LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 212, 1 June 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho postal authorities advise that the English and Australian mails, ex Wimmora at Auckland, will arrive hero by the Mariawatu express-to-morrow night. Tho banks, insurance offices, and Government Departments will close for tho holiday ori Wednesday (Prince of Wales's Birthday), i . From to-day, the business'of the Parcels Office of the Postal Department will bo transacted at St. George's Buildings, Brandon Street. . A meeting of tho Wellington Licensing Committee is to; be'held at the Magistrate's Court at riWddiy to-day. Tho Lower Hutt Cfirnmitte'6' ft W meet on 'Thursday, instead of irfMiiksdSj, as first' arranged,, arid tho Nfrn'towri (jommittee will meet on Friday. Tfe Pi'terit Slip C&ftimittee of the WeJlingtort Harbour Board sat for an hour on SivMrday, b'ut it was subsequently stated on inc/iiiry that' the matter of the proposed acquisition' of tho Slip by the. Board had not reacfifcrl a stage when any public announcement could be made. the weoli ended' at noon on . Saturday; 25 ciiks of infectious diseases had been rejS'o'rt-ed to th ft' Health' Office for Wellington d'isirict—WyiiAgtori City, scarlet, fever,' 15; tuberculosis', 4. . Hutt County, diphtheria, 6tuberculosis, I.' The mont is making inquiries into tho cause of the unusual number of diphtheria cases, which were reported from Petone. ' It is the intention of the Labour Department to proseijiitn the Tramway Employees' Union at Auckland for its action over the recent strike. It lias already been announced, however, that tlie Department will ask for only a nominal fine, since the men; returned, voluntarily to work. The caso will bo fieM iti tho ordinary way, since tho terrii'Wa'tiriri' 6f Oic strike removed tho necessity for iri 6morgency. sitting of tho. Court. .; Yesterday Mr. .W. H.,' Stanes, Children's Missioner, from India, coricluded a weolc of successful meetings ,in the Thorndon end of tho city. In the afternoon the Thorndon Sunday schools hold a united meeting in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.; ' Tho Roy.' J. Gibson-Smith welcomed tho largo number of scholars from'. the various schools. Mr. Stanes delivered ari interesting address ori tho "Cups of Sin and Salvation." In the evening, at the Sydney - Street Primitive Methodist Church, a' lantern' Gospel service was cdfidricted Mr. . Stanes, when the building was packed. The views, shown wotg of the Holy Land, and were mostly connected with the lifo' of Christ.

Sorno of .those inter6sted in tho formation .of a volunteer,,'firb brigado at. Kaiwailti, have been' more' or less discouraged by tho statement that the City ttouricil would not allow th'o fire plugs ,on..tho,.\Vairiui main, whore, it passes through the'..village; to bo .used,, oxcept in cases of actual (ire;.. We ncrtv learn, oil inquiry at the City Engineer's office, that, while such is in fact tho' case', thOre are five' or sjx fire-plugs on the pipes chichi supply .Ealiwarr'a. There is no objection to these' boing u'sed'.at a wet prac-' tico,. as the' water' only readies them after passing through a nioter: . Th'o Onslow Bofoiifjh Council pay's tho City Corporation; according to tho readings of th'eir metbr," for all the water supplied to Kaiwarra. ■ Tho fcu'storiia'ry'quiet of the Railway Wharf was ' disturbed late' '■o'uSaturday ' niglit, through a' difference of opinion between two of the members of the cr6w:of'the steamer Jossio Burns,' which is discharging a cargo of hardwood, which sho' has just brought ffoiii Bunbiiry. The p'OlicO. wore, called in, with tho result that a fireman name'd Joseph Zimmerman, a'Gefrriah, 22 years of age, wis arrested, and another member, crOw; "a". Greek;, named Athol Zaffl/ w&j Si'M to theiHospital, suffering Jftlm RS tiffin'• eleven ' wounds, - iMHicd i'y a kriifo. At least one wound; ■ft ;fl b'efieved, has penetrated tho lun£l. Dr; Henry was telephoned for by tH6' 8f th'is steamer, and' Zani's; $&§ 'dfeSI&L-. On inquiry at: tlio Hospital .last eveffing, we were iuforiiied that ho was progressing favourably. ■ .. The new drillshed at Buckle Street is to. be formally opened oil Wednesday next. Owing to His iiicfeiienoy' the Governor having ,a p'rio'f ' 6fi£i|;6ifn&n£,'. and. Sir Joseph Ward,- Minister for t)efenoe, being away in the South Island; the ceremony.will be per-. fo'riiiSi by the Hon. R. M'Nab; Acting.'MiniSSf fffir Defende. According; to a district Order issued by Lieut.-Colohol A. ,'Bauclio'p,' C.M.G.; the Wellington Garrison troops will assemble at tho' Central : Drillshed,•: Lambton Quay, at 2 p.m., and rnarch via Lambton Sskfi "Wiliii" Sirfeet,. Mariners Strcfet, Cuba Sweety Vivian Street, and Taranaki-Street, to, Buckle Sif6et; .The Garrison Band will atterid; and; v)itji iilti Battalioii Band, play dtorifife th.fi iffiffSK fftjrij old' to new drillshed. takufovbiSftit Camphelj will command the parado'. ■ Tho has been made that owing to the fo'otb'Sll Mitch, tho arrange l rhSriis ho\ qiid the ceremony snoum takfi pjacS in the evening. This pro-! posril will prOoatly rtcfjivo' consideration. At the' meeting of tie Victoria College Dobating SiSclfity; which was held at tho College on Saturday evening, and presided ovor by Mr. C. ,H. fSflSr, tfie Question discussed was "Which Mib 'desSfM thS festeem of mankind; the ,poet, tho' statesman,; or tho warrior?" Tho pocfc was represented by Messrs; S. Eiohelbaum and C. H. Taylor, tho statesman by Messrs. E. Armit and -H. E. Evans, and the warrior by Messrs. G. H. Gibb and R. Kennedy. Tho debate wis of a very, interesting character, and Mr. A. R. Atkinson, the judge; expressed his 'pleasuro at the high standard of speaking attained. Six members spoke in addition to the movers and secoftdors. Mr. Atkinson placed the first five speakers in tho following order Messrs. E. Armit and j. .Mason, Mi&s' H. R. Mason, arid Messrs: G. H. Taylor and J. II! Hogben. Tho meeting decided in favour of tho statesman by 23 Votes, the poot receiving nine votes, ind tho warrior oiglit. At tlio liext debate, which will be held on Saturday, Juno 6, tho motion for discussion is ''That tho alliance between England and Japan ought to bb at onco {crnjihated," •wh'Tp"** 1 ' »e® Mlsi Ethel. K. Benjamin, of Dunedin); aftor practising for some years in that city; has. compienfced .practice, as ,a t barrister arid solicitor U 1 ■ ;, 0, Buildings, corner Grey arid Feathorstoii Streets, Wellington.. Mrs.„De Costa has tho .distinction of being tlio only lady prrtohemg at th& Bar In tho Doririnibn; Xh. tondjui; pllenta caiu on prpmpl: oad ouroful attention at Mis, De Costal hauda.

Tho sum of £6 wag abstracted from the clothes of players while a hockey match was proceeding at the Athletic Park on a recent Saturday. ' The Tire Brigade was called out to No. 93 Tinakori Road at 10.47 yesterday morning to a houso occupied by Mr. Fred W. Slowman. Some fat had boiled over on the kitchen fire, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done, tho wallpaperf and ceiling only being scorched. The various games on the Basin' Reserve on Saturday afternoon's are greatly interfered'with owing to a lack of consideration shown by spectators who persist in standing on tho lino dividing the football and lacrosse fields. The turf is also being damaged considerably by the constant treading and shuffling of feet. Interviewed in Auckland oh the Pure Foods Act, Dr. Mason remarked that he was very glad, to say that the business men referred to expressed the greatest admiration for the Act, and indicated satisfaction at its having been passed. They were all willing to fall in with the new regulations, and preserve tho Act iij its entirety. It'was pointed out that there were riot a great many adulterated articles in the Dominion, and thesd had been manufactured to meet the public demand for cheapness arid quantity, irrespective of quality. Honest manufacturers had to enter into this, kind of competition or lose the trade, arid consequently they 'welcomed the Act.