LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tto postal authorities advise that the Victoria,' which left Sydney yesterday for Auckland, has on board English and Australian mails. The Wellington portion of the mail will arrive pel . Main Trunk express on Monday next. Last night's Gazette contains a notice to mariners that from a recent survey made, by Lieutenant Cooke, R.N., of H.M.S. Pioneer, a general shoaling of Nelson Harbour was discovered. On inquiries being made in Auckland (says our special correspondent) in reference to tile rumour of trouble in the coal-mines, it was ascertained, that lnimy local companies and .merchants have laid in large supplies of coal in order that they may lie prepared, ■ to 6ome extent, for any contingency that may arise. One of the bookmakers operating at tho Wairarapa Hunt Club's meeting at Clareville yesterday., gave evidence of wishing to leave hurriedly after one of the races, but Detectivo Kemp and one of tho constables, who were present, detained the man. When it came to settling, however, the bookmaker was only able to return the actual mdhey invested with him on the race. ' • ' A woman, aged 61, who was found in an exhausted condition on the roadside near the Duppa Street K«serve on Wednesday morning, and' who was- afterwards removed to the hospital, was reported lost night to be slightly improved after her distressing experience. ." The v prospect of a Parliamentary trip to Kapiti Island has not. been abandoned , by Mr. AV. H. Field, M.P., who is asking, the Minister for Lands .whether he will-, in response to the long-expressed desire of .a number of members, arrange.this session that members of Parliament shall have an opportunity of visiting Kapiti, either, by Government steamer or otherwise. '. ■-■-'.... : i • At last nighFs meeting of the Wellington Trades Council a resolution was 'carried appointing the president (Mr. Garey), the secretary of the Seamen's Union (Mr. , AV. T. Young), and Messrs. AVaters,,-Free-man, Whylo, "Briggs, and James, of the Tramway Union,. to give evidence on behalf of the council in favour: of the Tramways! Bill, before the Labour , Bills Committee, which has the Bill now under consideration. . - ' ■.'■'. : The executive of the Wellington Tobacconists' ■ Association journeyed out 'to Petone last week and. were, it'is stated, successful ia securing as members of.the association a majority of the tobacconists in that town. There are now, it is . stated,. only • three tobacconists in Wellington and two in Petone who have not yet joined the association.. .■■■;■ The Court of Appeal was to have sat to-day to deliver reserved, judgments in the cases of Moran v. Hales and. others, and. Holt v: Holt, but as tho judgments, are riot yet ready, tho Court will be further adjourned. ■•■•'. . ■'.. . '■"'.■ 'Charles Douglas Stevens,, metal merchant, Wellington, was'yesterday adjudicated a bankrupt by Mr. Justice' Chap: man, on : the, application of Mr, A^ T ..H. D. Bell,; acting for an Edinburgh , firm. - At .the concluding sitting !of. the conference of Societies' for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; it was decided that the, conference should'be an annual fixture, and it was decided that it would meet in Palmerston North next year' (about the beginning, of September). The secretary. (Mr. C. AA 7 .. Carroll), was .voted an honorarium of ,£!> 55.. .', ; :■.'.: A.company, with a capital of £100,000 is being floated in Sydney for the-ereotion of a substantial pier with a 'pavilion;.on the outer end and a marine promenade still further seaward. , 'ln the estimate .of. yearly returns, , 1,000,000 iulnlt visitors'.at ad a head, and 500,000 children at Id a head are expected to. pay.for admission. They also estimate that 450,01)0 people will pay. 6d., and GO.OOO Is for admittance to-entertainments provided, in.the building, besides which there, will be returns from tea-rooms,-sweets,' and fruit shops, etc., an estimated return altogether of £32,150, as against,an estimated .expenditure of .£14,500. The, company is .called the 'Manly Palace Pier. Company; . ..tFor ; tho past few.weeks'-. the ; . Labour , Day celebration/business of the-.Welling-ton.Trades .Council., has. with at the ordinary Thursday night meeting. It has been found, however, that, owing to stress of ordinary business,' sufficient time is. not available for Labour. Day work, and at last night's meeting of the council it -was decided to hold. Labour Day Committee meetings weekly on Mondays for-the. future.' Tho gathering this year will, be held either at Wonderland, as .on . previous ''occasion!!, or. at Day's Bay. j The committee ;has. under;.!con'sideration offers both from '. the : l?erry ; Company and from the Wonderland Company.- ; , ■ ■ . /. -..-•.■•

. A passenger by the Ulimaroa, which arrived ""from Sydney, on Wednesday, ..was : refused permission, to. laud in -.' Zealand. :■ The' ground for: refusal is that ,he is suffering from.consumption. Ho will.be sent back by the Moana, leaving^for Sydney to-day.. Four m'embei's and the secretary of the New Zealand '/Bugby Union .waited for nearly three-quarters of,- an hour. : last evening until the arrival.of another member, constituted, a quorum.'. It. was.-re- 1 marked informally that a smaller quorum' might suffice, .considering- the frequency, of tho union's meetings.:,. ■';• :, ■ At tho-yards of the-" Public. Works De-. partment. at Waterloo Quay this, afternoon a test 'is to be mads 01. Burtlnshaw's patent roini'orced concrete, poles for telegraph, telephone, electric -light, or tramways .wire suspension. It is claimed for the" patent.poles they are imperishable, whereas the wooden ones have to be replaced every,'eigEt or ten years or'so, and that there is even a greater resilience in the reinforced pole than in jarrah'.' The poles which have been made ure hollow and octagonal in shape, and arc • reinforced with steel rods, arranged in such a manner as to give, the pole a, certain elasticity, without-decreasing, its strength. The patent exists in the nia'uuei, of the , : interior" construction of the poles. . It is claimed thut the reinforced concrete poles can bo produced at a trifle over the cost of jarrah poles, that they liractk'ally last ■ .for ever, occupy kss apace/ uml are more sightly v ' , . - 'News has been received in Christchurch of the death of Dr. Benjamin S. Bull,, in London, aged 44. Dr. Bull was a .graduate of "Canterbury College, and was a member of a brilliant, group of science students who were ut the college twenty years ago. Professor Bnthertord was. one of tho contemporaries of : Dr., Bull; who graduated M.A. with hrst-cla'ss -honours 111 chemistry, and also took the B.Sc. degree. He subsequently - studied in Germany, and gained the degree of Ph.D. at Munich.' He was chief analytical chemist to'a big London firm at the time-of his death.—Press Association. , A pai'V from. the Wellington Savago Club is to pay a fraternal visit to ' tne Auoklaud Savage Club at the end of the , month. The Jocal "Savages" will leave by £he Main Trunk express on Friday,' September 23, perform. on the Saturday evening, and leave again for Wellington on Sunday iliglit. The local club is-to receive a .visit from the Timaru..Savage Club 011 Saturday week (September 10), for which reason the ordinary korero which was to. have been held to-inoirow evening has bocn abandoned. At last night's meeting of the Welling-, ton Trades Council a resolution was pass-! Ed approving of the main provisions of the Shops ami Offices Bill, and urging the' Minister for Labour to have it placed on tho Statute Book. r The meeting of the Trades and Labour Council held last night was presided over by Mr. B. J. Carey, and attendod by a large number of members. A report was received from the representatives of tho council appointed to confer with tho Wellington , Presbytery, stating that they, had been most cordially received, anil that an understanding had been arrived at—as between the Church and Labour— which would.enable both to work moro in harmony henceforth. This was. considered satisfactory. During the past 3G years tho recently-, demolished Mount View Mental Hospital treated 3142 patients. Of there,- 2401 u-cro discharged under the headings of—recovered, 1312; rolioved, 31G; not improved 743; and 513 died. Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdressine Manicuring, Faco Massago, Treatment • nf Falling Hair, and Dandruff. Combines made up. Natural Hair-pads. Mr, Eolleston (over Carroll's), 1 vVilli. Street. 'Phone 1539,-Advt. ls

Last night's Gazette proclaims the new Clyde Quay Wharf to be a legal landingplace for the port-of Wellington. ■ Mi , . Justice Chapman will 6it to-day to dispose of undefended divorco cases on the list. Colonel Bauchop occupied the chair at the meeting of Wellington Garrison officers last night, and there was a large attendance. Lieutenant Skelly delivered an interesting lecture on the battle of Salamanca, and Surgeon-Colone'l Purdy spoke, on the difference between the.sanitary arrangements in the Kusso-Japancse war and during the British operations in South Africa. Interesting discussions fol-. lowed both addresses. ,; The Wellington branch of the Navy League is issuing a souvenir programme (in connection with Wednesday's demonstration) to-headmasters of schools' for .distribution among the juvenile members of the league. These programmes will be accepted as passes for admission to the Town Hall on the occasion of the demonstration.,. / „ ..' At the Foxton Police,-Court yesterday morning H. H. Munro 1 , licensee of the Family Hotel, was charged by the police with drunkenness, threatening and abusive behaviour, and resisting the police. A plea of not guilty was entered, and a remand granted till September 5..