LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Enclisb and Australian mails, which reached Auckland by.: tho ' Wimmora from - Sydney yoeterday, were put on board the Mnin Trunk express, which will arrive at. Wellington- this afternoon. ■ i. .' ; •' ■:.••'. >

■We publish , this morning, at,our own cost, in order that• our readers shall not bo penalised, throe Goyornmont; advertißCments. ; .; Two of these relate, .to. special railway time-table arrangoments ili connection with the Wellington racej and the Hawke'e Day show. The third i& a Jiptico calling for- tenders for tho croctipn qf an elevator. , . The visiting, dolegates from the overseas Chambers of Commerce will probably bo astonlshed'to learn thai.in New: Zealand, under', a'"Liberal"■Government, , is to bo found the spectAcle of ■ a leading morning -journal, with twice the circulation of any other morning newspaper jCJrculating in. the , city: and province, boycotted in tho '.matter of •' Government advertisCJnehts," Which: are gtvon to its 'rivals. ;■ Under the. pretence of ' economy, : Tun DoHiNiiiK, which. has v freely, exorcised . its privilege ■of criticism in relation to the actions. of the Government,: is boycotted, while , papers which charge.tho same rates and with.only a fraotion of .its circulation receive thcse"adverti6ements. And. thin is- done :in. the name ci)f' ! economyl ■Even snch .advortifcmtnts: as those published in .this' issue ■ relatins' :.W, railway, timo-table chahßcs,,ln whioh so.large a part,of the'com-' munity »ro (interested, have .been .refused, rto thik paper,, which in tho interests of its readers publie|ios.them.at its- own cosf. '■ Papera.in various parts : of Now Zealand; and even, so far away , as Australia; havo protested ; against this abuse , of powen > ,! '.: ■ ■; ,; •: ,

'■■ 'Halls vis Sues! which left on Soptembor. 10,- in London on; October 15/ . "Farliamefitis the,most' difficult of all audit enecs to address,"-soid Mr.' Herdman, M.P.. at the Hiirbour Board .epnployecs' dinner. '"Wlion ■the lyonnfe- member, rises, to speak ho may notice his.Tiest friend-sound : asleep. Another mombor,. perhaps, closes a .book tie .has been rcatlih(f, gets ilp', and walks -out" of the. oharauer, withan which plainly says, , 'I can stand a good deal, but I can't stand that!' I assure you, gentlemen,.■ there, are. some very nblo .sldo'pefa in.thb-Hquso."(Laughttf.) ; ; On the return of the' Christchurch Volunteers to'the King Edward Barracks-from the funeral- of the late Captain Pa.vjtt,i who was killed at , the-Labour. Day manoeuvres, .Lient.CoWnel"Smith', iuet'bofore the Garrison Bahd plnyed tile- NatfonarAlitheiii, remarked ,to.' a group of civilians in tho vicinity that jf any of. them did not chposo to' honour tho ,King.-,<>y ■removing: their, hats- they, could leave the Barracks.' Theft',Urid been recently, ho i added: some vory distinct, 'disloyal' tendencies'shewn . ili Christchureh, and'euch/tfpUld not bo tolerated: ■■'•;2kir';- tfi'.'S. 'Sltinnbr/'-the.'.Calgary '; (Weetorii Canada) delegate .to the Imperial Chambers'of Commerce Congress,'states, that for so lo'nb as lie can rcmembor the. Leader of the-Opposition in the) Canadian Parliament has been.paid, an pxtra salary on, account'of his position, about equal'to that of, a Cabinet Minister. In contradistinction to the attitude , adopted in Australia And New Zealand, ;tho Leador of tho Opposition in Canada was regarded as e personage , of no inconsiderable importance ih the affairs of tho Stato, . ■;'■;:•-■::■ -.-. ',-■•,:.""'.', .;.■:-■ -~ -.-By a curious coincident* the gas in one of the; Goraldine churches wont out as the hymn "lead Kindly' Light" was being sung t|io other ■ Sunday eyenmtii .-Which .reminds an exchange of the incident (perfectly, true), of the man tt'alkingiOut of Exeter Cathedral with his pipe pocket on fire,as the choir, was singing "Sometimos'n Light Surprises,''.- -■'..■ ••, ,'■'-■ .'

A number'of women.professing to', tell'for: tunes' have been .under..i police , surveillance lately; and. as. a. result three persons 'will;bo required, to appear at the, , Magistrate's Court ;pn Wednesday.. . i: '.,, ..',; . . ~'." . Street wideiiinß is atj «pe'nsiv6 luitiry to a municipality.' -The -picobraeal wideliinß of WillW' Street; has. been 'advanced another' eUp by tho.ticauiromcnt ef that:block of to the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel by tho City Ooundl.i For •Mβ nnd; other purposes connectedl' with the' widening ■' of the street in 'question. , .(hi City Council is to bd asked' t6 pass a special order at its meeting on Thursday next,, resolving' to. borrow; ; tue sura -of •£26,000.' ■ _■;'■;.. •"•-•- " : ; ■ ';.- ■:■.-,■ .-\ 'The drivers"of , a'numbo'r of thft motor cars, which were, engaged ; m- conveying the' troops to and from theChristchurch manoeuvres -.oil Labour Day ore^to be prosecuted for having; driven at speeds in excess of tho spo6d limit.: .Tho Assessment -Court'.tjrocecdlngVin : connec-' tion with the objections to tho special roll being prepared by the City Council.for thd fating area , for the WadestoWh tramway, were concluded on Saturday morning. G. Martin, Government Valuer* stitdd that: the selling value of the Ehodes Estate property would bo greatly enhanced .by'tho. how lino, , tho pfoporty being in-a. most suitable position for building- on. After going through the plansj several sections were oxompted'-bv consent..-• G.V C. CooKe thought that the Rhodes.Estate should be included in the special area, it would be an injustice, to -Wadestowu'if it were not. Counsel addressed tho, Court! and :Dr. M'Arthur reserved hie decision until Friday. , . *

if Mr. W. H. George could have his way there would bo only two oittcs in' New Zoiilflntl—hs.ftit fis the. Btxptist Union is.concerned. At the .conference on Saturday ho moved that every, second' yenr tho coliforoneo should bo held olthor in Wellington: of Cliristohurch, the alternate coiiforonco brine hold at-some-other nliico, and lid siigßestod that Wellington ami Chriatohufch should bo retarded us "oities" mid all other places ns "country." Delegates from Auckland, and Other places naturally objected to Biicli nn assumption* , and the eendushess of the proceedings was for a while submerged ili an ainusiiiK intoi-chango of banter. Finally it was decided to leave the question of the place for holding future conferences to be'decided year by year. ; - .:..

■Very- successful Suuday Sotiool nnniverenrv Borvioee'wero held : tit the St. JAtaes Presbyterian Church, Wellington South, ywterduy. The BeT.'Ti Fee proaohed id the moining, and n ftoad hicetiftE ih". the efternobu Was , held. Tlio (tatliering-in;,tliß oreninj; 'won addressed by the Bfv. W.;fihiror, who took 48 his text, ",The StibMth.fknool ns n.paVt of the,cOi)c». tipn f)t the young. 1 ' A feataro ot. Iho-; services was the' singing, of the choir' and scholars.

A request for a subsidy'towards tho cost c 4 •protcotivo works'nphr thejWanganui bridge, vfif, tnado to tho Minister, for.Public Works (th« Hon. It. M'Kenzio)on Friday. It was quit* possible (bo it,was stated) ithat iflho works were not undertaken an ertra largo flood might was]i away tho banks and approaches. Tho deputation sought a subsidy of £ for £ on ths cost of tho. wont, which'was estimated'at from JJCODO ■ to'.XlO,OoOi. ■■ Mr:: M'Konzid : thought;->■ large 'settled district such as tho one in qnestion'sho'uld be ablo to undertake its own river protection works.. If the money was available lio'wouldi however, recommend that 25'por cent of the cost ''should be ■■ provided'by the Government. :■' ..■ '■• '■'..,■'■'; ■ - ... '•■ ■'.'■' .'.:.:'■.( .'..-;■ ;'r. . The raothod of tho'Education Board in eelecfc. ing only one'candidate for voeaneics for.toacliers that occur at 'schools, and subraimng.that candidato'e name for the local school commitloe. "to telect from js characterised by_the chairman of the llnstorton.niirh Scnopr.Committeo Rβ a force and' an. insult to the inwUi« genco of the committee, ■ .-. i, ,'.■.; : ■;. Yesterday yrnu' '"Young People's Day" in canaectlon witli.the Prcebvtorinn Ohurau in New Zealand. Special services ym held, nnd epcOial hymns.Smig throughout;tho day.' The summer conferonco in connection" with Sunday Sphopl work has beon fixed to \>e held at Ashburton from Decem'bsr 28 to Jamiary-3;\ '■' .. ■'-,'

Oh Saturday night; Sergeant J,utledgc ahii Constable I'rice mado a raid oil an alleged sly-gi-og shop in Kilbifnio. Liquor,was; f()Und on.the premises. > ; •' .•' . j.,'. '..

■■;■ In the ; compensation case of Cameron and others versus, tho Railway Department.,- counsel on Saturday argued qortain questions of law. The principal point'was as to .whothej the claimants wero entitled to payment upon tho basis of tho value of the land'to them before it was. taken over by tho Government or whether they wore entitled to. bo paid on the basis of'the vtiluo to , the ■ Government of- the stone on tho land, Mr. Justice Sim intimated that ho would deliver judgment.-also tho award tO-day.- . . . ' - --.. ■•..■.•',' t;'. •,', ", ■ /.- .■.'-.;.