LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 513, 21 May 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, A notice appears in the Gazette forbidding money-order and correspondence fo r Derk,l. Yonkefmaii Company. Calcutta.

Tho postal authorities advise that the Mokoia, which left Sydney on Wednesday for Auckland, has on board an English and Australian mail, which is due hero on Monday afternoon next by Main ; Trunk train.,

Arrangements ore being mado for a deputation of Kilbirnie residents to wait on the City Council in reference to tho Kit birnio Recreation llesorvo.

The leave of Mr. D. Robertson, Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, ban been oxtendod until July .26. He is returning to New Zealand via San Francisco, Papeete, and Suva.

Members of sp'ecial reserves to existing volunteer corps will in future, bo entitled to allowances,-when attending.camps with their respective corps, states a paragraph in this, week's Gazette.. ,

A request for a black swan from the Zoo to be. sent, to Hntprua was before tho City Council-last''night, The Tow" Clerk, . explained ■ that the writers, the Tourist. Department, bad, beeir advis.ed that the request was granted.

By: Gazette notice following on a requisition, it is, declared that the closing,hours of all shops in tJie Ohakuno Town District, shall be as follow:--Moiulays, Tuesdays, -Wednesdays," and Fridays,-at 6 p.m.; Thursdays. 1 p,m, j Saturdays, IMS. p.m.

.The Minister for Labour notifies, tuatin accordance with a requisition the closing hours for grocers' shops, in. tho borough of Putpna r'j-pm May'iii will, bo, a.s folk>iV;-j-Monday, Tuesday, 'Thursday, and Friday .at 6 p.m..; .Wednesday.at ,1 p.;nj.; and Saturday at 9 p.m.'' ■. ■ ' ' ,'. ' i.,

. '-'It ■ is■' • a . most remarkable thing how, the ■ cost of living'seems to go" up as the Arbitration Cqurt goes round," sa,id Mr. Justice Sim at Gisborno during a sitting of tha Court, "Everywhere tho Court sita they tell us that that is the dearest placp ill tho Doi minion in whioh to live,!* -.' ;■■

Tho need Of efficient control of vehicular traffic has long been felt in certain parts of the city. With a view; tq, spm,o, action, beingtaken in. the' matter, tho'' Tramways' Employees' Association havo. written to the City iCbuncil. '■ It, was .mentioned by the Town iClerk at' last night's meeting of the '.''City Council thai; the communication would conn! [up for consideration at" tho' next meeting oi, tho Tramways Committee.

I Interviewed at Eltetahuna regarding the ikelihood of tho Primo, Minister attending the Imperial Conference, the Hon, A.. W, Hogg said .(reports a Press Association telegram) that, ho considered Sir Joseph Ward ■should represent New Zealand, and Parliament should meet and pass supplies, and tticu allow Sir Joseph to go; Other matters of importance could bo held over ..by arrangement, , <.-

lit Was stated at last; night's meeting of tfco City Council that a l communication had bion rocoh'ed from tho'Miramar Council with regard to the proposal to c'ohneot the Sliragas reticulation with the .city works. The. matter had, it was explained, been refoired to the Gas Committee, and a letter -h.a3 boon sent to the Primo Minister asking hin to receive, a deputation from the council (on the subject.

' other applications received by $ie Oiij Odunoil during the past fortnight was onejfortlio managership of the cromatoriunij 'whijh will bo roadj for use in two months', itmi. . Mention was mado of 4ho_ fact at last nigljt'a meeting of the City Qoiiiicil. A, councillor: "I thing that the application should bp referred to the committee." Another cpuncilloij' "Which committee will have control of tho. nstitution ?" "Abattoirs," replied a third councillor, amidst laughter. Consideration of th» application was deferred in the meantime.; ■, ■''■'

The, novelty of _ being abjc, to b«y choap meat a* auction is ' attracting largo, orowdo evory imoriiin'g to' the fruit Markets- in Blair §treot. botclkeepei'£, heads of families, and housewives all vie with one another to Becuro the meat that is; offered for sale by tho . auctioneer. At yesterday's auction fillet steak was sold for sd.j and rump steak for 4d.'; legs of mutton.'ifrom 3d,. to.3Jd. lb.; sirloin of beef, from ljj, to BJd, per lb,; forequartcrs, Id. to 2d. plrUb. ' . *" I ■' r • According to regulations under the Animals Promotion Act published in last night's Gazette, \ person authorised to issuo, licenses, to 101 l dter must issue to cadi licensee a number o metal labels or tags equal to tho number o) d,oer the licensee is authorised to kill. Tho]iags are to be numbered, and must bear the rame.of the licensee and the acclimatisation district to which the license applies, One'of; these tags must bo affixed to tho head ol each deer Killed by the licensee. Any police officer, or officer of,a duly registered Kclimatisatipn, society is authorised to seife and detain any Peer's head which is not duly labelled, Taxidermists are required books in which to enter particulars rf all deer heads that cpme into their possesson. According fa : the latest English papers arrangements being made for a celebration in Hampitead Parish Church, as well as at Lichfield Cathedral, of the centenary of George Augustus Solwyn, first .Bishop of New Zealand and afterwards pishop 'of Lichfiold, who! was born in Church How, Hampstead, odApril 5, 1809, and baptised in the parish church on July 7 of the same year. His fattyr was William Sehvyn, Q.C., who was "tlio jnsti-uctor of Prince Albert, the Prince Conart, in the constitution and laws of his adopted country."' The future Bishop was oduclted at Ealing, Eton, and St. John's College, Cambridge. Two of his friends at Eton-were William Ewart' Gladstone and Bisho) Harold Browne. In the first Oxford ami Cambridge boat race, in 1829 George Aulustus Selwyn pulled the seventh oar in thdCambridgc boat. There is a long and interesting account of the Bishop's careor ft "The Treasury." Tie precise form of tW centenary celebration has not yet been fixed), but it is announced thai the Bishop of B.rnmgham will visit Hanip •it-h h°LW' n doliver ** addroßS '. ""» f n-i M o ° pla 3'» Immanent memorial, of Bishop Solwyn in the parish church. There aro two elehents; in tea—theine and Unnin; theine has tie stimulating effe'cls for which we alone drjii tea. Tannin "produces dyspepsia, and is, therefore, injurious to the system. The percentile of ihoine iu teas varies, arid tho vayiaion is: according to the quality. Iheino is th| attract from the leaf. \i|id pure tea must oolsist wholly of leaf ami little or nothing of fiWc and'-dust. Crescent Blond Tea is all leafi'ilis exquisite in flavour, rich, n|i<) nf full streMth, Crescent Tea cam tiffta; the ty&k& All trooors, at 2*. par lb. '

A deputation of those interested in the City Council's strcet-wideninc proposals in Willis Street will wa.it on the Mayor,(Dr. A. K. Newman) to-day.

Last night it .was resolved at the City Council that tho matter of the proposed hospital for infectious diseases be referred to tho council's representatives on tho, Wellington District Hospital Board.

In reply to Councillor Devino, the Mayor stated at last night's meeting of .the City Council that a small drinking fountain is to ■ho iToctcd in place of Martin's Fountain, which was removed to Oriental Bay.

Tho Tramway nml Power Stations Committeo of tho City Council arc considering the practicability of tho corporation's undertaking its own tramway ncoidont insurance risks, both with respect to tho public and to tho omployces.

Tho Abattoirs, Milk Supply, and Public Wealth Committee, of tho City Council, ex pect to be able to report'to the next meeting of tho council, on tho Bill to give tho council powor to carry out tho milk-supply proposals.

In order to deaj v ; a~e cf tho lowlying area at the nil ' i Brightman Street, Trent Street, r Queen's Drive, Island Bay, the City B .or recommended the City Council last nijfht to erect a small septic tank, and thus avoid pumping into tho outfall sower (as was originally intended), on account of the excessive cost, involved for such a limited area, /

Two petitions, from residents of, Rosoneath, Hataitai, and Upper Hawker and Shannon Streets, asking for a high-pressure water-supply lor their district, and a petition from residents of Antico Street; Sutherland Road, and adjoining districts, re the need for water-supply 'in that locality, have been referred to tlic City Engineer for a report.

Attention was drawn by Councillor Luke, at last night's meeting of tho City Council, to the -practice of-, advertising-(in connection with Sunday concerts), that a certain sum is oxpectcd to be giyen for each part of the hall, t/pon his suggestion, it was decided that the Finance Committee' should bring down a report on tho subject «t next lnectJ M K-.

The Recess Library Committee of the General Assembly Library has informed tho. Libraries Oomraitteo of tho City Coiyicilthat it cannot see its Way to accede to tho. request of the council to havo the Assembly Library open every cvening'to the public for reforehoa purposes. At last night s meeting of tho council, dissatisfaotipn was expressed by Councillor Fletcher that these books should bo kept lookpd up front the public.

The conditipn of the cab stand near the Bank of New Zealand was referred to-at last night's meeting of the City Counpil,by Councillor Cohen. Thoro was, ho .sajd, always a lot of rubbish in the locality ''And it smells," ho added, "like a stablo—in'fact, worso than many stables," The Mayer, in reply, mentioned that'the Engineer,•_in the course of his report in connection with the estimates, had' recommended that. £100 bo : set asido for blocking the oab stand in question. -He would request that the work be dono. as soon as possible. ? ' " ■

.W'ith regard to :the'raa,uagement and coUtlitioh of the Zoological Gardens, it was.reported to thp City Council lftst night, : by the lloserycs ComiuUtce, that a report had been received'by it'on'the subject from Mr. Vv.G, Quiunell, M.It.C.V.S. The committee further mentioned it was obtaining a report frpm the:superintendent of the./op in reply to the- statementsiContajiiod in Mr. (juinnell's report, an.d that a full repert would be submitted.'. to the ne\t meeting, lteforriug to tlie matter, Councillor Luke stated t|iat the committee .was ; npt ■ satisfied with thp way matter?: were going .on at tho Zoo. Whilßt it wanted to.torminato -the unsatisfactory state of affairs that was in existence,'it : also wished., to dp justice'to ..tho pllicer vho had ohargo of the partionlnr work iii question,

' Mr. Donald Macdoiiald, writing- in: Mel: bourne, expresses tho-opiniou'tbatiMr. Aiexandor Mawlpnald, wpll-knpwn 'as a "writer of books for boys,' ."may .be .tho• neJit 'jpan. tb hiakp a 1 dash for tho South Pole on Shapkletpnls ol^l. : roiito frpm Now Zealand.'' • Mr. Alexander Macdonald, who loft for England with Lieutenant Shackleton, was "on. the Klbmliko"iii thp parly days with Jack London. The dog-team of which Jack London writos in his "Call of tlio Wild" and "White Fang" we're their qiyn dogs, In thosp early davs Canada and: the United .States both cohtrol of the Klondike. One timp a party, of 'American cowboys camo Up without'authority to enforco their claim. There ,was a fight:. |A sergeant-major of tho Canadian: forces )ed tlie Britishers, and .thoVoowboys, who had demanded that the Union Jack slioiild'bo'hauled, down, were driven .off, Mr. Macdonald has a memento of this brisk little unrecorded fight in the form of a bullpt in his foot. I'Tlioy. couldn't have got tho flag down in any case," he told a friend, "boeauso it stiff." , , It is fairly well-known that the reason Pejorus Jack mepts almost every vessel which goes thrpuch theV French Pass is tht\t ho may rub off some -of'the sea parasites ,whioh usually infpet nil large fish, and-which evontuaMy oaiisp death, It is possible that Jack has tho fragment pf an idea that every vpssel hp can brush his silver side against will put years on to his,lifb, and. from' the mannerin 'which ho awihis, and snorts, and gam-, bolsbythp bows of tho vessels in the Pass, it appears that his self-constituted position as. pilot is an immenslj. dplight to him. The pther day, when hewa'vguiding the To thrttugh the 'channel, gave suc}i an extraordinary display, that a Maori, who. had been an interestocl Spectator ijf' tho scene, riished below for a glass of beer, which ho offered as a libation to-the sportive grampus. Passengers do not state, positively that'"Jack" assuaged his thirst, but \hey declare that afterwards, when he loft top vessel, ho ap ; peared to wave, a fin with the jocular benovo loiico which otherwise \vpuld\not have bee: demonstrated had ho been a fish possessed c real teetotal principles. .'. \ ' ."Would it bo asking too much of thp.Cr Council to' provido a series of 'free organ i citals, to.be given in thp Tplrn Hall ; Sunday' evenings', from 8.80 to, 9.3(), . s cr(ce a fortnight, or every fpur\ weeks vrptp'Mr. W. A. Alexander to\tho C: Counoil last night. • Thp writer wont to say that he thought the. general put V buU(- appreciate such on imunation, sn it would give many people, who could i altend on week-nights, an opportunity hearing such a lino instrument. that m, Maughan Barnctt's time might ready bo fully occupied, was not consider by : him' a bar to.giving the proposal a tn.s..q Would it bo necessary for' Mr. Maugh>n ] Barnott to presidp at tho wholo , of the Heriosl' he asked. Ho ventured the opin.jiv that Mr. Maughan Barnett might be ablp.j to arrange with his collengno to.presido in turn during the series. It was added that ■,i collection might bo taken up at tho door for some charitable object, suoh as tho Hospital, Benevolent IpstitutlPU,' Mother Aubert's Home, Nursing Sick Sooiety, etc. It Was moved that tho matter, should bo referred tq the Finanop Committee, .Amid •cho ohprus of "Ayes" which ensued, could lie heard from more than one quarter the snggcstiqn, "For thejr favourable considera-, t.ion." ■; ■ •'-.-. Further inquiry on the siibjcpt of tlio ilivalidity, or stbprwise, of tho election of officers which was held by the members of tho Dominion Scouts on Wednesday evening have elicited the fact that Clause 77, which \yas quoted in a note to our report of the proceedings, was, unknown to a grea.t many g?pplo, amended last session, when tho New ealand statutes wore consolidated, and that the clause, as inakos valid an election at whiph anomppr is returned "by not less than two-thirds of sucb enrolled members of the corps as are present at tlio meeting." On this ground, tho election which tlie Dominion Scouts he|d is thoroforo quite ynlid. In the poiirsp of a conyprsation with Major T. W. M'Dona.ld, Assistant Adjutant-General, oh this point, s representative of This Dominion was informed that considerable misspprchonsion existed, cveu in the minds of highly-placed officers, as to tho actual forco of this narticnl.ir regulation. Askbd as to tho reason for the amendment, Major M'Donald stated that jt had bfe'n fpnnd that men had purposely alispntcd tbepiselves f|-pm an elcotmn meeting iijordor to ebsfnict thp annnjntnipht Pf an plficer, to Ule extent Hint" flip necessary twothirds attendance'had been impossible. Tlio apipiidinerit was in the best interests of thp .volunteer campaaioj. ,'-. I

According to Councillor Trevor, horses are frequently oxerciswl in Kent Terrace. At last night's meeting of the City Council ho inquired whether the area had been.let for the purpose which ho had .mentioned. In reply, the Mayor staged that a report would bo obtained on tho subject.

It was decided by tho City Council last night to- make- a charge of •£! per week on tho builder using tho land at the cornor of Mercer and Willis Streets for hoarding and offico purposes. Tho hoardings and Office are partly on private property and partly on a strip acquired by the corporation for street widening.

Detectives Cameron and Abbott a man yesterday on three soparatc charges:— (1) Of stealing harness valued at £3 10s., tho property of David Barrio j (2) stealing harness' and a cart valued at £4 10s., tho property of F. AY, Scott; and (3) stealing-three boxes of grapes and a cart cover valued at £1 10s., tho property of John Withers,

The Minister for Public Works (Hon.,R. M'Kenzio) told a reporter yesterday that ho was yery Well satisfied,with the prospects of tho railway lines now under construction, Tho Government did not intend to curtail expenditure on railway construction. Railways and roads .must bo mado to open up vast tracts of good country now awaiting settlement, ,••.'■•'

Tho question of giving a name to one of, the city's parks was mentioned by Councillor Fletcher at last night's meoting of the City Council. Ho remarked that tho Duppa Street grounds were npw in use, hut they were not named. They wero not in Duppa Street, and: tho latter designation was misleading. Ho suggested the names of Ballingor Park, Luke Park, Newman Park, or Hislop Park. Tha matter was not formally considered.

;Roferenco was madoat last night's meet, ing oftho City Council to tho state of th« district electors' roll. Thd Finance and Property Committee recommended that tho Town Clerk's report on tho proposal to purgo thfl roll be adopted, Councillor M'Laren thought that.the names of a]l voters—ratepayers as well as rosidcntials—who did flpt exercise their privilege should bo struck off tho roll. "The only way to get ovor the difficulty," remarked Councillor Fletcher, "is, to adopt the Parliamentary roll." It Ayas agreed to adopt tho Town Clerk's suggestion. '