LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal antborities 'advise' thai! the Manuka, which .left Sydney on Saturday, January 22, for Wellington, has; on Jjoatd an English' 'and, Australian mail , which is '■ duo liere on .'Wednesday next;' JanuaiT 20..;:;: .-i ■:.:.-■ t :-v::;:'/,-' ; ' , -,' "■■■-' -■

.Dean' Fitohett, -of Duhedin;' mistrnsts his., follow; clergyjneri of the' 'Anglican ■Churot'-as'-possible-revisers.-of ithb"Pray«r Book. Speaking at the Synod-last even-, ing :ho recalled-.a:,.Church;; Congress' at' Christchurbh' some' years' ago,' when lie was asked to,; read ;ii .paper'. on tho .'Prayer, Book-' f ljy' an.vabsent -clergyman. ..The paper 'contained' proposals' for; . entirely recasting tho .Prayei'Booki'i : As an;indication of. the.character of ; the sohem«, ono .of the: writer's';headings was,.-."Ad-ditions by;' : way /of ;.curtailment." (Laughtor.). The: same, clergyiian; wrote his own hymns, and ,it-was..presumed -.that .his congregation' sang them;'..■'.• In hi6,.Queon Victoria Jiibileojymri, he had the lines i "Praise the. .Lord, i for He has . given. Sixty, years , o£\ gracious: reign.' , . ;: Dean Fitchett; added, amidst .further; laughter, "Ton. cai.epell*-..the"-last;!word as : you I'like/' ■■■■', .-::: ■-,:::: ; : ; ; -../iC'. : : ';' :■.'■■ :.'■■'■

: The New • Zealand Shipping Company' has accepted .tenders :for ■ecoufing.with hot water' and soap aboutl3ooo.' bales .of woolfrbm thowTcclced steameriKaipara. Tho; : sneoessful tenderers . wdre .. Messrs. Murgatioyd Bros.', Sutherland and' Co., the -Onehunga Woollen : Mill ' Company, •and .several , fellmbngers belonging;; to Napier.'.; :' : -: 'r : \.: : ' .

. Memlwrs of the" New: Zealand ' Shop-, keepers' Association.do.'not appear,.to.be taking, any .particular ,, interest-, in:- the, question of whether ,^\ T ed!iesday: or. Saturday ,'is deeidcd : on. as'Vthe , day for 'the. 'statutory .half-holiday^;. Only five: members .attended a meeting.called.for last ; night:to-disouss the- Theohair was occupied by Mr.':H;'H.' Seatoh/. On tho motion of Mr. D; S. Patrick, seconded by Mr. T. Arthur,'it-Svas decided that the meeting affirm .the principle' of ' the Wednesday half-holiday as being the most, suitable J tor v , both '.jhe'shopkeepers ; and the.public. . ';!■-.,. '"-':■;[. l' A -.-,.' v ': - ;^ '■..',

■ Tho practice of :: cremation has.caused anxiety to some clergymen,-because the Book o£ Common Prayer provides no form of burial service - exactly. ,r applicable , : :,to. this mode ■ of; disposing , of; mortal .remains.:,,. The Anglican. Bjshop pf Welling--ton ;has .issued a special form of;-ser-vice for: tho purpose;. The Bishop 1 of Christchurch, speaking at the Synod, terday,.' : said that .the . only.'choice;.'. afforded ;l>y" the 'Prayer. Book was between burial ;at sea, and burial in the ground.

Grants to • the. Wellington Education Board for additions to the'Muritai. School and the erection: of a teacher's residence. at-Mangamahoe have, been authorised'by the Education Department. ■'.:■.'..'■■,■■':•

':' Bichard Arnst,, champion .sculler, of tho world, passed through- Wellington, yester-day-en route to Christchurch, wnere/.lio is to make a; stay (probably at his home . in ' Tai Tapu) before, going into ■ active 'training for his race'--with- \Vhelch_at. Akaroa during the Easter, holidays.'• Pel-, cod, the winner of the Foxton Handicap,, is travelling with Arnst, and will act as his pacemaker during the training operations at Akaroa. ■ The Union Steam .blup Company has arranged;- to . dispatqli. a special steamer'from, Lyttclton. to:convey excursionists, of whose scullers are to receive 25.. fid;; per .head. Arnst has ordered a newvagor boat (of the Parram.atta),: in. which to ;row Barry (champion- of England), on the Zambesi during the coming,.winter, and is ordering sorao new sculls from Norton,; of Wellington,'for- -the samo purpose. Mr., Harry Floyd, the .veteran Sydney trarnor, will' probably: train .Arnst for the Akaroa. event. .".. . .;;. -. ■■

Interest, ■ depreciation, -v and '. sinking funds allowances having been mot it is estimated thattho profits on the workinE of the'trams for; the; month.ended: January;s are about 22000. ' ■_-,

."Wo are not-.a nation; Tve;have no national consciousness," said; tho j-Rev. T- H. Sprott, at the Anglican Synod ' Yesterday.'' "Wβ' imagine wo are a nation, because wo , have spine.of .the outward insignia, such, ns a .Parliament,, police, magistrates-and a public debt. ' National lifo-will not como any more quickly hero than it camoin tho Old World. ■'; v Shampooing, ■ Clipping HairdressiDß, Manicuring, Face Massage, Treatment of Fallin" Hair and Dandruff,., Combings made up.- Natural ::Hair-pads;. , ' Mrs. Eoll«ston (over Carroll's), 14" Willis Street. 'Phone 1500. Advt. , ■ ■ . '

• Recently the reaches of thollanawatu Eiyor above.the Shannon Bridge; have been almost unnavigable; by the, little river craft, but (says our Shannon correspondent) last week's rain has much improved tho volume of water in the channel. . . . '. ...!■'.-. ■'.

In. connection with the moonlight entertainment, which has been arranged to be given. at Lyall Bay to-night,.- it is .announced that, in tho event of the weather' proving unfavourable, making a postponement necessary, signs will do exhibited at Winder's Corner and Courtenay Place.

Tho ordinary . tram . revenue : taken' on Saturday totalled ,£552 In., including special cars, which j-ielded .£ls 155.. : The total for Anniversary Day last year.was £ii 2 135.,: exclusive of specials. The irevenue on Sunday was iKKfi 11s., which 'constitutes, a record for a Sunday,..the' previous best having been <fi!os, on Decomber 22, 1907. .■;. . ••'■••. : : :.

Sunday morning's special tramcars carried 688, passengers, 026 adults and 62 children. The late cars on Sunday also did well. : The car leaving Newtown. carried 121 passengers, and the car from Con-: stable Street carried ,89 passengers. The, Mayor : anticipates that , notwithstanding the big slump in the winter the tramway revenue at the 'end of the financial year will bo.in excess of last year's .revenue. • ■'.•

The Morayshire, which .arrived from ; Liverpool, via Auckland, _ ''yesterday, brought 65 passengers for southern ports, only; about 12' having booked for Vellington.; ' •;"■■'".: : . ■•.•■": ''••".■,' '' v ' v

The 'WBiship Challengor will remain in.'port until Thursday nest, when she will leave for Auckland. ■:''':<■•:-■■•'■ :"■•■

. For several days past.boring operations have been in progress at Mount Wellington (Auckland), on behalf of the Eemuera Koad Board with a view to finding : water 'as located by the Eev. H. Mason, water diviner.., On Friday last Mr.'- llason's prediction was' borne, out. Water was struck at a considerable depth; but the supply available will not be-known-for several days, until the borings have gone deeper.';■■'.< ;-';-V-. ■'. ■;:.■;."■'?■ iy.i'-.y. - : ~fi;':-i '-y-

'■; 'Whilst:-fishing from the Tyser,'Company's' Star of Canada at,Gisborne last : Thursday, one. of the '■ stokers'■ ran a 'fishing hook '■; into his .-wrist,, arid!,'it'.V-.was'; deemed advisable to bring:the ; .sufferer "ashore _ for. medical .treatment."'. One. of the ship's'cutters, in/charge of an ofu--cer ■ and crqw, .was accordingly ■ • launched and. a start made: for. the wharf at about 8 p.m. \ ■ When about" half.;the distance had been rowed from the'steamer to-the. breakwater, .the boat was: : found, to .: be swamping, and on matches being struck it was found 'that- the plugs .that should' bein the ;bottom .of the, boat were missing,: having evidently been, knocked out in , the, launching. - The ■boafs;,position was serious, and it was decided to : make for ■ the:Kaiti:beach. ;■■ Great'excitement was.orcated amongst the'oampers on the beach when their attention was : drawn to 'the sputter; and-- a ' n\unber ; of-. people' walked'.out to: the-'end'of the.rooks,"and; by:'calling'.out .directions, "greatly, aided' the" cutter in'mating a safe landing. l ' The adventure ended in : nothing' worse than a; duckirig; for the crew. ? The" cutter was not damaged, but was'in! a 1 sinking .condition .when.the beach was reached.:, The injured man.was, thence conveyed to'-the hospital;;'" ; .^:V'• ";':! ■":"'':■:■'':■■.','::■:!■'.:•.■:■'

: ' A;meeting : of teachers. attending'the summer., sohopl' was held! at Auckland on Friday to! discuss" the;desirability: of :ostablishing .a : teachers','club. Mr. , E. English ' presided over, 'an attendance of■: about! ;60, and . Atkins, 1 , Smith,."Howarth, and .Chnrch spoke at some length on .the .advantage suoh ; an institution; would be to .teachers coming to town on vacation. The various speakers 'held ,that!it : would bring, teachers .together'fraternally, ,, and. so provide esprit de.corps, , .add dignity! to : . the and! by" the. < exchange of ideas help education generally.' It: was .unanimously .resolved, to urge, the Country: Teachers': Association!,to estab-. lish.a cluby-arid. a committee' wasV appointed i. to /gather data; <■■■ : . : ''•.'-' .!

.■'.■ A rather unusnal application was made at , .the' Magistrate's. ■,Court' at Paeroa. .when Mr. ,E.. T. Bailey,.\ inspector: "of :awardsi.applied tp'be.aUowed his travelling "expenses 'against: who had.been .fined for a breach of an' award." Mr. JBailey.said-heihad.been' , instructed by his DepaTtment : to ast'for his expenses in-these'cases.',; The magistrate;,(Mr. .F , ., ' J.:- Bursess) .said. he" certainly: would: not grant ■ the there , . ! was!-; no> reason'why' the ; inspector should be' in ;any better;positipn.than'any ; other plaintiff who '.came .into:'Cburt!and conducted his own; case. '.Unless a- general rnle to that effect was-made," he woul '. dhot;think of granting- the .inspector's, travelling-,ex-r^ns^s.^"Ohiriemuri,; ■'.■;' The'''presentation' :of:\trophies to.'.the in.the recent North Island BowlV ing tournament -is ■','tov'take. place! at. the. AVellirigton; Clnb's pavilion !at.s ;p.m;: to-morrow., .'/A big! gathering "of bowlers is anticipated.-, ■;.•-'.,■.■.-■::;,..;;.'.':

I-. At the Mount Cook Police .Courtyester.day, before! "Mr. : T.!S.. Lambert, J.P;, Robert Jones.; pleaded guilty, -to a. : charge of ■■ boing:' found helplessly' , drunk;in.'the EUice Street quarry,, into: which-.he/must' have! fallen,', as; his face lVas; much ..out, presumably: by ;the' 6tones., Accused was fined'ss.', ! or. .24 '.hours';'.imprisonment Annie Evans was charged with:insobriety, ■to > which, 'charge, she pleaded guilty, and begged'for;, , a: light';fine...:'Acou6ed,,.who was i by no".means a first, offender,;,"was .fined :55.,. with ;the ; usual ■ alternative.'.'-o':,

,Sir; George Ilieid! at a recent-farewell meeting in, Sydney, gave .his ideal.for Australia of,, the'.inear future.' "I'.am! lookv ing forward to a-time," he said, "when the ambitions.:'ofV.Australia;;will,..rise higher, than mere amusementj; when the pursuit of.'physical!'culture,. which is,, of course, basic to all other human pursuits, will be looked upon as only the ;hunible foundation •on -whichl ■ ~the' ■'■• glorious triuniphs ;of .the ! human ■■ mind ' can :;_be raised. :; Eemember- this—that the greatness'■: of a country : does' not lie alone .in .'the c !material: benefits naturo' has -lavished upon it,. but in ' the."intellectual !':use' its people make!of tho material resources.of. their'land."'; ,, .!':.;i:v-:;!;.::;: K -i!! V;\,

Instructional practice in big-gun shootingl was carried; out -by v the Wellington Navals. at Jlahanga-Bay yesterday morning, and in-the evening, under the searchlight, there- was also some'- preliminary practice in night-firing;'with -the quickhring guns. •'■ ; . '" r ,, ';'- ' ■■'■ ' / : ,; ■ ' ; '

■ Mr. Maughnn : Barnett, ;.the, : munioipai organist; will give a recital .on the Town Hall organ at noon next Thursday for the members • of-..-the,' Anglican .General Synod and: their friends. .: : :'. / /

■ Shooting: men who patronise tho weekend rifle matches at 'l'rentham on Saturday afternoons, are. requested to note tliat their -special. train - will ; ; in. future be, scheduled '■ to leavo Lambton Station /at , 1.55 p.m., and to arrive back at C.40 p.m., stopping at, l'otone ea'ch.way. '.- ..':,/ ' and Makara; flower' show, is to be hold at Karori on "Wednesday, and Thursday, February, 2 and 3... ; ,'. ;.'■. /,,

: The Hon.,: J. A. Millar, Minister for Marine, will/officially open the: new, building of-tho, Australasian Institute of' Marino, Engineers, in -Aitken Street, on. Friday, February 11.-, ; .-,: ; - /.:' / ,-., -. ■„: ■A youth of seventeen was arrested by ■Detective Andrews : 'at:'Paokakariki /yesterday; He will be charged in Court today with'ithe' theft of "a cheque- for. :£S -2s.,'tho property of Messrs.' Briscoe and Company.' -.;:' .-" ■'..'. .;•."!:'; v /-/ ..'■ •■' ; '.'/ "'"'\: :

: The staff of the Minister for'lnternal Affairs were : "moving house'.' : yesterday., The Hon. D. 'Buddo, v who has; been ■located-at-.Parliament'- House, is now domiciled, on the. second 'floor 7of the Departmental , Buildings.' ..,';■■-'•.■ /:•■ :i. ~

1 Tho Jliramar: 'Borough . Council has entered into an agreement with the 'Wel-lington-Gas Company to lay don-n6omo eightj chains.of ■ tramway, connecting tho Miramar Wharf vnth tho company's property, on Miramar flat.. This work will form .part of the : big general -improvement scheino that is being, undertaken"; by the Harbour Board at tho Mivamar sido of the.head of Evans Bay. Tho.board' is plodsed to-rail the wharf to.the entrance, thence ■ the Borough Council may l continue tho rails•.to any-' point within'. their, boundaries, or'afford facilities for others, to do so. By undertaking tho work, the borough:' continues • the policy of : municipalisation: inaugurated with ..tho electric: trams, With whioh system the tramline to be laid through tho: Miramar Cutting from tho wharf may! ono day form a 'part. The line.-will bo laid down in 951b. rails (4ft. gauge)' on wooden sleepers. Application is-u) be. made.for tho passing of • an' vOrder-in-Council authorising, the line, and a start will be made with the work as soon as the,new level of the cutting : is'reached by : tie' escaTatiiig contractors. '; ■ ~ . .. .-■ ■..■"■-■ .•."'"•.;