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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 966, 5 November 1910, Page 7

Mr. Ambrose Millar, Consul for tho Netherlands, returned by tho Tofua to Auckland on "Wednesday afternoon from a visit to Tonya and Samoa. The "economiscr," for which tenders have" been accepted by .tho City Council, is a useful appliance which lias already been successfuly employed at the tramway station. Its function is to intercept waste gases as they pass towards the' chimney, and extract their heat. Water on its way to tho boilers is passed through tho econoniiscr, and gains so much heat en route that it enters tho boilers at, more than boiling heat. This result has been attained with tho "ccoriomisers" in use at the tramway station. Tho "cconomiser" now ordered is to bo installed at tho Electric Lighting Station. Tho departure of the Mararoa for Lyttelton to-night has been delayed until 11.30 in order that the members of tho "Lovers' Lane" Dramatic Company may have ample time jto leavo after the performance this evening.

A meeting of the committee of the "Wellington branch of tho St. John Ambulance Association was held yesterday, Mr. C r 3 3 . Powlcs presiding. The secretary reported that the total takings from tho association's Ambulance Saturday effort had been £129 lis. lOd. It was agreed that the dato of Ambulance Saturday should ho made an annual fixture —the first Saturday in November of each year.

Three prisoners will come beforo tlio Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) for sentence at 10.30 this morning, namely, Robort Ernest Powell, for sending a telegram from Christohureh as under tlio authority of R. Saunders, with intent to defraud Stephen Hart, of AVellington, knowing that the telegram was not sent by such authority; Jfita Harawira Renata, for breaking and entering and theft at Mohaka (remanded from last week); Ernest Alfred Dorcen, for stealing a saddle and bridlo, the property of Patrick Hanlon, at Ashhurst.