LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 802, 27 April 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.Institutions very much like the Now Zealand Club flourish at Los Angeles, in California, and, according to Dr. J. CJ. A. Henry, the city is very much the better for them. Speaking at the luncheon tablo of the local institution yesterday, he described two clubs of the kind, which, he said, had had a very great influence for good on the public life of the city. It was largely to this causis that ho attributed the fact that the municipal government of Los Angeles was the. cleanest in the United :

The first sod of the Wadestown tramway will be turned at 3 p.m. to-day by the-Mayor (Dr. Newman) at a point just above Goldie's Brae. An address will be presented to the Mayor, from the ratepayers of Wadestown. The harder parts of the excavation for the tramway will be taken first in order of construction.

The first meeting of the creditors of Frank C. Matthews, commission agent, of Lower Hutt, who has been adjudicated a bankrupt on a creditor's petition, will be held at the Official Assignee's office on Wednesday, Mny 4, at 11 a.m.

■The Karon Borough Council last evening agreed to support the Wellington City Council in its effort to obtain an up-to-date railway station for the city. The Mayor remarked that the present condition of the terminal.railway stations in Wellington needed no description. Everybody was well aware , of the unsatisfactory position of the capital city with respect to its railway stations.

The air of severe judicial calm which usually pervades the; S.M. Court was rudely broken in upon yesterday morning, and for a time the courtroom resounded with noises which 'likened the hall of justice to a foundry for the time being. The first cause of. the disruption was a weird mouning and clanging «mnd in one of the hot air radiators. This was Boon followed by ominous sounds which issued from a second radiator. . Before the cause of the babel had been located four radiators were giving forth unusual notes, and the floor of the chainba;- began to quake in a manner which caused looks of alarm to creep into the eyes of tho court officials and legal practitioners. The presiding magistrate, unable to hear argument in' the ■ din, adjourned ■ the Court, and it was some minutes before peace reigned again. Bventually a wellknown solicitor of an inquiring turn of mind found that by-turning a valve and allowing a certain/amount of hot air to escape the strange noises could-be overcome. For the moment all who had stood off the radiators with uneasy glances towards the door wished to be valve-turners and the mystery was 6olved. A block in the air pipes had caused an abnormal pressure m the lower pipes.

The annual meeting of the Victoria College Students' Association - was largely attended last evening. The president, Mr. .?.■ A. Wilson, waa in the chair. The annual report ' and balance-sheet (already published) were adopted. Mr. Allan Macdougall, Rhodes scholar, was appointed an, honorary . life member. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follow:—Patron,. the chairman of. the Professoriar Board; president, Mr. D. S. Smith; vice-presidents, Miss Fell and Mr. R. Kennedy; secretary! Mr. . G. H. Nicholls; treasurers, Miss Butler and , Mr. E. G. Wright;' committee, Misses Jenkins, Saxon, Tennant, Messrs. E.Lyon, P. W. Burbidge, J.L. Short, and E. S. Ruther-' furd; auditor, Mr. G. W. Eeid. ,

"If I had my way," observed the Mayor of Karori. (Mr. C.. I, Dascnt) last evening, "I would'absolutely abolish workers' cars. Unfortunately, we cannot do that,. as the provision of such cars is obligatory. The present position of affairs, so far as I can see, is that this particular car js. neither one, thing, nor another. Ladies crowd into these so-called workers' cars." A resident oi Karori had. written complaining of ■ the present eyste-m. His wife, he stated, boarded the 5 p.m. car at the- Karori terminus, and •after she had taken her seat the guard ordered her out, remarking that the car was a,workers'car. But there were othor ladies on the car, the inside'portion of the car.was empty, and at the first step;down tho line a number of ladies boarded it. "Now," continued the Mayor, "this car is either a workers' car or it is not.' What we want! is a clear understanding of the,principle upon which the -workers' ear should be run." Other councillors agreed, and referred the question to the Tramways Committee for elucidation.

In oar" notice of Mr. Barnett's organ recital of Saturday evening last, mention was made of a sound quite audible during the \ playing .of pianissimo pasaogesl' It appears that this was caused by the rattling of one of the ventilatorn situated over the organ. ' ;

Tenders for. the wood-blocking of Customhouse Quay and Post Office Square will be considered by the City Council at its next meeting- The tramwa-? tonnoctioL between Willis Street and Jervois Quay,will then be undertaken. Two races were flown by the Wellington Homing Pigeon Society last week trom Hawera, 122 miles (a flock, race and an interval,race). The flock race resulted;— Mr. It. Powell's r. c. hen,. No. 168 (1544 yards per minute), 1; Mr. J. Bolton's b. c cock. No. 35i (1510 yards), 2; Mr. J. H. Clark's b. c. hen, No. 782 (1483 yards), 3; Mr. B. Griffith's blue cock, No. 2G1.,(H50 yards), 4; Mr. J. J. Elliott's b. c. cock, ■No. 417 (1472 yards), 5; Mr. J. Baker's b. c. hen, No. «5 (1456 yards), 6.. The result of the interval race , was as 10lj ows ;—Mr. A. Clark's b. c. hen, No. 4 (737 yards per minute), 1; -Mr; J. Bolton's b. c. cock, No. 49 (690 yards), 2; Mr. E. Griffith's blue cock, No. 57 (611 yards), 3; Mr. J. J. Elliott's b. c. cock, No. 11 (554 yards), 4. This concludes the programme of races counting for. the ■Maritime Challenge Cup and Mr. A. H. Turnbull's trophy, which have been won by Mr. A. Clark with 29 points, Mr. J. H Clark being second with 26 points, and Mr. W. Bailey third with 23 points.

A sensational motor-ear accident occurred at Perth on Saturday, April 16, when Mr. A. Sanderson's motor-car, containing the chauffeur (Hopkins), tho Misses Cornish (two), and Messrs. C. Jucobsen and "Scotty" Bruce, was driven, at an accelerated speed to avoid collision ■with a. tramcat. After passing the tramcar Hopkins pushed the motor rapidly down Ord.Street, and, .unaware. that it was a blind street, he kept the car going straight ahead until it jumped tho gutter, bounded over the footpath, and finally pulled up against a tree, turning a complete somersault, and precipitating the occupants into the park at Fremantle. •With the exception of Bruce,.who susJ tained concussion and was in a critical condition, all escaped with a severe shaking. The car was wrecked.

Speaking in the Sydfccj Street Hall last night Mr.- Crawford dealt at some lohgth with the proposal to place the milk supply of th eoity under municipal control. Hβ stated that he thought that it would be undesirable for the council to take up the matter on the lines of the Bill which had been drafted. No trade wa3 more difficult to manage than the milk business. Under the Bill it was proposed that there should be two sets of inspectors—municipal nnd State. It was Ms opinion that the two sets would never work properly one with the other. What was wanted was that no milk should be allowed to como into tho city unless the supplier ■ was licensed under the City Council. Then again the whole of the inspection "from the cow right to the consumer" should bo done by one set of inspectors. Another thing that was needed was to see that the milk was kept cool and that its transit should bo as speedy as possible. In addition to a clearing house.the Bill suggested that the milk should be cleansed, etc "Well, my opinion on that point," added Mr. Crawford, "is that if the milk does -not como out of the train clean, the best thing .to do is to throw it down the sower, whilst if tho milk arrives clean any unnecessary handling will do it harm." Mr. Crawford also stated that there should bo a clearing house at the sonthcrn end as well as at tho northern end of the city.

Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdreseing, Manicuring, flaoe Massage, Treatment of Falling Hair, and Dandruff. Combings made up. Natural Hair-pads.. Mrs. Kolteton (over Carroll's), l« Willis Street, 'PJhh» UW.-Airi.

The Victorian Government has completed arrangements with Messrs. Patho i'reres, kjnen\atographers, for the taking of moving pictures of the irrigated areas. These films ate to accompany Mr. Mackenzie, the Minister, for Lands, and Mr. Elwood Mead on their European trip. Mr. Sutto, the firm's general manager in Australia, who is proceeding to Europe, will deliver short lectures in the north of Italy to illustrate tho films.—"Ago."

One method of dealing with the workers' car difficulty in Wellington, as suggested by Councillor Cathie at the Knrori Borough Council meeting last ovening, was that at present in vogue on the Auckland lines. In the northern city persons boarding the cars before 8 a.m. were supplied with cheap return tickets, specially coloured, and avuilablo for return by' any car.

Three painters met with an accident in Telopea Lauc, Redfern (New South W'oles), a few days ago. Two were killed, and tho third had a miraculous escape.- They were painliug the gable end of a terrace of houses at the corner of Baptist Street and Telopea Lane, and each was on a ladder 20 or 25 feet from the ground, when a bolting horse attached to a sulky dashed along the lane and knocked ■ the ladders down. One, named Mackoy, managed to cling to the sill of a window, and with the assistance of Mrs. Carroll, who lives in the house, got safely through tho window. The others foil to the ground. Samuel Holloway, aged 50, who lives in Little Mackey Street, Surry Hills, sustained severe injuries to his head and a fracture of tho legs, and died on the spot. David Hutchison, aged about 40, who lived at Dulwich Hill, had his back badly injured, and when' picked up was suffering a great deal from shock. The Civil Ambulance took them to Sydney Hospital, where Hutchison was admitted by Dr. Brown; He died during the afternoon.

Several matters of particajar interest to boxing enthusiasts will be dealt with at the annual meeting of the Wellington Boxing Association, which is to be held in the Chamber of Commerce on Friday evening.

Eight Chinese were proceeded against in tho Police Court at Caniberwell, Melbourne, recently, on a charge of working on Sunday at their ordinary calling, contrary to Act 29, Charles 11. Defendants did not appear. A constable deposed l» having scon defendants working on a Sunday in their market garden in Burke Road. He had previously warned them against Sunday work. The chairman (Mr. E., Dillon, J.P.): "I find by this Act, which was passed in 1676, that we cannot fine auy more nor less than 55., and that 'in default of .payment or in case of unsiifficiency or inability to ; pay . . . the party so offending to be set pnblicly in' the stocks by the space of two, hours.' The. defendants will be fined t ss. each. Sergeant, have you any stocks on the premises:'" (Laughter.) Sergeant Sheehnn (scrolling his head in perplexity): "No, your Worship." The Chairman-. I suppose you will have to instruct one of your men to try and collect the fines and report to the Bench the result next week." ■■~ '

"There is going to be a big row about this next session," remarked one of the K;»rori borough .councillors (Mr. Hildreth) at the council meeting last evening, referring to the attitude taken up by the State Guaranteed Advances Board with (regard to the applications of'/local bodies for loans. .The. , mayor (Mr. Biusent) thought so too. Under the system of preference adopted by the board, it looked as if they'would have to wait for years before they could borrow any. money for tramway extensions. Road 6' and bridges came first in the order, of preference, then several other things. If the local bodies wanted money, they had better .look elsewhere, for the clia'nce of getting' anything '. out .of the' board appeared to be hopeless. . ; :

Councillor W. A: Mowbray resigned his position on the Lower Hutt ■ Borough Council on Monday, on account of pressure of business duties.. . The ' Mayor. (Mr. E. P. Bunny) moved-that the retiring councillor should be. heartily thanked, for his service to the. borough while occupying. a seat on the council. Councillor Mowbray had' applied himself assiduously to his duties as a,member of the council, and he (Mr. Bunny) had been glad to have the assistance which, from his long business experience, Mr. Mowbray had: been, able'lo give. ..