LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1123, 10 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that the s-s. Mgcraki, which left. Sydney at •2 p.m. on May C, lias on board an Australian mail. She is due in Wellington this morning. Mails which left Wellington on March ■31, per s.s. Marama, and connected at Sydney with the Naples mail, per R.M-S. Otway, arrived at London on the morning of May 7.

Prizes for deigns for a certificate of awards to bo used tit the Coronation New Zealand Industrial Exhibition have been awarded as follow:-First prize, .£3 35., Mr. A. \V. Mahood, of Wellington prize, .£1 Is., Mr. \Y. Bedkober, Ngaio.

Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.P., delivered an interesting political address at the Town Hall, Peatlierston, on Monday evening. As in his Carterton speech, Mr. Buchanan dealt with tiie work of last session, the financial policy of the Government, the present railway administration, and defence matters. At the conclusion of his address lie answered several questions, and on the motion of Mr. J. G. Cox was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

The defence authorities' expectations in regard to the number of lads in Australia fit for service have been realised. 01 152,333 lads between 14 and 18 years oi age registered for training ill the Commonwealth, 82,900 have been medically ex--I'iiiined, and 77,800 found to be ill for sorvice. The percentage is 93.8. Temporary exemptions from training have been gnon to 27,800 (including about 5000 who were found to be medically unfit). Hie remainder were granted exemption mostly on account of tba distance they reside from the registered training areas. There aie still 40,631 to be medically examined. It is estimated by the Department that the number of youths who will be available for training in .Tilly next will be over 100,000 in Australia.

A young man was arrested at anganui "yestcrdav 011 a warrant issued at Wellington, and will be charged at the S.M. Court this morning on seven' counts of theft of moneys alleged to have been received by him from customers to whom lie was delivering milk when employed by a milk vendor in Karori.

Tramway receipts during last week totalled .£2735 12s. 2d. which sum is .£271 10s. 3d. in excess of the returns for the corresponding weelc last year. The heaviest dav's takings Were on Saturday, when JESO4 18s. lOd. was collected. On Tuesday .£-119 13s. lid. was returned, tins being the second highest day. . .

At the meeting of the Philosophical Society at the Museum this evening Mr. G V* Hudson, I'.E.S., will 'deliver his presidential address, taking as his subject the value of natural history studies, particularly in relation to education. It is understood that the address will be delivered from a somewhat unconventional point of view, and will make a 1 vigorous protest against the purely commercial aspect from which scientific j studies are commonly regarded. His Excellency the Governor will preside at ihe annual meeting of the St. John Ambulance Association. The meeting takes place next month. I A private telegram received from Hastings states that the Irish envoys' meeting there was a great success. Sir. Martin Kennedy is still receiving applications from different, parts of the Dominion requesting that the delegates should- iwy visits. Altogether, Messrs. llazclton, Kcdmond, and Donovan will address fifty meetings before leaving the Dominion. The corrected dates for the visits of the envovs in this district are:—Mr. Hazelton— Pnlmcrsloii North 10th, Shannon 13th, Taradale 15th, Xapier 15th, Dannevirkc .ISth, Gisborne 20th, Taihape 30th., Messrs. Redmond and Donovan—Xew Plymouth 10th, Stratford 11th, Patoa 13th, Il'nwcra 15th, Teilding 18th, Wauganui 19th, and Manaia 011 June 16, on their return from Auckland. Mr. Geo. Shirtcliffe lias been eleclfd chairman of Ihe Abattoirs Committee of the City Council. Tlio tender of Messrs. Briscoe and Cfl. for the annual supply of explosives to the City Council was signed yesterday. Messrs. Bamiatyne and Co., who share the contract, aro expected to sign 10-dav. A telephone office is now open at Ilatai(ai, Wellington district, call "11.T.1." The hours of attendance are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office is closed on Sundays and holidays. Telegrams are delivered regularly. A Mormon elder, who is now at Christchurch, mado the following statement to a "Press" reporter last week:—"Everywhere we go wo have 'polygamy' flung at us. It is absolutely n loolisii unci wicked prejudice. Even- when polygamy was allowed—and it has been abolished by United States law for over 20 yearsonly three per cenr. of the Mormons were allowed a plurality of. wives, and they were the best Mor-nons in Salt Lake City. People seem to be absolutely blind to the fact that it is illegal to bo wedded to more than one woman in tlio States, and this blindness is the worst stumbling block in proclaiming our propaganda. The true Mormon is a moral, man..Our 'Word of Wisdom,' as we call our Bible, forbids the uso of all, alcoholic liquor, tobacco, and even tea aiul coffee. We can eat meat only in (he cold season. Isn't that a simplo enough diet?" The members of the Pacing Commission left for Hastings by yesterday's They will attend the Hawke's Bay Jockev Club's meeting there to-day. Tlio Pacific Cable Board* lias arranged for a temporary ollice lor the receipt and delivery of cablegrams at I'estival of Empire Exhibition to be held at Crystal Palace, Loudon, opening on May' 12. A.8.C., Premier, and Western Union codes will be availablo there for decoding messages. The superintendent, Doubtless Bay, \vill, on request, arrange indicator representing linns or individuals for messages to be delivered in the Exhibition grounds. The beard's cable address at the Exhibition will be "Paccaboard repeat l'accaboard, London." Every effort will bo made to deliver messages in the Exhibition sent to care of that address. Yesterday morning Sergeant of Mount Cook, and Constable M'lieivie made a raid on premises (,\o. 131) Taraliaki Street, arrested a Chinaman named Chung Toting, and took possession of some opium and pipes. This morning the Chinese 'will appear at the Magistrate'.* Court charged with smoking opium, and being found with opium in a form suitable for smoking. The exhibition of foreign butterflies at tlio Dominion Museum will be open for a few days longer.