LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr. Jiutico Cooper will deliver judgment in ro Somerville fit 10.30 o'clock this morning. ; A petition in bankruptcy has boon filed .by ijohn Noil Rider, bootmaker. This was tho bocond bankruptcy in April.. The appeal in connection with , the Penguin Inquiry will bo beard before Mr. Justice Cooper, assisted by two assessors, on .Monday.' ■ ' ,■; ■; This! morning, 'at the Supreme Court, sentence will bo passed by Mr. Justice Chapman on Andrew Godbaz, whoso; conviction on-a charge of assault at I'almerston North was sustained by the Court of Appeal yea ? terday. . . V--The statutory ■ declaration in connection: with the assumption of municipal office has already been signed by several of the nowlyolected. Oity Councillors. The ; majority are expected to comply with, this requirement by. Wednesday at. noon,- ,tho time fixed for the •installation of.the new Mayor.. . ,! : A return showing tho attondanco of the ' members of the Finance Committee of the Oity Council, during the past year. showed that out of. 2G meetings the Mayor and Coun- , oillor Morrali. attended 23: Councillor, Luke, 22; Councillors Biss aid M'Laren, IS); Councillor Fisher, .16; Councillor Godber, 8; tho latter was in England for part of the term. Salvation Army cadets to the number of twenty-one; are being sent over from,.the North. Island, to Melbourne to be trained. Messrs. Stuart and Myors and Miss! Stevenson, of Wellington, have already gone south on their way to Australia, and the remainder of the contingent go by the various routes next week. - .' ■; ..; The proposal to equip lighthouses with night-signalling apparatus was originated by the Navy League, > which . approaohed the Marino I)epartment in: the matter, and'obtained tho co-operation of . the Harbour Board. The leaguo has reason to believo that night-signalling will be inaugurated before long.-- - The annual meeting of the Navy. Leagu'e .will be held during Juno or July. A letter; has been- sent to the Admiral' 3. seCTotiry asking at what time during those months; a vessel of tho squadron will bo ill port, and the date of the meeting will'he' fixed 1 when ■ his. reply is received.. ■ Siuging by a massed group of school,children w2l be a feature of the. meeting. -.- . ; ' Tho question of noisy cars is being dealt with By the Eloctnoal Engineer,, of the .tramnvays ■ department, aa'd the method described in' The Dominion recently is . being actively proceeded with. For the past few-days a midnight special has been running, witli the corrugation-redurang apparatus attached. The length of lino, dealt with is not very groat but the results already achieved are considered, very satisfactory. ' A collision between a tramcar and a.fourwheoled express in Willis Street yesterday afternoon occasioned mild oxcitoment. Just before the mishap tho driver of the express had swerved in order to avoid 'some-line repairers who, were. at : work:in tho vicinity. It is not improbable that he mado too groat an allowanco seeing that a car was approaching at the time. Loss of . the contents of a Keg appeared to be the only damage sustained. - Tho number of births registered at Wellington during last montluwas 185, an increase of 23 on'..the.figures for April, 1908. Deaths have also increased at a Tathcr alarming rate,, the number for April, 1908, being 36, while that for last; month was GO. lUtftriages to the number of 126 woro registered, as against 116 for the corresponding month of, last. year. Of tlio number for this year, '26' were registry office marriages, as compared with 23 for April,; 1908. Tho Board of Governors of tho Wellington College and Girls' High School • mot yesterday. Mr. A. do B. Brandon (chairman of tho board) presided. There were also present: Miss llichmond, and Messrs.. A. Warburton, W. H.. Field, M.P., and Robert Leo; The monthly statement of fininces showed that the aotual credit balance tvas £1086 6s. Gd., arrived at as follows:—Balanco at tho jjank, £1801 7s. 3d. ; cash in hand, £8 .ss'.; total amount to credit £1809 12s. 3d. Payments, etc., on the debit sido amounted t<s £773 Cs. Oil. . . i Teas groirn in different localities have different characteristics, and oven tho .tea from any particular garden is not tho same in two successive Masons. Climatic chances, difference* of soil, exeroiso influences, and it is in the art of the tea blender to bring together tho different teas and by combination to produce a particular flavour. Crescent Blond Tea is a choice combination of Ceylon and Indian Teas, and the flavour never varies, All storekeepers, 2a. P<ij Jh. i

Detectives Connolly and Abbott arrested a man on tlio Sydney boat yesterday evening on a charge of stealing a quantity of clothing, the property of Mr. Jas. A. Preston, of Lyttelton. It is understood that Parliament will bo .called together earlier than usual this year. Thursday, June 10, and Tuesday,' Juno 15, aro mentioned as probable dates for tho opening of tho session. •' In an advertisement appearing in our issua of Thursday last, it was stated.that the monthly tickets entitling tho holder, to a double trip per week-day on tho Miramar North or Scatoun lines, would bo issued at 2s. 6d. It appears that this is incorrect. The rate is Bs. Od. Tho new Public- Trust building is to be formally opened by the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) at about tho end of May or beginning of June.'lt is intended to hold the coromony on a Saturday afternoon,: if possiblo, in ordor that the general public may conveniently attend,' but it will bs necossary to fix a date which will.suit Sir Joseph Ward, who is the Ministor in charge, and the Hon. A. T. Ngata, who has been appointed to assist in the Ministerial duties coimecfcd with tho Department. Representative citizens wil Ibe specially invited to attend tho function, and : refreshments will be provided. Now that a new ,City Council .has; been elected, the subject or committees has come in for some discussion among tho councillors, and ono of them (Councillor Ballinger) has a suggestion regarding tho selection of the Finance,or Executive Committee, .Ho thinks that tho chaiTjnan of each committee should havo a seat on the Finance Committee, and thus every interest on tho council should have representation on tho' committee that dealt with questions of finance. This would also result in tho selection of. men of triod experience. It is expected thatthe various committees will bo . selected after tho installation ooromouy on: Wednesday. ' Tliis will allow tho committees to get to work and bring down reports to tho CAUncil, which will probably meet on Thursday fortnight. r One of tho elephants, employed at-Wirth'e Circus in Sydney narrowly escaped losing several joints of his tail one Saturday, night recently j when. they wero chowed by tho big brown Tho elephant was , engaged in hauling tho beat's cago in »the arena, whon a fly led to his swishing his tail through tho bars. : The' bear instantly, pounced' upon it, and, holding it in .his paws, prbooedod try it. : The clophant, pranced .wildly, and j his 1 roars were pathetic. Tno attendants soizod animal forks-'and all sartor implements, and the peanut boy dexter'iuggted a whole- basket of; nutß near the war s nose j but only the severest, proddings compelled him. to lot go. . Fortunately, the elephant is an animal that takes;troubles, philosophically,-: but tho following day he spent gazing' dejectedly .at his., tail/ which now . resembles a\ picoo .of v ancient rubber hoso. ; . •• ■ -a ■ • r-.-. Rev. Dr. Gibb, convener of- the Nor:tliern; Church Extension Committed of • the Presbyterian Church, has receivod as - a contribution to the Church. Extension Fund no' less -a sum than ,£l5O per annum from an anonymous giver. l*ho : donor writes Ever smoe reading your recent; appeal in the 'Outlook.' regarding tho .Home Mission needs of the North Island, : I havo been con-sidering'the-matter of- a responso.-: I: think tho recont; development; in. foreign ; mission, activity should: be i balanced by, a similar movement., on the home mission side, if progress is to be foursquare." Then follows tho mention of, the sum (£150) ' which ho Proposes to donate to tho funds, the donor adding, ' although I do not promise it as a yearly subscription, ,it is my intention bo to .continue it." . lf bour. Department is now issuing, ill book form, ' two oompact digests 'of u&cisions : and interpretations by tho Courts relating to the Workors' Compensation Aot, and the Conciliation and Ai'bitration' Act'. - The volume Which is - ooncorned with the former .Act has been, compiled by Mr. i J . Levi, and the.,other .by. Mr. i). ii; iindlay, both 1 : of, whom are barristers and solicitors,' of; Wellington. An alphabetical arrangoment has ■ been ; .adop'tedr and. the ihforniauon is presented in- a clear and concise ■ form, ; with references to tho'bulkier publications which would otherwise have to bo searched:'. These two slim volumes should b& very useful to tho legal, profession and others. , The,, Department is uiso just, publishing Volume IX. of the "Awards, Recommendations, and Interpretations of .the Arbitration Court." ' it. rails'to 900 pages, and covers tho ,whole of:'the year 1908. . A t man named' Crombie was nearly, blown to pieces at i'iotoir a low days ago (,6ays an oxenange). Ho 'was 'carrying a sack . oon;taunng a charge of gelatine, powder, and detonators up tho face of a hill on the )vestora side when he trod on a water-pipe, aad slipped. Tim bag. fell, and he thinks a dotonaWl ' must havo struck', his foot, causing an oxplosiou. ; Crombie.- had the* prescncb of mind to kick the bag furtkor away and clear himself., .The force,of the oxplosioii sent him' down, tho hill, and, his clothes being aiiro, ho dashed into tho sea. His' mates 'immediately to tho 'rcscuo, to iiud the skill was taken off his faoo. hands, and arms, liis hair was singed,* and his legs scorched, ; but from the. neck to the'waist tnoro wai .noi a mark. His .face was. blackened with the powder. At, the Bpijt: .where the.explosion occurred there is a hole in the hill quite two;feet defep;... Crombie is/now* in tlio local hospital, and will be ready'for work again soon. Tho. Library series of froo lectures for tho coming winter aro now being, arranged, rind it - promises' to ,bo .fully up. to tho. standard. Amoijg-.those who have promised to deliver lectures' ,-. aro ' l)r. iiennedy (the-' nowlyappointed. reotor. of' St. Patrick's College),'! tno Kev. J. T. Nott (whoso interesting lee-, turo on.. Old New, Zealand.of a .tow seasons back will be remembered, with pleasure), Air. Aiaughan Harnett .(the' City Organist), > Air. A. Hamilton (curator 'ot . the Dominion .Musoum), and Mr.. G./M. Thomson, M.J.'. (one., of tho .Dominion's leading .scientists). Professor Marshall, of the Otago ;tluivorsity, will probably lecture,' as : will trie Ron. l>r. inndiay, if ne can'spare time'from, his Parliamentary duties; "The opening lecture wall be given uy fllr. Hubert jfisab (ex-JUuistor for .bands), on Thursday next, in the Town Hali Concert ltoom, his subject being' the early history of / tho Dominion. ' This is' a subjoct on which Mr. JVl'Nab is a reoognised autnority. The ' lecture will bo illustrated with lantern slides. ' Tbo Chapman-Alexander party, which arrived in Sydney; by tho Makura on April lit, enjoy tho distinction of having published;the. first daily paper on a Pacific Ocean steamship. Tho object, tho .'first issue of the "Alakura Globe" set. out," was to relievo the monotony of the voyago. Tho publication of tho .nowspapor was only made possiblo through tho generpsity: of Mr: .Alexander. Two hours, before tho. boat left Vancouver ho'. discovered ; that there., was no printing plant on - board, so ho set out to rectify the omission. As a result, when tho vessel steamed out of tho harbour; she.;not only had a good sorvioeablo plant on board: but a" printer was hard work handling •''copy" dealing with events connected with the departure of tho party. The title of tho publication was a.ltei'od with each issue, and under the heading of "An exceptional treat," thoro is in tho last edition of the "Jlakura Nows"'a roport of an ciltoi'tainment ovor which Major-General : Hoad presided, and to the programme of which Bongough, tho cartoonist, contributed. : v \. A deputation, consisting of. Natives of Wanganui. representing abont 400 petitioners. .and headed by Mr. It. G. K P.irl; (THld i'aakal and Mr. Noville Nicholson (To Aohau Nibtini); waited upon' tho Chief Judgo of tho Native Land Court (Mr. Justice; Palmer) yesterday, to request Uiat a regular sitting of the Court ho held at Wanganui. In his reply, Mr. Justice' Palmer stated that it was owing to the. attitude taken up .by the liuropaan population, of Wanganui, in regard to tho camping ground of tho Natives, that ho had thought fit to move tho Court from that, town. Some time ago the Native hostelry had been pulled down, . and consequently' Maoris attending tho sitting of the Court had been obliged to put up with a great many-inconvcniences Lately, however, the Chamber of Conimorea had stepped in,' and nsked, tho Court to arrange for a continual sittipg at,'Wanganui saying that"; land had been set apart for a camping-groiind for Nativesieugaged at tho Court. ..Tho pooplo would also assist, by seeing that tho camp was properly conducted. Undor theso circumstances his Honour agreed to the request of the, deputation, and said that tho usual sitting at AVaj[ngauui , would bo hold within a month.