LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 935, 30 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ The much-debated question of linking together the:i- Constable Street ! tramway line with-the ; Kilbirnie section to Crawford Road or via "Wellington Rotul should, in 1 the opinion/ of \the. committee pi the Kilbirnie -^Ratepayers'': Association! v; -be tested by Vote) ■ The amount asked for the Crawford /Street extension .by, loan was: ;£27,ooo—rejected by. the ratepayers.-. The estimated cost/of the .Wellington. Road'extension,.: which was not .put .to the voting test,'.'.was >£6000;. The difference in 'expenditure as/ between 'the two: extension' routes is over -£20,000, an expenditure, 1 considers the ,'. committee, "worthy.'of the deep consideration of ratepayers, not .oplyjof. Kilbirnie, but of;;the city generally." '" . "• '• ' During the month of .August, a. total of 2498 persons arrived in New Zealand, and' 2326 took ttieir departure' from-these Shores, leaving a, net gain of 172. 1 During the' corresponding months-.last'- year, the arrivals numbered 2157, jand the , departures 2382. ■ "If s started already!" was the exclama- : tion of 'a: member 'of the - Cricket Association Committee last evening, ■ when 'va.l letter was read from the . Boys'lnstitute;.; in whioh./ it / wasstated that the' /City/ Council : had allowed it the : use- of, the. Basin Reserve, ! for. Saturday, November, 12, for the purposo of holding an.athletio and boy scout meeting. It was pointed out by more"'thau one member how difficult'-the management of cricket was made by the action of the council- ; in allocating the.ground without consulting the association in any way. It- was an old grievance, and it was not much ,gobd. "kickiag against. the' pricks," but it was the unanimous opinion that the association, whifih" was" doing .'so -much to foster, cricket,' should be :jconsulted as to ,tho lptting, of ■ tho' ground' during the season. The chairman (Mr. /M. F. Luckie): announced that, he .would make it his /business to consult; the .chairman, '.of • .the Reserves Committee to see if some working arrangement' could ■ not 'be- arrived at which would give more satisfaction than Existed at present. . ■ With a view to augmenting tramway, revenue .and. increasing Hie number', of summer visitors, the' lliramar Borough Council, decided last evening to make arrangements, impossible, to secure the services of a band to play at Seatoun beacK or - the - beaoh at/Worser Bay on Sunday afternoons. The, Tramway, ,Band was mentioned as being possibly available/ Councillor M'Leod .objected ,to / the.. pro., posal on the ground'that it'involved'Saboath desecration but his objection; .was' overruled. The- Mayor remarked that people who-worked daily in the city, praotically from 'early morning till night, needed some: little open-air recreation. If they ohose to..visit a sea beach on Sunday,, he saw- no'.'.great harm in it. The-annual dinner of the Wellington If arbour Board's' staff is to be held at the Hotel Windsor to-morrow week;' Regulation of bathing-dress on the beaches under its control was briefly considered 'last evening by the Miramar Borough Council. Tne subject was raised, in a letter from a ratepayer, who advocated strict regulation, in order that women and children might not be hindered froni visiting the beaches. The council decided to enforce the same regulations as were in vogue during last bath--ing season. .. A new record was: established at the produce markets yesterday, when new, potatoes were sold at the .rate of 7Jd. per lb., which meant <£70 per ton. Green peas from Sydney were sold at-Gd. por lb. - A fine furnituro business, showifig a profit of Je4oo per . annum, is for sale in Ohristohuvch. Low rental, good connection, and shop oompleto with manufacturing plant. Full particulars may he procured ■ from •■' Alcorn's Advertising Agency,'-Box 567, Christchiirch. ' Early ajtnllcauoa U &drisab.le.* -

. A "refresher" course for staff sergeant instructors of the Junior Cadot Department will commence in Wellington on Monday'nest, and will last for a week. The course will cover all branches of the instructional side of the Cadet Department, and will embrace such topics as free gymnastics, correspondence and record systems, squad ' drill, signalling, miniature range practice, knotting,- etc. Physical drill work will be taken at the Y.M.C.A.. Gymnasium, and. lectures at the Hutt County Council-office on Lambton Quay. At last evening's meeting of the management committee of the.. Wellington Cricket Association a letter was received from Mr. Len. M'Kenzie suggesting that the south-eastern portion of the Karori Cemetery should be utilised for the purpose of a cricket ground. "At the present time," wrote Mr. M'Kenzie, "this is not utilised for burial purposes, and with the modern methods it is quite probable chat it would not bo required for . the next sixty years, and in the-meantime Could servo, the double purpose of a playground, and be a help to the tramway revenue." The .chairman said that he id not think the proposal entered into the. range of practical politics for this season. A good bit of work would have to be done.. Something might be done in association with the Rugby Union. The letter was received. . ' The details of a-loan which the Hutt Borough Council is to raise by special order appear in this week's Gazette. The amount is .£20,300, which is proposed to be allocated .as follows:—Hutt Bridge Rebuilding Loan, 1903, £2500; Council Chambers Loan,' 1903, .£1000; Roads,' Streets, and Bridges Loan, 1903, i! 8000; Roads, Streets, and Bridges Loan, 1901, ■£6000; and '.. Recreation Ground : Loan, ,£2BOO. For the. repayment of the loan a special rate. of 2-7 a. in the £ on all rateable property in the Hutt Borough is to be struck. .' ■ •' . Complaint .was made by the ; committee of--'the Eilbirnie : Ratepayers', Association in its annual , report to - members last evening- on the action of the City Council in. occupying a jiortion of the Recreation' Reserve as a pipe-testing yard.. ...This, considered the committee, should never have been'plated there, but on the small council reserve on Duncan Terrace—a matter deserving of attention during the, coming year." - Kilbirnie has not, in the opinion of the committee of the local Ratepayers' Association, been so. well i served' ■ with municipal music during. the past year as ■;t-he'- (yxmmittee had, been led to believe would be'the case. Repeated requests for the. improvement of Childer's .Terrace, Kilbirnie, 'at its. most dangerous p<>int, have failed so far to movo' the corporation, complained the committee of. the local Ratepayers'. Association last 1 evening,>• in. its report.- The. cost is JC6OO. • " L - .-: v . : Money orders and postal correspondence are forbidden to be sent to the manager, 1 -Watworth oCnip'any, Suite R.; Post. Office Box 375, Sydney. The-. Superintendent .of Electric Lines will receive tenders for the-supply and delivery. of fifty! tons.'of galvaiiised wire; ami 25 tons of, hard-drawn copper : line wire. up .ti11.5 p.m.,;'on December 5. For the convenience of those attending the. funerttl of the late. Mr.- A.. J; Willis, who- wish to; return to, town", as sooii :as 'possible' after J the interment, a. special train will : leave Johhsonville for .Wetyington .at 3.15 p.m. :• -v' ; .- ■/ : Old . 'times, in the history of ..the ' Star Boating Club were most interestingly, revived .at the Club House,■! Jorvois Quay, last evening, ..when. Mr. : - A. S. : Biss- lee; tured to a' large assemblage;; of - members on the- subject .oL "Reminiscences,of; the' Early History, ofthe'''Club." : captain, Mr. A.-' D. Mayfield,-- presided, and at the conclusion of the lecture a -hearty .vote.of thanks was; on the.motion■ of - Mr.' C. PearCe, seconded by. the chair-. man; accorded to-Mr. Biss. , .