LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1568, 11 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The amount of revenue collected from racing clubs during the twelve months ending October 3, 1912, was ,£75,611 15s. The tender of tho Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company, of Nelson, has been accepted for coal-tipping appliances for the Point Elizabeth State Coal-mine. The price is ,£162. Subject to the. consent of the rateSayers of Eastbourne, the purchase of the lay's Day ferry steamers from tho Wellington Ferry Company will shortly be a thine accomplished by the local Borough Council. The points in disputo between tho parties have now been settled. A meeting of the council will T)8 held this evening to consider the proposals to be submitted to tho ratepayers, and it is expected tho poll should tike place on or about November C. Assuming that the ratepayers consent to tho proposals, it is anticipated that the steamers will be taken over by November 30, if not sooner. The seal will be affixed to tho agreement l>etwcen tho Ferry Company and (ho Eastbourne Borough Council to-morrow, Shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday a motorcar kuocked over a five-year-old child, named Harold Mountford, at the corner of Abel Smith Street and Crosby Terrace. The boy wiis taken to a doctor, and attended to, when it was found that he was rather badly, but not seriously, cut about the head and legs. lii this week's Gazette the Minister for J'iiiance acknowledges the receipt of the sum of .£2 "conscience money," forwarded to the Railway Department by some unknown person. Tho Government- offices throughout the Dominion are to be closed on October 28 (Laliour Day).

LIGHT CARS FOR THE NOVEMBER SHOW DISPLAY.

In the absence of a periodical motor show, such as is held in older countries, we in Canterbury look forward to tho November Metropolitan Show as thn place where the latest and most up-to-dato developments of the automobile industry will be first displayed. Messrs. Adams Limited aro at. present receiving delivery of the cars which will figure prominently in their show exhibition, and it has been decided that, tho light cars, which hnvo suddenly gained such onormou* popularity, shall be tho principal exhibit on tho Adams' stand. Prominent among these light, modcrnto.priced cars will be the dainty but tremendously sturdy 2-scater, 4-cyli'ndor, 11-15 li.p. number, a car whoso finish in every detail is superb, which has a silent, simple, and powerful engine, and which has proved itself tlio speediest car of its class as well as being a first-class iiill-climbcr. The 2-seater number sells in England at .£270, nnd the 4-sentor modol nt .E2SS, including acetylene and electric, lamps, detnchablo wire wheels, hood nnd wind-shield. To the English price Adams Limited add only tho cost of importation. Then thero are the "French Tnlbots," tho Clement-Bayard light cars, represented by the beautiful little 2-seater, 4-c.ylimler, 8-12 li.p. car, a wonder for its engine power, and embodying many improvements which make for the lessening of the driver's troubles, nnd the 10.15 li.p. new 4-cyliuder light Clement-Bayard chassis. Tho two-seater fi-12 h.p. ear sells in Pnris at £M>, and Iho 10-15 li.p. chassis, with its beautifully simple mechanism, sells in Toris, less tyres, for £210. To the Pnris prico Adams Limited add only the cost of importation. Write for particulars to Adnnis Limited, Garage, Tuam Street, and High Street, Christoliurch. Branches at Pnlmor.iton North and Wnngamii, Ageuta, Tourist Motor Co.. Uajlmtf's.-Advt.

Tho new wireless station on tho Tinakori hills is to ho officially opened by tho Governor on Monday next at 11 a.m. In tho courso of a discussion on tho proposed, division in tho I'okeno chargo at tho meeting of (he Auckland Presbytery on Tuesday night, the Rev. Isaac Jolly remarked: "I notice that it is proposed (o pay tho minister of one of tho new charges' the sumptuous sum of JCSS a year. No minister or decent homo missionary can ho expected to accept such a miserable amount,' declared the minister with some warmth. "Wo object to sweating, ami yet wo sweat our homo missionaries. St. Paul had said that the labourer is worthy of his hire, but in our' days the minister is not'.in tho position to improve his financial position after the manner of the apostle, by the making of tents." It was subsequently explained that a manse anil glebe was provided in addition to tho .£BS offered. A bullock which broke loose on Iho Auckland railway wharf while being shipped on the Tarawera on Tuesday oi'teruuo spread consternation and dismay among those pedestrians who happened to be in tho vicinity. Most of them stood not on the order of their going, but fled precipitately. Two waterside workers proved themselves especially speedy of foot and put up excellent sprints. Tho pity of it was that no stop-watch was available to determine whether they hud broken any existing records. A lady with a littlo child, in spito of tho fact that tho bullock had been cornered behind some railway trucks, persisted in being hoisted' with her ward on to a number of sacks of conl. Meanwhile the.bull had been lassoed round tho horns and dragged into a cattle-box. In a few liiomonts he was being hoisted aboard, and ns ho swung high in tho air he cast, a baleful eye on thoso who had been responsible for his recapture after he had had a sweet taste of freedom.—Auckland "Star." It is stated that some people wailed from 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday' of last week until 9 a.m. the next.day to purchase tickets for reserved scats for "Kismet." Without any doubt whatever, there were people at the Panama Street entrance of tho Dresden Co.'s warehouse at midnight on Wednesday, determined to sfr cure seats for the plnys of One who kept the night vigil reports that ho arrived on the scene at 0.30 a.m. yesterday and was eleventh in tho line of waiters. By 4 a.m. the queue had trebled its length and by 9 o'clock when the doors opened there were about 300 people keen on assisting in the banishment of tho old fallacy that Shakespeare does not pay. According to tho rules laid down no one is allowed to purchase moro than fifteen tickets for any one perform-, auce - iii one section of (lie house. One person, who had undertaken to keep tho watch "on commission" almost went tho limit by purchasing .C 42 worth of stalls' tickets, and another man booked 149 dress circle and 105 reserved stalls seats. The bouking continued steadily throughout tho day nnd by evening the plans were as nicely filled as the most exacting manager could desire. There is no question that tho Asche-Brayton company are going to establish a booking record for Wellington.

Mr. Gaston Melies and his picture-mak-ing company have had a splendid timo at Rotorua, and have secured many excellent pictures, into which have been introduced the novel scenery of Whnkarewarowa and other characteristic places in tlio vicinity of .Rotorua. Several good story pictures have been taken, in which only Natives arp concerned, and no fewer than forty Natives were engaged in some of them, their services lieiug paid for at so much per day. Great uso has been made of the model pa at Whnkarewarowa, which Mr. Holies states might have been especially constructed for the picture man. So pleased was Mr. Melies with Hotorua as a new ground for story pictur.es Hint ho has put In an extra fortnight there, and will not leave for Sydney until Monday next. Great assistance was given to the party at Rotorua by tho Row F. Bennett, ona of the Native clergymen, and Mr. James Cowan, of Wellington. The total number of mortgages registered in the Dominion from April 1, 1811, to March SI, 191-2, was 29,138, and the amount .£22,808,3117. The rates of interest charged ranged from six to twenty per cent. The amount lent at tho former interest was ,£10,514, and at tho latter rate a total of only .63G2 was lent. Tho largest amount under any ono heading was the total of J2,«7,(56G lent at 4J per cent, tho total amount of mortgages released during tho year was £15,384,889, The total amount owing on March 31 was <£9I),138,!!(M. These particulars aro contained in a return presented to Parliament yesterday. New regulations under tho Reformatory Institutions Act appear lu this week's Gazette. "Those bills of lading remind ono of the terms of an insurance .policy," said Mr. E. Bull-at tho meeting of the Industrial Association last evening, during a brief discussion on tho question of getting the existing bill of lading form purged of some of its provisions. "If you rend all the conditions of an insurance policy you won't insure, and if you read the conditions of a bill of lading you won't ship." "We have to," said, another member, rcsignodly. . '' Tho following is a new classification regulation ns affecting the Post and Telegraph Department, which appears in tho current issuo of the Gazette:—"(l 9) No persons, except as hereinafter provided, shall he eligible for appointment in tho nou-clerical division unless ho is of the full ago of fifteen years and not more than thirty-five years of age, nor until ho has produced to the Secretary certificates of good health and good moral character in the same manner, and to the like effect as required from persons entering the clerical division, and nlso of having passed the examination hereinafter mentioned. (19a) Persons of exceptional skill ,in the mechanical nrts who have proved their qualifications to the satisfaction of tjio Minister may be appointed at a higher ago than thirty-five, years, upon production of the like certificates of good health and good moral character," A firo occurred at a six-roomed house, standing on the hill overlooking the Miramar Cutting, during the early hours yesterday monning. The building, which was completely destroyed, was owned by tho Wellington Harbour Board, and occupied by Mr. Thos. Tolly. The Miramav Fire Brigade turned out, but were unable to do much on account of there being no water supply. Mr. Tolly, his wife, and fivo children had a narrow escape, having to leave tho building' in their - night clothes. The house was in tho Liverpool, London, and Globe oftico for ,£7OO, and Mr. Tolly's effects in tho Queensland office for ,£l2O. Last evening Detective Denipsey arrested a man on a charge of the theft of an overcoat, the property of Abraham Barsht. The Telegraph Office advises that the charges on full rate press telegrams from New Zealand to Great Britain by all routes havo been reduced to sevenpnice halfpenny per word. The charges on deferred press roinain as heretofore. Coming events cast their shadows boforo. The Wellington Hospital Committee at its meeting, yesterday decided to recommend to tho board at its next meet- ■ ing that .£BO bo expended on Christmas goods and presents (including a Christmas tree), for the inmates and patients of the hospital.