LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1713, 2 April 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that the Ulimaroa, which sailed from Sydney at noon on the 28th instant, lias on board ail Australian, also ah English mail via Suez. She is 1 due to reach hero to-day. The I'ost and Telegraph Department announces tjiat ii new metallic circuit is now available for bureau communications between Wellington and Auckland between G p.m. and 8 a.m.. The rates are as follow:—From 6to S p.m.—For the fiht period of three minutes or fraction thereof, is. 6d.; for each succeeding one minJite or. fraction thereof, Is. Gdi From 8 ('p.m. to 8 a.m.—Half above rates. A Chinese woman is rarely, seen in public in Now Zealand (writes' our Wanganui correspondent), and it is a still rarer occurrence for two of them to settle their 'differences of opinion in the public street, That, however, is what happened in tile busiest part of llidgway Street yesterday , afternoon. Tho cause of. the disagreement could not be gathered by bystanders owing to their ignorance of tho Chinese language, but. there was no doubt about the' earnestness of the two Celes- 1 tial ladies, when, after tho freo exchange of what appeared to be compliments of the "left-handed" variety, they engaged in active "tooth and nail" warfare. It was a willing "go" while it lasted, but a Chinaman interfered, and sent the more' aggressive of the .combatants about her business, but she got. in a shrill last word as she strode olf ivith tremendous dig-, nity. A meeting of the Wellington branch of the Sports Protection league was held yesterday afternoon, the object of it being to cow-ider whether any action should bo taken by the league in the municipal election campaign. A proposal was submitted that a meeting of. sports bodies bo called, at which a number of questions could bo prepared, and that these questions should afterwards be submitted to candidates for tho Mayoralty and the council in order to ascertain their opinions on tho points submitted. The meeting was of opinion, howover, that there were no burning 'fiiestions aft'ectiug sports now beforo the souncil, ami it was decided to take no iction nt present, llut the secretary was instructed to watch tho platform ullcrmces of candidates, and to call a meeting if Hie branch if the interests of any •port appeared to be .seriously threatened. Detective-Sergeant M'lnvcnev and Detective Dempsi.y yesterday arrested a ivomnn on a wnrmnl issued in New .South Wales. The charge against Die prisoner is that on or about December 12, 1912, at Sydney, she fraudulently converled to her Jivn. use property, valued at ,C 57 Its., ind owned by fieo. (roUlsniiil, nf which die was Mm fcullce. Ail escort will bo sent rom Sydney to take the prisoner back to ;lia.t rjty,

i- The much-discussed "Kelburne acre" c ho hoard of at the meeting of illo City. Council on Thursday evening, ' when tho -Mayor (Jlr. 1). Jl'Laren) will bring up his motion on tin! .subject which t was ruled out of order at lust meeting. □ In ell'ect tho motion proposes that resoluc lions passed b.v tho council on March li. Will, bo altered to provide that, in lieu of granting a lease to the Kelburne Bowle ing Club ofoua aero of the Town, Belt adt lacent to Kelburne I'nrk, the area shall ■{ l>o granted to the residents of Kelburne as n public bowling green and croquet L lawn. ® The City Council have acquired, or conc traded to acquire, nil the land in Willis i, Street required for tho purpjse of widen- . ing (lie street u|> to thinners .Street corner, U with tho exception of the property owned and occupied by Mr. Walter Smart, pawn- * broker. The premises purchased by the t council aro tho.-e now occupied by Sir, J?. 3 -f. W. Fear, sowing machine and cycle im- / Porter, and Jlr. J-]. Arnold, basket-maker. the owner of the freehold, Which has a fi'ontage of 45 f cc fc was Mr. It, L. Levin, at lending'. The price paid to liirn has 0 not bean divulged. Tho couucil had pre- } vionsly arranged terms with the owners „ ot the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel and the j vacant land adjoining, but .they have not been successful.up to the present in com--2 ing to terms with Mr. Smart. ' ' General Godley received a telegram yes- - terday from Lieutenant-Colonel Kichard--2 son as follows:-;' West Coast troops left l' ejg\it o'clock, and .arrived ■, i. lra ,( a twenty-three miles' march), ■ lording rivers, after seven hours'niarchj. All present quite happy," An inquest regarding tho death of p thoinas Collins, who died at the hosV, 1 ,. ,S U Sunday, will be conducted bv Dr. at Arthur, at tho Jkgistratc's Court tomorrow at 9. a.m. On a recent evening Messrs. Cudby, • Bridger, and Co., of Railway Avenue, Lower Hutt, had their plate-glass windows cracked by bullets from a pea rifle, .the windows, which cost .£ls each,-will hare to be replaced. Tho police have the ! matter in hand.' A big blaze was visible last evening " somewhere on the hills at the'back of ' Karon. A busli' fire at Makara was re- . ported. ' • ■ , . Detecti .'e Cameron, and Kawle yesterday arrested a young man on a charge of stealing ,£2 Gs., the property of his employer, Henry Dodsou, on March 2. -Tho ; accused man will appear iu Court to--1 day. There ai'3 ; eighteen candidates sitting i at tlr? half-yearly examination for 6iirl veyors licenses, which is. at prescnt.bel ing conducted in the Dominion Museum. . Jho examination will conclude on Salur- ' day next,. and tho results will be an- >. nounced probably at tho end of' next ■ .week., | On more than one occasion tile contents ■ of the iron tanks in which the rubbish is i collected from tho Clyde Quay School : grounds have caught on fire. As the tank ; is quite near to houses in Roxburgh' street, it has been decided by tho com- ; mittee that no further risk shall bo taken, and that a small furnace be erect-. ; e<l within the school grounds, in which the rubbish shall be burnt daily. The Wellington Harbour Board has received the following tenders for the hoop, steel, and studs contract, 19)3:—A. K. Hislop, J3187 18s. 9d., accepted; Briscoe and Co., Ltd., 17(1 15s. 5d.; .Tno. Duthioand Co., Ltd;, .£3484 3s. 3d.; E. W. Mills aiid C0.,-Ltd., vC3537 7s. 6d„ declined. The -well-known ketch Huon Belle, owned by Messrs/J. J. Craig, Ltd., of Auckland, met witlil a mishap at Hook's Bay, Waiheke, early on ; Saturday morning. .The Huon Belle, which is engaged in the shingle trade, was at anchor, when she was driven ashore by tho strong, nor'westerly wind which was blowing at the time. Owin'' to her anchors dragging, tlio vessel was driven hard cm to the beach. A heavy sea was breaking over her. Tho mainsail and jib were carried away, while her ucckhotiso fillings were smashed, and tho interior floode<l. Tho crew succcoded "hedging". tho ketch off the beach on Sunday morning, and a messago was sent to Auckland for assistance, 'l'ho Auckland Harbour .Board's tug To Awliiita was dispatch™, amd the. Huon Bello was towed to Auckland. The cre\v stood by the veswl throughout:.Saturday ftiul Sunday. Their Quarters were flooded, and they . lost,all their effects. Tlieugh not .in any actual danger, their experience was au unenviable one. The hull of the vessel does not nppsar to have sustained much dantage. The new Public Service regulations are published in, a Gazette suppltlnent issued last evening. , , I'or n:nrly a fortnight tho Hon. 'W. l'raser and his party travelled over tiie dusty and somewhat uneven roads of the nortli, and the settlors had agreed that tlio Minister was seeing the roads in their best summer condition; "You ought to go over them in winter," was a trequent remark passed by the residents when roads were being discussed. Un Saturday morning, however, when a heavy drizzling rain,had b:-en falling for some hours, the party had an "opportunity of forming a tairly good'idea of what the unmetalled roads of the north-are hke in the winter months. Paparoa wa« lett bj; brake at 8 a.m., and bv this time the ram had turned tho thick dust into a layer of sticky mud. A three-horse team was quite incapable of dragging the brake and its load through tho mud, and the party of four liad to walk up the steepest of the lulls through» the thick mud. ..At Ma ingaturoto -a fresh team was requisitioned, and tho remainder of the journey to the ICaiv.aka railway station was accomplished at little more than a walking pace. Thiji-sampling of the _ roadless" north was au unpleasant bdt instinctive experienct; So far Miramar has not evinced any particular excitement respecting the approaching elections. Mr. Hector, M'Leod, the sitting-Mayor, will not be a candidate for the oflico this year. The!only defintte nominee so far is Mr. Fred townsend (of Townsend and Paul), who was Mavor oi Miramar for severnl years, preceding tlio regime of Mr. Charles' Crawford! rressure, however, is being brought to" bear Norris Bell (deputy-iuayor at present), but V:o far he has not consented to become a candidate. Tho Wellington Harbour Board's list of contractors for annual supplies and services for the year emling March 31, r?, r ,® as follow . etc.,. E. U. Mills and Co., Ltd.; ship chandlery, Hut-cheson, Wilson and Co.; oil anil colournieu's stores, Smith and Smith, Ltd.; timber, C. and A. Odlin Timber and Hardware- Co., Ltd.; glass, Smith and .Smith, Ltd.; gashtters' work, A. and T. Burt, Ltd.; removal 1 of rubbish, ]). Andrews, 175 Tory Street; coal'(A schedule). Blackball Coal Co., Md.; (B and C' schedule), New Zealand v State Coal Mines,(I) schedule), ]). Andrews, 175 Tory Street; office stationary, Coiills, Culling and Co., Ltd.; manufactured stationery, C. M. Banks, Ltd.; letterpress printing, Empire Boxmakiiig Co., Ltd.; lithographic: printing,- "New Zealand Times" Co.; Ltd.

THE "TRIUMPH" STILL'ON TOP. Tho Christchuroli-Kpikoiirc-aud-back record still stands to tho credit - of Mr G. B. Brown and his full roadster "Tril umph," and tho nciv record, mado last Thursday has been buried almost as soon as it was born under tho crushing weight of two hours and twenty-one • minutes Tho principal features of Mr.G, fl" Brown's great ride 01 i Saturday have been given full publicity. Oil Bth February ho rodo alone.' Some capital was mado out of the fact that'oil a previous occasion he was accompanied by another rider, and, though the precedent' thus set 'aas been followed in .tho. subsequent attempts upon, the record liy riders of ma. chines other -than tho 1 "Triumph," jfr. Brown decided to demonstrate lije faith in "Triutopli" reliability by. ridiitg alone. Ho rode the same full roadster threespeed "Triumph" as he rode when he established the record,on January 17. The only difference in the conditions was that ho Knew the road. It must be remembered that this Christehurch'Kaikoura ride was suggested by "Triumph" competitors' presumably as a cours> on which (heir machines had a better chanco against tho "Triumph" than any other. The eourso evidently does suit their machine—when their machine is going well—but it quito as evidently suits the "Triumph" just as well, anil ft deal better. So (lie result, of this little sportin<! controvert has been to establif'i tho "Triumph" as I he best, "cross-country" motor-cycle, as well as the best sneed machine, the hpst machine i'or reliability, and the best for hill-climbing. Tho latest "Triumphs" are now to hand; priocs: fixed engine, .£7O; free engine. ,£SO; three-speed. ,£Sf 10s. Adams, Limited.', Chnstchnrcli. Branches. Y\ ansanni, Palmer-iton North. Agent*. Sutherland and linnliine. Wellington, and Tourist Motw Cu„ Hustings.— Advt. 1

Tho Public Trust Commission has been granted an extension of time until April 31. ' The heaps ot embers which strewed the, flat roof of tlie new post office block at Auckland showed how heavy was the bombardment it was subjected to from Kndcaii's buildings in Saturday's firo (writes our correspondent). Fortunately ■ tho post officio root is coveied with a firo resistant material (reinforced malthoid), or tho result might have been serious, not merely to the edifice itsdf, but to tile U'averley Hotel block, which is on (he other side. As it was, the roof of the hotel, which is of corrugated iron, did take fire in more than one place, but Mr. Sloan, tho manager, with his assistants, was able to extinguish the outbreak, the post office interposing a substantial barrier betvran thorn and the actual fire. The way in which tho post' office roof Iwre tho brunt of the fire sjicaks Well for the flat method of construction when the surface is suitably protected. The superiority of this style of roof cj offering loss held for a fire and affording a standpoint from which to fight an adjacent conflagration, has long been recognised in the United Slates, where flat reinforced and protected roofs are more lightly rated by the insm-anco companies .than the ordinary form of v 'roofs covered with iron,-etc. In addition to the amounts published yesterday morning as having been received by the treasurer for the carnival funds, some other payments have been made to him of upwards of a hundred pounds in all. The gross receipts of the Bowling Association's pairs tourney. ,£lB 10s., havo been handed over without any deduction for expenses, and tho secretary, Mr. M'Bain, has paid in J?B7'received for art union tickets. There aro -now only t.bout twenty books of - a|'t union tickets to be accounted for, which cannot realise more than .610 if they are all sold. .Other moneys are expected from the boxing tourney, tho tennis tournament, and .the motor cycle races at Trenthani. , A meeting of the executive of tho-Wel-jlington branch of the Royal Life Saving Club was held last evening. A letter was received from Mr. William Henry, the general secretary of the Hoyal Life Saving Society, stating that lie had received through Keutcr's .Agency the sum of <£'s{f 10s., which amount, lie stated, he had spent in connection with Mr. Champion's visit. Another letter was received from Mr. .Ellison, .Inspector of Police, acknowledging receipt of the society's letter, and stating that-the police have been gi'anted eavo, the classes c/Diiducted by the Royal Life Saving Society. northern settler roads are the chief consideration and over-ride in importance all Dominion political news (writes the Northern. Wairoa correspondent Of the Auckland "Herald"). The tot of many in tho back-blocks is somewhat pitiful, and it is not surprising that occasionally rcadless farmers jibe at 1 statutory law. Ojjo settler at the Karakn has positively refused to pay county rates ii" -it f 'has a decent outlet, and he and ;l the. Hobsoii Council have agreed to fight matters out jn tho legal arena, whilst ' another landowner in the Mititai district a inn /m • ' :0 ? ra^cs amounting lo ~-0 till satisfaction ro roads is fcrthcoinJ 1,1 " at the rate of pi ogress being made the Hobson Council is fast ameliorating the disadvantages of those distantly, located from the main metalled highways, and in the course of 'a few yea v s their well-foimed roads will connect with those of Otttmatea and Whangarei and materially spifed the prosperity of North Auckland. j