LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It has been decided that from Sunday, November 14, the charges for ."express delivery servico'" and "special messenger service" on Sundays will be dqublo the ordinary charge. The ordinary delivery fee for each artiole is 6d. for the first mile, and- 3d. for each additional milo up to two miles, or three miles in all. I'rora.November. 14 these charges will bo doubled for Sunday delivery. , Many , are tho tales told by judgment debtors when called upon to' show : cause why they should not payiup,- One of them mado shipwreck among tho shoals and , shallows of legal examination yoaferday, however, fOf'.course-he could ndt payj ho had been'out of work, but. counsel for the credi tor inquired if deb tor had not contracted to, build/, a couple of houses. "No," replied the manj "I.merely paid .£lO on tho sections." "Oh'I" said Dr.-.M'Arthur,.."if you ! can go in' for taess speculations you can pay. the debt/'i : ' ':\ '■<■' '•■.'■..".'■' i;' : 'u;. On account; of the eixike of coal-miners at Newcastle, the .steamers engaged in the intercolonial servie6 will now have to load extra fluantitiesof blinker coal an New Zealand. Beforo leaving for northern ports arid: Sydney yesterday, tho Huddart-P&rker, steamer Victoria replenished her bonkers, and .in.consequence '.did not sail for. Napier till 7 p.m. / Burglars entored' the- shop, of Mr. Gilbert, tobacconist, in Manners btrcet, oil Monday last, and docnmped with' about £!> worth'. Of goods. The marauders were • apparently disturbed before they had' conipletou their wprki as something like JM worth of goods \fas found on the iloor, of, the shop, wrapped-up I in' the assistants' aprons. Entrant to. tho shop had apparently .been' offeoted;:. through a-back ;window." : ■■.;. ;, ..,}'[ ' .;,-. ].]?'■'"(■) Anothor ftttraetlpn for Lyell Buy—a tuttniei-palini6lTy>Bo-r;|lun'Q—ieibbfilitig pftihe h6ri»ni During W Mil fitr'aHyS- been made T)y ofiicore of the Bleotricnl Department with 'a; vioW to ascerfcaining ;nrlces. for-'.;itlle morry-go-rounds: and it is .stated that if eatißfactory terms: can , bo arranged, tho City Council will,be asked to eanetion tte putch&«e, Tho idea is to run the. machine- with eleotrio motor power,; \vhich could 1)6 done at a Jow cost. by..,a from tho now.; train lino. ; , Last - evening- the committee of. the ■ Master' , ton District. HlgK. School passed the fo'SSwing resolutioni—"ThattheMasfarton .'pistriotHigh School Committee approve.of the setting apart of half an hour during school ; hours ptt otie day iu ! eaoh «-€ek for Bible instruction'in the, MastertoS Distriot High Schod on; the Nol-I son .syetein, and that thecommittee take -'the necessary steps to,net the ; Ministers' Associitlon to give ,flucK, instruction, , the' committee! to oonfnr with th* , chairman' and''headmaster, and, with them, to , bea comDiltte6-:;to 'give effect to- tho resolution."' • ■. ; '.■■..' <%":.''■'■:,■■ v

' By:the end of the, present monthj the. coh'" trote decking,of thoJnew ferro-concreta wharf nt Clyde. Quay will be completed, and thereafter all' that will remain for the contractors 'to do Will; be" Work of a "fmishing'-ofi'V klllil. which will; occupy, tho .construction 6taft until tho end of ...tlw year. \ This will '-inoludo the trimming-up'Of the blocking, the completion of rthe'whnrf; office, and tho laying of the track for tho.slnele traveling crane, which is to' bo etationod at thowhatf. '-■'■ ■.■:'■. . ■/■■; ■' ■':,' ! '■■ As showing how far afield; the paffdef liiilk explosion at : Auckland , -was heard , and. folt.'a message from Cofohlhnde) 'statfts^tliot-'shortly before; 1.30 p.m. ;on ■ Wednesday many- people, there, thought ;thoy felt -an .earthquake. Others'-considered'; that 'a warship . ,wae put'- in the ' Gulf'■' at gun practice,' but when the 5.3. Daphne. arrived from Auckland,' and the.news spread l that' the , now- , dor magazine ■Wμ blown Up at the Taniati, all doubt as; to 'an earthquake was dispelled. The. passengers on, the : Daphne .state, that \fhen the .vessel was. passing Brown's: Island , they: folt a--shock-as if' the steamer had struck.'a rock, but immediately '. Captain. Stopheneon saiv the smoke he remarked that tUo powder bulk had, been-blown up.,, ■'■ .>- , '..,.'• • A visit was paid to the crematorium yesterday afternoon toy Mr.:W. Bush; 1 City Engineer of.Auckland, Mr. Hush left for Christchurch last ni glit, and will return to Wellfngtonin a. day or two, leaving,for Auckland at ; the beginning of : neit.week,. .>.'., ■.•■.:'■.■ : ::. ■The electrical by-laws of .tho city aro. about to'bo revised, and'several meotinge have been hold of late between tho By-laws Committee of the City Counoil and. electrical contractors, with a view to brinijlng about tho host results) possible.','■;;:■. -~,:■•' -._" ■'; ,■'.";.■/.' Tho Gas Ag*eement between the Council and t thß; Wellington Gas Company is' still~'in the hands' of tho former'body, and 'is belhg porused by ■ the . city's legal - advisers: -It'is hoped that a few days will see the agreement signed..':>-';": ■''_■': '). ■•..! / ./. ■, ;:•. ■ , ' ■■„'.»,

Detectives -Hiinimond and Kemp arrested two men yesterday, on a oharge of house-breaking at Island; Bay, •• .;■■;■;,; ~,;•■' ■',■■:■.':■■' r: ■ The-.■November 'number of "The- Welling toman," the official organ of tho Wellinfjton Colleje, is full of interest' to present and old boys of the school, and , its compilation is a orodlt to those responsible. It-contains- full accounts- of th«. various clubs ; and sqeleties, which form an' intcgral- part of the institution, acoDunts' of ..the. inter-0011-ego and- union football matches, arid, the , college spurts (withaU luetratiohs).■'■■;'•.'.--■.:-,; ■'■.' .'. -■"•■■' .: ".•■ ■';'-.,' ;: ;". ; . ' : last night's meeting of the • Wellington BowlingvCentre,..it was'announced that :a trophy, to be called the ."Andrew-, Ushei , "- trophy, had:been donated for competition. Mri '11.I 1 . Bush remarked, that he did not consider, it wise to accept such- a; trophy. It would be converting tho centre into an advertising niediuiii,. andthis,' he- thoujrht, would lower ; tho tone of bowling. At a later.stago of the meeting, the axsrotary, stated .that he had. received an-''offer-by a local firm to print the procrainitio-iar the tourney and it free of cost to the ceiitrc.- It was from Johnston and Co. Mr. Bush movtd, and Mr. -Wobb seconded, : a motion to'« the-.'effect!.that the ocutro should print ita own programme.: ..This wne lost, artd it was dcoldid to accept the.offer.!.; ; ; .;■•;-.. A mnßistcrinl'intjnlry is to commence in Wel-lington'to-day concornlng thef loss of, the little stonmer t)\ico, which lrtt Wellington for tho Chntliam .Inlands on Soptember 7, and has not sincoboCn heard Of. .■'';.'. ■!'.■', - ;^'!' A boy of 15, named Jnmes Veitch, residing at lSnalcori SloAd, hM been mis-fiing sinw 5 p.m , . on Wednesday. Ho is about 5 fot-t 2 or 3 inches in height, liu \ery fair hair (almost while), and blue eyts, and is drciscd'in blue terßo. No reason , is known for his disappearance, ■ Shampooing, Clipping, Itairdrctsing. Manicuring. Face Masßage, Treatment of bailing Hair and Dandruff, Combings made-up, Natural Hair-pads. Mrs. Kolleston (ever Cirrcll'dU Willis Street. 'Phono 1509. C 1317

At the Rotorua Court' thV other day a ease in whleli special interest wa&: takeh was un aetlon" brought: by a Maori named Tauhu King:,'of Okero, againet Mr.-.Beal, engineer in oliargo of the; electric power house, and a Native named-Hemann, charging them with unlawfully detaining ft; sword of honour prosenlcd to Mnjor. Fox by Ouecn Victoria. King! had left the sword with Mr. Boal for sato custody, and the latter had piven -ft to' Hβninna. Kin?i claimed eole right to the sword, whereas the defenM. wasr that Hemana and - nineteen others hafi by an order of the Native Land Court been appointed owners After hearing th* ovldrjco of plaintiff- Kingi and , another witness, Mr. R. W. Dyor, I S.M., dismiKsod the information with costs npninst tlio plaintiff.. It came ont in oyidenoo tlint Kingi had beon aotivo in getting up a petition from the Maoris of Okero requesting tho Uovorn» ment- to remove -Mr! Beal ftorn hie position, i Botorua people are wondering what mht th» Maoris havo to interfere in suoh niatlore. ■ The Liberal andLabonr Federation is. In tht opinion of one of its members (Mr. Collins), » raisnoDiov fts applied to the Auckland branch. It did not, .he said at ft.'meeting oh wednosv day night; concern itself with labotii mnttete. • Why, there wwo"mcn,out of work all over the • goldflelds, and- yet it Hvaei said that men could not bo got in Auckland.■■ AH tbnt was necMs&rj woe, that the Government should place a eouplo of thousantli or perhaps three thousand, on tho Estimates and lot these men malco roftda out,back.'•. Mr. Nerhcny pointed out that Mr. Collins and others who thought as be did had ■ had their answer from the Government that tho State could not afford to spoon-feed everybody with, relief works, j\nd what was the good-of asking 1 men again aiTiestion to which they had already given the,; answer. Some timo ago Mr. T. Greshort, City Coroner, introduced to the Liberal and Labour rcdoTdtion a sohome oh which he is tery keen-thc ostablishment of a foundling hospital at Auckland. The. federation took the matter up, and 'Wrote letters to tho Government, > advocating the scheme, To this tho Ministers gavo the usual diplom&tio roiily that the mutter would be kont eteodily in view. This did not (satisfy Mr. Gresham, and he raised the matter acftm on Wednesday night, vith' the ifSnlt that it will be further conelderod by the oxecnuve of the feUcration. ; . ■"•■'"■■.