LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 215, 9 June 1920, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

. The coal shortage (fives rise occasionally to strange incidents. Yesterday a small party of women, carrying:' empty kits, stood beside a railway line not fur from Wellington. They appeared to be waiting for something. Presently a train lumbered along, and just before it reached tho group u diminutive avalanche of coal slipped over the side of the engine's tender and scattered, like black manna from Heaven, on tho railway track. The women, not visibly impressed by the unexpected, proceeded to lill their bags. They did not soeni to bo getting verv much coal apiece, but fhey presumably were glad to get any fuel at all. Just how they had come to anticipate fortune so neatly remained unexplained. Tho Kov. 11. O. Unnby, vicar of Leeston, made some vigorous remarks at tho annual meeting ot parishioners of St. John's Church, on tho need for sanity and business-like methods in church finance Trusting to hick was not necessnrily trusting in God. he said. He believed in the old British! fighting prin. ciple of "Trust in God !,nif keep your powder drv," for nothing was so clear as that tho Almighty was prepared to help those who helped themselves. Ho was convinced that the Creator looked with as little favour as any earthly employer on those who were wilfully or lazily inept, inefficient, and slothful in their methods of working for nis cause. Recently, tho Auckland Prices Tribunal suggested r.liat tho soiling price of goods offered for solo by retailers ought to 1)0 marked on tho articio in elites wliero tho value oxceedod 20s. Tho matter was referred to the Associated Chambers of Commerce, which asked the various chambers for an expression of opinion. The Wellington Centra). Chamber referred tho matter to a committee, which has reported,in favour of the suggestion. Tho committee added a recommendation that where goods of nny value were marked for sale at a fixed price, tho buyer should have a right to tako tho particular goods so marked; and «Iso that tho representatives of the soft goods .retail tirade should bo invitod to put thoir views before tho next conference of tho associated, chamborfl.

At to-morrow evening's meeting of the City Council, Councillor C. H. Chapman will move: "That this council, being impressed with the urgent necessity of attempting to reduce the cost of living, and 'being of the opinion that by welj organised public markets there is a pro«Sect of relief, refers to its Engineer's epartment the matter for report os to sites available, with an instruction that tho roport be presented as early as possible." It las been definitely arranged that tho consecration of tho Right Rev. Dr. VVhyto as Bishop of Dunedin, and tho Right Rev. Dr. Liston as Coadjutor Bishop of Auckland shall take place in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dun:din, on a date yet to be decided. Tho executive of tho Central Chamber of Commerce is arranging for a series of lectures on topics of interest to members. At tho end of June Mr. C J. Ward will lecture on industrial niattere. An address en hydro-electrio development will be given in July by Sir Arnold Gridley, a visiting expert. Later lectures are expected to include tin address by Mr. S. Scott Edwards on oil as a factor in industrial development and' the suitability of Wellington as a point of distribution: and nn address by the Government Forester (CapSain Ellis), of the commercial aspects of forestry. The annual meeting: and conference of Sew /'oaland town-p'iinning associations snd kindred bodies will be held to-day. At last night's meeting of the Miramar Borough Council the Mayor (Mr. S. M. Stone) stated that for tho last sis day* the majority of tho residents irf Seatoun had been unable to obtain milk. He had been appealed to,' and had Uken tho matter up, and had good Hopes that an adequate supply of milk would bo forthcoming by to-morrow. It was stated at Inst night's meeting of the Miramar Borough Council that during May the Wellington Gas Company carried 4014 tons of coal over the tram line. Tho parade of the Thorndon' Company of Senior Cadets was well attended on Monday night, when the Group Commander (Captain W. M, BcU) presented the Ladies' Challenge Cup for marksmanship to Cadet E. A. Bastings, who holds the distinction of being- the best shot in the corps. In addition, Captain Bell presented the prizes won by tho company in the physical drill end squad drill competitions at the recent Caledonian Sports at Pataerston North, also several good conduct and attendance badges. The recipients of the badges were: Sergt. J. Barr, Corpl. H. W. Nickless, and Cadets 0. J. A. Daly, C. W. Ellison, J. W. Ellison, A. R. George. S. E. M'Cluggage, A. J. Park, R. Pay, A. J. Rogers, R. Startles, A. Scott, and R, W. Webster. As a result of trawling investigations of fishing-grounds off the New South Wales coast, it is reported that 750 miles of fresh trawling sea bottom has been added to tho State's fish' resources, and abundanco of good edible fish, besides rare scientific specimens of marine life, have been found. - Councillor P. Fraser intends to move nt to-morrow evening's meeting of the City Council:—"That in the opinion ot this council the time has arrived for taking into serious consideration tho eaiP.y instituting of a municipal bakery and'a thorough system of bread delivery throughout the city ond suburbs; and thnt a special committee be immediately appointed to draft a scheme. . • Mrs. Sarah Ann Anderson, who resided iu Owen Street, died suddenly in her homo at 5 p.m. on Monday, apparently from heart trouble. An inquest will be held this morning. At yesterday's meeting of the Hntt County Council, a resolution imsscd by the Stratford Borough Council urging tho Government to take the necessary steps to make Saturday afternoon a universal hailf-holiday throughout the Dominion was read, and it was decided to endorse it. Tho Miramar Borough Council last night decided to support the movement. An extraordinary general meetinif ot tho Wellington R.S.A. 'wit! be he! 3 In tho Masonic Hall, Boulcott Street, tonight, at 7.30 There if? n. gaod deal of important business to come beforo the meeting, and a committeeman will bo e'ected to fill tho vacancy caused by tho resignation of Canon' Feilden Taylor. Tho delegates who attended conference will furnish their reports„and Mr. Noel Johnson has handed in notice of motion that interim vacancies on the committee sholl be filled by the committee and not by general meeting. The balance-sheet, which was referred back at the annual meeting, will be presented to this meeting Memhers are reminded that their subscriptions for the current year uro now due. At the meeting cf the Miramar Borough Council last night the Mayor (Mr. S. M. Stone) xaid ho had been advised by the secretary of the Hospital Board that a vacancy had occurred through tlie resignation of Mrs. Sarah Beck, and that 'the- borough, in conjunction with ffio Wellington City.Council, had to fill the vacancy. Mr. Stone said that ho hod nominated Mr. B. G. H. Burn, late Mayor of Karori, who was the next cand'date on the poll, A suggestion that a trades directory should be included in the telephone list was maue to the Secretary of tho Post Office recently by representatives of the Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce. The Secretary undertook to look into the matter. A telephono list containing a trades classification of subscribers used to lie issued in Wellington many years ago, but it was not an official publication.