LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 655, 4 November 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Government advertisement, relating to tenders, which, owiue to tho boycott of .The Dominion by tho Ward Administration in tho matter of State advertising, wo publish at 3l;r own cost in the interests of our rcadeis will be found in another column, i ' An elderly lady rando a determined attempt it suicido about noon yesterday. She had beoii ill and despondent lulely, and she vent to [lyoll Bey and rushed into the eoa. Her uttiou ivns observed by Mr, Daniel Leonard, who stored tho uster after her, and, despite her ,truffgrles, carried her to shore. She wm jiouqht before tho Magistrate's Court yesterlay afternoon, and ordered to come up for senonCe if called upon. Subsequently sho Iras -afcen to a private hospital for racJicil treatment.

i. Friday, November .19,','ia-the. day. fixed for the Duco magisterial inquiry, which' will be by Mr. C..S. -Nixoii, Collector of Customs, More Dr. M'Arthur. S.M. ■ -; ■■■/.;..■■"■ The übiquitous sparrow .was the subject of some interesting remarks by Mr. G. W. Kirk F.L.S., during a discussion at ; the" Fruitgrowers . Conference, as to whether moro German owls should be.impoited. Mr. Kirk stated that during a. series of experiments ho had carried ot, he had found that tho sparrow, broods a, year; each brood nvevaging six birds.,. Over a period of!twelve months it was found that the sparrow's insect food was only 0 per cent, of tho wliole. No power on earth would exterminate: the ; sparrow in New Zoaland,_sfiid Mr. Kirk, and if the Gorman owl only, kept the sparrow in ,, cheek he would'earn his wages. - . : , ; v. ■ "... '.' Begbie lamps we're winking furiopsly from' various points of/vantage about the harbour last evening.; The winks weri, the visible signs of signalling stations, established over a line of seventeen niilesftnd "'a half bv Lieut. Hulbert, District Signalling Staff Omcor, in' pursuance: of the desire' of the garrison, sm.: nailers to become efficient in this particular ■branch of .what, is now recognised as ouoof the; most important responsibilities'- of niili.' tary^rvice-the''maintaining of reliable communication between the units of a.fighting force.- The. scheme'of signalling mapped out 1 was that a message should bo transmitted, per medium o£ a field telephone line, from Colonel Jiobms. pmate .residence in Eoxburgh Street to Mounyictoria, where a corps of lamp signallers {Wellington Ndvals) was waiting in readiness to flash, the message across to Mount Crawford (on the Miramar jwninsula), whfro werAtion (Wellington Engineers) was established. From there the message was to bb flashed across to the, Petona ■ Navals at Fort Kelbunio (Neahauranga). thence to : another signalling detachment of the Pftone,Navals stationed on the Potone Wharf,' back- to Kelburne, heights,:-where the Post and Telegraph Bifies were etattoncd, Monnt Cook,(D Battery Mount Viotoria, and thence, to Colohol Kobin's residence -again—a "icomplete oirouit. Unfortunately for the' success of the scheme; a thick haw came down upon the harand the intssage was necessarily short--circuited, the Petone 'Navals' stations being out off. •■ -,' .■;'.,■• ... . ,; .-. ,■■••." .v 6 The Wellington Education Board has accepted the following tenders, for works!—l'ainting and repairs, Shannon school and residence, J. Proctor,' sen.,- painting school, Tokomaru, H. Walker; painting school, Terrace, .Smith and Smith; painting school roof, Mount' Cook Boys' School, T. A: Wells;' painting school'-.roof, Mount Cook Infants' School, K.. and E. Tingey; painting and repairs, old school, Carterton,' p. J. Beard; painting and repairs, Main nnd. Infants' School, Potono, J. and ■ E. Battcrsby; painting school; .Fcrnridgo, F. T, Harding; painting.and'vepairs (6 school, Grcytown, C..J. Beard; residence, Daloileld, C; J. Beard; outbuildings and ; fittings, i Mount 1 Cook Boys' School, Sanders'; Bros. :,'■■■-■-.'.'! ■.-'■;■!.'■'' ..' Wellington'.capital is- doinpr.its-share , in the development- of .-.that, part of = tho! country ndjncent to ,Tniiranga,. in, .the ,' Bay of. . Plenty.' Messrs. 8., Kcene and/ J. E«id, o!"Wellingtoni proprielorj/of tho Taurangh Gnswor&.inbw in full swing, have quit!',recently• let a contntet for the roiidinjfof (\ .10,000-acro block; twelve miles Out from' Taurnnga.:.: .This -blpek hns been cut up irito'6mnU dairy fo'rm ftllotment*, which are W be sold after the.ro&ding.of ..the', whole block is completed..; In connection this scheme,l provision . is : being: made for a township,■':■'. with 90ft. streets.,' to b6 called: Mnrnmara, the nnme''of the block.:■ Mcesi-s.-Koehe and Reid have already 'received .appli-j cations for some of the! fnrms, but so fni\.nohc have been allotted.' -Botlr gentlemen lire optimistic regarding, .the '. "fijtijro.-of : the district;! Tho contract betweenHKc: Gas Company and tho City Council'for: suburban terminates on December I,.afteriwhich- date tho oity;iyill light'the , .suburbs with electricity. l Tho. extension works;,which, have been in progress, for some .time past .'aro. well forward 'and.everything-.will'bb in readiness for: December 1.. A few,poles:!have still-,to be put in' at Island; Bay: and the workmen are at pre.sent,engaged, orccting , tho brackets !nt Rose-' neath ; andrKilbirnie.:■■..:.:■ .-.'•..■: ■~';;- ■;...'.-..':;\.- '•;. The, substitution of :lamps for. tho old carbon street- lamp's is proceeding-steadily: Employees of tho'-olectricardepartment -aro at present- cngnged' , pn.-.the., John;.Street, , -Pall. Street, nnd Sa,!jimanca'-;R6ad .circuite.-..■.'■•-', the^now 'tnrbinc' at 'tho Mercer;, Street lightiiiij •JP'oßßtl Mb J^?S' I \tt9 '- w ? s i K!?;?,'V> : ■ yes,M?yi:»?^OlO:^,! .t , f \ i^WXlMt.': Tho official, .week. : ~'; \ ''Romo 2flotl- cases of : .friiit— orange's, hmnderiris •fllul nation .fruiter-were! landed .in- Wellington by the Mbanlv (from Sydney) yesterday in l sood ctinditioh. ■■':'.•'■'. \ : ■]■-'. "'■•:■"■'."■ ■ "'' of the Presbyterian .General Assembly one Sabbath .usually:'set for .the. nol'liiigofa Gaelic sovvlce.,! This isdonb for the sake.of.tklitoning,those-bonds wliioh bind: many .bcottwh. men. and women to : the unforgettable past, whbfb most cherished"' memories aro. of scenes that have -a, setting, of Gaelicr.Thb prenchor at the Gaelic service at St. Andrew's Cnurch.Christchurch, on. Sunday.'afternoon ' wti? the Rev. D., M'Lennon, M.A., of Edend&le, wliofo improfsiv? mode of .conducting.'.tho'-'sor- ■ :yjco carried his hearers buck again to'-far'dilJ-' tint^days;: .The:.BeV..:-W;'-'M'Pqnald;'of Maori Hill,. Duriedin, acted:-as precentor.- ■'- Only the' Psttlihs-hro.ilsung.-' at .. : a, Gaelic- service; Old AVord,.tunes, are .omplojed, a'nd;'ovory. word : is' dwelt upon as' though-to. extract from it tho Uttermost'of' its mtssage. ■JnHhe' earlier '■ days of Highland history,:ami.in,fact:down tb'-epni-pnratively. recent timds.thero 'were fow printed books, and it vai>';nc.eossary that,'tho precentor, Ehould. chant each lincrbf '.tlus'-yerso as a guide to the ' congroßatioh, . who . then took ■ -up - the strain. .This"practice'was followed af.the eefvice on Sunday; The oifico of precentor in the Highlands 'is Jai-gely nn inherito'd'oae; bejng. handed; down from father to'son: ;Tliere is no written, music for'thopobuljar. chants, and each '• precentor used those, that! havb i him from' his predecessor.: ! One rcaught" tho spirit.of the simple prayers.and .tho' simple discourse,., whibh was based:.'bn "Thfi:gift"', of grace;.tno- liyinsvwater,">.Unt 'everything ; was pitched in a minor-key, sad; with tho sadness of rcmembrahco that exiles!che.rish' amid tho outgoings aiid incomings of. their daily \hbA-; ■: . .Many'-visitors to.- Sydney:- will know " thu natural rook, bath at. the hqrthoni point of Coogee 8ay....0n, Saturday week last that*spot was the scenoof: an exciting incident. A youth and: a boy were/.disporting thomsclves. in the pool,, wheii jiyliUßO roller., dashed iii over' the rocks, and biu-oro it had subsided the pair were sucked with: :tho.: backwater'.out to cea. Farther and farther.'from:'the'shore- were they hurried, - the ■' oxcitemont among tho onlookers growing' in • intensity as! the; odds against ■ tho young fellows.lengthened with ilia rise and fall 'of the mammoth rollers'. Bach apparently know what to do. Thfe elder lad : cbiild ho-seen drifting.slowly out ; ofthb range of the current, and ihen excrtlng himself,' ho crept back : to the beach. Meanwhile, some Halt a mile out;;rising and falling like apiece of seaweed, could be scon the'head 6i the boy; Now.and then the glint, of the sun.oiihis gbldcii hair;-\yould'bo caught , as ; ho surmounted a groat roller,'then "ia \ would : sink frbni' the .yiow.v "Poor little idlow! What a plucky chap lie is!" said a syni. pathetic spectator as a little white'arm shot xip n tho.air as if-to explain in some manner that the remainder of thosmall bit'of humanity was still;all right. , : On'and on ho drifted—an occasional speck—until he, too, 5 thanks to a stAut: aeart and.a cool head, crtnt slowlyiback to the' nondly beach, It seemed, to-his friends that tho clock.was racing against him, but-ho came steadily on, and .iinally; , after , one'v.of' the pluckiest fights against; the! greatest 'odds 'recorded on Coogee beach,' he felt the' kindly, sand under his feeVahd wasable:to totter-to safety. _ According to':Dr.:Pomaro, Nativo Health Of' icer, the work of sanitary reform amongst! tho aapris.was commenced with a groat deal of trepidation. The result.of the" work has,, however, proved astonishingly satisfactory;-,:in fact ar beyond -bxpectAtions.! Owing to thosiniary adjustments, the Maorf is. 100 per cent. >etter;pff than, ho' Was. nine,years ,ago. Dr. Pomare continues [—"Everywhere ' our., : young net aw clamouring to.get on the land,, and when once one or two are successful'many try to emulate their example,:: We rsgret that, owinn to stormy: weather, the ship of State, has to unburden itself by the unloading of our Dopartmont; bnt thqugli ray; people from-all parts aro "pouri" for this'step.uiisy: cannot help being grateful for the great, great good :which. has been done. " We'can always look back upon these years with prido; and throughout the Do. minion, from, the far-away , Rorenga: Wairna to Stewart Island,!from, the'fastnesnes of the Urb. wora to! the Hawke's Bay.plains, , ),the words aro living: and the lives: 6f mon have been "saved and changed. ..Whole villages have ,been, renovated. Some havp: been shifted- frOni' their low, damp situations to tho lands. Huudreds of insanitary houses havo been , destroyed without a penny of; compftnsationbeM asked for. , Non' houses have b»n "ereoted; In'sbnie district? it would be quite difficnlt to find , a Maori whare 1 of the old stamp,. They havb all gone.iri the general'awnkening.that has■ feken place.' ',;'::■:,-' ■■■.-".■./' --'V: ,■■■;■■ .y , . , ■■,■■■■-': ■.-■:;... ■ Tho : sisty-fifth"! anniversary / of .i the' ; Terrace Cougroga tiorial ■■ Church was' celebrated ■ vested RHea sand evening meetinffi.The ftevi Jr. K«ed Glasson bresidcd • ow. , k very largo ■ attendance;.--..-The .-'Rtv.;. p. Meadoweroft'led in prayer,, and 'speeches , were : d«liver«d : by tho |} cv - M.: Bawden-Harrie, of ; Aliecbwn/ : - ho e^^rw^ten

Ameeting of, tlie repairers and bespoke work- v ! ers.in the boot trade was held at thb Trader 1 ' ■liali last..evening.; , It wasdecided to join th» Vy local Bootmakers'Union,,and to a6k the eta ■'■'■■'■ , plovers .to meet, them; in bbnfcrcnoo for the -h purpose of. agreeing .as: to wages and oondi..: , tiona of Jabour. . No,award-has previously: ex.isted in, this: dopartmentv The employers wUl'i bo waited upon .by the employees. ;,' ■'■/•■.v.,;y.--':' \.The Wellington-. Grocers' Union held/their'- , annual snioke concert at, Scott's Booms last ''■/ mght, a. good muster, of mombers , attending,! ■'■v . In addition, to ,Wellington members, visitors' i from the Christehurch Union were also nro-j 1 ?P, . Mr, Mount ocoupibd the chair.' Tho-,; following toasts were honoured: "Trades and. * Labour Council," "Grocers' Union," "Visitors,"..,': 'The Secretary" (Mr. Caroy),and "The.Tresi.,,.\ dfcnt (Mr; Mouat).Musical and other itoms' -helped to make tho : ovonin'g' p'ass. most pleas-> v anfly,■•.the. following contributing to' thoprch':: gramme: Messrs. 'E. J. King, Ford, Hbbroaiv ; Benson, and Twohill, ..;■.. ■. ,',:. ..'■.;..-... .-', -'■.. ■'■,■■-; Geisha Tea Booms last,evening, the : ; mombsrs ,of, the corps of Dominion Scouts held . ■■!' their inaugural social. Captain J. G. W. ~ Balryniple, Officer.Commanding the corps, 1 pro-, ' sided over a , gathering' of about sixty. guests, ' who. spent a thoroughly enjoyable evening.. Visiting officers' included .Captain'Corrigan (Zoalandla Rifles), Captain Gardiner, N.Z.M., : • and Lieut. Skolley (D Battery): Applogios for absonco.were received'from,the Prime Minister ■'- (Sir Joseph Ward), Hon. James Carroll,; and .-. officers of the Defence Department. ThoLtoaSts of the ovoning were; "The King," "Armband Navy,'?. "Dominion Scouts," , "Other Volunteer Corps," "Absent Friends," "The Land Wo Live . ; i. In," and "The Press." Songs and other, iteme wore contributed during the evening, the oc- ; •companistto the vocal and instrumental items being Mr. Ncilson,. '•,.,: .■■ •;:' ' '■■ '•■ -\'V. 'A novel charge of assault—striking a man--1 on tho nose with a plane—willbe heard by the ;■■ magistrateto'-day. ~ • V '. ■'~|J, ,|J ■ A man will be charged at the Magistrate's ■;'■,' Court to-day with forging the name of C.W Collins to a cheque ; for £l 125,, and uttering it to G. E. Fowries, and with forging the name . ; of C; Craighoad to a cheque, for .£1 19s. 6d.J ; and uttering it to Alfred Crosby. The arrest, ':■. was effected yesterday byiDetectivo Hamniond. ' ' Costs in tho . Appeal:: Court case ■ of ■ the '■': ■ Attorney-General;. Mere Te Aika;! and; Tini. > ■ Arapata versus Ruiha Mono To Aika—the Kaia-'... poi appeal; decided On'Tfonday—were fixed yes-: ' forday. by the Court; The costs of the Attorney- V General wero. allowed at twenty guineae. and ~ defendant's costs wbro allotted on the highest as; from a distance. '-In! the northern Maori case, Te Poehi To Apetini versus Philip , George- Smith, also concludbd on Monday, ;• plaintiff was awarded thirty!guineas costsi. '■■:•. -~ At tho United Building Socioty ballot last ' night the drawing for the loan of/jSIOOD free ,v of interest;took place. The winner was Miss: .AV." H. Buswell, Bolmont.Koad, Lower, the. nunibor hping. 131. '; .'! ,••'-.'■ ■<■/ : :'■';. The High Commissibnier, liondon, has advised the Dcpartmctit of Agriculture, Com- ', morce, and, Tourists as follows!—"I have the :!. » honopr to state that'-I.liavo boon informed that the jury chosen to, adjudicate on tho Now; Zealand Government collective! exhibit in the '! ; pavilion at'i tho' Imperial International Exhibi-, [ tion unanimously, and' quite' spontaneously, do-: <! [ cided'to recommend'ithat , a.very.;6p e oialiaward;,!, . be givon for • this" niagniiicont pavilion'—'the ~ 1 finest iji', tho'whole Eshibitioh,' ,tho chair^ ; ; .. man : remarked." ;."..•■;■. . ~ '.V "',-. '■ i'Mr's.'.: Eoilestbni ,Sair Phyeiciah. v a,nd : Fß« .■ 1 Masseflso, has. returned.■; Falling hair : and all; , •scalp: troubles specialsied. ' 4 Willis ■ Street, ' Over Carroll's. : 'Phonelß99. ,-. , . . C 1517.,!