LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1505, 30 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that English and American mails, via San Francisco, Tahiti, and Karotonga, are due in Wellington on August 15. J Owing.to rough weather in the Austra- : lian Bight, the English, foreign, and West I Australian mails for New Zealand missed l connecting with E.M.S. Makura at Sydney yesterday. Mr, KMdler, who is cutting up and trying down the Ljall Bay whale, nays a tribute of the deepest respect to tho man ' who harpooned the leviathan off Kaikoura. t So admirable was the foroe of the lunge - that the harpoon, which has a shaft as thick as a shovel-handle, went right through one part of the whale's carcass, l burying 4ft. (Jin. of cold iron in tho great sea monster. Owing to the heavy rain •• last week, Mr. Eiddler was unable to do 1 very much, but so far he has cut np about - one-third of the bluuberous part of the [ whale, which is now being boiled down. The Education Commission completed 1 their labours last evening, the report to t be presented to tho Governor haying been , adopted at a late hour last night, and c nothing remains now except to get it into 3 shape for the members of the Commission B to sign to-day. 3 Kew Zealand candidates for the entrance r examination of the Boyal Australian 2 Military College at Duntroon, are request--2 ed to send in their applications to the of- " ficers commanding their respective districts not later than October 1 next. T "The People's Picture Palace" is to be 3 tine name of Mr. F. London's new pic- \ ture theatre, which is rapidly nearing I completion. Tho new hall extends prac- » tically from Old Customhouse Quay to 1 Manners Street, and there will be ea- . trances and exits at both ends, besides a 5-foot right-of-way flanking ono eide of J the theatre. Tho floor, which has a good » rake, is of wood, and the ceiling is to be D of figured asbestos. Tho now theatre will 1 scat 550 people, but there will be consider- . ablo standing room, whero unfixed scats } may bo used in case of: emergencies. A special meeting of the City Council will be held on Thursday evening of this week to consider the reports of the e Tramways Board and the Kcserv&s Ine quiry Committee. a It augurs well for the proposed union " of Methodist Churches in New Zealand !■ to find that in Auckland the movement t has l>een anticipated in one direction. The U Sunday schools of the East Street Methodist Mission and of the Pitt and Edwin Streets Primitive Methodist Churoli have '" been grouped together. As tho school pre- - inises of each institution are in near s neighbourhood tho step just taken is a _ most sensible one. The matter has evoked , considerable ontlnisJnsm amongst those concerned. Under tho new arrangement 1 and with tho present efficient staff there • is no reason why the united school should 1 not become ono of tho strongest in tho 1 city.—Auckland "Star." It was decided by tho Municipal Associations' Conference yesterday, at tho instance of Wellington, that in i'uturo fho J Christian names, in full, should lio inl' sorted in tho electors' roll, as well as • the surnames. 5 A cup of rich, fragrant, pnldcn-brown - nnffoi-. I? inxtintly mndo with "Cnuifl 5 Coffee,"—Advti

Tho Wellington Garrison Officers havo definitely decided to hold their annual ball as usual. The ball will bo held at tho Sydney Street schoolroom on September 2. There were present at tho conforenco of the Municipal Association yesterday some mayors who would wear tho longservico medal if there was ono in use. .Mr. Henry Davis stated that ho has been Mayor of Ashburton for ten years; Mr. Georgo Armstrong said that Akaroa had returned him for nine consecutive years; ono other delegate claimed six terms, another fivo terms, and another three terms. A paragraph appeared in yesterday's issue, stating that "a shipment of 72 motor-cars is being brought to Auckland from Canada by the s.s. Whakatane, duo to arrive at that port shortly." Keferring to this statement, tho general manager of tho Colonial Motor Company, Limited, Courtcnay Place, asks us to explain that the above-mentioned shipment is being brought to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, and that these cars (all Torus) aro not for Auckland only. Last night the Brotherhood Debating and Social Club held their ' monthly "social" in tho Continental Cafe, Willis Stroot. An entertaining programme -wns contributed to by tho following:—Misses Burd (2), Jones (2), Earle, and l'eas, Messrs. Cresswell, Simmons, Badger, Westerly, Lambert, Boyd, Burd, Musk, and ; Bradstock. Tlio K«v. E. O. Blainires presided during thu iirst half, but owing to Mrs. Blamires's ill-health, he left .Mr. , Badger in his place after the interval. A ( hearty vote of tlianlcs was accorded to , those who had contributed. towards the evening's enjoyment. Tho Auckland Railway League's commissioner writes as follows regarding the ; liast Coast railway:—"lt will probably bu L tni'eo weeks yet before the regular time- . table service can be cstablisned by tliu ■ llailivaj- Department troni Otoko to Eakauroa. The section is at present un- ; ballasted, anil while the track is in this l incomplete state it is impossible to run i to anj specified echixlule time. In the i meantime, however, tho Department is . endeavouring to meet the convenience, of [ settlers by forwarding urgent goods. A . temporary station has been provided neat ' Halket's store. The permanent bridges i oil the section have teen completed iu s very good time, and the structure across > the Waikohu River, leading to the perj maneiit Rakauroa Station, should bo completed in about three months' time. The '■ girders for this bridge are being manufac- ' tured by Messrs. Griffiths and Co., 'at 1 Otoko. Ballasting operations on the new ' section are iu abeyance, pending the conp struction o£ a new ballast-siding at Puha. ■ This work, now in progress, entails the erection of a low-level bridge across an intervening .stream at this point." It is not expected that the report of the ; Cost o£ Living Commission will bo avail- . able much before the end of August. , This is later than was anticipated, but ■ there is a groat deal of evidence to be gone through before members can formu- ) late their report. One* member remarked c yesterday that the work of a year would . bo packed into the period of less than [ threo months, which would actually bo ? taken by the Commission. 3 . After long and hill discussion at tho j summoned meeting of the Antipodean and p Britannia Lodges of Oddfellows last evening, it was decidod to advertise tor ten--2 ders for tho purchase, subject to existing 1 leases, of their property, having a front--2 age of 9G feet to Lambton Quay, by a f depth of 100 feet to Grey Street. It was . thought this would be preferable to ,iix- „ ing a price as suggested by a probable 5 purchaser. . Commissioner Richard?, chitf of the Sal- : ration Army iu New Zealand, informed " an Auckland "Herald" representative , that the bequests of the late Sir John l Logan Campbell to three of the Auckland 3 institutions under the Army's care would g be used as follows:—(1) Prison Gale Home (.£500): In the general development of, the institution, and the probablo purs' chase of additional property, with a view , to improving the efficiency and the capaf city of the home.' (2) Rescue Home (.£500): t The erection of a new and greatly improvj ed laundry, which will be of special assistance to tho- industries of the home. (3) Maternity Homo (i€ 500): In .'the assisting S in the erection of a much larger build- :- ing with up-to-date facilities for carry- - ing on the work of this home. The land s tor the now home was purchased soruo months ago.