LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

reports /will be'-.fouiid: on page 16 of his.-, issue, The -. Turf. on page ■ .14, and Mence Notes on page: 15. [-■■■■. .;:- ; ..-."" The postal .authorities . advise 1 that.. tho \i anposa, winch. left San Francisco ' for iarotonga on February 2, has, on board an Vmencan mail for Wellington,:which is due March 2,v ,;:■,;;. ■:..,...., ,,,,.-,..;" VIt is.expected that' the .Criminal; Sittings >f the Supreme. Court .will conclude on Tueslay Justige.Cooper.obserMa yesi?l rda £. t . ! ? a *A ~M # civil '.work had accrued. Lne Uvil ■ Sittings will -commence l nest Wedlesdayv.v: / ■:;.,■!/.■; ';'■*"<■ ■■•■.-, ■■ ■'..../' ' ■{'■..':■::■. , Complaint;, a .juror: at the supreme Court yesterday" that a female witless, ,wiio had given.evidence, was , making signals, to' a. Chinaman who .was .under -ex--' immation in the boxr Mr. Justico Cooper : remonstrated withv.the offender; who, he iaiu, ,had nearly got,herself into trouble.; One thousand pounds'.- has been offered: by k Mastertpn resident (Mr. A. P. Whatman) is the. nucleus of a fund (to-build .a : battloinip. Towards -the cost of a, battleship, the i" m ." Mentioned is only a drop in a bucket, should .'this ..materialise, the : vessel is to-be alledV'the Abbotsford.■•-.:.--. ; •;." '. ':.-■ \-■-, \ '!.-'• ■-.' r The shipping for the .port for the month of January , , as far as v steam is concerned, was: •ltwards —foreign,,. 13 vessels -of 34,953 jpns;, coastwise,'.2o2 -vessels of 239,366 tons; Llio -outward figures were :■'— Foreign, , 16 'essels of., 56,372>.tons;.\and 'coastwise, 285 'essels- 0f.:209,851;:t0ns. r ...There.were "only in;sailers.- ••/ ./-;. ,; ~;.-;'.'■ c Nowtown"Park grows. testerday..thore; ! arriyed from.the'Eouthern slands /by..the .Huiemoa 0 . , three ■ sea-lions, raich! ar4;:toc be provided ..with a. pond-.apart rom the feathered.inmates of the lake;- FurV ihef . contributions .have also : been n the .form, of an Australian teil arid, coot, i; ..Japanese duokj and ; a ■;" Leadbeatfer " iockatoo'i.' Photos .-!of the sea lions in. their lome,- , -with /description,--'will,' probablyV'be ilaced before: the Zoological' Society: at its text meeting;. ■■'■■'■r.:' :•. :;.;..y ; '.■•■,V:--i-=.-!--c- ; ■-.-..■ ■•'-.• The .first industrial dispute to engage the Mention of the Conciliation - Coniniissionqr or this. district (Mr. ! P. Hally) will be the saso ■ ;bf ' the Napier 'drivers, and :he - will 'afienvards ;deal with, the .-Wellington' pastry--Moks , , and the Wellington ■■■ "disrates.; There 'may be* a. delay of a few days;, n regard to the.drivorsV'case^as Mr.- Hally 8 obliged.to ; .return,to Dunedin on Monday' »;atteiid,'to.;-so i in<vprivate : -business.. He exwcfe -to be;:in,;Wemngtbn .again about.the mddle ofJhe' : ,week-after:nexti : ::.i.; : ;-v..\ : ;of Spa. ; :}nto a' lanatorium was; 'supported , by Or,' Little; 'who .was . one: of the ; speakers at ;he : complimentary. banquet; tendered.- to ■ Mr;' k. W.'.'Eutherford on' Tuesday ievening.' Dr.' bittlo, .who. is leaving"Hanmer after fourteen: rears' residence,' is reported '.by the ,as j?eae. doing now , what should-have beeh-done ? from the ..Erst, . and he : was doubtful' whetherihe chnnge.,had not come too -late -to -do Eanmer: any:.rear'benefit. : ■; : :■: ';;l--' : . : . ; , ;-); nautical;. tables; -publislied . ; by ■ ulaokburno, .of {this, city, , have;.met-with" a ;ery' favourable;. : • verdiptV from; -maritime- of-' , icers •:beyond; : tho; , Dominion■i"'aVd /f fr6m' shipping, journals. , , : The; : "United: Service :Magasme'': states that the, revised - tables. '.'make .^possible.t-o determine-the'-..position of.:the ship: more readily : at any -time, with , less trouble, than :ever- before,' , .! aiii 'the" chief' jfßcer of .the; P.; and .0. ;mail: steamer i-Mo'ol--ian.;; writes .ihat; - he -has .;-used;. the ' tables; ilmost daily;_for-:stellar observations,!.- with results so^ satisfactory th'at'ho has discarded Ul, other;bpoksvon;;these'problems. \^. : •"■;:.;•'■ '.''fWhb.' i won-thfe:;fight?>'"wae :ttc\first'ques;ion.heard from the..b'ulwafks-'pf' the"Mokoia iiv. that /vessel's arrival , inithe stream from sydney,.;., , :.:To'; the; figit'PW ie,questioner looked down to the'rwobbly leek; of .the tug '.with, 'pitying surprise, 'and men, making. allowances'.for. the -.queer, labjtants of New, Zealand,'-said: f'Why, Bill Dang against.. Bill Squires I"; , ' Someone on the _Kuco_ actually. :knew.the; result,-. and ; tho reoeipfc , ;of .;the;-. news-.; among.'..the. steerage' Dassengers-caused an 'amount r 'of argument ;hat the., .overthrow ; of '-,-&;■ Ministry could lardly'.have. .'^,.-Vl' ■'.;-:! :.--;X ■ •'ln jeferenoe ;to the statement made 1 by Sir rospph ,Ward ■ that.the time .was' ripe .when"! ;lie i Gisborne -land district shouldsbe itcd -■- from Hawke's'Bay,. it may , be'men- , iioned, ..says ithe .Napier "Telegraphj".;that it present the. Giaborrie district is':controlled by. the. Hawke's Bay Land Board, : who hold meetings psriddically - at • Gisborne," and deal ivith. the. business, in about an hour.;. . There .but. if the. separation s/effected, 'it; will be necessary;^to appoint i, Comniissipner:for Crown lands,;chief-sur-reyor, and. eecretary. -.-.. It may. also be.noted ihat<■ tho .revenue from .Poverty Bay."lands s;£l2,ooo:a;year, while Hawke's' Bay.yields 270,000,. .-'. ;.;■:.,. ,-; ,-:. -,:;,-■¥: |i.' /.:.;,.-. : u :. ■' ■:_ Good. progress: is ..being .made with r - ; the■ movement-to. build/ 1 the. "Karori -Catholio , Dhurch,:states the : '' Tablet . , ., .At-a.meeting i rf the. Building' Committee, Mr,.'/W. • Mon--ighan. presiding, a collection was; taken up,' uid. the -sum of ■. £280 subscribed, v In iion,. , a considerable' sum,is already in hand; ind several promises of further contributions lav&ibeen made. ,The Campbell family, of Sarori, have offered, a donation of £100. - ; A : , ;eries ■ of. entertainments are" ; being ■ organsed,- and it is) anticipated'that a, start, will , soon -be' made, with the erection -'/of 'the jhurch.- It is ; tobe built on a section. of ibout. an acre in extent, the.gift of the HonV ->• J. Johnston; and will accommodate about 1 [00 persons. '.The.'estimated cost is,£looo.;' ■ It is, not under the' mjlucmatiqn that he has:.to igo.to gaol, goes ;here of ■. his own :accord/ and ' behaves •'. ■ as : ;hough he', had been placed there'.■ <by ••■ the itrongarra-of the law, ;yettsueh a , case hap--lenedin Timaru, the other '."day (says'- the 'Herald. , '). ; A , man went to Ithe' loek-up' volintarily,'. slept 'there, and waited the followng morning, expecting to.be taken before the} xiurt at lr o'clock. But'no"'one was more mrprised than :: the police to I 'find him-in- the' sells;;-and'the''only explanation he could give is ..to , / he got there,'.:was that he'liad Ireamt ,he had been' , run in, and had himself )urned-the delusion'into, a' reality.' by voluharily.walking in. , .;'A'fter.making sure that he vas, aiyake, ■ the self-imprisoned individual vent to his home. ■" ■■■■ •■•.•■;. v ■.■,'..- 1 '..-...--..-- . An . amusing;, 'scene ocourred, -at -the Supreme ...Court yesterday when. : a ; China-' nan was being sworn: In reply ,to 'a- question., asi.to hoiv he wished to bo sworn,:the celestial .nonchalantly, said: ,"Oh,. anyhow." Che crier/repeated, the. oath, but ae he .'himself ield/the,match'-'to/be blown, out instead,of. landing,it,to the: witness,- the ceremony'was leclared- to 'be invalid; ' Then the witness lecided-that: he would; be. sworn • in' the .orhodox fashioni. -When a Bible was •': placed n bis haflds,\/so..willing was' ho to imprint , kiss upon; tho. pages that the crier, while ie was reciting the oath, -had to restrain lim.. At-.length the formula came to-.an md,, a .pistol-like report ..woke. the. : echoes if tho /Courtroom,, the; unemployed in the iaok - seats'/titteredj the Bencli assumed its ;rayest countenance, arid tho lawyers cleared heir ; decks for action. • John Chinaman : was worn.;.- .-■•"':-.--•■• .-;;..■'■-:- .-. ■■;■■•■■■:: •-. ■...-.;•■■').•■ -; ; ■Teas groivn in different localities ; lia've differ--nt-chni-acteristlcs, and even the.tea-;fi-omjanyi mrticular:-garden-is not tho same in two sucossive, ■: seasons.'; Climatic cliange*. ■ differences if. soil, exercise: influences, .and. it is. the art if the tea.bleridor, to bring together the differ- : nt teas and "by combination, to produce a , paricularflnvour. 1 Crescent Blend Tea is a choice ombiuatioa of Ceylon and Indian Teae, and the lavoui'. uflvet ; varies, All storekeepers, 2s,.por bi ■■ •-'■■'..'. '■■; : \ '■ ■.-•■■ -... : ':.;-; ~ ■■

The Hon. G. Fowlde has consented to 'receive at 8 p.m. on Tuesday next a'deputation which' will set forth' : tlie views of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council on immigration.; ,-: '.'-.'.';':■■' ;"■'■, ■)'/ ■-.■.. ■■';:'■ ■■• r':\':cy. : : Their Honours Justices Cooper, and Chapman will sit on Monday morning at'lo o'clock to fix the order of civil business.. To-day is the. last day upon which civil business may. bo set down for hearing.' ".-' ; ■/';'..-■.'" '{■ ~, ■'• Mr. Roland;T.. Robertson, , Italian.Consul, acknowledges the following sums towards .the relief,'of 'the' sufferers, in Italy :~-Mayor 'M Lyttelton, £40. lls.j ■' sympathisers in Gisborne: (per. Messrs. 8r05.),. £10.105.;...-.' ' -Our New Plymouth correspondent writes :— An.interestiugf.state. of affairs prevails ,10. callv just now,; The-farriers raised the prici of .horseshoeing,. and the stat jlelseepe'rs ; aric carriers threaten to. get anoatside man't< come, in, guaranteeing him their,-work, v Th< blacksmiths, 'state that if that is done thej will erect shelters, giveifree stiinde for-horsci of farmers and"others,;and .charge;only'ban cost of feed." ,'. '.r.-.'. : '[-.'- '.".-;■.-,,■. -.. ■; -:"•:'--:■ : r .The:..Eketahuna. School. Committee.-:is : ' ii communication ■ with the committees: in.th< district with. the object of ascertaining '■. hov many children are eligible be.enrolled'.ai pupils for ' a :; high: school or : district- school if established; The, Education..'-Board notified, that CO'are needed .for tko-.fpnha and. 25 for the fatter,: and' that; a'jwrittoi undertaking must be lodged. from,:tKe ipar : ents of,that number to'.eurdl,: when the.mat . ter. will' be placed .before ;the; Minister.'; ■-; : .;;': ' ■": Yesterday_ morning, two of the pleted- sleeping 'cars for the Main Trunk vliri were • given fa. trial run ; up' the 'Hutt'.Valle; an{L. proved \ very' satisfactory.- Thp/'cars:':wil be'easily, distinguished, apart from their;fr'es] appearance,•' .by;;;the-■ words ''■' 'Sleeping : ' Car' painted in gold' , in■■'large letters':on thersides Qf .the eight ordered-, four ; have'been. sent ou of; the Fetorie .yorkshops, ■ two ;Will on next-week, .'and: the : ' remaining 'two: will : 'b finished .in weeks■.time;":"■'■'. ./'li' V; Mr. Justice Sim complained' in Vthe Arbitra tion. Court, at ;Dunedin, on Wednesday-tha-inspectors of; awards,'in drawing tip their,'ap plications for enforcements,; seemed a_ point of grying'the Court as little informa tibiraspossible.: Theresuft.was thatthe.;Cpn sideratiori '.of. many cases was made:very' diffi cult:; for, the,' Court/, and ). inspectors; - by si acting,.:were;.:standing,;in-,their, own' light Mr.,'Hollows,.lrispectci_ of Awards, \said'h< bad taken, the* present" list of cases over onl; ■within the. last day orvtwo/' : His. Honour're that Eis: complaint applied through out ;the' Domiiiion,; and be , was ( speaking gen erally ,oh;the:-matter;; • i '-' i - -.'';■-'. ■ ;:-<:;:.';;'; ,'j'.':-.':;. • For.some- time:.past;'the; "Advocate,";a the.:organ' of'the ■;'Wellington : Provincia Christian.'Endeavour'Union, is styled,., ha been'.m: a''languishing ..condition,;, arids'at-'i " rally."/ held iat the. Vivian 'Street:Baptis schoolroom .last {evening, and' presided..oye by'the'Kpyv T,';KcitK 'Eweri;' ; the'.matter -.'p .infusing, some v vitality'' into the .journalv'ji question'' , -Was:discussed. V-Mr.-, Cobham, .'on of;the!speakers, made- some':'.useful sugges tidns. 'in ; ;this ■'connection; it ■■was'j finall; resolved: '■'. '.That..this meeting ; of:.Bndeavoui ers 'earnestly^requests''the. Governing i.Couii oil/; to favourably-consider ' the vadoption'c the 1 , scheme .'outlined by !■-Mr .-'Cobham f or.'tb circulation._of:'an. enlarged,-and more.--,up-tc date Christian-■Endeavourpaper;" 'C-?-'''■;■*■(».-.V'We;have:rec6ivedjy:on^ : ■of •■'• letters-'.for ;>from ■ a' ' versatil ■cbrre'BMndeht;iyho^/pan. , :;evidehfly.V: , ''{erkV. letter' , ,to' : theeditbr>:aß easily-as .Artemn Ward:could>A.'.jerk^:a, : ppme.".' : He,. : writesio: Civil; Service retrenchment,;female:detl>ctives fare's;;;,to - ■'.the '/.Seattle'--. Bshibition]'.; : moK instruction" v ■ in- 3 .State . f ' ■'schools','.'::.:mutu: divorce• smdhgst.New-Zealandere, the Fub.li Library, and -the . Alaska-Yukori./Bxhibitioii :under ;the\varidus:peri-names'.of: " : A;Maor: lander.".; 'VSherlock-Holmes,".'.'lnterested; "Socrates, ,, : "Christian'Sooialist, , '. 1" A Cit zen,"--'and ."^Watching." : .; ; . : We.-cannbi;: thin that opinions .'which;' flow;.:''.so : : spdntaneousl iand in.such :yplume;can he :of."mach•"value't dur'-readers;--';'(; ■■\!^.-- : j".';-;^.'- r i: : ~i.-'^ ■>•■"?;'„ ':'.''.? j' "trj :-ing ; .^/6atch,;th''e.'.L^t^p';ferry;-,b'oa.ts , -KaT ~beeA.treatedi J wj.th i help.::of. : ,; bystanders:': have ! ;^orambled -:.vb: :board.":after l ;the'.;■'gangways Virere ; .;Hauled'i''in .A'ccidentsj .mostly,: very:.su'ght',ifre"quent]yoc ■cu'r,ira'dj'on-.-Wriries"d'ay', i nigKt- , B'':ladi ,: '-passen gdr, who; arrived, late, 'lost her purse thrpug ■beingj,]ostled' ; ,on'-,boara.'-at! ; thp last-momenj It itranspiros; in: this'.dase' : that.'the.lady :lii gereditoo,vlong;in-bidding-adieu ■•to i :friendi The;,' expressmen V are 'largely blame ; ' i iniany;;ca6esv : +''-Th'eyrßppure ; one- ; fare,';b ~opritent ;with ; 'thatV;p'lj'"for, more'; , with,-the K suit that they;':,reacn.;the : !:bdati : a't'.,the las 'moment,'! and;not 'infrequently-:after her ad 'vertised j !tinie: : of.-sailing>• To put. ; a stop '•'.% ' latecomers ■'and ■: the ■ppssibility'of :ac cide'iits, • the,; Union -VCompany .,' have decide '.that in.future when the'gangways .aTo'do>y: :.nobody..wiU.be;albwed': : • : - : " Ob Jeotion;. -was .vtaken A by; i counsel' engage :at .the Supreme Court yesterday to;the'.en ;plpyment-.of-a Ohinamaii 'named-'Don-.-HoE ■aß..an/'interpreter.v 'His -pointed- di ;that'i.Don::Hong:was.'a registered interprete: Counsel ':>. ;Wlien/ the:;'case ; "was;; before■; tl : magistrate ',his- sefvice's: -wereii of little nsi -His; Honour:,He has appeared l in : a numbf ofvoases.:.before.-, mo-V Only-once-ijefpre'ha ;his'ability been■ .-.questioned; - ; -Oh that'ipcci siori a Chinese',witness asserted .that he coul Ispeak;. better-English; than .this: interpret-e- ---, (liaughter:)-Counsel; •I, think better: prdgrdi would :be. made-:withoutvhis : 'services; '■ H Honour.: My experience of "Chinese.and:'fo signers is :iha't they won't give their evident :unless»an interpreter, is' empldyed. , :- Cquhsel .This : is,-th6' interpretsr .Mr.' : justic ,Martin nick-named "John -Bright /'AfFurths ;merriment.) ■ '.Ultimately itlwas found'- tha the.witness did notneea;the:assistance of : tb Interpreter.-.:, ;;■:';':/; ;,'f: : ,';,i;; i- : : \Y-- ■"..•>;.-■ ;'..- ;:VAadressingythe: jury;.on::-behalf-:of'a'ypun man. who ;was .afterwards found guilty/ c .the., theft <6f itwo/.bdttlos: of - beer, from ■■ a -ma under, the- influence -of-;liquor,"counsel':,es pressed; the : o'pmi6h..that;.the: act was' onl it ..triviaU one". ; It was, he saidi .clear to hi mind that, the police had unduly .exaggerate the seriousness pf;the':'.6ffencei-. He could onl liken 'the' ; charg6-'to 'the''story; .of "the-ele phant'J-that'-.-.coiiceived ; ; -, and ''brought" forth ■ 'mouse. ,, ■.'■His.ainusing -misconstfuction of th well-known quotation evoked': peals of laugh .'ter;'-:Whilst summing .up, _Mr. Justice Coope made';reference.'to.;the.:view-of r the matte which counselrhad invited thei' jury; to, accepl Observed :his: flonduf i '% oannot allow :it-.t ;be : suggested .'-that --interf erenco-with •'a citizo: by : a: ; band'of. men :roaming .the streets:witi ine object of'dopriyinghimof'anythingough to be "considered as .trivial; ,, his' Hdnour : ,further'emphasised^-'the gravit; ;pf .the:-. : offen<!evby/-.'-imnosins-': ; three years .with; hard;labour; : :V:':-'' : :The stuffiness of .'the. atmosphere within th Supreme -Court; was again .referred.-tov by Mi Justice' Cooper, yesterday.'/ His. Honour sail the, air; was very thick' onHhe previous day i'and,he .would ~'se'e. if .an' improvement'coul not b'eeffected.'' , : He', opuld not prevent th" public from.'remaining.iniCpurt,. but ha wouli give orders, to the oificials , not- to allowpeopL to..block up the' corridors and. :the ; doorway and .;tp open the , doors i and,' winddws'in botl sides; ; of.the building. ; >--It : was owing to I th< fact that, the; TPpm was. an : inner;,:orie : .tha 'ventilation;was imperfect. :.Mr.--.Wilfori asked : if ihis; Honours would allow counsel t remove their wigsy which he described'as-be ing: most unopmfortable..;'. His ■' Honour sail hefwould not look.upon;it r p Court if ■ counsel: .discarded: their:wigs, : .Coun sel-' could ■ use '■ their, own'...discretion;.in 'thi matter.' .' Added'his iHonour: : "L know ; it: i .warm, enough ,np.here, 'but:l think: it mus be worse down below." .(Laughter;) Of cours his Honour meant; the: Benoh .when - he' usei the■;,words., l , l , upvhore,.": ', and the'.body of tin Court when heisaid "dpwn/.below;": V.j :■ .Preaching on'.Sundayinorning :.-at West minster Cathedral,' Father-: Vaughan'. ; deall .with the'.subject, of .the Accession. Declara tion.; : : There.were'tho'se; , he■'said,;:'wh6 tolc him'thattho Protestant. community of England felt.it needed from .the Sovereign,; his reasons "for-rejecting ..Catholicism as well as . his ■ motives,. ,on\ the other hand, for 'professing- the;•Protestant : reformed ; , religion of the country.',lf. that '.were so,: the preacher said he.would have to , ask them, "And; pray, whj then should : the. reigning -Sovereign give rea , sons no' less forOiis; rejection of the doctrine of .the ,Calvinist:or;.of : :the-Baptisfc or ofthc Unitarian,:- the.-.: Brahmin, or: Buddhist?" Surely- the-day, .had come when, the- "No Popery" cry might be allowed to waste' itSelf upon the •desert air. -'Before it could be revived/ they, must first of all revive' Protestantism is the really national reunion. -