LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2150, 16 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ministers of tiho Crcwji lVl.io will bo.in Wellittgton are being invites! to attend the civic reception fa be accorded to Gerwml Sir Ijjii HaftHltoi at the Town Hall-at 4 p.m. on l\iesdtay next, During the afternoon the distiftguißhcd visitor is to witness tho pra'ctico mado by tl» big gnus β-t fort Daivson on the 1 ivreok of tlio Devon at tire other, side of i the entrance, and, that ov.er, .it is proWised that he shall visit tho "site o:f tiie Devon wreck to adjudge the effeet of l : h.e shooting. The Karbotir Boavd will issue. : a trarning.to shipmasters and-ethers to fceep w*U oiitsklo- the zsiitedunug the time the -shooting la to take place. After fee returns from the Beads tho Gelier.il will p.r6cee4 direct to tlis iWft Hall. . Afternoon tea will li 6 provided is the Ooiieart GliaiHber for thcoffieial party. Oilierwise the reception will bo an nhschu-ely puMie one, and ii.o admission tickets are being issued to anyone. The postal aufliorit-iea advise that the mails which teEt Wellington on April , ?4, per E. 31.5. SloaHa, .a-itived in Sa-n |?raiiGiseo, en Totitolto Loi-uioii, on May i lL

At the end of this tesr the β-overi)-nicnt will harp to raise a loan of over £3,000,000, to reneiv the wcftftWMffcetl portion of the five millioii loiiii raised bv the Ward Governlnent ill 1911. T.ho Hon. Jas. Allois iMip.iat<? : r -rf Finanee) stated when he wa-s questieiied on the snbjeci yostordft.v that he did notai!ticipate any difficulty in getting Hire 'money, "the ftejor'm Government," ho said, "has put tlio fiH-tuiecs of the Dcraimxm straight, and when wo have been a little loiiger in office we liope to Hsalio them ft bit stvaigjiter still."

Scotsmen of Wejjingfeii sire jiialcing ciiergotie preparations for tlw eebljfatioli hi Wellington Of t!i:o six hyndreclth aimivp.rsitry df tlic Battle of Bannock* burn. A stroflg committco of t-Iw Wftllittgton Scottish Society and tho Wellington Pipe Band an<J iXfijicei's' Assoeiatioa met, Jrist lrigbt and arranged to combine their forces and hold a big ■concert on jtixm M next,. A siib'cotsaittee .was forwedj and thej , hav* airoatjy got a eonsidefablo .amotiniE of detail. work well forward.

' The Rev. Ay. S'liiref,, sfenjor . Pftebj* teriau, eia.plam, has I'ecejyed iuforino.'tion frate tlie entcsp ■»§ Takap&ii to tho .effect that tho Key. Wifliain Qrant .(Gfeliarne), chaplain,, i? uqw oft duty there. Mβ was the oniy_ chapfeih. iii camp on Wednesfes , . and is contiiiuka the work iii the marqfteo provided by tho I'resbytery of Hawke's Bay. : ilt. F. I'ir.atii, the Rofor'hi candidate fof Wanganui, is to speak at tho O\)?ra House-, Wanganui, on' Monday eveniui;., in i - «ply ta a recent spcecli bj Sir Joseph Ward. ■Complaint was made at tlio ■rneciiing of tlio orooldya jltiiiiefea:! Sfeotoi's' Associatidß feiet evening that a long-statist-ing proi.njso by the ■.PesttnasteNCeiieral k> install a slot telephone in th& Kiiburbhatl net yet- been parried oiit. It wits ■staiod that tho- Boii. R> H. Rhodes promiseiil a deputation in October, 1012, that » slot telephone ivpiild b&.installed at the.aew Brooklyn Post Office, but ■that Although tho huiidiftg had hepu «oitspkted the. "prcitniso ■ i-ft Tegard to '■ the telephone ' llitd riqt yc% been dedtned. . : A large siSi&terred warehouse- is in confsij of erection for Sfossrs. Slis and Manivon at tho coi-nof of ©Id Oust-anfe iioiisp Quay ajid Loriibard Street. Messrs Sanfers Bros, are the contractofs;

The interior of the 'old Opera Holi?o ■ in Jlannetii Sw<K>fc is bfeing coropletcjy ■ traUsformei *» mafco it siiitablo (6t the purposes of apictars t-bcatro, for ■whicli it has been scoured 'on n long lesso by tlvo Now -iSealmid TiEtvitc Supplies, Ltd, Tiie facado in Ma'imofirj Street is bsi : ng njtorod so as to provide I for a- krgo oacu entrancci, to effect | whicli tWferidv tv-aij. dividiftt; Ife.stalls' and dtess oirds entrances fias already ■ been deiiioKshedi as well ; as the circle stiiifn'ayi Tho naw enWanto to the- ; dTe-ss cifclei will lead off the main lob'by,; and instead of turning to tljo. right rw ■ befei'o. it will ttifu to' tho left, coming. out aboiit the entrance to t.te geiitlc-; men's- dressing-room. 'WMiin, the tlio* atog has been eomplfiwl.y rejuvCMte<l and elaborately decorated, so as to look better thaa it'c\ct lias done. Tho niiiin ■ floor has been lowered nearly three feqt, n. new gold and .green prosccmtfni pjlit. ters where, there vias -fownerl} , ft niwey eoHoction of colours and. styles-. _ The dress cirete lias been, rfepapefed with ; a rkMoo-Wnc dull ge-H papw- wivteh contrasts well with a rather vutat pcaSoclc gi-eeit dressy. The. family circle has n'feo been goH'M-a.s : Jici<l Tlio aoiiie has lieetV liieeh- tinted S-«3 in Mr- Gμ. OouHer's best style. r The Opera j : louso .will be an ideal picture house when all the propos'ed elteraticws are eftecMd. The structural romodelkng of the theatre is bftiftg doiio by mm*. Sanders' Bros., f.*om pJafis supplied by Mr. W. C. Cliatfiold (the original atehj* ■tfict <»f the theatte). SflKio lit-tlo doiibt spp&afs. to.esM as'te whether *o students o:t. Vjctem College arc B*s"ig to ,lia ™ *" mr aiiinval unjcessiwi thrmigh tho City this year, The sUidcats inteni itet tlio proecssion shall take place e» iioxt, and uiabnitle pi-epav:UW!is are nt train to mate It qs startling is usual. Tlio oxtravasaifta to bo ptedneed at tho Ca;p, 1 ping Oaniival is a twitch moro ainb.i.iious I afiair th.in has ori>r l:c«ii alt.eiii.ptpd bejl'oro fey the stndonts. 'Ml the livasic lias bpcm linrnwnised, flnd thew ritl bo an orchwtfa, arttl a cterus of 70 v«ii?cs. Detectii'o Mason vostcrdav arrostftd a man who will appear at fho Mngistrato's Court this moj-niiig on two ciftrges of tltciij of overcoat!.

At a meeting ef Ui.o Audljlaiid Prw* liytery licld an Wcdnosclaj, n rcisolflti.oii was prtssed by a votn of S8 to ?, urging iho nniucdjato graHtiuft of the reM'civ ■thim asl«:e.c( for b.y tlio BiWc-Mt-Staio-Snhoels League. Exes.pt for t : he. twa wlio vatal hi the nefiiitjve, tire support nf the itiotioji ots hearty. It is Dot .vvitiioiii significance JrJw-t tlio two wlib thus voted were Hiiitistoi'S; the" layineii present aji sii:|)|iorte(! tlio inatioi),

Jtliss 3land Allan hatl ratltor a.ll exerting fi.vjiorknce ill the Miotar jnu'rn&y temi Hastings t<l Mastei'toii an 'I'lnifsclay, A (tetouv was niado botweon .Ban- , novirji* kmA Wttorlvij.tc, wlikh iicc.ess.itateJ tlie crossing of a s-trchni. Wlien t'he car readied tlio middlo of llm stream it fiWett fest. 'fiic cliatiffcuir wont to a jrcigirboM-rtng fai'ni niwl pi-.0-c«rcd c«rcd a t-oaiii of biiliacks, which fnuiJeiJ tins «ar oil tewa firiii;i.. llio p*rty reached Mnstertoii #i.6rtjy befove- c,igilifc orotic in tte evening.

Thofo was .» good deal of ftngrj' talk at the meeting of tlie ftfookiyn Jiuiwii)a| ElcGtors' Association- last evciiuiy; iibdtifc tlj.o condition of a street t-allcd Ueu'.beu Areiuta. It \ra-3 sta-ted that, Owing to gome legal teeJiiuea-liticsj although, tho upper part of tlvs- bireet Iwd -bwjt formed., and pro-i vided witls ast>halt footjsa.thsj HoUirUg had iieeji dofift t<s impFOvti iJio Igwci' part, Tlio Jesuit, it- was stated, Atoi* that rCisideflte in ail psiis of tlio street, softi.o ®{ wHoin .liati lived there for uiajiy years, had to wailo tlireufth a qmigniira to get to tltetr homes wlwjuivor tilie weatlwsj' ii'iis bftiH. li'wnti tho discussion which took pijice it appeirod that- a. basis ol conti'Jbutioji l.»y residsnte o| the street towards tho cost of improving it toJ been acra-n-ged, anid flic- association dwieled to bring pressure to Bear ■tipon tho City CgujuHl with a vie* to ff&ttmg it i.o put tlio JiccM.sftrj iiriprovoBicnts iii band without further doliiy.

Mr. D, 0. Bates, Govwrtmen* Meteorologist, is to proceed to Australia --shortiy to mute inquiries in regard to organising a system of weather fefloßs by wifeless. Ho wilt n&lojid a cq.nforiftiico at which representatives o£ t'i-VO CktMuiMjtwoaMi Mc'tcorologicat Bureau will confer on this subject with q,- rtpres.ijiitaiivo rf thij Sljtfcojn ttmtpatiy. 'Kpr seoaq. titne past Jlr. Bates Iμ* been, sending ffiii- weather forecasts to -ships in touch with tho NW Zeaiaiir wirfelesp stations. At first the forecasts were sent out every evening, but latterly,-.iii view of ttvo increasing vohiuie of syreclc'sfl traffic,-the forecasts havfc 'been sent, out -otity in times of stormy AyeaMier. ' N?jv wireless ■regatl'atte.ns Approved. tfojijff thtto ago by tho Jitar iJd.akii'd.G.ftvernr. nieftt) arq «omiftg iato force in -July, under wWftli iiearly itjtl the- jiasseiigercarryitig steamers tfrlt foe Ns-jtli' wireless, It is w atepXrtvt of *licec ivltered oondit«ffls that the Wet6orpiOßie.nl wireless seryiic© is to fee- reorganised. Jn iho Oomtti.oiWeaM ; h r.og.uJa.iiane -similar to those already adopted in New Zt«■land, pirovidyig for tho eqvn|)nieiit of steamers w'ifr Av3i»)ess apparatus, arb at present niider Boiisitlerat-fon, The secrctafy of the Brooklyn Municipal Elrictars , ' Associaiioii etated ; nt tho aivntt.a-1 meeting of that -wV ,«,?* tkt lie lwd te(s)i informed fey. tho .(,*airm.a.ij ©f *P 'OHy TriHfjivays Board (Jfr. W. H. MoVtoii) tliat it Was i)i'o.nosed to imiwrt tramway motors of a jwavior and ftoro po-wtrjttl l*po Qiaji thoso ait -present' in Use. I'lio use of these motors Avovild toakp it to run liiuoh J»eavi&r aid .larger cats on tte liiil routes than could be sqn-t over t-iiem .at present, Jlessrs, Baldwin .and Raywvrd, patent attornej-s, flf 215 li-a.it*tati Quay, t-imt tiie-y have Klod tlip folloiviflE ipwtfcatiofts. foe ps.te.nt of.New Zealajid ffieo!T-tly:-C. A. ftajrisoii. toft to • »«■ ca-ndeseent ferap; R.T-P- lWntW.hee.la. Ftoey,, ( Sid;.,., Me%9jiriii?, .^ilrent i tvte'l y.;Vi ; i' IlJloligrtsOn,, ~....-Ee|pur'ne> coari>liuga for'-" AVes'ti.ngliouso., etc-.j brakes; E. Maddern, Rangiotti.. wirotowert G. I*. IX Jffmcs, Wellins-ton,. ca-rcviss conveyor; W. 'H,,B.wva.rds.( A\elKiigton, scat; D. Elder, fledrajiipjii;, garV tjciiß, etc., spraying', J. U- Tatlor and H. Oakley, ClffiMclvtircli., acetyieivo gas peiicra.tor'; G. Jlopr-e, Jopliii, TJ.g.A., Ifntl-bearius; matatial tre.niti.ng; W. A. ■HiMssii, Kansas. Gity, IJ,S.A, S flywi.g Hiach'ino.