LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2156, 23 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The postal authorities advise that the 5 a llirerina which sailud from Sydney oil May 20 fpr Auckland, is bringing Australian mails and also sin English tnail, via Suez.; Tlip Votlmgton portion is duo per Main Tranis express en JfeßA new post office building was erected at Brooklyn and opened to tho pub'lk; on April 30. Tho offico is now open rontimi<nisi.r between 9 a.tn, and 5 p.m. oh all week.' days for tho transaction of all post ofiieo business. Mails ave dispatched daily from Brooklyn to tho Chief Post Office, closing at if) a in., 3 p.m., and 4.48 p.rn. Yesterday ovoning Detective Las-is arrested a. young itiani oiiiploycd in a local business e-stablisluncntj on a charge of forging cheques and uttering tlwiii. Tim Mayor (Mr. J, P. Life) has received a sura of £24 ss. towards the Uppor Htttt Disaster Fund fro« the Wcllingtow Football Association. iFliis amount was colJcctGcif at a match played on Saturday, Hay 9. ' '' The Hon. H, D. Bell, irtra has occupied an office in the General Post Qffies building during tho Parliamentary recess, wit! take Up his quarters in the Pat'luimeiitan' Buddings on Monday. During hia recent »«irvl;orn tour the Hon. W. 71. Harries (Minis-tor of Bailways) indicated tlio possibility ' that Parliament might he ashed during the coming session to authorise'! a loan, to cover tho cost of railway improvements, new stations, and so forth. Questioned ! by a reporter yesterday, Mr, HcrrieS saiil that tho proposed" loan would l'w raised over a 'term of years, tt would b« a matter for Cabinet to dctonnmo ivlicli a shift should bo uindo upon tlw new Central Station afc Wellington, he replied to another question, but this was of course nne of tho works uiid-cr consideration in connection with, the proposed loan.

His Honour Mr, justice Hosking will deliver judgment ki the Supremo Court at 11 o'clock this morning in the case .David aliliigan v. Augusta M. Milligau, petition for dissolution of marriage. The gravity of tiio proceedings at tlw nioiit'hl.v meeting of the IMucatfaji .Hoard yesterday aflenieon was iisU'nMpte/i at one stage by a vigorous thumping on t'lio floor outside, accompanied l»y "raucous laughter. Intorroftativc looks were exchanger! by members of' tin? \m&ra, but no one appeared i-o comprehend tlw •mjsoH of the rudo disturbance m tlw* sails of education. Tl)«i the secretary Mr. G. L. Stewart) whispered to Mr".

I?oht. Loo, chairman, that tho students of the Victoria Colle-ae were outside, ami, if they wore admitted rutiM bo pleased to daiwo n hnlca. The "'■v.s was ; communicated to tho board, v ! dsrmb- : Ij- acq-iksed, and i : ii trooped :• '".dy of painted damsels, who, m mamilifin tones, informftd Iho board that the.? vrcro well developed specimens of Jni* ! Kiamty, accordifig to the aospel <;f ftoyd ' Garlick. They w« really too tired, otherwise they would ho pleased to donee befow tho hoard. Tim Colin.Ro havs then retired rowdily to inflict their preI senco on others. j Councillor Findlay lias giteij Hotico to amove at tho meeting of tho Petoio j Borough Council to ha hold on Jifsii- • «ay :—'•(!) That until tho end of OetaI her 1.914, tho rate ef wnjros to bo paid to all casual, labourers in tho cmploy of the council bv 0110 sWfliujj awl sixpence per hour. $) That,a smtnhlo ' shed be erected at tho entrance is the Petflno Wharf foV the storage of coal : and ether goods. (3) That the Harbour Board bo requested to select a suitable site, for thp erection ttf con-

vonumcos at tho Pc-teiio wharf, and when -such site has been so selected tho coime.il proceed with tho erection of the same."Tho sir* *if State school cla.ss-tfo&iris came up for eofisifkration at the hiceti«g of tho Education Board yesterday afternoon.' The condition of a Government grant in connection with the erection of a school at Eastern Hutt was to tho effeet that the si?/.* of rooms lac standard classes generally should be 24 foot by 22 feet. Tile Chief Inspector (Mr. T. R. Fleming) reported that Jus thought it w-mild be a mistake to bind themselves down to any -partlctrtar s)s:e for class-roMiK. 'That size might do in many instances, but there wero cases as at Island Bay, Brooklyn, ami other places, where tho schools arc • ■where the siae restriction in regard to class-rooms would bo restriotiYa, The. report of tho Chief Inspector was adopted. The loan proposals are to'be discussed by the City Council at a special meeting on Monday evening, A somewhat ohiliy cirlernrisO) en-' Caged in yesterday by Miss Tiny ,'fhi-inavlv, a performer at present appearing on a local stage, was that of diving into the harbour from the top of _the navigating bridge of the steamer Willsohra, a. vortical distance of about 60 feet. The diver'took off prettily, but entsrcc! the wafer ilat on her siiio\ She roso to tho surface unharmed a few seconds later, and d'uch.rcd, on returning to the steamer, that she wouldn't mind . doing it again. Miss Thiriiark intends to go on. to the, Saa Francisco Exposition before reluming to Stockholm, her native city,' To*cliy tho Wrfliftgten Cadets wiM parade,'l2oß Strang., for inspection by General Sir lan Hamilton at Newtown. Park. In tho metering column in ycsterdny's Dominion the legal lighting lip trod ibr : motor-cars was given as 6.8"p.m. far yesterday,, and 5.11 p.m. for next Friday.; Tho times should have been 4..3S p. hi, and 4..81 p.m. respectively,. 'At yesterday's meeting of the Bdiieft. ■ l-isn Board it was decided that tiro datefor the- secoriti sot of sclwittl coiniili'Mfie. . elections bo held an Thws.da,jf, June 4. In connection with the report.of the Inspector of Schools on' iho request for the erection of a neft* school at Parurnata, which came before tho Education i ßoard yesterday, tho matter-of a bettor connection for pedestrians bclwcpu Paromata and Pbmiucrtou was raised. It, ' ff as stated by tho inspector {Mr, T. %': Fleming) that there was a connection across the railway brijtgij—just a couplo of planks—wliieh was rvuite unsafe and should not bo used by "ehiWi'cn, : but if there was some- sort of bridge it would bring Pareftiata within a mile of Piraiii'i-orto'ii. Mr. Vim. A Han gested that tho bridge laight lie made safe. Mr Sloss urged that n, might ,be made alongside the railway brklp. Tho secretary -(Mr. G,. L. Stewart) was iivstrtioted to make inquiries with a view to getting a safe coiuwotioii established, across tho': esttta.i-y. It was reeo.niwciided that the Hutt .County Council . should j;>o. n'pproaehod respecting tho matter.. Mr. Fleming stated that ho couid. hardly rocenimend tho crcofiou of a sehool at Paroflia'ta, as the ehiMrcn *ero within reach of Perirna,.on ite eiio hand,, and Pliinmerten M the Other, and it only meant making proper arrangements to convoy tiiCili to schofll awl home a^ain: The secretary of tho Education Bfiflrd (Mr, Ci. 1./. Stewart.) was authorised at yesterday's meeting of tho board to call for tenders for the erection of tho new Training College at Kclbume. The avai.labia grant for this purpos-s is iieaiv ly £9000—to coyer everything, The claim brought by Lueinda Caldwell against the Union Stomn -Slijp Company for £30.01) damages for the death of lie? busbaiid, was concluded at. tho Supreme Court- yesterday, after }av» 1 ing ooßii-pied tho Court for threii.days. The caso.set down for yesterday was that of Loo Wye v. Br. Mackenzie,, claim for £248 for wages, and cotniterclsfm for £W0 for professional services, rendered. This .case was .adjourned till Monday, and replaces the case Eimiiks M. Graham v. Alice Merry, ■otoisn. for £500 damagess ter alleged slander, which iias b.eo.u settled out of Court, ' The Govermwsit has intimatei! that for the future Year Books will bo supplied annually, to the District High Scliools of the WelKngten IMucaiiou District.

The proposal of tho PtHono Technical School Board to establish a braiieb at tho Upper Hutt, came before lite Wei* ling-ten Klucatfeii Board far endorsement yesterday.. The Chief Inspector (Mr. T, B-, Fleming) rejwrted that arrangements had been liiada with the School Committee at tho Upper'Hutt, and there .was nothing in t'l'io proposal Imt what mot with his approval. The chairman (.Mr. E. Loe) ihcmfiM. the k- • was a very good oiio, and the bo.irf i endorsed tho proposal Uiuuiiifimrely. Tho following remit for tho Mmo'cired Association Coftfareiico will bo -consioV 1 ered at tho meeting of the Peteno [ Rfiroiigh Council on Mttmlay Moxt;— "That, the present unsatisfactory method of tovv-iii* local bodies for the upkeep of hospitals and charitable aid bo discontinued, and that; tho hospitals, etc., b0.., nationalised, and the wholo upkeep''ho met out of general rovemio, the whole iwatrtUMit, etc,, to tic freo of cost to patients, and the Government to be urged;to bring dnffn.. tho necessary legislation to give effect to satao." j A deputation representing; unlicensed plumbers which was.introduced to the Hon. R. H, Rhodes yesterday by Dr ■ A. K. Nowmail, M.P., asked that soma modification shmiM be otleeted in the theoretical branch of the examination which plumbers are required to pass before obtaining 0 license. Mombfirs of fciw> deputation stated that they wore (piito capable of doifig tho practieai work of their caUi»g, pu] that timy considered the esainiiiiititiii was umlirfy arid lreecllessry exacting oil the thcorct- : leal side. The Minister promised to : look into the matter., and sco if any., tiling couW be done..