LOCAL AND GENERAL.,

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 63, 12 September 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.,

The Poetai authoritios advise tha-t the fi.e. Manuka, which left Sydney at noon on Saturday, has on bw»rd an Aufilr&lian ma.il. She ie due to arrive in Wellington to-morrow morning. "Onnfiuttlly good business wac d<m« by Uie midnight car on Uie municipal trAmwayß la«t vvoek. The mv%\ number of pa«geng«r6 is a-b&ut 150, but laat week it waa 241, The incwwie is probably attributable to ihe numbor of social functions during the period *nd the sitting of Parliament. Mr. Maugh&n Baarnett write* to the Editor :— "The Wellington public has had brtef notice of th« recitek to b© given this week by Mr. Leonard Borwick, the distinguished English piaiviflfc. May 1 express tha hope that nem» of our mtt«lc-Iov«r» will mice th« opportunity of hearing a remarkably fin© artist, one held in the highest esteem in his own country and on the Conti* nent." Councillor Bail, ol the Loww Hutt Council, ie a firm believer in tree|>lahting as a tneane ol be«ntifymg a town : he made this statement at lost night c meeting of tfw council. H« added that he veeogni«d that it wu too late to do anything this year, but preparation should be made for next «ea«on. Oft the suggestion of th« Mayor, Councillor Ball agreed to embody hw We** in a motion to be moved at next me*t« ing. Arra«igoment« are now cor&pleto for th« ftme-ral of the late Mrs. Love, the well-known Maori chief tainese, whodi«d at Lower Hutt last Wediwsdky. The cefemony, which is fixed for 2 o'clock to-morrow, afeould be & mo«. impreseive on«, for al! tho old ri^es and cuAtoflm co«ii©ct«tl with the race will be ob« setved. The interment te to uko plaea at the C&Aholie Cemetery, at Petone. Meivßwhil« th-s t-amgi at the Hutt in pro cccding, and natives continue to arrive almost honrly. Mr. John S. Swan, architect, lia» accepted the tender of Mr. Percy Hudson. at £1847 18s, for the erection of ftchool buildings in Hawk«6fcone-i!tr«it for th# Marist Brae, fidghtefen tenders wer« received, and the architect's estimate was £1865. The building will be of timber, and will contain font large classrooms, covered way, cloak rooms, and a large shelter shed in the" basement. The architect ha* made special provision for light and ventilation, jandt the building will •be up-to-date in all detail*. A two-storyed house at Khandallatt. erected in the early days, was burned to the ground between 2 and 3 o'clock 1 thi« morning, together with all it« contents. It is supposed that the fire originated through a defect in one of tho chimneys. The flames spread so rapidly that Mr. and Mr*. Robert Jefferson, who owned ' and occupied the home, were not able to save anything. The New Zealand Insurance Oompany had a risk of £500 on the house. There was no insurance on the furniture and effects. / Messrs. Campbell and Burke, of Wellington, who are the contractors for the erection of the new convent in Wanganui, state that the telegraphed report of the accident which occurred on the building * .yesterday, whereby Robert Rawston had a leg broken, is not correct. The mishap, they explain, was ntft caused by the collapse of scaffolding. Five men, with their tool?, were going up on a lift which has been installed to carry bricks and mortar, and when nfe'aa the top it van back, with the Tesulb that one of the men had a leg broken. A deputation of three waited on theHtitt County Council to-day, and pre-sent-eel a petition from a number of residents at Paekakariki protesting against the action of «ome property owners in Paekakatiki who are erecting fences encroaching on the road. There were many reasdns why this should not be permitted. Other property owners, it was alleged^ were about to iollow this example. The council was urged to tako immediate steps to have all fences removed to the proper boundary, and to withhold any permit* in futuTe. It appeared that the council had given certain permits to property owners to enclose a five-foot strip to protect their hedges from" wandering stock. It waa alleged that, in some r.asm the privilege had been abused to the detriment of the road. These owners, it was pointed out, coulid be compelled to remove these fences back to the proper boundary at the direction of the council. The mat* ter of wandering stock was referred to by the chairman (Mr. Lynch), who said that • the nuisance was becoming very pronounced in th© ttntt Connty. The "long paddock" had plenty o*f stock, and the ranger was w«ll watched iij changing from riding to riding, watchful individuals noting his movements and "telegraphing" one to the other for mutual benefit. The chairman reminded the deputation that if it was proved tb the council that any one was suffering an injustice or any inconvenienceby reasons of these fences; the en< closures would bo removed. The hedges weie an advantage to the road, but they should be planted on owner's own boundary not on the road. An inspection is to be made of the locality. The desirableness of- establishing a censorship in Connection with the- exhibition of moving pictures was, affirmed by the Peton© Borough Council last evening, consequent upon its co-opera-tion in the matter being solicited by the Rangbra Borough Council. The southern local authority forwarded a circular letter on the subject, the text of which has already appeared in the piess. Traversing this, ( Councillor Lodder remarked that the police already had wide powers for the suppression of improper pictures, literature or poutcards. , The Mayor (Mr. J. \V. M'ftwan) concurred, but Councillor List urged that the borough should fall into line with llangiora. In enlarging on th© "enormity of the moving picture evil," lie declared that the proprietere never drew big houses unless they screened subjects that pandered to »ef. eationalism. Murders galore were shown, frith the result that the small boy population, instead of trying to emulate come eaint, strove to follow in the footsteps of the notorious Dick Turpin What, he asked, was the catuo of the juvenile members of the population | ruhtting about the town with axe* and | tho like ? Nothing less, he ventured to i rtwert in a disgusted tone, than "pictures !" Councillor Lodder, however, took a different view of the matter. The call from the wild appealed to boys generations before the kinematograph saw the light of the world. Why, small boys made acquaintance with tomahawks long, lohg ago— in Tom Sawyer's time. (Laughter). Various other councillors agreed that while the cluse of pictures shown at Petone gave* little room fov complaint, it was possible that what had been stated in the ciitiulai was a fair indication of conditions prevailing elsewhere. Ultimately the council decided to support the Uangicra Council in its ende&voui- to eliminate the undesirable element, and, if neoeeaaiy, pptition Parliament in the mattej*. tn voting for the motion, Councillor Piper remarked that he took it for granted that local bodies would not be set up t& censors. Once they got & hand in the matter lie, for one, would immediately "cry off."

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Hift Excellency the Governor tuul Lady Islington are to pay an official vimt to the Boys' Institute, Arthurjßtrcet, thi» ev«iing. Thore was a ehAvp shock of sarthquake in Wellington at 10 jnihute* p«*(, 10 o'clock lo*l aight.. Thl shock voa felt throughout the district a* (m po<fch a« Waiig&nai and Napiei. \ Ab 4.28 a.m. to-day the t'ife Bvigh'l* ws* euttunonetl to supprcas an outbr*rfi; in Mr. Joseph Stafford a lead he»d««l nail factory in TinaWi-iNwd. Tlw l\r* was extingujehed after tlight tlam»s,i had been done. A Maori boy wn* before Mr. \V. 0. Riddell, S.M., in Ihe Juvenile Court today chwged with thrffc ot * w&toh &.»:d jfi2(t 2s in atomj from * Chines*?. TT» piearjed guilty, and wa* &mt to U\e Burnham Industrial School. A Commission consisting of of Mc**i*. L. G. Reid, S.M., W. L. Stewart. Ka«o kfewa.. thaiimn of the Bay of lslAi*i:* Acclime.iifca.t4on Socwty. wid V, r>y«i, of th* Welttngtoa AeoHm'fefcmtwn Svnoty, has beea apßoinlwd to wiqttire into and MfKM* oa th» dhims of the Wivskito B»<rt«ty for regM*f*tkm *nd fov juriwiw ti<m otw a portion of tt* t>**t\,t- Aueiti land ftcchm&fcwfttkm disttiH. On j'k ( ?. m «* M!l of Councillor Vimt A wa* d*eWed by tto Pefcmo lka-omdi Oonawi lut nigKt to f.**wd to Uie nwnfew for Buu, (Mr. il.i 1 . \}. WUfavd) a reeoiatooa Rfflmsiag \,\*t& ih« coti&cil wm of the opinion i£tt e,W«6 «»)» o t the Plumbers' RqgfctefcUou BUI "will lrt ite opewtaan. d«p«v« 50ca.l ftnihorit>Hy; of tm mww to «uniitt *,od control local sanitary ptawbitig, aw* ti w cnum-ii h^v py r>R**«tii Munrfb any uncli en*«tarn«>i being pftsesd into Iwv." Good orogreai k being mad« with *%. won 8 of tho <*»t«ii drainage v*»m« «i Lower Htitt, and et t-b« nreeent, w»te of progtees the mAvtm. «ho«M be ilftiafoi in a short time ww*. The work ween* ed a act-back one <J*y Imt week whui t*o irtwmg Bt>rang» we encountered In Knight'fi'road, new P«u-ose'«t.iPvi, Th«Be w«re bo powerful that the Kti. gmeer fotmd it difficult to cope with th& inrush of water. Finally it wee found racewwy to imt*l additional pumpim? sear, ahd then he wa« juet able to cot th« pipea laid «id teebed. Seven Himftlayan mules for Captain Scott'a AntßW«o «Jtpeditlon readied Lytteltoti by the Ajmrhna on Sunday, and _ yartortlay wwe taken &cT*m to Qiuhl Island to undergo quarantine. Tb*y w«e looked after on the voyage from CftlcH&a by the officer* -and cfpw of the ApM-mia. And fared well on th« voyage. The T«*a Nova at present is engMed in survey work in the vicinity, 6f the Three King*. And is due back in Lytfcehoh on 10th October. She wilt be refitted, and will replenish her ptowa In preparation for the return journey to the Antarctic. A mealing ©f the Taylor Memorial Fund Committee was held in the Mayor's room at the Town Hall vester. day afternoon, %he> Hon. C. U," Luke presiding. Several ■reports were received from collectors and a large amount of oorTMpondtnet #aa coneidereft, The secretary (Mr. D. M'Laren, M.P.) was lfist/rutted to confer with Mr. L. M. Iwrtt, M.P., with reference «o the work of the Central Committee in Christchurch. It wa* decided to ascertain from the General Committee when ib was intended to close all litf*. Another meeting will then be called, tn the meahtime collectors are requested to re«. port to the local secretary. Three petitions were come time ago lodged with the Town Clerk in referent** to the closing hours of grocery shops in the city. One petition was in favour of closing on lour days n week nt 6 p.m., on Wednesdays »t 1 p.m., timl cm Saturdays at 10 p.m. The other petitions frotn the small grocer* and n*om Chinese storekeepers asked for a maintenance of the present hour*. In vegrtvd to the last petition the City Councit could not certify thet * majority of sellers of gtocerle* were in favour of a, general 6 o'clock closing and a deadlock resulted. Now a -new petition hue been lodged with the Town Clerk and wilt be placed before th» next meeting of the City Council. The speeding motorist came in for much entiewm at the meeting of the Lower Htitt Borough Council Imi evening. Be wm referred to by many of the cotmdlwns m most uncomplimentary terms. Councillor Cltndon «aid that* he h*d wen motorcars #oing through the dktnet at a terrific speed, and it was really, a pity that some action \va« not taken. There would bo a eerioim accident some day, he wid, and then something might be done. Councillor Ball aaked whether it wae wkhin the powor of th& council to frame a bylaw dealing with the ntiwatw*. To thi« the Mayor explained that they could, "but,; 1 he pointed out," the Act i« «o un«atwfactory that It to doubtful whether fiuch action would be a deterrent. Under the pr«ent condition* a motorist can be prosecuted /for furious driving, waving the magietrate to decide what mi a 'I'easonable epeed.' " Oonncillor Bwl ! "It ie about time nomething w&« done." The new Jlutt-road, he went ! on to say, wne nothlhg more m 1 lc» than a ficorching-gronnd. "We should have a bylaw, and ace that it ie fully iraforced." Th* Mayor etatetl that the XJovernment was likely to take same w> tion th« eawiojj, and tlte matte* then dropped.. In ■& letter to the Lower Rutl Borough, Council, xwA la*t night-, Mi\ W. H, Buseell intimated that, ah * vMepaysr, he had written to the Auditor-Geneial pointing out that the Mayor had attach«d a etatement to the baknee^heot, dU rectly contradicting hie (tho auditor's) "tag" regarding special rate* and monies received for th» payment ot interest oil loans to the amount of £2828, which had been unlawfully used for other purposes. The writer submitted correspondenco on the matter, and added that a« the subject interested all ratepayers, lw would like to h«*r if the council had any comment to make. A councillor? "May 1 a*k your Worship how this nf« fecte the ratepayers?" The Mayors "The only way it interrtte them, is that they are saved about £100 yearly. The system we have adopted is in force throughoitt New Zealand, and it receives the support of Mr. T. I\ Martin, municipal solicitor. So I think we are on fairly safe ground." The auditor, in his reply to Mr, Ruasell'* communication, etated that the course w«s certainly opposed to hie titling, but for obvious reason* he would retrain from making any comment. The council decided to "receive" Mr. Russell 'i letter. I Sending parcels abroad T Then for« | ward through the M.JJ. Kxpre*e Com* pany, Ltd. Goods entrusted to us are handled carefully, forwarded quickly, delivered eafely. And charges are ah way* reasonable.— Ad vt. . It is difficult to tell csnetly the possibilities of wnr. One day's news will ba more hopeful , the nest less so ; and even if the present crisis \m*m, it seems but n, matter of time before a greiit European combat shakes the would. The Dominion hnn given her bettleshin, and she can only await events. In the meantime commer* cml enterprise goes on, and Wellington, Ituiips wilt be interflsMtf to know that C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street, have jurt landed n shipment of th<s latGFt shade* of grey silk li«le hone. These ate in great de» mond; the quality is good, and the price 2s per pair. Grey swedp gloves are rlwj to hand at 3» lid and b% 0d per pair, re* liable makes in good shades. A prompt selection i« advisable »s the quantity i* Umit«d.— Advt.

.\ lU'.ctue; will take place this evening between the oxtvitive officers of the li i armMs,\'- e l):,jMrtuieiit ahdthe executive of tho iinmwava Union with the object of considering " in detail the proposals made W thfe union for a new working ugre-ettieiit. Referring to river encroachments the Chairman of Oroua County Council mentioned at last meeting of the council, the caee of ,v. settler who had purchased 700 a^res fronting a river, and on survey be'tig taken there was found to be 780 acres. Tho man who lost land by river vagaries had no claim tor compensation; the law was on the side of the man whose property was thereby increased, he got an additional niPtt tor nothing. It was decided at the meeting of the Wellington Presbytery to-day on the I motion of Rev. A. T. Thompson, of Ma*- ! terton, "to utter » strong protest ! against the confciauanoo of the present i licensing system, to doclaro emphaticali ly in favour oi No-License arid Dominion Prohibition, arid to urge upon its ministers .'vfid Sessions to do their utmost to secure the whole^-nearted and unanimous support of their people in furthering these undoubted movements ot' reform." What would appear to be a hardship which has been shared by some business men in Palmerston has bee» brought under the notice of the Manawatu Daily Times. In forwarding spirits to the prohibited country on the Mam Trunk line to private orders, it is necessary to notify tlie clerk of the court in the district to which the liquor ia sent.. In the oase of these districts, however, it is extremely difficult to ascertain in gome owes which district of the very larj(e licensing districts the locality comes within, and it happened that three Palmerston spirit merchants sent their notification to the wrong clerk of the court. Nevertheless they were fined, and the fines and the costs of the court 1 and of defending at Te Kuiti amounted to a substantial sum. The department was asked to refund as the whole transaction had been bona fide, but has not done co, and one of the merchants has been informed tha,fc be might have notified each district had there been any doubt, He points out. however, that he believed he had been right when he first notified, and if he notified two districts he might have been charged with abettiug sly grog-selling by notifying more liquor than was actually sent, and that the bona fides should have saved him from punishment. A case which 1 jpoeeewed some unique* features came before Mr. H. W. Biehop at the Chmtchurch Magistrate's Court last week, states the Chmtchureh Evening New«. A purchaser of a phonograph was sued for JB9, the amount of a cheque given for fche machine and record*, and payment of which he had stopped. The defendant claimed that he had not received the machine which he purchased, and he detailed th« rather remarkable course of procedure which he had adopted it/ order to «n«wre th*t he would g«t the right machine He said that when the salesman V back wa« turned, he took out hie pocket .knife and cut a nick in the cam which enclosed the machine. The nick was not visible on the machine, which was «ent him, and there were other differences. The invoice «ent him dhowed that the number of the machine which lie purchased wa* 720,680, whereas the machine he actually receiv» ed w&e 720,684. The plaintiff said that the defendant had absolutely no chanceof marking the case with hi» knife without being observed. Th« mistake made in the number wae a genuine mistake, made in copying, and enquiries showed that No. 720.500 had never been sent to Australia or New Zealand, fie was positive! that the defendant had receiv„ed the machine hi purchased, T"he magistrate said he could not take the responsibility of disbelieving the defendant's evidencer Th« plaintiff denied the possibility of mistake, but at the flame time admitted the mistake over the number. Judgment was given for defendant without coats, a<i he had admitted deliberately damaging one of the phonograph cases, "For ways' that are dark and tricks that are vain, the heathen Chinee is peculiar," Dr, Angae Johnson, of Adewklfi, has (report* an Australian paper) received from a well-known resident of the Northern Territory, an "exhibit" which makes manifest the trouble which the Chinese miner will take in order to outwit his unsuspecting European brother- The Chinese seem to be the principal workers in the mining industry, in surface- " shows " in the Territory, and they often have to sell the rentiltv of their labour to the banks. Dr. Johnson «ayd:— "Thousands Of pounds have been obtained from the b«tik« by Chinese' miners engaged on the alluvial fields in exchange for gold. It has been ascertained, however, that in -a great many instances this supposed gold wa# composed of very much baser metale, and the loss to the* banks as a consequence h«!< amounted to a large sum. Tne Chinese prepare little re regular-«lwpecl pellets of lead and' zinc, which they gild over to represent the granular add usually washed out of alluvial, this is to cleverly fabricated and disguised that it will deceive 'the very elect,' Expert miner* cannot detect the fraud by either the weight, touch, or appearance of the metal. It answets the acid test*, and ite component parts are discoverable only by analysis. It is worth about 8s an ounce. A« gold ,» worth about £Z 1% 6d, it will be seen that the Astute Celestial makes a good profit out of his cunningriees." Gold m usually ta,ken to the banks by miners in little chamois leather ' bag* tied at the- mouth, and the Chinese are careful to do up similar bags in the manner usually adopted by miners. A bag of the material described by Dr. Johnson i# to be forwarded to Professor Stirling, the director of the Adelaide rmusuum, for display in the institution. Members of the Yorkshire Society are reminded of the monthly meeting to be held at Godber's, Cuba-street, to-morrow evening, The society also extends an invitiation to all «on« of Yorkshire to attend. An interesting budget of Yorkshire news will be given by Mr. C. E. Haytoii. and finAl arrangement! for the annual dinner of the society will also be discussed.