LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho postal authorities advise that th»: Marama, which left Sydney on Saturday for Wellington,', has on board an Australian mail; which is duo here this morning. -'The-'inaugural meeting of the International Club will bo hold at tho Hotol Windsor this! evening.. ... •■. *':■;.■.'■.•■ . Our own aeroplane men, though not Bleriots, or ■ Wrißhts,- aro nioving—a little, At the I'alroerston Show Grounds yesterday afternoon, ' Messrs. Barnard Brothers, ■formerly of Auckland and Dunedin, made threo attempts. : to' ascend' iu their aeroplane, At tho third: attempt the . machine' rose ten feet 'from tho ground, .and progressed about thirty yards, when,something wont wrong wjth one of the. wings, and the trial had to cease.. A hor6o was. used to give tho aeroplane, a start,-but it' was found that sufficient, speed could not bo got up in that way. ', The invontors (says i our Palmersfcn correspondent) nevertheless oxpressed /themselves:as satisfied with: the trial as far as it went, ~ .V-.

Shortly after 11 o'clock last evening two' gentlemen passing the Bank of Now Zealand: on Lambton Quay, smelt fire, and traced it to a collar grating of the bank. Thinking the. place'was on fire they summoned .the brigade;;: who;. knocked, up the custodian, who'lives on the premises, The smell, it appeasi arofo; from tho burning of some papers in a, lurnacaf; in the cellar, which had become moro notico-': able owing to a. defect in, tho chimney,. ,'':

. Concreting work at tho .'Wellington Dock ha»: /!' been abandoned this week, pending [ considera-. Ition by: the' Harbour Board: of a report!from:■■'•.!... the engineers, regarding a seotion, ot concrete ';.'■■' recently put, in. The divers reported that ' .'■ there. were, 6igns of "latenoo"' in about 800 • yards of concrete at a depth of 40 feet, and, .88 it had boon carefully loid, the Harbour ;;• Board gave ' instructions that no more con. ;-' ■ crete should be put,in until tests should have ;■•'.'• been made,by the engineers. The bottom is,■■'•"■'•, quite firm, and all concrete at lesser depths ■' has sot;firmly and. hard. - The suitability; of ' ■' the:■ olass-of concrete'now being used and the ':■'." ■ effect V.of the sea water upon it will be the -•::!;" chief-subject of inquiry, 1 .The results of; tho : . i, v engineers' tests : will bo embodied in a. report to be presented to the Harbour Board to-. '; morrow..' The,board's engineer is also submit-!; • tingy.a report, on. the. proposal to enlarge the'.K to. accommodate a ; super-Dreadnought, .',.. : but it is:unlikely that any alteration in ; tho..■•;,: design ; will bo, made. ' ■'■>' :C' ; J : '^ : ii- : ' : "

: The poll of |he ratepayers of the Wadestowa district (formerly the South Ward of the Borough of Onslow) will take place to-day 'on the. proposal.of the Wellington City Council'!to raise the sura of .£33,000 to oonstruot a tramiway.to Wadostown.' The, polling booths .(Mr. Janes' 6 shop; Wadestown, and tho Town Hall, • Wellington), ivlll be open froni 9 a.m. to 7: p.m. : J. : , A;: Clement, the now professional of -the Christchuroh'Golf Club and open champion of New Zealand,..in a\ game on the Shirley;,Links, Christohurch, theV'week before,last, played a, remarkably fine round, covering" the-course'-in; 66—a particularly fine performance.' The "bogey-: for v the-.courso was 78.; ■'.!.,'.'. ',' -.; : ..,\:

'.' ■ Wellington; in its. anxiety to escape' through : the encompassing hills,, is projecting further' ■.;< ', tunnelling schemes.'-'We already, have a trartt-, ,■' way tunnel .under , Mount ■~ Victoria, another, :'} through-the Seatounhil], and still another on : the Karori' Road,, to; say ; nothing of .the' bur-.;! ■ rowing, which has been dono on, the'Kelburne ,; .tramway, traoki Now, it is .proposed, to run.:.;, a ,railway tunnel' right under tho existing tramway tunnel in Mount .Victoria,' and earns'-;. ■' of the residents of Karori and Northland hold the opinion!that a short-out could be,'made to ,replace, the. present' circuitous.,route;by,'.';. tunnelling' Horn, a point on'! Lambton' Quay,,' .'.. right, through'..to' the' elbow- .in Glonbervie ;. Road,- At'present-'they, allege'that: a substan-.-; ■'■'■-. tial proportion of! residents of .the, highlands !-V:-' leave, the' cars'-ttti' the "Botanical'. Gardens-' gate i.i-i. and; : walk'tp town via Glcnbcrvie. Road and:i' :the! Sydney.Street .'Cemetery,;'.simply,^because•by 'doing so they/arrivo'in' town-a ttinuto.'or-.;,., ,tWovbefore;,the."car.,' ..The alternative ;,to-the' •.; tunnel .scheme .is :a connection with- the Kel---burnb-.oars;< It;,is understood'that the Tram: ■

ways Committee of the City Council aro to; bo doputationised' shortly by the dwellers beyond thewesjern hills, -' '■•:''•','; .',.'''. '■:■,■;

..." A'-.report has been prepared by. tho'City En- ■•'■', ginecr on the question or numbering the whola .-,'.'■■ of, tho'.hpii6os : in suburban streets, and it. is / probable .'.'that the recommendations pet; forth; m the report will bo given offeot ,to early in ' the; New -Year.,'; Mr.. a]so i has ; in : hand , the problem of/ renaming certain', suburban '■'•" greets, so/ as to avoid confusion owing to 1 tho . sameness; of Bome.of tho;names..,■; J: 1 ■;.;:;;,. •; ...The supply of pipes, necessary for tho com-.;':. , pletion of tho extension of tho. water supply to ',' Northland has now conio to| hand, '.and: the :/ pipes are being carted up to; the .hill-suburb; V The extension of; tho Kolburno reservoir, which ■■':'.■ is'to supply Northland, is almost, completed, ■ and: already, residents of Moana Itpad; '; Koad.oFairview ltoad, and tho western end; of' Upland Road-aro being, supplied with water,.;-, as a'rcsult. of the; work done with the pipes; ■ which-the City Council had; in stock. -~ ;. .":

.The new Happy Valley Road is to be opened.-'';", by the Mayor this afternoon'. Members ot the City/ Council, will drivo out to tho new ' road, via, Brooklyn, and will, return via Island .'", Bay andMaranui. ~-. ' ■■' •'■•.-'■ '; :'.. - :■ ; v v

■The various flaxmills in .the Horowhemia ; ' and,Oroua"counties aro 'stated to bo»working : 'M' double:skifts'at; present, in order to take■ ad-- v' >■'' 'vantage ,of. tie present satisfactory prices,- Tho <v■•■•': .money whioh is being circulated at tho various .'; mills is said to.be improving, tho general con-■;-dition'of-trade':in the .various townships•ad* ■■'■■ joining the mills. ''Altogether things loot cx>'''"; ; ->' ceedinglyobright,at present,";said a miller to:- - -,' a representative of ■ Tue Dominion yesterday, '■'■■ ■"and it seems certain, that if prices keep'up ' " for'another three months, the losses •of past'. : years. Will bo considerably softened.". The tact' ; ' thatcattlo and horses havo been kept out of ' tho swamps, and that the drainage has been; i; - improved, - and tho toi toi and scrub grubbed out, has resulted in a marked increase and ; '•■'■ improvement-in-the. flax-,' Tho loaf genorally '"' this year is good; and mill owners' nro turn- ■ : ' ing Out a large amount of flbro more ocouomio- •'-''■■ ally ; than ever: before.;' .'•;,.; . "■'-•" ;"-: -~ ■•--. i : - ; : ;-

-,- The -Trustees", of ■■ the Home for the -Aged Needy are prepared to consider applications from persons desiring a,placo in tholiomo. At present, there-is. a vacancy' for one woman.' ■-

morning, at tho Mount Cook Polico- : ' ; - Court,, beioro Mr. Thomas Bland, J P., two first, offenders, wore; bharged -with insobriety. ■:' One was: convicted and discharged,, nnd , t h a ,';, other:was,fanod 55.,; m default 2i'.hours'-im- ■ pnsonment.,- Kate. Sweeny, charged with:-■ ' drunkenness, ,was; fined £8, i u default U days'' imprisonment.:. '-~'■- .•,.,,;,,.-, ;.;--,'',-'■:'.■:■

-Of-tho passengers who arrived froni:London ;\' by. the Papanur yesterday, 45' were.assisted irai ■■'':■: migrants (17, women, 9 men, and 19: children);-''>:■,-Ten, adults: a«dUy children were nominated:;:;: ; c by relatives, and Ofl. adults and 5 ohildren were.approved,bythe Hjgh Commissioner. 1 The new- : •-" comers; are for various parts of'the' Dominion, and-most of .tliom left for their destination's :;■■- by rail or steamer yesterday. ..Capital among'*:;'' the inimigrants ranges from,.£lso to £25., '■ '-The crano-traok:is in: course, of"erection/o'ufi?-' the: new ferro-coucrett -wharf, nt ■ Clyde- Quay. ''*'■'■'■ The;main, structuro, including the : ' finished, nnd.it is expected that tho work will i> - bo out of the contractor's hands by the end of - January.-.;.-.'■,,'..;...;/■•"■;■.■:..., .'. ,; ' -.■•• ::7 ! :;; : ;,: : -:

_Tho levy of. 19s. by the EospitalM .Trustees on tho. City ■Council ns the city's:-; contribution to th« cost of tho erection 1 v o'v. : ' tho:,: Infectious, Diseases Hospital will : ■•'■: subject of _n special:meeting; of tho * cd,cni Friday afternoon.. );t : i ß understood 1 that I '-; at least a section of ■the'. 'City,Counci: loo> • vupon:; the. Diseases' Hospital in the light' &f ai ■•'■' - unnecessary ex P cnse,/ i aiirf,thi s Vpi m s 6 0 f- ti u -:;.i matter,.will bo threshed out. at the' special■'■ A meeting.-, '■-.'• •■■..'..'.„'. ■"' ■'-~ ■■--;':,-:■,■: V .-\. ■-.-.::'' : v

. Il \, hen „{ l *: nitiokpooly durtng. his recent visits to. the .Old Country, Mr. Harry. Australian, vaitdovillo maungcr, '■ found. him-:' : :<': ; ;. self,, at tho same, hotel ns Caruso,, the,great; I ;'"',;' operatic tenor. .Unattended -tho Sunday con.':w'- 1 ' cert given m.the Winter Garden, pnyiiigtwe-^- 1 '. guineas for a.seat, , '.*! 2 vu i iM"! .• v,tl >,;amazciiient and ■light nt.tho brillmnt quality of Caruso'svoico.;®; ■ Afterwards, he yhad . v.with- CarusoY; manager,;and..offered, him. .£20,000 for -twonb '•'.'.- concerts,: in Australia;.'. Caruso had, already;;signed contracts for tlvo years 1 alieadfe-'Y and thnt.wds-too .far off to nuuV an cngago-V-:; X mont::whore:.thp ;liuman;, voi^o'.w«S.;corieer|iod;v:.-■ ;>

■ Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdresslng. ltanicur. s ''& ing,: FacofMassagei-Trcatmcnt. of-Falling Hair -■;>•■'-':.' and" Dandruff, Combings ■, made up, Natural'■:: v:--Hair-pads. Mrs. - Holleston, (over CarroU'e) U ! - •' .Wmis:Str6et.;:;'Phone 1595, ?■>■£;;