LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1240, 23 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Settlers-in outlying districts will, bo pleased to learn thai the Postal Department is now in a position to supply letterboxes for the use of persons.living on or contiguous to a rural mail route. .These boxes aro to bo known as rural moilboxes, and tho price, without lock and key, is 15s. per box. Particulars cau bo obtained from any postmaster.

Inquiries were recently made as to whether a warship would be in port on Trafalgar Day (October 21), and the following letter lias just boon received by tho local hon. secretary of the Navy lx-nguo from the secretary to tho Naval Com-mander-in-Chief at Sydney:-"I am directed by the Naval Commander-in-Chief to thank you for your letter of the Btt instant and enclosures, and to inform yoa that his Exccllency much regrets that, owing to four ships having been away to Colombo to rccommission and to gunnery practices, there will not bo any of his Majesty's ships in New Zealand waters beforo the latter part of November. I will communicato with you further as to tho date of the Commander-in-Chief's proposed visit to New Zealand when his Excellency is in a position to arrange his future movements, which aro at present dependeat 011 what orders he may rcceivo from the Admiralty as to the relief of H.M.S. Powerful." Mr. Justico Edwards' will preside at a Chamber sitting of tho Supremo Court in Wellington this morning. Detective Bailey and Constabl© Cumniinss arrested a man named John Baker at Ngahaurangi at 10.30 last night on a chargo oi slioep-stoaling. The working plans and specifications for tho new Adelphi Picturo Theatre, to bo erected at the rear of Humo's Buildings, have been completed by Messrs. Hoggard and Prouso, architects, who will call for tenders next week. Tho Kev. John Dawson, secretary of tho New Zealand Alliance, ogroes with the view that the message received in Auckland regarding prohibition in Maino refers to the question of tho removal of prohibition from tho Constitution, in order that it may bo again put to tho popular vote. Mr. F. G. Bolton, Liberal candidate for Wellington East, had a largely attended committee meeting at Kilbirnio Last evening. The Kirbirnio portioa of tlio olectorato was subdivided and allocated to members of the committee. Tho proceedings at tho mooting were of aa ontliusiaaJic character.