LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

- The ' Dominion will next week enter on the fourth year of its existence, jits; issue' to-day/, of : 24 ..pages, may be.,taken; as celebrating that event and as affording also a further evidence'-.of its'desire, to respond adequately to the wido and increasingsupport extended. ■to it by the public throughout the. whole of ;.the Dominion. '''..• "A preference clause is all -riglit >for the "'incompetent; man," said -Mi. .D. Robertson' in the witness box; at- the Court of; Arbitration yesterday;' '.'The good man does not iyaait it." ''He .in-sisted-that meii ought' to standvori their merits, and a job sliould be'-given: to the; man. who could do it. v . l;v\V . Tho City. Council has completed;'\ the, work ;6f ; clearing and leveUing;;the>Kil-:' birnio' Recreation Ground, 1 at tlio;' head ' of Evans Bay. -The. area has now been' re-; grassed,', and iwill shortly 'be made available as-a'playing ground,, Some years, ago tbeT.GdverWihent authorised :exten-'; sive reclamation; works at this' spot; "a proposal having ; been' made ' to .. fill ,in an area, of 1 about; fifteen; acres now covered by the waters of the bay. ~ The greater, part of 'ty' area;.reclaimed;was. 1 to have; been. added to the Recreation Ground,.'-the'. remainder ; being, utilised '.for road- formation and r for;, building sites. Ine proposal lapsed,' however, when the ratepayers at a poll declined to consent to. the Necessary funds being, raised. -'Reclamation 1 is l now proceeding, 1 but' ivery slowly.-j. Spoil, from tho He--creation; Ground and from other sources has' beeri'.deposited along'the foreshore, and' a small extension of. area 'lias already been gained in this way. " V The; General. Post Office advises that mails which left Auckland .on August 31, per s.s. Moura, and connected at Siiva with the' Vancouver; mails per; the R.M.S. Marama, arrived in Vancouver on. the night of September -21. : : Messrs.. Baldwin, and;j R-ayward report that .they, havo filed' the following applications;.'for patents ,of New . Zealand, during the week ending - September 23:-rR. M'Gafßa, Hastings,improved flax-washing machine; _\V.;Gor- . don-Jones, ..Auckland,; improvements ■ in;; 'seed sowers; G. H. Bailey, 'N.S.W.',, improvements in and', 'relating ".to-;the manufacture of glovesG. jßertinsliaw, Wilson,, and J. Hutclieson, Wellington, an. improved postal pillar-box;. J. ellington,J; improved, apr' paratus,\for scutching flax ;';Gfiffin; and; Jisutege, ■: . improved' appara-' friis for neatihg waterVaml: the; like; J. Johnstone, Transvaal,. improvements in .pulleys ;.or • idlers for conveyor belts, also 'applicable'for- other! purposes! ■■■'} The New Zealand Trades Council Executive has. written to the 1 . ' ton - Trades . Council asking'' the . coukcil to pass a' resolution protesting against amendments; in';" the l Crown Act; and fproposod Beet Sugar Billj l whereby it is proposed to private companies. By 'means of 'a.boiius..': The letter .was referred to. the Management. Com-, rnitteo to report: . : .- •The- .-/Wellington'.;" Art's-:. Club..'have guaranteed £2U Municipal Orchestra : .Fund;:, The ; amount. now; guaranteed totals £415..; ' , At; the meeting; of the Wellington' Trades and Labour; Conference . on. Thursday/evening,, the, following :. re- 1 i solutioii was. ■■ passed I "Whereas . the steamers of the P., and' .0. Company, manned by Lascar crews atunder-rate pay, ,'have entered ;•. the intercolonial, trade, built up' by ;.oiir ' own seamen ■ and ships, and thereby,' unfairly competing with our own ships to the detriment of the seamen of this country, the council .urges the Government to pass. legislation this session that will place. all : competing' vessels on' a. footing of equality respecting wages, overtime, holidays, and other working'conditions.The motion" was ' carried unanimously. At 10 a.m. yesterday a fire broke out in a house occupied by Mrs. Hamilton, Richmond.- Street, 1 -Petone.; The flames' were confined to a; bedroom, and. were :quickly suppressed -by the local brigade. . .The damage is estimated ;at about£lo,' There were no insurances; either, on .the house or furniture;; ; . , A smoke' concert/ was held this week in the. social hall of the Wellington Working. Men's Club. Items were rendered by tho following Messrs. Willmott,*; .:Dolling; Pitt, Hendry, Ldmbert, M'lntyre, •' and Cart-wright-. Duet:. Messrs., HobmaQ and -.TwoliilL Banjo solo: Mr.' Connors.' Musical tramp:. Mr. ; Garrick..- lYombone solo: Mr. Glemiie. Exhibition of boxing :,M'Far-. land v.' Cliapinan. Mr.' v J. •; Apperloy presided. • Tho club orchestra, ; under , the leadership of Mr.' H.'' M'.Cornish, rendered several items which were much. appreciated " by-those present. At- the couclusion/a. hearty vote of . tlihnks. was. accorded to the performers. ,;; •-. Shampooing, Clipping, Hainlresslng, Face Massage, Treatment" of Falling Hair, and Dandruff. Combines ■ made up. . Natural Hair-pads, Mrs. 1 Kolleston "(over Carroll's),". 4 VViili?. Street. 'Phone l Advt.

In accordance with the decision of their association there will be no general observance of Dominion Day (Monday) _by. Wellington employers. The question of closing their premises is left to the discretion of individuals. •Members of tlie : Wellington City Council, Miramax Borough Council, and Karori Borough Council met in: conference yesterday, for the" purpose of electing a representative to fill the. vacancy on . the Hospital Board caused by the death of Mr. J. J. Device. Mr. T. M. Wilford presided over the meeting. There were two nominees, Mr. G. Nash and' Dr. Borghetti. The former •was r elected, eleven of ; the .nineteencouncillors voting in,his favour. Mr. D. Robertson, giving evidenco in .the Arbitration Court yesterday as an employer in the engineering industry, spoke .strongly against the • pro-; posal to 1 limit the number of apprentices that may be 'employed in . proportion to journeymen.; "A man who gives his son a . trade," ; : 'he. said, "is ; giving him a fortune that, he can't part with..: It; isagainstthe interests ,of the youth of the country to prevent - them leaving trades." ; An elderly man had an exciting en- : counter.', .-'with va; motor-bike in Willis ■Street-this ."afternoon. - - The. man and the bicycle met and tho former . was scooped up and'carried along a 'little on\the -front portion of the machine. When a halt was effected,'; the old man dropped off on to the ground. He did not "appear to be \ much hurt, but was a. little hazy and . very, dusty. ■.-■