LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1747, 12 May 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

flic steamer Victoria, with an Australian mail 011 board, did not roach Auckland in time to connect with tlio Main Trunk express train, and consequently her mail will not reach Wellington until to-morrow afternoon. The vessel has no Knirlish mail on. board, this having reached Wellington oil Saturday last. On .Saturday night, inclement though the weather was, the parcels branch of 'tlio Wellington Post Office tripped from tho old Drillshed in M'aginnity Street to the basement of tlio new General Post Office. This means that every department of the Post Office in which the public is directly concerned, is now located under the. rcof of tho big stone building in Featherston Street. Four prisoners will come up for sentence before his Honour tho Chief Justice (Sir Bobert Stout) in the Supreme Court this morning. Their names are:— Glyii Tvor Hazcll, breaking, entering, and theft-(two charges); James Miles, attempted assault on young girl; William Hunt, forging and uttering, and breaking and entering; Thomas Darroch, receiving stolen property. On Saturday morning, the Court of Appeal sittings were adjourned unlit tlio morning of -May 21. It is possible some judgments may be delivered 011 that date. Quite a wave of enthusiasm passed over the Territorial "casualty" camp at 'Tientham 011 Saturday, when, at tho suggestion of the officer in charge (Captain 11. Jr. AV. ltichardson), a big majority of tho '.'AO who had been under training volunteered to march all the way into Wellinglonattheconelusionof the camp . In full | marching order the parly made a start at 8.20 a.m. After a three hours' march, broken with but two brief spells,- the i troops were halted at Lower Hutt, where light refreshment.had been arranged for. Alter a stay of twenty minutes, tlio journey was resumed, and after a few minutes' respite at Ngahauranga, the parl.v again set off for the city, arriving at Lainbton. Station at about twenty minutes to two, having covered n distance of soiui> 21 miles in a little over five hours. Tho manifesto recently issued by the New Zealand Employers' Federation is mentioned by the Melbourne "Argus" in an editorial as: "Only one or a long series of statements proclaiming the disastrous consequences of tho endless turmoil which has characterised industrial conditions in the Dominion over since the legislative method of composing disputes was found by ,the employees to ho capable of operating against them as well as in their favour." Regarding the trouble at AVailii Hie "Argus" remarks that success against Iho violence and terrorism of the federalionisls would have been impossible had there not been in power a Ministry inflexibly resolute in protecting life and limb and property and in enforcing the law. The article goes 011 to contrast the. attitude of. (he Jl'Gowen' Ministry ill Xew South Wales with that of the New Zealand Government, to the disadvantage of the former, and concludes with tlio observation that: "The bright spot in the gloom is the fact that the Administration has announced its determination to find sonic solution of tho difficulty, and, as it has already amply demonstrated both its capacity and its sense of rcsjionsibility, and is, moreover, strongly supported by public opinion, 'tho outlook cannot yet be pronounced hopeless." During tho recent gale the motor lnuneh Xonii, ovjned. by Messrs, J. A. AYcstwood ami W. A. Smith, dragged ,its moorings and foundered at Lyall Bay. Since then parts of the boat have been washed ashore near the fishermen's huts 011 the eastern side of the bay. Several trop!:ie« won by tlio owners were lost in tho launch, and are not likely to be recovered now that it is clear that she is broken up. The Game Committee of the Olngo Aceliuialisnl inn Society Ims decided to accept a lender for the shooting of .100 head of deer lir-tuecii Tininrn and the J.'iligle. and has furl her recommended tho council to agree to Ihe shooting of ."00 head in the Hunter district, ihe local committee In make arrangements to supervise Ihe localities where iho culling is to he done. The tenderer is to be allowed 2s. -3d, tier head for his culling operations. '

Councillor A, 11. Ilindmarsli has given notice of his intention to move at the next meeting of the City Council: "That a committee of five councillors be sot up (a) To report to tho council (he reasons of the Town Clerk in striking off tho roll a largo number of electors who had voted at llio previous election for Mayor, and qualified lo vote at the last election; (b) Generally, lo report on the stato of the roll used at the last election; and (c) The conduct of the election; (d) To report 011 the system of the compilation of I lie roll and to make suggestions generally on electoral matters dealing with the election of Mayor and city councillors, and the taking of a poll on the half-holiday question." aro ma "-Y branches of tho Detective Office of which the public hoars nothing, savo by accident or when an in\V has a grim and sordid end. Ono of (lie most interesting of thesa works is that touching "mk-ing friends." A man, or more often a woman, leaves her home. ™io stems lo d;s-ipale into lliiii air, lor noue of those who were her friends i ; <em able to aid in the search. Yet sooner or later the missing person is found, as a complete description is available usually, aiul goes to each station in (lie coun■<V)' Ai present (says the C'hrUtchnrch J re>( ) the local detectives have two cases in hand, one, that of a girl who has merely "gone, away," and tho other a more Serious problem of the "gone mi.-s----">R an unfortunate Englishmanooineirlicrp between twentv and thirty years M' aKC) v ,- 0 u educated, but not trained.to learn, he came here a fortnight "fit • at liis lodgings, ciotliiiig and papers, and as he was" sup-Pi-ii j-' )0 s '. lnr .t of cash and dispirited at llio lime, it is feared he may have made away with himself. It says the "O(ago Daily ' "ues, that several prominent members of the Otago Harbour Board intend to give consideration to a proposal lo impose a harbour improvement rate over the harbour district of Otago for tho purpose of deepening the channel and making Otago a first-class port. It is contended that this course would be more equitable than to increase tho diies either on ships or goods. The harbour district over which such a rate would be levied is defined under the Act. It comprises the city of Duncdin and St. Kilda; the boroughs of Pott Chalmers and West Harbour, Maori Hill, Roslyn, and Mornington; the counties of Taieri and Waikouaiti, and that portion of tlio Wailiemo Coimt.y not included in the Oainaru Harbour District; the Bay Town District, and the Peninsula, Tomaliaw.k, l'ortobello, and Ohikou Road Districts: and the counties of Bruce, Tuapeka, Maniototo, and Cliitha. The matter will no doubt bo placed fully before (he Harbour Board at ■an early dale. There is a great need in (lie land (says the Christchurch "Evening News"). Members of deputations who wait upon Ministers of tlio Crown require lessons in common-sense. For the past few days the Minister for Railways lias been collecting the wants of Canterbury in railway mailers. He seem-s to have been asked to provide nineteen lamps (kerosene) for different stations; he has received about fifty-three requests for faster trains: he has 1 been asked to have something like 193 obstructive trees removed; lie has been remiired to prodnco seventyfour sidings (or thereabouts); and tho troods sheds cannot be numbered. Impassively the Minister has endured the bombardment of requests and promised faithfully to have his officers present reports. Mr. Herries was in good form 011 Thursday night when talking to the members of the Christchurch Women's Branch of llio Political Reform Lrtugue, says the Christchurch "Evening Xews." "AsMmisler for liailways," he told his audience, I"I cannot open letter or telegram without getting an indignant message froiji someono who has missed a train because ho thinks tho train has left beforo its time. Or someone has lost his luggage, and he telegraphs instanter: 'My portmanteau lost. Jf you don't find it I will never vote for the party again.'" But the real puzzlers aro the people who want (lie speed of express trains accelerated, and those who want the same trains to <sto» at every station and yet complete the whole journey in the same time that they did it when they did not stop at every small station with a big name. Then, to compensate (110 Minister and cheer him up affer his attempts to grapple with these intricate problem';, there come the communications from the unattached, selfappointed experts who attempt to illuminate him 011 every matter connected with the running of the railways. No wonder that Mr. Herries is looking forward to a little respite when the new general manager arrives.

Senior cadets in (his district are, say." the "Danuevirke Evening News," to be given the opportunity by the Government of viewing at a reasonable cost' H.SLS. New Zealand when she returns (o Wellington in Juno next.' The cadets will lip taken to Wellington free of ccst, but will have to pay their own oxpsnsrs neecssitaled by staying in AYollington fcr one night. There seems to be a fatality in the way of our present Sovereign seeing the Grand National as King (says an English exchange). This year ho had to nbandon his projected visit to Knowsley owing to the sad death of the King of Greece. Last year lie had to give it up on account of the miners' strike, and in 1011 the Court was in mourning. - We can only hope that he may be more fortunate next year. The annual general meeting of the Wellington Garrison Officers' Club is to take place this evening. The annual report stales 'hat during the past year interesting lectures were delivered by Colonel E. S. Heard, Lieutenant-Colonel G. N. Johnston, Lieutenant-Colonel .T. K. Cochrane, Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Courtney, Major J. G. Hughes, and Captain E. L; Evntt. The report also states that the present membership is IG4, and the financial position of the club very satisfactory. At the Chnrch of Christ, Vivian Street, yesterday, Mr. 51. 0. Johnston, M.A., evangelist', from Ohio, delivered his first sermon since his arrival. There were good congregations nt both morning and evening services. On Wednesday evening next there will l>e a public meeting at the church to formally wolcomo Mr. and Mrs. Johnston. \