LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. The_ flagship Powerful (Vice-Admiral Sir BichardPoore, K.C.8.), accompanied by the Challenger and Pegasus, is due to amvo hew from, Auckland on Monday remain here until March I'lag-Lient Prouee is still attached to .the flagship. His Excellency's private H- H. Gilbert. Lord i iuiiket has telegraphed that owing to hia engagements on tho West Coast he will- be unable to be present at the ball to bo given bv the Navy League on Tuesday evening: of a"welcome to the AdmiraJ, anaofficers. pi the., fleet. _ charch semcea will be found'advertised on Pago 2 of this issue: Mr. William Inglis has beetn nominated to represent Petone on the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The other candidates are Messrs. J. W. St'Ewan and 11. W. Shorf. Plans have been prepared for a new convent to be erected at Wanganui for the Sisters of St. Joseph; It will be a large three-story brick building, as large as; the Island. Bay Convent. It will contain accommodation for 60 boarders and 15 of the community. . A Dohtnion reporter mentioned to Mr. u. I. Dasent, Mayor of Karori, the allusions made in the City Council to a conversation stated to . have taken place between himself and the Mayor of Welling. ton. Mi. Dasent, at a meeting of Ma council,, had mentioned this • conversa-1 tioiV aad was reported as attributing to the Mayor of, "Wellington (Dr. Newman) t&e remark that certain city councillors, in their action on the Northland rating question, were "fulfilling their election pledges. This statement was resented by a spencer at the City Council on Dr. Newman denied that he had said anything of the sort. Mr. Dasent stated to our reporter yestoday that Dr. Newman had never mentioned the matter of election pledges of city councillors to him. A dis<»ntinuance of proceeding's has teen filed m the Supreme Court civil case, Tft 1 Gilmer,, settler, of Wellington, and. Allen Maguire, contractor, of vVelr!f^^ 6 l 6U rr now licensee of the Club Hotel, 1 Wellington. The case had been set down for hearing on Monday next, _and members of "the trade": were watching it with interest. The claim against Dwyer was connected with his managership of the Commercial Hotel. ,Having, decided to discontinue proceedings, plaintiffs pay costs. Messrs. Uiapman, Skerrett, Wylie, and Tripp were solicitors for plaintiffs, and- defendant was represented by Messrs. Bell, uully, Bell, and. Myers. Mr. G. Flux (president) occupied the chair at a meeting of the Wellington leachers Institute held in the Education Hoard offices last evening. A report was received, from the delegates to the annual meeting oi tho New Zealand . Educational Institute. It was decided that a letter ot . condolence be forwarded to Mrs. Look, wife of Mr. Look, formerly assistantmaster at the Brooklyn School, who died uuriiig the holidays. ■ Nine new members were elected, which brings the membership up to 260. .

for the construction of the Wadestown tramway arc weir forward, and the work is to bo started almost immediately The City Council has applied to the Government for a loan under the Slate Guaranteed Advances Act, has been intimated that the application will.be considered in a fortnight's S m ?\i is granted, this will mean that the interest to bo paid by the Wadestown ratepayers will be 3J per cent., with j cent, for sinking fund, rho cheapest rate at which the council.could hope to got the money in aay other way would be i per cent., and there would be 1 per cent, for sinking fund If the. Government grafts the application the saving to the Wadestown ratepayers will thus be J per cent.,, which on-the loan, of will amount to •C 165 per annum, . ■ During the hearing of a prosecution in connection with the ill-treatment of a horse in tho Magistrate's Court yesterday defendant's counsel raised tho point that tno consolidated Act had not incorporated a provision of the old Act rendering employers liable for ill-treatment of . horses by their servants. Both the magistrate and oounsel on both sides agreed that apparently the section had been omit'ted ft 0 "! Act. When the Uerk of the Court drew attention to tho tact that this section was contained in the new Act (though tucked away at the end under a heading relating to the disohargeN of firearms), the varying expressions on the faces of magistrate and coun- I sel told tneir own tale. Tho Port Nicholson Cycling Club has accepted the ofter of the New Zealand League of Wheelmen to manage the New Zealand championship meeting to bo held at Wellington on April 2. There are to be four ohnmpionship halfmile, mile, three mile, and five mile distances. Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdresslng, Manicuring, lace Massage, Treatment oi Falling Hair and Dandruff, Combings mada up. Natural Hair-pads. Mrs. Eollestoa (oTer Canoli'a), U Willis Street. 'Shoae 1593.-Adst .

The next bankruptcy sitting ' of the Supreme Court will be held on April 25. The Gisborno School branch of the Navy league, which numbers 328 members, is the ; largest in the world. It was formed during u visit to Gisborne of Tf K s .fromethaos, and has held the premier position ever since. Some little time ago a group photograph of the members of the branch was sent to headquarters in London, and Mr.. C. W. Palmer, local secretary of the league, tocerved by the last English mail proof of a block of th( group which is to appear ! n 'he, nest issue of the league's official journal, "The Navy.". The biggest school branch in Wellington is that of Welling, ton College, which has 290 members. Among the local State schools, the Terrace School, with 133 members, ,is the branch. The ■ Feilding branch of the league is showing a good deal of activity , and it is on the cards that an excursion to Wellington "may be arranged during the visit of H.M.S. Powerful. A slight change has been made in tlifl mode of procedure in connection with, the passing of plans.for small works :to ue met by Government grants. Until recently tho plana in regard to all man works were first of all sent by the local authorities to the district engineers, who in tarn were usually required to forworn them on to the head office of the Pnhlio Works Department. Prom now on plans dories estimated to cost not more than *wSO Tml bo subject to the approval <xf tho district engineer only. The House of Lords contains a golfer who may be fairly regarded as its mast I distinguished as well as its most assMa i ous devotee of the game (says an English paper). This is Lord Wemyss, who, though ha is . nearly ninety-one, still plays three or four days- a' week. -,Sq inflexible is he to-innovations that he will play with no iron clubs, and in a-locker in the "Wimbledon club-house there ia a little bundle of clubs with which he .used ■ to play, there in the old dayß with no iron one among the number. "Wemyss.left these, links in high dudgeon because a' role was adopted,.requiring all golfers to wear red coals. The fruitful results of the increased attention which has been directed to tho study of tropical diseases during recant years have been extremely encouraging, and widespread interest is being aroused by the announcement that a congress of the Fur Eastern Society of Tropical Medicine is about to be held m Manila. Medical delegates of various nationalitia Will Compare results of thmy and it -is hoped that many obscure points concerning tne terrible diseases prevaljnt in tropical' zones will be lncidated. In connection with the congress, an exhibition is being arranged, one of tho interesting features of which is a of medicaments specially adapted for use in tropical »countries.

- Special Sunday morning trams, for th# convenience of Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay residents, will run to-morrow and until further notice. The first car trill leave Courtenay Place at 8.25' ajn. for Lyall Bay, and will start on the journey lack to town at 8.45 a-m, to connect with the 9.80 train for Otaki at Lambton. Station. Another car will leave Lyall Bay at 9.45 a.m. and proceed to Lambton Station, via Jervois Quay, connecting with Hie 11l js a.m. Day's Bay boat, and the ML3oa.ni. train at Lambton Station. The following owners are WiWnp their motor-cars this afternoon to the Garden Fete Committee:—Mrs. Shirtcliffo, Dr. Young, Dr. Cameron, Messrs. W. G. Mantell, w. H. P., Barber, Wm. Crichton, T. Townsend, Bing, Harris and Co, Inglis Bros., F. W. Haybittle, Wills, J. M. Morioe, Wm. Cable, and J. Paul. The' cars win be assembled at the Botanical Gardens gate in Tinatori Eoad at 2-30 and trips at regular intervals will be made to MoleswoTth Street,, > via TTrll Street and back by Sydney Stxeet. Any owners of f cara; other thanthose mentioned, who may be willing to lend thair cars, are.invited to D£^t.

The city tramway revenue is slated be greater this summer than'any previous summer. It fell tie normal-during last winter, "when .money was scarce, and themarked revival this summer is, therefore,' taken as an indication of the opposite character. \ It is i expected that the revenue for the ! year, which 31, will be quite, up to the previous highest leveL Prom the . time of the opening of. Lyall Bay -branch, tho revenue xias gazto on steadily increasing. ... . The Mines Department las been, advised of -the' discovejy on Crown land it the interior of the North Island of what appears to Bo a valuable seam of coal. As experts have reported favourably faf regard to the samples forwarded toWellington, a large area in the vicinity of the spot has been reserved from eale. coal is stated, to be somewhat, heavier than the lignite found at Taupiri, but its steaming qualities have not yet been, tested Fxirther investigations as ro th»er« tent of the seam and the quality of tha coal will be made at an eauy dste.