LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 554, 8 July 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

, The mails' which- , left Wellington' on , May 28,' per. s.s. Moeraki,: and connected' at; Syd- : ney with :th'a Naples, mails, 1 per , R.M,S. Orient, aifived in Londou on tue night- qf July: 5, one. day -early •;. V V.'- -;-•*: '■ }-;■::■ '"•■

> .The' Hon. D..Buddo ,, will be waited upon this'jnorning by a deputation (from Maatertori, on• fire board business;';:-.':. ■>,' i*^ v ; X The Roseneatli. drainage works are expected to' be ready in I*wo or three-months,-With the exception of the installation of the eject'ox, which" arrived 7 frpin-: tondon : last week, and the pipes leading'to-and'frpin'.it, all, the'work. bay been done. *•:/;■■";.*.*., On Friday evening the Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Labour, will. receive a deputation from the Wellington FurniturejTradeß, Union. The matters to-bo brought under., thq; Minister's i notice' relate io tho arbitration award govbrmug the furniture. industry. V ■''■ Tho campaign against :\ owners of horses and cattle., who allow their stock to wander oh tho public'"roads, will be, continued on ' Friday, .when Inspector IJoyle will hale, be-; tweeii twenty-flvo and- thirty' people '.before the" Stipendiary. yMagistrate's Court.' ; • "■.'■.' ■ : ; ■ . Withregard to the protest; with reference. to the site of the propofled oattle and sheep yivrds at Ngahauranßa; .railway station, the Minister, for Railways' , (the J. A. Millar) has informed Mr. Lulcc, • M.P., that, he is pbtauiing a report from his .responsible officers on the subject. ! ' '.::'■ "'.';'/.!■' '■'.': ■■.■■■•.':,-. A tribute was paid by Mr. Wright' M.P., at' list night's No-Lioense meeting .to the' fair manner in which the returning officers. at Wellington gonth and tho Suburbs had cawied out their duties at. the last licensingpoll. "No , ope could have been fairer than these'officials," concluded >Ir. Wright, "and I hope t!w fact wjll he recorded," ... As a number' of those ; interested were,unable to call at the Dominion Mliaoum' wh'on tho new cqllcciion of'native, butterflies was, on view, the Pireptpr (Mr- : Ai Hamilton) has again exposed tho enses in the, large hall of the Museum, but after to-day the collection oari only be seen on application, to Mr,;Hamiltoii. ■ : ' '~ ; , : ; '. .'. ■'■ '■.-. : -. .:' ;■■. The coinpietion of the Kelburne drainage works is still delayed, pending the signing of an agreement between the City Council andi tho .Government, in referende to laying oert»in pipes throogh tho gnol rpeorye. It, ig understood that the council .must agree to remove the pipes,'''should the Government i>t any time consider it necessary to demand this. ; The work will bo completed as soon as. tlio agreement is ;signed. ,'', \\ ■■..■.' .. A start was made with. the Northland wator-works scheme yesterday, when the first batch of men was set to work on excavations for an additional reservoir, which is to bo constructed alongside the reservoir which at present supplies the needs of Kclburno. The now reservoir will have a holding capacity of about 250,000 gallons. Pipe-laying is to bo started immediately. Tho council has some of the pipes in stock, and nn order is being sent Home for a full'supply. ■ When, the gangers on tho Happy Vulloy Road work, and tha Island Bay so,«'ago contract mustered tho fresh gangs for tho coming week's,work yesterday morning, it was, found that the whole of tho men who had been employed, at Island Bay the' previous week-were on hand, but the muster at Happy Valley was; four short. A "number of men had turned: up at Island, Day. ill caso of a .vacancy in the gang, and'four of their pum-. ber were drafted to -the Happy Valley works. ...... - . . ,-; ■-;•., We have to adviso that we have taken up tho sole agency for New Zealand fpr theßurgon and Ball Sheep Shearing Machines. Write for quotations'* for 'installations/ '" Anderfons. tlmit«d, jU> Busk Cluynb«re, ■:' ' PUS

Tlio "Brown Shield," tho bhio ribbon of interprovincial Association football, .is at present on view in tho window of Mr. T. ShJelds's shop in Willis Street, together with three interesting photographs of 1890, 1897, and 1908 representative teams. 'At tho Mount Cook Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. I. Lachman, J.P., Jonee Driscoll, charged with insobriety, .was fined 60s.,'in default one month's imprisonment. Martin NelK)n ): for drunkenness, was convicted and disoharged. Two first offenders wore fined sb. each. .'. .; . Tho Gas Committee of tho City Council mot yesterday morning, and discussed the matters at iss'uo beUvqon tho council and tho .co.mpa.ny with Mr. W. Pprguson, tho re-' presentative of tlio company.. Tho -mooting subsequently adjourned until Friday. It is stated" that is every prosptct of a' spttloment boing arrived at at an early date. Mr. A, Hamilton informed the Wellington Philosophical' Society last evening, that,-fol-lowing upon recent explorations by Messrs. Aston and Phillips-Turner, ho thought '.': it 'would ppon bo possible to fonn trucks and orecta shelter, or shelters, on the Tararuas, for the use of naturalists. It ' Was-, however, deemed advisablo to await the result of further explorations beforei.-taking nptjon. Acknowledging a contribution from ; the Wellington General Labourers' Union to the Broken Hill strike fund, the secretary of the fund states tKiMvthe. men are slowly getting back'to work, but there.arp about 500 at Broken Hill.and about the same at Port Pirie who aro still "out," It is feared that relief will,have to .be given to these lnen for some considerable ,time. . .•' ■ '■ ■ :. A; meeting will. bo hold. to-nieht: of. thoeo intercirted in.the.formation;of a Now Ze,.atond Club. club, will ho coiiduoted, pn tho.lipes of thp. Canadian. Clul^s,; and its' object's will bo ,to 'foster patriotisnj by pnooureging thoetudy of'the inc-titutions, nri, history, and literature of all countries, par-: tipularly New .Zealand, 'llieolub is ;to 'meet fortnightly in; the. lumJioon hour, nnd tbo first meeting will'bo liold on • Tuesday \ next in;,tlio Y,M.C,A. Dmiiip : Hall, ' , .', Sentence will- be passed oh.several pri-'< soners by Mr. Justice Chapman on Saturday next a,t ten o'clock; ' The /offenders are: Stephen • Kotze (forgery at ■' Wollingten), Robert Arnott (indecency at Levin), William M'Kay, alias Howson (forgery and, uttering at Wellington), William M'Kay, alias Robinson' (forgery and; uttering at .Wellington), Albert Barrow, (breaking; entering, and theft at Dannovirko), and; John James OiConnor, (forgery, and .uttering s\t Wellington); ■'■•; .-': A dempnstratiqn of the Np\vbpuld Patents' Limitof} "pnt-owt" fpr. trolly wires is; to bo given in the Tramway Power Station yard, jorvois Quay, oil -July 15. The dßinoiistvatipn will bo, pondiioted. under tho supervision.. Mr. : S tu art Uiohardsqn, < City Elcctrioal EnKincer.'-The object of,the cu> pyt is. to -instantly cflfoff tho current in ,tho evei.it of a brealvin a .trolly wire,, and able-'the broken wire'to. he handled with absuliite safety; .... v:.., , '. '■'■. •/ ■•.'•■ v ':'■' '.■;'':' "."Parspn and politician" was a combination of 'words 'used Jn various. circumstances,■ ■which gave rise to several -bursts of .menv mont at.last night's'No-Licenee meeting;, The. ohairman' took - tho opportunity of remark ing' seriously, at length that some politicians were bocbmiiig ;No-LicenßO men for:political i reasons. The two politicians. present,:;liowever (Mossrg, J. P, Luke and-D.. A. Wright), could; 'head—they' wore No-Lioenso advocates before they '■. wero pohr itioians.'l: (Loud; applause.)';-. /: ";'. '■'{■'. ■';, ■, -. In accordniice with, a .spepial; instruction from I thfi'". last: Methodist >'■ Conference,;"' ;tho distriot cirpuita .jihroußlibuf jNetj , :Zealapd' are to devote and"remit to their idjsiribt" synpds, , for .transmission to. the next conference, re, splutions, for pr.againet tho q^eatjdn...of_sejpari ; 'atiiig .-.from ;the ;Met}iodist",Cor!)|"erence : ,of Australasia, ■an4.ostablis)iipg a Npw. Zealand Conference",, 'At t'hpquafte'rly meeting of tho farajaki Street. Circuit, held Jas.V evening, the question 1 ; was .tabled for discussion,' A mdst anjinf\tecl .dobate: eYcntuated. th,e 'prjq-ciploot-Wparationbeiiig :ultiniatp]y;,afrj,rme^ :• Ond solitary creditor was concerned in-.the .barikruptoy of R. ■ 0/ Jphnston,' buteher, 1 of Island Bay, whoso affairs wero investigated; by-"the; i '.'])eput.y-Official Assignee- (Mr. , : S.. ■TansleyV yesterday Tho ;,bankrupt Mr: Herdmari, and-Mr.; Anderson' appeared on. behalf of: the'creditor, 'i Tho statement of finances showed, that a aum of £70 95., Bd. (unsecured) .was owing to the creditor,' and against this wap an amount' of ; £B, -representing , .certain .book debts,-out of whioh it was statod that 10b. would- probably: materialise. ; A-fter. a short discussion, the meeting adjourned sine dio.' the commandinf;- officer's inspect tion pf .'a. hitta'4ori or divisional, wmt ,)a » ceremonial affair, ■:: " 'Shun'—'Slope-f urns |'-t'Pro'sent—uiiisl' !•'• while : the .; commanding officer, walks' down tha, ranks,' followed: by the staff officors.' Biit, , at the Garnspiv Hall last evening, an inspection parade of a.rather different-sort. W?,s to be.seen;,. The Garrison Artillery.'Divisional unite'.; assembled with their pompany officore; and/went to wprk.on tho guns, -and- other piactipal: depfirtments of their 1 ; of: the: service, uhd,pr. the inspection, of Ljeutena.nt-Cqlonel A. Bpuobop, C.M.G. (Officer CommandinK the Distriot), and Weutonant-Colonel G.' F.!O. Camnbell, oommaßding the Garrjson Artillery Division. ! Drastip 'penalties';for selling light bread were/recontry imposed tya.n ; English magis-. trate. Mr: Love, S.M., at the police Court. The' baker ;.was ' charged/ ort. tftree complaints. One lot of 129 one pound loaves was alleged to bp 48pz. deficient, another lot of, 242 two loaves Glßo.z|, short, and a third Jot of 30 four.pound; jpayes 84pn.' ; short. liio defenoo was that every caro was taken to ensure' right weight, but owing to bad' for,mentation t)ip bread turned, put dry, which inado the loaves miich; lighter. Thei. magistrateimposed fines'.totalling'£l.62, with:costs and' inspector's expenses,'>- : fortnight being allowed, for;payment.'': Tho bread seized was ordered to.'he .ftstributed' among local pharities."';-;.-': ;'•>;;.,"■;■ ::■•.''■ - --V" ■:<• The' New Zealand prison system :is thus described in an ■[ Kriglish': paper!-— land is, 'of al| cplonies,'. the. ■ lenient tt criminals. In one gaol iv prisoner ke«i q, :racehorse, and is .permitted'to-,transact busines? concerning it. ~ In the samp 'gaol well-behavod prisouers arc alloiyed an aJ tornoon but occasionally. ■ I'rison authorities hi New. Zealand are, beliovers in ■the , " moral effects of open air. In pne institution, the newly-arrived';"misdemeanant .is-valloweji- the choice of living in gaol or outside,it, tuiits being erected at tho back. This s'ystoiii ol sending people to gaol by letting thpni live outsido hae, howovev, its ;disai|vantngba. In one -paso, tho "pri'sonors, 1, ! rosentiiig. hnrsli treatment in the. way .of .a'.''lockout,"', lifted .up the' , 'gaol"''and 'deposited it' fa'r away.in the bush. ■.''•■■; ■,■'.■.■. : ;- ■.:■'"''■'.■ -}i ; '' ; ;. , ■ ■•>■"..;' ■.; A gentleman, writing from Wellington ..'tc a' friendr in Cbristoburch eaye-,: "I .returned froni Auckland pn Saturday, andcamq righ( through >vithout breaking tho journey. 'It \i surprising , the number of: peop}o who are travelling, One mpots, all eorta in the trair Maoris, cripples, athletes, babie.si centenarians, ~ impudent .passengers, ..and cpurteQUfj onee (nqt many), in fapt all Boris are t!>?Te, Bach ..oqe. qwAs the train, in.eluding luggage, vans, 'ape} <sn^\ncs,' Jtt'.js quite qoinmon for pile pasjpnger to possess threq seats,. particularly' those in a somnolent condition. of trarice-liko statp, As for; closing doors, it is out of tho question; in fact, som« of them like ope,to open the door foi them. It is 'red hot,' and, in conclusion, 1 must say, that\ if '-manners" only make t)ie man, then may tho Lord: havS mercy on Now Zealand railway passengej^." Argumont was heard.- yesterday in '.the Court of Appeal on the rights of lessees of Crdwn lauds known or supposed to contain minerals, Mr. Myers (pppoaring for tho Commissioner, of Crown Lands,in Taranaki) quoted Humorous authorities in. support of 'his .contentions;'.and the JJonbh exprossed the opinion that ono of his points had not been made, before Mr. Justice Chapman in :Ncw Plymouth. Mr. Justice,-Edwards''...remarked that in: tlio Supremo Court counsel on oither side often argued without refprepco to authorities, and judgment ivas of necessity givon hurriedly, Mr. Justice Deiinistoirsiiid thnt ho always eiidcavoured to havo such casos 03 this removed to the Court of'-Appeal direct. Mr. Myor's considered thnt this'course should haye.-b.oon followed"in tho.-impoH'.int case before* the Court.. t The Aoting-Chipf Justice, Mr. Justice Williams, added; ''Tjiore should bo no.banco sittings on pironit at all. Vou want a good library, and α-stroag Bar."