LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 592, 21 August 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A special report of the deciding match between the Poncke and Pctone teams for .the senior Rugby championship will appear ia Tub Dominion oil Monday best. The report will be illustrated With a series uf thuinb-nail sketches of the'chief; points af interest ia tho, nlafceh, which should, make tlie issue a souvenir ;or the most important inter-club. fixturo of the 1009. soaeon.

The: date by; which the Police Commissioner is 'required to furnish his WpOrt has hpeii extended from August 31 to' September 80. '■:■.••■■ v 1...:. •'■■ ■•••■ ' ■ •'■• '-',

tot tho conrenience of a number of Nelson residents who, wish' to 6e6. tl^e , ; Nellie Stewart porformaned to-night, thfe: 'Anchor &Mppißg,ponipafls' , B Nikau is , ttiakiilg .a Bpecial trip in tho Noleon run. She arrives ffdm Nelson 'this m'orning, and . iiistead ..of teturnidg at the usual hour this' afternouri'j sho waits until .to-morrow afternooni ■'- ■ '■''••,•;■ The | preparations,for the eiteniiott of tha electric light .to are' 'proceeding apado," the heoosSatj. 92' poles having'; bfien e-foctea "and a cdnsidorable amouftt: of-the wiring done. Another two weeks should sc« the Work Bearing completion ;in this : su'burbi i'Th6 subsidy 'of■ £25 granted: to tho toria College Students'. Associatioh by ' tho Relief 'Committee for the gymnasium is to be:expended'in' fofniihgOi music-hall arid dance-room, on the top: floor of .tho/.' feytnTbo only. subscription received bj. tlio Relief Committee yeetorday was 6b. from ! '--'-. i ■..., ■■:. -.';.■ ..-. --W ;Satisfactory progress"4« being: mado '-,hj the .electric lighting: department-'.in-substi-tuting Osram Tlimus in tho etretett ill plhoe of tho old stylo or lamp. The Daniel Street fend Constable Street sections nave bain finished, : also.oircuifcs in Tinakori Road and. Glenbervie Terrace, Whilst^, Street.is at present:receiving t attefltioni|.:7, : -- " The Secretary- ffit- Indnstrlts : and Clo'minerco ha'g 5 received an ihquiry.from Meiists. G*Ofge 6, Blackwel.l, Sobs, and 'Co., Ltd., of the Albany, Liverpool, England, regarding antitnony ore.' This firm requires 1200 ions of guaranteed 60 pot cent., sulphide ore, dolivery to bjo-ftt the rate of 100 tons monthly at iSB-to £8 2s. 6d. per ton c.i.f. London, .basis .60 p«r cent. ...;"■ : .■...;.; "I: do not yet' feel coinpei*nt to' reply. to the: toast of 'The l'arlianient of New Zealand,'" remarked Sir, D. MfLaren, M.P., at the uetter'oarriiSrs' 'annual dinner Iket night. Mfi : M'Laren proceeded to: say: thai; the fact Was that as yet be knew practically nothing, hbout ParliamoUt. ■'• The two principal p&i'ties in-tlie. House oppoared to him' to be twin's, "andi" s he added, "I am still iti a confused state ofittitid' 1 as .to .which' is whioh.','. M v ',"--'"'''T? ■■'-.- >r '^ v:;;: : /■ : ,': : --: o/ / Meii; ; out tho' at v WaV' •,j<noug.ht i in..some. Quarters that icliiil-ed .Nhtive lands. : Ho now'explains that,. • ni'-a' matter, bl' faMJ tho figures tyhich' ho_ 'qttoted"ill6ltide(l" : ',all; Native Jand that , ' was bping individualised;:'all; latids' recommendod-. )by' l '.thov.Native /Lahd< Gomtnission 'and apr proVcd'by the Maofi Land Councils; andin, Wlditibii'illl lands :the subjeet of transections bet\Voen .Natives and, Mivate lessees autl approved by-tho Maori. Laud Councils. .~' : Messrs; H. C. Towslcy, and J. G.-Hark- 1 nesfi;, representatives .of th<S; . Wellington Chamber-of have made arrange meuts to attend'■^Sβ , Imperial Conference ot Ollaffibeirs 6f CWnlmferoe to: be held,in .Sydney.nekt:inqllth.:' .Tho. proceeding^i al'e to cfllhinence' on September. and, m, all probability, ; both gentlemen Will leave here on Friday,. September 10, in,company with other delegates Chambers of Commorce...:Mr,- John Bftr, ,whb is , dne/of Dunedin's delegates, is -.to' address the.Accountants',. Students'SSocietyy y Of when"; passing.. through to, Sydney..,':' : ,. : ., .- ■ -During -the couree of his reply:'to the tpist: of r "The : City of Wellington": at' the letter-cajriers , ..dinner, last night; the' Mayor (Dr. ,NeWm|m). eniphasised' ,the ; hecessity/ for combined: effort to make what it .should be''as ; the capital' city) l \i%., '' the finest);fhoalthicst,.'and :bost : '. city ■ iu : .'everyj way in the Dominion. Very little nrtiiey had, : ho ; remarked, been: spent on 'Wellington by. the: Government, 'compared; with' What had. beott done by other ■•■States'- for their capital citios.'. :That iad, been tho result of proviilciar jealousy; -n-hich, he hppedj would soon be a thing of the past.. Hisremarks :were' -heartily apploudedi ,'■' :',.:.., :; The lion; ,iri thn \opinion of Mr... Waddy, who., leotured- on South Africoii anitnalfl at 'Newtown : lasl night, 'is not so courageous' as'sdtne writers hold, uor.so cowardly tts others would have us believe. Tho lecturer told of oiie lion Which turned tail when a man took his x broad-brimmed hat in his mouth and : went on all-fours' towards tho, "king 'of Beaste." This schemefwould probably not act every tinie, and .Mr. Waddy had, known; it to, oe tried , on ; a harmless milking'cow; and ,to fail : ignemtniously. 'On another occasion a cyclist who was, run down l by a lion tlrrew .his pursuer "into. , a state of perplexity dismounting and put.tilig ' his ■• head through the frame of his bicycle.,. He'jwalked on in ttat W6y for several nlijesj the lion follbwing at a littlo .distance, .until housesfcaraoanto, sight, iwheil 'thoanimaJ'tOfnea romid and, trotted, away.: During, hte recent speech ( at Oxford, the: fltoii. ;D; Buddo contended that ; the ment did nit' press the valuations' of land up to the lovol of the n»rkot or eelling price... He stated that the total sales >•,Or land for the last six'mouths of 1908 (probably the' period .yrn'cn the finiinclal atring-> ency was most, acute)' had aniaimtcd .to £1,723,937, distributed as follows :-Soathland,£l6o.434, Canterbury £354,815, Auckland £242,987, Wellington (including HaWko's Bay) ■ £380,279, Otago-' £585,422. The capital lvalue of the lands thus disposed of totalled £1,332,993, distributed - as lows i—Southland '• Canterbltry £266,171, Auckland £151,118, Wellington' (includiug Hawke's" Bay). £811,678; -Otago £476,702; . .The difference between the capital : and s selling values of ; the areas referred to waSnb loss than £d 90 t 944 in favour, of : the sollors.. This meant, he asScttßd, that the properties sold foi' about; 29 \?&' cent, above the Government valuation. : , . Replying to the toadt Post and Telegraph, ■ Department" at yiho:, lotteroflirrrors anmial dinner last,. night, •, Mr. ■■ Di Uobortsonj Seoreiary: to ; the.vDopartmontj said that - the lotter-oaf riers ■ in ..-'Wellington only 48 mistakes last year in delivering lOJniillien artioleS! Nino years.agd there were billy twent»4wo:l6ttor> carriers, Who were required to utlivor a total of 2i-millidn\ articles. , Tduchihg up6ir the question of the revenue of tho Deiiaf'tinbltt. he said that it had incrdased from $488,000. to £913,000 in ten years. Letter-carriers in Now Zealandi he. continued, .were better 'ott than ktbk-carriers in most other coiliitrieSi In some lands tho position of letter-carriers was: "Once a letter-carrier always n lotjcrcarrier." Last yearj' he might lirteutifln, eight per cent, of tho letter-carriers,in New Zealand received ( pr6motio)i to higher positions. Under the system in vogue hero, there Was nothing u> prevent a I6ttel--*arrier from climbing to tbo position of Sboretary to the Department. He trusted, that the local lotterKMrriers would' bo in perffi.aflcnt • quartoxa within two years. (Applause.)

The combined shipping ' companies' third annual supper and smoke concert alo to bo held on Saturday, September 18. A party of sixteen Chinese left Wellington by tho W&rrimoo yesterday on o trip to their liativo land. They connect' lit Sydney frith tho Eastonij on which a number of thorn have booked salooh ps^sagoe, "To call it an infectious diseases hospital Is a misnomer, aa it only makes provuiou [or one disease."—Dr. Frengley, commonU ing on tho modified plans for tho kfectiouj Diseases Hospital. His Honour Mr. Justice Cooper will mi in Chambers to-day ht 11 o'clock. JudfiWeftt -will be delivered at lO'.aO in the ttfo Mastcrton Horough betterment Caseß," heard bn August 10. • Tho nomenclature of animals in South. Africa seems 'to 'bo somewhat confused. When people in South Africa tell.you of ligciß, leopards, and wolves," said Mr. P. H. AVaddy, in his lecture at Nowtown last hight, "they probably mean what tho Bcientist calls leopards, cheetahs, and hyenae, respectivelyi" Mr. Wm. Matthews, J.P,, preeided at a fejttrug of tlie Mount Cook Potto Cook yee-, terday morning. Andrew Craig, for being i drunk when in' chargo of a horse and cart, Was fined 605., or 14 days' unprisonmeiili Win. Taylor Devlin, for being found drtlnk, vras fined 405.) or 14i daye' imprisonmeirU ÜBo first, offender Wai fined ss. or 24 hotttt' imprisonment, Tlio pleasant game of quotation and mi*, quotation is played, among other places, at Ashburton. A correspondent of tho ' Guardian," when naming Shakespeare, exclaims parenthetically: " Whom heavon save from Sir Joseph Ward's slight*." Tub refctfonco is to a misquotation in one of tho Premier's Lohdoii speeches, but it is rather odd that tho writer should conclude by- declaring himself • "one" who, in the languafeA of Kiphngi feck that ho is 'A Citizen -ot No Moan City.'" Is not this a slight upon tie Apostlo Paul? ■ ■ ,

■; A tender for the supply of tramfray sleep. • era and ■ Ironbarls; poles to tho corporation lias beeii signed .by McseM, J : . W. WaILM» bfid Co; 1W teud6f fov. fel66bbr« was £282 135.2 d,. and for ■ poles £233 15s. MteSrt.,' .'••" Hlfiliafdson and Blair, £235 l&.i & Brown. : Ltd.. £244 12s. G(L: E<T.-Bh)iltod Co. '£270; Turnbull and Jonesi £28Q'8s. fid.i arid R. W.Gilbert and-Co.' £366, wore tho '•' ' tenderers fir "poles. , .' Messrs. ' .Jt.-.W. Gilbert and Co., £319J.8e...1id., and Millars' Hardwood- Go* end Richardson end Blair also tendered fty; sleepers, the. last Wo firms tendering at' bo mudi per foot* ■ . .Legal, argument' Was ; "hoard by Dr. A.. M|Arthur,:BuML, yiistorday. in regard- to the priority of, liens in connection with.;, cbiune of workmen' and sub-cohtractofS • pKsferrfed against Albert Fred. Rings, contractor, and the Hutt Golf Club.:. .The' various pMntiffe Wore represented by Meears. Bunnyt-'Ayeon* K. J. 1) itegibbon, ■'• and. Dunn, and the , ; de»' Fendants.by. Mr.'Ri 0. Kirk.-.' The question '■'■/ for decisioh.is-in regard to .the* disposal'' of the balance 6f the contract mono* Md , bv' ; the>■ Hutt. Golf Cltib .ttti behalf-of tho con- ■■ •■- '.-, tractor, Rißge., Afterhdarlngal'gtimeat.illiß r ■' Worship ; reserved hie decision;;, ' v>r:L' ; . 7 ~. remarked' '"the, Bttddo at Oxford on Thursday, "have beenV . Mtegcther too humble in theif aa'pittttioriei ,. Ho went on to 6ay that it would be a wise , precaution if local bodies of aiy ~ size socured suitable 'reserves for their futiiro re- ' duirements; llhb Dominion' Would double ' Its population during twenty,years,; •'■'■. '' and as time >Wjtit oh the'; whole of the oh- ■'■'•' ligations, belonging tci local bodies would bo teaddled on the •. ratepayeWs Local 'bodies ', had-not'received'thatconsideration in-tie. past that,they had doeerved. ■ (Tbo Shtereete • . • bi the Sfcdtci and; the/individual in the mat- : ter of always.cohWrvcdj but ." ■' biany of the Knial. bodies had been - 6veN :-.' looked.. From the Government's point of Wow the question was., one of general interew to-the DominJoMj and no. would place before Oabinet.the point , that local bodies had not been, wc-11. provided for direction'of discharging'' their obligations in *e- I i^t^6f'7puWio : >*ork§, ■.;'; , ;Si-'v' \ /.' V There is:an old jofeo about a chnroh meet* . ng ! ;wniclft'. l fiffl3eu.'i Bomptbing' like' this: 'That. the.old church be; pulled down.and.a.Ww.Ohe builtjOli the,Sanle. site; that the Beryices be held in the; old church . jantil' the, '.noW/otib ' ' : &rraligement. ; may - .' of -tbfe. same ,eoft :is-, actually being carried out: at the ■ present timo .in, Mplesworth :BSre'ot. \i ;brick building,,is being' erected .upon 'the site* of:'ah'Vld.'Wood(ai-'one. --The ' krouftd , flbbrl v ot : ,tlij6.;'ttew; , - prise a.Spacious'shppt afid,, at.rtho present titae, with the .walls of'the next story nearly ;. ' built;; the old: shop still occupies its accustomed place,' flanked.by the now slde'-walls,' ' while, a girdof supports,..the ftoht wall'.of • tjiie upper.; story.'. The, floor spaoo of, the' . old shop has been 'reduced' ;by about a quarter, butithe Chiilaman who occupies,it still 1 vends the' ruday' "callot" oh'Q the juicy I'olftilgib, 1, Vith Oriental t>lacidity... - ~/ ;, .;■ Upon.-. his roturßi : from'J Cbristchurch yee-: ' • . torday, the Hon. D; Buddo informed a DoiiWibN re,pbrter.^that'there.was a deinahd, ~-': - ■■'< from other parts'of .'Now 4 &auaidf<Jrdupli'; "V. cates of relating to the records, : and tfaneaotioMe of the Jfew Zealand: Land . •' Company.; Whilst ■at Christohurch a depute- ; tion representing'tie Board of-Governor! ': ;of Canterbury College had applied to him on : behalf of the Ohfiste])ur&h Mtlseum for '• papers rfelating' to. the'settlement, of- Can*; ,terbury, and. any > duplicates of JJio:papers : \ referring generally; to .the; DotjiiniMi rAn ] ■ application of -a .simDar, kind had"l>een\ re-, 'i ; ceived from Dunedin. Hβ had in- . :•' strUctions, for' .tlio .catalogue to ,"be"iinVosti-gatfed,,-in order:to,see.what could-bo dono ■•.' to-meet the .wishes of tlioWi'whovrosided l in other pftfts-' : ttf' : 'Uib' ; Dominioni.thah Wolliiigton'r' AS -Wellington >vas the oeake of.: "■ I the \Ne\r-\.--vZealind' :^C6m'phliy, 6".>'.opoi&tK)nlii the greator proportion: of .tho, papers .would, ''.-■' lio feuhd to refer to tho settlement of, Wei- . lingtou, and these would; ho added, hare to ,'be retaliied;.horei ■ '' ■' .''..'.: i: .- .'~ .

."The most powfd,, the mostsavage, and ■ . one might almosi say, the most ugly, representatives' of the animal kingdom arc to be found ; iri South Africa," said. Mr. P. B. Waddy, 8.A., in hMectonvon tile fauna of' South Africa at the Newtown, Pub- , lio Library last evening! 'It was one of the ■'■'■■■ liibrary 's&ribs of. free lectures, and' the Rev. . j>. Crewes jjMsided Over a faiily good -at-; /.' ■tendance. ,Tho lecturer, who '.' has spent ; :several VyeaHs -in .:!56utk: Africa, '.took ; f ; the .■ ■. numcrbus. and varied; fauna the'sub-con-tinent in succession, ; according' to' eclentino . ;■ • classification,^ and described' them in. a;,clear , and;;intbresting: toannety; telling: a ! .iiUmbW , ? ofVanecdotes to illustrdtovßoine of :> : their ' cliaractcrisbics.' ! Baboons, ; lionsj" hyona»t -leopards, nieercats, ; giraltes, ZcbfSe,, quageas,' ," :ant-eaterSj: other oreatures '.were dealt ■ ■ with, and tbe principal;-birde,: reptiles, aad: iiVsefcU, of; South;; Africa Vfrew.briefly voyed. The , lecture jvas heartily .applaudfed; ; and at; the closo Mr, AVaddy receiTcd a roto . of thaiiks. The chairman, remarked'that the lecture, would cause" tliO young to appreciate, ffloro highly the ( aninials in the ;; Newtdwn ~ZoOy, and tho Pethorick Mueouin. , Mr. dwJge Paylihgi one of tho tuosi pro* mineutftiitizeha of (jhtistchurohi l who Lad ■ been ,10/ somewhat bad health, for V Ibug timo; ; ,'(lied suddenly, at. his ■l'eslilchcfe, fical;.; Bealey Avenue, yesterday, (statee a Press Association; \ telegram) >■••: Mh Payliug had taken a , very, active interest ■in • tho public affairs of Christcliurch f6r inanj; ycars; and hisnaine, is closely associated with themunicipal progress.'-,of ' the city.:: Amongst public positions hold by Mri Paylihg wcro those, or Mayor of CSiristchurch, and Cbairman; of. the, North' Cantorf;«ry Hospital I Board; Before, being elected Mayor) ho-tfas ' for itnanj., years 7 a ; menibcr.:' j|f .the Clhriet* ; \ churth.City Council, and-presided as.AblingMayir during Sir John Hall's! illness at Ex-;. hibitibn time, :;■ As (a member of the City Council, , be' did ; a great • deal' 6( csecllent , < work as the chairman of the, lloecrvee Com< mittee.: As Mayor, ho entered with great vigMlr . aJid>.' enthusiasni into , ' a ' movdmch* . whlthi • largely'through , his efforts, resulted l . in the inauguration of, ; the ;bign-proesu_r« ; system, which' is how uoing in-; : ■'.. stalled in tho ,eity> and suburbs. On th« Il6by!tal Board; whore probably' he did mort ' of his public ■ w6rk, ho shdrrocl a i refjf «yta> , pnthttie-feeling towai'ds a■'■scho«e for -tin 6StAblishment,,of ■ a oonfuwptica sanatorium, aikl ih.othdr;ways'he did »nch in help thoa* , in distress. 'He was also-intimately. ,ae»». ciatoil with the-iKlmiiiistt'Sti6ii,Of. the'eport ■ :• (if trotting in 0-Uriatehurch. and. as ..chairman bf tho,;New Zealand. Trotting Afesoci*; •. tion he did good work; i At'tho recent'elcc« : ; tioii , he waß; a seai upou tho. Tranv x ; way Board.'; ;■:■ :■'. :.;]■{ '•,■./-'■'.•.■ v-v■''■■/.:■■ '.'<'■' •■■■.'.■""