LOCAL AND QENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 789, 12 April 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND QENERAL.

A railway advertisement giving particulars of the' train arrangements m connection with the Manawatu Racing Club's meeting will be found in. another column. Following our usual practice, this advertisement is published at our own cost in order that our readers may not be penalised by the boycott of The Dominion in. the matter of Government advertisements. :. ■

I The postal authorities advise that the f piimaroa, which left Sydney on the 9th .instant, is bringing an Australian ,mail for the Dominion. She is expected , to arrive on Wednesday. . •The mails which left Wellington on Match 4 per the s.s. Moeraki connected at Sydney .with the Naples mail per the Ii.M.S. Orontes, and arrived in London on the afternoon of April 9. The telegraph office advises that a telephone bureau is now open at Island Bay. . . The Government decided yesterday to provide two new copper trunk wires between Auckland and Wellington as early as practicable. Speaking to a Dominion reporter on the subject. Sir Joseph Ward remarked tliat the establishment of the wires would enable telephone communication between the two centres to be- carried on at night. The' wires would be used for telegraphic purposes during the day time. '•■•■ The new Hospital Board is actively getting into working order. A sub-committee lias drawn up recommendations regarding the future policy of/the board, and these will be submitted to the Policy Committee ■ nest Friday. The Finance Committee meets next Thursday to draw up estimates : for the year, and. report to the board. Both these reports are to come before the board at-a meeting to be held early next week;-'

Mr. A. Gordon Wesche, the assistant superintendent of the P. and 0. Company 'at Sydney, has received a cable from the general manager of the company, stating that it has been arranged for six of the oompany's steamers to proceed to New Zealand at monthly intervals, commencing with the Mongolia, sailing from London on October 7,. and leaving Sydney for Auckland on November 19, to bo followed by the Mooltan, December 17; Mantua, «&nuary li; Marmora, February 11; Mongolia, March , 11; and Mooltan,-April 8. ■ ' ■' .

A meeting of the Wellington .'branch of. the Institute of Architects'was neld on Friday evening, : Mr. J. Charlesworth (president) in, thechair. Mr.. A. HamiL ton; Director, of the Dominion Museum,read a paper on -"Maori Architecture," illustrated by many interesting photographs and specimens of Maori work. The lecture was greatly appreciated, and, at the conclusion, a Hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Hamilton was parried. It was decided at the meeting of Cabinet yesterday that the lowest tender received for the electrification of th"e Addington railway workshops should be accepted. ....- \ ....-.■ •; - : The Wellington Harbour Board yesterday agreed to amended by-Isvws , governing the procedure at its meetings. Several.of the amendments were consequential upon the board's decision to hold its monthly meetings in the evening, instead of in the afternoon. Motions of which notice has been given. are to be taken in future prior to,the board going into committee, and no new business may be taken after 10.30 p.m., except by special resolution. By-law 72, which was so frequently quoted a' few weeks ago, n repealed without discussion. This was the rulo under which all questions relating to tho salaries or status of the employees of the board, and all questions relating to the* investment of sinking funds had to be considered in committee. The chairman (Mr. E. Fletcher) stated, in reply to Mr. Wilford,- that the board would still be able to go into committee on such questions'by resolution. The .new by-laws will' require to be finally sanctioned at another special meeting.

The Sisters of Mercy of :St. Mary's Convent, Auckland, celebrated the diamond jubilee of the establishment of the Order in Auckland on Saturday. On April 9 jooO, just 60 years ago, Bishop' Ponipalner, with seven aisters of: Meroy, under the guidance of Eev. Mother Cecilia Maher, lauded in Auckland,'whioh is doscnbod by Mother Cecilia Maher, in one of her letters, as "a singular looking town, partly in a valley and partly straggling up a-hill; .wooden housed, streets ■marked, and grass everywhere," The enerprising and self-sacrificing band of sis■ters left Dublin on August 8, 1849, for London, thence' to Antwerp, from Which place they embarked on August 27 in the elup.Oceamca After a long and perilous journey they landed in Sydney, and were the guests for several daye of the Beuedictine Sisters. A quiet sail of sonic weeks brought them to Auckland, which they sighted oir April 7, 1850. On the 9th the J* 4 ?" bade adieu to the Oceanica ,■ and anded on the beach, where all the inhabitants came to wolcome them. The parent house. St. Mary's Convent, Ponsonby takes its place among the Educational institutes of the colony. A new convent is now in contemplation ■

If the necessary financial arranirements can be made, it is probable &t t™ house-boats will make their apiearanw mer. I hose who have the scheme in hand, are confident that success awaite such a venture, which they contend wiU help to farther popularise the SoZb Tas a holiday resort. ■ r l'he idea is to have a Wf^^" 1 of thG Chilis, so that the tenants may shift from bay to bay as they feel inclined. "The time is coming when the .Government will have to place a li mi t on the size of cod which can be taken from these remarked*, an old fisherman, referring to the waste of cod which is, and tott* Z' IT Pn in the Q ueen Calotte bounds for some time past. It is the practice of fishing parties to catch as many hsh as possible, irrespective of the aai of the fish, or. needs of the party. Day after day, says onr informant cases, of hsh are simply wasted, and although good hauls can still be obtained in Tory Channel, and. down towards Jacksons Head, he maintains that tlie supply m other parts of the Sounds is suffering already.

The hand of tho builder has obtruded itself in bhip Cove, one of the principal beauty spots of Queen Charlotte Sound px some time the Government set its face against buildings being erected at the Cove, and refused to give permission to anyone to erect any bnilding, even a small accommodation-house for tho convenience; of visitors to Cook's landingplace. Now, however, the Government having fonnd it necessary to erect a boatshed in which to keep tho big surf boat which is to attend the. Jackson's Head light, has put the shed np in the middle of the Cove.

A special meeting of the' Wellington Harbour Board vrtU be held on Tnesdav, April 10, at 2.15 p.m. v

For the year just closed Palmerston's Municipal Opera House, after doing repairs and providing for maintenance, rt a profit of £55 18s. The sinking fund, which may also be regarded as a profit, has been augmented by" .£95 so that really the return of profits was .£l5O 18s. A call was received by the Fire Brigade at 9 a.m. yesterday to a two-storied house in Hiropi Street, owned by Mrs A.. Martin and occupied by Mrs William Ivonry. ihe outbreak.was got under after some bedding in an upstairs room had been damaged. Yesterday morning, at tho Mt. Cook Police Court, before Mr. H. Baker J.P, two first offenders on bail, who failed to appear, were fined 10s each, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. One first offender •for drunkenness was convicted and discharged. J. Pryse for drunkenness was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. ' J[. Farrington for drunkenness was convicted and discharged. TV. Wallace for drunkenness was fiued 205., in default three days' imprisonment. J. Mansfield for drunkenness was sentenced to three monthe' with hard labour. The tenders for the various contracts in connection with the conutruction of the Westport-Inangahua railway came before a recent meeting of the Government Tenders Board. It is understood that tho contracts have been well tendered for. No definite decision in regard.to the contracts has yet been arrived at.

The return of the numerical strength of the defence forces in the Wellington military district, for the month of April is to hand. It contains the following figures:—Held Artillery 124, increase .7; garrison artillery 264, no difference; engineers 92, increaso 12; mounted regiments 1081, decrease 23; infantry (five battalions) .2237, decrease 87; field hospital and bearer corps 45, no difference; cadets 1197, increaso 198; rifle clubs 1860, decrease 10; garrison band 28, no difference; battalion bands 68, decrease 3. Including district staff, permanent forces, medical and veterinary officers, and Waipawa reserves, the total for the month was 7320—an increase of 94 compared with the total for the preceding month. The Bluff correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times" ' states that the Kekeno arrived,at Halfmoon Bay on Tuesday from Dusky Sound, where 6he has been engaged standing by the wreck of ,the Waikare, and when not otherwise engaged fishing. The \ salvage party reached the Sound on the Saturday afternoon, and took up their abode in Lunch Cove,' Anchor Island, within a distance of.two miles of the wreck. They had not had time ,to investigate •'matters when the Kekeno left on Sunday. The Amokura was in the Sound busily engaged in locating the rock on. which, the. vessel. struck: She expects to complete : the work in a day or two, after which she will return by way of Foveaux Straits and the Bluff. It is .understood that the position of the WaikaTe is The Sound had been . visited by the late boisterous weather, but the wind was for the most part favourable. . . 1 •

After four years' -absence from his tribe, .the Ngapnhv a young Maori,'lhu 1C Ngawaka, returned- to New Zealand recently by 'the Turakina. He has been trained as a vocalist, being the • possessor of a fine baritone voice, but the singing profession has no attraction for him; He appeared in concerts at tho Town. Hall, Sydney, and Queen's- Gate Hall, Kensington, ljut otherwise did not seek to obtain distinction before the footlights. There are: too many trying to earn a eomewhat precarious livelihood from music, he found, and the thing «was not worth following up. "I preferred to pay attention to wort among my own people," •he explained, "and it is my intention to leave music alone and take up farming among my own people near Hokianga." He has . 'observed the methods of European fanning, and is .anxious to see his people co-operating to make better use of their land, now providing them only with the barest necessities of life. . ■ , .

It is stated (says the Greymonth correspondent of the Christchurch "Press") that an interesting case has been set down''for hearing at the next sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Kumara. .The plaintiff is the Commissioner of Taxes, and the tdefendants..are..well-known public men _in Westland, who are interested in Wellington property, on which it is alleged no taxes have been paid for .some considerable time. •It seems 'that the: case will be of speeial interest on account of the fact that two of the defendants have been ready and,willing to pay their proportions of the amount involved, but have been mulcted in the additional 10 per cent, for" non-payment, together with Court costs, an account of the whole sum not being tendered.

In their report to the Leeds Chamber of Commerce on the seventh Congress of- . Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, helddn Sydney in September last/Messrs. Jonathan Peate : and W. Braithwaite state:—"From Hobart we sailed to New Zealand, and landed at the Bluff. Wβ visited Invercargill, Lake Wakatipu, Dunedin, Christchnrch; Wellington, and Auckland, • thus travelling the full length of both Islands. We were astonished at the high-class farming and good stock upon the farms in New Zealand. The scenery was beautiful, as wa3 also the weird Wonderland of Botorua. .... We -congratulate the colonials upon their press; the tone is high and the matter excellent. We .consider many of the newspapers quite equal to our own. .. . . In conclusion we should like to say that during our tour through the various colonies we.saw no 6igns of the squalor and poverty, of which we regret to say we see so much in our own midst in thiss country (England). Employment appeared to be plentiful everywhere, and we were struck by. the air of comfort and wellbeing which was visible on all sides."

■■■'• The new vaccine treatment' for influenza, has just been perfected at. the laboratory oi St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, and is now in daily use at that institution (says the "Daily Mail"). The treatment consists of injecting hypodermically five to fifteen millions 'ol sterilised influenza bacilli in solution. The .bacilli used in. the treatment are grown in pure culture at the laboratories from parent bacilli isolated from cases . of acute Muenza or chronic bronchitis. The vaccine is not applicable to the common "iniluenza colds" which, •caused by other germs, are often confounded with true influenza attacks caused by the influenza germ. After it has been ascertained bacteriologically that the true influenza germ is at work, enough of the yacoine is drawn up into a carefully sterilised hypodermio syringe to. ensure the introduction of the necessary number of-millions of microbes, and the dose is injected into the soft ti6suee underlying the skin of the ehoulder. This sudden introduction of millions of dead bacilli into the system causes the body hurriedly to form within itself an extra supply of immunising bodies, or antipoisons, which help to neutralise the poisons generated by-, any active germs present, and to hasten the cure.

Have you seen the " Chantecler" face? the "Daily Express" asks. It makes its owner look like. a tattooed Maori chief- ! tainess.' The "Chanteoler".face made its first' public appearance on February 23. |It was'seenin a train on the underground railway. The wearer of the "Chantecler" face was a middle-aged woman. As she entered at the end .of the carriage something strange in the appearance of her face attracted the attention of those near the door. A thrill, ran through the carriage, and in a few moments forty pairs of eyee were staring, as if fascinated, at her apparently tattooed, features. Those who were near soon solved the mystery of her astonishing aspect. She wore a gauzy veil, on which were embossed ohanteclers, with crowing heads, flapping wings, and flowing tails. There was one large chanteolor in the middle of each cheek, a small one upon the end of her nose, 'one a little larger on the chin, another on the forehead,. and on the temples were detached bunches of cock's feathers' Every "Chantecler" hat in. the carriage—there were several with great bunches of. sweeping feathers which challenged the title—became utterly insignificant in contrast with flio dominating "chantecler" face. At first the wearer smiled ns she noticed the attention which her tattooed appearance commanded. But under the steady gaze of many eyes her courage oozed away, nnd at last she made a dash for the door Then a wonderful thing happened. The sky was overclouded and rain had been falling. But ns the owner of tho. "chan tecler" face stepped on the platform the clouds parted and-tho snn shone!

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