LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1062, 27 February 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Miiheno did not arrive in Auckland yesterday in time to connect with tho Jinia Trunk express leaving in the evening, nml tho Wellington and southern portion of tho mails she carried will not arrive hero until to-morrow afternoon. The steamer was sighted off Cape Hrett yesterday at 1.30 p.m., and a telegram was received at tho local post office last evening from tho chief postmaster at Auckland, stating definitely that the Maheno would .not connect with that evening's, express. She brought mails from England via Suez, from England and America via Vancouver, and from Australia.

At neon yesterday Sergeant Itntlcdge and Constable M'Kelvey raided premises in Taranaki "Street, and seized a largo quantity of liquor, which they removed, in a vehicle requisitioned for the occasion, to safe keeping at Mount Cook Police Station. .

Tho ranks of tho legal practitioners in Wellington were increased on Saturday, when tho following solicitors were admitted by Mr. Justice Chapman:—Trevor Noel Holmden, barrister and . solicitor, on tho motion of Mr. Webb; Julius M'Lachlan Hogben, barrister and solicitor, on tho motion of Mr. Dunn; Ashley Trevor Duncan, solicitor, on the motion of Mr. Evans; John Mason, solicitor, on tho motion of Mr. Young; Henry Gilbert Horsley, solicitor, on the motion of Mr. Young; and Frederick Oliver Reuben Phillips, solicitor, on the motion of Mr. Smith. His Honour, in addressing tho ■Bicw members, gave some valuable advice as to court practice, and the future before the young lawyer. He made special point of tho physical power required to stand the general strain, as well'as diligence in the study of cases. His Honour emphasised the necessity for each man reading over the oath of allegiance, and tjio oath of admission. Ho did this en purpose. It may have been owing to nervousness, but the oaths were not very well read, except by two of the candidates, who wcro markedly better than the others in their reading. They should all bear in mind that the successful hiaa was not necessarily tho man who was particularly quick in picking upon points. Tho man who read a thing over once and remembered it was not necessarily mora successful than tho man who read it a good many times before he grasped the point. .

Tho now banking house to bo erected by tho National Bank of New Zealand' at Duncdin will be of. modern classio design, four stories in height in addition to tho basement, and will be constructed throughout of ferro-eoncrete, tho front being faced with trachite. A notablo feature of the building will be the magnificent banking chamber, which will bo CCft. by 51ft., and tho plans show that this will bo entirely free of internal columns, a handsome coved ceiling and a glazed domo being supported by transverso girders of ferro-concrete. Special care is to bo given to tho internal arrangements, while, tho fittings will bo of polished cedar and oxidised metal. The building will be heated by hot water radiation and adequately ventilated. The upper stories will bo devoted to offices, an electric elevator being provided for. tho use cf tenants. The strongroom will be placed in the centre of tho basement, and will bo amply protected against tho risk of fire and other dangers. In tho Supreme Court this morning, Mr. Justice Sim will hear the civil action, Herbert Gladstone. Hill v. J. B. MacEwan and Co.,' Ltd., a claim for £51 Bs. lid. for salary, and a counterclaim for .£IOO for alleged breach of contract. The action for libel, Gini Angelini v. Carlo Antico, a claim for .£SOO damages, may also be heard to-day. . '

Jurors summoned to attend at tho Supremo Court to-day will. not be required until Wednesday,. March 1, at 11 .n.m.. ..,t,,..,.ir. ,„■•.,'.. -i-'.. . . tiii .u.,1 Tho commitfee of ladies and gentlemen carrying out the arrangements for the farewell garden party at Parliament Grounds on Wednesday to Sir, Joseph and Lady Ward and tho Hon. Dr. and Jlrs. Findlay, have all , arrangements completed, various sub-committees having b=on set up to give attention to the necessary details. Invitation tickets are now available, and.aro obtainable from tho following members of the General Committee:—Mesdamos Stafford, Macarthy-, J. I'. Luke, Field, Samuel, Prouse, Izard, Loughnan, Litchfield, Poynton, Corrigan, Wilson, Kcay, Brown, Dyer, Moore, Levvey, Hons. J. E. Jenkinson, C. M. Luke, W. W. M'Cardle. Dr. Collins, Messrs. E. Arnold, H. Beauchamp, Brcen, 1). J. Xathan, Coogan, Carrigan, Dykes, Corrigan, Fulford,. Hannifan, Harcourt, •A. li. Hislop, Izard, '31.. Konjicdv, E. Keene, Levvey, Levy, J. P. Luk"e,.L. M'Acnzie, Magiiire, TI. M'Cabe, Mason, M'Lean, Reid. Marshblades. Fitz?erald, Tanner, Tewsley, Winder, A. L. Wilson, 11. Pitcher, Le Grove, and Gallichan (hon. secretary).

On Sunday next the Anjlican Bishon of Wellington (Dr. Wallis) will license "tho Rev. Mr. Bartlott, formerly curate of St. Mark's, Wellington, and recently vicar of Oamaru, to tha charge of the WadestownNorthland parish. On tho following Tuesday, Dr. Wallis will attend devotional meetings of tho Anglican clergy at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, and deliver a short address at each. At tho conclusion of tho snecial meeting of the Synod on Wednesday, March B—called to elect his successor—the Bishop will go to Otaki for a few days. Confirmation services will be held at Karori on March 23, at Kimholton on Jlarch 30, and at Cheltenham on March 31. Dr. Wallis will attend a meeting of tho Anglican Bishop 9 of tho province of New Zealand at Wellington on March 29, when Melancsian and other matters will bo discussed. . .

At St. Paul's' pro-Cathedral yesterday the vicar (the Kev. T. H. Sprott) stated that tho self-denial offerings of the parishioners during tho coming seasons of Lent (which commences on Wednesday) will ho divided between tho Maori • Mission and tho work of tho Church in tho sparsely populated districts of tho diocese. During tho Thursday evenings in Lout Mr. Sprott will give a course of lectures on tho general Epistles of the New Testament. In view of Mr. Sprott's wellknown ability in dealing with Biblical subjects in tho light of the latest scholarship, these lectures are sure to be of great interest.

Tho meeting of the Hutt Borough Council arranged for to-morrow evening has been postponed until Friday night. On that evening the district electors' list for the ensuing period will bo submitted for adoption. • The Port Nicholson Amateur 'Athletic Club's annual sports carnival, which was to have been held at the Basin lieserve on Saturday afternoon, had to bo postponed on account of stormy weather. When the body of Miss Alice Power, victim of the railway catastronho that occurred lust Monday on tho Mannwatu line, was taken ashore from tho Mapourika at Grcymouth on Thursday a pathetic scene occurred. , Assembled on the wharf were many to whom the unfortunate younc lady was well known. Not a few of them were deeply moved. An officer of tho Manourika, describing the incident, declared that ho had never witnessed a moro pathetic scene. Even strong men could not hido their emotion as tho cortege bearing' tho coffin left tho wharf. A considerable number of people attended the Military Band concert in tho Botanical Gardens yesterday afternoon. Tho series of selections rendered hod boon chosen with excellent judgment, and the various items wero listened, to with evident approval. A'Masterton Press Association telegram slatw that tho girl Beryl Gardner, tho victim cf tho recent tragedy, still lies in an unconscious condition- at the hospital. There is little ln»io entertained of saving her life. The "Dollar Princess" Opera Company passed through Wellington on roiilo to the south on Saturday. So far tho tour has been n big success.