LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

V The,;picnic of.. Messrs.. T. Ballinger/and U. s statt/.which ivas.to- have been : held at Upper Hutt on' Saturday,, and :oft, until,, yesterday, has/now,been: indefinitely postponed. ■. . :■-..".■.-.■ .-..■■> ■' .'"..,•: '<■'■. :...-.■ ■;•' ' / Detectives/Kemp and Williams-arrested "ii" .man yesterday .evening charge—tliat of counselling .another man. to' commit a .crime by. breaking and' entering". a shop at Warigamii. : . ■■; ~ ;»,.i '•: ' ; At,tho,iGrand Hotel yesterday morning a : commercial traveller. : Mr.,E<)bt. : had-.fcffr: his-valuables in his bedroom,/was, £118Vin'.notes, which been loft under a pillow in his room; -vA numberot; articles' of ■jewellery, aud other/valuV. nbles.m--the.'.room were.no.t touched. :Jt;appears \that' Mr. Mackay-was i\\ the' KabiVof ■ taking Jus money.into the. bathroom with I him when he'went' for His bath,; buV on this 6ccasjon, he, departed from, his usual praotice through forgetfulness.. Iteniembermg that he had left the .money, under ' his : pillow,, he dressed hash y and-went back, but the cash had disappeared.; '. , : \ Y : * -■;;'■ imme•Pnl nffi!? r 'w-fw eCtl °- li Of tlle; Auckland Post Office.: With a .view - to' lessening, the post., of• the bm ding,,:. .theV. Maunsard roof P r o vided ; has f been;, abandoned., -together -witfi the marble counter,- Rubber .tiling,, and other luxuries ;pre™usly ; intended .for the -public plhces. lhe same alterations 'will' be inade I ii):-,the...plans for, the :Wellington,Post Office I Y a lu ?°Y, - i!l , co urs6: of > revision."-:.lt. is J stated,: ■that, the-,Maunsard roof i story!Vwill be, capable of being, added, ; at any .future time-without, injury,to the;rest-of the building .concrete flat ; roof provided for ip^ifet?eSi y s d^ when, one of .the new 50ft.: postal cars was dispatcned.with: the first -.-. of -the regular througn jrafns for Auckland at 11.45 am in charge of two h officers. Each of these cars are: of the very latest .design, and' are nttea; with; two stamping machines,: and a couple; of swinging: cots for. tho'.men. -■ The Wellington sorters proceed, as far as ; To Ituiti (where the north and south expresses meet) ;and they exchange places -with the Auckland', men, who -.return■ from,Tβ Kuiti to Auckland. This arrangement holds'good for. every day but Saturday, when the ■Wellington mpn .go. right through to Auckland m order, to. assist. at the sorting . : o f ' the English, Australian,;-and ,Vanc6nv.er :; mails ■which -will be forwarded by the train- leavingat. 9.15. ,p.m; on iSunday;- The • new' service will effect .a change for, the better in regard to' oversea mails arriving at.; Auckland, as itjWill do. awayi with the trouble- of-having to ■depend on , the state" of the tide oh the Onehunga Bar, which was a-big factor when ,tho steamer connection.with.New.Plymouth was '.the first half of the quickest way to : ;. . ■;• '.■'.■ •■■•'. . ,■:■'■; ;Slow .'progress-.-is being . mado: with the erection of the.., Seddon , Memorial in the Boltoh' Street' cemetery, ' owing, it is said, to the very slow and-spasmodic arrival of the native-stone■ from Auckland. -The contractors,' Messrs. Edwards and' Sons ,,, have the*., foundations' laid,;and base constructed, and it is,stated could complete the erection of the-monument/in'four, or-"live.: weeks: from now,- if the stone were' coming ■ to hand . in reasoiiablo quantities," but. tho supplies of stone-havo never been satisfactory. This is.an.old grievance, it is stated, in respect of. Now Zealand '.building : . 'materials,'. for whoso/'adoption preference is always claimed by, the persons interested,, 'though they rarely mako ■ any attempt ■. to' supply tho material in.regular and sufficient quantity-to encourage a. repetition, of its use. : When the. Customhouse was built sonio years ngo. of Oamaru stone, this was n 'continuous trouble, and. the construction of the" now Public Trust building was mxich retarded by the inadequate and slow .supplies of Tonga Bay stone. In' this,case, in fact, the contractors had to purchaso a quarry before they could obtain supplies of stone in proper time. '■■'.':, Teas 1 grown in different lecalities harq different characteristics, and even the lea from any particular garden is not the s'amo''in'".(:wo'-:suo-cessh'J seasons. Climatic chnngc?, differences: of soil, exercises"influences,-and it is the art of the tea blender.to briujj together the different teas and by combination to produce a particular flavour. Crescent Blend Toa is a choice combination '■ of Ceylon and Indian Teas, and th« flavgur.aovor varios, Ali Btorokoorarß, , 2a, eerlb. .' - ■■■■'■'■ ■ ■' ■■■

■Thero was a keen demand , for The Dosiinion iyestorday. The first edition of nearly 30,000 was sold very rapidly. ./,' .-",...'.. :..

:' A.householder.of Maranui has.asked:that :th'o election of. tlio -Mnranni School Committee bo declared invalid*.on accouut of certain printed matter, containing the names of seyeh : ;candidates, being circulated at the meeting. ;At an emer"oncy meoting of tlio. Education Board yesterday it was decided that, sufficient reason was not shown for the invalidation oi. -tho election..'., , . ■ '■ ...-. .v. ■;> Tho Post and Telegraph Department ■ has been provided with a.second"iiusscH , '.motor : van-'for,tho collection of: mails 1 from the city'. ;pillar boxes, -This car, which, has been'sup-, plied by the Canada Cycle, and Motor Company, is fitted with a 25-horse-pbwer: doublecylinder engine, which enables it to* take , with case the steepest grades of our city and suburban streets.•_ The smaller-powered- car,-which has been doing, so well for fivo or six'-months past, will be kept as' a reserve as sobnas : the "now ."Russell"'is. put in commission. V -.: ,; f , .By.the. Tui'akina, which arrived; in the stream'.on Sunday night, .and-was v berthed yesterday riiornirig, 250 arrived.. Of this number. 70 were, "assisted,"; and': ofthese 70, twerity-ono were nominated by telatives in the Dominion, and have work to go to, and homes alroady prepared., Fourteen of the severity arc- children. The total clared,'capital of the-. "assisteds" . is '£l431;' one man has £400,.'0ne has £300,' and two have £100, each. There are'among the' number 11 farmers, 10 farni labourers, 14 domes-' tics, and one dairymaid. ;:Tlie. newcomers were'niet.by A.' A.': Si Danby, Immigra-. tion Officer, who describes them as being "a likely-looking lot. V ';;>•.:- . ; '; -:: ;-: ( :Undor far, from ■ favourable;climatic conditions, }the. Wellington: Engineers, . : riu'mberirig ; a.bbiit 50; under Lieut. Gibbsy,went into camp' at the Lower Hutt-Racecourse on.Saturday: last. AVork during the afternoon. was cdn-fihed.chiefly-;.to-lectures:by-.officers-command- j the different "sections a"hd by-the engineering staff 'officer,-Lieut; Duigan.:Yesterday work ,was. resumed at 6.30 a.m.,,and : ;con-i tinued until 3 p.m., the- engineering section -I boing'eriga'ged'prmcipally in fixing automatic j alarms, the telegraph section did sdine-use-ful .work ..with the .cable cart, and the signalling sections arranged,. and : successfully worked several;-transmitting .stations.: iAll the men in camp' are most enthusiastic,'and with improved weatlier the camp 'should be one of;tlie ; most successful the company-has ;held,.-;and- the '■' Championship' '""Efficiency" Shield'.for Ncw'.Zealand, won by the'.company last: year, should. continue to .'adorn- their, orderly rooms.for a further period. ,-;:.■::.: .This country, has. gained' a reputation as a.' sportsman's paradise,; arid'.when-a-compari-; son is made;with the prohibitive conditions' under which, sport at Home; ; is obtainable, this,roputation ; 6eems 'not .undeserved. The (jovornm'ent, not content: with , .-having excellent trout .fishing-,-in,our; streams, havemet, with- considerable success ,in introduce ing :salmon. ; ;... At ■ Hakataramea Salmon Hatcheries .several .thousands;of salmon.oya have been, hitched, but,' : arid , .fry ;•■ and yearlings, liberated.';■ Yesterday; : New Zea-' land Shipping Company's steamer Turakina,; which .'arrived ,>. : from:> ■'- Londohj.. ibfought 500,000 Atlantic, salmon. ova, : that "arrived in excellent :order;;.witH ' only, about a. 5;-per cent.-1055,.: .Mr. C.. : ;who;:ttiet tho ova, .had,'them, transhipped to ;the;Maori, where, on.arrival.at;Lytteltpri, theyiwill;be transferred .to' insulated; trucks,: arid leave: : by the first, express 'for. LnmsdeiL.' ; Qn: ar : rival: there .they will again be removed to. wagons, which ; will 'convoy them' : to; Lake Tβ Ariaii;:'wher©'Mr. : .Ayson willsuperinteridthe.; '.hatching-out : _ operations.' ■;;...Some 500,000" more . Atlantic.:,ova.., are,.:to but -from. 'England,, and : : they ■■ will,: be.: in charge,of Mr. L. ; F. Ayso'n,;Chief of 'Fisheries.;':/:;' ;; ';;■'. -;^- ; ,v'' •'■ :V-. - : : ■"'