LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 528, 8 June 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 Detective Cnsselk wrested a c man yesterday on i» charge of wife desertion at Wellington.

'i'iie- postal authorities ndHse ' that ' tlio Mooraki,. which .left Sydney on Saturday for W(?llilig*t6n, has oil board an Australian niail, which is due litre oils Wednesday morning;

The Magistj-ate has granted a rehearing in the case of Tlio Now Zealand Consolidated Dental Company, Limited, v. W. Q. Johnson* of Hatterii, dentist, Upon the grounds that an application to take'evidence had been filed in tho. Magistrate's Court, Hawera, before tlio date of judgment. " The case will :ome on for rehearing on Jmio 24.

Habits in words hang on as tight as any habits, and environment, shapes them all. Fiiie3, as most iioople know, are paid to the clerk of tliti' .Court, but, yesterday, a man fined in a racecourse, case, had it otherwise. "Whcro is tho'clerk of tlio course," he called, as he waiideied round tho Court, "ffhero is the clerk of tlio course?"

A distinct drop is noticeable in tho value of huildings in tho city for wbich permits wore issued by tile City Council during tho last fortnight,.as compared with tho previous period. Tlio latest figures are:--Oity, £13-15.; Molroso, £41(10 ; Onslow, £150; Noiihinnd, •CSO01 total, £0895, The figures for the previous fortnight, were:—Cit.Vi £11,497; Melrose, £2Sofi; Onslow, £51; Northland, £700; total, £14,804. There-.is tbun a drop, of iiparly £SOOO. 'As compared with tho* return for the fortnight ending Miiy 3| a drop -of £10.002 is ehofra.

His Excellency tho Governor has intimated to tho executive of tile Boxing Association that no Vi-11l bo present fit the'second'night's meeting of tho association at the Town Hall, oh Wednesday.

Tho I'rcss Association agent nt Tailiapo telegraphs th.it strong resentment is iclt at Tailiapo nnd Knetihi "at tho libel on the district through the sensational press headings'' regarding tlio case of alleged dire distress mentioned by Mr. Jennings, M.P., during the sittings ill Wellington of the Timber Commission. He alleges that thore in another side to tho question.

At the annual meeting of the Northland Ratepayers' Association (presided over'by Mr. J. Aston) a satisfactory report of the previous year's proceedings Was submitted. Tlin election of Executive Committee resulted as follows:—l'lfiidont, Mr. J. 'Aston; vicepresident, Mr. Stubbs; treasurer. Mr. C. Antloißon; committee, Messrs. T. Burdctt, iT. Donaldson, L. George, C. Rothnio, M'Kny, A\ Compton, nnd paw. During tfio course of the mooting surprise was expressed nt tho incongruity of several eon(lietin<i letters received from the WVlliiirrl-on City Council; also rojrret nt tho dilaloritie-ss of the cxpe-n----diture.of nm-ml sums of money voted months nt;o. for certain requirements of tho district, A deputation was appointed to wait on the Finanrn Committee of ttir, Oity Council to request the fulfilment of promises.