LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2123, 15 April 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is probable (says « PvMs Assoeintittii telegram from Pvtnedin} thnt at his njfOling al Miltoa to-night, th/» Ren. ,1. Allen will aitHowiea thft a.]i|Vi>»t«rMS*. of a director of naval defeno'e for tie IJominiflU'

4 It- is reported tliat the Gover.nirten.t Mas niT/iiigot! (vitti tho tljii.oii Steam Ship Company the (.trms of «, cmilract niKfer which tho subsidised steamer ger* \ko hfttwften Now feilawl and San Francisco will hc> continiietl f-oi , a period of %<?. years, Tho Hon. R. 'H, Uhorlcs (I'ostmiistor-Genernlj, when 'te was quti-sti<>rtf!<l on tie subject yester<lny, said that no contract had yet been signed. iljFtiiticijMl <?l*>«:tors wlio have not j*t fiatisfif-d thoniseh-es that thoy are o.ia the roil only have up till ~> o'eloftlf this overmifi to do so, for at that time the applitijtions for enrolment on tho supplementary roji titat is being prepared in view »f the Mayoral election will t'loso. During the hat, week w two tho various Mmiiciiw.l Electors' Asseciations and the labour bodies have boon very aciivfl in enrolling elector, , ;, and the forms are bow being sent in by the imiKlrwl, Tho task of checking them with the existing roll involves a good deal of work, ami jnsi at present' tho hand's of tho reiuttjing officer a«4 Us staff arc full. A deputation cttnsistbg of tho Jlayof (if P*l«ataa (Mr. J, 1). C," Crowe) and Messrs. E. Ba.ucko and J, ].). Wilson wilt wait on tho floetmnster-Gtojeri&l this itwjrnmg, nnd in aeeerdanc© with a re* aolutwn passed at a representative meeting of cttizeits -and bii.sjiics.s -peopilo reoejitly, will Urge upon tlio Mmi.6ter the ncoeseity for erecting a new post office in a more central position in Pahiatua.

A Chinese was ,irrefit«d yesterdaj , 'on a thargG of stealing a ca-Sc of fruit ffoni a local fruit mart. Ho will appear before lha Magistrate'.*! Court this morning.

Hon. R. H. Rhode* (Minister in Obarge of lourist Resorts), aceompanied by Br. A. K. Kswmaft, k'ill fjy a visit to tho Teifpriro National ark probably towards tne effd of next month, Now that the park 3ia:e beeri taken over by the .Tourist Department, it U proposed to provide, better facilities for visitors tha-n exist «l present It is proposed to erect an accommodation httt in a smtabie poaition between the two maunta.ins. NpaiifO'ho6 aiid Tongariro, and. to construct a toad tunning that point to the road which at present contests Waiinarino riilwey station wit.Ji Tokaa.nUj and which is shoftly io bo improved. Tile -distance itoin this jatt-er road to tho site of the projected hut is between Bis aiid seven miles. i!.nd tlie Minist-ef Is adriwd tih-a-t a roatl *an ha formed over this distaftes «t comparative]; small cost. Ho tvHI took into the trnolc malier, however, when he makes ihijs ifltemied .visit to the park.

This ytm' Afiibulajice Satfirdfty will beheld on Saturday, May % A. house eoileatimi wiil be. made Sy the ladies, as well as the street «oilectio,n.

A very yeiJow peril tras reontipned by the seoretary of 'the New Zealand Poultry Assoctatto.n in his aflnuaT repon which was presented to the Poultry Ce-nfcroiicp yesterday. "TJierg bo a threatened invasion of Chinese eggs, , ' , stated the r.ep6"rt, "but the superior quality of JSew ZzufatiA vfias sviil ensure ■ Us a prs'ferente of the trade." It h seod to know that O.u.r Poultry AEsoeiitioii dp«s apt fear the yoke of the Cliinese, tat rather oftgs oil the local poultry-keepers, atld lays bate tlio hatching plots of the yel'bV ■invaders.

! The Aucklaiid lio.telfee.pers lm?o not ! vet taken any action in regard to in- . pcasing tlieir tariffs, as- has been, dotte in Wellington, as a conißqUoilco of t]|» new 3iote]'-employees' award. f.hea*-a.rd oriibodies tie jis-daj-s-ivecli: ptinsipie, ■and will conws into forco on Monday uext. The llicehsees have deqided to nivait lnitil tlwy aseertsi:!Jiow thov will be affoctfld befqfo going into the q.ue.stioii of incrtosirtft their rates. One jiotrplk-ceper, on. being qnes.tioiied ftn- tfic subject- 'on Sftttttday, feifta-rfeed t-tiafe it nii.gl)fc bo found possible to work the. hoti-svs with the nrcsant staffs.

The HOll Jamei Vien (Minuter of I Dinnce; is to delncr 1 poll* eel ai tit ess it Miltcn tin* owning ind ■Bill make, fi anncuiiccment rnnirdmc tlm fij.aie.iil po«itim o c th a Donuiion at the pnj <f tbc tvuai cul which lns> just closed

Acmihos in the sphere of Defence are j\nt directed towards preparation for the tamp at Tikipau which will bp inspected b% Gcncril Sir lan Hamilton Hie cimp commencis on \pril 27, on which dav the main bodv of troops mil to under cpmas, but o\en unit fs sending an adiartee partj in on Kpn\ 23 Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co , Ltd report liaung sol<) Mr Ernest Short s jirnpern, consisting of 1700 ncres of stiiidmg bush iirnr- Km ltd, to Mis J A James of Stamm, at 3 satisfactory price It i\T! statpd in rssuo that 1 donation *>f £10 nad Leon rec piied In Mi A M Samuel from Mrs Johnston, of Hobson Street towards tlm Upper Hutt lUlier Fund It wis Mrs Joseph, or Street, from whom tne donation came