LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 665, 16 November 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

So that our readers may not Buffer from the «/f°" , 0 / Tnß Dominjon by the Word Adwe publish in this issue, at our onn cost, , two Government advertisements-one a land notico, tUc other relating to tenders, ™I h ° ' P vf l ? l , l S% o !; itie s . adviEe that the Manuka, which WtSydney at i p.m. on Saturday, has piv board Australian maUs. She Is ei. pected to nrnvo in M'ellinßton early on Wednesuay: morning, ■ ■■.'■■ ... . -.■..-.

Until recently Shannon was one of the few £)wa9 on the west coatt where the Chinaman had. not obtained a footing. Our Shannon «. r M S sl£ ul 'nl' etatee ' h °wover, that a local .resident h M sold hie nursery, and four Chinese have taken up the "white man's burden." , 1 "* h >! e lect i°n. Mr. J. Burr,-Mayor of Eastbourne, has worn his mayoral robes at the .meetings of the council, Ho is probably .unique m that respect among local May Us. ■ .; The Uvin School Committee six'weeks ago sent a cheque for to the Education-Boarl . asking., that, that amount should bo' eubsidised >nV : ti A- cheque oame back for .£5 J Bs. lUd., with an acknowledgment of the cheque received and word that the subsidy was SSe? consideration. Ust week thie came to-hand in a cheque for i! 5 19s. Bd. The Behool committeemcn.in the hret instance puzzled over the deduction.of is. 2d. from the cheque, and now (states Horowhenua Chronicle") they are the 1 q S a - n d dary . orer 'he deduction of Id, from .There is ja good deal of feeling at the Addinp ton Workshops just now in regard to furthor disniifisasj which have taken place, and which are pending. It i ? stated that, in the smiths' sftop, the number of journeymen has biien reduped from 45 to .17, and that lately It haVe been sent out of the titters ,: shop. ■■-■.' When the last mail left Sydney, Newcastle coal was being retailed there at M per, r to>. authorities, haro approached 'the Cfty Council ill regard to ruining: imeoial cars for T postal pnrposes-ehiefly pareelf delivery It is understood that the committee Will recommend-that, the special ears be uT at so much per oar mile'.

At jme stage of the inquiry relating in the subsidence ,of ; the ketone wharf, referonce_wnß mode to the driving of certain piles' w, v "K nc n ? ore .jraP Kins'? Wharf, Mr.; E. D. Cachemaille, whp was nt the time to the harbour board, comr». fe P °W S ?i ator m •», statement which has been sent to the members of the hoard, eps it .is trne that oDt of the OOi piles in the King's Wharf, four did Sink at ffi rate Of 6 mcto'per bloit at the finish, but these firv. are ? ,, Mns '''T bl(! iisi *w "Part. »n1 !K dr , O ,P ot %. was a great Seal morp than it .was at Pctone, tonm as mttbh as 10 of ( themhe had an oitra p Id of irfeattr Ifength driven, which proved very hard in the drlTiDg, there ™> nothing abopt the driving of'the Wharf piles needV calise' «uy deyelopment ot the. j'.oman CafholicChnrch in the Auckland province, bishop Wnihan has of latei been acquiring.large properties-in.wrious parts of bis daces*. .:.One of the most important purchases is,the old Palls HotS*Henderson, mth 18 acres of land: attached : the MorrinfiV-ille has also been acquired, -as wall as arge sections nt Pnriri and Hikntniai A number of city properties have also been purchased, including^,section of one and' three-qiiarter acres on Bpsom Avenue, between Mount; Eden and Lpsom,. also a section 46 feet by 63 fiietin tast.Street; and adjoining the- St. Benedict's ■iiall,:and a property of two acres in Vermont street, I'onsonby. .;; .:, ■'.■."■ ... .. -

A_ coloured man was arrested yesterday on a : .chanjß of assaulting Geargo' Grey, robbing him of 133. 6d,; in rfoulcotf Str ef lt ? on" ■ iTiaay.. ■, '... .'/■' ' ,•.■•• i-' , ,..,- , ;. , . . Hunt, : art inmate" of the Home for the. Aged Needy, who .was reported miiisin". returned.,to.,tho iustitutiou; yesLday.v'f "'. Pormissipn has been given' to..the city "electrical ..engineer to report on the > lighting • of the hospital:' This is in accordance with a .request- by-.■the;; Hosflital Trustees. , " '; V; 'V^ ■> f Concessions on tramcars'have been Applied f°M / i th fl I^oo ■ Be-Scouts. ■ The rlquest failed to find favour: in .the eyes of theTramJ ways Committee of ,the ~■,■, ii . the. service wh'i'cVwMiie priividea'on jthe Auckland railways duHng the ■■ sunlmor months,.commencing from December.l, is gi'iierally conceded to moot the; requirements' of traffic better, than the present Bervico (writes our correspondent), complaints are madti , by particular classes of .the community, that the new service, will leave thorn no better off than they are novr, and that concessions whlcli it was hoped would be granted have been withheld. Those-who,havq to reach the oity bef6re;7.3O a,.m. jn. order to t be at work are disappointed tnat despite tne strong .representations made to the Eailway Detiartment torUn etirly morning trams, the ( servlce will,remain as at ipresont. Presumably -tho Department's reason Wasithat it tnought earlier trains would not pay,'' n 6aid ?,?°. V , th . 06 .? wnp. ha Y e ,> begin work ; e ( »rly, . but what tho basis of its calculations ivaS cau only be , conjectured, •'aid consequently' those : who wanted earlier trains have no chance of disproving thß Department's contention. Probably a factor which the' Department has (ivor,looked altogether;is tho Possible.expahsioii 6f the traffic. Tho,. Minister for Railways i:has shown so little enterprise, in ehdeavourinir to meet tho competition of eariy trams from 1 ; the suburbs that pepplq ha¥e boeil forded to rely on tram. facilities. it' is impossible to say what measure of support an early morning; train service that really, catered for,; the requirements ; of.the people would receive. Probably it would bo considerable. .The, evidence available.goes to show thnt if there' aho'iiltl be. any loss it would'be n small ■'one, arid itiig one of those occasions oh which the Railway l Department.'/would. have,beon justified,in lading more .than the purely, view, , considering that an early morning train' Service iWdnld enable workers to live in the-country, and thus relievo the congestion of,the citrl" .■••.; A'very successful' parade of the ' Zealandia Rifles, under Captain Corrigan, was held at the Garrison Hail last WoiJing. there being a 'muster: of 57.''.: After being oxercised'in Wmpany movements, the. members: adjourned to one.of the lecture rooms, and.there heldia'social evening in honour of the Company's physical -drill team, which successfully contested'the New Zealand physical drill championship at the recent,. - Polmerston ..' ihllitary -.• ■ tournanifint. Speeches, and musical items iilled in a'very pleasant eveflinjvand due honour wiis accorded the championship team and its coach' (Sergeant Hugo); Captain Uomgan was in the chair, and there were also present Lieuts. Fallowes and Colomb (subaltern officers of, tho corps),: and . Corporal Peters, CoL-Sergt... Willis, and Hon. Member Hotoig (bid members of the coitipftny, associated with it at its foundation). Arrange' ments are now being made by a committe|i of the past and present members of the corpil , to hold a emoke concert at an early dato. '■■.

A statement irtade in tho House of RepreBentatiyes last Friday,'-/during the dikcusilon on the Local Bodies' Loans Bill, to the elfeot that the Wellington: City Sinking Fund Cbmmissiohera had lent money at'ae low aMβ . as' 21; per oeht;,' appears to hare . hoex,, hindo "without the book." informed that the lowesl; rate at whioh thi Sinking Jfund Comiljieeioncrs,have lent money Is i per oent., whflst tho average rato of intcreat works out at, ii .per cent.-". '■'-.:■ ■"■; " " '■ : :'\".; ' ■•' : -.i •The'- .Membere of the City Connoil Reserves Committeo: paid. a. visit, to Kilbirnle j-esterday, to investigate raattora brought More the oiimjnitteo last Friday by a deputation from the local Ratepayers' Assooiation. It is nndiirstiiod that th« committee will recommend the council ; to agree' to practically the Whole of thiS'Waiters aeked for by tho deputation, withtheexception. of the extension of' tho culvert, which flows into the harbour near the bath-house.!

. A deputation of euburban* residents "is ;to wait upon: the lAayor to-morrow morning, in Inference to difflcultics said to have been exnerienced ill trying r to raise loans from the CityCpuncilio nllow oi their connecting their houses- with the• now .drainage system. When the jEIdd.OOO Joan for drainage work was raised, it was understood by; enburban residents tlrat a sura was to lxseet asido tis help'citizen? vtho •wanted to pay for conncotions on the lnstaJ. ment plan. It is elated that several properiyowiiers haremodo application, t6 tho council, but have be«n told that thftcflniioil could -.Hot help them. Hence the/deputation. ■ ■ : ; ?

"He did not think it advisable for- local bodies to lend to other attthofitits'Jn'the samo dietriot. There had been a case in Wellihg. ton whwo tho city lent jC70,000 : to' , tho" Karori Borough Council. It was not good finance." Such is tho statement ;reportcd ; as having b<ven nmd6 b" Jlr. Davey, 11,?,, mirißg.A disoysslon on lbcal bodies' finance in tho House on i?rii day last. >DieoU66ing the matter iat> the Town Hall yesterday,,,tt'.-.representativc ; of -.Tbb Dominion was assured by the town olerk (ilh. J. B. Palmer) that the st(it«ment, as reporhd, was hot eorreot. Tbo: full fthiount borrowed ■from the city by the•Karori Bofon&h' was .£,17,000, : whioh sum carried, interest nt'm rnte ef-.'iS'-pef.'tfSfit-■'/■'-_..:".• yy-. :■ ;,,- ;,•', . Shampoo: ng, Clipping, HeirHrMSlng.' Jlaalotir. ing, JFaco :)la£sage, Treatment of lfaniiig , Hnir ind Combings made tip, NatdCal Hair-uads.;l Mr«. ItollijStah (oftr':UuroU'u':u Willi* Street 'Phone 1593.. , ■ : . -■-~ caiii? |