LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' i:l t . S i' ictoria, With. Australian and Ertg-'l lish mails on board, arrived at Auckland at ■ I.JO yesterday. The ulails shoVtUl come through to Wellington by the Main Trunk express to-day. ■ •; t ° a ?s r . reeeUt instances of the wrong done the public; by tho boycott' of The Dolerll?K.i matter of State advertising is iuA •*' l" 1 -, advertisement which wo publish elsewhere at our own cost for the benefit of outfrc&aets. lluS advertise nient sets out tli© : 'a'"? 3 ?, arrangements! in connection with the «?]f! i ■, a .Pastoral Association's an- ' nual Shew at Palmerston North: this week. Many, thousands of people throughout the district, in which The DomimoU circulates exff 11 ? lv . e 'y' visit this show, r.nnually and obtain their information as to the arrangements inconnc'j'apn therewith from 6iir'columns. The Ward /ulmimuration, regardless of : the 'interests of i!) ls largo section oi the public, and iinoring the fact vliut the. larger circulation of The ~. t) " 1 j' N10 I ' N *. guarantees a better business' return M the .taxpayers of the country from adverSsw- ■ ccliimns than is derived from tertain other jourmils favoured with QovernniDiit these advertisements tothe paper, It is Worthy of note-that' w lien the; railway m question was owned bv a private company this and all similar advertis. ing was given to Tits UonmioSv .The railway then, howeverj was run on sound buSiliess hnes and no interests other; than thtise of the railway itself were permitted to in.fluenco, its management. .. , . • P^K reo picked' up on the Palli&Gr Bay_ beach (says our Featherston eorrcspondent) by Mr. Gold. of. the' Ferry Hotel, si 1 ),., « r ? ? belts bear a bltie deSign, atiu were jn good condition when fou'ndj One.hftd tho. lashings fastened as thouffh it worn, a nd one bad the shoulder-straps' A-.Socialist resolution of pfoteSt from Wei-' ?8 ,n_ describes the doctrinaire' " modernsoll°?' Socialist, or anarchist Ferrer as zU Poben, Owen iof Spain,; -In only one matter that ; tt. »(e /aware of did tho . deed Oatalonian. at alt reseiilble in his, hostility to religion. With -the revolutionary party m Spain subh hostility is an obsessioh, as w;e, .who 'have, had opportunities 6f : perusing their fcrocious squibs and liews-sheets in ij&rdelona and elsewhere, have sufficient reason to; know. : Otien's: hostility to Christianity was open and openly expressed; it never, howgot within long range of the frdhtie fanaticism .which' marks radical Socialism and hnarohicul Socialism oh Coiitihental' Europe."Now Zealaud Tablet," .f ' - , ' . O'd guns make .picturesque objects in .'city; parks, and many oft.ig ton'n? of tile Dominion :' uK;| a jH®./HV are, beginning.to look/like ■littlei. arsenals. ..Napierii.for instattce, with, its i °i Ti LrA ht:it / homcntkture—Scindo, Meeancft, and what . brdie disp ay .of-ancient dannou, and Bfier guns dot the landscape extensively in other towns, With > Woft.an eminently martial aame as Wellington,; Jf-'-W 1 . P, ,'W jiot worn as warlike; an, p mi. a , h&vo'dane, but it Is getting "v? I ,!W" so jstg. Wnch guns which' lVere to the Oity Cbuneu sortie time: a?o by the Defence ; are, about, to : fcei hiduuteu ( irt: one :or the ,re«erves. The site has,.not been decided ,on' yet, but; the city eiunneer ,is- to be asked ttt select' , one. , v The S'ev, G., Ward, Presbyterian Maori missionary; M;,Tannmrunui,-coiiyc,Ted; ft unique •letter of iwd'ef. life Native older.V „to the moderator. ,of, the. Presbyterian .General 5 - rrcsfiJ-ji, was given i.; as follows To; the right, i;evCTcnd ' chicf •, guardian*- . .of, the great .ChUfoh "Of/' Christ U'osus and' 'tA" the Tonnger' mid • ol'der ' firetlir'en i—Eo've greetings to you; ff.ther'ond eldersV . Salutai 'tions .to:you r aU of the Chifroh eft Jwus to the (Hfe' evidence aw love in. this Mr. Ward will, betray our lovo to'" ynn'l afid, will' inform yoii of: the welfnre. of .the Maoris rf .the Church of tho Scotchmah at. TauitiarnilUi,'• Greetings to.' j cu. youtig and. otdi; Through the mercy of' tho may the. ldve of. Gpd" abide Wth'< yoU.—• 'Prom'.Scotchman' elders—Na -Bnkiafn, Tai6-hi'-; So, Na to. llp.nuau te Tuhaia."

:• A sudden death occurred at ithe Newtown Zoo last week,-when a:hog. deer took permaneiit lea'ie Oi . the city - shoivferound. The animal was apparently; in good heAlth right up to a few. minutcj, before its death. >

,- Proper and,Uihgf.ph have arrived, on the-fish-ing Riotinds in the vicinity of the tTtngo Hends .earlier iu tlio seanftil tlian usjial (savs tho.'Dlln-' edin ."Star"). Tho -groper olltspcil liie royal flhncr,, arriving' two da.Vs nliead, of tlie kiiigilsh. Both noticcably plumii fei'-' Hew nr--I'iva'i!... Wnalebbsts lniidt'd CliO proper at Port. Chainlet's during' Tuesday nlul AYcdhesilayj last, fand oil Thursday a largo, take of; kiiigfish .Was bl'Olight.aslldrei ithc distinction : of fiecurilig' the Invest divided'boWcell two boats,, which :hookwl ..seven dor.ou. each;. Tho snrlng, harvest of the'sek Is being gathered in. Fifty tens of KsH : were jailed from Tort Chalmers for the weoltj ..includiiift : the returns, from- tho four steam: trawlers,, principally'.consisting of'. soles and crayfish, the latter being plentiful lit pre- : SDllh ' '

A moot point In refercrice to the collection of tram fares is to be put through the 6iW nf tins law ab. 606n tis Rb 6pportunity present! 1 .-It- appears'that 'the- city . tramway; authorities have a BUspici6n that a considerable amount of revenue is lost by the failure of people to: tender their fares iu respehco te the "All f&res, pleafee" demand of <the conductors. Consequently, a test case will be . brought by the city sahcitor (Mr. J, O'Shea) when the opportunity oecuts;-in order to hate it deter, mined vwhether, a. general demand by a conductor 'is sufficient to make a passenger who .does, not. respond liable to i eonviction for neglecting to pay his fare. :-v r/, Speaking.4i : the treebyterian General Assembly ln Chnstchurch on tho oomroetcial system in vogue amongst the Maoris.' the liev. D. G. Ward, Presbyterian Maori missionary at Taumarunui, said'that if Tom- Mann itudied the Socialism practised by .the Natives- a fev; years ago, "it would raiee crows' feet on the biggest eyes he know how . to possess."—"Press." , . . On Saturday evening local and yisitihg members of - the. New aiand Institute of ' Journalists .attended ■li social evening, tendered by the Wellington branch at the Hotel Windsor. - A very , enjoyable; evening was', spent;" the pro-* ceedings being^of . a l .more, or less informal': nature,, and enlivened with speech, - song, and story.; Mr. li 1 . K. , lteeves prided over . the gathering. The .oecomnaßiments fer the -vocal ltehlfi.,were.played.by Mr." Nelson Dj-son (cdmposer of the patriotic songj "What We Havo, We'll Hold"), who also played a very charming 'waltz;.of'hh-.,own composition! .

Lieut,-Colonel, 6. P. C, Campbell, Officer Commanding the Wellington Division of ! Garrison.' Artillery, wil: act''hs umpire, for .the instructional; praetifte::in . big-fcun shooting at Fort ICelburne thismorning. For,the remainder 1 of the practices, .Captain ,Q. S, Richardson, Chief Instructor Of Artillery, will lie the umpire, v. \ r .v-*' ■ Thb .Petbnb.. Navalfc were "At !Kome" to friends and visitors ftt, Fort l£elburno, Ngahattratiear yesterday, afternoon.; About 200 people visited the ehcaraplnent. The Pctone Band was in attendance anu played selections, .Sergeant Rutledge and' Constable M'Kelvey raided premises' v ili. Tory, Street yesterday, where. it was suspected that' sly' grog-selling being carried on, and seised & quantity of llciuflr. . "iloflkworm," a diseaso ttMoh is reported to haro nffeotod 6ome two millions. oi.'people in the Southern. States Of America,'{ is /a ; colloquiallßin for what i» known among medico! men as "nnkylostomla9le,''.(\, condition of tlifc constitution: (writes. Dr. D. M'Quvin, MJ)„ F.H.C.S.), "In whloli ;tlio upper,, port of the 'email iutesthw is inlittbltcd by' a small .worm designated 'ftiikyllistomo aUodeuftle,' whloli produces profound aliiiciiiia by abstracting this .blood of the 'pulldiit and lutftferihg frith his digestion. The disease - occurs in persons who fcoutts, into' contact with dump earth—Miners, and especially, earth eaters. -It wassveify pretax lent among tlio worker!!: lii the; St, Gotharil TunHeli (itid was therefore'alan tdfel'rcd tu as. the Sti .Gothatd diseiib. 'Egyptian chlorosis' Is another nnine, iiidicfttivfi oiMt§ pr6vjJefice ftmong t&ftli;«ators ipjtopt, The symptom*; do not fit all resemble those of sleeiniig sickness.","v:"/ ' ■' ' •Mrs. HollestOn, llftlr Physician and Face i Maflseuse, has fAturnsd. Falling half and all I scalp : troubles epeoialsied, 4 Willis Street-, I Over Carroll'!.: TKosa una, ; <31617.J

The Auckland Firo .DoliT'd has accepted tho condor of Messrs. 0, S.oSwinnock'and Co. for a turbine pump at 7/-Cost of £1611, Tho pump' will bo. of special, value tor . fire-fight-nig! purposes ; on the,/waterfront' ilnd on ;tho higher-levels, and canto need either to force water from .the sea os' can bo fixed on to tho mains. It . will ba capable 'of delivering 800 ,■< gallons a minuto at a'frressure of 1101b,, and 1 will be of great assistants to the brlghdo When : a. nro occurs on one of Auckland's many hills. • Mr. A; Baker,. actlng-secrsUry af; the. Wellington Ghrfison Band, Pfess As-, ■ sociation message appearing in • your issue of o-fob«— p. 7 rtftHns ,thnt the Wellington. Garrison Band had applied to be reinstated and ' reiutsou by the l\ort!r Island Band Association is not according to faot. The bahd : did • not 1 apply. ■ Repairs to the dressing-shed at the Kilblmlo Recreation Ground ate contemplated.' Tho. matter wiU.be brought forward at the meeting of tho City Council on Thursday evening, l.'hool 1 Committee,, imbued «iwi i, iS' l ; the youth oi' the eastcrn>' . Bhould be granted facilities which will nhnliL n)l eCO i? 0 CX P Mt: rijlOMOil, : llttß : City Council, for pbrmissiDn to construct a rifle rantro on the Town Belt. It tfifi U rffv 6 r°vn i ft j Reserve! Committee of the City Council docs hot favour the proposal. ParV^f' 1 tL W rfe ntp laid on to kelburne dniinn Couneil'adopt* a reeomnicnW«.b«« n^m% l l brou P, h t f°rwajd, by Itsv , WTI,,„ u „ * . this week .The.; Idea Is to lead in a. lino of pipes from S&lanMcV Road. . Thd' lumber jVorkers' 'Conferiuice will bo opened at the Trades Hall at 10 a.m. to-ddy. During the month of October, the Customs Wellington amounted to . .£57,856 58. (d„ beer, duty totalling '1101 1(14. The figures for October, 1908, were .£G3,BSS 6s. 10d., beer-duty £1234;15.... ■ . Ctydlengw v;as to t&W part in the.mibtaiy tournament at Palmerston next week, but as tho warship's programme tlie tcam w '" not be ablo U attend the event, .a. , ■ ' of. fire was given at 1.5 p,m.: , fnim Messrs, Levin and Co.'» preThowire of the. indicator rwis through m-M is surmised .that. the alarm, which la operated by heat, was affeoted.by. th« strong, rays of the . sun. At 8,15 p.m. on inn. v day, the receivwl a call to a i houAl occupied by Mr. William Stark, at 00 Biddifora Street, It ■ proved to be a ohimney fire, and .wast quickly extinguished, ■

■ftHstioti used to be, "Wliat lies aroiand . ; tho North PoleP" ".Now," satirically ohterre! uS Wot-id," is, 'Who lies aboat : itr HeM Is a delightful csawple of school humour, unjntentifinal, naivei"--The 1 children werfcasked, to. wtlt© : on . thejourfieyings of;Commekder Pchry end Dr. Cook. "Captain PearyiV one,'"reached : the North Pale on ft, Jjreadnbught. The reason why.he went,by tea,was because it was ohtajiej - Eoihg by train. The diseoyery of tlw • North Pole is a fe«>d thing, beciuse It Is th< eiul of the world," '"Ditto Is now a lot of talk , about the discovery of the North. Pole," ob- ~ Served a girl of ten;. "Dr., Coek whs supposed to have reached it, but yh'en' he got; there Ctiji-'••. taitt Peeiry Cahio ilp'oiher the sido and.tildDr. >■', Cook tho Pole belonged to ihito.:' Tnes>, both, • becanie .very aiigi-y,: and: waved, the. Stai'S and Stfipes, bUti pteSetitly iagrecd to Mye, it ; in , ; the hands; of the" President' of; Anierica." " A; 1 third; essAj-istassetted that ,the reasbti' why Dr. Cook and Cominondcr PeAry'dld not die ■ ' Jtas. that thej't were:Aniericons. ' Anothet, who ; had read'somewhete aboilt .the birth"\)f th<;: v Peaty, baby in the Arctic some shid; ■ that Mrs.' Pear}; acoohipanied her, hllsband' ti : '. the Pole; and a child was tern there and'ohristened 1 the , Snow' Baby. . "It : ,tyas bort 'cMeroi with hair t and had Vlot of' fut totttrf! '• • its eyes". ' ••• • - ~ ''' ■: 7,' ', Referring tfl' the paragraph which appeared • in ,The Dominion on Saturday, morning in con-' '. i| nection \rith an. accident at Eintom Street, .. 'when it:was stated, that: 6- man came In 'contact,: With a motof cdf driveii by Mr. Ft'rkiitfl. we , are .requested by Mri Fei'Uins, builtlefi of H« ;' land Bay, to slate'thai; he.itas ilot out wlln his . car, hna has not had it out of hie shed-fct v' ! : two,weeks. •;

; Note has been given" In the House of eentatives by Mr. Hftnan of his intention to ■ asltthe Prime Minister whether lie. >vill, wit)}: a.viejv to 1 save time and expedite tdfeinrss iu the HoUfc fovourably consider the tjuestlofi of amending the -Standing Orders so ns (a) to en» -v able/fluCstlftM'itml ftfltleM'bfUlh'AtlfcU'f to be. • livereil iiiwritittg ; 'to' thevSpeAkof"'Without, giv'.tyg,l - MUs flowv required! formal }notice: thereof - 'fiiitheillbusej. "anu-*:(b)». toienhble Bills; which," •! • •.httveivircachodf- a' ■ cr rtnin \ of-, prdgl-oSH,, tljut-.-■ . lmtm. batii. riropnul. rteaW: fcU« Hi J fllY; the session, to be taiien up and lie.tfc n succeeding session, and'• proceeded- \vu.i ;as ..,. though noreccss had intervened, 'ir ' This most-disquieting feature :n/lhe lnVf .d«.; ■ 1 bates on tho 1/onn bilflvtho ulttr ilStltfiol'ence 1 showh by tho ; Government to the growth.nt. thecolonial debt (states the. GhristoliiiroU',"l'iTS!,".■ . editorially). ; ; 'ln, a reference td "the corrupting', influence of. th'B-.publio worltvAVfjem :i:ii our «, public: life," , that - jotirnal .Observes! '"It vis notorious that at'the 'last election several eon-: stitiihicies nhbdid not" believe 111 liie Uuvtrn*; ■ inent, especially ;in:rtsard; to it* land policy, GoWrntoM sriipptn'lors >; because 1 they. v.-s;re ofruid of losing l t,:e. IctSl,PXiiGUdi- -v. tnreon ptibiie works. 'In colno etij-exj however,,, the ,feeling.;!A'.favour. ; of (lie was .so . strong.that..thsjWnvernnscnt coituiiiates ."had to: jjt'onnsc ■'■ to: support .the' freehold. - To this iact is due'the eJitraardnary reversal of form . lately shown' by the Government oil'the:land question! : ;We thus get the' ro'i'flfkable tilid lar .■: from, creditable .spectacle, of, first, the ;6ftii6tltiV. .V encies, betym .corrupted: Into sunportliiß & Got- i eminent: in whiohi tliey- do. not;.jl.e!jeve,- and,' • secondly,"the: Gi>verhrtieut foM\v.fcarlhji ma: of. ' •; tho main; pltihW in it.i platform. in .erder to .- iretain thii: support; of. ti)n:'lioiit!ci\l ,diei l ipftt)hr6< ...; .dikes evolved under thls.ttoiii'adlng system." . • Theftey. Nicholas .Maticwiirh, of the ' Greek ■ Orthodox Churehj, '.wlii-is at l>te-ictit..■■■■; ft . torn' of the.Dqliiitilfin in tho.'lnterests' t'.f that • d<no:ninatioh,";COiiu i iit)'.''3d .a'.'cjjilijiUi'.lbii sef- V vice to: a siUali .gathering, of,: adherents. of., thd ;.\ church atUst.''Peter's Schoolroom -.yesterday morning, ' 'flio service: was conducted in. Grfcjc . , and English, the. lessons being read' in tho ■ Greek, while tho.ee'ririon was in.-English," 'In the afternoon, MK. Manowitch ; visited; .the homes of tho members of his congregation, la ■ .the tveuing he &ttoudod l dl<rlii»',Befvliß at St, Pater's, Church' (Anglican)., Mr. :Maiiowitott : leaves for 'Auckland by, tho Italn .Trunk e»> " press to-day, and he will; be lit Wellington f again in: January• ■ that /month is oho of. the festival days of the Chnrohi, and .thertJs;4fcjtj<!ctod,..t6.: , bo'V large, gathering..,"of- members, from a oonsiderabM : distance hround Wellington; , ; ' .

. Thi) difficulties iu connection with education in- thb backblpoks are ivell illustrated In j' ■ petition from the settlors of lioropito, on the . Main Trunk line ( which has been preachted to' . the .Minister for Education by ilr. W. T. Jenrtinge,- M;P. The' grievances. nfthe ; lidUßfr.holdors of tlio district were set out at n re- v cont ' indignation meeting, ; at which it waistated that the manner .lnwliich the ohlklrett . are at present receiving .their, education.; was '*n disgrace to civilisation." At present there ■. are nineteen children' attending- liio:' toiwoi,' •> •• which is-'being carried,on;'iii an. did biiiiAwl. room., -There, is 1:0 fireplace, ahd-thooulhwry sanitary' conveniences -are' also Wanting. . it. is stated that (me new : sawmill in; tile, district,whioh lias jiist'Jatatted;.CutJinj*, ' will' cii'ipiov about twenty, men Afhiti ill full, swilife, nncl that another, mill ;v.;'Mc!r in .expected (o start ... about tile end .of ,th 6 year- WiiKprtivide Au'rk .U----fir-about, forty men, about; three-fourths ' of 'whom it is estimated will be iliarrlod liitil with ■ ' families; It was decided to: petition to a new -i . school to accommodate.. not Uess. thail' ilsty . children. ... ' Efforts..made to-.'ndVettis'o'. the' resources'of ' the Australian Coitmlotiwehlth in the ptist have been ~of. an' infrequent and-. uiifcyiSieiiitiHe; iiti- >-■- ttire,.'but .(Says the "Argus") .it is .itltelWed by the Extefnal Affairs Deli.-U'tilient in .futiite til have, the'advantages of Aitstfalia fts ft field for .'I; emigration .and .sottlemeftt; placed- before the world with some-attempt!, at organisation and' • system.; .With this Servica •/ Coiamwsloiiet' has been to -wLU' for 1 applications from ; Mmbii' 6f .thkinc charge, of, trabliaaturns and in. v. tended to set.■■forth" tho attraction's ftf the Com. • •>- mftHWealth. - Applications are returnable ori : October 30, and the officer appointed will b» ■ in the third 'ela«s of,the service, cleritiil divi- ■ sion." Tlw Commencing: salarv will. be » .£3lO,- ' ' . rising W- a- maximum of- JJMO.y Applicants should possess a good general knowledge of ■ Australian, life and conditions, and will ;; expected to hate the ability to itiilialfc and ; ■adapt advertislhi; projihsr.l!,. Tlih successful , applicant- will be l-eqttirsd• t0... iindtWiike the'' edilliUJ of Ml matter , tontained ill Commonwealth ; iiublieatiortg, - and: 1 mutt «have ■* suffix-■>- ' ciont leplmicnl: knowledge', to ciiture' that ■ those /';.: publications Avill v)m presented, to ■ tho bublio' :>■ in bright and l-adable,loiiii 011)5 officelt. of tho Com hiobiretu th - service ■ and : tho ■ -.I,# the larious States will be eligible lot 1 (U pc-ilitin Extract* from tlin ihitv papers; ChrlnloW-nV ' OeOber 25th. ira-Th tolil LiSt of'tea lb., .Moshr?. hnitCoc S' tiropoitfori beihe : ' no lew (hah SWlb , or nuu'ly half the hilprirted. Uidlej s lea, are obtainable at H Exchange Buildings, lambton Quaj.-Ad^t j . m