LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The mails which left Auckland on January 17, per R.M.S. Niagara, ar-rived-iii Vancouver, en route to London, oil February 3. A .slight earth tremor was felt m Wellington at about 12.5 p.m. yo«tor<fey. The, siioak was very noticeable iu tlo Town Hall nnd other buildings founded «n reelaimed laud, bttt was hardly heavy enough to enable one to venture a guess, at its direction, "Do you believe in t&e deportation of extremist Labour leaders?" was a question jrat to JJj\ W> A, Hdlmiii, iLeedor of the. labour Governmentof New South Wales, when in WoM.kgtoiv on Wednesday, "Well," said Mr. Eoiin.au, -iyifch a &mile s "I know that I w«ild like to deport a fetf of them front' New South Wales, There are- some, wild spirits who do more harm than good, and if they were- out of tho way it would be so much tho better for tlio part^.- , , Tho chargoa of immadosi behaviour against certain bathers' at' LynH .Bay beach were, finally dealt with l>y the City Council last night. Tho Bath's n.iid Reserves Committed .presented, tho following report, which was adopted:— "Tjie committee have to report that they haveconducted art. inquiry, as .requested by tho Mflrajmi Surf and liifo Savins Club, and tho lloyal I'ife Saving Soeietv, into the statements, made by a newspaper correspondent as ve tlie conduct of certain bathers at Lynlt Bay an January 8. After hearing evidence and obtaining reports, the committee could Hot find anything to justify tho statcmenta pubjislied.. Jt was proved that tho Maraniii Smf Club was not in tho slightest de§ree conccrqecl jt» the eomplaiit't. The ooiniuitteo havfi also lo rejKirt that they hai'o issued iustruitions to have eopiv? of the luthinst by-law posted iji tho bathing sheds fbotli [kiblre and -Surf Club), aiitl in all prouiinent pliices on the beach st Lyall Bay." Amended regulations providing for' the admission to the Dominion of bonafido ract-ehttiits nad tourfcts, iuchidflig Chinoso who cnitiiot comply with the provisions of the iiniiligratiou Rcfitrietion Act, ■ wore gazetted last night. By obtaining n certificate in the .prescribed ferro, such niercliants and tourists may obtain permission to ritfiiaiu hi v New Kealii.iul for a period net exceeding six. ■months. A deposit, of £10 must be made, the amount being returned on departure from tho Dominion. It is also provided that any prohibited immißrajit •of Chinese arriving at a. .\ T «w ZoaUutJ port en route to soijic place beyond New koalaiid lttay be'p.ermittcd tb land for a pqriod .not exefroditts twenty-one days, provided that a bottd, with security iatisfaotofy to tbo Col'leefcor of Customs, is given. Such bond shall be in tho followhig amountsi—(a) In the cast of Chinese, £400. (i>.) In the case of all other prohibited persons, £ 100. . Sir. G. JR.. Sykes, SH'., has received tt .cDiuiMUiication from tlio Hon. ( W. Si-aser, Minister of Public Works,.stating that he would .complete lire tour of tlio East Coast backtyacks in coiiuection with the proposed light line railsvay: scheme, about the ewl of Jlarch or ucShininf; of April. The Minister will I.e accompanied by tlio niember for J«sterton, the of the Public Works Dcpnttme.rt (3lr. R. W. Hobies) and possibly the Prime Minister. . A proposal by CounetHor Fuller to extend the twelve-ride tram tickets for] IS. to fourteen was before the- Crty Council last nfaht, hut it was not ■ iirowl. Tito Trafflways Coniim'tteff wefe of opinion that tho financial..petition would not justify- tho eenoession asksdj (or. 'I'lie Cit.\\ Council last evening; granted thc'iiiointrers of its staff to l.ohl their iiunnnl picnic ow Fiktay, l'eb-. nirtry 20. Kirkoaltlie's yrcat eumnier very .special offering of hemstitchet! ombmider«l bedspreads for rioulsle Himls, nt os. in tlio £ tiff usual prices. l : :,»(- pl.ff "Is. to T7s. Cd. each; uow 17s. Gd. to'sls. Gd. each.—iVdvt.
Lite •conferenco of chief inspectors of ■ schools which opened in Wellington yesterday represciUs a new departure. arising largely out of <h© report, ef tliti Education CetniiiiUeo presented \o the House of lUprescntatim lust year. Yesterday morning tlio thirteen chief inspectors uHcutfing the conference (one from cash education district) were welcomed by the Hon. J as. A 1 lon .(Minister tif Kdncatioil), who delivered a brief speech, During tiro forenoon the chief inspectors conferred with tlie medical inspectors of schools who had . themselves held a conference 011 tlio previous day. Ono important question w'liiph tlio chief inspectors have before them is that of tlio certificates granted to teachers in the various districts, The. aim is to got all certificates standardised. At : present some difficulty is experienced iii .providing a career for toacters owing, to tlio fiict that to an extent different standards obtain in different districts, Several suggestions have been made with a view to remedying tlio dillkuky —one that liilileatioii Boards sJiouhl ho ■abolished and a system of 'Centralised control adopted, and another that- certificates gnnted to teachers in .the various districts should be standardised i?iat a certificate granted in <mo district ivould have an equal value in another district. The proceedings of the conference are private. It will be coii'tiiiucd to-day. The City Council last. flight refusea. to adopt a suggestion tliat tram conduetors lie supplied with ti.nio-tables for sale on the ears, The. Tramways Committee considered that the duties ef conductors should be restricted to the collection of fates and other matters in connection with traffic. Councillor Thompson suggested Hint card timetables for separate routes be issued free. They would, bo a great convenience, ho the sight, and might lead to people acquiring the tram Jtabit instead of walking wlion no tar was in sight. The full time-tablo could still be printed and sold at one penny. A letter from Mr, W. H. Morton (chairman of the Tramways Hoard), which was before tlio City Council last evening, supplied t.lie following information on the subject q{ tramway advertising total contracts now made by McssjS. Chandler and Go. with advertisers amount to £6122 spread over q> tlsntt of flvo years. In addition to tills there will be receipts from irrei gular dashboard advertising apart from contracts under seal, probably amouftt- ' ins to about £350 per annum, or a total for tlio five years o.f £17.60. This will secure a total gross incomo for the five years of £767", giving an averago not revenue to the corporation of nearly £1200 per 'annum. Tho total amount guaranteed by 'Mesas, Chandler and Co. for the fjve years' term of their contract mounts to £11100, and as, there is . a Considerable amount of spate yet to bo filled up, there is every indication that the contractors will fulfil their contract." The City Council lost night accepted the tenders of Messrs. Ji Lean and (iray for the building $f beds for the new turbines, aud el' Mr> J. Priddey for building in new boilers, both works at the electric lighting station, lenders for the supply oT tlireo motor buses, to' bo Used as feeders for tho trams, were opened,. but consideration of 'them was hold over until next Keeling. \ The following privileges are to be accorded to the Citi?!>ns'' Carnival Committee by tho City Council;—(l) t!sp of Newtown I'ark: (2) use «f ; Town Hall for boxing tournament; (3) lighting .requirements ; ,('l) advertising on tram cars j (5) illuminated tram ear. During an interesting and frequently amusing account'of his experiences in Mew Zealand., delivered at tlio Chapter House, St. l'-tnl's Cathedral, Melbourne, last week, Bishop Sadlicr referred to U'W question'of Prohibition. He -s&iti, "I do not believe iti local Prohibition. From experieiioe, 1 am coliviuCed that it is a bad tiling. Upon the question' of National Prolti'b.ition I have not j-ei' made tip my mind. Before lamin .! favour of it, I want- to see' soniq moral probability 'of its success. -Alrisady I .know of a few things tlvat would inter* 'est tl.i.e police. Yet, with all my heart and soul, I want to see the drink evil' stamtJod .out." The biennial conference of the members of the Pharmacy Board of New ■Zealand will be held in Auckland next week, commencing on Wednesday. The board consists of ten members, four of whom are residents of Wellington (tho iseadjiuai'tci's' of the board), tho others representing the other chief centres. The conference will discuss several iects tonneetcd with the. functions of the board, which has control of the examination of chemists and various other matters connected with the pharmaceutical profession. The conference • will be presided over by Mr. F. Castle, of Wellington, president of the board. Tile Auckland members of tlie board are Messrs. W. 11. Woollanis. and D. Teed. The City Council will nicet at 4 p..m'. to-day to consider the Mayor's motion that tho resolution previously passed giving permission to tlie Hoy a! Artillery Band to charge lor admission to tho Athfctid Park for their concert on Sunday be rescinded, I A resolution imposing art additional j charge of ten per cent, on unpaid rates I was passed by the City O.iineil last evening. The Mayer, in answer to questions, said that the resolution would lit) advertised, and that no action wftuld be taken Under, it until after the next meeting of the coiutcil. I'te speed limit for njotor 'buses on tlie Kelbiirne-Karori run was. iixed by the City Cosineil last nighi? at 12 miles per hoar, with the exception of stretch of voad 'between Boundary Ho,id and 100 yards past the Karori end of the tunnel, for'which the limit was re-.-.j ricted to S miles per hour It was also deoided that the secretary of tho Kelbiirafe-Kwori Motor 15ns Company be written to, draiving his attention to tlie danger existing by the company's motor buses using the sumo stopping places us the train ears, and suggesting ■that t'lioy alter their bus stops. The prisoner Ralph Petersen (or Stevenson), who escaped from custody one day last Week by Jumping bff a tram while being brought to WcHiiigton to bo dealt, with iu tlie Supreme CottH, is still at largo.
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