LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The mail' which left .Wellington on August. 26, and also those which left on September 2, per s.s; Moana, both connected at Sydney with the Naples service, per K.M.S. Orvieto, and arrived in London on the night of October 7.' , ■ To-day (Labour Day) tho letter-carriers mil make the morning deliveries only. The Infectious Diseases ' Hospital! of. . which a full description, was given, a few' weeks ago, has been handed over by the con-tractors' to the Hospital Board. It cost ,£10,500. "' . A meeting of the State Guaranteed Advances Board, presided over by the Prime Minister, was held yesterday morning, when loans to local bodies were approved to the. amount,of .£182,700. ■ The metal-workers of Wellington; stand a chance of becoming famous, if they continue to turn -~ out . such _ beautiful work as is shown in.the gasfittings in the Union Steam Ship Company's new offices. The first thing 'which catches the eye on looking round the .white walls is tho broad bracelets of antique silver,'which, encircle the pillars. From these metal ; bands project four graceful "goose-neck" bracks ets, each of which suspends a 100-cftndlo( power.Gretzen inverted latest style of mantle-burners. -. There are no fewer than,twenty-seven of .these in. the main office, representing 27,000 ' candlepower.' The whole of the fittings were manufactured in Wellington by the Wei-' lington Gas Company, who, in their work, are, realising the value of the combination of art: and utility. ; ,- ■~-.■ '.;.' "During- recent • years," 'says.- the: annual report of the Northern Bowling Association, "bowling clubs': generally have felt the charges bjvway,. of rates upon their greens;ah. increasingly heavy: burden, and your council is now glad to inform yon that there . is: prdspeot'. of some measure of; relief being obtained. As a result of representations': made by a deputation arranged for by a sub-coinmik tee of the council, the Prime s Minister promised to.insert,a.clause in the MuniIcipal Corporations Act ; empowering local' !'bodies,!in,their discretion* to remit either wholly! : or .in.;.part >rates upon! bowling ; greens!" ;".; ;,-■-'.-' -.;"'.' .'V'a ! : ''•. J i ■■ '•:':[.'■ I' The Wellington;branch of ! J the ; Navy League intend holding' a .''supper. at the |; Hotel; Windsor on.October 21. ";.' : ' : "■"'.-, ...-.;A man named Jameson will .appear; at. the! ; Magistrate's Court:,'. this ; - morning oharged .with' ; theft of books valued'at 75.i 6d,:"froin ; .a shop ; in the; Cecil Buildings. ..' !-;!'/cTlie ; idenajii6n,'of-. : 'tne\-'Eimtaka-- i Tail-' way, ; referred" to by the honourable member, 'is rather ,a' : large undertaking: which is :■ estimated to cost about .£350,000,: and it isnot anticipated (that it can be undertaken' 'm the immediate, future," .says the Minister. for Public Works,:in ■■■ reply to a question! asked: by Mr! Hogg ;as ,-to "whether, seeih-g:'that nis Excellency./the Governor has been compelled.to : , take.,up! his -residence:in,the Wairara'pa, they will j direot'their attention .to the improvement' of; railway: communication by thereon-; struotion of the .Bimutaka deviationP".;.-.':- ~';' At the monthly! meeting! of..the Board' of '-'Management of' the 1 .. Wellington" Typographical Union, the'following motion was adopted:—"That this;board endorses the action of:the Australasian Federated Sea-, 'men's Union in protesting against, the introduction of foreignj-registered' -vessels. ■ manned by alien' labour,' an<l : that-a let ter, containing a copy, of the resolution, .be forwarded to- the Minister for, Marin©, asking him to introduce legislation; this: session with,'a view : of; preventing Lascars ( ahd aliens,- at low rates of.-wagesjAcbm-. peting with .the seamen, of the; Dominion,,: whose rates, of pay andVother conditionsare fixed'by tho Court of Arbitration." ■'.' Pakatoa!;\lsland,;'where: the" Salvation Army las been .conducting an inebriates' home for some time, was recently report-' ,ed as about : to be auctioned. ;■: The Army has, however, coma to terms ■ with/ the vendors,- and purchased, the island outrightv ./The' price 'hasViot been-' made known. : The island (says our correspondent) will be used exclusively for: women patients.- Euthes;lsland! will,bo used ■ foremen,,, and is ; how almost : for-occupation!' '"" : \'-M, ■'■' : '.'- . '■" '/ r. ".For the-drains ,-uuconnection with.the gardener's cottage; in! the grounds'of the new. Governor's residence,-- a' permit fromthe corporation is being taken out -ihfthe ordinary way. -. The work is being oarried out for the Public Works Department by its master' plumber, Mr. !B. Scott'.' For some :rea6oh.the v ' Department has <in; this instance'"mide'a departure from,the policy it pursued in reference to the! drains; of the residence, itself.;: ,:!:.,. /-///'.'/V The case of John: Mullah" v.; the- Ashburton Licensing Committeeman sequel to - the change. of electoral 1 boundaries whereby: the town. of Geraldihe; with ' the ''-'sis' hotels' in and near; it, was', attached/to the. "dry" .district jM..Ashburtbn-rwill como.before the Court of Appeal to-mor-: row.: The court willnot sit; to-day/. Two oases-for. the. Full!'Gourt have also 'been set down for! to : morrow. One.is Gualter, Dykes, and, 'Company 'v.. .Andrew ! Beggs (relating to .' sharebroking_ transactions), and theotber. is. J.'A. Pikeand others v.: the Wellington City Corporation _(concerning land next; the .Duke of- Edinburgh Hotel!.taken-for ;the. widening 'of. Willis Street). ■ \; : ,- : '/:"./;;./.;■/// •; : /;.,;';, ; A, dispatch, from; Earl/Crewe';to.;;the New. : Zealand Government, conveys a translation of the warmest thanks; of his Apostolic Majesty .the Emperor .of Austria for,:-a to! him =pf.'.sixkiwis and -four keas; : ■ The birds;;were placed!.- in the Imperial ,;Menagerie fat Sohonbrunn. - !V' '■!'■ ': !';". ;'■ -! Seventy-five applications: were .received, from'far and near for tie' librarianship of the!Timaru;Publio Library.: The bor-' o'ugh council selected for: appointment the Eev. J. H. G. Chappie, who. recently reSigned, on request,' a'Presbyterian' charge near Timaru.-rPress:Asspoiation.-.; "■-••. ..-./

;.' ; The many .years', experience s of"• Mr; 1 Robert Gardner, :• of Palmerston North; :who is wellknown ns a Jand vainer, is at the service of. cautious lenders and buyers.—Advt.': --~--;'; '■';■':.« .:••,;■■:•.''■:.' ,'-,■■■.•'■•■