LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 616, 20 September 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, The heavy cost to the' State of some, of the Supreme, Court m criminal session, It Auckland was the subject of repeated qpmment by Auckland 'Herald"). The most expensive trial proves to have been that of Adam , who "a charged with arson, and another offence, at Owhata. In this case witnesses' expenses aiorie Xn™ ° f n, ! a Mais «wS of Dyer, charged with horso and cattle stealing th . e ,, against; whom took away ffi SmiJ ft m *A Amm . on ' ohar^d with horS ft the evidence in which cost None tthflfT 7tl e con T' cM - The total cost to the State of tho sessions was .£1485, includp/nse^—6MV lnrOr6 ' mi interpr e terV 01 «.

The commissioner in charge i)f the Police Onm tor a tortmght 'in which'to prepare evident

.„ K 1 a , fin e eong-as the Americans would T 7 T Wri° ok V. nlt and it grips." Thns Mrl vvrni s % "ftog-wHonal-eeoreUry-- of the YJI.C.A. of Australia and New Zealand, in certain Y.U.C.A. eon. to VeS meeting in the .Town HVlt 2*1% "%- a do «n,n>eninthe hall knew'tho •™?«-. e lfr 4 *"* , thaf some five hundred ■iwH 'he singing. <^ h t¥ ha ' iii'tho streetß.of the American towns instead of the latest-music-hall items," commented Mr.- \irgo with a smile, when the gathering was recovering from its rapid conversion to.tho song. •> . . .-.>.- The path of the sly grog-seller and the alleged sly.grog-CTllor has been rough of late, and the polico show-no signs-of ■ relinquishing.the,craeade.-,; Sergeant Rutledgo and-four constables were.seen advancing on Taranaki Plaoeat 6.30 yesterday oTening, and a large number of people gathered to find Out what was amiss. It subsequently appeared that the officers had raided ,a suspected sly. grogshop in Eva Lane. ; It !* «ated that a considerable quantity of' beer m bottles,and demijohns was found on the premises, and removed to the Lambton Quay Wlice Station/, Court proceedings aro expected .to follow, in due course ■' -•■ ■■•■■

: With reference to the'now Main Trunk-line raihvay..service, :which, : it:is said,-is to commenco. on .November' .1, it is. understood 'that there will be , ,'at tho same'titne,: a general revision of the tiae-table. •-■ It is well \nown that-the-time between Auckland and Wellington can be oat down easily by two hours, i It is_ reported Jhat there is a ; possibility •of the Wellington-Napier express eervice being rnn via Manaratn instead .of viaWairarapa. ; If- this were-dorie.-the-time, between, Napior and Welbe lessened: also by about two' hours, besides making a plcasanter journey for through;passongers.-, - ■ :■.' ;; . /,. .; : Mr. G.'ir. Thomson, ILP;'" speaking -\ at a ; clmrch fete ,n Dunedin, said •Iβ haS -been &*1 n r, ■■i*tt--«i?'"-J«ornin g r paper tho Hon. J. T. Paul's Btraightforward remarks - inregard to the 'recent oponine of a' Tattersilh P a 'sn. he hadTefraiDed from making pledces to-be-hid- pledged himsplf >~ he S to fight agdinst the spirit of gambling whichjijery..man. Snd , woman in the: community had us .or, h,er work to.do, and.there was noVom tor parasites who v lived upon tHe rest—lWaS upon their vices, in fact.' fersonaUy'ho would «ni?it «f I)* •r b ? Tn - o, rf ometW, >? Of the'. Old epiritj of Puritanism. He wbu (fnot like « TZ IF' ? Ut M like everyone 0 to »;DaSy n & s^.^ pu f o : spirit^,Ufo r ;

Goodness comes easily to.some people, bocause they have few temptations, 6ut a! are "Si " ? ■ upnscd ?" ord at y«terdays men's ? f , ™perfe6t road's,in few Zealand, aud it. would -not Be reasonable to expect local bodies, in view of the funds at their disposal,: to keep all the roads in S' class. otder, f ' said Mr. Justice Chapman when the City Council was sued for damaups for »« alleged to boduo to the nefiigeno, "of the council m not keeping the road In proper Ws Hoi n ,,v f' or confined nib Honour, it was-almost impossible for »a borough to undertake,nil the ivo?k that should be undertaken. The worlc mist be'takon ;,, authorifcd to make it. known that £r Chlb ; man, whose recent visit.to Sydney had S n h T *A d i ■*■■&■• thnt an old friend (M^ Chapmt D^ eWU ra : ° Xpeotcd ' to The_rdcent additions made fe. the by-laws frSti th ° S l lb X ban wharTes will eo.no up ™TK ,°« v r » da y twites ouv to»espsndont) by a letter from Mr. S. Vaile, who said llii! A w k , and ,' ,s a P° rt w « not progressing; while -Wellington was. Auckland would cpn 5J bj° , ]f«k. , unless the Government' tSnrif Wilif- tnCt J a fair sh "e'of inland traneit facilities,-and..opened up for settlemenfc i the Crown and Native' lands. The' overor at K g T n l A st le^ n 8 AucWand porte, ?&HnL™V i d , be t sald to have.beenbut stationary tor the last four or five years It land thnt *H shi P s -visitfnrluc" Tisitine Wlt,'^ 0 anmfer .'or class to those w?t£ fi nf I #° n> "paging here. 1921 tons, Jm tl e ° "Spinet, an average ,o i 575 tons-and 63 of a crew at AVellimrton .^AiSßS^i,^" 11 this -«&t w XSi and hi, th i d A B P l "°P«.transit facilities, K^^S&^^sion' , -^^ .Lit Shl PP' n ß; Companies" at the -om oinea shipping companies' social gatherina the' old ISISS? ,^/ wd «•' «tact from hnf f« V, 01lu >8 |: on ."Independent,".. to show h« «h?n'* e fll J nrter endin ? January'2l, 18J0, ; ho ahipping returns were as follow-Inwards itotS l,^., --^ ri,'r g iL' g a ,. tO Ji S 1 " 1 ,,}, 1 ; 6 ? ther 25fwt.of wool' rii«-report added i "Wo believe' there will dh Jffnuwi car fro P' Port Nicholson, instead >t.tour.tone, as proriously stated."

On Friday evening, n mdtion "That tho Legislative Counoil should, be abolished," was discussed by members of St. John's-Debating faociety. Mesa's. C..Redgrave and'M. Galloway nffirmod the motion, and were opposod bv Messrs. L. Andrew nnd".H. licid. These wcro followed by several othore, most of whom spoke ui favour of tho continuance of an upper house On the motion being put, however,, it was lost fe' "'"Bo majority. The final placing by Dr. Gibb pf tho fivo most effective spoakora who as follows:—Messrs. L. Aadrow, C. Redgrave,, H. dewberry, H. Eeid, oad M. S. Galloway* * ~ ' ■;. i ;-..--. i

, lor the week ended on Saturday, tho Cue™mS rovemio collected at Wellington amounted to .£9383 11s. id., beer duly .£278 3s. 3d. These figures show a decrease as compared with thoso iw tlio corresponding period last year, when t« *?-X m ," O rcvc , nue ™"' the wcck amounted to 13s. lid., niid beer duty to X 292 2s.

There are three paper mills in New Zealand BiTorhcnd; Dunedin, and Mataura.' The Southland Times," in an article on the Ma. f<? "Si 1, 6ta , tcs f llat there " 6 ™'e likelihood: of its being closed on account of the cost of railing material m far south and railing the bulk of tho product north again. The mill was fixed there ui; tho first instance because of the abundance of tnssock grass available for making brown paper, but this grass is no longer " used, nnd tho only reason the mill has not ! been closed before now i, that it possesses-a cheap; water power for driving the machinery. Tho raw material now consists of rags, waste paper, cardboard, old sacking, old ropes/flax tow, waste tow, wasto jute, , old■-. mafflmpij ; canvas cuttings, doth clippings from clothini factories, ana similar articles ( and'about-40 tons.a week are used up. A paper-bag factory ' has a placo in the mill. ; In all, 5G bands are employed, and the industry is of great importance to the town of Ifabvura. . ; Messrs. Whitcombo and Tombs, Limited, have jwt issuea a revised and enlarged edition of their .New Zealand Customs' Tariff.' It is cross, indexed, nnd shows the proforentiat'rates, also the Minister's decisions to dnte. ' Tho book is interleaved throughout with, ruled paper, eo that any alteration or decisions enn/be noted. ' Besjdes this ,the book contains tablee for com» putm? foreign money, calculating tables for. ad valorem, duties, wino and epirit dntyroofc. ' oners, tables of ullages, and proof -quantities, and .tobacco duty tablw..-- .'.•■'. ..' ■, , !

An-enjoyable timo -was spent .on Sdtnrday evening by the employees of the post: office ' mail room, who hold their third annual amoke concert m the New Century Hall. ' . ■. .The fourth 'conference'of the.dlarbours-'Asso. ■'■ oiation. of New Zealand Vfill'commence at 10 ?; m, to-morrow, i- Tho conference will 'sit ia tho Parliamentary 'Buildings. ■' ■ • -">' : The Now Plymouth, Harbour Board has (eaji the Tarnnaki "News") reaffirmed '■ the* desira- ?,'-"?? °£ Biving harbour boards power, to pay their chairmen. During tho' diecuesion Mr. ' Wilkinson said that tho question of salaries ana travelling'expenses loomed'too largely in the minds of members of sevefal local governbodies, and ho felt that men ehbuld be' glad to. dovoto a little time for the advancement of, the district Mr. Maxwell also op. posed the idea. In hie opinion if the change were, made, the; salaries should-bo based on some: definite scale drawn by the Harbour Boards Association, perhaps in* proportion to the revenue. He,felt, too, that to Introduce the system would be to lower tho dignity 'of the .office, because it would induce men to ; seek after, the salaries. Messrs. Ward and M'Cluggage moved, in favour: of .granting the authority. Tho chairman and Mr. King supported, tho motion, the chairman painting out that lie was not personally interested. Mr. King qualified his support by agreeing absolutely : with Mr Maxwell's idoa that the payment ot the chairman must, be compulsory on a fcxed scale. Messrs. .Price -and Hughes also spoko.briefly in. favour of the motion. Reply. , ing, Mr. Ward considered people were "robbers and thieves" ; to expect the amount of time ■ that a chairman must give in the faithful dis--•:-■' chargo of;,h.ie duties'. -Mr. King moved aa ' amendment .to provide that the chairman shall" be paid. metion was altered to incorporate-,this. idea. ' rMr.: Maxwell' argued-" Mat unless the.6calo of payment-were fixed' tncre would !bo nothing to prevent-a board paying one chairman .£5 and, the next XSO. Hβ moved an amendment, secotdod ,by ,Mr. King that payment .'be made on a, scale, with a minimum of £25 and,a maximum' of, £200 a : ' year. Was lost, and the reeult of the half-hour discussion was an instruction to tbo board's -delegates to support the prin> ' ciplo of , payment of; chairmen, Messre. Mas '■ well alid iWiliinson voting : .against it; ■'"' ■ ' ■'