LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

City Councillors, shone last' night as Maori linguists. On the..proposal (of a committee to change : the name of Mount Street, Northland, to Kaihuia Street, Councillor' 'Fletcher asked, "Can anybody te\l me the meaning of Kaihuia ?" The Mayor: '"Kai' is food, and 'huia'.is a bird.": Councillor Fletcher: "I see—Bird food." • Another councillor: ."It means the huia has.'food." After.'this display of learning, the name was adopted without further ado..

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr.W. P. Massey) is desirous to know from the Minister for Railways whether, before the session comes to an end; he will give the Railways Committee an opportunity of inquiring into the sys'toni of differential and local rating which is in operation on the New Zealand railways.

A few minutes before tho business at the Magistrate's Court commenced yesterday morning, a scream rent the air, and a woman named Florence M'Anally,- waiting to answer a charge .of vagrancy, fell in a fit,on the floor. She was carried into tho open airi and recovered- some minutes later, but was not in a fit condition to appear in Court, and was remanded for a .week.

' The Minister for Public Works, replying to representations made by Mr. R. B.°Ross, M.P., in Tegard to tho Manawatu Gorge Road, states that the barriers erected at each end of the road have been removed, and it is now possiblo for a vehicle to pass along the road. There aro still, however, a few small slips, .and some timber _from the old bridges will have to be removed before the road will be in thorough repair; It is hoped that this work will be completed in the course of two weeks. The district .engineer reports that the cause of delay has been due to the scarcity of men, and that he has employed all the labour that has been available.

The offer of the Wellington Orchestral Society to lend their music, music stand, and drums for the use of tho Municipal Orchestra was accepted with thanks -by tho City Council last evening. '

News has been received in Wellington of tho arrest in Sydney of James S. Adams, racehorse owner, on o charge of wifc-desortiou. Delectivo Lewis ileaves for Sydney to-day to bring the prisoner, •baok- -to New Zealand,

The.Court of Appeal will not sit either to-day or to-morrow. Tho first cases to bo taken after the Court resumes on Monday, and has finished hearing the. case now in hand, will be those of the Christchurcli City Council v. Margaret Boland and another, and John- Mullan (of Geraldine) v. Victor. Grace Day and others. The former relates to local rates on property held in trust for the Sisters of Mercy. The other is a licensing case, the defendants being the. Askburton Licensing Committee. Both cases have been removed by consent of tho parties into tho Court of Appeal. It is left to counsel to settle among themselves wifck of the two shall be taken first.

"There can be no question as to -which is the more- valuable of the two individuals as far as this country is concerned," remarked the Hon. J. T. Paul in tho Legislative Council, when commenting on the faot that a domestic servant could get an assisted passage to New Zealand for £2 165., whilst a man who wished to bring his wife out, after having made a home, for her in New Zealand, had to pay .£lO. The Hon. Dr. Eindlay thought any man who wished to ,bring his wife out to New Zealand would not have much difficulty in-getting the ,£lO. The . fact . that . domestic servants got passages for £2 16s. was no reason why women coming out to rejoin their husbands should be given the same concession.

The City Valuer was authorised by the City Council at its meeting last evening to settle claims for compensation in connection with land taken for Wadestown tramway purposes, on the basis of Ms re- r port'.-' ,■'■■.

■At the recommendation of the Power Station' Committee the City \ Council decided last evening to arrange with • the Education Board tor the installation ofelectric apparatus, .etc., in the' cookery school at Mount .Cook, now nearing completion,; In this. connection the committee reports tliat.it is.expected that very shortly ranges for cooking .by electricity will be supplied to the public at a cost not exceeding-,£5 or <£G. . ■

A good word was put hi for the r stoat and weasel'by Mr. IV. C. Buchanan (Wairarapa) in the House yesterday .morning: Mr. Field, 'member for Otaki, had complained- that stoats and weasels were destroying . his chickens. This, Mr. Buchanan considered, was arrant nonsense.. He blamed the rats, not stoats and weasels. Mr. Buchanan'said that he had read in. tlie newspapers of stoats and weasels attacking children and .lambs, but that,s was rubbish, and never-took place outside; .the newspaper, columns. Mr. Hogg (MastertorO put. another: side of the. case. He said:that in the north of Auckland there were a great many oldage pensioner's,;.and one s"of them, had earned very general sympathy .because, every night, when ho retired to.rest;;a stoat or a weasel fastened • itself on : .to one ,of his toesV and "sucked . his ■.life blood away." ' Mr. Hogg seemed, to think his story a-little risky, so he-took the' precaution of quoting, the ■ member : for. Kaipara,; who/he said, no one.would.disbelieve, as : tho.author ■of it.' '..:. ~.'

The- City Council decided last evening to inform.the Eastbourne Borough; Council that. its. application, for the services of. the City Engineer lor a report on the borough's water supply could not ;..be granted.;.:! ••;'■:"■•: ;•■' ...\. ■'. :.'■'•

The tramway shed' at the junction/of .Thorndon Quay and Davis Street is to be moved: to adjoining land owned by the ißailway Department.- A.crossing'is'.'to be 'formed from the north' end of ,"Davis Street to ; the.new site of the she'd; ..;• !:.'

■ ■ In connection'' with the renumbering -.of. the city streets, the ; City Council ■ decided last evening'to iniorm a, firm. in Dixon: Street that the : number on' their.premises: must .be. altered as required by the-City: Engineer, otherwise legal action 1 would be taken to compel the alteration. .>:^:-: ; :

. A man named Charles Restin was. yesterday arrested by Detectives 'IComp and Hammond, and will be-.oharged I with' assault and robbery 'at a . house in : Gambridge Terrace on October 3. Three.other men are' at. present on remand: on"-a charge ofj. breaking and entering af'the same house. /Detectives/Lewis and-.An-, drews-:arrested.an-young man 'J.-'Higgiri's yesterday morning; on,a:charge, of having' stolen a .£5 ; note froiu a fellowlodger' in -a boardinghouse last Sunday. Another arrest 'yesterday was. that, .of., a man: named : Wr-N.. S.Ross," who ■;was apprehended, by' Detective Bailey, and will be; charged with deserting from- H.M-.S. Encounter. l >-...- .'<"> ". , : .'■

The Finance' Committee recommended the City, Council last evening to ■'inform the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board that if they would undertake the. payment of all expenses .in .connection; with the promotion of a local "■■. Bill,; the council would apply for legislative authority to vest'the small strip of Town' Belt at Salamanca Road in the board, the. Drice to be charged for'..the land to .be fixed by the City Valuer. ; . •'

The .merits and demerits'iof 'the'centipede occupied the House for two minutes yesterday morning. : Mr. :Rhodes : mere) moved an obscure'amendment to the Animals Life Protection Act; the nun.' of -/which was to include the centipede among uudesirable'.animalsr Mr; Parata asked an explanation, of! the amendment, and evidently, gained the. impression that it, proposed to ■ facilitate , the entry, of centipedes. "What ; are they, and -what good will they do the country?"...he inquired anxiously. • The. Hon. 'D.', r ßuddo relieved him by remarking that the Bill meant prohibition. ; . .. •'_;" '" .„■'■

The taking of the section at ; Quinton's corner,, La'mbton Quay, as a part ofvthe extensive street-improvement: : scheme . ar-. ranged between the Government,and the City Council was mentioned at.the.council meeting last night/. The Mayor, said: he: had' had a conversation with the UnderSecretary for Public Works, ■'■ and:. expected to receive/the '- plans from'-tlie. Public' Works Department next. Monday morning- As soon as the.plans.were re-, ceived, the property . would, be .taken.

The Tramways Committee reported\to the City Council last evening' that - it had considered an application from the Tramways Band, asking that the. council .■should: take over control of the .- band.' Further information was being obtained, on the subject, and the conimitee .would report to the council at a later staged

Under the new motor-car regulations it appears-that all motor-cars in-the city, will have to be numbered afresh"' on a new scheme. The TowS Clerk , ; stated' when the matter was mentioned, at; the City Council, last night, that no ; , extra': cost would be involved for the Afresh registration. : i ,/.,-.:, ~

' Cancellation'of the registry of the~ Wellington and Suburbs Aerated Waters Industrial Union of Employers is gazetted. ■■;■' •■.'"■,.:■ -■.;■■■■■ /. : .;-.„

The City Council is considering the erection of a-, tramway waiting. shed 'at Courtenay Place. It is proposed* that, the existing shed shall be reserved for the use of women, and be marked 'Tor women only." ; .'.' s"-'.-.-". •'■:

Owing to the late hour to' which .'the City Council sat last night, Councillor Shirtcliffe was. allowed' to postpone two notices of motion, one of which was in the, direction of having the Lambton-Te Aro section of railway taken up, while the_ other related to the powers of the Legislation Committee. , '

Messrs. Murray, Roberts, ; and. ■ Company's tender for the. supply of a Marshall road-roller and scarifier has ■ been accepted by the Napier Borough Council. The price.is =£835. ' ■"•■'"'■..■.

Delegates who will represent the Wellington Employers' Association at the forthcoming Dominion Conference of the New Zealand Employers' Federation are Messrs. W. Hopkirk, T. Bellinger, J. Godber, C. M. Banks, and W. Grenfell (secretary). The conference will assemble at Wellington on October 26.

! The amount of building now proceeding in the Borough of Eastbourne is said to exceed the record of previous seasons. About six buildings are in course of erection, "and two or three others-are in immediate prospect.- Among the buildings to be erected shortly is a public 'hall'.' ..-■ ~-■■ ':;'

At the • Mount Cook Police Court yesterday morning, when Mr. J.'Danks occupied the bench, threo first offenders charged with insobriety, were .convicted and discharged. .'-Michael Hoskins, an old offender, was also convicted and, 'discharged for the same offonce. :

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