LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13521, 1 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

#** Register! Register ! Every person entitled to vote at the coming election should lose no time in making sure hia or her name is on the roll. Further,* as part of Wanganui is now in the Patca 1 electorate, and as changes of residence have also affected many people’s voting rights, they should also make sure that their names arc on the right rolls. They should apply at once to .the Registrar of Electors, whose office is in Bon Accord Chambers (next D. McFarlanc and Co.), Ridgway Street. A Gazette proclamation prorogues Parliament till the 20th November.

Owing to pressure of business, Sir Joseph Ward has postponed his departure for the South for 1 wo or throe days. The latest addition to the Telephone Exchange is No. 7811, Messrs Osboldstone and Company, fish-dealers, Taupo Quay. The Wellington Waterside Workers Union decided, by 4110 to 270, to join the New Zealand Federation of Labour (Miners). In Wanganui, at 9 a.m. to-day, the thermometer registered ill), and the barometer 110.10. There was a moderate sea on the bar.

Mr Fisson of Turakina, is representing the Wanganui Fruitgrowers’ Association at the Fruitgrowers’ Conference which opened at Motueka (Nelson) yesterday.

The Gisborne Harbour Board is considering the question of building a dock for the convenience of shipping, and thug avoid the necessity of sending their dredge to Auckland fur overhaul.

The following votes have been passed by the Cabinet:— .£llsO for school building at Marten, .£O7l tor Wanganui Technical School, and .£'l2l on account of the Girls’ nigh School, Wellington. The main roll for the Wanganui electorate will have on it about 8400 names. Other electorates around about whose rolls are in course of preparation, and the number of names they contain are— Taranaki 0728, Taumaruuui 5442, Patoa 7085, Egmont 6000.

The Wcaf fier Bui can reports as follows:—Westerly winds moderate i,> strong, bsickii.er ho northerly moderate to strong and winds freshening; expect unsettled .ini cloudy weather increasing and misty; rain probably following; glass fall; rides poor; rca moderate. A miscalculation occurred in our account, in yesterday's issue, of the new aerial ropeway for conveying coal from tho wharf to the municipal gasworks. The estimated saving per ton in handling coal between the wharf and the works was stated at 6d, whereas it will be more. Under the old carting system the handling cost was Is 9d per ton. Under tho new overhead conveyor system the cost will be 6d ner ton, including interest on the cost of the overhead gear. Excluding interest, 'the actual delivery cost will be about 2d per ton.

Mr Baeyertz, of Christchurch, the judge of the vocal and_ elocutionary items at the N.Z. Competitions Society's gathering in Wellington at present, is noted for his outspokenness. In his remarks on one of the male Solo competitions this week he said:—The section was,’on the whole, rather a poor one. “I would like to add, said the judge, “that the singers of Wellington cannot sing over a -threeinch collar.” High collars brought about muscLo-tighteniug. None ever knew a sin ffer who sang over a high 00l-

At the Gisborne" Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon, the president (Mr J. W. Bright) commented in favourable term# on tho “boosting” methods employed in America to advertise different towns and districts, and advocated a similar plan for Gisborne. Discussion generally deprecated disparaging remarks which were made as to Gisborne’s isolated condition, which led outsiders to believe that the town was inaccessible. It was stated that during tho past live years only two steamers had been unable to call at the port. The matter will bo further considered at next meeting with a view to arriving at a scheme to boost Poverty Bay.

The Rev. Dr. Sprott, Anglican Bishop of Wellington, arrived on Friday afternoon to pay his first official visit to Wanganui. On Friday evening ho conducted a confirmation service at the Puliki Mission Church. The service was of ah impressive nature. On Saturday, at Aramoho, his Lordship presided over a conference of the lay readers of the district. On Sunday morning tho Bishop confirmed, a largo number of candidates at Christ Churchy In the afternoon he conducted a service for men, and in the evening his Lordship preached to an overflowing congregation at Christ Church. Bishop Sprott left for the Main Trunk districts yesterday. Collections for the Salvation Army SelfDenial I' and were announced at a meeting at the Citadel (Wellington) ■ last night. The North Island contributed £6700, ag against £7776 for the last year; the South Island gave £5820, as against £5668 last year. The total amount raised in Now Zealand was .£14,529, compared with £13,464 last year. The principal amounts were Wellington £1330, Gisborne £1175, Auckland £925, Palmerston North £370, Hastings £3OO, Wanganui £3lO, Whangarei £250, Napier £230, Carterton £247, Eltham £220, New Plymouth £205, Dunedin £BSO, Christchurch £551, Invercargill £470, Oamaru £232, Blenheim £232, Timaru £205, Sydenham £166, Nelson £l6B, Rangiora £l6O, Ashburton £155, Dunedin South £l5O, Dunedin North £144, and Gore £153.

Tho woes of a landlord were ventilated at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, when Mr_ W. Kerr, S.M., was called upon to decide a claim for rent. The plaintiff, an eldcrlv man, for whom Mr Christie appeared, in tho course of the evidence, said that ho had let one of his cottages to tho defendant at a rental of 12s per week. Tho latter had remained in peaceful occupation for some weeks, until the defendant's wife took to 'rowing' with tho neighbours,” who threatened to leave. He pave her notice, as she was “jawing from eight in the morning to eleven or at night,'’ “A most energetic woman,”' commented his Worship. Continuing his evidence, witness said that defendant owed him 18s for rent, and 7s for board. The defendant, who had been lounging against tho iurv seats and bestowing numerous winks upon the amused counsel, was then put in the box. and deposed that ho only owed 9s. Tho neighbours wore to blame for an- unpleasantness that might have arisen, as they annoyed his wife, who was “n 0 t HI there; and, they 'got her going.’” Judgment for £1 2a was given for the plaintiff.