LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 14 June 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

:I.he\ ; ;postn'l authorities..ailvise Jjhat the. :s'. ; s.. 'ir.oiioiioi iv'hich sailed .'from...Sydney', -at noon-;olie; 1-tli ;i ns tnut, for Aiiokianfi,.lias on board air Australian 'mail', aba an .English- mail via Suez. , T.iie-,'Wellington. ';i)cHioh'. i.-> flue to arrive' here, by Jtaiii 1 •Trunk on Monday nost, June. 17.' . Should tiiQ To- Aro railway station bo •done a way with, or ox■tendei ? . ilinc. ,is, tlio: question which, 'has cjaimedtko attention <>l" a_ station .of (ho Community for '-spmji years, now. When the iuiatter^iiliriised;^ ;'liioj-ce. ■ .op'iiii'ori'. avns;' found ,to be' sharply divided on tho point. Sines then the Wellington Kailwny Extension and Improvement J .ea'';u!> lias been formed, and its ;,activi titejnave JtaKeu,^ filiating :a,petition: (setting forth:''thatVin-: : view , 0f.'...th : 0- great expansion oi' .industrial : : : nadi coirimerfial. interests and growth -oi population" .ill Ceiitral. South, and Kasl Wellington and suburb?, and of . the ir.' T ;eyita]jle,;;oxten;sion ; ;of : ;,tho:- railway ;at; nor distant date, an improvement- of tho To A'ro Kaihva'y 'Station both, in' respect,, of Lpagssiiger . traffic., -and igoocls;facilities;'.is'.' imost urgent.. The sUtion-'is situated near the geographical "eeiVtro. of the city, ai'-.d its development and imjiforoment must necessarily remove the present acute disabilities suffered by. the majority of the; citizens, owing. -to: the present main railW Way st'ai ions beiii;rsituati'J at the extre:no novlheni end of the city." There arc over COCO signatures to the petition and the : a's 1 .£opii : :as. it^'assembles;; For the -erec'ticri of tlie I?isli Market;f wiiicji is to be situate oil the reclaimed land • rear tlie liowiiig Clulr's sheds, the City Council last night accepted ' the '..tender. ..tif Messrs; Brown and: : ; ,j6lms6n. : - :..The. siting firm .are the. - : s.uceesifu! ■ tend-. ■ erers for al'crations -'f<s ■bii.ei- 'of the coim-! cil's. shops in Willis Street. " -JKursda'j:. ;Tiine 27, tli<s date of the opening of Parliament, .vrill see a i'O'.inle.rattraction in .the. capping celebrations of the ■Coikge undergraduates. ■ Annually the Coile?*' students ma',;'e.merry in the .streets of Wcilineton, garbed in : gorgeous ai iay, .ivlncli ."is- tlie sludents' own pscnliar method of doing honour to tiie -graduates 6f. t-u? yc-nr. The: procession v;ill ;lca ye."Victoria Co'Je.-e at.'noo:;,. ami pass 'thrpifgh; - the niuiti streets 6: t'ne town to tlie Post /Vhoivj l^^"niocfe I'arl'aui'ent will be .held-. The- cciiferriivj. oi' 'dogrces will; .take .jiii'.ce a: p.m. in the large Toivn. Hall. In the ..evening the carnival will- 1}?. held ill the large. Jiaii. In: "the; tlie-'stiidents "liavoi tiiUt.-.; tlm .C'p.hoert; Chamber for ■ tVn nights but, thn'ing '.i|. prerioui'.y. er.gaged,. . they ":arp. ■eudea'yb.uring. io ;ti!l. ".th'e'y-lnrge-.'■liail; .for one: w'sli't' instead. " They.: bop" that fliers-Mire Viiougli' Ipyers. : n-.eht, fun, and fv.olie to eariii'viil jyill be. ,-i su'ccsis, Tho.; rpve-: grn-mne will consirt. cf a nunibir of topical tapping songs, sung by. the wlmlo ■body of shulenis, together with some in-, .'iflividi'ia! it'ciii's;. Tho ' ; 'h;a , !f , will ■'ic'dii&si of a farcical p!av, wrii'en onti ; stag'e'd' by the s'.:di nts' themselves. Thosewii'o have seen oarnivals-cf the naff 'can look forward to another topical inipi-r----sonation oi local identities and tar-famed ee'.tin-itie.--—ibis time in quite a'n oiigi.ial • scttiiig. ' ■ A -reilex of the indiistri.-.l upbenvn! in : the Old Country v.-rs tlie decision by the Citv Council last evening "that lip po'i- ■ oily l:e imposed, in connection with the late, (ioiivrvy of : ?i!e5SrS. P. 'E., BaiUiWs c.ont'.aet Jor . infers, 'as the Tramways Co.inVnit.ir-ee' -i;s Satisfied' jiiat. T.he -.deljiy- was' ■ tine to '.flie labour troubles in Dnglnnd." "Tl.i't Jiir.O, being the balance of the nouneil'- eoiitrib.r.f-ion o! XipOO to.- the Xaiionai Cillery l-'und. be paid over to the . *\«\v Zealand Academy ..of !-'iiie Arts, -rts. the condition? nitnehing to tlie grant have fiiiiilled.". This was oiie of the re-c.-immeiidaiioiis of the Finaiiee and Pi.o- ---' I'.'rty Committee put forward at the jortnisii'!ly iiii'c'iii? -of the (Ji'ty Council last night.* Tiie reeommeiuia!ion was agreed to j.v.jtljout il.isseiif, Sports -clubs, .clesi.ring to prar iiee winter games nil .!lie city reserves Wi.ll : in iutiitv have to pay' a fixed fee. At la-!, night's | inccting of'the Citr C'niiicil the Hoscfvrs (.Vimmitiee rßeommeiidedv . nnd. it was i agri'cil, that, commencin.; from next season, a ehii'. ge of. !Jl js;. per per ' .C'i'.ii'i) lie imposed tor the right in practice. 1 ,\ '.ir.e.l; -treiidi of the Oriii'ci-K iiirap:! Ro.id. iCt the Main Kr-rori l.e.i;!, i.s lo l;o. teiramcd (Old. Military Hoiid. ' The: tramw.Jiy stopping-place, at- -B.ox.h'ilTson the 'Broiikl'.TU' b.r.c, is to ha shifted about. 50. yards nearer '.tlie. city,.

'J'l;o Wel'iiir/fni! TyiiOKr.ilihica'l Uiiior, ' wliicii 13 Us giibilco. .sj.cxjJ iiioiii!;. 'iiiteiid's.. to: i&uq. »'.Mb.iVvcni'r 'lit : 1 hrno'l.iiirfj. forii!, invi'nj* ii. lirici of tlift mi j.ii'ii si an' lis lircciMinn. Will; (lie oi' miikinc ill's jiublii-.-t!if>n i-epn-H-n- 1 lil'ivo ()f tlw i-e-t. iil IMl'k'lir lcli<':p|i'-s "ii. n i>ri/." nf -•>".!• ".iis iiflVreu 'for t'iiii, ctfvVli ifiii!: ih.is'Was vvcin 'Ji.V : Ah'; & Siemy-; iif fli.u tio.vci'jiiiiViil !l ! riist>.. in-,' --air. If!* ; vi-s:fi <-<i.iisi(lrrr;.(l. 'fho question ,pf ;.p. |'ll.v : ijif{ fat i o'VfsJliSii'iij.n. -of flirt (ji'ty,. -t lie I'in-iiic(> C'linmiOo sif the <Jily Cnnr.cii 'reported tiiKt. .ii'isS.i.t: t jr.iL ihey deemed. .it lililicri'--.;!!) - to ::j!|ily ior this al. present; ' as it WiwltHhiiun. i'l tin.', rity itpAV jvoulii nOti affect {ho. rivlcis for ilus'yeiir, lor 11:0 j'.ii:.ii!:cl Medal debnui on Sep- ' te'm'b'er 21. •isr-xi; Viie City Miiiiioil: iiiivo' pt-rtiiVi-cl Hie, !'i<» lisp (if ti». Cons-oil Ch.-uii-Ix-r o! 1 Iks Tomn flail. Conditions of employment .of. Clio ties.--' ir.uctor hand's. wave ro'ijbh'tloocupiofj; liia ■ nlumtion nf tho City Kni:ii;eer. ■f'lip employees inude c-erlain requests for .improver meets in llieir condition:-, and 'ihe City ; after goi lift into liio ftucsfioii, tiiaiio' ..ccrjfliii rotoMincndations, which . wei:o last, night adopted by the council. T:li p : . Mayor pxplaiiicd: that ./ii'. iiiiinlior of mailers had been don 11 v-i!h, irxiiiiUeg ' holidays and pymeiit for acci.iiea.ls. At the City Council merlin',' ],-j~t .nii.'hl 1 : it w.'S's docidf:! to ei.eoi. fcrci'ii-. ai. (ha ; Lya.U Bay' ai'i.d Is!and .11 wy:. l>i>.ii(.l. ■ r.o.i'tin.ds".. .at an catiinate'd cost 'pf JJ-t./c-H-ich.. T'ho approaeiic:- to. flic 'I'liornd'on rail- ' Kta.t.io.ri: were Uiri .subject of. a question by Coiiiicillor Fuller- at last night's .■iii.eqti'iig ,of t!:e (J'ily Cdiuic'iL., Spce.ial rofcrenee to inadeMUaie 'ifrht.iiip waj made ' ■by Councillor 'I'iiller. ' Thy. Mayor |>ro- !; wised to 16.61: info the qiie.stioiiv The Secretary. b'f; th'S Treasury acknowledges in the week .'.lie. receipt of JK3 "coasbic.uce-inopey" fiotii sgmp'perso.n. unknown, "" " . . New ■ regulations, insder . the Tr.diistrial C.oncilia'.'ioii and Arliitratiou Act, 100S, : and its ainenilnients, are publiirlietl in this week's Gazette. '