LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 761, 9 March 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Kobert Corldll, bailiff, will appear at the Magistrate's Court this morning, on remand, charged with the murder of Christopher I)enis Smith, in Pipitea Streot, Jast Friday. It is probable that a further, remand will be asked for by counsel lor accused. Our people in New Zealand are apt •to look very humble, said the Chinese Consul in a lecture last night. They ore humble, but they look more so. . And some of them have an air of extreme timidity as they pass along the streets, with their eyes down. Observant. people will have noticed it, but they must not mistake the appearance for-timidity. It is a kind' of reverence, the reverence that is ingrained in the race. The new motor-engine which has been added to the plant of ; the City Fire Brigade, comprises a Thornycroft • motor, the sanit firm supplying the chassis and underparts. The body, wings, and mounting were made locally by Mr. C. Tandy, Taranaki Street, and" the 'electric work Was fitted up by Mr. 0. Spry, the brigade's electrician. The body * has a novel feature, the driver's seat being recessed to give a driver better control over his gear and provide against sideslip. The chemical reel is carried clean off the body, to allow more seating accommodation. The naint-work is vermilion, gold,, and • blue, with the - City Arms done by Mr. A. Pawson. Quaint letters are , sometimes received by the S.P.C.A. One, which was produced at yesterday's committee meeting, was addressed to the "Society for tfie Protection (sic). of Cruelty to Aniraals," and began: "I have to; inform you of llr. of such as this." Another, addressed to the secretary, began: "I think it is a shame that you inspec-, tors allow ." One of these communications was unsigned, .and. therefore did not roo-oive much consideration from the committee. •■ The coal hulk Cincinnati, which has done duty as a hulk at Port Chalmers since the early sixties, has been.' condemned, and is now in course Of dismantlii.g, preparatory to being disposed of. The Cincinnati, a barque, camo to .New Zealand in 1863 with, coal from Newcastle, under command of "Bully" Hayes,and struck on Fish Reef, off Moeraki, injuring her forefoot. . Owing to the accident and the absence of docking facilities, the barque was/condemned, and.was disposed of,as a hulk, the Union Steam. Ship Company afterwards obtaining possession and: using. her, as a coal. hulk tor many years,: Prior to goiijg to Port Chalmers the Cincinnati was employed running coal iroin Newcastle to Adelaide. Apropos of Mr. .Will Crooks's defeat at Woolwich, the vicar of St. John's, Plumstead, the Rev. Lewis Thomas, sent out cards containing- the; following remarkable announcement:—"Special thanksgiving service to Almighty God for the timely deliverance of Woolwich and Plumstead from the hands, of the Socialists and Sab-bath-breakers. - Study the fourth commandment. There will be four celebrations of the Holy Communion, at 7 a.m., 8. a.m.,, midday,. and after the evening service. All communicants are earnestly invited. The Te D.eum will be used instead of the' processional' and recessional' hymns." ■ • ',y ;"•' ' A. new tram-car (of the "palace"; typo), specially adapted for .the Brooklyn line, was tested : yesterday by the officers of the City Tramways, De- , partment. )Forty. passengers, i seated, cau be carried on the new, cartas', against 48 on the ordinary palace .car's, which aro of greater length; and. have less space between the -seats. The motqrman's platform on the new.car is enclosed with doors, and the motor is adapted for the heavy gradients oj ; the -Brooklyn branch. Yesterday's . trial was satisfactory, as far as if went, but further trials aro to be held.

The Chinese believe that a man's children, suffer for his sins in various ways, said Mr. Hwang last night,' "and, if .a merchant gives short weight the sin-may result in his. descendants haying tiny eyes, or very fiat noses, dr. limbs out of proportion." Apparently this Is a punishment on ' kindergarten principlesshort weight in goods for the customer, short allowance in features for the children. , In regard to Sir Robert Stout's statement that many sections'of English society were given up to pleasure, the Rev. H..S. Woollcbmbe says: thit 60 far as a New Zealander (as. Sir Robert was) was concerned, it was a cas3 ,of the old proverb of the poi and the kettle; As a hew chiim'one thing that struck him as most amazing on landing in .NewZealand was the number of opportunities tho people had for pleasure-making, and how gloriously they embraced them. The industrial Association , has decided that the exhibition, which it proposes to hold in the, Harbour Board's U wool store, shall be lit by,, Electricity from-the. municipal supply., ,The managing director of the Wellington 3as Company (Mr. W, Ferguson),, in. a.letter to the. association, acknowledges .•■riceipt; of this information, /.and; proceeds: ;"The correspondence has been under the consideration of the Board.of , Directors, and.l am instructed to inform jou that as the board is of the opinion that, the company has not received that cojsideratiou which is due to one of the largest industries'of the district, it has bien determined not. to take any part in ihe exhibition. I regret that this shoild be so." • The exact date of the conference bf the Young Maori : party (southern dhision) has hot yet been fixed, ; but it will .take place about the middle of April.- , It is understood that further modifications and alterations to the police regulations are contemplated, at an <arly date. -.-,-' Referring to the position of those-:b.il-dren who have at various times ieen palmed off on to Natives in the Waiganui district by Europeans, the Hon. Dr. Findlay (Minister for Justice) ihforinid a Dominion reporter yesterday that in ttoio cases where the children arc being, as well or bettor looked after than would be the case if they were under the control of 'their natural parents, and;in addition care was being .taken of them in compliance with the reasonable demands of civilisation the Department was not. interfering, but in other cases the Jjolice authorities had been instructed to take action. - 1 The appointment to fill the vacincy in the.magistracy caused by the resirnation of.Mr. Tnrtin of the Wairarapa Jistrict will be" filled, at an early meeting of the Cabinet. " : . There was the usual delay,prior to the commencement of a meeting of creditors yesterday owing to a number of creditors not having lodged the. proof, df,their .claims. Referring to the matter thi Official Assignee (Mr. A. Simpson) stated that it was too bad that a meeting shou'd be delayed''in that way. It was his intention to insist in future that the' proofs should be' sent in before the .tiffii at which the meeting was announced, to take place. "If," he added, "some of;the creditors find themselves shut out ore of these days, it will help to remedy natters" . .',"'■' The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rimutaka, which arrived irim London yesterday, brought 153 pnssm. gers. The . voyage- was uneventful. The weekly meeting! of the Trust&s of the Wellington Benevolent Institition was held yesterday, and was attended by Mr. J; Smith (chairman), • thV Rev. W. A. Evans, Miss Richmond, an( Messrs. Short, Cook, and D. Robertson Tho secretary's report showed that there were G8 men and 31 women in tlifi main home ajiil 15 inmates in the intermediate home. 'Two Men had been admitted to the main home during the week and three had left the intermediate home. shampooing, Clipping, Hairdrcssing, Manicuring, 1 ace Massage, Treatment of Falling Hair and Dandruff, .Combings made lip. Natural Hair-pads. Mrs Rolleston (over Carroll's), H Willis Street. 'Phone 1590.—Advt

According to the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) New Zealand is well equipped from an educational- point of view compared with other countries which he recently visited. Speaking to a Dominion reporter on the subject, he remarked that there were no doubt many hints which might be got from England and the various foreign nations. There was, however, such a great difference.between the conditions in Ivew Zealand and in the older countries that the authorities here should pay more attention to the teaching of agriculture. An endeavour should also be made to create a feeling in favour of country life so as to prevent the accumulation of the people in the towns. There was in his opinion a greater future for scientifically-trained agriculturists thau most people in . the Dominion realised. / s regards technical education he was satissied that New Zealand could not hope to become a great manufacturing- country like England—at any rate for a great many years. Even if goods could be manufactured fairly cheaply in New Zealand they could not successfully compete against the manufactures of the Old World, owing to the great distance that they would have to be conveyed.

| Referring to the.anxieties of the clergy in regard to finance and other matters, which he contended should be borne, or at least shared, by the laity, the Rev. H. S. Woollcombe, speaking at Christchurch on Sunday evening, said that even if a clergyman was a St. Augustine he could not be spiritually-minded if his life was taken up with worries over ■£.s. d. "What is the reason for this falling-off in the out-patients?" asked one of the Hospital Trustees yesterday. "Lord Kitchener's visit," was the only explanation forthcoming. "I don't know what they do with their bottles of medicine at other times, if they didn't want them when Lord Kitchener was here!'' remarked another member. The secretary's report showed that the receipts from outpatients during the last fortnightly period were .£l2 13s. 6d., as compared with-.£17 45., during the preceding fortnight. The amount for, the corresponding period of last year was .£lB 18s. : ".'. "Very satisfactory," was the expression used by the Chairman of the Hospital Trustees (Hon. C; M. Luke, M.L.C.), when announcing yesterday that a contribution of .£SB 12s. 6d., the proceeds of various concerts, had-, been received from the Wellington Working Men's Club. "It is'one of the reminders that.we get occasionally from the Working Men's Club of their appreciation of the work done by the trustees for this district," added Mr. Luke. • >- : An increased-grant to complete . the. Paraparaumu. Beach , Road was sought by a deputation consisting of Councillor Lynch (representative of .the Whaieroa riding .on the . Hutt county) and . Mr.' Cudby (the engineer), who were introduced to the Hon. R. M'Kenzie (Minister for .Public Works) by Mr. Field, M.P., yesterday. It'was explained that about ,£IOO would be required to finish the road, which was very muoh used by fishermen and others. The residents were very anxious that the work should be oomploted before the end of: the summer. Mr. M'Kenzie promised to give the matter, fnll consideration without delay; A .committee meeting of the Society for -the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held yesterday afternoon, the Members present being Mr., J. S. Jameson (chairman), Miss Butts, Mesdames. Christie and Williams, Messrs. G.Brown and H. Cook. The inspector, reported on eight .cases of alleged cruelty to horses,and. it was decided to take legal' action in ! connection with two of : them. The following', donations were acknowledged: —Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains, £1 Is.; Mrs., W. Martin. £1; Miss Coates, 10s.; .Mrs. A. H. Miles, 10s.; Mesdames :Ronayne, Cleland,' and Grace, and ; Messrs. H. N. Holmes, W. S.'La Trobc,'.R. M. Griffiths and Co., and J. J. Curtis and C0.,.-ss. each; Miss Chatwin, Mesdames Crease, Perkins, and W. C. Hemery, and Rev.; Mr. Jenkins,, 2s. 6d. each; Misses Rutherford, 45.; a friend, Is.;' total, .£5 135.. fid.

;Mr. J; Cudby, Inspector of Works for the Hurt County .Council,.does not ftvour any: further > , expdndifcb.re l ..for |tke. present on the protection of the river bank at Haywarci's Ford from the erosion caused by the Hutt Eiver. The proposal to extend the crate OTsfem-of stop-bank-would in his opinion 36 more harm than good to the ford. He was of opinion that the cost of. any. further work in that direction should be .borne by the people resi-' .dent in the locality. . Messrs. W.H. Field, Aubrey Gualler, and J. Marshall, representing the .Hayward's Land Company, waited on the Hutt. County. Council yesterday morning,- and urged: that if that body could not contribute to the cost of extending the. crate hank, 30ft.. it should allow its expert-; to do the work at the cost of the company. The council decided to pay a visit of inspection to the spot on; Saturday next. ■ . The matter of providing better road access to. Plimmertoh was before the Hutt County Council yesterday.- The inspector. (Mr. Cudby) reported "that, when the bridge across Taupo Creek was being built the council should take in hand the construction of the Pahautahui-Plimmorton Koad. If that were done spoil would' be made available for the bridge approaches in the making of the new road in,that, locality. At. to-morrow's meeting of the City Council, Councillor Geo. Frost will move: "That in future the. City Solicitor shall advise on all,applications 'under the building by-laws,, where the discretionary power allowed to the council under By-law 1002 :is necessary." . In the. entertaining volume entitled "More Tramps Abroad," in which Mark Twain describes his last great tour round the world, there appears the, following entry from his diary :—"October 23:—Got up at 6, left at 7.30; soon reached CastleMain, one of the rich goldfields "of the early days; waited several hours for a train; left at 3.40, and reached Bendigo in an hour. For comrade a Catholic priest, who was better than I was, but didn't seem to know it—a man full, of graces of the heart, and mind, and the spirit; a lovable man. He will rise. He will be a bishop some day. Later an afchbisllop. Later a cardinal. Finally an archangel; 1 hope* . And then he will recall ine when I say, 'Do you remember that trip we made from Ballarat to Bendigo, when you were nothing but Father C. and 1' was nothing to what 1 am now?'" Now (says the "New Zealand Tablet")—while the editor of' the "Tablet" is several thousand miles awav —it is safe for us.to mention, that the Catholic . priest" referred to is Father Cleafy, then stationed at Ballarat, and now nominated by the Auckland priests as "diguissimus" tor the vacant Northern Wee. With a view to securing the expenditure of the vote of i-30 for the constr'ue.tiun of a track from the Otaki Forks to Mount Hector, Mr. Field, M.P., interviewed the Hon. K. M'Kenzie, Minister for Public Works, yesterday. He explained that there had been a suggestion that the New Zealand Institute, which has already spent some money in opening up a', track from Kaitoke, should undertake the expenditure of the grant. The institute was stated to be anxious that fairly good tracks' should be made, both from Kaitoke and Otaki, so as to enable scientists and others to ascend the mountain with comparative comfort. Mr. M'Kenzie said that the Government would probably' themselves spend the ,£SO on a track from Otaki, leaving the institute to undertake the work from the Kaitoke end.

Ilvidehce, taken at the preliminary inquiry into the grounding of the j?arawnra at Napier, is still uiidcr consideration by the Marine Department. A preliminary inquiry will be held at Wellington to-day by the Collector of Customs, into the circumstances surrounding tho grounding of the Queen of the South at JVoxton recently. The second of the series of articles on "Politics and Reform" will appear in tomorrow's issue. ..-..■ A number of advertisements regarding tenders and. houses and land wanted and for sale will bo found on Page i) of this issue.