LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1597, 14 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

When: opening a, bazaar in aid .of St. Michael's Church, at Kelbuxpe, yesterday, the Hon. A. t<. Berduiart stated that tfie siim. of iiSOO liad ken Mid to tho We'lfrngton Mueatioa Beard to -defray -the I cost of a site of over two acres at Kelburne for the- new Training, College, with normal school and infa-nt" department attached. The site had duly acquired, and a beginning was. n,pw to be , ' made in-providing the necessary buildings.. '.A,. gr-4jit of .£4370 had been mado- to-the. EduV cation Board to defray the ops.fc'bf the iifi fant" school, which, was to . i be'<erected' : -ii): brick. ■ • : : . ;. -V ..^•;i.:,-.^i..-% i -.. A section- on the- main- ,road l ;at--Islarid.:. Bay ivas in questipn-whilo a builder, was,' giving in the. : !3upreiri.e^.Cpiirt. i yesterday afternoon. -Tlie arjia. Was ! Ari" eighth of an acre and tho fitness said he considered its valualwas .6200. .-rfiiat'i--4J160Q an. acre," commented the.- ChiefJustice.' "M that.time,, your, Honour/:, interjected one of counsel, "it was >ellinff :at a good deal nior-e than that." . "Well, people: were mad, no doubt," .relied his Honour, "I pointed that out., in. more than one ooftu'Snsation iasSi"' / ■ .T«-6 prisoners will come up for sentence in the Supreme, Court this' mpr-jK jug before tile Chief Jusfcise.-(Sir .'Robert Stout). They are .William Kiiox [performing, an illegal operation), and John. Ko> rako Rini, forgery.. ':■ .-.•." / .'■■ Tills case should'be:a warning 'to. y<? lirttf girls who became attached, or think they becotae attached,.to.-yoiiiig men of , whom they know littloor.notKing," SaidMr. justice Cooper at. a Bitting:of the Divorce Court at Auckland on-jMoiiday. In. tjie , case in. question,-. ii ypung ; girl had. married; a-man,to-\yhom.-elie >vas engaged for about sev.en months, but during the tirtie slie saw him only ends. Immediately after tho adding he commenced drinking liSayily, ftii.fl--, had tontirtiiied i« do so ever since. "It is.'almost eerttsW continued . liis, . Hpnofc "that this . young mail lootttracted. the drinking habi.t before.his aa.arr.iag*, far it would t>o art-unusual thing for a man to start drinkmg to excess a few days after his wedding. Young.:,gir}s should.: always know a considerable anio.nnialjou.t the habite of their future, ltuebands- before- they get. .married.." . : '■ ■■ "If you want to figlit, , . there is abso-. lutely no reason why, you should, not," said Jlr. % V. Frasser, 5.M.,. adidreisiiig. a! man 'charged with, assault at the.'Auckland Police Court oft JVlpnday. ;■ ','Biit you. must fight in a baqkyard.V heqontinued, "or the.re .will-be no chance of*'irbuficreatW J '* ( Rfeaph- of'tlio,-: pettco." - . - '.' ', .•' •■ ' ■ As sooa as ths weatlter is favourable, the Hon.- I\ M.:B, ;Ksher, ..accompanied by Ins , 'officers , b'f til?- Ma'riilerPonattment, will pay a visit to- ; Cape Tcrawliiti ttnd tongue Point, with a View tp' d<jt©rnli.ning .which is the ntflst suitable site oia which, to establish s, 1-ightliouse. . -~ ;. Instruetions were given yesterday by tlie Minister for Marine {the -Soil-. S.. M. B, Ksher) fo Captain BdHoAs, pf. the Hinei»Pß, to spend a couple of days at the Three Kings on lijs jkres^nt-,trip 'to the noofth (if'to weather is. aud nialie a close -examination;, .of'tlie- islands', talce - soundings, and furnish- # report, on the whole-question of instalii.ng alight M tho Three Kings. '~•'. ■-..-■ A lino of 3? cases ,of-cherries a'rjriyed'jtt■Wellingtoh from Australia by fhe Hud-(ki-b-P-atker steamer yestfirday. This is the fir§t shipment to B.and this season. , ■ '.. '■■' • ' ' ■ N Wtiie a teaVy iron, girder.was being i moved in Messrs! Cmbtres- *nd S6n.'s foujir 1 dry yesterday.morning the cid pf it c*ine off a trolley, .ott.-whicli-.-.it-;had been laid, ■and struck an appreji.tice -, named : .. 'Wm» Charles Hastings-. The lad..sustained somewhat "serious injuries, and after being; -attended to' by Dfs. Qibb and Maetiil :was removed to tho hospital. I«st evening ae was regorted to be, progressing . favour', ably. '• '■ ''~ '',■ ■• '■ .'' Andrew Be.nn,ett, a dadet iia'the. Labpui? Department,-inet with a spmewlia.t seri-; oUs. accident yesterday morumg. ' While he was carrying a bundle-, of pape.f thr-ougll a passage of tho departmental buildin;? inGhuznee. Street, soltife pf them were blowntltrpngh anojjein windp'w of tlio •in-ail-ropm' annexe, of th.e To. Arp P.bst. Office. Endeavouring to recpver.thiji pap; el's, Beiiiaett went -put.on to tlio ioof ofthe annexe and stopped- pji a: glass sky-. light, through which .he crashed into the. room below* Br. Mn.ckin iviiiS setit'for and ■prdefed that tjio lad should bo-renitivexl to the hospital. Bojin.ett'a parert'te' reside at Piinedla. ( l /■':"''■ The Native chiefe tlirougMiit New. &e- ---: land liftve beefi ciJcularfe.\i:;}vith-ai.letteiv bearing a.n apnouneempnt as ■fpllpw3-:^-"I(;.-.has. been decided by a committee to erect: a memorial to Ciptaln Cook. Tho proposed- monument will -be "an.*-'imposd.ng structure to 1» erected, on a hil'ljick, at Motuhara. This is an isiand'-at btrapawa', Poverty Bay, and tho monument Will Iμ seen by ships passing, to and fro frpm. the gfcat ocean Ruakawo," Why that ; spo.f hasbesrt selected is on. accpn'nt- of 'its being the first stntiqn of Captain. Copies Pn its reaching- these- islands fixsni- E'ng- . land, .'llierefPre the trife- and hrtpus' throughout tho North and- South '■ Islands' .ore prayerfully asked that they -Will T recognise the ijnportah.ee of the menipnto ia fesp'jct of this great man, and. -to 6imd along donations. Tho sum- of : XIOOO- is required, Chief 3 are askpd for- substantial, contributions, The mnttor is being ■considered by tho Maori Council.

A DEMONSTRATION OF "TEIUMVH" POPULARITY, The "ffiumph" inoto.rroy.oie baa: demosetrated time and time again, here in New Ze.alij.iid,- its possession of eucli hisjh qualities as reliability, economy Iα tunning, efficiency, capacity to. etand hard wear, and . ability to, climb hills at high speed. It has demonstrated these things in actual competition, under competitive ooniHtiqws, and it has deaio.ns.tfated thsm less publicly, but not less effectively, in everj'-day uso at the hailds of thnusdinds of motor-cyclists. Ever since' we- first introduced tlio "Triumpli" to. the New Zealand ltiarkct the machine. Iws id 'popularity ufttil tp-dAy.it is. tee sten'd-' atd jnotor-cycle in tW.Dominiori—rim machine by which all others are judeed. If additional doiviqiis.traiidn is iieedea qi tho ])*pulnrity pf tbK "Trjuhiph," we' may mention that we -hav« entered into a contract for tho GUPrfe diWinf tho n;e'xt twelve mouths of SQO ''Ttitnnpt' , mofat*-: cycles, the maximum mnnber. avaikWo for shipment here. TJiq total , retail raliie of the order is .£40,000. The. first shipment of 85 "Tnumplis," arriving per the 6.5. lonic, under Uve new contfact, h.as a retail vain* of .£7OOO, and. j;s the -biggest shipment of motor-cycle? of one nia ; l;p fiver: sent to one firm in Australasia,' That is' a demonstration., of -out' faith -in the "Triuiupli" aftd pur belief in its Hhenonre* nal jjojiulafity. We can-also sho.*-,the accepted contract to anyone iiiteresto'd. Tlje new model 19)2-1!).. "Triiimplis" **]] as follows:—l%ed ciigiiie, ,£7oj free inRine, XSO; thfee-spcert,'<sp37. los. We have and fred ewgino models for imhiecliato delivery. Adnms\ Lt-4-, vißeijtS for "Triumph" motor-cycles, and cycles!-High Street, Christchtmsli. . Branches, at P«l----mersbai) Korth, WivnKin'ti. Aeents, M«93f3, Sutherlnud- and Raiikine. -.MercerStreet, WelHnftfoa, and the" 3-O.urist Motor Co., . .

Mrs. B. Clarke, a resident of Taita, was admitted to the hospital last evening suf* fwing : from a broken Its, the result of an accident, on the previous day. Several candidates for tlie Ejiglish and Australian teams which are to Pnter for, the international hi&'-qf-war contest, l> be ! , decided at the Town Hull during Christmas week, attended a meeting held at , the rooms of Jlayward's, Ltd., last evening, . and discussed details in connection with the formation of the teams that arc. to represent those countries-. Before deciding oil the personnel of tho teams it Wn.s decided to invite likely candidates .for either team to iiiake personal appfetip.Jl ■■ to the manager (Jtr. Geoffrey : Nye), wiio will be in attendance at the office of IlayWards, Jjtd., this evening;. Those who , iteuld like to take an interest in the formation of the Irisli and New Zcaloiid tennis are requested U> meet at the offipe of Hay ward's Picture Enterprises, Md,, . (iurilter, Dykes' Buildings, Urimlon Street, at 8 o'clock 'this evening..