LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 140, 15 June 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The House |o£ Representatives spent the whole ' day yesterday in discussing the motion approving of the Government's offer of a Dreadnought to the Imperial authorities. The motion was carried on the voices. Later in the evening a Finance Bill was introduced. It provides for the raising of a loan of a million and a quarter sterling. A "financial statement" was also submitted by the Premier. Ordinary investment shares have not been dealt in on to-day's Stock Exchange, but the mining section has been subjected to upward movements, and sales have been reported in various company shares both yesterday afternoon and this morning. The second call of yesterday saw sales on 'Change of Waihi Grand Junction at £2 4s 6d, and of Waiotahi at 2s lid. Waihi Consolidated, were reported sold at 3s 3d. At this morning's call sales of New Alpine (10s paid) at 8s 9d were reported. Buyers offered 8s _6d and sellers asked 9s. Maorilands were reported sold at 9£d, 9£d, and lOd, the closing offer of buyers being 9£d, while sellers asked a penny more. Waihi Consolidated were quoted at 3s lOd by sellers (buyers offering 3s 9d) after sales had been 'reported at 3s 4d, 3s 7d, and 3s Bd, an 3 three sales on 'Change at 3s Bd, 3s Bd, and 3s 9d had taken place. The mails which left Wellington on the 7th May, by the s.s. Warimoo, and connected at Sydney with the Brindisi mails by the 11. M.5. India, arrived in London on the night of the 12th instant — one day early. The postal authorities advise that the Moana, which left Sydney on Saturday, 12th instant, for Wellington, has on board an Australian mail, which is due here to-morrow morning. Patients in the Wellington Hospital to date number 220, as compared with 276 for this time last yeai. There is some spurious coin in circulation here. A local hotelkeeper yesterday bewailed the discovery in his cash register of a "sovereign" made of lead. It is a first-class imitation. His Honour Mr. Justice Sim this morning, on the motion of Mr. O'Regan, made a decree nisi absolute in the case of G. H. Wood v. Helen Eucretia Wood and J. Quinn. The petitioner was granted custody of the child. A meeting of the council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce will be held to-morrow afternoon. Amongst other business the council will deal with the question of a constitution 'for the federated Chambers of Commerce in New Zealand. According to a report received by the Marine Department, the supply of rock oysters in some parts of the Auckland province is much less than was expected, and there is reason to believe that illicit picking has been going on. The. department has endeavoured to keep a watch on the various beds, but in out-of-the-way localities it has not been able to prevent the taking away of a great many oysters when the inspectors were not about. Mr. *L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, is now making an examirfatioii of all the Auckland beds. A young woman named Violet Paton. alias Frazer, was charged, in the Magistrate's Court to-day, with being an habitual drunkard. This, was the fourth ,time within six months that the had been before the court. The woman, who is a prohibited person, was also charged with entering licenced premi&es. In pleading guilty on each information, accused said &lie would return to her parents' home if allowed her freedom. Station-Sergeant Darby remarked that a day or two back she had refused to return home with her mother. His Worship .said accused had again and again proved that she was not capable of looking after herself. The most suitable place for her was the Samaritan Home. The woman intimated that she would go to the home for three months, and the case was adjourned until to-morrow in order that the authorities of the institution might be communicated with. To-monou (Wednesday) there will be the usual special values, and in the .afternoon 100 pairs of kid gloves, wortk 3s lid, will go at 2a lid.—^ivkcaldieand Stains, Ltd. — Advt.

Mr. F. D. M'Govern, accountant in the Gisborne branch of the Bank of New South Wales, has been promoted to the position of assistant accountant in the Wellington office. Of the eight sleeping cars which were ordered for the Main Trunk service, six have been completed, and are in commission. The remaining two are almost ready to leave the Petone workshops. Only the final touches are wanting. A meeting of citizens will be held at the Town Hall this evening, to protect ' against the postponement of the 1609 session of Parliament. The Mayor (Dr. Newman) will preside, and the speakers will be Messrs. A. L. Herdman, F. M. B. Fisher, D. M'Laren, and R. A. Wright, M.P's. A large attendance is expected. Arthur Robert Whitmarsh was charged in the S.M. Court yesterday with deseriing his wife and two children. The case was partially heard, and then there waa an adjournment. Subsequently, counsel announced that the parties had arrived at a settlement. Mr. Kelly was for complainant, and Mr. O'Leary for defendant. An application for permission to usa a rifle range and shooting saloon ou the main road, Lower Hutt, did not receive favourable consideration at the meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council last night. The oj>inion expressed by; councillors was that such galleries were a nuisance, "as was proved in Wellington." The application was accordingly; refused. No defence was filed in the case of Charles Henry Osmond v. Thomas Halstead Harley, before Mr. Justice Sim this morning. The action was for the possession of premises at Petone, and rent due. Possession having been given up, his Honour gave judgment for £30 rent and costs £8 Bs, with disbursements. Mr. T. Young represented thef plaintiff. It was mentioned by the president of the Institute of Marine Engineers last night that there was complete harmony in the relations of employers and' employees. The institute, he added, was the first body to register under th 9 Arbitration Act, and yet had never; had occasion to appear before that court. The membership in New Zealand was over 1000. The compulsory military training ad* vocates' proposals received little corti • sideration at last night's meeting of tho| Petone Borough Council. Immediately, the clerk had concluded reading an epis-s tie on the subject, Councillor Piper re* marked : "It is a que^ion of national, not parish, politics. I move that tha letter be received." This was seconded and carried without comment. Mr. T. Parsons, agent, sued EL, Fielder and Co., furniture dealers, he< fore Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., for £19 7s 3d, representing commission on the sale of furniture. Defendants said they did not agree to pay commission on the deferred payment system. Judgment was fog defendants, with one guinea costs. Mr,Fair was for plaintiff, and Mr. NeaVel appeared for defendants. Last evening, at St. David's School, room at Petone, the members of the Young Men's Bible-class held a social evening. The Rev. A. Thompson pre, sided over an attendance of about 80* During the evening the chairman pre* sented A. Bold with the Robertson run-t ning cup. The .winner secured 14 pointsj the second man (W. Taylorl seven points. In accordance with Dr. Mason's sugi gestion, the Wellington Bugby Union has advised the Hutt Borough Council that l "It -Jias decided to provide ambu« iance facilities at the local football ground. These will be left in charge of the caretaker of the grounds. Ifi was agreed by the council, in answer to a request from the union, that a rope* should be placed round the field, fn, order to keep spectators off the ground. The union also advised that on the 22nd May .the gate receipts were £3 12s, and on the 29th May £16 3s. Mr. /D./ D. Hyde, the Government poultry expert, who is on the list of Government servants marked for retirement under the Government's retrenchment scheme, has decided to undertake poultry-raising as a means of business, and, incidentally, to show that he is not afraid to do and practice what ha has been preaching to others in the past. In a speech which he made at Ashburton, he said that the value of the poultry industry to New Zealand vvas greater than many people thought it ; it was quite double the value of the fruit industry. \ Motor police are not required at the HuLt. So it was agreed at the local Borough Counci} meeting last night, apropos an invitation from the Makara County Council "to co-operate with other suburban bodies in approaching (.he Government with the object of having motor police appointed to protect the public against the excessive speed and leckless manner at which some motor cars and motor cycles are driven along the highways." The borough ranger advised that motorists generally had behaved themselves during the last twelve months, and that he had no complaints to lodge. A peculiar case of misunderstanding came before the Referees' Association last .night in regard to a Victoria College football player, ordered off in a match between the College and Polhjll. The referee reported that he' had ordered the player off by mistake. In giving his decision, he said, "Off the field, free kick," and pointed at the player 'at the same time. What he meant to say was : "Offside, free-kick.** He did not know until after the game that the player was off the field. The secretary of the association was instructed to write to the player and to the union to that effect. Enquiries for New Zealand products have been made of the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce (Mr. S. Carroll). .The Victoria Fue} Company of British. Columbia has addressed a letter to the chamber, stating that in Victoria, Vancouver, and British Columbia generally there is an opening for "lobsters (or crayfish) in tins, glass, or frozen ; first quality jams in glass, condensed milk in tins, canned sheep's and bullocks' tongues— in fact in many lines of canned goods, which we are in an excellent position to handle as selling agents or on a commission basis, and we shall bo glad if you can put us in touch with firms who are in a position to ship these goods." References to the Bank of Montreal at Victoria or Vancouver are given by the firm m question. Have you furniture or goods you want stored? We have excellent accommodation in new brick-built stores. Lowest rates. The N.Z. Express Company. Tel. 1333.— Ad vl. Tho meteorologist has to bo a faithful observer of the ever-varying hopvens, aud whether Iho latcbt &poi on the sun or the csira brilliancy of the stars may enablehim to foretell the stute of the weather ou Saturday next, 19th June, is open to doubt. But oven th"c meteorologist has hilimitations, and all the various statistics in the world would be of no assistance in revealing tho deluge which overtook the Dress nnd Manchester Departments at C Smith's, Ltd., Cuba-street, on Thursday 10th June. The result of a burst waterpipe will mean a loss of £700 to £800 to the firm and a floodi of Dress and Manchester bargains for the public next Saturday. — Advt. Ladies Tailors.— The oldest and bo»t firm in Australasia. New Styles in Ooatii and Skirts. Nodine and Co., 30, Wei- ' lington-tprrace.— Advt.