LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 294, 6 September 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

vo The Ulimaroa is duo, to arrive here ps. from Syflney this evening with GO bags of letter mail and G6 uogs of panels ill from tlio East. South Africa, and Miser Italia. fie Although tho Auckland-Wellington Kugby match at Athletic Park on Saturday did not provide many exciting moments I'n the way of football, yet the 15,000 odd spectators were, provided with an uu- .. expected series of "thrills." Captain Rus- ~' Bell appeared over the park in his Avro machine when the first spell was in proy gress and "looped the loop" four or I five times, which evoked a burst of admiration. But tho crowd was hardly = prepared for what followed. Prom an apparently great height the aviator commenced what is called a "corkscrew" dive. The 'plane rapidly descended, nose - down, in spiral fashion.' which fairly brought tho crowd folTs'leet, and when 1 within about two hundred feet froia the ground Hie 'plane flattened out gracefully and speeded on towards Island Bay The daring airman was loudly cheered. S The weather was perfect for tho exlribi•o lion, which was a revelation to the local )f public. The airman was accompanied ■. on his flight on Saturday by a Welling, ton business man, Mr. G-. Fulton. 10 ie "Tho East Coast Journal" is the- titlo J of a new publication which made its ,_ appearance in Napier on Saturday, and '" is to be issued weekly. It comprises 30 ' e pages and a cover, with four pages illusi- trated. The contents include a varied h I collection of farming, sporting, social. ~ district, and general news of interest, to ' residents in the H.iwke's Bay and Poverty Bay districts. Id "Valuing is a matter of opinion, which ft is subject to two tests," said Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., in giving judgment in an action in the Auckland Magistrate's f Court. "Tho first test is, what the mot> perty will bring if put upon the market. - f and the second, what it will retnrn if ~ held." He added that thera might be special circumstances of a temporary na- ' ture which would result in tho property ' bringing a very high price if put upon 3 the market or in property bringing in 1 a large return, which it might be neces--3 eary to put on one side when endeavouring to ascertain the full value. f At the amalgamation "smoker" ret Sea , toun on Saturday evening, Councillor J. M. Dale, of the Wellington City Council, in replying to the toast of "The United 1 Boroughs," said that after listening lo ' several speakers' he was in doubt as to > what Minimal" really was. .Mr. Stone I (the Mayor of Miramar) had called it a . golden egg and a baby; Mr. Mabln had ■ referred to it as a flapper (".Miss Mira- ■ mar"), and, Mr. E. A. _ Wright had chosen the simile of a. chicken. He pro- , posed to call it a pearl. Pearls secreted . themselves in oystors, Onslow had been the first pearl to its shell,-'Karnri [ came next, and now Miramar was joiim tho same Now fhev were all in Ihey ! should work for Wellington as a whole, I but, as one man had remarked to liim. | "what a 'hole' it was." His reply had been: "If you know of a better 'ole. so ! to'**-" A meeting of the Wellington U.S.A. is to be held in the cTuB rooms on Wednesday next, when flic important question of housing is to be discussed. Some fery plain speaking on this subject Is antii'inatcd. and as so many returned sol- , ilicrs are interested in the matter a very j lartto attendance is expected. A resnlu. Hon dealing with the export of timber , from New Zealand will also bo tabled. [ Only financial members will bo admitted • to tho meeting. A meeting of (he Karon' Progress As- I soeintion was lield at the Borough Conn- ' ci! Chambers on Friday rrgjil, when tho ' sub-committee appointed for tho purpose- ( of organising support for tho loan pro- i posals made ils report. It was resolved to call a further meeting of ratepayers for this week, and also to nut notices ; in the shop windows urging the ralepayers to support the proposals. U was ' decided to write to the council requesting that a system of rubbish' removal ( should be inaugurated in the district. ; Tho question of tho use of the council J chamber was discussed, several members '• urging that the council bo requested to ! enlarge the hall by taking in the room ! at present occupied as the library, and transferring the library to another por- ' lion of the builditif. Councillor Burn ' opposed the suggestion. The proposal ' that tho various ratepayers' associations should unite info a combined ratepayers' r association, each to be represented on a t central executive committee, was discuss- n ed. Tt was explained that the bodies i would not lose their individuality bv 1 combining into one largo association, but i that they would be united in much the same manner as the School Committees' Association. Tho appointment of three '■ representatives from the TCnrnri League '. lo sit on the central committee was re- ' for red to the executive. " A Press Association message from Mas- i lerton stales that a yenng single man I' I named Polor M'l'liorsnn, aged WW, was \ I found dead in a wnshhouso yesterday l: ! morning with a wound in his breast and v n rillo beside him. He left a letter £ which indicated that ho waj of unsound a mind. f]

Referring to Hie "strap-hangers" mid "toe-trenders" who are developed ou the Miramar and Seatoim ears by sheer congestion, during rusii hours, Mi'. A. Crawlord, at the amalgamation "smoker" in Seatoim on Saturday evening, said that Hie City Council would be wise if they at some time in the future turned their Attention to the general utility of .a ferry service, even if only to relieve the ears. Even with two tram routes, how would it he possible to serve the people by tram when Mirnmar was thickly settled? Tho ferry boats which once served Knraka Bay and Seatoun were sli.il in the harbour. He never wished to see those boats on the service again, but if one smart, up-to-date ferry steamer wero to ply between the city and the Patent Slip wharf and Miramar wharf, and another to Karaka Hay and Seatoun, it would be of immense service and would speed up settlement.

' "It is not a good way to invest your money," said Mr. AY. li. M'Kean, S.M., in the Auckland Magistrate's Court on I'riday. to an ex-soldier, who stated that he spent li-is gratuity of £W ot the races. The man was being sued by his wife for maintenance, it being stated that the arrears under a previous order amounted to Jim. "I suppose that when you went to the races you expected to double your money," the Magistrate said, "but if'you had used some of it to pay off your arrears you would not be in Court now." Mr. A". Moody, counsel for the wife, said he was afraid many of the gratuities were wasted, at tho races.

About fifty people attended a meeting ! held in tho Paramount Theatre last evening '-h furtherance, of the candidature of Mr. T. Brindle, official Labour's nominee for the vacancy on the City Council. Mr. It Dyson, president of the Wellington Labour L'fj.rescnfatKm Committee, was in tho chair, and the Hireling was addressed ay Mr. Brindle, supporte'd by Councillors J". Piaser, .T. Hutchison, and C. H. Chapman. labour's platform in the matter of ninr> cmnl politics was fully ey.pinnded, tho various speakers urging an "cMension of the city's activities with resind to tho nuuiicipal'satioii; of public services. Labour, it was pointed nut, s*ood for the council eventually ia'nng ovu' both tho production and .listribmion. of milk The juunicipalisat'on of tlie city's bread •mnnly was also urged. Anciher point made'was the necessity for Li-.loir having a dfclinct^voice in tho conduct of municipal affairs.

A rise in the retail price nf popular brands of cigarette tobacco will probably take place early this week (says the Auckland # "Herald"). Notification has been received of a rise in the -wholesale prices of these brands, in one case amounting to 2s. 3d. a lb., and in the other to Is. Gd. a Jb.

A combination of farmers' organisations lias been formed in South Canterbury to guarantee the salary of a veterinary surgeon for the district.— Press Association.

Illicit trading in permits to Toleaso ! whisky from bonded warehouses in New | York has been rampant and profitable. ■ The authorities a little while ago disI covered that there were 1200 forged por- ■ mits in existence in the city n'.one, and ! that the use of these forgeries had netted tho perpetrators a profit of more than -£2,000,000 in two months. It was stated that so much whisky had been released that "sly-grog" shops were able to reduce the price of a "nip" of the spirit from 3s. to 2s. od. Altogether the State Director of Prohibition up to the beginning of June had issued 11,000 permits for the release for non-beverage purposes of spirituous liquors from bond. The permits are protected bv bondo ranging from .£2OO to d' 20,000. 'The latter sum entitles the holder to purchase an unlimited amount for "legitimate" use, such as the manufacture of perfumes, at 20s. o gallon. Whisky obtained in this fashion or by the use of forged permits is retailed' at from 40s. to 50s. a quart, and shows a profit by tho time it reaches the drinker nf fflfl to SOO per cent'. One man who sold his permit legitimately obtained is said to have forfeited tho bond on discovery, but to have been ablo to console himself by tho fact that he had .made a nron't in two weeks of ,£IO,OOO.