LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1560, 2 October 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that the 5.9. Manuka, which sailed from Sydney at iiOHii on September 28, lias on board an Australian mail. She is due to arrive here to-day.

To see the main streets of Wellington at their worst one should walk up Willis, -Manners, ami Cuba Streets at midnight when tho wind is blowing. The complaint is not ab.iut tho dust,'which nuisance has been appreciably likened tjncii the streets were wood-Mocked, but is caused by tne boxes full of all kinds of rubbish put ready for the "destructor man" to take away early in the morning. On windy nights, however, that oflicial is relieved to a.very great extent by the reckless distribution over the streets ol paper, straw, cardboard boxes, sawdust, etc., which have been .lilted out of the boxes and whirled this way and that at the will of the gale. The ni'isance has been very btrl during the past few nights in ho thoroughfares mentioned, and it might be remedied if all tho boxes or tins were supplied with lids.

Burton L. Gibson, an attorney, has been charged in New York with the murder oi Madame Rosa Jlenschik Szabo, a Pwtty Austrian, who died while boating with Gibson on Greenwood Lake, near J\e\v T.ork, about a niontii ago. Gibson said that Madame Szabo had met her death through drowning, and that a minister whose name he did not disclose, struggled desperately to save her life. Suspicion centred on Gibson when he produced a will, showing that the woman I" 11 r,» ft lum all ller P r °P«rl.v, amounting to £20,000. The Austrian Consul became interested, und obtained an order for the exhumation of the body. An autopsy then showed conclusively that she had (lied from strangulation. There is a terrible suggestion that a number of other deaths of persons who had been associated with Giljson were caused bv violent means. The daughter of an elderly woman, whosa property was in Gibfon s hands, was found murdered some tlrae »Ro. but the mystery was never solved. 1 hen a witness who gave evidence at the inquest was found drowned in a shallow, creek: a Wall Street broker who had fought Gibson for the control of an estate was drowned from a steamboat; and John O Neill, who successfully brought an action against Gibson a cnnccrning a mortgage, disappeared, and has not since been heard of.

At a special meeting of the Onslow Borough Council, to l>o held to-morrow evening, an application by Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., to construct a railway siding across Station Road, Kaiwarra, will be considered. A request by the Torwood Estate Company for the council to consent to altered levels of a portion of a now street will also come up for consideration.

The Bishop of Bathurst (Dr. Long) preached recently to a lafgn congregation at St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on the words, "Our Citizenship is in JTtvnvcn." Tn the course of his sermon tho Risliop said Australia had especial cause for pride in the achievements accomplished in so short a period. Her prowess' in spqrt, the valour of her sons when opportunity required if, the turning of the virgin land in to rich pastnres.-tlin erection of great cities and noble churches, were all causes for national gratification. Ho (the Bishop) in tho early months of ' this year had travelled in the interior, of Australia, and there found men of true, citizenship. Sturdy, full of pluck, and grit, patriotic and loyal, they fought Nature in some of her wildest, moods, Even in times of drought, they kept stiff upper lips. re. inaining cheerful in Ihe darkest hour. Above all, these men loved Australia, and when the newspaper? from Melbourne arrived, reporting certain' statement , ! from men who declared that they had nothing tn defend, these settlers in tho backblocks poured forth vitriolic scorn. Were tho ideals and sanctity of Australian home-life not worth defending, or must: a defence be made of only that which had sovereigns behind it? Thank God, Australia did not breed many sons'like those who made such statements.

A sale of work is to bo opened in St. Andrew's Schoolroom this afternoon by the Prime Minister, J[r. Mnssey, the larger portion of the resulting proceeds to bo devoted to the Presbyterian Orphanage.. l'Vr some time past the ladies of tile church" have been actively workiiii; for this event, and the display of articles (particularly the plain and fancy sewing work) will be well worth inspecting. With inspection will follow, without doubt, the desire to purchase, lhc snle will l>e continued on Thursday, and, with'such an object, should not fail to be well supported.

The annual business mooting of tho Y.W.C.A. is to be held.on Thursday evening. The 'balance-sheet and annual report will bo read and there will bo several speakers.

At tho drawing-rooni sale of work of St. John's Young Women's Missionary Guild held yesterday at tho residence of Mrs. Allan, in Willis Street, the sum of .tis was realised.

Commenting upon the relative merits of Shaw and Wilde, Jnmes Douglas, in "London Opinion," wrote that when the former arrived in London the latter was the idol of tho hour, "and," he says, "thero is no doubt that the young Irishman imitated the method,which had made the elder Irishman the most notorious figure in literary circles. Wilde made himself conspicuous by. his poses and his paradoxes. Shaw deliberately adopted all tho Wilde tricks, and exaggerated them so audaciously that he stepped into Wilde's shoes, and wore his mantle." Wilde despised the mob; Shaw deified it. Anyone who has studied the methods of Shnw and Wilde must tee how completely the one has turned the principles of tho ether upside down. Wilde was a voluptuary; Shm* an anti-voluptuary. Wilde was an aristocrat;- Shaw a'democrat. Wilde was a romantic; Shaw an antironiantic. Wilde was an epicure; Shaw a stoic. Wilde sneered at everything, snvc art and self-indulgence; Shaw sneered at everything, including'art and self-indulgence.

An entertainment in aid of tho Rev. Mother Aubsrt's Homes is to take place in the Town Hall on October 9. There are few people who arc not acquainted with the splendid work which is carried on by the Kcv. Mother, but it is a work that only increases as the city and the population of the Dominion increases. Naturally it takes money to keep it going, and every year an effort is made by those who are keenly interested in the woTk to raise funds with which to assist it. This time it takes the form of an entertainment, for which an excellent, programme has l>een arranged. Among those contributing towards it are the Misses Se?rief (songs), Sijtnor Trudo (with a flute solo), Miss Margnret Xewman (with" an Eastern drill exhibition), and the Frivolities, under Miss Kasson. The latter company contributes songs from "Tho Geisha Girl," "San Toy," "Mikado," and "Klovadora" (by permission of J. C. Williamson, Ltd.), humorous songs and concerted numbers, as well as a dance with Miss Doris Smith as a solo dancer.

]?HEXCH AND ENGLISH CARS AT

AMERICAN PRICES. /

There lias never been any secret of the fact Hint the comparatively low price, of American automobiles has been,made possible by large outputs and standardised parts. By adopting the principle of the big output, and a consequent lower cost of production, the well-known English firm of Humb?r, Ltd., and the equally famous French firm of Clement-Bayard have been able to produce cars of moderate price without sacrificing the quality upon which their reputations have boon •built. We hnve just received delivery of fine of (he prettiest and neatest torpedobodied four-sealed Knglish oars ever inipnrled to Cliri.-tchnroh. It is n 1912-13 4cylimlor 11-15 h.p. Dumber. The engine liiK enclosed valves and chain transmib-.-ion for turning gears, and is beautifully silent". Tliis type of Humber car broke its class records at Brooklands. and is a wonderful hill-climlw. Complete, with hood, shield, electric side-lamps acetylene hi'.id-lninps, Inil-lainp. and wirp wheels. th;> F.uglish price is .£255. We hnve also on view the now 2--.";iler, torpedo-bodied S-12 h.p. t-rylindor Oionienl-Bayard, fitted with the same device for ensuring engine silence. This is a beautiful car in app-ar-nnec, oslromely economical to run, and cood on hills. "The French price is JUBG. To these prices 'English and French) we add only th» cost- of importation, an honest and straightforward system of dealing. Wo have, also on offer a spcondhand 2-seater Humber, in guaranteed good order, for .£l5O, a.nd n second-hand 4-sentcr Keo for .£7.i. Adams, Ltd., Oarage, Tnnm Street, Christchurch; also at Palmerston North nnd Wangauui, and ogc.nts, Tourist Motor Co., Hastings

In welcoming a party of German municipal representatives and town-planners at Port Sunlight, Sir W. Lover made nil eloquent appeal for a better understandin;; and greater international conceptions between the jwoplc of both Umpires. "We are. brothers," ho declared. "We aro of the same ancestry, and it was our Saxon fathers who brought the art of farming to England. Beside England and Germany there was another great people of the same ancestry across tho Atlantic, and again in the Paciiic, where the AngloSaxon brotherhood was realised in Australia and New Zealand. Into the keeping of thi'Sß great nations was given tho destiny of the peace and advancement of tho world, and it would he a crime, over which tho angels in Heaven would ween and (ho devils in hell would shriek with laughter, if any conilict cnnie between our two nations."

Councillor L. M'Kenzie Iμs piven notice, to move, at tho next meeting of the Citr Council:—"That thu Tramway Board report on tho following matters in connection with the electric light department:— (1) Tho total rent and gro.inds used fo(iho storing of coal; (2) the .'oss of steam ing value of said coal by being exposed to thoweather;(3)theadvisability of scrapping present plant, nnd tuUncing samn with a turbine engine; (i) the a'lioun 1 . that can be saved with a new turbinu machine; (5) the approximate cost of erecting a new power station accommodating both lighting and tramway plants in a suitable position, and also their views regarding lisas to which "he present buildings niny be profitably put.

Says our Wanganui correspondent:—A comparison between Australian and New Zealand methods of securing immigrants is given by Mr. L. E. Bassctt, one of the Wanganui representatives to the Boston International Commerce Congress. Writing to a Wanganui friend from London a few weeks ago, just before leaving for America, Jfr. Rnssett said:—"There is finite an Australian boom on here, and, just now, the_ papers are busy discussing it. Large shipments of emigrants are leaving, while sufficient boats are not available for those who wish to go. Hawkers are selling maps of Australia in the streets, nnd tho Commonwealth has an immense sign on its fine building site in the Strand on which is printed a-daily message which is read by hundreds of thousands. Their State window displays in tho city are a great feature, and a splendid advertisement. When we lonk round for evidence of New Zealand's oxisten.ee, we see nothing."