LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.The mails which left Wellington on October s.s. Moeraki,, and connected nt Sydney with the. Naples dispatch per' R.M.S. ■ Opliir, arrived at London on the • morning of November 22, one day late.,/ : •

As an instance of the vagaries of the-tides mCook Strait, Commander ft. A. Edwin, R.N., late director of the New Zealand meteorological oflice, reports that at 10 n.ni: on September 4, 1!)09, when- steaming alongside the cablebuoy, in tho New .Zealand Government s.s. Ttitnnekai, the flood-stream was found to be running atS l-3d. knots per hour by patent log, This was two hours and a half after H.W. at. Wellington. ; 'The rate is somewhat in excess of that given oh the Admiralty charts and in the "New Zealand Pilot." , ''■■■ ",:-..

From the gun' of a correspondent in the country comes a small' missile-apparently 'aimed at the primage duty. -Ho states that he finds that the wholesalo price; of whisky is now being raised Is. ■ per caso.'.by; some of . thp-.',agents. He adds that, in ordinary circumstances,, tho ■"■ burden."-:of the increased cost (about Id, per ■bottle) IB being borne by.the Jiotelkeepers./ '■ The residonts of Island Bay were, recently agitated about the Salvation Army's decision to institute; a prison gate reformatory, in that suburb. As; the result of■'■that. movement, Brigadier Bray, officer in chargo' of the' social work in the North Island, stated that tho matter, would be referred; to tho Australasian headquarters at Melbourne; An inquiry, was made -yesterday:, to. see if any knswer had been received.;. Our reporter was informed: that (nothing definite had been heard from Melbourne, and it was extremely likely, that':the':..Whole question would remain in abeyance until the visit of Commissioner Hay in January/ : ;

• , A water, supply from the Wainui reservoir was made available to residents of Maranui ■for the; first time: last week. .'The ..main (i-inch)' travels along the Queen's Drive, and has been tapped at points opposite the'■ cross roads. So far, about twenty houses have been connected, out of the .ninety in;the suburb.;/ -. A preliminary \ inquiry into the circumstances oonneoted with the loss of, the Norwegian: barque .Hippalos was held at'Picton yesterday by "Mr.. Eyre, Collector, of Customs at Blenheim. The evidence of; the master and members of thecrew. was taken; and the papers are being forwarded'-. to the '.Marine Department for consideration. ;\ ~-.:;.: ■ :,■;' .''•''',■•■':,' ■' • fA'tale of mishaps to a:motor-car" was being unfolded-at the. Supreme : Court v yesterday, when Mr. Justice Chapman:remarked: "Don't motor-oars, always break down? I may be unfortunate, but my, experience' is that they break down every time one goes out in them." His Honour' Mr. Justice Edwards stated yes-: terday : that ho, would be prepared to sit "in Banco on November. 24, 25, and 26;.'.V\ ■■:."'■;■'■:, At the weekly meeting: of 'the" Board of Trustees of the Benevolent Institution; there were present: Chairman, (Mr. 'John :'• Smith), Miss Richmond, arid Messrs.. R. W. Short, D. Robertson, ,J. Wakehami H, Cook, and the ■Rov./.W;- A. Evans.- CA/return, presented;by the.-.,master-,of the. Home showed that there wpre 18 persons nt present in the .Intermediate', or;'"Casual". Ward, and ', in permanent.' residence at the Main 'Home, .67 male, and 32 female, inmates. .'..-. :'.■■: v.': '■■■:'.,''■• ';'■■'■■■'■ '.'■.,, ;

"A cheque for J!so':haa just ueen received by the ;Mayor' (Dr. : Newman) from Madame Melba: Ari accompanying note .states that,tho),donation:'is''"' for charitable purposes, "and is ;• to be used at the discretion of Dr; Newman."The Mayor -has handed the- cheque'' over' to I 'the Hon. C. -'■ Mit.iLuke,*'.' M;L;C., • chairmen: of • the. Hospital Trustees, and.it will, ;it is understood; bo used to; augment the fund for -the 'building ,of/a children's wing at.the hospital. '/■ -

' Itys now definitely announced, that'the new turbine plant at.the.oity'siMercer.Street lighting ;works will be. opened: by.,,the< Mayor..at. 3 o'olook this afternoon. -Various .members of tho -.'City ./Council .will be present,.' and" any jCitizena who desire to attepd:willbo.welcomed. :

■':■'-. The. statutory meeting 'of Wadestown 1 •rdte-', payers ■:iii' connection':• with/ the; tramway/'prb-' iljosal' will be held. at the Town Hall /on Mon-: ■flay. evening; -when a resolution will bo moved approving, of the construction' of the new tram'-' war; Tho poll >of '-ratepayers willbe 'held next .AVodncsday ;*-"v""-!w.-i;y': ■'.:■',

; Sir Joseph Ward, : who was recently., elected the fir9t, honorary/nieinber of tho 1 New' Zealand Club,, has forwarded -a. Jitter, to i-thei.secretary' t-kahking the eliib .for, having,elected,him ,td. tire position',, and' stating '. that he :lboks forward to the. institution - bcobnung an imp'ortoht-factor. by.Hio. wo.rkit is doing.'' Sir Joseph' Ward con.' eluded/with: best' wishes for d ; succosstul N career for the cltlb..,'; --':;:■' •■ '■':. ;;'■?■"'.• ';/ The Governor, has , been! informed,;from Downing St'reetlthat there is no objection to' the .substitution of a ; wreath ;of/fern leavesfof the wreath of laurel leaves; on the Governor's flag, ; acoording to a proposal .of: the G6v : : ernmeui. -The necessary amendment Will; bo made in, tho '/Admiralty.- flag'.book;-.-;-''-.; V; ''"■,'' -Xosterday.' morning,.' at..; the'" Mount; "Copk Court, before Mr! George "Lambert,-'.! J.V., John Reid and George Cooper deeniedjto be' habitual drunkards I ,"' were/each ■ sentenced to three .months' imprisonment, and -{James Xaiug, on a-.-.charge' of;, drunkenness,, was fined, 405., in. default; fourteen days-'in gaol.".'-' "./'' 'In addition-to.'its eminence' as the champion dairy province if,the Dominion (writes a cor-respondent),-Taranaki has the doubtful honour of being, known as "The Land .of Tojlgates." ltsoems curious that tollgatos should exist in, any -enlightened .community, in., .the;, twentieth cotttuvy; put eiisttheyVdo',- and 'are, at present ;on the increase /in the great, land of butter arid, cheese; :'The-small antipathies- of local ; bodies is apparently the reason, and it ■ seems regrettable- that some arrangement cannot bo made whereby the tollgatc, system-might..'bo abolished.': As a consequence oi trouble between two local' bodies, a tollgate has been .placed upon the Main • South Road /botween JJawera and Manoia.;.' Produce,from the Kaupokonui, Rivordalb;. and other /factories has /. to i --.-pass through', this gate on the way to Hawera. In the season /from i sir; to; eight'- six-horsa'chccbc or butter/wagons pass daily along this-route, costing the companies; over, a guinea l per week. Last year tolls at this gate amounted to' .£1)17; this year it is Expected* that the sum raised. . will ; be; over:' JJIOUO. >' The 'same' county. ■ has' anothervgatovsituated-. in v another 'locality! in order to catch, those who' may try to get out of tho district by a "back way." .Then there are; two tailgates; in-the'. Elthairi ', district, about ten miles' from, each ; other.'i where the toll is s on such ,a : 'scale ". that, cyclists i aro charged threepence each, and motor-cyclists' one shilling each. the Hawera County, cyclists are charged one •• ponny reach,,' traction engine .with chaucutter £.% 'and traction engines alone. -XI. Milkand : whey ate permitted to go through free to. the .Kiyordale/Factory, which is situated between the gato and Manhia, but the whole of tho'tax/must; press;very ,hoavily.:..on-'the farmers.'-' ,-'; ■ >-'//,!... -/,; 1 /;'- . /-''''.--.v ■,".',■.-

People do. not:realise,the, many and multifarious, projects 1 'which occupy/the attention of the" Salvation Army, in/Now Zealand. We know a little 'of the :local institutions and something qf the training homo at. Elth&in and the home for inebriates: at Pakatoa-:lsland (Auoklaud), but' there' are others'■ seldom hoard of which for good. /Anibng those is a small fish-curing business, which the Army established'; at Rangawai Island, near' Tan-' ranga,: some: little time, ago; ; Its .establishment Was brought about by tho Army authorities learning that.'the "Maoris there- wei-o .in a pretty-bad way; sometimes, indeed, iri.a.stato of - semi-starvation.'.''.', The': Situation: was considered,/ and the,outcome was,the erection of a smokehouse' and plant for curing tho_:fish : which the Natives are employed in catching. Colonel Arthur Hates,- chief financial manager and auditor of the Army, from London, and Colonel Allen G. Fisher,/ cliitif finance managor for Australasia, who are touiing the Dominion, aro to iincludo Rangawai ,in their tour of the North Island. .Colonel Bray, of .Wellington, '■::is accompanying the visitors on their tOUr. ■~,./ -.-;■ ';.-,' :/,.-''/,-// '■■':■ ..-:;'.''-',,

The contractors for the new post office at Auokland iii front of tho railway station are .making satisfactory* progress, and tho .piles' aro now boingdi'iven for the foundations. By Monday' week it is .expected that sufficient progress will have .been :mado to enable ' tho contractors .to start laying .the .foundations. /At tho back of the railway station a : number of stonemasons are at work;on the' Coroinandel granite for, .the "first 'stagri of .the building which extends for twenty-five fcot from.tho street. Above.this tho-front will be inX)amaru 6tone. None of. tho blocks of the granito weighs Jess than a' ton. ■ Mr; r Jameson,' tho; successful' tenderer:- for J the construction > of tho post office, comes from Christohnreli; and ho is 'yen.. enthusiastic over tho Coromandol granite which he is using for tho first timo Ho says its beauty and quality must make-it the stono 01 the futuro in tho Dominion for many impeitanl classes of work, and ho would not be surprised if it were exported to other countries ' Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdrossrag, Manicuring, Faco Massage, Treatment of Falling Hair and Dandruff, Combings made up, Natural Hair-pads. Mrs. Rolleston (over Carroll's) U VliUis Sttcet. 'Phone 159S CISI7

'A; man has hseh' arrcsted\at ■ Auckland'oh a ' r: '-■' oharga of: forging an: order;, for ,£ls; He Will : be tried at the local Majistrate'e Court:this, 1 •• morning. ■'~•''...■■',.'•'•''.,>.;''-.-if :■;/./, '■■/{-■; /'■■V:.wr ! /" , V/ '■■ Usually;tho early "summer.'.is marked.by'tha : .'s jV arrival-,: in ;New Zealand of avlargo number'':'of men from-. Australia,. attracted by the'- pros-' ' ;*' wet'of .obtaining farm, work: of various Irindr ■ : ; (writes our Auckland ''.'.correspondent); .-'The J| . •: iiifliix: is not so; marked this year as üßuaV/:// as far as Auckland is concerned, but; ncverthe-;- ; !'■': less, n considerable number arc arriving rem.'-''•'■'',.'" larly from over the water.. The, Union' Steam ■';<■ Ship, Company report, that/there- isi a'.hrisk ' ~ ; demand for steerage passenger accommodation;? from Sydney to Auckland, and tho boats be- > i tween now and Christmas will probably be well I filled in the steerage. ~ ' '■■•"';'," : 'f v 'i : .y The No-License Convention, which meets in - • ;Welington.to-dny to discuss the,legislative,pro.'' 'posals, -will bo attended/by delegates,from the.; '■: '■ following-' thirty-three .' electorates:—Kaipara'^'.i'. : Auckland, Parnolh '.Tauraiiga,■; .'Gisborno/i'k' '<■■• Hawko's Day, Napier, Waipawa,' Wnirar&pa,/, •'■!'■.:. Taranaki,' l'atea,' Stratford, Wanganui,- Mana.'' V watu, Oroua, Otaki, Pahiatua, Nelson, Motueka; / >! ; ' Grey, Avr \, Ckristehnrch, : Lyttelton,' Selwm'' , Ashburton, Geraldino, Timaru,'. 'Waitak),-! •;. Danedin, Mataura, InvercargiU, YAwarua,ano' '"■-': Wallace, |J;-'.'v'■'•'• '"''/'V/v'/'/-.V.' : /■.