LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho inquiry into "ilia wreck of the Pengum will be held to-day. Dr. M'Artlmr will lireside, and tho '. assessors . appointed aro Captains Becd, (Auckland; formerly of the Tjser Lino) and C. ■ M_'Arthur. (Wellington, of the, Maorilaud Shipping Company). . • Tho decrejjit, worm-eaten buildingwhich shames its, title ,of "Dominion Museum" is being .repainted and fitted .with now spouting by the Public Works Department. It is hoped that this useless, wasteful ■ attempt at renovation does . not , .imply, that the project of a new museum building 1 has been abandoned. . ; . \ ■ More immigrants for New.Zealand are coming, by,, the' Shaw-Savill - steamer liumara, which is duo at Dunedin on February 25;> She has on board 154 passengers, whosi destinations are as follow':—Dunedin (29) s j Lyttelton (33), Wellington (51), Napier (2), Gisborne (2),' Auckland (25), Timaru (4), NelsAn (7),, Wanganui (1). There arc also a very largo number on the same company's liner Athenic, which is due in Wellington this month.;. At last week's .meeting of the Benevolent rrustees an application ' was received from i' carpenter—a. victim of the South African retrenchment—for an advance of money, to his' passage to Sydney, whore he 1 , expected to get work; The trustees decided ;o, advance £2, on condition that" tho Carlenter's' Union found a similar-amount. Yesterday the secretary of'tile board stated; in ■eply to a question, that £2 had been found )y the union, and the man had left for Sy,dloy on Friday. An .instance of remarkable' generosity on ho part of one in a lmriible walk of life.was nontioned by the Rev. 15. 0. .Blamires at he Dunedin Central.Mission inthe course.of in appeal in support of a special collection to le taken up for the, benefit of the Children's, Bread--Fund. From, an allowance of £3 per nonth on which to live it would generally be : ield generous, to give even'a'few-shillings in lie cause of charity, but from this'small,dole ho .-recipient (an old lady) had actually given , full third, or the sum of £l,—"Otago Daily "imcs."- . Tho Slian'j Savill, and Albion steamer Ithenic, which sailed from London, on. Jahiary 9, . and is due to arrive in Wellington. bout February 22, is .bringing a grand total f. 678 passengers, for Now, Zealand' ports, omprising 9 saloon, 73 second-class, and |596 liird-class. '■■ The passengers are booked to the allowing ports For,, Wellington, 254: • for .ucklaiid, 1-16; for Lyik'lton,' 100;, for Dundin, 55;, for Napier, 28;-for .Westport, and rrbymouth, each 22; for:- Gisbome, 13;. -for. Vanganui, 11 ;• .for. New. Plymouth,,;. 9; -for . 'imaru, 8: for Bluff,- 5; for Pictoii,' 3;. for felson and Oamaru, each 1. :: , ,

' Mr. T. M. "\Vilford,, M.P., .ivill open'tlie summer show of;-the Hutt valley Horticultural Society at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The. exhibition is to bo held nv the<garden of the socaety's Mr. G.. A. Chapman, whose grounds are/ideally adapted for. such, an- event. The largo number of exhibits entered mil bo staged in two. marquees, of large; capacity, • while Mr. ■ Chapman's' greenhouses will also! form part of the exhibition;. In tho zoning the grourids ; .will ,bo illuminated by sevoral powerful lamps, and the Hutt orchestra will provide the music. , All tho arrangements haye; been carefully attended to,. and ;a' most. successful show is confidently anticipated.: In .connection with the showj.a .'bus- is advertised to leave AVebley!s Corner, Petone, at 2.30 for the convenience-of Petono residents. ■ ■ » ■ ■. The fortnightly committee meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t§. Animals. was held, in'the Chamber of Commerce last night, ./There, were present .the president (Mr. J.' S.. Jameson), Mesdames C. r Christie and -W. 11. Williams, Messrs. G. Brown, H. Cooke, and J. Ilott. Tho Inspector 'reported destroying four horses since the last'meeting. Two or these were decrepit'animals which'had been, turned adrift and subsequently impounded .at Mount Cook.; Ho also ordered fivo horses off work for rest , arid treatment; In one of these cases it was resolved to take proceedings. . The following .donations to the ■funds of the society were acknowledged:— Messrs. Ross and Glendming, £l Is.: Professor Richmond, and Findiay, Dalziell, and Co., 10s. 6d. each; Young'and Tripe, ' 10s.; Miss M'Lean, Mesdames Scutt and-R. ;M. Simpson,, Messrs. J. W. JoynlS, J. P. Firth;* J. G. Harkness, and "J.,'' ss. each ; Messrs. E. Tregear,- J. .Caldwell, and 0. Ridding, ; 2s. 6d. .each; total, £4'l4sj 6d. ,■

"A . firm'of .solicitors lias received a communication from a lending. New- Zealand -finn of. notaries. (says : ,tlio "South Wales News"), asking as to the whereabouts of Mr. »Angus Stuart,; : an old-' timo Cardiff three-quarter. . Stuart went out to .Australia with ■ the famous 'Shaw arid Shrewsbury _Rugby tourists —tho first to visit the colonies, and at tho conclusion of the tour . Stuart settled down in New Zealand. It is understood .that a sportsman of Stuart's'. 'acquaintance has recently . died, and in : his will has. bequeathed tho famous old Cardiff footballer a legacy. Henco. the communication." Stuartj who was, a .member of Cardiff's all but invincibles of. 1885-6, returned to that town a few months ago, arid . has. since been employed by Mr.: J. Gibson; contractor. A reply has, been dispatched to New. Zealand, giving desired' information. In, his' day Stuart was ono of. the best, sprinters ■ and cleverest three-quarters to bo foiind on ; 'a football field. ; '. ..

No little amusement was caused: at yesterday's meeting of-the Benevolent, Trustees by the talk of an old and regular female applicant for aid. What she wanted was a montn's rations off-hand, but the trustees preferred t.i give her a week's- at a. time, as thoy hoped to get her into a homo at Christckurch:before the month elapsed. When the indigent one found that a simple request did not bring forth the sanction for the desired supply, she bccame imperative. "Who has more right to cbmo here than I have?" she asked. "I who have lived in for 39 years, and have never spent a penny ort .theatres'or pictures or such; and people.som Christchureh and thereabouts come : here and leave 'their fancy perambulators and' that sort of thing, at the door.", Having eased her mind of the dislike she felt for 'the aristocracy'. of the charity seekers, she proceeded .to rail against conditions in general and .Wellington in particular, "This place is no use to me for all ■ I got hero is not worth lOJd—a pincli of tea and not a bit. of, vegetables or anything. I have been brought .up to religion— them parsons can't teach me anything, but what's tho use of it all?": "But don't you think," said the chairman of tho board,: "that it would be better for. you to get into this .home ;at Christchurch? I shall probably bo down soon and I'll call and see you:" "Oh, no!" was the rather startling reply. "I don't want any sweethearts now." Next she went on to de*tail her. travels, which led'.a member l of. tho board'to suggest, "Now you have. been all over the North Island, all you want is a trip to the South.".. "Oh, 'I've seen, tho place before," she answered.: "I blow what 'jtV like. I've been all over France,-England, and Ireland, but .for all my travels I'm not . up to people's dodges. I'm too honest io live." , With this parting sally and a promise to'pray for tho board if they, would grant her the mouth's rations she left the room, talking as she went so /as not to loso one valuable minute of tho time that may be spent in ' reading, the trustees a, curtain lecture. . .. Teas'drown in different localities have different characteristics, and'ovon tho tea from nhy particular garden is not the'' same in- two successivi seasons. Climatic changes,. differences ' of wil, exercises influences, and it is tho art

of'the tea blonder to bring together tho different teas and by combination to produeo a particular flavour. Crescent Blond-Tea ia a choico combination of Ceylon and Indian Teas, and .tho flavour noror rariou. All storekeepers, 29, .BUT lbi '