LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1229, 11 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Union Company's steamer Malieno, with English (via Suez) and Australian mails, arrived al Auckland at :i p.m. yesterday.. The Wellington portion of her mails will arrive here by the Main Trunk express this afternoon. An Eastbourne deputation was to have waited upon tho Jlon. J. A. Millar on Saturday to protest against the inclusion of that borough among the Indies liable to pay for the Unit iload. As tho Hill including Knstbonrr.c and other local bodies had been passed on the previous evening the deputation was abandoned. The lender of G. F. Day at JC7OB has been accepted by the Miramnr Borough Council for the erection of a town hall. Unaccepted tenders were a-S follow:—A. Scamcr, .I'IUS; J.'. C. Watt, ,»1; M'Lc-an and Gray, .£1007; I'. J. Armstrong, .£935;. .Tones ami Cameron, ,£8)7; Hoffman and Petloy, .£1050; Howio and Matthews, .£B3!)' 155.; Isaac Clark and Son, .C 097; Muir and Hose, £'.W; Meyer and Illingworth. X-877; L. Driscoll, .filfllil; 11. 11. Knight, .£827; Humphrey Bros., .£lOOl. A unique sight can be offered to visitors and residents nt liotorna. Anyone strolling along the banks of the lHuhina for an afternoon walk, past Sheriff's form, and inspecting the stream on the way, 'may (s.iys the Auckland "Herald") see hundreds and thousands of trout at tho bottom. There they are, ranged by companies and battalions, like soldiers mi review (s\ys a liotorua paper). The heads arc all upstream, and th*, tails are gently waving to keep them'in their position in tho ranks. They have como from the lake to spawn in shallow water where there is a sandy or shingly bottom. It is a beautiful mill wonderful sight, especially to those from the Old Country accustomed to half and three-quarter pounders; for hero can bo seen ir.'.ny trout that would tip the scale at.ten pounds. At this time of tho year the fish aro somewhat lethargic, and not difficult to catch by baud, affording an opportunity to those in authority to Weed ,out tho thin, diseased, and useless. A visit to l tho Utuhiim will prove, delightful. Several .interesting curios have, been presented to the Auckland Museum during the past few weeks (says the "Horald ). Included in tho number is a relic of nautical interest, presented by .Mr. C. G. Kettle, S.M. This is a piece of copper sheathing which was discovered' on _ the shoal found in the fairway of Itangitoto Channel by the s.s. Knipara last year, and is supposed to have come from the bottom of the French warship Duquesue, which .scraped something in the same vicinity when" leaving Auckland in 1800. The sheathing formed one of the exhibits at tho Kaipava inquiry, over which Mr. Kettle- presided. Another article which should attract attention is a flule mado cut of tho bono of a human arm, which lias been donated by Mr. Percy Ward, of Mount ltoskill. This flute, which is about Jin. long and is carvel, was found nt Ilokianga some years ago. As it was the custom of the Maoris in olden times, after driving off their enemies, to convert tho bones of tho more distinguished of them to such uses, it is thought more than probable that tho flute presented once formed part of the arm bone of somo well-known warrior whoso fortunes proved ill-starred. The Supreme Court opens at Masterftm to-day, before Sir Robert Stout, with a clean criminal calendar. Messrs. A. H. Vile and G. L. Stewart, of the Education Board, hold an inquiry into tho fire, by which the Kaiwaiwai School was destroyed. The evidence- showed that a social had been held in the hall adjoining the school on the night prior to tho fire, and there was tho probability of a spark from tho copper alighting under tho school. It was also stated that embers had been left in the school fireplace, but it was considered hardly pro,bablo that these were responsible for tho fire. A young man named Motetc Paratene threw a match on to some gunpowder in a wlmre at Brancepcth Station on Friday. The roof of the building was blown oil', and Paratene sustained severe burns about tho head and arms. Tho Eastbourne Borough Council has agreed to exempt the Presbyterian Church from tho payment of sanitary rales this year. Matters in connection with tho recent Coronation Industrial Exhibition will be finally dispostd of at to-morrow evening's meeting of tho Industrial Association. During the evening the bell used in connection with the sports held in tho 'Stadium will bo presented to Mr. Marryatt, chairman of the Sports Committee,