LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2010, 18 March 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tbe postal niithot-hics aclvist! £h-at tile SiS, Mavmgaisui, lvhich suijeci from Sydney 011 Mafcij It for Wcltijigtoii, unci isdue Wro. to-day, , is,hringiiig AustraMmi mails o-H.iy. . .

A lion' a)tc] Mjikiwnil swig \i'as on the pijagfiUiiwii? of tho Irish national concert last night. It was mtrofeced by Hit. Paul Default.- Tl-iis was Aiigusta llolnies's beautiful "Noel tl'lrlaiide*' ("The Christ ChlW and Irdajid?'), tlie composer being tiro siiiiie _ tateitod v.-oiikm Avho wfoto that' stirring story song "Au I'a.vs. , '. Tho cvwwtis features nlinilt tlie now song ssttl its i'dHiition lust evening vvciro the facts tliat, thgujjii mi an lrisli thninc. it wns wrjltcn *riginaJ'ly in Fie«o!i l.ij' an -Irisli lady i-tsidcftt in Paris, aii-tl tliat it «-as sung in French !).y a Frwicli-Canadia-ii ,to a Key Zealand airfLenc? an St. Patrick's lii.giit.

A party-comprising Viscowjt Kelhum. (.•onmiamlur of H. 51.5. Pyramus.j Sir Robert Lwkhart, a»d Mr. &= 11. J.fioonilk'ld rotiinipcl to Auckland a few (jays ago, -after cnjeywig same cxccllmit fishing at Whangarci llarbeiir.;' This most oxuitiNg inoidoiit -of the trip \vn.B provider! by a sttwlfjidt, altySrcutiy about lift, long, And judgnd .et about 3001b. It was itofckdl by Viscount Keltiurn, arifi was 1»M in pky for a quarter of an l.iour. Tlio loig. fish made a groat fißht against the to capairo it. frcqiifnUy : !oaj)iiij* tiipjli out of the water, until fiiia-Hy the' tackle breko, and it escaped. Next day Sir Mebert lioelfhnrt hooked a SwerdUsb. be■feed to bo tlvo siiniß.one, m\4 ngafft it escaped with tit" tackle. A.noi'liM: visi* tor, n powerful SratphiiNvUs lw.iitfe Special preparations far this Wβ Mlow, equip' mag luiiisdf with a ling .that v6iM jiave lvold a Ivqr-sd. Nost tlsy tko swordflslt toofc tlic .Sftri'teh man's bait, anct this time it seeifted'as thonglj it would bo secured, for. ti)p att&fcr tied the line round his waist, *iid plftyed tjio Ssli with all Ills .Hewovcr, tli« hook strnfgli-tmwl, and the swflfdfisl.i remains si liberty.

In oiiß street in. this city ari ■oW.rvant visitor disiwerod n fact t-lint does u.ot reflect. tji'cdit-ab.ly ot) o«r ■boa-rd-i»ft-luiiise pwiiristary, Iβ one ca.se tie ■sign outsido a:ivioiiftc<?3 "A'ppnj'tmeiitii to Lot," iji enofcJier "Acra.moclatfen H<jusc," and in J'ct u fiirtlttr ho&tpi sign i\m rcutteri-ng of "aeeamiiiodsitidji" given was "Aceotbadatiwi." All in mm street, too! ami in a country tfliero odftcation is free.

An svout of eonsislevflblc jnterest in Sirimniiiig ckdk-s st p-rcscitt is tte rft-co to W Ireirl next Saturday aftcriipori. be* t\i;een tlie Ko'ua and JJa.y's U;i.v Wharves—a (.listattto of a little over tlrree-quariers of a mile. I'iio race, ■vvjiieli is to be ceirtUwtftd by the. Swifts Swiinming Clubj will, it h iinslcfsteod, lie pailict'iMlod in is.V soflte tsenty Or thirty swimmers.

Entire tevision of tlie ivholo raiilway titae-tnbl? for t?w Kortli Island is being cWtSiderod bv ttiw ItepaVtmcijt at jtreseiit. The jfaiuistor «'f Railways States tluvt he hopes tllgt the changes .will iwxift n, speeding up of tho Nnjji«>-Wol-lingt-fW express, A proposal to renravo tlje- Railway Trafl'ie Mattager's ofiifo from AX'anfaffiii to Pnh»evst«i k also being considered by tli& Wopj'.rtrawit. The soeottd liig Parson's twrtinc for tlio rnvmicipnl ciectrie peWM , - iionsi?, tlmt was to havo licoil dispateti.ed froiii Bi.vsirtiid abefii Hie .mifldle of Fohro.u.vy, is"not likely to arrivo until snnie tiuiß fluring Ata;?.' Yi'lmn the last ninil Ifti'l, tlio C"it\ ('mmriJ'K roji'-nlliiig onKiiK'Cj' hud HKi.de pxliaHsfiviS tets of tlm romii'HSKf, which ivas to be liliippi'd iiliwnsl innin!(fi:ilt'l,v, but tire tuAiiw itsiJT was th-en not likely in lie rejidy for slupiriei.il Mittil April. Thft lnnssivc. cowirt'to bast! for the reception nf tlio how online is now woll forwrn-d., niid will lit; 'fully iwlr for the rcSeptloii of Uiu turbine well before- it- arrive^.

TJie.Oovei'nineiit has agreed is find part of the cost o.f erecting..a. bo* bridge over the WaiUato Rivo.r at Jfgani'a-' 1 I wahiii for fowt iind vehicift iraiEc. 'J'lie! ))«'sofii rail iiml traffic fcriclfze ]me been I round to l)o inadequate. W, S. I Short, Assist-iuit-UiidoJ>SecSffttai-y _ tor : j I'uiilie AVorks, will sit as a Cetivniissiajter .: at NganKiwnhia on Tnesdny next to ! apportion the east to bo tiottvS by the lusal boijics—Hμ Twn lloatil of Ng.n.ruawaliia awl tho "Waipa and liagkn County Councils. As Uiere is net a very hrigirt pnvsjjeft. <rf a LujikMiij; being provideu for j tlic purposes of a Nattoiial Art Gallery I iu Wellington for SaiHo tiiji*> to esnie, an effort is to be miuie by tins eotiueil of the Now Zealand Acß«ea>.y of Finft Arts to improve tho- picsolit wnall evid sonjewliat'Soinbre-loQldng buHdiiiig in .Wlirtinore Street. Draft pl.Mts lnn*o been pre])ared, providing fpr an entifo loss of the- present structure's itfojjtjty ii! « moro prctcnttoUß and eoiumocfions building. TJio new. tailding is to be brought out te the level of tfe &keet, and Another story is to T>e addod.. Tlio central ej;traivpo will adftjit to rt iflrge hall, 10ft, x Sift., on tlie loft of vfcktfi 1 uiH be two largo cioakrooiijs. Oil the light of tlio hall a room .for general : purposes, lift. sqiiMdj ivill Jiii .prd- : vick'd, AlongsWe tiiis Jooin be a stairway lea-ding to a leity* welWiglrted i ball or gallery, ft'liacli ttttl extend ther , full loncrtb aSid width of the- new bwildi ing—42ft, Sift-, This Raller.V; is to br< deviilxJtl to water-colours, white the , old foam hetew wifl lio ■■sot apftrt ffif haßjjines in oil. Tho n.o\\' j»rtioii of the building will not interfere vrth the 1 top-liixhting of tlio pfesont gafej'. So ' Far tho plinis are only, tejitativei. They ' havo yef to be gono nrto. by the couni oil. 1 Jit. W. H., P, Barber is once mere ' toterfistins himself iu,.i)rftviiiin.e a rofttej , - ■ car trip fate the-country fo.r -the -cJiiW-ren of flic Salvation Army Home, i-tt tlvo same nwisnct .is \Mis done last year. . It ■ has Iveen suggested, that the Moo:n.shi«o : Bridge, Trenttaffl, WmiM ho a dositablo ! place to t-afo the el-iHdren fer an ottS? mw. Mr. BaAer has already had [ several- qfers of ;ears .tor tiro oceasroS, !' but as tMro B.ro seventy cMdroa -coilwired he would tike other caMyner? intwwted. to coiMffltnicate witii Win at once as the outiirp; is. to tafco plsicft Oil Friday $f t-I-iis-wissis.

Polities already provide an.ijrtcrts.tuig tepie lpwdly feays the Hpla.nsvi : H.e ce?rrespolideUi of the- "New KealaMU Koralcl 11 ). It is. ui-tderetood that Slr,, Ooi'ttoii- 't-oatcSj tlio present niembei-., wHI again cpfltesfc tJi:o seat, Mr. E, Mβ? ia to be the Olipestifcion oaji.d-idatoj ..a-ird ;i third aspirant for tho position, frill t>6 Mr. E. T. Siolci, wiio coirieaUd tho last ; ekctifjft as- an independetit Reformer. A number of reqtiicitious wo being signed by l..yail Bay J:es«l.ents, to 1>« presented ttv tlie City CanncvU. Tlio coMncil is iiq«tsi:ed liy these to eompletc tiro , present sea wall and as-phatt i'ootjw-tlt fronting the Queen's Drive, np to where it joins'Suthisrland Roud; a.lse to build a. baftkg steJ, or sheds, frontiiifi the Queen's Brive. The eenipfction of tuo korbin« and fthnunetlintr a-i'oimd Quftcn's Drivo,'R-vi!t Street, and Strtlwrlaml Moaid is also uracil, as well as the numbering of Wises hi -Lyoll Bay. ' An estraerflinaiy observatwn was maio by Mr, E. H. Patterson, o'f tlio iiriii of Messrs, G. W. aiwl Co., Auckifljtd, while mi a visit- to Java recently, inva is less thnn GiOO .liiite long., yet lias a pafittlation -of Mr. Patterson said lie vs'os assured by merdiaiits in thy Maud that notwithstanding tho rim-i-neitse and apparently overcrowded fwpnia-tioij tlierfe is , an afi- ,: ttia.l shortage -of 1-a-bQti.r there. No one soomed able to assjgn arty eatise for this except that tlio- Malays -are lazy. He tUonrfit, Jvirtiscjf, tlta't fliis condition Was' o<i to a tack of White &ti])tfrvi!)ion.i A -sft% feiliß. a pic<;e of land Mtaf one cQiild wail? sill p#J ; 3'a totalis and raise ftoni it owoiijjli to Jteep -liftii-self tor a year* He would never wMlmgly work y-nless he witntol mo.ij.oy t« buy that Im -coufd iid-t- inal;p him-' ■self, unci tte eoiiseq-ueneo was that-lie very seldom' did work. "Nothing lias yet been done by the Railway Department in connection with :t!;i«j construction-of a -new |.o«.ds yard at 'iho-rndpn* , (sat,ys the an.nujti import of tho -engineer to tlio- Wettiiiston liarbftuiBqard'i, "Soino rec-ianm-titon. .al6ng the iWndmi Espiaitade will no cloiibt -be iwcfrssjut; birt I uiider'stii-nd it not tho mteutiOM <->f tlwJ Dftpattment -t« repJaim the wtiole of tlio »!'&%. whfcli is vested in it in front of the E*plai\ad(j, Hu/i 1 wotiki jioint mil iliafc it is desirable that provision should he mwle t.rt sillpw of the future cSteiisi-pii ol'thefeterfeo Qua.}' brcasW-rtrk iio-.rthw..a!--ds. .«.Hd hv rostiitrt in tire board .such, po-r- . tiop. of the harbour 'bEt-ween tho line «f' the Waterloo Quay north sea *aH taii/.l '■ tho Wtofwlnu Ksifanadc, as Ss irot re-: quired by the Railway Department, so Us to. provHe, when it Iras. -000! rfei ftljiimfid, si-iace for cargo sliods iiii.cT Aviro-., jiiouse sites which will -Certainly be .re-. j qaircd in file future,' .

Tlrero is ftn view , »t Messrs. Stewart DsiH-soii and Co.'s jewellery estabUs?!ineiit a very towdsmiio solid Rold ioViJig cup, 'jfljo fii.pi. whieli has three liMidfejs,. stands 011 a ifintttijM pa.Jo grcwi : ja))*?: plinth, .-Bui is ' fitted ifi a snlt.<J- oal< I tAab. Jt has ton specially tureil fev tlj.6 WeJlmigWu ItewM; tMIA, a.Fitl will be run for at Trentfiain oil April 2a next, ' ' ■ : The City Valuer (.Mr* James Aiues), : ivlm lias bwm ravaged for some «:o.!it.li.S'| pftst iii valuing tiie central i.Misi.nc'Si; jxtt; tioHS of |lie city for the -Valaatfou ]3.0* 13sni'tmol>t< lia.3 coi.nijletccl Ivis mrk, the fesrtlts tos \rl)isli arc* ;n<J\v ifl the lixiiitl.s: of tlio Vit.liwr-GeiicfnL Oilier j)SJr.ts' pf' : the oitv ars hchig rahiod hy two effiec-re ■ of tlio iJe'partincui, who linve still a good dtral of jxfon.«j to c:a\ cj- htfwe- the wlittle' of the'city has, he&n re-v»hip(l. As sfioii ■as tiwk returns jt.rii ■coiiuvjctod .notices■ wiM bo issiiod in tlie usitaf maiiiifJr., afi.d ■meaiis will be iM'O'vkkd for ewttwtiHft. tlife values iii tlie Assicssnieiit Oiwi.rt U.V objeetos. R is tlu.it valnsr. Lin.vß been, substantially red.frcotl in some, of the outlying sutafba, hit, tlmi thos»> j in til.** oity'llAvo boeii aftw-ctl vp.r;V litftq. t>ne way er tlve ftthor. It jsifirtseipatad; tliat tiiV city rates {<tr til* wUiiftß MP .veil , will be based uhii.ll tho Be* va'-tai-tiaus.