LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2145, 11 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'lTio postal authorities advise that j the s.s. Blvorina, which; sailed from Sydiioy an May G for AucManil, is bringing Australian mails. Hie Wellington portion of tile mail is duo to ■ mm* hore by the 4.1.2 p.m. Main Trunk express ta-cloy. I The. wreekoet steamer Devon tvjlj bo ] bombarded by the big guns of the Wcl* lingtqu Garrison Artillery on Friday nienusg, Slay 22. Aβ the result of tlte benefit !r soceer" lnnteli between Hospital and' f.histic, played oil the Basin Heservo <xn Saturday, in aid. of the Upper Hutt fiqlief Fund, £14 6s. <sd. was received in cash, and many tickets are yel wiaecotuttod for. As tho expense were- Tory small, it is expected that the fimd will benejit to flio extent of £20. . The Mayor (Mi\. J. P. TMie) has made a statement in respect to the proposed Wellington City Expansion and Improvement Lonn tljat it'is l»s iioa Us como to Borne- arrnngeniCnt with soiiw fiiiaiKi.al institution bv niiirkat t<? take tho moiioy up as it is wntited, ftjswad of Iwvsng to take up the Wlrolo stun ?A, eeee, aiwl pay interest on it foF the. entire period. Ifsurfi an afrangement can bo made, the .city, he-oo.ns'idr ers, would save q. good deal in interest. There are scan© ef the worfcs that caiuiai bo goiin on wiHj.iTntnqdh atel.y, as, for example, the tttiod-bloefc-itifi, which Is seldom put iii liaiid mitil UlO end of Jamiary, when tto weatte canditk>ns ti.ro reliable for tarring operations. There are other f>f the' higger wijrks thnt will necessarily have to bo done scfttieiially, n*i3 all tlio moitey will not bo needed st once. If tho sum total for works approved by tho ratepayers at tho laan pn-H can b.a raised in tho wanner suggested tlio city will be the richer for it. A cnn&'ukroble number of iinelcilled workefs have been seeking «snip)oyni<;ns froiii the labour Depurtmont .q{ late, ant] it/has been found iinpossiblo to plaea all, notwithstanding the endeavours <?f the Citj f C&Bncil to omploy as many of them as possible.; Sα far, Ure eijiriloyinont bfa.isoh of the Department lias bwn able to find positions for 7i3 men, and thus relieve the position, to some extant. Mr. H. L. Eisofey, ah os*Slreriffi of Bristol, and much interested in the progress of tiiat great ErtfJish port, is at visiting Welliiig'boii irith the Abject of inducing those mtewstei to ship direct from New /foafoiid ports to Bristol.. Mr. Ejsoley is- aceempaiiied by Mr. E. Manning Lewis, eoiivrnereiaj PUporintPiidciit of the Bristol' Corporation Dwks. Both will addresa the Clifiniber of CbmrncroD «t 3 p.m. to-day. Two Aneklaiui graduates, Mr. W. M. .loiH-s. U\v. ncwly-clootod Hhodes Kcliolar.' iiiHi Sk- A. B, rliimesen, wiio linldu one nf tho Orient Compauy's froo pussies, have booked berths tsgotlter in tlwittnaincr Gntinii, due to lenvo Sydttey in Ji.ily. Jtv. .laiiscson lm& ji : ist advice ef passed the medical intermediate examination of i\ew fealsnd, and siitends t« oontiaue medisal studj ifl the Old Couatrj.

A Magisterial Inquiry into the cireiimstances surrounding t!ic ft 1 Urged eotiiskm between tiro harbour steamer I'ilot am! the yacht Atahinfa, ivhieh, it is stated, took,place m Easter Moiidny, has boon s.ut down for hearing oh Frt» day, May IS, IVo nautical assessors have yet to bo app-intcil. "What are the legHimnto function* of a stlwoj eoßimitt.ce ?" asked a roem* bor of an Oatnnm cotaniittoo. "AH wo f.euni empowered to do is to keen fcho cliarwoinnn tip to tho murk." With, a view to discovering the potentialities of their office, it was dftdta?: "That this meeting of householders .requests tlmt tlio Minisk-r of Education bo asked to state wliotbor the powers, and fhitios at w:liooi eowuitttoos had bfeon tabulate.?, and, if so, that the cororoitWe bo infonneil of those powers." Apjilicat-ion lms been fifcil by the % r «l« j lington Bricklayers' Union for the hear- I ins qf aM imltisiritil dispute bofores tho j Conciliation Cefrneil. Millie. Anionia Dolores can after Saturday evening's experience boast of a . ■power to inspire song in oilier than hu*' man beings. Whilst she was engaged' in singing Footc's "Irish Folk Ijp.re Song," her ii'ijuid jiotes readied a starling, which had somehow or other sought shelter from tins bitter Wist in tho ceiling of the stage. The bird ac.eomfiiiiued the s-iiigor right through : the first verso, ceascdj when M:ddi» stopped singing, and rceonffliencofl when she started tho second ■verse. The in* eidont caused some amused titterings anions the audiottee, but in no wisp did it affect tiro ■ foposcfill progress of tho Sl>l)R. Fraccotliugs at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning were delayed a little owing to somewhat Uiiiistial eireTinisiaiicos. A flvsis offender was charged with insobriety, &nfl was ftn&d 10s.. because lie was a pfobibited person, 'fjio. accused roivindffid iftis Worship (Mr. D. G. A, Cooler, S,M.) that ho was a first but the Bench refilled that ]jo was a. prohibited poiv son. This brought forth a denial from the accused, who stated that it iviis the first that life had heard <rf it Further action svijs teinpo-i'jirily suspended whilst intiulrfcs wore ftiade. On the production of accused's ''list," it was found that he -hatl boon .prohibited iii October last, through pfoovedangs jft , - stitutod by a ffieud. The ftceused tut tnitted. knowing and jiving with tiro friend, but still draiieil lmowiedßO .of tho order. His Worship noiuf.ed otvt that tter-o was no dnuW that hn snvs prohibited, and the Rile Would consequently stand. Tli& HWu population of fcl.ic b.finjm r ion wijß Hicressed on Tlvni'Kdny by sis natives of India, who arrived from Calcutta by tlift steamer Aparjmn. lit the- steerage of the vessel thcro ivoro 0(5 Hindu passeiigofa, but of these 6.0 were boutid for Fiji, sittd: they ,«ill bts sont oil as soon as passages, pan. te secured for them.. Tlio Apa.rima. prev soiited a pictiwesijUi? sigM wlicn she Was berthed ftt King's Wharf at the narfhern port, the- nv9 roinwl tlie for.c-deftk beijig liiicd with coolies in their briglvt. coloured apparel, . Atieklnjid \vift b!? a distriliutiHg eentro for lmtoh Eastern labour (hiring the nftXt fev months. On Sitfidiiy, May t% Tβ Ohmcse wwe brought by the Mainrka to Ancfelijii from Sydney, en lwite ta TaTsiti, .where they are to bn ompjoyod oil tfeo plantar tjans, and. they weir- transhipped to th.e Talyiifi foi* caitiagc tq tjiair SeStiiHiticiii. Siaitar contingenfe wi-H b<s btonght ouro a Jiioftt'h for tlio next four .nioiit:li.s 'by tho Mauuka, ', The Oijijese, aininiig wlmm nre sevorai woniesi, are bpiiijj taken to Sydney free China, and tler'o they awnit tronEfvipment te New land. The T7a.lu,ue. innkos a trw eycty ' folk' 'weelcs to' TiiWitr^ ! ' , Jvoif ; Zeala^il ', Herald." '■■' '" ~: ' " " ,: Last AVodMSday a opnfotcniee of wotkpj-s for and .sympathisers wWt ,tlie Biblo-m-Sctiaols LeaKue was. held art (ieraHiuo in the I'resbrtcriati flail, Cokwol Maore in tl>" eliab , . Tho prt- . eeediiigs lastotj. thr'oujsliaufc tho whole day, deveioping into a [juWic Mcoti»g whew the attendance packet! tlio hall, seating aficsiiratodatioiv proviiig insufticiont. An additsss was given by tlie Sev. JoJiM Jineteiizio, of St. Andrew's Prcsbyteriiyn GktwA, Chnatehu.Foli. Many people drev.o IS and 20 miles in ■frojii tlio country., undeterted by.thi? spell of <iold iveatbor. Jfaiiy school teachers were. ptfaseni, ajicl l'eVfesCHt.atjvGs of fte fresbyterinn, M&thodiist, olid Anglicah Cinirches and tho Snlvatinn iVriujs.wlto testified to the n.irity of swppoi't. ■ ' The Haihvay Anpeal Board has Riven tho following judgment in t!re appeal brought ■before ft Jjy lit. ■&^rpi},.Rur-nett,-c;h!B:f «!erk at Puuediu, against beiiig Msp.elrseflet!. hy- $!£, Yotihg, of CJlrHstdiurelt, for tte position «f jane! oilieer .at WftHinpttan: ''That wlivlb, attorfin.g to tho evidence placed teforo tjifl board, tlie appoHant te as Wpll qualified fw tho position of land officer as M.r. You.ljK, who olitamed the- posMo.n, and is (senior to Yattjwt, tho genera,!; njiiliAfiei' havlii!; ■excTcised hvs disotfetvnn and ftccordin* to tlio best kiforiiriitisn, 'placed before liim, ajicl (Inly weighing tlio olv jretioH to placing this a-pnftlfeivt in .<i higher position iw.def liis Imrthor, Wo eannot over-ride tho deeision of the Guiusrn! Mniiagor,. lrtit, at the saino time, wG.tliiiilt tW appellant is WitiWcd ti ElieciaHv favourable eoiisklfcra'tfeii, amt sho-ulti, «s soon as possible, lrave an increase in pay, and coJnseejreWt J)i'Omotion on tlio 8.—3 list, S ; u>i|ect to the foregoina q-iialificaii<)n, tlio ar«e-:il is disinissecL" Id tlio oilier First Divi-: Bior, tma. brought by 0, XT. Mark-' ley, stationed at He'riet, rto appcatfld apfainst an fcivrployCo lielow h,irri. ou the list 'Wiß protnoted to the fiositmn. of forenteu, this bonrd's finel.ijig «■*s as io\lows :—*■"Although tho avipral nvttst, tip. {fispwssod, *-e rccoinriieiid tlio annollnnt ■ to favour-ablo at the first oiiportuiiity \<Awl\ ©ffer* fov i>roino-tid-n." Botli *|io fotegoini*.appeals were : held in Duuedin bet month."