LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 26 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Union Company's twin-screw steamer Muheiio, from Sydney, with English and All -ti-ti 1 inii mails on board, arrived ill Auckland a( 2 p.m. yesterday. The Wellington and southern portions of Hie liiaiK will arrive in town by the Main Trunk express this afternoon. The adjourned meeting of the City Council will be held in the council chamber at 8 o'clock this evening. The bicycle thief has always been favoured for colossal impudence, but the person who stole a bicycle lamp in Christchurch a few days ago (states a southern paper) seems to have outclassed all previous records of his light-fingered brethren. A Cliristchnrch gentleman, whose sou had his lamp taken from his bicycle, advertised for the missing article, and by way of adding additional weight to his advertisement intimated that unless the person who waa ston taking the lamp did not return it a prosecution would ensue. Recently ho was astonished to receive the following communication from the indignant borrower:—"Dear sir, I've got your lamp right enough, but if you think you i:ui taniboo7.il> iiio into returning your lamp by advertisiii? like that you're wrong—you can't. 1 took it to go a message in « hurry, and yon can thank your lucky stars that I didn't take your bike too." If you like to advertises reasonably like this: 'Would tlio person , who borrowed my lamp kindly return it, 111 leave it at a shop somewhere and send a postcard and tell you where it is, as I've got two or three, mid I don't want any more—Yours truly, Ginger." As the gentleman is desirous of regaining the missing lamp, lie intends to take 'Ginger's" advice. Assisted immigrants to the number of 106 arrived on Saturday by the lonic from London. Of the number 83 wore adults and 23 children. Included in the party were 24 farmers and their wives. There, were also 27 domestics under the charge of Jliss Shipley. A conference of mine-owners is to be held in Wellington this week, to discuss matters bearing on the mining industry. Archbishop Redwood's pastoral letter en Socialism, which appeared in The Dominion on Monday, February 12, was read at yesterdav morning's mass in the Hill Street. Basilica. During the voyage of the lonic from London to Wellington, several cases of measles occurred amongst steerage passengers. With the exception of two or three, all had completely recovered when tlio vessel arrived here.