LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1186, 22 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In tho course of our leading article of yesterday a typographical error appeared in tho following passage:—"The meeting of the Executive Council at which the Order-iu-Council was passed authorising the sale of the laud was held on the fifteenth o£ March last, Sir James Carroll presiding. Tho Maori Land Board, according to the published reports, confirmed tho sale of tho land under the Order-in-Council on the twenty-second of March. But tho Ordcr-in-Council itself, which was the authority for tho sale and the only information the public had of what was transpiring, was not published in the fQazotte-until tjlo: thirtdeath of <Mai;c,lvuM< several days after the salo had actually taken place." Tho word "thirteenth" should of course have read "thirtieth," as was obvious from tho context. ■ Mr. I". 51. B. Fisher, member for Wellington Central, has been invited by the Women's Branch of tho Keform League to deliver a political address at Brooklyn next Tuesday evening, and has consented to do so. The meeting will bo hold in Fiillford's Hall, and as the seating accommodation is limited ladies oml their escorts are advised to' make certain of securing seats by an early attendance. Mrs. Couzens.j will preside. During tho course of a visit to the Wellington Technical School tho Minister for Education (the Hon. G. Fowlds), after observing tho inadequato accommodation for tho scholars, stated that so great was tho popularity of technical' school education in Wellington that more than one school may have to be provided in tho future. It' would be better, if new buildings were necessary, to build near the students' homes. When informed that a deputation was likely to wait on him with tho object of securing new buildings in a. fresh site, Mr. Fowlds said tho committee must first mako satisfactory arrangeirfents with the City Council in respect to the. valuable property they already occupy. Reasonable compensation would be expected from tho City Council.

From all over New Zealand tho chief electoral . ofticor is receiving claims for enrolment from electors. This is because his name is at the bottom of the forms. The instructions that these claims should be sent to tho electoral officer for tho district are quite ignored. Some thousands of tho claims have been sent in erroneously, and it means, in each instance, that they must bo sent back to the registrar of the electorate from which they came. A little thought, or observation, on the part of the electors would obviate all this additional work. In addition to those Bills which have already bean announced as coming before Parliament this session will bo a. Seeds Bill, to be introduced by tho Minister for Agriculture (tho Hon. T. Mackenzie). This will bo a measure to regulato the sale of seeds, and an endeavour to deal generally with this matter, which has been before, the Dominion farmers for some time. Tho conference of representatives of tramway authorities, which is to assemble in the Concert Chamber of tho Town Hall on Monday next, to make a united protest against the proposed tramway regulations of'tho Government, will bo attended by representatives from Auckland, Napier, Wanganni, Wangrwui East, Gonville, Wellington, Miramar, Karori, Ivclburne, Unit Valley (Tramway Board), Cliristchurch, Dunedin, Jlornington, lloslyn, Kaikorai, and lnvercargill. It would be as well for any householders having in their possession claims for enrolment on the electoral roll, said the chief electoral officer to a. Dominion , representative yesterday, if they sent them into the district registrars as early as po-sible, as the main roll will closo very shortly.

The case, W. H. Smith v. E. D. Hoben, has been set down for hearing in tho Court of Appeal on Monday.

Two passengers by (lie Aor.ingi from San I'rancir-eo were unable to pass the education tost, and consequently were not permitted to land. One a Frenchman, but n naturalised Victorian, went on to Sydney by the Warrimoo yesterday, and the other, a South Sea Islander from Rotumah, Fiji, is to lie sent on to Suva by the Navua, on Tuesday next. Meauwhilo ho remains aboard the Aorangi. Thirtv-six tons of fish woro brought to Napier* from Kaingaroa by the Nora Niven recently, only four tons of which were liapnka. It is understood that only a small quantity of tho shipment was disposed of locally.

Cut flowers arc still bringing good prices on the Wellington produce, market. Jonquils aro coming in more freely now, and Iho supplies aro improving every day. Most of the blooms come from Lower Hiilt, some from Waiigamii, and some from Palmerslou North. They are realising Is. to Is. W. per dozen. Violets aro 'being sold at Is. to -s. per dozen bunches.

At next Wednesday's meeting of the Harbour Board, Mr. Uindniarsh will move that the following bo a remit to the Harbour Boards' Conference:—"That the conference ask the Government to ain end the Harbours Act so as to empower Harbour Boards to undertake, the lcadiuf and discharging of ships."

July is not as a rule a busy month for paMA'iigiM- tea (it betwwn Wellington and Sydney, yet Ilio Warrimuo, which left for thi: Nu«- South Wales port last evening, was practically a full ship, owing chifilly to the inclusion of the members of "The Whip" Dramatic Company, and the through passengers from America by the Aorangi. Tlic scene at (lie ship's side at 5 o'clock last evening was quite an (miniated one, Mine hundreds (if people ils ' M-mbling on the wharf to bid adieux to friends on board. As these havo (J pay the Harbour Hoard's toll for admission to the. berth, the new idea must bo a wmrco of considerable revenue to the board. A branch of the Overseas Club has been formed in Wellington. Captain A. K. Barclay has been appointed secretary, and a committee lias been set up to draft rules and to set out in proper form the aims of thf. club, Sergeant-Major Wallingford, the great English musketry expert, and considered by many of the best military authorities to be the first rillo shot in the world, has been offered an appointment on the New Zealand Staff, with the rank of lieutenant. During the last City Council election campaign, a candidate severely criticised the life-guards attached to the Wellington tramcars. A city tramway official yesterday showed a reporter some photographs o'f Chicago street-cars, and pointed to the fact that cars of (ho latest design in the American city are lilted with exactly the same type of life-guards as are used in Wellington. An innovation on the American cars is a "grab-rail," fitted on the front dash of Uu. , car, at about four feet from the guard. It is intended to all'ord a hold to anyone who is unlucky enough to get in front of the «ir aiid incurs a danger of being run over.