LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 542, 24 June 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

„ M r - Cecil Andrews, ; Inspcctor-Gcnoral of Schools for Western Australia, will shortly visit Now. Zealand in order, to study,.tho .education syftom "of. the Dominion, with special reference to;.the relationship of primary, to secondary, eduwttion. ' In Western Australia," there 'is a distihot'.gap botween these two phases of the education of the citizen. In New Zealand the "free ulaoo" : system has established a continuity of cducation which it' is possible. to' follow right i£to the: University. ■ • Anglican Diocesan Synod, which meets in Wellington next' month, 'will bo asked to receive a deputation seeking its co-oporatt'on m a protest against: tho granting of liquor licousos m the King Country. " /The process of purging the municipal roll is nearing completion, over' 6000 notices haybeen sent out to date. It jb anticipated that tin© end of another week will soo ' tho last of tbc notices dispatched. ,'r ; The contractor for the .now crematorium is expected to finish hiß work in less, than' two -weeks, but no date, has been; fixed for too opening of the . crematorium.' The building is ; being roofed'at present, and the furnace built in. . r ; ■ , . The total, amount contributed by' Neiv Zealand in support of the bread fund for distressed workers in the Old Country' is said to be nearly £3000. Dunodin alono was responsible for'£2ooo, of the total of which over. £1800 was collected 1 by -the southern Trades Council. • " ■ . .Notico to move as under at tho''meeting or tneXjity Council has been givon by Councillor Luke:—"That the resolution of the council, adopted on June 2, refusing. liermissipn_to tho Lacrosse Association to charge for .admittance to the Basin Reserve ' on' the occasion'of'an Auckland-Wellington match, bo rescinded." . ■ Recovering rates from citizens this year is likened, b,v those entrusted with tho task; to drawing blood from a stone. Outstanding monoys.are being got in'slowly,: but Court proceedings havo had to bo taken in a number of cases; Moresummonses havo been issued so _ far this, year than during tho whole of the preceding .twolyo months. . The improvements at To Aro Baths' are not being .-.pushed on at present, but it is not. anticipated that there, will'bo any difficulty in getting of tlie work done well' before the" swimming season commonces. 1 A - S ii ■tji raa "° presently with the work ' of building tho additional dressing sheds, and when tlioso have been erected tho only Work to bo ,dono, will be smallor fittings inside the bath. ■■■-.?. \ Objections from residents of Kilbirnio, in.. referenoo to tho route of tho sewerage-drain, will bo hoard at next week's meeting of tho City Council. When this matter is sottled, tho sowerago work in Kilbirnio will bo actively proceeded with. The work, which will improve the whole of tho lower part of the suburb, and give a complete system -of soweiaTO, is to be dono out, of loan money,' par 1 of tho Melrose droin&go loan. •

t ¥*' J?. Eogg, M.P.,. <ax-Miniitor for Labour and Roads and Bridges. ; will stato his position and the grounds of his retirement from the Ministry at a public meeting to be held 1 in the Town Hall tin's evening. Tho arrest was effected yesterfay by Detectives Abbot and Cameron of a man who is charged with stealing lead tb tho valno of e. tr t on l, an unoc cnpied buildina in.Mount street, tho property of Frank Hodgson. In tho notice of the 'Wellington Choral Society's conocrt at the Town Hall on Tuesday wf h\ P r mo / H ' , H ' Toml »> ,i - r dionld hove been inserted as loader orchestra. The concert programme did not make that clear i. A former resident of Christchurch, who is charged with wife desertion, . was brought over from Sydney yesterday, by Detective Aawent to Australia to bring back entering minSWay ' charged with breaking and A membor'of ,thj). West' Maitland (New South _\\ al«3) police'force, Constable Chinncr arrived from Sydney yesterday to take chargo or two men who are "wanted'" on the other side. Olio is ; chargcd. with making a false declaration to tho registrar, and the other with.wife desertion. . ■. The Trades and Labour Council lias from time to timo discussed tho advisahleness- of building a .hall of its own, but tho trouble Has invariably been the procuring of a suitable, site. It is stated, that tho council , has received, an olFor of a piece of land in Taranaki l lace, and the offer is now being considered by.,a committee of tho council. Although tho appeal from the Broken Hill miners reached New Zealand after the late strike nag settled/ tho Wellington' l labour unions, reoognising that money would: still' bo required to cover expenses incurred in connection withtho-; strike; havo,responded to the appeal, by contributing, upwards of ■ £70 to, date. In addition to this sum the northern miners', unions and the West Coast miners have also contributed,. ' Asked yesterday by a , representative of The Dominion- as to whether,he had any* — . the memorandum -forwarded to. tho City Council in reference to the abattoir loan by tho ox-Mayor. -the'-Hon:. j Hwlop, Dr. Newman repliea: "I have made my statement, and I.re-affirm the accuracy of andabsolutely."- .The Mayor, added that he would, rest on his statement and. at an early'date , the Govern-" ment-auditor would,:- as usual, - ' investigate tho city accounts. , r Howas quite satisfied to let tho matter drop-until then. y Tho revised international telegraph' regulations come, into •: force. : on July A address of a telegram' 'is en-; I titled to pass; as plain language in .the text I well . as in ' the. address;. I Alio CH .are' to be counted as two [characters. in . artificial 'and, cypher/ but as ! °? e i VI n language'. - Groups ; of figures or' ! or letters, or. commercial marks-composed of [ figures and letters,-are- counted at;five figures or letters to the word.' These commercial. marks are agreed to .be; in plairi language.- A 'combination of- figures and letters having secret; meaning, 'is notallowed to pass at five characters to tho word./. Beginning* on Monday next, the Labour Department intends, to : about teh- men every week to bushfelling in the Nelson distnct.. .About 50 will go to tho Rangitotau Block, near Waitotarn, hokt week,.'and more later on. Tho Stratford-Oiisarue Rail-.way-works will also absorb a few of tho unemployed next week. About 100 of tho Can! torburv, unemployed will be sent to the Midland Railway works in batches to meet. r<v qiiirements. , A feature of ■: all - works ' arranged by tho Labour Department i 8 that married men must sigh in .advance a " halfpay order'/ authorising;half their;wages to be sent direct to their wives,'. : ■

v Arrangement aro in train for the presentation of the prizes won in the; Industrial Association s school - essay competition ■■■ held dunng jndustnes. Week., The Minister for iJiditcatibn has been , asked., to mako the presentatioris;"'but no roply" lias yet been'., received from him. His Worship tho Mayor-is also-,being asked to be present. Since the list of prizewinners was published, essays have boon received as under: —Herbert Freeman, -Thorndon : -Training School; '"Tho Timber Industry,!' '.Mavis Castle, - Isewtown,' - Reasons wily local industries should be sup- !^ t,wi ''.' and T,nico E - Mant, Lower Hutt, The Woolly Industry."' ;.<<

i vAf od' political, joke, was revived by MK J, ( S. Barton, m toasting "Parliament" at'the - aoco\intant;studeiits' dinner, last "night He -2?, ■■ % of tl'o Washers .and Manglers [• , I .'eh was devised ds : a skit on labour ' legislation .by Mr. Buckland, M.11.R., K 1 long ago as 183?,, and in : which tho sori rices of Registrars. of Brands,' tho Regisi trars of Magistrates'. Courts, the Auditori general, the; Minister tor Public Works, and the- Minister for Labour, .wero called in to sco.that oveo'bodVV; weekly wash was, pro- ■ : Bill.passed its first reading, ■ butite further progress was -blocked ,by .the .. bpeaker on tho:ground that it.was frivolous. I ; , Speaking at tho Accountant Students' dinner last night, Mr. H. F; von Haast hunior- .. ously observed that he felt like a. trial bal-ance-sheet, and beforo a meeting of auditors, ■tio: hoped ho would balancb'voorroctly • although the hour; was late.', ' If anybody came m at, the .door, he would try not'to tiiink it was a ease of double entry and ho Eoped he would reach lionio without being carried down to a suspense : Account. • Afterwards, ■: become ing. serious, Mr. von ■ Haast remarked that tlio ..regularity of tho -book-keeping methods pursued/ daily by accountants made for re-, gularity of lifo, and . helped to prepare them to: go- before the ;Great Auditor.': :.:: C T '4.' big , ta .° gi , ? 3 just" how'.at/tho Native township oF Waahi, .: near.' Huntly ( sa^ s tho Auckland ''Star"),, ovor tho romains_ of, a girl twelve years old, the daugli- ■■ tor' of ' Itipi, a son of King Mahuta. The , cause of death is not known, no inquest .having been held,- and no medical,man.being in . attendance.. 'Last''week : lvorena lost'hia son Gray, a smart boy of'ten, who succumbed to. luiig ■ trouble; The "Star's" Huntly correspondent says'that for tho health and safety of the Native race jt is time that some form of inquest, or medical examination was instituted, as any epidemic might decimate the hapti bofore it was thought'necessary to try remedial measures, or make an effort to stop its ravages. . ' ' . . ." The 1 annual meeting of the .. Thonidon Bowliiig Club, held at the pavilion last evening, was attended by. a 'record number.' of. members,, there, being sixty' present.'Mr. J.. . C. M'Kerrow, president .of . tlie club, Was in : tho chair. ~lhe annual report and slieet were adopted, and tlio following officers elected Directors, Messrsi R. J. .Collins, W. F. Barraiid, G. T, Jlasoa, G, E. ; Leighton, 'A. Macintosh; W. Wiggins, juu., and J.- T. Kjng j secretary, Mr;. S. Clarke; treasurer,: Mr. C. H. Milford: auditor, Mr. C: E. Chitty; delegate to tlio Northern ■ Bowling Association, Mr. J. C. M'Kerrow (re-elected); delegates to the AVellington Bowliiig Centre Mossrs. G. E. Leighton arid J. t! : King! Votes of thanks were accorded to tho retiring dirajtors, and tho .caretaker (Mi 1 . Watts). • The, Hon. C. J.- Johnston, New- Zealand Consul-General for Belgium, has been advised that the King of, the Belgians has offered a pnze: of £1000 for the best work, Belgian or foreign, written or fully published on or after March 1, '1907, doaling with thb progress of aerial, navigation, and the most•efiicacious means of promoting"the'said progress. Tho works will liavo to lie.transmitted to the Minister of Sciences and Arts in Brus ,sels (Belgium), before' March 1, 1911. 5W ■niay bo written: or. printed in .English. A •jury of seven members, comprising, threo Belgians,and four foreign raombo'rs of different nationalities, will docido whether am'oncst the works submitted to thorn, any ono deserves tho prize to tho exclusion of' tho others, and, if so, which'ohe. — T one so/ ling- familiar with Land Values, oa, Mr. Gardner, of Palmerston North; who'is also well knoirn to tho Can" ■talists of \\ollinpton, should bo .of great valun to Investors,. Lenlinp Institutions,-• and- anv Olio who wajits to avoid mistakes in. the uiir Chase Of .land." Tel. M 5. Palm. North.-Advtl There aro two olementa In tea-tnelno and tannin; thcino has the stimulatinc ofFects for which wo alono drink tea.: Tannin produces iljspcpsia. - and is,, therefore, injurious to tho eystom, . Tlio of thsino in teas: varies, and tho variation is necorditic to'-tlie Ouality; Iheino is the attract from tho leaf and pure tea lmtst consist- wholly of. leaf and little or nothing Of fibre and dust. Crescent Blend Tea is all leaf j it is exquisite in flavour rich, and .of full streiißth. Crcseent Tea captivates tho palato. All grocers, at 2s per lb.

received locally that Mr. ' Alfred Hill s opera, ' A Moorish Maid." is ta bo produocd in liopdon in October. At fclio Mount Cook PrJico Court yesterday morning, before Mr. Thomas Bland, J.P., two nrst offenders for drunkenness' were each fined 55., in default 24 hours' imprisonment. "Itow manypeople li.ivo ycu married P" asked counsel m crous-oxainination at tho Magistrate.s ( Court yesterday. "Approxi-* mately, interjected his / Worship. The witnoss was Registrar of Marriages, and .had, ? : : P° rf ormod the nuptial ritca for about' 450 persons. -• •: • . ■ , A condition of. serious depression at present exists in Capo: Town," said Sir; Wilnam Stoward to ono of our representatives yesterday,. "Property is quite unsaleable, while vacant bousce are very numerous I suppose it is tlio aftermath of tho boom' in ' couth Afrjca, and may bo simply the natunll 'things?' ° WD 40 * nonnal " condition of At the congress held at Borne in, 1900, to celobrato the twenty-fifth'anniversary of tho > SSK?"* Union/at wnicli .Now Zealand: was represented by . the V I }°® vos High Commissioner), it.was decided to erect a.monument at Berne. Refoundation of the union. In 1903 the Swiss Federal Council oponed a competition, inviting designs for a monument wZrt'"t. T° than 170,000 francs (about : imU t u e 'T l '? "PPO'nted by. the council to judge the designs, selected > that \>f M. lleno de -St. -Marceaux, sculptor,, of Pari®. 6 f ,? "Pjrted oh the successful desicn atl follows:— It 18. a work of great talent winch strikes one by its originahty and tho ' happy equilibrium of its proportions. It is a living work, at onco bold and well balancod ' T° e t ex P^ s /f •* a happy maaner and without^ falling infco ; ,the oommonplaco, tho idea, of: the. institution, which is its object ..to glorify." Tho; Swiss Federal Uiuncil .has now. announced tho approaching oompletion of tiio monument, and vnvited the ttovomments forming tho union to be renre- < sen ted at tho unveiling corcmony, Which'will take place probably ducing September of. thia year. It is intended that New Zealand shrU] ho roprcsouted on tlio occasion bv tbo Hon. Wm. Hall-Jones, High Commissioner, . ■>'