LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 843, 15 June 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

lor some time past the Inspector of I lio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been endeavouring, with small success, to lay by the heels certain' irresponsible youths who, with a callous disregard for the condition of the animals, have been making a practice of rough-riding old and decrepit horses i) it e ° ,:>cou tur " e(i out oa the Town licit. Some of the animals which have been 'commandeered by these vandals are pensioners, spending their last days on the hills, while others are in activo service turned out for a rest. It is alleged that ono valuable horso was so severely maltreated by its tormentors that it died. Another was observed to be ridden by three youths at once. When remonstrated with, tho offenders, it is stated, used bad language. Tho society is securing the co-oncration of tho police in this matter.

According to the Hon. It. MTxenzio (Minister for Public Works) there is plenty of work, so far as ho knows, for suitable men on tho co-operative works. It is not intended, he says, to create special works for the men who are unsuitable for the class of work at present offering. Authority was given at the meeting of Cabinet yesterday for the calling of tenders for a new passenger and cargo steamer (with' accommodation for 1400 passengers) for Lake Wakatipu. There are only two more cases set down for hearing by the Arbitration Court in Wellington, and this morning's sitting will probably suffice for both. The Court wilL sit at Greymouth next Wednesday, and will take all the business awaiting it on the West Coast before leaving that district. At present the Court has no other appointments in any part of tho Dominion. Mr. Justice Sim will take the Supreme Court cases at Christchurch tomorrow and at Greymouth early next week. In five cases instituted by the Wellington Harbour Ferries, Ltd'., against th* Australian Allianco Assurance Co., the Commercial Cnion Assurance Co., the New Zealand Insurance Co., the United Insurance Co., and the Canton Insurance Co.—arising out of. the loss of the steamer Duco-application is being made to the Supreme Court. that the hearing should bo taken before special juries. • For some time past the Presbyterian Church.in AVeflington has been concerned to increase its work among immigrants, and at the meeting of the Presbytery yesterday the Rev. W. Shirer stated. that cards were being prepared to give information to new-comers as to Presbyterian places of worship, and that ho would have a further report to make at the next meeting. The Moderator (the Eev. It. lnglis) stated that the Australian Church made arrangements for approaching immigrants before their departure from the Old Country, and he thought that this might be a more satisfactory system. It was a curious thing that peoplo from the Old Country, and especially, he thought, people from Scotland, came to New Zealand and settled down in the very shadow of the Church, and yet they could not be induced to cross its shadow, even though they had been regular communicants before. There was some demur at the suggestion that this was more especially a characteristic of Scottish immigrants, but Mr. lnglis held to his opinion. How many years of his sentence of twonty-ono years will Powelka require to serve? Upon inquiry yesterday in official quarters a Dominion' reporter was informed that that would depend entirely upon tho way in which ho conducts himself. It appears that in cases of long sentences the Executive almost invariably shortens the period. There.are instances, however, where prisoners have been kept imprisoned for over twenty years in the Dominion. In this connection it is interesting to note that in New Zealand "imprisonment for life" means imprisonment for life, whilst at Home the sentence in question means one of twenty years. If Powelka gains the highest marks in every direction whilst in prison he will not (it was stated) be incarcerated above fourteen. years. Under the- ■ new prison scheme, the cardinal feature ' is that prisoners shall bo given full opportunity "to work out their own salvation." When Powelka has therefore sufficiently expiated the offences for which he has' been sentenced, he will be afforded ample opportunity of shmu'i.g that he is a ■ fit person to be liberated. The Chief Justice will preside at a Banco sitting of the Supreme Court at 10.30 o'clock this morning.

The suggestion published in The Dominion yesterday that the prospecting company which Ims been carrying out op- [ orations at Terawhiti during the past year has abandoned the field as unpayable is. denied by the secretary of the company, Mr. G. W. Mintcr, who states that the company has not abandoned the held, and at the present time has no intention of doing so. The tender of Humphries Bros, has been accepted by the Education Board for the erection of two additional rooms nt the Brooklyn School. The additions, which will be in brick, will be completed in about four months, and will give accommodation for between SO and" 109 children. Lieutenant-Colonel A. Bauchop, C.M.G. 1 (Officer Commanding the Wellington District), and his staff, have been officially complimented on the manner in' which the arrangements for the King Edward memorial service were carried out. "I am directed by the Eight Hon. the Minister for Defence," states the Chief of the General Staff (Colonel A. ' W.. Eobin, C.8.), "to convey to you his great satisfaction at the arrangements made in connection with the memorial service on the denth of his Majesty King Edward VII." Non-commissioned officers' certificates have been granted (upon examination) to the following members of the Territorial Force (Wellington District Command);— No. 1 Company, ."Wellington Garrison Artillery—E, M. Campbell, H. W. 31. Roberts (sergeants); L. Flowers, F. E. Martin, W. C. Barber, J. Clayden, H. M'Guire, 31. Stratford (corporals) r C. AY. Martin (sergeant-major). No.\ 2 Company, Wellington Garrison Artillery —A. L. Dixon (sergeant); G. J. Pethett, H. S. Taylor, J. May, L. E. Lewis,' J. A. Eodwell, H. H. Blake (corporals). Eketahuna Mounted Eifles—J. Bennient, ! S. E. Potts, 11. H. Marshall, W. E. Boys, B. P. Doyle (sergeants); W. A. Cittadini, W. Olsen (corporals). Dominion Scouts -W. B. Willis, J. J. 3lonaghan (sergeants); T. C. Tester, A. Berry, C. E. Clifford, G. Sandluun, F. W. Bezar (corporals). Victoria Collego Officers' Training Corps—J. Russell, 31. H. Oram (corporals) . representations made by 3lr. T. M.'Wil-foi-d, 3J.P. for the Hutt, have resulted in the alteration of. the railway time-table on the Wellington-Upper Hutt section to provide for the stopping of two trains nt Melling. The Railway Department has advised that, on and after July 1, the' 7.43 a.m. Upper Hutt-Wellington train, and the 5.19 p.m. Wellington-Upper Hutt train will stop at Melling to pick up and set down passengers. At the company parade of the Petone Navals (No. 2 Company, Wellington Garrison Artillery) last evening, Captain 0. V. Ellis, who lias resigned his command of the corps owing to pressure of private business, took farewell of the corps. In the course of an address to the men, he expressed his appreciation of the efforts of the rank and file to maintain the high reputation enjoyed by the compnny among the garrison artillery units of the New Zealand forces, and regretted that he was compelled to relinquish his active association with the corps. As Lieutenant Price, the senior subaltern officer of the company, is also resigning, having been transferred, in his civil capacity, to Bunodin, the only officer remaining on tho stalt is 3lr. Stuart Robinson, who has suggested, to the officer commanding tho division (Lieutenant-Colonel G. ]•'. C. Campbell) that one of the officers at present on the active unattached list, and a very keen gunner, bo asked to take over, the command. Negotiations are alio in progress for the appointment of an additional subaltern officer. "Some phases of Cook's Voyages" will 1)0 (ho subject of a shm-t address, which tho lion. li. 31' Nab will give at (ho Mission to Seamen Institute to-night. A brief address will also be 'given by the Hon. Dr. Pindlay. Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdressins, Manicuring, Faco Massage, Treatment o[ Falling Hair, and Dandruff. Corabinga made up. Natural Hair-pads. Mrs. Itolleston (over Carroll's), H Willis Stre«t.. 'Phono 1500. —Advt,

The time within which the OhinemuTi Silting Commission is required to submit its report to tho Government has been extended by a month. At the Boys' Institute last evening the second of the monthly series of. educational lectures was given, when Mr. G. Hoare spoko on "Temperance." At the conclusion of the address, 33 boys signed tho pledge. Next Tuesday an address on Association football will be given, and all members of the Boys' Football League ore invited to be present. At 10.15 last night the Fire Brigade received a call to the rear of the Biograph Supply Company's premises, at the Theatre Royal, in Johnston Street, where a fire had originated in some empty packing cases. It was put out before more than trifling damago had been done. Tho Wairarapa Egg Circle, which has its headquarters at Masterton, promises to develop into a prosperous institution. Tho objects of the circle are to secure the best possible prices, by a system of "pooling," for tho eggs produced in the district, and to procure for members poultry-food at reduced rates. It consists of no fewer than twenty-five members, and may amalgamate with other circles. Since the inception of the circle, over a hundred dozen eggs per week have •been dispatched to Wellington and other markets, aud each egg is stamped as a guarantee that it is fresh. As high as 2s. 4d. per dozen lias been, obtained for eggs sent away by the circle. There is a local depot, to which oggs are delivered every Friday morning, aud from which food supplies may bo obtained. The secretary is Mr. H. M. Boddington, and the Committee of Management consists of Messrs. T. Edge, H. W. Jackson, H. J. O'Leary, T. H. Kuthcrford, and W. H. Chute. This afternoon, in St. Peter's Schoolroom, Ghuznee Street, the twenty-eighth annual show, promoted by the Wellington Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Society, will bo opened by the Mayor at 2.30 p.m. A large number of entries has been received, those for the canary classes being a record. Mrs. Calder, wife of Archdeacon Calder, of Auckland Xwho is commissary to the Bishop of Melanesia) writes as follows:— "May I, through the medium of your paper, thank the kindly Wellington folk for the help they gave mo for my 'Comforts' ' Fund, whoso needs you helped mo to make known. I have Had such, appreciative letters from many of the Melauesian Mission staff, and they cannot say enough of the kindness of. New Zealand friends, but they do not know as well is I do how Wellington 'shows us the way' in this matter, nor how kindly and liberal has been the help given by the Wellington people generally, by Miss Mestayer, and by the courteous Wellington press." Our Masterton correspondent writes that Mr. Hogg, M.P., who returned to Masterton from Auckland on Saturday, states that if the Railway Department went deliberately to work it could not make train arrangements for people travelling between Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa, or in fact between any part of the North Island and the Wairarapa more inconvenient than they are under the present timetable.