LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1927, 9 December 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Councillor M. M. F. Luekie lias given notice of his intention to move at next meeting of the _ City Council for a return showing tile number of of ciicli committee licit! .since, tlio beginning of the present year, and iiio attendance thereat of all members; further, that a similar return bo furnished to the last meeting of ths council in each financial year covering all committor meting* during the financial year.

Messrs. Klrkcaldio and Stains, Ltd., completed oO years in business yesterday. Last night - (says our Napier correspondent) Mr. C. .F, Smith, manager of the local branch, met the staff and informed them that Mr. Jclm Kirkealdie desired to giro them an extra week's pay in recognition of the ju'oiico and a momcnto of tho occasion, accompanied with _ every sentiment of good will and kindly interest. Tho employees subsequently sent a telegrain of congratulation to Sir. Kii'kealdie.

Notice of the following motion lias been given by Councillor Mislop"That a committee, to be chosen by tho council, be .set up to inquire into the whole question of corporation leaseholds, and to report to the council on the best, method of leading, and of fixing rentals, so as to avoid the present unsatisfactory position." Iho "tired feeling" of a certain mail carrier 011 tho northern section of tho railway between Aramolio ami Waitotnra led to the partial destruction of a bag of mail matter on Wednesday last, says the Wangamii "Chronicle.'' The duty of tho carrier, it appears, i.s to put the mail bags 011 the travelling postal van attached to tho express, but Wednesday morning, as the van passed bim with the door invitingly open, he made .'a rdiot'of throwing tho bag through the door, instead of walking a down yards or so down the lino and delivering "iiie bag in the proper manner when the train had pulled up. An ; apparent, miscalculation in the judging : of the distance and the speed at which the train was travelling caused tho bag to hit tho back part of the van. It fell under tho wheel of the next ear, and acted a kind of brake until the train was brought to a standstill. The bag, of course, was burst open .and papers, letters, and parcels strewn along the line. Several packages, including a. pair of boots and what looked like Christmas presents, wore irrevocably destroyed. The train was backed, and the mutilated bag, with its equally mutilated contents, was released and handed to the mailman 011 tho vrniii. Tho official report of tho ninth con•erctico of tho Now Zealand Comities Association, held in Wellincton in August last, was issued yesterday. A break in tho Wainc.i water- 'main I'juised a small flood 011 the l'otono side of the Pipe liridse 011 Sunday morning, and for some time UlO paddocks abutting tho road were under water. Yesterday morning a Bang of men went I out from town to repair tho main, and j tho City Engineer also paid a visit to tho locality.

An extraordinary discovery was roeetitiy made at the Bendigo sllbTreasnrv by a locksmith who had been engaged tn repair 'ho lock of the front dsiivr, which, when opened, (its into a rercs.-; in iho wall. Over thirty documents ■were found lieliiml tile door, including cheques anil bills, many of them dating hack eleven years. Some ■if Iho cheques were for rout due to Iho (Jovernment, ami oUser." were for work ilone for churches, It is thought that the documents had hcen slipped snider the door hy messenger hoys, and had been force:! out of sight when the door was opened. The public have hcen notified not to place any more. cniiiiiiunii-ntions under the door, but to us.o the letter-box ahvaya-