LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1631, 24 December 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Treasure trove"—three £1 notes—was found yesterday by a boy of about a dozen years near the junction of Adelaide Road and Riddiford Street. He took the money to the police station at Newtown, and the police then proceeded to the spot, where they fouud several more notes. During the day a claim was made for tho money, and this is being considered by Inspector Ellison.

The Minister for Justice informed a Dominion reporter yesterday that new arrangements had been made for the conduct'of the farm at the Waikeria Prison Reformatory. The director of the Ruakura Experiment Farm had visited the reserve,-he said, had reported upon the work already done there, and had formulated a scheme for the future working of the ground. In future, work at the prison farm/'will bo carried on upon lines laid down by the director of Ruakura Farm, and it will bo subject to occasional inspections by him.■ . . ~ Those children who have been unfortunate enough to havo to spend Christmas in the hospital will have mutters iuade brighter for/ them this afternoon. Arrangements havo been made whereby a Christmas-vtree. wijl;.be placed in the chilj dren's hospital, and there will be general merry-making between the hours of 3 and 1 p.m. The' Mayor (Mr. .D. M'Laren) accompanied by tho Mayoress, will visit by arrangement on Christmas Day the Home for Incurables in Buokle Street, the Ohiro Home, the Homo for tho Aged ' and Needy, and the Homo of Compassion, Island Bay. From the nature of a communication from a largo body of workers in Australia to the Wellington Trades Council it would appear that the Federation of Labour had been making a further appeal for funds. The letter stated that the body had been contributing to the Waihi and Reef ton strike fund 9, but. as the Waihi trouble was over, the writer could not understand why another appeal was being made, and an expression of opinion, was asked for from the Trades Council. After some discussion, the council decided to remain neutral, in the matter, and an answering cablegram was dispatched stating that the council could give no advice.

■ The Government, at the suggestion, of the Minister for Internal Affairs, has empowered the Wellington representatives at the Australasian Science/ Congress (Professor Kirk. Professor Laby, and Mr. A. Hamilton) to endeavour to .arrange that members of the congress shall visit New Zealand. Especially the Government desires that those scientists who specialise in agriculture may visit the Dominion.

The secretary of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board desires to acknowledge, with thanks, the following further donations to the Christmas fund; Mrs. M. A. Williams, .£1 Is.; Grand Hotel, 10s. Gd.; S. Brown. W. M'Lcan, 10s.; M. Savidge, G. E. Eownes, H. T. Pitcher, .C. Bidding, A. L. W. Downs Bros., ss. each; "D.V.," 2s. 6d.; and goods from the Wellington Dairy Co.

During the Christmas and New Year holidays, the out-patients' department at the Hospital will be closed on the mornings of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December 25, 2G, and 27; and also on Wednesday and Thursday, January 1 and 2. Urgent cases will, however, be treated at the main Hospital. The Navua, which sails to-night, will, pro tempore, bo turned into a transport.. It is expected that nearly 400 Territorials" will go down to Lyttelton by this steamer, to take part in the military tournament at Christchurch. LIGHT CARS FOR COMMEHCIAL TRAVELLERS. The purchase of a motor-car for purely commercial and utilitarian purposes is a different proposition to buying a pleasure car. There aro many commercial men who could make use of the right sort of motor-car, but who aro deterred from the investment by the feeling that they require something containing more solid motor-car value than the average hand-somely-equipped pleasure car. With the advent of tho new system of light-car construction, and the production by the great firm of Clement Bayard of chnsses especially designed for tho heavy wear and tear involved in tho taxi-cab fervico, a car combining all tho essentials of a first-class Continental automobile" with a minimum of complications and a very low first cost is made available. We recommend to the attention of nil commercial travellers and other business men requiring an absolutely reliable means of independent travelling, tho latest models of tho Clement Bayard light ear, fitted with capacious three-seater bodies, capable of. carrying. any amount of luggage over any class of roads, and guaranteed to run 100,000 miles with a minimum ofrepairs. Better valuo has never been offered in New Zealand. The 8-12-h.p. model sells in Paris at .£lB6, and tho 10-15-h.p. Nt .£l9O. To these prices we add only the cost of importation. ADAMS, LIMITED, Christchurch. Sample can be seen at Adams, Limited, Palmerston Motor Co., Hastings.—Advt.