LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

When the Logislativp Council resumes today tlio Tokonmru FreeziiiK Works; Silo Bill will be brpught. forivard for |ts, second rcadjng. Other measures which it is proposed should bo read a second time are: inferior Courts, Propedure Hill, Magistrates' Courts Amendment .Bill, arid Destitute Persons Bill. 'Answers' to questions will be brought down in.. the' "House this afternoon. The, Bills at ■.HieiHoi) of-'tyie Order Paper are: The Gaming •Act' Amendment Bill, Xicensing Act: Amendnipnt Bill, Mutual l'ire Insurance Bill, Pub- , ! lic; Service ffill, and Coal lliues Act Amendment Bill—all for their. second : reading—but :.it...is doubtful if much progress will be made in),connection with " these measures to-day. ;Tn : ,:the -evcniiig. Jho financial Statement and the; General Estimates wi)l he presented, after ■which the JJouse wjjl adjourn till |?)rmorrpw,' . Jleplying to a recent 6Uggnstiou by Mr. Newman, M.P,,.:'that.'ifarmors' mutual .assurance companies should be pllowed' to deposit their ■funds:, in the Post Office Savings Bank,. tho Postmaster-General (Sir Joseph Ward) has now rßpliejd,." that it is regretted the request cannot be coriiplied with as the companies do not come -within tho scope of the savings bank regulations providing for the acceptance of deposits, from non-mercantile, societies."'

The. subject of refigious intructipn in schools is, jt is: stated, being, revived in AVellington, and a strong effort.is to be made to secure tlio introduction pf what is known as the "Nelson system". into, one ior more of the' larger, priniary institutions.' . .■. ■"..'■'■ ■ . . An outbreak of fire occurred pii the steamer Pilot yesterday morning iit tho' Ferry Wharf. Before the brigade arrived, two members of the prew p*' A !si Tutanefcai had.a hose in piieration,; and the-firo' was quickly suppressed. The accidental: ignition of some coal appears to,have been the cause of- the' outbreak.... Very little ■•{aniage was done!' ", -' ""' '■■■'".. "...'■ ' The second-class Auckland yacht • Wairere,' which- has' been purchased by Mr. Bucjiplz, a Wellington yachtsman, arrived -from' the.nbrtli. yesterday morning by. the Tarawera, She was launched from the steamer and towed to the Boat Harbour byl.the s.s. Riwaka. The. length .of the. new yacht is Ssft., and the beam BJft. •The day was- spent by the owner, aud cre\v in I rigging the yacht. '.. ■■ . .'■; ', ';•, -

A nian was arrested by Constable Bryan yesterday on n charge of breaking.the "plate-glass window ef Messrs. Craven's prpmises, 108 >Villis Street. It is stated that ho pushed his .'ami "through'the windpw and cut his hand in dping's'p. ■', '. : ' ; ' : ' '■/ : " '■■;':■'■'■ ■ '•■': '. " ■'■' A Sydney pputempprary gives spmo interesting particulars pf the'let of the banlc clerk in that city, as disclosed in a report,issued by the Clerics' Onion! In one.bank the scale : of. salaries, was repprte.d "tp run t-rFirst'y'eav, £40; secpud year, \E(iO;.third year, JC80; (ourth.,.year, JSIOO. "The.positibuiafter tbo fourth year," tlie repertadus, "is 'heaven help you.' There is np regulation for. increment, and it is a • matter of, general report -anipiisst jthe clerks tjiat' the siiperintondept has. stated a ! deflnit)! iiitentipiiVof' giving 'no 'clerk.more' than.'JHOO per aiimiiu. 1 Qlerks,.'after 13 years' service, receivo. between "JEIUo and■ \£l7s,'. and- there are clerks'whp, after; 25 years'' service,:receive Tup inpr'e.thau'dCSflp per annum. The barrenness ef theso .pj-'psn'ects has ■an injuripus, 'effect pn' , tho clprks cii'tplpyjed by the bauk, aiid a lack of interest in their work is '.'engendered.' Men are forced out of the service afte'r giving the best years jo£ fheir. lives'to-jt," In at least ', four, pf the.'b'aijjifs .operating in. Sydney the fdndftions wore found :to be sucli■ that. the' clerks were ;seething .)vit|i discontent, In three, city office's , , the from manager downwards:-< were found to run as. under 1:;29 years service, j!2U; 25, J5190; 26; JCIBS; 20, JSlffi; H; J2IGO; 9, XISO; 7, p£ll2; and seypral.juniprs.Np. 2': 31 years* service, J8350; 27,'-.£2iO; 27,- jESQfI ; ■ ■19,-C190; U;£m'\ 13,"«C165";.7, k£l2s;" 6,'M5; i, XlOOj: and several juniors.-■ : No. 3: 18 years' service, .£300; 24, JE2OO; 1,3,. JfilSO"; 10, 11, £H?i) 7| «£125;,5, 4:loo;,and-,several juniors..;;;

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. S.M.,' pne first-offenjjjn'g-inebriato was cpnvicted; and ana anotlier was fined-10s.' -Patrick' Cainpft Iff.nr'y -Tay)pr, v alias" Pigtop.Taylo>v were fiiieU 55.. ami 10s. respectivelj-, pn siinilar -'charges,';

.In view nf yesterdjiy's Jlarathon race, .it-is interesting to recall the origin of tho race. It is given.inllollin's history.'as follows:z4A great j battle was fought, between.-the, Persians....and ! (He' Greeks.. The Pei-sinn ariny ivos cbmmanie.d by DpfiS; .njjd consisted 91 100,000 .fopf;. io,oop.iinpiin(^'epidj^re,'! i thafc;o£.tliß'-itS»emani'] amovintitl "to r l0,000"men lif'allj and'was headed by', ten 'generals, , ; of' whom ifiltiades- was- the chief.' ' The result; of 'the! battle was that tlie Athenians were^successful, arid inimedinfply after- tlio''-baUle'...ah "-'Atttciiian'.-'soldier., named Phei(jipin'des ; . quitted, the -'hfrny "and; ran , ' , ft ; Atliens tfl carry'ihe'.news'te Ws" )Vheh at the ma?iph'i)te'p : lipuse, ho only, uttered tlie words, , tjie" victory i^ , 'o'ur?, , -and ho. fell doiyn and' died. The we're sp, sure of "Victory, that they provided". 11 marble;at Marothnn't.o be'.'.preeted as. n ■monninent. .The Greeks took this roarb'le/ and caused a statue to bo ninde ef it by Phidias An hnnour of tlio oodd.ess; JJeroesis, }l')?.o"h'n'd"ri : . femnle nenr tlje site ..pf the liattle.;; .Marathon' is 'situa'red' .about" 26 . mills';from;! Athens'.";.' ./

■ It is .stated ■ fchat; a*_start -,bn -the- Charlo.tfo Street'tramvrayi extension-is -P bepinde early in the new year, by which' time the , appliances now lieiiif; used on.XhoLycll Bay line wilkbe ; available.. ■■■.■.■,. '■ ' .- ,-■ ; >'' •■"-■.

■ 'The .general impression abroad is' : that the hpnour; of being: made a justice of fh'e-pence is. ope.. muph . after, ' but apparently (writes our Auckland correspondent)', thoso who have been tanpured.aTe not always anxious 'to disohnrge the', judicial; duties' devolving upon them by. virtue flf their, of 'course a' Coiirt holiday,; but there w.as'-. the usual number, of overnight arrests to be dcaJt ffith. .■ As is' cjistomary, three ijustices .were notified that their oeryicee would be required; but not one til the three: turned up. \ Tho Court messenger ,'jAis sent oufc t-V try. to , find sonio.pne, »']ionvqjll.d: act in their., places,,but. -his,-seiirch w.as frjijtlpss, and;after ■ three-quar-ters:- of; an 'hpjir .of <JrjeArr..-waiHhg' the police offiosrs and witne«ios: present were ,infqrni>d that the-, pases would be. tatim next inorning.,

llelbourno .Hies report that/a, largo -gather.ing , of, citizens, representing the Syrian "co'ni- ' IW'fcy;' ?B • %. l f}9»™-> • h.eld. a. • Vanqpet at thp Late )! rancsjae,; to pe).obr.ato .■ tho, iuauguratioii I ,of-tiie neiv Turkish Constitution. ' Under" the! 'absolute form' pY'governmeiit"tho Syrian's 'su'f- ] tered great. inJMfjceS, , more- jogpscially'-in , the matter of taxation, and in the far more ini- 1 portant one of proper representatiori ; iii the courts,of law. To" the Syrians,' therefore, the inauguration of- Cnnstitutional fpr'm of , govcriifnent implying cgmpleitg: equality ;-pf all classes of. the community 'is a. great' boon, and their, rejoicings arc therefore fully! justiUcU. At-the bsnquet, which was >ttemled by a(lmdt™.M Melbourne (CplpneJ ])urston) l).r. Carty Salnion'(Speaker of the Hous6 Of: Hepresentahvfcs)/ the -'. Turkish' -Con'sijl tolonel Charles - Byan),j the French Consul (11. Pigeonneau), and other well-known citiff, the .pnnpipfti; speaker »• as.-Mr.-.Pishcr iifnno nf th" 9.PP osltio »>' •»»}<? wl'-thp event iv,is one ot tho hye epoch-marking events of the 'tion d Australian lfeflera- "°\ W? jrautiiig ot Constitutional governSV )P l?ersia and , 'iVkey, followed by .tie foundation of 'the- gdutn Afncan lVderation f --wh'ich'.co n stLtc a.period of iho creek. $» brought hinf ashore, Sdt once commenced the work of resuscitation' It is estimated that Von Uohren was 3' >4 S&"af^f* S) before'Hβ. Mβ rescued. <J scious. Ho had a marvellous escaped v"'

, K marvellous -crape 'from , being gored to fWm \.Wt> m charged her. The little B>rl ; WW lifted "op ,-fte round th.e ynrc, and tossed a))out, fe olfe sister jmnued into; jthe'-yard eid rescued her l\j a v W- hor "' '"Well w≤ curlsd,, had .entered nt tho. left arinpit;-. an'd had conie put at the collarbone, but 1 id only torn through,tho skin., . '•. ■; " w " ! *

A few- .days, agp ;Miss. Bridle, who residoa near Jorwell:; (Vic), noticed a large snake in the.drnn-ingrrppaj. . She called !p her brotlior lv.hp m workingiiithe puddock, but'vhcd ho arrived nrnied with a pitohforK v tho reptile had. glided out of• eight, 'fhere Was "an.organ Hf the -room, and on the .bellows being ■pressed w;ith tlie fork a sound came front the instrument as thpughsonieono \yerp practising' the scales. This, it was afterwards ospcrGiined was paused, by the Bnnke )ying along tho keys,jpc when the l|d qf the organ was raised , the reptile ppkpd qut its head, and when M.r- Bridjp hurriedly closed the lid' thp' ijniijffl's iiead \vas jammed fast, and it w-ns killed:'; Miss Bridlo ivas in the habit: qf playing •ihe-\brgan. every day, and'itis ■ s\ipnpgei[; . that: -tlifi: reptile, ;.cliarji)cd by. t)ip mMsic, liad inadp its homo" in tho;instrument: ;fpr sppic tinip rjist.' ..... : ; [~; Shampooing,. Clipping;'' Hairdressing. Manicvir.jng. Face Massage; of Pfljliiis , Hair mint DaMruff,, ■ Cembinss -.mode up,. Netnral Hair-pads. Mrs. . lioDeston ■ (over Carroll'fi) It' Willis Street 'Phone 1589. ~•■:. ,C 1517