LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 11110, 6 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thn Post Office advises that English and American mails, via San Francisco, and mails from Tahiti and Rarotonga arc duo in Wellington on Thursday, May 25.

Tho Wellington Trades and Labour Council have decided to endeavour to got tho Government to reduce the railway and sanatorium charge? to workers seeking treatment at the public health resorts. A. committee is to lay iho matter hefore' the Ministers for Bailways and Health Resorts.

The City Lighting Superintendent (Mr. George Lauchlan) has matters in eonnectiqn with tho lighting of the Hospital well in hand,. and it is expected that tenders for tho work will bo called well within a fortnight.

The new connections matlo by the Electric Lighting Department last mouth constitute a record for the city. The total, was 123, ns against 9G in April, 1910. and 51 for April, 1009. .

Tho newly-elected Eastbourne Borough Council will mako a tour of inspection of the borough this afternoon, so as to familiarise members with the needs of the borough, and the works in progress.

It is understood that ono of tho first questions which will bo tested by the Labour section of the new City Council will Ijo as to "whether labourers in the employ of tho Corporation should receive Bs. or 9s. a day. .'■"

Thrre aro still many rumours about the city (says the "Lyttolton Times") in regard to irregularities at the recent election of the members of the Lyttelton Harbour Board. It is reported -that the executive of the Canal League has raofc and has decided to tost the validity of tlio elections in two districts, Faparusi County'and coml>inr>d districts and the Waimairi County. Mr. W. Dunlop was elected for the latter, and Messrs. J. Stony and T. D. Boag for tho former. Those gentlemen aro opposed to the canal. At present there are on the board ten members against the work and four for it.

To-day is a Supreme Court holiday, in commemoration of the accession of his present Majesty, King George V. The next business at tho court is tho sentencing of four prisoners by the Chief Justice on Mondav morning.

Tho Terrace Congregational Church, will celebr.-vto its sixty-ninth anniversary by special services in tho church tomorrow, and a social in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening.

The annual meeting of the Post and Telegraph Board of Appeal will commence on Monday. The members of the board are: Messrs. J. W. Poynton (chairman), H. S. Wardell, L. Anderson (postal representative), and A. Mill (telegraph representative).

Dr. Arnold Izard, a candidate for tho Wellington North scat at tho general elections, is to deliver his first speech to the electors at tho Sydney Street Schoolroum on Wednesday evening next.

Tho beautification of the Lambton end of the city by removing the- high feneo which at present shuts off the pretty Parliament Buildings grounds from tho public is advocated by the Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford). Mr. Gilford considers that the grounds should bo thrown quito open to the public, and it is understood that a deputation will wait upon the Government at au early date to urge that the grounds bo thrown open in the way suggested.

Detective Cameron and Constable Gordon arrested,- in 'Wellington yesterday, a. man, who will be charged with criminal assault on a girl eight years of ago at Mangawcka in March.

A proposal to shorten the tram route to Karori by the construction of a lino through Hill Street to join with tho Tinakori Road lino near the Prime Minister's residence is to bo brought before the Cits* Council by tho Mayor, with a view to having a report on tho merits of tho scheme from the City Engineer authorised. Tho Mayor does not consider that the scheme would he very expensive, or that it would offer any very 'difficult engineering works when Hill Street is widened.

Yesterday Detective Hammond arrested a man who will appear at the Magistrate's Court this morning charged with uttering a cheque for £98 at Auckland, purporting to bo signed by his son.

A very pleasant time was spent at the old reading-room. Lambton Station, last evening, when tho members of tho Wellington Railway Mutual Impjovement Society met members of tho Letter-Carriers' Social Club in a euchre tournament. After somo keenly-con-tested games, the representatives of the letter-carriers were victorious by 9 games to , 7. Mr. Moxham carried off the first prize. During tho evening tho Railway Orchestra contributed several items. '

The aboriginal Native is not alwnys as verdant as he looks. A stalwart young fellow who appeared in tho Magistrate's Court at Masterton on Friday had answered his name when called, but when it was suggested that he could not speak English, and required the services of an interpreter, ho lapsed into a condition of blissful ignorance. "Can yCTi speak English?" asked tho Magistrate. The Native gazed in blank unconcern, and made no response. The question was repeated, but still no answer. The Magistrate had no hesitation in suggesting that the youth was shamming ignorance of the English language. At anyrate, tho services of an" interpreter had to bo procured, and. the Native looked happy.