LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■IJfAmoi'igsfliiicfcongraUilatory telegrams received on his^('lev'iiti'o'n , ''lo'itbe:>*l , 'ri'vy* Council Wiis.oiie'frum' : tl i ie"l , reniwr,6ffNon , '.So'.ith' . Wales :-r v'Neiv./Soutlr'.Walos'.Jliiiiste's ■'GUV'r v ymi*toiisi : atnhitioii36i;levati(!My.to I'rivyiS'Couiuni.—tloiitiaM,*? Premier.!: ■!iHr.-i'j".i'-l';'''-Lukc. (Jl.iyor/tif-sWellirißton) ■'ti'leKraphed. as: follows: .'/Distinguished honour conferred on yon"is well merited. 'CitiKt'iis-'ofiV'Wellington .■■■•. congratulate you."-' '• To' this. telegram.-jMr: Jlassey : senfc--tho. foUowiii'K reply ::-!'l' f^ire.to ■ thanicAdii'aiid"'the, , ,citizens- of-Melling-. ton for .tlio'kind. 1 congratulatiousfconvcve'd -. in: -your -.telegram iyosterday, on th« lii'-b'honour-conferred upon ma by His- Majesty;-the-King. ■«; I reKiird -tlie cqu-illy ior. iSew. ■Xefllaiid.'iis' forinyaelf.': I- cordiall.T,Avish. the couneit- and ~tiip citizons (jvqry. pro.-i----pority'dHriifg.-t!io.'.N'e.tf Year-' .',-?-■'.*■■'-■ f-f'OJi*-.aridvaflok/to-morrotf «';?»* t,lft fM-rv-.sfcimors for Lyttelton ■ will leavo at. 8, .Of 8.30/' .wiljeh has; boon their. Railing hour from Una port'during -tho> holidays: ■.<- .:. "'"' [ "Passenger -acconiiiu'odation'on. the ferry stoa'-ners:tioiind-soiiHi':on..'l , hursda.V and Friday -'~ particularly lieavv.'S , . ; Besides'%£t!io" -■ordinary;: tra flic the'rp' will' bcVin'SalliaboutMOOO-^lcm-■torials>bound^R.putli'.:6n.tthe--tffoJ"niehts in question.ft At' present iho.Uni'on.Com-pany-iis'- dqiiie;;i ; its' bc-st -.to , - arrange for tho-.eo!iveyauc j e|pf^the.; : Terntoriais to their homcs..3jf,'k'Ss'»" vS: !i-."i , -: -^*' : ' -

:: " ;v llad .tbirt'ceir'-men-'not been released from-tho-Terrace Gaol yesterday siftor-nooii,;.there-.v.-ould have been a reeortl number-of prisoners in the institution. At°. present, there arc two hundred aiirl ifivoiprisoucrs-in-tliegaol, a»d for a while' yesterday : ' there were two hun-drediand-'oi-ibleen, yhkh number, (it.is said) constituted a : record. ' '■ : --X. : '. - The New. Theatre, in Manners Street, the first continuous picture-house to bo established successfully in New Zealand, ■is'- to .be. 'closed ■■' after.Saturday ■ nest, pending extenaiye ajteratioiss.or rebuilding/.."•'■ ■/'?;*■ ■ K, :'■/■";■'";'"" ' ? -'' ■"'■■'•'■'?'•■ ■': ■ '■■" ■"■ Thomas'-Barker, organiser'** for ,, the I.AY.W.'i'.was still in; gaol yesterday, but if is probable that "lie , will be released 'in , tho cour»o of a few days.' It will be remembered that on December 5 he consented -to': he. bound oi'er to keep tho peace- in , '-connection with a speech ho bad made iiv the presence of &■ number of Wellington waterside workers on October' 29 '■■■ The Sureties bo was required to find'-totalled. £1500,' and as he did not immediately;.find tho : mon<>y he was placed in gaol. \.-]t is understood that arrangements have now been made in Auckland whereby tlio amount of bail required will bo forthcoming.

■■.■Thirteen, of the s.s. OpaWa's seainon, who wore six weeks ago committed for trial oh-a charge of refusing duty oil the higlr seas, and- who were committed to the Wellington Prison until such time as they could find their bail money, were released yesterday afternoon "at. four o'clock. When they first appeared in Court hail was fixed at £10 per man, but yostafjtlay Mr. J. S. Evans, S.Jl.'i reduced the bail to &>■ The bail money, amounting »» a 'l to £G5, was lodged in the Court by the Seamou's Union.

■ Although the Hutt Road _is ; eow Cjuite clear, all tho earth which came down iii tho big slips at NgabaiiraHga duriiiT the winter lifts not yet been removed. Up till the present tlie spoil has been carried to the reclamation nt Tliorndon, but now it is being used in connection with the railway, lino im* provemciits between .Lower Huti; and Milling stations. A special meeting of the .Tramways Comrnitteo of the City Council will bo called this week to consider Certain itenis in tho proposed new agreement with the tramway -employcse; The ehairiv.aii of-Hid Tramways •■Board-(JJr. W. H. Jlorton) has been negotiating with tho Tramways Union concerning their proposals, but certain matters contained therein Mr. Jlorton preferred to '.V' serve i'or the consideration of the committee snd tho council. Tho recommendations of tho Tramway Board on these points ivili be available to the committee. ■ ; '

The outward railway traffic from Wellington is h-eav.v at present, presumably because numbers of. people on holiday are returning to their homos. Tho inward traffic is normal. At Auckland the outward traffic is_ exceptionally heavy, and a number of coaches have been sent'tip fioni here to cope with it. A special train with racehorses on board, arrived from Auddatid yesterday afternoon. Two specials will leavo Auckland at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday to bins down the 1700 visiting Territorials now at the tournament. = ■. . ■

The probablo date of tiic holding of iho next Citizens'. Carnival is approßtliiiiE, and a, incctins of tho committee of citizens is to ha held on January 12 to discuss the general lines of the programme for the, next festival. Committees will tlien bo set up to carry otit arrangements' for the carnival of 1014.

" According to tim" secretary of tiio local Hotel-Workers' Union (Mr. K. J. Carey), the two hours' reduction (f)oni 58 to 56'hobre) of tiie working week for women in hotels, which was (irovidwl for last session by section 11 of the Shops and Oilices Ainendnient Act, has not as yet been given effect to in some of tho iwtels. Mr. C'are.V yesterday forwarded ,i letter to tho Department pointing the matter out. It is hoped by the union that the new provision will ho enforced at once. ■ ,

Detective Abbot arrested a man yesterday on a charge- of failing to maintain his children. '■' ■

■ At Auckland a sraman named James Kynoch, aged 39, met with a peculiar .acridcut Tiisi week, states an excbaiige. Ho was wiiiking along Queen's Wharf when by some means he foil over the Mile, a distance of 12 feel. As lm dropped into a small open boat thai, was moored alongside, ho sustained injuries to his heart, and when assistance arrived he was found to be unconscious. The man Was taken to the Ijospjt'il, but did not regain consciousness till a day or two inter.' :

Two young 115PH and a Ijo.v, about 15 years of age, had a niinwv oscaiio Iron , . (H'owninu on Friday afternoon last, re* ports th'o AVailittt« "AriJus, at tile Hamiit-nn J-akc. Tho three had liccn swimming for sonic eonsiilcnibw tune, ami prior to the aecident vrei'o ltaviHß sonic fnn on an itplmvnccl boat, when it would seeiri that one of Mm joviiig men became cxlmusl<".l. ■ His coni" pfiaion and tho. lad made an heroic :i*ttmiit to keep him up, but nntoftunateIv tlio three wort soon in OiflieUltieS. tries for' help «:«ro quickly I'esjroiUW:! i<i, them'being several wpcrt swimmers who went to tho ■■ assistance, of tho drowning "men and brought them ashore. Tho boy came out of the tryhif' experiment.'very little tho worse, more frii'hteucd than hurt, hit tho two iiVp'n were quite hclpbss and ono of tlwui did not eoiiio round for some considerable time. ■ What is feared fo bo a fresh outbreak of the. smallpox npideinic is reported from Mio (m Atteuleiid district), states tho. "Gislmriio Iniite, where four very suspicious cases arc uiidi-r observation. Tho j:<tso»s affrcto'l arc Maoris* anil prceiuvtiorrarj' nioas'ntos liro.bpiiiß tnkoii to prevent tho (iisease from spreading.

The usual fnpptihft of the Court Ejjuni I , A O.U.'i was held in fit. AnßHstitie'e Hall, lVtdhe,. his* evenins, l!», .low» fit, A.I.V, jjfeßidints ovoi' a a/rnA atlWiuiiiieo. ,■ Oho member was repotted oil tlir> siel; fund. Tho instiillntion of.Riti. Untton as A.D.8.. was ultonded to, autl the , lodi'o decided to attend a meeting of the lfnvol Arch Chapter, Lower Hull, on. February 7. It was iutimatcil that next lodao' ni'iht Would be "pouim tiicht". wlmmi a"R.A. collar and dinloina will.bo presentpd to Hro. Uiehardson. tl)o" nest jittini; of'.tho ; Baiikru&tcy Court'is fixed..for, 1 Oa'.iii.-. on March 2.