LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2005, 12 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie postal authoTlties advise that tho s.s. Jlalwi-rt,, which sailed from Syd.My for Auckland on March 9, lias' tin board Australian mails* also mi English nVajl via Naples. Tim Wolfoigten pert-ien is clii.o per JT-aitt Trunk Esp-rof.i en Saturday aitoMiin'g. .!

A\lien Hie-Alie'klaM Exhibition 'elose-5 at the find of fins month, tha Defence Departmcnrt'is . ?.cl'opldiio "Britannia," whidi lias bew wi-H be rcWncd. to 'Wellington,

A"tnmonr.-iis.bdn.g eirculated. to the effeet that admission to the Hdfl, f. JT. B. Meier's nieetiflg jn St, Peter's Seiioolrooin to-niofroW-ffiE.lit is to bo by ticket oftly. No siic.ll arrangement,lias,, been hhklc, The meeting is a pulilib' one, and is open to ail in the same, way as psK'tjea! meetings, .generally ate.

The Public Service Appeal Board-*-Messts. Peter Barr f. J. Mouafc, A. Sferyattj and J, H. .Richaidson—havo' completed t-hfe hearing of tho appeals of tho Wellington Civil ■Servants ogainsi tlio provisional classic fioatiott of the S'ublie Service. From ail authentic source, it is understood thai, over o'liofhifd of the appeals have bceii allowed. The hoard starts: its South Island' tour nest Monday, when it departs for Blenheim, Nelson, West Coast.,' .and Giirjstcliurc'h.

'line- Bofonce Department has received cabled advice from Australia that Cadet t>. Bryan., one of .tire.first New J?<?,ala ; ud Cadets to join .the J)uJii'ro&ii Military ■Gqllego,, has met wifeU a serious accident. From th.o details to, hand it appears that Bryan was t'hfo'wn from a horse, and sustained concussion of the spine, attended by loss, of memory. His condition is grave., but there has been n sltghti ifnprovemfert. since tho aeci* dent. Yesterday the Minister of Defence (the Son. J. Allen). auA Major* Genera) Goflloy telegraphed their sympathy to the hoy's. father, ttho is a imwrttillar at Westporfc.

Following in the steps.of.the Waugariu! Collegiate School and tho New. Plymouth High School tho Waitaki High School, near Oatnaru,. will bp plae'ed tinder military control ;. n a yftielrs tirhOi Major Grant, will be in command, and Captain Mooro will bo the adjutant, These military school eain-ps proved very successful when tried at the-.places men* tioned last year, and Co'loVuet Heard, Director Of Military Opcatiofts, e> pressed the 'hope that jrther schools would follow up the idea. Colonef Ileard intends' visiting th.fr Waitaki High School while it is Under military control. J£o will bo in tie South- Island next week, and' while at vanmru will also- tako the opportunity Of inspecting the Senior Cadets.

Probate of tho will of tlio late Mrs. Sarah Ann Rhodes Was granted by Mr. Justice Boshing yesieirafey.

The sessions of the Arbitration Court here- woro brought to a conclusion .yesterday morning. On Monday Mr. Justice Stringer and the, iß«tnber.s ;of tho Court leave for Napier- They 'strbsefluently proceed to Palpierstoii Jforfc'li* wh'CH>"thfty sit on Thursday, March 9, t) Wmigaiuii ■(Monday, March '23), and Unatly to- Auckland.

» SOME MOTCSH-CAR BAJMAJNS AT ■ '/ CHRISTCHtIfeCa. * [ There conies a, time in 'the estietienes 1 of some rOfitor cyclist's when fhey find the i best of Motor cycles and s*d&ears iaade ' quate to the rfecjiuirdnien'tSf ahd they isjglt for a reliable email cut at a price within the scope of the iSediuin.-sized jpckefc book. Sneh a car we to«s at present in our garage- It is a runabout of -the latest ifpe, especially designed for eeo.uo.my in cost <H njn-iiiftß ontl upkeep. .Itis in practically new condition, -attractively finished *H French -gr'&y. picked out with black. Wo will take a goad motor cycle in nart payment. The price for {his 3-esafccr ear of G--S h.p. is &$&. An investment that stsould appeal to the country hotel pro* prietor or coach proprietor is a 15#& Ji.p. Talbot tfiih two bodies, one the usual: fite-soater touting body, and the -olfier a roomy delivery vaa tody suitable for passenger 0 f goods delivery service. Now this Talbot, n car of a breed famed tor its roanijinceflt Wearing tiuajit'ies anil perfect re-liability * tost in tho wfc.hfcottfki.od <3'£ ji?M» I*s P'i'fro to-di>.y, witli full tour-. • ins eflaipinent n.nd e'itta body, is 4325. ■We hove also Eo? sals, on account of eitenfa who have bought 'new cars, ivo ■■. flumtar oars. Tte Htttute is a fifstfrak: British cat, of whfe-it wo think so highly that we liave iecntfd , : the nMncy. A ISh n Jtavber car, specialty selected by its owVr-whefc in toaden, a'iid equipped' with a 1 tho usanl ost'tas, selected at the- sari.te. time is uffered at J3V25; a similar car i» above for .tflOD; ami 10-12 Ilirat-bl* !i- - with w«d-scf!>ei'i .Stepney wheel, head attd sido li-RUtS, is offered aV;C?S. Also ft 2-?*at-or eem'iifto- Humber body- with fo'ttl leather hood, (rood as h*»r t I'*i c'oftvett any of tho abayo cats to 2suatots at exist of -E25, Call arid see the.'* hi.fihvclusa eo.rs, which we are affcrinz at pticss. AflWiis. M&.„. .Motor'- ' Car Qarags, Ttiaa Btf*tt, C■b.ltstc'hur■eh l • ;

A supplement to the "'New Zealand Gazetto" published yesterday setting foTtli the successful tenderers ii.inl the accepted tender rates for t'jio supply »utl delivery of stores far tho h'eiVfflar-. kefc and Petoiio Workshops during- t)io years 10M to 19.17. When the. question of Urn upkeep ef the ttimuiaka road ivns under cnns\lcrDtioii at. Tuesday'!? liiee'ting of this Master ton County. Council, Councillor IVivnmii expressed the opinion, states the Wairarapa "Age,'' that a tax should be placed upon motor-cars, to meet tho cost, of upkeep, A 1011-g.it oat the foot of tlio liatl might meet the diffimvHy. A supplementary Gazette 'has bcon- la*' sited giving accepted tender rates for tii.fi: supply mid delivery of railway stores : at Wellington rmd Auckland for tlio years 131.4 to 1917. The Commonwealth Ministry ihas rc-; ceived advice of a fraud committed by a combination in it, foreign country on an Australian firm of merenants. A member of the combination offered to sell a certain article. The offer was accepted, ami tho seller rcueived payment in full by draft-tag, _ accotoing 't> .instructions, , on a bank in tho United Kingdom. , When tiio pa.okago arrived ill Australia an articte different from, mid <rf mueh less vahi.o than, ilißt DMrctiased 3in4 ; been shipped. An action, was brought : against the' combination, but. is .never : : likely to ho <jxec9iied. A special feature 1 of tilw incidont seems to bo tiie iitcrcdiblo simplicity of firms in dealing With > untrustworthy houses without first, ittiski ing inquiries ten reliable soutcfis,

I'ho Tiatiouai executive- of tha Social Bemoeratic Patty niot iit "Wellington yesterday, and reference was -mad*} to the repeated assertions that some sort of mutual agreement must ho inado by tht> Social Democratic Party -with the, Liberal Party, With reference to tliij matter, }$ was tosoived: "That in no ■case will tho -executive of tho fioeial ■Diiiiocratio Party consent to consider' any such proiiosal." It was also deeidod that' wison tho const.i.t-utioiia.l, requirements- arc complied with in any PaiUftmejrtsa-ry district., and a litimber ■Of voters, equal to ten percent', of thevotes polled in any .preceding -elcctioni make requisition for a,. Social Bcnicjerai tic candidate at tho ©lections, that tho party Will .fco'iitest the fteid against •t% qoifiersv Who-h theso fequircjiiiciits aro not complied with, the- .'party will not only not flonaiuato, but will oppose*, any candidate- nominated ift 't)ie name of Labour in any other way.