LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 552, 6 July 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i The postal authorities advise that tiw> English and Australian mail ex Mokoia, via Auckland, is coming through by the express train from Auckland this afternoon. The Mariposa, which left 'Frisco on July 1, via Rarotonga and Papeete, has on board a large American mail, which is duo hero about July 23, ox s,s. Manapouri.. . The five minutes' service on the Brooklyn tramline has been given a fair trial,; and has worked so snccessfully that it has been definitely, adopted. ■ .<■ Eijjht. cases have so far been, set down for hearing at the present sitting of tho Appeal Court in Wellington. Tho case of Short v. Tyerman will bo taken to-doy. \ The first instalment of the City Council's current year's rate domands are expected to boout by the ond of the proscpt month, or porhaps a little earlier., . The well-known Wellington ■ yaoht lorangi has been sold by Mr. G.'C. G. Mills to 1 ' a Duriedin- syndicate. Tho yacht, left for ber new quarters on-Saturday morning.: Purging operations in. connection with tho municipal roll are progressing satisfactorily, arid the end of tho workis now in view,' The last of the notices to electors woro dispatched .on Friday : last. ...'.,:.. .'•'.'.'/,'■'■.'.-.-.' A_ raM on : an alleged sly grog-shop 'in: naki' Street was made yosterday morning by Sergeant, Rutledgo, of. Mount Cook Police Station, and two constables. -It is' probable that a prosecution will follow. : .

io ■ Arrangements>are well in,train for getting o the material ready for lighting tlie old Melif rose district with. electricity. ,-Tho City t- Council is securing 300 ironbarjc piles, - 20c miles of insulated wire,' 126 shades, 125 rcflecy tors, and 250 incandescent lighting'brackets; '- An effort is being made ,by tho- City; s Engineer (Mr. W, H..Morton): to ■ effect it a start-to-day with ,the work of supplying e Northland with water. As stated last week, o only a few being put on at first 0 to'do the preliminary ~work) pending . the ,< arrival of certain necessaries from Home; :, d A big fall of earth at the quarry just above e Creswick Road blocked tho traffio on the 0 Karori tramline on Sunday evening. Several a hundred tons of earth fell into the quarry : . and spread over the tram rails, but the ob- [- struction was cleared:before traffic was com- ! monced yesterday morning. ; , .. . 1 During]the' current month 195,923.acres of i Crown lands, exclusive of lands, under tho t "Lands for Settlement'Actj will be opened for :- sale or selection. ■ jDf the total, area, no e fewer, than 145,000 acres are national endowg ment "land. , Last month 217,312 .acres of t Crownjands, including 2000 acres of national t endowment land; was offered. r : ' 8 The.exact ampunt realised as a result of the Y.M.C.A; carnival last week was £206, which sum is £44 under the amount which , the originators of the scheme set their minds i on.; It is. possible that: the desired '£250 will 1 still be reached, £8 • having : been'■'-.received 3 yesterday "by Mr. : H.N, Holmes. 'Misses j Lydia. Williams and Keith; of'Hawko's Bay, f telegraphed £5, and three separate donations j of £1 have also been made by members. -,- l .City : 'Conncil; baths, estimates." show: , £820 ; to be -paid. in - connection .with' '-. the .contract... for '' tha reinstafemejit -, of. ► the Te' Arb/. Baths,■'.'.-',and..'■'there"'•■ is- > f ''of; £150 idownte-be/.expended - on dressing sheds.. The minor fittings inside the bath will, it is uridorßtood,':haye to come. > but of the; latter amount, i Tho: work of cpmi plotirig-tho ,batb. will :be put in haiidso a; ■ to have it finished before tie'beginning i' of the summer. ',;'.^"l-v/-.;'-jV>-. ••■'■■'*:•; ■■■''■ !'■, •' Tbb New Zealand l)[ptpr Cycle Club held a 1 petrol consumption .trial on Saturday aftcr--1 noon over a course from the olub; rooms,, in •WillisStreet, via Oriehta] Bay, tp Kilbirnie, thence', via Seatoun teKarakaßay,; The re«: turn journey was' made via Queen's Drive ' and Island-pay,•.';.The,event was-won"..by R. ,S. : ; Bender ,'pn',a ligh'tifVF.N.':'.;;;motor'- cycle, ...who deceives, a ihp, vahie.of i one ; guiriea.v- r Th6";club' intendrrfioldih'g' I ,various ■; competitions at intervals,-'.and judging'by the amount of .Intercst'.taken .in'Satiirdftyjs event it is safe to anticipate; an increasing 'number • 'of:competitprs.,:v ,'.,;:;.'■-.'■'.'' '..'V'i-'v ■■;-•'.■ i '■'','>:.- ;•,'.:'. : • It; was - apparently, ordained that' the; counoil• of 'the :Now .Zealand/Amateur Athletic should not,-meet: < last ■;nightr : When the, meeting assemblod it was fpun(J that the scoretary had brought ' his .bag down, but it was. minus;his papers; and an adiournmont-had> to; bo made; to .allow, tho' necessary ; documents to bo. obtained from tho ' secretary's home., On, resuming, a discussion oh/the rules was;just getting under way when an urgent telegram was received ; from . centre,' asking that the meeting -should, bo adjourned to, enablo-certain .suggestions from'.-,, tho ; southern , centre - to reach, headquarters. 'The meeting conse-! queritly; adjourned; for a week. :;/-:; ■:■' .A,-private letter justi received in Wellington gives some idea of the excitement on defence' qnestions which was still "prevalent in •' England when; the mail left.';: The writer,' who is a retired naval bfiicer, says:.."We have scores'daily of German troopships visiting the ; Humber, German airships flying over England, and, in fact, we are really at war., wiwi Germany; te-rday. I was told in the House of Comriions yesterday :th'at the: 'Government ; Would .probably give way and provide ; the ' Dreadnoughts this year." The:"troop- , ships"; mentioned are, of course,; merchant ■ vessels-which, would he available for. transport service.in wartime.; ; .'-, }^,;;v". f ' : The: Diocesan Synod will bo opened In St. Paul's' Schoolroom,.Sydney Street,at;B p.m.' ; te-day, when the .president. Bishop Wallis. will deliver the opening;' address, lnerp wilj i be Evensong, with sermon by the Rcy. A, : -i W.. H: ■' Compton ( M.A., in. :thd ,:Pro-CatheT dral, at .8 p.m., at which .therp will:bo a ] collection for defraying the expenses of: tho Synod.-.-'.The,following is the' paper for • to-day:—President's ; addressjv<reports (in- J eluding report of Homo-Mission Commit- i ted : appointed at last, session) to' be pre- j sentedj appointmenti of Finance Committeo;' ' appointment of R«portß Committees;' mo- , tions of '-which notice; has been' given; in- ( eluding tho'motion-of tho Rev. Wood- 1 i ward, for the establishment of'a brother- ( ■hood to bring the. Church into closer com- | municatibn with! the:masses,*"'!: ;f\. '/: ,i;,' . -' At a meeting of the-ratepayers of Goldie's ' Brae,.hold last evening, Mr, F. Bull 'was ' appointed ;. the >.. representative .' of-'the, residents to meet the Tramways and' Finance , Cpmraitteie of the City Counoil ■ to-day;'.'tvitli j respect to the route of the Wadestown tram- i way. A report, on tho/'O". route;,tb : Wadesi i town (whioli traverses.', Park Street,: .tho '< Queen's Park, and ■ threads' its way- thrpilgh • the centre ofGoldip's Brae and the RhPdes ( Estate), was submitted* by tho city engineer ( and dispHssed. The.CQnsbnsus of opinion was { that the ratepayers of Goldie's, Brae rwero 1 wejrenPPEh served by the present:tramway 1 system. Mr. Moorhouse was present by in» i vitation as representing the' Rhodes Estate. 1 He ;did; not. approve of the proposod new * route, stating as, his 'opinion,' that tlip route ! which winds up the hill at' thp, rear of the j kerosene!:stores would bo the .most!fayourr' t able to the' interests ha seryps.;;.This,'rpiito c ;w(W.' yetped -by a. poll.of Wadestown .rnte- 1 payors last year. Th° new route, outlined c as ah. alternative by the city ougineor.Msto v bo inspected, by the Tramways Gpniinittee'to-' t day, at the conclusion of which inspection a -J meeting is to be held 1 to consider,tlie whole s question.;/;;. .:..:'. ■"■■'.:!;■■"■/'*',',. , .;- : g . : ' ' - - - •'• '-■:•■'- e : Thd Croatmns, commonly called- Austnans, \i of are several luindrcds/jn .tho 0 northern Wairoa- district,' are'.' (writes our , v Auckland correspondent) disconcerted oil ac- v count of press .references to the danger of fl their residence , m Now. Zealand,; should ], Groat 'Britain become involved in. war. ,Tlio n "Gins latino,-" a weekly Oroatiaiu paper, pub- v lished in Dargaville,; repudiates''w|th vigour tho; suggestion that in such, an eventuality, -.." the. Croatiaris would sidq with niiy alien forco iiiyadiiigtlio/Dominion. Tho;paper declnres a that ■ the rumour proclaiming that Croatiaiis F are armed ■ and organised, to' assist any f. invasion is ridiculous, nnd asserts thaV in { the event of any such raid upon / theso shores, they, to a man, will join tbb New Zealanders "in repolling and annihiiatiiig.tho 0i foe in; a momentous, manner,"./,';!.: /'/,.. ' Wo havo to'-advise thatwc have taken up f tho sole agency for New Zealand for the Bnrgoh , and Ball Sheep Shearing Machines. -Write fori 1 " quotations ' for installations, . LlnUtod.lfl Bank Chamber*. •*"•"." -.'■■" 8139'1 ai

-The Outlying Districts Committee'', of'"'the' City Council paid a visit to' Kubfrnks yesterday in connection with tho protest by certain roadonts:of;the suburb against tho public drain being laid through, their properties. . Unpropitious weather militated against'■'•»'""'.-. good attendance at tho'annual meeting of tho laranaki Street Circuit of the Wesleyan Homo Mission Society. The Rev'. ; G. T; '■' Brooko delivered ah...interesting address on some aspects of mission work. At tho, Mount Cook Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr: Baker; J.P., James Edward Randcll, charged with insobriety, was fined 405., in default three days' imprisonment, John M'Kio, charged with insobriety, ■ ivas fined 10s,, in default 48 hours'imprisonment. Three first offenders wcr o each fined '■■■'■' 55., m default 24 hours' imprisonment.-'One first offender for drunkenness was convicted ' ' '. and discharged, • ... ' ".';>'-.• '-,•' / At a meeting of the Roscneath and Oriental Hay Ratepayers'. last ,night'(,\fr. H.W. Liardet raiding),'it was decided that:a Reputation from,the association should wait upon the Mayor (Dr.Ne.wman) to-day, in order tb urge tho necessity of attending to tho water supply, electric light- ' mg, and drainage of Upper, Roseneath. It /- was stated, during a discussion 'oni" tbb needs of the district, that' Upper Rosoneiith was 'absolutely without those very; necessary!• ' conveniences. A previoas deputation/ had', accomplished good work.in. tho interests of , the district, and. it wasJelt that som'o effort "■ should ■be made in the,' interests of Upper Rbsonoath. - //. /-,".;',.// ; /V-/" ''/