LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 879, 27 July 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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KM.S. Encounter, which left Sydney on July 25, has on board an Australian mail, also the English mail via Suez, which would in the ordinary course arrive ill Wellington on Monday next. She shuuld arrive next Friday' morning.

On .August 1 next the secretary's office at the Wellington .Hospital, will be closed down. On and after, that date all secretarial duties .'.will be discharged, by Jlr. G. Willis; 'secretary of the Hospital and. Charitabio Aid Board, and .business-now transacted at the hospital office will be dealt with at the head office of the board, at present tejnpbrari'.y situated "in Johnston Street, until the new offices in Marion Street are available.

. Tho Mayor,-Mr. T. M. Wilford, has been ottered a collection of 180 Brazilian and Malaysian birds, ready stalled and classified, Jt is a collection well suited for a museum, but as the City Council has at present ■ no funds available ior tho purpose, llr. Wiliord has decided to head a public, subscription for tho purchase oi'' the' birds. The sum required 'is £55, and the list will be opened to-day. It is] proposed to accommodate the specimens in Newtown

Tho protest of the Loyal Orango Lotiijo (Vetoue) agaiurl' llifc proposed position of the miniature rifle range, at l'etone. has' been referred by the Education Board to the l J ctone School Conimittce for eonsideralion..- The proposition co'mulained of was'that the range v,a:> to be situated, on property owned by the Jioman 'Mhrdic School authorities..

The Banks Heat Company's application will como up for decision at the City: Council meeting on Thursday night, when it is expected that Mr. Skerrctt's opinion will bo made public. It will be remembered that when the council last considered the matter, the discussion wuo interrupted by a motion, which was carried, to take the opinion of Mr. Skerrett as to whether or not the council had power to grant the license desired. Since then a deputation of small butchers has waited upon the- Mayor to ask that the license bo granted.

In consequent!! of a recent difficulty; tho Education Board has decided to lay it down that Defore any structural alteration of any school building or site alteration or improvement is undertaken by a school committee, the sanction of tho board should be obtained by the committee. ' ,

Representations are being mads to tho Government by Mr. Wilford, M.P., that, as a considerable number of hands were recently dismissed from the Petoue Workshops in connection with retrenchment, and as the Prime Minister has staled that times have improved,.tho claims of those who have had to stand down should bo immediately considered with a view to their reappointment. Hr. Wilford sur-, gests that the saving which is claimed to have been effected is in a measure due to the loss these workmen have incurred through standing down.

Mr/ Seed, inspector for the Society for the Prevention of Crue'.ty to Animals, mentioned at/last night's' meeting that lie would have to stay' iu a stable for 21 or 3G hours with a witness before he could prove underfeeding, as a case of cruelty to nairoals. He stated that there were many cases of- underfeeding in Wellington.

The Court of Appeal will deliver judgment this morning on the appeal of John Norton against the refusal of the Chief Justice to grant u'.iie\y trial in the libel actio 7 ]) Bertling v. Norton. The. Court will also give its decision in Allardyoe v. AUardyce, a case under the Family Protection Act. The Full Court will deliver judgment on the stump duty case connected;'with the estate of tlto late John lloans, of Kiccarton.' Afterwards the Appeal Court will hear the iwise ot the Manuknu Water Supply Board v. the Attornev-Oenerai; an originating suiun'ons for a declaratory order determining, the validity or otherwise of the beard's proposals to erect certain buildings. The next case to be taken is that of the Norm East Valley Borough v. the AttorneyGeneral, removed from the Supremo .Court, Duiiedln. •'-..'

The Silverstream School Committee had somo trouble with the Education Board and the Department in reference to a school site. jvlr. .Wilford, M.P., has been informed that the Government are prepared to. cede an area close to the Heretaunga Railway Station as a school site. It is hoped that the Silverstream residents, who havo been placed at great disadvantage through'the train service, may be bettor served when tlw school Is erected. . ;■ .

The circumstances under which Constable Wade rescued the passenger who fell into the harbour on Saturday evening whilst . boarding the s.s, Jlararoa, have been brought under the notice .of the Under-Secretary for. Justice by Mr. F. M. B. Fisher, JI.P., for Wellington' Central. According, to " Mr. Fisher, the constable displayed prompt presence of mind, coolness and agility on the occasion. •. "It was- a bitterly cold night," added Mr. Fisher. ; "and: the man was weighted with a heavy overcoat. If it had not been for the smartness of the constable: the incident might have been much more serious."

The following donations aro acknowledged by 'the' secretary for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals:— W. T., .£1 Is.; Mrs- W. Johnstone, ,£1; Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Co., S. Brown, Ltd., Mrs. J. J. Wilson, and the New Zealand Express Co., 10s. 6d. each,; Mrs. S. A. Rhodes, 10s!; Miss H. Helyer, Miss Ashcroft, Messrs. Cederholm and Tolley, P. L. Boycs, and Friends, 2s. Gd. each.

The fortnightly meeting of tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held in the Chamber of Commerce last evening, Mr. W. Watson presiding. The Town Cleric wrote stating that instructions had been given that all water troughs-in Wellington City were to bo regularly cleaned out. Mr. Seed (the inspector) said that the overloading indulged ill ill Wellington is astounding. Ho quoted a enso where one carter gave his horse a load of 3 tons Bcwt.', including the. weight of the cavt.."• The inspector stated that it was difficult to bring an action, unless cruelty is inflicted. Over : loading alone did not come w;ithin tho society's province, as it dealt with cruelty only.- Ho did not have access to privato weighbridges, and thus he was unable to sheet home, cases in which he. was aware of cruelty through overloading. "It is not only a cruel proceeding, but a disgraceful one," said Mr. Seed. It was decided that tho inspector and Sir: Doyle, city inspector, confer on the matter.

"I sec irom the press," remarked. Mr. A. H. Vile at the Kdnoatioii Hoard yesterday, "that the Minister for Education has promised to reinstate. Mm araatiuithe replacement of worn-out buildings. Has any official announcement been ieceived by the board to that etfec.l.1 1 " The chairman (Mr. If.- Lee) replied in the nog-alive.

Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdressing, Manicuring, Face Massage,, Treatment of Falling Hair, and Dandruff. Combines made up. Natural Hair-pads. Mrs 1 . Uolleston' (ovor Carroll's), * Willis Btreet. 'I'hone 1599,—Ailvt,

Work on the Miramar cutting and wharf construction, together with the reclamation, is proceeding apace, and the project is assuming definite shape. Even the uninitiated can form somo idea of whut the finished work will be like, seeing that the work .'on the retaining wall is now well forward. .Although in the cutting there is a great quantity of material to be removed before it is deepened and widened to contract size, it will tako it all, and perhaps more, to fill in the portion to bo reclaimed between tho wall and the present embankment. To give some idea of what has to bo done, it is interesting to note that the original, urown of the road through the hill has to be cut down to a 20ft. level, and the whole cutting has to be 80ft. .wide when finished.

A report Las been forwarded by Jlr. WilJ'oru, M.P., irom the Koro Koro School Committee to the Minister for Education, setting out tlio necessity ioi enlarging the .school, the accommodation being, tit present, quite inadequate. The Pctono West School, which was recently erected, has practically no room for pupils save those living in Petone, and it. is therefore contended, 'that though tho Koro Koro School was first erected as a "sido school," tho necessity for enlargement, on accouut of the growth, of population, has become urgent.

In reference to the opening of access from the Main Road to' the Railway Station at the Upper Hutt, the Minister for Railways has consented to the construction of a gate passage, in consideration of the Town Board undertaking the formation of the necessary access. This ■the Town Board has agreed to do. . ■

Lieut. Sydenham,. R.N ~ is to give an address at the Girls' College next Friday evening on "Life in '.he Navy." Members of the Navy League are invited to be present,' and to bring their friends. The annual demonstration of, the'league takes place on September 7, and a meeting of the women's section,is to be> held about the middle of August.

On Thursday night the City Council will' decido as to whether it will permit the Johnson-Jeffries pictures to be shown in the Town Hall.

The old-established coach and carriagebuilding business of Rouse and Hurroll, in Couvtcnay Place, has been, disposed of to Messrs. J. Bett and Co., of Palmerstori North. The directors'of Rouse and Hurrell are, however, to retain the tenancy of the front part of the firm's'commodious premises in Courtenay Place for the purposes of their motor-car business.

At its meeting yesterday the Wellington Education Board accepted the tender of Messrs.. U. 'IV Croft and Son for the construction of gates at the Hutt Schoui. The following contracts, let by authority of tho chairman, were endorsed:—Mount Cook Boys', alterations (wuodwork room), Hewitt and Jameson; Mount Cook Girls', alterations (cookery room), .J. Moffatt; gas filings, Wellington Gas Company.