LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1129, 17 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Th 3 Hon. J. A. Millar, as Minister for Marine, will rlrivo tin; first pile of the new wharf at J'icton to-morrow. The Mayor of Piclon (Mr. Rodman) is giving a iunohocn in honour of the event, Mr. Justice Chapman will hear on Friday morning an application for an interpretation of Section 75 of the Shipping and Seamen's Act, which imposes upon all nhipowui'i's the obligation to pay Aew Zealand rotes of wages when engaged in coastwise trade. The plaintiffs are the master and owners of the steamer Durham, trading between England and N'civ Zealand, and the defendant is (he Collector of Customs, at Wellington. The kiss is being brought by arrangement, in order to obtain an atithoritativo ruin;/. Mr. A. W. Blair will appear for the plaintiffs and Mr. J. \V. Salmontl, Solici-tor-General, for the defendant.

A local schoolmaster declares that it is folly to contemplate calling out. the school children in connection with die Coronation function iii Newlowu Park on June 22. "A,t that time of the year," he states, "Newtown Par); is usually pretty sodden with the winter rains, anil to ask school children-many of whom would not be too warmly clad—to stand about for a couple of hours would be highly injudicious, if not a positive cruelty. Furthermore, the schools are to break up for the midwinter holidays on the Friday preceding Coronation Day, and it would be difficult tu assemble them in full force. I would respectfully suggest that the Coronation medals for the children should be distributed on brcaking-up day, Friday, June IC, in order that there may be no call to assemble the children at the schools in the middle of their holiday."

On May S Messrs. E. H. Dean and H. Beauchamp addressed the following letter to the Traflic Superintendent of New Zealand railways:--"According to the May time-table issued by your Department', a train leaves the Tipper Hutt at 3.5 p.m,, and stops at Jleretunnga by request. With a view to travelling on that train, we were at the station On Saturday last, and signalled for it to stop, but tiie driver paid no attention to our signals and proceeded on. We should like to have your explanation as to the reason for (his, as it occasioned both of ns considerable inconvenience and annoyance." On Monday Mr. Beauchamp received the appended.reply from the District Traffic Manager:—"hi reply to your "letter of Bth inst., complaining that the train leaving Upper Hutt at 3.5 p.m. on Saturday, May 0, did not stop at Hereiaunga as shown in the 'Pocket Guide,' I beg to inform you that, the slop shown in the Guide is an error in printing. Trains should not stop there. During this month, however, seeing it is shown in (lie Guide, I will give instructions for that train (o stop at llcretauaga, if necessary. Wo regret that I lie mistake should have caused you any inconvenience."

It is stated that as a result of three cars having left the tramline a! the corner of MolesivDrfh .Street and Timilcori Raid, ii slight alteration will lw nuidvi ill the line at the point in question.

Sir. Justice Chapman will hold a sitting in Chambers at: 10,'Ji) a.m. on Friday.

Frederick Page, who was fined on Monti ay for nob attending at the Supremo Court after b?ir.g duly summoned as a juryman, .appeared (here yesterday morning. Mr. llerdman, who represented him, explained that his client had mistaken the date being under the impicssion that ilia session? were to .open on Monday next. The Chief Justice remitted the fine, and had the juryman sworn.

Returns from the Sunday morning special car-, run by the tramway department keep up to a high average, last Sunday's total being 343 passengers. The late evening specials carried 2i : G passengers.

Mr. W. n. Hcrries, M.P., will give an address at Palmerstiin on May 23.

Arthur Thomas, who has been remanded until this morning on two charges of breaking anil entering, will have a total of thirteen charges preferred against him when he comes'before- the magistrate today. The offences alleged in the charges are breaking and entering, theft, ami mischief.

On the arrival of the 7.10 p.m. train at Lnmbton Station last night, Detectives Cassclls and Mason arrested two young women charged on warrant with theft of goods from n hotel at Pahiatua.-

The passengers carried on the midnight tramcar from Thorndpn to Newtown fell off to 8 one day last week. The highest total for any night was 36, and the grand total for the week was 117.

In connection with the Parliamentary election, Dr. Arnold Izard will address tho Wellington North electors at the Sydney Street Schoolroom to-night.