LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Several hundred peop-16 went to the Town Hall last Sunday evening, under the. improssion that one of the meetings of the Anglican General Mission was to be held at that - time and place. They went away disappointed. We have been asked to point out that no such meeting was. advv-Used,' though -it is frankly admitted that some of the printed-announce-ments were not altogether incapable of such an interpretation. Those responsible for 1 the arrangements .regret this. Their reason for not'.holding'-a meeting on Sunday ilight was that ithey feared .it might -interfere with the attendances at the churches,'even if'it were held at . a later hour.-

"The new firm, .Harry Plimmer and Reynolds Denniston, has," 6ays a Sydney correspondent, "made a most auspicious .start here. ' Their .first production,.' Lovers' Lane, 1 , is not only a qiaini and wholesome ■ play, very, touching in parts, but it .is wpi. l <v>st. New Zealanders will

:o tba production, of. that. I am. convinced. ai iCu.iuus me of 'Arizona, J . "ihe Prince Chap,' 'Sunday,' and so on—not that the incidents or story boar : any like-: ness.'to these,' but the atmosphere, the heart interest, the human note, and the simplicity of the thing just charm, one. It is, as you know, : by; Clyde .Pitch. Harry Plimmer plays a parson - of the. virile and lovable type, and I am'-firmly of the opinion that he has done nothing better for years. . He gets out of himself and into the skin of this delightful dlergymanl ; Lizette Parkes, too, the New; Zealand 'Peter Pan,' is exquisite in a sort of tom-boy role.. No one could play the part better. In the : cast you . will also find Mrs.'Brohgh, whilst,Denniston does 6ome very line work. Advise your friends and your readers not to miss 'Lovers' Lane.'"

-- The Chief : Justice will deliver, at; 10.30 this morning,', his judgment as to the willof the late Walter Uujj, of Motueka,.

The body of James Jlunn, secretary to the : Victorian 'iracles Hail Counoil, .was tound in tno water ne&r St. liuaa I'ier .on , September 15. IViUnn was -in Atliei rear 'train in : the Riohmond rialway accident on Juiy 18, his uaughter being in the. standing tram at the station, when tiie collision occurred. Aiterthe accident he went to,his work at the Traues Hall; but was severely, shaken. ■ From tlie; shock of -that morning he had never fully: recovered, being iunable' to /attend his' work at .times. - During' the three weeks ./before his death a pronounced change in his manner ; was noticed, and his medical adviser ordered him, for a holiday: Ho left for Sydney, intending to go on to Brisbane; but he' did not carry but ; this intention, returning to Melbourne. To some of his friends he. confided that 1 his holiday - had done him little good, and that ho was feeling very ill. He was missed from his home at 10 o'clock on September 15, and could not have been long in the water :when found. ,'Munn ; was a married man,', with- .five children. He was": elected secretary to the Trades Hall Council two monthsago, upon the retirement. of Senator Barker.

Tho secretary of the Wellington Provincial Industrial • Association announces by advertisement that the association will hold- its annual 1 meeting this evening at ; 8 o'clock. It.is hoped that a'full .attend-" ance of . members will, be present; . Important matters inC connection 1 with, the "New Zealand : Industrial Exhibition,;. the suggested opening, date of which is May .24,i19U, will be gone into. It is urged, that. now : is tho' time for manufacturers .to..put the excellence of their manufactures before the Dominion. It, is hoped all will seize the opportunity, - and Vthat the suggested .exhibition, may become'anaccomplished fact, proving in ovory way a successful undertaking.

At about .1 o clock this . .feorning,' ; theFire Brigade received a call to the steamship Hum, owned.by Messrs. Seager and Co., to suppress an outbreak of fire.-in the port bunker. The brigade, however, were not needed, is the crew were able' to put the iiro out.

Alexandra Barracks, grim and, sombre in ;.the darkness ' of. other, nights, .stood out in brilliant silhouette -• last evening, the outline of the north wall of what aforetime was one of five . great ; prison wings being delineated by electric lajnps. In the centre, in blazing capitals, were the words "R.N.Z.A."

■■ Headed by their. own hand, a, strong detachment of the Boy Scouts marched from the General Post Office to the Basin Reserve last evening, and formed 'up on the' southern side, where. . they;, went thr'ough, various movements. 'Subsequently the boys were collected in St. Mark's /Sohoolroom, where' patriotic ad-' dresses,. appropriate; to the occasion,vffere. delivered, fiiinng.his Excellency's; inspection of-the Garrison'troops, <the Scouts took up . their position on the extretne left,, • but were unfortunately.,separated from the ' brigade by the crowd, which wedged itself in between. ,'. LieutenantCommander H.'N: MTjeod Was incharge. Rua, tho 60-called prophet, visited , Opotiki recently (says the Opatiki "Herald"). He was accompanied by three of~ his. wives and a . followers. Whether or. not he' smoked tho calumet. of. peace on hie entrance to tho township we know not, but his visit was highly' appreciatedj and many business people have reason, to remember him is a ."jolly good fellow." , Rua, . just prior ; to ; his visit, had ..become .'possessed of _'a substantial sum,-variously estimated 1 at from .£2OOO, to <£5000, jpart of the proceeds of'the sale of the Waimana lands, and during his stay here it about . in cava-, lier style.;- The sharers of. his joys' and sorrows were .gaily bedecked; /and shone resplendent" in jewellery and ; other inci-' dentals dear to the feminine heart whether it be concealed by a black of a white skin. But his prodigality Was not oonfined to i kickshaws and gewgaws, drapers' and'; clothiers,' horse-dealers,""and; buggymakers were all- liberally patronised by ;hini. ■ •••• .. .

The Commonwealth Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) has obtained: a new design - for the Commonwealth Coat of Arms; It is one that pleases his artistio taste liotter (says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph") than, the present attenuated kangaroo . and unnatural, emu.. The . new design certainly look 6 better. The shield ia divided into, six figures, containing the, emblems, of the States, and is supported by the kangaroo and emu. , Surmounting these is a 6tar, and beneath is a scroll bearing the word "Australia," and a spray of wattle blossom entwines the' scroll. This design,' Mr. Fisher says, will be adopted, so that the advocates of wattle as the national flower will; have scored quit© a viotory in .an unconscious fashion; The wattle lent itself, admirably to designers who had a desire to fill up what looked too bare a space. The elimination of the word "Advance" brings no qualms to Mr. Fisher. "I never could understand what it-: meant," he said, "and Australia appears to me to be ; more dignified," so that the design 6uits Mr. Fisher's ideas of art as well as his conceptions of official dignity. '

At a meeting of the British Astronomical Association, held at the Royal Society,- Sydney, recently, Hev. Dr. Hoseby, F.It.A.S., ■ spoke of a new development of the sun-spot cyole theory in connection with weather forecasting, which had recently been put forward in Germany, from which it would appear that a fairly hopeful view may be taken of the outlook for the next few years, as, according to this theory, the years 191S-1914 should constitute a maximum of universal rainfall. ,

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Mr. W. Charles Bendall, ladies' tailor, Wellington Terrace, .inserts a soecial anaoaacament in. this iisoe.