OUR ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 149, 24 June 1904, Page 6

OUR ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS.

A PROGRESS UK PORT. Thu iiilucblin;,' .-pcclude prcfenled a( tho coiner fit t'ulin a'ld Minim i« Mnul*, vlicio an cluburalc "lay-out ' or junction for Ilie new tr'mwuy system is> boing put down by the conlrnetoiK atmiLts a yient de.il of ;.Heulion. Tliroughout the day laigc numbovH of people watch the woik, and adnihe the bjsfematic mai'iKT in which the vaiious *- > ection > « and delail.-) of (ho constiurtion are c.uiitd out. Under pres-ent riicunistancc-, it looks ai> though the Uoipor.it ion was in flinging a condition ol the Ordcr-in-(Jouncil urder which 'the trannvay is boiin^ constructed. The condition in question stfpulatfs tint the track must not bo neauT than 4ft to a footpath. As the position stands to-day, the trauk is within 12in or so of the footpath on Winder's coiner nud on the footpath on the Union Clothing Company's court. Tho Mayor explains that things aio not always what thoy tie<:m. Wht»n the* work is completed it wllljlie found that Iho terms of tjic Order-in-Council will have been faithfully adhered to. There is no new dilliculty in the w;>^\ as the Corporation was aware from the first that special provision would have to be mado for additional spaco at the two corners named. When the plans were being prepined, Mr. Winder, who is a. member of the City Council, intimated that it was his intention to rebuild shortly on the. Manners nnd Cuba, slrcnfc corner. It was then arranged that when he lebuilt, the Corpoiation would take sufficient lund for the purpo.se of making up the footpath. On the opposite corner, the public also will be inconvenienced for a- little time by a narrower fool path than has liitlierlo existed, but the Corporation does not anticipate any trouble in getting over this difticulty. The Coipoiation lias not taken any stejjs to compulNorily acquit o tho small strip of land needed because it doe.s not think Mich a. blep is necessary The training of motor-men for the electric cars is going on daily along the Rus-sell-tcrvuce to Bawn Reserve section of the track. A parly of ten man is ivci'iving instruction, and when Uicjv nun have become proficient, five cars will Jjc .sent out for pa.*.MMiga' t raffle. There- will tlniß bo tw«o shifts of motor-men for the lirst .section of the new service, which it is oxP"eted will begin running next week Thi Corporation has received permission from the Public Woika Department to run this section of the .syj-.tcm. It is ospucrod that when the whole ol the oxprteuv rouhi i.s ivady for p.iNcongei trnfllr tlu> extension jcrtions will be simultaneously brought into use. Prior \\s bringiiiK a section of the track into uso for traffic, two months' notice- of such iu> tent ion has to bo given to the Public Work.* Department. Tho Corporation has already given the Dvpj.Ttrrtetu tV- nw* twry notice regarding tho 'i'ioakori-road to Goveruinont Railway Sttition section. It is probable that tho Corporation will to-day {fi\A in the notice of inttntion to vms tho Ivent -terrace to (lovcrnment Railway Station wetion of tho vxpiws route, and tho Conwtablc-.stroet, Ishuvl Hay to X<-\vtown, and Oriental Bay to Cuuik'nayplace .sections.

Tho nu'.oniatic p.itent let tor-stumping machine, tho invention of Mr. K. Moss, of Chttatchmrli. which wus removed for , Iho purpoM! of icplaciiiK Htu rubber stamp by v iTf-tal one, has been ie-erected in the poitico tif tho General Piwt Oltice, juid i.s now open lor public use, as notiliivl by advartisement elsewhere. A I'ie.ss Amoclntiou telegram from lilcitlu'im states tlmt Mr, XjMbnn F. Hall, tlurty-nino years of age, known in various paits of tho colony as the repiCMMitnlivo of McsHts. Booth, Macdonald, and (Jo., died lather Kiiddcnl}* at. l'ic ton on YVednosdny .fioni iniiuuunation, re> Milting from » chill. Tlie deceased was the videst un\ ot tho lute Mr. Matthew Hull, of Christchunh. Ho lived in QueenslHnd lor twelve yen i.s, where lie \\u», in 1899, picMdcul of theConuncrci.il Tuivclleus' Acsociation. A number of prisoners who aio to assist in tivi'-pianting in tho Hot Lakes di.-hkt will be scut to Onehunga by tho ilinemoa to-night. Jiiht now, when improvement in the es--poit of dairy pmducu i.s occupying the attention of the- .National Daily Association, some remarks by Mr. Kiii.^wlla, Daily Commiiiriiincr, cont.iined in a icpoit which ho has fumi»hcJ to the Government regarding trade between this colony and Kouth Africa, arc of particular interest. Mr. Kiiihelhi stiongly condemns tho practice of holding laigo quantities in cold sloiage through the winter, waiting for tho spring rise, owing to the deterioration that tc&es place. If our producoin aimed to get their butler on tho African market, tho Argentine could not touch them iv tho matter of quality. Very little business is done with Suuih Africa in cheese, and unless we adopt homo better system of laying our cheese down iv a (founder condition, tlwre is litUo hope of establishing anything like a decent connection. The New Zealand Branch of tho Fedeiated Seamen's Union hifi applied to the Aibilration Court for an enforcement of an award against Messrs. W. and G. Tumbull and Co., owners of the s.s. Aoica. It w alleged that tho master of the vessel discharged ;i. seaman at Paten instead pf at the poll where llu> articles wtro diuwn u]> (Wellington), and tho master furthor declined to grant tho man a free passage back to Iho port of shipment. An information laid nndur the Weights and MiM.siues Act picrcncd against Ellen Moote, an Oriental Day stoiokucper, at the J'uHco Court to-day, for having in her po.-sc.s!»ioii four unstamped wciuhts. i Tho defendant's husband plu.uled that pin chased the v eighth eight ycais 1 ago Jiom n grocer, and had been using them evei .since. "Do you want to bo convicted for ouch year'/" observed Dr. M'Aithuv, S.M., and he imposed a tine of 20s, with 7s costs. Albert Bennett, defended by Mr. Wilford, was lined 6s, with £3 7.s c(Mf-, for having driven a hor.so unfit for work m a 'bus fvoni Mai'.iuui to Wellington on the 20th May. Me Uhureh■\uitd pioseculed on behalf of Mr. K. 11. tiavkell, Inspector of tho iSociety for Ihe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Maiy Aijiios Sutlon was oidcied to pay Is bd towards the wqiport of eai.li of her two childicu, inmatcy of tho Wellington Receiving Home. In a repoit to tin, Government, Mr. J. A Kinsella, Dairy Commissioner, .slates tlinfc he would almost stako hut reputation on tho fact that an enormous trade could be done w ilh South Africa for many years to conio if the people of the colony went to woik in a proper and businesslike manner. In sending meat and dairy produce, wo should take euro to send it in Al condition, or it would be useless to expect to stay iv the ewiin. Owing to the insufllcionl Supply of livo stock in South Afiica we should Ret. a good jnarket for all our products, but they must, bo of the bob quality only, owing lo the competition n\ other nations, lie wns not favourably iinpiw+ed \\ith tho quality of the Now Zealand tongues which ho saw iv South Africa, and he thinks wo cannot compete. viUi. Iho Amerkiins in tinned limit. lie" hopes New Zcaoland fanners v. ill wakn up to the inipoitnncc. 1 of gi owing moie jioik fut <\poit. He fcais (li.il we -hall not be able to do much with South Afucu in the fish Hade, unless with i blue cud and tinned whitebait.

Tin- .shade ttMjipcraliu > here to-day \\nn 53cli'g, al Auckhiiid bcMeg, ChnsU hurch and Uuitciliu bldeg. A coricpondent iufoims us that whilst wilnoj-Ninti' lie j.crforninnee oi "The Christian" lit tho -Opera House hist nighu lit- wan leiievcd of a pur.se containing Ihiiby Aovoioigim. The cnrrPspondeni (UiiilsM tfiiit publication «f Huh loci, will ml as it \\niuniK lo o'.li-,it, nncl load Iheni hi guard auaiusl pickpockets. Those who are unable (o attend Mr. Mel. 15. Spurr'.s enjoyable er.ti'itaininrut? at nielli, will Imj ptcunitl In learn that n inalince will be given on Wednesday noKt. A .special piogiammo will he ]>io-ROiit-ed, and cliikhen will be admitted at tpceinl prices. W." liave icreivcd n Pre.-s Aj-sncialion tnble iut"-sago continuing the clcuifiou of the Appeal Couit in the case (S'ovey v. Ijixldci* and Aliiiniiy, published in yusleidny's I'oft. Arrangcmcnls for the championship mulches (Aublraliun football) are advorti:,ed. Boat leaves for Miramar at 2.60. ' Mr. John S. Swan, architect, Wellington, has accepter! tho ■tender of JMr. \V. Wilkinson, of Ecilding, for the Election of four brick hio-;itory shops in Foilding. Thu contract price is about £3000. In reference to the Bird Island sower outfall ditiiculty in Uuncdin, the Cabinet has decided, after careful consideration ot its Marino Engineer's report, that it does not/ see its way lo advise the Governor-iii-Council to approve of the proposed works below high-water mark fur drainago outfall al Bird L«lund. But there will be no objection to a .-uwage outlall at tho north of Toni.-i-hawk JK>ad». T!ii» decision means that th<* J)unedin Ratepayers' A. 1--&ueiution\s protest .ugttinsl the proposals of the Drainage Board has been buhtuincd by the Cabinet. A plinse of the coloured labour question iv South Africa, from Mr. Kinsella's report on New Zealand-South African trade: "A large quantity of the beef and mutton (imported) has to travel hundreds of miles up country. . . , Tli •» meat is conveyed in cars that cannot bi> termed tho best in the world, and the handling is done by what can bo rightly ku'ined the very dirtiest class of labour . . . . lam of Ihe opinion that the dirty, oily, half naked, strong-smelling Kafiir i» the most undesirable man on earth to be allowed to handle the fresh or fiozen food eaien by white men." Tho proposal lo hold a bazaar in aid of thu St. John AmlmliMifie Association district nursing fund is being enthusiastically taken up At a meeting of tho Committee lust night 35 Indies were piv-iH-nl. It was decided to hold tho bazaar during tho tir&t week in September, and a number of sub-committeas were set up. Captain Cnroy, who has retired from the service of tho Union Steam Ship Company, has had an interesting and fruccupsful caicer on the water. Some foity yenrs ago ho had command of ;i small steamer named tho Kccra, whicii ran iv tho Now Zealund <!o:ut(ul trade In 1870 he. joined the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company, and was given j charge of th<>. steamer Wellington, whii_ 1 i I is still running out of Auckland. Tho I captain Mcured his first command under tho Union Company in 1876, when lie took charge of the Taupo. In 1878 he was trniihfened to the Rolorutt, and two years later m».i sent Home to bring the To Anau, now in the Wollington-Lytte!-tot\ run, out to New Zealand. The Otngo Tiniei s>ny* it w«« in tho capacity of nia.ster of the Rotomahaiia „'iou she was in the intercolonial service that C;v\)tain Carey became best known to the tiavelling public. For mhiio yours the v«<hel, n» many can remember, was known us tho "' (irevhiiund of the Pacific " ; and Captain Carey musl luiyc been a proud man on the day that ho lowered tho colours of tho Adelaide, legarded a.s the crack boat of the Adelaide Steam SliipI'iny Company. Tho Rotomahuna had juf<t begun to" achieve celebrity for her hpeed, and one day Iho Adolaido waited for her at tho mouth of the Yarrn. In tho into to Tort Phillip Ilcadu, tho Now Zealaudor outclay.sod her rival, and for sumo years maintained her reputation as | ho fa. 1 test and one of thu hostequipped bontM in Iho intercolonial trade. Hy-u nil-bye the Monowai came out for ihe San Fi.incisco service, and later who wax s-upei^eded by the Moana, both vessels being in turn placed in charge of Captain Carey. Judgment in the somewhat unusual do- | mc.»tic case of O'Callagluui v. O'Calla•>han. was delivered to-day by Mr. Justice Cooper. Tho plaintiff sued hor hitslxind for £164 8s 9d, balance claimed for alimony agieed by dcfcndiint to be paid under a deed of separation inado between the parties in"l 888. The agreement wan for payment of £40 »cr year on certain conditions. The defo'iiee was that plaintiff in 1890 rchumed cohabitation with defendant, 'who therefore repudiates further liability as from that date on the assumption .that the deed was thus made void. Ho says he has Miice been willing to provide his wile ■n ith a home tuid maintain her, but <she declines to live with him. After reviewing the circumstance", which ho deseribpd ns< peculiar, his Honour held, on tho principle laid down in various authorities, tlmt the facts proved in suppuit of the defenco only amounted to a casual visit to the husband's house, and it was clear that she did not intend to resume cohabitation or end the deed. PJaintilV won consequently entitled to judgment, with costs on the lowest .scale, also thiw'f iv the Magistrate's Court, the case having been removed to the Supienie Com I fiom Jhtncdin. On (he petition of certain creditors, John Wir.deley, of Weieion, farmer, was to-day adjudicated bankiupt by Mr. Juslive Coopot. A nioik Parlinmmt was held la.st | evening by the St. Peter's Club, a large number of mombei.s being present. The Rev. (r. 11. Davy. 1 * acted as Uovcrnur, Mr. Goer ;>s Sjienker, Mr. Low undertook the duties of Premier, and Mr. Hash was Leader of tho Opposition. A very ii>htiuctive and intcio-tiutr time Wi>f= spent. The fnrnulion of a Scnoiy Beautify- I ing Association in Rli-nhcim i.s mooted. About three week's ago i\ sensation w.ih caused in America, by the dischurgu from v laKaietto ut Indian Ci'.mj), in Louisiana, of a boy of 15, who, after boing altlict-ud with leprosy for four yeiua, i.s now cured after two yeais' treatment. When he went to tho asylum his body was ! tho colour of coffee and covered with leprous ulcers, his fueo was blotched, puckered up and with open sores. Ho had no eyebrows nor eyelashes. Now he is clean to look i»t, his face is clear,with a slight touch of colour, his eye in clear instead of glassy, and be has regained control of his- facial muscles. Five more patients are on tho road to recovery, and will be discharged within a year. It i.s said the treatment which has caused such results is nothing new, but simply the persistent application of tho I refitment used for leprosy since the woiltl be;;an. The only diil'orence is that in the finim'tunn. Hume tho disease has been I rented steadily, Hyslcntatically, and constantly. Absolute cleanliness, pure fond, and pleasant surrounding, us lar as (urniNe, aie provided. Many hundred* of pi«rnont vi-itml tho Rpecial iliipltiy al Mown Puvis nnd (Mator'n new premium lihl nif>ht, nnd tlio display wai gi-uci-ttllv ndmiied Me'-nri. King nud Ciniino'o sli'injr luud i!i:vj«r;ed niu.«ioiil sclcoiioim.