LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 968, 8 November 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that the s.s. Olimaro'i, which sailed from Sydney on November 5, has on board an Australian mail, which will arrive here on Wednesday morning, November 9.

The first prize of .£IOO in the competition involving the best design for a now chapol in connection with the Wanganui Collegiate School has been awarded to Mr W Gray Young, architect. The chapel, which will accommodate 350 persons, is to be erected in brick and Oamaru stone at a cost of .£4500.

No fewer than 56 applications have been received for the vacant position of superintendent at the Wellington "Zoo." Most of the applications hnve como from Australia and from various parts of the Dominion. Only .two havo come to Ikjihl from residents in tho Wellington district, but a number have heen received from ~nd. The whole of the applications are being sent ronnd in turn to nach member of the Reserves Committee of the Ciiv Council, so that they may be considered at leisure. The. committee will make a selection at its meeting on Monday next and present a recommendation to tbo council nt its following meeting. A sitting of the Bankruptcy Court lim been fixed by the Chief Justice for 10.30 a.m. next Saturday,

The Chief Justice will hear at 10.30 a.m. to-day the civil action of the South Pacific Mortgage and Deposit Company, Ltd., v. Francis Loudon and J. J. K. Powell. Chamber fittings will be held by Hie Chief ■ Justice and Mr. Justice Chapman, sitting together, and by Mr. Justice Cooper.

The'■following notice of motion, given by Councillor Xhrir, will be considered at Thursday's meeting of the Miramai Borough Council-.—"That a proposal for the raising of a loan for the erection of council chambers in the district he submitted to the ratepayers of the borough."

At the first meeting of- the newly-con-stituted board for controlling the courses and examinations for painters ami decorators at'the Wellington Technical School, the full board was present as follows:— Mr. R. F. Bacon, representing the New Zealand Institute of Architects, Wellington branch; Mr. D. Robertson, representing the Technical Education Board; Mr. T. A. Wells, representing tho master painters and decorators; Mr. I'red. Beyling, representing the journeymen painters and decorators; and Mr. W. S. La Trobe. director of the Technical School. Mr. R. F. Bacon was elected chairman, and Mr. W. S. La. Trobe secretary. The boaTd adopted rules, etc., and after the formal business there was a long discussion on tho question of courses for apprentices. Tho representatives of the trade supported the of graining and marbling into tho syllabus, and it was finally agreed that the secretary should interview Mr. S. Roberts, with a view to recommending the appointment of an additional instructor in the classes for painters and apprentices to tho trade, it being understood that, tho employers and union would make good any loss to tho school consequent on extending the scope of work done.

Credit to New Zealand: "Last Saturday," (says the "British Australasian" of September 29) "was one of the biggest days of tho Japan-British Exhibition. Japanese all over the world were commemorating the .autumn equinox, and the .■'hito City was the scene of a great demonstration. The principal event was a procession, in which the many thousands of visitors evinced keen interest. i'he New Zealand pavilion attracted, as usual, the bulk of the visitors an the grounds. The staff at the information bureau had a remarkably busy time attending to the constant stream of callers. New Zealand has been most'successful with her pavilion at the White City this season. Among the many New Zealandors who have expressed pleasure in the exhibit is Mr. Justice Denniston, who on Tuesday evening last inspected it. Mr. Justice Deuniston said that he considered the "exhibit did great credit to New Zealand and the exhibitors." . "