CIVIC RECEPTION TO MR. IRVING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 24, 29 January 1912, Page 8

CIVIC RECEPTION TO MR. IRVING.

— m Mr. H. B. Irving, the English actor, will be accorded a civic reception by the Acting-Mayor (Councillor John Smith) in the Town Hall _at 3 o'clock to j morrow afternoon. All interested are invited to be present.

By-laws for the regulation of motor car and other traffic in Auckland have been submitted to the City Council for confirmation. The by-law provides that nd person under 18 years of age shall drive a motor car upon any street or private street. When meeting or overtaking a horse which shows signs- of restiveness i or when within 50 yards of a street corner, or when from fog, or darkness, the driver cannot obtain a clear view of the street for at least 100 yards ahead, a car may not exceed a speed of six miles per hour. No animal or vehicle may go at more than a walking pace over intersections of the leading streets. The by-law also fixes the fares to be charged by power-driven vehicles, at Is per mile for one or two passengers, and le 6d per mile for three or moTe passengers. The fare by time shall be 12s, 6d per hour, and the passenger shall hav6 the option of hiring by time or distance at the time of hiring. If the option is , not exercised fares shall be charged by distance. Between midnight and six a.m., an increase of 50 per cent, on these rates may be charged. Mr. . R. W. Holmes, engineer-in-chief of tho Public -Works Department, accompanied by Mr. C. E. Armstrong, district ■engineer, will shortly make au inspection of tho Gisborne-Napier railway route, via Hanguroa. This (states the Gisborne correspondent of the Auckland Herald) will be Mr. Holmes's first . inspection of the v-o.untry along the proI posed route, and having previously made himself acquainted with the Mangapoi route, Mr. Holmes will, no doubt, be m a position to advise the Minister for Public Works in arriving at a final decision on the question of routes. It is understood that Mr. ArmStrong's initial report upon the Hangaroa line -was so iavourable that there can be little doubt as to which way the railway will go. The Hangaroa routes goos through the Te Aroha Valley down through Paiutahj', and a question Mr. Holmes will no doubt look into is the 'point at which the Gisbcnie southwards line will branch off from the Gis^ borne-Motu section. Strong recommendations on the subject were made to the Hon. R. M'Kenzie on the occasion of hta laet visLt to Gisborne. The Minister then indicated that he was favourable to Makaruka being the junction. Poles 1 carrying the overhead construction for extensions of the Auckland tramway system will be placed at the side*, instead of in the middle of the streets. , Miss Truebridge notifies Jhat ehe will resume her classes on 7th February. Mr. Leo. Buokeridge notifies in our advertising- columns that he will resume teaching on Wednesday next.