LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 8 February 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

T)ip poslitl authorities advise tli.it the s.s. Warrimoo. which left Sydney at 2 p.m. on February 4, Ims on board an Australian mail. She is duo to arrive here sonic tiiiio to-day. The civil Missions of the Supremo Court will open' on Monday' next. A sitting in Chambers will pvobrtbly be held oil Friday to lix dates for the various Oaies. The noxl sitting of the Court of Appeal has been set down l'oi- April U. On I lie first lon pages or tho new muniripnl roll, '480 of, tin' nanus, appearing ai'o tljo>t» of ratepayers, nnd 219 thuse of residential voters. Our attention has-been drawn lo a paragraph in yesterday's issue slnfing Unit the ladies of the St'. i'eter's choir liad adopted surplices and straw hats. Our informant. we find, was niislaken. The nrtifonn adopted is a straw hut and grey dual:. The parlies to (lie carpenters' dispute veslerduv lieli! aliotlier sitting, t-he result of tvhich. ns announeed was, that they have arrived nt ipi. ngreenicnt in remind ,to cvorytliinK except wages, preference, r.nd working-hours. These matters are to be referred for decision .to the Arbitraliou Court-

Thtf Town Clerk' 'Mr. .1. 11. Palmer) considers tint Ilia method provided in tho Municipal Corporotinus Act [or til'-' compilation- of olec'/.inil rolls is wrong. Mo'is of opinion that the onus nf preparing the voll should In entirely thrown upnii the.City Council official?-, who slumltf ohl'li 11 tin; liiimo of qualified (•lectori,- by a house-to-hour-o innvas.s as is done in other cities. This would enMirp, Mr. Palmer says, that tho minio of every pr>v?oii entitled to veto would bo placed 011 the roll, and would obviate tins confusion th'it inevitably occurs as things now stand-in New Zealand. Fares collected on tlio Wellington tramways during the past week totalled JC2817 2s. 2d. 'Pile amount collected during tlio corresponding week of last year was .CJSBS) 55.-"d., so that there is a decreaso for tho Inter period of ,£72 !»!. The number of passengers carried on tlio midnight cars during the week ended l'ebru»rj; O.ii'ns.lliS. Two children were before tlio Magistrate yfcsterdav ou the ground thsj they were the children of indigent parents. On the evidence More liini, the magistrate' was not .satisfied to commit the children .to ii home, and the ease was adjourned for a fortnight. The second annual picnic of the bead oflico Rtnff of the New Zealand Itailvav Department is to take place at Day s Bay on Tlinhday, February 111. The fact tliat thirty-ouo fowls were cooped..up .where only tiftecu should be, would appear to furnish - a ease for the conluiiltee "df the Society for the Prevention, of Cruelty to Animals, which discussed, the ali-too-prevalent custom of overcrowding stock for the markets at its meeting yesterday. It appeared to bo such a. flagrant case for action that a proseciltiou has been decided upon, as a general warning. The, tender of Messrs. Sollitt Bros., .of Palmerstou North, has been accepted for the erection of a new Methodist church, to be-erected in Broad Street, Palmorston North. The church, which is to be erected iii -brick with a 90ft. spire, has been designed by Mr. James Bonnie, architect, ,of Wellington. Mr. Bcnnie is also Mlfeaflcd on the plans of new premises for Mcp-.ts. Collinson and Cunningham, of Palilicrston, another new church to bs erected in Cuba Street of that town, and one for'Ashhurst. 'The fco'riimittco of the Wellington Society 'for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals acknowledges receipt of tho followitig donations to the-funds:—Mr. F. Lamlwrgr'Xl Is.; Mrs. If. Gilmour, IOs.; Mr. 1\ Harrison, 7s. Gil.; Mrs. W. Hales, Dr. j\; Li Anderson, Messrs. M. Fox, F. W. Itowley, A. Gray, Gautter, Dykes, and Co., OS. each; C.1U1., 35.; Mrs. M. Boss, 2s. Od.; total, JC3 lis. Mr. W. L. Thompson's tender of about .£10(10 lias been accepted for tho erection of a three-story business block to replace the old .wooden premises occupied by Mr. 'Ludwig, jeweller, and Gallato Bros., restmiranteurs, on Lambbn Quay, and owned by n syndicate of three, who purchased- from. the Evans Estate trustees. A staft has already been made with the demolition of tho old building, and the new 'structdre, designed by Penty' and Lawrence, will be commenced in about throo weeks' time. Good progress is being made with the drainage of South Kiluirnio and it is anticipated that the work may bo completed in about-21 months', time. The exccviltion' of an ejector station at Tully Street has been completed and -a tunnel is being driven through the slight emin-ence,'-which stands on. the Evans Bay side of the city boundary. This boro will have"'a total length of something over 800 feet and it is three-parts completed. • If an arrangement is arrived at by the Mirlmar Borough! and the city it will bft possible in tho future to receive -ft portion at the Miriinar drainage into tho city sewers at the point where the. tunnel emerges. During his absence in Australia, the director of the Dominion Museum (Mr. A. Hamilton) 'Was ablo to acquire a considerable uumber of specimens illustrating culture. Tlio specimens consist of 'ornaments and tools, l'hey will be a Useful addition to tho museum when it becoihes possible to display them in a proper, mantier. It is necessary to have a good : many specimens of this kind, states tho director, in order to enable interesting cohiparisous'td bo made with Maori articles of the same class. Specially . selcctl'd additions to the collection are beirtg niade from time to time. Those most recently acquired are now being catalogued alid ticketed.

A siutlll reservoir has just' been completed at Hataitai by the City Council. It i 6 of. .the type known as "pressuro maintaining tanks"- has a capacity of about 50,000 gallons, - and is located oil higher ground.between Waipapa and Kninui Streets. Mo pumping plant is used in connection. with these small reservoirs. They are filled at night when tbo pressuro in ■the .mains'is strongest and servo to maintain a pressuro on high levels when supplies ol'water ! are being drawn oft' during "the day. There are now four of these reservoirs in use within tho city at'Cn, One is in the Botanical Gardens, ami there arc two above tho Town Unit,' ohd. at Bidwill- Street and another at C'Oromaiidel .Street. The fourth is that which • lin9 just been "completed at Hataitai. .

Up.. . till the last year''or two tho quantity of building stono imported into Wellington has been a negligible quantity. ' Wellington's buildings are for the most part brick built', with here and there an elaboration in Oamaru stone and an occasional'base of either Port Chalmers or Melbourne Milestone, but' the advent of the now (ieueral Tost Office, which is being built of stone might set a fashion for a riloro substantial nio'de of Struc-. lure. Last week 450 tons of Tonga Bay stone.for the I'ost Office was discharged from the : Argus, Kaitoa, and Ngaru at tho Waterloo Quay breastworks—a record 'quantity for the port, and yesterday the steamer Moa was engaged ill shipping another large • quantity at Tonga Bay for Wellington. With the assistance of 44 masons and about GO bricklayers and ironworkers the big building in Featherston Strtet is slowly-mounting skyward, and frith",two stories practically completed li very good idea can be formed of its impressive chiiractcr.

An interesting event at the Trcntham ltifle Range tins afternoon will bo the shoot-toft between Bugler J. W. Morgan, Onelilihga' District Iligh School, and Bugler... ~K,.: Down, ■ Dannevirko. ..North School," in the tio for the National Defence League's championship belt. A -train-wlll"l6ave Lambton Station at 2.10 p.mi. ,o-nd ; tho nyitch—lo shots at iOO vards—will' commence at a quarter to four; Each boy made the possible (50 point's),. in the first competition, and thev' navi. n great reputation as boy niarksnieil. Morgan, on the invitation ot Lord lWbeils, went Home to the liisloy meeting last vear. and finished, second in tho Hoys of the Empire Match. He was publiclv congratulated by Lord hoberts, the Ett'rl of Meath, and others, and preteuted with'a rifle. Afterwords, ho visited Canada w.itli the English Cadet team, and won a number of prizes. Down, Morgan s rival for tho championship belt, has been makin/r some sensational scores at I/anuevirko.'tllis season, scoring 45 successive bulls'-eyes.

It. appears to bo not yet. geneiall} understood that in towns having a population of wore than 5000 the ■.enrolment of electors:.upon a roll compiled prior to nn ordinary election is henceforth to cense •■>B daVsMwforo the liny upon winch tno electioti is held. This, however, is clearly laid down in the statutory provisions bearing on the inntler. Clause 1. Section IS. of the Municipal Corporations Ael o t!)0S rillip as follows:—'"llio di4ric electors' h>ll shall be deemed to be closed at five o'clock in the nftenioon of the fourteenth day preceding the day appointed for nli.v election or poll, and shall continue-closed until tho election is completed or Hie noil taken. Scctiun I m the attending 'Act of 1910 claim by- any person to be entered upon (he district electors' roll ot any borough, tho population of which exceeds five thousand, shall be lodged during tho fourteen (lav? preceding the day upon which the faiii i'<) 11 is deemed closed under hectioh US of the principal Act. in the case of an urditwry election. , r lOl,l ''" s 1 1 " appeai« that anv claim for enrolment upon the Greater Wellington roll, uow hciuc compiled, if it is to tako ehec!, , m nt ■bn handed in not later than March 20.

You have no bother with carriers, no waiting or scrambling at Hie station, run no risk either, if .von check yiur baggage through us. We otlect I rem your door and you arrive to liiirl It waiting in your hotel. Checking is free, trifle for cartage ouly being charged. N.Z. liii ress Co,, .Ltd —Advt. . .