LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1237, 20 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The arrangements in connection with the. celebration of Dominion Day on Monday next entail the assembling of the scholars of tfao SLate scirools in two grounds at 11 a.m. for the purpose of saluting the flag, after which they will i;a dismissed for the day. There will bo n bis parade of cadets at the Jsewiown l'ark in the afternoon, when some 1500 lads will be reviewed by his Excellency the Governor. In the evening there will u<! a popular patriotic entertainment, at which his Excellency the Governor and the Prime Minister will deliver addresses. The Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P.), will preside. A suitable programme of musical numbers is being arranged by Mr. J. Dykes.

Interviewed at Christchnrch, Mr. Leonard Bonviek, the eminent English pianist, said that ho had been deeply impressed by Wellington Harbour, of which he had heard nothing, and which he thought most beautiful. Bath Auckland and Sydney had been praised countless times to him, but of Wellington he hail never heard. Ho had found his audiences everything that he could wish for in the matter of intelligent appreciation. At times their attitude was quite extraordinarily sympathetic. They seemed to take him 'just as he wished to be taken, and whenever he thought lie had done well they seemed to share his opinion. They wero delightfully fresh and demonstrative, and the halls were beautiful places in most cases, their acoustic properties being almost perfect. That, to a performer, was an enormous advantage.

At tho Lower Uutt Police Court yesterday morning an old man named Harry Taylor was sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment for vagrancy. . ~ The' inaugural meeting of the St. Thomas's Senior Defence Cadets was held on Monday evening, the boisterous weather affecting the attendance.very much. After Messrs. Brown, '.Smith, and Eichards had briefly outlined the schemo as put forth in. the defence regulations, 21 names were handed in as a nucleus of the proposed corps. After discussion it was resolved to postpone the meeting until Thursday evening next'. All members nnd intending members nre invited to be present.

In an editorial note in our issue of yesterday the following sentence occurred: "A writer in the London 'Morning Post' has complained of the Dominion that it lias 'carried the idea that Empires grow and nro not made almost to the extent of fatalism.' " The "Morning Post's" writer was not dealing with New Zealand, but with Tue Dominion newspaper.

The annual meeting of tho New Zealand Employers' Federation is to be held to-day. Representative employers from all parts of the Dominion will bs present.

At to-morrow evening's meeting o£ tho City Council, Councillor Godber will move:—"That this council take into immediate consideration tlie question of remodelling the congested areas of the citv, and that a special committee, to be 'named 'The Congested Arras Committee,' be at once appointed to formulate a scheme to carry out the work, and prepare any necessary legislation, and report to tho council at tho earliest opportunity." .Councillor Barber will move:—

"Thai an effort be made to sccuro from tho Harbour Board a few dredge loads of white sand for deposit in Oriental Bay, with the object of forming a saiwy beach suitable for tbo recreation and amusement of children."

On August 18 whilst tho Rotorua was en routs from London to Wellington the infant child of Jlr. and Mrs. King (passengers for Auckland) died of meningitis.

A syndicate is being formed for the purpose of building a large- theatre in Grey Lynn, Auckland, near the junction of l'onsonby aud Karangahape Roads, on tho site wnero tho Tivoli Theatre now stands. The present theatre, which was formerly well known as St. George's Hall, will be demolished, ami the new structure will practically cover the whole of a section of land having a frontage to Great North ltoad of 01 feet, by a depth of 200 feet.

A cowardly and brutal assault was, it is alleged, committed upon a young woman at Auckland on Saturday evening by a, man who, it is stated, aspired to bo her lover. It is alleged that for many months past the man had been pestering the, woman with proposals of marriage, and had been continually following her about by tram and train, and had even gone as far as to follow her to Hamilton on ouo occasion. Tho woman went about in constant fear of her would-be lover, for ho was evidently not one of the sort that would take "No" for. an answer. Matters, it is stated, reached a climax on Saturday ovening. The woman was quietly walking along with her young niece. When she was accosted by the man it is alleged that he once more made his proposals of marriage, and she firmly informed him that she would not marry him. This seemed to infuriate the man, who struck the woman on the nose and on tho forehead. The woman fell to tho ground in an unconscious condition. By this time a largo crowd had gathered, and the mau disappeared from sight.

Burins; his visit to England, Ronald Opie, New Zealand's rapid runner, who competed .it the Festival of EmpireSports on ?>e\v Zealand's behalf, had a fly in an aeroplane. Ho was taken up nt Hrooklnnds, England's famous woo ground, by Piston, the English aeronaut. Asked as to what the sensation was like, lie stated "it was like a ride in mid-air on :i liO-inilo-an-hoiir motor car, nitd made one wish he had boon born an eagle instead of something that creeps along the earth." The llijl'it, which was delightfully exhilarating, had Riven him an increased respect, lift: unmixed with envy, for tho whole of the feathered tribe, lie would like very much to go in for an air machine, and may ye(.