LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1709, 28 March 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tile Prime Minister infornied a relast evening that he was arranging a scheme under which tlie agricultural aiid .pastoral societies, in both- islands would be given representation ujon the Board of Agriculture which he proposes to..set lip. The members .of the board_ other than tliose represeiiti'n? these societies will be appointed by th 6 GoVei'nnient. The .postal concession on lioolts' forwarded from 1 one 'public libi'ary to another, oi' froln a library to' a subscriber (which consisted ~6f a penivy pei l poini'd or a frictiiii tliereot'). lias" ,)>cen wi'tl'rdra'wfl by the Postal .Dep'artiiient.. Ifi 1 . Herbert Baillie (PubTi ; 6 Txbrarid'n) has received a letter statftig that fa perimeii'tal scale; wa's* availed of t6' su'ch ft eitent as.not to' Warrant its' contiii'uan'Ce' in' the 'Wellingfti'n Postal District Ai' its extension to other districts." The' new Civil' Service' feg'nlatidnsV fra'm'ed by the Public Service C-omini's-sion'ers; will probably bo 1 issued', to-day; Th'e regulation's aftbtit to be supersbdbd' W6re; gazetted i'tf Jalhiai'y, 1'873,• but iftWe' ■;since liridei'gontf n'ume'roiis' Just riW' tho ,pb'si : tffln of Court ordei'iy at the Wellirigtoii.. M.ngistrdfe's" Cou'r't is vaca'n't. Yesterday ni'or'ni'Afi it- nliiiost seemed that one of tlie Wwyers ,Wlio frequently . appears in the cllailit'er -. wa ; s" pualifying for the post. A case u J as called. "Is 1 the' defendant' present?" asked the clerk. . No one else made a nioye, so the defendant's, counsel Vvent Qut into the.passages, calling the defendant's name in the customary tone; "No. appearance" he called in; prbfessional-ortlerly voice. The Bench and the Bar laughed heartily: but a moment later the lawyer destroyed the , "good impression" which he had created.by endeavouring to get a ca'?e adjourned till April 31. > ' ' .A large humber of local governmdii't engineers' frOin .all' parts of; tlie' BomiiViori arrived irt' Welliiigtoh yesterday iii anticipation of <Annual coiifereh'ce Whici l to' l)b held in' the ro'omls ; 6f the Engineers* Institute,' Aitken' Street; to-day an'd to-morrow. Whilst, iii' Wellington the delegate;,' will pay visits',to the Watei'wfti'ks at Waiiiui-o-niafa',- the hew 'Hu'tt P'pb bridge', ,tlie AVellingt'on l elebti'ic.ligli't aiid power statioilsV destructor, aHVd other local works of interest. The anniiivt diiVher of the conference' will be held this evening.

. A nKetiig, of, the Wplli'ngtoii District Coun'cil of IJIO United. Labotir party was held ill the Trades Hall last evening; Tlwr following Officers were, electcd for. the eri-' suing 3tr. E. Kennedy; vice-president,.' Mr. P. J.',Mackenzie; treasurer,: Sir., I l '. Cornwall; secietary, 1 Mr. L: 3[. A. Rc,iri:loii; trustees, Messrs. AV. Watenvorth' and M. J. Eeardoii; committee, Messrs: W. S. Bedford, J; Bead, tf. ■ uanton, W. Cooper; arid S.-Gordon'., Tl'lo petition askirig fir a' poll in -tto' local,district on the half-holiday cfii'estioiV; which .lias* Meri ei'fculated for sorile rribiltlis' last by the, Wellingt'ori. llislrict Labour bore, ra'st.dvening (5500 s'igiintures. It. is OxpeCted that seme turtli'ei 1 ramps .iVill.ljb a<ld'ed before th'e pe'titiori' is' presented at 4 to tlie (Mr. D. Jt'Laren), who is convener ol '{lie local bodies' .conference' in the combined district affected by the petiti'oil. , .The, efforts' of tlie District labbii.r Coirit cil officials' Who' M'Ve b'usied tlicmselviVs for some tiiie past iri in'ducfrig nriini'cifial' ileitoi's" to carol in; preparation f6r l thc elections next, riiorith have;, resulted' in nd'dirig sOriio 350 i) nairies to' the \ftllingtpVi' rol], A' final effort, will be nradp, b'y £IVo Laboiir p'arty ifßjiils fo-riioriw, iVferi' they will .jip' fables at sii. isf seven roriyeniint points' in the 6i'ty streets and' eridiayour to fu'fth'e, 1 . a'(l<f to the total 6'f 6nrolmcirts. A- conference' of Native fiml Coui't Judges is' td assemW at, Wellington <jh' Wednesday, ivext to discuS matters' Winectwl' ;\'ith' th'e adiiiiufstratiori' of NaffVe ..TOe .nrst c{mference ; <Sf this cli'aYacter Was' h'eld' after th'e pasjage of Jximea Carroll's;.JTati've Laiid Act of 190!)'. Orie Mh'er conference lias' b'eeri: lield; sines' then. . ,Th ! o Ffon. \V. H. ITorries" will attfM the coitforeifte, Vs v liich is' to mebt 6ir W WhePcWy. •;

. A notice in the current Gazette intimates a reversion ,to the system' under which telephone charge's weft, eolleetpd half-yearly. lit July, U)12,,a relation wfl's'rfcbpted uri'der wliifcli subscribers were (ja'U&l upon to pay fhiir charged quarterly; but th'e 1 Post and' Tel?jfa'pH Department haV ndw decided to' go' httck. to' the old system 1 of half-yearly pa'ynients. I:The', postponed conference between tie Wellington branch of the Shipowners' , Federation and the coastal engineers will be resume'd on Tuesday, April 1. Regulations under tfis Inspection of jifaclrinery Act.as to,electric'-n'-inding-dngijie drivers' certificates aire printed' iri the carrent Ga'zette. . The chairman of the Epsoni (Auckland) Road Board (Mr. W. R, Bloomlield)',, at the board meeting on Tuesday, said that it was about time tlie bv-law regulating the speed of motof cars', throiYgK the di£ trict was enforced. The regulation speed »1« miles .p«r hour. He Stated that on Good Iriday a rifotor-car which' passed him on the Mamikau I!oad was travelling at betwpeii 30 aind 10 miles. an hour. '.'lt « known," ho said/ "that 'joyriders!, at night clioose the Manu'kau Road, en route to Mangere, arid go' through as fast.as the car allows at a pace which to the, pedestrian is demoniacal." The police , will .in future keep cars in the Epsom district under observation.

Apropos of an application for approval of the-sulj-lettiiig ot a section at tlrt meeting Of the District Laild Beard yesterday, Mr. Dawion', S meftibsr of tho Iw'ard, siiid that tiiere >fas n6 doubt that aggregation of land \fas goi'i)g <n. -The proposed transferee's ha lie was the same as -that of larga family wlio. bejweeii them' held > a K:rgc acreage of land. The ranger di-1 not know if he belonged to 1 fhe tame fainily,.but added that if lie did beion" fo that family, he (lid riot thinlc tlie applicant Ms landless, aS he p'rbfessed. Mr Dawson poiiited piit that it Was possible' for him with & large family tt> "mbp' up a lot. of land." In fact; a few families could, mop up all the kind,, '.ri the coiiritry. The rem&rked: ''This mari clearly says he holds no land." The Ranger : "If this man. belongs fo ,the Sani'e family; that family.has land all over th 6 country, although the applicant may riot have the land.iri his own name-ussum'in'* In is a member of the family iri question/' The beard resolved to obtain further., information before disposing of the applicatini.

, Regulations under the Fisheries Act firo r>.mend«l by a G.iietfe notice to.l«gali<e tht; buying and selling of fresh tioiit tifke'li arid brortded b'y, or under, tlio diro'ctib'ft of th'e Department Of Tourists and Health liesn'ts. An area of about 2011 acres of land at Ship Cove, in Hk> Marlborough Land District, has been set aside as a sanctuary for imparted and native game. The INistaSter-Gericral notifies in thA current Ga?tit f e tint ho money orders' will be issued iii favovfr of "Gus. Watjrin, Christch'irch," and thit lin jiOstiil packet will be delivered at thtft address.. The .services of the Lumsdci and Tob'uiti Doicmcc lli'le Clubs have been accepted by-, the Governor.

; tluriiij} the recent stoi'm experienced lit Kbw Stiiith Wales, the huge aerial in cuiinbctioil with tho Pennant Hills highpower wireless station was badly damaged. One of the effects of the damage has been a delay in tlie tests to lie' earned out at the newly-erected wireless station at Awainii (north of Auckland), and not. ;until the aerial is repaired-can satisfactory tests bo made.

Mr. J. Taylor, milling engineer, of Nelson, interviewed, the lion. W. l'\ Massey Urinii) Minister) yesterday,- and <jubntittod to him plans of an airship which Ji-e has invented and -patented! Mr, Tayhis iHi-eritibil in detail; He cWirtied thh't it 1 provided ail lierbii'autiiial apparatus Which combined,- in a' single structure,- the, principle. of the ; dirigible airship, aeroplane, hydroplane, motorcar, gyroscope, aiid electric lighting. He asked that, the Government should give M ?\®l.ntohet«r£ aid', which w'oul'd nvake' it possible carry out work beyond tlVa reach' of private individuals. lisivei'itl'jj: rt'iiestitills by t'lie' Prime' Miiiife.' tw, Mr, Taylor sitid tliat he had ; nla'de moildls'' of. parts of liiic iiVa'cliine, but: n'bf it Complete mbcleh lie thouglit' tliilt if t ie- Govel'iiihent; niddo n gi!ailt!, of ,£300(1' .'th'6' initial wii'ls; if oiie of th'e shiiis eotild 1 be done'.- Mri Massed Said' tliat' lite mdtvtM, b'dCilme 6UB, m PiWlMWiiti He did' hot ltnW if .tliei'i'- weVC any eSjWi'ts fllv aviation, in ZeiilaiVdi but fh& sul)i jeet ha'd' tot biiSri lo'St sight af eitllei-' by JIW GoveriVjndilt or lij- tlie JDefeilctf liutliorities; Ho wis liot ,at lilkrty to' say mrtW'.at tlie momdiit. He;was,. quite wiii"i<f,.to refer. Mr. Toylofs plans to tlie DetenceJ ntftnOntie's,- alid'.get an', opinion' upon thein, on the understanding tliat everythinii, inv the .plans should' to reRariled as coiifi'dieht'ial. Filially, the Mr. Taylor' slibiil'dsee tlrf Aeting-Miiiister for' Defence. (the Hon. 8.-H. Khodes)' antf tlie' Coiilmaudailt ' (Ge'iicral' GTodley), . . .' i rlie : an,liual,.niietiiig ; of the .tfellingtoiiChambei' of Comlnel'cd. is to W lieltl on 1 April 23 s -

' DWririfl the las(! s'essisil' of PaVliaiilen't <iii' j&t w'as ji'a&Sd pi'ovidiiig fbt tli^'regiisI traiiioli the a\iU' diiatlis'of Mfliol'is; KegiVldti'fills; uiWe'r tin's' Axi Aiv' plililisliM' iiv tliis' curfoiit-Gazette. 'I'M time'tfitlliilwllicji' fctieiilats rigai'dillg eith'er liirtli's . ot dif Maori's' mVist fiirhi'slied' t6 Regisfd-ai l 'or hiiS depiitifes'. is' Wo' ir-eirtlisl Th'e' ,-egulati , oi\s' q'plily t'o oil' birtlte atfd dieat'-is cic:ui'i'iiig ; after 3l'arcli : 1, 1.913. ' -. ■ '. When the Public Ti'ust. Commission, consisting of Mr. A.. Mackintosh, of AVellihston',- a'ri'tl. Mi'; JV H. K6ski«#,-.K.C.', of D'uned|i'li',' a'd ; joitfi\iid'. last mdiltliv its' ' nvcnibdrß in'ten'd«l : to niSet '.a'gaiil' on Marcli; 25' to eo'iisi'der tlieii 1 ' rtptti't/ wh'icfr it;as- to' lie M th'e'liali'ds. of tlie G'oveflM 1; bj* Xlai'ili' 31. OTi'i'ng to ; Mi 1 . beih^ . uriaiillS to come to ; tWe date;' agreed upo'riv .this' .itfi'aiigdili&it tf'a's 5 not adhei'iid to., M*., fliiski'ris- will', priliably fti'rivt iii' WellihgffliV tA^-d'aj l , jaiitl" tlie' 1 cbinniissibn Will proceed -forthwith- to' conl- - its report. Unless' s'6me\uneiLpect : ed : . dcVelbpieiit Occurs li'o- further .Witiih&eS will' be', exariiiiiedv So' far a's the- talcing of c'vi'de'n'ce' is" coii'cerii'edv tliji'. itiqliii'y & as dftSid'. The sliglit delay tliat lia's t'akdn place it necessary tha*' tlie coiiilirtssioil should' seek for aii'iexteh'sion' of tinie : frrtiiV March. 31,- but it is aiiti'Ci'pafed that its repfti't Will bb vcompleted ali'd liahded in'- at an' early date'.Tlie Saturday. hal'Mi6liday t petition' is tt? be suliimttfd to' tlie' City .Council at its. meeting'., this evening. Mr., E. J. Carey, who lias tlie liiatt'er .in h'aii'dj desires all those who h'ave lists tif sbiid theni in by il'ooii to-day. >

Fourteen' hoa'd 1 of priae Holstoiii' cattle were brimriit. to' Wellingtons froitf ■-Sato' I'Vari'cisco' l)y Mr. Bart'oii, 6f PalliKii'r Bay,' per s.s; Tahiti-, yesterday. ' a' fittlo .Atiy, tff ftfo''«ari£ $££ coVrimirad' to t'h'e Receiving floriie'.liy Mr). .W. .Gv tie- 1 ca'usG .liis". .nfo'tlißr is'., cprtsattiptiYe': TBb' p'orent3', iri livi'rtg- "in; room'sV' aiitf it was niArighl; wis# to'lrififcoW t'llte, chiltl to avoid th£ risk of coiitagibnl ', According' to' « Chicago iml&r, An&. fralia ahi'tf.Now,, Zealand) are "diseased comiiVuni'tios;" tfie- disease- liei'rig. &'cialism', a slow poiso'n . lias'tVestroycd - . cntei-.-iprise, thrift, and, con'fl'ilencb!"Take, all' , I liave written .afoul:', .flte- sleepy; ant'i4uated aspect* of, Everything in Australia' and'riuadruplo.i'f," ho adds, "arid' y6ii' can begin to) imagjnc ?y6w Zealand'. The sleepy, ba'cluvard old tpwri's of I.A«^aß,£,;'>jtllth'ei'r poor hotels; .are fpVt.n'e'New', Zea-' landers .wonders of. a"nd' they figiVre.oii the-t'iiWo) \\ l li6'ri they. wiJT. b# f itili iiiou'jli) to' jb, .AM.live in' Australia:, .- .; iN'pbidy is' plaiitin'g orch'civd's" Or.bllildirig up .iilie fariiVs. ( Except, M a slimll. tract ' just! sojifii 6if .Au'ckltindVipVAlialift. a' frfiS-liOld-.settlemeiVt; fliff, coifti'tVy llojfeWss", iodfo' Vp'rt I'lVat. it! is' iijciii'aTileV Tlio <ZmWiW.faViiier, whenM'tts 1 -gife.AM 1 pr litete' db'wri; miisi hfe.lea'sehftl'd ! tele to' tlte' Stjite',. step o\it wititfa't" $o r ' , ilvrtiy' until he gSs to' i fiv«' yea'fe' old. to' get his 1 dollOT,) ali'd' a' lia'lf per week ,ai' # pa)ipSf." Tlie' ssia£ writer sa'ys:.—"ThW Ahii'dVeii 4 ZbalaiVd are' fa%M' th'e' bUssiii'gs' of is : I they are taught religion.'' Ilo'also mentfons 1 ii N«w Zealand " train which travelled,at, ilte rate' of twelve miles an hpiW, "burtipe'd' ,a sttgS oyer a^brduroy■road," ,1 few days psfore, lii's) j'o'urricy.a ha'd in' a tu'nnSl behVecii .Wellington' arid: Napier, and "when it was ..extricated it was foiirid' that several people .Had been smothered to' deatli-." ■ ". ■, ,

: By ri.riotiei in . the e'ufrenf Gazette, Bullcr,Street. .which runs tte£\v&W.Vivian' Sh'oivfc and GmiV.Acfr is exempted, on stated ciriditio'AsV, from .the oWßfttti'6ii of.MWsottirf 1, Section -i 17,. ME the. Fuji' lie Works" Act. .The slit^-sfrctioA t provides' that where land,'having a! frontage to an" fisting road 6r street of.a.less'..width tliart ,6G „ft.et, is siilklhb'ded for'stile,', the owner shtfll ?*t back th's. frontage, of. thA ! land to a distance-, of at least 3'3 feet froW the centre line.of the,road Si street, the Strip of land tliris ga'iried b'eirig a'd'dw t6' the rtad .or street; Buller Street is exempted from these .provisions subject t6' the' condition tlra't rio bifildirig or jfart 6t a building shall henceforth be erected withirf,a' distaricc of. 33 feetfrorir th'e centre-line of the street. ' • Sympathisers wlo have signified fheir intention ,of subscriljinp to' the Octavia Newman Memorial arid,have riot yet done so are reminded .that the lists will close shortly, and that the" treasurer,- Mrs. E. Hadfield, 18 'Hill Street, would be glad if they would send t&eir,, subscriptions- in" to her as soon as possible. . The Cq'urt of'Appeal'Sittings commenc'fl on ; ( Monday next; .

.THE "TRIUMPH" STILL.ON TOP; record stiJl stands^to the credit of Xfr G. B. Brorfn and ftis full forfdster "Triumph," and the,new record mad£ jgu Thursday lias' been' buried [ilino'st as soon as it was, born under the crushing weight of two hours' and, ;wenfy-6n6' minutes The principal features of. Mr.' Q g' Brown's great ride on Saturday' have been given full publicity. Oh Bth February he rodfl alone. Some capital was made out;Of the fact that, on a previous occasion Jio' tt;as a'ee6m'pafii'4d .By aneflitr rider, and, thorigli th 6 precedent th(is set has. been followed in the subsequent tittim'pts Upon. tho record by ijidefrf of nutqliiries other than the' "Triumph," Jfr Bioifie decided t® demonstrate hii faith :W' "TrhinipK" reliability by riding alone He rode, the same full roadster three."Triuinph" (is' lie ro'do 'when he HfablisßW the record on January 17. The' only difference in the condition's was that ho' Khe'iV the road. It mast be reriioriibfered thit this Christchureh'-Kaikoura rHie was suggested by "Triumph" Competitors as a coursfe. on Which theii' machines had,a better chance' against the "Triumph", .than any other. Tho course evidently does smt their machine-whfrn their machiiie is going well—but it quite as evidently suits the "Triumph" just as well; and a great deal better. So tlie result of this'little sporting controversy has been to establish the "Triumph" as the, best' "crosS-eountry" motor-cycle, ai well as tho best spied machine, the best machine for reliability, and the' best .for hill-climbing. The .latest "Triumphs" are now to hand; prices; fixed engine .£7O; free, engine. .€SO; three-speed. A' 8 (: 10s. .. Adams, Limited'.. Christehurch. Branches, Wangamii, Palmersfoii.North.' Agents, Sutherland.and RanUine. Wellington, arid Tourist Slo'tor Co h Hastings.-'-Advt.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain said at West Birmingham: "My father '. . . hiliis closing, years h .suffering under a disability which is, perhaps,- nioi-b painful ,to liim Hum. to most men, because all liis life ho litis beeii a riiah of the greatest hiontal activity. ... . The other day I.tftnt with hini to France, and as I parttd from hirii at, Calais and thought, that iiext July lid Would bo "7. I coiild hardly believe it true. lie still looks so young."