LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A deputation is to interview Sir Joseph Ward on Monday next in reference to Bank ,of New Zealand matters. Last -week, at a meeting in the Parliamentary Buildings, a statemont was drawn lip to present .to the Premier. Tho feeling among those responsible for tho movomont is that tho institution is run t<lo much in favour of tho shareholders, and that, as it,is practically Statopromotod, its policy should bo more in tho interests of the public. This is 11 matter Mr. EU, M.H.R. (Chriatchurch), Ims introduced into tho House on inoro than one occasion.'

The Public Works 'Department has accepted tho tenders of Mr. J. W. Boon (Stratford) for station buildings at Huiroa, on tho StratfordWhangamomona railway; Mr. .T. B. Hampton (Remuera) for additions to tho police station at Papaktira; and Mr. J. A. iltringor (Nelson) for station buildings afc-Kiwi, on tho Midland railway.

>Tho Salvation Army in Wellington has several sites under offer for a home for discharged prisoners, which will be its next philanthropic departure. Definite steps aro likely to be. taken in this matter outliJ arrival in Wellington of Brigadier Bray, flpector for Social Institutions on the National Staff, Molbourne.. Brigadier Bray, together with Colonel Saunders, is coming first' to Auckland, where they will meet Brigadier Albistpn next week, during the latter's, mission to take over Pakitoa Island for an ;n----ebriates' homo. Afterwards botli the visiting officers will coino on to Wellington.

The Public Works Department has taken the contract for the Groymouth Post Office out of tho hands of the contractors, who had considerably exceeded the contract time. TII3 building, which is of brick and stone, costing between £7000 and £8000 is ■ sufficiently advanced to be completed in a short time by tho staff of workmen whom the Department will omploy. Preference will bo given to former employee's on tho work. Witnesses who aro called upon to givo evidence in cases at a Magistrate's Court usually show some hastp in coming forwari t; claim costs. An exception was experienced yostorday in, a case „in .which 1 tho Society, for the Prevention of Cruelty u> Animals was interested. A veterinary surgeon, called.to give evidence against the Sooiety, said, ho would not ask for any. fea a>. his sympathies were with the Society. The programme for the Civil 1 Service Amateur Sports . Club's evening meeting, .which is. to be held,:to-morrow, has been ajtorcd so as to compriue a 75yds. club maideii raco and, 440 yds. and half mile open handicaps. .".•'■' : . ..- With regard to the eleven cases of scarlet fever reported last week, tho Chief Health Officer (Dr. Mason), states that .this disease has been very prevalent this winter, though the opidemic is now diminishing. The disease, has taken a. mild form, and that; is olio reason why it has spread so much. Patients in tho earliest stages do not trouble to call in a doctor, but mix With their fellows in , the cars and elsewhere, spreading infection iill tho time. Under theso circumstances ■the isolation practised' iii reported cases ; carl, have little effect in checking the dispersion of;tho disease, which is liable to' linger oh in, a community, Dr.* Mason states, -till it has exhausted all tho' virgin soil for , its germs! an d theii to' disappear' as an' epidemic, perhaps for seV'Jn or eight years! The present wavo of scarlet fever came from the 6outhj and has not yet touched' some of the towns north of Wellington. , Thero aro over threo hundred nuns in tho Arch-dioceso of Wellington. .Most of them hro ongaged:in teaching. •'/ ' ; : -. i

There.are thirty-two instructors en the staff of tho Wellington Technical Associated Classes, with salaries, aggregating £4523 a year.. ! ' ''' '.' There is at least one woman in. Wellington who has reason to thank ;the detectiyo, for its energy . The lady in question lost a purse containing £25- on Saturday, and reported, the loss..to Detective Andrews, who instituted enquiries which led to tho .purse being ■ recovered.from two youths who bM.found.it in the street.' '. .'_" '■-■'■ The police force at Ghristchurch is to be strengthened for Carnival Week. Five policeman I and < two t " detectives • will,' ; be'; sent South', froih'Wellington." .'.',.'.,'.','°' : "' ; ,''.;." The 'Harbour Board decided yesteiday to celebratojthe,King's'',birthday by holding th'e ; wharf Monday,' iNovemb3r 11, in- ! stead of on'■■ Saturday, Nbvembor.'9. , -" : ' " A. S. W.,''.writing from Somes Island; says that ho has ; had a pigeoni in- his possession for the-.'past few days. On. its, right log it-has a ring marked "N. F. C;, 1905-6, 282." The bird manifests ho,desire.to leave the Island) and its keeper is anxious to communicato witl; the , , owner.' .■■" . x A plea i for the. establishment of. an astronomical observatory in Wellington wtvs' madb ))y the Rev. P. AV. Fairplough.last night, as 'chairman of the'gathoring which Professor ■Maclaurin addressed on "The Mobh." It would give him vory .great pleasure, Mr, Fairclough said, at the beginning of the evening, if tho meeting resulted in the taking of steps to provide an observatory in tho.'capital of the Dominion. We lived under the richest and .most splendid sky that 1 any part of the world possgssed, ■■' and oile,; iilsio,' that had hot bcc:i much Worked. Wo were a 'Wealthy' community now, arid wo nhould bo ablo to devote, sbme little portion of'our substance to the' most elevating of'all, sciences. ' Ho/beliqvcd that Hhere was a small nucleus already in hand, and he hoped that some initial steps would* bo :takon towards tho prpviding.; of: an observatory.." V Professor 'Maclaurin, in replying afterwards to a y6ip oi thanks, said that ho hoped tho.day wbuldnot be far distant.when there would bo a good observatory, containing a good telcscopo, in Wellington. ■ . ■•.

• The periodical complaint about the short- , age of railway trucks has again made its appoaranco in shipping circles. It is statec| that tho Tyser Liner V/hakarua is being delayed through inability to truck tallojv in from Petone, and the Union Company steamor Hawea has also been delayed for four, days on account of tho shortuge of trucks. ■ . At the Harbour Board meeting yesterday it waa resolved, on the motion of Mr.. Shirt'oliffo, " that it bo a standing instruction to the Secretary that no notice, of motion affecting tho position of an employee of tho Board be published, and ; that all such,.notices ho first dealt with by the Board in Committee ,, At a mooting of tho.executive of tho. Wollingtou Branch of tho .Navy League last night, Mr Robert Darroch presiding, ! the ■Secretary roportod that a small balanco reiinained iu'haud after, the Trafalgar Day celel)ratidnis. A lettor wa3 received , front the Hon. J. A. < Millar; approving of tho proposed visit of the women's, section of tho-League to the training ship Amokura. Tho membership of tho recently-formed branches' at Kilbirnie and South Wellington was stated to totalloO. . "■.■'.-•' A meeting of tobacconista will be held at Armit's room this evoniug (1) to cohsidof and discuss tho question of the closing of shops by all porsons nclling tobacco, par- , ticularly the Chineso, in accordance with the regulations provided for same in the Shops and Offices Act; (2) to l'orm a;deputation to approsiah the -Minister, with a view to inducr ing tho, Government' to pass an nmondment to the Act, providing for uniform closing by all ongagod in, the retiiiling of tobacco; (3) ,to consider tho advisabloncss of asking the Govdrnment to licenso tobacconists. .. A fine solebtion of photographic cardsj Do- , minion Day and R.M.S. Turnkina on Firo now on view at ZAK'S PHOTO DEPOT, 24 .Willis,Street. On Bale at popular prices. C 641 You ought to inspect tho stock of beautiful costumoa C. AHnms nnd Co., S5 Cuba 'Street, tvvo now Bhowinn—coßturacs which are tho vorjr latent productions from .London nnd Paris. Cambric and muslin costumes, niccly 'trimmed, from 12s. 6d.; striped, cotton voilo contnmcii nicbly trimmed, from 2.55. A mngnificont stock to Rolnct from, at prices ranging from 125.. fid. to fl (niiueae. Inspection »nd Comparison invited. C. Adams nnd Co., ,15 Cuba Street, is tho correct addrcra for costumes. WU

Two youths, Wm. W. Burgess and Frank" Carroll, aged 19 and 18 years respectively, were arrested by Detectives Williams and Komp yesterday afternoon on a charge of having attempted to set fire to a shop ocicupied by a Chinaman named Sue Sun Sing In Taranaki Street on Saturday night. '. The i two necused will bo brought before the Court this morning. •■• ■ . ■■ -j •; Whilst, working on a scaffolding at the Commercial Hotel building yesterday a labourer named Thomas Drillot, a single man,' twenty-six years of age, residing'at No. 7 Mulgravo Street, lost his footing and roll a distance of 35ft; Drillot dislocated his shoulder arid received a severe bruising;. Ho was removed to the Hospital for treatment. . . . ■ .... Mr. W. H. Westbrooko, Secretary of the Trades antl Labour Council, will conduct "the case for the 'Plasterers' Union before tho Arbitration Court next riionth. ■",":'.■.' Tho Education Board v has tentatively agreed- to the plans which have been pro-, pared, by Mr. F. de J. -Clere for .tho'new' Technical School building at Petone; ' - His Excellency .the. Governor and, Lady Plunket aro to entertain,; tnc. members of tho Presbyterian General Assembly at u garden party to be given in 1 : tho grounds of Government Houso on Saturday, November 9. ■ A mooting, of St. John Ambulance Asset-; ciation-Was held last evening to discuss ai« rangements in : connection with' •Ambulanca Saturday (November 2)V The following were present :—Mesdaines Rhodes, Hislop, Liike, MenzieSj Fisher, Preston, Young, Miss Higia, Mr. Seod ' (:n, tile chair), Sub-Inspectoi O'Donoyan, Messrs, Ci.; Campbell, Crow, Fisher, and the secretary (Mr. J. D.; Avery).. It was decided to hold .a meeting of collectors and; others at the Town Halltc-tibrr row (Wednesday) evening, -at .5.15. ....