LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2188, 29 June 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The usual w.>i:kiy vonsi/ii.men' of Englieb twid Anstriifii'm minis, via Atttiitend, connected. ■ there' with tile SiiM Ttillilc tfsin fest iiiglst, aiid Will a.i'ir.tvft in Wellington iliiK hftorKsea, Tl'io Slafftina, with a Yaiiiemei mail en' board, is duo to arrive) in Auckland a.t; 8 oVjodt «« Tiißsday and .shoir.d rc;i.' h iiero tho fofevilig niovi;ing. A shftrt Kiitiii-T of the Lc;<isia.iivn Council wafi lie Id on S-Uunky tiio.Hjs ii'ig. Tii-6 liii.j'K~(?S'ti Su.ij'ivly M vtes received from -tlio House ef 3lepr®.eiiia>tiws, am] passed ihrougli. all stages, withc'iit; d:sr;:?..-ion. In tlie S'.'.prflme C-ourt this ir.ominE Judgment- v. i 1.1 lie d.'Hvr-red is the Weiinigtoii Harbour By-Jftws c;;se, and in tho enso ®f 'Wn.-lli'of y. flie .Sfcw, fevillj, ajirl Albion o>.-

In the Siaic t.'aal IXiiies foport- of lust 3'cni' appeared t,l se foliowijig sent?i:pn"C«ini» to ilw ex!:av.siion of kard coal, a-:id the juror finality of the soft eo'ii rendering it ■onsn-ieairlc, <iperatrotts at Seddouvifte livivst sliortly ij.c flbnwli>!i«i." The dceisioii ioresivadowod in tile TCpurfe has novr been aci/'d npot''. and the wijie is'i to he sold. The mine .Itself is of iittlo value, hut the plant is regarded as saleable. Tc-ndert-, which ■closea on Ssa:r:ii'y, for tho imrehase of t'iio mine and plaut, were caikd sonic : time . . '' Tho Pe.toiie Borough Council, at its meeting this evening, will consider' tho question as to «ilethv:' tlie biliidir.<r %-1-inv-s of the boro'.ig'i of Potone sht'uld be fevised. * Whrre wtts Toiij. Urackeu tiurird? asks the' Diisied.in "star." Maybe there ;.r<: sop.if who hosioure,! Xev. Zeajand's poet- when alive, and jet. could sipt.iiow answer the wiestion. oifhniid.. Is ho fergotteii-f -. One would almost, tbirk so. A few days agff a visitor asked -to Sfio the place of and -after . much debating as to whetii.er it was' in the. SoliUieri) or hi Xortherh Cemetery, and some turnup: uj» of vellowiiiß documeuts., Uie jjravo was. found. t : n the. Xortheri) Ccineterv in 'I.)une<lin. N«i stono marks ilie spot, llii! mound HifS fallen in. The .yirfnre js oveirui: witli iv&eds- The- ; hi:.e -Jniisill i.st(llii-. . Need wo. siiy nwre !• The anti-militarists in Chrxtehurch .Jigiiin arc jiift-ki'ii.t; comjjlair.t s. in to /.ho treatment of boys, punished tor offences under the Defe.iru -Act (say« the "J/yit-elfon Times"). The-complaint, this t-iine that two boys well rind Doiipall were handciiifed wlie.n they were being; taken to Hip.a Island..; Mr. Fkitchei', pri.sitlent- of the Xa.tioiin! Peace Council, bent- the frllowini: telciiraro to the Prime Jlinister: —'Thac-it-wul ai'irl voluntarily surrendered to the piviiee in my prcseiieo lastN .1 now understand that they were taken, to Lyt-t elt.on handcuffe'd, • in eompnny" -with ot'lio.r lii-isoners. Ga.iv vou explain this outrage r" . Mi, Massey hns replied staiihg ilmt tlie. ccuiplaint. ' hiss" ijt'Oil' rof-errod: to tho Minister atJustice for inoiuiy and a. report. . sevet-a'SliOtjlt of eanlifi'.ia.ke, was felt .it Greyipoutlt a-t &30 -P. m. yesterday, states a Press Association ain. ; .Til?...Mr.y.or, of Pc'tono (Mr. -J; 'M'Kwan), and 5 sei-eral councillors .paid a' visit to tho -Pi-tone fore-shore- on Sittirjnv afternoon in connection with tho , proposed : ol:-th.e It, i wis' nijreo.'l thai, the wall could be exfended in a straight line to Qiuen. Street, a di.si anee of about half a mile. ; wh-nieca deviation v.-ill' be lieces-. saTy'. iji oid ?r to «bU'S'erv& 3-'s tiiitch ot tho : beach a-s possible. . Ili ti'.e straight seelion. about 1.8 boat.shed.s will re.>uire ritis-. flrig; Alter the deviation three w'jll re- ; q-iiti'c sotting: Hack. .aS tli6: pt'ejiosed. 1i.% ■ cuts through i.hom. .' ■ , : An atnlnflancn '•record" was cs'taWisli-. | od on Saturday afternoon at the. Pe/ono ' ;. liecreatiou Ground,, four accidents!being- : isacsftssfiillj' dealt Avit.iv .liy- 'of 1 Ithc P.o'.one Am.b.'.iitince; Division. Three of tiie'se occurred in tho' Pei ono-slelrose. iiii!t-ch. and: oiio in <1k- Leajiuo coutosl;'.' ,