LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1764, 31 May 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho postal authorities advise that tho s'.s. Tahiti, which sailed from San Francisco on May 28 for Wellington, has on board mails from America and tho United Kingdom, and is duo in "Wellington. Juno 19. Tho s.s. Mnheno, which sailed from Sydney on May 28 for Auckland, has on board Australian and American mails, also mails from United Kingdom via Suez. Tho- Wellington portion is duo on Monday next.

Indications point to a. big influx of immigrants into Now Zealand during tho coming fortnight. By the l'aparon, which ni'j'ivos from London via Cape T<ln - n and Ilpbart to-day, about three hundred newcomers are landing who intend making Now Zealand their home. Of this number 10U are? assisted by the Government:. 'J'liero are 2i domestic servants, 11 farmers, and IS women (with 50 children). Fourteen of tho women are coming out to rejoin their husbands. The number of assisted immigrants by tho Corinthic, duo to arrive hero on Juno 10, is 2G2. They aro comprised as follow: Fifty-two farm labourers and 7. r > domestics, alfd families on board .total 13G.

Tho annual meeting of the Wellington Diocesan Synod has been set down to open on July 1. The liishop of Wellington (l)r. iSproll) will deliver his nddrrss in St. Paul's Schoolroom at 3 p.m. on tho opening day, and thcro will bo tho usual evensong servieo at 8 o'clock that ovening in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral. Holy Communion will bo celcbratO'l in St. Pauls at 8.110 a.m., and tlio Synod breakfast will be field at tho Hotel Cecil at 9.30 a.nr.

When the Hon. 11. D. lioll announced some tinio ago that ho had decided to enter into an arrangement with the Girls Friendly Society, in connection with the provision of hostel accommodation for immigrant girls arriving at the principal ports in tho Dominion, somo protests wy-ro raised. An influential deputation which waited upon the Minister at Wellington urged that tho Young Women's Christian Association should also bo subsidised by the Governniirat. and its hostels used for tho reception of immigrant girls. Iho Minister has decided io accede to this request, but has not yet completed a detailed arrangement with tho two societies.

U is understood that those members of the Wuilara Harbour Hoard who have challenged the validity of tho appointment to Hint foody of Mr. W. T. .fonmngs rest tlioir ease iipon an alligation that at the time of his appointment he did not possess tho necessary qualification ol being an elector entitled to cscrcise his vote in the harbour district.'

Comincrcinl Travellers ran bo accommodated with Sample Rooms on niiplyiiiß to Messrs. Muni, Colt roll ami Co. Ltd., Forwarding Agents. The Hooms arts situated 011 the top Hut of Nathan s Buildings, opp. the G.1'.0. Light is a special feature in those rooms, besides which they nro fitted with cas fires, telephone, lavatorios, etc. Call and inspect.—Auvt,

Details of tho Church 6eryioos for tomorrow will be found advertised on page 2 of this issue.

In connection with tho salvage operations with respect to tho stranded liner Indrabarah, tho tug Terawhiti left port last evening with more salvage gear. Tho tug took up a six-toil anchor, and she is to wait until next week's spring tides, when a fresh attempt will bo uiado to tow the Indrabarah off.

The time lor filling; claims (or loss of life, injury, and loss of properly against the Oceanic Steamship Company, Limited, as a result of the sinking of tho Titanic, closed in New York at 10.30 o'clock oil April 15, just one year since the big steamer went down with 1500 people aboard. Judgo llolt granted an extension of thirty days to Henry Escher to file seven claims on b?half of Swedish claimants, and also granted Millard Brougham olio week in which to iile fifty claims. The total amount of claims is about .£240,000. The first lot of narcis*si from the Lower llutt to be sold at auction this season was handled by Messrs. Geo. Thomas and Co. yesterday. There were 3!) dozen stalks, and tile price realised was Is. 4d. to Is. sd. per dozen stalks. Gas heating appliances have just been installed in St. Peter's, Willis Street, by the Wellington Gas Company. In tho past the cold has Ixon felt very severely in tho church. Tho Government is ordering 810 of tho medals which it is proposed to present to members of tho ship's company of tho battle-cruiser New K.aland. The warship carried all told a crew of 803 (52 officers mid 751 men). On King's Birthday the Postal Department will bo closed in all its branches. Mails by steamers sailing on the King's Birthday will close at 8 p.m. on Monday, Jiinfe 2. The only dispatches by train on King's Birthday will be for the Wairarapa, Manawatu, Wanganui, and Taraliaki districts, closing at G. 30 a.m.; also Hawke's Hay and Auckland, closing at 7.15 a.m. There will be no day clearance at the city and suburban receivers, but the night clearance will be made as usual. Tlii.to will be no deliveries by lettercarriers, but on tho previous evening there will bo a delivery over tho counter atHlio Chief Post Office between 8.30 and 9.30 p.m., for all classes of correspondence addressed to the post office; and ■ in the lotler-carricrs' room (Feathcrston Street entry), between 8.30 and 9.30 p.m., for all classes of correspondence winch is (delivered by letter-carrier. On Monday the parcels delivery counter will be open from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m.

The ancient words port and starboard were from April 15 banished from tlio American Navy. Coming down, from ancient sailormen, and rich in the associations of song and story, they must yield to the common sense of this practical age. They are (says tho "Now York Times") not modern. Their usefulness is past. They do not fit the ship in tluse days of electric steering gear. Plain and clear as their meaning lias been to the helmsmen of the past, they are now regarded as confusing, and 1:1 the crucial hour of battle might b? the straw's weight that would cost victory and so perhaps change the whole course of history.' That is the .view of those who conduct tnc.navnl administration of the Government. "Starboard" and "port" are hereafter to be simply "right" and "left," and the words apply to the helm and not to'tiie rudder or the ship's head. Thus the man at the helm ivill have only the words' of tho officer's command to hear and obey. Tho matter has been the subject of prolonged study by tile General Board. On the liixil vote eight membc-rs of the General Board voted to do away with the old words, and 0110 voted that they should be retained.

As was stated a few weeks ago there is dissatisfaction among some members of the City Council as to the method by which the standing committors were appointed, although the method was the regular one, and quite in order. At Thursday's meeting Councillor Tregear moved that resolutions setting up all tho committees bo rescinded, but the discussion was not concluded when the' council resolved to adjourn. In the course of the debate, however, Councillor Fletcher mado an interesting announcement. Ho is not nominally a, .member,, of ~the . present Finance Committee, but he claims that ho has a right to sit on that committee, and he announced that he will attend at next meeting. Four years ago. the present Mavor, then Councillor Luke, moved that all'chairmen of standing committees sit as members of the Finance Committee, and the motion was carried. Councillor Fletcher is now chairman of the Markets Committee, a standing committee, and he claims that under the resolution lie is a member of the Finance Committee. ■ It inav bo mentioned that he did not exercise'the right, which lie now claims, last vear when he was chairman of tlio Markets Committee, and also that when the resolution was pas.-od by the council there was no municipal fish market and no Markets Committee. The Greater Wellington Municipal Electors insert an advertisement in this issue calling a general meeting of its members for Mondav evening in the Town Hall for the purpose of discussing tlio question of the universal payable tram fare. This is tlio first of a series of debates to bo held during tlio winter. Messrs. H. G. Hill and H. N. H'Leod will support the affirmative, whilst Messrs. J. S. Barton and W. Appleton will talco the negative. After the opening When speakers have placed their views before the members, (hero will l>o a general discussion. Mr. Hill will have the right of reply and in all cases speakers will be strictly bound by the timelimit. Mr. ,T. G. W. Aitken is expected to talco the chair. All electors (ladies and gentlemen) who may wish to liecomo members are invited' to bo present.

A total of 87 onirics lins (says our Masterton correspondent) been received for the North Islmul championship collie doer events to be deckled at Masterton next week. and 03 entries linvo come in for tlio Masterton Collie Club trials. At the weekly practice of tho Welling(ou Choral Society last evening, Mr. 14. T Cnldow, addressing tlio members, said that' ho desired to refer to a rumour which had been circulated with regard to Mr. Christian Hellemana, the. ooniluctor of the society. An impression had got about, that Mr. IMlemann contemplated resigning his appointment and returning to Australia, 'lliis, ho siud, was ■not true, and ho desired to give tho widest publicity to this contradiction. <Ap\l'ity Council advise that during the winter months, commencing from Julio 1. fhe special tramenrs timed to leave Brooklyn at 8.57 a.m., and Island Bay at 8.55 a.m., on Sundays, will bo discoiilinucd.

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