LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1992, 24 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Representatives of shop-keepers and residents in Kfclesworth "Street waited ■ujion the. Bon. A. I/, .Herd-man- (JiliV ister of J'iis.tic.e) yesterday to urge their street should be regularly jia-trcJ-led by'a pplitioman i«.r{ji;g the da)', J.n'support iij this request it was pointed, out that the street had recently bean the, scene of a number of brawl?, one of which, had ended fatal)}'. Member? of'the deputation stated that since hig ships' had been berthed ■«t the plasgdw Wharf and King's Wharf numerous firemen—some of them uhdosirablesHbad fr6(j.Ueiited Molesworth Street and disorder had. resulted, They rare fltiifo satisfied with the way in ttliich. the street was patrolled at night,. ini£ more ■police supervision was. ■■rctjßij'.ed in -the daytime, The Minister Said tliat lie. had a report ftem tho Cohvm}s'sl'6ne'r-,.p£ Police to' the effect that. Owing to tii'e' trouble on the waterfront, -a- number' of police- offers had been tajcon away iro.m duty in streets which Wore; more or less quiet. He Would give tnstriieiions that JXolesivorti} Sti-'eeMhould , : be regularly pa'trot-led in future by a constaij.le! B.M.S, Philomel, which is to bo used as attaining ship hi eomweliion with tho Ke-w ; . Zealand naval s«3i6ft«» has not yet been.handed over by the Imperii? Government* hut It is expected tnaf .arrangements will bo completed The fton. Jas. Alien (Jlmisteiof Pefei'iee) infoi'med a -reporter. yes> tcrday that the Imperial Government Wra itKO.yid.iug. a crew for the-Shilomel, which.;would include tho necessary' 'inStfuctioiid]- - staff. The. Government would thus bo in a position to call for recriiit'B as. soon as tho ship had been' handed'-, o;v.ei\ and it had eonfen-ed with its. natal advisor., who will be the officer in conimand of iho Philome?.

. ho jiiry. cases will be taken in the Supfanie- Court before fteirsdaj l . Tocfay. fhg' patut is to &$$ with ifa We ;sf James Stettin v. Wiiiiarii Mehny I'otdbflin, a matter respecting tho sale of ail interest tea partnership. • Tiro United Jkbotir Party has adopted ft novel way' for raising funds for genera) -and mu'ivicipal. ejection expenses..

A "One Hundred 'i'heusaiid Fencfe Fund ' has been opened, Mtt hiemhws havQ been entrusted with books of penny tickets. These wilt be issued at tho fate oi-Iti.OCJO a month, up till tho elections., a |d the proceeds Arising from the sale of the tickets will bo used in .pitting forward labour candidates at the ■eieotj.o.ii'S" I'he valuable and picturesque native hush.that adorns the hijts at the back irf Day's ■ Bay trad a iiarrow escap& from destruction by fito on Sunday afternoon, A : n outbreak firigiiiated' iu -the scrub and go.vse that cloaks the stoop saddle between JJiiy's Bay . ai'id Rona Boy, bui fprtunately the Barnes werechecked bef&ro they encroached on tho fifeen bush, Those who know the Bay (state that tho firo was a blessing in dfs.RiiiSc, as the tout area will, form a clearing that will prevent a mom serfc oils (temdatipn of the hdrbago in that locality. ■Owners, of uttrtgisterctf tfogs are warned that the annual raid is to bo Wade during the ensiling week"-, ajnj that those who liave not Mgigtercd" their ■ca.ni.!«?s ,as frtini Jftiiirary if jviii he pr»' cccdcd agijiiist forthwith.