LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24, 28 July 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

followers of all forms of outdoor sport will be awaiting with interest to-morrow tho result of the contest on the Ptvrrnmo.Ua for the pculling championship of the world, when Pcarce will endeavoiy to wrest the coveted title from ArttPt, the New Zealander. The result will be given in to-morrow night'B Sports Edition of The Post, together with annie very inlrrepling information regarding the preparations for the big race. Com* plete reports of the afternoon's local athletic fixtures will also appear, as usual, in the Sporte Edition. Tho Postal authorities advi«e that the U.M.H. Maitai left San Francisco on the 26th instant with 393 bags of moile for New Zealand, and 281 for Australia. Th* mails which left Auckland on'the I sth July peT the s.e. Navtia and eon* nected with the Vancouver mails per I the R.M.S. Zeatandia. arrived in Vancouver at 4 p.m. on Wednesday last. N The big Flip which occurred on the Wades-town tramway on Monday whs cleared away yesterday afternoon and cars were running over t the whole sec tion in time to cope with the rush of traffic between 5 and 6 o'clock. His Excellency the Governor has re« cc-ived a dispatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the effect that His Majesty the King has decided that the Royal Standard, which is ""* personal flag of the Sovereign, is not future to be flown except when and where His Mojesty is personally pTe« tent. It was suggested at the Farmers' Union Conference to-day that hospital and charitable aid boardfi should receive proceeds from tiuctione.sri, public house, and motor car licenses. It was pointed out that the revenue Would materially help to reduce the burden pf ratepayers of hospital and charitable aid boards, which wag becoming most oppressive. The suggestion was adopted. A 8 a result of a statutory enquiry held at Wellington yesterday nftarnoofi, Calftain G. G. Smith, local Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine, has found that Karl Gnstaf Brusila, who wa« washed overboard, from the ketch Lizzie Taylor oft Sunday evening last., wa« accidentally drowned. No blamp, it was considered", was attachable to enyono, Captain Peterson having done all he could under the circumstances. At _ the time nothing positive could be said as to whether any damage had resulted to any of th-s Hutt River protective works through the recent heavy flood. An inspection made by the overseer, however, rfiows that tho only damage done was in the upper reaches, and that Was not extensive, A full report will be made at next meeting of the River Board. The liver itself is no longer in a state of flood, and ha* how cone down to what is practically a normal winter level. "t don't like a man coming before the board," said the commissioner (Mr. James M'Kenzie) at the meeting of the Land Boarc^ yesterday, "with a view to trafficking \n Crown land. You gob ft section," he told an applicant for a. transfer, "a year or so ago, and after holding on to it for a few months yon sold out at a vise. And now you want to do it ogam. »You propose to take this land and lease it to somebody else. That is hot the purpose of tho Land Board. There is too little Crown land for thnt business nowadays," The application was refused, An indication of the passing of the horse in vehicular traffic is given in a simple little item in the Fire Brigade's report to the City Council la«t night. This was : "That tenders be invited" for the purchase of n horso ho«e reel Rt the Central Fire Brigade Station not now required." Recently another motor hose wagon was landed from England and installed in the central station, which has now quitd a number bf motor engines. In a few years' time the horse will quite disappear from the fire brigade in this city, as it has already dohe from New York and other cities. Farmers, a,* Voiced by their union today, wish to be placed on the Rattle footing a* friendly societies in the mat' ter of excursions Tby rail. The proposal was that excursion fares should be i granted 1 to formers attendihg picnic* abd farmers' gatherings. Considerable indignation Whs expressed by some members that "tourists, commercial travel* lem, and other outsiders can travel over our railways oh concessions, while we farmers are granted nothing." Other members were of opinion that the question should not have been raised! It was finally resolved «n the voice* : "That the conference be requested to take steps to have the railway rates for Farmers' Onion excursions placed on the same scale a* those of friendly societies." Public objection has been expressed through tho newspaper** to the erectioh of a stable in the Botanical Gardene, a« recently authorised by the Tleeerveß Committee of the City Council. Last night the committee reported to the council that it had received a letter from the Northland Municipal Elettore' Association, protesting against the same proceeding. Councillor Cameron strongly objected to the presence of the stabk* in the gardens. It was absurd, he held, to say that no other site was procurable. Councillor Fuller supported Councillor Cameron, Councillor Frost moved that the matter stand over until the council had visited tl.e flite. The motion wee lost, and the letter wa« received. Extra railway rate* on Imported goods wore vigorously opposed by the Farmwfi' Union Conference yesterday, The subject was introduced by Mr. Makgill (Auckland), who maintained that protection should be secured through the Customs. Country people were heavily penalised by these extra, rales. He quoted calf meal, which for imported cost 26s 6d, as against 9e 6d for colonialmade meal. He quoted other instances, and among them galvanised iron loose, 26s 6d for imported, as against 13s 6d for New Zealand made from the factory, Major Lnflk said it Woe the man Outside the towns who wa* penalised by thero dirterential rates. Finally it _ was decided that the system of charging extra rail freight on imported goods and limber should be abolished. In October, 1904, that popular activity peculiar to the V.M.C.A., "the strangers' tea," wa« first organised. It has continued with uninterrupted &uece*s since. A musical evening of the association, presided over by Mr, H. N. Holmes, wae held last evening, with a view to replenishing the house.keepincc cupboard of the Committee. The chair" mftn stated that from T.Rt October, 1905, to 23rd July, 1911, there had been an attendance of 16,661 members and no fewer than 335? strangers, making a grand total of 19.998. This constitutes «n Australian record. The work is done entirely by young men, and many of the very best workers in the awociAtion have graduated to larger service by beginning at tils Strangers' Tea ComntiUPe. Tho picture ptvwntM to the City Council hy Mr. John Baillio, of the Bflillifi Gallery, London, through the Chief Librarian, have been accented with thanks. Striped taffrta silk*. 20-inch wide, in. pink and white, heliotrope ami while, brown and white, giecn and white, navy pnd white, etc., usually 4s 6rl. at tho wdo & 3 d . » ywi. Kii-kcalUie and tiUiut, LUl,~A<ivt,

Applications nro tn he invited for tli* position of nti tulililionsd mniUry in* fipcctor for tho city. qußiitioHtioiiß and salary (o bo the Ramc ns Ike sanitary, inspectors at piesent mi the bei'vico. A drastic muEusme hM been ndoptsJ Ity the City Council {.<> eccuic tho v\fw ing of L'oree, broom, and olhfr noxioui wends it'om tho 'Jown Belt,. N"olico i* to be served on nil lewreß to dear tupifl eeo'iolis, in ((cfcult thb council wilt resume [ic/sspiwioii. KJinndfllltth is to have a public hall. A poll of the electors of this ward »t the Borough of Onslow, on a pi'opneM to borrow £1500 for the erection of a hall at lvhandftllnh, was carried yefi« terdav by 60 votis to <*7, Only 13.5 of 36b pereonß entitled to \ole ttftd tho privilege. At KhfliiflaHfth the voting w«4 42 tor and 27 against. Commenting on a proposal formulated by Mr. It. Ellison, the London tepPc* ecntßtive of the Dairy Association, for "a shilling butter all the year round."' the Tnranßki News re-mnrka:-— "At tha prices paid for land in Tamnnki during tho past tew ycare. a drop of from l^d to 2<i would mean nothing short of bankruptcy to scores of farmers, ami if such a thing _ happened business throughout^ the province would suffer corresponding* ly." The £«tohe nnri the Lower Hutfc Boroughs have not yet received the com* pleted valuation rolls from (he Vnlua*. tion Department, as omemled einte tha new figures were arrived at. In tha menntimo they ar& prevented from otriking mul demanding the annual) rales, The Petoiie Borough, however, | expect* to receive ths figures bsfor* 1 the next council meeting, and the mate ter of flriking a rnts for the cuiretib | year will then be tf»kett in hand. People, noticing the ironbark tramwaw poles being erected down Customhouse* quay along the new tramway loop, nttd also in Charlotte-street, have wondered' how it i» that iii important ptrcetß of. the city such unsightly poets should bo installed instead of the ornamental iron I poles usually seen. A question asked at the City Council mectihg last evening j elicited the reply from tho Efectrica.l Engineer (Mr. S. lliehtuxlßon) that these, pole* had to Carry electric light nml telegraph 7 wires, for which the iron pola was unsuitable, Major Litek moved nt the ttaftnGra 1 Union Conference yesterday the follow* ing lemii. from Auckland:— "That ell/ tfi'ilct station^ be connected by letephotre with the nearest post office, bo that pet* dors' can receive the narliest intimation 01 arrival of noods, the telephone to ba available to the public." The request wn«t, the Major eaid, most reasonable, would be a great convenience to tho public, and cost the Railway Denflrtm«i6 nothing. The motion was carried. An irtlS-T'epting item ih the Keservea Committee's report, to the City Council was a list of tTeos and climbs supplied to the various achools, etc., from the> nureery at the^ Hotnhicnl Gardens for Arbor Day :~-lviiig-ro&d School, Lowes Hutt, SO; Normal School, Tnorndon, 18 \ Mount Cook Boys' 60 ; Mount Cook Girls' 30; Mount Cook Infants' 26 ji Northland School, 112 ; Maranui School, 02 5 Terrace School, 10) South Welling-, ton School. 105: Tennis Court, oh Town Belt, New town. 25; to other pueea (various), 120 1 10101, GuO plants. A 'resident of Brooklyn has applied to the City Council for permkiJon to erect a building at the rear nf otheq eections with a lemer front limn in pre-j videri by the. bylaws. The Bylaws Committee recommended tht» City Council fioL to grant the request, and the couh* cil last evening decided t)\m it tonld nob fepe He way to bllimv ih« Ijinidifg to bs erected, Councillor M'Lnien lvinarked that had boen far bto common « practice in tht pa*t to pt-unit dwelling* to be j>ul up in blind alleys lyjhind othen buildings. Children frequenting the municipal baths are left lo paddle about pretty) much at their own sweet will. The «h* parent tisk of such a practice ha« wb«. traded the attention of the Society fon \>m Protection of Women and Children, which lifts written io the ttese-rves Com« mittee suggesting proper guawliattfehip, for the amphibious youngsters. The committee informed the cotinoil la«b evening that it had decided to forward «dpiee of the letter to the custodian of the baths, with instructions for him to take steps to prevent children being in the baths too long al one tune. Ttefe was a considerable outcry, among tho earricrp. vi the city at a re* ceptly proposed bylaw lowering tha maximum load for draye to 35 cwt. A,' deputation of the leading represents* | tives of carrying firms strongly protested to the City Council, The Bylawn [ Committee reported to the City Council last night that it had given considera* j tion to the. request of the deputation the carrying firms of the i city that the load* for drays be re tain • ed &t two tons instead of 55 cwt., tmd recommended that their request be «c* ceded to, but that in all cases where horses ere employed and are not capable of tlf&witvg ttair load, the owner should be prosecuted. T!S recommendation was adopted. Councillor Fuller moved at last night's meeting of the City Council, late in the proceedings, when there wae a bare quorum, that in future all reports, excepting those relating to tho purchfl*© of properties, be issued to nit councillors ana to tho prc«3 mmuttaneously, and be r\<& marked "Confiden* tml." lite mover expressed the belief that already reports, though marked confidential, went free— this to his great astonishment. This reflected utifft'Wy on the staff, who wero not in any way to blame, It was the councillors them*' ueivee who wero responsible. Conni cillor Millet mentioned several import.ant reports. The mark "eotindcntlaP weetned to be treated n« fcb*olnU>ly f a r« cical. Personally he believed in report* going free. "I tell you plain and utraiglit," he said, "if a document bt thte nature, marked 'confidential, 1 comee into tny hands 1 shall immedi. ! atoly give it to the pre«*, Why should not theee rcportc be given to the pre*« ? it is a public matter. At present thecouncil has not got a good name tokeeping matters confidential. Council, lore give out repoits surreptitiously." Councillor M'Lahm etrotigly objected to this aspersion of councillors. The. motion Japied for want of a necondot. Application js to be made by tlio City Council fov th* wemption of the narrow ponie-n wf Arinms-terrace from the provisions of the Public Work* Act. 1903. subject to the provinlon thftt thA building line is pet back 20ft from the centre of the street, n« recommended by the city engineer. The goods delivered, the bill paid— thftt'B what merchants get when they, send their parcels thwntgh tho C.0.1>. sj'stem of the New Zealand ISsprefs Company.— Advt. The promoters and stallholder* of (ho Exhibition Bi-fi to bo PonjJratulelPrl upon th»i «<uccpm w'nieh ha! nttondei' their pfToftn, ahd during thf clewing rinys many people will doubtlp^* p&y h Jjnftl visit. Anolhrt esampln of commof*ih\ enter* priio is being shown in Wdlitigton h? iho firm of (!, Smith. Ltd., Cubft«atrfrt, who wo, during »he clndijiß day* of their winter pale, offering ftprcial reductions in nil department*, lfcap iho bii^ price Mh* cessions in the Olovo and l^O'iery l>pnrr« luenl. A lareo xtock, keenly bouirht from the wpi-UPs bet mnker* i» nn oltev, Lntliei 1 ploih and ribbrd clock hoso at prier*- I'iiiiffiiiß from Orl t«> g^ &d jwiV* Tim vohw nuwt Ito wrn lv Iw \m\w stflrtrl, and an curly visit i? advi>»ble.— Advi,