LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2114, 3 April 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The (;oveiiimi>rii oflloes will ho closed an Thursday, April '-'3, in. celebration „r ft},. fi gorge'a Day a.wl St. David's ■Daw fV.usUfra'-'lo wforesi; is Ikm'iie taken in Um jiolitiral address wliirli is to lie given ■in the Town BttlJ.Hife eveniiis by (he Hon. -Ft M. 11. Fislier. Tho chair will br l by Mi. H. F. Vou tfjaM, Caimelluiioii of the registration of the Tii ra 11:1 l;j l.ftterpresS. Lilho2rap!iors, and .M.-uAinWV Industrial Union of Workers is ec! ificd iu the Gazette.

The retail pHeo of milk lias been niii.cd from 4d. to 3d, per quart, as ■ iroJH Wednesday Uvst. A correspondent . H'liu has- several siiisi.il clttldj'Oli BHg*: i;e'its Unit this is an April 1 joke on : the pint of tJic niilk-vcHders., jn winch tho public is being fooled. Tire Court of Appeal. w'Ht open its Bcsskii in Wellington ti.it .Monday morning. A Chapter oi the Mnriat leathers of the I'rovnicinl District of Now Zealand is to lio held ill Wellington about (bo middle of tho present month, to discuss broader business matters in connection frith tho Order. Olio item of business will ho tho appointment of two delegates to attend the General Chapter of tho Marist Order to bo held ill Belgium fate? on in the year. Ail Application to permit skating at the. Vkraii Street lUnk <jit Good Friday has iiccii refused by tho Wellington City Council. A resvHitioi! this effect was passed without discussion a.t last night's Meeting of tho csinictf. ' Decent: and reasonable means of getting heme" were asked by Mc-srs H W. M'ViMy and 11. .Mainland, who waited on tlio Wellington C<t\ Comiat last night, tho deputationists repicseittcd Kclbumc Residents who jrtq served by Kelbunie I'arado and. Kairlw Street. They Said that tfte.se thorough' fiire.s wore in urgent need ol repair, pal> ticulnrly before the winter really set in. Tlio council referred tno matter to the Finance CommiUoe.

'J'o counteract the rise jit niillt (from 'Id. food. per quart), which tr;oli plsco <m Wednesday, t hern was a fall oi tho samo commodity at tfe foot of uadestown It.oad bctwccu & arid 6 a/m. yesterday, as tlio result of ;1 horse attached to o.no of .Mr. (ieorgft X.ash's carts boli-i-iii' down the read> f he-rcsiilt was that the cart upset, milk ran in rivulets down the hill, and. the two men who were lld■jjj.rr lii £]i.o wlijcto wcro tlitotvn out und slightly injured. 'J'iu; Citv Solicitor has been asked to adviso as'to the best coujwj of action t<y adopt iii order to obtain -oxtrfc reyemio from motor vehicles to maintain the ci.tv'6 road owing to tiio. damaging offoct of motor traffic, either by (1) a spoctel li.p. license;, of &) a petrol tax.

To-ir,arrow morning two prisoners will appear in the Supremo Court for sentence. Thess arc Peter Hombrey (unnatural offence) aiid Charics Hdjiry Leamou .Haiik.ins, alias .Sjdney Smith, forgery and uttering. His HoMoVir tljfr Chief .lustico (Sir Robert Stout) will tle#l with the- cases,

Tile Hon- J. Allen's circular asking municipal iioftiisils it' they Willing to find work for conscientious objectors, to military training was dealt with at j the Wellington City Cminai meeting lat-t night. Tiie council decided to ieply to the Minister stating that- it could hot see its tray lo comply with his "> quest. Tho Mayor (Mr. J- !'• Luke) thought it would ho dangerous to interest local bodies ill tho earning out , of tho police- work vliiA would be en-. tailed. It- might also involve conltict with awards under. which the corporation was working. He could assure the Minister that a portion of the tells i around Wellington which, belonged to : the Government could ho improved.

A Sports Association has boon formed ill eoiinection. ivitii the Wellington technical School, ami as soon as arrange; ments' can lie. mail" "sports afternoons are to be arranged to wake a lieai.hy locals in the- weekly round of st'Jd.l, Boys are I'oing charged 2s, Od. and girls Is. ,6d. admission. Sir. BoJlor i» the honorary sccrotnry. _ . A'piilicatrons arc being invited by t .li<S Public Sen ice Comnirsiouer foi the -position of Distill Health Olhcor at [luncdm Dr Champtiloup, tho piecent occupant of the .position, is inrf it in order to taue up an engageiiiUit witk the Owgo Lnneisn\ Ii is notified in Wo'-tacfetlM- f ® Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act of last - session has, received His .Majesty's asscr.t and will como into opeiation on J lay 1, 101-1 - Retaliations' .prescribing form of warrants for detention in military custody Under the IX-fenco Amendment Act, 1912, are published in the Gazette • The death of Sir. »• M'Farlane, tho Canterbury representative on th.o Board of Agriculture, croah-S a vacancy on tlmt body which will -have to bo filled under tho provisions of the .Board of Agrieulturo Act, by a new election. Ir, is expected tjiat tho board will coinnic.tico its activities very, shortly, sltliongh one Government nominee ieniains to bo appointed, At a meeting of tho Wellington Slain Branch of tho United Labour Party, held at tho Tmdes Hall lasv evening, t'hi secretary reported that the response from unions in answer to tho branch s appeal for assistance towards the Mayoial campaign, had been very sucocsfnl, the following unions having already promised- financial assistance: Bpowbindois and Papci-iulers, £1 Iseral Labourers, £3; freezing. Works Employees, £5. It is notified in the Gazotio that tho tender at* Messrs. Munt, Cottrell, and Co. has beeft accepted by tho Railwavs Department for the cartage at schedule vatte of railway stores- and materials for two years, lrom April 1, 191.4.

Tho rrcoipfc of ))Q less a, suiu tVian £]'<}?, forwarded as conscience, moire,v bv some person Unknown, is acknowledged by the Secretary to iiio Trpas- : tij'y, in the Gazette. TJic Tawhai, Toiara, and: Ararino ltoads in tho Ilutt Comit.v arc gazetted . as comity roads. It was -10 years exactly on Wednesday last- siMca Mi'. J. Qrchiston, Chief Teluyiaph Engineer, was appointed postmaster at Ilawcra, Those wcro tlio.day.ai narrates Mr. OrchiUoit, when tho only regular communication. between Wcl- ; iingtou and Ilawern was by S.l : r. Androw young's coaches. which liaed. to tako ■ three days oil tho irip. Tho}* used to loavo Wellington at (3 a.m., and proceed ijy way ol the old Ponriu Road and the Olak't ' beacli to J'Woiu arriving thorn* at 11/2# p-.ni. At 3 o'clock the next morning ■ the joitnie.y was resinned, breakfast was terved -at Scott's Ferry tat the mouth of tile. Halijjilikei li.ivei). Innch at Mart-on. and tea in Wanganui <at tilibut 6 pan.}. A btart was i.'iado at 6 a.m. the next day, and twelve hours later Hawera. was readied. J a : : continue tho journey iu'rtlicr flii the coach left Hauora at 6 a.m. tha folloy--iiiii day, and arrived ill Now Plymouth at 11 o'clock that night. "Uioso wevo tho days when ; \vfc often worked Irom 6 a.m. to 11 p ■!'!-! Hnucia being; thoa ■ a sort of deaA® station for oil towns. south and north."

Bio gaie receipts for adirossimi 'to the Zob from March 4 till March 23 amounted to £I' 2 7k

Tjir> Govern mowi ]in§ not vat indicated whether or not it ifitoids to jrfoscciitft tlioho members of industrial unions iv'iia committed a breach .of the Indus'.rial Conciliation and Arbitration Act by talcing part in the strike ai the end of last year, but it. is expected that an announcement on tlio subject will ho made, shortly. So far as ciiii bp ascertained, tlio delay that lias taker, place is dim to the complex situation created by the duplication of a, liui'nbci- of unions. If the Labour Department takes proceedings against- unions registered under the Arbitration Act, which joined in {lie <.tnke tlia position will lie simplified, iftasimicli as tlio Arbitration ■ Court, has power to suspend the registration of offending unions during a period nor. exceeding two years, the pcn.skm having the effect of cancelling, ■duiffng iho period of suspension., fi.u'cl.l : rights as tlio unions iii question would otherwise have had under tlio Arbitration A'ct. The Reserves .of trie City Council reported to the. council last night that, they had had a reply from the Superintendent of Police intimating (hat lip had issued instructions for tlio .Mounted Police to patrol tlio. solid lulls at Tiva'll Bay, with a view to putting a stop to t-hft nuisances complained, of by tli.e. eomrmtU'C.

At last ni'iihc's mte'tiivg of tho Cits Council it motion was passed in confirmat ion. of the special order passed ;at a special meeting Ori March 3:, to raise a tean of £67,(10') in with tho .ftpaymcrtt <if the. city, tramways, par* ■inrf, ana Town llnll loan, So. 2, of £76,000. ;