LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2125, 17 April 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For tho information of those who intend to bo prcssnt at tho Hon. A, L. Jteidmnn's meeting this evening, it may bo mentioned that the gallery awl orpin seals will bo resented i'or ladies; also that admission ta tits Town Hall will be by tho. main entrance, in Cuba Street, only. There is no ticket admission to any part of tho hall. Tho doors will bo opened at 7 p.m., and closed when the seating accommodation, is filled.

There are always those who leave tilings until ioo late, Yesterday the town clerk exhibited a roll of fifty electors' enrolment forms, all duly tilled in, received by post during tlio morning, and consequently too late to bo included in the supplementary roll, which closed at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. What was still mors amazing w>& to nolo that some of th© names were those of people, whom one. would novor suppose would risk their clecter.il privileges in such a manner. No oxcuso can be. pleaded by anyoiio who had not enrolled by 'Wednesday evening, as frequent warnings iiad heen given almost daily in the Press throughout the past week as to tht> preciso hour At which the roll was to close.

Qisco again the slander that the average Scot has no sense, of Irafiiour has hoen demonstrated as incorrect. This time it was at tlio meeting of the- Auckland Presbytery. A minister was earnestly advecatrag that in view of tbo ■rapid growth of population at. New l/ynn a certain sit-o should be. acquired for a church in the future. When sshcd to define the location, the speaker said; "You all, of course, know \vkjrc the old hate! was," whereupon a snort* tancoas outburst of laughter caused im minister to subside into his seat. The laughter was renewed when upon resteniittE his remark, l ) ho said "That was not what I meant brethren."—Auckland "Star."

Gradually preparations aro befog raaflo for the installation of tho automatic telephone system m Wellington. There is ut- present a gang of men employed solely in wiring houses afresh, and installing automatic instruments in place of the old manuals. Street hy street .is being dealt with, and ai the. latest, list shows,, new numbers a.ro being given telophases wherever the change frwa ths manual to the automatic is being made. The new system demands suboxehangos. One of those is to he at Kelburne, oiio at Courtenay Plaeo, awl another at Wellington South. The Public Works Department is now busy on the creettsa of the Courtenay .Place snbehango, which is being built at the rear of the Post Office, and will consist of h snbstaiiti.il brick building about 3@ft. hv 50ft. tlio Department is also pash» ing ahead with the erection of a new automatic telephone exchange at Jiastorton.

A new tramway ■ time-taUfc will toissued west week. It will cominm certain, minor alterations, the chief of whieh will coneem tlto twining of the Aro Street oats to Wadcstown, and the continuation of the Newtown cars to the end of Daniel Street, via Key Street. At present all the Newtown cars arc running up to Daniel Street: for the convenience of penile who wish to visit the Zoo. Hitherto it has been qnito a long walk from the old tram terminus at the foot of Russell Terrace to tins Zoo, hut tlio latest extension of the service means that passengers aro conveyed right to the „ Zoo gates for no mora than they paid to tido to the old tesrminMS. Tim extension to Daniel Street has equalised the Wellington South section in kneila with others between the city and Newtown Park, The department have in ■contemplation the 'labelling of alll Newtown cars with the aMioi}iw«nH?fit "To the. Zoo." . Tho. officers aro delighted with Iho', success that has ■•attended the ! ohsprvatioM car service during the Easter holiday*, a»d aro going into an [ extension of the idea.

A political address was delivered in ono.of tho suburhs last evening by a candidate standing in the Liberal interests at tho next- general elections. While the- audience was small, it 'was 110 dffubt enthusiastic, but at least ono CcuUem&tt Was not interested in the lAboral achievements, tho speaker had for a long timo condemned tho present Government when an elderly geutlonian roso from one of tho front seats, "fixouao me interrupting," lie said, ''but I have listened patiently for an hours and have not beard anything about municipal politics. You aro standing at tho immieipal elections, aro you not? 4 ' Amidst laughter, tho speaker had. to explain that ho was standing as a L'ilinral candidate. "Oh, thank you," said tho misguided gentleman, and the candidate was allowed to .coii'tliiuo..

! the name "Harricsvilte" has been given an area of land in the electorate of the Minister of Railways. Tho place so named is outlined in tho latest Gazette as all that area in the Auckland land district bounded towards tho north by the southern boundary of the o'bin.e--mtwi County from Gould's Road to the Waihou Hiv-or; thence towards the Mortlwsast by that river- .to the To Ajoha-Waihoii Road; thence towjvyds tile south-east by tho To Arolm-Waihou Read to Gould's Road, ami thencn towards the west 'by Getilrt'B Road to the. southern boundary of Ghinemiiri'County the place of commencement.

With a view to working tip interest in the proposed memorial to commemorate tiro landing of tho pioneer settlers on tho Petonc beach in IS4O, the Welling* ton Early Settlers' Association intend holding a pul)lic meeting at fretono earl? next week, and a subsequent meeting at a later date, ut tho Hutt,

A five-potiitd iiota lias been forwarded to the Receiver-General by yi.mo pi-soft unknown as conscience hioiioy, and is acknowledged in the Gazette by the secretary to tlio Treasury.

jYJr, George Coulter, who is responsible for tiie elaborate decorations of tiro Grand Opera House, lias arrived in Wellington from Sydney, tinder engage* incut to transform the interior decorations of the old Opera Mouse, which is to be given over to pictures. The work of altering tlw theatre io' fit it for the rMHUromeuis of an up-ta-daio picture theatM will Iw commenced forthwith. The .proposed alterations aw< being plan* iwd by Mr. W. C. Cbatfio'M, llm original architect of the building.

An interesting exhibit, and otto quito unique of its kind., has been -added to tho walls of the office of tho Secretary for tho Post and Telegraph Department (Mr. W. It, Morris). It consists of a neatly-designed, but solid, oitk shield, on which are Bet out in well-balanced order '.sixteen samples of sections of the cable used between Sydney and Double Bay by the Pacific Cable. Hoard, These Gpcelniens are cut on the cross, so as to show dearly tho formation, and resemble, from a distance so many medals. It is curious to know that the forHiatkm of a cable is not oven throughout; it differs according to the depth _oi water it lies in, tho character of the ocean bed, and tho influence of ocean currents. Tims the cable that lies on a good bottom at good depth is a little over an inch in din meter • and is only lightly armoured, whilst tiro share cuds at Sydney and the Mirrawni Itiver arc over'thrc'o inches in diameter, and are verv hoavilv protected with tt comjDOSito insiilatiou and a- double round of heavy steel Sire. The trophy was sent to the Department by tho india-rubber, p-ereha and Telegraph Worka, of Silverton, England, where the Pacific Board's cable was uiannfactared.

hi tills week's Gasmt'h) notice is given nf intention to canoe), their -registration nndcr the Industrial Coiitfillntkm until Arbitration Act of tlw .New Zcda-ml i;'loi.ir millers' Co-operative Association industrial Union of Employers, the North WcHinftton Branch of the, Amalgamated Society of Oarpouiots and Joiners, and tho O'leymcnvUi \miy■>orks Employees' Industrial Union.'

Money-orders and. postal correspondence, arc, by Gazotto notice, prohibited from being forwarded to Ur. It, S. Southlngtoh, Hew. Company, .of' Kansaa City, Slifisouri, ILS.A. j the Nation, nl Medical Institute of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.:' and tho Northern Spec, 'CDin.pa.My, of tho ftiuno city.

Mr. Morgan (Director of the Geoifigical De.partnumt of tho Government) has Ratio lo Waika.ka, in order to cxamino the- district, ivith a view to furnishing a report aa to tlio possibilities of tlio Waikaka and surrounding districts for further developments in mining. Tlw visit is the outcffmo of renrcscufcatioiiß ma.de to tho Hon. W. Fraaw.

Tlio Bankruptcy A,«t is to bo discussed at nest Monday's meeting of tho Wellington Central Chamber of Gomnieree, when the, president, tho lion. & M. Luke, will move that an amendment o'f tho.Act is- desirable, in order thai greator prominence ma.y bo given tfl privato assignments. Among <ither matters to ho discussed are- the transmitting of Homo marftet quotations) the afforest** tioil of waste lands, ra-ilri-fty Weights on produce, and fire Insurance premiums-, The Wellington Cadets aro now industriously carrying out their .musketry ewse, with a view to securing one of the silver cups raised through tho efforts of Mrs. fioetley. Theso cups- oiiq for eaeh company, with an accompanying medal, aro for tho individual Cadet in oaeh company making the highest booto in tho musketry course, Arrangements have- been made to have them presented by tho Inspcetetvßenctal of Overseas For&>j (Sir lan. Hamilton) during his visit to Wellington. Last Saturday tho Scout Cadets and fin Technical College .Cadets wer.o out at 'J'rentbam., and to-morrow tlio No. :H Company IY.M.G.A.) will go to Pclhill Gully to lira their course. Captain Powlcs is supervising the shooting,,

. At the annual meeting of the. Weiftngtoii Puildors' Labourers' Union the election ©f officers- for the ensuing year ■resulted as. under:—'President, Mt, A, Prtirnettj vie6-.p.res'idefft, Sir. A, loekha.rt.; tre.as.fl.rcr, Mr, Q. B.urnejts trus* tees, Messrs. G. Williams and A,' Whiting; management committee. Mos&fß, G, Head, H. K»ena, P. Colqjiii,, and H, J. Hansen, Far the office ol secretqifj # postal ballot, of all.financial inemborp is to he taken. Voting papers are rctvirftflblo up till April 2!?,' the candidates ■being .Messrs. .E, Kennedy and A. Agnes-.

The Hon. W. feasor- (Miiiiste of Pub* He Works) is to receive a deputation ftt Parliament Buildings- on Saturday, re.ptesejitiiig Upper Utttt and .Akita.fatfa residents, in referenco to tlio .application tot a subsidy towards the 4'Qst of a ,now bridge across t'lio flutt HweiS The fteed for the bridge was mentioned at a recent meeting of the Hntt County Council,

A public' inspection of the kindfirgijffceu and infants' department ef the new Normal School at lyel.burno, which, was opened en Wednesday, was to have, taken place this afternoon and evening. As the elcetfic installation, has not yet been cempjeted, it has bno.ii decided to postpone the inspection till next Thursday/ when parents will hove an opportunity of seeing the school between $ and 4 p.m. and 7 and. 9 p.m. Outpatients' at the Wellington Piiblio Hospital were recently divided into fetto classes:—(a) Those who are able.to pay a minimum fee. (2s. Gd, for medicine); (b) those who are not able to pay any fco (to he treated free of charge). Tlio teSolutinii making thfe divisftw. w.ii.B passed en October ?3, 1013, and it was retorted at yesterday's .mooting of the Ilejipitfti Committee' that d.ass&aMaii Was being enforced «S from April },

A forged •& 1.0 note is at present being exhibited in,the window of Uoolss and Papers, Jjiroitod, Now Zealalidor Hotel Buildings, Manners Street*. This no to was taken by tlio Auckland branch of. the company' on Ens'ter Saturday, and sci.it fonwur'd to.Wellington;: The f-ftrc--cry is .a- marvellous piece -of wo/rfc, calr eaiated: to' ..dceeivc anybodyi .even ail expeti, unless en the alert, Kis ■generally iWueht that the. fte'chaijical work of reprodnetion was dene eitbet in America m on the ■'Continent, bat wfeo.frever it was done it is a clover piece &'f work, As the law stands, there ee.qms .-to he no wuy of escape from tee position that Territorials who are in cami> at. the time 'of the Ma.vora'l olflfitioiis on April 25) Will ho tlisf ran-shiscd. ' .'3'liero. is mo legal provision for absentee voting in cmkicctioH ivitli local -body eleotioi'ts, nnd tiie law does not perinit the : us.o m polling-booths ontsida aii dcetoral flistfiet except in the tpceial 'provisions whieh apply to horovighs adjacent J« cities. Suhui-han boroughs are poffflitted to have booths' in t'ho atfjoiHiiig .eiliv.

At to-night's meeting of the Petone Borough Council Councillor .Forsyth wril movo:-—"that stops be taken to aemßre ' under the Public Works. Act the »nd necessary on %> western s* of tho nroiiosed extension of Islington Street, as defined on tho plan recently prepared bv 4e ImMUgh engineer,' "A movement is o'n foot to raise JUofrinsvillo to the status of a bpro.U;gh. A census Was recently tlndcrtakfift by <*«■ Chamber of Commerce to a'seeptftin how ■far short the population of the/town district was of the number requirediMk It was fouftdthatlhe totalpopujatiou was 928-SSS adttlts and 3*3 uu, der && > I* « teW® *? S T, • tho matter to the Town tt»«d, «J«* * Buccnstlflti that tho boundaries ol tho district be eStendcd so as to jjic ude the reotvirsd. population to constitute- ■» borough. , +> 11' Regulations niado under tho.PnWic Sen-fa)' Act of 191.2 for the examination of' inspectors of fetories ap(War m tho current week's Gazette. ■«■ « previdcd ' that whenever vaeapones .occur m the I)«Ji>rtment of labour in ■*« .posit-ioifs of ofl'icers in clwrtgo a* AudcfaCd, Chrfctdnirrfi. mid l>unedn., ; or wspoctors kiotogo at Wc11« and In--(••.re.ar*i:l'l, inspectors of factories U\o have passed the prescribed csauwiatwu Shall bo cligihlo for prduiotwn to such positions, and upttH such sWI be deemed to he prmnotcd to 'he clerical division; pfovidp.d that no o.tticer" promoted ■shall be oi.itrtkd to «» pointiwtrt to any other positiort j« tho cleii'-a') division «M ho.has passed tlmT*tth:fic Service entrance or sentttf illation. ~ , ... » v . ~,i ■ It was rccßiimspiided to the Hospital Cdmniittco yesterday th*t atithortty shoald be given for ,the feWowiug an, iHial inerehiciite to sisters and senior nurses from April p-Sktm, Sgs tjj £100 in t«o tinna'al I'ncreasfes ot : ilu ram (sno of £«. Nurse.*: £.59 fa) £60.3. in 01.10 annual iiiSfeasc- of £10 «-"d one. of ■&": the committee adopted tho ■rccouiiueii' datioii.