LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The motor train which left Lambton station for Upper Hult'nt 4.55 yesterday afternoon broke floiyn at Trenthnm. A'light engine wns dispatched from Lambton and hauled the train to Upper Hutt and, the passengers 'having allowed, brought it back to Lambton, arriving there at 7.20 p.m.—lialf-nn-hour behind tfia schedule time. On March 12 a telegrnm from I'alinerston North contained the statement that nn important cublegram had been sent bv Mr. Massev to the Director of law Materials. London, regarding the marketing of the new season's wool clip, ■•» ml; that such cablegram had at the j sii«"estion of the Farmers' Distributing' Comnanv. The statement that the cable messago was sent at the suggestion of'tin; company mentioned wns an error, .ns kwpromptly notified us by the monngor of the company, with a request that we •should eivo the credit wherc.it was dap. Tic... to the president of .the New M\am\, Wool Brokers' Association (Mr. W. fa. Bennett). Apparently, the «* ■ which appeared in our issue of Marcijn.. cscaned the notice of the AYool Broh* s Association, the chairman of which, Air. H. Base, now writes "vcxptaminjr'the facts of the position. 'It seems that the cablesram in question -was suggested ami framed bv Mr.' Bennett, approved by il.r. ,i j". and sent by Aim to « ithe exact wording received from, the Is«« Maud Wool Brokers' Association. \ Press Association telegram from Auckland state that; Miss We Is armdont of To Kuiti, died on the Knerim, during the voyage from Sydney. Ine bodv was buried at sen. ■ The members of the Parliamentary, party who Jiave been to Samoa and other Pacific Islands are returning wit It the ship to Auckland on Pnday momini.'. The southern members will -join iho exprew leaving Auckland at mid-fi«iy. and they should. reach Wellington on Saturday morning. The Imperial Buildings a five-story modern building with it-frpntoge of oO to GO feet to Queen Street,. Auckland -have changed hands at a pricei said to be in the neighbourhood of £90,000. | Press Association. A feature o£ the annual return of fludents at the Wellington »w„ it" lego is the poor average attendance at mll tvv of the classes. It OM«JTS \ ° very manv of the young people who join .the classes either fail to attend regular-, lv or else cease attendance altogether bofore the end of the course, lhe follow-, m flanres for a few of. the c asses Slav, lhe number of .students and tho average attendance: Modelling. 20 6); mechanic,, ■8 (1); engineering workshops, 2. W.; drwmakiiw. « (9); machine design and drawing. 90 (2fi); ohemistry and, pay , ; 75 re The director' Stated at the meet-, iiur'of'thft Technical 'Education Board on. Monitav night that .this matter w M receiving attention, andthat be hoped to elfect an improvement in the -aiUiid■nii«ea.

The damage which'caused a temporary .1: suspension of the tramway «*"«»«' I Wan»anui on Saturday has now been partially repaired, and the ram tin o-. t tablo his again been resumed In our t Saturday's issue it was stated that the town had to go without its evening , m uer on Friday. This was not r.he : , S On the day mentioned the pancr , was puhlished.as usual, but on. Saunhiy, , owing to a breakage in the machinery, publication was merely delayed. , . At a Conciliation Council sittin« in' Dunedin yesterday (reports tho Press A*Son) complete awmentwn.-nrr.vM at in the furniture trade dispute. II ♦■ Wellington award was accepted ou nil. Points. Conditions and wages for I* inales were deferred until a n.w dlepntc is created. The Mayor of To Kuiti,. .Mr. Fitilar has received from the .Mmistw of w"<« proposed regulations governing, the purchase of Maori lands in Mam Irnnk towns. A conference has bwn called for Wednesday to consider the regulations—Press Assn. The red deer shooting sbmoti for MM will open in the. Wellington A«' ,n ' a "; sation ■ Society's dish'ict on April 1, and close on May .81. The the'Wairorapa South and Poathor.,ton, reserves is M, and the holder .of a license may take four stags and six hinds. licenses can he obtained from the post offices at Wellington. Mastertoti, Carterton, Greytown, Mtirtinborough, and Fentherston. For the nwa conUui- : in" Hutt, Featherston counties (Waiiim),. Horowheiuia and Hutt county (laranaraumii), Tararua Forest Reserve, Tauhcreniknu ,and Tnihnpe. the licen*c fee. is £i, and the holder may take two stairs only. Licenses can he obtained. fZ the post offices at Wellington, Motevton, Carterton, Feathwton, Gcytown, ISketahnnn. Pnhintna Makun., Pongaroa, Palmerston North. Parana™-; liinu, Otaki, Taihane. Maiisawekt, blinnZ, and Lower Hutt The nr«i from Mannwatu -Goras to Olnta -.is clow to stalkers, but the Tauhohmikau coun.y is open for Hb first .time for yewi.; Filiations as to deer labels must: bo adhered to, and after th» .licwise.holder has completed his season, a return o stags shot must be .sent to the local wenta, and also any remaining stags. Numerous inquiries have been received hv the secrctnrv. and the season promise.-, to be a bu S y one. Information as to closed and open areas may be obtains 1 from the secretary at thf •enoicryii or. Ace, 205 Lambton Quay, Wellington. The-estate of the late Mrs.'Richard: Oliver, who died in London recently .ndwho was for many years .rwidnnl at Nowingtnn. Duwdin, was vnbed, at. about .-E2.ifl.oM. She bequeathed lH>t«e. :r .fir,o,oflo and ,£fio,oflfl to old friend,, and among other Iwouests aiv the follo>nnj. .£•2000 to the Dnnedm Hospital, .M*o to Otago University, and ,«00 l« O»o Dmiedin Hospital CWld.^ The Pacific Cable Board notify that <win" to strons? earth currents work between Bamliek! and Vancouver is at a standstill, and will be iinnbla lo proceed until conditions improve. The band of the New Zealand NntW Association will render selections at Oriental Bay to-night.

I Some of the settlers in the district '■ between Botorua and Taupohavo signed a petition for Parliament asking for tlio construction of a railway to connect the two places. They offer to have Hienr lands rated one shilling per acre as a contribution towards the cost of tie proposed railway, conditionally on tlio lino being opened for traffic on or ueiorc January 1, 1920.

ft i? not generally known that on the City Cornoratior.'s property at Days Aiv, knojvn as WHliams Park, there is mi'elevation over 1200 feet m height. 11ns is the highest point on the back ridge, known as Mount Hawtrey, which takes its name after one of the members (it the New Zealand Land Company. On fiomo of the old charts of AYelHngtnn Harbour Day'.-)' Bay figures as Hawtrey Bav.

The work entailed Tj.T the flpplirotio; by unions for the bonus of 4s. per wee granted by the Court to meet he in creased cost of living was referred to b, His'-llonour Mr. Justice Stringer at til Arbitration Court at Auckland on Mem day morning. He suggested that \ hoi this question was taken into consulero tinn every six months, a great deal o trouble would be saved if any wcrons "ranted were gazetted and made to apiil; automatically to the unions so tint there would bo no need for the numer ous applications. .Representatives o unions present agreed with this, am will probably submit a request ou tlura lines to the Minister of Labour. In reference to the purchase % tin Prince of Wales of a ranch in Canada \lrs. J. Eivers, an old resident of Why catane. made the following statement h i reporter: "The Pnnco of Wales ha iwt lutoly bought from * member of m nmilv the ranch called 'Boddinglkl, •Mate' in Alberta, Canada. It is cm if the oldest ranches, having been takei ip in 1883, and consists of IGM acres o irst-clnss land, freehold and leasehold :he Prince intends to stock it with {jure red Shorthorn cattle, purebred Slirop hire sheep, and thoroughbred horsft rom one of his farms in England omeone from the ranch having brc. ent to' England to select the most suit .ble animals. Ex-service men, both 1m lerial and Canadian, will be employee m the ranch, and here the Prince hope: iccasionally to make his home. f The decision of the. City Council n (s last meeting to close the Thorndoi Baths immediately is meeting with opw dtion on the part of residents in th lorthern. end of the city. To-moriw ii"ht, a deputation will wait on tlr ■ouncil to protest against tho decisioi ,nd to urge the (necessity for P™v'diii| mtlis at Thorndon. Swimmers at Thorn lon are against the erection of tepx 'resh water baths, and intend to pres or the construction-of .baths on the fore ihore adjacent to the Thorndon Qua; ram terminus. They maintain that ai ■xcellent site could bo obtained there fo in open-air bath. Tteferring to Jinjor-Gnneral SirJUfrei tobin. Actine-Administrator at Bamon ■he "Samoa. Times" says :-"There is n nore popular personage in Samoa thai General Robin, to whom the whole com nunity has become attached. . . • There s no single institution in Samoa which ms not received a kindly and interested •isit from him, and the innumerable lourtesies he has extended to all with vhom he Ims come in contact leaves the eeling that he has come amongst us> and :onquered. ... Sir Alfred Robin has iroved himself the salvor of many of ,ur nlaints, and the result to-day ib Hurt Samoa with nil its wounds :s a happier ommunity to-day than it has been for ■ears. ■ . . Tho Generals all too irief soiourn among us "Wis beeir so full f thoroughly useful work that every member of the community will bo sorry o see him ;depart." •