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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2306, 13 November 1914, Page 5

Proceeds of the Trafalgar .entertainment, in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund amounted to £30 14s. 6d. The gross amount is to be handed to the fund, tho Navy League bearing all charges, including rent of hall (specially reHuced).

The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) announced yesterday that the subscriptions and 'fcollectione made by the children of the (Wellington sohools, commencing on No-VemT)p'-5, has now reached the very cjpiir- fflle total of £683 , Is. 6d. Mr. Cuke stated that he was inviting the schooiiiiastora of Wellington to meet in liis, room at 11 a.m. to-morrow to determine tho matter of the disposal of the money and the mode of its transmission to the army of little, sufferers on the (other side of the world 1 .

Over # 12,000 illustrated books have teen distributed by the local branch, of the Navy League among juvenile members during the past ten years. Such books as the "British Navy Past and Present" and "Britain on and Beyond the Sea" are not now obtainable on as Rood terms as formerly, and the league jiiids it impossible to continue the free feiroulation of tho literature, pending an increase in its adult membership.

One line of manufactured goods that Is being seriously affected by the European war is that of fine linens. The preponderance of ti;ese are prepared in the North of Ireland (with Belfast as the centre) from fine flax grown chiefly in Belgium and Russia. As botti countries are considerably upset by the war, manufacturers at Home anticipate a serious shortage of raw material, and the result is that prices ( have already advanced from 25 to. 30 per cent. Tho position; is being made more acute through the fact that the huge supplies of mercerised cotton goods from the South of Germany and , Austria have •been completely cut off, which disposee to a .great extent of this cheap substitution for linen goods.

I A deputation of Newtown ladies wait- . Ed on the City Council last evening. and lasked for the widening of Park Soad. They said that the narrowness of the thoroughfare made it dangeroue to children who had to use it. The road rune past. Newtown Park, and the deputation asked for the removal of a '■''meat-house,"-which they alleged emits an objectionable odeur. Subsequently, "the Reserves Committee reported to the jcouncil that representations had been inade to them on the subject, and that they had resolved to remove the .nursery from its present.position; ehift the plants therein as space will permit; 'remove the trees from the nursery southern boundary; widen out -Park Road, as recommended by the city engineer; aid form a grass bank on the inside of the roadway with open fence, instead of a concrete wall, and also form a pathway through the grassed area formerly occupied by the nursery. Bathing sheds are to ho erected (one for gentlemen and one for ladies) on the beach at Day's Bay at a post of £280, and the work is to be commenced iafc once. A?small rent is to. be charged for the uee'of tho oubiclea. These decisions were arrived at by the (Wellington City Council last evening. The naval defence of the Pacifio was Jagain referred to by .the Prime Minister in his speech at Howick. He epoke on lines similar to those of his Papakura fepeech, and said that it was the duty, of the British communities in the Pacific 'to see that a. sufficient number of (powerful vessels were provided, in future to combat any ships that an enemy (would ho able to tend into these waters. He did not, suggest battleships or that New Zealand should join Australia, hut ■there : should be- sufficient light active pruisere to guard our shores and trade

iwites; , He again acknowledged the protection that New , Zealand hod. lately ~ (received from the Australian Navy,;par"ticulariy the flagship Australia, the fear of whioh, he was confident, had prevented the enemy's cruisers coming into (New Zealand waters;

The Vogeltown and Mornington Municipal Electors' Association is to be informed in nsW_ to their various requests to the City Council regarding toad construction in the district, that the Outlying Districts Committee are going into the question of road access to the district, and that it will he un-

inecessary to spend any money at present in view of the proposed scheme How under consideration. Our Palmerston North correspondent teports that the election of county representatives to the Hospital Board resulted in the roturn of C. Voss and M. !A. Moody from the' Kairanga County, and J. H. Vincent and W. G. Pearce from Oroua. ' Mr. M. O'Brien, secretary of the New Zealand Committee of tho Panama 'International Exposition, left by the Maitai for San Franoisco yesterday, tend took with him New Zealand exhibits of a varied character, and aggregating about 100 tons of freight, which {Mr. O'Brien will arrange in. the New .Zealand court. ' • 1 The only tender received for a aix-iind-a-quartej years' leaee of Section '82, Lamb ton Reclaimed Land (Feathereton Street) has not been accepted by •the-City Council; neither has the alternativeproposal of the tenderer to leaso. B portion of tho building. Fresh tenders are to be invited for a twenty-one years' lease, with perpetual renewal periods of 21 years, the rent for the tenewal periods to be' on the ground tonly.

. There was a crowded gathering at jthe Salvation Army Citadel on Wednes.flay evening, when a lifeboat demonstra-

■tion in aid of eelf-denial was given. The . jplatform was constructed to represent itwo lifeboats, with a lighthouse towering ftibove. The programme of music and Song typified ."The Voyage of Life over Ithe Sea of Time." There was a special-ly-trained choir of 25 women, who had Jbeen instructed by Adjutant Bladin, .land their singing was a distinct feature of a most successful programme. [The men participants in the demonstration woro attired l in oilskins and sou'•westers, and the women in nautical •fcostumes. The demonstration, for which (Adjutant. Bladin was responsible, was Skilfully conceived, and was ably carried )aut by those taking part in it. The deSnonstration 'is to be repeated at an fcaiiy date. j In our Mnsterton correspondent's rotfport of the Wellington District Methodist Synod, published yesterday, passages bt the end relating to two separate and distinct resolutions were confused. Ono ■resolution ran:—-"As the policy of the lßible-in-Scliools Leaguo is endorsed by the Methodist. Church of New Zealand, .tins Synod deeply regrets that Parliament, by accepting the recommendation W a Parliamentary Committee, based on the narrowest of majorities, has thrown ' the question into the whirlpool of politics at the election, and lias denied tho people the right to clearly decide this matter, which affects so directly the people s children. We, therefore, strongly urge upon all those interested to cf.Actually use their influence, so that the right of the people to a referendum mav ™,secured from tho next Parliament." ffliis was carried by 21 votes to 12. Antother resolution: "That the Synod does not recommend any change in the law of the itinerancy at present," was carried hy 33 votes to I, two delegates not vofc(Ulg-

The City Engineer's proposal for the Construction of a roadway on the Town Belt from Hauka Street along the rear bf Nairn Street properties was a creed to by the Wellington City Council last evening. Tho road is to ho twenty-six fiVt wide, and only residential buildings may bo erected fronting tlio street. Fences must bo of approved typo, and factories are prohibited. In/connection with this matter ,tho City Engineer is Jos opinion that the properties abutting Jon the Town Belt will be very much increased in value, and the Corporation .will obtain increased revenue in tho in.crease in the rntes, besides which a better appearance will bo presented to Central Park. . . .