TO-DAY'S PAPER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 7

TO-DAY'S PAPER.

SOME LEADING FEATURES. , XT! \ TIERS- ' . , Pago. ' Bad Methods .....'.., 6 Notes of tho.Day .. '. C • PABLIAMENT- ' •Land for Settlement Bill ....„ .. 5 • All-night Sitting -— s Public Works Bill ~ 5 Native Land Bill .:. •> A Week's Work' 8 SPECIAL ARTICLE-A'Plca-for the Maori — 10 CABLEGRAMSHonio Rule - « 7 Labour War J Lords and Elections 7 Empire and Navy ......... 7 Belgium and tho Congo ../'. 7 , Liberals and Foots _ 7 Industrial Peace 7 Russia and Finland 7 New Governor of -Natal 7 Tho Missing Waratah <_ 7 - Dominion's Defonco Bill - 7 Canadian Immigration — 8 ' , A Stem Royal Parent 7 Nicaragua Ferment 7 Atlantic Steerage —•• 7 General Cable News m 8 GENERAL- • Yorkshire Letter '...- « ; 11 Wanganui Notes 3 Butchers' Pionio i :.••■ > 3 Drainage of-Piako Swamp - 3 Harbour Board - 3 ' Camp Canteens ..„._...._— ~... J 3 Defonco .-.....-. „ 3 Palmerston News ' -.- 3 Saaitary Inspectors ~ - 8 • Now Zoalandf Club Luncheon - i Miraniar Tramways - i ' Remarkable Cure at Lourdes t "Breaking-up" at the Schools — 5 Wellington Publishing Co., Ltd 8 Left With'the Maoris - 8 Accidents and Fatalities i 8 Councillors Must Vote - 8 '* All-day Baths on Sunday - 8 An Office Engineer 8 , Tho'itoo i 8 {The Tramways 8 COMMERCIAL - 10 "ENTERTAINMENTS *. i FARMING ..: — 10 HUTT AND PETONE NEWS 5 LAW REPORTS U LOCAL AND GENERAL ..._ 0 and 7 MINING 10 NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS .'. 8 PERSONAL ITEMS' 7 PROVINCIAL CENTRES 3 SHIPPING AND MAILS 9 ' WOMAN'S WORLD « * SPORTS- l ' , Tho Turf - 9 Cricket - 3 Bowls , - i & Swimming . L . '■ '••• 11 Rifle Shooting ~...;. - 9

■■"..;7:'.'4'-Vital :'stetiste^ : fdr Vare ; .' ? i f/gazetted.,::iiThb/:following; , arevthe.,death-rates ■ .: v .'per,.'looo of, -population in : ' the ; four /principal - 0.69 i ' •. ! .':■;v'Christchuroh,;• 0.59 /0.80.# : If • -,<;the : ),-*,:suburban';boroughs:nrfl ; 'indludedi:;: > :tho death- . './.rates :work : outfas;foUo'w.(the;figures for>Nov-:. ■/:'.;.ember,'. 1903j-i-arelbivenVin :—Auckvland,.o.6o (0.71);/Wellington; 0.67 (o.s6);'Christ-;;';'-vchurch;-,o.sß:f(o.B2)'j'Dune(linj :0;81 ;(0.69).V:. The ,!■ , /total births :in:the;:abbve:'eities.and .boroughs : \ ../",;; deo'rease "ofV47.V-.The.:deaths in : November, were ' ,','.*' deorease/bf,"'23 'oh. 'the'-'number r.ih'Octb->.:;/ber;;vThirl7-three;of,;the'.:deathsi:were of chil- ' ;■:v- :Or.ep.;under t .-fiyb r < years': of ;'age;. being 18.33 per , ,•:, -cent, of .the/whole 'numeber';27' of '.these ..were' ■ ::;,fi'uhder:one''year;of?age. :;i :-There/werb^uty-five"' ',:> i":" e fj™ : Qp nersdhs "pi ;y6s7year.s;aiid>upwards.7i: ; !/.;^yfc«^ ; CoUingw.obd;/ A ■: 77:': asked, to Jhave; thesnairie/of vWest/.Wangahui ; -:'-■ ' : -':.w? n fs?4 te'n'West.,Haven,-..thevGovernor's,-Banc- : ;;.-,■• •; nbn ;of ithe'.'new'..'name i is : gazetted/-:/West; Wik. : h ';'77:Spmo/;fifly;;ybung; ? meh;7an7i/7soine 7nbt.' : so •■ ;,;: ; ;;young; as',ttiey,':were,> ; iittended.lthe.?aiiiiual"re- ' -K;.:' ; nnion l.oithfl.Ma'rist-Brothers'' School ;bld'boys, /;;;/ held vlast;evening;'.;Mr/;AV'H;' ; Casey "occupied : r .); the:': chair, of /"Che . i/c-jPope^andithe,Kingj'' : .'wUch'was ,: suppoited-by ; - :; :.-Mr.!H,- ; M'Eeowh,.'and was'respohde'd'tb'by .the -'V-fv'Eev.-ißros.!;Justin andlPalladius:;' .Other, toasts • „■: ■■''".honodredywere:; ,"Catholio\>Education,^«The : j/.;rvVellingtbn^< ; Cathdlio'«:,Clnb,'f. r -/'ahd'^''Foiid ,Mr., Oliver. '; ■'.:';-v.'.-.J.yoniU 1 --'HobmßriiwFlanagan; ! 'f'DunM; ,i -' :^WalshV' -;v:: i nnu,AthS;ißqv..l3ro;sßonifacbj: recitations'"•% ;, : ri; Messrs; rEeichel,:; Taylor,:; l o'Kah'o, 1 ri.-Japar.olanoiiet soloi -were^played'.'by'Mr.:Oliver: ;;/yjMr.;;Clements;nresided;at,the : pianol : i''s-';:.v l 7/ ■'; : 'i'' : '. ; ';i--T^tW* ;,^^t^ ,' ; ' : V ; fy,'. th6 ;vity.:iCouncil.during.vthe recent nego-, ;. : ' ,:.« a ™ n s ;with; the -Gas Company .was'iS29s, one . ■^.;■^^■.fitms;c«stg'.■b«n'g;'alls.'an'd■.th'B■bthep | iielßo.■'■Tlie > ; ■'. : -;«oqnd-' amount .was-., originally-over' i£lßo, 'but Q^,;;.it ,^as;,-reduoed.^:;fl^;H'i;v;;^v.;>;^;f >^ ,• again-nntil ■;;;v:JanuaTy^27.'Mi^,i-.^w-:;C:./;.^ V;-y:,:3the u weeHyih,ilf-hol]day ''shall-i be Observed :-is: i «/;• to; be '.' a.:lengthy; '■;':rrhscnssion,at';lastTnight'sMeeting:: of;the City : ■"">'■ ■' was;,debided,,.by.' 10 ,td ;5; -'that-' the' ,f :i'-^>W>^ was;.ia.;f.avbur'of,Wednesday jas the ; ■ V: ' ttai'aphday^viCbuhbillbrs••;-: Cohen, //''."-'-omith,,Ballanger,-,aiid Devine;wbre appointed to : ';;/;;;'Mpre^nt^^ : :opjincil.i:at/thVj ,v:v.,;fUed at4o>/^;;:^i\;h'i^; ; /:J:/,^ > i-. ij of / olqefeti wis to ■: ; jmbiio V diil ns -. - ■vithroughjprivateyproportyilras: ibeen ■ set';: down ';'/: havVvb^ii'rather yj. '^f-^Wg^a-^hisrmatter ) ''«:said;:Coiihoillor ~,, ixetoher.;when : the-.preparatibn of the Ordet-in-' • -"'p 0 ™? 1^ 11 " le£ ? re nw '.tb.-thei'prbpose'd -tramway. , : ,;,to ■Wadestown''Was::brought:.forward; and :the '..,,: :v council -.was asked .itd } ; authorise : ' the -taking of . 'i-V;steps j to i rap.;the;vnece"ssarrlo'an,;,,Th8'Mayor :.:;;;.6tated j was' ■ passed,.eyewthing;w;buld-bb : put.in'brder;':The: :\;> vcouncil / would ahaye.' v nb;diffioulty in raising, a' ;,,-;, temporary advance:against^the-loatfsif;it 'were ~'v|' fecessaryz-^jcouldSseeSo!d iffioulty '■; :;',' mg the money : io' go '.on with the work straight ';-,: ■■■' :' : ■'. Now.;that' plelity ■ isJoff bring-for 'sea- >,;.„-, fa . ri , n g &<-?>- -the. oceanVgoing.liners are"eiperi- ' V :,venowgdifflculty.;;iu. firemen;-A" shbrtage ■ ;,v'V;,of ;.two; fireinenspromiscd^tb : ;detain': the-mail •:;/;: steamer lurakina■;■ beyoiid;,her;':tiine of 'depar- --.■ toe/yesterday;)afternoba;;-ahd "right :up'' till ■ a.- ~ :;: late,hour in,the!day:-thestcamer'remained:with ;' i,. 'the vacancies', unnlledi-bdtlevbntually two hands : -:' :,S ero ; s^?^t;ttae"compaby's , terms> and^the Iv'^^^iasfon^M'stniee ~,:; . : : Councillor 'Fitzgfl i rald,moyed.that';tho'fo]lowing &:i 're- .' ■.-; IndustrialAssociationVthat: tlie'icouncil 'should• ttw^eohnicaljEduqationvßoard, dlease'in :-:;; .Perpetuity atj^pepperebrn; rental.of:tho'land ~:.; -•:M.Mercer,.Street^at ; p'tes4nt,lebsed to-the board ; •;j-cfor- ;tebhn ~. :,fls : ;an ' endowrijentv for.4echnical : education'' pur■t -v; ml ?^^,, m f^ : ;wi*ithe.?Qovernment,,'be'-:ac :■"; 'C: f e ™ftv>?-j^ t6r ,v a :lb«fe:disclissionvthbMotion ; '-vto rescind;the^clauseiKWasicarried'-by-7 to'si' ' ,'>;| he At- ■■■'•:; ; ?;^™iohael,Kfc,Di!yihe,'/v''-Fitzgerald, ■ :A M , Lale ?4i Mol ":?l'.> anditTrevori;. u Noes: ■'.; The ■;■■.;, ;vMayor: v,U)uncillprs^Balliager,'' : Luke'. ; : : Smith, ::^:Of l i r^ her; ;>;Q l n\theaiotion^:bf::Wuncin^ .'f .■^e-vit,;was i de«ided;;that : ,it-be an'Mhstruc-••','-'^^^?'??WK' In;:ch arge:;of,th^ ;,School BiU^ojwithdrM-thetßilLffl^;' •:"';:.;; < : :'i f orXp™i^on"to' : ;conduct''a ; . : .rf»Keshmeiit stall durr.:y. last\:hight's . : meeting;:qfme:',C:ty;JCp.uhci^ ;-,.:^-A.ioiig'^^ssKin:;tMfe ,'..;, vjneetiiig,of:,the .City;-Council:'over- hn;applica"v , r ] °j% Pf m^^^?/WW: -a';dwelling:bn, part 1 ■'/ /owned /: ; . solicitor re- ,;; ported 'objectioD.^aiid .-.. vthe:pormit,',was..gra'nte , d-!by;-.9ivotes : tb , 3.'':The -■"■■ ' 'E"msl p? V p is s«e?Was;that>thß v prbposed -building:, would jot, nearest' •■.-= council :>waiVed ''its': by-law' •; •-■;;-; prpyisionsfowing-' to Uhe; peculiar; formation:'of 'r|tne\secnon,in;queiit!dhHsyte'ff ,: . ?.'.,''■: :.:.'-v-v':;..'-. = ; f'^TliCS-Ira^ fi g '' rpfctiwi >fo£ the' fci-itnight onded ■^-:'-'-D«ember,l4,-;p^ ■■'•'■■ M S?V :-?s B ™d-'-t?at?' a 34Sapplicatioris ! .fha'd '. been•■■;,;i made; for .permission: tb: : erect;-'alter,' : or 'extend ■..■•■... ■-. buJdings;^"-Twenty r nine:',permits v - had -been ,issued.;;.•'Thb ,estiiiiatedo.values of;, the works ,'.,•, ;were,as'.: follow:— o\tr,*£.st3& ('Melrose, •■£5383/ .; ]: -v. 1 :;.. V;i'' Thb-;Hntetcbllegefbba^facc7 : %eilihgtbn'.:v/ ; • ■■•■•.' Wanganui,'. to. hivfl': been "rowed /yesterday, was ~;.v.;postpoDed..oii/accountefunfavburablo weather. ■.'••■ Thfli.'i-acc^subject'to/the-weather-conditions, -.;■ <'/Trill-be/rowed,;tp r ,: ; . ; -,::;, ,;;.;, than:; doubled /her; naval vexpbhdi tu re; x-.-V: r ; ;■'",..^Motor'Vaarage^oipst|fnliy.pipped -'/Motor .'■' ;Garage in: New. Zealand.'^Repairs: to any,'make ;;of/:car:' : .by,,experienced-f-mechahics! charges"rea- ;/ /, ■ ; :»onable.'///[ ; ; '';;/;,Motor-cars7clea , : , commission..;/Accuniulators.,charged; satisfao■:;;,'ition iguarantee^j/pnpepfiii'reasonable.:'.;. Ingli» - ,; '■-.''.;'Bros,,;;Harris;Steeetr--AdVt'//;./: .'.:''"•■/'.'