LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1285, 14 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

» ■ — When the names of the Grand J}" I .* were called yesterday, W. 0. Beere failed lo iuiswcr. After proof of service, his Honour (the Chief Justice) imposed a fine of .£5. The warehousemen's dispute, which was fixed for hearing to-day by Mr. I'. Ilally, Conciliation Commissioner, and a Conciliation Council, lias been postponed indefinitely owing to tlio absence from Wellington of two of the employers' assessors, Messrs. W. Ferguson and It. C. Tewsley. It is not known yet when they will return, but. as soon as this is definitely ascertainable another dato for the hearing of the dispute will be fixed. The first big mob of fat sheep off tlio shears is expected to be slaughtered at the Gear Company's works on Friday. Building permits covering contracts to the estimated value of ,£919 were issued by the Petone Borough Council during the month of October. Since the beginning of the year the total number of building permits issued au aggregate value of .£12,170 ss. 'l'lio residents of Hataitai liavo approached tlio City Council with a view to having tho tram faro from their suburb to the post office reduced from 2d. to lid. A movement is afoot in Kilbirnio to form a swimming club, and having formed it, to erect a bathing shed on the foreshore of Evans Bay. Tho new prison farm at Tokanui is to be opened by Sir John Findlay, as Minister for Justice, on November 2-1 (says the Auckland "Herald"). An area of j about 5000 acres has been secured by tho Government, and is divided between tho new central mental hospital and tho reformatory prison farm. About 1200 acres have been selected for the commencement of the reformatory scheme, and the selection of prisoners for transfer to tho farm has been in progress for some time. The idea is to put young prisoners and first offenders, who show promise of complete reformation, on the farm. At first only a small number can bo accommodated, but as the buildings are completed further drafls will be made. A petition is being circulated for signature among the residents of lJataitai asking the Education Board to build and equip a side school in that district. For the Civil Service junior and intermediate examinations, which are to be held at the various centres this month, there is a total of 3IH candidate?, of whom 1825 aro candidates for tho Civil Service Junior Examination and for Senior Board Scholarships, and 1289 are noncompetitive candidates for tho intermediate examination—an increase over tho figures in for November, 1910, of 320. For tlio Junior National Scholarship and junior fret place examination, to be conducted on November 30 and December 1, there aro 1714 scholarship candidates, and 1032 free place (non-scholarship) candi-' dates, making a total of 271(1—an increaso of 170 over last year. Iu tiio NovemberDecember examinations, therefore, there is for this year a grand total of 58G0 candidates, as against 5370 for 1910. These entries aro independent of thoso for the teachers' certificate and Civil Service senior examinations in January next. Last year the total for the November-Doccm-ber-January examinations was 7553; the figures for this ycni are not yet available, but it is expected that tho total will bo over 8000. In tho Wellington Centre, for the Civil Service junior and intermediate examinations, beginning on November 21, there aro 327 candidates, of whom 251 arc didntes, and for junior free places 12C, making a total of 329.