LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■: The . Inyereargill. left lavercargill on Thursday'for Dusky -Sound,;'■'.says .'the ''Otago'Daily/Times. < She.has on board, Sir; - Duncan and: party . from/ Gisborne, \vlio are to -.mako/.investigations :touching the/old)wreck. : ,at the. Sound. .-It/will bo rcraejnbered'/' that'/the /wreck/was 'pretty, generally believed; to be that of Captain Cook's; Endeavour, : bnt this theory /has been- practically exploded .by: Mr.. ITNab; who: places :her,'as. a; Sydney ..roalery ; The;; i'bsult,,6f IK-Duncan and'party's ,i re-, search; : will'.be awaited; with' some ;in'jterest.■-•;'-,.■ ",¥'-,'.■'■ ■--";■;■"• :- : \'■". ■ '■:-.■;''"']■'-•''■'■■'■' : i'-:~<''.i~ ' .- Speaking; to.; an /Auckland-.;"herald":, representative'in regard.; to ..the; disc.on-/ tiriuance 'of. the' second 'express, between: Auckland arid •■ Wellington, > the HonV J. A.':'Jlillar,-Minister- for; /Railways, saw that it' had::been.: the' intention'; at. first. to pnt- the! extra .train, on ■for;, three, months, 1 , but it." had ; been ..found ~ to; be unnecessary, asi. on only, three /occasions had :; it ■ carried; , anything like/a. payable; ;load. .The holiday: season was over, now and-, it :■ was .''not -intended - to 'continue. running; a' train for. which -there, was'no■ Jrablio demand. i.lt : hadVnotVaffeeted: ther ordinary,-.-:train/because:the', holiday-sea-' son ■'; was:. on, / and ; the .ordinary strain., would' probably -have , /needed - two : engines to :■ carry it'through, had/ it;not been r " for, the 'second 'express;-. .Asked' if ~there .was any '■: probability" of., the train: being 're-; .instttted.''in.'-the^-ne'ar»-.£uture , y. 1 --Mi!.-;Mil-. lar' said: 1 thati the'■; pnlyWoccasions 'on/ which it ..would 'bo-: required .for. .■many; years to come: would bo at Holiday, time, when the traffid.would;bo above .the'.normal. :'; It 'was: thought,/however; ;that: the; train 'would ■havG.'-be'en 'patronised :bet-' tir than it-;whs.:>.The: ; ,people:..for:;the most .part did not/seera to have any./de.'sire'yto : take., advantage of ''}&]:'r\s: -; ' : ' : -?~'i ..- ." Among the, passengers who left for; Sydney, yesterday -by- .the .War'rimoo was .a Eussiau Finn,/who. arrived ;by -the.Mperaki on/Tuesday,.inissibn''to'the Dbmini6n'.on-;.thp'.gronn(} that' ho waa .-.unable'':to' .applicaKon :, in\any;!Buropean ; : language., Iri^the"cise-i6f: i ''prohiWteduijnn;igrants".' the v 6wneTS'. ; of:' tho i'6hip : by travol to the Dominion;are liable for;the ; return: passage'.;- v.-:;,^;:,..': . ;",•'.■'.' :•'.'■ y;/'/; ■}'. •, At v a : meoHng; bn/Th'ursday-iart-of ;ihe :committee vwhich .controls /the;.; General Assembly.-' Library : the recess,' Mr. jyiUiam;;Fraser,, M.E.,''.was-elected;chair-, man^.foP'ithe^burrbht'Parliamenta'ry'recess. :'lt.; was ..decided ■.that:'-.the\-. library shall .be/'open;. , : tp : .■ properly.;.'nominated 'privilege:'holders,i-from: -.Monday;.:.weeK ' nest, ■:.'January." 17, : and.''ithat' : all.'ex-mem-bors. of/Parliament shall : be .'entitled to use;--tho library , any special: application.;UC6mplamt' Having , been :made '.that , : certain'. 1 privilege : holders' .last year ■failed 1 to: return:-.books'upon/ithe. 1 stipulated 'date,' ; and';in; other.-ways'- did .not ,comply/with.the regulations.under which privileges"-'are'!granted,, it .wasi ;' decided that any. departure,.from' the strictesti observanco Vqf' 'all. such :regulations - : would ■. be' followed by.-' an, immediate 'forfeiture ;-bf Jthe : prrale'ge.: ; -'. ■/•!\:l':[y^^P'!s , J!'-^i^';\. i '' t .Owing.'to:.';the; lack;iof 'a; quornm,: the. '.thirteenth '/annual' '-'m'eetingvbt ■'tne - No. i Co-operative'.Building-Society, to :;have: been .■held.-.last;night,- :did; not ' take'iiplace.. , .-';-',■//'■;!• !-',\ ; .'i $';':■ : ~.' : i'p's: :f i ! ; K ■'; ■ A 'Press ■ Association : message !; from ?almerstori.states that Mr. and Miss 'P. NathanVhave:.presented .a beautiful.silver /bowl: to;', the . Jlanawatu'. Golf/' Clubi/.-for competition;':hextVseason;• : ;^, :£ ','■■..; ■' , '://? ; / The suggestions arrived -at .'on "Wednesday last :at'the.;. , meeting.:'6f ,'tiycs/pf^.th'eXWairaiasa:'and':B.ush'>Chain--bers' 'of ■'',■■ Commerce -,:in \\Masterton,' are, judßing' thoZ/conversations'/hoards in Pahiatuii,' meeting;: OTtu , ;'; approval of; all ■ interested'.. in'/ this 'district. '<?.'. Our local --'correspondent |: state's. ■: that, I : }.i£(': at /present/.drawn;;..up;.'. ; thd'. timetable 1 , is not '.ii/any, f.)yay : .-;'suitable .for ■'3?a'.niathK;': : ;"!'-'./' : i'-zf^:^!';?^ '~X'4''.-' '-' /■.The.map ,of' New';Zealan.d] ''issued' by ;he Eail\yay..;>:Dopartnient, A/writes ..ithe Northern^! Wairoa- correspondent: to , the' "New-Zealand Herald/,'.'sets'forth:that;in every portion:, of,, .the. Dominion, .-except .'North ot':;Aucklanu; Vsport; in ;6ome form: or, other, is to be' found. , ; The'north has been : so;■use"d;tb : studied.neglect that little .heed : has'.been-,taken ;of .the Department's inodo of- advertising, but"'it:..is advisable that: a / change/ should '.beV made; -Every lake, and streamFin.'Hobson and.-Whanga-rei,:Counties has'/for.' long; ; been ; 'stocked :iviyi/trout,': and-excellent;sport in..that direction -is .'nows-i available. :As' ;; for feathered.game,', it' is.questionablb,' if; any .other.. portion' of-the ■Dominioh; 'ofiers similar inducement ''to^'Bportsjmen,/.'ana deep-sea: fishing; in/tho- Kaipara estuary «annot ■. jbe. escelledV J ."No : doubt, 'when, .:the.:-'NortK: : .Auekland' ; : Main , ; Trunk''line' pouches the' AVairoa,' the : mnp 'in question .will correction..'' ' Suva: correspondenty of .therAuck^ : land ,"Hei'ald''.writes:/"A.:Mohammedan' minister, -Slirza 'Khan, who,.has been'/in- . Fiji: since , April,-1898, has 'just forwarded to ■ the Gp.yernorr a : petition dealing, after', a long,inquiry, :with the grievances, of his coreligionists.- in .itliis colony.; Hβ/ begins ; with ,a very sincere, expression of loyalty. on the part -of 1 the..lndians -to the'Bri;tish Crown, , and then/goes;into-the. ques-: tion of,. Indian ;quarrels on ■ plantations.-' He-says if a man.is should be v paid ;bj^results./-So;far;- as' your' corres-; pondent;■/' knows this,-is' the ;'cause r'of' the ■: trouble.'. /Dock , :; 'of ■ his price, right" or, r :wrqng,"- and hp'll lay to 'get even w.ith ■'< you.', -.■paymbnt /by results' ;does not appeal' to:/;our dusky -brethren.' The; petitioner' also wants': schoolsff or -the. young Indians.with/capable.teachers paidby the employers or.the Gbyerninent, and ho advocates .the omploymerihof /clerks' inthe post'; office who • are / conversant; with Hindoo "\yriting (there, is a move in this. ; direction • already). ,':and most, iiriiportant of all: is ..the. question of.' Indian moralsi Tho behaviour/of the woman,is 'responsible' for . nearly 1 all /.the horrible murder - cases here,: and. it /i 3 : suggested ■that the o.mciation-of; Indian-priests, at inarriages .should/'have-./the'-.'recognition of, the local Courts.: There :is 'a lot, in this, and, if carried .out, it will,save the: colony .a .lot ,'of trouble.' , .-.;:./.;; : / r ; . ; A:Wallace.Street:tramcar 1 left the line, at. tho' intersection : of/Ballanco Street with Customhouse' Quay yesterday-aftor'-:noon. It was .subsequently-found;, that ;tho .misliap;-,was''occasiqned: through a :dol'cct in;. connection with tho attacb■ment ofonb of the rails. - : / : ;■'. ■■'• "■ ; The Aotea' Land:. Board, which patat: Wangauui .on Wednesday and, Thursday, -will'hear a-number .of ;iiew. applications therp on Jauuary ,24, and .will then adjourn to hold a sitting, here on January 28./•■:•.:-;'-. /p'-■;:;;:>://;- ;.; ;'' ;■:; ./. ■; ' Bc-wlers'-'Hats,. Shoes; and' Tronsers' at Bowlers' Prices, at Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd.-Adrt;;. ' / '/ ,o .-^.;..:,/ ■■'. .'/":'.;?;.;..'-.'

As the 6.11 p.m." bar from Scatoun crossed the Miramar-flute on Thursday! a child, not more than two years old, was, observed wandering 'on the line.: From appearances, it had been out in the sun, bare-headed, and bare-footed some hours, and was sobbing bitterly. The guard took her in; charge,, and, finally,, .after, making inquiries at different stops,- kept his car waiting while ho deposited ;his "find" at the police, station, Kilbiriiic; Considering that he had to keep uptoihis running time, .the thoughtfulness and kindness of the guard : naturally: did not escape -the appreciative notico .of /passengers. : -■ ; .': : ." " ' •■'.- : iy.•'.•'.'■■■•■

The ousting of: Canada, by. New; Zealand : from the' English cheese'.-.market: is being noted by Hhe : American "press. .The only, hope;for the: Canadians, according to a message published in the Chicago "Eecprd Herald" from its Ottawa n'gent, is .that butter-making may. again become more ..profitable-", thau' cheesc-makingv in. New Zealand. . "New Zealand, make, of cheese,": the "Herald", says, "has■ now displaced the Canadian make on tho English market in the ' winter season; The present prices do not'encourage,the' farmers, of Canada to increase' the number of their cows. ' They -will , not continue in the dairying business •when..thoy.;can make money out of. their grain, and , hogs. The only'.hope for Canadian cheese lies in : the possibility . of: Now Zealand .;'rev turning: "to the manufactufevof; butter, , in .which science New Zealaiiders excel Canadians easily." ■' . - ;•■..:. ■■'■■•'■:',■•■'■;

; All tho Labour Department offices,' with' the exception of-the men's employment branch in , Hunter Street, will be removed to the To Aro Post Office buildings within' the; next .fortnight .Among -the; offices for'.which new: quarters;are Being : found are;the heail'offico,,.commissioner of.conciliation office,- and. the : factories,..and shpps .branch/ (which are at present';;: 10-.; cate'd-'jn;the. A.M.P..buildings), ;ahd,.! l the : wonien's.branch'(which is new-located.ill Boulcott: Street).; . As. a Tosult..'of-;th'e: change,' ■ a v .'considerable-' , .saving in -.rent will ■■' be .'effected,' ;■ and, r-in - addition, ; the new offices wilb.be:more cohvenient.T'as: they' have ' been , specially-/designed l to suit the requirements: of th eDopartment..

: . In 1907.. the*' late ;Mr; Fred'; J.' Kersley,' a then prominent worker, in ' the., Bible 1 Class. movement in:, both the. ;Wanganui. and Wellington districts, left the, sum.: of. .filOOi- , interest : -accruing. : ion 'same ;.to'be used for prizes ■for.an': essay, :competK tion ;to: bear, the donor's name. , ,- . Two years' interest: had '■■ accumulated, , . and' the; first ■.competition: ■ has C closed:-: .The:'sub-; ject'choseniwas!'VU'hati'is:Lifo'to MoR" and : theprizes are :£i' worth of-bookstand M worth of books.^Soino'excellent .essays were received; diet 'is as follows High- School; Mnrtonj 2P. H.:A. \Vorsop -• 22 Argyle Street,; Wangantu; -and 3 P.; JoUy.St. Raul's Glass, jChristohurch.; The three'prize.essays-aro.-publisliedvin the current : number :of '."The; Outlook; ...;

: ,Tho of, .Chri.stcharch•' and ..most, of Canterbury',.-suit's" cyclists ;■ excellently,, and 'about; 30,000" bicycles, are .in. daily, use ia the city: : The police records,.show, that-during 1909 upwards of*«o.bicycles were reported : ."stolen;",:ln Christchurch alone the machines.ranged,in^valuo..from; £5 to £25, and, taking value means', cles -were misappropnateq. i.---lne-vproppr-'tion:of'convictions\for.'tbeft .to .the-niirn-' ber bicycles reported: stplen : !has./been. ' very >.' sinall, ! 'owing:;, toy the. f act;; that a, person who, steals' a /bicyclo; in}; Christ-, church'rarely retains.- ; it;inl-his ; ;posses-'. sion for; more than-a very; brief-,period,, preferring, to; leave it somewhere streets';or i ; in • a paddock rather,thiii'sr.un> the risk.of a.criminal,prosecution'.ij'Thuei "more than : 'half, the^stolen; ibioyefes/ have;, been •"returned"*, to" the owners, : , sometimes - within;: fewidays';;bf:;;tliev;theft,.;and;. Bometimes ,;nbt '■ for/ a : . 'considerable'itinie. _;.-.

' The heat,■ and. tier general air oMeiEbrfc liriess .that ;pervades;;Ctoistchurch;.were responsible /for- a : ; somewhat- ..unusnali.' .oc> currenc'e..the':;btier day .(says-;tho':'TreSs,) —nothing less "than the, "holdirig-up'of' a tranicar. by ■ a -.couple- of;: drays,-.standing "acfos's'-the 'line. ; '.:'.'Wh6h ; ;'the'; conductor of -.teams '..danger,';;he> found;that!rthe driver of, prossiye heat;■:had;;fallen:'fast- asle.ep,:! ; the .the;'abs»nce: of'nirguidingihand .to •have''a;temporary.J respite'-.-from;-their., , ;toil.O':: By'; shouting loudly v the-conductor m ahaged;'.to .arouse, the-sleepin'g"driver,;: ; -who. ; ;.'gazed.ardund : him'.'m-' a'' dazed imanner, pvidently, ,s at; a. loss for the. moment \to ■grasp, understanding 'of . ; ;affairst-<ileanwnile"..the;;car' 'proceeded; on v i';;;i^v -,^

;■;Sbme:;ihtereatihg'-facte ?aro tolte leiirnt from .theinow : .Calendar, of .-the'rEoyalj.Col-i jege.-of.;Snrßeons^'.whicli".ha3 ; 'just:Uieeii; publisßM:V:JThCTe^ , are,;Ut-; i appe'arsi'i.;,l(l,9s7; members' of tlip: college')living;at "the'prc-; sent : time, ■■ .whilstithe liiciorrdistinotion .of;thec6Hcge.!fellow>hip: , rt?.E.!C!.S.>;i3-:held; only' by , ' 'the .xbra'patatively: small...iiumber,: of - 1i57 'medical' men;; ; rrho' ; 'senior '.fel-; low ■: of '..the college'.;' ;.G.'.'Garrick 'Street,, who.vnsed'.to 'be'.chief, medical;'of-; fleer at-tlfe; : GenoraVPost;OfficeKWhilst!'tlipV "father". of the Eoyal .College:of .'Surgeons is ' Surgeon-major H. 8.-Hinton; M.R.C.5.,. Eii^i, ■> late ' of,. the ' Bengal;. Medical; Staff. - Major iHinton, : 'Who 'is: no,w- living-, in;'Aus-:' •;tT.alia;Vis"iii;)us;.ninetJ! r .-seVentli '.'yoaryiand" in ■ a.'.r'ecent., commuiiiciition; to: the.Voffi{, cials,; of ; the whose .. diploma!'■ he. holds ■declared. , , that, he-was in., excellent health'a'nd'hop'ed;to'.live to be100. ; --.-.j?>i\;;--V (. ."The :;mining - strike ,'in'-.'Aiistralia:jhas' had- a ; serious-,"«ffect. l :upon the importation .of- waler horses.into: Bombay , ,.' says, the ■"Times" j.of "Indianof : Detemberß6,' ~"o.nd.' unless the- r Australian\ ; Government: is-able'to bring .about a 'speedy settlement., of.."tlie...dispute,': .the.whole,- ofij-tKe-trade:-.in.:" Austr^ian: : hor6es-..'in : 'Bo;nbhy: : for; : -'the ( . : pi^nt0'opld.-! : Masoii'.-will;-.be'''eii:' ■tirely'spoilt.', Usually .three'or, four, ship-! inents.;of.;horses arriye : ..in : BombayC between, the beginning'of 1 November and. the !end of .February, aud' Mr. K. : 'G.V Baldook, . the^argest,importer of,' Australian 'horses' in-"the; city, , , geiierally,: brings;aboutl.lsoo horses' for'..supply to .thei.'EemoUnt: ■ment,\to''native. Cavalry'regiments and .to. ■ciyiiiah .purbhasers.': /.> Up. ■:-to!; the ■ prpse'ht! i;time,j:.\vhen:,(iuite'.v ; two-thirds'-'.if, ; .thcse '.horses 'should already' have;:ai'rived,;'only. 'receiyed.;.!..'. l - 1 ;. In'ordinary oirpumstiuices. Mr.; Baldpck : supplies. about 100'-horses' to;-the \Kenioiint JJepartiheiit .each' cold'.'.seasoni;. and.-;by this'.'.. ternis'Tof■; ; the,' coptract'. these'.-have ■■' to': be t ihanued , 'over.'beforeVthe 'eiid 'of ■February.': 'i-Tho ; shipments', which, havo. arrived ha.vev been , .'almost: entirely, remount jiaad .native; cavalry : horses,.and".'so, (.with: the '.prdspect; of ■'■■. an ' early .;•; settlenient; of J' the strike'.through, Government, intervention; : tKere''i : shoul_d-;-not-;,feVmTich-Vdiffi.6ulty".-iin,i ■completingi the , ; regular. contract yw thin. :tlie.reauii'ed..period,'>;'rb.e'.'chief (-finfferers;-: haye ; been' private purchasers.": il:ln;.order to;xbntain:a'":number.of gifts: which; hdve;:recently. been>lna'deto!. the, ■Anglican. Cathedral,-. tho' : Chapter flias':had ,a, glass, 'casat'coustructed^aiid-'placed-in itlie-.transipt,.says, a- southern":'paper. - j:j. It. contains!the.following' articles connected, with:'the'iatb ; Bishop; : Let- : ; tei's- Patent from.', the .Crown, his episcopal ! seal,:.'thri first .•silyer.'.'trowol he , '■-laid. : 'i:'. foundation-stone', (this fwis made' out: of.'a' iiv'e'.shiUing-pioceJ.'iand; ehat'.with which : 'he'' laid:' the-'.'foundn-: tipn. of;tho ; ::Cathedral;4n^lßG4.^ : ;; ; Ali: these;! are. tho':' gifts. of ;■ Archdeacon : v Haf:, ■'per'; i'Bishbpi,Julius : ,has '■'■'given';a:; parchment copy ! of tho' inscription enclosed : in tho i; foundati6n-s't6n«- of.'the .Cathedral,: a. : c9py of. the Prayer-book.specially-.pftnt-: editor' the Coronation of King .Edward' Vll, : 'iand'.a :','Breeches Bible."-V ■'• This"; is the : title usually -given/to ' ; the Genevan: Bible'; of: 1560, : > becauseVin - Genesis ;.iii; -1, where the ; authorised-version': ; containsj:th6 : words ; "thcy?;sewcd.-' fig .-.'loaves; together, and'mada themselves' aprons" the'; .Genevan" translators used the. word: "breeches.''.' IW'.version- is' highly esteemed-' for;.» its' rarity,''and. the Cathedral .'copy.-'is bably' the- only onoin: New Zealand..';.'. , :

■The .Auckland-Harbour;.Board has Vre- , : ceived lottets from;;Briscoe and C<>.,i:aml ■from Wingato and Co., in./rcspoct tpithe; loss/of explosives stored on''the .bojird's powder ■.hulk,-which was.': by : an. ; Explosion ,'■ on.. Noyeniber 10.' ■: Briscoe and Co. aroida'inii.ng tho. su'm.of-'iIIOGS 135.,' and Wingato and ,?s.:.illd.i In the formal notice'of action: received by the board,.' it is alleged: that.- proper was.not exorcised by, tho; board or.its.ser-; vants in regard to th'o safo keeping of the goods.-It is, thcrofpro, claimed'tnat;the. board:is liable to' make good the'.dam'ag_o. : ,Tho letters wore.-rbforired to. the .board .iiv coraiiiittee. A: letter .'lias .bepn '.reccivbd from the Marino Department. stating that the: superintending ■; officer .'.would ■ visit Auckland shortly; in c:onneotion :\vith .the selection of ■'dVmagariiio.-sitq. /;■*. v..',;'..;

Shampooing, .. Clipping. . Hairdressinc, Manicnring,■ Face '.Massage,- Treatment of Falling, Hair and. Dandruff, .'Combinss made up.. Natural Hair-pads. •■'■ Mrs.' Eolleston ■ (over!. Carroll's), 'U Willis " "Phone 1599-Advt, .'/.J/; :;-.■■>•