LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 579, 6 August 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that the Victoria, v.-hicli left Sydney on Wednesday for Auckland, bae on board au English and Australian mail, whioli is duo here on Monday next by the Auckland express. A., deputation from the Master Bakers' Association intends to wait on tho Hon. 1). Buddo, Minister for Public Health, with reference to the provisions of tho Pure ■Foods Act, 1908.' It is probable that negotiations will be resumed next week between the Gas pany and the City Council in reference to tho matter of the company being allowed to carry its mains from tho city to the now works at Miramar. All the necessary legal formalities in connection with the Lyell Bay. tramway having been complied with it is anticipated that by August 12. a start will bo able to be made with the tramway. Tho Government order forbidding postal correspondence for Dr. Martin, of.Elizabeth Street, Sydney, has been removed. Money orders and postal correspondence are forbidden to be sent to. J. A. Kennie, of Pitt. Street, Sydney. Mr. F. de J. Clero, architect, has been instructed by tho authorities of the Anglican Church at Palmerstou North to prepare plans for tho erection of a now churcli on thosite of All Saints' Church. The now edifice, .which'is to be erected in brick, will accommodate 800 persons, and will be surmounted with a belfry 85ft. in height. Another scoufr patrol has been added' to the now numerous local corps of "B.P.'s" well-known Boy Scouts. The latest unit is from Island Bay,, where some fifty odd members have been enrolled by Mr. W. Edwards, promoter of tho movement in ithat suburb. A pnblic meeting is'to be held on Wednesday, evening next, at which Mr. J. P. Luke is to preside, for the purpose of takiDg steps to further- tho movement. The seventh anniversary celebration of the Y.M.C.A. will bo held on September 23. The chief attraction will bo the visit of Mr. J. J. Virgo, of tho Sydney Y.M.C.A. Ameli's meeting will be held in tho Town Hall, a reception in the building for ladies and gentlemen, and a mull's banquet. The annual monster tea will this year take tho form of a "Dutch tea." All the waitresses will bo dressed iu. Holland's national costume.

It is understood that the Wadestown tram route question will'be finally disposed of by the Finance Committee of the City Council on Tuesday next. A definite recommendation in reference to the Heath Estate offer of land for street-widening purposes in Willis Street may also emanate from this meotiDg. Mr. R:A. Wright, M.P., will introduce a deputation to-day at 11 am. to his AYorship the Mayor (Dr. A. K. Newman) from tho Women's Christian Temperance Union. The object'of the deputation' is to.ask for. the use of the Council Chamber for the purpose of giving a public reception to Mre. Lent Stevenson, the well-known lecturer. The latest invention in the way of are lamps—the Janders Regenerative Flame light —is being erected on the Railway .Wharf for trial purposes. It is claimed that the new light, the first of its kind in the Dominion, which is really a combination of the closed arc and tho open type arc, will give' a light of 4000 candle-power on a consumption of 500 watts, arid will burn for 60 hours on one pair of carbons, as against J. 4 to 18 hours by the present class of lamp. The lamp is claimed to give greater efficiency at a much decreased cost, and is stated to be easily the most efficient arc lamp yet placed on tho market. It is probable that when tho test on tho wharf is' completed tho lamp will be erected on Lambton Quay in front of tho Union Bank. There is nothing like making the best pf it. 'The other clay, at Foxton, a man named Charles Hanricks, pleaded/ suilty to being unlawfully in: the Foxton School ■ at night. The police stated that the man had been wandering about tho town, mid they had ordered him to seek employment. The teacher of the school, Mr. Attains, was attracted by a light in tho school, and, on seeking the cause, found accused camped there. I/e had lighted a fire in tho centre room, and liad n largo .quantity of shavings as fuel. He had also a large quantity of bntehers' nieat, including sausages, and also some groceries, and had evidently prepared himself for :\ long camp. A list of previous convictions against accused was put in by the police, rmd be was sentenced to throe months' imprisonment.. Later on, on inquiring how Hcnricks got his supplies, tho police found that he, had imposed on tho butcher and jjroeor with a bo;;us order. Accused was ngai.w brought boforu the Court on tho further .chargo of obtaining the goods by false Wrotoncesi Ho pleaded guilty to this also, and received an additional' cumulative sentence of; three 1 motttlis. .■• i ■'• -

The Wanganui Master Bakers' Industrial Union of Employers has applied to have its registration cancelled. Tho Receiver-General acknowledges the receipt of 10s. "conscience money" forwarded l)y a person unknown, to the Agricultural Department. A number of members of the , Wellington Savage Club are to entertain the Christchui'ch Sivago Club on Saturday evening, September 5. Regulations for the organisation of officers' training corps in connection with the University Colleges in Now Zealand are gazetted. These wore fully set out in The Dominion somo time ago. The tondor of Messrs. Bull Bros,, of Na£ier, has been accepted by the Public Works opartmont for the erection' of an addition and making alterations to the Napier Post Office. Tho contract price is £886. , The tender of Messrs. W. Crabtrce and Sons at £62 10s. has been accepted by tho City Council for tho supply of light brackets. Tho unsuccessful tenderers were,:— J. Murphy and Son, £81 55.; A. and T. Burt, £93 155.; Lnko and Co., Ltd., £11S ss. His Honour, Mr. Justice Cooper will sit in Banco this morning to hear the appeal case of M'Williams v. Andrews and another. His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman will preside ovor a sitting in Chambers. Yoeterday a man who was arrested in Auckland arrived in Wellington under custody, and will bo charged in the Magistrate's Court this morning with tho theft on May 23, at Wellington, of 14 tiepins, valued at £5, tho property of Morris Fruhauf. Tho city engineer (Mr. W. H. Morton) left for Palmerston yesterday morning to. inspect tho city's land endowment at Mnngnhao, which lists suffered recently through tho Mangatinoka River carrying away certain protective works. Mr. Norton will report as to tho romedial measures to bo taken.

Vendors of bituminous ooale in Welling* ton are exercised over the competition of an Auckland company, which .is delivering lignite.at a cheap rate to nearly the'whole of the smaller townships in the Wellington province. For some reason, Taupiri lignite is said to be carried on the railways at a lower rate - than bituminous coals. As it is considered that the concession in freights offers an undue advantage to the northern company, it is probable the, Minister for. Raiijvays will be asked to make a readjustment, i X On Wednesday evening tho Wellington Division of Garrison Artillery was inepeoted at Fort Ballance by Lieutenant-Colonel G. f. C. Campbell, Officer Commanding. After inspection, tho various batteries wcro manned, and nn examination board, consisting of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell and Captain G. S. Richardson, Chief Inatniotor of Artillery, put candidates through their tests in practical gunnery and fort manning. Captain Somurville, Officer Commanding the Wellington Navals, was- also put through his practical examination. , Considerable difficulty is at present being experienced in the work of recruiting-for the three companies of tho division —Wellington Navals, Petone Navals, and the Electric Corps. The Electric Light Corps is to man Fort Dorset when that position is ready for occupation.

Mr. M. Lee, secretary of the Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Bailway Servants, and Mr. J. B. Martin, secretary of the Watkins Memorial Fund, yesterday received from the trustee, Mr. T. M. Wilford, M;P,, a cheque for £13 Os, 6d., representing the ..total amount of the subscriptions, publicly collected in -the city by Mr. Reveil (of Pet-one), in aid of b compassionate donntjon to the widow of the lato Mr. G. A. Watkinß, who was accidentally killed while engaged in shunting operations at the Manawatu railway yard in January last. This sum will be forwarded to Mrs. Watkins, who is now in Sydney. A memorial fufid, for .the provision of ,: a headstone on their late comrado's grave, '■ has also been established by the railwayinen, and when outstanding fists are called* in, the work of'erecting the fieadstone will be proceeded with.

It has been announced in Australia .that definite arrangements have been' made for a largo party of wealthy American tourists to leave San Francisco for Australia, via Japan and . China, etc.,. early this month. The party'is due to arrive at Sydney on November 26, and to leave that city on the return journey, after visiting New Zealand, on January 1 next. The following extract from Captain Bcardsley's letter to Mr. Suttor, the New South Wales Trade Commissioner in tho East, is of special interest:— "This party, ,being the first that wo have ever sent to Australia, we are more than anxioua they should come home with glowing accounts of their trip. Tho. party is made up of very wealthy people, and they como from many different parts of tho .United States j and their good wonl when they return will bo no mean factor in promoting further tourist business, to say tiothing i of tho possibilities _ot interesting American money and brains in the develop* ment of jrour wondorful land." Mr. Suttor remarks, incidentally, that Japan is lnaking strenuous efforts to encourage tourist traffic, especially from America, and that it has been authoritatively, estimated that an annual sum of not less than £20,000,000 is spent abroad by' American tourists.