LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In response to, an intjuiry matte .yesterday As tb the date of the openirig,of' the new General .Post' Office in Wellington, it was elicited .'that the actual date had not yet been fixed. bythe; Pest'mastbr-Generai (Hon. E. H. Rhodes),' but that it ironic) be during the last weefe o£\Kovember, Some of the head' office .branches-'.are already in their v new quarters,, and others Ore On the pojfnfr of mov.i : ngy.;-The prospects at present are that'' the; JlPney .Order.and Post. Office-Savings'Bahlf will make their '."'trek" . from' iAmbtpn.- Quay to the new- quarters .on Suiftlajj Noyeinbe'i 24, awl that the .bfficiiil opening if ill ft made a. day; or, fee later. ' The' contractors, Messrs^.J. arid:-A, Wilson," have'pract'fcally ..iinishea -their Wofk in the 'new building' but .toe engaged in carrying out extensive alterations' to the old Post Office. '■ Tho in'sto'll.at.ipii of the. Lampson system -of pneVirahtic'tiibeS is now'.,pi'oexpeditipusly. ' The Eqya'lf Wellington. Cheral Society are. to, take ■..part. in;. ..the grand farewell gathering to>his.Excellency. ,th:e Governor to te held at thb .'Xbjvi.'.ifall on Nbvorh'; ber 21.. The society's '.chor;us..will- .Sing Elgar's -setting of»'the ''Nationsl Antheh)'' other ehbral ..numbers .yet-'to bo selected. ; ; "■ > ;-.-„-'j,-.,! -'..y?. ;■ ii ■A. matter of,'interest..'to employers and workmen- caine'•'.'tfifde't?notice ''yesterday, The stiff of a local warchpiise; where storeiUen are ■■employed, jecbntly petition l ed the head of tto-finn aslrinjf to bo allowed to pease- ■work a.t'i.:3.o : p,in:.y instead of at 5 p.m.,'and'offering- to-make the time good' by taking half an hour instead of an hour, for luncheon;; The employer expressed himself, as, Willing' t.oj,ag'ree..to 'the proposal;,'which' was about to'be given effect to, when the ivward: of the Storemen's Ilnion given-put 'by the--Arbi-tration, Court. This .provides for a 48 hours' weelf, 1 with one-, Mo.ur'.fp.r lUnpheon, and h,s the .eraplpyeV .concerned,',did not Wish to . run '(Sjiintef to. an' award,., he; *aited 0n.,, the..jmipji's secretary, explained what his hieii wanted to do. and Showed hini the; petition';' .Thesecretary' said that ;there'--,had ; .been petitions- of a-like; Character' before "prgaliised. %"'the Heads! He urusfj lie-saitl-, see the .fneii' personally . 'So; -lie ■•'visited'.tl.ie' ■ warehouse '■' in question, saw the 'ijien, and.-was ..informed by them that- if was their wish to cease; work' At. 4,30 arid have'only jialf Still- the ti.nibh secretary -was \noi .satisfied, and;'finally brought the; matter', tsefore jthe,.. uiuen, which, passed "-.a'-.resolution..' to the' effect that the wire, not to be altered; Unless ■flll'tllfl- hand's:concerned join* ■ed the union-. "Very: well,".'retorted the emplpyer, .'"let them''join, by all ni.eh.ns «mt. si'ovk the 48 hours specified, in the aw"prd, instead pfithe 39 hours. worlted ttt present.'"' ;; iVnd..there the .matter rests. • v .;Thb. .next itieed 1 ufp'fhe Wellington...Hps* pitai, ..according' to the chairman of the Hospital ■ and ■ Aid Committee is'a convalescent hplne for'fchildretii Sfo Trevor has his ey£ on-tire."bid "plague hospital," which is lying-unoccupied on tub seuthern Tpwu B.elt, v but!,the! : sit«;.'he: considers linsuitivble. If this.build.ihg^cauT»..actiu,ired'from'the City Council, ;a ■suitably, site might ,:be found for its, re-erectipn. Subject 1 .to a, little alteration,-the says that the' building' wO.uld serve 'the purpose' iii view for ;manr;, : years. , , • . .. ' A Special' meeting- of the Onslow Borough Council has .been convened for 8.45 b-blPck this; to consider tlib follpwiiig motion, 'of which : ' 'Councillor' D.ara'all has. given noKce :7-"Th'at owing to thb neglect of the "police to take pro-ceedings-against riders p£ inp.tor-bicyc.los who. are in,'thV. hiib.it. pf riding through; the ' Kaiwarra-Ngaio .gorgo at•■' excessive speed to tho''dangflr>-M-'ft*''pliWio, this covricjl have fh'b!rpad thrPu^h.the. gorge irteasure.d.j.vi'ith, ii view-, e'nabi ling evidence (is t:b speed to, be accurately taken?"'that advertiseijients^be. published in the daily press, pf,'tlje cpiinoir's inteji- ; tibii to prosecute offenders, arid unless' the; practice .of reckless 'riding :pr; driving be prpmptly. discontinued, the cbuncii 'shall immediately,pteiji.evidence against' supli persons as/n'iay. bb gnil.ty of stibh lictioji,, and tako'legal jiroceedinSs.a'gaiiist t|jem." D.etectiye.■ Cameron yesferday arrested a,'man, whp will"'appear, at |he Magistrate's Go.tirt'this, morning, -.charged with Stealing ,£11,95; .Ifld-J' Of Q, W. Jlorris. The;theft is.alleged'to. Lave taken, place .on o.ctpj>'jr.3l. ' •'■