LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 534, 15 June 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ _ -» — The Australian and Brindisi' mail, ex s.e. Victoria, from Sydney, is coming through by the express train from Auckland this ovening. .< : Tenders for the erection of a headquarters building for the' Institute of Marino Engineers will shortly be called for. Tho institute has 750 members in the Wellington district. ' ' ■ The last' two sleeping-cars of the eight which were ordered for the Mnin' Trunk service are practically finished. Tho final touches are being put on, after completion of which' they will be tamed' out of the Petone workshops. ■ The question of setting back the block of buildings in Willis Street, leased by Mr. Geo. Goodall, will be considered to-day by the Finanoe Committee of tho City Council. Tho, obstacle to widening, 60 far, has been the amount of compensation "I cannot remember any winter whoa.,l have had more destitute people appealing to mo for help than I have now," remarked the minister of one of the local churches yesterday, when discussing tho unemployed question with a press. representative. Grinding tho corrugations out- of the tram rails in the city has been completed in most of the principal thoroughfares, but a halt has-been called for the present on account of tho shortness of carborundum blocks. The supply from America hns been., delayed through etoppage of wofk by the freezing of Niagara. , ■'.■..,.,.., .

According to a resident of Luxford Street —one of a deputation who waited on the Tramways Committee of the City Council yesterday, in regard to fares—ho has to pay 12s. per week in fares for himself, his wife, and three children. Another resident of- the same district considers that, although; lie poes carefully, he pays away quite a respectable house rent in tram fares. ■ Tho irresponsible small boy-caused the tramway motormen on the Island Bay line some concern on Saturday, through heaping stones on the line, and covering them with dust, so as not to arouse the suspicions of tho motormen. " None of the .cars wns thrown off the rnile as a result of the youthful '■folly, -but niore will be heard of the matter if the offenders can be traced. Rain always seems to bo' the forerunner of increased visits by the unemployed to the Mayori and yesterday morning's rain was no exception. At one.'time thero wore as many as 20 men outside the Mayoral chamber, and- these had to be interviewed one by one. The majority of the applicants for work were yonng, able-bodied men of the labouring class. Speaking.at the marine engineers' suoper last nisht, the Hon. G. Fowlds called himself an. apprentice to political engineering. A little later, his Cabinet colleague, the Hon. 11, M'Kenzie, raised a laugh by declaring that one of the hardest tasks in political engineering was to'eet people to hold their tongues.; At the present tifce they were endeavouring strongly to got 'somo people to hold, their tonsnes, but it was a hard matter to accomplish.. Despite the fact that the Christmas vacation is still about six 'months ahead, school teachers are already evolving plans for a' pleasant,and profitable holiday. An interesting proposal has been circulated by tie Westpori Branch of tbo New.Zealand Educational. Institute,:,-.suggesting-, .that 'arrangements bo made, with the IJJniion.S.S.. Company for^the-icTia.rteringr.of.Jia convey aboutlOO .teacners tothe West Coast Sounds. The Nelson branch of the institute'has-de-cided to in the scheme;- ■•■'■'■ • '

The. Hutt Borough Council is..,against shooting saloons in promises on .its main roads._ When a letter* from Mr,. E. Reddish was read at tho meeting last evening asking for' permission to use a rifle rannje and shootinc saloon in a building to be erected on Mr. M'Cauley's land, adjoining the council's property in Main Street, objection was raieed to the proposed innovation. The engineer explained that under the by-laws any bni}din{;' on the public streets to.be used for any business must be of brick. The request was refused.. • • .■•■.•■',■

■ Mr. ; -H. N. Holmes ;•■ secretary of the Y.M.C.A., has decided to form a New Zealand' Club on the'lines of the Canadian clubs, which exist in all of the large cites of Canada. . The idea is to. get together round the luncheon table once a week all tho young business men of the city. It is proposed that, after luncheon on these occasions, someone conversant with a particular subject will deliver a short address of, perhaps, twenty minutes , duration. The idea is "to catch Itnowledge on tho hop" in such time as might otherwise be'spent, less profitably. When an. invitation reached the Hutt Borough Council last evening to join Slakara in the present crusade against ■ motor "ecoi , -, chore," it was not very enthusiastically taken up. One councillor feared that tho proposed motor police. would not improve the public safety by chasing motorists, but it was pointed out that tho improved method, of detection was a system of timing from point to point by two policcmon. It was resolved after discussion to tako no action in , tho matter.. ■■■■.. In reply to a question from a representative of The Dominion, Major T. W. M'Donald, recently appointed officer commanding the Now Zealand School Cadet Corps (vice Lieutenant-Colonel L. W. Loveday, retired), said that he would in all probability enter upon his now duties on being formally gazetted to hie new position, Hvbioh notification would, so far as he know, appear thie week. Major M'Donald states that lie has no immediate intention of sovering his connection with the .Education Board, during hjs present term of membership at any rate. ! Spurious eoveroiiins&iro evidently ii\ circulation. A representative of Tub Dominion was yesterday shown an excellent imitation of the standard cold coin, one pound ster-. ling, which had bran passed over tho counter of o business establishment last wrok, and rejected by the teller of the bank when paid in with a bag of fifty-nine others. The fiftynine, of course, were irreproachable. The coin in question was light; in fact, jiobody would nccept it who held it in the hand, but if slapped down on the counter and swept into tne till, the "passing" would be an easy process. Vac secretory of the Chamber of Commerce (Mr. S. Oarrcrll) has received too following letter from the Victoria Fuel Oompany, of Victoria, B.C.;—"Dear Sir,—There is an exeoHout opening in this city, Vancouver, and British Columbia generally, for various New Zealand products. We refer principally to lobsters (or crayfish) in tins, glass, or frozen; first quality jams in glass, pondensed milk in tins, canned sheep's and bullocks' tongues— in fact in many lines of canned goods, whs'ch "we arc in an excellent position to handle as 'selling agents' or on a commission basis, amd we shall bo glad if you can put us in.touch with firms who are in a position to ship those goods. We conduct a ' ge-noral agency bustnoss, and handle various linos, and for information as to our integrity we refer you to the Bank of Montreal, Victoria. Knd Vancouver.—ll. P. Hotoll and Co., Ltd., por P. J. La-kor, vice-president." "The advice of one so long familiar with Land Values, as Mr. Gardner, of Palmcrston North,, who is also well known to the Cauitalifts of Wellington, should bo of great value to Investors, Lending Institutions, and any one- who wants' to avoid mistakes in tho purchase of land."—Advt. 8788 Thcro are two elements In tea—tnelne and tannin; thoino has the stimulating effects for which 'we alone drink tea. Tnnnin .prorinces dyspepsia, and is, theroforo, injurious to the system. The percentile of tbeine in tea? varies, and the variation , is according to the quality. Xheino is tho attract from the leaf, and pure lea must consist wholly of leaf, and little or nothing of fibre and dust. Crescent Blend Tea is all leaf; it is exquisite in flavour, rich, and of full strength, Crescent Tea onptivntM the p&late. All. grpcern, at is, per lbi •' ■