LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1906, 14 November 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities > advise- that tho s.s. Mal-i-eno, which sailed from Sydjiey for Auckland On November 12, has on board an Australian ui-ai?; also an English mail via Supa. The Wellington portion is duo to arrive per Slain Trunk express (4.12 p.m.) on. Monday next.

Tho following prisoners will come up for sentence before His Honour the Chief Jiastice (Sir Eo-be-rt Stout) to* morrow:—'Walter James Hauler, rape; Marc Muraahi, perjury; George Smith, theft from a dwelling; George Sim-son, Albert Bales, and Stanley M'Ctlio, forgery and uttering; and Henry Francis Carlton M'Gitl, theft.

A return furnished on the: motion of Mr. G. W. Russell Was laid on the table of the House- of Kepreseirtativog yestor., day by tho Minister of Finance, show* iiig the amounts of the £.1,859,000 loan issued in April, 1910, and tho £5,000,000 loan issued in November, 1910, that had been converted into inscribed stock. Tho re-torn set forth that of the smaller loan £.1,612,600 had been converted, and of the five million loan £1,857,400. There is therefore £237,400 worth of debentures current of the smaller loan, duo on April 1, 1915, and of the five million loan' £3,142,600 worth of debentures due oil December 31, 1914.

Tlio Public Service Tenders. Board, has accepted tenders as follows:—For 500 reels of cream laid paper. Brown and Stewart,'Auckland, 23d. per lb., less 2$ per rent.; cartage from Fairlie to the Hermitage, v the Mount Cook Motor Company, £7 10s. per ton. .

Owing to the uncertainty of transport and the disruption oceasioMed by tbc strike, Messrs. J. and N. Tait have cancelled the North 'Island tour of the Clara Butt Ce-ucert Company. Members of tho company will arrive fr-ttm the. south this morning, and will leave for Sydney by the Wiilocura this evening. It was resolved at last evening's meeting of the City Council 'hat the practice of making a charge of 3d. on ears after 10 p.m. on Sundays be discontinued, and time- ordinary fares be charged .on all Sunday esrs after morning specials. A suggestion by Councillor .J. Fuller, supported by' Councillor H. Fletcher, that, ears be run half an hoar later on'Sutidav ewniims was wetsomed by the Mayor, and will bo considered by the Tramways Board. 'Permission lias been ijruued by the City Council to the Wellington Zoologiefll'Socictv to take up »■ collection at a band perl'onnawu at Newtown Park oil Sunday next,

During the quarter ended September 30, 6SBI' births and 2702 Were recorded in New Zealand, and 00(37 persons arrived i nth© Dominion, aft against 5576 departures. The gross increase in the population of New.' Zealand during tlw quarter was 10,028, and tho net increase 775 X (3750 males, and 8992 females). The total estimated population of New Zealand (including Maoris and the population of Cook and other Pacific Islands attacked to' the Dominion) is set out in the Gazette as 1,136,911,

The motor bus in daily uso oii the streets of TimarU is still proving highly satisfactory, During tho six weeks it has been running tt has car--36,939 passengers, and has earned £228 10s. sd, Three more buses are «o\v on order.

Two of the men in the mounted eamp at Hie Auckland Domain were to bo married yesterday, and received leave of absence for tho day for the purpose, resuming their duties to-day. At a mooting of tlio Citizens'' Defence Committee this fact was mentioned, and it was decided to present each maw with asilver tea and coffee service as a, wed-, ding gift. Likewise- a member of the company of foot specials., now accommodated on Queen's Wharf, who is to be married to-day was to receive a similar presentation, which would be made by the Mayor.

The fallowing are the number of births and deaths recorded in tho four centres during the month of October, with the per eentago of deaths per 100(3 of population (given in' .parentheses') :— Aucklaud, 215 births, 62 deaths (0.71); Wellington, 142 births, 83 deaths (0.8S); Christcnurcli, 141 births, 72 deaths (1.04); Bunedin, 137 births, S3 deaths (0.90).

It lias beep, decided by. the City Council that in addition to the usual license fee paid by a taxi-cab driver, each applicant Shall, before tho issue sf his licoii.se, pay to the council for the right to uso tile telephones provided at the stands such amount a.s is fixed 'by the council at the contniencement _ of each financial year. This decision frill bo_ referred to the city solicitor to draft into by-law form.

No forecast can yet be given of the dutfc on which the Auckland city train- • way services' will be resumed (states the ''Herald"). Fresh supplies fof fuel have not yet been obtained and only Suf.Boie.iit. -power is being generated to light the power station and the depots, in which ail the rolling -stock is housed. Means' of communication with the suburbs have been provided by private enterprise, motor liuses and v&hicles having been commissioned... The services are irregular and Infrequent, and the majority of the people have to walk between their homes and the city.

Tlio Boys'' Institute pageant ansj bftssnar committee has been informed that the City Gpiii'vfH cannot see its way to make any alteration in the rental of the -Town. Ball for its recent bazaar; However, under the Special circumstances «urouhding .their -engagement, a donation of £20 has been granted to the eeir.mitteG'.

The City Engineer has been authorised to procure and ereot a drinking fouiitam at Courtoiiay Plftee as soon as possible. Sugar-is now-being brought across Auckland Harbour ill considerable quantities from the Colonial Sugar Conipany's stores at Chelsea. Alteiidy between -400 and 500 tons on Wednesday had been discharged on the Queen's Wharf and this supply hoca been distributed by rail through the Waik.ato, King Country, and North pf Auckland districts. A- small quantity had also been -brought into the city, -hot the: do l rnand for fresh supplies Was light, probably because nearly :cve'ry llpusbhpld store was replenished when the beginning of tho'strilm threatened' a famine in this commodity.

Applicants for the erection of a lamp at Karaka AWntiCrott'Tiuakori I?oad, have been informed that the cftunoil has no power to pay for the ■.erection of a lamp, as the avenue is private pro.perty, but -that if' the residents paid £10 15s. for tho cost of erection and £70 for lighting the lamp in perpetuity the corporation will proceed with tho work.

Summary justice Was handed out to ■a young man. wlio, wMio cycling down Syinands. Street, Auckland,'on Tuesday, ■Palled out an offensive name to the members' of a squad of mounted special ■constables. One ,of tlio latter turned,, ■and an exciting chaso ensued., When tlit horseman ranged alongside- tlio cyclist he bent dowh> caught the cyclist by the coat collar., lifted 'Iritt offi his ma&hiive, and drop.pfed him Oft to tho roq.dwa,v..

The need of a direct road from Rosplie'at'h Hataitai was stressed at tho City Council last wight, when. a deputation., eonsisting of Messrs. R. Taylor, T. W., Ward, .A, 'Shaker,, and J. ii.asvnder, attend.ed irojn the itoseand Oriental Bay Municipal Msociation regarding cross toads in tho Rosonoatli district. Mr. Taylor, who acted as spokesmau, said that there ivas urgent iiced for the oxteiisioii, _a.s .Ros'erieath Torraee- ended iii a wire fence., and tradesmen bad to go round'thrcequarters of a mile to get to rlataitai, Tho Hataitai Syndipato 1 had dcctiitetl to do anything, hut offers of land necessary* for the road bad be.e'n made, lie Mayor (Mr. J. P. Like) said, that tbtj matter Would ba referred to tlio 'Outlying. Districts ■Committee, who would visit the site., and if anything could bo ■done tlw council would do it.

Tho final mooting of the Biitt jalloy' Carnival Committee was hold in iM Mayor's roofli, .Peton.e, last «rerjing< there was a full attendance, and' tile Mayor (Mr. J. : W.. Sl'lSwftii) presided, Tho bahmee-shoo't -showed the .receipts of tlio Labour Bay Carnival to be.fi.l'yl ss. 9d., and the expenditure £149 6s. Bd., leaving a credit baiaiice. of £22 6s,' Id, It was resolved to grant the sum of £10 ss. to the secretary (Mr. A. S'kiimor) for his efforts in organising tho carnivil. A permanent poinni'ittee Was appointod, consfetiiis of the Mayor and Messrs. Mothes, Warnes, Cumitfe., and Kowlaftd to carry on uceossMy work, and to call a ptrblic meeting two iiMinths' prior tn next LaboHr Day, The iubiloo of the "Now Zealand Herald?' Auckland's morning newspaper, was celebrated yesterday,, says a Pi-ess' Association telegram, W i c ,.P l '?- prictors (leoliiring a bonus tor all their employees. Uy notice in the Gazette the ttiatara feard is declared t« bo absolutely protected throughout tiro .Dominion. Acclimatisation Sflciolips throughout New Zealand which are empowered to issue licenses for tho taking' of trpUt, jjercli, aiid tench will bo Mtewated Lit the following mow rcpilntwns publish.ed in the current week's Gazette;—'"(l) Acnltjiiatisation societies shall only issue licenses at places within • the boundaries of their own ai'striot, and no society sh'nll canvass *>r s«k to iiiditco any person outside its district to take a license from it, (2) Any scpioty committing a breach of the above rogulation is liable to a fine net escopding £60."

I3y notice in tho Gazette-the (loverBor' declares the Auckland Industrial, Agricultural, and Mining Exhibition to bo opened on December 1 to bo an industrial exhibition in aceoftlaiifte with Section 46 of tho Patents, Designs, and Trade Murks Act, Ml. Mr. George Rvssellj proprietor of "Palmers''' {necottpa'ined by his daughter, Miss Doris Russell) las returned ■from his trip to England. It is now Mr ._ Russell's intention to enlarge- his tasiness jSreinisos on Lambtoti Quay. Messrs, T. Cook and Son, next to G.P.Q., Wellington, liiira an announcement in (his issue which should bo of interest to New ftealai-idcr? who intend to tear the Continent in Jlafcli ami Afli-ll of Mil "It.is Nature's soup," siws Prof. Kirk ffidi.iibursrli) of Sl'Clinfijn's soap. Ctvuntoss of Carriek says: '''M'C-ti&teß'S is 'btsmt'l-ful,"-Mr.t.