LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4290, 25 February 1901, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL

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A ihe , vjeiation mouaf/fi from Dunedin states that it was Hubert ilcury Da ere , Auckland, and not Howard Henry Baker, «lu> passed the denial exam illation.

Kirollier “gfc-D' was neon near liroeiilyn at a late he nr on Saturday night. Tlio i f!eet i veness of the write gai-mcn!’. "tn by Die apparition wa ; ium’.-rd I:y imian.-; of pliospiiorus.

A 1 'no Mount Cook I'nlico SI a'ion on Saiurdav !,r.'.:::v (Irigg, charged with '' i u iil.ee ne •■■■, wa ■: fined id;, or in default a“ve ll dav.’ impD-oiimcnl. Mr F. .Mcl’arland. J I’., ccnmiii d Die I’cnrl,. Ji "• i ll and Do., Limited, have dc--0:101! to o’.' ft a four-story building, to roaipr,' o olives. store and bond on f 'u.-,-

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■ V ■' i<»/i nie-;-,n;:e Iron; AnHdain! state-. ll"it at Saturday's sito.! Iho University Houato several applications were received for positions I'-. examiners. On the motion of Milo Co.'ioi, it was resolved that the Senate r[id not improve of application la-mg made to it for examiuerKhip.s. nod that the letter;; be not received.

I hr Federation Commission will hoe in t!if' Inking of evidence in Wellington today ni, Jo n.m. Mr Martin Kennedy, who 1 1 nImcii invited to give evidence, will he one oi (he first, witnesses today. An error imulve; I ently wept into .. reference to the Commission

vpcn-r', in. our last issue. It w,is : <i n.l er] t!ia t the Commission. -was <os( iu<r .tiJOl) per <la.v. .It. should have lus-n LL’OO per week.”

Tli" annual nporU gathering of the Warlbo rough Hibernian Society will be bold on Monday, March list It. Arrangcluert:-. have been, made for n steamer te onnyey competilor- at the local meeting mi Man'll ttith tr> Blenheim to arrive there in time for the meeting. Nominations olo.se on Friday next, wilh Mr Jo!m Barry, secretary- Programmes and full partioulars can he had on application at. the ‘New Zealand Times ” office.

At. Saturday’.s sitting of the Magistrate's Court Stanley Smith was dm rood 1 nils having stolen a ring and a. v.’.'ilrh and chain, of the total value of -di' l , the properly of Marriott Richardson. lie was ninm.nded till Friday, hail being allowed in two sureties of £2d earh. Robert Smith was lined C" for 'having assaulted Constable Rcdieau in the execution of his duly, and for having committed an indecent act in a. public place he was convicted and disdiargod. Alexander Cunningham was lined TI for having travelled from Lyttelton to Wellington on the steamer Wcstralia. without having paid his [are. An allcmative of seven days’ imprisonment was allowed.

Tlio Wellington City Corporation has enlorcd into o. supplementary .contract with (lie Non /calami Electrical Syndicate, Limited, fur a term of five years Irma January Ist of this year. The syndicate agrees to erect and put in working order twenty-three acldilion.tl are lamps of 2000 candle-power each by .July Ist next. These lamps are to cost ,01!) per annum, against -C2O charges for so veil similar power lamps already in use under tho previous agreement. The cost of iiu-amlosi-ent lamps used in lighting tho streets has Ikon reduced from .04 10s, the previous price, to Co 10s, and the Corporation ecu order more twenty-candle-power lamps to he erected at a similar cost. The thirty arc lamps are to he lighted from sunset to midnight, Tho saving effected, in the twenty-cimdle-powor lamps will amount to .0710. This stun will he expended in (he installation of the twenty-three arc lamps to ho used in improving tho lighting of tho main tho rough faros of the city.

The rapidity with, which now districts are being opened up around Wellington and their productive resources developed compels attention to tho ijucstjim of markets. It i.s considered in some ijii,aiders that (hero is a limit to the local market, and Unit unless the business of finding new markets is prosecuted with vigour a giuit in perishable, produce may result, and a ruinous fall in prices all round ensue. In the matter of fruit and vegetables grown locally the Chinese manage to keep up retail prices. It is estimated by competent authorities that tho Chinese fruit(Luleis in Wellington alone have a capital of something like J 2100,000 with which, to conduct their operations in fruit and vegetables. It Ims been esKi.hlished beyond a. doubt that tho London fish-ring is in the habit of destroying dhoti.s.nuls of pounds weight of good !L!i weekly for tho sole purpose of maintaining prices. Nothing of this kind occur.-; in Wellington in the fruit sum vegeta,bio business, but, in the .absence of outlets for the disposal of surplus products, it is said, there is a possibility of dangers ahead against which it would bo advisable to be on guard.

I 1 ho Now Zealand Express Company, Limited, forwards a copy of its “Commercial and Tourists' Guide,’’ a neat little volume of about 230 pages. It is being issued for tbo use of commercial travellers, tourists. and the genera! trading public, and contains a 1,.rg0 amount of valuable information in n, concise form relative to the company’s extensive business in all the principal cities and township" in the colony. Bosides giving in each instance distances by rail, roach, or steamer, arrivals and departures of mails, population and statutory half-holidays, it furnishes information as to the manufactures carried on. and Iho drives and pleasure resorts available. .Railway, postal and telegraph rates and regulations are supplied. and Micro is also a digest of the Union Steam Ship Company and Hud-dart-Parker steamer services. In addition to a short history of the company’s rise and progress, photo-engravings are given of i+s head and branch offices and plant throughout the . colony. A special feature is the large number of diagrams drawn to scale showing the positions and measurements of the sample rooms attached to each branch. The book, which is being issued gratis by the company, is of .size suitable for carrying in the pocket.

A formal inquest will, bo held at tin Metropolitan Hotel this afternoon or the body of an infant which died while being boarded out.

The results of the Senior Civjl Sen ic< examination published on, Saturday wcr< given in alphabetical order, and not according to order of merit. Messrs. John Duthie and Do,’'; tende; at tMfl lOs Hd for 1-iiirh water main: and fittings, has been accepted by • Lin Mastcrlon Borough Council.

A special meeting of fire DriverUnion will be held to-morrow cvenin; to consider tlio ConciliaDoii Board’s re commendation-: iu Die driver-,’ dispute.

The lire in 'Die Cardilf coal-mine, near Westport, is still raging, and Micro appear, no immediate pro.-.pent of extinguishing it. The Miiokc cn lu ; tiiK'tl.y seen by passing vessels, and from appearances the area of lire has extended much further than was supposed. A.s the coal is of excellent qmlify it is a mwttcr for dce,o regret that such an immense quantify is being destroyed, and it can scarcely bo a matter for surprise that there is considerable local feeling in consequence. The sugar mills 'at Fiji having stopped j crushing, says -The correspondent of the! "Sydney Morning Herald, 1 ’ shipping has I been dull. The regular steamers have | arrived and sailed with fair cargoes, lij is 1 atisfactory to note that vhe total! trade for the year 1900 nearly totalled j FIDO,OOOIb, this being the record for Fiji. Word has boom received that the British-India Steam .navigation j Company has boon successful in tender-1 mg for the conveyance of 2400 coolies ! from (,'alciuta to Fiji. Three steamers will ho employed, the first leaving Calcutta on the 20th instant. Much interest is being evinced in the change of ownershin of the Canadian-.' u.-draiiau line, it in felt, the Union S.S. Company of New Zealand having taken a half-share ami Dio full control, that Suva will probably ho a port of call again. Altogether the outlook for 1901 is bright and hopeful.