LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2201, 14 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' .'The ;Postal authorities ;a<3visp that, tho s.-s, Mokoia, v'hieh left Sydney at noon, : and. the - s.s.-.- Moana, .-Which; left, at 3 > p.m. on Saturday, aro both : bringing Australian mails only, and are duo on , Wednesday next. ; . 'flie out-patients' department of theHospital will; be closed on Wednesday,! • Arbor Day. Urgent oases, however; will be .treated at t-ho Main Hospital. ; Tho Prime Minister (the llight Hon. W. F. Ma'ssey) will receive-a deputation tliis morning at 10 o'clock from delegates: 'representing 'the -combined chartered clubs in New Zealand m referenco to: tliev bare majortiy on the licensing question'./ The speakers will be Messrs. W. Duthie (Wellington), T. •B. Williams (Wanganui), and Fred. Earle (Auckland). Tho first meeting of the creditors of Thomas Charles Lloyd Cox, journalist, who was adjudged a bankrupt, will be held at-11 a.m. on Thursday, July- 23. The sitting of the Tramway Appeal Board, to. havo beon .hold yesterday to hear the. appeal of Motorman W. .Bennett against :the disrating imposed on .'Him for alleged '.'negligence'-' while in charge of : a car in Hopper Street, on March ;-18''lasfc —when a collision todk placelvith a wagon belonging to MesSrs: ■Coutts.^Bros,—has been' adjourned- for a; fortnight Sooner or later* Wellington is to have a' ridge'road, that-will extend fromWadestowii along the top of the Tina-' korl Hills to Northland. Tho City Engineer';. has:,already had. the •'route surveyed and pegged out-, and':, when the money is available' a start will lie made to provide a walk (or drive)'tliat will bo. ■ panoramically; in any city in New Zealand. A witness in a ease in' l the Magistrate's Court yesterday was a little deaf, and his answers.'.'to ;a question - created; n little-amusement. Ho; was , asked if on. the , occasion under, investigation, tho flight was moonlight.' "Blue light ?", Ko. Was it. inoonliqlit P- 1 -"Good; night ??' No: Was it moonlight?— "Oh, yes." replied the 'witness, grasping. at last' tho purport-of, the question. :-.

In connection with a recent swimming. | race which is alleged to have been conj .ducted ,at Te Aro Bnths ' under' the auspices:, of the 'Wellington Aiiiateur Swinimjing Club on a. recent Sunday, in defiance of the official embargo placod upon suoh events by the City Council, ii summons has been served on a member of the club's executive, alleging that ho obstructed the caretaker in the execution of his duty. ,The .case'"will be ]ieard : in the Magistrate's Court, shortly. It is. Understood that the Sport* Protection League .has agreed to aot on the member's behalf. Mr. Baillio has made a' rearrangement of the hours of admission to the jiallery of British paintings in Harbour Shed TJ> next Ferry Wharf. Boors will epcti at Sla.m.,. and close at 6 p.m. each day. / Tlio: evening sessions have been suspended. ■. ;\' ' ' Speaking of . his' b00k,.. "Thinking Block," beforethe Ministers'' Association yesterdrty. afternoon, Mr. Dan Crawford said that .lie: had not made ono t)enny olit of it. ' When lie. published, it somo people had said: "Crawford lias come back to mhko.- a fortune out of his 'Thinking Black.'." That . Was enough^—he had remembered the words,: "Let net yoUr good bo spoken evil; of." '' He went. straight' to the trustees alnl handed it over-to them. In any ease), the, publisher's price, was not t.he author's price—the author's' quota Was about Is; 2d.—-where - tlm other shillings n'ent to -lie did not knmV ( bUt ho had not- made a penny frOnv "Thinking Black," though he had' 'thought that they might have let him keep what little there Was.-' Included among the pasengers due.at Wellington by the Araiva, from London, this morning, are one hundred and twenty-three assisted immigrants, coiii* prising 24 doiiiestic - servants, . eight fiti'to labourei'Sj and til "teparated refo. .tives."

The complaint of Mr. H. Beavis, published yesterday, that the Railway Department had charged him 2s. to carry 181b. of fish from Feilding to Huutcrville, a distance of 32 miles, is stated by Department not to fit in with the .freight rates on fish. The . charge is for 281b. of fish; up to 50,, miles,' Is.'; for 1 cwt. of fish up to 100 miles, 2s. Bd. A meeting of . members of tho Wellington Wharf Labourers' Union who joined prior to. December 9, was held in St. Peter's. Schoolroom on Saturday evening. There weip about 90 present. Mr. E. Murphy presided. The chairman announced that the purpose of calling the meeting was to organise'all the new hands into one body for the purpose of looking after their own interests as against the' efforts of those who wero opposed to tliem after a general discussion. A : committee ■ was formed of air those present, to -further the interests of the preference men. On the charge of committing the "theft of a quantity of leather-, valued at £1 19s. Bd., the property of Arthur George and another, at Wellington, on July.6, : a man named Thomas E. Williaruswas arrested by Detective Cameron yesterday afternoon. ■'. .' The first step'in connection .with the improvement of tho Petono foreshore— ; tlie work of .ereoting. a ; sea. wall—has been commenced.' According-to] the Borough Engineer (Mr. A. Cowie), the progress of tho work will depend: on the weatlierj and will be more or less .intermittent.;.; ' : " ; The City Council has issued a permit to Messrs. J. .Fanning and^Co., to. erect a picture theatre' in tho block in central Manners Street at present occupied by ' Mr. H. : Poole, florist; and others; The Existing, two-story .wood •and'- brick premises are to" be pulled down, and stead -is to be erected a-',substantial "brick and steel ! theatre, having a frontage of 63 feet to Manners' Strpes by a depth of lWffc., .which gives the theatre a frontage to a Crown right-of-way - leading into the block from' Dixon Street. . The theatre, ' which' is to >be' comfortably seated, well ''fitted, and adequately ' ventilated, will seat 1 about. 800 ! persons /on the .(ground floor and in a gallery that will extend across of the.'auditorium. •" ■"■ ' r.Since ! ttio Williams' ■ Park estate■ Mr Day s'. Bay was , acquired' by . the City Council, the; pavilion, which: is. situated, in the centre of. the recreation groundk, has beon rnari.iged by the council; This temporary to be changed in view of the approaching spring and summer, season; whon the Bay may bd expected to. awake from'lits long winter s : hibernation. The council intends to call for .tenders at once for'someone ,to ..take' over the entire, control of the pavilion dnd the catering arrangements in connection 'therewith, .the successful tenderer to have tho exclusive right to supply refreshments either in the pavilion or -on the estate to ■ visitors; The Mayor (Mr. 'J. P/ Luke) thinks that ; the Wisee should: also supply hot wt.ter free, of. charge on holidays; ; and to school picnics, as, the boiler-house is attached to the pavilion, - and will ,be under the control of the lessees. ; ■ r: ; At last evening's meeting of the Wellington Bowling Centre it' was stated that the Now Zealand bowlers now in Australia, though they ~'wont'-with' the--permission of thecouncil of the Dominion Bowling Association, did not visit Australia as 4 a representative team. Further, it was said that, tliey had gone without being especially invited by any official body m-Australia. One speaker (said that .it was. m a measure regrettable that the..tour bad been arranged;'as the Dominion Association had been invited' to send a team over next season, and it; .was rather too much to ask the Australian 'howlers to entertain their representatives twice oyer.w'ithin such a short spaco of>timei nt ( " nr ,ij .[ Mr. J. W. Gunson, chairman-of the Auckland Harbour Board, telegraphs, our correspondent, replying' to a deputation from i the;:• Bible-m-State-Schools League, 1 declined for-personal, reasons • nomination as a candidate for Parliament' for Auckland. East at . tho: next election, m the interest.of.tho-League;. A correspondent sends us the following proposition 'to be submitted' for . consideration. by thoso gentlemen who talk about, damage done to roads, by, motor-oars,' levying a-tax upon niotor-y : cars for the upkeep of roads, etc,; ctc. ;. "Exaggerative language in respect of a factor whose .relation to tho sum may be.expressed;by a fraction whose numerator is unity, and whose denominator 'happens to bo commensurate with the spsakor's power of expression, suggests an example of inverse projiortion in which assumption of knowledgo is the increasing term and actual knowledge isthe diminishing term," A meat 'war is developing among local butchers', says our,- Palmorston North correspondent.,: Ono butcher, who undersold by one pennv per pound for a considerable period,' is ■ currently reputed to have,acquired, an lmmenso share of the ; town's trade;' Other but--chers have now' dropped their prices, : and placards announcing the now prices are a feature of :-v .