LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2189, 30 June 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

| . .v. ■ h- • The prtneipid event in both Plous.es'of • I Parliament- to-day, unless matters take ■ i an tnrJi, will be tlm com-. : mencemenl of tha AddreAs-inJteply de- ... bate. A liiunb.er of Bills are, to he. : introduced, amongst them the Legisia- . '.;vo Council Reform ' Hill' . till the Tipper Hotisv), b.ut these . will stand. ovor until' the Ad-. dif.s.vin-Reply debate lias concluded. ■' It is expected that the debate will, oc- ■ . "otipy tiie sitting days of about a fort- ( night in. the Lower Bous"-, but a • shorter period Should witness its ter- i ' nvjnaiion in the Council. ■■; The postal authorities advise, that the ■ ■ e.s. Moeraki, which left Sydney on Sat-' urdfty for Wellington,, is bringing Australian mails only, and is d««: on AVed- ■ nesd.ay morning. The s.s. .Morama, from . Sirya ftor Auckland, has on beard Atneri- • ean mail? and also an .English iiiail, the We.llinatoti portion of w:hieh is duo per ; J.lain Trunk' <.m Wednesday morning.

Wellington accommodate* an unusual. number ci conferences and big gat-her-ir,j»s during the session of Parliamenteve ry year. Two of the biggest conferences,, this year will be ■ held' next tr.eni-h.' These are the Farmers' TJr.ion Conference, .which opens oh July 21, and the A. and P. Societies-' conference, tviiicli opces it week : later. About eighty delegates will attend (be A, and P. gathering, and about forty will bt> ■' present at the other conference. ■ . ! A speedier service be! ween Arthur's Pars.,and- Christ-.luirch Was urged liy a ; depiiiatwnj which was int rod need to theMinister <sf Railways yesterday : h'v Mr, T, E. Y. Sodden, M.P. Mr. Herries promised to speed up the service if i>.ossible. wJ'.en tee neVv time-til bio was fisetl, and t.e. iue,tiire into : S rcpiesi ,'t!la£ T\kidav's ; rain from. Gveynionih' io IlrikiI ika should eeimcei, with the Otira-fifey express. A West Coast, deputation introduced its ihe I'rhne Minisi<;r s'es't;erd : av b\= Mr. ■f. t. X- Sed%, a#d th(J 6ow ernmi'iit to send a to the unvNkng of tlie Pioueeis' Memorial at fbikitilia. Mi-. 51as:;ev AP.id tluit unf<ir- , innately at this tir.se of. tiie year no Minister son'lrl 'get a-way-; from t'jn, bni. be -.vouid endeavour to s.eo t'iat th,e Go'Votivmwfc tv'as- f.fi'p.r,eseiv.ied in some, worthy manner , A netitioii in bankruptcy has been ■filed, fw Neil Blair Austin. jun„ areeer, of Wellingion. The first meeting <-.f creiliiors will 1-e held oM July 7. A deputation from il'.e Trades arid liftboW Council wffl , pvobnbK n-ivit ca tlte Prime Mmister (tli.e lion, W. F. SlaSs.o.y) this wee).? to trrgo Ivim to %ing down rr BSH io provide a .lnnversal sixdays' week te -workera, T!:is proposal' has reeeii ed the «u»r>o!'t- of tire, Ti-ailes and Labour 'Aifttsei! {<jf «dft» yeafS, and the fact that the Ai'lntratirin Court j-'e-een-ti'ly g'-r-Bnitwl a iS'fx d^'S ! »ptk to kotrf I workers has moved thetn to furtber action. It is fc-H: that the jjvant;!';g of the' six days' wee!; slio-iiH not rest entirely \>-i'!h the dsur't. far. if vp, -vvtir-Kftrs w-'ith-out- a uniivi in i;il 11: he deprived 0,1 ibeir ' einims. The depnf«Uen to wait on tlip P-rithe- Minister ' will he eomjiosed of; .Messrs. j, Merkennie ■(lrrfisJd'Siit ■ftf Ihe j Ti ndes rouuci'.), ,T. Csmnbi ll (vice-pte- ] sident of the council'!. L. j'L A. P,enrj d'e-n and jp3.. ,1. feoc;,'e-; i tnry HoteJ Workers' tTiiion). ! A slaclt time is being ex!ifrie.n<-f din ■ ] the carpenteriiie; irade in Dr.aed.m. nnd . tii.e loc.'d seeretary h:\s (eler.rapl-od to Wellington to see jf men eitji. be- placed As work is tetrty bri.sk in W:el-.: liitgtfrii now., the local or<!anise.r for ihe Amalgaat.-.ted of Cnnyuters ij-i.KI i; .Timer* hc.s baek stntiitg j thftt ho eai) ti.l-ase six .nvfrii fron! l)nnedin.

Yfr S. St'dolph, v.-]>o rr.-pmly forwardcfl i : o tho t'rinm' MfnfiWi' ?! letter sf.crivi'M by l;::n from I.nyd t•?. in, : v-nidi t'li'i) isVl(l-M:iis]in! .•xpror.RM] li.i.s p.lci|6i'irs tii.?t tlto .Vow Zealand (iov.-n----liar! gni.iftod a to Maori Vi-ar votimns, lifts rre.wvcjt a rdjil:v frem the 71 n K M. B. fisltor 0/.i whom Sfr. Sl-itMpli's tHicf ttjts .fonrai'sSctl'lvv Ihe i'riiw M>?iTf-<cr) thni.'ldna Vim lVr his a'.?'! reinarkliip; tiis-t it is '.hat ihc yimisi.in fleffewo no'.' m ni>r:fi!i r .n roeo'.s with Lord Bobcrta's approval-

The scm.-iary of tlio Lab'mr Bepaiimen't, \v<'liin h cion. bus. beer. advised tlio An.ekknd fehfbitimi authorities thai the Department has lieoii graM'tnil a fu'Sto.l»s.ss iiwiml of genera} o.xecilci,..:e lor Mr oadiibvt nt the Esltibitisiu ■sistinsi of statistical charts.. mmlote of ttMirkcrs* dwellings, photographs vS road wcji-ks, mcfd'ds of aci'onMiied.'atito pro< vMwl under the Shearers' Aeeommodat.ioji Act, (•'o,

Tiie soni'ji diiMren of the Newtoto) Stato Sthoel wore yesterday iiiaiehe.i to ti)S Hip Afetn Street 'to t-iisiwst .flit! section fi-hich the City Council has offert*d t?hfin.i for tMo-platrtfeg purpose's, Mr, JCastle, .diairi'Bttii of tho School Oon.■Biitteo, explained that the Weilintfteii Si'uih I'lojjrcssuo. Soeistv would. work in. with the school authorities to make the p'iauti&g'i of the pilot it success. Tlso area granted for tlio ptirposo is- (sow siglit to te-ii acres.

Jli - . Alfred Ururv. the sculptor, who has just been made, a full tf.A... is represciiii'd. in th«. IS.aillie Gallery, at. (i.ats bciU'r 81wd V, by frve; prccft? —"A.fi'o ef Innocence,' 1 "Kinn lviivard Vll,'' "Gfisclila,"' "The Little l)ath::r," and. "Mather jiiict Child." It is intcrcßfijifr to kiiitw that, j.lv. A. 1). D'loy, of Wellington, and Mr. Alfred Di-ury were fellow students at S'Giiith Kensington, Loudon.

The engineers' dispute, which iff to be lienrd shortly, covers the. wjioT©- of iho Wellington industrial district, nr.d tlio parties fiited_ are nmrainilv numerous. ' The Conciliation Comin.i.sfeionor has fed the 'Wellington Council ■elates on the matter lot July 13, Nhpletf for July 15, and Wanganin for July 17.

Tlio fund out of wiricli the liew St. Patrick's College is ic bo built is steadily swHliftg, rfii.fl the building may be- Started next xenr. The now eollego will bo at te.fii'rtt'p. End, Paln-.orston Nortli, where tun Koman Catholic authorities have secured 130 /allies, .of laud.

~ During the Vfljsjgo .of the. -steamer Tura-kiija., which arrived here, from Loudon yesterday, an oiiitaoii-k -of j'npaslcs recurred aboard, Tho epidemic . was niii(!.,_ and had almost;- disappeared by tie timo the vessel reached Wellington, However, onr* or two of tho patu-uts were still convalescent, And hr.ve r.Ot lieen ail.oiVed to lend.', Tiio.y are passengers for LytWlfco'U, and wii-I be kepi .aboard untii ihe vessel goes -south.

Over one-third of the passengers wiio arrived in Wellington by the Tirr'akina leslerdfiy afternoon were assisted immigrants.• There were 1.06 pitisseiigciiis' aboard tho vcs.-.cl, find those assisted by ti.o Gotewjrseilt; . numbered' fifty-' eishi. Of tho liuy-eight, seventeen Ke.i'ft ilo.mes.tic servants, and four iverc farm labourers. All these either have situations to go to, or are. joining relations.

It lias been reported bv one of tho Wf'llinpjton City Council's l'aiiiafua tenants that river erosion is damaging fconui of tho c.it:y ! s endowment in that locality. It is 1 thought, however, that tho position is not very serious, but ro definite information is available yet us to wh.tt irotibie. may be .likely to be encountered in , ihe future.' '' The city's properly at. I'abiatua is known as the 'Mangahao. Endowment. .It consists of 1.590 acres of land, which is let to tenants cu areas varying from 12 to 20:) acres. ' •

As there, seems to be some doulit as to how the City loan proposals now stand, the, Mayor (3,liV J. I'. Luke) stated tl'.n position to a Dominion' representative. yesterday. Mr. Luke said that some of the loan proposals had been adopted, hut others, regarding : which the council desired more information) were now to go before t.-b.e Financo CVmimittee, which was .to report upon thein .to tho council. Beforfr reaching jiijc; the proposals will 'liav<V been doilt' with by ether committees^-sueh as Iho Baths Committee, "\Vlien thefo ■ committees, (ionsjd'er. the proposals, they will report to the 1 Financo Committeenot direct ■to ft? ooJWcfi.. Tiie Mayor added that the- loan proposals, which ha.ro been '•referred back." will bo dealt, with by 'the Finance Coinmiit.ee on- ' Tuesday 1-l'e that committee will be., laid on the tablo of tho council vlieii it/aneots. ou July 9.;

Early this month an attempt . 'was made to roll tho. eollectioiiTboxe.s at fit... Joseph's■ Church, in Buckle -Street. - At Wangauui, on Sunday, a boywas , arrested and brought to Wellington tp answer the charge. . Uo will appear a sitting of the Juvenile Court" this inoi-ninn. . . :

R-cpreseniations will in nil probability shortly be fti-ade to the. Prime. .Sin-s.: is tor respiicit i-.Kfi flift. which lias been loft on the.. Board of Agriculture.' Mr. Massoy stated nt'Palmerst'Mi Ntfrtli a fciv weeks a'Kp iltii he had left-.'a seat vacant, in rase he found jit. necefsa> to give one branch o.t" aßrieuttu.ris. mora repreßentation on the board than others. If ccrtain resolutious are carrtoti. at its July conference, the, Farmers' Union -will lay claim. t<i the: vacancy,, and in any case, tli.c i'.iuou may have ali in:portant vequcst to make Massov, ''What we want,"' said ,-in official, of the unioii yesterday, "is to have the president- of the union on the board." Ti, was puinted out that Mr. J. Ci. Wilson, the Dcminioii liresident ■of . the ttnion, was already a ir.ember of tho hoard. "Yes, - ' replied the ufTiciitl, "but iho union wishes l'.iiii t.o .be iilai'";! en tlio Board as t.iio president of the nnion. The point is: If the existnje, president- died, Would they appoint the .new .president.-?'" ■ Tit'-, 'aildoij -tilio biScer,;' ijie official fond, not the man) were iho nr.peintoe, the uni'm's repre.sehtatioii would be certain, . ■

Xotiee to move as follows when tlio WermHiinn City_ Council meets.on July ,9- has been fives'. fe- Councillor R. Flefvhir,—''That- it, ho a remit from the Weßinjion City Cotnteil to. the Municinal Oonfe.-encp. to be "held r.t Wellington. lii July next. that .the Government be requested to amend this session tlio Municipal Corporation Art. empowwin;; eii.y councils and bcrcvghs to purchase fishing trawlers, ar.cl with full pow?.r to carry or. and. en-■pito-e in the fishina industry, with t-ke object of supplyii;? the community with n Iresh and cheap fish. food, which abo-ini's oil our co-sis, thus iendiurr to reduce the cost of living to. the people."

Tl.o Mg Pah-ation Ai-mt in iiowtntt co;H l '"'ipci last- Fi'iilay, nnd liCTt Ffltfo.v >40 SJiSW /'.onhiuii'Vi: \vl).o ■rcprcsonWcJ 'this cffuntt.y tiie f-irw^ tiop « ; 1! nail for WiW>. Tliry aro cxjie'ctsfl t<! ;vrri\ n hark in Wrffi.fttttat oii nbnut August li>.

T,r,si. ercning tim irholpsair; rflawifsic* tUrifi* Jcivelifti's i?f VVoili 1 v-l^tr?tv Iwlfl rt. jiioctiij'j; and rioe'vaed t<) fcriu j.nta a ma::fai Uir.jcwuilrrs' asseciaf ion.

4. CQrtfMortcn ttf liio.'ribprs •of t'li.6 .llcndri'iart-rrs and D.isiikft? Sin. 11$ ..iviis npppod at. (lifi flarr.ison Ofliry.rs' Ciiih. J'.nckio. ,St.ro,■>!. yostrrdny. Sir Alo-owi-dor CoPimar.dant of Ite Xow .Znalaiid Jiilii.iry .Finros. iirpsiiVd Sir bn Hamiiton's rpport panic \ip for rbiir s : dr vai ; «in, also ibo . rocomniciuiations from ihc rcot'Pt ronforonoo of Senior tVi! : tori:i.l iifficfti'S.i Hie eoiifp'ronco will wmtifi.ii! to-dsy.

At i:ha CVtib~i Oommiftoo of fho Ti'Milo-i'i-Sr-lsools Loai;uo last nifjir, it was am-oKiioivl that tlirouglioii.t XcsZoahiiid next Sunday tluro wonld 1m in •In'- clinroho.-i io svtnpntli.v thaiilisgl.• iiig for ilsp. Divine, blessing vouchsafed in rrspwvso to so nv.iny prpycrs., as shown :i.ty tiro ifvttadfictiQit.'.mii) l'aili;iiitoiv'E sif t'h.c Refereiuluin nill.

Thoto is tali; fflf a rise in tlje pjftej of ti:i".!t In (ho city. It is !li!tloi'f,t/iod tliai; some Isii'.dioir fiivnii''d. a g(ii.o!ai_ im c;oaso, r.wl tiiat olhors wvo on!iroly agiiiuit- it, Oftfl Wg finii. '11 as rai'so.l tfixs t.i.i'.o ni a ff-w I ; its. nr.<l other arc reported., but tho movomont is not goufjinl.

A i\».ii).si.i W;r<:. arrested, by pflliketh yesMKlivy on "a 1 ehargo 1 of \stflilliig a iinir of boots.

At ihi' next of the WeHingtoii. Vityf O.vinoil Councillor. K. Fletcher tt'iTl lnovv: ''TlVat si sciienio of street trec-plantiiig ho in.augurateil by tlio council, with a. viotv to boa ii'.if* ing tlio prriunpal stroets. of the city, such .as liaaiiiton Quay, Jervcis Quay, i'Vathersl*'" Street, Mokswoilh Street, Thorii■sf'i.u Qu®j. 'a.iid otho.r ■sti'ij.tilisj as hvay 1 tio apiiri-.vod ia'tor, and that a joint report to oin.ained from the City ICVgvnae.r and the City I'orestor in regard t-o th< same, - 'i-

Hie hqiior quest ion a? ; it cos coins the |Vi!te. Country is to' bo vi»oroii.slv i'o.ucht :'j '-he NViv Zealand Alliance. niMfiiig, winch the rccretary, tho R<-v. J. |- aivf.o.n, reports was very enccuraf!inK, liol.d AlrUaivson that the IvWfy fs fewta to ■a-.slc. tlift.:s'ec|io;!i of .thewho want to inUodiicc tlio figlit W- se *' h'Hi.or there to l:eep their Word T^r, <he piedge given by the Whites !°:, Vk Alioris years ago. In abo.ilt IBS 2, sayrf .Mr. ])a„-so.n, i!;e King Country was re;:ardod by the. Natives ..,is and they allov,-ed jiKis ivtiropeans to settle thero on tho conuition tii.it litjiior would' never be sold in tliij Tin's is tlio promise the AltoiiCd BEty they aro going to mike tlio White man lteep, . ■ u, "

W hat is considered by so'mp. to be one TOQm step Jil the ousting of the horso ?l' City s.troefs is tho p.irchasc bv tte State Coal Depot, in Wellington of two Jive-ton petrol-driven lorries for tho ■pajriaM «f coal about 'Wellington. These two vehicles have just been, put. into commission, and are found to be easilr a'laptn.blo to their special work.'' On tlm ■f vi r . nc - v Brp ..iwite,fit liorne, but- the tnl! five tons is not loaded on to the.ni F''/>n tho climb is sleep. These 'Wager inc-iin<Ss tho lorries negotiate comfortnw.v with four tons aboard, "

, T -! e conl shortage which was caused IV '■ 'S by t]iowaterside:s n.t life end of last year appears to havo iln > r beer, entirely overcome. Not' so long a,0.0,. people had to w ; ait -as ■''"K .j lB . two wci'lcs. to get orders for household eoal executed. . Now, prompt ■ delfverv «aji; he reli"--! on. The Stato ; Coal Dep'et, it is repe-rt-ed, has. in*ver peon so well StQckea- : 'with ; :^^ ■ tiiue as it is at present. Other;yards 1 t.hfifc CaiiM'no is iinw ;i(jf.t i" tiw rear, iiwl' that the stocks, of foreian . fiicl iv!;icli .had to be imported . ...strike ; and ibnt only the ordinary lines arc ii) tlio deppis;

A report oil the .working of tho harM" made; a eial meeting of the Ea.sibourne Horc.ugh Council, which is to be. held oil Fri*. evening Tlio borough balancoalso, will cone bofore tho meeting. t-, '

■ There is still an almost unlimited demand f or domestic servants in New Zealand, according to. the officers -of Wellington immigration. bureaux. Nearly all -the voting women who come .out as 'lonK-stjes are engaged, -before the? '".nd here, and there is little, sign of' Itlic-. ilie ;A good' proportion of those who-en/rage .to work : a!'S>. Vlomesfies are. said to be somewhat laekin'g' in tho training ■which'goes .to •complete' the, 'onllfug- JiiT.-it obtains -fit N«w Zealand.. Some girls have, had experience as housemaids. soine. as- ivnitresses, so.no arc familiar with ' other duties, and some are inexperienced.'

Some of the new arrivals'who landed in the City from the Turakina yesterday afternoon .were.met by the jmmiera* tioh officers of. the Roman Ga'holi.c Federation'. Among these immigrants wero four farm hnmlsand a.number of dome.s- ---■ tie servants, all. of ...whom were unassisted.. The burohu reports*'thiit. tlic.re. is amnlh work o.fTcHim' for the' tvomon, : hut just tlie men mav experience difficulty in securing.employment,