LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ ■: .The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Dinnie) contradicts''. Ilia statement'made .in Hie Housoof Representatives.-. by Mr. Arnold tlmt ho was about (o resign his position. Mr. Dimiio states: "Mr, Arnold seems anxious to make it appear that I intend : to tender my resignation. I liavo no such intention, and I consider it 'u'nfnir, and. detrimental to tne in.'the present circumstances to make such statements." • The postal ■' authorities advise ■' that tho Maheno, which left Sydney on Wednesday December 15, for Auckland,' has on board 'all linglish and Australian uiail .for Wellington tv.luch is duo. here on Monday- next; by the Auckland,-i express. ■'.'-. '■'.' ■'v :. '..— ?■■ .The provisions of the Tramways Aniondment Bill, which ■ hns ■ been introduced ,'tb. Parliament,: are stated to unfeatisfactory ■ in niany• rospects , to tho ■.: municipal.:tramway, undertakings. : A deputation from. the Wellington City Council is to wait on the' Mini-; ster (or Publio Works on .Monday morainß to protest agoinflt the measure, ...:..-,, ,'■

. It. is.simply sickening," was a remark made '' during a discussion at yesterday's meoting;of - . the. Napier, retailers;. who apparently object to-.' .' being .asked for contrihutiona to churches,' bazaars'; . etc , , (writes ' our correspondent): A;:"- . mombor: Baid: "It has l»en. my pot grievance'•■V , lor years. .They como day after day. Churches, ' oanaars, nnd ono thing and another, are con. ■'• ,•■■ tiiiually on Iho warpath, and wo might dovise'■■■•■'■'.• ■somo Bchemo to preven): it." After character.' ■ ■ •.•" praotice as an- annoyance, another ■• retailer remarked tlmfthey should' institute ''■'■-'■ a donation fund, each:firm to contribute in ■ :-.:■ acriordauce with the eize of tho business/and : refer'all applicants to. the'secretary or chair- ." (■-:■ man. "It is getting atrocious, anothor- ■ speaker; said,. "If we B«ck together,' what Vie I.'■.■■,:•■.' to stop ÜBp'.' "'fho individual teachers of "the "■:'■■: '■ school have started now,"' inti'.rjeotcd; a mom. ■ ; ber.. .j'"-Wo will have the Easter offering.'along'' '---: ■ soon," commented someone elso lugubriously.'' ■■''.■: Finally, it was decided that a special meeting : .of .tho committee should be hold : after, the"> j< e\y Year to go into the. matter, and report / toameetins of. tho association, ..:;■.;-, .; ( . ,■ a Gilray (Dunedin), Professor Eggcr.' '. ton (Auckland), Professor Wall (Christchursh), / and Professor 'Mackenzie (Wellington), of- the". ' •: Chairs of , English at their respective Uniyorsitv '■:'■■' '-,'-.■■ have been conferring at Victoria Cot■'.■;"■■,,/ lego during the week, with reference to a remit ;; ;, from., the .University Senate concerning the' , ; syllabus in English. ; Professors Wail and ; Eggerton left again on Thursday evening. Pro--"'. -**■'. fessor Gilray is remaining in ..Wellington for ,: : : a.few days. It is understood that a conference of the.professorial hoards of, tho four university centres, will, be hold.-at..Easter to consider-' various aspects,of the' question of university re-.' ;form.- ■ ■.■■■■■. i , ■ .:■'■■.- '~■:■■'•'• .'.■":.-■■ ;•

..'• It is. understood that a start will ■be made no.xt wook with tho luggage-carrying ; proposi- ; tion formulated by the Tramways Department, a fow weeks ago. ■■'■ ,;" '. ": : : An experiment in the.nature of running late tram from Newtown is to be tried-by th«, Tramway department during the holiday season. Tho now, service will commence oh Monday night, .Hie'car leaving Nowtown , at 11.40' p.m., and leaving the Lnnibtbh ; Station, on the \ return journey at 12.10.'.'''Th of ares will bo; '.fid;; the;Bamo<as charged on the present,midnight car from Thorndoii, which has, proved so . successful, .-■■ ' '■■' ■ '■.. ■..'•■. ■;" '-. '";■;;,''■ Patonti trolly head reversing gear—a new' : ldea as far as New Zealand, tramways are con-, corned—has boon installed'at the terminus of', tho Lyall Bay tramway extension, and is re-', ported. to bo working very satisfactorily. :' The j patent avoids the necessity for : tho -conductor''' shifting'the trolly pole before tho car starts' on tho'return journey, the pole branching out . oil overhead eido linos and going into position; itself, 'Another advantage of the new idea is, that.tho lights in the'car are on the wholaj' time, If. the trial is satisfactpry at tho Bay/, it is probable that the patent may bo applied to other parts of the system. , . ! ..'■. A further shipment of electric "hot point" ■' irons is expected to reach next .week. .At the , present time, over 200: irons. have been placed in TTellington,. and tho'Blectricai Department has orders for CO out of the \ hew, supply. Several of the' laundries aro oxperimenting.with the. "hot'point.". A''supply; of; 1 electric toasters is.also expected toatriye.; next week. ;" ■' /•', '■■ " ','■■ ■''.."..■.'.;■''•■■ '■; ; A'slight alteration has made.,in; the : tiniertablo for' the Sunday morning running;: of cars to Lyall Bay. The last car will leave";. the. Lamhton Station- at ■ 9.36 instead ;of 9.46.: as:advertised, yesterday. ~; ' ■ '..',-.■;■,- : . ■■•'-■•;"'.,;'

'' A. visit of inspection was, paid by tho City , - Engineer yesterday. to the-.-new- rosetvoir at; .'.- Solomon's' Knob. , The big contract is. pro-' . grossing- fairly well, tho position being vetj' '; little altered since it,was described in a:pro-''.';.■. gress report in these columns recently.,- ~';.,;,: ? Mr. W. Franklyn Barrett, one of Path*.;/: Freres' representatives, loaves; for; tho south to-day" to join;, tho;. Waikarc excursion ■ to tho; ■ .' West. Coast; Sounds, the sccnory .of which. is •;.- ■■■ to ho kincmatographed for the first timo. , : . Patho Freres : intend to "do" New,, Zealand. '■.':'/.., -Mr.' Barrett,', after .the Sounds trip, will:do I■:, '■■; "the finest iwalk in the world," from Milfprd ; ' Sound to Lake To Anau, after'which ho will '-.v----take views of tho Franz Josef'..Glacier' and; ■.'-:". Mount Cook. .In they North. Island it is Mr.;. '..;'■ intention,;;.to.-.got■ kinematograph;; '; stories, of the flax, wool, and kauri: timber m-,' ■'.: dustries, tho sights on tho Wanganui Eivor, : "■'; and at. Eotorua—pictures which, will 1 in duo- '.; r course be, forwarded to; Paris to be' developed : and tinted in natural colours at; the Pathe: .}. Freresi laboratories. ■ Mr, '■. Barrett, for over &-. "..' v year, .has. been ..engaged in",different parts of .' Australia, ;A'few months ago"he was directed. .'•■' -to secure ■ pictures of tho industry.) ; and', was for Ueh'i'daSybh , 'boards the '.Federal.*.' ' trawler:in;Bass Strait,' at the termination of >..'-. which ■ tho , little' vessel" ran lon the- r6cks on.' tho north coast of Tasmania and stuck there j for somo hours.' Fortunately;the pumps were able.to keop tho water down until they<reached %'V Melbourne' once more. Among, the later-films' he .secured,-, .were.: the wool industry through • the medium-of'Dalgety and Co.,'Burf-bathing■'-".'-. at Manly and-Cbogee; and the labour meet ings,at Melbourne.,, '..': : .. ■■'■_ '.■".- ,; ■,::■?■ ~: ,-. : ..' ,; Tho; first, stpva to. reach New Zealand is at present on view in■'.-'■.-' the showroom of; the, City Electrical :JDepart- • ment. ; The stove, which is constructed of cast- .-':■ ■. iron,' and ..is i finished with, enamel, inside,'' was -. . ' one; of the. attractions at. tho .Imporial and 'International; Exhibition '.this;, season.' ; The ; usual facilities for boiling kettles, toasting, and •'■-.: grilling aro;;fitted to. the'stove,,which; to out-",. : 'ward'.'appearances,'is'.'the same as the ordinary- .. : ■ gas : cooker." 'The Departinent has;also received . a"handy little electrio griller, which has been , . fitted up and is working effectively in the : , showroom.' The larger stove has not yet been '.'.''. connected up.' "', : , : ;' H^ :/ , : ■*, ■''.■'.■.''•■.:. ''. Membore-vof thei Victoria'■■ ,Colicge . Officers''; ; Traihine Corps will go into.camp at Wahga-';■'■■;' nui onChristmas Eve, .for- a.course of.instruo- v : . tion in various branohes of military, science. •»'' ■ 'A'nieeting of '. the Wellington 'branch of -.the' ■'. Kow Zealand Institute of■ Journalists was held';>; yesterday to: consider the. question of' rcpre- , : eontation' at' an, .Imperial Conference-of Jour-..' iialists, which is to 1» held 'in London .in' 1910, Non-members. of the institute ,\voro also. pro-> sent by .invitation.".. After. short discussion) it was .resolved that tho branch had no. recom-; ■ mendation to. make to tho Now Zealand body V, Kith':, reference to tho matter. ■;',, . ■":'-.-.- .J;'" ■ Two lads, came before Mr. .Wu : G. ■ Eiddellj , S;M,,, at-a;, sitting of the-Juvenile Court yes- ,'. tcrday - : morning. ,~, A seventeen-year-old boy , pleaded guilty,to having stolen' 2s. 'Cd/from;.;.; ; Ma'nsou Chant, , and; was . ordered : to come up : ; . for; seutonco..when,called.upon. Another bay,.'o;-eleven-years of age, was charged with having .'■.■. sot firo to; St. Thomas's club room. : He pleaded;. ': not guilty, and the , magistrate, after hearing;.;; ovidence.vdisinissed 'the information. . ,V) .. Dotective .Cassells yesterday, arrested a man "y- '.'■' 1 on; a chargo.of breaking and entering the ■■: vdwellingiof Charles , T.H. Brown, of Packakariki, and stealing.a , quantity of clothing.,-. :'. ■, .Two people foil out'of a trap at tho corner' of Willis and Manners.Streets yesterday, and .V as a result they will, be' brought up ; in ' the : ; Magistrate's Court this morning, charged with; .negligent.driving.;, >'.-.■..■ ■'■.:.■■ ; , ■ ■;;.:;;,:'•-. : The commitfee'ol tho Homo of; Compassion , - Christinas tree wish to annouuee that they have. - secured'the'services'of the Pctono Band toV play atthe : Petono Eecreatipn Grounds to* morroy v afternoon,' .at- 3 n.lrn ." As; tho object.. . of this is to raise'funds for the Christmas',. tree, it is anticipated that there will bo a good ■'. ; gathering of tho general public. |:' . a ■.'•' -In the .Magistrate's Court '.case,' Letterpress ' '.'•■ Pi-intere' Union v. • Robert H.'Hustler, heard', : ' by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., on Thursday,, Our re-; port stated that judgment was ;givcn for.de- - ' tendaut, with costs. As'a matter of faot, np • costs; wore allowed by tho -Court. ■'..",. "■'.■!■ ;■ ' Messrs. Thos. CookVand Son have arranged (x>;;,, issue a: special, ticket for- an- excursion that ;- will take iii the Main Trunk: trip as far as '- : - Tauinarunui and down tho Wanganui Eiver (120 .; miles) to .Wellington,cleaving hero on Friday., ■ next and returning to Wellington on- Monday V evening. This ;should bo an excellent oppor- - tunityof taking in Bomo of tho finest scenery V'; in thewholo of New Zealand without losing a ' '" day's business—"no business lost and rest as-,'- : sured,"; ; ns, the - Americans. say, : . : The train will. '; leave hero at 8.55 p.m. on Friday evening,'' ■ unit -: oxoursiomsts. may . be , , in '•Wellington' at ': 7.23.-p.m.,in- time to visit ( tho theatre.:■"■•" -; ■■;■■' A series of.mminorr r charges;,were dealt with.. ' by Mr; J. LachmamJ.P., at the Mbunt Cook Police ' Court yesterday,, as ■ follow ;^-Drunken-. •■' ness: John; Jeter Evans, fined&.,' in default 21 :.;■' hours'"imprisonment;". Jaiuos Muvphy, con-; victed.and (ILscharged; John Edward Johnson, ;'■ 105.,, or iS hours.; Drutikelinres. and disorderly ■■; ■ conduct: Walter PatTickMillane, and Henrv''■■"■■ . Herbert; 11art,... each lined 20s'., ;in default Ai hours' imprisonment. Habitual drunkcuuessj "■' Oeorge;Moore,:ono month's imprisonittent..' : : The Newtown Tennis Club's new courts bn'-"V" the town.belt near, tho top of Constable Street .. nro to bo; formally opened.this nflornoon.'...,.'-.'•'■: ; A into the firo : on. the v' f Wjirrmipo, will probably bo held at Dunedin to- ■ day. Tho.assessors-appointed..are-Captnin, H.;-:: Pnterson.of. Bunedin.'.and Mr,-.W.-Hv Middle :' ; miss;-a hemp'grader. : Mr. Middlcmiss was ap- ! pointed becauso tho;question of sponttmeoua .:' ; combustion; in flax may arise.''.?: . .;.; : .. '' ,-..-■■ ; . Shampooing,_Clipptng, : Hairarosslng,"" : •- curing,. ; Face Falling Hair and_. Dandruir, . Combings.-' mnde-- up.' , . ■ Natural; Hair-pads,- Rolleston ;{ovor ; ;: Carroll's), H Willis, Stroet, if' Phone 1539.- -■ . ■.■.'::,); , :v'-;-'V;; : v'-:;.->- , u\:^:-v: : .--\-i-. ■-;'■■,