IN OTHER CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 4

IN OTHER CENTRES.

; i (BY • COEBESrONDKNTS.) ■ AUCKLAND. ' April 28. . Tiro 6xhibition of tho Auckland society of 'Arts, which;is to be opened Excellency the Governor oil Alay 20, promises''to be a most successful one. - A large ■ number - of exhibits httre already arrived'! from the South, and more are coming to hand daily. - Doubtless the fund which is available this year for the purchase of new pictures,has - nad astimulfitihg Jff&ct on lo'cal, art, : which has long felt the need pf encouragement of this substantial kind. The Society itself -is now ih a flourishing condition as regards its mombershij) foil, and, quite a number of-ad- . ■« ditionil applications for admission have b66n ■ received by tho secretary (Mr. Stuart). ■ Smoke Trouble. . The smoko that persists in coming into tho . i ;'i . Police: Court building frotintho neighbouring v. . smoke-stacks was very 'unpleasant to those ■ . whoso business kept tnom withm tho LowerLaw Court yesterday. , "Is - there-> no power .to prevont, this smoke nuisance?" inquired 'Mr;. Kettle.- Sdsrgcant Hendry . stated that thero ivas a by-l&w dealing with, tho smoke nuisance, but it had Hot been enforced for a long time: " I wish yoiii would make somo inquiries, about,this,,".;said ; the Magistrate,- , and-if 'the Department- will'-take' action we will lay ail information. It is,bkl enough' */iV: hore,' but upstairs tho nuisance iS sometimes simply intolerable." An Emigrant's Story* ■ Tho London correspondent of the "Herald" writes that over tho Signature "Truth" the ' - following letter appears in the "Morning Leader :— : "bike many others,i.'l'have been very , seriously., about, emigrating'.";T'."l'Chav.e,' . goi 16 : thi'ougli the Government ?ISM books , of. Canada anil New Zealand,; and, taking all things into considftritioh,. I decided upon v ' ,the .latter. :I.thought. of goitig-ih'for-dairy,; k'fid. S&Se't&l "16 gfet land, 'suitable for pasture fairly fcheap,-; judging- from, the v;i ; pricos- : givQn' ; ih\tn6>J!(SM:^6k. v v ■ emigrant, ..'/V-. ; ' ; to,stay: in England.:.. 116;..iitV-'fe. tliSt, prices .of land given m:itha i handibookSj,--and others •••-. particulars,- are;inaccurato:.'Tho.:land ls ' . . and no good for farming,'-and instead of [being: .'i-'V ;cheap";it is'qijitie^h6''^f6^^ v Pji(»sVpp%j ,'; •;. visions- : ar&, high, and,' :: altlioi'igh;, ,-C". -Zeal&xtd' have to buv their potatoes from He adds that the country at present is ovordone,'.and even-worse than in England. I . ■ : sa* moro'povorty.- and slums in proportion to' thfe ipopulition i.tlian'; in this, country.;, This : applies "to the -principal towns-of-,-,tho.f(orth Island!' * < / , ..." ..Such-allegations as these'are-doing*-.New Zealand a lot of harm „ , r i r April 28 ' In--answer to the complaints 'from Ilobart ' V!;'.: about. tKb .ftc6»fiiiilatio"ii_"ofMmKof, : for -'Nbjv '.Zealand,-■ ."--.Tjnfpn Srr^ngfe'd" for t-hd llSwea- 'to load there, about May 14 r: . . Mr. T. E: Donne,, general manager of the, : Tourist, Department; • after,- inspection of r' :-; the'offices: in tfiet:fe^^;^e^n6pliibyi ; the express to daj t ' 1 Tho Llqiiar L?w, , .v. \ Mr.' 'Widdowson,.'.S.Mi-},.gave,vjudgmenfc(-in . tho Police '.Court, oto-day.-: -■•in,tho t v ease , brought agaiilgt /Leah ilyers for send-;., u ing a' child- underi.thirtfefefi to' tlie -shop 'of.-ia- - • grocer-,holding i svilflttle/ .licflnse.;to obtain. ■ ;. ■: boer: -.- Jlls Worship *-fcatd--that the question-. to bo decided, apart fronj tho facts, was ■■■: what was meant, by n licensed house. Couu- " c • boI for the defence' had thatj - as : i , • ■ tho Licensing -Act- contained no - definition-; of, 1 ' a licensed house, the term.must be heldi-Jo, . ! apply onlyi to hotels'. - His -Workup -, pointed ■ ■■:■■■■ out that - .in. the'-Act -1881 the ' wotd;' "houso!'' ivtts .used tef -aptily. both to hotelSf Mi\' and shopsj tho;ownors of Which- held^bottle-'., licensesiy It;.wMjilear Ito liis th ; Act dealing sending of;-yolirigi • v'. ren applied to publicans.and. holders of bot.- 1 - ,tle licenses alikej"-the object being. to- ; pre- i vent , children benig .provided'-with honor or. , being .sent :for .liquor to.i,: hotel or- place - . ■ holdings a bottle ii ljaynse/ ir'Ho . u was-).-satisfied- •• -as, to, the - faots;,'.ana, tho' ; dbfpndant":'W 1 ou)d;« - -thorcfore; ,tid conviEtcdj . ,There :wero tvronn- f ■ formations Against defendant;-but he-did/not, ; think it expedient ,to f inflict' punishment, ™. ■ ■■■;■■■/■ both cases; ■ Dofendant iwould'• be. convicted-' , oil the first charge, 4nd-.fined £3 and ; costs. , ■'...} •..> vr,'.t GHj?ISTCHURCH. ' ' "April 28 "TuckSr" In the Old bays. A reminiteenefe . of the big squatter f&iftilies - ; , brought, up 'by Hon^vS&lS^'ofeSiedfla'n^jSt-'; the Conciliation-Boardi : 'Commenting'-on tho; - ■ improvement in > thd Jodd (pubtihed. l to'--, farm • :■ labourers nowadaysj -Mr;--■Acfand" : remarked, • that ho did not.Mow: What'thei'inodefh^work-- • V- ; - ■ man'.w.ould say to .the fbod that the pioneers -;y: - lived .on in .the. old days.. . iiis own father ana Mr.' Tripp had, lived oil. very, little elso ; 'than wild pig for one. or tij-o years, and that; ; -.i'Was the ordinary' stateof affairs :';existing ' then. ..supplpriferattptlto 'ffirifcilhd:, ::' station workers,. Jl.O pointed :dut .that;, this }iad'i! ,-;>.->■ been ifladß possible,-- by the establiSji'mfent, of ■' ' - butter factoribs;: in.tlib - ; 6ld- ; ,'dafs-it-was :: . . '• simply_ impossible- sometimes to get- blitter'.- ! '.'lt did jiot mitter whether you wero ;rich ; . or posrj",Ho , added;, .'.'-it wss hot to ; 'be'-hadi'i' ..... and you had to do without it." . Wot Fat on tlis Foes. !At the , annual /pariah meeting : .at .St?Midliael's ldot the Veil. Archdeilcon Avdrill Saul m liis address that ho had-often heard tho opinion expressed that tho. vicar of St. Michael s made,. ?a fat ,thing oiit 'of wed- . -■ding fees." : He wished on {to contrary .'-to hafe' -it .(lifilfeffetofel that" 'such ; was'-.iiot' the' .:. casOj.but rather tiie reverse.' "' The marriage feo, lis., iya3 handed over to the Diocesan ; .i- Fuiid, and as a great ■ many ' pkiplb ': from . . country, parisb'es thougiit they Had done their ?. ■ duty' when:.th&y,/piit .tiii:: snillinp -iht6''tho' ; 6fficiatifig leaving liim.:.js., WJs-. ndt likelyli to groVj-yei-y fat ; : 'on riijuTiaeo fecs, esjidsially. when he had al m*hjr ss three weddings iii one afterfidtin. ■ . F/lasofilc. 1 ■ C; A>.C» Hardy, -of liakaia ( president • of the Board; of - General; Turposes, ,of ,'tlie,., Grdnu MaSofiic! : L6dge fif :NbW Zealand,. I6aves' . .on Thursday Auckland.tdiatteiid tho- aii-' nual CommuHlcation" of ' tlie ■ which, open? on May',..(J; and'"'to .take','part in tno . instaildtifltl bf :Hls '.EJi6elleilKV tile. Gbveriior ■ as Grand Mister.Brb; Hardy will make the journey North via the v "Ndrtn i lalaiid. -Main Tnink lino. ....... .. 'No Education Bequests. . , . -Drawing- the- attontiofi of the, Canterbury College Board of GbvoHiors. to the fact that "• -• a-new,account hd'a; been opeiiStij viz.: the ; .chemical laboratbff biiiidifig fiind, the chair- " ; man, (Mr, G. Russell).' yesterday o::- / pressed ,his that bhly £81 litid afcfcrued to the fund .as a, result of tllo. ii'ppeals that - X : hild been mada tti .tlib piiblie of Canterbury. / BeflHflg in mind that during the last vear ;., or two several huge, estates had been wiflcd ; away by men wlib'.hilil built up tremendous fortunes'.iii land .in the province of Canterbury, he. could not but doplore, the en;.S: '■■■ tire jitj&flco .of gifts to Cnbt6rmiry Cdllegb ...:: by fhdtii;' "Whfeii. it' was b.oi'iio in mintl tliat ' gifts and- bequests granted to education c'ar- : . riefl With thefft a siibsidy of {loiirid. ftjr poiiiid v.from ; the Govdriimontj it:tffl§ spefcially fo-.W : . regretted that sd little had been done in this respect in days pdst; • 5 ' ' HASTINGS. Mr. Dillon, Ml., has received a commu- ■ nication from the Hon. H. M'Nab in reply to a'-petition-that .tho Waimarama block bo' ' opened up foi- bloser sßttlemfent; and that a I suitablß arda DC ricqiiifed ori the "WainiaMhih coast for cutting up intd 'sectiohs arid form- • ing . into a. wateriiig place for. Hastings." ' Tho Minister said it was-tho-intpntibii of theDeparthleht to ppeh up the Qrown lands V at Waiiiiaraiiia for settlement in Sd sliiiill ■ ■ areiiß ptl at .as e&fly - a'clfttti its! possible* ■ . ESgawiilg tilH Watering ' pliUSft, - toe . WoUltl . make inquiries ail. tb tllti Sliithbillty of . tlib land ill htlestibil fdt tliH jilifbosß siljifiestedi In Wgafil t8 the complaint ftttliß potitionefs with referehco to 5000 acres of Idnd hiving beeri-leased to one person: he. presumed this .- to B(S tlifi dUcisibii of tHe Cohimissidii, which, being giveil tirtiler. atfitut6f jf {power, is beyond the control df the Lands Department:,