LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities adyiVe that- the j si.Si Victoria, which sailed from .Svdney for A tick] arid on February 85, is bringing Australian. mails, also an English ; mail, via Sue?.. The Wellington por-; .(ion is due per Main Trunk express this.. afternoon, \ When off Worscr Bay oil Friday,,! cyoiiijiac the Union Company's steamer j Manuka, bound for Syd-nsy direct, was ' seen to stop, and the curiosity of some j Territorials who were camping licitr by was immediately aroused. A boat was seen. being lowered, and many thought, ■that someone hurl cone overboard. ■ However, the .boat was ntanncd and ' rowed to the Karaka Bay wharf, wlicfe a man Was put'ashore, Tlio boat returned to the waiting steamer,_ and ; after being hauled aboard, the interrupted passage was continued. A sttpplemoi.i.ta-ry ''Gazette" has been i.s ; su«t giving the list of licenses granted. wilder tlio lland Agent's Act of last year I as on January. V>. About one hundred -and fifty young ■ladies, who have developed the hop-. lacking erase, left 'WfrlUiH.gto.ri yestcrdsj' !iy the Aiieior Company s sieamsi Nikau for .Motneka. 'I here was quite an animated scene i'tist prior to the voskel's depaiture, There were two to three hiuulre;] peopio present, ii'iid ladies, assisted by .piii-reH.ts and friends, _. were bustling Mound to see that th.etr bagRage was jsirt safely aboard. Precisely ■ at, 8 a.,in. U.lB little- vessel left the wharf, amidst eties of "Pleasant trip" audi -various other good The same company's steamer Kuitoa is to leave at y o'clock this marping for Nelson and Motneka, taking hop-pickers. C-oniiKiissioJier i{itjlja.rds, of tlio Salvation Army, is to open a nmv hall at; JJroo.kl.yii this evening. A request that- he should be allowed to refuse re-admisison to certain boys f who had proved fhems,elves dull-and indotaivk was made by Mr. J. W. Tibbsv 1 ■headmaster of . the AMeklaiid Granuvtar : School, at the meeting; of the Board of, Governors last week. Mr. Tibb.s. explained that, this year ah.GUt a dozfin . boys who had. failed, through indolence to pass the- senior free-place examination afte thousuiil period of two years, had e.omc! baek. as paving pupils, with ■ the result that the fouith forms uere over-fuil. Suel'i boys. Were doing little ; good for themselves, and ,at the same lime were helping to overcrowd the : school, and keep younger bo.ys- back. His opinion was that in. many eases the parents were willing to pay the tuition fee because they did not kiior>v whit 6 to.' do with the bo'vs. - The board agreed that the school would, not benefit- by the presence of boys who would not work, iitfd the headmaster's request waf ■ ." jlr, Tibj)'^'.,-.']r''". marked that iii every caso where adntis s-iq.ii. Wits' refused! he Would' make a re- ■ port '0 the board. Tinder the arrangement made recently ; between, the Ke.lbun.ie and Karori Tramway Company and the Motor Bus Cora- ' pan.v of the siiiitc name, the fate over : the cable, tramway was reduced to one penny. Many people were wider tlio impression that the payment oi a penny .] ,011 the ears would meet the new con- j ditions, but that- is not so. The penny fares are only available where'S passe'n- ■ gjer purchases a shilling card, which eiiib'ldie's the six "tip" and fix "down" fare, but- otherwise tlio cable tramway ■ fares are as they were. The object of the card iSj- of course, to induce ,tliO' piihiie ■ to nde down as well as up, and bv riding up for one penny -they must either ride down again or the journey cost's the.m twopence. Prior to the ordinary lijeetiiig of the City Council to-morrow afternoon .a; special liieeti.ftg will bo held to pass the, following special order pursuant to the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 15)13, iii .coimeistipii with the Wellington City Tramways, paving, and' Town. Hall loan and JJo. 2 repayment loan: —(IV To raise a loan of £07.000 for: the purpose of paying off. the Wellintrton City Tramways-. paving, aud Town Hall ■ ban No. 2of £75,000- <2) Thai.theloan shall be for a term of toil years from Stay 1, if!l4. and be repayable in Sydney, New South Wales. (3.) That interest jit Sf pei' cent, be payable iii Sydney half-yearly 011 May 1 and November 1. in each year durin"" currency of loan. (4') That security shall be a special fats, of |tl ijv tin* £• -Oil tlio 1 basis of the unimproved value on all rateable property of that part of the City of Wellington formerly comprised in tlio Wellington Ward. •' It is announced that Mr. J. W. IS. Scotland, the- New Zealand aviator, will gtye an exhibition in Christcinirch nr. Maieh Later, he will tlv in Marlboroii-gh. and then attempt tlio ftrst flight iirross Cook Strait. The liangnrei Harbour Board has decided to proceed with tho port, iniprovemcut scliome recently outlined by the board s enftiueer, and embrneiilc: an expenditure of irOiOOO. Tlio mittev was again referred to at a meeting of tho local bodies 011 . Friday, states the "Hevald's" correspondent, ' when, in view of the fact that at present the board's borrowing powers are limited to - : £10,00(1, it was decided to take tiie necessary steps to Secure special legislation to raise, the amount to £100,000.