LOCAL. AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1555, 26 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL. AND GENERAL.

The Postal authoritifes advise that the s.s. Mararnn, which sailed from Sydney at 110011 011 September 23, for Auckland, has on board an Australian mail, also an English runil, via Suez. The /Wcilmgton portion is duo to arrive here by Main Trunk on Saturday next, September 28. Tho trout: fishing senson opens on October 1. Licenses to fish for trout and perch in ay be obtainod at all the principal post offices in tho ■Wellington district. The following fees are charged:—Men, .£1; ladies, 55.; boys attending: school!or under IG, ss. Licenses arc issued on /condition that all fish less than nine inches long shall bo at onco returned to tho stream from which they have been taken. The streams are reported to bo in good order, and a successful season is anticipated. Tho Government has under consideration the question of whether etfect.ivo regulations under the Motor Regulation Act can be made for tho purpose of providing that no person shall bo allowed to drive a motor-car upon any public thoroughfare unless he has passed a practical examination test. It is not intended to introduce legislation during tho present session dealing with the subject. Nearly ,£4OO has been subscribed towards tho proposed memorial at Godalming, England, to Mr. "Jack" Phillips, tho chief Marconi wireless operator on tho Titanic, who was a nativo of the town. Tho memorial committee have decidcd to ask Miss Gertrude .Teltyll to design tho memorial, which will take the form of a drinking fountain. About an acrc and a half of land will be utilised, and around tho fountain will Ijo a lily pond and a small playing ground for children. A circumstance that has caused some coriiraenfc is that in tho list of subscribers to the memorial there are no names of Titanic survivors, whose rescue was duo to tho working of the wireless. Tho Hon. W. If. Herries was interviewed yesterday by a deputation representing the Northern Waiapu Settlers Association, which was introduced by Mr. W. D„ S. Macdonald, M.P. The deputation urged that in order to facilitate settlement in the Waiapu Qounty a permanent Native Land Court should be set up in the district until tlie work of settling titles had been completed. Tho Minister said that he fully appreciated the importance of the subject. He could not do anything regarding Papntupu lands until tho Native owners had made application to have them clothed with titles. If tliev did i so, he would send a judgo to tho'East Coast when .Tudgo MacCormiek returned from Rarotonga. If appeals wero pending, he would endeavour to send tho Appellato Court to tho district at tho same time. Finally tho Minister promised to visit tho Hast Coast during the recess if he could spare time to do so. During! the preliminary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the dismasting of the barquentine Wanganui. off Wanganui on the morning of October 21 (which inquiry was concluded by tho Collector of Customs at Wellington yesterday), it was stated that it was tho main mast which gave way in the fir.-t instance, and not the rigging. It is understood that it was thought 'that this ■mast, which had been in the vessel sinco she was built in 1902, had a flaw in it, and that this was the cause of the mishap. The documents in connection with the inquiry has been forwarded to the Marine Department. AT LAST—THE LADY'S AUTOMOBILE. Ever 6inco motoring became popular there has been a demand for a small, light, graceful car, simple in construction and easy to handle, which should meet the special requirements of the ladv motorists. Such a cor lias been at last produced bv tho famous French firm of Clement-Bayard, and the specimen" 8-12 h.p. two-seater car of tho 1912-13 type, which has just been unpacked in our garage has claims which no other car possesses to recommend it to the discriminating lady motorist. It has a beautifully neat torpedo body, with the latest tvpe of wire wheels. Tn its construction simplicity and durability have been attained in a very race deprive. H is exceptionally easy to start and so cleanly in its working that the lady driver need not even soil her glove-. I!y reason nf its simplicity and popularity I lie ear is very cheap. Tho price, .£27,1. includes an adjustable wind-shield, a nice hood and and four lamps. The 'tyres are Jliehelin's, the liest in the world. The car is economical on petrol, running forty miles to the gallon. It will climb anv hill, and seat three passengers at a pineli. The cost of upkeep would range from ,£2"> to JJaO per year, according to use. Write for photograph of tho New Clement-Bay-ard lady's car. Adams, Limited, agents for Clement-Bayard Cars. Garage, Tuam Street, near High Street Shop, Also, ■pn.lmrrst-on, vrnnyon'iii fliiMwknd Run. kine, awl Touiut Co,, Hastings,

Mr. A. Leigh Hunt has given notice c Hint ho will move nt Oie next meeting of . tho council of tho Chamber of 'Commerce: "That; a grant of ,C 2") bo made this your , (o the Wellington Education Board for c t-pecial prizes for competition by scholars e «f primary schools in the following subc joets:—(l) Commercial arithmetic; (2) Engi- li-li composition; (3) handwriting; thus continuing the policy of the Chamber for the past six years." 0 "For members only." This is the sign •| tho secretary of tho Wellington Water- | fido Workers' Union asked tho Harbour ; Board to paint on tho doors of tho waiting • room on tho wharf. "This," he said, '- "would allow the caretaker to exercise a c greater measure of supervision over the j5 room, and to eiect any individual who was found gambling. ... At the present ' time it is a matter of impossibility to , i 10 0? J' 10 room clear of a certain class of ■ individuals who do not. want work, but e who merely uso tho room as a rendezII yous." The board dealt with the matter 1- last night, and refused tho request. Mrs. Agues Perkins, whoso death is reported at Adelong (N.S.W.), leaves 100 , s descendants. She was ono of the surv lvors of tho disastrous 1852 flood, when , the old town of Gundagat was washed d awnj. She was four days in tho loft of a o stable with her four children before beiog 0 rescued. Jftmes Jamieson, tho well-known it Ohristchurch contractor, returned from y an extended tour of England, the Conuncut, and America yesterday. As an art & connoisseur, Jlr. Jamieson is one of the first in New Zealand, > and his pictures r and art treasures of various kinds form one s of the most representative private collcci- tions iu the Dominion, llr. Jamieson inc a Dominion reporter yesterday j that he was able to pick up a good many pictures and bronzes, which will make hi's a collection a little more complete. He was 1 fortunate in being present at tho sale at ; Christie's (London) in July, when'the art g possessions of Mr. Taylor, of London, 0 «"«•*. o,r<!rc(i for sale- "Tho illustrated " catalogues were sold nt a guinea cach," = 6aid Mr. Jamieson, "and I afterwards J paid another 10s. to huvo the prices nt r which everything was sold marked opi. posite its number in tho catalogue. I 1 regard that cataloguo as a very valuable possession. The sale extended over eight 1 days, and the whole—pictures, bronzes, $ bric-a-brac, sculpture, etc.—realised s X3G9.000. One pair of bronze fire-dogs, I e saw sold at .£9OOO. No—l did not run up ~ the price, not me! Antique, you know, and very fine, but what a price!" , On Tuesday evening, under tho auspices l of the. Sydney Street and Northland Primitive Methodist Mutual Improvement Society, Jlr. ltichard Brown delivered, in s the Northland Schoolroom, a most enter- - taining nnd humorous lecture on "Ameri--3 can Humourists." Mr. Brown referred 1 particularly (o the works and humour of Hark Twain, Bret Harte, and many other American authors. Numerous recitations nnd humorous sketches by the lees' turor crcatcd much enjoyment. Misses , Gillespie and Covle contributed a pianot forte duet, and a song was rendered by . Miss O. Clark. A vote of thank!? to Mr. . Brown concluded an enjoyable entertainment, Mr. W. H. D. Bell, M.P., has given notice in the House of Representatives ' that he will ask the Minister for Public 1 Works to have trial surveys mado of such of the following suggested routes for i deviation of tho Wellington-Palmerston North railway as have not already, been J surveyed:—(a) Ngahauranga to Tawa j Flat, (b) Korokoro to Tawa Flat, (c) Beli mont to .Imlgeford, nnd (d) Hayward's to 1 Judgeford. ; Detectives Abbott and Cameron arrested r a man Inst evening on n charge of stealr ing cutlery valued at 305., tho property g of Mrs. Kate Miller.