LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 821, 19 May 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tiie Dominion will not be published to-morrow, Friday, the day of tho funeral of tlio lato King Edward VII. Tho offico will bo open this evening until 10 p.m., and will reopen on Friday evening at 6 p.m.

On Friday tho Post Offico will bo open in all its branches from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. only; and again in tho evening for sale of stamps and delivery of coi> rcspondencc addressed to tho Post Office. One letter-carriers' delivery only will be made in tho morning, and that somewhat earlier than usual.

Mr. Fred Pirani, of Feiltling, has (says our local correspondent) consented to act as arbitrator for tlio Danncvirko Publishing Company in coiir nection with a case for damages brought against them by Mr. H. S. King, at 0110 time managing editor for tlio company.

Jlcssis. Dalgcty and Company movo into their now and spacious offices on Saturday.

It is interesting to note that tbo Hon. J. A. Millar (Minister for Marine) has approved of the transfer of a detachment of five boys from the Government training ship Amokura to 11.M.5. Pioneer. All the boys have had over a year's training on the Amokura, and have passed the nccessary examination for admission to the Navy. They become members of tho crow of H.M.S. l'ionoer as from to-day.

Judgment will bo delivered by Mr. Justice Chapman in ro Trotman, and in Treadwell v. Wellington Dairy Company, at 10 a.m. to-day.

A meeting of the Furniture Trades Union called for last evening was adjourned aftor a motion of condolence had been passed in regard to the death of tho late King.

A meeting of ox-pupils of Clyde Quay School and others interested in tho forthcoming presentation to tho headmaster of tho school, Mr. AV. T. Grundy, and tho chairman of tho School Committee, Mr. D. Robertson, both of whom have just completed 21 years' service in their respective positions, was held last evening, tho Hon. J. E. Jenkinson presiding. Tho following sub-committeo was set up to work in conjunction with tho General Committee :—Misses Sinclair, Millar, Salter, and Chapman, Messrs. P. Cording, It. M'Lean, Sandilands, and Lennox, imports received from various collectors were stated to bo very favourable. .

Speaking of tho dullness in the .iron and engineering trades in AVcllington, which was dwelt npon at tho recent conferoiico of ironmasters, a Wellington master engineer, who has lately spent some time tourin" tho country, states that thero is work in plenty awaiting tho arrival of better times. Ho instanced several cases where now machinery and boilers wore badly needed, but owing to tho uncertainty as to tho trend of things and tho inertia of trado the owners, whilo admitting that their plant needed repairing or replacing, woro content- to potter along or closo down until tho prospccts improved. This applied, he continued, to some of tho flaxinills, which wore running with machinery that in a more or loss dogreo was in need of attention or replacing altogether. The excuse given by the owners for not keeping their plant up-to-dato was the uncertainty of the market or a shortage of money as tho result of tho recent weakness in tho market. "They all seem to bo living a hand-to-mouth existence," said our informant, "and as long as that continues there will bo a dullness in the iron trado in New Zealand."

Writing from the, Navy League Sen Training House, Liscard, Lieutenant Knox, in a letter to the local lion, secretary of the league, says"Before I leave,'i am to give the boys a lecture 011 Now Zealand. I much, enjoy lecturing 011 the country which was so kind to me, and do not get half as many opportunities of doing so as T should like. I attended the debate on the Naval Estimates in tho llouso of Commons, and sat through seven hour;! of it. The programme on paper is fairly good; hut, as I have said on the platform and ill tho press, it is net tins year's programme at all but next year's, as out of its total only. £1,'I2!),0J0 is to he voted for this year, and not one of the five battleships is.to ho comnicnred till January, 1911."

Additional subscriptions to tho amount of £200 are wanted by Victoria College, in order that a Government subsidy of £-100 may be forthcoming for tho additions to buildings. The College Council will then have in hand again .CGOO, which it advanced out of other funds in anticipation of this subsidy coming due,

Deteetivo Gibson, of Christchurch, arrived from Sydney yesterday in charge of the man Ernest Jierlyn] who disappeared irom Christchurch when out on bail, and who was subsequently located in Sydney.

A special meeting of tlio Colonial Mutual Assurance Society will be held at tho office of the society, Collins Street, Melbourne, on Wednesday, May 2-5. Ihe mooting will take place after tho annual meeting of the society, which is to be held on the samo day.

c Wellington Homing Pigeon Society closed the racing programme, for tiie season on Saturday last with a raoo from Marton, which was won by Mr. J. Bolton's b. c. cock, No. 57 1 1 - 06 - vards P ol ' minute), Mr. h. Grilhths's blue cock, No. 40 (velocity ™ ,y ar< i s )i being second. Sl'r. R. Imvell wins tho cup presented by tho committeo for most points scored in young bird races, Mr.-C. 1-layues being second, and Mr. A. Clark third.

I'ull details of tlio building programme in connection with tlio Railways Departments are not yet available. Instructions have been given to put down ten more tank engines of the 'WF" class at Hillside. A similar number of compouud engines of the "B" class, which is a typo larger, aro to be eonstructod at Aldington. As regards other rolling stock that is to bo built, all Mi at. can be gathered from tho Department is that it includes ono thousand wagons for various descriptions of goods traffic.

The Hope of Petone Lodge of Good 'templars met for the weekly session in the Ranfurly Hall, Petone, last evening, when Bro. W. Denby, G'.T., presided over a large attendance. Two now membors were initiated, and several were proposed for membership. Bro. Hampton, of Wellington, donated a prize for the member who obtains tho largest number of new members during the quarter. The offer was accepted with thanks. Items were contributed to the programme by Sister Potten, Bro. Townsend, Sister Denby, Bro. Upton, Bro. Kyle, Sister Fuller, Sister Smith, and Bro. R. Kyle. The various sub-committees in charge of the forthcoming anniversary concert reported satisfactory progress.

An informal meeting of the local | members at the Now Zealand Society o{ Accountants was held at tlio Chamber of Commerce last evening, to discuss the first draft of the proposed regulations for tlio management of the socioty. Mr. H. C. Towsley, vice-president, was in the chair. There arc 149 regulations! in the draft, and they were discussed in detail by a fair attendance of members, and various suggestions made which will como up for consideration at the general meeting on Juno 9. At the conclusion of tlio meeting a vote of thanks to tlio Executive Committe'o for its work in drafting the regulations was proposed by Mr. Falcon, seconded by Mr. Wilberfoss, and carried unanimously. Jir. Towsley, in replying, paid tribute to tlio work of his colleagues on tho committee, and to that of Mr. E. -AV. Hunt, tho secretary of the society.

At a meeting of tho Hamilton District High School Committee, the chairman referred to a complaint made by Mr. Whinwray that his child had beeii taught that neither drinking nor smoking in moderation would do any harm, and that God would novel' have made alcoholic drinks if Ho did' not intend man to use them. Ho had referred tho complaint to the headmaster, whose explanation was that a teacher acknowledged having made the remarks. The headmaster had pointed out' to her tho great need for care in such matters, and ho thought thero would bo no causo for complaint in the future. The eommittco expressed itself very strongly on the matter, and it was- resolved that the Board of Education be written to asking that greater caro bo exercised in making the appointment of, assistants, and that an inquiry be made into tho chargcs referred to by tho chairman. Tho meeting granted Mr. Harker' permission to address tho boys after school hours on tho objects of the Young People's Anti-Smoking and Gambling League. "When I came hero from Meeanee, a littlo place of whicli some of you probably nevor heard, but whoro thero is an observatory," said the Rev. Dr. Kennedy in his lecture last night, "I was somewhat sup>rised to find that there was no public telescope- here, by moans of which valuable astronomical observations could be made. Let us hopo that by the timo Halley's Comet comes again, thero will bo some little enthusiasm for astronomy, and that something will bo provided so that those who come after us may be better able to study this glorious objeot." • Tho monthly mooting of the Yorkshire Socioty was held last night, the Rev. J. Sykes (president) being in tlio chair. At tho commencement of tho mooting a resolution was passed expressing deep regret at tho death of His Majesty King Edward. Notification was received of the formation of a Yorkshire Socioty in Hawkc's Bay. Mr. H. Moore, of Leods, and Mr. J. Mortimer, of Bradford, wore elected members of tho society. An excellent budget of Yorkshire news was delivered at tho meeting by Mr. J. H. Helliwell.

Those sections of the Bankruptcy Act, as well as of the Distress and Replevin Act, which allow of a landlord effecting distraint for rent against a bankrupt between the time of tho official adjudication in bankruptcy and the advertising of the fact. Were commented upon by Mr. Justice Edwards at Auckland, 011 Tuesday, in giving judgment in a case in point. His Honour remarked that the distress in such circumstances was a gross injustice to creditors, but, unfortunately, the state of the law permitted such action. Possibly some notice would be taken of his comments in this regard, Ho repeated that it was a gross injustice upon creditors that a landlord should come two or three hours after a debtor had been adjudicated bankrupt, and after tho official aasimiaii. had actually taken possession of his effects. Tho Hon. J. A. Tole, K.C., who appeared for the official assignee, said the only thing ho could do was to endeavour to get an amendmont of tho Act.

During March 3502 co-operative labourers were employed by tho Public Works Department on railways and buildings, and 1296 on roads, making a total of 4858. Railways: StratfordOngarue, 515; Kawakawa-GraJiam-town,-437; North Auckland, 399; Gis-borne-Rotorua, 370; Midland (various sections), 442; Catlins, 455. Roads: Taranaki, 452; North Auckland, 160; Auckland district, 286; Wellington, 113; Gisborne, 66; Nelson, 27; Westport, 35; Grcymouth, 96; Canterbury, 37; and Otago, 10.

Tho spot on the hills beyond Goldio's Brae, where Dr. Newman recently made the first pick-stroke of tho Wadestojrn tramway construction, is now occupied by an iron shed. A wooden one stands close by, and on either side, the navvies, who number in all about 30, are rapidly altering tho face of tho ground. Two headings have been excavated in the hill-spur just beyond, rails have been laid for one of them, and the spoil is being trucked into the adjacent gully. This will have the effect of blunting the sharp elbow of the road where itpasses irom one side of the gully to tho other, and thus enabling the tramway track to follow a reasonable curve. Much excavating remains to be done in the immediate neighbourhood of this spot, which being tho heaviest place on the whole route, was selected as the point of commencement.

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