LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 977, 18 November 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mails which left Auckland on October Iβ per Taluno and connected at-Sura with the Vancouver mails per Zealandia, arrived at Vancouver at .8 a.m. on Wednesday last (November 1G). H.M.S. Powerful, the flagship of . the Australian' Squadron, will leave this pert for Nelson early next Friday morning. The cruisers ■ Encounter and Cambrian will stay here until the following Monday, and will then leave, for Lyttelton. The Navy League, with the assistance of the Wellington Navals and tho Collego KiHes, is getting up a big entertainment ' for next Thursday evening. Men from the warships will participate. As this is Admiral Sir Eichard Poore's last visit to -Wellington, before handing over the command of tho squadron to his suc- . cessor, it is' anticipated- that tho pro- ' ceediugs will partly take the form of a farewell to him. ' Notices are to be erected on the Island \ Bay bench warning hors-ernen to desist '■ from furious riding on the beach and i stating that the swimming of horses will be permitted only in portions of J the hay selected, by tho City Engineer. Councillor Barber asked the City . Council last evening to authorise the- re- , moral of the two. boards with which the fence at tho Basin Reserve was heighten- ■ eel some timo ago. In his supporting re- , marks tho councillor declared himself in r general an advocate o£ open-work fences, , although, on the score of expense, such a fence was out of tho question for the > Basin Reserve. The motion lapsed for ■ want of a seconder. ' ' The' ferry steamer Duchess was eu- ! gaged; by tho New Zealand Civil Service l Association for a moonlight excursion to I Day's Bay last evening. A departure ■ was made from the Ferry Wharf at about 8 p.m. and the steamer returned at half-past ten. Although weather condi- • tions were perfect and the sea quite calm ■ only about 50 people joined the excursion.' It-was nevertheless a most enjoyable journey, and those who made it ' could have wished it longer. There was 5 sionists that future trips by moonlight s should prove very popular. B s The secretary of tho Navy League (Mr. - C. W. Palmer) hopes that headmasters f who have not' yet done so will send in the results of naval history examinations before noon next 'Wednesday. 5 3 To-morrow, at 10.30 a.m., Mr. Justice Cooper will deliver reserved judgment in J the absentee tax_ case, the trustees in * the estate of W. H. Levin, deceased, t versus tho Commissioner of Taxes. A route march, culminating in an attack on a detachment of hostiles, was carried out by the Wellington Rifle Battulion last evening. The City Rifles were detailed to act as the enemy, and proceeded to Kelburne heights to a position on the uplands overlooking Devon Street ! The remainder of tho battalion, with the „ Highlanders as the advance guard, won tho attackers, tho schemo really beinf 3 the basis for practice in. route marchr> ing, with an exercise in outpost duh . for the City llifles. Liemtennnt-Colonc; W. tr. Duthie was in command of the '' parade, which mustered 320. p The Wellington ' Education Board ha: ' arranged that tho schools of the disfvicl will close for the midsummer vacatior. 0 on Thursday, December 15. The construction of n tramway loor 0 at Hay Street, Oriental Hny, at an csti y nulled cost of .£IOO, was authorised bj c the City Council last evening. J Having mndo a careful analytical studj ' of every phase mid condition of Baldness o Mrs. KOLLESTON has just returnee c from the principal centres of Hair Cul s turo in London, Paris, am! America. Hei f rooms have been extended and refitteei ■ with tho most modern appliances for th< 0 treatment of Ba'.dnuss. '.( Willis Streel n (over Carroll's). Tel. 1599.—Adtt.

Tenders wero accepted by the City Council last evening as follow ;—Auoii and Co., London (steam piping), S. Brown and Co. (ironbarlc poles and insulators), Wallace and Co. (cable), W. Crabtrec and Sons (feeder pillars), P. E. Bailho and Co. (econoniisers). Reporting on the' petition of Heni Te ! Itei, of Otaki, for an inquiry regarding the division of the Poroutawhao HlocK, the Native Affairs Committee of tl» House of Representatives says it has no recommendation to mate. John Hnrdie Murdoch, pastry, cook, late of Wellington, now of Napier, has been adjudged a bankrupt on his own petition. The first meeting of creditors will be held on Tuesday, November -9, at 11 a.m. A payment of ,£3OOO to. the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, on account of the levy for the Infectious Diseases Hospital, was authorised by the City Council last evening. The use o£ tho Concert Chamber at the Town Hall has been granted free ot charge to the Corporation Staff Social Club on November 21, and to the Wellington Debating Societies' Union on November 29 for their final debate. ihe use of tho Town Hall has been granted at half rates to the' Navy League, on November 24, for an entertainment to the officers and men of the Australasian Squadron. On Monday evening next, in the Concert Chamber of- the Town Hall, Mr. 1. E. Taylor, M.P., will deliver an address on tho new Licensing Bill. The Commissioner of Police is endeavouring to arrange for, the presence of police supervisors at Lyall Bay on wcanesday, Saturday, and Snnday afternoons and.on special holidays. . Tho Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford) and Councillors Frost and Smith have, been appointed to represent tho City Council at the conference of delegates from the various tramway undertakings m NewZealand, to be held in AVellington shortly, in reference to the proposed Dominion tramways award. Councillor M'Laren ashed the Mayor' last evening what was being done at present in connection with tho shop for electrical fittings. The reply was that the electrical .engineer had authority to obtain another shop", but had not yot found. a suitable one. A reouest that the Te Aro Baths be opened "at 5.30 a.m. was last evening refused by the City Council. ' The Reserves Committee recommended to the City Council last evening that the Wellington Cricket Association be granted permission to charge for admission to the Basin Reserve on two Saturday afternoons daring the final match 1 for the championship, but that the association's request that the 5 per cent, charged by tho council on the takings of all matches should cover the- rent of the rooms at the reserve be not agreed to. The Mayor told the City Council last evening that he was taking .steps to obtain a report on the powers vested in the City Council -in reference to making a charge for admission to the city reserves. At the recommendation of the By-laws Committee the 1 City Council decided last . evening to reduco the annual license fee for billiard saloons situated in Melrose district, Northland, and Wadestown. Councillor Trevor, chairman of the committee, explained that the' alteration was intended as a concession to saloons containing only a few tables, ' The use of tho Basin Reserve for sports meetings during the summer has been allocated by the .City Council as follows: —December 10, 1910—Wellington Amateur Athletic Club; January 1, 1911, Port , Nicholson. Cycling Club; January .14— ' Wellington Centre N.Z.A.A.A. (provincial champion'ships); January 28—Civil 1 Service Amateur Athletic Club; April 1 ■ —Victoria College ■ Amateur Athletic Club. An application for the use of the Basin Reserve on Wednesday and Friday even- ; ings during the summer, with the right [ to charge 6d.'and-3U..a'dmission to openair picture and band entertainments, 1 was Tefused by the City Council at its •. meeting last. evening. . Tho'death statistics for the month of 1 October- of the. four chief centres show . that Wellington easily maintains its posii tion as the healthiest city in the Domin- ■ ion. The. deaths per 1000 of population in Wellington was 0.58, as against 0.88 in Auckland, 0.76 in Christchurch, and 0.83 in Dunedic. - ' - A letter has been received by the City : Council from the Engineers' Institute 1 protesting against. tho inclusion .of its i members in tho proposed Dominion tramways award, and stating that the institute and its. members are satisfied with, the understanding that now exists. ■: An offer by tho residents of MaTiri Road to contribute the sum of .£2O- towards the cost of forming a path from that street to tho Botanical Gardens has r been accepted, and the work is to be proi ceeded with by, the City Engineer. The . estimated cost is £56. "'■'.,: Members of the Port Nicholson Cycling Club are to be allowed to train for cy.eje ing oh Duppa Street Park during the t summer, at hours to be, determined by ;• tho City Councili The City Council last evening histruct- [" ed its solicitor to take immediate steps ' against lessees of sections on the Town 0 Belt who have neglected to clear the land j. of gorse. .'■'■' u Payments for the sale of offal'at the s corporation abattoir are in future to be 4 made monthly instead of quarterly, as e- was urged by a recent deputation of mass- ter butchers. The revision of hanging '- fees is.to be considered after the end of a the present financial year. A notice in this week's Gazette pro- * claims November 30 (St. Andrew's Day) j a Government holiday. s The resignation of the Kilbirnie Vol,f .unteer Fire Brigade was accepted by the City Council last evening as from December 5. Six additional auxiliary firemen 7 are to be appointed. ' The-district will '■ then have one permanent fireman and e eight auxiliaries.