LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12395, 16 December 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Last day, Technical School exhibition this afternoon at 2, this evening at 7.

The following are the drawings for the sixth round of the T.Y.M.I. Ping Pong tourney: Smart v Darby, Lane v Harrison, Martis v Thornton, Williams v Gillison, Hogg a bye. All games must be played not later than December 22nd.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr W. Kerr, S.M., a man named Archibald Smith, on a charge of stealing a waggon and horses from Onehunga, was remanded to appear at Dannevirke (where the summons was issued).

A Wellington wire says the extension of the city tramways to Lyall Bay, where there is a splendid beach and where bathing sheds have been erected, was opened yesterday by the Mayor, Dr Newman, who said he expected the place would become a favourite resort. The following are the Tokaanu trout catches for week ending 11th inst.: Mr Robertson 53 fish, average 8lbs, largest 19½lbs; Master Robertson, 15 fish, average 10½pbs, largest 15lbs; Mr H. F. Passmore (Dunedin), and Mr Martin. (Okorovie), 42 fish, average 8½lbs, largest 14¾lbs; Mr J. Asher, 31 fish, average 8½lbs; Mr R. Jones, 29 fish, average 9¼lbs. All catches were in firstclass fettle and afforded great sport.

At a meeting of the executive of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards, held on Wednesday, the following tenders for supplies and services for the year ending 31st December, 1910, were accepted: A. C. Lennard and Co., provisions; Burtt and Thomson, milk; Purser and Son, funerals; T. S. Bristol, meat and mutton; C. T. Jefferson, cabhire; Westport Coal Co., fuel; J. Thain and Co., kerosene; Sharland and Co.. drugs, etc.

The Storm yesterday brought to Wanganui a motor car consigned to Messrs Adams, Ltd. The car was carried as it stood, and when landed on the wharf was driven ud to the garage. With the exception of a glass screen, which was broken before it was shipped, the car arrived without a scratch, which says a great deal for the men who handled it. The Storm has previously brought up from Christchurch the electric car bodies and they have always landed to the entire satisfaction of the consignees. The motor car referred to is for Dr Porritt.

We understand that Cr Allen has given notice that he will move at next meeting of the Wanganui East Borough Council (to-night, Thursday evening): “That electric trams, to connect with the Wanganui service, be installed in Wanganui East, and that a committee to consist of the Major, Crs Neilson, McCaul, and the mover, be set up to consider the matter and report at the following meeting.” The route proposed is from the Taylorville side of the Wanganui Bridge via Shakespeare Cliff and No. 3 Line to Morgan Street, thence along Morgan Street and Gellatly Street to Duncan Street, thence along Duncan Street and Tinirau Street to the Borough Council Office, close to the Eastown Railway Station.

The Garrison Band will give a recital in the Opera House on Sunday night, commencing at 8.30. The band has been very busy preparing a magnificent programme of suitable sacred selections, including chorus, “Worthy is the lamb,” (Handel), “Un Ballo in Maschera” (Verdi). “Minnet” (Boccerini), overture. “Poet and Peasant” (Suppe), cornet solo, “The Violin Player” (Home), air vari “Harmonious Blacksmith” (Handel), “Blow, blow thou winter wind” (Mattein selection, “Gipsy Romance” (Hume). These numbers should commend themselves to lovers of good music, who may be assured that the band’s rendering of the different items will leave little to be desired. Descriptive programmes will be issued as usual. The proceeds will be in aid of the Ballarat Contest Fund.

The School Committee decided last night to wire Mr Hogan to-day to urge on the Minister of Education the necessity for obtaining Parliamentary authority in order that the sites of the Technical and Infant Schools might be dealt with.

An exhibition of the work done during the year by Miss Marsh’s art students will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. at Gower’s Buildings in the Avenue. A cordial invitation is given to all.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of “The Scindian,” the magazine of the Boys’ High School, Napier — a publication reflecting great credit on its editor, sub-editors, and the prefects of the School. The magazine is well compiled and the illustrations are first class. The doings of Old Boys are given special prominence, as is also the school branch of the Navy League.

A serious accident occurred to Mr R. W. Dentith, master of the Hora Hora School on Saturday (reports the Cambridge correspondent of the “N.Z. Herald”). He was out shooting rabbits, when, in picking up the gun at his side, he discharged it, the charge passing through the top of the instep and bursting out of the sole of the foot towards the toes. The charge severed the laces, and blew the boot off his foot. Mr Dentith managed to get to the nearest settler’s house about half a mile away unaided, whence he was conveyed in a waggon to Cambridge, and his injury attended to by local doctors.

At the annual meeting of the Auckland Stock Exchange, the chairman (Mr Buttle) said there was every prospect of the Stock Exchanges of the Dominion being affiliated. A conference with that object would be held early in the new year. Such an arrangement would strengthen the position of shareholders throughout New Zealand. Referring to the recent mining boom, he said he was satisfied the Exchange had treated some of the mining companies too leniently. There was a disposition to spread mining ventures over too wide an area, with the result that few, if any, new ventures got a fair test. It was gratifying to note that outsiders were inquiring for mining properties, owing to the satisfactory development of several Auckland mines.

Describing a day in the House of Commons, the London correspondent of the Sydney “Telegaph” remarks about the Chancellor of the Exchequer :— Mr Lloyd George speaks again and again. He is all courtesy, urbanity, good-fel-lowship. One might think that he loved the Dukes as brothers. But one can’t miss his force. His explanations of subtle and intricate land taxation problems and proposals are as sunshine. He is quiet, persuasive and convincing. His tact would do credit to Mr Asqnith, and his manner to Mr Balfour, or even to a Duke. We think of him at Limehouse and at Newcastle, and wonder at the wide range of this “little Welsh attorney.” To-day, after months of almost unprecendented Parliamentary efforts ha is looking keen and fit.

The Egmont No-license Council passed the following resolutions: “That this Council, while of opinion that this advent of Dominion prohibition should have been considerably hastened by the passing into law of the proposed compromise of the Licensing Bill, is of opinion that the representative convention of No-license delegates held recently in Wellington acted honestly on the two issues of No-license and Dominion prohibition being kept separate, as it would be wrong to compel a voter who believed in No-license, or vice versa, to vote for what he did not want in order to secure the measure he desired.” (2)

“That this Council heartily approves of the action of the Parliamentary Committee in eliminating the provision of the sale of intoxicants from the Defence Bill, and trust that, in the interests of the youth of the Dominion, Parliament will see fit to ratify this decision.”

“Now, you would think from the cables that everyone was talking about the Budget,” said the Rev W. Saunders. at Dunedin in the course of some remarks about his visit to the Old Country; “but you may travel throughout England, and the last thing that probably would be brought up for conversation is the Budget.” The explanation of this difference between New Zealanders and the people at Home with respect to political affairs lay partly in the smallness of New Zealand and in the temperaments of the two peoples. Here we were getting away from the original type and becoming more excitable, more mentally alert. But the English and the Scotch — he could almost say that they were a great inarticulate race; slow to speak, but when they did speak they spoke to purpose, and when they acted there were revolutions. It was impossible for him to say what England thought of the Budget; you could not tell. The excitement in England was not amongst the toilers, but among the dukes — and it was to their discredit.