LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 319, 5 October 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that tho Victoria, which left Sydney for Auckland 011 Wednesday, September 30, has on board an English and Australian mail for Wellington, which is duo horo by tho express train from New Plymouth this evening. A Press Association message states that tho Christeburch Canal Leaguo membership now stands at 300. Scventy-fivo members of the Wellington Navals went out to Mahanga Bay on Saturday, and profited by tho directions of the Royal Now Zealand Artillery instructors^ Fine weather' was experienced yesterday afternoon, when largo numbers visited Newtown Park, where a programmo of appropriate selections was played by Jupp's Band. At last! At tho monthly meeting of tho Wellington Operative Bakers' Union, held on Saturday evening, a resolution was passed: " That tho strike of tho Wellington Operative Bakers bo declared off." Tho Marlborough Timber Company's mill in tho Opouri is preparing an order for 260,000 ft. of white pino for Sydney. Tho timbor will bo shipped by a scow which is to arrive at tho end of the month. : Tho annivorsary services in connection with the Primitive Methodist' Sunday Schools will bo held at tho Town Hall 011 the first Sunday in November. Special hymns will bo rendered by tho scholars, assisted by the choir. For some reason or other —probably the advent of warmer weather—cases of drunkenness liavo been fairly frequent during tho past few This morning four women and twelve men will make their appearance at tho Police Court to answer charges of having imbibed too freely. 1 Tho arrest of an intoxicated woman in Herbert Street at ten o'clock on Saturday cvoning attracted a largo crowd. Whilst tho woman was being taken into custody a number of people hooted. Constable Thomson and Detective Lewis arrested a man named llichard Meilko on a charge of having incited tho woman to resist. He will be brought' before tho Court this morning. No. 2 Company, Wellington Division .Garrison Artillery (Petono Navals), held a daylight parade at Ngahauranga on Saturday. There was a good muster, and satisfactory work was done. The company is' preparing for its annual encampment, to commence at Ngahauranga on October 23. Considerable improvements have been made this year for tho comfort and convenience of the men. Tho ofFicors' quarters have been shifted, so that they will 110 longer bo damaged by coilCussion Qf tho guns during firing, and a new men's room has been built at the foot of tlio hill. ' On January 13, 1908, Sir William Steward write to Sir Joseph Ward complaining that ail application from a young Maori to enter tho navy had been refused by the captain of tho Challenger. "The candidate," 110 writes, " is physically a first-clasa recruit just twenty-ono years of age, sft. Tin. high, 40in. chest measurement, and well educated, speaking as good English as does Ngata or Mr. Carroll. I was greatly surprised that his being a full-blooded Maori prevents his acceptance." Tho Prime Minister forwarded tho letter to his' Excellency tho Governor, who sent tho correspondence to tho Colonial Office without comment. Tho Hon. W W. M'Cardle presided at a meeting of the Brooklyn Municipal Electors' Association held on Friday night. The Town Clerk notified that tho City Council could not see its way at present to carry out the Jervois Quay tramway extension. 'Strong complaints wero mado regarding tho inadequato car sorvieo to Brooklyn, and tho dangerous system of allowing passengers to enter .cars at tho Manners Street terminus only from tho north end of tho car. Messrs, Frost, Gollert, Barr, and J. C. Brown wero appointed as a deputation to wait upon tho tramway management in the matter. It was reported that the association's request for moro street lamps woidd be granted as soon as possible. Referring to the amount of Wanganui cargo lauded at Wellington from Home ooats recently, the Wanganui "Herald" urges that it goes to show what might be done if djrect import trade were opened up. There is 110 reason, says tho "Herald," why the whole of tho cargo could not have been transhipped to lighters in tho Wanganui roadstead, thereby saving a considerable sum in freights to local business people, and also giving employment to moro hands. The important question of establishing direct trade has, it is stated, been taken up enthusiastically by Mr. A. Burnett, with whom is associated Mr. E. A. Campbell. They • and many others aro confident that a satisfactory and profitable import trade can be opened up in tho roadstead —satisfactory and profitable to both shipowners and shippers, and it only requires persistent pressure to bring it about. Tlioro was a full attendance at tho monthly meeting of the Northland Ratepayers' Association, presided over by Mr. Fiulay M'Leod. Residents in that district state that tho water supply is becoming limited, and it was agreed that tho city council bo j requested to lay tho water up tho main road at the earliest possiblo date, and that in tho meantime a stand pipe bo fixed at tho end of tho water mam near tho bottom of tho Orangi Kaupapa Road. Complaint' was made of tho excessive speed of motor-ears on the road, and reckless driving. It was also alleged that tho speed of trams on down grades was far, in excess of the regulations, sections marked with boards ("Series Speed Only") being, it was said, ignored. A committee was formed to inquire into matters pertaining to tho improvement of tho district. The meeting passed a resolution urging that tho Wellington City Town Belt Leasing Bill bo held over until a voto of the whole of tho electors of Wellington bo taken—or in tlia alternative that a clauso bo inserted in tho Bill exempting tho parks and recreation grounds now in uso or in course of construction. A specialty of Hair and Scalp Treatment is mado by Mrs. Rollcston. Ladies troubled with fallinff hair, dandruff, or any scalp complaint should call for advice (gratis) at her ■ rooms first floor, 3 Willis Street, over Carroll's, or telephono appointment 1590. Personal attention only. Certificated. C 739 The men of New Zealand aro becoming great tea-drinkers, and aro now rather fastidious. There was a time whon tlioy took anything in tho way of tea offered by (lie womoufolk, but now they want palato pleasure—they want Crescent Brand Tea evory time. This blended tea has distinguished qualities, for it is a happy combination of tho strong teas of Dar-. iooluiK and tho fino dolicato teas of Ceyloa. CBSS

An English and Australian mail is due to arrive in Wellington by the Manawatu train to-night. Tho Hawera rail-way stafr intend establishing a fund among themselves for the purposo of providing a free bed at tho hospital. Tho Health Department report the following cases of infectious diseases for tho week ending on Saturday last:—ln tho City: Scarlet fever, 7; diphtheria, 2. No cases aro reported from tho Hutt County. At a meeting of tho Management Committee of the Wellington Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Society, held last Friday evening, it was decided to adjourn in rospcct to the memory of tho late Mrs. E. J. Fallu. 'J ho directors of tho New Zealand Investment Mortgage and Deposit Company, Ltd., at a mooting held on Friday evening last, declared a dividend of 2J per cent, for tho half year ended September 30. This is tho first dividend declared by tho company, and will bo paid to shareholders about the middle of the month. The question of wages for farm hands was mentioned in the Hawera Magistrate's Court one day last week, a plaintiff claiming at the rate of £3 per week for six weeks. The defendant, asked if he thought tho claim reasonable, replied in tho negative, saying, that the best milkers in tho district were only receiving 30s. and general farm hands from about £1 to' 30s. "Tho labour market was sever so full as at tho present time," said Mr. Mair; engineer to tho Rangitikei County Council, at tho Arbitration Court at tho Marton sitting last week. "Men have como to me in the country recently, absolutely stumped, and asking for work at chopping wood or anything else." Mr. Kniggo, town clerk at Marton, said that they had during the past few months been giving charitable aid to able-bodied men. Mr. ltoardon: "But haven't you seen the Government's advertisements to labourers?" "Oil, that's only ou paper!" A buslifeller'from tho Ruakaturi district, who stayed one night with mo, says a correspondent of a Hawko's Bay paper, showed nib a purso containing £G0 in notes which had been punctured by the teeth of rodents.Tho purso had been left under his pillow on going to work, but on his return lie found it was missing. Thinking his mates were playing a practical joke upon him, ho refrained froni mentioning the loss. About a week afterwards he was getting some dry timber to kindle a fire, when he noticed his missing property. The purse, a leather one, was bitten, almost to shreds, and a hole had been eaten through tho centrc of tho notes, while a corner of tho roll had also disappeared. The man then made inquiries, but ascertained that his mates had not removed the purse, which had evidently been carried by the rots a distance of fifty yards\to a holo alongside a log. Residents of Silverstream and Trentham, who have to solid their children to school at Upper Hutt, are far from satisfied with tho Education Board's suggestion that a now school at Silverstream may bo provided "in a few years." At a meeting of residents, held on Friday night at Silverstream, the following resolution was adopted That this meeting enters a strong protest against sending so many young children to school by train on account of the danger therefrom, seeing tho children aro allowed to* stand on the platform (and even cross from carriago to carnago across tho couplings),, and no person in.chargo of them; parents, therefore, are prevented from sending the younger children to school." The following committee was elected to assist tho Education Board in choosing a site for a new school : —.Messrs. (chairman of the meeting), Cotter, Gard, Scrimshaw, Pearce, Cottle, Barton, Bennington, Palmer, Blair,, and Dow.