LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 644, 22 October 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

•I The postal authorities advise that nn American: mail,! which left Sail J Francisco for' Papeete, on October 17,- is due-hero ex the H.iuroto on -\'ovembei' 12.' -" •■;' ,;, .";■.'••• '■ "• ■ ■ " ' . . . Magistrates: are frequently addressed by titles appertaining to those ■ whoso authority is greater than theirs. "Your Worship": is In order, but the. Bench is frequently given the compliment of "Your Honour." lesterday, however, all records wero'broken. Defendant in: a civil case went further afield for a term; and addressed .•■the-/ magistrate, V'as' ■'. "Your Majesty!" : Notwithstanding the extensive compliment,. however, ; tho man lost his case. Correspondence ■ ia >forbidden , by -notice in this week's GnziiUo to be forwarded : to .tho National Publishing Company, Sydney. '. ;' This,, week's Gazette notifies.;.that two scholarships.of the yearly value , of J335, tenable ; for two yohrs, at: tho Tβ Auto College, are offered .for competition. One'■ of.-those to , be called' the' senior scholarship,, is open to.| all. Maori boys not : over teeu years of',.ago atr the end of the month preceding the Vdate, of the examination; the other, to be. called the: junior scholarship, is open to all Maori'boys under fifteen years of ago at the end of the month preceding the date oi the examination who have- attended, a Native, school or schools under the control of the Education Department, and lylioee'attendance at- school during the previous year ij considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to havo' been satisfactory. The examination is to be held at convenient centres on December 6 and V 1909. *:", ■"■: - ■':; V.' ■ • > ■ A deputation from the Citizens' Anti-Gamb-ling Com mittee will wait on the Prime , Minister, on' Monday/morning. ; Its membors ■will urge .the suppression 'of proprietary racing club;'; and the limitation of race days;to tho number of totalisator permits;'. ; "'.'".:' .Councillor Fi-pst inquired of : the Mayor, nt last night's meeting, of the City Council wbether tho city solicitor had drawn up- the proposed regulations. in! reference to tKe conduct of hairdressers'- saloons. : Councillor Ballinger replied-that .the- question; which' Was raised twelve months afeo, had Keen before the By-Laws Committee for • some • time past, bnt the understanding was that it was not urgent, and .pressure: of business had necessitated' its postponement from' time-to time. : .' ~ : ."'■';•■.■'■ Detectives Lewis -arid , ConceHy arrested -ayoung man, yesterday on a charge of stealing eight 'boxes of, tobacco, valued at .£3B, from tho "premises of .Messrs. Bond and Bell, Auckland, on October 9. The arrest was effected by moans of a description supplied by the Auckland police. . ':':: '■-.'■ '.".'■ ' ■'■,■„■.":, .■; • A double-decked trnmcar : bound from Thorndon to Jfewtown ran off the rails at Stewart Dawson's corner.at 8.15 n.m.yesterday. Anticipating trouble-'in getting the car back on to , tho : rails.. the , tramway authorities ' commenced to divert the traffic, but thre'was not necessary as the big car was placed on the track again within', ten minutes; The repairing: work on the. line at the corner of Willis Street and Larabton Quay probably accounted for the mishap. . . ■. ■ : ~ ■;. ;-.■■,. ■■■ One little child, aged five years, arrived heme from school shortly after noon yesterday wideeyed with news. What did daddy think? The teacher had showed, them a hian with one arra_and only o»e eye, who could." fit-lit liko anything! She could not remember his name, but, he could fight, and the poor fellow only had'one arm. A little later the town of Nelson was mentioned at the lunch table. " That's him!", said the little girl excitedly; " That's who?" asked the mother.. "'Kelson,' tlie poor man with one. arm and only oiieeye!" 1 Then they .remembered that it was Trafalgar.Day. : .i'h(! ; annual' 'meeting of ' tho Wellington Builders' and Contractors' .Association -was held last night, Mr. W.'L. Thompson presiding over'a good attendance..-, : Tho annual report and balance-sheet;, (already published) were read and adopted; Officers' were elected as follow;— President, .Mr. L;v Si Humphries ;•.viceS resident, Mr. J. Nicholson:, secretary, Mr.- W. renfelli treasurer, Mh.WvG.'Emory; committee, Messrs. W. L. Thompson,"W. H. Bennett, and :W. D. James j auditors, Messrs. V Harbottle. and; W.! Glendining., Various qiieetione of interest '.to the association were dealt With. " ->, '■■",'..■■■.■• .'."":-. : .'.

■ A. city councillor complained last night that the tr&mshcd pryertywas being deteriorated in value beoause of tho erection of a gymnasium direotly in front of the building. Tho Mayor said that the building had ■• been commenced duringlhe stress of unemployment. Tho tramway employees volunteered ■to subscrjbo vfKOO, and the council'paid -more, in order to : erect a clubhouse for tho tramway men. The work had helped a number of unemployed carpenters. It had been understood that the building was not to interfere in anyway with tho running' of the cars. However,- he would lay the complaint before the electrical engineer when ne:returned'from Auckland. • iThe By-Laws Committee of the City Council reported to..lost night's, meeting, ot. the council that they had inspected some'of the'street encroachments at Kelburne, reported on by the city engineer.. They were obtaining an Opinion from the'city solicitor as to the council's' powers to lease the portions of the streets encroached upon, and would report at uexl meeting'..,,' '. '; The Baths and Reserves Committee of the City Council roported to last night's meetingof. the council that-they had considered tho application of residents of Nairn Street, asking the council to dedicate , a portion of the Town Belt, -66 feet Vide, for rood formation at the rear of their: property in Nairn Street. The committee recommended that the matter 1)6 dealt with as follows :-rOne half, viz:, 33 feet, to bo taken from the Town Belt, conditionally upon the ; petitioners fettiug- apart a like 33 feet, tho owners of this property to pay for the road formation. This recommendation was discussed at., considerable length, and adopted by nine votes to-four. . ■ , The employees of the City Corporation have been granted a holiday in December, the occasion being their annual picnic. The crematorium regulations ,were formally adopted at last nights meeting of the.City Council. The Mayor , remarked that a com- , inunication'had been received from- the. Department of Internal ..Affairr ..regarding" the matter, but that it had not been considered *<*• ■-•- :.'■ ;■.•." .::,■-'"- <-.'•'. ' ■ ■:" During the fortnight ended October 19, 21 applications ' were made, to the City, Council for ? emission to erect, alter, or extend buildings, n 17 casee.plans were 'examined and approved, and permits issued. The value of tho work was as' under:—City, .£2755;' Helrose, .£5615 j Onslow, .£325; making a total of .£8695. . A rather peculiar case was. mentioned at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. It appears that the plaintiff claimed a sum ;■ of money from defendant, balance - alleged to be due after deducting a contra account owing by plaintiff to defendant. Plaintiff, it seems, claimed.£lo as a reward for obtaining.defend-ant-a position in the Civil Service and thus proposed to ask tho Court for judgment for tho difference. Plaintiff did not, however, appear. .'■■ .'■''-. • ■ ■'•'- - : ■.'-' ■ ••■•■'-•.■• ■:■ ' '. ■ Atiho' Congress of Veterans held yesterday. Captain Hursthouse (the Taranaki delegate) related a littlo incident which the chMrnmn. (Lieut.-Colonel Nowall) .thought should be preserved, as .showing the. sweeter 'side: of tho Maori character. The daughter of Rewi Maniapoto (the brave old chief, who, in the faco of a British'gene'r'aV'and a British force, had shouted:'"Ako, ake,\kia kaha!") had married one Vercoo. • Vercoo was killed, and, as was the custom, his Maori wife went back to live with her people. One day Captain.Hursthouse was passing' the.'whore',' when he was hailed: "Wirihana, I-have-something" for.-you 1- He went over to tho whare, and there was Rowie daughter..'- She said she had Vercoe's medal, and wished him toTtoke possession of it 60 that it could bo restored to. his people. Captain Hiirsthouso took the medal, and not being able to place it wifli Vercoe's people, still' had it in his possession; . He wished to know what was .to-.bo ..done , with"it., . No one seemed. to be able to offer-a suggestion, 60 it-is likely that the' mednl' will remain in Captain Hursthouse's possession. ...-j .. ~' ':■■. .'. . •Mails .which \ left'.Brisbane, by. the, Marama on September 29 arrived at Vancouver at 6 p.m.-on October 19—two days' early: . .; ;., .- Somo -300- exhibits -are <• being - forwarded to the Manawatu Agricultural , and Pastoral Association's ■ Show by the'. Wellington' Technical School,: 'These consist of specimens l .of- all classes of.' art 1N ,.w0rk,. : engineering and- architectural 'drawings, modelling work,- and examples'of'Work turned .out. by students in the carpenters' workshop. These are practical results of the work done at the school by bona fide students, and nro 'entries for the art and technical work competitions instituted by the association in connection with its' November show.-. , - .;! :.--': ■'-. '.:■ »u).i,; v.rmiii. .-;;. .--.-.' :..■'.:■ .'..'.-. ■-.. ,•>-, ir,i<i lionT ; - In'the''course', of :his"address' at the Anglican Diocesan conversazione ot " Christchurch ; on: Tuesday./night, the. Rev..' E. K, Mules told; a .story, of tho' schoolmaster nt,Broken. River | who :had given n history lesson on. the pilgrim fathers, and who,,had got : his'.pupils, to ...write an'ossay. oik tho subject afterwards. . One of the essayists ,"had. '• written:—"The "pilgrim fathers left the' Church of England to seek for G6|l.'" "I think," commented' the speaker, "that that boy. had a grand imagination, which ought to be cultivated." .'.','. , .'"'■'. .- .. ' j "What strange follt we- Church of England! people are!" said: the Anglican Bishop of -Chnstchurch'(Dr. Julius) in his synodical-ad-dress on, Tuesday. ■■ "We have great institutions for waifs oiid strays in London and , elsewhere,, doing a magnificent work. Our people care nothing for it, and : send their money to Dr. Barnardo's Homes. Wo have-an excellent body' of deaconesses' , in ..this- diocese, quiet, humble 'women, llving-tlie simplest of lives, visiting and relieving tho sick and needy;' helping? the. fallen,;"teaching, looking after the ohildren, doing : ii variety of honest work which is , worthy of our best support. We take no interest in them; we-leave them crowded in a house unfit for' a temporary shelter, and -we put our money into a Roman Catholic. Nazareth House.;, Do not; think that I grudgo for a.einglo moment the.help that my people may give to- thet or any : other. good ..work, ■or that I fail .to recognise the noble efforts- which are mede by lkmiiui Catholics niid others for the relief of distress..- Only, 1 say that there 'aro no women doing better: work than our deaconesses; and. that their usefulness, as'their numbers, can be thrice extended, if. church-people will see to-it that .the institutions of their own Church are properly maintained, before they , ' look- further aiield. , ' '.;.-•.-.;.: •,- . • ~ J n' his address to. the Christchurch' Anglican uTai f'fr , " 1 ' 1 Bishop (Dr. Julius) stated that Archdeacon" Harper had consented to; move a series of resolutions, promoted' by the Standing Committee, touching tho constitu- • tarn, of the• Church of Canterbury province; Ihis subject properly belonged to tho Archdeacon, not only, by the authority with whicl he the oldest clerical' member of the General Synod, but as having made it'his,own bj thelong succession of resolutions on the.-mat-M^l Chhoha . d ,moyed in the General Synod, irior to recent legal decisions in regard to , tho of 'there waf some uncertainty as to tho: position in, reference to the property of the' Church.'-, It was now a matter of the.'utmost simplicity.. Evorr pro* rib*? WW ChUrCh ?°^ ™ i : indent right ot seli-government. in- due subordination to the main enance of the catholic.faith in i™ integrity, the-decrees and customs of tho V nT al Ch a^- ha m! "ht add, with reft* 1 al tc , ams -;f v«'T.plcasant evening was spent and medals and cops wore pren U- to.the-foUowiiie boys who wevedeemed Tuntr t .^' ,b . est ,,P l WWs'.sn'-their division:Junior , second division: J. • Colemari ("old , medal) and D.Bourke. (silver medalT juK -hird division, A team: ; W.Bowden (cop), A. S Nver medal), and Sheehy (silver ««'■ , B /.team-M. Carmody (cap), and P S t ™ t f<'^ v (silv.ir medal). , . Songs' were cok bibuted by Q. J. Clements. 6. Hill Doherty, and Eev. , llro. BonT face. Mr. Levin gavea recitation. Mr. J.Clements \vas_the Sjoeches wero ?r H r l| v - Bros. Justin' and Pnllftdin, and Sfessrs. MKeowon, Levin, Hill, M'Donjild, and M'Ewan■ represented the Wellington, Football -Association. - - = ■ ; ■;■■•> - A section- of the residents of Kilbirn'ie disoussed the affairs' of the district at the annual; meeting of tho Ratepayers' Association last evening. ■ - Ihe matters considered were the imirovement of the .recreation ground, tho erec.ion therein of a new dressing pavilion, the footpaths.of'Childw's Roiid, and the drainage of / tho All these matters are to be brought before the -City Council. The - com- ■ mittee. elected .to urge progress.in tho direcion indicated during the ensuing vear areiMessrs. Gallatly, Evison, Huggins, Higginbottpm. Fisher,: Clarke, and J. Easton (secretory).' . ,■- . . .-•./.. ~. •> , The application of the- Miramar: Borough Council lor certain tramway concessions was dealt with at last night's meeting: of tho Citj Council, when tho Tramways and Power'■' Stations Committee reported that thev hod considered the following, ronucsts of "the Tramways. Committee of the,Miramar Council:-<l) That. , tho amount per car niilo at present Charged .to tho borough bo reduced from Is. to: 9d j. (2) that tho concession from Courtc'nay Placo'to Lcslio Street be extended to tho 'city .boundary;, The committee recommended that the Miramar Council bo informed that tne City Council is not in a position to grant tho -.concessions', asked for. •', ,■ ,I'he: Mayor pointed put that if the : concessions were granted, it would ' mean that' 'the. 'city would incur' a 1055,,;.-- " .'■/■" " "-■•■■.•. •.',,'.. ■-.. ..".

;;' :: 'f ; ""''" n: - rF: "':"' r: ""' '.;■;■]'■ The City Council has decided that'the iicense" >feo for rifle saloons be reduced from £10 per,. ahnuhi.tb yD3 Bs. per.annum..' r ".'.'."' '.';■■'■''•.:,-' '." . . i -This eveningr.'Noi 2.Company of tho Weilington Division of Garrison Artillery (Petono Ntiyals), will go Into camp" at' Fort KelburnOj ! Ngnhaurangii',. for their annual sixteen "days :i: 'course-of training in -fort-manning and big : ' gun shooting. .Captain Ellis will'bo in coin- ;' ; mand. :,'-■■ i- ; •">..... -';", "' '■■' • -■''.•—'••,-'..'.■... ' .'Old ' comrades of tho-First New, Zealand-. , ■ Mounted Regiment (South Africa) epeut a very .; * pleasant time at Godher's Rooms last evening,. . thn occasion boing the ninth annual dinner of the regiment. Colonel A: , W. Robin,, C.B. (Chief of the Goner'al ,Sta(f); who commanded the regiment in South'Africn','"presided, ahd', Lieuteimnt-Colonel • D'Arcy Cbaytor (an ex-. ' : subaltern, officer of tho regiment), was also . . present.- There- was -an chtiro ; absence' of formality about tho function, the guests preferring .; ■ to git about in groups and yarn over old times, rather tlian listen to toast speeches.■■'Tho toaBU of "Our• Officers,'' and VThe-.Services '".: were briefly proposed: and responded to, and in ,ac-, . cordauce with an established custom, the socre-.' ; ' tary of-.'tho'association ,'(Ur.' Claude" Jewell),,.' read the "Roll of the -Ilonoured Dead,"•-While■„ the company ; reverently stood.rV' •'■■;•"": . ; , . As a very large' attendance "is expected'- at ■ the mass m«ting of tho No:Liocnso party at the Town ; Hall to-night; wo are asked to state ;. that an Sample supply of cars has been i ar-: ■ ranged for on the various routes, both ooming v and returning.,: The doors, will bo open at.7. ,■' p.m., and all the seats, except a few for:M.P.'s V and specially invited persons, will befree. 'luy the hall should fill before 8 p.m., as , at others" . oentres, the 'meeting:"will , bo started .at, onofci-- ; hence platform ticket-holders are asked to be in their-seats by,7.45 plm.. ' : . .. '.: /The .city- solicitor has been instructed to institute legal proceedings against the Rail- ' way Department for the recovery of.the 6um ■ of £\\b Us, Id., cost of repairing the: damage. •'■. . to.the Wainui-o-mata-water main,-.caused by a ,•■':■ fall of earth in connection \rith-the railway; duplication ivorke./-.'.1 ■'.'.', . ;, '• .V ■' Th« - City Council decided- last evening to inform the Shopkeeper's' Association that the ■ widening-.of , Willis Street,- n«ar Mr. .Goodall's'.:■.; . premises, will-bo undertaken at the earliest ; possible'date.,. /. : , ",'■"-•■: '•'*(■• ■" ' ■ 1 - Tho negotiations which the City Cdincil hay* '■:.'' in hand lor the taking over'of paH:of Messrs. Johu Duthie and Company's property,-in'con-nection with the Willis Street widening scheme, •■ • were considered in committee for some'time' last evoniug. >Tho matter was-again-reforred, . to tho Finance' Committee' for further ,coa- : .'•■'.• i sideratipn. ~-■■•. ,-. "• ,/ . ....... ■.'•'■"":' v ' ; - ; .' In conciudiug his lecture at the Town Hall , • last evening, ; Mr. Foster Fraser, after' ■ ' ing thanks for the great kindness and courfcaj . which had boon extended to him in New Zea. land, and in Wellington' in particular, .mentioned that there was ono fly in tho ointment. He, as a Uritish. journalist, was pleased to i see that tho. standard of british, journalism '.-■ was'being admirably maintained , in this'part . .' of the world, but, as:ho had remarked before i there was a fly in the ointment.■', Ho referred , tto the:"Now-Zealand Times."' That , paper,..ir ■ its notice of- the previous 'evening's lecture [ had mentioned in,effect that he was a bad lee : turer;- Well, perhaps that was true.. But whaV ' I he did object-to Was being called a , liar. Thi' "New Zealand limes" had referrod to hii , "alleged adventures: , ' Ho wished it toaowi '. that none of the adventures , he had touchec • j upon"wero."alleged;"'and he'wishcd.to'resent, . any imputation , of-.the'kind. Howas-'sorrj . to find any. journal so degraded as to make I the insinuation he had mentioned. , • -.•'..■,' ■'■ ■ Tho fifth-.annual oratorical competition.;o£ ;'. the Wellington Provincial Literary and Debat- : ing Societies' Union takes place in the Y.M.C.A. ; Roo.ms'to-night.-Entries from .seven'. societies .';; i have been" received, ;and, the publio should ba ; treated to .an interesting and instructive ,con- ■ tost. The societies represented, with their speak-, ei's' names and subjects, are:—St. John's, Hi Re;d. : "Hpratio Nelson' , j' Viotoria College,' W; I J.;M'Eldowney, "Abraham Lincoln' , ; -Catholio : .. 1 Club, l -'J..M'Clusker, , ,"George, Washington', , ; .-.'.:. Miisterton, Y.M.C.A., D. ; Hobonton,. .■'.'&: J. . , Soddoh"i.Karbri, M..H. Oram, "Abraham Lin- ' coin"i.Taranaki l Street (\Vesleyan), R. J. BurI ley, "John;Wesley",- and'.'St. Anne's Club, D. .' Butler. : Mr. .. Justice . Cooper.'' will- preside, aud at the conclusion or,tho competition/ will present' the 'diploma arid Parliamentary. ' Challenge Shield to the Y.M.C.A'. Society, which V was successful in winning the annual debating ~ ' tomnament:a v diploma to the.Tarauaki.Street "" : (Wosleyan) Spoiety,', as , winner, of the first short--1 paper "■ tournament j also ■ the - - vice-president's v ... '. goUl medal to the successful cpmpetiior'at tho oratorical copipetitiph, and a'diploma to the sor ciotywhicWhe^ptestftte.:: , '■■ •.-..' -. .' :• '.'.<:■ '