LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 688, 13 December 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho ' HnddarUParker ■'■: Company's steamer, Wimmera , arrived at Auckland at 5 p.m. yesterday Villi 'English and Australian mails on board. The 'Wellington and southern portions of the mail will , arrive in-Wellington .by • tho. Main Trunk express this afternoon. ■.: ■.':.;. - ; . ' It is a raro sight -to see.porpoises in the harbour,-the big fish preferring the open sea or secluded sounds for their gambols. On Saturday afternoon,, however, a fairly large "school" ventured up ~ the entrance and sported' about the 'northern end of the v harbour for a considerable: time. ■;.■;■ ; \ .:'■ ■ A "partial eclipse of the sun is due to-day but, , according to. all calculations, it. will not be visible in New Zealand. , Next year there will be two eclipses of the. sun and. two. of the moon. ■, A total eclipse' of. the. sun is due on May 9.' This eclipse will not bo visiblo ' in the North Island, but in the; South'lsland it begins at sunset in placos south of a line ; drawn 'from. Timiiru- to .Westport. A total: . eclipse of tho moon will happen on May 24.; A .partial eclipse of the sun on : November 2, and a total eclipse of the moon on November 17.'will not bovisible in New Zealand. ;.; ■'■ The contract for Messrs. Chapman,'Skerrett, Wylio,* and Tripp's. new four-story ;ferro-con-crete building in Brandon Street has been let 1 to Messrs. Watts Bros, v The building, which is to cost between and: will be as,nearly.fireproof as it is possible to make it; Mr. F. de J. Clore is : the architect. '■■,"-, y ■' . : The splashing-in-the-brinyjhabit with which most people'have becomo: infected during the present spell of brilliant!weather reached a climax yesterday, which-was in every sonso.iof. 1 tho word a: proper summer's day. AtG.o'clock. 1 yesterday morning the .youth of Oriental Bay; ' were, bathing in big. numbers in the placid' ■blue;'- later in the forenoon the municipal ;■ baths at both ends of tho city gave, sanctuary to the maximum number:, of bathers. Tho ; men'sbaths at Clyde Quay'presented a picture i at 11 a.m. Owing to tho large number desir- , ous of enjoying a sun ibath" it was-difficult to [■ obtain a seat all round the platforms. The r beaches also claimed splendid patronage duf--1 ing the-long: sunshiny day, Lyall .-and Island 1; Bays in: particularfi., ■ / ■■-.'.•',■ '. ''r ] . j.- '■'-.' 1 t There eeems to be good hotel business possi-' • .bilities ;for. champion- New . Zealand athletes •■ who may migrate'to Great Britain. ' "Torri" ; Sullivan (sculler) is understood to be a boniface : somewhere along the River Thames; 'George Smith (footballer: and :sp'rinter) keeps an hotel, '■' in Yorkshire orLancashire, arid now it is reI ported'.: that r.E; : :,Wrigley : (ex-Wairarapa foot-: ; ballor):has become aii hotelkeeper at Hudders-: The prolonged spoil of dry'weather "has" made I a 'decided impression water supply of -■ suburban residents who , have to rely on tanks. ;, -Many .householders.at Seatoun and pthor sub--i urbS;: are looking anxiously for.; the; , nimbus ■ clouds : that herald rain; s Harmless ■ looking' ' cirrus ■ clouds areoH that are visible in the 1 sky, however,'in.these glowing days. .'. ;;■■>■-.! ' : ."Heaven help, me! if disease should, break ! out, were-I to allow the existing conditions,to * exclaimed Dr. M'Afthur,. S.M., on b Saturday when'- counsel for -. defendant'; pressed r for a' stay of proceedings connected ■ with the , pulling down 01 a condemned building.' "There ' have ; been no diseases:. yet, your' ■Worship,". 3 urged counsel, after medical evidence'had been t submitted to the effect, that: the building was I insanitary. .and. a. menace .to public .'health. ['- "That may be," responded his "but, because':there' have ■ been: no/; wrecks it does ■ not follow '•• there will be no outbreak 'of 1 disease. .The ocean, liners have been traversl- ing .the. deep , sea for. long enough, but still fc the Waratah is. missing." . ~ . ■ .;■ . .'; 3 '.'■ k- loan '-'.of : .£SOOO, , which was raised by',. -the -' .City Council> when the erection' of the ■ Jorvois I Quay Fire Brigade Station was undertaken, 3 will .fall.'dueiri: January.. Tho loan is, to bo: renewed,:,and :a: special, meeting of ! tho, r council will be held on, Thursday next to; pass 5 the, necessary-resolution. . ■-. , ~ -,■ f. ..,; '." ; ,"Tho ; word .'paganism , : must be mentioned, ;" : with''• bated, breath,"/• said-.- , 'the Hev.: T.. H. , SprOtt.in his .sermon , at. St.:Paul's:pro-Cathef I -dral yesterday; morning; but he contended that: \ a recrudescence of paganism is at present being '••■ witnessed.: The original meaning of the Latin word' translated' l "pagan": was L a countryman,0 a. rustic; but j in later.'Latin it was applied/ ' to bnowho lived tho. soft, luxurious: life of a '■ ■ ;civilian as contrasted .with that , of tho.soldier, '' ;and "in this, sense.it ;came.to be used by tho. li early Christians., -They regarded -the-. Church o ; as an army every member of which was, supf~ posed, to."bo-:engaged .'i.ii warfare with.sin in j all its forms—a ;wnrfare from which' there was no; discharge .while life lasted. So; the Chris-' ?■ tian was required to be: cohtinually.under dis ; 3 cipline, trained 1 to endure hardship; and thbso t who lived a life of luxury and case, and. did 1 ;.'. not take, part-in'tho Christian' warfare ;wero v called .pagans.:.; At the present time,': owing ". to modorn inventions,: things whiph were once ».' tho exclusive .luxuries , of: .the'rich:'!are--en-!i joyed by tho majority of people. Mr. Sprott I l .' thinks that; this is' from oho point'of. view 1. a'jigood thing, but that ;it.brings with it a j. serious dangpr to-Chiirch and- -State as. it _■ tends to weaken character by creating ,-an "■ inordinate, desire ,, for'.'..ease and..luxury. ./In >• this'- way many people 'are- living the pagan !- life. Indeed, Mr. Sprott is. of opinion that wo y, are'all more, or; loss pagan....- . ■•".':'■■■:-''\- : :'-'.'- 8 According to evidence given by I)r. '■ Frengley 0 in a Court case on Saturday, a stable should bo n - ,as well; lighted as an ordinary dwelling, and j; the.total: area:of glass in the windows should c bo at least ono-tentli of the floor space.:. ; J , ; With a view to cutting dowri expenses qri the a New Plymouth Harbour Board staff, Mr: C.'Ai t Wilkinson, of Eltham, has-tabled a notice of r motion that the position of deputy: harbouru master be abolished; that the present harbour0, master: and deputy harbourmaster's'. services be 1, dispensed with from- January 31, and that.apq plications be called for the position' of har- „: bourinhstor at a salary hot exceeding i! 250 per ;. annum;-further,' that the employment of: a c , nightwatchman be discontinued. 'Some time r ago Mr. Wilkinson movod.itlmt a committee bo ajipointed to consider the question of retrenchinn'tho board's Staff but his motion found' no seconder.:: . : /■;■.. ■ ; .•,.■.;,"■■:■■'.- '■■■'.■--'. ■ ■■• g, ■'.-.' Judged from the remarks of people between it Hawcra and' New Plymouth,'the new : train eer- ;, vico.- is likely, to ..all'ect., Wellington . business. "It's this way," said a prominent Now .'-'Plyie mouth resident, to a "Dominion representative, 3- ."when tho train formerly arrived at 8 p.m. , , wo ;p ; 'could'.-always attend -to our Wellington corroj; spondence tho \samo evening, with, the result '1 that our answoring lutiers were forwarded'next 1 morning by the mail express. .Now: tho up-ex-c' press is,not timed 'to"reach - here till 9.20 p.m., !-. nnd as it would be 10 o'clock before we would iO Kft our mails,.we usually allow our. letters to v remain in tho boxes till next- morning. ..'We , arc thus, from a correspondence; point of view, '''' a day farthor : olF, Wellinßton than wo. used to }'■ bo; and this; fact is likely to militate against it business 'from..eithe'r-end," {The i speaker adt) mitted that Taranaki peoplel had asked for a a daily servico between, New Plymouth and Nα- ,-. pier, but it was.'not.thoughtthatit would bo ■ J at the, expense of longer 'communication with l ' ! their principal business base, Wellington. Comd plaints aro also, made hy Toko residents !<ro- - (tardiniv the fact' that, the evening train'from ..' btratford now leaves there'too early to connect j With,the express from' Wellington, ..:_ .: '- " : Shampooing; .Clipping,'- Hairdressing.r Sl»lfi- ,: ouring, Fnce MaVage, Treatment of Falling , Hair and Dandrulf, Combings made up. ;" Natural Hair-puds. Mrs. Kolleston (over 1; Carroll's). U Willis Stneet. 'Phone 1599.d Advt, 1

iccepted by Mr. 1 , , do J. Clore.: architect, for . ,„ tho erection , of the',new, English; , Church at,' ■.:•'; Muritai. Tho building,. whioh, is to, accommp- ;.:-■.'" lato a congregation 0K145, ; ;wi1l bo; erected'in, . jumcrated concrete, whioh' is a patent forni of ■. ■ : , structure, involving hollow sections of concrota, , . •; ;■•'•' lyliioh are damp-proof and permit of excellent ■ .-, mitilation.': '. .;. --.i■:..•■';.;. ■~':-.- - ': . '. -. -.':'■''.:'' '-'.:'•"'■'■■:: '.Somo 250 passengers'are to arrive from Eng- '..:.;;: laud to-morrow;by the New Zealand Shipping ■-,-.-.■;., Company's Tongariro, the number includiug.',-..'... : 182; in- the -third-class.': Of these. 24 aro; as- ';■■;. eisted immigrants, six having beon- approved;. T by the High Commissioner and • the ; roittftiudcr nominated by.friends .in the 'Doiniuicn. ).'.,,', ;' ..; Musical and dramatic; (butl chiefly, lhnsical);:; ..V oompetitiorishavc often been suggested ■ for - : Wellington, hut the project has never been :.,, taken up. It has always been found a diffi-■-'.,;, cult- task- to interEst , the' right class of. peo- ,-.■. pie, who arc divided us to whether such contests aro calculated to achieve any material/, y good. Such' centres as Ballarat, Brisbane, and Dunediti havQ got' past this stage. . aro . quite sure that the standard, of musical tasto ', ■ is raised by annual contests, and it is diihcult .'■ ,: to : soe ' how -it could .be. otherwise.; Com- ,:.., npfili(in< in anything -must have an ilnproT-'. . . ; : ing tendency, as they demand.much lu.-'ii.uiifui stuiiy; Our standard of niusio is ;'./,.- not that high that we can afford to. pass by,, such an aid-to better things, and it is to be ...... sincerely hoped that. something definite .in ■: the , ,way of establishing 1 competitions in ; Wol-'■•;-.;/;, lingtoii will he borne of the meeting to be ; held in Mr. Beauchamp-Platt's office, Feathery . ston. Street, this evening.. ;- "":■; ' ■■;-.■•.: \:.y :•'.•■':.y. It was once thought that, tho iStratforf-; ';, Oiigarrie railway line would bo opened to Tβ, , - Wera (24 miles up) by. the: end: of the year, ■ ~ . bnt : it is now understood .that communica-: ~ tion will not bo quite completo until some' - ; time in February. The opening up of the line , :■■.'.:•■ to To,-Wera before next doubtless v, be-.regarded as a blessing''by Htratmoro ;rcsi- " .. • dents who havo had to- battle .for years, with. ■ ■ ' - oceans.of mud on tne:main road to Douglas.;;;;..;. ;.-. "■' "There is" no' unearucd jnoroment," said a;-. Main Trunk lino farmer-toj'aiDominion , ; - . sentatiye. :"I came here eighteen years >jio,' : , .',; when' this place was a- wilderness, and, th» s .:... chances of a through, railway a. remote- pos- : .. - sibility. to. : be '-placed on almost level terms... ~;•■. with.the millennium. I lived in a ; wharefor.;,, y. years, imprisoned by nature and miles trom ■'• anywhere.'. I would sometimes never see » ■;:•: : human being'for six months. 'When I evelitu-, v ,.; , ally built this house,.the 'timber; for it;h«d :■ : ■ to be; packed from' Pipiriki on horse-book, •»..-,■. ;- distance-of-oves- forty, miles.- ■ The , freight of ..; ; . ; ,- sugar was, 15s. per bag; flour,'.2ss. per 100;. t o ;, ; , get my'wool into Hunterville; cost me £6 per. ,■-.;.;,■. ton. In the face of all my difficulties I have ..> married, and brought up ■a ■ family, who_ ov«n -j; -..: how have no school to go to.'and I: am - forced ; ; ;,;- to employ a. teacher on' mr own account, . Would I have gone through-all the. drudßery ~,;.., and worry'of.the past eighteen .years if I .had •,,•■■■. not thought that there - was" a-, ~.. 6f making this , land toy very. owu?.. Let tao. ;,;.- land nationalisation' theorists, epine. to inc:and.. , ; „: thousands' of farmers who like,me ~. ; in New, Zealand, and they, will hear .some ;.' truths: that will do. them .; : '•.;'^. v , '.j-;:. 'Mr. Stephen 'Gwynn,- Nationalist, -and mem., '■;...' ber for Galway, is the author bf. a book, entitled "Robert Emmet." . which is. neither, a. ■...;. ibiography nor a romance, but partakes of the,; ~.. j nature, of.: both,' and' tells the story, of. the,.,;-' short-livod, and tragically abortive-rising, in .. .■.-• Dublin in. 1803 (writes the-London correspohd- , ent-of.: the "Sydney. Daily'. Telegraph , ). ■ The., ■;;.- - author, olaims,in his preface that he gives a . . full' consceutiye account-of; that, famous, epi- :i ... - sode.in history,' based upon a : ,senous study.ol.;,.;. . all .the material, whether in-:,pnnt ormanu- -, . .■: script;: which is accessible to-day. ... .Ho. also , ; ... writes in his preface:: "In' thc ; summer of 1908, ~.; a Bouadron of: the American Fleet visited New ; ■■;'. Zealand, and was received .with great and cordial: -. ceremony, At a banquet given to the officers. ~ ,i.;t became known that'a'midshipman was pro- , / sent whose, name .was: Robert Emmet-T-grarid- ; .■;. son's grandson to tho Thomas Addis. Emmet, of •_- . whom ; there is - much ■ mention lit this book. . v . Immediately, there' was/a crowd of Irish, New. :, ■~ Zealanders : about thisyoung man ;,for him, the . ■;:;;■ general changed .into ... warmer, and'.moro. personal)! and. the Prime .:■;, Minister of- the Colony-that Sir Joseph Ward r, V, whohas been foremost in. pressing.' upon. Eng-.'.-.; land New Zealand's offer: of a- , Dreadnought— ■.-.. was foremost there' : als6.. Twelrome yoii, Mr. -.;,', * Eminef,' he said,: taking the: lad's" hand.i as ' . . an American officer, and-fpr.'my mother?was. -.■■■: aCork wpman-rl greet you also hero.for that :. ... other: great, reason.'" ■ Mr; Gwynn italicises;., -~ the' last ftve words t>l Sir, Joseph Ward'lf speech. :. '•;•' as ,though' specially and,- mysteriously sigmfic- .: ' ant. ; Ho apparently ".wishes; his'readers "to : ; -- ; assume. that jSir'. Joseph Ward, ; in^: his offioial-. -:. ■ capacity desired toisignify his, sympathy, with.Smm'et s!;;: ■ iU-starrod., rising,: andyhis, hope: that_lreland -..jii ; may-yet-, triumph, in arms iegainst; England. >-i.v Mr. : Gwynn.-himself avows*that; hope..diGhngtly.:,-•-..:' enough, , .but it.is'surely'doubtfiil^whether..his .<,< ■, insinuations that tho'iPrime Mnister.'of .New .;';,■ Zealand: also publicly ayoiys it is justified.;,;' \, ;..... ■ ' It'lins been iaid.over and over, again that' ; : . New Zealnnders travel morevthon any other ;;,- people in tho world. .Whethor.it is. in-, new -..-';.. counbles orin old, ; ; the Poles or tho, tropics, he is Bomewhero about,' and: ready- y ': for adventures' and ■' enterprises. It. ! is not ;,so •. : ■ often, though, that they are'heard of; as 'setting out upon ah educational quest, • uiid the' short , •-.■■■! account given by. the "Otngo Daily.,Times": , .of two young: men ' who aro aoiiig so is decidedly , ( - interesting. Oho 'is Mr. E. :'K.-: Lomas.L.M.A, ; • M.SCo assistot ,teacher at the,.Selivyn Col-': ; : legiate vichool, and the other Mr.'';-Ai' 0. John- : soni'B.So.V- assistant , master at, the Timaru. ... High School, and they have,decided;to pay ; ,a> visit- to 'Aiherir.a at: their : own, expense, ■ .with. , -.; the- object of. studying ;at'first ; hand. the very ' ■';. latest' methods of .education."in; vogue- in that. ■;. very up-tc-date country. Armed with: lotters :■/'•. of introduction , , from the Minister for 1 Educa-; ■ ■'. tibniwith a. rcquest.:that they bo afforded all '''■■■'•■,.'. facilities .in :obtaiiiing ;what is .desired", they■;■;.' will leave- Duuediu ,for the, Tlhited States • in•■■■: ,V. : about d-week's ' time, taking. their final ~de-' ..l parture- froui : New .Zealand at Auckland; on ; ■;•, Doceinbei 1 22. They will'be.abscnt'-for 1 a:period ; . -.'•':■' Of five lnonths,.hud vill during that time.m&ko : i; ■ a,-'thorough Anierican educa- .::-..; tional methods 'in: primary!:',and!- , .- secondary,;...,.: schools" and. normal 'colleges, .particularly', in ; ■ •'■':/■ !New 'York; and: Chicago..: , v: .' .•■•■■■. :• > ; "•'[.'. ']■'■;. ■.•'Bathirig..without'.sufficient costumes seems '■ f !tb .have .been; practised rather, frequently at' /;/ some.' of; the bays ; across ..the. harbour' of - late, ■■ '■; -'-• Councillor- Sanson, speaking at • the Eastbourne ■■■ V- , ■ :■ Borough. Council. meeting' on' SdturdttyVnight,;:-'':; ■ said'!ho. understood that/on tlio previous Sun-.; '; ■ day soino.twenty.young.fellows had!been:seen ■.■,'..,." jcoming along :the miin ;road;.from. tho: direo-i. \; '; tion .of' Day's Bay' with nothing on but .bath- ! '•..':' \ 'ing 'trunks.' Tiie Mayor, said ho 'had received.' ; : strong complaints, about that sort of thing! .It:,''• ; :to: ask;th6:loeal'constablo,to.cn-, - !':: deavourto.secure a;closer compliance with the: , 'i-. borough by-law.on 1 this matter,'and.to , inquii-o r\;\ as'to, the.cost of putting, up'copies Of the-by.:!. ! v law.; on thobedch. ... •!; -: : :■•';- ; -■:•,.( ; ;: .-•.■>'•'.■;■.'; > The .'half-yearly • meeting : of '■ the!'.WellingfiOa'.' ! ■', Pipe:,, Band. was held on Friday, evening : list, , : _-•; The secretary's report complimented the mein- ■;':',-■'' bers on.'the progress which ! had' been 'made.'-. - ioi-i tho past, six months, aud on; the. increased - -'.,- ■. : !■ < membership., .Tho ..totai/ now stands .at about ' : '. - 'thirty.-. ■ Many 'imporiaut, engagements wero: , .. , - '- carried out, The. debt on. tho new uniformj.'.,.. ; was prdctieally; extinguished': by> the concert^: X '.;. atPetone and Kilhiriiie. -Pipe-Major J.-Baillio. ; :. •resigned from, the leadership of the band. The : . following officers, .were eleotod i—Pipe-Major, V ,- Alfred Ffrost j sergeant, J.. Simpson j corporal, , .:; ■'■', R.iAnderson. Mr, Henri Swiff was elected to"..'-. tho; oommittee in .place of ,'Mr..:J. M'Lcllau ;; , The'serviccs of : Mr.. ■&.': Shaw: as : secretary , vver*; ! ]i'f.' unanimously retained for. .the ensuing "/sis': v.; mouths. Mr. D. Gillies ,was again appointed ,■ piesident.':' ■'■■:. " .-:'■'.' ; :'-;'■.■•■. -. ': : '\:---y ;■ .^ ; ■:■. ; -l-;:: ' ": The'ejiti'emo heat at. present'ibeing; expert- ;'';:■' enccdjn.tha Toranoki , district is affecting the - _milk. supply .of the dniry,' pro-.'". "■'• viuce, but it is: marring' the'.snowy beauty of .'.::; Eg'mont. '■■■''Under., the sun's fiercer rays, writes;.: ; our travelling correspondent, Egmout's majes^; ' ":' Ho triangular mantlo:of : white has hecomo' a';.- :: thing, of ."shreds and ■patches,"'; nipre- f :and : !V more- abbreviated,,as the'summer 'da,vs grow '••'■■. long. Relieved from their icy., imprisonment, ! :.,'.. patches'of .bush- may bo;.seen amongst- thai ■ snowy landscape's right up: to thc v top: off.Hie' VV- ; mountain,-, and' until, next /winter • Ifg;raont*« : -.j "milky.; white, grandeur": has departed.. ;■' V ; : .r.' '-■; : Asvregards lightiiw. forvhousehold , : ;:; ; the .population of .Hawera is possibly -bettci ■'.; : favoured than ; tho .majority .of. New.- Ztalnni'U'yVv .towns';.. .The ■ gas. and electric • lighting < co)ii.. v .f ■< piinies are.eaoh-private, concerns in opciieom<i,' . ■ petition,, and house installations arc insult! - ■ of cost; ,:]i,ates, including, those for , nninicipaj :-'.'. street lighHrig.'.aro down to a luiiumuni.■■ '';■■. .'" ; .:;';: The, St. ; - Peter's' branch : of the■ Ch'urch' oi' : . '&■':■ England: Men's, Society held its monthly, meet.v-'i-'l-- 1 . ing on Friday night, • whon aii: ihtcresUni:-:' : paper! on "Qccultism and Mental Healing: ',:. was ; road, .by iMr. 13. Xawlon.'. There was: I v:';.: good attendance.: The members' aro oagorlj ■/..:;'■ looking \ forward to the' visit of., tho rßevv H ■',' -■ -. ; S; .Wpollcombe,' who: is ,ht, present; in VAu!(- : ,r:.:-:, trulia,': where .ho 'is, having a mostVsudcessfn , ;.' ;'Y tour, as represjntfitivo of the, C.E.M.S;, ; ; .Mi ■.',■.": v: Wopllcombo was formerly head:, of Oxfon '• y> l , House, .Bothnal' Green; Loudon,Vwhere. hoVbali. ;v:; ricd on : tho : inspiring, traditions set: by .the'pro ;';■'■?!■' sent. Bishop of London, and, his other : predp.': '<-' r \ cossorsl: ;He. is' an':athlete,' nhd': ah I 'effeotivi '::£]: speaker, ; especi olly-'td; ben,'; ; : .:;;:;,.,v\v .:;,;■;•:•-.;.:::