LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 629, 5 October 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

..The Postal authorities advise' that the Warnmoo, which left Sydney, on Saturday, for nellingtoij,.lvtts on board an Australian mail, Mica is due here to-morrow morning. ■■ An important announcement was made by Sir Joseph Ward, as reported elsewhere, in his sp<«oh in the New Century Hall last evening, to the effect that all the outstanding applications for- loans—numfcering nearly 1000—from the Advances to: Settlers and \Vorkers 1 Departments had been met out of the half-mil-™n borrowed in England foi" that purpose, /-ae Prime Minister stated that more than third of tho amount in question had been paid in this manner. ; . '.' '. " "' . During ,the course of the. opening ceremony iu connection with the Maori College at Otaki yesterday an exciting incident occurred. For th<! occasion a rough platform had been erected, and upon it were standing his. Excellency tho Governor (Lord Plunket), Bishop Wallis, several other members of tho clergy, .and a uumbev of ladies forming the choir. Without warning tho staging, which stood about 2 feet from. '?? pround, suddenly swayed forward and subBided. Most of its occupants made no special' effort to-escape, tut others, including Lord Plunket, jumped clear. Most conspicuous, htwever, was the action of a lady, who, caring nothing for her own .personal ,, safety,' devoted ho; energies—nnd" with.commendable success —t, preventing the harmonium from falling on thft bishop. Fortunately nobody was hurt, and nobody. Buffered any loss of dignity. In the course of his speech later, Lord Plunket said he had to thank them all very, much for the kind reception they had accorded him; including 'the interesting , performance they bad earlier, in the afternoon. (Laughter.) - .' .On March. '31 lust .tho'strength, of thcpolice frrco was 771 of all'ranks, being an increase of .17 during tho year; The .total is made up' as -ipllows :—lnspectors 9,-, sub-inspectors, 7, stationsergeants 4, 6ergeant-major I, sergeants- 82, constables 010, chief detectives 5, detectives 30, acting-detectives H. In addition to.tho nbovo there were i police surgeons, 4 matrons, 20 distilet,constables, 10 Native constables, and 43 tioop horses. These figures'were givoil by Mr. Dinnie n,t tho Police Commission'yesterday. :

All that nriw remains of tho big: army, of unemployed which was found temporary work recently is a snail gang of six men, who are at present engaged in clearing up the 'Mount Victoria-Constablo Street hill road" worts, and putting tho finishing touches, to the cutting at ,%'s9. n .?&>H<l?tWJt a PPr,oach,.to,: the road.. ■.Yesterday was the first day of the ncVthnrngk; sy.stMßofi hooking:passengers? luggage on the New; Zealand: railways, .-whereby "aypasscnßcr,, booking, say, at Auckland, and proceeding to Duncdin,.,is enabled to have his'luggage checked .right through to Dnnedjn, all responsibility in;transit - , being carried.-- b)r'.' the" ' Bailway'i'De'.' partment for a nominal charge of twopence' per packet. Tho guard of tho Main; Trunk cxprws, wnwh. arrived in. Wellington yesterday after- , noon,, : was ,asked whether, any. of. his: passengers had availed themselves of tho new privilego.". ...'JNot-a einglo one," ho replied. : '.'' : Otaki was honoured' with'n 'visit 'from the well-known' northern chief (Taingakawa 'I'civaharoa) yesterday. For a considerable period iaingakawa has been engaged in.'working up a: hugo petition , to set at rest'.doubts■ arising in regnid to tho Treaty of Waitangi. Anung the Maoris ho is held in the highest 1 respect, for Ins father was William Thomson Waharoa"the King-maker." Attired in,khaki,' ho was Quito tin imposing figure. ' Hβ .explained to a Dominion.reporter per medium of an interpreter that, what the Maorisi were anxious to know was.bricfly, wliethor tho Treaty was still in vo/rue, or whether it had been, abrogated. I believe," he said, ".that.wo snail ultimately have, restored to us millions of; acres that have -been, token, from us." The." reporter-. WWcaTo , the lands situated? The chief •. "Mostly in the--1 North hlind-in 'i'urannki, Waiktito, Tauranga, and Poverty Bay. Repiyingi to further questions.Tnjngakawa.said that in all'over 28,003 Aativcs ia both islands had already signed tho pqtition." If the New Zealand .Government did not deal with the matter ,to their satisfaction ho would.go to England and present the petition to King 'Edward himself, from inquiries m ado. elsewhere the 'reporter.learned that, , as a'; result of a meeting held that morning 'm regard to.the matter, some of the local Natives had.signed tho petition, , whilst others had expressed themselves opposed to • tho . object which, if . secured, would, , they said, restrict tho ealo.ftnd price of. their lands, as the Treaty provided' for sale to'tlio. Government alone. Tningakaiva iras due to; arrive here last, nig lit, AccoidinE to latest Tcports, ttie hnia appears to bo almost extinct. Shortly, Mr. Hamilton, director o( the Dominion Mupeum,•'ivill make another trip with a view to fecuring,"-if possible, a pair. or) two for breeding - purposes. Upon his return last night from Wanganui, where ho had been, making the nacessaryi preparations, he mentioned that only two or'three of:these birds had been 6oen for a considerable period. He and hie party intended to make n protracted search in the North Buahine district, wliich, it was;■ believed, was the only locality where they-, were now' to bejfound. If the party; we successful, tho birds taken will m> placed bu one of the. Barrier Islands. ;.'■."■■■ The results of tho ndult and cadet shooting competitions for Government prize medals, season , 1908-09,' are announced as follow:—Wellington Military District—Beet shot in North Island, Private G; Harrison,. Wangunui JRifles (305 points), gold medal; beat shot VWelling- , ton Military District, Private' C. E. Deilil, Dannovirke llilles (297 points), silver medal; Best cadet shot-m-Wellington: district, Col.-Sergt.' Eric Gardner, Palmcrston , High,School Cadets (199 points), silver medal/ .

.One of the passengers who arrived from London ycstordtiy .by., the Shaw-Savill- steamer Tainui was Mr. Jtobert Allan, J.P., ofSouthbndgo, Edinburgh,::brother of Mr. ■ William Allan,- of tho firm of Messrs. Veitch and Allan. I ha,vo heard and read a good deal about this gieat and glorious Dominion," said Mr. Allan to R. representative.of, Thb Dominion-; "and on inv holiday, between" now. and tho beginning of .th'o J'«iir,.l am going- to see- all that 1 can." Aithoußh'ho.has-not visited New Zealand beforej Mr. Allan hns somo very decided opinions on tho political position in. this country, although ho preferred to say nothing for pviblica. tion; in a goncriil Avay, because ho had still to eeo tho country itself. Ho did not think, however, that his views would alter. In Mr. Allans opinion- reciprocity ': between England and tho whole of tho British colonies is within measurable distance, ' and he" can also seo in tho future an, ,English Tarliamcnt in .which therc_ will be u representative from each of tho rST' 'cDlohiea-would,.of course, st|U navo their own law-mnkcrs. From , what ho had read of New Zealand legislation, ho considered that it would eventually be found that a good deal of tho advanced measures would have to; bo withdrawn v if- the country was to go abend as it nhould. ■ Mr. Justin Chapman will'preside''■ nt a sit{J, ,1 , 1 ?, °f , th .e Supromb Court /n Clmmbers at 10.80 o clock this morning. - Yesterday's arrivals' by ■ tho : Tuinui included ■IDO pnswnKere in the third class. Of those l« aro assisted. ure adulls nominated by relatives in New Zcalhnd, and 11 inn irrants approved * tho High Commissioner.- Occupa" rions ot the new arrivals nre given variously ai domestics, , farm labourers,, farmer!,-, dnirv: men, and ploußhmen. Capital < nnioni? them ranges from ,£25 to X2lO. IVo passengers by ti.i vessel nro being , prevented from lnliilins by tlnnuthonties-pne being very denf and the other,being, it is alleged,- mentally dofioient. Tb* former will be allowed to leavi the vessel .tortWthWte*! , ' 1 -. ,,, Wi " .^:h°»f''.

Among.the specially invited guests who wen S5 n , b !°,, to: - be P re sont at tho opening of thr Otaki Maori College yesterday,, was tho Hon. J. Lnrroll, NativnMinister, In tho course ol us letter of apology, Mr. Carroll declared that no appreciated tho new step of advance that was being taken in tho education of the ■M? 0 " B '.. I trust," Mr. Carroll continued, that the college will maintain tho highest scholastic traditions, and provo a powerful 1 actor'm whining up students - who will, be earnest nnd worthy citizens of our Dominion." A: deputation from tho Kilbirnio Katopayors , Association, comprising Messrs, Clark,■ Ibbotson, nigmbotham, nnd Eastoii,. waited on the irannvays Committee of tho City Council yes. terday, and asked for n revorsion to ■ tho old system of ticket- to South'Kilbirnio. The de. putation. also impressed on-the-committee'the need for a waiting, shed at tho end of the pwiny section from Courtenay Place near tile Jlecreabon Ground.. The committee pro* mised to favo-uttbly consider tho requests. ,■;. Speaking at the opening of the Maori Collcee and Hostel at Otnlti yesterday, Mr. Field.' M V said it was sincerely, to bo hoped that: steps would at an .early date ho taken to prevent Lff s M ° nt T " gl, i ra ° rtnli ty ™™S tho Native infants. The. death rate' among .'the. Maori children was, perhaps, not increasf-i rapidly but it had already attained alariA'.propor hT'h. Tt ,vnv hO , to boV'S-etted that there was such' a high death , raSSng Native children born, witli every likelihood oi t n t m f mto ? plc ? di<l specimens of man. « nh«n?. d If g[ven anything ike "Wha? isIS" ■ ;wh L? h; ¥ Wfls 'Erring, roforenpn™tJ • has , c , !> . rrip d' into effect with warn mmm one wilMmpresi'iiSnS rt o oforo lon F * m *- which rterXM uX tSm Bu /°ff ns dut y ! ■ ti^a 'of W^ MM XL *f^? ~,5 ■ .demanding--.his immediate been 'Si^&^'pi*-' the' message .move from a sidilig a man.whoso behaviour ■%££> gnr — a ? «!'spiciou s ,': whilst the third message required.him to remove to tho mental •hospital n' ''min Svj t b';ha* arriving" pt tbesqeni) of the biitirlari r,t 1 i T ? W .evening the last occupant had ■neglected: to close and' properly! lock ttr.door, winch was naturally blown 'open' duri "? f nJP hti; the . "ntents-of-thcoCßco beine intact..: Tho .man of suspicious, behaviour, ft was tound, had left the-roeality.by'Thursdoy nignts Jram, andia domestic quarrel -dispoted of. the .suspected;.case of. lunacy. ~,.-■.-..- ■ ;, TJp'till'.the end-of-list,year ohenucs ainounting.to .h n dtbeen,drUn by Mr! Andrew Carnegie for donation to various New Zealand - institutions. "Amounts presented in ■other countries were as 1 follow: United StatpV i^fe^ 1,57 ? ,000 '. ite )™*> ■■MU.WS; Scotland, MIS.m, and a number of smalloT • amounts.' Special bequests for college libraries totalled over .£fOO,OCO, and tlw agsreeate donattons amounted to jnore than ' ■ \ ■•'•

". is pitiful indeed," commcnts'tW'Toß. toralists.Review,"."to : see tho thraldom!under which Die Australian .working' uian is suffering. If, anything: had"beefiiriy.mtcd.liy the capitalist to,keep;tho worker always a worker it would have been trade unionism. This was recognised oven in'ancient Rome.' 'The rulini? classes-..tavr that the', only-way to', kqeb ;mea from, rising,to their, level was;to institute compulsory, unionism. /. Under: this slavery a , matt hud always to remain-in workerj nndnever had a chancy to become on- employer himself. : His children and 'grandchildren; remained in the ruck.oflabour for .over. Twenty to .thirty years, ago it was .only , the ' space of a few years for a. man in this countrs' bl graft; and brains to iw out of the ruck, and lav. the foundation for wealth for Ms rtescoiidantvv Zook around our suburbs to-day, most of, the wealthy men there we men.who, as free men, rose ouc'oMlio, Jabpur ranks, "But that now is all;over. Th« brainy man, tho hard worlci', the wastrel, and the loafer aro all by trade unin.u«ir. put oniflie eaine level- and as such are compelled for ever to remain workers. How a free people could , have , conoented to put this yqkn on "their, neck is: a puzzle to every, thinking man, , All sympathy- between master and jana" has disappeared, and overr man who wants his children to , bo a grade higher than he -is .loaves' Australia for America. Canada,- or Great Britain. ~ They do leave, «hen they can, and 'no one- can blame them' Tho tyranny under which they livo is as.bad as any.tyranny, in past - :■;;•.:- interested-in the entertainment of the Chambers of Commerce delegates from , tho different parts of'the Empirp arts endeavouring t) arrange, as attractive a programme-as- possiblo in the limited time at their disposal. A , deputation from the council of the local Chambo- of Commctce, consisting Of Messrs. W. G; Duthio and- Gcp. Shirtcliffe, waited on tho Hon, , Thos. Mackenzio yesterday to dinoliss proposals as.to. .what might-be-done-to show the. visitorn swne of the country in. the vicinity'of. ■■ Wellington, llr.' C. M. Banks; secretary of the Automobile' Club, has written, to tho chamber suggesting that the delegates might be'taken for a motor-car excursion on Sunday afternoon, October 1? (the day they arrivo from tho south), and that-idea-is being given considerstibnl , As it is' known that the visitors will have visited woollen mills and meat works before their arrival in \Velliugton, those responsible do not' contemplate further exhibits -of tin? kind in this district.-It is known, that they desire to see as much of the country as will-enable them to form somo. idea of its potentialities, and in order to nloot that desire a nroposal is afloat to take them by special train to the Wairarapa on-Mr tiday, October 18. This wiU'jnablo them thoHutt Val-, ley. the Rimutaka Incline engineeriiij! feat of Eomo note), and to get & view, however ilccting.it may bc.'of the .Wairarapa Slains, returning in time to-be entertained at inner in tho.evening* .-:•. ~. ... ;

A very successful Arcck-end camp wjis-heid by the Wellington Highland l?iflcs nt Trent--Imm on Saturday., and •, ijunday ■ last. '■: After the conclusion of -the-Saturday afternoon matches and tho .departure'of , tho other- shootini; men, jUo company paraded for ■ field .tactical exercise's, and attack arid defence. prnclico, and in the evening were instructed in various subjects nt ltctures by .their /officers—Captain . M'Diavmid ami Lieutenants !. Henderson and Willis. Next day, the compauy paraded fol? drill' at 5.30 sun'. , .; After breakfast: the -various teams entered ' for , thy i tournament competitions .at Mmcrston North next month- wcro thoroughly 'exercised,-.- This and cnnip routino occupied'! the time'until the -"cook-house , ' call sounded. After;dinner the : company, 'equipped in full 1 inarch;inj; order, marohct! to the Lowoi ■Jlutt.Raihrw Station, a distance of llj 'milts ■most of.whlch was covered in pouring , raia '£ho march was nccomplisb'°(| in the, excellenl time of two hours Ally minutes, which ; ii cqunl to an averaEo. four-mile an hour 'march The men entrained at Lower Hutt, and arrived in town shortly after, e o'clock. '-'Jf' , is' in tended to hold frequpnt Mmps of Ibis kini ■'•tring tho summer months. •'-.-