INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1262, 7 May 1896, Page 32

INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of tho Executive Committee of tl-.e Wellington Industrial Association was held on Monday, at which the question of rating machinery was fully discussed. A reply was received from the .Manufacturers' Association of Dunedin, assuring the 'Wellington committee of its co-operation in securing legislation to exempt machinery. A committee, consisting of Messrs S. brown, W. if. Millward, T. Ballinger, J. P. lathe, 11. ('}aby,J. A. Pliinmer, 11. Plocklon and P. Ilulson were appointed to consider the question, with power to take any steps they think necessary to secure redress for machinery owners. Several new membi rs were elected. Pri/,-.; were awarded for the designs for the Association's seal. An iuipiirt'Uil resolution was passed in connection with I'muncing tho Exhibiti..n, and i: ivn.j reporu'd that exceedingly ..;ni.,I'aclciy ai'ran.reijiijiit.s in (his directi -n 1. el bee;i made which secured a satisfactory rcsp.lt to all concur I. An in --I suei: o! Hie way in -vliieh marine mailer sec uuul lies on !he'boltnms of ves-.-els is "u : n I), t!i" i ie*. that:! wo earl -loud - C I iiiu.s:.:is v..-re't .ken off tlic bottom of H." We.iroi, wide). <;■•,<».; oif ihe -dip las! week al'Lor buiii'r overhauled, inspected and cleai.e I. The Forw.-.i'd Hall ■■■■>' well lilh'd last week, when liv liobcrt i-''toiif <i. ; - livered a lecture, under Hie an 'pices of the Literary r'iociety, on " Addison, and his plaeo in Kncli.-h literature." He .-aid Ihat Addi.son would he better romembcred by his essays in IheSpectalorfh in hyany of hisother qualities, and he dealt at some length with hi.-. style, wit, public life, and sterling morality. A hearty vole «\ than!:-; was pa-.-,e'l to the

h cturer. who, ei'ter the meeting, exhil.ited an orb'i'iai c 'pv of the Spectator, 17iM. 'the Hay \\. A. I'b'.'iu i slated thai there was the uueh-u-, of a library in connection with the Society, and he appealed to the ,■ present having books dealing with the 18th century to donate some to the Society.

The ball in connection with the Drapers' Snorts was held last woek in Thomas' If all, and was in every way a success, the hall was ta-ti fully decorated and the stage, where Minihe's band played excellent dunce music, was liberally embellished with flowers. There wore about 150 dancers present. During the evening Mrs J. M. Richardson presented tho

prizes won at the late sports, mid A. Dixon's cup, won by the Kirea'dic and Stains'team in Ihe cricket lield, was also presented. Mr C. Mawson provided a capita) supper. Mr D. Ingram war, acapablo secretary and was much assisted by Mr Hindi (treasurer).

At ;i meeting of the Council of tho Chamber of Commerce last wed;, communications were received from the Xcl-on, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin Chambers in reference to the question of the income tax on consignments The Council deferred any action for tho present. The vital statistics for Wellington for last month were: —Births, 81; deaths, 32; marriages, 'lO.

''' Popular Misconceptions" was thcfifleofa lecture given by the Rev J. T. Nott last week under the auspices of the Wesloyau Literary and Debating Society, in tho Taranaki street schoolroom. There was a large attendance. Tho lecturer handled his subject in a masterly manner and received a vote of thanks.

'the League of the Cross Dramatic Club repeated '' Tho Charcoal Burner" in St. Patrick's Hall last week. There was again a good Attendance. Mr C. Holcroft as Godfrey Harrington—the impossible magistrate—sustained his part very creditably and received some well-merited applause. Messrs England and H viand were also successful as tho charcoal burner and Valentino Verdict.

The following additional subscriptions to the Newtown Hoys' Institute Building Fund have been received :—Mr C. Seagar, £'> 3s ; Dr Martin, Mr J. A. C. McEldowney, £1 2s each ; Uev C. S. Ogg, Messrs E. W. Lowe, S. Brown. A. T. Bate, Huddart, Parker and Co., J£\ Is each ; Mrs G. Dixon, Messrs G.

Mee, J. S. Jameson, G.N.., A.J.G., 10s Cd each : total to date, X2OO te.

a! a meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce last week a letter was received from the Secretary of the General Post OHiee informing the Chamber of the new regulations ii« to telegram'-i. The Council decided to ask

whether the department propose.! to do anything as to the suggestion that was niado pome time ago that permission should bo allowed to have abbreviated addresses registered on payment of a small fee. The truth of the old saying that Acts of Parliament cannot make men moral was denied by the Lev J. T. Nott in his lecture last week on" Popular Misconceptions." Ho In Id that Act-; of Parliament could make men inor.il by deterring them from doing

In reference to Mr Chamberlain's circular regarding the volume of British trade, the Cou.icil of the Wellington Chamber of Comm I'l'ii passed a re.-olntioii last week to the effect that they could not give any definite information, for the reason that the figures L.iLen from the Government statistics wero obviou.-ly misleading, as transhipments into the United Kingdom were evidently treatod as imports from that country. The only

course they could suggest was to require importers when passing entries to declaro the place of manufacture or production ; and they added that it was impossible to give the reasons why these goods were preferred, except in such a general manner as would bo practically worthless. At a meeting of tho Amalgamated Society of lilngineers on Saturday evening Messrs H. Warner and T. Brooker, a deputation, urged that the Society should join the federation of unaffiliated unions. The Society passed a resolution to the effect that while expressing deep sympathy with the movement they could not then decide to join, as they considered that their rules prevented them promising their .support to any body which required payment of over 0.1 per month. At the Magistrate's Court last week, Chan. Biggs, for resisting Constable Tapliu in the

execution of his 'lnly, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. Edward Uyan, aliri;t Darby Hyan, was charged with vagrancy, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, It is understood that the local building societies have reduced their rale of interest to 4 per cent, both on renewals and fresh deposits. At a {meeting of the Advances to Settler* Board on Friday, loans wore passed amounting to .£31.000. Messrs J. H. Bothuno and Co. report that dining tlio past month they have received numerous enquiries from person i resident in this city and in other parts of the Colony wishing to acquiro good investments in freehold town and country properties in the City of Wellington and district, and that they still havo a number of buyers for eligible properties showing a fair return on capital invested. During April Messrs Bethuno and Co. have successfully negotiated tlio sile of freehold landed properties, tlio total value of which amount to upwards of ,£9IOO. Tito same firm hivo also lately found tenants for a large number of dwelling-houses in this city. A pony and its rider wore proceeding along Lainbton quay very comfortably last Friday, when it suddenly occurred to the animal that it had ,\ special appointment at the opposite part of the city, and like a sympathetic timemeasurer, whose eccentricities are recorded in verse, it" stopped short," but the boy did not, for he went as far as the animal's ears before he could get the brake to act. Then he got back to the saddle, and proceeded to admonish the animal in a fooling manner, but the horse resented the interference with its liberty by lying down. Though, after mine persuasion, it got on its legs again, no amount of entreaty would induce i!- to proceed further on its way, and horse and rider had to turn back, the one with (he air of victory, the other humiliated. The Customs duties collected at Wellington for the past month amounted to £29,151 10s (3d and the beer duty to £OOI 7s fid. The amounts for the previous month (March) wore .£31,316 12s lOd and jES3G 9s !)d, and for the month of April last year, £27,916 7s lid and £SUG lis lOd. The amount collected last wool: was £591>2 lis 2d, air! beer duty .£192 10s.

Applications for admission to the police force still continue to pour in to the Minister of Justice,notwithstanding tie fact that all the vacancies have long since been Idled up. The applications that have been sent in number 150, so that this avenue to employment is completely blocked for some time to come. Councillor Tanner is to move, at the next meeting of the City Council, That the resolution of tlio Council that the Te Aro Bath be of concrete, and costing about ,£IOOO, be rescinded, and the report of the City Surveyor in favour of a less expensive bath be adopted. Mr Kitson's monthly lecture to the Wellington Shorthand Writers' Association la.,t Monday was of a totally different uature][from any of his previous lectures, which have been almost exclusively of a technical character. The subject on this occasion was " The City of Paris," with which Mr Kitson is no less familiar than with our own EnglishBpeakiug metropolis, The most striking points of the city were described in detail, and their historical connection briefly traced. Mr Kitson is ablo from personal experience to controvert many ideas entertained regarding the general character of Parisian life and manners. The time at the lecturer's disposal permitted only an instalment of tho subject, ■which is to be continued on next month's

lecture night. The members of tho Association heartily thanked Mr Kitson for a very pleasant evening. The sum of £2! ISs was taken at the gates at the Athletic Park on Saturday. 'I he annual meeting of tho Public Hall Company, convened for Monday afternoon, lapsed for want of a quorum. St. Patrick's Hall was well filled last Monday, when thvre was a social evening under tho auspices of the Irish National Federation. Songs wore contributed by Miss A. Curtice, who received a double encore for her interpretation of "Dublin Bay," Miss M. Driscoll, who was also encored for her singing of " Molly Bawn." Miss and Master O'i'oolo also sang and were encored. Mr F. Dunne sang " Tho Smuggler " in good style, and Mr Walsh earned the hearty plaudits of the audience for his recitations. Duang the evening Mr F. A. llaggcn delivered an addro:s, and was frequently applauded. The annual licensing meeting for Wellington City is to be held on the oth June.

At tho usual fortnightly meeting of the Citizens' Institutoon Monday evening, Mr F. A. Haggon delivered an interesting address on " Money—lt's Influence on Trade and Industry." The requisites for money, he said, were that it must be authorised by tho State, it must be limited in quantity and it must bo full legal tender. And what, he asked, was there wanting in a paper currency to prevent it fulfilling these conditions r Tho lecturer

Iverted at length to what ho termed the

" crime ot the century," the demonetisation of silver, and urged tliat a paper currency lie established. An interesting discussion followed, ami Mr llaggcn was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. A writ has boon issued under instructions from .Mr A. Crossey against Mr li. Crabb, the temperance advocate, claiming £5Ol damages. The action arises out of certain statements said to have been made in an address delivered in Coitrtonay place.