LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1991, 23 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Mnlieno, whieli was ftue at A.uek* land yesterday, brings An- Eitglisli and Australian inajil.. The steamer <Kd uci connect with the Main Irtuife express tram which loft Aiieiland last flight bai will be berthed in time for the mwfa to bo dispatched by tho express whieli roashes hero- to-morrow morning. ' .last evening tlie Petoue polka arrested a man named J. Ka.nWille on a charso of recklessly driving a horse and art tlirftugb Jackson Street. The mail, it is -alleged, draws into a, knot of Sal* yationists, the tfnp running pvef two of them (Messrs, Jameson and theaias) and inflicting: injuries, A bright little idea for conveying t:o the wfejte jicegfo of a city the exact time is iit practical use itt Dufbaa, Sis M merely that at eifilvt o'doc-k preciseiy each evening the electric lfehfe of tlie pity are lowered for just a poree.pfeib.lo instant. Simttoeeously there is a i»*»«ral tftrn-ittß of the papulation to "the household dock to check tlie time, or a- rcforetteo to the personal watch for the samp object, t obtamed oa Satodaj .for John AJfrod IHidcef, who was under ftrrcst respecting the affray tii which Jolvii Henry Gallagher lost his life on February 14., The amount Esed was £JOO. Acewtlin* to the titv engineer, jt i s necessary in the interests of economy to woaiMjJbck the heavy traffic streets m tho «eivtffi 'of tfc eity-Victoria .Street, Wflfeiiekl Street, and that part of Jert'ois Quay botweeji the Star Boating Club's sheds jiiitt Ivower Tafanaki Street. • Ho would also like to ece Thoniilon Quay atid Featlierston Street attended to, as these streets, together with the thormiglrfares uan.ied, are great dust oeijtres durii.tg high northerly winds, jli'. Morton states that the cost of tto tipkeep of the streets .named is considerable, aid tiint it ie well, liigli' inipessiWe to fceep iiiscMlaljiiscd streets v in gflot'l order en Jeeluiined biul, tvheii tlie tra.ffie wliirfh possess over it is; hoary, The Mayor is of the, sajne opinion: .as the ciiy engißeer, and Itotoes th*fc the citfeens will sanction a foan for the work «lien it is put beforg theni next inonth/ ' On Sirtii.tday aftenwqii a- washrlioHse ■at tho fear of No, 20' Nelson Street; .Pctone, yeas destrdyed by fire. The lioMso. ivas owned by Mr. A. 31'6'hie, and occupied Tjj- Sirs. ,31. B'iiyWard.. Thb Fhociik Offlcß hold a risk of £450 ever the dceUing and tuitbiulding.s. It is understood that .iie{»ot"ations are in progress for the .acquisition of tlvcf jifoperly iir Mfiiiiiore Stro«t, ipt sp.

ioiig occupied by , Mr, jfoar.y Fieldci- as a mmitare wnyehowse, for the/ purposes of a continuous picture theatre. •Sketch plans of the new tlientro have bepn prepared by Messrs. Haggard and ProusOj of WellkiKtori. The Dunedin correspOKdgut of tbo .ChrisMimvh "Press" telegrafilis that tliere iies tecu considorablfl ffcttssion ■qf .late w the question of whetter tlio City Corpora tiou tntnWa.ys' aro payiiiK or not, and it lias hinged to a great extent o» the' standing charges. A comparison has been m.acto of the standins; charges with WeHinston a.ncl Cliriitebttreh, where tlie tram\vn_ys are fun on firitfiticaily the same lintfs as in Dffli* ecliu. Ike perceutago gf capital oha.i'Res-, whWi inctadp mtojestf sinking .fund, doprtjciiitioaij and renewals, for tfe year piuled March ,31 last, Was as follow >~ Wollingtoli, 6,3 per ceiit, 5 Olttistctorsh,. 7.9 pet- cent,; and Duiied'in 9.29 per cent., showing that tlie ajfioiint ■ set aside for standing clmrfjfis Is considerMy hirfter in Brtnedin Hjan in the other tfro centres. Tte aeiual ijarease in capital expenditure in Diinediii Ttas been, covered -btf averdraft, 'ifli&" increase in capital ospenditiii-e for the three systems, for the last seven .years works diffc ,as follows:—'ln Ohristehvircli H bins iucfeissofl in that tim'b fey SO per cent., in Wellington by .37 per'cent., and in Dwiedin by 8 per cent, A number of the Eonjaß Catholic arehbislmps and bisiops o.f Austi-alasiq, will, it is annduncect, visit Konie ncixt year for the purpose of iqiiunt in tire cercinonics in coniicctipii with the beatification of tlie Vuftpfsbie. Oliver Pfcnket, « former Archbishop of Ai'ibiagh, in ■tiifi North <if Ireland, whs,' iij tlie y«;.ar 168 L daring tile roiun of iti-ug Charles 11, wag jwit to death for alleged high treason, ' Ardibraffop- I'hnfct, accbrding to historic records, was burn in .1620, and was raised to the apiseopaoy iii 1689. The. prese.nt, %r\ of Fingal 'k a member of the illttstrioas Phu.kpt fajni'ly, which was represonted iii Australia, fo?' wiuiv .years by the Hon. and lj.ev. Father Pt'unkfit, «E tlie R-etlenrptorist Order, one of the. fmlivders c-f B&llarat Jlonastery, aj.itj s-ijbsemicntfy attached to the monastery at Wara-tfih, Jvew South Wales, nio cereiflonics in «oai?€ctkn with the hcatifioUoii of Vra.eriable Oliver Plunket, \vht> is regatded by the Chtircb as a martyr, will be attended by ai-ohtii.sh.Gp.ii aiitl. bishops from S parts of th.» woiid,