LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

flie offices of the City Council will ho Closed to-day, the occasion being tliß animal stuff picnic, which is to be heid'at Day's lisv. , Some attempts have been made to convey an impression that the Hon.Jas. Allen had an unfriendly reception when ho addressed, a public meeting at Hastings the other avesiing. That this was not so was made clear by the Minister's reply when ho was asked yesterday how he had fared at Hastii.ißs. "I had a Verv good time," lie said, "and thoroughly enjoyed myself.' J had a good meeting, and the only interruptions, came .from a few Rod Feds." Arrangements are being made to hai'o the, opening of the outpatients' and bacteriological block of the Hospital performed hy the Prime Minister (the Hon. W, Ij, .JJassey). . An order for payment of a judgment su.mitaiis, which may bo a. minimum record, was made in the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday, lire debtor was .a young girl who said that she was earning £1 ss. per week, and payiifg £1 per .week for board* She wasi'nfcye'rtheless particularly .well dressed!"'' Tim magistrate ordered her to pay the debt (£1 IOs.) at- the rato of one shilling a week. Y;.

fiuThe.,official Mccrcmony in comiectiom with 'the "taming oft" «f tho rieVWjJ! 1 per Hutt water supply is to be h.qlcl on Saturday, February' 28, instea.chof on February 25, as was at first intended, and a more extended programme has been arranged.'. The Hon. A. L, Herdman 'is to perform the opening ceremony, and accompanied by Sirs. Herdman, the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke), and other'guests of tbo ypper Hutt Town Board., will leave town by the 12.10 .p.m. train 'from LamVton., A T\utcjieeii will he held at the Provincial Hotel shortly after I p.m., and the party will then' drive to the. head, works, where the will" turn on the hydrant opposite the Post Office, about 3 P.m. The party will then be shown over the Town Board area, and a put lie dinner .will be hold about ti o'clock, and a citizens' hall' from 8 p.m. till midnight.

At- next Wednesday's meeting of Inc Wellington Harbour Board, Jlr. M'Ewan has given notice t«i move: "That the Engineer be instructed to proceed with the erection of a boat harbour at Ptetone as per plan, and report submitted to the board, the work to be undertaken by the board's sittff." Touring with an' opera- company through the small towns of New Zealand is not ail roses and wine. Tho "Merry Widow" Opera Company struck WoodviVlo on race _ day' (Wednesday last), and found it impassible to obtain decent accommodation for its members, owing to the congested state of tho available accommodation houses, As tho result, six male members had to steof) in a railway truck, sis others in the theatre, and eight -ladies had to share a small room in an lioteil, As that sort of thing was deemed -by the company to be a little too much, the two nights' season was. cut down to one. and the company (which is cowtrolled by Mr. Rare O'Connor, formerly at the Pollard nlid Williamson Opera Companies) arrived in town .last evening. Tim party leaves for Qreymottlli to-morrow, to commence, a tour of tho West Coast. ' ». "Has- the Hutt Road' 'business been adjusted yet?",asked Councillor Jpßeh-s-,io at tho meeting of the City Council last evening. "No," said tho Mayor, "aii-d I don't want to" fay anything' about it either!" Councillor M'tJenzfe said that .Ahe nuUic had. a rinjbt to know whether there would bo any in* Crease, in the tiites, The Mayor replied thai th.O proportions of the cost of tho rohd .-detiiantlcd .from the different local bodies bad been reported to the counell, and lio was quite sure it was not particularly anxious to interest itself ys to that reiM-rt. It would ho better ts leave- it whore it was,

INSTANTANEOUS SUCCESS OF THE 4-lI.P. 'fCHiIiPJJ AT CHRIST 0 CHtIRCH. ■ • • The first shipment of the new 1914' model ''Triumph" motor-cycles, eonsi'stintf of forty-eight standard' 4-h.n, threespeed mac'hiaes, arrived in CliTbtehurah on Thursday last. Hy 1 p.m. ion Saturday bo less thsn 'twenty-three had been sold and orders are still itackiqj; in, TVs had' "been led to expert sdmctliifii* of especial merit in the I9U model., but the reality has surpassed both our own exn<<r.. tatious ,«.nd those of *our clients. Tho tanning of the new 4-h.p. inede.l is a perfect, revelation, even to Miqso who had experience of the flexibility and ready -respond to control of the 1913 three-speed ; s friitMpljs." The increase in engine power provides a very bu? reserve of power for tho side-car user, nlul excellent 31s tho Ss : li.p. "Trittmnlv" ww 03 a side-ear madtino, the 4-li.p. model is still better. As -a Sold machine it retains all the 'virtues "of the laWer-pcwered models, and embodies several improvements, whijo it U also capable of u higher speed. Of "Triumph'' quality in (genera! We need Kjy notliiiLff. It lias been proved in onen compe'it' ol '' !l N cw 2ealalid on scores of occasions, tile latest of which was (he winning of the North Island Fifteen Milos CJntmpwtisliip Kn,ea, conducted under the auspices of the Jlonawatu Jlotor v (Jyctists' Club on .January 23. We can giro inmledinte delivery of the T!n4 j 4-h.p. "Triumph" Atted with the cefcbrated Sturmey-Archer three-speed pear, and also of the famous "Cartoelet," sidecar. Adams ltd,, A.eents for "Triumph" Motor-cycles, Higb Street. Chrittcburcb.. Depots at ttaitratiui and Palmerstdri, Agencies, Sutherland and •P*n)ci.ne, Wellington,' and Tourist Motor Co., Hastines

A laniern lecture will be given in tho Town Hall this evening' by Mr. J. it. Estill, Commercial Superintendent of the Port of liGiHkm Authority. The title of the lecture tt'ill bo "London—, Imperial Port and Market of tlio World." Mr. VMill has a particularly lino lot of views, and he will deal not only with tlio handling of frozen moat and dairy produce, but with sue'h interesting subjects as ivory, spices, os-' trich feather?, tea, wines, etc. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) will preside. Admission will he free. The question of the attendance of the ■ city fire brigade at fires . outside the city boundary is to be left to tho diV . crction of tho superintendent of tlio brigade. Tlio City Council decided in ; this direction list evening. Municipal tennis' courts have been proposed in Wellington in connection with the utilisation of the gorsc-.grown waste fcpaccs of the Town Bolt. On that account it is always . interesting to learn what is being done elsewhere in that direction. Mr. H. 0. Hill, of Island flay, who has Just returned from the south, states that last year the Timaru Borough Council laid down two asphalt courts in Caroline Bay at a cost of £150, and at tho end of tho year it had netted £4.0 in fees. It is a public court, inasmuch as anyone can secure a game on paying for it—6d. being charged for a grtine of doubles, and 3d. for singles. Such is the success of the venture that the council is to lay down two more courts this year, Last year the council leased out the lmthing-iiouscß on tho beach, but tlio lessee is said to have done so Well that the local tody is resuming control this year. Promiscuous sim-bathhig is. not permitted on tf)o Caroline Bay beach, but in order that that luxury may be. indulged in, sections of the bench. are set apart for both sexes. Indian hawkers wero mentioned at Hie Crty Council meeting last evening, tlio' subject being raised by a letter from a shopkeeper wljo desired to scotto tho removal of a hawker occupying a stand opposite his door. "Cannot something be done to minimise, the nuisance of hawkers about streets?" asked Councillor Godber'. "They are a.P over the streets, aiid compete on unfair epndi* toons with people who pay rates.. -Not only'so, but they block traffic." Councillor Barber daid that tho matter was before the By-laws Committee., which had called for reports from the corporation officers.

Radium was mentioned at tlie meetwig of the, Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday, when the following motion, notice of which had been given by Mr. B. 11. Gardenefj wa,i carried:— j "That the nvcdicql stiperintende'iii be requested to. bring down a report at tho next the board as to tlie advisability of. placing a sum upon tl'ic coming year's estimaieß for the. supply of radiuin for the treatment of eaiicer and other disease?." . ■ •Overcrowding of trams oil &&■ Eil'hiriire tuiitel touto was a subject raiecd ,hy CouriciHor Fuller attho meeting oi the OityGotmeil last evening. Ho said that lie would Jfto tije Tramways Gomimttco to take tjiis matter up vigorous"ly. The croivding of trains on this particular ljno viis almost n public scandal, . The 'Mayor said that the chairman .of tlio Tramways Board (Mr. Morten) had reported to the committee tlie sther day that it was- liigbh- desirable to complete the Constable Street link As soon as. this had been done, overcrowding qjt the tuiiuei route tars Would be relieved. Tlio Mayor of Wellington (Mr. J. P. laike), ~Cpuuciljors G.. Ffostj J. Fitzgorald, T. C. A, Hislop, and M. F, Lueki'e have- been appointed by' the City Council as. managers pf the Wellington Technical Educition Bparo 1 . The council parsed .a ; res6l.utipu,.jii i jpprefii i ntton pf the by Mr.. D,. M'ljarefi'a.iid Mr. J,'Snii'th,'both former', fttembors of the countij, ■ An item pf/fiIOOJ'OO apposed oil the BSt;niate.s last, session iprineipally .te eover the cost of raising and .maintaining bodies of special constables during the. strike at .the end of the year. The Hon. Jas. Alien (Minuter of Finance), when he was questioned on the subject lust evenirrg, said that he anticipated, that' the vote ■ would prove to be more than sufficient. Tlie secretary of t.ho Tramways Union, Mr, W. -C. Noot, states that the traniwaymcii have ■carried a, resolution declii'iing tii.o terms forimflated by tiio Tram.' way Board and sMtotiflned'.hy the City Council as tlio basis* of the working, agreement for the next two years between the City Council and employees on the city tramways. A secret ballot is being taken to eontirm the resolution passed. . •'