LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5374, 6 September 1904, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As there is some misapprehension regarding the exercise of votes by women at the Miramar tramways loan poll tomorrow, it may he as well to state the position clearly.' In all polls a woman, if properly enrolled, exercises the same power of voting as her husband enjoys. Thus in a residential poll, the husband, who possesses the qualification, may enrol himself and his wife, and both, of course, possess a vote. Similarly, if a wife possesses the residential qualification, she may enrol both herself and her husband. The ratepayers’ poll, which governs the raising of loans, is on the same basis. A man possessing the necessary qualification for enrolment may enrol himself and his wife, and a woman possessing the qualification may enrol herself and her husband, and in each case both are entitled to vote. At to-morrow’s poll ratepayers and their wives (if duly enrolled) may record votes.

The Rotoifci, with the southern portion of the San Francisco mail, sailed from Onohunga at 0.20. o’clock last night. Sho will make a brief stoppage at New Plymouth, and will proceed on to Wellington, where sho is duo about 11 o’clock to-night. The City Licensing Committee held its quarterly meeting yesterday. There were present—Dr McArthur,S.M. (chairman), Dr Chappie, Messrs J. Smith, and R-. A. Wright. The application of George Allen for a license for the Albert' Hotel, in succession to Dugald Thomson, was granted, the requirements made by the police having been complied with. The application of G. B. Mackay, for a confirmation of an ad interim transfer of the license of the Britannia Hotel from George Payne, was allowed to stand over, to enable certain formalities,' in regard to giving notice of the application, to be "complied with. Mr T. Young represented the applicants, and Inspector Kllison- appeared on behalf of the police.

As the Soatoun Park has lately bean sown in grass, it will not be used for cricket during the coming season. It will bo ready for football next year. The tender of Mr John Moffat has been accepted by Messrs Turnbull and Son for the erection of a three-story brick building in Cuba street for Mr Bobert Hannah. The price is between £-1000 and £SOOO. ’’What I have seen of the shipping of horses, cattle, and fowls proves to mo that they are looked upon merely as merchandise, and the sooner some alteration is made the better."—Mr Seed, inspector for tho Society foe tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. One curious result of the renewed activity of Waimaugu Geyser, after two months’ silence, has been tho eruption of what is known as Frying-pan Flat. Last Tuesday night about half an aero of the. Flat, suddenly erupted, and at tho present time there is a lakelet of hot water whole there was formerly dry land. Tho big geyser threw two shots on Tuesday, one going about GOOft, and the other 800 ft—a somewhat unusual occurrence, as the geyser seldom plays twice on the same day.

At next Thursday's meeting of the City Council the following will bo proposed by Councillor Luke:—“That tho Council instruct its officers to run the necessary ’buses to meet tbo convenience of Island Bay district, connecting with tho tram terminus at Duj>p<v street.” Councillor Keene has given notice to move:—“That tho electrical engineer bo instructed to prepare estimates of , tho cost of extending trams from the present terminus at Oriental Bay to tile kerosene store.”

A number of eggs which wore subjected a month ago to a new process ol preservation—tho inventor, a Wellington resident, calls it tho “Herndon”— were examined yesterday. Those prosent when tho eggs were tested were— Mr J. G. IV. Aitkeu, A1.H.11., Mayor of Wellington; Mr T. F. Leihy, of the Government Poultry Department; Mr W. J. Thompson, of Thompson Bros., Limited; Air 11. Fildes, of Laery and Cos, Limited; and Air W. S. Wallace, chemist. The eggs wore found to ba in excellent order, and it is said that had not lost weight or deteriorated in any way. Tho preservative consists of a powder (tire ingredients aro tho secret of tho inventor), which is burned and the fumes circulated among tho eggs.

A suggestion that an effort should bo mado to, exchange some manuscripts of South African literature, which form part of tho Grey collection in tho Auckland Froo Library, for some books and MSS. of. Maori loro, which wore deposited in the Capo library by Sir George Grey, formed the subject of somo correspondence from Air Gilbert Mair,'which was read at last Thursday night’s moot-, ing of the Auckland City Council. It was suggested that if an'.exchange of tho books and AISS. could not bo arranged for, certified copies might ho exchanged. It was stated, says tho “Herald,” that it might bo discovered that the Capo collection was more or less a duplicate of that at Auckland, and the matter was referred to tho library committee for consideration. , i

What a sight the hookey girls pro* tented on leaving the ground at Day’s Bay yesterday afternoon 1 They had splashed and tumbled about in tho mud for an bourj and came out of the fray flushed and dishovcllcd, spattered and smeared with mud. Not one of them seemed to care. It was the final game for honours in the tournament, and waa made all the more interesting by the championship being left to the two Wellington teams to fight out. When the “last post” sounded, the girls trailed off tho field damp and tired almost to death—the winners jubilant, the others taking their defeat in the best of spirit. One conclusion drawn from yesterday’s match was that tho weaker sox, when under the excitement of athletics, entirely conceals it weakness, and can play the'game with as much verve and spirit as ,rueu do.

Yesterday a meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held in the Chamber of Commerce. The following subscriptions were received:—Messrs Bell, Gully; Bell, and Myers, 10s 6d; Messrs Broderick and Kinvig, F. Meadoworoft, and S. Brown, 10s each; J. Robertson, 6s; A. H. Turnbull, J. G. Chambers, W. F. Shortt, lutto and Graham, J. Jack, D, A. Abercrombie, O. J. Hardy, T. J. Thompson, J. N. Isaacs, J. Ewing, Jenkins and Mack, S. Leary, W. H. Moriah, Dimond and Hurt, W. 11. Book, H. Morris, Mrs McKorrow, 5s each; J.O.P n 4s; Messrs T. 0. Boyes, W. Merchant, P, Stephens, IF. Parker, J. W. Law, T. P. Oovoney, (Maginnity and Co., It. Martin, G. Macmorran, J. Mentiplay, C. A.. Fletcher, Miss Helyer, “Friend,’l W.M., 2s Cd each; Mrs ‘Di-mock, Messrs H. Pike, Hash and Gooder, 2s each; total, £8 16s 6d. Mr H. Seed, the inspector, reported cruelties to several animals. One horse he discovered in the city suffering from contracted tendons on both forelegs was destroyed; another was suffering from a sore on ita neck ono and three-quarter inches in circumference, but as the man who had charge of it could not be found, a summons could not be served. Mr Seed complained of horses being left standing for hours in the streets in all weather without covers or food, and, further, of the increased number of naila left lying albout the streets. , A meeting convened by the Day’# Bay District Ratepayers’ Association was held at Muratai on Saturday night to consider the proposal that settlers in that locality should theme selves discharge the local government necessary in the district. At present the Hutt County Council exorcises control, but the results are not considered satisfactory. Mr F. G. Bolton, chairman of the Ratepayers’ Association, presided. He said that some time back the County Council was favourable to the separation of the eastern harbouji district, but it had now apparently, changed its views. In proceeding by way of hill direct to Parliament. th« district would avoid the almost impossible alternative of moving by way of petition, and the bill if passed would give them special powers, equal almost to those or a borough: The bill proposed the constitution of what would be known as the Eastbourne Road District, without subdivisions, and extending in area from the Hutt borough boundary on the north to the native reserve near the lighthouse on the south, and taking in the Education and College Governors’ reserve, and Gollan’s Valley at the back. The Road Board would consist of five members, elected by the ratepayers as a body. The Board would take over the.absolute control of the present main road running through the district, and have the sole right to levy, collect, and expend" all rates in the district. The meeting:-passed a resolution urging upon Parliament the necessity of passing the proposed enabling bill

Thn C.'liirf Juslioo will hold a sitting in rlii'.mlK i-s ul 10.30 o’clock this rnoniin“- ,\ special n:s"'t ing of the Wcliington Cricket Clnl> "ill ho hold on Fridoy overling. Mr I>. A. Umlgt* " ill he accorded a public welcome by the V.M.C.A. in I bo Wesley Church JLull, Taranaki street, to-night. The committee of tlio Auckland Ait Society has accepted a design hy Mwsrs 'Goldsboro and \Va<!« for the now art gallery to bo erected in Coburg street. The 'Railway Department has decided that it is necessary torai.se the. level of tlio Waitotara railway bridge live loot, so as to place the docking beyond Uio reach of flood. An up-country paper, in offering its readers somo -explanation of the war cables, savs: —General Kuroki, tile fowler, has set his net, and General Kouroputkin, the unwary bird, is entangled in its meshes. What will now event ualo is difficult to say. Mr S. W. Lusford, of Palmerston iS'orlh, has purchased a number ot Ayrshire's in the North Otago district. Among the eighteen head secured aro two prize-winners at last Ouisaru show. The animals will be shipped from Oaniaru for Wellington to-day. A mooting of the ratepayers of the Keatonn road district is to bo held on Friday next, at 8 p.m., at Hearn’s Kiosk AVorser liny, to consider the action of Uio J Intt County Conned m reference to tins rates, to discus* tlio petition to the Governor for the formation of a borough, and general business. In “ Cook’s Australasian Travellers’ Guido” tor September, just to hand there appear, in addition to Uio usual information, interesting articles on “ The Mandalay-Lashio uadway, ’’Thomas Cook and Son’s Jixliihit at tho St . Louis World’s Fair,” and “ I lie .-and of Nighties* Days”— the latter an account of tours in Alaska including Klondike, Capo Nome, tho White lass, and Yukon river. Tho charge was made yesterday by the inspector for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Society that some ol Uio tram horses sold by the City Council a few days ago were totally unfit for work, and sumo of them were so bad that they should have been destroyed. Ho stated his intention of attending tho forthcoming sale with two Justices of tho Peace, with tho intention of having any horse that is entirely crippled put out of ita misery.

“ New Zealand Accountancy ” is tho title of a neat booklet, of which wo have received a copy from the council of the Now Zealand Accountants’ and Auditors' Association—an organisation limb has just completed its fifth year of existence. Tho object of the publication is "to apprise business circles and tho public generally us to tho aspirations, scope, and methods of work of tho association." This is done in concise form, and there are appended lists of officers, members, and students. A daring robbery, similar in mode ol execution to tho notorious-Denver Bank affair, was perpetrated at Park Station, Johannesburg, on a rooent -Sunday evening, and although _ the highwaymeu appear to have safely eluded capture, the reward of their enterprise —£2 13s in all—can hardly have proved a, fitting “ honorarium ” for services rendered. About half-past nine, just as passengers were taking their seats in an outgoing train, a man made his way into tho booking-office, where there were three clerks on duty, covered the inmates a’ith a revolver, and cleared tho plaoo of cash—which would have amounted to several hundreds of pounds had tli© man timed his attack a little earlier. The desperado quioty retired after his coup, and slipped out of sight beforo the railway detectives and police commenced their formal investigation. This (remarks a Natal paper) is not tho first robbery-linder-arms which has occurred during tho past few months, bub its successful performance helps to domonstrato Johannesburg’s status in the criminal world.

Three prisoners came up for sentence before the Chief Justice, in the Supremo Court yesterday. Henry Dixon .Adams, alias Henry Bentley (forty-ono), labourer, was sent to gaol for six months for breaking and entering the dwalling-houso of Henry Walker, Ha/taitai, on Juno 20fcli, and stealing therefrom sundry articles of domestic use. There were four previous convictions. Henry Bums, alias Norman Henry Uunn (twenty-two), labourer, was awarded throe months’ hard labour for breaking and entering the residence of Alfred Ruff, at Bunnythorpc, on August 23rd, and stealing bacon, value £1 3s 4d. There was ono previous conviction. Otto Heerdigan, alias J. 0. Adams (twenty-throe), labourer, who escaped from a prison gang while serving a term of two years at Otago Heads Prison, on November 24th, 11)03, and who was subsequently identified at Yass, New South Wales, through the fingerprint system, was sent to gaol for six months, to date from the expiration of the sentence he was last serving. Air Graham (for Air Alyers) represented the Crown.

The project to form a " meat corner ” in South Africa has apparently resulted in “ cornering’’ investors instead of the product the companies dealt in. “The Prince,” a Natal weekly paper, dealing with this subject in its issue of 29th July, says:—“The public have been led into innocent-looking traps with alarming ease. They have been the prey of promoters to an even greater extent than is usual with the confiding people who allow themselves to got under the thumb of inveterate schemers. To-day we arc beginning to see tho result. The fabulous dividends expected are nowhere to be seen. A Cold Storage Company that pays any dividend at all is looked upon ns a wonderful curiosity. Grumblings and growlings are hoard wherever ono goes. The bubble has burst. The eyes of the investing public are opening with wonder and amazement at the credulity of their owners, and tho cold storage business is beginning to stink almost ns much as some of the meat which its pioneers have' foisted upon a simple and believing people.” Tho writer proceeds at some length to criticise tho financial position and transactions of ono of tho companies—the article being evidently the first of a projected series. Unclaimed prizes for raffles won at tho recent St. John Ambulance bazaar aro advertised. Fresh entries are advertised by Williams add Kettle, Ltd., for their sale of stock at Waipukurau to-day. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., will sell sheep, cattle, etc., at Palmerston North on Thursday. Dr Bunn, herbalist only, has a notice in our advertising columns. The International Correspondence School, in an advertisement in this issue, promises better positions and better pay for those taking up its system. The third term at Wellington College begins on Alonday, the 19th inst.

Diem materials' and slllw arc being made a sMfi.illv of the displays ai the JLf.C. n ; picscnt. Same price:* of these goods a n- ad\ <Tt i 'lViidn-N are nvilMl for felling and rais- : ii<- l Ik-. Icvd! of hr. vc i :•! L-fctUms in Is-land bay. Abraliam ami William*, Lid., will hold thf i. v, c;■ k 1 v ;,aio oi slock at Taimeryton North on ’I am-day. Tho (bird term at liio Girls’ High Schuol will commence on Wednesday, in? Ikli i mil. linpey’H 'May Apple is advertised as a cure for all spring ailmenW. Putnos—ami tlio firm’s hfrx-k, it is notified, consists at the world’.-; best—can bo had from Uio Dresden Piano Co. on payments of !ihs monthly. 1 lie advcrlisoinenc explains the firm’s method Ot bus.uess. Included amongst tho horses to be oftcrrd at auct : oa by alcssis I'. J. Mac Lean ;• jul (.'o., at I.vwfi- Unit, to-morrow, is the thoroughbred racing stallion bantam. Particulars arc advertised. M.r .John Fairburn, land and estate amu it Wanganui, has for rale a property of 222 acres, held on lease- in perpclud.v. Several otlior properties ami bus.nesses axe also advertised by Mr Ka.rhum. 'Hie Ty.sin treatment for the- cure of con-aimption. as' hma, and bronchial Ircublcsi is slated to be meeting with sucres : u Now. Zealand. Dso where it :s annmintnd that many patients iuivc. written Muling that they have been cured of mile rent complaints alter a short course or Um T.vsiu inhalation treatment. Ladies’ "one-bar shoes, in many stylos for .spring wear,” are meeting With a popular demand at Hannahs, La mb ton quav, just now. Mr it. Kniest Leighton, Tea thersion street, inserts in another column a iresh list, of residential city properties placed in his hands for sale. Mrs }>urfon (instructress of advanced piaetioal. dressmaking. Working 3ion s College, and principal of the Melbourne .School of Dressmaking recently returned from Knghand and tho Continent, where .she examined all the various methods ot <liw<cutting and dressmaking in Uio principal technical colleges and dressmaking schools. She recommends lo tho public tho “Danger” system of dvcsscutting nml dressmaking as’being the most accurate, quiekrst, simplest, ami cconom c;i 1 invcutcrl. Tho “Danger" system requires no calculations, only a few measurements and perfect . lit is assured. Miss Kate Stewart, principal of the V. eD melon School, invites ladies’ to make cnqu.nos. One lessen is given free. Miss Stewart draws tho attention of dressmakers to the fact that she requires agent* to tenen the svstem in all t.he towns and districts of Wellington and Taranaki provinces.