LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

. 'A-: matter upon which' the.. Finance. .Committee wall report at tho next meet-, ing of. the-City' Council. is that of. a request'.! by .Kilbirnie. residents that authorised reclamation works at .'Evans Bay should be' carried out; The. position--, is that, in 1906,. tho council: was authorised to reclaim a space-of. 18 acres at'the.head of the.bay.: ,A condition is ''that' a sea-wall, shall bo conr struoted along the/ face of ■ the reclamation, and a 66ft. road formed just'in-, side it....The whole wall, it is provided, must be constructed before 1914:" Gtnoiwis'e any portion not reclaimed'of the'lß apres'would bo lost by the council." These conditions produced a deadlock. The council 'could not well reclaim the whole 18 acres before 1914, and to construct the, wall; leaving any part of the foreshore unreclaimed behind it, would have' resulted in'creating a nuisance. It is therefore unlikely that the latest request for the prosecution of the w'ork will meet with any -better fortune than others that have preceded rit. ~ .„. '

On the'application-yesterday, by the Solicitoi>General (Mr. J. W. the case of..ilafe Te: Rautahi v. the. Registrar-General of; ■ Lands has.' set down for hearing during the. current sittings. of ; the Court of Appeal., The hearing of the appeal case' Edith' Dorothy .Ellis and John Eli Ellis, y. Karl Rassinussen mil be commenced at 10.30 a.m. to-day. ' '.-;.„■;•■ ''. : ;;,

During .the past twelve months 21. loonvictions "against persons - charged : with cruelty, to animals ' have been secured, at the instance of the inspector of the, S.P.C.A.V In all a sum of. £47was 1 levied. in fines. In this conhection' it was 'remarked that- the question of previous convictions scarcely seemed to receive the prominence it deserved'when cases were brought before the Magis-, trate's Court. Obstinate- offenders repeatedly, convicted sometimes-escaped with comparatively light penalties.: It 'was usual :in tho Supreme Court, before /sentencing a prisoner, to. .ascertain his previous record and. tne same" rulo - should, apply in the Lower Courts. ' .. J

Inquiries as to the progress of the Auctioneers Bill were made of the -Minister for Internal Affairs yesterday by Mr. Leigh Hunt and Mr. Pryor, secretary of the' Employers' Federation. The chief provision asked for in the proposed Bill is one providing for the issue of auctioneers' licenses, to a firm' instead of to an individual. The Minister said he thought he could assure the deputation that some proposals would be submitted this ...session. ;■ Copies would bo forwarded to those interested as soon as the Bill was circulated.

A deputation from Ohakune waited )upon the Hon. D. Buddo. yesterday and urged that the whole area. submitted for the formation' of a borough should be* accepted, notwithstanding tho objections which had been / made against the proposal. The Minister stated that failing any other 1 methods of arriving at a conclusion, he would consider the question, of appointing a commission'to define/ reasonablo' boundaries for the new borough..

. Bad language would appear to be unpleasantly prevalent at ' •:'Te Aro bath;!, sufficiehtlj; conspicuous, in fact, to form the, subject' ot .'a brief discussion at the annual meeting of the Wellington Swimming Club last evening. One of the speakers, commenting upon tho practice, remarked that ho had frequently been distressed by hearing such language used in.,'tho presence of young lads.. He thought that, members of the club should unite in ah endeavour to purify the atmosphere of the baths of an element which was .particularly ■ obnoxious . to those who wished, to live, mentally, and physically,/ clean 1 and healthy lives.

. Shampooing, Clipping, ; Hairdressing, Manicuring, Face Massage, Treatment of Falling Hair, and Dandruff. Combings made up. Natural Hair-pads. .Airs. Eolleston (over •.Cani'oll , 6); 4 Willis Street. 'Phono 1503.—Adrt,

Several anonymous letters, notifying cases of alleged cruelty, came before, the S.P.C.A. at its meeting yesterday. It was remarked fhat in withholding their namcß the'! writers greatly weakened the hands of the society and made it a difficult matter to successfully prosecute offenders.

• Counterfeit coins—imitations of florins and half-crowns—are passing about Wanganui just now (says our local correspondent). The counterfeits are of bronze silvered over, and are excellent imitations of the genuine article.

The number of prosecutions that have taken place'during the' year ended June 30, 1910, under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act was set out in a return laid on the table of the House of Representatives yesterday, on the motion of Mr. D. M'Laren, M.P. In all there were 51 prosecutions; the total' fines and costs amounting to £106 15s. 4d; In Auckland there were 5 prosecutions for deficient milk. In Wellington, 8 for watered milk, 1 for watered milk arid preservative, 2 for. adulterated pepper, and 2 for selling light-weight bread. In Christchurch there were 13 prosecutions for selling light-weight bread, and in Dunedin one prosecution forv sending diseased pigs for sale. •; Other places contributed in all 19. prosecutions to the list, the cases being-tor selling adulterated pepper, light-weight bread, and watered and adulterated milk.

The recent announcement . that the S.P.C.A. was short of funds has brought to light a. certain amount of sympathy and. support. At the meeting held yesterday a special donation of,£s ss. was received from Mrs. A. E.' Atkins, of Kelburne. Donations of smaller sums were received as follow:—Mr. J.H.', G. Rowley, £2 2s;; Mr. Llewellyn Smith and Dr. Herbert, £1 la.; Greyhiouth Coal Company and Miss E. -Ludwigj 10s.; Messrs. J. W. Jack.:J. S.'Rickard. Veiteh and Allan, C. P. Powles, Wellington Timber Company, D. O'Coh-; nor, and Dr. Mason, ss. each: Mr. G. M'Morran, 3si 6d,; Misses Pritchard and Lord, Mesdames Moss,' Bristow, Cenci, Westknowles, ; Dr. Gilmer, .arid Messrs. C-Watson/ Carter,' D. G. A. Cooper, S.' Radford,. M'llwraith, L| G. Flux, W. Harrington, C. : H. Parker, W. G. Guerin, and Lord, 2s. 6d; each; Mr; H.T. Tonks,2s. ; Total,; £10. . v >

A petition, was. \ presented, to.•the House yesterday: by the Hon. JV-. Carroll. on ; behalf of Colonel T.-W:.Porter-. C.8., of, Gisborne,''.'asking, that.;, he' should be.;given full, rights : under'\the : Superannuation :Aot. : ;'. : ; %■ : ■ry:y'\-\.\

' Yesterday was- the Jewish; New Year, - and was observed as a- holiday by the. Jewish, residents Sk. special service was conducted in the Synagogue, yesterday ; morning.' !Sp : crowded. was. the main, building ' that; an overflow service had Vtb >be : held in', the schoolroom; The services-were conducted by'the Rabbi, the Eev. H.; Van Staveren,.' assisted by the 'Rev.,-Pit-kowsky. ' '■■•■''■

The days ■ are beginning to lengthen out." On' Thursday and thereafter the' meetings of the City Council' will commence at 8;: p.m., instead of 7.30 p.m;, as has been the case during the winter months; '"..;", ;'■ .■ ■'.'..-_..': V

Scotch wit: Dr. Chappie's political opponent, in the election fightifor'the. Stirling''constituency was Mr. R.: Sl' Home, a distinguished member ■of the Edinburgh Bar, : and a well-known resi T 'dent of the,constituency, which he as-: pired to represent in the House ofComr mons. :.During.' the ..election'■■campaign"," Mr. Horrie,at one of. his meetings, got. in what..he, thought was' rather, a neat one on the' New Zealahder.^-"Gentle-men/' ; he observedr-ladies. were rarely seen at political meetingser,"G'entlemen,' I: advise .you to stick, to":, the. "Home: stock, and .to ; h*ave : :nothing, to do -mty New. Zealand: vmulitph'.Jicv.'. (Laughter.)' Like a flash came ; ' the retort. from a' Scotch , wit ..at the ■ back ;of .the. : hall: it's ; the' horns' we_ dinna: want." \ 'The] laugh', wasithe.othirwas then;,.:;;'■'.,:•. '■

1,1 Inflammable-sand -is a: material; whichisV rarely, heard ofVin, .this.part;,-of-the" world,'' but.; Mr.; G.: Ji Williams (of; the. London Mission Society)'incidentally re- 1 - ferred' to.-'it while addressing' ■ a". meet-: ihg in the' Congregatidn'al' Scnoblroom last right. , : A! ; '^c^rtain ''-'objectionable, form o£ he -said, had. "swept Jike.a,prairie .fire: over the.Sudan'."r; '

; ,The line of. cargo''steamers ; : which runs between Montreal and and' New Zealand ports from' the Canadian Government'■a 'subsidy of. £2000 per.monih (not per. year,;as was inadvertently, stated,yesterday)i : V

. < The' strictures that have lately been 'levelled at the office accommodation pro-; ,vided in, the Town Hall for the corpora-' tion clerical.staff apply in'their entirety to/the apartments setaside for the. use of the city solicitor and his staff.'They are provided with two fairly long rooms,, but the lighting arrangements are: so bad 'that discredit would be. reflected on those who designed,the rooms, were it not. that.originally they were intends 'ed not for offices but' for, cloakrooms. As: things now stand, Mr. O'Shea.and: his clerks have.to keep 'artificial lightgoing all day. .'.'.'..-'•, ; ■ V.\ '■:■"■""'.- ''.'■;

,':. At: the Thorndon Baths a somewhat, serious nuisance has been caused of late by the washing in of spoil-disturbed'by-dredging in connection; with - the har-' bour reclamation' works;'; .The nuisance threatens to .become a'standing .one, 'but the Baths' ;Committee.of' the' cor-: poration is.endeavouring to devise,some means of coping with it... . ; ;;r ,';S>.'.

-The bath to be erected by the city corporation at Island Bay nest year; .if the necessary, funds can. be' obtained, will probably take the ;form- of -a.'low.walled enclosure" somewhat on the lines of the St. Glair.bath .at" Dunediir..;';,:

~'A deputation of Kilbirnie .residents recently waited'upon <the lilayor witha reguest that the' tunnel should be duplicated so as:to provide .accommodation for pedestrian and : vehicle .traffic- ; Tne Fiuance Committee is' to; report upon the proposal at the meeting of,.'the council on Thursday.evening vnext!

In reference to the purchase'of land at Lyall Bay, the Mayor,'who is still in-treaty, with the trustees, of'the late H. D. Crawford's estate, hopes to'have a proposal to lay before tie Finance' Committee ,of the City Council'at; its next meeting. • :'.•■• ,- . " ' ; .','

The following resolution .was carried on Monday night at a meeting of the Wellington-'Bootmakers' Union:—"That whereas the. steamers of the P. and Q. Company, manned by Lascar crews- at under-rate pay, have entered the intercolonial trade,.built up by our own seamen and shins, and are thereby unfairly, competing with : our own ships to the detriment of the seamen, of this country, the' union urges, the Government to pass legislation this, session that will place all competing vessels on a footing of equality respecting wages, overtime, holidays,' and other working conditions." A copy of the resolution is to be forwarded to the Prime Minister. '- : '> ■ ;'■'; .:-.'':'.; ..'v. <'...

. A. deputation consisting of Mr. Brass (chairman of the Waimarino County Council), Mr. J. Punch, (a member), and Messrs. and Leonard (members of : the Ruatiti Settlers', Association) waited upon the Hon. J.-A. Millar last night to protest against the inclusion of the Ruatiti Block in the proposed Kaitieke .County, the.Bill to form which is now Before the Local Bills Committee. Mr. Millar suggested that those interested in the Bill should confer amongst themselves, and try to come to some amicable arrangement..

At the suggestion of the Mayor, the Tramways and Power Stations Committee- of the City Counoil; yesterday, decided to provido a complete set of electrical cookers and other appliances the use of students 'at the ; cookery classes conducted under the auspices of the Technical Education Board. In addition the necessary electrical current will be supplied b.y the council at a ■nominal rate.; .- '