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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL Major;Gerierftl Qodley, Oomma-ndant of the New Zealand Forces, will shortly leave on a visit to England. He will attend the summer and autumn manocuV1 l e ? °*« 6 British Army, and confer with officers commanding the defence forces of the various Dominions and tho Imperial defence authorities, with a, view to co-ordination in the training and administrative control of the defence forces of the Empiro. We have author* ity t far etating that the rumour that MB.]or-General Godley intends to resign is not correct, and that on the «oncm* sion of his business in England ho will return to New Zealand. j The Postal authorities advise that tbo steamer M&heno, which Bailed from Sydney at noon on the 6fch mat. for Auck> Jand, ha* on V>oard an Australian mail, ; also an English mail via. Suez. The Wellington portion is due to arrive hero by Mam Trunk train on Monday afternoon j hext. t Provision is ix> be mado fot tta «rec« tion of a tramway waiting-shed at l3ce» street, Island Bay, during the next ftnan» cial year .of the City Gooncil, The Wellington Motor Oyeling Olub will continue the competition for tho Sutherland and llankine cup by. holding & speed trial &6 Matnf road, Miramar, to* mprrow afternoon. The competition will be mn off in heat* of three $ firsts and seconds in each heat to compete again till the final is reached. Entries close on the course at 2.50 p.m. On Sunday a club run will be held to Waikanae to meet the members of the Mana* watu Club, and on the following Saturday a side-car trial will be held, full particulars of which will appear in the motoring column on Wednesday next. Hopes of HAtaitfci and Roueneath ratepayers will be further deferred by the resolution of the City Council, that the request of the Rosene&th Municipal Association for a tramway extension to Roseneath stand over for the present. In order to encourage the use of electricity durine the off-loading hours, the City Council decided last evening to authorise the Electrical Engineer to install, in approved cases, a two-rate meter, which will differentiate between the current used in the daytime and that used during the night. ( At about twenty minutes past seven, this morning a two'horse cart containing refuee, came to grief in Willis««treet, one of the wheels givLng Way, As a coneequence a quantity of garbage was deposited over the tramlines, effectively blocking Government station bound cars for about a quarter of an hour. The unfortunate driver came in for & good deal of abuse from exasperated workmen who were temporarily held up on their way (to work. However, a couple of good Samaritans came to his as»wt> ance, and removed the wreckage to the eide of the roadway, where jtemporary repairs were effected. On the recommendation of the Finance Committee, Che City Council decided last evening not to grant the 1 application of the Wellington Rngby Union that the rates for 1912 on the Athletic Park be remitted, The Mayor stated that the committee had seen the balance-sheet of the union, which was not satisfactory, but the council held that the owners of the freehold should be approached first for a reduction of rent. A large milking shed on a farm at Soutli Karori leased by Messrs. Hooper and Wood from Mr. Samuel Rabone, of Blenheim, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, together with its contents, which included a chaff-cutter, harness, horse feed, milk cans, and a quantity of hay. A haystack close by, wliich was uninsured, was also destroyed. The Royal Company had a risk of £250 ( on the building, but the contents, valued 'at £106, were not insured. Mr. Thomas Wood Btates that at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday he closed three of the fonr doors in the shed, leaving the back door open, but when the alarm was given it was found that the front door was also open, For several years now the standing orders of the City Council have been made a butt of by councillors, and much dispute has arisen as to their interpretation, New standing orders h&ve been called for again and again, but ib was not till last evening that the welcome newß came that the Legislation Committee had received the standing orders as amended by the City Solicitor. These are to be printed and considered by the committee at an early date. The tender of Messrs. Charles Hill and Sons, Wellington, for the supply of helmets for the Police Force for three years has been gazetted. The price of the blue helmets is 0s 3d and of the white 7s 6d each. Reprasentfttivce of tho billiard saloon* keepers of Wellington waited on tie Wellington City Council last night, and urged "that it was very hard to mftko billiard-rooms pay under present conditions. They contended that they did not get an much consideration (a the ordinary " theatrical company pw»ing through tho city, and that it w<*ild b<» only reasonable that they should be allowed to kepp open until 1} p.m Mr in6to<Kl of 10. ao p.nv .Large sums of money, it was pointed out, were invested in tksaloons, ond very considerable &vms fcpeiit in wages.' The Mayor said the council would give the matter vciy eerious considenU-ion. It Was subsequently veferred to the'By'lawfi Commit, tee for a report. Yesterday No. 4 Company of NewZealand Engineers, under Lieutenant* Keenan and M'Nab, went, out to tha Trentham rifle range to complete the annual course of musketry. Captain Gibbs was unablo, owing to pressure lot business, to be present. ' Mixed bathing in municipal bath* in a feature m some citjee in New Zealand, but it is unknown in Wellington, since the days when To Aro Baths were extended and both sections of the bath were open to ono another. The City Council, however, decided last evening, oft the recommendation of the Bathe and Re* eervos Committee, to grant the application of the.Tnorndon Amateur Swimming Olub that the council fihonW allow mixed bathing ad the Thorndon Baths on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each woek from 2 pjn. until windows Councillor Fletcher suggested the drawing up of proper rules and regulations, and t.MKioiflor Puller that the permissioft should bo ex* tended to Te Aro. The Mayor *tet«l that the bathing -would, be regulated. T« Aro Baths already had thetfr ladies' bath. To-morrow fSatnrday) KorkcmMi* and Stains will offer «xceptfon«l bargains in millinery., gWes, aad hosierj; •$ advertised. —Ad vt. FurniMire eemowd, Mdbed, tnd stored by reliable men. Ask fto estimates. The Colonial OwTying Company, Ltd., 107-109, CurtomhousMiuay. Ship* ping and Forwarding agobts-4o all parts of the jvodd,- £&&