LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New cupboards aro being made for the Alines Department in the second floor corridor of the Government Buildings, which •temporarily has nvuch the same appearance as the uncompleted portions of the new wing. The Rangipo North State Forest, of 45,000 acres, in the East Taupo ,and Waimarino Counties, will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years, at the local Dictrict Lands Office, at 11 a.m. next 'Wednesday. The land comprises mostly flats and ca;sy rolling country, intersected by numerous fairly largo streams, running from the mountains into the Waikato River. Tho soil is pumiceous and of inferior quality. At tho meeting of, the Wellington Mental Science Society on Tuesday night, a demonstration was given of a cure of colour blindness which it was claimed had been oifectcd by. means of mental science. Mr: Goodman stated that lie had treated tho case during the past week, and already the patient could distinguish between different colours without difficulty. A permanent euro could not, however, be effected unless the treatment were continued for somo time. Mrs. Wolf read a paper on tho subject of "Healing." She considered that tho healer's cliiof soured of power was love. When this was fully recognised most of our ailments disappeared. Material remedies were not always necessary. Mr. I<\ G. Tonks, of tho Wellington Broad Company, considers that tho law which compols a baker to stamp his' bread with tho supposed weight of tho loaf is farcical. Tho Jaw regarding underweight would bo just as eflectivo without tho stamping, tho only effect of which is to add to .tho labour in preparing a batch for tho oven. "Do' you see that loaf over thoro?" he said, pointing to a nice littlo loaf oh his desk: "That is a lib. loaf—it really weighs moro than lib. — yet we were fined £1 tho other day becauso it was not stamped. Here is a 41b. loaf," putting his hand, on a warm double-tin loaf. "It is two ounces overweight now, this afternoon the chances aro that it will bo underweight—evaporation does it. When that ioaf was put into tho oven it weighed 41b. 8 ounces, so you can see that all reasonable precautions aro taken to turn out fullweight bread. Such precautions aro taken by all bakors, yet tho public have an idea that if a loaf is an ounco underweight that the bakors aro trying to boat thorn." Tho first bread-making machine usod in Wellington is about to bo installed in the Wellington Bread Company's bakery. This is a liupper dough-maker, consisting of a largo metal bin, capable of holding 8801bs. of dough, which is churned about by a mechanical arm until it reaches tho proper stage for dumping into tho troughs to await tho given timo before being weighed up into loaves for tho ovon to brown. Mr. P. G. Tonks statosthat tho maebino does not do away with any men, but it does away with tho "bullocking" work tlioy are now at times called upon to do. Tho machino will bo worked by a seven horse-power motor. . Mrs. Ethel E. Do Costa, LL.B, (neo "\U)B Ethel R. Bonjamin of Dunedin), after practising for somo years in that city, has cominonccd practico as a barrister and solicitor in No. 6 Nathan's Buildings, cornor Groy and Foatherston Streets, Wellington. Mrs. Do Costa has tlio distinction of being tho only lady practising at tho Bar in the Dominion. Intending clionta can depend on prompt and caroM ittcntion at Mrs. De Costa's hands.

A meeting of Victoria College Council was ! leld last night. There were presont: Mr. ; Flaming' (chairman), Sir. Robert Stout, ; Messrs. C. Watson, J. Graham, D. Knight, j A.. 11. Meek, Quick, H. von Haast, H. B. j Soli, 11. M'Callum, F. P. Wilson, A. C. | Magimrity, C. Wilson, and Rev. W. A. j Evans. It was decided to extend tho, | Jueen's scholarship of Ethel Duff for an j >ther year. The chairman,,who stated that .hero was no report for tho Financo Commit;oe, reforral to the deputation from the Council which waited upon tho Minister 'or Education, in reference to tho neod for issistanco in obtaining additional class-rooms, rhe Minister promised that tho money for ;he 0110 room upstairs would certainly be 'orthcoming, but as to the other two rooms, ilthough lie realised the necessity,' the mat:cr would havo to bo referred to Cabinet. The valueless bank-notes which have )omo into circulation since the fire on the steamer Turakina are causing business peo)le a good deal of worry. The notes were ill marked " cancelled " ant! havo the right land bottom corner cut off, hut notwithstanding these defacements somo >of the lotes have been patched up in such a manner is to deceive any but the most cautious. A •epresentativo of The Dominion bad a £5 loto brought under his notice yesterday vhich had been "doctored" and traded off is genuine. The words "cancelled" had been successfully obliterated, and the missing -ight hand bottom corner had been replaced jy a top left hand corner from another of ;he condemned notes. The fraud was such is few would notice, tho only apparent de'ect even on looking into the note being that ;he figure fivo on the substituted bottom coricr was upside down. It is not an unusual . thing to see 'dead marines" and other "empties" drifting iround sadly in tho harbour, but it is not Dften that full casks of whisky are found bobbing up and down the bosom of the sea. festerday morning, however, the Customs >flicers rescued four casks of genuine "firewater," which were cruising around. How ;hev came to get adrift on the ocean wave is v problem that the Customs would like to solve. There was no sign of the Huddart, Parker steamer Wimmera from Sydney at a lato liour last night. Her departure from Melbourne via southern ports has been postponed until Friday afternoon. A special meeting of tho Wellington Criccet Association was held last evening for tho purpose of considering the line of aotion to bo taken by tho deputation which is to wait lpon tho Reserves Committee of the City Council on Friday in reference to various nattors to- be brought forward. It is understood that delegates from tho Amateur Athetic Association will accompany the deputation. An illustration of the need for watchfulness; ivhen anywhere near tho tram lines was ?iven in front of the Post Office yesterday morning. A man jumped off an express and rushed blindly across the train line, but was struck by an oncoming Constable Street car. The man was knocked do™ and carried sevo■al yards before the tram could be pulled lp. He escaped with a severe bruising. The amount secured to-day for tho new V.M.C.A. building was £495 135., which in;ludes £100 from, Mr. : John "Marshall, £50 sach from A.B.C. and Captain J. Smith, and £25 from an,anonymous : donor. The total to lato ■is £9170, oxclusive of tho £4000. estimated to,be received from tho old building; There is'£sß3o to be secured by. next Monday jvouing. Tho Christchurch "Press" notes that tho ;hairman (Mr. J. R. Morrison) 'of the Can-. ;erbury Rowing Association, at the annual meeting, stated that no apology was needed 'or the pat on the back conveyed by the re-' port to William'Webb, upon his gaining the iculling championship of the world. Although ;lioy wore an amateur organisation, and' Webb a .professional, such a compliment was 'ully deserved, particularly as Webb was low devoting his spare time to coaching tho imateurs.