LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1526, 23 August 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

c „ TI Vr P ostal authorities advise that the Maheno, which sailed from Svdnev at noon on August 21 for Auckland has „n board an Australian mail, and also an English ma 1, via Suez. Tj, e Weflin-tSn K"IJff '"*• 11 "- 1 "- unless wo like, emphatically declared one of the speakers at thf deputation which waited upon tho City Council last evening dlss at'?f<!<!tion with the new Bctilo of sections and f tires. ritv V ('wL- S | hnrp passage occurred at the H n ir »>eeting fast night between the Major and Councillor Fitzgerald during the discussion of Sunday concerts Flefpli '° r J ust fty* l thnt Councillor i letchoi » amendment had lapsed for want of a seconder, when Councillor Fitzgerald rose to second it. The Mayor then said that ho considered that it was disrepectof Councillor I'lizgerald or anv other councillor to ignore the call for a'seconder, and then to get up when tho r.niendmont was declared to have lapsed. Ho would accept it on this occasion, but he hoped that Councillor EitzgeraJd would pay more attention to tho chair in future As Coui/cillor Fitzgctrald proceeded to reply, lie was enjoined by the Mavor to speak to tho amendment." Councillor Fitzgerald stated that he intended to spoak to the amendment; but he was goiu" jo reply first. He wanted to sav that ho looked to the Mayor to speak to him m a dignified manner. Ho was not going to be spoken to as the Mayor had spoken to him just then. Tho discussion then proceeded. On Saturday morning next, at 11 o'clock, members of tho R.N./,.A. are to give an exhibition drill before the Minister for Defence (the Hon, Jas. Allen) and the Commandant (Major-General Godldy) with four of the new field guns recently imported. Tho exhibition will take'place at Miramar, and a special car is b be mil to the l>orough for tho convenience of members of Parliament who mnv wish to attend. Money-orders or postal correspondence are forbidden by notico in the Gazetto to I bo fbrwarded to S. Saxe, of Gladstone Chambers, Sydney. Among Various tramway matters diseased by the City Couiioil last evening, a suggestion thnt a reduced fare be charged for the down jolirliey dm the Wadestowll tramway Was rejected. A tramway wait-ing-Shed is to bo erected at the lUlblruie Post Office.

"This council seems to spoon-feed tho iMtballors ami cricketers, and the bulk oi tho expenditure of I.ho Keservos Committee is t>u'a[luwe<l tin in tho up-keop of ijrromuU ttistead. of Tjoi-ng spent in the Deautiiicanon of tho city," declared Council"lor, i»I Kenzie at tho Uity Council meeting lust evening during a short debate on the question whether tiie Wellington Football Association should be allowed a rebate oi X;. OS. (half ices for the use of Wakefield mi' t> 'J.' competitions/. 1 lie Reserves Committee had recoinmendi'd that tlio rebate be granted, but there was considerable diversity of opinion on tho m • , 011 the motion of Councillor nmrtelme, who declared that it was an improper thing for the oommittco to grant a rebate to any bodv, tte recommendation. was referred back. The clatter of typewriters is one of tho smmr s peculiar to Government offices. 1 he day of the pen-written letter, voucher, or docket is almost gone, for busy officials have not the timo to concentrate on nil manner of hand-writing, however near some might approoch that standard of perfection known as "copperplate." The Government Tost Office has just accepted the tender of Logan's Typewriter Agencv, of Dunedin, to supply 50 (more or less) typewriters at JEIS each. The particular typewriter to be supplied is known as "L. C. Smith and Bros. Other tenders received were: J. 11. Colwill, of Auckland, c£lG 10s. (Fox); J. W. Davidson, of Wellington, JEIB (L. C. Smith and Bros.); Lc Grove and Lawrence Co., of Wellington, .£lB 10s. (Royal Bar-lock or Smith-Pre-mier); Office Appliance Co., of Wellington, £iS 10s. (Yost); Remington ond liorso Agency; of Wellington, ,£lB lOs. (Remington); Underwood . Typewriter Agency, of Wellington, .£l7 (Underwood). The hillside track from Talavcra Terrace to Kelburne Park is to bo repaired by the corporation, which, however, does not proposo to take over the track as a public street. Tlie City Council decided last evening that it is prepared to run city cars over the Miramar Borough lines, the borough supplying the power, provided that sufficient provision be made by the Borough Council for all traffic within' its boundary, including .rush and Holiday traffic, and subject to a readjustment of the ear-mile-age rate, and to a fresli agreement being entered into. The Miramar Borough Council is to be informed accordingly. Owing to the accumulation of matter on tho agenda paper for last night's meeting of the City Council, discussion of the report of the City Reserves Inquiry Committee, the last item on the supplementary list of topics, was deferred for a future meeting. Mr. Thomas Moore, of Auckland, has secured tho contract for Greeting &n' infectious diseases hospital for tho Government at Rotorua. The contract price is <£1097 10s. A notice in. tliis.woek's Gazette declares that from August 19 opossums shall cease to bo regarded as imported ( game. ' _ Mr. R. A. Wright presided over a meeting of Sunday School superintendents and secretaries held in St. John's Schoolroom last evening. It was reported that all arrangements had been mado for the lectures to bo given in September by Mr. Archibald and Misses ' Archibald and Backhouse. Mr. '11. T. H. Grave was up-1 pointed to be in charge of the stewards at the meetings in W 7 esley Hall, and Mr. W. U. Iloldsworth to bo in charge of tho Opera House meeting. At tho close a resolution of sympathy with tho Salvation Ami} 'in the loss of their General was carried, A city taxi-cab driver, wlio recently overcharged a hirer, has had the granting of his license deferred for three months. Now that the Fire Brigade horses have been disposed of, a motor cycle is to bo purchased for!" tho City Fire Brigade Department, to be used for inspection of tire alarms and chimney fires. The City Council last evening divided JH.. 1 ! 10 .question that "the request of tho lulbirme Ratepayers' Association for a copy of the street works estimates for the Xiitormo district fce refused." Councillor Hind marsh could 6ee no reason for refusing such a request as tlie estimates were public property. H 0 moved tlmt they bo given as requested, and that the Kilbirnie Association. lx> informed • that they were -lable to variation, as circumstances dictated. His motion was defeated by 8 votes to 6. Some discussion took place at the City Council last evening with regard to a recommendation by the 'Reserves Ccmmittpo that the council proceed with the erection of a tea kiosk at the Zoo grounds, at an estimated cost of .CG2S (to be equally borne by the tramways account and the general account). The chairman of the lieserves Committee (E. G. Frost) explained to the council last evening that it was not intended to run the kiosk as a ljxisi- 1 liess, but merely to erect the building, which might be leased, subject to conditions imposed by the corporation. No serious objection was raised (o the proposal, but exception was taken to the procedure adopted by tho Reserves Committee iii asking the council to proceed with the work without referring the question to the Tramways and Finance Committees (which were to be debited with the cost), for consideration, and the clause was referred back.

During the four weeks ended July 20, the railways of the North Island earned .€139,227 14s. 7d. in revenue, a 9 against an expenditure of 107,597- 13s. 4d., and those of the South Island earned .£138,303 19s. M., as against an expenditure of ■£596,341 17s. was taken in revenue, as financial year up to July 20, the North Island railways produced revenue amounting to ,£613,518 4s. 4tL for an expenditure of iM11,438 3s. 4d. For the same period 596,311 17s. was taken in revenue, as against an expenditure of £389,979 is. Jid. Notice is given in this wok's Gazette of the intention of the Westland Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Union, and (lie New Plymouth "Waterside "Workers' Union to cancel their registration wider the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act.