in tho southern portion of the South Island by Mr. G. Howes. The collection, which consists of about 2500 specimens, embraces nearly all tho specimens known to exist in that part of the Dominion, and will'form it very 1 valuable addition to tho representative col- ! lection made by /Mr. Hamilton at the . Museum. The electoral .rolls of the Dominion, with ' which the Government Printing Department has been busy for some time, will pribably be placed before Parliament next week. Each roll averages 100 pages. Thero aro 76 rolls, and 1000 oopies are being printed of each. ' Tho entire work is printed, from cards. This 1 time it has been heavier than usual, owing 1 to tho abolition of some old electoral dis- 1 tricts in tho South Island, the formation 1 of : ne\v electorates in'the North Island, arid the 1 redistribution.'of na'mes caused thereby. ■ 1 Nervousness or excitement frequently urges witnesses at tho Magistrate's Court to ( flights of olcquenco hard to follow, and some-, times quito beyond the comprehension of. tho | Bench and Bar.' A femalo witness soared to i unusual heights yesterday under cross-ex- i animation by Chief Dotectivo M'Grath. arid ] romarked, referring to a certain man: "Ho's • an uncle of mine, and used to be in tho land- , scape." "Ho was in gaol, wasn't he?" questioned tho Chief Dotectivo dryly. "Ho was not in gaol,'' replied the witness, with considerable spirit. • "He's a perfec' gentleman." Preaching at All Saints' Church, Ballarat, recently, Bishop Green said that thero wero some mon who were known best because tlioy wero the husbands of Mrs. So-and-So. ' A young man was a delightful creaturo, there being nothing more lovable, more full of liopo and interest and promise; but ho did not know everything. Ono of the things a young man was apt to forget was the difference bouweeir a pretty girl and a good girl. If a young, than would only remember that that which' makes tjio fortune of the home' is not tho protty faco (which may not always be pretty in after years), but that it is the good lifo of a good woman; then he would bo much wiser than he sometimes now is. " We don't object to peoplo being pretty and good also," continued the Bishop; "but we do say 1 that goodness is worth ten thousand times ! prettincss." It has been a fairly difficult matter to keep ! comfortably warm, in Wellington, duritig tho ; cold snap of tho past week, and that with , nil tho aids of modern civilisation, so that , wo can sympathiso with those < ongaged in , gradually narrowing tho gap between the ; rail-heads on the Main Trunk line. It , does, not follow that the weather in. tho i centro of tlio Island is worse or even as bad , as it is in Wellington; indeed, wonderfully ; mild spoils have been experienced there when i tho weather is anything but propitious on i the coast-. But the Under-Secretary for Public Works (Mr. Blow) states that the , weather has been pretty bad on tho central : section of tho Main Trunk lately. The traiii was ablo to got through on Friday,' when i there woro four inches of snow'at Waioru : and Waimnrino (an elevation of 2600 ft.), but it could not manage to repeat tho performance on Saturday. On tho whole, the weather has not boon so bad this winter; and if there is an early sprint;, as is expected ! up country, .tho work of completing tho con- , nection should not bo unduly delayed. ' J Tho lost "Loador" figured incidentally in 1 tho proceedings at tho mooting of tlio So- i cicty for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals i yesterday. Tho Society's inspector had ro- \ ported that lio had condemned, as being £ hopelessly crippled, two horses which ho lmd inspected in tho Mount Cook pound, and they wore therefore dostroyed. Tho question was, 1 should tho expenses incidental to their death 1 and subsequent interment bo a charge on tho funds of tho_ Society, or upon tlio City Council? Tho opinion was expressed that, in this particular -instance, tho Council had a duty to perform, and should bo asked to do it. Ono member was somewhat dubious. ' "H—m," ho began dryly, "don't you think tho Council has got enough to do with buy- I ing back stolon pictures?" It was finally ! decidcd that tho Town Clerk should boaa- t proached with rogard to tho payment of tlio t funeral expenses of tho deceased equincs. t

It is expected that the new Congregational church at Masterton will be opened, freo of debt, within two months. According to Mr. Jaines Doylo, the Corporation's Inspector, thero are a considerable number of scarlet fover cases in tho city. A meeting of tlio New Zealand Council of Defence was held yesterday, routine business and matters of internal : organisation being taken. . ' ' The reading rooms of the Newtown Public Library will bo closed until further notico whilo the additions to the building are being constructed. A number of delegates to the Maori Congress visited the Normal Training College yesterday, and were conducted through tho various departments of the school by ' the Principal, Air. W. Gray. Considerable .interest was taken by tho visitors in tho work of some of the children, who happened to bo engaged about the plots of the school garden. To-day is Arbor Day, but, so far as is known, little or 110 planting will be done. Tho enthusiasm with which Arbor Day was taken up in Wellington was chiefly due to Mr. J. Woodward, who was tho engineer in charge of tho work in connection with tho Thorndon Esplanade. The objects of the day will be observed by Civil Servants.' It was decided at the meeting of tho Christchurch Tramway Board 011 Mpnday that a report should bo prepared showing the comparative fares in the four chicf cities of Now Zealand. Mr. W. Recce said a statement, apparently from Wellington, had been made that tho fares in Christchurch were higher-than those in Wellington.. He thought that was an error. The chairman said the' sections might' be longer in Wellington, but tho Christchurch fares were infinitely cheaper. Tho Thorndon Methodist Literary mid Debating Society held its meeting on Monday evening, when Mr. W. W. Tanner, M.P., delivered a lecture on "Our Indian Empire." Thero was a good attendance, and the lecturer was listened to with markkl attention.. At tho conclusion Mr. Blanchard moved a hearty vote of thanks to tho lecturer. This was seconded by Mr. W. J. Phillips, and carried with acclamation. • Tho case of Sergeant-Major Talbut, of the Heretaunga Mounted ltifles, who was dismissed from the company on a chargo of insubordination, and 'subsequently (by Gazette notice), reinstated for .the purpose of a full investigation, will be heard on Thursday, before a_ Military Court, of Inquiry, consisting of LieutjColonel Head (Director of Artillery), Captain Esson (Wellington City Rifles), and Captain. Pringlo (Manawatu Mounted Rifles). During \ tho past; week, Maoris from all parts of the Dominion nave- Been brought into close contact With Pakehas of the. city, but it is from the Pnkeha faroiers and others in the country that they have probably most to learn. The suggestion has been made that the next Maori Congress should beheld it Palmerston North during tho annual show, which would give tho Natives an exsellent opportunity of rubbing shoulders with their brothers "on the land." At tho present time there is said to be more poverty in Auckland than in any previous ivintcT. Sirs.' Nelson, who is the leading light in the- Ladies' Benevolent Society, states that at the last meeting no less than £80 had to be disbursed amongst tho members for one month's relief of cases.'The averigo expenditure has not previously exceeded £60 por _ month. 111 winter the distress is Found principally amongst the middle classcs m'd old people. There are numerous cases of arge families where tho breadwinners are unable to earn enough to keep them, and in some instances unable to obtain work. A claim in respect of, an accident, which occurred to Francis Daily, sawmill hand, whilst in tho employ of Brice, Broadband Company, sawmillers, at TJtiku, lias been referred to the Arbitration. Court for consideration. The claimant sots "out that 011 April 24 last ho slipped as he was carrying timber ml toro his leg several sinews against 1 cross-cut saw. Ho alleges ithati his leg will llways be stiff, and that ho will be totally. incapacitated for three months at least. His :!aim is for 30s. per week or a lump sum of C 200; • At the meeting of the, Executive of tho liutt No-Licenso League on Monday evening it was decided' to draw the attention of tho Electoral Department to' the difficulties in getting persons' name's struck off tho roll ivho are riot eligible to bo on through having died or left the district. ' Letters wero revived from tho tycv. Mr.. Whitehouso thanking tho League for the courtesy extended to aim on his recent visit. It was decided to bold another united church service shortly, xnd to engage Mrs. Harrison Lee for a week next month. It was decided that the Press be. invited to attend all meetings except business meetings. . ' _ Mr. William Cable's twenty-one year lease rom tlio Government of the block of land oc:upied by the Lion Foundry, between tho railway, line and Waterloo Quay, expires in ;wo years, when the Government intends to rcsuDiG tho block, and iltiliso it for railway purposes. As tlio rates' and taxes now chargeable on actual city lands aro so high, Mr. ./able has decided to move out from tho citv, md has scoured a block of land at Kaiwarra, »nvonient to r.he railway, and the foreshore >f the harbour, and plans have been drawn ;or tho erection on the site of an up-tc-dato :o,undry. Tho removal of this old-ostsblislicd. business will bo the gonisis of the industrial nvn-sion 'of the suburbs, for the township of . ! !!T^ rr [ L 13 without the city gates, being "thm the boundary of the Onslow Borough. ■ /',,' s '! 01v doing tlio work of two mail:arts, said Mr. Gannaway, Assistant-Post-naster, when questioned ..yesterday about ;hesuccess or. otherwise of the new motor nail van. At present it is only-working n the daytime, out as soon as tho second j jhauffeur (now in training); is' quite efficient t will bo used at night also for the collccnon of mails. Mr. Gannaway states that luring tho first week the chauffeur (who is 111 cx-postir,aii) had to be given an opportunity of becoming quite familiar with tlio : ?r> but last week lie demonstrated tho possibility of clearing every, pillar-box to tho lorth of tho Basin Reserve (with the exception of the hill-top suburbs) in a few minutes )ver ,thc hour, which is considered to'bo a rery satisfactory performance. There is little loubt but that the Department will go in jxtensively for motor vans iu the future. At odd intervals pieces of the wreck of tho ship William M'Lareii are brought to the surface by people sea-fishing at Seatoun. Sir. IV. J. Williams, .a former resident of Ivaraka' Bay, recently presented to the Feildng Museum a picce of tho "old wreck" (as t is comnioiily called), which he hauled out vliile fishing at Seatoun. Tho story of the ivreck, briofly told, is as follows:—Laden with 1 cqrgo of coal l from Newcastle, the ship William M'Laren, under the control of Cap;ain Salmon, her master, was entering Welington Heads, without a pilot, about thirty fears ago, when sho struck an outlying rock lear the Pinnacles. Signals were at once loisted, arid a boat from tlio old pilot sta;ion put off to tho disabled ship. when the iilot boat reached tho William M'Laren, she vjis loaking badly, and tho pumps wcro bong used without effect. A steamer was lispatched from town to render assistance, >ut as sho approached the William M'Laren t was discovered that the sailing vessel was ioo' far gone, and was sinking fast- ■ The :ompressed air rushing from the '■ forward lolds caused an explosion, which blow the iftor hatchways off, and the-vessel settled lown, only tho tops of hor masts being •isible above water. , Several attempts wore nado to salvage tho vessel and her carqo, rat without any appreciable success. Eventuilly Captain Falconer,: of tho Submarine dining Department, was entrusted with the i-ork of blowing tlio vessel up; which ho did .uccessfully. ■ .1 • During Race Week tho Rooms of Mrs. Jolleston, Hair Physician, Face Specialist, xnd Masseuso (certificated) will bo open every svening for Hmrdrossinp, Shampooing; all Elair and. Faco Treatments; advice freo; perlonal attention. 3 Willis, Street (over Carroll's). Telephone 1509. ■' ■ C73D Crcscent Brand Toa brews a strong rich awny liquor, with a fine smooth, testure., and aves the palate most agreeablyi It has.a disinct and dolicious flavour, and is the most avoured for tho morning cup of tea. Tho luality and flavour of Crescent Brand'''Ten lover vary. 1 The samo to-day as it was j-os-erday, and tho prico is 2s. per lb. Obtain.bio from all srocera. CBBS