LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

/ ■ —■ /The Maliciio, with; an' English and Australian mail, also an American mail, via Vancouver, arrived-at Auckland ;at 8.15 aim. yesterday.. The Wellington portion will be brought down by .the Main. Trunk express this afternoon. /■;:../ Advice has ' been received. that, tho Moorald left Sydney at 10 p.m., on Friday with i 3 bags of Australian mail for Wel.lington. '- The.steamer should -reach here, on Tuesday afternoon. /Tramway traffic' yesterday - Was exceptionally,'heavy. 'The special*, tramcars which were run.in'the morning, with'sixponny fares, : carried .627 /people. / There will bo : ii'. special." service to>'Lyall 'Bay to-day, and the corporation <: authorities have arranged.for one of the camels, from the; Newtown.: Zoo to bo •' on. the: beach j for the children to ride on. ' • • : : Although ' there .was'-.nb . serious accident - at: the; Tauhelinikau meeting on Saturday, spectators were on, ohe.. occa- ■ sion.- given', a thrill. This was ■ late .in tho afternoon, when. Mr. iT.' Ray's race- . horse Merrio' Land real'ed and fell back' upon.' Mr. Hay,; jun., who'.was -riding' .him in a preliminary. . The horse - was seen to suddenly stand on his two hind legs, paw the air, and then fall backwards. It seemed, a certainty that young ;Eay • must beeither; killed * or.. . severely, hurt, and, as horse and rider' lay On' the. ground, some hundreds of people rushed on to the eoUf-se in order to render assistance., J tot as the crowd'filled the, enclosure, another First Bat-' tery, was Seen .to be, galloping down the straight at full speed. It seemed that.;' somebody ftitist.. bo run down, and a shout of Warning Went up fi'oni- a thousand throats. .At the same, time' young Ray, who had cleverly slipped to .the, side of;hls:monnt as ; it .fell, and .who Still, had glim/possession- Of the;. reins of the struggling and kicking: animal* ; regained/his feet, and moved , to one' side, - as, th'e crowd scattered like; cliiiif .'.before the : furious : ; run of First "Battery. " , No- ■ body, .Was ':htoti:'-;-and'.';se'pjle'.s-bjreathsd easier at tho satisfactory termination of a somewhat sensational inoident. Two boats 'wero' lost off : the: Italian ; barque Doride in ' the ! recent gales on the. New Zealand coast.; The.barque,inet^with, heavy weather:.'during.:the; whole of her run acres! the Southern '. Ocean, but: thegale She met ./with ..when- off ' Cape Campboll : on 1; Christmas;. /Day.;. '.was.: far.:; Worse. than any she had previously, experienced.-' •and: the ; wind/,andv sea, carried Tier:, right up.; the; coast' to' ;.N apier;. Whence', she,'.-had to, beat back. After ,a. trying time she dropped , anchor, in : the;.; Stream' yesterday afternoon; - TheieightMh' , crew, :afe .all {Italians, . and : the .' majority'; of them' can : ; speak 'but a fewwords/of Ungiish.' Captain Pi .'Ca'caeeiiihi aster .-of: fho,"Ve!ssel/.liad >'• father. an/,&iixibtis., timo during 'the.'southerly,: and ; Wds : compelled to/ take v to, his bed for rest when the. voyage Was ended. ' • /;.':/ .The fire .brigade ..Were, called./out- at 1.38 p.m. yesterday to beat out a gorse ;and;i,griiS3::'fire;;on:'.,vacant,v'land; bn,;.Ha,taitai. Road. //:, i. /.;:/■// /■;. v/;/./ The Ho)l. : R.-M'Keuzie told :a "Christ•dhurch Importer that there had' bean. made at tno Seddonville; State, coal: mine of hard coal - ever mido ih New .Zealand. A fresh seam- had" been met:: with.' Vjlt was Van ' exceptionallylargo one, and, it '-:belioVed;-;:\containedi' several' .".mU'abn toils, of '..coiil; Only:'one. bore had been putl intb' the, Seam,'.but ; ifVit. ,was "all'like the . sample, it; would yield great > quantif tied/ of-':ft?.first-class " article; \r.The ; 'hew. State mine,- ahout .three. a 'half from the Point Elizabeth mine,-, was making, satisfactory progress.. At present, an-inclined 'tramway - was .in-,course of construction :.to;' the topof /theNPaparbaRange,' to help :in .'tho: working • of:' the; mind. It wis lmpcd/that. Mr./Sheckleton, the' Australian .expert, ; would:'be / very successful 1 in -.his produce, .briquettes. . Ho was experimenting iin that direction, andhadundertnkento'mako 500 .tons at. a / certain-pricei. j:^■■(;,-/. -.//li/HA poultry:, farmer near Mnsterton was nirpnsed./recehtlyi irto.ifindv'ybuhg ,'dUek:: lings dying off,:apparently from no cause.; After'losing; several-dozen, ,:one. : ;was-:'6ent: to'; a, poultry.expert,: for ■ examination, when. the causo of death was . found to 1)6, Iti-has', r that.inu vefy; h'ot; jweiith'or >,dutks "'always seek sliado and sleep most of the day, if- not disturbed..;. v,7,,;/ • ; "'/'/ : / •' .; Tho tunnel, .through ,the .Calton Hill at .Caversham,' in;;cennection.:withVthe.-Dune- 1 ; din-MoSgiel .■'.railway; l ;is.i near-; ing- completion: (says : ;Thursday's Dunedin •' 'Star''). .-The tuiihel- .will;fcent nine .ehaihs, less: than a mile: of good, work. Something-yikej iD0,000'i;ton8;-: : of sandstone. liavo. been' taken 'out. of, this, tho second ldrg'est\ tunnel in' New-Zealand." ;The work of. driving.;: the' tuhnelV.began'; • two years ago. : : Over, twenty' tons' of. blastiiig, powaei; .hnd/fiveitons of'gelignite have, been ; used. Beyond the tunnel' .work ■ on: the yduplieatioii,;-railway gees' fdrwird-: steadily.:;At/(Cattleyards., the :'constr.uc- . tion 'of :a;neW 'station isiwell . advanced/ It | is expeoted that trains Will-fun through the. new itiinnel 'to'-.Cattleyards'abblit,'Feb-. ,ruary. v:After the. Calton. Hill tunnel is. done'-with the wflrklof*piercing the Chain Hill Will.be put in hand. There will probably} be a good: many, races at. Winga; tui .beforef 'wrviee : il. in; operation; to and from Mosgiel. f:; The. vandals with,' tho penknifo and jthe ■ irresistible . ihipulse'; to carvo their ' initials 'on -anything tliat-l'wiir.-iJeadily: :receive '.them;'are;;reallyj; for, the ..necessary, repairs which' are. now ; being. made, .to; the capping stones ,on the' oalcony' ofthe'cathedral; spire;: (says . :ihe'..'Ch-ristohjaM:v'Tif«sS'')i-y;lsie-\ston«^ ■ which - are being , removed : had; , been Vsp. : ide.eply . marked;by:;these' illicit ; Caryings ; .that scores of hollows'wero left for rain ' Water. ■The ' Was.; .that;/ tW,- in-' ' teriors: 'of the stones: were' exposed to a; ■ -certain .extent, and: the ;process 1 of ,'.decay,; Iwas; immensely [hastened. .The' stones' , which llayp?*be^iii^" , t^£iV.-.do\ra:^ : stttSiW.^'-'tllia' ' very'obviously^The-.new.;'mate«ar,. now; being ;put' l in ,is ; New South:, Wales 'stone,/.Which, is "sufßbiently..hard'.-tb re-', . isist:: misdireoted .'efforts;, lit carrviigj';'aiid stands well against the most inclenient weather . .;;i' About a month ago a caso of theft ': at the-Waimahaka.' railway > construdtioh. works-.was: reported ; to'vthe-inv.erciu'gill but;- as "'is: only when ' tlie ' shitting . 'nature; , 1 of :;;the ma-; . -jority of -the workmen' is .concerned;., the ; ' attev : p t : Ito sheet tho .orime ;home'. has so. far. bo'en.'unsuccessful;.The..circiim-, stances; disclose, a ; paftiqularly, mean and: contemptible - theft. One: of the work- ■ men had received his 'wages for, the month's , work, only tlie doy' before., :Hia money! ho. had'in .the pocket-of, hi9 : :'eoat,' and 10?. had.' been; taken to,>pay.:.the . ;biker/;;-.Thei eoat;.was 'lef t,';:lyihg in the cutting 'whero,'the. owner .-was".working, but' When .he : went '.- to.- .take; ,his';coat: at ; the . conclusion of, his ■ day's...Work, the' ! balance of the .%oney 'th^t : -.was .to carry;, 'him' through until the! following' pay: day had been abstracted.—"Southland ' Tiuies." ;vv f : 'W'.'i'.s;','.' ; .: ; - - A 'peculiar study, involving the ques-: tion, "How' much' brain can .a man do' .withont?" has ;presented, itself •- in-f.ihe case of the, man Bjggs,; who. tried, to .commit suicide on his wife's, grave in; the Rotorua : Cemetery on Christmas morn- . ing. ; Tho '.bullet, emerged from, tho top of tho head above the right temple, ' 'carrying* away some of tho.'brain sub-. ' stance,, of. which; ,tho; ;doctor' .estinaates • the : patient' has': lost-.,seven,.;;.or;; oight ounces..' In spito-.of: this., loss, , however, the mad' is; making ai good .recovery,' find the Wounds are'expected; to'be healed, in n week or'tvvo.. Apart from.tho intei'wting. illustration';:of: a, man living aftel: having , lost several' ounces of -his .brain,: there arises the question whether Biggs ; . will be able', to ;walk when he recovers, as experiment'.with .birds and animals Ijas shown that tho frontal lobes of brain - control tho . movoments • and adjustment necessary , to tho balancing of ' tho body, and'their ■removal has 'rendered the animal operated upon incapable of; regulated action." In Biggs's -cftse. it is expected that'he will bo unablo to .walk,, through incapability to balance; himself.; At tho Jlount Cook Police Court fln > Saturday, before Mr.: T. S..'Lambert, J.P.; Edward Grove pleaded ,guilty .to ibeing found helplessly ' drunkin Abel. Smith Street. . Accused - Was; remanded, to;; tho ' Terrace (Jaol for' a' week's medical treat, fnont.- Harry,. Kebgh ■' pleaded guilty,. to, being' drunk' in Taranhlci Street. He was fined 'lOsi, ;or. 48 hours' imprisonment. Henry Itolorow pleaded guilty,, to having -been found intoxicated in the / Basin. serve, for which he was; fined: l0s„ .with the usual alternative. .., .• ■ ■ ~// Shampooing, Clipping, Hairdresslng, Mauieurlngi Face Massage, Treatment of Falling Hair and Dandruff, Combings made; up. Natural . Hair-pads. Mrs. Kollestor, . (Over: Carroll's)« . 14 Willis Street. 'Phone 1599.—Advt,

An exceedingly painful and serious accident, the; outcome -of a gale 'which ,tfas blowing at the time, happened to an olderly lady named Mrs. Webb/at Devonport, Auckland,. recently. " • Accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. ■. Tutill,y Mrs: Webb, who is. 78 years of . age, was pfoc.Beding to the . morning servico at the Presbyterian Church when sho was caught by a gust of wind while in the'act of opening her umbrella, and thrown violently to the -ground; Her. thigh-, was; broken as a result of tho' fall.' . She was taken to. her home, whero she received surgical attention, , and is now progressing as favourably - as can bi3 expected ii : the circumstances. ..- .•: . .'A diminutive boy of four, nauicd Wm. Rodgers, had 0. miraculous 1 escape from death at Auckland on Thursday. was crossing Ponsonby Road, at its. junction with Richmond Iload, but was caught by a train . proceeding ; from the city,., and' knocked dOwnj Tho bralces.were promptly applied, but the. child was.'dragged ;;six : .or seven yaTds," and went past the guard' qnd under tho body of the car. When the tram was, brought to a stop, the boy 'emerged crying, and .. bleeding , from a cut ion the head, but otherwise uninjuredi He was taken to a doctor, who. put two stitches -in the wound. Ail interestingfact ' in- connection' with : 'gold' dredging' was mentioned ,to ; a '11a'taura Ensign 1 representative, by ione ,who', has •i. good deal ,to ;do with . the; industry. It.was that on: swampy.jland when .washing, doWn is in' progress a large ;quantity, of shot;is always met .with ,as the result' of the shooting of . game on the. swamps since the breech-loading.-guns., generally used;; Naturally.,the-heavy'"shot", sinks - through- tho perforated gether'with, the' gold, 'and thero it remains until the niats .are;removed .and^washedi During tho past. six/months the dosing - hours '. for. grocers, in' 1 Christehurch have been- 6.30 p.m. on four days in thfe week," 9.30 p.m. on Saturdays, and 1 p.m. on Thursdays. A new. requisition has been signed asking that", the. hours should ba onVfour days .in; the week,': 10.30 p.mi on Saturdays, and 1-p.m. on -Thins-, day. :Thi3 ; .,requisiti6n .has : been?'certiiied to, by. the local authority as representing • the majority in the trade. A protest, has been made by grocers' who favour the closing hours that have' been-. : in force, during the ; j)ast six months, as.they; call in' question the;, bona fides';, of - a number. of the signatories whose! names appear on the; new requisition. The local oifioere of 'tho Department' of Labour are', visiting th& ? iplaces,; of ' business-;, of • the : .• persons i.whose h'names are'; objected to. in otder to ascertain ,if the objections oan. bo sustained.: The' number, who have; signed." the. if ectuisitionis. 171;. and those; objected 'to ?;■: number over 60.—Christchurch "Press." .'••••• i" V