LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1493, 16 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Prime Minister (the Hon. W. F AlnsScv) will receive a deputation from the i\e\v Zealand .Alliance ac 5.15 this evening. One of the many telegrams of congratulation which reached .Air. Alas-'ev' after «is victory in the late no-con fid ?n--'e division, contained on offer fran a Nelson resident, who offered to send a "sir loin, "to give the boys a treat." The oiler was accepted, aml.'tlis "sirloin" arrived in jdue course. -It weighs 541b., and lias been placed in cold storage in readiness for "a special occasion." Some anxiety was caused vestcrdav regarding the whereabouts of Albert Pudney' and Henry Adams, who left Island Bnv' on .Saturday ,ifforncon to go over the lulls to l'orirua. The two were to have returned on Sunday afternoon, but did.-not put in an nppparanco, and inquiries were set atoot. However, Loth returned safelv yesterday afternoon. , A post office is now open at the store of Mr. Richards, .stationer, Main Road, Karon, and will he known by the postal name of "Karori Ease." ~ The delegates to tin New Zealand' Boxing- Association's Conference,. to be held', here to-day, and a .large, number of the competitors in the championship carnival ■ were entertained at the Adelphi Theatre yesterday, when-the liiaiiajjer (Mr. Frank Sterling) screened a picture of the 20-rouiul tight lor the middle-weight chainpioii.-liip ot the world, between Cariientier (France) and Lewis < England). The picture is a good one, but for the first 14 rounds the "going" was rather uninteresting. It was hen that.••ho Frenchman seemed to-get his'second wind, for he began to pick up rapidly the points lie had lost earlier in the fight; aim in the remaining rounds lie.came put of each one a winner, and in the end was awarded the palm. Last evening, the' members of the I.M.C.A, Senior Cadet Company gave a social in honour of Jlr. Frandi,' who has lately resigned his commission as captain or the company. Lieut. Nimmo pre.-'d-cd. The program me took' tho form <vf \ocal and instrumental items( contributed :by members of the company.' Lieut. Nimino referred to the friendship and good .feeling that existed botween Captain l/i-amli and the members of 1 tho company. he.success of the company was largely due to the personality and efficiency of Captain Frandi. He then, on behalf' of ■the members of the company, presented Captain Frandi with a handsome drcssiitoOn behalf of the officers and N.C.O.sof the company, he made another pi esentation- to Color-Sergt. Pctrie. ! Both recipients suitably replied.

a.Another new theatre is to be erected in Queen ht.r.eet,. A uckkind,- for "continuous" .■pictures. Mr. Henry: Hay ward, who has just returned from a trip to England and America, has come back. with some'new ideas in theatre bujlding, and to gi vo them effect he has secured a 15 years' ease of fhe premises at present occupied by Messrs. A. .Yates and Co., in the centre of Queen Street. The new theatre will have two gallaries and will seat ICO3 people'. The new theatre will be the twenty-sixth . picture house in New Zetland controlled by Hayward's Enterprise": Ltd. ',

At a meeting of the Mount Roskill -Road Board (Auckland) ou Friday, the chairman (Mr. Chas. llagley) stated that it had been a general •opinion professionally, .Mid was supported by very marked indications, that -an underground rivM\ or re sen-oil- of .water would be found under 10 three, Kings Hills. Six months aso (lie board considered the fjuestion'of testing the correctness of this surmise, nmi it was unanimously decided to enlist tho assistance of the Rev. H. 'Mason, whive water-divining powers are' well known. Mr. Mason pointed out an area of about five square chains beneath which, lie said, water would be found anvwhere. in "rcat quantity, at a depth of about GOft. "'IV board shortly afterwards decided to employ Messrs. Sutclilfe and Mounce, «r----tesian well-borers, and arrangements wen: made for putting down a 4in. bore, the work being commenced about six wseks ago. The result of this boring wa« as follows:—The first* 10ft. bored through was loose scoria and earth, the. next lift, loos* boulders of scoria,**tucn basaltic lava scoria . (or solid rook) ; was- struck, which continued for about another 55ft. down, when perfect, clear, sparkling water was discovered. The next sft, was loose scoria fish or rock, after which- very hard, flinty rock was struck and bored into for' some, Gft.. making a total depth of bore of Sift. The water then rose 21ft. in the tore. Continuous pumping was kept up for 21 hours, at the rate of ICflO gallons per hour-from the 4in. bore, but this did not. make the slightest impression on the height of the water, and there was every indication that the supply is practically, unlimited.

Sir G. F. King Hall, Admiral of the Australasian Squadron, has reported to his Excellency the Governor, Lord Islington, further particulars regarding tho peculiar experience (reported bv cablegram) of H.Jt.S. Encounter during her passage from Auckland to .Willianistown, a few weeks-ago. It appears that on Mav 25 whilst engaged in searching for the missing dredge Jlanchester the Encounter was struck by an unusual heavy sea which the commander attributed to volcanic disturbance. Tt flooded the. after part of the ship, filled the ward room,' knocked the bottom out of the galley and did'other ■damage. The two men who were looking after the searchlights said they were nearly carried away. It is a coincidence that there was an earthquake experienced at Auckland on the previous d'.t.V. You mav not bo able to hire a flviug machine, but you can ll.v to your grocer for a bottle of "Camp ColTee."—Advl