LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1959, 16 January 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The. mails.which left Auckland on December 24 per R.M.S. Makura arrived in Vancouver,, en route , to London, on January U, eight days late. "Where do you come from?" askea a lawyer of a man who appeared as a witness in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. "From the top of the hill," was the roply. "Where?" again queried tho lawyer. '•'The top of tho hill.'. , n>. pcated this witness elearlv and'dist.itctiy. "Where's that?" persisted counsel. "Oh, well—tho Terrace Gaol," Said the witness finally. Yesterday the Wellington section of the Industrial Union or. Seamen, one ef the largest uniems, numbering about IeOO men, registered under the Arbitration Act. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) informed a reporter yesterday that- he had conferred with Councillor (Jodber, chairman of the Abattoirs Committee of tho City Council,- concerning proposals for tho inspection and distribution of milk. The committee were deliberating am! taking evidence on the question, and it was hoped that there would be a report from tho committee at the next meeting of the council. A conference of superior officers of the Now Zealand Railway Coi-ps, which is a section of the New Zealand Engineers in the Territorial Army, has been held in Wellington to discuss various matters connected with the working of the corps. The conference was sum* monec] by Colonel E. H. Hitoy. who is Director of Military Transport, as well as General Manager of Railways.

The allegations of misconduct or immo(kstr against certain bathers at Lyall j Bay are to bn inquired- into by the '.Reserves Committee of tho City Council, The secretary of the Maranni Surf and Life-Saving Club, some of whose laeinbers were accused of tite improprieties about which complaint has been' made, lias asked the Mayor to hold a public inquiry. Mr. W. H. .Morton, City Engineer, lias visited Lyall Bay to familiarise himself with conditions on tho beach, and ho will report to the council on the matter.. About nine o'clock yesterday morning a steam rolicr burst a ii.ro plug at tho corner of itawen Street am! Wellington Ten-net:', and there was at oitco a jet of water playing through thn opened pipe to a. height of upwards of 100 feet. The display was a line spectacle, and no damage was done 'by the water. The pressure- at the point was about 330 feet at the time, and the jet k«pfc on playing until the nieiii was cut oft oh boti sides of it. \ A judgmont debtor was being pounded ; with questions by a lawyer in tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, when he called a halt with'the remark: "Half a moment; I don't mvo this money." Tho debtor was in the happy position of being able to proclueo receipts. Counsel for tho creditor admitted that ho was "surprised," ami the easo was struck ] otit. ' ■ . . - ■ I

. West Coasters wlio have returned from the juiiiletr oeltfliratiuiis ro.jKiit tliat tho (jeneral (eoHiiu: on the West Coast, which was proimblv the district of the Ijominiou to snifer most merely from effects of the recent Inbeur up-heaval,'-is olio <rf comjikitc sotisfoetion with tho inivnuor in which the stfiko was Imndlcd hy the Oownunent. is elsowliere,. the fitfikfi hns ttyst.illisod public opinion on tho Const, ami the community is more, clearlv divided than over liptore intfi two enntps, tlic Socialists nnd the.others. Even tho miiurrs, it is slated, nre , disgusted with the actions of their leaders. ■ :

AiioUior sitting of the Mncjistratc's Court was held V Mr. J. S. Evans, S.M., yesterday ailcrnoon .for tho purpose ot hearing applications for laiul agwris' licenses.- ~■ llie foil-owivig were cr.iiitod licenses:—S. fi. Nathan, H. J'". M'Xcill and Co., L. H..8,. Wilson. J. Fanninjs and Co.. Thfirnson and Brown, M"...G..«Turnb«ll arid Oo.; Ltd., E. J.

BarnoH. G. R:'X., Wright, A. T. Bate, and..LongmorGjand .C 0 ..-.?: *,:■■■..

Already a good deal of Work has beort done towards making the reserve iretwoen Ohiro Road and the Breo/kltt! tram track a park worthy of the nafiic it how officially bears, "Central Park." Tho strewn at the foot of tho slope from Ohiro Itaad is to be confined in a. culvert at its lower and, and in the upper portion of the gtilly thorn will be a dam to form an ornamental sake. Tho spur on the other side of which tire Brooklyn. ifara rums is being cut away, to make a rccrcatioti gjtounu. TJio ropii will also be widened, in the demolition of the spur, and the spoil will be used <o provide a largo recreation ground. The y.oun.g trees nlanted in the park afo thriving romarkaMv well A lncmorial tablet to Archdeacon S. \\ lUiailie is to bo unveiled in the Otaki Maori Churcli on Sunday next. The service will be conducted by the Kev. \\ ilired WillianiSi M.A., assisted by tbo Key. r. lvatcno and tho local Maori clergy. Tho following is a. translation of tbo inscription on thi; tablet:—"A memorial to Samuel Williams, Areh. tioaoon. Ho was minister to the Maori tribes of this coast from tho year 1847 'Y> i°P 4 - «,o was also tbo director of tho bunding of this church. Born on .Tnnu- ■ ary 17, 1822; died en March 14, 190"." On the occasion of their annual tarnival, tiie H'orser Bey SwimmiiiT and liife-wiYing Club receives one-sixth'of jtlw iwitils made bv the Mirsmar Borough Council out of iho train service. This year the carnival is to be iwld on Anniversary Bay (January 22), and last night tlio Miramar Council iigreed to again allow tim club to share in tho profits, The Soatoun Amateur Atlilctie Otab, tt-he aro holding a spoits meetinjj on Seatoim I'ark on the 6amo day, will also receive a sixth of the tram pro-fits.

Tho new fire station wliioh is being erected tit Pork Read, Miramar, will bo finished early next week. A meeting of the Miramer Borough Council is to be hold iiext Friday eveiiing, commencing at 7.30, for tlie pur)x>so of eonnrtraig water-supply, drain* age, ajfid building by-laws, fho Se&toua Amateur Athletic Civh has been granted tho us© of Scatoua Park for Anniversary Day (January 22), for the purpose of holding a snorts meeting. The fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Lnboiir Council was hold in the Trades Hall last night, Mr. D. M'Konaio presiding. There was a. large attendance _of delegates, this being the. first meeting hold as a. purely industrial council. Many matters of importance wero discussed, , and a strong organising committee was set up to strengthen tho council. Tho now Trades Hall proposal was. doalt with, and it was shown that « strong endeavour will be made during the year to pat tho scheme into operation, The cmtiicil considered the advisability of holding a Trades and Labour Council conference in Wellington at Easter. All other coiuietls Uirqughoiit Aeiv Zealand will bo asked to eo■Operate. Delegates reported that .art union tickets were being dispowd of readily, and tlio drawing was fixed to , take place on- February "3. The matter of tho Labour Day sports, to bo held in October, was referred to tbe Marragoment Committee, with power to immediately make arrangements. It wan ntovctl that Mr. E. J. Carry be suspend* eel for 12 months for Jits action in cabling the Hen, \V. M. Huphes during the recent industrial crisis. This motion v/as defeated.

■■ During ilio hearing of <t judgment siuMinons earn against ji member of the "Smart Sot" entertainers in-the Magistrate's Court _ yesterday, it was stated that the .Clrristchur-ch season was a failnro owing to ill-hick with counterattractions, (nit n good scaraii was eSperiencecl at We-nsajyni, Regarding tire season just eonchideii ii> Weilingten, tho takings on Jloitdav night wore given as £36, %sc|a.,y Wednesday £38, The csjie'n.'jfes.(di l itjlp fo'tir nights were set out. as' £106. Tim w-o<?k'ly wages paid to the members of tin? .cdwpany fa.ngisd as follow: £12, £10, £7, £6, £8, £5 10s.', £$, mil £3 10s. In addition tho two gentlemen who ran the company drew £7 eacis per Week, Tire company loaves far Tasmania to-day. ■ "iPelorus Jack," tho iish wliieh used to meet all ships passing through the French Pass and swini round their bows, is repfji'ted to bo missiiig. Many maa- , tors of regular traders sav ilwt the iish lia-H not bb&t Been for oiguteen mottth«, and ift dome it is suggested ' that ho might have been captured by tho Norwegian whalers operating on Wie coasts at tliat time ( who would not, of course, t).O awarp ot , the interest taWi by Now i2ealaftdefs iii tho fish. Another captain, howovsr, claims to have seen Fcjfrrtts Jack as.lately as November last. Mr. J. Ball, not Mr, Bell, was tho winner of two prizes for sweet peas at St. Thomas's Flower Show. A mean trick wa.s played on a. patroa of tho bar o.f n city hotel on Wednesday. Tlie patron wa,s in the fourpeiiny division of tho hotel, when a laoonrer entered and asked te lie niadb tho.freo ■recipient of a pint of Ijcgt. Goodnaturedly the potiou was provided, and eagerly i'as it quaifed. 'Jl.ib donor went on ■contentedly draining liis glass, and when it had vanished lio rose to quit. Ho turned to where his thirsty acquaintance had been standing. Tlio ntaii was gone; so, atso s was tho donor's swag. Tiie pblke aro now, visiting certain sliops lookiiig for the swag, which is a bundle of all the owner's posses* sjons. and it is 'reckoned that the thief pfobiibly traded it off on to the secondhand dealer. During the post few weeks the police in InveronrgiU have four! Minnows complaints from bicycle-owners, who liave h»d their machines rensoved firm the streets. It. seems ihat -dwrois a systematic tfaflic going on amongst b'icyftlfc thieves. Oti Saburnay lost two Invorcargill citizens, according U a local papor, left their maehin<"s ap.ninst a street kerbiug in the * icinity vi tlse railway station, and, mi returning shortly afterwards,, found the bicjdes missing. The matter was vportod to tlio police, and the bieytles were ftund on tho banks of iho ll"tni (>«k stripped of tyres, tubes, and saddles.

"TBIUMPHS" , SCOOP THE POOL IN TfipivE BAYS' TSIALS AT CHRISTCHtFRCH. One of the strongest paints about the"Triumph" motor-cycle is tlvo consistency of its performance. Other "Ion; suite" of the "Tfiwmph" _ nre reliability and economy. Wo are in the happy petition I of being aWo to after Abundant proof of ! these, assertions, Last year whon the rc-svill-s of the North Canterbury Motor Cycling CtuVs nmnrnl reliability trials wevo worked out it *as ifeund tlwit tfco t "'Triumph" ridel's were first in the prli vate owners' class, first in ihe trade cksS. firrt in tho poi.ro! cwisiimpiio»' test, ami first in tho teunw' competition, sweep- ! ing- the beard. In this year's trials, run on January Ist, 2nd, ivntl 3rf, over a 4&Smile route, inelmling the steep hill at Oliiiin's Bay, anil the Big-wig, with tho roads in bad condition, thoro was a fie'd of iwenty-soven riders, nml all the l«ndin.fi niftkos of iiioior-cyelo Tfero represent. Oil There wore iio fewer than nine of iiiose liiS t\vin*ylimlcr machinee. Wβ ihiivo bowl told rewhtty that thofo twtna are miijht.v oconointol on petrel, but, on tiii's occasion, the "Triwndi , - upheld tho huiiiJ'ir of the sinpe-cyliiwlo.r bngade hjr Etttinff lowest pctwl cousmnptioß. YVni m this time flterc was an official test ■for- iiet.ro) consumption. Tho result beard tubs as follows;— Private OivncM , Class— V Cowhmnn, "T««i»n1)," 1; H. l'earcp, •■Triumph," 2. Trade Class-F, Hfttt-orth, "Triumph." 1; G- B. Brown. "Trinitiph," 2; J. H. Mifhn*! "Trimnph. 3. Teams' ■Pompetilion—P. Bnworth-, G. B. Brown, ami J. H. Michae-1. "TriuiW)**,': 1. Pelre! Consiiniptiwi-r. ■nawrth, Triumph," 1. ]t ia niiHfcessary to point the. moral or adorn the Vale. There is a bifr ship, snent of the latest "Ti'iumfilis" arrivinc .ehortlv, ami intending purchasers *ill ix> well ail-vised t.c bcok their owlers early. Adams, Ltd., ffish Street, Christchweh; Depots At Palmefstoii North nnd Waiijtanui, »ilsn tourist Motor Co,, Hastines; and Sutherland and Esnkinc. Mercer 'St., Wellißßton.-Advt.