LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 323, 9 October 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wanganui "Chronicle" understands that there is a probability of a branch of tho "Dominion Scouts" being formed in Wanganui. It is probable that a special parliamentary train will run right through from Wellington to Auckland to take northern membors homo at the close of tho session. This week's Gazotto notifies tliat Section G4, Block VII, comprising 48 acres 3 perches of Crown land, has been set apart ■ as an addition to tho Niroaha Village Settlement. Tho City Council decided last evening to servo notices from the Public Health Department on tho owners and occupiers of certain promises in Karori Road and Lower Lewisvillo Terrace. '> The Post 1 Office advises that a telephone oflico is now open at Vogeltown, Wellington District; also a bureau. The hours of attendanco aro from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays. Tho office will be closed on Sundays and holidays. Telegrams will bo deliverod regularly. Tho Government has appointed Mr. Alfred Mills Deputy-Registrar of Electors for Wellington Central, East, North and South electorates, also for the Suburbs. Mr. Mills will attend at tho wharf all day, and will take claims from'seamen and also applications for electoral rights. Tho DeputyRegistrar will proeuro tho rights for applicants and hand them to tho men personally,

- The foundation-stone of tho new Anglican f Church at Wadestown will bo laid to-morrow i at 3 p.m. by tho Venerable Archdeacon Fan--1 court. Soventy thousand feet of Oregon pine aro j being shipped to tho West Coast from Wel't lington this week, for-uso on Messrs. M'Lcan ; and Sons' Otira tunnel contract., i The tondor of Mr. 11. E. Townshend has. . been accepted by the City Council for tho • work of converting tho private school at | Pipitea Street into a firo station. | Tho Associated Board of tho Royal AcaI demy and Royal College of Music, London, ! will hold an examination in all grades of i theory on Saturday, November 2S. Entries ' close on October 24. Fivo tenders havo been received by the City Council for tho construction of a conl crete dam at Wainui-o-mata. The tenders • were referred last night to the Finance Com> 1 mittee with power to act. Tho latest number of the " Spike," or 1 Victoria College "Review," is a specially meritorious issue, containing brimming mea- | suro of information, articles, and ■ verse. .Illustrations aro a specially strong feature. According to tho "Ashburton Guardian," influenza is prevalent amongst the horses of ; the Ashburton district, but it is in a very mild form, and no fears are held that it will assume tho virulence of the attack of four years ago. The postal authorities advise that tho Mokoia, which left Sydney on Wednesday, October 7, for Auckland, has on board a large English and Australian mail, which i 3 duo here by tho express train from Now Plymouth on Monday evening next. The tender of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., Dunedin, has been accepted for delivery of 30,000 gallons of castor oil for the New Zealand railways at 2s. 3 7-16 d. per gallon. Ten tenders wero received. Conscience again! The Railway Department acknowledges tho receipt of ten shillings forwarded as "conscience money" to the Government by a person unknown (Invercargill station). The Public Works Department has also benefited by a similar sum sent by some person unknown for a like reason. It is announced in tho Gazette that the sum of £3000, voted by Parliament for, publio libraries, will bo distributed on* February 4, 1909, and that no claim will bo entitled to consideration that shall not have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before January 27, 1909. The Prime Minister informed a Dominion representative last evening, that he would make his promised announcement regarding the new High Commissioner probably to-day —at all events, before tiie session closer, There is still muuii speculation in tho Parliamentary lobbies as to who has been selected. Last night at a meeting of the Tiades and Labour Council,_ a resolution was passed" strongly protesting against the Government amending tho Conspiracy Act of 1595, under the cloak of amending the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. Tho Council considers such modes of legislation entirely dishonest, and also protests againsc. any provision for imprisonment for striking. ! "The Health of Women and Children, with special reforence to Dress" is tho title of a lecture to bo delivered by Dr. Truby King at tho Concert Chamber of the Town Hall on Monday night, at eight o'clock. The' lecture, which will be profusely illustrated by lantern slides, should prove of the greatest interest, and a large attendance is expected. Her Excellency Lady Plunket will preside. Admission will bo free. Tho monthly meeting of the Convalescent Homo Trustees was hold yesterday, when there wore, present Mesdames Newman (in tho chair), Moorehouso, Grady, Brandon, Miss Coates, Mrs. Barron (treasurer), Miss G. Morrah (secretary). The secretary reported that fourteen patients had been admitted and cloven discharged. Gifts were received with thanks from Mesdames Newman. O'Connor, Snsddon, Watkins, Johnston, and "A Friend." Tho Mayor reported to the City Council last night that tho mattor of dealing with the tenders for publio conveniences in the city had been left to tho : Finance Committee. The committeo agreed to accept a certain tender, but tho tenderer was practically', making default. The committee had passed a resolution that the contractor be given an opportunity of going on with the contract, failing which the deposit should be forfeited, and new tenders should be" called. < The committee's action was approved. Mr. A. H. Vile,' interim secretary of the New Zealand Natives' Association, writes to state that the conditions of membership wero not-quite accurately stated in yesterday's report. The exact decision was as,follows: — "The association shall consist of art unlimited number of members over the age of sixteen yoars, who shall have been (a) born in New Zealand or its dependencies, "or ! at sea when coming to New Zealand, or (b) . born "in tho Commonwealth of Australia; or !(c) resident in New Zoaland for a period of pot less than twenty-five years, and having entered New Zealand before the age of five. 1 ' The whitebait fishers at Foxton and residents on the banks of the Manawatu, says a Manawatu paper, have been , puzzled this season by the appearance among the' whitebait of shoals of small eel-liko fish, which causo much annoyance by filling the nets. The newcomers aro longer than the whitebait, and thinner, and are almost'transparent, with a black lino down tho back. 1 Some consider that they are young eels, but the Maoris do not remember .to have seen tho visitors before. They ascend the river in a continuous stream, to which there is apparently no end. Expert opinion is to bo obtained, and in the meantime any light upon the matter will be welcomed. The 1 divorce case of Elizabeth Ann Georgetti (petitioner) v. Antonio Marco Georgetti (respondent), the parties to which belong to the Wanganui district, was mentioned before the Court of Appeal' yesterday,. On May 27 last petitioner obtained a decree nisi for tho dissolution of her marriage with respondent on tho ground of adultery.' Counsel for petitioner on September 5 applied to Mr. Justico Chapman for an order for permanent maintenance. . Respondent, by, his counsel, offered £6000 in casn in full settlement. The question which his Honour had to consider was whether tho Court had power te order payment of a lump sum, by way of alimony to a wife, who had obtained a divorce from her husband; in full settlement of all claims. In the opinion of his Honour the question was one upon which the opinion of the Full Court ought to be secured. Mr.'. Myers, who mentioned the case, said he appeared at tho request of representatives of Doth parties. The Court set down the case , for hearing' next week. „ • "There is no real shortage of money," said Mr. Byron Brown in his' telection address last night at Manakau, "the gold reservo of New Zealand has increased by two millions since 1900, and the oxcess of liabilities over assets in the banks has lessened in the same time by four_ millions. . This position shows an increase in the volume of money since 1900 of six millions, and yet we are complaining of scarcity, of currency. The real trouble is tho banking trust; and because the banks _in tho Dominion have : seen fit to close their debit accounts, we aro i to suffer a reaction in tho volume of .our industries and progress. Wo havo readied a • position when tlie excess of exports over im- i ports is half a/ million less than the inter- ( est on our national debt, and the banks can see that, if we cannot pay our interest with , our wool and other products, there is going i to bo a dopletion in our currency tp the i amount of tho shortage, and this is why wo ' aro talking about money being tight." ' A specialty of Hair and Scalp Treatment Is ' made by Mrs. Rollcston. Ladies troubled with j falling hair, dandruff, or any Ecalp complaint should call for advice (gratis) at her rooms, J first floor, 3 Willis Street, over Carroll's, or telephono appointment 1599. Personal attention ' only- Certificated. C 739 It is an indisputable fact that Teas grown on - 1 somo soils possess flavoilr, othors fragrance and others again what is known as body. A good drinking Tea must combine tho characteristics of each kind, and yet not have any ono i quality predominate. 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