LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2197, 9 July 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

:■';. In our. report, of /Bishop Sprott's address. to ; tli6.':SyUod;yest<3rda>s;,ifc : /woiA(l. ' appear; as ';if Jio had ' said: ; : "In- tho in-; terval'l:havo : foiuid; : reasoiV to doubt:the soundness of'the arguments I.theu put forth hi ■• its: favour." ..' Through an -unfortunate typographical error,, tho negative; was Ictt.oiit.. What' the Bishop ,1-eally: did saylAvaWr "In; the intprval I have found no:: reason: to : 'doub't" ■ ;tho s6ui!dnes3 : of.the'arfiumeiits':l. tlieii put. forth m;.its:fftvpur.V;'J.::' ;;■•:;■--:.:■';■ -.At'a. mooting of thc.'NorthlaiitVMunicipa) JRlcctors' ; .Association ; hold 'last night 1 it;.\vas decided, in view of.the proposed alterations and: widening, of the. Northland Road,'.to'.approach'. the City.Council with a view.to.having tlib tramway continued along -this, road to' ■Northland.:;... -v; ■' 7;' : . ■;

•I'Thp''present; system' 'in: regard to 1 ; tendcra is : hot' , iil;.f'Om'o ; . respect*'-Palis'-; factory, although it has:;bcpn ,in -force for. a. great number, of years'," 'said ■■. -the Minister of Ptiblic.Works \\\. the;Hoiise •yesterday.: "All;deposits, save those'.of' the-'.two,'.ldw4sV:teiido'icrSj','are;'fetUrne'd directly .the tenders are opened.,. .It ,is lisiitil;to' depoiit of: the second, lowest.tenderer 7. until.; thi? lmvest.' ten-' ■uVrer. lias signed 'the contract, 'lost .the hitter slimikldecliiifitHdnsii.. Arrangements lire lioinj> adopted lo iii future return nllYuYposits,' i except that of- thelowest tenderer,'at once." , .'-.-'. , ■•:.'.;■■ " It 'is'intcndutlito'Aitilise'-llie'Or'akoi lilpckv7an:.ar'ea .iieiu'; Aiielsliinil,:.ivlnoii ■is ; bcinn acciniied; l).V''-..t1i0 .•'(joviu'iimeiit 'from. iN'ntive: owners,. for.. the 'purposes: of a model suburb". -".".■ ' ; -';;

:•,When Professor Prince's report; on the New. Zealand fisheries is received, tho Hon. F.M.8.; Fisher.stated yesterday, it is .proposed, to consider-the question of the Government' advances ,to fishermen to eiiablo .them to obtain boats, and otherwise to/.assist them in carrying ,011 tlioiwhistry,'as is done in,, some otlier countries.',' ■■;-.. ; ' The .". Reciprocal. -Tariff-Agreement, signed in 1913 by the respective Minis ters' of Customs, for tho Commonwealth of Australia. aiid;.New Zealand, awaits the ratification of the two Governments concerned. The New Zealand Government cannottako action in relation to the treaty except with the consent and co-operation of tho: Commonwealth Government, and tlnis, so far/hasnotlieen forthcoming, on account ■of the disturbed state of- Federal.politics.' ■ ; '•''.■> ''The raising of the ''ago"; at which children (ire carried free - over £10; railWays,, and the reducing of the rate for the con vey nice. of passengers; between the ages of five and:fourteen yeais," iho Minister of Railways stated yesterday in'reply to Mr. Myers; "would myoivo .a very serious > loss'of/ revenue, which, in view'.of the increased, cost of operating; the Department:'■■;cannot afford at present.'' / : y;. ; . :';/'

The Hon. A. L Hcrdman stated in reply to a quest'on yesterday that the question of placing under.yopor control the selling of wine made mostly by Ausjiians in the north of Auckland is receiving the caieful consideration of tho Government.

Answering a question by Mr. Isitt in tho House of Representatives yesterday, the Pume Minister said that no action had yet boon taken by tho Government in die direction of making any presentation to the Peace Palace at Tho Hague, but the idea of doing something of the kind would be considered.

_ "The icvision of the railway regulations and chargos," the Hon. W. H Hcrries stated yesterday in the House of Representatives, "has already been put in hand. The work, however, is one of considerable magnitude, and, owing to tho interests involved, will require careful consideration at +he hands of the Department before any alteration can be determined on and brought into operation." , • ' 1 "It is not considered desirable," the Minister of Railways stated yestcrdav, "to alter the legulations governing tho issuo of railw ay passenger tickets. The recent convictions to which icfereiico has been mado were ,tho result of persons transferring concession tickets, and so defrauding the revenue of the Department. Tho regulations piovidc for the issue of a transferable and non-transferable ticket, under onnditibnssthat are laid down in tho tariff, and an 'extra rhargo is imposed for tiansfeiable tickets."

Asked by Air. Atmore yesterday whether lis would prcveut tiawlers from trawling in Pe'orus Sound and_ contiguous bays, the Minister of Marine replied —"The trawler s s Energy last vear made a tiawling trip to the Peloius (Sound, but according to the lrformation obtained bv tlio Dsparlment at the time the lesults were so poor that the owner decided not to <tp there again to trawl The bottom of the sea outside the Sound is so rocUv near tho shoro that it is not suitable foi trawling, and therefore I do not think that any prohibition is at present necessary in iesr>ect of the Sound or of the area outside."

Aii automatic signnlluig-deuce for use 'at love! crossings Jias been designed, | 1 and hat been undergoing a practieil . 1 test at Levin during the past tlneo i months Satisfactory , results having ' j,been achieved, arrangements have 'icon made to ihstal'tlie l appliances, it various busy ciossmgs as opportunity offeis In \wvr, however, of tin cost involved, ilia Minister of Railways iniifprjnaibiMn Mversl've.iteiday, and tlio the'mnchines Itave'to be manufactuied, it -will only be possible to equip a fixed number of ciossmgs cadi yeai, but the ■work will be carried on iiutil all tho busier crossings aio,pro 1 vwloil for.

"Referring to the Missions to Seamen in lus opening address to tlio Angltran Svnod, Bishop Sprott mentioned tint in tlio recent'htieation the Couir ]ncl amended the deed of trust, l< 't {lie amending clause itself w:<<; ambiguous, and stood m mod of uitrrnn I itico ind to this end further loinl n ""ceding? were nnrcssarj Owni". to sentations mide to them lPcnHina tip donoi's health, the local committee had consented to staj all >tiirthor i ioc"dn.gs on condition thit tlio onginal deed ■should bo rescinded and a new deed d'awn up By the terms of tins new deed the soeiotv lclinquishes all claims to the institute and withdraws ,from this Citj for a period of tnno determined m the deed, after which period the societj shall again become entitled to the ilsn of the institute, with full right to ippoint its own missioneis Dunne an officii' visit yesterday to the Baillio Gallery m Harbour Shed U, the >iow Zealand Academy of Fmo Arts decided to purchase "The Ago of Innocence"—a chaiming piece of sculDtu.ro by Alfied Diurj, E A , Tho proposal to like away fiom the Oioiia Drainage District a piece of rateahlo teintory and to add it to tlio khigcish River Drainage Board was objected to by 1 eprosontatncs of the Oroua Board who waited on the M tustor of Internal Affairs (tlio Hon H I) Bell) yesterday morning Ilia incmbeis ol tho deputation (Mr H H Hunt, chairman and Mr C P Wood, cleik) pointed out that tho alteration of boundaries would bo entirely against tho interests of drainage in the district and that tlio takmc away of the land which was all latoable on the highest classification would irean that a higher rate would Ime to he loued in the Oroua dishict and a lower ono m the Slumeish River disttict The Minister said that as the Oroua Board wero content with tho piosent boundaries they wero m a \ei\ stions position, for in ordei to npi«i'i)do him to maKe .a chance tlio Slimatsli Ri\or Booid would ka\o to p"t forward an iiei\w helming ci«c Ho did not say howo\er tint they would, not be able to di this ' (

It i-> nuclei stood tliM the Citj Oiijicil will be asked bj the Reserves' Com mittec this oienms to rulncc llio charge of 20 pei cent of the pros'; ie ceipts to tho lofil Rnglij "Football League in connection with the Welling-t-on- Vll En"lind milch on Saturdn next The Leai'iio has pointed out that the usit ol i Bntish team is a specil occasion, and the) (the usilors) lin\o| to iccci\c bti per edit of tho gate monc\ to (over then expense \ , reduction will mobibh bo lccommendcd b\ the comnuttco on certain conditions Mr J Charlcswoith presided at i well-attended meeting of t 1 e Yoikshno Society, he'd in Godbei's Rooms list ei piling Mi H Wood .contributed iv budget of the litest news from York sbiic Oi<> e\ent tint nriested itten (ioii<was tho report of a bij lire at i liigc kmcmitoyiapb lilm hou,o it Tuds, wi'eic twentj women wore lescupd fioin tho npnei stones of |ho building \>i tho cle"iiois bofoio the bngide auutd on the scene