LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. In the interests' of our readers, who would otherwise be penalised- by the aotion of the Ward Government: /ill "boycotting, The Dominion in the matter of .Government : advertising,':we print'elsewhere, 'at our own expense, particulars relating to (a) .tenders for the supply and delivery of plant and machinery for the New Zealand State coal mines; (b) i tenders 'for the erection of a new Courthouse at Petone; and (c) tenders for the lease of. a city allotment, part of Town Acre No. 761. : An English mail (via Suez) and an Australian mail arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the; Maheno at ~.10.30 a.m. yesterday. The Wellington portion will arrive heTe by this afternoon's Main Trunk express! ' "We have any number of patrons of Christianity," saidßishop Julius, speaking in, the yesterday, "men too are very kind to us and give us: a guinea a year. They would patronise God Himself if they had .the show." •'' Chief Detective Broberg has received a telegram from Auckland informing him of the arrest (on a warrant issued from' Wellington) of a man named Thomas Duffy, charged with having, on or about August 2, obtained in Welington from Norman E. Aitken ■ goods to the value of £70, by means of an alleged false pretence. It is alleged that the accused purchased , Aitken's business' on a basis of part cash,. and part payment by- promissory notes auly_ endorsed. , xhe latter were subsequently repudiated, hence the charge. The members.of the Arbitration Court travel to-day 1 to Napier,' where the Court sits to-morrow. The: Palmerston North sittings begin nest Friday, and the Napier sittings on October 3. The .hearing of the Wellington dairy factorios 1 dispute, .in the Arbitration Court at Palmerston North, has been 'set down for Friday, September 30. A deputation representing the . Wanganui County Council was introduced to the Prime. Minister on .Saturday morning, and asked that the County Council should be released of its share of the maintenance of the Wanganui Bridge, or that the adjoining local authorities should bo forced to: contribute. The Prime Minister said he would look into the whole matter, and have a special report made. He Would let Mr. Br. W. Smith, M.P., know the result. The 'religious' sense, said Bis/hop Julius, at the Anglican General .Mission meeting yesterday, is smaller in many of us than tho hind leg of the whale in tho Christohuroh Museum, which does not extend beyond tho sfcin. You could hardly find it if you dissected the boast. It is estimated that 3500 people attended the' Anglican Mission meeting in tho Town Hall yostorda?. Nine hundred, who "overflows d" were accommodated in the Concert Chamber and oven' then a number. had to be turned away. These figures, it i» claimed, conistlurie a, icooja.

Tho trip to Kaka Peak, the highest point in the range behind Khandallah, 15 one which well repays anyone with sufficient energy and a sense of the scenic in Nature to make. Viewed from tho city, Mount Kaka does not strike the eye as a peak of outstanding importance, but when- there it seems to dominate the whole of the country from tho West Coast to Palliser Bay. From the peak can be traced the outline of the coast on the other island down as far as D'Urville Island, while Wellington Harbour, the city, and the Strait beyond, with the white-lipped rollers washing the sands of Lyall Bay, are spread out under one's-feet like a gailycoloured topographical map. Could the kinematograph camera bo fitted rtith telescopic lens, such views of a city and its surroundings would be a deal more interesting from an educational standpoint than those of streets and houses, tramcars, and hurrying crowds; Meteorologically, '■ yesterday was springtime in perfection. The brilliancy of the sunshine and the magic of the season beckoned most people into the open, and all the popular places of Sunday resort were well thronged..

The annual inspection of the Wellington .Harbour, Board Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was held in the . Ferry Waiting Room on Friday ; evening last. Mr. Seed, district chief) superintendent, conducted the inspec-' tion, which was carried out in the' presence of Messrs. E. Fletcher '(chairman of the board), G. B. Nicholls (secretary), and J. W. Marchbanks (engineer), Captain Johnston (haabourmaster), and Mr Munro (wharfinger): At the eon-elusion-of the inspection, which consisted of' a series of -stretcher drills, bandaging, and restoring the apparently drowned, etc., the men were congratulated by the inspector and the cha-innan of the board. During tho evening Mr. .Fletcher presented Mr. 11.I 1 . Bellamore with a first officer's warrant.; Trophies for competition amongst the members of the division were promised by Messrs. Fletcher and 'Marchbanks.

The Central Mission Band was of great service. yesterday in attracting" people to the big.meeting at the Town Hall and in the same category must' be named the Rev. C. G. Mutter, who .followed the band in a motor-car, with, a mission banner displayed, and delivered a series of brief addresses at convenient street corners lying between Veitch and Allan's and the Town Hall. When band and clergyman arrived at tho Town Hall steps/ whence. Mr. Mutter delivered a final address; they had. a "tail" in their wake that added many hundreds to the congregation. . These, volunteer efforts will be. made ' a jiermanfent. feature -of the mission; Each evening at ;7-.15. Mr. . Mutter, and the band will commence their, progress and travel comet-fashion, making, occasional, stoppages, towards the .scene ofthe' mission.

- The holiday Wdenl -The suggestion that Dominion Day should bo a school holiday does, not meet''with,' favour in ■Timaru.'. At: a meeting 'of , : the Timaru Committee, , the' chakman ; said: that he. had seen several .teachers,..andall were , utterly opposed-to the idea, and the committee' had a similar feeling on the matter; He would suggest that no notice -should be taken of a letter on the., subject. Other members spoke in a; similar strain, and it was decided; that the children should simply saluto the flag on Dominion Day, t probably in recess time., It was agreed'that. Labour Day should be a whole holiday.