LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho. English mail,,which came by'tlie's.s. Victoria from Sydney; arrived by the'; express :train; from Auckland yesterday -after-' noou,-.: .-.;;.:.-: ~; ' : ■■,-.■.'■ VX'.- : \.-i : "-..Vj-

A post ..ofßcb letter-hox has 'been erected' outside Howe's:store, Island -Bay,: for the .convenience of residents-of the'district. The new box j which stands. close to-the. tram tor-, minus, was'opened-jesterd'ay. '". •;.-■■'..' ■':,■ .\. '-..'>'. ■-.- .'-'' Word received by; the Marine :Departmenti is to the effect.that the salmon ova, which : arrived by. the : Turakina-from. London,' ro'ached- Lake: Tβ : Anau> in ; excellent order,, and.is already.commehcing-.to hatch out.'"■:■'.:■■' The. newly-constituted :Eastbourue Domain Board,--.which, consists of the members; of the' Borough Council, has decided to: insist .on campers' and other persons, \wishing,to iise': tho; reservo, , first applying' to Hhp . secretary(Mr. ;J. D;. Avcry): for- a permit.' V;.."■■.- ,: ,At.tho -monthly .meeting of ';the. Boot: makors':.' i?eddration of 'Workbrs last: night, a. resolution; was 'carried;that.a .special meet-: ing of : the branch . be.; Held on . Monday, March, 1, for the purposo of applying for anaward: for the Wellington district, f ■ ,-:. -■ ■. • ■ Mr.' W.' S.:-:Short v ;Chief the Roads Dopartment; will.open a commission.atSouthbridge/ Canterbury, oil March 4,-to:ap-portion-between the Southbridgo Town Board: and Road/Board the cost, of main- : tehahco of the main roads of ■ tiia r Soutnbridge; 'town'district. ':. ■'. :;..■:.'.' .,-■"'■■■■ •-■'■"'• ":'.,■ .■■'■,;■•;'..-- ;■'•"

■ -AYork; on :.tho: Clyde Quay wharf. is'pro-: ,gressing:fast. : Already a third of .the.tptal number, of piles Have: been "driven, and, work has commenced: on the , : .superstructure. When■ the'-piles have been driven 1 they haye ; to..be broken off; to lft. 9in. below .higli- : water mark;; and then connected by.-.'means'-of a framework., of ■ ;ferrb-:Cdncrete, which, forms a cpniplete.whole. A. good start has beon .made';with the work' of" constructing the Wooden mould in .which -the.ferro-con-crete ; \vork : will be .set.''-..'.;'.^''-.;.-,^:, ; '-'S:'-

'Sir. :Hone Haiti. Piripi,. now; Presiding- in .Wellington/ and .formerly at Hokianga,■'■'will hp a, candidate: for the Northern. Maori district. ;at J tho coming , :by-eleotion.':-'. : .::'Ho.rwil|: stand: as an Independent .Liberal.' ; Mr. Piripi, was born.and educated in , the North. Auckland .district, where , his father was:for.many years toacher of a/Native school. -. He , is' of :tho- late ..member.■■ for .'the,;'.'district, , Mr.. Hone 'Heko, and a vbrother of .Mr.':.Frank Phillips, .tho. Legislative . Council interpreter.': In addition to his.natural opportunities.of; becoining .acquainted •:■ with the needs ■• of the Maori people, Mr. Piripi has: long been a keen student of matters pertaining to , their, political ..and social -welfare: If ..tinio permits hewill.nmko.a 'flying tour, ofVtho Northern District, ..and deliver addresses in; the .principal centres, before the election," which will bo held about the. middle of.next month."■'

' The'Hon;. J. A; Millar made an important' announcement. at' Dunedin.. yesterday in answer.to. a '..deputation -from the St. Andrew Street Sabway\ Loague, '■ who , ; approached him. .in regard to' the vexed - question ■ 'of access to the foreshore. Mr. Millar indicated that during his present .'visit he will consult, with: tho Otago Harbour Board over plans involving, a deviation of the. present railway lines on to land to be reclaimed,: or already reclaimed, by the Harbour.Board, that body in return receiving an area: of .land , now occupied: by the Railway Department.- : Mr; , Millar,stated that part of tho'scheme would include the granting of. access:.to. the-fore-. ■ shoreat St. Andrew Street,'and the .'retention.of the present; access, in Itattray Street. Ii the meantime, : ,the construction of a subway at .St. Andrew Street wouldjhaveto stand over. : .-■■.■'. '■'■'■. ■>' •'■'.• ■:'..■; '".'. : ; . ■ -'■: ':"■'■'

t Wandering stock are 'a great trouble to residents of; the .'borough •■- of ■"■ Eas.tbouriiei "Whenever I go over thorej" said the Mayor (Mr. F. - G. : Bolton) at yesterday's,council meeting, '.'I see nothing but animals;" The /.Town. Clerk (Mr. J. p. Avery) said he had taken out several'.summonses, but as ■ he'did not know who owned all the stock; this was of little uso. .Hβ' suggested the appointment jof arranger..- Councillor. Foley -advised the ! passing of a by-law oompeliing owners of-sec-tions to have them 'fenced. ; The: Mayor, thought this would be too - severe, oh the owners,. and" would -not - have the desired effect. His .own. fences had ..been: broken down and cattle put on. the land.. Other moasures, ; : .such as- appealing to the" police, and erecting: a .pound, were then discussed, and finally, .on the motion of the. Mayor, the' olerk was authorised to appoint a ranger, to bo remunerated with the whole of the fines obtained, and was instructed to submit at the next meeting, an estimate of the cost of erecting a pounds It was/also. decided. to invoke the aid of the police. ;.

Speaking ; to the deputation representing the unemployed on ' Saturday, evening; the Prime Minister foreshadowed an inmortaut development work in connection with , some of tho gumfields. There- are : . past areas known to contain'kauri.-gum, , bat inaccessible to: diggers; becauso of. swamps, and the- task of dramago is too great to be undertaken by the. gumdiggers themselves. Drainagohvould bo of great benefit in two ways—firstly, enabling tho rich harvest of gum to bo gathered, and secondly, converting tho swamps into really good, farming land.. In the Northern AYairoa, for instance, soino of tho richest dairying land, is reclaimed gum swamp. Sir Joseph Ward said ho felt that the .'Government should;do,something for tho gunifields, and ho hod sent an officer up to go over, the whole of the fields, • and that officer liad gathered ■' much: valuable information. : ' Hβ (the Prime Minister) believed the drainage of some of tho gum swamps would well renay the State/ lt_ would bo a good reproductive work, and he intruded going thorouglily into this matter at-an enrly date 'to seo what' could be done, : ■ : "

: What is alleged to be a case of "sandbagging".- at iPetbiio is. at present occupying tho attention of the police. , : . . :

■ TlioHon. A. W.:. Hogg;. (Minister for Labour) will receive a deputation of. Manawatu ilaxmill workerß next. Friday afternoon^

The postal: authorities adviso that ' the Mooraki, which left Sydney on February 20 for -Wellington, has on board an Australian mail,.which is duo'here- to-morrow morning. . .-It was inadvertently stated in yesterday's Dominion: that the Rev. J. Cooker,' of the Newtbwn Primitive Methodist Church, who has "been transferred to Auckland,: preached his farewell : sermon on' Sunday. Mi. Cocker does not leave his. present church until next Sunday, week. .'■'. --../ . ■ -.'.- V :.; > ':■': ..-. ;.Thq Minister for Justice (the Hon Dr. Findlay): ami. the Commissioner , of .-. Police; (Mr. W. Dinnie) aro overhauling the.police regulations./which have existed in .their present a quarter of a century or, more. The promotion of. Chief Detective M'Grath to. be a sub-inspector is tho first fruits of this; revision. ;. The Minister statea. that 'in future the two branches of the police-service will be treated as one. _ ':: :. A special meeting of the City. Council will be hold on Thursday' nest to consider and adopt by-law No. 5 1909, 'relating to fees For public halls. The !, fpes proposed iu.tho by-law to be charged for licenses for public halls .are ,as follow:—For a building capable of seating.7so persons, £20 per-annum;-for a building 5 capable :bf seating '500: and less; than 750, £10: perannum; for'abuilding seating-.less, than 5001 ; £3 3s. per annumv For.a public ground used for athletic sports, or games.'the fee proposed is>£2 ; 25.,' irrespective of the number which the ground is capable of /seating:;/;/.;,:./;.' /-;.:.//. ■■°'-^::;

:_T6the missionaries on lonely inissioa 'stations books and magazines come' as most ■welcome-gifts;:. Captain Sinker', last;night stated,'labile' course; of .a lecture, 'that those' which the: missionaries in; his sphere,.possessed had, : been/;sb\ frequently .read by; the ■teaohers. that they knew-the.advertisements .better than: thel.men '.who. .'wrote theni / All the ..books in .the .library of the- missionary steamer had'also been read'at .least 'twice, so that new: ones' would, be. gladly .received.. -Any; people.:.who:.havo'.literature :V to ;, spafe' willcbe-doing. a.Vkindness:if they .will for-' ward.,it..to jyiss.'.-Mestajfer,; 139.'.\Sydney, Street, who. will send lit on to: Auckland.

-, The ■ fact that.- a sharkV had .beefi! -frequent- ; 'ing the vicinity,of.:Half Moon/Bay (Stewart Island) had '.caused /somo , /little-: concern : amongst i.the. .bathing.fratefiiitjvand it was decided to try and'trap/the unwelcome; visiW- -:-Qn: Saturday evening"(says'- the "South-' land : Ne.ws'.') / Messrs..Leask: Bros., boat--'builders, -set a 'couple'/of /large/ steel -hooks; well ; baited,' and .supported with a' barrel buoy. 4'lie; scheme was a: success,- and the' monster,. ; vrhicb.had ; a length'of >'14ft; 4in. and a girth--of ;7ft".' 2in., /wa's.booked dilring-. the ■eowsa 'of. Sunday.-afternoon,',.the -.buoy in:dicatingi.that:,a.;bite had been ■ obtained' Messrs; Leask 'Bros." roped the.,, .fish- and towed niffi ashore, ? where he was the' object .of. intense iriterest to.some 70 or 80.of , the ■islanders .and; visitors, :who:' congregated to : witness such-an 'unusual happening for'the' .island.'.-."...;-; -■ ■-~';./'.;.:. / '..■;-!■, ;.;:':, \ .-:.- : ;-■_■•■■

.-.The..- boxing /match' : . between , '■ Elliott: featherweight: champion} of '■ New; - Zealand' and j Wells, of, Sydney,; at 'Sydney ; last Tuesday : evening,' provided 'a.r.mbsV exciting, encounter.- .. The, -in : 'its- report,, says:—"The boxing;was clever always,' andthfi situations 1 exciting' frequently in:.each round. ./Elliott presented :abold land sktl-' nil -front.to,'perhaps, a , .-stronger .'■■iand more though The; was':'sent to.; the, boards' once in . tho "opening, round and otwico: in: the .fourth,;his; grit and, his stamina,, enabled,-him. to give as good as he. got in:, such , a way.and 'at such a rate that theTe , . was no -. .winner,. standing v out' afterwards;,:■-: There \were ;.. several ■■■■'.■ rounds , which were Wells's;:and just asniany which .wenfc v Elliott's'.way.j : .while at least:four, left ■the. unlocking judgeihard;put to it to' deoide whether;oue had ;built up: more points .than'the- other,,consequently■ -it'"appeared to .tho writer.vwheri, the twentieth round ended,' that, a, draw •-.' would have-.roet the position ™w ; ::but; Referee ' ;-Barr"6n' ! :'aeclared ■ Wells, v-Elliott' made --a/capital .■■impression- on the crowd,' ovcry inati of; whicbi will be glad :to' see: him fighting again." .V ; .■ ■'■: ■ ;■■■■,- ; ■''..■/ '■ .■

..The strength pf ithe Moiling Bridge; at tK 'Lower Hutt,/which the Hon. -.Mr/ Hogg .opened-, on .'Saturday,' was/, tho: sulsject-of discussion by the Hutt, Borough.: Council last evening,. When .the need.ot a,by-law regu-' welghtM'traffic.was mentioned, UunciHorv\\ard asked what would, happen it-300.people went/onitiat once. -The .gineer i -500 on it vlast y- - c £° u . nci!1 °r: Ward : = <!Whai would happen, it 400.: men; inarched-over^it?"-The down.Jiven. "I London the;troops always have -to ft r> the ! r ~6 r t ep/: when ' crossing a bridge!" Mβ:Deputy-Mayor:,"What.iß -the New-& a - Councillor Ross?". ■ Councillor Boss :-:'.'l don't .pxpeotl -shall-ever lead '400 troops' over iV'V ■lho engineer, said, that' the bridge wascapable of bearing a distributed load of /45 V Finally it .was-agreed that:the-council should hold a special, meeting: a,fortnight, hence-W pass a ,b.Y-law.:as : to .the weight of vehicles •

TheJuxuriancoof the.Hutt sSilsappeari-'to be giving trouble to. the members and officials of tho borough counoil^andothe'record of grass on ,th.e-Hutt .roads': formed ithe'suy ject of somo.. discussion at the'eoiuicil mg last evening -M r .. &. J.:: Harrison, of. lark Avenue,; stated'm a.letter that a mowing machine had been: used over his streefc' ,X-° b A ain . ed . a/crpP of hay.; The engineer; + i * ■« ? - Bl ° ,7Ulg ™ ch ™ :incidenti-and saidthat.tieoivner of:the machine did.the work-free .in return for/the -hay. He was he. said,, .puttmg-.aU his: - energies -into the neeessarv. asphafting -while .the fiue weather Sf, deforriiig.th e till later. Councillor Ward ,siwd.that; in; Market .Street Ir[f/.^-^ 1 «- ; aa- ; ;-tall:-as--'himself.---The. Road was sooyergrown with grass -that wple.could'not.use the paths in ramyweather without:getting wet.from it. whnlrft S u n l ohs '™.f°™ of the roads that not L a t ba f ow ' oad e ravel - : and '■*** aoMttended tafor a long tme. .-The foreman S^? r , k s, sifted .that: he'was. short of men: He had thirty or forty maes of road to maintain, and- every untarfed path had had the weeds .chipped .off .three times this season in■; an... ordinary. season one chipping-■ was eflough, but"-this summer'had been a season of, perpotual: spring. - FinaUy it was understood that as the asphalting was now finished tne/weeds would, soon:disappear. ! ■'... ":. .-.- ;/_Complamtß from Levin abbut the transport or mUk by the Railway Department are being investigated by ..the authorities. It is stated that .no .regulation exists compelling farmers : to leave their cans at/the station half- an' flour hefor© the train is:duo.'.'As. nearly as possible, the.train J3 drawn up alongside waiting cans, but it.' is: impossible i always to be _quite accurate in so,stopping: a : train, and cans,may.hot.be all together.■■-■ With to a complaint, repeated in the "Horowbenua Chronicle,:' that "cans containing milk 'are conveyed in the: same-van with hot bread passengers' luggage,-meat, etc., often: dirty, and quite unfit for the carriage of fresh milk," the Department' states' that for years past it has been .the practice not to_ carry anythinglin the van that could taint .milk. As tho milk is carried also''hi: airtight cans,.; the suggestion.: that .it could fecoivo detriment from luggage is decried. It is recognised, that tho" milk might he got on board the train more conveniently if it could be placed in a: truck by farmers, and the truck, picked up; by tho "through" /train" The Department'states, however, that it not practicable to shunt, the 8:40 a;m' train from Lovm by which the.milk is sent This tram is run to enable-Palmersto'n'NoHh passengers' to get-to town for business and return by. 4 p.m., and; the time-table does not.permit of any shunting. Moreovor as it, crosses another train at, Levin, shuntine if performed, would, take at least ten minutes If.tho Lovm farmors could send forward thoir nulk by tho 115. p.m ; ;or,;6.fio;p. m; train, and the quantity.of, milk .warranted suchW vision the Department .wonld-provide- a specia truck .to be picked up bv tho train .as is dono atsoveral other stations. ' ■■ Teas groTra in different Iccalities-have diffor. eut charactenstics,: and= even: the tea from any particular garden is not the same in two sue. cessivi seasons.•-•.Climatio- change's,- differences °! ox fP ls f '■■inflnonces'.'.'ahd itistha art of tho tea blender to bring together' the diffor-' ent teas and by combination'to producea partioular flavour. Crescent Blend Tea is a choice combination of Ceylon and Indian Teas, and tbe favour nevor varies. All etorekeepers,.2s.,