LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1299, 30 November 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Arrangements Are practically completed for the street coUcctiooi in aid ol tho St. John Ambulant* on Saturday. A meeting of collectors will.be held at 3 o'clock on Friday in a commitlce-reom at the Town Hall, at which locations for the day will bo finally settled. Tho collegers will bo supplied with their boxes if they vrish, bo that they will be spared the necessity of coming into the city in tlio morning before Inking up lli?iv positions. A sufficient number of Indies have already offered their service to tako up nil the stations to bo allotted. Subalterns have been posted to the various companies of the Fifth lingimcnt (■Wellington Kiflcs) as follow :-G Company, Lioiitonant 0. W. Jfellorj A, Lieutenants R. L. Evatt und C. K. C!asn,uoine; C, Lientenants W. T». Wilkinson nnd D. J. Kenny; D. Lieiileimnt (!. KelInn; K, Lieutenant J, Tf. Cowles , V, Lieutenant A. G. Cowles; 6' Lieutenant. A. 1). Slnano; Tt, Lieulonnnt T. W. Slinn; L, Lieutenant, fj, ,\, i Treadwell; M, Linnlenant 11. ||. Deane. Tho induction of the l!ov. ]], 1 <j o h lato of Bulls, to St. Albiin.s KaMboiirnei Avill tako place on Dofcmbor I:! The ceremony will bo performed br tfc« Bishop nf Wellington. Tho Indies «f the parish hnve arranged to hold a fair lo assist the church funds on Deosuubei , S and 'J in the Eastbomue Hull. ,

■ Wo publish to-day, in accordance with our practice, in the interests of our readers and at our own cost, two Government udvortiseracnts which under the boycott of The Dominion by the Ward Administration arc refused to this paper, ihe advertimments in qncstiou rcliito to lenders inviM by the l'olico Department nml by the Lands Department, and, as our Traders will sec, are of a nature that should receive the, fullest publicity if that free competition which produces the most profitable, result (o (he State is to bo obtained. Hut the. Ward Administration, as usual, places its desire to injure this paper and lo punish its readers, above the public interest. Among the passengers to arrive from bvdnoy by the l.liimiroa yoslmlay were Messrs. Mitchell and Kins, building contractors, who left Wellington for Sydney somo ten months ago, and have returned an a brief visit to this city. Mr. Mitchell stfit.es that I ho building trade in Sydney is extraordinarily active, so much so,'indeed, that the demand for tradesmen of all kinds—bricklayers, masons, carpen* lore, and plumbers-far exceeded (he supply, and (hero was plenty of work which had simply to wait until (hero was sufficient labour (o justify owners in proceeding with it. Questioned as to the possibility of a big demand for labour in connection with the new capital, s-ite for tho Commonwealth, Mr. King said that ho uiougnt the ledcral capital was as much m tho air as over. There had been a good deal of talk about it during the past twelve months, but in his opinion thev were still a long way from doing anything practical. si J. William Hall-Jones's letter tcgarnmg tho movement to recognise tho services of Mr. A. R. Hislop, as secrotary of the Institute of thn Marine Engineers, which appeared in The Dominion of November 23, was not received by tho local socretary of the institute, as' stated, but by Mr. A. H. Huntor, secretary of the Special Committee set up to attend to tho matter mentioned. William Edward Timmings, baker, l/ower Hutt, has been adjudged bankrupt on his own petition. The first meeting of creditors is fixed for Tuesday, December 5, at 11 a.m. A free tramway pass is to bo granted tp tho bisters of tho Poor employed bv tho Central Mission Men's Brotherhood to travel through tho city and report on cases of destitution deserving of relief. Iho council decided not to grant free Passes on the tramways to members of the Wellington Fire Police. Tho Mayor stated that tho Firo Police were at present allowed to travel free on tho tramways when in uniform. The City Council decided last evening to take no action in connection with the request of the Chember of Commerce for co-operation in endeavouring to obtain goods storage facilities at To Aro Hailway Station. This decision was come to upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee. Councillor Barber moved that the recommendation be referred back loi tho committee, but tho motion was defcatd by 7 vots to (!. The City Cuncil last evening decided to invito city butchers to meet its Abattoirs Committee in conference, on Friday next at thre2 o'clock, on the subject of week-end killing. The second of a series of special NoLicenso lectures in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall this week will bo given this evening by the llov. G. KnowlnsSmith, of Dunedin, on "Five Million Pounds, and After." The date of the butchers' annual picnic, which was lo have been held on December 7, has been postponed to February H on account of the former date clashing with that of the general election.