LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1596, 13 November 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.Tha. postal authorities,advise that. the: SvS. .tnijnitfo'n, whieV'sailbd. from'Sydn&y, at nopn on November 9, has on.'boarfl nn Australian inail. Sheis duo "to arrive here to-day. .. < \ ' Doubts having been ppis'fc .the" security, of the .strong-room.? jii the pe- ■ parfcm.cntal Bvuldines on Lambtoii Quay,, it has been dscided to. stengtheti.them •with an. additional thickness: of- brickwork. The work, who.h involves;, a' cohr. siderablo interference with the main strtic-. ture of the building at its southern end,. is, now in progress. :..'■.. Tho- Hon, W., H. Hemes;, has- .led the '■ annual «xodus pf Minister's from, the liiirliamentary. Buildings.' He shifted his quarters to the Railway Head Offices .yesterday, . Christmas presents of from -:£2 to sCS.ih money are being dispatche'd Home: by the nest outward mail by the Sedgwick boys. As the boys come from the Eooresfc quartr, N4 of Liverpool and Poplar, -the gifts will no doubt be very welcome. The moneys to be dispatched amount in ■ all to about Mil Councillor E. Tregear has given, notice: to move tit the City Council meeting after '; 3vexts- J "That the traniwny sections from Newtown bo modified so far as to .provide that, for the Newtown, and Constable Street, ears the end. of. the first secjioh shall be at th<i Caledonian Hotel '(Basin. Reserve), and the end of the second .section at the. Royal Oak Hotel,' 'corner of Cuba and Mamiors Street."- . For .the.,6upplf of Green's ecoriomisers for the. citv power station ,a contract hasbeen signed between the, City Council and John Chambers and Son, the prico Wirier ■£1:972. The, other were :—RicnV ardson, Blair, and 31'Cabe,. i£l9SB; J. J. Niveh and Co., i£2032; E,':E;. Baillio and Co., S2/J3l 9s, Gd.; W. Cable, ,£2'ls(L' ■ •■' ■ The engineer, to- the ..Hut't dJpunty Cqurir oil stated in a reriort: presented: to his council yesterday that.'to.tarii stringers inthe "\Vniniiir6-niata Bridge,, which had beenin uso for about 40 years were still fairly: sound and good for several years.

An old mini, Gooi-go Palfrnnioir, who Was ndtiiUiiid to tlio Auoktfind Hospital on tfridny last, KiiH'cring frcmi injures to his k*t> tells a ramhmm skiry of W' lifo. Ho n-lales (says I ho- Auckland "Herald") that lit otio fisno lid was. ix/SMWfid of menus, and lived ill a lfl'rg<: tail?/! at: Tiikiipiuiii. lint fiint'H Ix'ing b<ul and runts Hoing mi, lis' wii.i foi'ovd to move to less ostentatious rjuartcrH. Not very long ago ho Ij:<!iiih« a a inmate of the Costley IJoinc, bnt, although, very- comhrfsblcj h.o did not appreciate the somewhat) restricted life. Leaving thu hotrj.e ho returned to Tflltrtpuna. Fimliii* a natural cave. Wvll sheltered from the .rain rihl wiml.H, he took possession of it;. 'i'hcrfi whs .un old flieplfieo- in tho cave, arid tho. only, serttblanco of furniture tvas a licdp of dried brushwood for u hod. Ifcrft, 'lie says, he lived on fish a lid the. charity of neighbours. Giving an account of his accident, PalfranMh slates that lio was chopping wood for his ftro'lmSt Friday, when the aire slipped, and badly cut bjf'ii his i'ect, IE Was some lit'tlo time itffore his cries brought assistance, His injuries having )y.-o,ii attended to, he was conveyed to the hospital.' Questioned as to , his fitturo movements, tho quondam jierhiit expressed his intention of returning as Booh as nos.si.bti) to the ''simple life' in his cave, whore ho is not bothered, by rents, rates, ot taxes. At to-morrow evening's. meeting of tho Wellington City Council, Councilfor. Ai ft. Atkinson will rhovc; as per notice of motion: ''That tho following resolution,, passed at tho ordinary meeting of tho Wellington. City.Council, held on October 31., 1912, bo rescin.dedi via: 'That a lease of a portion of itetb'Ui'ive Park (as per sketch plan to ho laid on. the table) he granted to tho Kelburire Bowling Club; Ltd., for ths purpose of forming a bowling ground, subject to the conditions of tho lease being drawn hy the city sdlicitqr, arid also subject to the rent being fixed hy. tho city 'solicitor.''" : "I atn trying the best. I can to treat everyone I owe inoney to," wrote a debtor in a letter which was. read by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., in the Magistrates Court yesterday. "No wonder .ho., can't pay," Laughed his Worship., "'treating* is an expensive game." "Ho found tho best road in Scptland— that is, the one out of it," said Dr. Mae> Cojmiekj amidst great laughter, when summarising in an eulogistic speech tho virtues of Professor Anderson Stuart in a' Speech a't the baßtj.uet at' Sydney recent-, ly. It was .a paraphrase of 'Dr. John' son's reply. to Bo'swell,' which told itth-- , mensejy. ' Incidentally, there were spine , interesting rei'mni'scehees amongst; the 'doctors sit. this bontpiet alurat tho growth of the Sydiiey Mexlical School under- the prpfessor's fosteifihg care. Tit- MacCornHqk ■contrasted tlie glory, of the' pvesent>.day with fcba riiodest' beginning, when *ho. in-' ■stitutipn, was housed in a four-roomed in Victoria Park, '.-"No- -fence round it," said he, "and tho-dogs used ■to cp'nie'-there.' 4 . ''But they.-neVer came away.!" retorted ono oi the conipany,.; ai\d the..picture of e.ig'«r viyise.qtidiiists. thus. «iidderi).y cpnjurea up provoked a'liew" rpar' of laUgliter," ,'Tho iil'ea, propped te' Couhcillor Barber' a't thp last meetihg-of thfr' City Council,. p'f running tho tramway line through, the. ; Basin,Eeserve was adversely 'coiiirheiited'.. on., .'at fhe m'eetihg of. the Wellington. Cricket Association last night.. .'The'cha'ii:-' man. (Mr. %■ i\ liickie) expresEed 'the opinion -that cricketers, had Nothing;, to. fear.;, thatilhe idea, wpntd nevpr bo given effect "to,. Even if it' happened to be car-.' ried in the City Council oh a catch vote, ho said, an EmrioWering Bill could iievei: l>e got through: Parliahie.ijt-. Sir, U.J. : CTOmbie- gay? the follpwing; -as his onm? : .iofl of the proposal.:. "It is .simply a cheelvy proppsal ■.piil'thepar't of .a' New:.tpwi jnenv■b'er to catGh Nc\rtoivji votes." '■ .'2-