LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oil page 2 of this issue ; appears an . advertisement relating to tenders for. the plaster work. in. cohneotion with the: new Government House. • We print this advertisement at our own expense in order that our public may not' bs penalised by the deoision of! the Ward- Administration to boycott Tub Dominion by withholding from it the Government advertisements' that it' supplies to the' journals that support the Ministry.

Ten big oratea, eaoh of which contains an American' moose, arrived from Sydney by, the Ulimaroa. last night in oharge of Mr. Moorehonse, of the .Gov-' eminent .' Tourist .: Department. . The! moose, whioh are'reported to" be'.in good' condition, are to be liberated in the Sounds district of Western Otaqo, whore a number were located some years.; ago, and are believed to be doing well. ; On more than one occasion their spoor has been seen near .the coast/ but the ani-. mals are timid,' aid get away. back in the bush at the approach l of anything that threatens their solitude It is hoped' that ; ono day the Sounds country will, be a popular one for the big-game hunter.'

The . plans for the Wellington Farmers' Meat; Co.'s new works : were : submitted to a meeting of the directors yesterday afternoon by the company's engineer, and were adopted. The engineer was , instructed. to call 'for , tenders' forthwith.' It is anticipated (says. our. Masierton. correspondent) that tho works will he risdy for business ; on November 1, 1910. "The whole duty of women' is to gov- 1 cm," declared the Rev. J. ITobbs, of Hastings, at tho Anglican Synod yesterday. "They govern us during tho most difficult times of our lives. •; When we' are children we are. under petticoat government and when we are adults with responsibilities upon, us,j we' put ourselves under petticoat government, and wo are all the.better for. placing ourselves under tho government of. those who have such a strong 'interest-.,in-!,us'"-\

A Rang of workmen made a-•start on Tuesday night to lop' off 10ft. of brickwork from the front of Messrs.'J. Duthio and Co.'s three-story brick warehouse in Willis Streets The work was commenced by lamp-light at the parapet, and by yesterday evening a big section of tho front and side walls had been demolished. This work is being dono in connection with the Wellington City Corporation's scheme of street-widening, an agreement between Messrs., Duthie and Co, and the City Council having been made some weeks ago. The ; widening of Willis Street as far south as Meroer. Street,, which the section of the work now under way includes, will make an enormous improvement. in Willis Street.

A conference of the British Medical As-~ sociation of New Zealand will bo held in Wellington, commencing on February 21; The Now Zealand Merchants' Association will meet in conference at the Chamber of , Commerco on February 16.

"X.L.S." was signalled from Stephen's Island when the Cliinaroa from Sydney passed thero yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.This means: "No telegraphic communication," and explains why the city was not apprised of the TJlimaroa's proximity to the, harbour. Evidently the recent gales have intorforcd. with. the wires to Stophon Island.- It is not cloar, however, why the, steamer was not reported from' Farewell Spit. SM passed thero about 12.35 p.m., at about 10 miles distant from the lighthousoy and the vessel's officers state that it was fine, clear weather at that time.

Tho Government has U^der' consideration the question of tho appointment of two additional Magistrates. ,

Shampooing, Clipping Halrdresslng, Maniouring, Face Massage, Treatment of Falling Hair and Dandruff, Combings made up. Natural Hair-pads. Mrs. Rolleston . (over Carroll's), 14 Willis Street. 'Phmio 1599, Advt, .

The Minister for Justice (the Hon. Dr. Findlay) informed a representative of Tub Dominion yesterday that certain matters affecting the administration of. the Prisons Department will probably form the subject of an announcement whioh will bo made on Saturday. •

Albert Ernest Louis: Bertling '.ras yesterday adjudged a bankrupt, on creditors' petition. A meeting of creditors will bo hold on February 8, at 11 a.m.

An addition of 25 per cent, to the graduated land tax ivill be charged this year, for the first time,': on properties of an unimproved value, of .£40,000 and over, under the Land and Income Assessment Act of 1908. The ■ increase applies to all land "other than business premises," which aro defined as "any piece of land included within the area of a building used for business purposes, together with such additional land as immediately adjoins the said building, and is used and occupied in connection therewith, and does not exceed in extent the area of tho. building itself." When the same person, is tile owner both of business premises' and of other land, graduated land tax will be assessed in respect of the whole of such business. premises, and other land without . the increase 'of 25 per cent., and this increase will then be calculated only on' the ' amount of graduatedMand tax that would' be payable by- him if he were not- the .owner of. the .business premises. ... ~

For the first concert of the 1910 season, the Wellington Choral Society : has arranged to give a repeat performance (by request) of ' Sir' Edward Elgar's < "Black Knight," ' and also . Hiawatha's Feast (Coleridge Taylor). Elgar's magnificent and -exceedingly difficult- work, "The Dream of Gerontius," will be given later in- the yoar. . : ,

A' supplement to the Gazette, notifies that the New Zealand State Guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, came into operation •

Among the passengers, arriving by-the Ulimaroa from Sydney, last night ; were threo Syrians, three Italians, and four Chinamen. They will bo permitted to land if; they- satisfy the Customs, authorities as to certain well-known essentials.. : Tho following raided; proficiency certificates at Te Aro J3aths ;on Wednesday : afternoon W. Foreman,' 700 yards ■ (210 TaranaM Street); J. Ifolden, GOO yards (3 Martin Street) ';' C. Gandy, .900 yards (312 Taranaki StreeH; P. Mudie, 600 yards (231 Adelaide Road). 'The stock-in-trade of .the City Electrical Company's showroom has been further added 'to by the addition of another supply of two dozen electrical toasters. Another new design in electric irons has been imported by the Electrical De--1 partment of the City Council. The new iron is constructed so as to guard against burning or fire-raising by careless ironers who,may be.tempted to. leave their iron on woodwork or cloth without switching off. the current. ' The.iron 'is fitted with an antomatio attachment, which is arranged so that : when ; the* iron. is left standing; with ;tho current full' on and becomes, overheated; the switch' plug, is forced, out of its sooket and the current is thus cut ;off. ,'The plug cannot be inserted, again. until tho iron has cooled down to- a reasonable ironing heat Two, big tailor's irons,-heated by' electrioity, have'also * ; been imported by, tho corporation.'

"In some of ; the Continental cities :tlie children are; trained from -, ohildhood to take ad interest in their oity .thoroughfares, and see that -pieces .of' paper,: banana skins, etc., . are not thrown about." . Such was the remark of a prominent .officer of the City Council to a Dominion reporter yesterday, when .discussing the, necessity , for: public assistant# in keeping the streets tidyl -There has been a decided' improvement in Willis Streeti'and Lambton. Quay sinoe-. the erection of. the small: wire;, baskets', at various plaoes, to receive . pieces, of paper and' fruit peelings, : -:but ■ there. is . still room ■ for improvement.; : The : majority, of;people avail themselves of the rubbish receptacles, but, there are a nmnber/who give no thought' to.ihe look of the streets,! arid ignoie the: conveniences. , In- the near future the City Counoil intends erecting another dozen or so of: the useful and: not too' unsightly little bins as a means of,;, further, -tempting citizens not: .to' sin against• 'the'/ By-laws; In the event of a special half-holiday not 'being ' ; proqlaimed .on .the' arrival of Lord Kitchener, the annual: picnic of-,.the. local grocers, will .be .held ,oh February' ,23. .This date is acceptable to both,.the L Grocers' Union, and ■■ the employers.' ■ I

'• The proceedings of the 1 Conciliation Council on Tuesday, dealing'" with'- tie 'threshing mills dispute, were occasion-: ally distinguished' l by - remarks ,; :of ;; an acidulated character : (says the Christchurch "Press"). The Commissioner remarked that the feeling in. the farming industry' between the employers and tho employees, ; as' represented •by the : union, •was not so amicable'as that whioh'existed in other : industries. He was in hopes that the-day's proceedings would have assisted.to' bring ,about;a better feeling. Unfortunately, another storm succeeded: the-expression of this conciliatory sentiMr. Paterson, a. union assessor, took exception to some remarks passed by Mr. Evans reflecting on the competence' ■of unionists, and ..bluntly labelled it as a lie. Mr. Evans,: who 6aid .tliat the; same epithet. had. been; applied to a. '• previous statement -of his, indignantly demanded o.: withdrawal from.'Mr., Paterson. i Mr.' Paterson unequivocally '.refused ; unless. Mr.' Evans withdrew lus reflection on the; union. Mr; Brans. threatened., to with-' draw from the conference,!but acceded to ' the ". request' 'of the 'Commissioner' and others to stay, an explanation • having been made that neither, side was to "put extreme interpretations on statements made in tie 1 heat of jdebato. ....

The Wellington ' Garrison Signallers'. Challenge . Cups (morse and semaphore) to be competed, for on Saturday, "February 19, are. now on view at Turner's, military, hairdresser, Cuba; Street. .:.

The Christchurch Fire Brigade is much harassed by false alarms. During the past 12 months it has responded to 62, of which at. least 28 were .given ma-, liciously. As an illustration of the danger to the city, of 'this form of larrikinism, Tuesday night's experience is typical. At 10.10 p.m. a false of fire was received: from a box in Colombo Sheet, opposite the Prince of Wales Hotel. At 10.30, another malicious call was. sent in, from the corner of Colombo'and Sandyford Streets; and at a gennine fire alarm was received from the. box opposite Colter's Hotel. It might easily have ocourred that either of .the malicious , calls was given just before , the genuine .call was received, and as this fire proved to .be on the, ground, floor of a large block of buildings, serious results might easily , have ocouired.- The Fire Board is. preparing to. spend- a considerable portion of its revenue in extending the automatic,: alarm system both' in' the city; and- suburbs, but it is doubtful whether ; this will not prove to be an added sourceof danger to the city if the , brigade is to be - maliciously . called away from its call-point a proportionate number of times to_ the ex&a number of alarm boxes. provided. Our Shannon correspondent states ;that Mr. W. Murdoch, a local aerated water manufacturer, .signifies his intention of standing as/a Labour candidate for the Otaki electorate at the next general election. Mr. Murdoch is an old friend, of Mr. A.. W. Hogg, and was a strong supporter of Mr. Byron Brown's candidature: at the last election. He states that tlie Labour port}- hope to secure the support of the small farmers as well as that, of the working classes.

: The Boys? Institute reopened yesterday after a month's holiday recess.. There was a large attendance, and a start was made with the swimming and life-saving classes.' •

Members of the Old ■ WollingtoriTlavals' Association foregathered at the boat station last ovoning the purpose of entertaining, the winning orow of the AVhite Horse Cup, and tho presentation of P.O. Eoborts's Cup to the successful members. Mr. J. Rabe occupied tho chair, and the proceedings were of a convivial nature,. appropriate toasts being interspersed > with .a well-selected musical programme.. Amongst the old members present was Lieut. IC Hum®, of Sydney.

Plans aro being prepared by-tiio Tramways Department in anticipation of a sum .being set'apart in next year's estimates to build the new car-shed at Thorndon. A new* si to was' ; purchased from the Mauawatu Railway Company towards the end of last year, and negotiations are now in hand with the object of improving the section by taking in a piece of Government land for which the.city will'give another piece in- exchange;

"The mora money, we: spend on education, the. less . you will want, for V the, police," ' suggestively remarked Mr. R. • W. Short to the Minister for Justice (the Hon. Dr. I'indlay), when the latter observed to the Petone High School sits deputation that he "could not afford to be generous, even to the Education Department." " The detail survey of the Wadestown tram route lias been completed and the plans, necessary for the. Order-fri-Council are nearly ttiushed.', Nothing can- bo done until the Order-iu-Council :is passed and when this procedure has .been gone through all that will need to . be done will be to. call for tenders for th? supply, of material. . -.- Satisfactory ' progress" is being mads with the', concreting-in of the Bidwill Street storage reservoir, the floor having been completed and a portion of the walls being.-finished. • No> definite date has been fixed for commencing the Roseneath storage reservoir, but the city, engineer (Mrl. W. H. Morton) intends pushing the work on' at the earliest op? portumty. Tho, Outlying; Districts Committee of the City Councilpaid' avisit of ihspec-/ tion to. Island Bay and Rilbirnie, yesterday. The, committee - inquired -into certain objections -of ' ratepayers 'to tho line of drainage at Island Bay and'wilL make a report to next week's meeting of the council.