LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The postal authorities advise that tho 'Manuka, which left Sydney on Saturday for Wellington,? has on bbard an , Australian Imail, which is due here on Wednesday; mornling;' ' ' , : ;' ' : :""- ._':'.!;•';;':"' ■•■ '; : ;.- ;.,The Clan Innes, from. San Francisco, with ]an American mail, arrived hi Auckland' on jSunday. \ The mail,will >each' Wellington hy jthe Main Trunk express this afternoon."'.'. ' I During the course of. his political address I at Fending, on Friday; evening, the ;Attornoy- ■ General (Dr. Findlay)_ will deal further ' With' ': the ; of taxation, and reply to. criticisms on his speech at Timaru.; ..'■.- ■' -. !' The ; Chinese \ Consul , (Mr.'.; Yung-liarig ; Hwang) will be the next lecturer under the |City Council's Library .lecture' scheme.: "The Civilisation'of the .Orient" will bo his subject, and the date will be Monday, August' ;16, ..;.;,: :-y, : -: ::: : : y y .f:-'-j t :■■:,':-: '■: The Palmerstdri '.North Savagei Clubi-is >to :p'ay a fraternal visit to the Wellington Savage Club'on Saturday week. Later on,' the iWellington Savages'- are' to pay' a . visit:..;to' iChristcliuroh. "•'. ■ "•.■■'• .■:,.:''■-' V ■ ' - An invitation:has !: been'extended 'to I .'! the': .Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Agriculture, ■to deliver" am address at;, the •conference .of (delegates from. the. various:: Agricultural and ■Pastoral /Associations/ "which to■'4ay'',' :■';■;';■•■ V ':\';''.. l '-vi-.lui:.i!' ->U ,V;i!S/AV.'i '■-■ >Thc hew TeAro Post Office.,' atitho'corrior .of' Ghuztfee and; Leeds' v Stroets, is hoW almost \ ready iW- occupation: ~ The •op6'nirig' i "isl -e'x'f' ipccted to take place within the : night. A ■ description' 1 ..of ( the.; building;, has, already appeared in thes6'columns.. * : ;.:'".- | \ It is' 'understoodVfhat tho services, of. the Conciliation Commissioner' (Mr. ; P. Hally), have been Requisitioned; on; the West Coast; in\connection with'! th'c''"Sdjustment of .ioiiie between ".■thbjv'mattageniehiflj' and' employees, of tho'",State "'coal-mine. ' ' The engine-drivers and-firemen, are the. workers iafltected! ; Mr. Hally will leave for Grcyinouth' within.the next few.'days.';/ ■■'<' _ '.-'...'.; .... ' 'Mr. F.' Hu'tcbins, 1 vice-president of, tlie Amalgamated .Society of, Railway .Servants, Addressed the'locomotive, men .at.;tbe'Upper, Hutt on' Sunday'; afterriopn, ..and 'made.,-. a ■strong appeal to theni.to"remain loyal to'the other branches, of .the. society.; He ;.spoke for upwards "of an' hour; urging": them not to separate:.; The speaker was accorded a good hearing,; and replied'to a'.large number'of; questions; r He was' accorded a ■ hearty 'vote of.thanks.y. ,; ',; : 'v : '':!. ' .''■■. ".■■'■■..■'■■' • The number of steamers arriving at' Wellington, during July was 283, of a total tonnage of 212,152,; and carrying crews totalling in all '8673. Of the. above arrivals 269 were coastwise and 14 foreign. Only fivo sailing- vessels,'aggregating: 680 tons, , arrived during tho mouth.. The outward-bound steamers numbered 285, of 220.267 Tons; 274' boats:, being coastal and..ll ioreigii'goiug.' The orows of .this-fleet;numbered 8863. 'Ihree sailers, of 257 tons,' alsoftopk their, departure during tlje month'.':' : ~ .- ; •"-■; ,''i ]V ' . The reported gold -find ,at Happy Valley, which/is being worked by a local - syndicate. is< •not showing: the promise.now that/it ,d\d,,a bbuple' ■'. of weeks, ago., The, locality... is.' icing' explored 'thoroughly, -but. the impression is gaining -ground • that the gold found in the first instance;wa's only in one good ; pnteu.i The next report of .the .operations may, settle the syndicate's intentions, ..As. a : result, of .the report the policy will, we. understand,, bo either "go ahead-' or, "allow.the matter to. drop.".'-..";'-.':■".; ';'fi-:. ,: "' '.;:.' -. ■"->! ■■•ivi" •The.game season, both as, regards .ilative and imported game, ended on should, be noted-that, under the Animals, Protection Act, 1908, no' one is", allowed, to : retain: possession of any. gumo for'more;than seven days after the,close of, the It will thus, bo unlawful after next Saturday to keep any game in a freezing chamber with ,i view, to consumption later, oh.' There will | not be another game season' until 1911, as Clause 26 of the: Act provides that th' 6. year 1910, and every.third;ycar thereafter shall bo a close season for, imported game';(other than deer) and.native game. .:■•'-,; :-' * ! ' ; ' Though the weather during the past'lhontlf' has been anything but propitious' for out-door work, good progress', has .been made with the laying of 'the foundations'; for tho licw General Post Office, which is to coyer the Featherston. Street half of the block occupied by; the" General Post Office at present. Practically the whole of the main foundations,which: outline .the"extent of the building, have been completed, ,oiily a small jscction in ! the south-west corner remaining ,' to.; bo done. •The.-,mound of bricks which.;.]has arisen on the sito is for the effective underpinning of the eastern wall of tho present post office, during tho building operations in connection, with the new .building. .-. .- .•:';■. ... Nervous '■ housekeepers who lie'.' awake at ;night between anxiety to have.the window open and fears of a burglarious entry will be pleased with an invention which'has been devised J. A. Belk,of Foilding. This is a now form of window which has neithor weights nor fastening, but locks itself automatibally' at whatever distance it is ' open. A' simplo hidden mechanism'is so arrahged that when the top half of the window , is open, no matter to what extent, it can.be forced up."but not down, by external' presBiiro; similarly- tlie'bottom' half cau bo pushed down, but not.uiOTho'window eA\\ bo open top siiid bottom, therefore,, without it being possible for any ono to effect an entrance. It is also provided that the window, cannot be pushed shut'without being locked, for if it is; not looked jtllies'back from tho olo'sed position. Since 'thcro is' no fastener,, no one can priso the window opoti with: a .knife -The'Jentire window can bo brought inwards from -its groove to facilitate, cleaning.-,';Tho mechanism is simplo and liiexpossiv&'v Messrs. rAllcn'j'.'and r Mooh>,';of' WellinEtb^,are Uie'New Zealand aiont6.« 5 ,. :

■Mr. A. \V. Hogg, M.P., is to'spcak at Napier to-night, tic.is to be publicly welcomed' by the Napier Brotherhood and other local unions. .',.■- ''~Tho tender of Messrs. Briscoe and Co., .Ltd., has boon accepted by tho City Council, for tho supply of cast-iron pipes and fittings for tho water supply extension at North-; land and Maranui. At the Mount Cook Police Court yesterday, Mr. H. Baker, J .P., dealt with casea of iuscbrioty as follows:—James Priest and John * Cameron,convicted and discharged; P.! Rice, ''--~ John Nelson, and John Hassett, each fined 10s. with tho usual default; Join Shannon, fined 405., in .dofavU seven days' imprisonment.. Two first offenders wore convicted and.dis- < charged. . ..... \. '," Yesterday morning Constable Quinn ar- ', rested a young man named Percy Reynolds on a charge that he did, on July 14, (during tho hearing of an information for assault nl- ; leged to have been committed ] by. Percy S, Reynolds on one. Frank Johnson; commit' perjury by swearing to the effect 'that ho was married to one Florrie Wylie about Christmas time, 1908. ■■;, . • Rather Gilbcrtian.'Tho first'prosecution for an alleged breach of tho .tramways by-law in reference to boarding a bar'whilst in motion will bo heard at the' S.M., Court on : Friday' morning, when Mr. Jamos/Doyle, City Inspector, will appear as defendant, •• An information was laid ■ against Mr. Doyk yesterday morning)' Defendant met'with an accident whilst attempting to board a;m'oving car in Lambton ' Quay■■■ oii* Saturday' ■ morning.' ■■■;,.■■ '/■.//''■' -•_■ ■';;;; The annual meeting' of tho -Wellington "'•" Headmasters' Association was, hold at,,the Education Board Office onSaturday morning ' " • last, the;president, Mr. G;' Macmorrah; in : / . [tho chair. .There wcrq seventeen members .present. Tho rotiring prosidont and fieciotary t (Messrs. G.- Macmorraii- and 'Win..' 1 Foster)' .•'•'■'• i woro re-elected for another, term.' Among i other matters discussed . was that•': relating. ;to','c_adet rosulatiausi, Gratification was ex-' iprcss&T over the announcement•;that tho* I official cadet return • forms, would .'shortly, bo. jvcry much simplified/*'and .'.thai', 'staff .in-; '■ ' ' jstructors would' bo appointed' to; visit fchb various corps:' It was decided to. hold Ifurther discussion on-.the 1 ' subject',- pehditig ■'.;•"■;■ j receipt of information as to the 'policy, to bo 1 adopted "with regard to parades and. cadet (camps..,;' ..<•;•'.';■:*'.'''■.''■';'.'■,•.■ -,''"",'?'■,•■' "'■-, . ,Ono or two, cases of clever pocket-picking , ! havo been reported to the police during tho'.-'.'■;,>' past'few weeks:,' About a fortnight ago; Mr. ~;■■; Henry. Newton, a'- resident of '■ ;''relieved" ■of£3 at the Opera House:'.;lt '/' (appears that whilst'.hevWas edging" his > way ' 'among a' crowd""along a' passage-wayj"ho, ' felt a hand put into "his pocket.; Mr... Newi ton seized the man';whom he suspected', but.' was unable to detain.him... Last.nigljt D&- ; ' : : tectivos Andrews arid; Lewis Went to' asbousb ■;' .off Addaido Road; and arrested ;a'"well-built' ; -.' •'■ jstranger on /a/charge of baring been, con- /";; corned ; in the, affair.v! The .name, mentioned ■/';,'■ !in the. warraiit.-'undor' which theiarrest was , ,Y, . made was Ernest King, alias;Keenan. /.It;is' '.".■.■.; understood that the man.claims to bear the; ■■'■■■'■•' ■ ;uame of "Martin; 'Ho will be brought, bb- •■ :,fpre , : tho Court' this•'morning;;' '/•' : ( r: -,f:.?_V , ,'''■■'.'. ' Nominations 'for':'the Hntti-Manawatii 1 iward .spat on';the.-' Wellington'"Education../; ; jßoflrd, rendered vacant by the resignation/ ■?„- :of Major; T.:W.„M'Doi)ald, closed yesterday./'-/ > jThe following . arc /'tho . candidates:—Henry ',-. -V > Elder (Waikaiia"c),i nominated 1 by '' ,'mcmbersof the Waikanac aridParaparaumU' ■' / jSchool Committees; George ■ ':.■! ; ;(Pctone)i nominated'-by members//"of the ' '•}■? , Korokoro and/Petone Committees;- William ,' ; ;H. Sinicox' (Otaki) /by members of;the.Otaki ';••'■■' ' ' Committee; arid .'Rev.' Alex.: Thomson .(Po-.; •tonel, by members of'Potoho/Pctono West,'' ■'/ ; Levin, Horokiivi, and;' Mtiritai Committees.'; /fho election; will, be/by -members-of ;school > ' 'committees in the Hutt and Manawatu.ward, '■':'■ lahd will bo bv individual ballot. The'papers ,'■ .. aro returnablo - by,/August-23. /The result ■:• , 'of: the elcctiqh which has just I beon held.for :.■■;, "■ .' ',tho.. City :'aud ;\Vaira>apa ~ wards will; bo announced .this day "week."; ~/'■* A: sitting -of the; Magistrate's at' Lower Hutt was/held, yosterday morning, Dr. : A. M'i\j-thurj ; , S f M.,.'' judgment; by J default was/giveni^inijihe,following civil,; ■'. 6d.\'icosts.;ss".;,' ; J.i.W»-.M'Ka.in v'«'Mary-Air ' -Wilkin?,,-,££■.-iisofitfo.' nosts.-. •In..a>':dßfe'iid4'd', ■■ / ea'so'M, Wagner and.'A.;Nplihv:iJ;;FcrgV' ;' . son, claiming £11*2s. Gd/fotdamages.arisnig:,. • .through failure of a cow to'cqme to profit ftiv_ ,'.'. the • date 1 represented;' -plaintiffs., were';, givotf ; ijudgment'' for * - ■ •mont''summonß'';cases' were decided, ■.as'y.fol-.' ; Hansen ; : ' : i ;l()sVsodl|,. ] drdered.'',to' pay,,,bh or-,before' : Aug-, " ■ .ust 16; in'defaultjthree days', : imprisonment;; ,; F. Veun'ess,'V.'S::'W'ilson,;£ls 05.;6d., ,payr;. ment;tobe madoby same date, in ! ; 'defauit-/ 14 days'- imprisonment';''John'. Youtig' v, I '. ■S'.\ i --. ';'. Wilson, £4'Bs.,;'paymciit-/'bn samo'dhteVih; default ■ throe'; days' in gaol i'George Arnold ' ' ' v. H.U. Hunoll,'£l4 ss. 6d.ybrdcr b'y'wn- /. , ;sent"torpay^£2:''por^m6nto^ . 'Her .Majesty's Theatre V (and. Hotel); syd-',;;. ney, j which' so •; narrowly; escaped; destructioii /'■ byfire on Suridaj'/morning, is situated -btt •' ■tho corner of/Pitt.and;Market Streets, hav- V ' .■ing exits on to both thoroughfares.';- ■ Iho" , . '!present Her Majesty's- is only' seven ycaro'',■ ■;• ■ old, having been oj-ectcd after tbe : fire which . : .wiped out the' old- theatre .thatVoccapied Y ' ]the site..' The;lossees,, Messrs, J."C./Wil-;/-. liamson, Geo. Tallis. and J.v Ramaciotti; -'-/ have been' rather, unfortunate in .their con- ; .'-'' . ncction, with' tliis theatre., ;In <• February,, /, 1902, when the bubonic plague' wasvrjfb' in .■;.■'■': .-Sydney, the theatre had'to'.ub closcd. ; piii l ;ats-i,'■■,' . count of the score just at the' outsot'of:.i-Jio" •;•-• ' run of/"Bon Hiir,"> a production of'-Specta-'.. ( ; cular magnificence such as,had never,befote: boen attempted: The, theatre was'.rc-oponed ■', in tho next month, but ill-fate, followedj'/for..';,' "'- , on March 23'the'cdificev.was completely /de>"/,;.';, stroyed by fire, and '"Bbn'Htir," in'all.iits •; . glory, went up in smoke.*; It,was sa,id that Mr. Williamson's,loss on ; that.occasion'ran; into five'figures. '.Oho- lifo wbs : lost,; that of;, a woman : employed in a .shop next door.; The company now "The Flag Lieu- , f tenant!' at Her Majesty's; includes 'Mr v ;, Thomas Kingston, '-Mr. G. S. .Titheradgo, , Mr;.'. Cyril Mackay,- :Mr. Eardleyl Turner,; . Misses Ethel. Warwick. Dorothy GrimsUm, .and.EiA'ily Nioholls, who were,brought out * ■ ifi'bm'j England:, for tho .production. ,-- lJor ( -~ / iMaje'sty's Theatre;and,Hotel is,,owned, by,: "-. |tl)q"SrQuado' family, a member.,of .which. ' iMrt'Pcrcy M'Quade, was recently /married. /.'/■' Ito Miss Betty Obis, now touring.New: Zea- ''; !la'hd ; with, the "Jack; and, Jill" rPantdmime iCbmpahy.; '. .'■.; ■■';''.'.■ ~;'"■ .;'.'."j:; >.■; '■'■ /./>.:';„ •-/;', /' ■;■ .Mr..; Donald .Robertson, .'• Seerotary :of; tho. iPosi.and Telegraph Department,, who Vre-o Iturnod from a trip to England and..America ilSst',.week./resumed his'duties, Vybstoi-day. ■.Oite'bf;' tho things that 'struck :liim' most '.forcibly, i.h<;'America' was the. imarvollqus/ro-.. jebvery San, Fraiioisco'; had! made from,[the'' ; . ;havoo caused by/the "great, earthquake of . throe years' agoVvMrr Robertson; say's that ■','■ ' ■it! was almost impossible to conceive ■ that ■ . so," gr<at a>'iuimber-'of -Bplendid ' buildiiage / could have been''reared:in: so short!"a,period ; : as three years. >:Practically thb'oi'holo 'of,/■-.,' .'.'• the ooiitral oity: section has boon rebuilt 'in '<', ,?/ a u styJp u .■ I fi•fJ l^bl !of,', the/prerbarthquake da'ysu There was,';bf; : V./ 4 oburse,..still plenty of: evidence of;thb/r'uim:'\' : , wrought by' the;.big .Bhake;,-:in-some "acres l : /'/ : of cleared ground.-,. m the more.residential. ~-•/ portion, of the city.- Soon after his .arrival.',.', in, the, city,, Mr, - t ßobertson,;■ was .waited;oh '; by/a'representation' of the .'San : ; Promotion' Conimitteo (aii institution' com-;' mbiY' to all Amcrifcan"towns' on''the Pacific■ Slope), with an irivitation_ to bo'presoht.'at the hext.diriner to. be given by Ihb'xommittee—four' days later. Unfortunately ho was unablo to bo prosont; as his boat,was'to 1 '■ ; sail -before that date. Ho wasi forwarded a ; , bundle of printed matter, dealing with Cali- ■']', fornia generally, and. San Francisco in' phr^•..; ■ ticular, sotting forth in attractive guise tlib;.' v ;-. : V; claims tho State, has, on -the' tourist arid;'..;' settler. ; Among, those ho mot in'San/Fran-: />.' Cisco > was Mr. F. : C, Braiisford,' a fbrmfer' Wellington, and ; Now .Plymouth ,pressman/ .•.: who Was now on'the staff of the ■ "Bdllofciri," ! the chief anti-graft paper'of Sail Francisco;: