LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 960, 29 October 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ ■ * .■ ■ ;. , The postal authorities advipe that the J s.s. Westralia, which sailed from Syd- j ney at noon on October 26,/ for Auck- ;! laud, has on:board an Australian mail, i also the English mail via Suez. The 1 Wellington portion should reach..hero by the Main Trunk express on Monday, 1 October 31. ) When Detectives Andrews and Rawle ' were passing up Lambton Quay last j evening, near the Central Hotel, they heard a cry of ."robbery," _ and ob- , served a small crowd standing round j a cab by the Union Bank corner, Tho ■ detectives crossod over,_ and 1 discovered : that oro man was assisting another into a cab. During this time, it is alleged that a man in tho crowd had put his hand into the pockets of one of the men getting into the cab, and abstracted money. An arrest was made ■ on .the spot, and the matter will come before the magistrate this morning, tho charge being ono of theft of 12s. Cd. A return asked for by Mr. Buxton in reference to tho number of licenses for art unions issued during the last five years tfas laid on the table of itho , House yesterday. From 1906 onward the total number of licenses issued each year was as under, tho number issued to churches being given in parentheses:—276 (79); 219 (58); 243 (63); 237 (62) ; 31.9 (79); This gives a' grand total of. 1294' licenses issued, of which 344 were issued to churcjies. In ; all 71 wero issued to tho 'Church of i England, 251 to the Roman Catholic Ohurch, fivo to the Presbyterian Church, .; and'one to tho Wesleyan Ohurch. y .Judgment' will be given at 10.30 thiß morning by Mr. Justico Cooper and Mr. Justice Chapman on a preliminary matter connected with the appeal of Frederick Pirani against a magistrate's decision ordering him.to. pay to his .wife,... Martha Pirani, maintenance, contribu-: tions amounting to £91' 10s. When tho appeal was heard on August 14 Mr. Justice Cooper said that if the Court found that there was sufficient • written matter to establish a valid agreement between tho parties thoy \voulu support the judgment of tho magistrate without further. hearing, but in the absence of such proof of agreement, they would require to hear evidence. It is on this question of the oxistenco or, otherwise of a legally valid agreement that judgment is to bo .given to-day. According to. a; return laid on the table of the House of Representatives yesterday at the instance of Mr._ R. A. Wrignt, M.P., the. revenue, received from the duties levied on all ' printed matter manufactured outside New Zealand during the year ended March 31 last was £4972 19s. 6d. Tenders have been accepted by the Public Works Departmsnt : for steel plate girder spans as follows: Gis-borne-Rotorua railway, Massey Bros., Auckland, £3002 (highest, Dunedm Engineering Co., £4563); Midland railway', Scott Bros.. Christchurch, £16/ S (highest, Dunedm Engineering Co., £2i!63); Nelson-Glonhope railway, Sandors Bros., Wellington, £365 (higliest, J. Kershaw, Nelson, £623); Pohokura Station buildings, StratfordOngarue railway, £1290 J. Ryan and Son, Manaia,' £2100) ; • Iron and steel work for coal storage bin contract, Point Elizabeth State colliery, Brisco and Co., Wellington. £1004. (highest, A. -D. Riley and Co., Wellington,' £1313). Joseph Nathan 'and Co. were the successful tenderers for 25 tons of hard drawn copper wire for the Post Office Department at £1775 (highest tender was £1874). . . . •: An.Order of Service has been constituted within the' Theosophical Society, for the promotion of various objects in the interests of humanity. A leaguo under tho order has boon formed in Wellington .for the promotion: of peace. At a recent meeting of tho league, tho following resolution was passed"That this league communicate with religious and other bodies with, the objeot of giving Bermons or lectures on the subject of universal peace,' and directing thought and prayer towards that object." The Theosophical Society Order of Service aims at making theosophy practical, in order that the sunii _of human misery may be visibly diminished. Its leagues are animated by a common spirit —-the effort to adapt theosophy to the daily .life of men, and to supply methods for ; co-operation among like-minded people. Further information in reference to,the object of the league in Wellington may be obtained from the secretary of the league, Mrs. J. Davidson, Theosophical Society, Ballance Street. _/' Mrs. E. C. Lovvoy, of .Kelburue, has made a special donation of £1 Is. to the funds of the Navy League. .It is proposed to apply this sum towards tho purchase of additional prize books for naval history ; competitions at thei schools,. Writing to Messrs. Plimmer and Denniston, tho heads of the dramatic company now appearing at the Opera House, the Rov. H. Steele Craik, o tho Boresford Street Congregational Church, Auckland, said: "I most heartily congratulate you on your presentation of this striking play. Any attempt to give higher tone to tho stago merits the approval-of every healthymiiuled person, and it is also .a matter of congratulation that you liavo brought back to your own country a play with such a liiph purpose and compelling tliome. Mv wife and I thoroughly enjoyed tho piece and wc wish you nut ' your company great houses and still further successes throughout your tour." Mrs. Hollos ton, Hair Physlolan and Toilet Specialist, htis returned. Appointments may 1)0 b-.okeil for the latest and most scientific Hair and Face .Treatments, Electrolysis, etc. English, American, and Continental experience, i Willis Street, Wellington. 'Phono 1599.— AJvt. Messrs. Colo and Westermari, drapers, Maimers Street, insert their usual bargains enumerated in scatters.