LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1995, 28 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reports h.avo recently |ic-ei;t 111 circulation. to the effect t'liat Parliament i-§ likely to meet earlier than usual this year. Thero Js good authority for stating that these steries arc without fen-ti-da'tio-ii. In all likelihood Parliament iri'l'l inert as.usual at iho end of June, and it is exported thnt the session n-ill Ja.it for about tlii'-oo mouths, or 3, HttJe langer, Tho jjeiieval election will probably be set down for some time in November,

Ar.ioiig iho chief of the week-end outdoor attractions is io-dav's athletic meeting 011 the liasin lieservo, at whieli tJia Americans will compete. Tiie big 1 ills Mooting will 110 doubt, atlract sonic enthusiiists to Trenthaut. Tho Vity sciiior cricket coniiietition, to be. eoti'timicd on the College ground and pise? where, is in a. very interesting stage, niitl iii addition to these competitions there are tho visual . oilier Saturday aitefuoon I'li.uotioiis. ' .

At 12.1 a p.m. to-day tto Hon. ,A, L. llerdman and a mnnber of invited guests «ill Journey, to the Upper Jlutt to.- attend the opoiiiug of the-new waterworks at tli.e Cppor Hutt. The Boys' Mission Hand (fifty membets) will also ba in i'.Ucntiance.

Canon, tj/nrlaud, organisiiiß secretary of tiic Bi!)le-!n-.Sta5>Sciiools I,eague, will pteach in tlm Thermion Methodist Church on tiie subject of Biblo-iu-Setionls to-morrow evening.

(Vwr.ise! for the defendant rose, and, 011 behalf e.r tiie defendant, entered a plea of guilty. Then h.O stated tiiat he was the defendant. This was in the Magistrate's O'otirt yesterday, when a wo'Uaunvn solicitor was ciiarged with having iel'i c. mqtor-<-ar on a oit.y street at aiighti withaut a light, The defendant smilingly went on to relate the extenuating cirovimstanees, and was convicted and discharged.

A Press Association message from Gishorne states that a Public Works quarry blast at Matawai sliifted oleveii tons of rook.

At one tiin?> the Chinese-who nm the pak-a-'-pao sweeps in Wellington used to liave an insuf-anee fund out of which In pay the fines of thoso wl'.o were caught- and convicted., Out of the proceeds of every Jinndred tickets so iiaieti Went to tho insurance fund. Deteetive-Bi-rgeant Ccssell? stated in. tho Magistrate's Court yesterday that tho "banks'' have latterly relnsed to keep tip the i'nnd, owing ta tho frequency of cofivjetlons.

A yomig woman gave birth to a child in Newtown Park yesterday afternoon. She was found by a passer-b.v B,nd his wife, and the latter rendered first, aid. Dr. Giesen Was then sumpsone'd, and afterwards lnofher and ciiiid were removed in an amhiilnnce iTSfien to the Hospital.

The. monthly meeting of the Technical Education Board, to have heeii held last evening, was adjourned for lack iif a q»ormn of mcniherj. The ad ictunimeiit declared by the r-hairnt.-jn (Mr. D. Rebei't-soit) is for two weeks.

A big Maori gathering is in bo held shortly at Paiihaka. His Jixeollciiey the Governor and the Hon. W. H. llerri'-s (Minister of Native Affairs) will attend.

Tho organist jn one. of the Oitv chiia'ches appeared m tlm Magistrate's Court yesterday to deny n chaitgo that he had broken the by-laws while riding ■his ii-wtor-cy-cle on February 3. Tins oi-gaiji-st called evidence that lit" was giving a lesson fill the .ehureli organ at the time, lnit the, strange part of the. ease, ivss thai two policemen and a tramway employee vvero a klo to swear ihe number of .tlio iiiotfli-eyirle. Tl.io'Oourt ■cniiskki'ed that a Conviction could oat be made,' and counsel for the Oerpottitioi!. remarked that it was passible that there was soma mis-np of cycle- .uiimbe.fs wheceby tes ■cycles were carryi.UE tho samo inimbor."

The next meeting of the City Council lias in >.u faad to be held at i js.m. on Tuesday next, in order to allow councillors to be present at the Citizens' Carnival on Thursday evening.

Quite recently people-• in Wellington tiava been, knocked dotvn b.y m.otoE'ear.s., and owing to tiio fact that -tho ears have Slot been numbered the police Ivavo been unable to traec the offenders. Inspector ll.i'iulroy eoiniiionted ott this when the manager of a motor service appeared in tlio iMag-is.triito's Court yesterday charged with failure to number a car which ho had driven. TJio Inspecter rem-a-iked that a manager ought to sot a goad example, and that when ho broke tho by-law lie s-h<i : uld bo fined ten as much as a-nyoiie else. 'J'he ilefeftdant was convicted, hut iho lino' was no higher thau that imposed on other defendants fir similar eases.

The lion. K. JI, Khodes (Miiiister in Charge of Tourists aiid Health Resorts) will shortly pay a visit to the Tonga-tiro National Park, control of ivhieii ivna mfiently taken ovor by Jvis .Departineiu. As yet no definite scliemo for tho imnnnement and d'6v.o.lopmotit ofthe Park has beon formulated.

A communication was received by the Wellington CViviral Chamber of Ccmmeiee Aestoiday fiom the Depftn 1110111 ,of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce informing the Chamber thai as a maii'lt of correspondence-ivitji. the .IJritjsh om"' eminent arrangements had been made for the establishment of more intimato re.tiitions Vtwoei) i.lie British Consulate S'ervicis and tln> Dominion of Xe.w Zealand, so ai to assist the trade jai>4 coi)> merco of the Dominion with foreign eouatri.es. One of tins concessions made by tlio British fioverttßicat was that n»y N<nv Zealand ftrm would bo at liberty to np/ily direct to diiy of his Majesty's Consuls for information as to the possibilities of tho salo of New Zealand products, tho method in which business was conducted, and tho best U'xans of getting i.iVt.o tcaeh with the markets. Tho Chamber recorded its satisfaction tvi'.h the action of the British Government. •

Responsibility for this story rests with tho "Auckland Star"While the outside worhl wagged under the weight, of great concerns, a certain tourist resort in an isolate! part of the North Islaiid. was recently stirred to ail exceptional degrtft at eseitcmeiit. A man possessing a foreign name and approaching middle ago suddenly appeared after working in tho bteSh awl iiiinOunceil that his father, a doctor in a European country, had died and left him a legacy worth thousands. The newcomer went Ma hotel quarters., and displayed n, particular interest in nioiotliqats, lie was readily given trials with a view to purchase, and tho puces lis offered were *0 tempting as to tiring tho launch world to lih feet, A partnership in a passenger business was acquired, as well as sundry vraf.tj and cheques were circulated ad lib. 111 places such as Iho one under reference cheques are not presented so promptly as iii iji i ore,:'ijpjto;da;t& places* Conse-■q-aeiitlj' 'sonic , 4'iitib' , before disquieting suggestions gamed ground conceriiiiin. their viilue. An assurance that tile money had rebelled tho Consulate in Auckland, a.ad would soon he available, temporarily restored , eoftfideji.ee, with the assistance of a sworn declaration. A few days later, h<nv* over, tho "man of money'.' set out 011 his partner's niotor-fc.vclo to place an order, and, sad to relate, forgot to return cither himself of the borrowed machine.

A recent arrival in, tlio City, who wished to frighten soiiicnno el so, clioko a means whi.cii c.o.st him £1 3s, plus other expenses. Ho gavo hi* acquaint:anccs i'lie desired shock by discharging a revolver ill their vicinity. This lie «i.d at Oriental Hsy, and in tho Magistrate's Court yesterday it Was limed that ha placed danger beyond possibility by iking into the- gravel-pit there, Mr, D. G. A. Cooper, however, pointed out ill at this excuse was valueless, as there was us tel'itig wlievo a bullet might ricochet to. .

Very few Chinese profess to understand English when in Court., Yestorliay thero appeared in tho Court n Chinese who was alleged to have mado a certain remark when tho WoKce ntrested him in'a pak-a-jioo den Counsel for the defendant, placed sonic importance (>:v\ th" qitestipft; "Discs this, man u'wlj>rstahd Mnglisli F" Dfiteet.tveSergeant Cassells, to whom it was imt. ousivorod it tli'-s way: "Ha did that night. He won't here."'

Those who object to men smoking in pluses where foodstuffs are kept, or avo heing vomlerl, have .-.I supporter ii> Jlr. 1). fi. A. Cooper, 5.11.. who in Court vesterdav that it was *a very tiecessary thing to ensure cicanlincss in auction marts. Mr. Cooper was at the time a. ei»!ie hoy and ft Chi; ljcse tof having s'-Ksikcri hi a frii.it niftr-ke-t.

;Ui all interview with.Br, J. A. Macdonald, puhlishcrl ill ycstei-lay's Domisiok. .lie is mtdited w-Hh a statement that tlve National Insurance Act in England is. upon the who V.. likely to operate fairly ratisf.ictiiiilv a,s it lioiv stands. Tins, Dr. Xacdonald explains, i« not his vijjw. He considers that th» Insurain'O Act is not n orking satisf.:ietorilv. but migl'.t ho made to do so by aiirc.tid : .iHg Acts. . . „ . Tim Hon. K. IT. Khodc-s, 011 bshalf of ■ the Government, has tlvuikad niomhcfs ■ of tho parties which soUkM? tho bodies j)f tho victims of tlt'G recent nl3oi.ds.llt at Mount Cook for ftp splendid wo'k they ■: did under such trying circumstances.. On receiving a c.afcle.groni fwln . r - ! Rhodes n'omit; tho accident at Mount Cook, the High Commissioner (tlio Hon. , T. Siackenzie) saw Mr. King's btothor ( 111 London. Tho latter desired .further riC ws, and information Was cabled Homo, as to the foidiiig of Guido Richmond's body, Other available particulars were I also cabled.

Aii explanation which n correspondent, * ■'Tenor 'I'romboue,'' oskeel for in n letter to Tub Dominion' yesterday of tlio reason why tile St. Kildu Baawl Wi'ft a'lowed to tsiso up a collection in tlio Dasin !!<•- serves sonio whilo ago. when tiioy wore passing through on tlicir way to tho Auckland earnest-, Was given, to n reporter by Air, G. Frost;, chairman of tho lleserVes Committee of tho City Council Yesterday. Mr. Frost said that it had )ji;en a courtesy always . oxtctitlocl to bands pasing through Wellington 011 their way to a coiitcisfc to allow tiiem to tivfee up a collection if thoy choso to give a wmewt t" tho Basin Rescue. 'On this occasion tho hand had made application to the town, clerk, and Mr. Palmer, noting on numerous precedents, had crnnfed the i eqinst, regarding tlio collection without reference to tho Reserves Commitieo. Personally, Mr. .Frost had not oven known that tiro hand was m Wellington, and tho matter had never been before the committee.

A police statiow is one of Whanp;amomoiia's. requirements, \\>st<>rda,v Mr. J, B.' Hine. member for tlio district! iiit«.rvieved tlio Hon. A- L. Herdmnn .vi tlio Mihioet- and was informed hy tliat- Minister that, i!\a Police Department was the acquisition of n house and site which had been offered to i!.