LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1183, 19 July 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

His Honour tho Chief Justice will hold a sit>ing of the Supreme Court this morni ing at 9.1 jo clock to hear an application toi have a conviction against a Napier , Chinaman, Lay Fun, quashed. The ca*<\ nn opium one, was heard before Mr. S. i ne£ -V!' W^lo inflicted a fine of .£SO, with an alternative penalty of three months imprisonment. 1 °J. can '- 10 ascertained, there wlil be little official recognition of Arbor Dav in Wellington. The Government offices and tho ofhees of the City Council will be closed, but no official tree-planting programme has been compiled. Trees will bo planted by the children at-a number of city schools, South Wellington anion?; the number, but there will be no formal ceremonies. Yesterday Defectives Hammond and hemp arrested four men in Wellington— a grocer, two storemen. and a carrier—ou charges of being implicated in a series of extensive thefts from the warehouses of Messrs. A. S. I'aterson and Co. unci Messrs. G. Turnbull and Co. The charges will be heard this morning at ihe Mi\"istrate's Court.

, Roprosentation Commission opened its sittings yesterday in the Museum buildings "ho personnel of tho coiiiun- 4 - Moil is as followsXorth Island: Official members, Messrs. .T. Strachan (SurvevorGeneral), li. C. Goldsmith (Chief Surveyor, Auckland), W. Armstrong (Chief Surveyor, New Plymouth); unofficial members, Messrs. 11. S. Wardell (Welling, ton) and Trounson (Auckland). South Island: Official members, Messrs.- T. N. Hrodrick (Chief Surveyor, Canterbury), E. 11. Willmott\(Cliief Snrvejor, Otago) and Ct. 11. M'Clnro (Chief Surveyor, Westland); unofficial members, Messrs. H. Quane (Christchurch) and C'. S. Reeves (Dunedin). The secretaries to the commission are Messrs. 11. 11. M'Cardel) (Xorlh Island) and F. W. Bronto (South Island). Tho meetings are not open to the press.

Tho funeral of tho little girl, Beryl Gardner, who was the victim of a very sad tragedy at Masterton in February last, look place at the Masterton Cemetery yesterday afternoon. At the Producers' Conference held yesterday, Mr. W. D. Lysnar, referring to the question as to whether mutton could deteriorate in cold store, stated that some mutton he had placed in cold storage on November 24 last was taken out quite recently, and tested. Thero was no appreciable defect noticeable, tho meat being of the best quality. Personally ho did not think it possible for meat, .when properly frozen, to deteriorate. Reporting to the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, the Charitablo Aid Committee gave the following statistics as from May 30 to June 27;— Outdoor relief: Number of cases assisted, 83; new cares, 20; cases terminated, 13; total number of persons afi'ceted (adults 98,. children IG5}, 263; married persons, 14; widows, 23; single persons, lfi; total daily rations issued, 4727; cash grants in aid of rent, ,C-U lis. 2d. indoor relief: Admissions, 14; discharges, 10; number in home, 124. Total persons assisted: Indor, 134; outdoor, 263; total, 397. „ W- S- Bedford writes as follows:— "Sit',—Kindly allow me to express my regret for having referred to Sir Joseph Ward, Baronet, as 'Joey Ward.' The words were uttered at a time when I was being subjected to senseless interruption from a strong Government supporter. I have for years recognised many admirable characteristics in Sir Joseph, and have been grieved at tho tactics of men such as those behind tho 'Black Pamphlet.' Abuse is no argument. At the same time I wish it. to be understood that in my opinion Sir Joseph is not now a fit and proper person to be liead of a democratic Government, ami if (ho Massey party can turn out Hit Government in November I, for one, will bo pleased." Musical people in Wellington will be interested to learn that Messrs. Wcekes ami Co., of London, have acceptj.il for publication a full choral Communion service, written by Mi Lawrence Watkins, organist at St. Mark's, where the service was performed for the iirst time on Easter Sunday last. It is understood that this is the first service of tho kind written in New Zealand and published in London.

During tho week ended Julv IG, workers' tickets to the number of 10,421 wore sold on the Wellington- tramways. This is equivalent to a concession of J:9G 15s. 7d.