LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The steamer Century, with an American mail, arrived at Auckland on Saturday night from San -Francisco, 'i'ho eoutiern portion of her mail will arrive hero by ,tho Main Trunk orprees this afternoon. As,tho Victoria, from Sydney, was not dno at Auckland untfl two o'clock this morniag, tho'Wellington_ portion of her English and AustraJian, mail cannot arrive here until to-morrow eveimng. Another' American mail is duo here by tho Manapouri on Thursday. ' , .

The California boys of the, Columbia Park Boys' Club, San Francisco, arc due in Wcllmgtoa by the Mannpouri, which, is expected here from Tahiti and Earotonga on Thursday. Detectivea Cameron ■ and Abbott arrested a man on Saturday evening on a charge of stealing a portmanteau and contents from tho City Buffet Hotel. ' It is understood that tho. valuables found on John Heminsway, who was, arrested in Sydney last week, and who is being brought back to New Zealand by Detective ate worth something over£Go. Trinity College local centre examinations in the theory of music were he-Id at the Willis Street School on Saturday. There' wore betweon. 60 and 70 candidates for tio Various grades.of certifioates. . , !■:■'. ■■~:.'■

lie police yesterday received advico from ConsEablo Sathorly, stationed' at Otakij (iat a man named Edward Breeze, storekeeper, of Manakau, died on Friday.' The docter rernsed to issue a oortificate as te tho cause of 'death, so ail inquest was to havo been h01d....- - -. ■;'"., ..;■ ; : . .. ■. ' .. ■; Customs revenue '. collected at Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1550 os. Bd. 'lie total for tho week was £11,528 15s. 10d.; beer, £206 3s; For ; tho corresponding periods in 1908 tho figures were £1625 Is. 3d. for the Saturday, the total for tho week being £15,487,65. 5d.; beer, £288 12s. 3i :'\A. resolution was. carried' at >tho recent mooting of the Star of Wellington Lodge; 1.0. G.T., emphatically protesting. against tho granting of wholesale; licenses/for, the saloof liquor in tho King Country, regarding such action as a gross violation ot the treaty mado.; the Government with ttio Maona of the King Country. Uiceo licenses having been granted by the aeliberative and casting'.vote'-'of,.the' , presiding against ttip''.'majority .of elected' members:; This lodgo also resolveil to bring the matter under tho notico of the Attorney-General. Mr. Wesloy Spragg, from Auckland, president of tho N,2; Alliance, and Mr. A. S. Adams, from Dunodin, are'in Wollirigton, aud leayo to-day : for Christclmrch.iwhero the annual , meeting of tho Now Zealand Alliance and- the Colonial No-License Convention .is to be hold on Tuesday and following', days. Amongi tho delegates from Wellington electorates; who are going to Christchurch are tho Revs, W. J. Williams, A. Dewdney, and XV. Comrio, with Messrs. Helyer, A. R. Atkinsonj A. J. Bennett, J. Brown, and Strong., , '■; .'■ ■ '' . . ,', ;.' ■ A, few days ago attention was'drawn in The Dominion to. the-danger that exists in the; abrupt 'termination of. the path and bicycle track >at the Municipal Baths and of Clyde Quay, but no notico i has been taken of tho warning. A few evenings "ago a person had tho narrowest escape'from walking! right over the bank at tho. end of the fine sidcValk that flanks tho soaward side of Clyde Quay. It is at present quite .unpro-tected,-and should at oncobe barricaded. At high tide yosterday the -.waves were, dashing up to tho foot of tho track .at the end of the .path and roadway mentioned. ■ ' Dr Mason; ox-Chiof Health Officer, made some interesting remarks on tho-occasion of rec6K a presentation from tho members of the Civil Sprvice; Club: Tlioro was a lot of talk (he said) about Civil,'Sorvante being subservient to the Government of the day, and ho hoped that a law would bo passed, to prevent Civil Sepants'from voting,..as well as from discuseinf;, polities. The men in the Sorrice who disturbed the Service were those who aired their: ■ political view's in truckling to their masters. Thero should be no politics in. tho Service. They ehould "play tho game/' no matter what party was m power; "Truckle to no one," bo\ said, in conclusion, "and you can hold your, head as high as anyone." . \ '■, ; •. One of tho moat interesting features of ;tho Ashburton Winter Show was the "farmers' table" exhibited by Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lill and family.. There wore no fewer than-196 different articles on this table, all produced and mado on the well-tilled farm and.in their homo at Willoughby. "Peace and plenty" was an. appropriate motto displayed above this exhibit, and Mr. and Mrs. Lill , and their family were accorded th\. highest praise for their excellent object. iijson as to what, can be done by well-directed industry on :tho land, in the farmyard, the dairy, tho. kitchen, and tho. homo generally. Mr. John Lambic, . the chairman .of the County Council, a practical farmer of close on fifty years' experience in New Zealand, was eulogistic in referring to this particular ■exhibit; ; .

Mtittoubird islanders'who havo arrived back from soutliprii snaring grounds have .boon comparing traffic notes and osporiencos (says xtho liluir '"Express"), One of tho conclusions arrived at, to say tho least, is curious. Tho birds themselves are seemingly beginning to work out on a definite basis the wfllknown problem of "birds of a feather flock together." There aro two 'distinct species Ono is a big robust follow known as the mottle groy. i'he other isismaU and slender, onllwl "darky," in respect of his colourings HitJi-i prto they have been in t)hp habit of freelv lntorniix-mg with each other. This year how ever, they havo. token a )nore distinctive stand, Jhe mottle grey has boon occupying islands and skornos oast of Stewart IslincT and tho darky has been all but exclusively confinmg himself to the western ieles Of course wo should much like to know moro anon* this Bistmction. It is an effect'not without good cause, we. strongly believe These birds year after'year rako out tlieir old nestings, and tho instinct of local tradition is not wily strong, but it is strikingly accurate. All that we know from \roliabfc sources but how, on this particular occasion, they should havo'departs! from established usages is just «'lwt we are curious to ascertain. Ruapuko islnndprs who operated at Green Isles remotely situated eastwards from Stewart Island also noted the change, so that wo may conclude it is general throughout muttonbird arclupelagocs.

Tnero aro'two. elements In tea-ttielno and lanmni theino has the.stimulating effects for which wo alono, drink tea. Tannin produces drspepsia, and is, therefore, injurious to ■ the system. Tho percentage of theino in teas vanes, anil the variation,is according to tho quality. 'Iheino is tho attract from (ho leaf and pure lea must consist wholly of leaf and little or nothing of fibre and dust. Crescent Blond Ten is all leaf; it is eiquisito in flavour rich, and of full strength. Cres-ceut. Tea captivates the palate, All , grocers, at, 2e por Lα. . . .