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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Who ever looks over these agreements thoroughly? • Wo all ought to; but none of us do, or very few of us. It may bo very wrong, but that is the fact."—Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, on the subject of the habit of signing documents without carefully perusing them'.

Begging alms is not. infrequently indulged in in Wellington latoly. A young man who wanted something for nothing got a surprise on Wednesday night. Ho took up his stand in Tory Street, and asked a passer-by for a penny. The pedestrian did not accede to the request, and passed on, with the beggar following, and asking again and again for a penny. Deciding, finally, to take tho refusal, the beggar swore vigorously at tho man, and was turning to go away when the pedestrian swung round, caught the beggar, and walked him off to tho nearest police station. Tho beggar had begged from a policeman 111 plain clothos. In the Court yesterday morning the pennycollector was convicted and ordered to appear for sentence when called on.

A city councillor, speaking in favour of a minimum of Sunday work, was saying at last night's meeting of the council that he believed that that view was supported in tho Gospels. Another councillor: "Perhaps it was St. Luke's Gospel." The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke): "I think it was."

Tho statements made in Parliament that tho official visitors to tho mental hospitals adviso tho authorities beforehand of tho times of their visits is denied by Sirs. A. It. Schoch, official visitor to the, Porirua Mental Hospital. Mrs. Schoch writes; —"I challengo that man to prove that I have over given notico of tlio day or dato of my visits to Porirua Mental Hospital, and I havo been official visitor to that hospital for twelve years. Tho hospitals are informed of the day the newly-un-pointed, highly-paid commissioners will arrive, and they arc away again before the staff, attendants or patients havo time to lay any grievanco (if they havo any) before them.. In my own case I go through every part of tho hospital, both male and female quarters. It is. a pity a few of theso bragging members of Parliament do not visit the different institutions, and find out for themselves before tliev make misstatements. They would then hear and sen ffi'c good work done by official visitors (both men and women) throughout Now Zealand."

Tho City Council has decided to experiment in running Sunday morning ears through tho Hataitai tunnel. Tho service is io be between Hataitai and Conrtenav Place, such service to be a twenty-minutes' one, commencing at B.M a.m. and finishing at 1 p.m., at a minimum faro of 3d. for adults and Id. for children. Pedestrian traffic through tliA tunnel after 8.25 ji.m. on Sundays will be strictly prohibited. ' The tramway waiting room opposite tho General Post Office is to be altered to provide greater facilities for tho public and for the tramway department ■

Attention was drawn by Councillor Fletcher at last night's mooting of tho City Council to the time wasted at tho fortnightly meetings. "Wo como hero night after night," ho said, "and 6it for thrco or four hours discussing the most trivial matters." As. an instanco lie road ono recommendation of the Reserves and Public Gardens Committee on which tho council was asked to vote, which was as follows: —"That tho City Engineer bo instructed to placo shingle on tho two paths at Kelburno Park." Councillor Frost (chairman of tho committee) agreed that such a trivial matter should not havo been included in tho report,

In order to make provision for future car-shed accommodation, the piece of land in Adelaide Road previously occupied by the old horse tramway system is to be permanently reserved.

The J.tuapolm, which arrived from London direct yesterday, brought 264 passengers, 220 of tho total being accommodated m the third-class section. Of those travelling in this class 94 were assisted immigrants, and consisted of 14 domestic servants, 14 farm labourers, 22 wives and 44 children. Tho total included GO women and children classed as "separated relatives", (being nominated by relatives already in tho Dominion). Tho domestic servants mentioned wero sent out through the! agency of tho Higli Commissioners office.

Tho member for Auckland East (Mr. A. 51. Myers) yesterda.v presented to the House of Representatives a petition from numerous billiard saloon keepers throughout tho Dominion, Tho petitioners object to the proposal to amend tho Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, vesting the control of the saloons in city and borough councils. The petitioners claim that their property and living will bo imperilled if thia amend-i ment to tho law is earned out.

A radio telegraph office lias been opened at the Chatham Islands. Tho hours of attendance are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to midnight; Sundays and holidays inclusive. The charges to or from Now Zealand are sixpence per word.

The new theatre to be erected on the corner of Exhibition and Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne,. by "The Firm," is to bo known as the J. 0> Williamson Momorial Theatre. It will accommodate. J-500 people, and will be built on the intimate plan, and will in tho main be devoted to comedy. An interesting point in connection with' the <new theatre is that one of the city's early playhouses, Coppin's old "Iron Pot" Theatre, stood on the identical site. Tho estimated cost of the now theatre is £40,'000. Mr! Win. Pitt is the architect.

Councillor Atkinson has given notice to move, at tho noxt' meeting of the City Council, for the rescission of tho resolution by which tho council agreed to grant to the Wellington Tennis Association a leaso of two acres of the Town Belt by Pirie Street.

A demand for a publio inquiry, into tho circumstances contained in tho report of tram conductor No. 281 on June 6 having been made by Emilo C. Ludwig ( it was stated at last night's meeting of tho City Council that the report hod been dealt with by the Tramway Board, who had' held that the conductor was correct, and the Mayor added that he had received several letters from Mr. Ludwig, the language of each being stronger than the last.' ,

Now that the winter ig over, the number of unemployed in Ohristchurch has considerably decreased'. A few, however, are (states the "Press") still calling at the Labour Bureau for work, and yesterday twelve were dispatched to the Bealoy Flat railway construction works.

The Otago Acclimatisation Society .is not in a flourishing ..condition, i ,At 'a special meeting of the council held on Monday night to go into the matter, of the reorganisation of the society, and the best means to adopt to effect economy in tho management, it was' decided to close tho hatchery at Opolio, which costs over £400 a year to conduct, and to confine, the operations of the society to the hatchery at Clinton.

Epidemic: No fresh cases are reported ill Auckland or suburbs or in tlio country districts. Tho number of cases now under treatment at tlie Point Chevalier Isolation Hospital is seventeen.

Present indications point to the possibility of tho Midland railway being open for traffic to a point two miles beyond Klondyko, and about five miles from Bealey Flat on or about the first of next month. A southern exchange says it is not expected that the sow portion of ilie line will be taken over by the Railways Department for some time afterwards, as tho Public Works Department does not wish to be hampered in- its arrangements for tho conveyance of ballast over this portion of the lino. .. Passengers and . goods traffic over tho line from the Cass to the new temporary terminus will be controlled by trie Public-,Works Department.

Mr. S. Hurst Seager, of Olmstchurch, tho nssossor of the designs received for tho proposed Town Hall for Dunedin, has selected four designs but of the 29 received from all over New \ Zealand, and also from Australia. _ It is now left to these four to engage in a, final competition, which will close about the midr die of December next.- The \ "Press" states that Mr. Seager was pleased with tho general standard of the designs, r.lthougli there was not one that ho was prepared to recommend to the-, city Council without some slight modifications. '

Very good progress, taking into 'account the number of men employed, continues, according to the Dunedin "Star," to be made with the extension of . the railway Jino from Lawrence to Beaumont. Several truckloads of rails liavo come to hand lately, and a gang of men is employed in getting the roadway in readiness for tho laying of the rails. By the end of the -year the formation 'of the lino should 1 be well-nigh completed to the Beaumont.

Tho death occurred at Cambridge a few days sgo of Mr. Arthur Leedon, formerly of tho accountants' branch of tho General Post Office, Wellington. Tho interment will take place at Mosgiel, Otago, Mr. Leedon's former home, Mr. Leedon and Mrs. Leedon, senr., are at present in Wellington,

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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1859, 19 September 1913, Page 6

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1859, 19 September 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1859, 19 September 1913, Page 6

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