LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 336, 24 October 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The sitting of the Court of Appeal will be resumed on Monday at 11 o'clock. ' This year's wool sales are to be held in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall on November 13 and December 4. The hospital authorities reported, last night that . John Mailer, a greaser 65 the steamer Manuka, who' was admitted [to the institution on Thursday suffering from ptomaine poisoning, was progressing satisfactorily. : , : - Sentence will bo passed on the following prisoners at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, at 10.30 o'clock:'—HarryCarlson, theft from tho person at Hastings; Jas. Marison, alias Good, theft from a dwelling at Woodville; and William Honry Carlson, theft at Wellington. Tho Benevolent Trustees hold a special mooting yesterday afternoon in order to select an assistant overseer at the Ohiro Home. The Rov. W. A. Evans and Messrs. D. Robertson, J. Smith, and H. Cook were presents and after some deliberation, Mr. A. D. Cuhiming was''seleoted, Mr. Gumming is % now . arrival in the Dominion, and was formorly employed in engineering works in Scotland. While on the last voyage to Patea, Capt. Fisk, of the steamer Aorere, sq,w a corked bottle floating, and thinking it .might bo a messago from tho sea he stopped the vessel and prooured the bottle. Apparently it had boen floating about for a considerable period, as large barnacles were clinging to its .smooth surface,'but no message was found inside. . During the fortnight ended,. Octobor 20,' the City Building Inspector (Mr. W. D. Murdoch) received 33 applications for building permits, and in' 32 instances, plans were examined and approved, and permits issued. Tho estimated cost of theso buildings . is £25,440. Of this total the city, is receiving £18,829; tho old Melrose district, £6061; and Northland,. £550. The estimated value of for which permits were issued during tho corresponding period of last year was £16,558. . ■ In his annual statement, tho Minister for Public Works romarked that the' Gisborn&Rotorua railway could not be extended to tho permanent station at Waikohu until the completion of tho Waihoku bridge. The - contract timo for this structure expired oil September 16/ but it would evidently not bo completed for some weeks.. As soon as it ,was finished the rails would be laid over it and train-running extended to Waikohu. The bridge is not yet finished, and tho Department is informing the contractors that unless they expedite the work the contract will be taken out of thoir hands. Referring to the supply of clergy in his address at the opening of the; Anglican Synod at Christchurch on Tuesday, Bishop Julius Said if the Church of the future was to be tlje Church of the people and hot of a class, they must welcome recruits from all classes of society. They ought to make it easy for anyone, however humble and poor, who felt in his heart-the Divine, call, to prepare himself for Holy Orders. ■ And doing so, there was no reason whatever why they should lower the standard of training and education. An ignorant priesthood would do no good service to the Church in tho coming of years; a poor, humble, and lea.rned priesthood would serve it very well. A few weeks ago the South Canterbury Hospital Board purchased a block of seventy acres of .the Strathconan Estate, near Fairlio, as a sito for a consumptives' sanatorium, and at a recent meeting: of the'board it was' decided to inform the Ashburton and Oamam Hospital Boards that the board bad secured what was considered'to,be au, ideal sito'for the treatment of consumptives, and to ask them whether they would cooperate in establishing a sanatorium for North Otago and South Canterbury, including Ashburton. The chairman said that ho estimated tho initial outlay on land' and. buildings at from £4000 to £5000, and tho annual cost of conducting an institution •to accommodate sixty to seventy patients at £2000. It was decided to arrange a' conference with the Chief Health Officer) for the purpose of discussing tho questions'of buildings and equipments, and in tiioraeantime to let the land for six months for grazing purposes. ! , i Mr. Nelson Illingworth, who is executing a series of typical Maori busts to'the order of, the Government, is meeting with; some strange surprises in his task. Some time ago it was found that the head of an old Maori chief who was serving Sir. Illingworth as a model was remarkably similar, in shape and measurements, to that of Julius Caesar, tho formation of whoso head is famous, as affording the maximum of intellectual development. Mr. Illingworth's latest , study is Mr. Kahotea Heuheu, of Taupo, sou of Mr. To Houheu Tukino, President of the Maori Land Association. Mr. Heuheu is not a specially largo Native, but ho has the only head which Mr. Illingworth has over mot with which shows the abnormally: large measurements of Napoleon Bonaparte's. Napoleon was a small man, with an immense head, tho breadth from cheek to cheek being specially romarkable. Mr. Illingworth has a cast of Bonaparte's head, and. this particular measurement is equalled by Mr. Heuheu within an eighth of an inch. Tho other measurements aro remarkably similar, Napoleon having most advantage in the lino of breadth above''the ears. llr. Illingworth's present subject is the seventh,of his series of tenMrs. Eolleston, Hair Physician, regrots to inform hor clients that she will be absent from Wellington for a few days on very urgent privatq business. 0739 Thero are more ways than one of blending tea, but there's only one honest and right way, and that is to blend for quality. Many teas are blendod for value—that is, teas of certain prices aro lumped together in order' to mako certain of profit. Crescent Blond Tea is blended for quality, irrespective of tho prices of tho teas required to make the blend. It is a scientific combination of the strong, robust teas of DnrJeoliiiß "-I'd tho flno dßlicato teas of Ceylon. Two shillings for lb. from all b tores,—Ad vt,

Owing to the heavy Tain yesterday tho Wellington College ground will not bo available for cricket this afternoon. The Wellington District Methodist Synod, which met last year at Napier, will meet this year in Wellington on December 8. No largo outstanding questions are likely to arise. The meetings will probably last three days. At forty-six minutes past midnight the Fire Brigade was called to a fire at Nos. 202 and 204 Cuba Street, occupied by Messrs. J. S. Hunt and Co., furniture dealers. Tho flames were soon suppressed. Three small rooms at the rear of the premises were, with their contents, rather badly damaged. Tho Petone Navals (No. 2 Company, Garrison Artillery Division) went into camp at Fort Kelbume, Ngahauranga, last evening, for their annual 16 days' training in forfcmanning, gun-drill, signalling, and big-gun shooting. Lieutenant Ellis, senior subaltern of the corpSj is in command, assisted by Lieutenants Price and Robertson.- Big-gun shooting will commence on Monday wcck. To-morrow the first fishing expedition under the auspices, of tho Deep Sea Angling Club will bo held. Those making the trip are reminded that the. Duco leaves. tho Ferry Wharf at 7.45 a.m., and, further, that tho club are not providing luncheon, but tea only. Arrangements have been made by the club to supply the bait nccossary for the trip. Tenders are being called by tho Public Works Department for the erection of the new boarding house at Mount Cook. This will be a large and handsome structure, costing about £10,000. The building will be of local stone, in two stories, with balconies', and will bo up-to-date in every particular. Provision is made in the plans for tliirtybodroms, with drawingroojus, smoke-rooms, and other requisites on a liberal scale. For some time past there have been rumours of impending transfers in the Police Department, and the expected appointment of an inspector for the ■ Napier district, and a sergeant to take charge of Petone, _ has given rise to considerable speculation as to who will (ill tho posts, and when. Mr. W. Dinnie, Commissioner of Police, states that no changes will be made till after the elections. It is not usual to make transfers during an election campaign, lest somo people snould impute' wrong motives. Ono of the coiiditons set forth in tho specifications of the Solomon's Knob dam contract' is that tho contractor shall fell'all bush and scrub, and clear away all vegetation, whether alive or dead, on the area to bo submerged. As the area is over 26 acres, and the land has to bo cloared for 18 feot horizontally above high water mark, the task is no inconsiderable one. In connection with tho now da.m, it has not s'et been mentioned that provision is made in tho plans for the raising of tho dam by several feet, should the necessity arise in the future. At a meeting of tho Management Committee of the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club, held last evening, a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. A. C. Kitto, C. JTurnbull, and F. Crowes, was appointed to co-operate with the Olympic Games Representation Committee (Wellington) in arranging a welcome homo to Mr. H. E. Kerr, tho wellknown athlete, who returns to tliis city by tho s.s. Paparoa from London to-day. It was dccided to get as many members of tho cluh as may bo able-to conveniently do so to attend at the wharf when the steamer arrives, in order that a hearty welcome may be extended, to Mr. Kerr. The Wellington branch of tha Navy League is making preparations to welcome Admiral Sir Richard Poore and the squadron. They are due to arrive in Wellington about November 15. - There is to be a naval entertainment at the Town Hall either on November 19 or 26, at which the children of the State sohools are to sing patriotic choruses, under the direction of Sir. F. J. Oakes, who conducted on the' occasion of 'the last Navy League entertainment. In all probability items will bo contributed by H.M.S. Powerful's band and by tho men of' tlfe fleet, and it is not improbahle that Lieut. Knox, the organising lecturer of the Navy League, who is a passenger by tho Corinthic, due here early nest."month, may bo present. Iu any case, the-welcome will be heartily indicative I of the spirit of the Navy League endeavours to inculcate in this country. ' . The ranges and targets for to-day's shootiug at Trentham arenas under (there were no applications for the' 2QQ yards mounds):— Sommerville Range, 500 and 600 yards—Engineers, 10-11; Heretaunga Mounted Rifles, 12-13; City Rifles, 14-16; Guards, 17-19; Kolburne Rifles, 20-21; Civil SeTvioe Rifles, 22-24; Hutt Valley Rifles, 1-3; Karori Rifle' Club, 4-7; Permanent Force; 8-9. Collins's Range, 500 and 600 yards—Post and Telegraph Rifles, 21-25; College Rifles, 19-20; Zewandia. Rifles, 17.18; Highland Rifles, 1416. It was stated, in last Monday's report of the shooting tho previous! Saturday, that | the telephones on the Sommerville Range were not working properly. The range officer (Capt. C. Harcourt Turner) explains that all the instruments were tested prior to the shooting; any faults that subsequently arose were due, he considered, to carelessness in connecting up when charging the ranges. Care should bo taken to see that all the binding screws are properly adjusted. The volunteer special,' notwithstanding the races, will .run as on the two previous Saturdays, as per special arrangements with the Railway Department. The following overture was adopted by tho Oamaru Presbytery on Wedns'iny:— "Whereas a book has recently been published by a minister of our church, entitled "The Christ of til© Cross': whereas tho teaching of that book on the doctrine of the Atonement is alleged, to be seriously erroneous in vio\y of the clear statement of Holy Scripture, and of our subordinate standards; whereas this alleged false teaching is causing widespread unrest and anxiety among both ministers and people; and whereas itis most desirable in the interests" of vital religion that _ something effective.' should bo done to terminate such unrest and anxiety, it is hereby / humbly overtured by the Presbytery of Oamaru to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, indicted to meet in Dunedin in the month of November coming, to take.the promises into its serious consideration, and to make such careful inquiry into tho teaching of tho aforesaid book as is needful, and to express such an opinion thereupon as the faots of the caso may warrant, or to deal otherwise with tho subject as the assembly may- deem meot for tho Glory of God and tho furtherance of the Gospel of Grace."