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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 97, 24 April 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. It is the intention of Councillor Fuller to move at the meeting of the CityCouncil next week: (1) "That a statement of accounts, annual reports of each, executive officer, and other statistics bo published annually in consolidated form with regard to tho Wellington City Council's affaire; (2) that the Town Clerk bo instructed to remodel the annual handbook of tho Wellington City Council, giving more detailed comparisons." Captain Amunden. was afforded an opportunity of raising a. hearty laugh at a reception accorded him by his fellow-countrymen, in Auckland yesterday morning (telegraphs our Auckland correspondent). A Danish resident (Mr. K. G. Jorgensen), who prefaced Iris remarks with a reference to the- pleasing spirit of unity which had drawn closely together the Royal Houses of Norway and Denmark, was proceeding to propose the toast of "Mrs. Amundsen," when the hardy explorer convulsed the audience with the naively-expresstkl announcement that such a person as Mrs. Roald Amundsen had never existed. The joke had all the more point as tho proposer of the toast had been enlarging upon the influence of self-denying wives in spurring ( on to victory such adventutfous. spirits as Captain Amundsen. The latter discreetly refrained from any reference to future intentions in rega-rd to .this 'phase of life. The flood of embarrassment was adroitly stemmed, however, by a conversion of tho toast into " The Womanhood of Norway," and right hearteuly it was received. Captarn Amundsen was presented with a gold watch. In a letter to Mr. H. F. Allen, secretary of the Wellington Industrial Association, Mr. B. Buttle, late president of tho Auckland Association, states that tho Auckland committee has abandoned tho intention of asking for a subsidy. The committee had now signed guarantees amounting to £14,000, and was endeavouring to bring up tho total to £15,000. The site chosen for the Auckla.nd Exhibition was the Domain, and it is expected thajfc as this is a public park the City Council might assist in the way of preparing the grounds. Evidence of the" utility of the protective wall which has been erected along the railway line out to Petone, is being given to-day. The sea in the harbour is unusually rough, but the line remains intact. Big waves are dashing against and over the trains on the lino, and it is somewhat of a new experience for a train guard or his assistant to bo drenched with soa water aft was the case several times to-day. The Court of Appeal reserved tin. decision yesterday afternoon in the- Marconi wireless case, the question being as to whether a cause of action could lie against the Crown. Mr. J. W. Salmond, Solicitor-Genera)!, appeared for tho Crown and Mr. H. D. Bell, K.C., with Mr. C. P. Skerrett, K.C., and Mr. A. R. Meek, for the Marconi Company. Reference to the difficulties experienced by people who sought information regarding tho Mayoral election at the Town Hall yesterday was mado by Mr. D. M'Laren at his meeting in tho Trades Hall last evening. The day was a holiday, but Mr. M'Laren said he thought that one officer at least might ■ have been told off to perform that duty, and contended that there had been too much laxity in attending to the requirements of citizens in connection with tho present election. He did not begrudge the holiday (St. George's Day), but someone should have been in charge to tittend to the enquiries of electors, the majority of whom were not holiday-mak-ing yesterday. Karori's ranger does not discriminate between person* who allow their stock to wander in the borough, for at last night's council meeting he reported one of the borough counculoru as being an offender. Tile councillor is to be proceeded against, as also are several residente for similar breaches of bylaws. For some days past Messrs. F. T. Moore and J. D. Jack have been engaged surveying tho southern boundary of the milling oush (twenty square mike) held by Messrs. Moore Bros, in the. King Country, near Taumarunui. This block has been divided into two areas of approximately 6000 acres each. One subdivision is being worked by Mesm. Gardner and Sons, and the other by Messrs Ellis and Burnand. At present three steam haulers are employed collecting logs which are drawn by locomotives to two large sawmills at Manunui. _ A fourth hauler will be iti commission shortly, when the daily output of logs wUI total 50,000t't. Tho quantity of timber on the block is so largo that it is said it will take ageneration to cut out the supply, even at thi& substantial rate of consumption. At a, point about five miles" behind Taumarunui the four steel tramwayvs of the largest sawmilling firms in that vicinity, viz., the Taringamutu Totara Company, Pukoweka Sawmilling Company, Messrs. Elis and Burnand, and Messrs. Moore Bros., all converge within an average distance of one mile from each other for the. purpose of tapping the rich totara growing on the Puketapu block. These four firms each hold extensive milling rights from the Native owners of Puketapu, containing 38,000 acres. Mr. Jack has had considerable experience surveying bush lauds in both islaaids of the Dominion, and he says that the most abundant class of timber in the Puketapu is lotara. The tramways laid by the four firm engaged in lapping the totara country around Taumai-unui aggTOgate- about fifty miles, and cost fully £100,000. The capital invested in purchasing milling rights, erecting mills providing locomotives, steam log haulers, and other expensive plant amounts to another £100,000. Thirty stud owes wore forwarded by Mr. 3rnest Short from Feilding to Wellington yesterday. The tJieep aro inI tend«d for .shipment to Australia. During his recent vieit to Australia Alv. Short purcliased tho champion Clydesdale nraro Prim roue and a two-year-old filly, Lady M'Rae. Owing to the small attendance of members tho annual meeting of the University Reform Association, called for last mght, was postponed until Tuesday of next week. 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