LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1739, 2 May 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ciiblfl advice bus been received l>y llio profiil milhorilies, staling Unit the It.M.S. A>■ i'illlit< nailed from San Francisco yesterday for Wellington and Sydney. She hint mi beard -(lIS bags of mails for Ne.w Xi'iilnilil, uml 18 Ijags mails for Australia, uml i;i dim ill, this purl on May 22. 'I'll" Mayor-elect Olr. J. J.'. Lnko) yesterday Ilin following message to Mr. .1. • )_. W. Aitkf.i, president of tho 'I roller Wellington Municipal Association : "I'lcuso accept for yourself and for tho liiomhi-ivi of your association my heartiest I li;inkj. for flic assistance rendered /luring my election as Mayor." There will he no lack of. legal knowledge in (lie new (lily Council. Of .the nine lawyer candidates who went to the poll, Jivo were returned—Messrs. A. J!. Atkinson, T. 0. A. Hislop, A. H. Hindmarsh, H. Buddie, and M. I''. Luckie. Those rejected were Messrs. W. Perry, T. Ncave, If. B. AY r: liiams, and C. AY. Tanner.

•jiving evidence before the' ITu(t. Road Commission yesterday, Mr. AV. ll.'Morton (city engineer) expressed the opinion that, residents in districts surrounding the city not. only tried to attract motor-car traffic, but tried to attract it ittto particular streets. Mr. A. W. Blair, who was examining the witness, expressed some doubt as to the accuracy of the statement, and asked whether the motor hurdles e.stal)lished by the I'etone Borough Council did not indicate a different spirit. "No, sir," said Mr. Morton, laughing. "They want lo keep them there longer." Of the, .tvelvo candidates put. forward as n "ticket" by tho Greater Wellington Municipal Association, eleven wcro elected. Tho defeated candidate was Mr. Thomas Neave"Just as a matter of curiosity, what on earth did you construct, thai cycle track lor?" was a question addressed by Mr. T. M. Wilford to Mr. F. C- AViddiip, District. Railways Engineer! Nt the Butt Jioad Commission yesterday. "ft Was included in the original plans," replied Mr. AViddup. "A r es," said Mr. Wilford, "but who originated this brilliant scheme of waste, anvway?" "I should say the local bodies, said Sir. Widdup. "If you look up Hansard I think you will find it so stated-" "1 know it has been said that the local bodies originated the idea," remarked Mr. Wilford, "but I have addressed a circular to the local bodies, and they all gay no— that they did not originate, the iden." ") know nothing about that," said Mr. Widdup.

Old, old trouble: Prom many places in New Zealand complaints ore heard from time to lime about; that old shortage of railway trucks. Wellington is in u similar position in this respect, and as a. consequenco several colliers have been delayed at this pprt. Inquiries made yesterday elicited the information that since Saturday last nearly 7000 tons of coal for discharge into trucks has arrived by colliers at Wellington. Out of that quantity only 1000 tons has been delivered. At present 6000 tons are awaiting discharge. With nil these steamers delayed here, there is said to bo a, possibility of tho mines on the West Coast • having to bo closed pro tem— that is, if conditions do not improve. As an instance of how tho shortage of trucks is alfecling the colliers jf. is slated that tho big steamer Wairuna arrived at Wellington on Saturday last ivitlv -JOOO tons of coal, lip till yesterday she had only discharged JB3 (wis for four working days. : Regulations are gazclled prescribing the powers of investment of the connniltecs of estates of mentally" defective persons. A resolution favourable to tho Bible-in-Schjools propaganda was passed at tho annual meeting of St. Peter's parishioners on Wednesday evening. The vital statistics for Wanganui for April were:—Births, 3S (previous Api?l 44); marriages, It (12); deaths, 22 (31). ■ The matriculation examination is ono of the subjects that is to bo discusscd—freely discussed, tho convenors hojic— at tho annual meting of the Univorsity Reform Association to bo held this sveniug. It is hoped that those interested in primary and secondary education, who havo objections to the methods employed in the conduct of this educational test will attondi and giro wing to their ideas fully and freely. Tile public aro invited to attend. Tho Registrar of Industrial Unions notifies in the "Gazette" that ho will cancel the registration of the Wellington Shipwrights' Society Industrial Union of Workmen, six weeks from date unless in the meantime cause is shown to tiie traryNotice of cancellation of the registration of the Otago Trades and Labour Industrial Association of Workmen is printed in (ho current "Gazelle." Reeulntioiio -ire gazetted regarding (ho purchase of the fre-simplo of lauds comprise! in renewable lpasos of settlement, land. Tho regulations are made under authority of Part; IV nf'tlio Laud Laws Amendment Act, ltll'2. Arrivals in the Dominion during March numbered 4661, as against 3365 in tho cor-i responding month of ]!)12, while departures numbered IGS3, as against 1G72 in March, 11)12. Prohibition by the roslmnster-Gcncral of postal and money-order correspondence for W. V. Wliilta, Christchurch,. is revoked by a. notico in tho current "Gazette." CAR ECONOMY AND TIII3 BAYARD. A keen demand has arisen in ; lalo years for n light, moderately-priced i economical small car. Such jv ear fills tho requirements of tho commercial traveller or of tho motorist who, owning a big j,j en * sure car, roquires a small, reliable, ehenn" ■ running car as a town runabout. Tho 8 I" | h.p. Clement Boyard is tho car that fill, 1 the bill- Its pneo is .£295, inclusivo of 1 hood, wind shield, and fivo lamps It ■ seals three persons. Its weight is Howl : and its nominal h.n. 12, practically ' a ' i hundredweight to tho horso-nowcr. j| s ( petrol consumption is ono gallon to 40 miles: lubricating oil, ono gallon to 500 i miles. Tyres to last 10,000, cosl .£l7 o s for four covers Speed, 40 miles per hour i on the flat. Hill-climbing ability; car can climb tho Paokakariki llill on the second gear at 15 miles an hour. It is built by 1 A. Clement, Paris, tho celebrated French automobile engineer, and its running ex- , prnsL-s. including allowanco for dcprccin- 1 tion, do not exceed ,E52 per annum. II can ! be had finished in eillier green, dark blue, j or French grey, and wo can give delivery 1 in live minutes. Adams Limited, Agents for (.'lenient Hnyaid cars, Garage. Tuani SI reel. Olirislchm-eh. Depots at Wanga- ' nui and Palmer-lon Xorth. Agent?, Tour- ( ist Motor Co., Hastings.Adrt, i

A feature of the Defeneo Amendment Ai l. 1912, wfiN a. provision Hint persons lel'iisiiiK to carry «>m their obligations anil«T Hi" Ad might be detained in mililnry eiihlody lor ii period not exceeding twenty-eight days, ins-tend of being caminilleil In e.ivil detention. Kegulations piCMiribing Hie forms ol' warrant to he used in enforcing (hi* provision are pnl>. lisnrd in this work k dnzctlo. Two i'onne of warrant, are supplied, one to he nseii iu i coiniiiilmcnt to military custody in Hie liiM iu>liiui e, onil another to lie 'used when a pej'Min convicted has ascaped from o" hns tailed le reluru to, military ensIcdy. Aunlhr-r form supplied is tfiat or a:i .'illnelimcnl order lo he used in making weekly levies upon the wages er salaries .of llei.-.e who have l;;en lined fur contraveul.io'i ,of I he Defence Act.

'•'lie eily engineer (Mr. W. H. Morion) slated in evidence before the Hull, l?oaij { ssjc>ij yi'slonhiy th;it, nintor-('<ii> even when I ravelling al high speed did less damage lo a road-surface than horso' drawn lorries. liarlier in llio day a omtrary nniniou bud been expressed' liv llr. !''• C U'iddup. District Jtuilways Engineer. This was mentioned to Mr. jforloii, but lie said l.liut his experience was otherwise.

' I know one gentleman, living outside the city, who sent his motor-car awav Inr reiuiirs whilo the tally was being taken, ' said Mr. \V. 11. Morton at the Jliitt I!oad Commission yesterday, "jf you knew much about care, you would know Hint; repairs cost, a good deal more I lian contributions to road-maintenance," relorli'd Mr. 'I'. ,\|. Will'ord. "Were the repairs satisfactory''" asked another lawyer, addressing Mr. Wjlford. "1 don't. ji\e outside Hie city," said Mr. Will'ord Jii dignified Innes.

'J'he conned ion between the Hospital and Charitable Aid lionrd and. the City Council, the principal contributory body, will ho mueli less close in the immediate future, than in (lie past. On the new Hospital Hoard there is not a single ineniber of tlm City Council, whereas last year no fewer tlinn eight, city councillors had seats on both bodies.

An. addition/ -to tho regulations under the ,State (.luaranteed Advances Act, 1909, printed in. the current Gazette, is a table showing l.'ho instalments of repayment in Hie ease of a loan raised for 3(M years at ■Ii per cent.