LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 20 April 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Special articles on sporting subject*, as well ac 'complete accounts of the afternoon'fl outdoor gam«s and the racing at Trentham, will provide plenty of interesting material for Tlw Post'a Sporte Edition, to be published this evening for the first time this season. An interesting analysis of tho city finances, made by Mr. Bisa in the course of his address last night, is published on page 9of thi« issue. Th© matter will repay the attention of ratepayers. H.M.S. Encounter on arrival at Napier yesterday berthed at the breakwater. This (say. s a Press Association, telegram) is the iirst occasion on which a warship has tied up at fche wharf at Napier. There does not appear to be any lack of work for painters and carpenters in Wellington, at least for first-class men. A strong demand for both these classes of tradesmen exists in the country. There are no painters and carpenters unemployed at the moment, according to the respective unions' books. Next Saturday Wellington, people will be able to soe tho Baillio collection of pictures, nobly set out in the Hurlvnr Boaad'e U Stoiv. Great care ha* li^o.t taken to v;ive the picture;! eveiy opportunity to look their best. The exhibition will lx> opened at 10 a.m.

Tho election of School Committee* for tho Wellington educational district takes place on Monday noxt. In reply to a question by a correspondent, it may_ bo explained that every households oi a school district is qualified to vote at the election of a School Committee for the district in which he resides, ;i 'I every resident householder in a Sen ol District (and no other person) is qu, lined to be elected a member of tte School Committee of such district. In the case of husband and wife, any qualification possetßed by either of them ishall bo deemed to bo possessed by onch. _ No householder, however, who is a paid servant of the Education Department or of any Education Board or School Committee is eligible for election to a School Committee. Bankrupts or persons convicted of certain offences against the criminal law are also debarred from sitting on a School Committee. A "householder" is is denned as (a) Every adult mal© or female person who has for tho period of three months before the day of election resided in any dwellmghouse within the school distnct a<3 owner or tenant thereof, and (b) if not qualified under the last clause 'includes the father, wherever resident, or if he is dead, or absent from New Zealand, the guardian or other person, wherever resident, who has the actual custody of any child attending any State school situated within such di B tnct; ( c ) in mining districts, tho 'holder of any miner's right. TJ T . ho .newly-formed Early Settlers' and Historical Association of Wellington is holding its first general meetW of members on Friday evening next, ' at the Town Hall, when the rules and policy as drawn up by the committ « will be placed before the members lot confirmation. As this is the firet gen oral meetng of the association, and as there are many important questions to bo discussed regarding its future op. orations, it is hoped that there will bo a large attendant of members, and also of those who desire to become mem. bers. It is proposed to divide the- work into throe part*, as follows :—Historical : To carry put the work of collecting and preserving records, manuscripts, drawings, etc.; to investigate the historical topography of the province, and mark places of historical interest; to compile a register of early Wellington residents, with photographs and autographs, and to collect and place on record anecdotes and reminiscences of the early days. Provincial organisation : To carry out the work of promoting tho interests of the association in. other centres of the Wellington province. Social : To carry out the social work of the association, such as the gathering together periodically of as many of the early settlers as possible, and entertain them socially. Further cabled information has now been received by Mr. Clark© Johnson,' acting chief inspector in Wellington, that, following upon the shareholders' meeting which passed the capital re-ar-rangement scheme, the debenture-holders have met and confirmed the scheme. To-morrow evening, in St. John's, Dr. Gibb will take a& his theme "Thoughts suggested by the losa of the Titanic." Appropriate music will be rendered by the choir and on tho organ. A collection will be taken in aid of the wives and children of the drowned seamen and other members of the crew of the Titanic. Reference to the disaster will also be made by the Rev. J. Gibson Smith, at v St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, at the evening service. * Woi 1 - is to be begun shortly on the new philological and out-patients block at the general Hospital. Messrs. Crichton and M'Kay's plane have been apS roved by the Hospital authorities, on le ground that the building they had designed would be cheaper ,than that designed by another firm of architect* who had submitted plans. The successful architects have been instructed to further modify their plans ' with a view to a further reduction in the cost ,of the work. The Mayor of Levin (Mr. B. R. Gardener), at last meeting of tho Levin Borough Council, made some outepoketr criticism of hospital administration and hospital expenditure. Speaking' as the council's repreeentatwe on tho Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, the Mayor said that he felt very, strongly on the levies which Levin was called _ upon to pay to the hospital authorities. ' The district was isimply the milch cow for Wellington. Tho Horowhenua County Council thi» year would subscribe a sum of upwards of £1400, and, with the grant th© borough was giving, the total amount would come to nearly -J31600. That carried a subsidy of £1 for £1. In other words, the district was supplying Wellington Hospital with, a cum of AJ3200. During tho hearing of a maintenance case at the S.M. Court, Auckland, yesterday (states our correspondent), the , solicitor for the defendant handed ia accounts to show that a ' husband in receipt of £3- per week salary had received from various firms hi t the city accounts for clothes for his wife which, totted up to quite a big sum in a few months. One dress which coat £15 15s the wife, explained wa* for a ball at Wellington. Then*ther© was £3 3a for a silk 'blouse, and for costumes £7 17s 6d, £4 14s 6d, and another at the same figure. There was an account for a sac suit at £5, which tho husband said was i»t foR himuelf but a relative of his wife. There was. also a bill for £5 for the hire of a motor-launch, which money tfee husband said he had already given his wife, who also collected £2 10s from, those in the party. There were also accounts for motor-cars. The attention of parents is drawn to an advertisement in this issue calling for applications for the position of telegraph mesago-boys. The department points out that a boy at, say, fourteen or fifteen years of age accepting such -a position can, by devoting an hour or two daily in learning to operate the telegraph instrument, qualified for a cadetship within a period of from twelve months to two years, according to the industry and ability of the lad himself. If a telegraph message-boy passes the Civil Service junior examination, facilities for which are provided at a nominal cost, promotion i 3 more rapid. Under the department's classification scheme, a lad can join as messenger between the age of thirteen and sixteen years, and if, at fifteen, has gained a cadetship, he can proceed by annual increments and be in receipt of a salary of £220 per annum at the age of twenty-eight. On Monday Kirkcaldie and t Stains, Ltd., will offer, at extraordinarily low pricess a .fine lot of rough-weather millinery. Details are advertieed. - Advt. Our expert knowledge and equipment aro at the service of those contemplatint? moving. We provide skilled hands, and practically take all worry off your hands. Tho New Zealand Express Company.—Advt. The strikes that tire' now taking place in England aro no doubt caused by the high oost of living and tho long hoim ot toil. Fjven in a land of plenty HL\! New Zealand, where the hours of lehour aro short and wages high, we stilly hop.complaints about tho high cost of livit g. and many aro tho proposed Bchoinw p it forward to reduce tho cost of footlstu' s. It is open to doubt* whether tho que&l ui> will bo satisfactorily settled, but iho drebs skirt question will bo batisfactouly Bottled for many, ladies this week in llm exceptional offering of two unusual skirt values ;— Ladies' Bmarfc black and navy sorse dross skirt& ( panel back, well intuit and etitohed at loot, 0» 6d nnd 146 Gil , ladies' croain serge dress skirts, for toun or country wear, well umdo and good etyle, with pauo! book, 14b 6d. C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-streyt.— Advf-