LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 635, 12 October 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In order that our readers may not be penalised by, the existing boycott of The Dominion by the Ward 'Administration' ns regards Government advertising, we publish, at our own cost, ou page _ 2 of'this, issue, _ Government notices regarding the supply of linseed oil to the Hallway Department, Satire lands for disposal, and a notice by the District Land Hegistrar. .■■ ' ■■ ''■..'.■■;' ■ ; . • ■: ' It is understood that a movement is on foot to agitate for the construction of a municipal batli in the Newtown district. . With logard to ■ tho-proposed new railway time-table affecting trams between Wellington, Napkr, and Now Plymouth, as published on the .Information of The Dominion's travelling correspondent yesterday, tho Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Eailways, states that the alleged facte had evidently been given out by "soiuo irresponsible officer of the Railway Department, entirely without authority." "I way say that, as a matter of'fact," he. eon T eluded, "tho readjustment and. refrnmiftg ot this particular, time-table is still utider my consideration, and nothing of a definite character has been decided upon regarding it, beyond tho fact that some changes will most likely take place." ■ , Various references wer* nude at last night's meeting of the Peton6 HOTough CouneiL-to Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P. for the Hntt. A deputation waited on tho council to urge that step*' be taken to conserve tho I'otono Beach for all tinie. -'Tho iiiiitter- Was discussed at somo length, and Councillor ;C6l<iub.oun -'asked: "Why not approach the. member for tho district?" Councillor Jones: "He's dead." (Tißuehtcr.) ' Councillor Oolquhonti: "No, he's not. He's very much alive; 1 saw him to-day.", (Konowod laughter,)- Mr. 1). Koir, who headed the deputation, remarked that it had been decided, to' approach ttio council before calling oil Mr; Willord; Councillor ColquliounV "Tho member for tho district, has got no time for l'otone. A majority of us know, this absolutely." Councillor Short (who opposed Mr. Wilford at tho general election) interjected: "Ncnseiiiio!" The Mayor (Mr. J. W. M'fiwan) took exception (o the remarks' made. "1 como frequently in contact with him," declared Mr. M'Ewftn, "nnd 1 think tho statements nro not ■Jiwtifiod." Councillor Colquhoun: "Tell him I 6ay so." (Furthor laughter.) Tho incidont then closed. ■ . .

Its because its n soft job," Suggested a metnunr. of tho Citizens Uni'iiiploymcnt Committoc yestcrdny, when ilr. It. A. Wright; M.P., stated that an ndvurtiscment in One of the unno.rs for a innn to travel in tho coun-try-with nn invalid hrnl drawn over 100 npnlicants, most of K-jiorn were yonnir men, Sir. Wright-considered,-however, that this showed that there vaa still a great deal of uneiuployment ia the ■■.-■-..

Referring to the reports lately. published in these columns as to tho rich finds of kauri gum made on tho Northern-Wairoa fields, Mr. G. K. Alderton, now in Wellington, who is rery familiar with the North Auckland district, states that it is quite a common occurrence on the fruit lands at Henderson, 12 m ' !< V° r V f i th ? city of Auckland, when ploughing tho land, to get from M to £W worth of gum from the acre. And on two pSi Co Yu\ 7r? na " and "Matna,"' receutly established higher «p the lino .euffioicnt gum is being got from tho ploughing to pay or tt^ o^?^ 1,, ?" 0 "' a " d j » »»• «w£ distrel -T ° f the Innd ' to °- In the Ea, "« ?i. ,• if ? g j™ ?"■ wm Z lOs - a week for d s ? tr cf « ft gglng> ? UU in the Whangarei ™ a ' a ™«r who started to drain a f RUm, , and ' S nOW takin S ! out £m ,vortll of gum to the acre. In anoth«rrunion"fifty r ac«l dJ:soofOrtllerighttOth<l now^n^T o ",' 7 '"fJ'Penoe-is the balance Si n £i»* »f th? Citizens 1 Unemployed' Vnbm tt2?T '♦?' he rou S h balance-sheet in«i"tni «^ y i he '.at yesterday's meeting showed receipts J2289 4d., and expenditure ns under -.--Victoria CoNpco erant Ysh!ri*V £ PA* S, jfo,m Jm >■ Id.. Wadestown Road m»f»,V F i i Kclb V r ne Park 17s. 6d., material and cartace £26 7s. Id., printing, stationary, etc., ,£3O 12s. 6d., insurance ids., administration expenses 10s., petty cash £$, sundry expenses £3 10 5 ., bank charges 15s. Tho final balance-sheet and wmding-up have been l«ft in tho hands of the Mayor and Mr. E, C. Kirk. ■ i, A . rn , mour . Wi >8 current in the city yesterday W, ' h ? missmg. steamer Duco had been sighted by the steamer Lodorer, which arrived from Buenos Avres, on Saturday. There was, however, httle or no - foundation for it. It' appears that the master of the Lodorer re-' ported to the Marine Department that, at 9.30 p m v f n Friday, when 200 miles cast of Cape Fallister, he sighted n "/steamer, which burnt a Koman candle, showing a whito light, and ??«'. "■ white star. Hβ answered with a blue light. The approximate position of the steamer was 41.11 S. latitude and 179.36 E. longitude. This, it. is considered, would be the pr-sihon of the auxiliary training ship, Amobira, which left Wellington on Wednesday night to ecarch for the Duco:

Jv n applicants for.-work waited on Wγ. hco.: Willis,- hon. secretary of the Unemployment ( Relief Committee, during the n,!?* con Mll « {, wotkß"were.jn progress, but only 820 nanies were actually registered. Tho men were disposed of us under :-Victoria College excavation work 157, Victoria Coffeco carpentering 23. Anderson Park 131, Mount Ji ?" a ? oad **■ Wadestowu Eoad 80. treeplanting 38, Victoria College new wing 17. Rent to _ various occupations on applications from private persons or firms 71, names erased jrom the register on account of having obtained employment in. tho meantime or for other reasons 216. : ■ ■

~A , powerful electric light, tho first of its Kind in the Dominion, has just been erected T W. btoll Q>"*y. outsido the/Union Bank of Australia, on the lamp-post presented to the iaty-in-1888 by the late Samuel Brown, the then Mayor, to• commemorate tho installation of tho electric light in Wellington. Tho new light, winch is known as the Fanders regenerative, name arc, was recently given a trial by thp Harbour Board, and worked most 'successfully.- Tho. light gives a maximum candlepower of 3100, on a consumption of 500 watts, or half j unit per hour,' and it will burn for fatty hours in one pair of carbons. The principle of tho lamp is that tho chemically-treated carbons placed vertically ono above tho other are: doubly enclosed! the inner cylinder coinmunioates freely with two sido tubcs'leading to the base of the cylinder. Tho heated gases and chemical vapour from the arc rise through the cylinder, pass'down tho tubes, and reI ascend past the arc, thus intensifying it. Tho cycle of operation is going on constantly, and the chomicals are thereby used over again. The pole on which .the new lamp stands is to be repainted by the electrical department, and it is possible that several more lights of the same class will be obtained later, ' and one placed, in the middle of the Post Office Square and others in other parts of the city. H.M.S. Challenger is due to arrive in Wellington from Auckland on Friday next;, Tho warship will remain hero until November 5, when', she sails, for.. the south. " . -.;., One word of admonition was tendered to the raombers of the Unemployed Kelief Committee at yesterday's ( 'wfishmg-up"- fneeting, when the Hon.,J. KJenldtispn" urged liicmbers to maintain at least some interest in the tree-planting that 1 had'-been ico'rficd''out; ''by thb" ■Committee, "Kcernn'lltJyd''if/ii ,r 'tlfo ;, tre((a 'duWn'g , 'y(iur Sunday morning walks, if you can't do any more," concluded Mr. Jcnkinson. ■•' ' ,; - . The 'oxpbrienco.' of -the,past winter, in tho. ' matter of coping with the unemployed difficulty led the Mayor.(Dr. Newman) to tender a word of warning in order to prevent a repetition of r tho trouble next winter if possible. "It has been the] practice," said. Dr.'-Ken-man, "for local bodies, etc., L to push through every possible work in.the summer;,'and ease oil in the winter mouths." Dr. Nevuiaii added that such a practice was not:altogether desirable. 1 v

': Many applications have been received for iscctions of tho blocks of bush land set apart in, different parts of the North Island for occupation: by retrenched civil servants and landless people, It is expected that there will 'ultimately be'a good' many more applicants than there are- sections—and this although the : Lands Department has not considered it ne.cepsary to send'advertisements of tho blocks to ithe South Island.' Retrenched civil servants : everywhere have, however, beoii nbtified of this opportunity of -going on the land.. >

Sufficient poles have now arrived to enable tho City Lighting Department to complete the electric lighting extensions in tho suburbs, which have to be finished before December 1. Nearly all tho poles have been erected in the Brooklyn section, and it is hoped to finish of! •Roseneath. this week. :A good start, has been made at Island.Bay, but about 40> poles:havo still to bo.erected. Another fortnight should see all.tho poles in at.the bay. Tho Kilbirnio section is finished with, the. exception of the lamp brackets, which mo to bo commenced this week. .;'..':..: •. '

The substitution of metallic-' filament lamps in tho streets for the old , carbon lamps ias been.finished on the Mt. Victoria slopes, anil tho work is now proceeding iu the vicinity of Kcut Tcrraco and Loruo Street. ' i

■. An effort is being mado to rcsusoitato amateur athletics in i'almorstou North and tho ilanawalu generally. ' A public mectin» has teen called.for to-night, and Mr. A. Marryatt, oi-Wellington, is leaving by this morning's tram to.be present on behalf of the New Zealaud Amateur Athletic Association.

"Trafalgar Day" (October 21) is to bo celebrated in Wellington by a supper, to •bo held in tho Hotel Windsor, Though l the iunction is being held under tho auspices of tho Navy League, tlio secretary (Mr. O. W. I'almer) wishes it to bo known that it h not confined to.members. Tickets may bo obtained from tho secretary, or through any ■'. member of tho League.

J'i lie proposed amendment to- the Public Health Act, whioh is to:bo placed before Parliament so as to make tho.Act-agree- with the Municipal Corpbratiohs Act, shows that the principal object aimed at is condemned iusauilary buildings, and the effect is summarised as under-.-(a) The District Health Officer certifies that a building or part of a building is by reason of its insanitary Condition dfingetous to. .'-public hcnltli," and (b) the counoil or the District Health Officer, on default for one mouth by- the council, reoiiires tho owners to pull down the building, or part ;pf ■«i -building, t pr to moko-such renaire, alterations, or additions, as tho District Health Officer directs; (c) if the owner fails to comply with the requisition of tho council or the District Health Officer, application is niacV to a magistrate for an , order that the owner shall'comply with the requisition, and that in default of such: compliance tho council or the District Health Officer may do tho work neccsear,* to eomnly with the requisition; (d) provision IS made that both parties may tender on tho 'hearing of tho ap'pllcAtion; the magistrate is empnw'ered to alloiv.cof'.s and expehfcea to the successful. party; and (o) the corporation or District Health Officer is empowered on pmlilig down a building Of part of a building to destroy or pell the materials, and to apply the proceeds to tho costs incurred, and to pay tho residue (if any) to tho owner. Tho position in which the proposed.water chuto at tho Te Aro Baths is to bo erected was the subject, of comment at last night's mesting of-tho Wellington Swimming Cltib. The olub s delegates wcro Instructed to endeavour to move tho Wellington Centre to urge Upon the City Connoil- that tho. chute should PJ erected near the corner of tho outsido wall of the bath, instead of on the present spot, hear the starting board, where the water is not ns. deep as it is further out, and where it Will be.m the way of swimmers training.

, iho expense of sending .the -N«w 'Zealand leoin of.amateur athletes to the Austialasian championship meetiiii? at Brisbane was approximately .Cl3O. The manoßsr (Mr. ', C. Bridge) presented a balance-sheet to last even}H ? meeting of tho New Zealand Amateur Athlotio Ansooiation. which showed that the expenses incurred % the tcvm whilst in his'' charge amounted to JJSS, 7s.■ 01, to which has to b? added the return fhres between Wcilhißton and Iho travelling expenses of members of the team between-their'own towns and .Wellington.' Mr. Bridge- was enn(rratulated! on his good management and the economy; he hnd exercised on behalf of tho association during-the toui.

A fairly long extension is being carried nul at 'present by tho Eloctrio Lighting Department of the city. Tho extension is from Khaudallah down to Ngahauranga, bo as to connect the now abattoirs, where. a 9 h.p. electric motor is being installed. I .-.■..■

It.is generally expected that Parliament will not sit to-morrow afternoon (Labour Day). Iho usual practice in the past has been not to at until tho evening on this day. Last year the Trades and Labour Council mode the , in. novation of not inviting Ministers to their colcbration of Labour Day, and so far no Ministers havo been invited on this occasion; Ihero is, however, said to-be a sharp differ, ence of opinion among tho Labour leaders as to whether this policy of the cold shoulder should bo assumed, and a meeting is to bo hold to-mght at which it is expected that a dec. tioir of those present will strongly urge tin sending of invitations to .Ministers', even attli* eleventh hour. ■ . ■■' . - - "It is strongly recommended," says tho Tim. ber . Commission's report, -, "that more attention be paid to the felling-of trees at the. proper time of tho year, and the seasoning of timber before being used for building or other' purposes in order that (ho public may W protected against having to -pnrchasear livo in houses that will; not remain ■ in tf Aronghly habitable.condition for a roasnnablcVperiod of time. j.ne use of unseasoned timber nntiirallr tends to create a prejudice against our native timbers. This ( difficulty could be pot oxer if merchants would purchase nnd stock , then! in i" rße ,i l u °ntities for a sufficient period of time. • ' - - - . The publicstiea by Tnr, Dominion of certain matters connected-with Hntt borough affaire at last night's meeting of the Butt, Council. Councillor Mowbray wtote drawing attention to an. interview, which ap-. pearod on September 29 embodying a summary >nr,t 01 Sf ■ lm P ortnnt proceedings which took placo in committee While tho state of. Hutt borough works and loans was being eonsiderod. In the discussion last-evening the S" "J". 66 ' councillors expressed"the opinion that committeo proceedings should treated as strictly private, and attributed the meciosure of particulars to a iiou-inoinbor of the couuoil.