LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2117, 7 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal autltOTities advise tliat tlio Maraiim, which, sailed frani Suva on April 4 for Auckland, has on boafd English and American ntafls, via. tanconver. The Weßitiston portion is ehie per Stain trunk Gsfuess en Wednesday morning. The mails wliieli left "Wellington on tfebniaty 2*, per $.«. Mpja, a«wl can* Hooted with the Nfliplej dispatsli, per ft .M.S. Qtrtmto, nrrked jn I*mdcm eu iVptil 4. Tho .Mayor (Mr, J. P. Lttlce) van af.)«>d yestVrclay as to whether it was his intention to ttdtln?s3 the n.nmiejpal ek'etors Wore the MaJ'oval riettion, which takes ptiwp on April 2i). Mr. Luke sail! thftt it fras pnihablv tjiat lie woulci isivo i\tt of hh sk'vrnrdxhii) as Mn.yiir in ihc Conrcit, Clmrnb«v a few (lavs Wore the elfletfen. Tire ontiHiiieiits' dopiirtnient of tha I'hMsc Hospital will lie closud o.n l''riflay, iMoiitiny, and Tuesday liext. Ufßcnt, ruin's, Iwevpr, will be treated i»t the , 3!aiu HoßDitul.

Members .of the legal profoEeJcn Jn Wellington kavo erectod a iuontimcnt jn Karori Cemetery to tlio late Br. tlrar, S.M. in this district. It has a cube ba.Sft, and was executed jn black, granite by Mr, W. J. Hclyor, »f this city, Tho inscriptien is as foilows "In memory of Afex'. M'Arthur, liif.A., hti.H)., Stipendiary Magistrate. Actat, 60. Efeetod by inemhtjf s of tlio left&j profession at Wellington, 'Qli fev flin touch ot a vanished sound <if a voieo that is still. 1 " T11..0 Minister of Defence (tlio Hon. Jas. Allen), when, lie was questioned oil the subject yesterday, said tliat lie was not yet able to say who wouJd Colonel* Hearct in the position of Di* ■rector o:f Mslitery Operations. There ittiglrt bo sfiiiio offices already in tho D'omMiion eligible io fill tlio vacancy, but until ho pad gone into llio mattop he cmiW -furnish no i.nforftiation on tlio. subject, Jn refercnsß to tho • BWggcstion ceiitafetoijl in n feeent calilegram that General Sir laft Hamitteii way ha promot* ed to the position o.f Inspeetor-General of tho Home Forces, tho MiliWtej? of Defciiee was asked yesterday Tviustter General Hanriltoß's proniotion, if it tcflk place, wailW be liUely to interfere with his prosorft- tour ef tho Doiiiinions. Mr, Allen replied tliat Iro liad j'egflived m> communication 0.11 tbo swbject., but ?,33umc_d that. General Hiiniiltou wewld fulftl his ensiigemeatfi witti the Dowin-lan-Jn nnyona?. 3"tve flag was lialf-raaß-W on the %wn Hall as a tribvitp to th<v memory of the late Mr, Walter 81-urdocli,

assistD.nt eity engineer. QHcetiGn.ed regarding tli-o progress that was being mado with the jitepasv atioi) of tha achcdijlß of the preposed Gfty .improvement and espn.ii.sien lee-n, the Mayor (hit. J ; P. Luke) taformod aDoMJNios roporfor -yesterday that tlio City ■Enijino.er (Mr/'W. If Martw) hind niiKJe gortsl progress with the paration of ttffi estinmtes, and had ms-* siired him tßiit tlioy would be ready to come up for eensMorat-iojj at the meeting of tlio Finance Gommittos ef tlio cotmdl nest. week. If tho fiGbed.ulo got tliroi-igli its committee Staple it\vou]d probably cojne up for consideration by the full council fit tho nest rftcet-ing-'r-tho In-s-fc sue da-ring tho Muyor's present term of offiee.' Prior to tijo drawing of the -art -union in ; £ouni>cti4H with tltc dtkens' ea*ni-' val in tiro Mayor's *aonv at 9 -o'cloelc tliis fivcnnip;, tlior-c Will be a -moeti-nfi of the flsceutivo eonimittefl and tlin carjiiva.) fuird trustees to discuss tore of .fina-iicß. It is anticipated tbat the worlf of f&rnu'ng .Ce.nt.r4 Pn.rk will; lio puslied cm witli a good deft] <if viroUt dflriiiß the winter mcmtiie. In -m-ds-r to provide wtrrk ffl-r the. tt).nny til-tit -Appear to be in need of it, 'At flic asvaual general meoMn-g of tlio WeKiitghfti Professional Orchestra, held on Sij-nxky, the f-qttewing oftpeTS ; Tfcre elected for the ensuing season Cwiduetor, Mr. .Hcrbfi.rt Bloy; seoretary, Mr, H, MdsisMni i treasurer,. Mr* ■ A. M'D'tMttld; committee., Messrs, L Colian, J, F. Woodivard, S. B. Oakcs, and T. T. Joy: leader, Mr. J. F..Wqod\ynTd.; d_flp\sty-eo!idvm.tor, Mr, H, Moschi-ni: ns* . Bjs-Jaiit secretary, jlr. \V. H. Bawma-n. A hearty voto of thanks Was passed to . Mr, Ohrist-taij Hellomann, wlm so kindly Coiiduoted ths orelie.stra during Mi. '■■ . Bloy's abseneo. ' Duriiig the nost season tho orchestra tt-ill iierform Several new worlfs which 3iave ji.ot j'et been ■Mai'd i« Wellington, aud.j phJijlng from ; tbo ent-Jnwjrtsm of these present at tlio meetiiig, the eom-ing season should be .-most successful. Two deaths occurred oil loard, tlio Renine-i-a tin her way <nii i roftt 3Umdo.ii 'WelUftftton. ' Bi.o flrst was that of Miss A. Hilt, a third-class passent;flr, 'far Ai!ddand.---l%WQthcr was that of a child named J. Boche, Tho β-roymtiutli -Cli-smoor ■ of -Cpnj-- . Sfloreo has written asking the AVcJlkg.. ton ehajjiber's support, foe a d.aily sejw, vice bebwoeA Wellington and firoj*; mouth, via Cbnstohiir.oh. At yesierday's meetrag of tho latter body,, Jfr. t. DallingOr said ho thought they should help tho Groymouth body -ujl tboy cottkl, Ho moved that the Prini-o Minister should be wri.ttoji to |>i .support s_F n daily sqn'ice-, TJie- motion was earried, , 'Jfiie adlQiJ-nred »6cti»g o.f eredito-W in tlio estate b.f Thomas Has-tio, farroor* of ■Johjjsonville, was called for .yestef-dkVj befpf.o tho OffieiaJ Assignee' (Mr. A>; Simpson), bi.it aghin lapsed fer Want of : a quorum-, the Official Assignee stated Ifeat lt.o was sorry tlio nicetiiig could .not: bo held, as *inoe the last toeetjng. thp ■ bankrupt had given him sonns additional Mifor-iMtion, and ho was satisfied that-j it was tli-fo-ugii ho fault of tlio bankrupt 1 that ho was'p-lßcod in iho posßio-n ho how fo-ufld him-sel-f in. fho meeting *a* adjourned, sino djo, . .In refereneo to a rosolutioij byvafflpn. teachers, which apneared iii yesterday's is-siio and whieh bore rfiforrtved to editorial matter in tile "Journal of: Kdncation," it was not made elea-'r that the joiiriial referred to «ns not tlm-. "SAool JmiMial." issued bv tho..p.o.pa.i> ltient, but the jowrnsl conducted by tlsg: New : Zea!ft.nd Edwa-tia'nal Jn-stitutp. Tjio "Sehoß-1 -jrtunrci-t" d'oes not CQiitnin editorial matter at all, v Out of a tets-J of 366 .passengers who.', arrived by the R-eniucira from London' yesterday, 130 fcatiw> ont rmder Sbe Government's sehmno, T\ib lat--t.« MUinbe-r inpji'ifed $1 tikuivestij servttiits and 17 farm khoiii-ors. Iliereworo C 6 assisted piis-.sengcrs wlio ca.mQ 1 opt to Mjoi.n i;el!>tn'es who had already .Battled in Ne.w Zealand. Acfi(srd:jii.g to a : report su..pj)l!e.d. by- Mr. W, J. Giardnq.r (assist'tt.iit engines? tif tho tlppcf Hiitt- Town Board), there is a largo quantity of explosivo material being stored in and ar/ound the H-iit.t at pTcseKt, lie was iiistruetotl.. t<3 so* that all jwcßa-u-tious necessary wera taben in this respect by those scoring suoii materkl. To strengthen a pJeq, tor -an extra enf tp Seatfi-un at 6 p,m. toil}' and at 11 p.m. on Saturday' "A. llegalar Pb-s----seiiger" 8-tatcs that for four ii-igh-ts past •Iμ has had to stand for tho' greater isart. *i{ t-lift tvij> t<> Setttoiiii. Oh fcai'-h of those oecttsioije (<5 o'ejode) t-tafis wore not Jess thajj thirty peo'.pTo standing when the car left the Coin"tfliiay Pl-acD Last. Saturday night : tho cat , for Seatotm wliicii leaves tho I Goveraniont Buildings shorty b.cforp 11 I p.m. had no few-oi , tliatt S2 people sts'ndhit? when it loft Couttona.y piaGe-< olid hesid.es some fifteen to eighteen p'copiy left to "foot it" to their 'homes. This Mayor stated yesterday that thp cotieort th-at was to have boeii given in conncotißji with tli.e Citizei.is' Ca.nii' val iiss been definitely abMVdonei Thifi decision liad beoa -arrived at- chiefly iii view of the -afrang-ewc-nts that _ lyciro bains; jna'de t<o givo a big -csnoort in the Town Hall in aid of- the- sufiefels by five tjpiiof SJtitt fire. Tlio Wcilingtflii Arontciir Operatic Society lias deßniWy booked ilta JSIow Graftd O-PbtA House for eight limits, fnni.m<:t!ffiin.a; Jwly 8, for the )>raducHmi of Wmnque'tte'e "Paui Jones," which tuneful work is at present hi retoorsftl. As there nro no Opof a company imolvHigs between now and the.B it looks as tkmiih "Paul loiws" will ho tire fi-fsi tpjStitiiiwte ;:omie epera, or epeia ax any neseiiption., to bo performed in the- now theatre-. Among the mjnor activities in ihe local picture theatre world it is Ml* sn-tf-ntiqii of tho 'Peoiife's Picture Pttlace Theatre GoWS-ny to ertot a -gallary ui its 'Jta-nn-er? Street theatre. Ik co'inrnonwitli ot'lior pk'tii-ro therttres the .company i'-sel-s tho gwwing demand for acconi* medftlian, and is how fifttiMderuig plan? for the orcetkm ef a- gallery that will aecanniKidato 200 or 800 mere people. Experiments in West Africo. prove UiHt stilt is ii-it -offectivfi siibsitti)e for kcrosßU'O in with mosejflWJs in materia soul yeilow' f«vcr districts. A sol-iiita d two per cent-uiii ife sttffiaßHt.