LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1044, 6 February 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■—« The Winimera, with an English (via Suez) anil an Australian mail, arrived in Auckland from Sydney nt i p.m. yes : terdny. The Wellington portion of the mail . will arrive by this afternoon's Main Trunk express. A rather peculiar incident happened during the interval of ono of the picture shows on Friday night (writes our Palmerston correspondent). A young man of about twehty-thrce years of age was seen to stagger about- and then fall on the floor, inflicting a rather nasty cut on his face. He was carried into a side room, and quickly recovered, .but. whilst lie was being attended to another young man, a friend of the first one, was seized in exactly the same manner. He also, however, soon recovered, '.though ' feeling anything but well. Inquiries were. mado as to what brought about tho seizures, and the only thing the young men could attribute the attacks to was the smoking of too many cigarettes. i

The Hon. ,T. A. Millar stated in an interview at Christchuroh that the railway revenue was increasing very satisfactorily. and the pekriod from March 31 last to tho beginning of January, as coinpared with tho corresponding period of last, year, was .£200,000 ahead.—Press Association.

While Mr. Andrews, chief steward on board the Union Co.'s steamer Mokoia, was walking along the deck yesterday morning, during the journey from Lvttelton to Wellington, he slipped and fell heavily, striking tho back of Ms head. First aid was rendered to Mr. Andrews, who was picked up and conveyed, to his cabin, where he remained in an unconscious condition for about thSrequarters of an hour. When the vessel arrived in port . Mr. Andrews decided to remain aboard.

On the arrival of the Pateena from Nelson and Picton on Saturday night a man was handed over to the police on a charge of being a stowaway. He will be brought before the Court this morning.

A. copy of the district electors' list; so far as it has been .made lip, may be inspected at the office of The* Dominion, where enrolment forms may also be obtained.

The Tramways Band yesterday a programme of selections in the Public Gardens, Ivarori, and despite somewhat unsettled weather,' attracted a fair number of appreciative auditors.

Several local residents were spending Thursday last in -the Gorge (writes the Dominion's Woodville correspondent), and after partaking of their lunch rambled round to have ;i look at the scenery. Upon their return tliey found a yearling calf enjoying itself at the food basket. - Besides overhauling the foodstuff, the calf had eaten a large traycloth, in which, was wrapped the party's return train, tickets and Is. ii. in small change. .

The Nora Niveu, which arrived at Wellington on Saturday evening from the Chatham Islands fishing station,, brought back about 20 tons of fish, consisting of about 15 tons of bine cod and 5 tons of liapuka. It is stated that the prospects of the future appear to.be very bright, but in the opinion of those who have witnessed operations, the institution of whaleboats with oilengines in them . would serve to much better advantage than the present boats employed in the industry.

Only three charges remain on the list of eases set down for hearing at the annual sittings of t.lio Supreme Court which opened last week. The Court will, resume at 10.30'cins uibfiiifig'; ' to.

Lieut. Hulbert, 5.5.0.; of the district, assisted by Lieut. Evatt ■ (Wellington Guards), conducted the "xamination of (he signallers of the Wellington' Navals on Saturday afternoon. The 1 examination' will ■ be continued on Wednesday evening next. On Thursday and Saturday of this week, Lieut. Hulbert will inspect the signallers of the Engineers, next week the D Battery, and the following xyeek the Post and Telegraph Hides. The examination held on Saturday was very thorough, lasting from 2.30 p.r,i. until ater/G p;m.: It will be remembered, says the "Otarro Daily Times," that two years , atro the Ot.ago Trades and Labour Council took steps to have a noil taken, by requisition, on the Question of a compulsory Saturdav holf-holidav. The proposal was then rejected bv tbo electors of Greater Duncdin, and although the time is now opportune foT the demanding ot another noli, according to statute, it is very unr likelv that anv action in this direction will be taken either by the Trades Council or affiliated unions.