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Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 5

At the special meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd inst. Cr Cole's motion | —" That through tickets should be issued! for use between the Post Office and St. Clair a-nd vice versa, at the following rates-namely : Card of 15 for 2s 6d, 30 for ss ; to be obtainable at the office at the carsheds"— was carried by a majority ' of one, with the addition that tickets bear j the holder's name and be not transferable. Further, that the motion take \sect from May 1 for a period of six months, end that the tramway manager report at the end of that time a« to whether the change had resulted in an increase of revenue or not. The discussion lasted close on three hours. On Lionel Terry'e arrival at Christcr.ureli on the 2nd instant in charge of ! three attendants <Jie party was met by a ! warder from Lyttelton Gaol, and Terry was taken to the prison about 6 o'clock. He is (faje the Press) confined in a room next, to that which he occupied when in, the gaol before. The room is comfortably furnished, and is provided with a bed and fireplace, and has been gazetted a mental hospital. Terry is practically under the control of the Sunnyside authorities, and a doctor from the Sunnyeide Mental Hospital is to visit him at regular intervals. It ie understood that Mr Cleary (governor of the gaol) will be gazetted superintendent, and three warders have been apfpointed to look after the patient— two for the daytime and one for the night. Terry gave no trouble on the journey from Sear cliff to the gaol. It is understood (writes the Dominion's Palmerston correspondent) that Mr J. H. P. Strang's beautiful residence at Hokowhitu has been secured as a house for his Excellency the Governor. Mr Strang's residence is situated on the bank of th« picturesque Hokowhitu Lagoon. It is a two-storey, roomy place, and should be suitable for the- purposes suggested. It is surrounded with very fine grounds, which the owner has had. laid out to the beet advantage. Hokowhitu is a large suburb of Palmeveton North, about a mile and a-half from the square. Boating can be obtained on the lagoon. The Union Company received advices on the 3rd .notifying the successful launch, of the new cargo steamer Waitemata, now being built at Port Glasgow for the ReA Funnel fleet. The Waitemata has been designed to carry a deadweight of 8500 tons on the comparatively shallow draught of 24ft 3in, and her engines are to develop an average speed of 10£ knots per hour on a moderate coal consumption. Captain D. SfLean is now on route to Glasgow to take charge of the new veeseL r v - 's*