LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Monday, morning, at. 11 o'clock, r deputation from tho City Council will wait on the Acting-Prime Minister (Hon.- J. Carroll) with reference to matters relative to the pro-, posed' purchase of the Gas Company s property;-, .■■■■■<■■>: :?■('> ; --V— 'l-:}'---\ \ : '- i '^<

'. •The Warrimoo, which:left for Sydney.yesterday -afternoon, wae a."full ship,"',extra berth : accommodation having to be provided to meet the The saloon and steerage passengers numbered 360 odd, including the Meynofl and Guun Pantomime' Company'of so artiets/ .;.':.■'■;<' \.;.'.v.: ■■ ;. ;■■■;>.: ; '.. : ,;.v

The .question as .to whether the fire insurance premium rates-shall .be'raised or nothae been engaging the attention of the' Executive Council, of tEe New; Zealand■XJriderwriters' Association for the past ten; days or so.> ■Aβ the result* of tie deliberatvonß of the oonncU it hae been decided .that for the present tho rates shall stand unaltered. "The conference has now! concluded. .'; • ' : ;l; '■■;.;;-'-v> \.-.''"

Our. Masterton correspondent .telegraphs: The poll in connection with ' the loan' .of £12,000 proposed to be raised by the Maeterton Borough Council for street; improvement's was held yesterday. Little interest was- taken" in ' the ■ proposal, only'44B votes being recorded, and. the, scheme was rejected' by.'Bs; Votes,. - ;''' '"; : :?; ; '.■:''""/).:'] ;.^iy : 'C

Whitebait (says our Foxton correspondent) is .being eagerly .fished: for now, : but only small catches are. reported , so far;; 'The<'lnspector; of Fisheries/notifies all' interested that the regulations[in-; relation' to fishing rights will be-clfectively. put into force. 1

A man was arrested at . Nelson recently on a charge of; stealing a horse at Morrinsville. Ho has now been, further charged with stealing a; horse, saddle, and bridle, valued ,at £15. Ho will appear before tho magistrate this morning.;'-; .(. ;'?.;;,; .' , , , : : "With referenco to. the proposal to' establish periodical sittings'of the Supreme Court at plaoes where "formerly A the •business was transacted by tho District Court, -the At-torney-General (Dr. Findlay), has had a conference with the*judges, who are-attending tho current sitting of tno Court of' Appeal. No intimation, as to .the outcome of the conference lias yet been made;public. . . : <\~

At, a meeting of members of the Otaki Maori Racing Club yesterday afternoon (says our. local correspondent), it was decided to erect a me/norial to the late Mr. Hone Hoko, M.P., who was a staunch supporter of the club. It was-also . practically, decided ;to orect a new wing to the; Maori college, and, in order to raise money, a subscription list was i opened Lα the ioom, when some £40 was collected. , -, : ■ '.

The City Building Superintendent,' Mr. W. 0. Murdoch, reports that during ; the fortnight June 29 to/July 13 sixteen applicationß wcrereceived for permission to erect, alter; or extond buildings, and in twenty-ofie cases plans were examined and approved/and permits issued. The estimated value ■of the work for which permits worb issued was:— City; £5284 10s.: Mclrose, £3934, 10s.j Northland, £600. I; ./■;;:.:.■:.;;•

Allegations. of sly grog-selling in certain parts of the Wellington Suburbs "dry , ' electorate. have been brought under tho notico of the Minister for Justice by Mr. J.' P. Luke.M.P. As a result of the. action taken by Mr. Luke_, Dr. Findlay immediately:communicated with the Commissioner of Police, asking , for a report on the matter. Mr. Luke considers that the allegations cannot be too fully inquired into.' It ie understood that they cover charges.of inactivity on tho part of the police. ' , ' ■■'/

About twenty members of the Timam High School Old Boys' Association held a very pleasant reunion in Godber'B Rooms, Cuba Street, on Thursday night. Mr. Soa- , f'/'th Mackenzie presided, and toasts, wore honoured nnd songs sung in a hearty fashion. Officers for the coming year wore elected as follow: ,—President, Mr! Soafdrth Mac-Uonzie;'vice-presidents, Messrs. 0. K. Tenr r.ent, J. Brosnan,.G.'M. Hogben, Wntriiiß, Serpell, P. Hall-Joiics, nnd Dr. Scaunpll; .secretary, ; Mr. F. Hall-Jones. .;.' ■■ :

We have to advieo that we havo taken tip the Bole agency for New Zealand for the Burpon and Ball Sheep ; Shcnrinjr Machines. Write for quotations for installations, ' Andersons, Limited. 19 Bask Ciambora. ' US9

The Corporation's Sinking I'tmd Commit sione-rs have about £18.000 to,lond,on firetclase'city security, and. are calling for applications for loans.' .:..:,'■' ■ Three prisoners will be sentenced, in the Supremo Court this morning— Jdhn. Thbmna Driscoll (breach of probation, order, ■ John James O'Connor (forgery and uttering),, and James.Hemingway (breaking and . enteri&s and theft)., . '■'■ . . ': ,\ •"■■"•■■ . At the Mount Cook Police Court yceten day, before Dr. Mackin,' J.P., • Jaroe, Northey, ohargod with insobriety, was fine/ 205., in default soyen days' imprisonment John shannon, charged with-insobriety, wa) fined 405.. in default-fourteen daVß* in* prisonment. Tkreo first " offenders £6i drunkenness were convicted and discharged By tho Athenic on Tuesday there arrived sis' gun-wagone and limbers, wherewith to complete the equipment of 'tho five field artillery corps of the Dominion. The original armament of the field batteries was twolvo 15-poundor guns, ' with complete '■ equipment—-wagohfl, limbers, and all. To those were added quite; rcoently eix more gune, without wagons or limbers, procured from the British Government at a very low oost, consequent upon the re-equipment of : the Homo artillery with the now pattern 18pourider £uns. .','■■'.. , ,: '- ::'..,■■.' Owing to the-down train from Palmeretba North being drawn on to a loop-line at.Wai-.■ kanae, consignors of milk, etc., ftt that eta- < tioh are/considerably linoonvcnienced.i Writing to the Hon.. J. A.-Millari (Ministor for| Railways), Mr. Field, M.P., points out that, under the present system, the,goods have to) bo carried over tho miiin line, and:lifted into' - tho vans.' There is no reason, he adds, why the train should not bo shunted <in;; to the ■ main line after the mail train has, proceeded' on its way. . Mr..'MillarJs- having tie matter inquired into. '•... ' . v. ■,'•-. '■'.; The < "l'ust for operation , .', was "alluded toi by tho Mayor (Dr., Newman) at the. annual meeting of .the St. John Anibulanco: tion last night.: He eaid it ficomed toliim , that.ehice tho time ho was iu practice ae ai doctor, the eurgeon had been'gradually,-driv-, ing the physician out of tbe lieJd.: However, clever .a man might ta';in:.prescribing,: hoi did not impress people vory much as compared with those who used tho knife. 'A'man, always respected the surgeon who had cut! him . about,;and perhaps after : about*': ; 6o* years' the phyeician would , be" practieaJJ|f extinct. Jfr.-,J.,6. W. Aitkon, who, spoke' next, expressed the, opinion that tho medical profession had' of, late years' given: more attention to surgery than to medicine. Whilst ; ho was, ready to. applaud them for: their up-to-doito surgical methods,' he .would plead with-them to give niore^attention: to the other side, of their work, and try'..t6;,effecl more ouros by-means, of medicine, : , Chung Hwah. Hwei Kwang, or, West^ra ", Association; is. the, namo of a Chinese Club: ■ which has been formed in Wellington,- with the help of/the neW:Consur,(Mr.'' lung-Liang \ Hwang), .with the inairi object'of improving', Chinese residents .'.inV .Western-'manners and - - knowledge/~: so ,ttat; when .they return- to China may ,be ; able to dißsominato, such knowledge.amongst:.their countrjrmen.v In- ; structions, have been /given to Chiheßo, Mini- ■•; sters. and''consuls, Mr.. Hwang;explains;"!to •/; see that.'..Chinese, in foreign -parts /are tnor-'. oughly, woll versed' in Western ways—reading, writing,' and for , this puqwse: a; library'-of, booke:on'modern ' subjects, written in i Chuieso, will bo a, feature .■'-■ of ■' thp club, -whose premises "'are >-m: Qhuzrieo Street. ; Chinese, magazines .and ilowspapfersiwili also, be kept, and' evening classes will: be hold for the,.instruction Iα .: their: mother tongue, of the yoiithful Chinese, who learn. Enfelisu , in the , State,schoolsj>'and for: tho improvement of their" elders in English. . 'A great "intellectual, awakening -is ;■' taking place in China •.: at 'the present' time,of which it is hoped that.the,local club will '" be a small;reflection.:. -'. , .;;.,.- ' iv-. ;!. : '■.'■'.•'• , ■