LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 503, 10 May 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

n n^ M j" an ,? uell MuUili was arrested 2 Sydn ?f f6r Wellington'at IJ3 ' Saturda y. wth, 33, saloon and 57 early on Wednesday morning. ;■ ■> nJui Johnston V a: #oker ,on' tho warship Sifa\ the election of -school comfeeSat^ onm > Paokakariki, an'd-Takapu lapsed on the. general day, and will be held Monday. May 31, at 8 p.m.V hi eaXmlnce • Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., will' probably deliver reserved this morning in the aTnnv^l, bookreller * ar S^ ;wit h'filing >".^^.obiection-

"I have come here on 'a friendly visit—a religious v.s.t-but I am not preacWng\u WW 3 ' T - Hodgkin in I interview published in our last issue. ' Unfortunately the printer misrepresented him by ■^^TPto"^r;of..l e anii g -out.,tJM' .' Mr. -6.. V. Hudson,,who is-i a keen'astronomical observer, states that several krge : spots appeared on' the.eastern side of the simon Saturday morning. This group, which Promises to.indicate)a very estem/ve. out-bo-escelleiitlv.placed for observa§£?<s?■ - 1 } wi " centre iof the disc•abput'.Fnday'.'nost.v.: ■ land land, states that oysters this' season are of supenor; quality and are being: piously Picked, -v In. sp.te; 'of self-interested,, faultjnaem.he .says, the/Government management is a pronounced.success, and-there is now.apossibility of tho' oyster' supply 'remaining ;a permanent one.' •'..'','-V '

; ■ WHilo a couple .of ..harness, horses' were'.being led along Manners Street about noon 'a: tram, bound for Government Station, collided with one of them if'-, 11 '," raotorman had: brought'it to a , standstill. :; < As the horse jumped forward, the young man, m chargeVlet go his hold and the horse .immediately . bolted in; the direction- 0 f"Willis Street. .Displayine' Drosonce of : mind,;,a 'bystander, named' Brace, jumped .out; from, the footpath.: and,. reach-' mg tor the reins, brought'the horse up just as ho was;getting; into- a. gallop;. v., : ■; ■; A meeting of the subscribers to'tho VHarA Drummond" fund was'held in St. John', parlour on\ Thursday, evening last,.-Mr G Ti £. U B T t} ? 6 ch ? ir - A statement!.was submitted Rowing, that.the .total , ambunt ; x Tj with" interest, was £126 &s. 4d.:. Outstanding subscriptions were expected to reahseabout £6/making tfoe.gross total inearly £132. The expense?- for |£sV age, .prmtmg, advertising,, ete., bhL%sit n no * ba be not.less than £128. It was decided to put aside the out of this balance to provide a suitably-framed - enlarged . photograph of the. late, ~-M,;. ;' Drummond,lsuch photograph; to., be .: : hung': ik: the ■• ? y /i^ with ,'a memorial tablet to be erected in the same buildine. Thui wouldleave a balance of approximately i,UQ, and.this, amount-is to.be suitably; invested,the. interest on samebeing paid over annually, to the committee of tho Boys' Innate for jhe purchaso of prizes,' which are to be awarded in connection with the Institute, such prizes to be .known as the Harry .Drummond memorial prizes." Messrs. G. A. Troup, 0. S. Moore, ancT j. Hislop wore appointed,trustees to administer the fund A number of letters received from subscribers were-read, all giving oyithe°k£ $° n^ m m t Jn. which the,late Mr. Drummond was: those acquainted with hnn.- : It is'intereing P to note that over 156. separate subscriptions -were:receded, £ inany of .these' eoming R from distant parts, of-the Dominion. ',-..' ; , ■ ; .A book.might'bewritten of. the-weaknesses w STS* o men - , Jamri "CoMw* (who wis Herbert Spencer's,assistant)'- h'as ; just com! pleted a hto of Sir George Grey, the valued which .-reviewers- are attempting to estimate at great length in'the aoirspaplr.? -lie fact f S Sir Geog 'w i • !! m,er '„.? nd '-' of - cou »6i a resident rf were -twoquSn^ ai £ ta>ing,tho.Chamber of Commerce ? at tfo a Hkr&'R° S *f P»PMcd constitution'of a Board, and the of much less imporfance,.was the desire for a bil of newly-reclaimed land-ior the- purposes of a : -Sailors', Home. Sir GeorgoLd had both matters brought; under his notice, t but n™ thing definite had been done' respecting either until one day one of the Mr, Carroll (secretary of the' Chamber) that for the:' Sailors'^Home"' bten fixed up and the Premier would Ike to see him .w.th respect to the same. ■'■■ WheW Carroll entered the presence solu's ' ho was wrthtell With associated with the great pro-consul's name/and Sir George professed-an ignorance of tho obS ?l Wvisit :That explained, Sir that he understood le-,was' to' S £en waited on by a large deputation/ 11.' 0?" roll oxplamed that it was on'the matter of the constitution of a.Harbour Board .™We£ lmgtea tha the deputation was te s£ him, not the sailors' Home site question Be! latter, (which the sec otary had informed Mr. Carroll had been fixed upi Srr George said ho: would look Unto the matter Arriving at' tho. conclusion that big deputel T» Ah l Carrol , l saw tho th «n chairman of the Chamber and wasted no time in got-- ™ t influential deputation to tlio Premier on tho Harbour Board question at onco, and it was noted as remarket X .t he s ? mo • t,me Sir Gcorgo'stated that the matter of a site for a Sailors' Homo had been arranged. Unfortunately the Grey Government was defeated before the transaotion was completed.

The May 'Triad' is certainly one of tho best numbers of this, critical (perhaps hyncr<len ally, tho Editor TYik Dominion's cnticisnv of 'Tho Merry Widow"; but nnart from , tins- evidence of returning saiSty"tho liiuoriiost, lho Merry Widow," and tho Kve 11 ".? and Atom- .]? n \ e , .? r ""V begins its seventeenth' year under the happiest of auspices.-Advt. Tea that is not puro should never bo sold Inferior teas consist mostly of the woody fibres of the leaf, and brew out n considerable amount of tannin, which is injurious'to (he system Thero is raro enjoyment for those who can appreciate fine .ten. Drink Crescent Blend tea; it is absolutely pure. It is a blended tea with! distinguished qualities—the strength of tho full-bodied', robust teas of Darjeefing is added •to tho fine-flavoured, delicate teas of Ceylon I and the luxurious Crescent Blend is tho'result! Obtainable from all storekeepers at 2s, per lb. I

Thero is to bo scon at Thorndon Baths at present a shark : measuring ' Bft. in length, with a mouth nearly ono foot wide. It was caught by a party of young mori- between Joint Jcrmngham and Ward Island. Tho Maheno, from Sydney, carrying' the usual Lngluh mail, failed to connect yesterday with the Main Trunk train Bervicoat Auckland. Consequently tho mail will not arnvo in Wellington beforo to-morrow evening. ■ ■ | • -~.'■ ~ The Health Department report tho following cases of infectious diseases during tho week ending Saturday:—City: Scarlet foyer, 4; onteno, 1; tuberculosis,. 3. County: scarlet fever, 1. Potono Borough: Dinhthena, 1; soarlet fever, 1. : On .her voyage down from Wanganui, tho i uusi, which arrived in port .yesterday passed a rather formidable obstacle in the shape of a large log, said.to bo about 50ft. long, and- of considerable thickness. Had the vessel come in contact with the log, sho would probably, have sustained serious damago. ;••■..-■ ' •■. : Tho tram service from Miramar on Saturday evening was scarcely adequate to copb with'tho crowds attending the. pony racing and tho various othor sgorts.;. A number of peoplo, who were'crowded out of the special cars between five o'clock and halfpast five, hadito wait closo oh forty minutes' beforo being picked up by tho ordinary timetable car. • Tho trouble was probably duo to tho fact that the last race at Miramar was run nearly half-an-hoiir.lato, and so the football crowds and the race crowdß wanted cars at tho same hour. ...On Thursday night burglars entered tho house of the Vett. Archdeacon Harper, at limaru.iwith a view, presumably, to securing tho largo collection of well over' £300 which had been taken that day at tho opon')"E of the new portion ..of St., Mary's Church. In this, however, they wero disappointed. ... Tho Archdeacon (says the Christchuroh ."Press") has never, been guilty .of leaving the church money, about whore thieves break through and steal," and all the burglars got after ransacking several of tho rooms, of bis-house .was a' solitary shilling. _ On last Tuesday night tho liouso of toe Eov; Tromayao' Curnow, Archdeacon Harper s curate, was broken ■ into,' when jewellery to the value of £20 was stolen, besides £15 in cash. The curate had only roturnod a few days prior to the -robbery from his honeymoon tour. '