LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1266, 23 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

$ The Maheno, with English (via Suez) ami Australian mails, arrived .in Auckland from Sydney at 9 a.m. yesterday. Tho Wellington portion of her mails will arrive by this afternoon's Main < Trunk express. 'Die Makura, from Van- j corner, is duo at Auckland to-morrow, j and it is expected that the Wellington c and southern portion of her English j and American mails will reach hero on 1 Wednesday. t Mr. V. do J. Clere. architect, has ac- '' cepted tho tender of Air. John Wood for ' the erection of a Town Hall for tho l Khaudallah Word of Onslow Horough. ' Tlie building, which will bo erected in ' .M'Kenzio Jlond, will seat about .100 peo- ). pie. Tho contract price is ,£I3OO. j The Men's Brotherhood meeting in tho 1 New Theatre yesterday afternoon was well c attended. Mr. IC. Arnold, J. P., presided, c A discussion on No-liccnso was opened c by tho Kev. E. 0. Ulaniires, and was t very hcahtily taken up on both sides, Mr. T. C. Ncwlon sang a t-010, and Air. Pees gavo a recital. Tho New Theatre was nicely filled at tho evening mooting of tho Central Mission. The Kcv. K. 0. Wamires gnvo sin address, and Mr. Newton rendered a solo. John Ward M'lCain, saddler, of Lower llutt, filed 'a petition of bankruptcy on Saturday morning. Tho first mooting of creditors will bo held on Monday, October liO, at 11 a.m. On Saturday evening tho distribution A of prizes, recently won at tho Kilbirnie u Skating Rink, took place. They wore ii presented liy Mrs. 1 ,, . H. Uoltoii, the prize- a winner.-: being as follow.—-Ladies' i'niicy P dress, Miss Lingard (set of jewellery ci boxes); gi-nls' fancy dress, Mr. l>. rk (bis- ii cuit barreli; the best advertisement cos- s turns*. Miss Phipps (inarbro clock); moil Ii comical eharaclei'. Air. Jloalo (silver honey si bowl); best historical character, Mr. » Jones (s''t of hair brushes); kiys' fancy A dress, under IC, Master lliilelu.'on (a o elwk): ladies' nuisituil chairs, Wyatt t (silver enko dish); gouts' mile race, Mr. rColVec (broaklasl cruel); most graceful If lady skater, Miss Wyatt (butter dish); s t apple Milling nic A , Jlas-ler Aliller (a ii watch); hulks' half-mile Mco, AlUs Olivo «.' Arllnir (biscuit barrel); loanuTs' race, » Mr. l<. I'orlli. Mr. Uoltoii. after Mio I) prizes liad been r.reseuted, alluded to tho ti great exleiil !o wlnVh Hie rink li.-id boon w iKilninispil during tin- ;«uv)n and the lib- i; eralily of the proprietors, Ale.-srs I,'iley ' m and Alalsoii, in giving null sulistaiiliiil l< prizes, lie staled on boh.ilf of the pro- c priclor-i that it was their intention to n enlargii tin. rink by another IJII feet of ol lluor space, and further improve tho ac- a uuinniodiilioti, Tho coinpliiueiitiUT refer- n cn'.x-.i to lh« proprietors woro Toccivcd tl with, much by Uμ aiuliuioo, [U

Councillor Cameron lius given notice that at the next meeting of the City Council ho will move: "That liis Worship tho Mayor and city councillors, toRi , tiior with .Mr. Morton'(City Engineer), -Mr. Ames (City Valuer), and Mr. Drumiiiond (.Building Inspector), visit tho properties owned by llio City Corporation in Adelaide Jtoad and ' Riddiford Street, with a view to forming a definite, policy concerning the same, and fixing a proper rental value for tho properties at present fo lot." The annual exhibition of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts is advertised to dose (it !i.30 to-night. There was a largo allendancc on Saturday and a number of pictures were sold. Exhibitors nnd purchasers arc requested to remove t'heir pictures from the gallery before 5 p.m. on Tuesday.