LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 517, 26 May 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i A. tencW has been accepted for the erection , ,of the he* Auckland Post Office. The amount ts over £90,000. Sir Joseph Ward entertained the members of the Timber Commission at luncheon at his residence yesterdayr ' A sitting of the Assessment Oourt for theJohhsonVille town district will bo hold by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court at 2.15 p.m. on Juno 4, The-postal authorities advise that the Manuka,, which loft Sydney on Saturday for .., "Olungtori, has oh board ah Australian mail, which due hero this morning. -. • - - On, Friday next. Mr. Justico Sim will hear tllo civil action, Hiehai'd, J: Grimmclt versus, H. H. Knight ahd' others, a claim for £452 13b. for work alleged to have been done. Ah effort will now' bo made to cOmpleto the taking of evidence before the Timber Com' mission as early as possibjo, and it is likely . that With this object the commission will' sit in the evening.:', It is expected .that the-City Council's.es* timates and expenditure for the coming year • "arid tjie rates required, to bo .struck will bo i decided l upon at the' next meeting of ■ the , council.. '■ '•' .:.■■', '■■' ,;\'- ■■'..'■'• "You moil won't come undor the terms of the law, and then you squeal; when you aro ~ punished,"—Dn : M'Arthur, S,M.j, comment-' ing on the. failure of employers to give rio* 1 ticO'.to defend in cases of enforcement of .' awards, - , - ■".'■ - Tho two shelter sheds for tramway paß* i sengers, which are being erected bv the City Council at the G.P.O. and ,the Governs ment Station, will prove of prc.it ■ cohveni- • ence to waiting passengers. Their erection is to be commenced:at once. V ' " •' Ah application to joth certain parties to the Wellington Building Trades' Labourers! , Award .was oppbSed in the Arbitration Court , yesterday:on behalf of some of the-ironmas-ters.: Tho grounds of opposition willbe'laid befc-ro tho Court by Mr. H. P. Allen-, this i morning.: . '■:.'■•' '~; . ' . 1 '.'How many houses in Wellington, had -a ~ porcelain bath 20 years ; ago P . Everj l ■■■■ now house has to have one how," said Mr. F.'do t J. Clero to the Timber Commission yesterday; Mr. Morris:,■'•'Then.'you think we're getting " more and more luxurious?"' Witness: "tindoubtedly." "-., ■ ■ ■'/':...,';/</,. ' .- Mr,.H. i :DVAiieh, v eeorotary.of the Wellington Industrial' Association, has received a letter, from; the secretary of. the Palmerston ■ ;North' Chamber of Commerce informing him of thoir decision to hojd an "Industries Week'- exhibition in. conjunction with ' tho 1 A. and P. Show,,next month,'.and asking for information,-in; connection with tho Weflirigton exhibition. Mr, Alleh has replied, giving the ,:.required, information,: and sent samples of ,tho-cards, etc^- brought, into use. Putting' the cart before the. horse is-not altogether an 'unknown procedure, and srttrie- ■ thing of this :kind'-was doho at tho S.AI, CoUrt yesterday' by learned counsel; who' was objecting' strenuously to tho adjournment, of; ,a.certain case. The matter at issue Was a debt for dolllte up, a caft, and- counsel ad- :. dressed : thfl Court tliusK'': .."Yoilr•• Worship, ' this debt was: foiUra<!ted 4 in'.tUhiing''a-rioW cart into an absolutely old oho."' ■■ ;Tli«s Court taw tho "bull" immediately, but counsel was slow in grasping the position. ",V . The: Board: of Trustees of .the Benevolent . Institution, met yesterday, 1 , there being present: Mr.; John Smith' ; (chairman),".; Miss' Richmond, Messrs. H. Wi Short, H.' Cook, , and \tho'ilt.ev.VW; A. Kvaris.v There Was . hotllihg material before tho board,-the business, which-was Jighti being entirely concerned.''with, routine matter's.: Tho seero»ary,;repoftedi that affairs at i.'tha ■■ Ohiro Homo wore satisfactory, there b'eiiig at-pro* sent under his care a total of 11G inmates') 86 males,.ahd 80 females,, Sksveral applications for.roliof.'were dealt *ithi ,; '.In, rioting the ; characters in -some of the performances ; given' by the', old • Wellington Amateur Dramatic; Society", in yesterday's Issue, ,'tho-i .reference' became humorously " miieeds.-jf.U'-tio jiar.ts : set': opposjte.tliOy names bf'.Messrs. H. C. Nicholls. and j. : Til:'Clark were .assumed by those' gentlemen. In. , a- performance bf; Henry IV, givoir in' support 'of '•Mr;-. Arthur Streteliloy,.'a gentleman ■hot;.then dthktiotvn/tq the .World of;letters,, . ahd who'gavo, a, very (if I'alstaif, which character he. Vas admirably fitted to play.physically. It was, of courio, in "UicKe|io.«":that the late. Mr. Lyoh did ■«o well lis; Brother Joseph. '•.;.'.-'■.' • The thoroughness 1 of union officials deserves to become'proverbial, Application was made te theArbitratiqn'Court yesterday that alnari tlescribed as a saddler and house agent, atPetono, should be joined as a party to the . painters'"award," oh .tho-ground that'ho employed painters b6tli by; day (labour and contract; liiopposiiig the application, tho man denied that he V.-as a public house-assent, but stated that 'during- the last two. m'ohths' ho lint) been looking after a few Jiouses for some .rolativeS|;atld:bo had employed, painters- on thosp. houses. iThe Court stated that the man would bo, bound automatically by the award, whenever he employed pniiiters,. and that thero was iioneed tejoiu him as'a party.'' ' : ~A witne'ss.'at.-tho llmlter. Commission yesterday turned the tables, on one; of his examiners, "Do you, as a sawmillerj mean to tell me,",asked Mr. Humphries,;n Wellington builder, addressing'Mr, ..W. Morris, of Greymout-h, "that the 0.8.- rimu supplied today is' Osgood as that of 'years ago?" "Yes," replied "it's cut out of tho samo class octrees,-crowing hon'r tho same places." . "It's noMisti. telling me-that," retorted tho. .witness;-. A'hioro peaceable, fcclinj; soon camo' over him, and lie admitted, "Sawmillers have a. groat deal:fa pUt.up- witll.V'.' "So.they have," isaid-''.Mr.'_';M<irris feelingly'; ."tliey have te Carry their own sins and "other people's too," ■■.-•■'.,.' '■••;.. -.., --i. . ■,'■ About midday yesterdayV'huiulrods of people were to-be observed gazing sltvward, just in front of ,t|io Town: Hall. "■ The reason of tins unusual interest in the top of the ball was soon in the spectacle of a man risking life and limbj between.2ooft. and 300 ft. , above the street, in an endeavour to replace the halyards- to tho-Town Hii!l flag-pjio, , concerning Which comment'has been made owing to ..the..failure to have the flag flying oil linipil'e .t)ay. The rope had given way. jind.;it .was decided -te: replace it with steel wire. - Tho operation'was performed by Mr, I. W.: Leslie.; custodian tif the building,"* -id Mr. Williamson,,'.a jiipmhcr. of tho Fire Ungade, the latter undertaking' ,the perilous climb Ho prccceded to the top of. the polo which'is at■ least-n couple of I'cet iii ihidc- . uoss, assisted by- a i-opn. round'lll's bodV' Ilia slow pi-ogriss (it took him about> aii' hour) was ii;ntclle-J by a sea of upturned faces, tearing an accident,- : .lmt'ho progressed steadily, and at length reached tho suriimit and put the wire,through'the a'perturej" ',« idea of,the difficulty: to be overcome by the climber may bo gained from the fact that his socks were worn completely through hv the -pressure on tho .flag-pole. parades'! were advorßolv criticised by Professor Eastorfield. last evening, when speaking at the'meeting of students held in connection •vith'.tlio formation of on officers training corps at Viotbria College Ho caid that pandes cf vhat 'description had bcei discussed and -condemned' bv the members of tho professorial board when the N broader, question of military training - bointi: c6J,iitlored. He hoped that the Officers..Training Corps would not bo ordered to participate m parades at " agricultural shows and other similar foolcj-v." Colonel Robin, who was present, questioned that parages of the kinddescribed by Professor Kistei-hcW had over br-ou held. "If His Jlbval Highness the Prince of Wales visited Wellington," he .said, "vould a panulo ,'„ his honour bo described as foolery»" -'He added that lie had every confidenco' in the loyalty-of the students, and that-they would on- appropriate occasions, ohiw orders Pro-fessor-Easterfield.reitor'ated-liis opinion that the students should bo relieved of "show" pirades.; "We want them,to work as Imrd at their mi itarv training as they do at their degree studies," he-concluded; ; There are. two eteiuents In tea— tueino and l-iiium; theino has the -'stimulating effects for which we alono drihk tea. Tannin produces dyspepsia, aud is, therefore, injurious to the system. 1 fiio percentage of theino in teas varies, and the variation is according to the quality. 'J heme is the attract from tho leaf artd puro tea must consist wholly of leaf aitti nothing of fibre and dust. Crescent ' Blend lea is all leaf; it'is oxquisito in flavour v rjch, and of full strength, v Crcscent Tea capthe palate. All grocers, at 2s; per lb, \' .■'.".',■'' ' r - ; ; ' -'

Monday, May, 31—" Whit Monday "—and June 3, Prin:o O f Walk's Birthday; are bank holidays.- . '.-' ;..•,■.■. .. ~ : ■ The First' Battalion, Welling. P"liV School Cadet J, will parade nt Kelburne- Park to-morrow afternoon,;■-uitutr , u „.«-.•-" lliatl.-'; , V' ■■~.■..'■ - -~'.-. ' : ■■. • i . ■■ The first paradt) of Dominion Scouts took place in tho Alexandra Drill Hall last night,v ■ under .Captain Dalrymple. Rifles and accoutrements ■: weft) served out Iα 36 men, ■ ' ■ ftfemite from. the Assembly wire considered .tit a special meeting of, tho \V«I- ' ' lingtdh Presbytery, hold in St. John's Church yesterday. In tho absence of the moderator (tho Rev. Dr.Gibb), tho Rot. James Paterson presided. >\ . ■.. . A deputation from the Dannevirko. BorV rough Council. and. Chamber of Comirierra .will waitliptiii the' Minister for Railways on a date hot.'yet; fixed, iu'order to show roaso'ns • why: an ■; over-bridge should bo erected at tho- Darinevirko t ßailway Station. For some,Oiiexplnitied reason, the 'dolivor- ' ii.g of tho iPrime ■ Minister's-, extraordinary telegram, calling tho members of Parliament together three' days bofwe i ' tho. dato'of prorogation, was" made .a .'matter of extreme .urgency.', JJetwoeh ihldniglit and 1 a.m. this morning, u city member was aroused,by a loud knocking._■; Hardly belieririg .that- there . could bo a Visitor at such an lioiir, ho had bcßun to.'think that' it must have been a, , dream,' wheli another h'ofco,rat-a-tat altooeb,'; shook the : building.' ■ 'i'ho molnbor ' went downstairs,"opdned'tho'door,vand'was inado ■■.. the rcbipient of tho mossage that appears in 'full, elsewhere in this issuoi..' ■ ■ .. ". A preliminary meeting of assistant masters V of secondary schools will bo held to-day', to: coiisider. prppbsak fot the: organisation, of- a Scotihdary Schools' :Assista'nt Jjasters , Assb- ;.' cidtitm. There'is' in , existence a.Boo i ondary Schools' Headmaster' Association., Mr . Andrews, of-the Napier Boys' High School, is the author , of tho proposal for Uio formation of,tlio junior association, , 'which'..-is,in., tended .to-have.a Now Zealand repMsenta* ■ tion. This question' as to whether ossifetant .masters attached to the staffs of district high \ Softools.'will bo invited to'come in will also Bβ ■ considerbd; .• At prosent they are eligible for. membership in; the 'New Zealand Educational., Institute." :'. ;-.'• ',' • ,-V,'-,' ■',-;".•.'. ■'.■.'•'.■ - ■'■" 'The subjoots of -tramway /extension, and . car shed accommodation wore brouglit up' at" ■: last , night's mooting of tho'Karon BorollgK . Coiincil. CoUhcillOi , . Oathift gaVo notice that 'ho would moVo;at ft special mooting of the ■ council on Juno'9;that the council take immediate steps , to.take a' poll of tho ratopay; ors. to.raise £27,500 for the pVirposo of ■ ,'ex« •-..- tending: the prtsent tramway system from the terminus near the cohiotcry along the. Main Road to.tliojUnctidh.of.tlio.Majn Road with the Souti): Karofi'Road,, sitch sum to bo allo- ■ .witod 'as follows. i-MuOnstru'ction of tramway, - ■ rond-nndeniilgV. supervision and contingencies, £23,280; stdn'o-prushei , , , -; and' appurtenances, •' £2450 j cost of roisihg"' tho . Wan and ' first' . year's interest, .£1770j , total, £27,600. : la.. - connootidiv w ( itli'.t!ib .trdtnways, "Councillor \ Standeii .moved that .the. engineer' prcparo a;.-, report on tlib cost of erecting shed aecomnio«.,, dation, for the Karon Wrs at the. end pf Bell . Roid; .Tlie nioVer.said that.he had gone into; thoqnefttion, and foiiild.tTiat.'a large annual; saving, to" the borongh wonld.be offoctcfl, and ' the city; ho.thought, would benefiti also. Councillor on' tlio difficulty.', to bo mot. by tlio city in providing tlie hebessary car accommodation, and .thought .that.:. - this would■■■ proyo a solution. Councillor. \Voddo considered', that' tho motion should' be \ hold over until tlio poll on the tramway ex- ' tension, was ta}teni; The Mayor'(Mr. ,C. I. jDaeont) concurred with Councillor Wedde Tlio v niotion was oarriedi;-'. : '■•' ' ' '