LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ The .City; Council has, granted.; the P-ort Nicholson Athletic Club permission .to make a.charge.for'admission to: the Basin.Eeserve at, its. forthcoming meetina. : , .... ' The minimum and maximum age for the admission of women'appointed as matrons, supervisorsl, postmistresses, telegraphists, bookkeepers, ■ assistante, and countor-wonieA is, according to , a (Jazette notice, not less thau 20 -years nor more than .45. -■' ■■ ■;"■..' . v ;' ■■■■'It is : notified'in ihis-week's Gazette thai the minimum amount which may ,ba.deposited at any; one. time for credit of "a'savings-bank, account owii in a' postal district other than' that iii' which such 'deposit, is tendered not be ..less than five pounde/ •■', ■ " The Wellington Battalion Band was'given permission,byttho City Council last'evening toj, hold a; performance at Newtown Park on I Sunday' next, and to .take- up a , collection iu aid of a distressed,family. A similar application by another-band was.refused. ' . : : . . Beautiful oaves,' ; richly /decorated with etalaetites■ ■ and .stalagmites, have been discovered about, .four - miles [■ from Karamea. (Nelson).. A stream of, water, wanders through the caves, which are connected one with another by beautiful c arches. ■■■ When Petone cricket team meets Old Boys iiext Saturday for the second; day's play in the championship match, ; a charge will bo mado for admissibirto the Basin Resorve. Last evening tho City Council gave the necessary! authority'to rtho Wellington Cricket /Association.;-..■','; :.'>':••■■. :. : :, A builder'who appeared at the S.M. Court yesterday on a judgment summons debt incurred . for asphalting in connection with a contract stated that there was no work offering at-present..-' Ho had tried, to raise monoy to meet'his liabilities, but had been unable .to do so. , Counsel for the judgment oredit-or agreed to lan 'adjournment to see if eomothing could bo done. V- '■ / . /: ■ : ' i.;■ There' are more ways tha none of blemliaj tea, but taere's only ono honest, and right \ray, > and that is. to blend for quality. Many teas are blended fpr value—that is, toas of- 1 certain prices are lumped together in order to —.ake certain vf profit. .Crescent Blend Tea ia blended for quality, irrespective of the prices of the teas 'required to' niake the blend. It is a scientiflocoinbination,of the strong'robust teas of Dfttjcollne and the flne dolioata t»A» of C«yl»n; Xvo shillings per lb, iron all 6tores,-Advt. -

Members -of the corporation stafi will have their, annual pionio afc Day's Bay on February 5. .'■"■'.'■ The Street Lighting Committee of the City Council has given instructions for a report to be prepared on thb lighting of the narrow streets in the centre of the city. '■.; . ■■.. •: The executive committee of the Methodist Conforonoo is arranging to hold a religious service at the Basin Reserve on tho afternoon of Sunday, Fobruary 28. , The' Qity" Council have granted the use of the reserve. Tho authorisation of the laying-off of Airlio, Cluny, and Moana Roads, in tho township of Plimmerton Extension No. 3, of a, width of riot less than 66 feet, instead of 99 feet, is .gazetted. . .■ . ~■,; ' : '.' "■ Consent of the .City .Council was, given last night to a subdivision of tho Lyell Bay Isthmus proposed by the Orifepu Land Syndicate, provided that the. requirements of the engineer are carried out. ', : . ■■''■■ ... The Rev. H. O. TownsendHanby (Anglican), and the Revs. A. Macdonald Aspland and W. A. Keay (Congregational Independents) are gazetted officiating .ministers under the Marriage Act. "To discuss action regarding municipal elections and general" is the business for a meeting of the Labour. Representation >.Ccmniitteetb be held in the Trades, Hall on Fobruary 3. ■; ■' ' ~ ; , -~' '..-. The Mayor informed Councillor Murdoch last night that the question of laying the tramway in Charlotte Street was :in abeyance, ponding the decision of the mont -as to work,in the vicinity. .The GoV ■ernmenfc had been communicated with. , ■Yesterday Wm. Cecil "Murray, basketmaker; of Wellington, was,, on his own petition, declared bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors in. the ; estate will be held at'the office- of the Official Assignee, on February 4 ab'.lla.m. '- ••. ' ■ -.■.-■; v'. ■••■.-.''■. ;.'. ■'. .-V At the 'suggestion' of Councillor Luke, the Mayor promised: last evening ;that., the City Council's.officers would be instructed. , to;h> I form managers of Sunday concerts that the display of boards intimating that .the charge was Is. downstairs, and 6a. 'upstairs could not be allowed.- v ... ■■■ ■ ,-.'.■>■ : One, of , the'recommendations of the'-City Reserves Committee submitted '.''to the'.- City Council last night,was that some seats should bo placed iniKelburne Park. The improvement' will be carried out forthwith, , and will doubtless bo greatly appreciated .by many who': delight- in-viewing the 1 city frem. the ( jThe.Hospital Trustees met at-the:hospital yesterday to consider tho matter of the/site , for the , new fever hospital; They wfere aided, in their deliberations by Drs. Ewart,' Hard-, and Frengley, ■ Mr: Crich'-I ton (architect). After a discussion;' it.was', decided' that a further c6nfereiioe;should. bo held on-Tuesday.next. ... :■,;■;■' ■ ■■■■■.: ";' ;"; V ■' ', ; -The Mayor stated at iaef night's 1 meeting of the' City Council that'objections had been raised; by: the Rhodes''' Trustee's to certain ■ proposals connected with -the vWadestown tramway scheme, as affecting; proposed roads on the estate. ■ The, council- went-.into ,'cdmmittee,; Messrs. 1 : Moprhouse and.. Hadfield being' in. attendance, 'but no decision , ..was reached: .': ; ■::■;:.'..;-■'■■. !o•••-.. : ..-v•;!.■.-■.■,•.•■ ■■'.' Half-a-dozen - tenders have been received for tho ■'crematorium to be' erected in-'the KarorrCemetery,.' At the City Council meetJag' last night : the -Mayor ;s'ajd:, that: this; work would call for the expenditure of ..about £570, ..which was, not more' .than thoy had originally, arranged,' to pay.-., The buildingy .which was. to bo put up, would be,of -brick.-' The l council, agreed to? acoopt' the. lowest tender. .;;'.' .■■■:?;..• ■; ■.- .■[ '-<'•]'■-:'r\ : :''' : '-' : ;"':i, : - .'■''• ■ of : candidates, for, licenses: to:survey will bo held,in:the-Museum, Wellington, .on.Mondav, March, 8., Candidates, for .certificates as. dredgemastors will- I be examined, at Greymouth" and/Clyd6 : on March 30,- and, an' examination of. candidates, for ,certificates as mine, managers, and battery 'superintendents.. will be. conducted .-:■ at;.- the; Thamesyl Waihi,; R«eftbn,: aid. March' 23 and-, following days.', ":..,' .-'. ':■'■'•. ■ , -.' Apparently there: will soon ihe another va<>ant' chair- at the deliberations, of the Trades. and.Labqur. Council,;for:at last night's.meet-: ingof: the. council notice ..was, received from •the, General Labourers' Union that a: motion 1 was before that body.to the , effeot.that'.they. withdraw from the council'. ."When tho correspondence was ; considered-.by 'the council'it'' was resolved that' the matter bb held ; over, until the'motion had been considered by :-the •'union. I ,'-.■ '.-.■,'■.■■ „• ':. . : i. ; ,■.-.,''.'■:. ■;'.;.;. V %\-Iy{ ■, Tho, following are the successful' tenderers, for works'under .contract, to. the; Wellington' Education Board:—-Hastwell: (residence), -J.'. J, Mead j.Muhunoa:(near Ohau), W. Prjnglej Tpkomaru. ■ (residence), A. H.' Guy; 'F.erniridge '■ (iniprpvements), R., Rigg; .Levin (fencing), W.'Prmgle; Otaki (repairs),''F; T.' iHarding; ; ' lease of school reserve, Manga- 1 rriairo, ' j. Goggari. Tenders fpr.. works..at/Waikanae and Reikorangi were considered too high j; fresh, applications' will be/called.;'- : o." .There is, an awkward gully in tho'-grounds. of the Rußßpll Terrace' School, Newtown, and residents have suggested that should,be given to deposit olean spoil'in.it. . The School Committee has, 1 however,.decided to .oonyert it, into a riflo rango. for the boys' attending tho school, and, therefore does: not wish.it-to bo ; filled .lip. . This -decision been communicated to Mr. Wright, M.P.y who -had. written'.to: the ;oemmittee on the. matter as a result .of a question asked at' one : of his-election meetiriga. ,„, . , : '■-.'■.'■ •.■-',; . At a ' special ". meeting of the Wellington Education Board, held' before the ordinary meeting yesterday;. Messrs; Wra. Allan! J. G. ■W.:.Aitken, and W. H. Fiold, M.P., were elected to represent tho boardon;the Wellington Technical School 'Board'; the chairnian :(Mr. ; R.. Leo), and Captain Ty.W. M'Donald. were appointed the'board's .representatives on the Petone Teohiiical. School Board the appointment of, representatives to act on the : Board of Managers of the Pahiatua Techi liical School.ivas held.over. 1 . ■■,::' :-,•',,■■ At. the weekly meeting of the Trades arid: Labour Council .there were about thirty/delegates present. ,;M_r..G.,H. Lightfoot, president of the council, was. in the l chair. ■'- -Mr. A. Bloch 1 reported-on .the Saturday .'half-; lioliday, petition that he. had about .1200 ,signatures, arid when', the in ho thought there would be.about 2000. Cpncernjng , a statement, with which., he,. was credited, that',many.of the' shop,'assistants■ refused -to the. petition; he. wished, to state : that. this was incorrect;' all the :• shop' assistants who had -been asked,: saye.-orie'or two, ; had signed., ' '.'■' '-, •'... ,'V> ■''■ ',:." v \ What appears to be an anomaly has been pointed , out-in connection with return fares charged from Lyjttclton to intermediate : station's on the Christchurch-Lyttel-ton. line. • Ayhilst a passenger travels'"firstclass return from ; Lytteltott to Linwood (six miles) for Is. 1d., , , it costs .hini Is.'6d.'-to 1 travel from Lytteltoii to Opawa (five miles) first-class return; :: He:' is-, charged Is. '2d. first-,;return' from Lyttelton' to.: Woolston (four milcs)j"fl,;lesser distance .than to Lih-iv'oodj-'-.tp which,last-mentioned station.he is carried and taken back to Lytteltpn for one penny less than from 1 .Lyttelton: to'.Woolston arid tack... The: second-class fares are similarly: anomalous, '''. From Lyttelton. to Woolston and back costs 10d., to Opawa and back Is., and to Linwood, and bacl; 9d.: On -the .local .railway, authorities being seen regarding the matter, it was ascertained that tho reason for the peculiarities above-mentioned is that suburban rates .do not .apply-to , inter-' mediate' stations; .for the purposes '■'of. the Christchurch-Lytteiton'. line, ,Linwood has boon apparently considered as part' of Christclnirch.' When it was stated hy the reporter that, some'traveller j were purchasing tickets, for stations beyond their destination.in order iq reap the benefit of tho lesser, fare, it was pbiiitea out that this is a breach, of the regulations, and that persons found doing so are liable to havo. their tickets forfeited.and' to be" called upon to pay the proper' faro froni the station at which they boarded the train to tho station at .which they alighted.. The. peculiarities miliregard to the fares to -inter--mediato stations' on the Lytteltoii lino do not' apply only to that line, but to all suburban seotions.' For instance, a person can fravcl. second-class, return from llangiora to Clirist: , church,,, at suburban' rate's, for' 25., but it costs ,him. : 2s.-lOil. for a second-class return froin.Rangiora to- Papanui. • Tho 1 explanation is that, the' , suburban ,, 'rates, only , operate'between, the termini-of tho. suburban sections; and: ordinary rates,operate between a suburban; terminus arid (in intermediate '.station; bu tho section.— Chrietchuroh "Trutt" 1 7

Residents of Berhampofe, who petitioned the, City Council for a lamp in Milton Street, are to bo informed that their application will be reconsidered at the beginning of the nest financial year.- / .: . . / .'■ The . Government has authorised the following grants for teachers' residences in the Wellington Education District:—Tokomaru, £420; Waikanaa. £400; HastwelV, £410;Muhunoa, £410; Reikorahgi, £410. The City Engineer was instructed,; by resolution of the council last.night,-,t» prepare plans .for th'o Maraiiui water:, reticulation, which is estimated to cost £1000.; The amount, is to:be .included in nost years estimates. :• i.- ■-,-•- : - '-":/'. According.to a resolution of the City Council, the Society for the promotion of Health qf Women and Children will be granted the free uso of, a room in the Town Hall for meetings, and the Plunket nurse will have a free tramway pass..',. , . .-' : -\ . '■-.. Messrs. R. 0. Kirk, TV.. H. Morrah, ¥: Coheu, M.-Murdoch; and D. M'Laren.M.P., were jaresent- at a meeting of the Wellington and Wairarapa CharitabTo Aid Board held yesterday..; The' accounts showed a credit balance of £3315.' Accounts totalling £1498. were passed for payment. / ■■".-• ;/. .-.; The-railway by-law, which: provides .that the maximum weight of any wheat, barley, or oats to be carried ■ by the railways shall be 2001b5., will comeinto operation on Monday, February 1. After/that dato any sackm ejecess' of 2001b. will-/be charged.four times the ordinary freight. : ,: ! / The close, season for tho;species.of.Mugil known as mullet or,kanae in the Nprth Island of New Zealand,.which wae prescribed gulations:made;by Ordwrin-Cpuhcil in; July, •1907, has been varied,: in-that'it shall not operate:or have effect in tM'waterßof the. Dominion oh the eastern:portion of -the cast coast of the North , Island ; between Cape'. Karaka, Rangaunu Bay,, and the south head' of Whangaruru Harbour. •....',: ' //.:, "'.•■.:;■'-.>' .A proposal has been set on foot to. form an amateur athletic .club-in Ghristchurch fer youtha : /]eayingrschppl as .'well as, old«\ athletes; the subscription being madie ; small for the - benefit of:the -'younger members./ It? is thought that-a.club, on. the lines suggested would do much good to athletics by. encouraging /the( many :boys 'who -show promise at BcEool- to persevere instead of dropping /the sport as a , great proportion of them now. dp. . 'The 'present, is a 'very 'favourable-time, says' Mr., A./V..Hudson,', for'.observing the spot zones on;the'sun.. Yesterday tho'southerh zone was well-.'marked-by. .a-row-of four fairly, large-spots,- three bn.the. eastern side of the sun abdone close to the. western limb,' about ,to disappear. /The northern zone was marked hv two spots on ;tho eastern side. All I these could be easilyseen with 'small tele-: scope.'-The sun's -equator l is'.situated ~ber ■tween'each.row of spots,-and passes hear the middle of, .the, yisible disc; ■'. During periods of ■maximum solar disturbance -spots.-. are often morenumerdus than at present," and this, was notably- the,case in November, 1905. /It'is a rather strilring:fact;*that on our .railway/trains thero. is never 'more than one" first-class . smoking • carriage^; There is. frequently . necessity f or.. an additional - car,; but ; it. is; ; always .fouud lacking.'; .'Quite ■for instance, a;ipassenger on ;boarding/an express,: train Zsotitbi of. Dunedin found,: to ■his.-surprise and , inconvenience,'that notwithstanding the fact that the :train wes dpuble the usual length/ there, ;was only -one .firstclass.smoking carriage,- which: was far from, being cquaV to what was required; and the ■position ■■ was/ rendered : the' .more, annoying from. the.'fact'that four;.ori five, of the seats were' occupied; bv ladiesT . The absence' of ,; a isecond-c'a'r ;6f : tub'description'/noted' is 'the subject of frequent: comment.—,"Otago.:.Daily: : Tunes.'f./v ; : : ; ;/■•:-:.'v/-* : : 'v, :^'/- : :^/(/ ; -\' : /-/-' / The'.annual picnic ■ of the" officers; bf' the De-; fenee.Department was'held:;at Hutt, -yesterday afternoon,: about 150 personsrbe- 1 lngp'rcsentK. 'A ; telegram* was \read from ; the :Prime.Miriister (Sir J. GvWard), apologising for-i.his,, jinavoidabk absence, ,; and.:notifying the^.secretnry-r-fehat'the.rHon. ; TD.;,B.udda would be , presenii. The" Mayor of .'Lower,-Hutt:.'(Mr.: ■T. iA/'P,et»rkin)',-,;alsq;.appilogißed n .|oj: t ,-liis absence. 'Among.the' Honi D, ■Buddoi':Colonel:R. yJJ.; W,-' Robin,/G.8.,- Chief i'of' , / Staff,:. Tuson- (Adjutant-General),: Colonel Ba'uchop, Mr. vW.'a.^Rusßell,,'(Depuxy;Mayor)V"aud Mr.i.P, R.. Purser.;(Town,Clerk)./"'.Officers, .were, /present-, representing : the':;;Finance Branch,: Inspector-General' b, Office, Stores,. AdjutantrGeneralls. -Chief of y StaiF'.s,,/ and' O;p. 'District's, Offices. ,; The/day .was':spe'nt pleasantly, in 'athletic', contests, thepi'incipal : cricket,' bowlingi and , :tennis; ;:.:■>: , ,;A prpteet .was made by/Mr. W./Wiggins,at the meeting.bf 'the'City...Council.'last evening, against" the .proposal -to, place a' public : ■sew&r through- his property at:the corner of. Wellington' and; Aurora 'Terraces'/- , ■; : Mr. -W.; Crichtbn made representations; on .behalf : of Mry. Wiggins,/that -Hie drain, if vput :. iii where-:tho engineer, recommended,'would lie: underVa. building which.at -was,' proposed ,to', erect" shortly; , : and .that, no .change of level .occur if: the, pipe- were, takcin, down "an 'adjoining, passageway, alpngside/a permanent ;building.: ,-It i. was. mentioned ■ that a. number of; other, objections. to; ,the;. location, of/'the .sower had- .been received, but the /objectorsdid not appear, and the; Mayor explainedthat their: claim,: therefore, could not., be/con'-; >idered;:The-;council resolved,"on the motion of"j-.the"Mayor:'. ".That , the, objections, made not: having been sustained,- ;the work be ;pro:ceeded:with." /./■:.-:'/ :: : .'■•. , ■'/■■/:■■--//•.■./■■: ; The cycle road race from Levin to Otaki and.back to the former'place 'occasioned'con.'siderable interest in those latitudes on Wednesday, despite .the , .fact, that the promoters unwisely failed to give the event:proper, publicity;: Our ■ Otaki:, correspondent •■■ states'', th'at a. crowd.of Maonsj -who were attending a tangi, , : lined;the road and- shot:a/cheering ', word or two : at. each -.'competitor, tho - staple remark-being, "By; goreej' I; tinkr.he win." Seeing.one.ot their own colour .in the race, a cheer arose; and' he was being spurred on. by ; encouraging remarks; : when—crash;, he/had : ■struck his; pace-maker's back'wheel. ■:The :-dusky.-' rider arose, continued, on for a hundred yards'or;.so, and then" cried, enough.. An-. ..otlier- machirie had an .untimely ;: disagreement.'with a "dog, but got clear, after skirting the .edge of disaster; for. a minute' or two.''A .third rider (and the-first .to pass (through- the township) .was'unfortunateenough to'strike , a verandali post and snap the forks of his machine,, rendering him:hors de combat for the ■run'home,-: ■:. /;■: ■'. "/.'; ";.' : .' ■ ;■.:.. "• : •'■ i :. - ; The -monthly: meeting of/'the. .Wellington Harbour: Board yesterday afternoon was at-: tended by the ohairman:(Mr. T. M; Wilford, MX.)', the Hon; 'T. : .Kennedy/ Macdonald, MiL.C, Messrs. F. H. Fiaser, C.'W , . Jones, ■R.VFletcher, J. . G. Harkness, C.vE. -Daniell; M. Cohen, F. G. Bolton, J. W. M'Bwan.and tho Hon.-T..W. Hislop./ ; Tho following bank; credit balances were;reported:--Current:'ac-count, £19,061 45.. 3d:; imprest account, £967. 10s. 5d.; on' fixed, deposit, £70,000 ; ./The following payments were approved:—interest,, ■'accounts," and; wages, £23,158 3s. "6d.; pro-, ■gress payments, on contracts, £4127-ss. 3d.; ' salaries for January, £695 145,.: 1d.;... total, £27,981.25. 10d./,The board in committee approved of the appointment of, a caretaker for tho boat. harbour, as, recommended by the Harbourmaster. : The..board in; committee: .also recommended that the agreoments, regarding the appointment of officers be ~ose-: cuted and'tho seal affixed thereto;,and.that, the iseal bo affixed to; the formal notice/of, non-admission of the, compensation, olaims. of; Messrs. M'Eldownoy and Langdoh, in respect of land proposed to be taken at Miramar. • ■-.., Mr. J. P. Luke; M.P., has received the following lotte from: the Minister of Railways, (Hon\, J. ■•A. Millar) '-—f. 'With-.reference to your representations urging. that 1 for the purpose of computing faros and season-ticket rates, .the distance between .Wellington (Thorhdon) and Jphnsonville should be jcomputed as six miles, I have the honour to inform you , that■'•'. tho . general practice throughout the Dominion is not to count odd distances by four , chains and under,:but to count odd distances of five chains arid over as an ■ additional mile, and' as' the WeilhiKton ticket office' ie ,6 miles 5, chains 89 links ■from .the ■ Johnsonvillo/ station building, the company was merely'carrying out the 'general Tule.when it decided to baso the charges on a distance'of seven miles. -After giving ;the matter every consideration, 1 regret that I cannot see my way to make.any exception in favour/of ,'the ; JohnsonvJUo .residents," but Ii might further point out. that when the line' is brought.into the Lambtori station the.distanco from JolmsonviUewill be practically 6J miles,; for which -the passengers will be. obarged exactly the same fares; as at-pre-■eony,', ■■■ I-. - .'■--■■ ■:-.."...-. r ~'

The new .school at-llaramiihas now been. : completed, and handed over to the Education'' Board.. '.- .-. ..-././ ''■'. : ;....';-,- ■/. '-.-.■: ■■ ,-A..sinall grazing run of 357 acres '"-in , the , - :; Aaitieke Township Reserve,about ninemiles" rrom_:Haurimu; la being offered for lease. • Applications close on .March 24 next.- •..■;■: '/" / ;-A woman who recently, victimised several- v people ■■jn tins city is' believed ; by- .the police to :: be-identical, tiith .-a' woman who" wae impris- / oned'for. a short period for false pretences- 1 in the rorth last. jear..-•; ■;.. --%.; ; :.: ; . A young man -named' William: John 'Wood!/-.■•/ was arrested in Wellington yesterday by De- / tective Williams'on.'a : . charge of'having a ring valued, af £2'105., ;tho; property/'of-: John B; Brpivn, on- the2oth instant.;-'/ ■"■"".' : ;.:: , : Nothing.is -known- by --ther-police.-of; the ', ■ whereabouts of. Archibald M'Neil,,the.'habife.'- -• fcal criminal, , who escaped from the. .Terrace ■!: : , Gaol ..last Saturday.,/ It is generally . that M'Neil iwHl-on :no account '■■ surrender / '■•" himself/to the. authorities. /.-.\ x :■■;.; > '■ -.-.-■-..■/■:■'/. Petone School -some'time ago stood in need of;a.;;new- bell. '.-.The Education -;Board, ; . with: : 'V an'eye. to economy; supplied a" second-hand/' / instrument, wjthYwhich the School' Commit-' tee. was not- satisfied... : They,.protested,' arid - '.-'-. they are now,, to have an entirely:- riew.,one. -■ A clear section of: reclaimed land .next: th'e .: ' new Occidental Hotel.on:Lambton Quay has' : .'-.-. beort..purchased 'by'iMessrs.' Brandon, Hislop, • - and .Johnston.'from Mr. 'Richard Keene./.The ; ' price.works out at about £150:per/fobV liT is understood .that the purchasers- wDI build ■" m.the- hear,'future.' -'' L /'-■■• - , r ' ,; . v : .:An-impudent, theft /is 'reported' to have > ; -V taken ; place at Brooklyn on Wednesday af- ' ternoom; Ayhilst.Mr.-Cheeseman and;family, : ' J . who reside in Lodmari Street, ,were' in ■ tfie ■ .'■■: "garden,, somebody, enteredi the: house;.and •.-'■ stole. £5 10s. from a pocket in-.a .pair of , -. ■'• trousers.; ')':''■'-'■■ -"-/ ; " v/ / :. /' ■:-, .:,-. /// ; v> . Fourteen sections in ' Raetibi, averaging in :area a quarter of an acre, will .be auctioned for/cash at the Town Half,.Raetibi; on Feb- - ; ,; : ruary 26; .and WsectionsJin the same' town- .-'-'■'.■ ship will: be-thrown open ; for/selection?.-on; A , -:' renewable lease on : the ~ same date.;.-; Forty- -;' ■■ two: sections, in Ohakune, opposite'the'-rail- ;'.:■ way station,: will, also be.auctioned .for 'cashi' at-the'same; time." They are <aU: under-the'-' acre." jr::/"-- ■■■v.--.- '■' ••■■('//:/:';/:'/:■-// -;'■/■:. ■'■>&;.. ■■' -Th'o Wednesday squad of the Petone'Rifle'"; : Club continued its competitions-at the Wai-'" : :/' welu Range, yesterday, -.the conditions; being l ..-:.-.-. ■ 10; shots\at .500 and 600 yards.j'.-Th'e' - scores ' were:—G. S.i.Pringle'•(4l—3s—9). ■ 85: G. J.' : v V Holland (45-39-ecr.) ); B4: J. L. Turner (45,: , —38-Bcr.), 83;: A;::Btftler'.(44— Y 80; W. P. Pringle. (43— 78;,R.' Fog- ■ . den,(36—24—lß),.7B..'Rifleman:Pringle"se^-'" : cured a ; leg-in'.; /For/next /Wednesday," .the','. '-■ ' ranges'are 600 and B(W.yards,lO'shots.. :;.:.•:.■;';.':: -..= ' ; A; deputation : representative of the. ■ Wel-M .-"- lingfcon-Education Board and those interested' - in.the Eastern'Hutt School controversy; co'ik; ■ cerning which.- something in the nature of a';" i deadlock has arisen,-/ will 'wait tipon' .'the ■/. Minister for. Education (Hon.;G/ Fowlds). ai' anAearly /date.:/ The position/ at/present '■■ it' v that the/board' -has decided "to erect": /the;!/ ' "echopl.-but the.Goyernmentj.arguing.that the , ' Main Hutt School';should first be carried .up ; .'to its establishment'-, before another '/ •school-is. erected,.^^ :; in :thej district,', refuses: ; to '-,■;,. findthe money. ..Certain, other matters; will" : also' be brought under the attention of. ''.'•'• Minister;at the : same- time.;/.v ;^, .; ///\'v//;-.'«-'■ Before .the .Trades wand iabour Council■ >. last: eyeningj the Hon. John Rigg, II.LiC., ■ • . deuVefed':, a .Vleetnre. on --"- the: the - :.- : •main points of-which were that there was a :, depression ,in ! Wellington: which was/purely.: / / financial, / caiised'.: by,-, the ■* banks..'calling.'in overdrafts;; ;that the , remedy'lies.in; acui-i' :' i. fehcy -.that would esijarid with the . ~ of .the country'and might bo contracted under 1 / -, /certain conditions,", thus • obviating/the: crisis: '-'■ .. pwhich now arose, periodically ihrpugh there,:: •b^ing-,insufficient gold :td'meet the'; demands' ■: of credit; that the;, only medium /'of : . 'es-' -change;thatcould: : pr6vide such/a; sufficienf .' currency, is" papery that; it: miist■be.' incon-. •'■, ■vertible vand'W)© j.the . v only : note.', issue ' of •.'.the: : ..Bdmimon.';' Mr. -Rigg added/that in.' con-' , ' : - junction with' the '.note 'currency they could-/: ;have:a j State_ bank:-.'A;number of 'questions^'"'; :were: answered/ arid. a ; v6teV of; ; .thanks i. iwas/ :aceordod.'.;/ "::';'. ; /iv' i-'.W'//-;>-/:' ~; ; r '■: -•• ■payers';Association,ivaited on the; City Cpuri-:;' .'•■ cil 'last '•' oyening .to. urge that a' iecreatioa- ; :ground be"pr'dvidedin v their/district. Mr.v C. 1 Bary, -headmaster•:.of ; -the ; --Rbseneath': ■/, School, ; pointed out. that'--153 residents had-.:. ;signed.the.petition:in.'.regard toHhis matter, 'which he submitted to the. coiincil.' : .The.'de-/ putation. suggested ; : that-, a, piece: of ground —about'three acres—between Grass", Stree- ,' and the Quarry be obtained/ for this 'pur-:, pose;, Mr. Bai-y said- that there: were 300 or , 400 children in.the district, and'.they hadno, -, playground at all.:; Mr;. W. Bird put forward/ the contention "of anpther. section of the..'resi-: ; 'dents.: He: said:that'if the proposed'groundiv.' were taken,: excavation 1 .would' be'■made only; .; 10ft:: : in i front r of some ..of, .the 'houses/Valid:: ;■"■■ the cutting" would' be ■ 30ft, - deep'. :i Residents;. ■ -, wore'naturally concerned as to.the pfobable':'.. danger" to-.their property.-that would 'be;-'.: : caused by having such a'bank alongside their,,.'■'. '•;' 'sections. The v Mayor; ,'jn reply, to the 'de-.'> / mutation;.said:■>.-'Our.funds.are. a :bit_ short:- ".: at 'present,; but-we: .that.the citizens.'.- ;, in funds'again,/and I-;have : noV'-/ v douut that the council: will give: consideration: '. to the ■representations made. , ':,. ■■:■:/:■:/ /