LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 723, 24 January 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Huddart-Parker' steamer Victoria, with an Australian mail only, arrived <at .Auojtliind^from -Sydney-yesterday, aftor'n lmßton portion of this mail wiU arrive bv this 'afternoon's Main irunk express. : This week's English mail via, Suez will arrive here by-the direot poat iroin Sydaoy • on -, Wednesday. morning' : •; y _ _

hoarding'round a .oitv building hasl.been : ;n; .'battlefield for some billposters this. week. One morning the posters of a current' show wore found to liave been / ruthlessly > covered over by .the announcements - of'!a company ' whose season has not yet began. /.The hoarding (which appears to be anybody's property, ';J ar ; h'U-sticking; is concerned} - had quite a little; tale .to, tell;, on- the following morning. The management'of the otfonded company bad had • special yellow posters;, printed,-, with a final' announcement, and these had been liberally," daubed oyer all, the spaces being filled up with blue, streamers.., ~

; v "shoot" by .the D Battery- at ; i eatherstonis described,by Major.'Peth- . ® r . lc } i (officer commanding - : the .corns) as "best shcot. we've had yet. . I here . are three .other batteries still .to firth-A Battery, AuoklaM, E.-Battery, Christohurch, -and H. -; Battery,/ Nelson— Wore-the .results .of the' competition for the Rhodes Cap and the SEißcienoy Challenge Shield will be available, which will bo about tho ond of March. ,

The .grocery shop of Mr.- V. R. Simkiss, of Brooklyn, ' had ■ tbeen /open., for : . only' two days whem it 'was 'broken. into, by .burglars,, Mr. Simkiss recently took over tho.;boriM», of Mr. ■»!'. D/./Luks,- and about £J) worth of goods were stolen from ..his! new., premises on• Wednesdiy night last. - . It was while investigating this-■mattor-that. Detectivo' Casi!ells,:-and Constable . Poarce received information whioh 1 leu to the arrest of two; armed lads on tho Happy Valky hills . Our. Feilding correspondent' states" that' Zt A. J. Hunv so long .associated with: tho. Grand . Ho,tel, Wellington, . has . ucHookV 'Hotel,'..••roilding,--An excellent idea in tho ordnanced . training campsi. and'one which, should- be encouraged, is the . attendance, as spec- ■:• «' officers from; other, corps.: ing, tue field manoeuvres and. sfoll prac-' lice by. the. Battery, at Featherston 011 Saturday,/the operations '.were witnessed by Major B. Sherson,- Captain W. L.Bur--Lieutenants-A. :B. -MdrtouV-and C.! • Cap-. taiU; Ellis, 'and Lieutenant:-Price,' of- the f«op« Nayals,: -and Captains Turner, lUDiamul, 1 and Cowles, -of . the Welling--toil Rifid Battalion. The Auckland artil-lery-offiwrs expressed -themselves as be-, ing highly delighted /with tho results of- ; their, .visit ■ to. the Wellington battery.

•V of H.M.S. :Challenger played ;an interesting - programwo- , of; music in tho ground.! of fee Wellington Hospital yestorday . afternoon.,; The mUsio attracted a large number; of visitors, and gave the patients great pleasure.

' At a meeting held in the' Old Library rooms,-Hastings,. on . Friday,'last, -Mr.- E.' Hallett, ih the chair, it was- decided -to: grni an organisation,. :to' be called the ilawke s •;Bay.-vDem'ooratio);League.' ; It was- resolved- that :th? .main'-plank in the league b. -platform should i,be ,: the leasehold. . system of :;land -■ tenure. It • was aiM. decided .to run a/democratic candidate -for-, the Havko's Bay seat,- pledged to-the platform of the: league. : ::Tha' secretary was instructed, toiinvite.'all labolir union, members to the -next monthly meet"ig. ■It was decided .to invito Mr.. T. ;E. , t0 ,e» T 6-:ap, address.-in, -Hastings': on the land question. : . A deputation was appointed to wait on the Prime',Minister,: regarding the > - increase in - train fares mow ;; particularly.: the • bigger tionaV morease .in .second than in first-olass-fares- . ; ' . Our Groytown correspondent states that a : party of_ residents' .intorssted 'in the formation of. a = track up to Mount Hec™r,aro Grevtoi\-n - some time next week. They will meet a party who re ; ascending 'from tho Otaki side.

' Wednesday there appeared in ■The Dominion a letter; to the editor, from a correspondent, >vho: gave an'account" nf M -"W to. 4ve. earn th'/t th lbU M® i \Ve learn that the accident was a l ' trivial r2'«%f»s'S us that \her^r s a M a wthln W infor?a3 was-s&^^s Citizons'. Band as 'the '" 1 ° "shoot,", and "the offlSS,1 Xl,ress „ . tha »ts- to ?*' and • Barton for.-thcr courtesy in. allowing the uS w ; '? r: ■*? fo?'.operations at FeathersfJJj' e Battery also: desire to exnress their, appreciation of .the' ' 'nf ino.period.of the; camp.. - The- health: of

' ™ ourselves ''to-day.-'unbri- Hia Bishop Neligan, m the course of his ser mon at St. Peter's, Church last night" The preacher went on to say. that' thorn S wHV as a and holy prid£ and within certain limits we were rieht' To-daywe were full of what was termed Imperialism, but this was sometiS v dirty Word, not fit for. respectable me* and women, to .use... It .sometimes meant What money cantl. make outor it?' and when t meant was dirty and no"' respectablo. If, Imperialism was meant the gmtest responsibility God. ever , laid on mans shoulders, the word was lifted out of tho gutter, out of tho filth and dishonesty, and o'.canscd" ,

"A summary of ,the'passengers carried J, city tranihnes, sinco the inception of electric servioo'in Juno, 1904 to the eud of 1904, brings the grand total «iy to 05,128,857.' V The paragras ?.BS? ar ??' '? course of an article 011 rhe Mnmmpal Trams" on Saturday; The period "June, 1904, (o the end of lOOlf" should have read June, 1904, to the end of 1909. ' . . . " ""

The Wellington Navals, who arein camp.at Mahanga Bay, held thoir annual At Homo yesterday afternoon: i special .trip to the bay nas made.by the steamer Cobar, which carried several hun dred passengers. The Garrison . Band' played several selections during the day and afternoon tea was provided for the visitors.

.Shampooing, , Clipping ■ Hairdrossinu Manicuring, Face. Massage, Treatment of Falling Hair and Dandruff, Combines made up. -Natural ;Hair-pads. Mrs Rollcston (over Carroll's), 1 11 Willi. Street. 'Plicae 1599.. Advti •

Luxury in some parts of New Zealand is 05 great as in the. West-End-"of "London: Money is . plentiful in New Zealand, and there aw people in plenty who boast of their wool clip, but do they ever thauk.God for it? They are.proud of the prices their produce'brings on the London markets, but, do. they ever thank God for it? How. many men of wealth-in NewZealand to-day have rented seats in. the churches, and yet never darken the ohuroh doors Many men say: 'X would go to ohuroh if I had nothing to do, but yon know ,I have got.a new boat, or.l am, tired and want a rest after the races;'. How men: and women,,.too, inNew Zealand to-day are being starved in their souls by this damnable and cursed' materialism ? , . ,'. ■ Materialism, . the hydra-headed monster,--the.., product ; of luxury, is stalking through the! country. . . . "—Bishop Neligah on the perils of' luxury, ....

Saturday was the ninth anniversary of. the accession of King Edward VII, who succeeded Queen Victoria' on January 22, 1901. . The National Anthem was sung in some of the churches, yesterday. ' . ■ Yesterday's takings on the city tramcars totalled J326 12s. lljd.—a record for Sunday. .

At a sitting'of, the Mount Cook Police Court on,Saturday,morniiig Mr. J. Lachman,'J.P., dealt with four cases. . Two first offenders for drunkenness were convicted and discharged, George Robertson Gray, ■ convicted of disorderly bchaviouT, was discharged a' caution, and Isidore Jacobs, for drunkenness, was fined 405.; in default seven days' imprisonment. V -, (■ ■; . • . :