LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2130, 23 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

TWny (St. George's i)s?) is a ■Government ami bfldc holiday. A rownt ps.c&ct-.piekfiig episode oh iho wharf, in wliidi t'ko victim, a der.gynion, wiis robbod «f si ten-pound ncrto, was ineutjoiied at: tlio Harh&tH , Roard mooting lust irigltt, when tlio chairman (Mr, 11. tfJetohor) stated that it was [jroposf'd to sonwrwkat improve the facilities iftr purftlinsJnf; tirkote at tlio Unioii Company's wharf ofli.ee. As a result of 2ic>*(>ti.ivtkms_ boUveeu ilw ljpiird fliwl the convpaiw it lias boou decided to ferfia a "puce," with standards ami cliuiiis, loacling !:o and fiflr.i tho licivOt office. Tho cost of providing tiicso is to bo borue b,v the- Imi.oft Oompuny. Some misn.ppnJjfiiisioii ajvpoars t* exist nbotit the ngo limit fisdd in ilio *egtilatioue under tte Tcniporary Employes' Act. Tim t'jiiWii! Sew'ioo Cfttn* missioTicr (Mr. D. ttobwtsou) to)d g a reporter .vcsterda.V that it tt-as not ifl' fended tlkfc tempoftiry onvployces OVfr tlio statutory ago sliotsld be dismfcawl.' AH that ivne iw'plied wns the*' tcOTpe-r----nry employees over the aßO'ljmil of fifty .voft.rs (or k si'fieiai qi&pfl fifty-fivo yciirn) rould iwt lio nppointed to tlio' pennaiioiifc slnff. It waa not trfojxftpc? j to dismiss ti.W>nnra..rv Ciivplo.VßPS who vvore" b,t MifEr TV&nrtmenis, j prov-Jdttd they worn of Mod oj»nrncfw| iisid porfCTiuifig their work «irt»«{'actorily. The foltewhiK enst of s-liaractor Jwe Iwwn decided on for iliO Amntonr Operatic Soeiely's production of itoUort WeiKindttc's comic ojwfrt "Paul Jo.ri(>Si" to tin performed n!» tire fifttsd flncra House iii Jfily uext :--Pn«t Joufra, STrs V. H. Mereditji: Rufijif!, Air. F. C.'Jmrlton; Sico(|Uot, .Dr. 0. A. Jsil.h-r: Don TrocJiidpro. M>. A. W. N'eWtoii; Kit KivrtriO, Jlr. W. ,t. Meredith \ ttipiniu Ontrol, Si'r, D. Hridjje; Douiikbiiissp, Dr. N. St. 0. lla)e«: I'fltit l'lortt", Mr. A. A. Kiillw: Yvotmp. Jli-ts H<-U»a Rafcl'iiflr; Jtflilnfluonii, Miss Cilia Dcnharsl; Cho.pinoti<*, Mtss Slnrit , fix. Owing to pressure 411. our sjmwmj, ttio report of l)r. U. J.I. Hector's prcsirihiiini address io llin PhiUiso-phienJ &eicly will nut appear until 10-mori'tivr.

At present whon steamer passengers sen;! tlH'H' luKgago down to the wharf a.hdtul of thorn, they incur a. wrtiiiH risk of Joss, as .no proyiiMoi.i is mndo foe tho sni'e-fcijopiiig of ti.wir goads. Negotiations are new in progi-es's between tlio Jiarfmus- lloartl ami ivlisj Unioj; Coiujranj- wbfch it is jjopw] will remotly this suito cf aifairs. 'Hie eompany proposes to hire Um liccossary bpnco from tlio llnrbomr Board, aw] to provido accommodation i : or tho lx-con-tipn of iwissengcrs' Inggage, If ea-tis-factory nrrfiiig*in,e.nts uau bo .mado (ami the l«mrd ohnirnmit iiiUmatnrl last csveur iiig that lie thought they esiiW) Dm Union Company will linderfato tho sis to keeping of Iftggago seut tloivit to i.ho irbarf iiy persmis iiitoriding to trove! in its stcanitjrs. 'Bits,' Iff. Fletclwr remarked) werold be a, yei'y e/pat convciiicHce to the f.ravotling ntihlic.

Toteplwno lines are to be- laid to tho King's Whflrf and the Glasgow Whwf. &o t&nt ships can be cemiectod up witli the City Exchange daring their stay }n port. The Harbour Bon.rd lias hec» vised by the Post and Telegraph Department fJiat it ttiil raako tli.fl iieonssflry coiinestton at. a cost of it a-pieco per annum. In addition, small charges will bo made, for switches) etc., to enable fljovablo wires to he. takm to t'lio siijjs, The Harbour Boar 4 engineer estimates that tlie board will have to rocoyfir £12 per anittim from earti caniiection in order to rcmavtn its outlay, and it was decided loot evening that tlio chwge for tlio «so of a tftlejAouo Aasjld bo 2s. per day. it is hopfid thai tho in* itoyation will" be so Wfelt patroniftid % sliipptng coMpajiies as to warrant its extension.. It was mentioned at tljo bisard Kwjetuig that oho shipping non> pany had detiined to pwtieipato in Uμ sclhjumj.' to tiro gronild thai ft.s employee* toarJc ueo of tlio hoard's office ielnplione, but the eTta-irJiUin rcinftrised that when tho wharf telopliotics had been- installed the slipping pfiofle would not lie allowed to use tljo bbara's ordinary tolepltoncs. This practice 'wa% in any c.nsd, a brcsd! of the tolepiioiio regulations. Tot cfisacorts frerp lidM Oil Iward tiro JUa-uflgauin on her way to Sidney Snd bade to WclJJJtgten. The- siiro oi' £11 was cellwW pii tlio outward trip, &iid £8 Ms. on the inward trip-. The proreeds will bs handed over "to the Suipivfceb Mariners' Itelicf Fund. 111 reply to the aroirlat letter bv the Minister of .Defeiico witk 4 regard to work for "cbnscrientiQiis objeoters" tils Oiislow fiorongh Council passed the fol* toying resolation last ovoniug: "JTjat the council would k>. ftTQy&tea to 'provide vvork f&i' 'eonsrie'tttious ohjector.s , to the Defence selwincj such as gsrse pmbbinf;, digging Mos lor ttce-pknt-jngs iad fllso'tree-ptotiuis oi" snpcr:visiiig *ork in cewftftctien therewith; abo that vho <M3unfiij is of the optaioii" that it could provide- sufficient work to meet the trttp eofiditSons of teining iis set out in the rcEUlalioiis."