LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Several applications for discharges from' ,-| .bankruptcy, will be heard by, Mr. Justice '] Chapman this morning.; , His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman will do- 1 liver reserved, judgment in the case Hallen- I stein Bros.' r. Dwyer this morning.' ».• 1 The.Appeal Cotirt will resume its sittings ' at 11 o'clock this morning, when the. casa between : the Phoenix Assurance Company' and 1 the United Insurance Company will be taken; ' A patient belonging to the Porirua' Asylum ' was found wandering abbut at Masterton on Saturday, and returned to the institution: lie hod gone aSvay ■unobserved some pre- . vioiisly. , • ■ . . The Pelton wheels that are being supplied to the. Ross Goldfields, Ltd., are being mt-.de by Junes, Gordon, and Co. j not Thomson aiid Houston, as was' inadvertently Stated!- : The .latter firhi is supplying the generators for-the big mining venture. ;.. 'It appears that a woman ran'out into tho street ,on .Saturday night, and t-old a policetnan that her neighbour's' house was . oh firq., .. The constable '. immediately- gave : the ' alartii; and - werit.: ,to the house. Ho was shown a hole iii the wall, and was told that a lot of paper was seen , to be on 'fire through • the hole. - The' brigade arrived on the scene,' but not tho faintest trace of fire discovered anywhere. , .' j A meeting of the Roman Catholics of Muri- : taiwas held yesterday to receive' from the Rector of- the Parish (Very Rev. Father Keogh, ' S.M.B:A.), a report as to the financial posi-; tion of the parish. The report disclosed that; tho finances, were in a satisfactory state, a sum of £450 having baen realised fronv tho proceeds of a- bazaar, held soma tinio ago'. - On the motion of Mr. J. P. Kelly, seconded' . by Mr. A. El Biiiniy, it was unanimously cided to arrango "for' tho holding of a concert and dance during the, winter season, and a committee was .set up to mako tho necessary arrangements. ' An old 'rusty bullet-marked camp-oven, which was recently shown 1 'to a -Dominion; representative l : in Ilawkb's; Bayj was said! to have an interesting history amongst tho; Natives. It appears that it figured in the ; battle of Omaranui, about 1867, as thedieadr; gear of a Maoriwarrior; The iron , handle of the ovon was utilised as a chin-strap; and although at times in the thickest of • the fight, the Nativb'for'Some time escaped injury. He appeared to think, however, 1 that he was almost immune from danger, and while exposing himself thoughtlessly wasshot dead with a, bullet which went clean through the camp-oveli into his brain. Mr. F. H. - Wise, of Eketahuna, • who hasbeen on a btiSiness'and health recuperating trip to Australia durins: the past four months, has i;etumed to tho Wairarapa, ■ writes our' correspondent-. W lulo in Australia, Mr. Wise made a. special study of the labour and land questions in New South Wales. In a' -brief conversation .with a Dominion rejiresentative, Mr. Wise said that' the Australian Labour parties appeared to be led by good men, who, however, seemed ' to be unable to instil- into the minds of' their followers sound principles. Tho consequence was that capital and labour wore going headlong into'a bitter figllt of. strikes and lockouts. Mr. Wise thought that capital would win. Regarding the. question, of taking' up land in New South Wales, , Mr. Wise said it -was riot' much .Uso for any Now Zealander; to think ; about tho matter unless ho had plenty of money. At a meeting of the Victoria College Debating Society, which took place at the Collego on Saturday evening, the, Chairman (Mr.. C. H. Taylor) reported that at the Univer-' sity Tournament Debate, which was'held at Dunedin, last Monday, .the representatives of, the Victoria.. /College Society (Messrs. J. Mason and H. E. Evans) had been' successful, in winuing the Joynt , Challenge Scroll. This .makes the third siic- ; .. cessivo in which Victoria College has . won the Scroll, and on each occasion it has , been represented by a different pair of.de- , haters. A vote of thanks to the representa- . tivos was carriod unanimously. Tho motion . for discussion, '"fhe naval supremacy is tho , only effective defenco of the Empire," was . then moved by Air.' A. C. Bretherton, r seconded by.Mr. K. M'.Grath, and opposed by i Mr. j. M. Hogben, secoiiclcd by Mh M. H. Oram. Eleven o|her members took part in ' the debate, aild: the motion, oil being put to , the meeting,'was declared lost by ten,'votes _ to 24. Mr. H. F.. von Haast judged the debate, and, after giving ii free and kindly i criticism of the various speakers, awarded the 3 first five plaoes as folio* Messrs. Armit, [ R. Mason, J. M. Hogben, L. Short, and m! , H. Oram. .The motion' for discussion at tho next meeting oh Saturday week is "That , a systehi of profit-sharing is, and has boon j- shown ;to be, a satisfactory solution of the i labour problem." ' 1 Hrt., Ethol It. «e Costa, LL.B. (ne« Mini Ethel It. Benjamin, of Dunedin), aftet praotis- " iiiK for samo yearn in (lint city, - kas comB menced pfactiee as » barrister and noticitor j. in N6. 0 Nathan a Buildings, corner Grey ami 1 Feathdrston Streets, Wellincton. Mrs. Do Costa [) haß .tho distinction -of beinfj the only lady „ pracfisinc at the Bar ill the Dominion. Iti; tending clients ban depend on* prompt and i careful attention at Mrs. De Costa's bands.

Tlie railway time-table and excursion rates for tho Trontham races on April 29 and May 2 are advertised elsewhere. As a result of .arrangements, which have been made with the Athletic Park Company, half of the Park is to be used by the Hockey Association, and tho other half for Associaticn football, By arrangement between the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Athletic Park Company, the Athletic Park will bo used for two British matches ,and the North Island V. South Island match. Newtowii Park proved a great attraction yesterday afternoon. Tho enjoyment of* visitors was heightened appreciably by a number of selections, splendidly rendered by tho New-, town Brass Band, under the ooiiductorship of Bandmaster Parker. Tho results of the Senior Civil Servico Examination discloso that pupils from St. Pat- i rick's College gained second place in Latin and French, sixth place in geometry and trigonometry, and tonth' place in arithmetic, algebra, and commercial geography. A number of minor , accidents happened during tho progress of Saturday's senior, championship football matches 'at Mirariiar. The most serious was a broken ' collarbone ' sustained by A. Bogle, of the Victoria Gol- • lege team. Nearly a dozen stoppages had; ...' to be made during the day. / The Fire Brigade were summoned to tho explosives store oh the Glasgow Wharf shortly after eleven, o'clock on Saturday morning. The building was found to be filled with .'fumes arising front acid which had leaked 1 out of either barrels or-cases, btit there was no sign of fire anywhere. The alarm occurred : as a result of the fumes issuing through the ventilators. . A. public sale of lost property which has. been in the . possession ,of the police for at least twelve months was held at the Police Station at midday on Saturday. , Sergeant Lyons conducted tho sale, which'; was at-; ended principally by members of the Force, few/of the articles; which included bicycles, ilothcs, portmanteaux, etc.) were in hrstate condition, feud consequently, bidding was. ly no mean's'keen. 'As hiight be expettedj lie list of goods Was made up chiefly- of nirses and spectacles; Children of tender years should not be.left iriwatched at open windows. A' littlo child letween three . and foiir years' of age was eaning out of a first' floor • window in a Wellington .Terra.de residence, yesterday." afterloon, when'she overbalanced herself, and fell ;o the ground, ' a height of about fifteen : eet. : Luckily, she alighted • on.' a 1 big rosejush, which broke her fall so completely "that ihejust gathered herself together and trotted :ndoors as if nothing in particular had xieurred. • ■ • ■ -The Culverden Settlement, in North' Can- ; torbiiry, will be open for selection in- June. Lt lies 69' miles from Christchurch by rail, the present terminus of the railway being Culverden township, which is situated' on the estate. - The block consists of over 25,500 acres-, ranging in altitude from 570 feet to 1819 feet above sea level, and subdivided irtto 29 farms,V varying in! quality froih good pastoral hills\and mixed agricultural and pastoral downs, and flats to light stony flats. This country is specially; adapted for the breeding of sheep, and has a--good reputation for. its wool; sheep,' and lambs. Water is,, supplied to , the greater portion; either : by; Streams or water-races'., Tlio estate is well roaded, besides being traversed ;by the main roads- to . the town-' ships of Hanmer-.-and -Waiau. . The statement 'that liquor H smuggled,' every day, in all' sorts: of! ways, , into the King 'Country, ; reminded an\ old colonist as to ;how. the same sort.' of business was done'in the late'sixties, when the, soldiers were chasing : Te KootL' No h'quor;-was supposed to, go into the district,'- said, the colonist to ; a Dominion, teiiresentativb, " bht the difficulty- was got , over by -a . pedlar; lie collected, all the. Bardine and other fish tiiis-which he could in Hawke's Bay, cleaned them, .and . then, having.:filled;' them, with Spirits,, soldered the receptacles, and , then picked his, cargo- into-- the . King Country on horses. This was .done inany; times. - The 'fish', always sold like wildfire in the various camps,; and the bout of {intemperance ' which followed ', always mystified' the colonel until the' scheme was discovered!" ~The. publication in The Dominion of Saturday last, of -the-'circular of the 1 Citizens' Bible-in-Schcois League, with regard to' the annual: election of /school comihittees to be held this evening, .has evidently served as a reminder to. those concerned, for; crowded meetings afo anticipated iri several. of the city, 'school; districts.' One: resident of tho Mount Cook school district s says that he has been informed that tho meeting to ; be held in his"'district will very likely overflow into the playground. /''Representatives, of Presbyterian, Roman. Catholic, and BibltHnSchools League iritorests are expected to be present in force,"said;, lie. the Citizens' Biblerin-Schools' Leaguej in our advertising columns,. .request bondholders and their wives to vote of candidates who favour Biblereading in schools. A: list of candidates for Mount Cook, 'Mitchfelltowii, alid To Aro coinmittees will bo found on reference to the advertisement.' : "A littlo diversion was given to tho ordinarily prosaic proceedings of ail annual meet ing on Saturday night by a lady who was an out-and-out supporter of women's rights; It was the annual 'meeting of the .'Wellington Ladies' .Hockey Association, and the room was, packed full of ladissj. but, strange tc say, the chair wa£ occupied by a mere man— it strong man,'' though',. as the ladieS; Soot discovered. "Order, please!" he ;insistec in a commanding toncj and the din of con versation promptly subsided." Business , pro ceeded calmly for a while, but the lady ir question was only watching her chance. Pre sently it came, or, sho' thought it did, and shi commenced a keen criticisrii of tho account! —but sho had, overlooked an de tail —and the chairman:/" bowled her- out.' She was not yet done, however, - for thi time came for the election of officers, and, o course, a secretary. Now, why should' then not be a-lady secretary? No reason at all So she addressed the ; meetihg. at J length "Wo should have'a. girl secretary," she de clai-ed. " Tlie men say that the girls ar not able to run things. I don't believe that and I have Seen them display very grea ability indeed. You men think the' girl don't know anything about anything. Ima not get much support now, but I will late on." The chairman suggested, in a ■ ligh vein, that they should not have called i: mere men at all, but, of course,'it would b rather awkward, lie continued, for a; lad secretary to carry out negotiations in regarto securing grounds, visiting- men in tliei .Offices, otc., and it would,fcntaii a good dps of running about. This appeal to reaM was, however, useless, and tho. lady returns to the attack with, " I would like to see management committee of girls." . A hallo was taken, and tho result was that tho dele gates electcd the tiian (the only other caiidi date) by a majority of twenty-four votes.

An election. to fill two ; tho ' Plimmerton Road Board will be held on Thursday, May 7, if a poll is required to be taken.' ... Tho Council of Churches will meet monthly, instead of every second .month, henceforth.' At the meeting to be'held tonight the Rev. J. J. North will read a paper on the Gambling Act. ' Tho following cases pf-,infcctious disease have been reported to' the Department of Public Health during the.'fortnight' ended Saturday: City—Scarlet feVer,"' 29; onterio fever, 2; diphtheria; 2: tuberculosis, 2. 4 Hut* County—Diphtheria, 3. v i • Included in' the eafgo ivhiclj. the lonio brought from London is about 250 tons of machinery* etc., for a gaswol'ks to be erected at Foxtou. ; The ' vessel also " brought • a quantity of' material; for ; the '.''Wellington dock and for the Arthur's Pass tunnel works. » 44 ' . Tho' Customs duty , "at the. port' last week totalled £16|423<-4s. 7d., and the beer duty amounted .to*. £273 3s. 9d.' The ; figures for the corresponding period last year were £50,317 • Bs. lOd. and £316 14s. Bd. respectively. The' revenue collected on Saturday was £2887 lis. " m