LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1315, 19 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise. Unit the s.s. Wnrrimoo, which sailed irom .Sydnev at 1 p.m. mi December Hi, lios on l>o:inl an Aii>lralinn iniiil. .She will arrive Ih.io on Wednesday next, December ill. The postal authorities advise that Khglish and American mails, via Vancouver, are dim in Wellington mi Thursday next, Da-ember 21. According to a return submitted to tll.o tramway* Cunimittoe of tho City Council yesterday, the revenue of the'electric HKhliiiL' department for the month of -November, 1311, shows an increase of .t.iti'J, and tin- working expenses n decrease of ,£sl as compared with (lie eorii'spondiiiß month of last your. A gain of til consumers was niacin during tlio month, making a total of G217 connections, an increase of 1183 during tl.i- last, twelve months. After allowing for Pi-timuted capital charges there is a credit balance, to dale of .£8731, as against .£fj(ißG lest year, a not incro;iso of .120-18. 'From this balance appropriations covering part cost of tlie r oval and re-erection of boilers in the jiglilini; station umouiiting to JMSiM will lio made, leaving a net credit to revenue account of .tKllfl at this date. 'JLho shaft of the intermediate gear on the Kclburno tramway broke last evening, and the service had to be discontinued, llm mamii'pnient state that tho bams will be running again as usuul this morning. Several (traincars on the Oriental Bay line on one side, and the iU.iramar, I.yai'l Jiiiy, and Seiitoun trunk line on the other were held up .yesterday morning by a slioi-iow cf current oi-cfu-iom-d by a dofeet in the feeder cm l>1« al tho foot of Majoi-ibanks Street. The "fault" was discovered with Kinio little trouble at tho foot of the feeder cable pillar—a rather awkward place to effect repairs. The remit, was that several people missed the early trains. ■ The nend lias long been fell; i.n dm diocese or IVelliiijjton for a Church of School for Iho higher education of frirl.-. Tluit need is to be met shortly, as the Jiishop and Standing Committee of the Dioepse have arranged with Miss Taylor, of >>>\ Tawa School, Marton, for the trails)c-r of that school to tho diocese. At tho beginniiiß of the first term of 1!)I2 (ho school will ,be opened under Miss Taylor and tho lady, principal, Miss Barker, Xi'.A., lato hoadmistrcss ot the Technical College, Cluistchurch. The High Commissioner has arranged with Mr. T. .). West to show ft the latter's picture theatres throughout Knglttml views of N'ew Zealand's beauty .sj>ots and health resorts, scenes of tlio thermal district, the \Vi«.t Coast Sounds, around and about the Cold Lakes, farm scenes, etc., and from the reports it. appears that the audiences were highly interested and delighted with what they saw. It is notified bv the military author!* tips that the following holidays will be observed lit district headquarters and area group offices-.—Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 25, 26, and 27, 1911, and Monday and Tuesday, Jamiarv 1 and 2, 1912. ,A board consisting of Captains G. C. Hamilton, J. If. Whyte, and J. T. Bosworth will assemble 'at the Prill Hall, Buckle Street, at )f) o'clock this morning to transfer the regimental and ar<\\ Ri-oup books, documents etc.. from Captain A. 11. liassam to Lieut. Jl. M. Kicliardson. Arrangements are now well in liand for the lir.-t prize meeting at Trentham of the iiewly-consfitulcd Wellington Hide As-wiation. Kntries for (he various matches are coming in freely, and the YVoUington city and suburban rifle dubs nitoiid to be very strongly ropro-fcntud. Ihe Christchurch Hide Club is (-ending up a team of eijrht of Hioir bet shots,, while men Irom -Nelson and Marlnorough ore ttlso expected. Entries- close on December 28 next, and intending competitors from a distance are enjoined to enter by that <ia!.» if they desire to avail themselves of tlio privilpse of the 100milo fi-rc railway warrant.?. Kiitries i'or tlw military tournament at Palmorstoii North on December 30 and January 1 next came in rather slowly until tins week—so'slowly, in fact, Hint the r.xrtiitivc Committee held a r-eotiu" recently to consider whether it would not be advisable lo postpone or caiu-el flip, event, until the now , defence scheme should have sufficiently developed to supply tho competitive material—trained, men. AVilliin (he past week or >wo, however, there has bt-nn n steady flow' of entries Irom all i-arts of the country, and there will now br> no further uncertainty with regard to (lie event. Tlio preparations for tho encampment arc well in hand, and everything points io a very Micce.s'-ful and in [cresting display. Suburban residents on the ibrawatu railway line are complaining lut on .Saturday last too 12.35 p.m. tu,in was without notice put back to 12.15 p.m., and that about 150 intending ;.'assen h 'prs, mostly workers, were compelled to wait until 1.20 p.m. These passengers v;trover? much annoyed, and, i-tatcs our inl'ormanf, sought for tho sfiitbimusior, who could not be found. .An I'dvt-riiso-inent appeared in (he <aily prions notifving (Iwit the 12.3S p.m. train wirld on and alter Satiirtlay, Dicpinbpr 2:1 leave i\v 12.15 p.m.. l>nt it is w.-iied that no ""titiualion whatercr was Riven that dm tram on Saturday it.st wi.uid ha md back. I The Miues Commission Las completed its labours and has i/iuded in its report for presentation to the liovcnior. -U them is a j)o=sibility of Pdriiumcnt •„••- sMiiblinjr in January, it : s nnli'».'ly that (he report of the Commission -niil be made public \inti! i( lias iiist b.-cn laid on the table of the House. Tliat sneak HiicvcA arc in pvidenco at the lioat Harbour is indicated by complaints by yachtsmen. It seems that it is unsafe to leave anything of valno :n the shwls. These sheds arc secured by lalo locks, l)iit are often broken into, and money rind goods of value havp been rpinovc:!. Some yachtsmen have missed money in amounts from a few nonce, up to a pound. Among other things that have been removed are blankets and oilskins, t'lie matter has been placed in the,hands of the Boat Harbour custodian, who has kept watch, but without avail. Yachtsmen think that it is about time the police stepped in.