LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Roman Catholic Cathedral fund has now reached a total of .£20,000, which sum has been carefully invested-by-the trustees.' It is now contemplated that the trustees will be in such a position to proceed with the erection of. the first part of the edifice in about two years from now. This is estimated to cost some .£30,000, and it- is hoped to open that section, free of debt. The Cathedral is to be erected on the square, corner block fronting Buekle Street and ;Tory Street, bounded on the east side by St. Joseph's Church and on the north by the playground of St. Patrick's- College. The site is as near as possible in the residential centre of the city.

. The Minister ten? Public Worlv9. has informed Mr. Massey that he intends to introduce a short Bill authorising the .building- of a. combined railway and traffic bridge over the Waikato River at Iluntlv. ; '

The announcement that the . Bank of Australasia intends to establish a branch at Upper Hutt has been heartily welcomed by; tradespeople and other residents. At. present, the bank conducts business in': the .township. only. on two. days in - each week, and the absence of a permanent. establishment has ' been keenly felt, particularly of late., Many workers come into the township from the surrounding district with wages cheques for considerable amounts, which the 'traders-,find, it at times exceedingly inconvenient to'cash. Aeain, a good many depositors have hitherto been constrained by circnmstances to operate their accounts by post, a method . involving a certain amount of risk, and; -b' other ways, unsatisfactory and inconvenient.

The probable future of KareVtfra was briefly mentioned at the meet' of tho Onslow Borough. Council last Evening.Tho universal opinion of members appeared to be-that it was .bound, to become, a seat of manufacturing .' industry, and that the factories now existing at. • Kaiwarra were but the foreruiiners' many, for which the local) ty, would afford, "space in the future.

A conference of delegates- fr->m ' the Seamen's- Unions of the Dominion will on'en in r Wellington on'.Tuesday - next; Mr. W.- Belcher-will be one of tbe representatives from Dunedin, and, Messrs. T. Cain,- and W. Anscombe ' will .represent the Auckland Seamen's Union. Mr. Ans-, combe is president of his union.i'tnd Mr., Cain ' is' attending as deputy-fperetary in the absence of Mr. J. Kneen,; who is not yet fully, recovered from the effects of a. recent, accident. The Auckland delegates are due to arrive on Monday evening next. "' .

-Further circulars'-' iii. connection .with tho lascar question-have been forwarded .to the whole of the 1 industrial unions in the Dominion by Mr. -W. Belcher, secretary of the Seamen's Union at Dunedin. Trade union circles universally aipplaud 3fr. : Belcher'for his efforts to bring into prominence. the alien labour question. The latest 'circular'asks unions to pass resolutions favouring restriction of the employment of lascars, and forward them to the" Minister of Marine. --..

The Tramways Bill- lias - entered ' its fourth week in .the hands .of the. Labour '•Hills Committee: Representatives of employers and of: the city, councils, in !<the various', centres -have occupied the committee; for the last, three weeks. This tveek and for. at least another week evidence will be tendered on behalf of the various tramway unions .'of workers.

Tho . annual gathering of the Bookbinders' Union is to be held on Saturday next. 1 Invitations have been issued to the president of the Trades Council and to Ministers of the Crown. •. ,

A message from the House of Representatives : to'.the Legislative Council r was received yesterday regarding that, leave' be given to the Attorney-General (Hon. Dr. Findlay) to attend, in order to allow ,of his being examined before the Committee of the House on : Public Petitions, on the petition of Mr. Joshua Jones. . . .

-The delay experienced by persons l desiring to send telegrams,. owing to. the blook caused by the carrying out of the instructions that senders of telegrams must affix the stampsj has prompted Mr. Reed, M.P., to ask the Postmaster-General whether ho will reconsider the instructions in question.

Replying to ,a deputation which waited upon him yesterday, the Hon. R. M'Kenzie (Minister for -Public Works) stated that the construction of- the proposed. Waiuku railway in the Franklin district would have ■to be deferred for a year or two. Either as a 'Minister or as a private member, he was willing to supnort the construction-of.-the line. The difficulty was that, other and more important lines had precedence. Mr. MKenzie added that he was quite satisfied the' line would,pay, as he had never seen better country and more industrious settlers in ,any .other part of New Zealand. ,

What is evidently the final reply of, the Minister for Railways (the Hon. J. A. Millar) to representations that the railway line should be duplicated between Penrose and in the Auckland district, has been received by Mr. Lang. In the course of his letter Mr. Millar states '"A considerable expenditure has already been authorised at Wcstfield for work that will ultimately form part of. the duplicated line, between Penrosio. and Otahuhu. There is, however, no immediate necessity for the whole scheme to be carried out at present, and in view of the many more urgent and*.important works in hand or, awaiting - funds, I regreK that I cannot .see my 1 way to authorise the • carrying out of the whole scheme at the present time."

Last ! night's Gazette contains . a schedule of general regulations under the Motor Regulation Act, 1908. These provide for the assigning of distinctive letters and numerals to be used as ' identification marks, And affixed to motors registered by the registering. authority, and-also set forth the particulars to be given by the applicant when seeking registration. '

• The newly-formed Suburbs Rifle Club will formally open its first season , at Miramar Range on Saturday, October 1.

Plans, have been drawn for a Convent School, with accommodation for threo hundred children, which tho Catholic Sisters propose to erect in their grounds oh Pine Avenue, at Upper Hutt. About sixty children, are at prosent accommodated in, a temporary structure.

Tho Government. .has authorised the expenditure of ,£2BOO for a new school, at Sydenham, Christchurch. 1

At 10.1't last night, _ tho fire brigado received a call. to a chimney fire in tho smoke-house at the Gear Company's works on Lambl.on Quay. A considerable amount of snioko was hanging about the premises, but, when tho lire was extinguished, it. was found, that practically no damago had been done.

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