LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 512, 20 May 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Constable Larkin. arrested two men yesterday on a charge of Stealing the sum of 80s. from tlio till of Mr. Horwood's fruit shop at Kilbirnie. Detectives Aiidrowfc and Lewis arrested a man yesterday on a cliarge of stealltlg three head Of cattle, tlld property of Richata Hall, farther, df Ngahaurallgd. ■ . Negotiations between the City Council and the Wellington Gas. Company have been proceeding for many months. \Vo ate informed on tho best of authority that the council has evefy intontioh of. nrHving at some definite conclusion ht an early date. . The tender of Mr: G. M: Fraser, of Hamilton, lias been accepted for the construction of the Waiiiu Bridge, between Cheviot and Kaikoiira,. The aihount of the tender is over £20,000. Mr. 'Ffase'r. is ebiitractor fbr tht> Slovcrts Creek Bridge, oil. the Midland railway. • i Tiie Department of Tourist and Health Resorts has received Word ftoill tho manager of. the Hermitage) Mouiit Cobk, that seveh Siberian tliar have recently beeh seen oh tiie lower slopes of tiie Sealy Range, iiear thb Hermitage. Six of these animals wore.libcrated ill 19041 and dltb of tlifein was afterWards fbUhd dead. The fftct 'tlidt seven liavb nbw been seen in brie lot indicates that they have been successfully. Established. Mrs. j. jM, Williams writes from Haweri to state that for years past the'Natioilal Council _of Women has urged that women should sit as jurors in cases where women are being triedj and in cases .of offences .against ■lydnieli. of girls. Tiie letter is prompted by biit reference iii cbriiirioritirig ori tiie cose of May Hallett/ that it.was surprising tliat.'tlio had not beeii mado that women Should iiet oil 'juries. Mrs.' Williams Oxpresscs tiie dpiiiioii that a few object lessoiife Such as wd can easily recall 1 ' will no doubt help tho movement. .. ' . .-

— Tilts grinding pi'dcesfc liiUtibiited by - Wife' ■trauiway nllthoritits' fox' the piirposo of reducing the noise itiade b.v the. tats has not Keen witholit its fcifejet: This. "rilltllii|>lit'special," ttith the (iSfboflliultiiii blocks flt'prbssihji the rail corrugation* has boon engaged ■with tile result that, tOio; greater part of Lambton Quay, riijd "Willis Streot lias been attended to. The running of the cars showfc a decided' improvement, and the noise liaS been considerably.'-decreased.' The export ment is being steadily proceeded with, and sobh all tho. lines ,\V(11 refccivd .ttttthtioil.

. The adjourned hieetliig of crcditbl-s in tlw bankrupt estate of 'AV. 13. Gicsen, a Settler: of Feildilig, ivtis held ytisterdily, before th« Omeiiil Asslgheti (Air;.'A. Simpson), wlien thd following iilotk li was cdrridd uhailimbusly i—.. That the Olfii.ilil Assignee lissigli the biiiik-' t.upt estate, ttl. Mr. Geoi'gfe Laliibert) of. Weiluigtoii, and Mr. Oliver. Edward Austinj' of rbxtbn, as. triistees for the. benefit of ,thd creditors; and that the trustees hand back to thfe bankrupt tho interest iii the Aoritngi property) kilowh as the hblrtestead jlropertvi at • Feilding, arid that irilhiediate : stejri Ihd taken to obtain an order annulling thd bailkl'Uptcy: Tii6 assets frolh the Official Assigned to he takeii in full settlement of all Creditors' claims itgaiilst AV. B: GicScli." ■

Soriio months ugo, .tlib By-Law's Committ-co of tlio Gity Gbkntll lli'dUJilit' dow'n a rcicbm-; itieiidatioii favfluf-iiig alterations ill tjio iianiea of certain streets. : Tlio. retiSori. .hoiking further lißs obeli heard of. lliii matter is that tlift ctiiilhlittco iird:waiting to .hear froiri. Mn \V. It. Jduulain, who very .kindly submitted somo very appropriate, Maori names fbr s&ntd Kilbirnie Streets; The committee asked hint if- ho 'Could sdgljbst sliitibltt lihiiies for other stfebts, but, owing to his duties oh tko Tiinber Coniitiissidti, hb yet/been tih--able .to report. The ;sub-committdb conS/sts' jjf Coiliicijfpfs Dalliitgcr, Luke,. iihd BeVliie. Tkd'.liisWiiiihed wds ( appbiiitcd to siicceod Councillor.Godbor,. who*did not seek ro-olec-tidn tii the council for this term.

_ Ah uiiexpectcd inMdeht baS to bo recorded in connection With the, City douhcil's street vndening operations; In furtherance'of its decision, ttl improve: a certain thoroughfare, the council bought ten feet of frontage from property owners who ihteiiil rebuilding. A start haS been ihade' in the : building operations;,and, for , purptistis of Vtkihvcmfcnoe, a hoarding has been erected arollild tile bitfe. So. far, so good; Advertisements have been painted in bright colours on the hoarding covferlflg" bbth private and corporation property. This fact was observed by the City Fathers, and it was discovered that they hod given no authority for this proceeding. The question as to whaV action will be taken will bo decided, by th& douhcil to-night. -

The fate Of tlio Lotf land - &bttish Sdciety was hangliig ih- the balancb last iliglit, when 14 ladies and gentlemen met in Ilichaids's Hall, Cuba Street, under, the.chairmanship of Mr. It. D. Johnstone. Regret waS ex" pressed by several speakers that there was a harked lslcl: of enthusirsni among those whb should be Supporting the society.; Mrs. Mulcahoy moved: —"Tliat this society be car-i ried oil, and tliat those present form them-, selves -into a committee for the., ensuing year's business;" An amendment ih fdvoui 1 of Mowing the society to lie dormant was dw feated by,: 7 votes to 2, and the motion carl'ied. The following -ofiicers were elcoted; —President, Mr. R. D. JdhriStone; vice-pr<y sidfent, Mr. , Joliti ■ Pliilpott; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Janifis Thomson; auditor, Mr; J. .Smart; it was resolved that the funds .of the society be banked in the Post Offico - Savings Bank'by the president and vice-president.. The society starts the season with £11 in hand. ; Thonfcw 750 kilowatt..set for thd-tramway power-station has arrived at Weliihgton. The foundations are already complete, and its erection will, be proceeded with immediately, The sot comprises a high-speed Bollis and Morcom engmo and generator, supplied by the Electric Construction Company. Thfc following paragraph, in last year's anntial report of the department, .explains tile reason of its, purchase-"Tho steam and generating plant installed in the statioii at March- 31, 1903,consisted of edvGii Lancashire bftilers, with a total capacity of. 3500 h.p., and six generat-' iiig sets; capablo of a maxiimim butput of 2250 k.w. The station load. (it present for tramways power and lighting frequently readies 200(1 k.w;, leaving prafctMlly no margin of power in thfe event 6f a breakdown of a generating set. To ensure a safe margin of power, arid allowing for increases in tho power supply business, it will be necessary to instal during the.current year a! 750 k.w. generating set, tlie largest size for which space is available." The cost of this set was £10,233. Another engine/of 1500 k.w., for the lighting, station, has been ordered, and should arrive in a Couple of mohtlis. The cost of the latter engine is ■about £13,000._ It should hd mentioned that these engines wore ordered before tho poll on t-llfi lbati. proposals (ih which they were included) Was held. Tlio City Council had therefore to consider some method of meet; ing thb financial positioii. There are two fcleiiients in tea—thcino and tannin; tlleine has the fltimillatiiit; effects for which wo alorio drink ten. Tannin produced (lyslubpaia, ami is; tlidi'eforfe, ilijurioiiit to thd system. , The percontajje of theine in teas varies, and the variation is according to thd quality. Thelllii is tho attrrtct frtim lli6 leaf; and purd tea riiiist Consist 'tthollt of lehf and little; or nothing,'uf fibre ami (fust. Crescent Blend Tea is all leaf; it is exquisite ih flavour! rich; and of full strength; ■ tJI-eSbefil Tea CapUVufid tlio palate. All grooara. at 2s. per lb, *

To-night's meeting df the City Council is likely to bo a long -dil&j Not only liaVo important matters to bo ddiift With, hut, owing to the elections,, there has been no meeting since April 22, and consequently an accumulation of work tfill have tti bo ilispbSCd bf. Says our Palmorston correspondent:—Ail effort is being made to form a shipping company iii Palinurstoli Nol'th. Tllb ouiect is to secure a steamer built on similar lines to the a.s. Hirtiatntigij and tb tun between tile West Coast, and Fox toil. Owing to the lhcli of a ouorum tho fcpecinl meeting-bf the Trades Und Labour• Council, Whleh Was to hiivo been held last iliglit, did ilbt taltb pkfce. Thb business, Viz., ijutstion of remits for tho annildl dbhforoH'co, Will probably be. discussed at to-night's meeting. During the evening a deputation of thoso against, compulsory military service will bo feceived. No sitting of tho Court of Arbitration will bo held to-morrow as had been intended. Tills is duo to thb fact thlit the compensation base which was tho most important niattor for consideration; has befeii amicably "settled. On Tuesday next the Cdurt Will sit: to deal with tho bootmakers' dispute. Witnesses will lib presblit from various partß bf tlio Dominioli. It is expebted thtit the hearing Will last tffb days. Tile jntor-Univcrsity College rifle match for tlio "Haslam" Cup will bo iired on Monday noxtj tho competing teams each firing ill their districts. The conditions aro that each team shall consist of eight men, the ranges being 200, 300, and COO yards. ''file Victoria College representatives will shoot off at Polhill Gully, and they aro at present engaged in aotivo . practice eVfery morning at thb range under the siipervisibli of CaptSih Matlieson, of Wellington College Cadets; and Lieutenant lUiache, of.tho Guards. Tho first j issuo of a liew daily .paper, the "Levin Daily Timos," is to hand. Our.latest which is published; at Levin, makes a somewhat ambitious begiilning, consisting as its, does of eight pages of seven columns each!. The copy bofore ua is ft very. creditable production) and its policy of independence, if adhered to,' should'-'Bervo it well in theso tilnes when o'utspoltbnncss. is. onb bf tlie gi'eatest liceds in our public lifd. Wo.congratulate the "Daily Times" bn its initial olfort. ... lii tlio opihibii of Mr. C; J. Crawford, exptessed at the meeting of the Disttict Hospital Board yestordayS patiehts at thb Otaki Sanatorium who aro in, a fair way towards recovery should ho expected to engago..in some.light omploynierit, as a preparation for. their laboiirs when discharged, as, cured, •to the workaday world without. lii maiiy cases, ho saidj such patielits, oii resuming work : iifter,their discharge, were iiniiblo to stand the first; stress of active. Wdrk, ahd retiiriied to thb irietittltibn in a. wbrsb state than , bofofe: . Ho .riioved thiit a com*mittebj consisting of tho chairman (Mf. J. P. Liike, M,P>), and Messrs. J. SinitJl, Ri Ci Kirlr, and .tho moverj bo anpointea to con' suit, with Dr. Valintinb (Inspectbr-Gehbral of Hospitals), on, thb matter. The nibtiori WiiS sbcotidod by Mr, John Smith, and carried unanimously. ■ ,

At fciio'.mbiitiity Mootihg of the Wellington Distinct Hbspital Bofthl yesterday, a BUiteinent Was Sdblnitted slWiiig the jifeselit cbm ditioii of tlio Btoivii-M'William BeqiKst. This bequest was entailed' to the Olaki llospital by the lato Mrs. Brown, qf Auckland, ns d memorial of tho effort's ,of tho latd MrSi M'Willioril on behalf of tho establishment of a hospital at Otalri. . It . provides fbr . tlio ehdoWmbnt of beds at the hospital for indifebnt Natives, also tho provision of. a now &heltef at tjib Otitkl SaHatolluln. These provisions are ihooriwatKl in : what 'it, known as Nb.,l Bequest) tho receipts from which, iioiv.total £2(Joj'to which is added tho Government subv sidy of £100. No; 2 Biqucst is the ciitnik merit of tho residue of Mrd.r Brown's estatoi also' a memorial legacy to tho late Mrst M'William, whoso' name is Cfttipled to that of the testatrix in eaoh bequest. This' tlttldUiiti £1(370, jilua tlio (ioVernhient subs sidy bf £500, a total df £1570. This imnl •is lbrit.out at interest, and.tlid Inbbme, £95! is dpvotod ti> such Spebitil baihforts at tho hospital ai are riot authorised Under tho gbncrtl bxpbudlttiro.. j.' - * • •..

. AVe iiayo . to ' ilciknoiyiedgd'''/ receipt " fronl . Messrs, Whitcomljfi and Torabb of n copy of tlio third edition of n Work entitled , "The Practice, of the' Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of New Zealand." , Tho first oditijil of this useful work, wiilbli iS edited by thd Chief, Justice- (Sir.. Robert Stout) and ■ Mr. Justice Sliii (President of the Court'ol: Ap bitritioii), wiiS, .it \VIII be remembered, pub l ' liehed jh ,1892, iyhilst a second edition. ivad liriiitbd 10 years later. It is statSd iii a pre' fatory.nbte that tlio new edition'hus been rendered necessary by tile rbcent consolidation of the Statutes.arid, alterations to the 1 rules of tlio pfactico l of both Courts. What niakbs tlio latest edition of especial value is the fhef that iii it. all the reported opfecß on points of practice decided in Neiv &Uai)d sitlce 1902 have, Boon rioted, iilso thb moat importdni of thbjEijglish bases on the'.same subjedti. Special reference is mido witli rfegard tb the now i'illes.detllina with.kx,parte tad consent mo' tions, with tho undertaking tls.to to be embodied in certain interlocutory and interim orders, with the slibjedt gfelidhilly of probate and administration, and ' with thd f6rm And all dbedriiorits td be filed in liiiy .Stlpi-Bllie Court office. No prrfctitioiiei l ban.affbrd to ,bo Without siibli a valuable frork. In reference to the complaints made at tlio last meeting of tho Mikara Cbtinty Coiiricil regarding motor-car triiffib, Mr. 0; 11. Bdiiks, Becretaty of the Wellington AUtoriiobllc Uliib, lists forwarded the following letter-to thb coiuloil:—"I havo read with legret of tlio complaints made at your last mooting about rdckless arid inconsiderate motorists, aild I desire, to , inform you that the . WoUiiigtbn Aut-orndbilc Club recently toolf the mattfli', up and issued a dirciilar to all motorists, requesting them to drive in a caroful and corisidorate manner.. It-was also resolved that if tlio appeal had not tho desired effect) tho club would tako further Actionj as it recognises the rights of othei' persons, and is desifous of preventing a fow drivers causing a. feeling of. resentment, against, motorists .geiierallyi '. If your council or. any , person having cause for, complaint'.will report tho circumstanoc-s to my club, and is willing to pivo evidence ,iri Court, my club will lay an information, and cndeaVoul' to-get a coilvictidli jvhctlior tlio offouder be a member of, our club or not. If all persons having a just (jtiev&iioe would takb this coureb, or lay an information direct, my (ilub is of tlio opinion that the existing rbfeiilatibriS (Could be found all that, aro necesßary for the control of motor, traffic." . ' .

It is difflbUlt to Understand exactly (says tile "Australasian") what is Blcant by tlie referqncoij which Sir Joseph Ward is reported to have made to the banks ill tho speech 110 delivered recently; According to the 6iibie message published heft, he expressed tho opinion that the banks trading in Now Zealand were unable to afford sufficient: facilities to the community, owing to the increaso in land'settlement and trade. - Ho. therefore, believed it nefieMafy' elthtr that existing banks should largely increase their available, funds, or that 'heir .-banks should bo ajlowed.to enter into Oonvpatition with them. Apparently Sir Joseph Waid thinks the banks ought to bring money from London to easo the slrmgeiidy of-the New Zealand market, aiid lie seems to be uttering veiled threats against them if tliey do not do st> As a matter of fact, tile bank advances largely exceeded deposits last your, and it is, unreasonable to expect tho financial institutions to employ in -New Zealand money which they can uso to bettor /purpose elsewhere.New Zealand has been living too,fast: arid tliOj banks havo naturally ailoptod a conservative. policy. There is 110 l'fcal- obstacle ill thorn of a nevf bank being oponed in New //calandi ami -one is consequently at a loss ' to know what is tho competition with which Sir Joseph jrard seems to menace the existing institutions. Can it bo that tho New Zealand Prime Minister, is Cohteinplating Some scheino of State lending' or Stato guarijilteo to a landing institution P. It is significant that m ; the samo Speech ho should have foreshadowed ail enlargement of the Advances to Settlors Department. llis idea thfotighoiit tho present crisis has been to relieve tho situation by bringing more iiioiiov into the country. If ho really has some scheme jn view for'this purpose.' it is to bo hoped the Now Zealand Parliament will weigh it moat.carefully. Introducing money through State departments.or. State guarantees is a dangerous expediont.