LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1190, 27 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Honours never come singly (comments the "Wairarapa Age" apropos of our Trime Minister). Sir Joseph Ward has not only been created a baronet—which some of his erstwhile enthusiastic supporters evidently regard as involving a seat in the House ot Lords, or, at least, n perpetual sent in our own nominee Chamber—but lie has adorned the picture pages of the' London "Graphic" under tho dramatic headline of "The Man who gave n Dreadnought to the Empire." Thus fame is made. I had n. dim notion (says a correspondent) that, as one of a million Now Zcalnnders, I had myself contributed a section of the great battleship; but it appears that T was wrong. Alone ho did it—with his little hatchet! Mr. Edmund Carroll has disposed of his tea and luncheon rooms in Willis Street to Messrs. Dwyer and OlHvcr, of this city. An extension of one week was granted In the Exhibition authorities Inst evening by the Wellington Hnrbonr Hoard for the use of the sheds for the Exhibition. The extrusion of time is to enable (he dismantling operations to be carried out. The Minister for Labour states that the Labour Department is negotiating for tho purchase ol" properly at Island Bay and Karori for workers' homes. About eighty sections in all, it is expected, will !» available. According to a statement made at yesterday's conference of farmers, a Bill is to be 'brought down during the coining session of Parliament ursriuii that 'he renr»fni<itlnn of the Crown t*nniiu on _i,atid Bawd* b« iacrewid to two.

A sub-enmniiltco of (lie council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, con-.-istini! of Messrs. A. C. Tewslcv (president).' .In*. M'Lcllan, E. <"l. l'ilclier, and Cico. Wilson, sat yesterday to consider (lie applied ions for the position of secretary to the Chamber, rendered vacant by I lie dec-case of Mr. Samuel Carroll. There were between .1(1 and 10 applications. These were silted down l:i half a dozen or sn, who are to be interviewed personally by members of the sub-e:imniitlee. The anmninccineiil of the limil selection for the ofliee will ujl, in all probability, be made before next week.

The huhl-up of the Wadestown trams continues. The Traffic Superintendent •Mr. G. E. .lames) slated yesterday that the work of removing the slip in the big culling is to continue night and day. If no nioro spoil comes down from the, banks of the cutting, and provided that bad weather does not'compel a suspension of operations, cars may bo running (o Wadestown again on Friday.

A man, who hod shipped as a trimmer by the R.M.S. Aorangf, bound for San Francisco, was arrested last evening by Detcctive Andrews and Constable Cuniining?, and will appear at (ho Magistrate's Court this morning on a charge of failing to provide maintenance for an illegitimate, child.

There were live Chinese, all former residents of New Zealand, and one German passenger, for Wellington by the Jlonna Inst evening.

Three prisoners will come up for sentence in the Supreme Court on.Saturday morning, before Mr. Justice Chapman. They arc: Harold Spencer, breaking and entering and theft at Wellington; Stanley M'Burnev, forgery, at Nelson; and Arthur Harold Bunn, theft (20 charges), at l'almerston North.