LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 8 February 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

wiso offer, which will bo approved Development work at tho Tairua opali>y.everybody, haa thus had a most ® Aucklnnd, is progressing very Bntisinteresting and satisfactory result. • c , I 'y (writes our correspondent). liora . vo b ? !n P" 1 down surrounding the rir.i l r ? ' nl ."' ' n 0,10 P' no ® tlio opal cnii i, , '■ >ec , ri found to lend down in a solid body for fflft., when boring was 3.W) tora y so , of the hard nature of tho SJlrfn +i B the boring operations during tho past few weeks have proved l,l? n c£ tho ficld to 1)0 very much wwl f'li. originally believed, • u-J™ a frt it was iiiought thero .were three-quarters-of a million yards in f l ®' 1 ?' 't 13 now known there is a far deposit. Two experienced Whito Uifls opal minors aro now on tho field, It is intended to make a big display of bition ° 10 ]Ixhin™°w li !'. isttr , f T, 1> f l ! li(! Works (the rf° W; Trassr) stated last evening that tho contract for tho construction of a tunnel in connection with tho Lake Coleridge hydro-olcctrical works bad been OAHcellod, and that tho work was beimr earned on by tho Public Works Depart ment, at the expense of tho contractors. Ihis arrangement will continue until' tho work comprehended in tho contract has been completed. • The ,city of Wellington has not up till now been written up as a district suitable m many wavs as a holiday resort, but on account of tho Citizens' Carnival at Easter this neglect is going to be remedied. Tho Carnival Committee have been notified that Messrs. Georgo and Kersley, of "Economic," have. conmbutea special donation of JCIO 10s to bo distributed in prizes for an essay or essays on the subject of Wellington as a popular holiday resort. Arrangements will be made to havo solocted essays published in tho daily papers previous to taster. Tho committee. will shortly report as to tho. conditions governing the competition. • The Mayor and Executive Committee have returned thanks for this handsomo donation towards a doublyuseful purposo. , ( ■ : Mr. Samuol Turner, who is mountaineering in the Bouth, telegraphs to tho Press Association :-f"We successfully climbed Mount Tasman. Its height is not 820 ft. less than Mount Cook. It is' Now Zealand's second highest mountain, 11,175 ft. . We had 4000 ft. of step-cutting, which constitutes a record on any mountain in the world. My guides were Peter Graham and David Thompson, who did splendid work." ' . 1 A brief Westport telegram of four lines i) circulated by the Press Association Siting that the Hon." F. M. B. Fisher "said tho Hon. James Allen had too much sense to offer 8000 men for service outside New Zealand." It is so obvious that Mr. Fisher could not havo mado this paid statement in tho terms reported that it is surprising that tho Press Association should havo suppressed, or authorised the suppression, of the context and tho exact terms of the Minister's reference to tho matter. ■ ' ■ Full particulars of the conference services to-morrow In connection with the Methodist Churoh of New Zealand will bo found on Pago 2 Of' this issue. Announcements will also be'found regarding the services at St. Paul's Pro-CathedraL . St.' Peter's, St. Mark's, St. John's, St. . Andrew's, the Terrace; Congregational Church, Wesley Church, and the Wellington Baptist Church. At tho Unitarian Churoh at 7 p.m. Professor Mackenzie will ; give an address on tho Bible-in-schools question. _ . '' >

Our ovening contemporary, in reporting the substance of tho Crown Law_ Offico's report to tho Primo Minister on the now famous Southland lease easts doubt upon tho truthfulness of Mr. Massev's references to tho report. It may, of course, bo a mere proper cautiousness on the part of our contempo' rary (which committed itself rather deeply to tho viow that tho Government had by design or by accident cna,blcd a "robbery" •of tho Statu winch is now shown to bo a mero partisan invention) to impugn Mr, Massey s candour. "That is a matter between Mn. Massey and his critic, liut we have an interest ourselves in preserving the truth of notorious facts. Our contemporary quotes tho «' r ? wn f' aw Office's statement, that when ho [tho lessee] beoomes the purchaser of tho land comprised in the lease, ho docs not become the of _ tho minerals," and adds that this last sentenoo exactly puts tho case of the Prime Minister s opponents." Now, everyone knows that tho_ Prime Minister's critics rest their case upon their allegation that tho lessee, in purchasing the fee-simple of his holding, did purchase also the minerals under tho surface.

' Th« r postal authorities advise that the B.s. Maheno, which sailed from Sv<hey ? t " 0 n (m ?" , sth !' net l ant f or Auckland 'i an . A ™tralian mail, also an English mail, via Suez. Tho Wellington portion ib duo to arrive' hero by Main stnut 0n Mmday nfternoon, tho 10th in-

Harry Trott, continuing hia series of ffi«H,n r J{,° ks ?? Zealand criclcct, takes up tho subject of bowling on page 6 w ikuc. Incidentally tho decadence of first-flight bowling all ove r h«t - "femd to, and tlio write ha 3 also , much on Now Zealand i* ™i«Sd 1 mitl go \ p!no to Wellington about a, month ago, has presented 'a (rrowlntr pine to the City Council, which has been Hcm M? lant<sd r in ßotanical Wardens. Mr. George Frost (chairman of tho Reserves Committee) states that the pine had made such a rapid growth in a cask on board tlie vessel, that it was boT to . tave about tho dock. The young troo is about four feet high, and is a fine, healthy specimen of a very useful member of tho pine family. It is understood that in congenial condito?'ov?J S ° R piM wIU * IW U P to two xeet every year. . During tho luncheon hour on Wednesday, the first two of a series of special Ronton services arranged by tho Stand. S a f 6O of I tho Anglican Dioceso 0 Auckland was held in tho Auckland Uiambor of (ximmeroo, a largo congregation of business men and clergy befne "f 'w C ir F' 16 & roacll6r wa « tho Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Sprott), who took as his subjcct tho various aspects of s1 ";. /" ,il}« courso of his remarks ho said that it was _tho\ conviction of tho world a loaders to-day that men were losing their rcnso of sin. and there could do n° moral regeneration until men regained that sense.

Though it is not generally known, inquiry has oliciled tTie faot that several instances cf. bag-snatching hare occurred ill Wellington of Into. Women, of course, have been tho viotims; and the perpetrators of tho oftenoes have, except, possibly, in ono instance, not been brought to justice. On ono occasion tho wife of a Civil » r oorvantvwas, walking: along Wellington ierraco when a iu.an snatched her briff' find mado off with it, &nd no moro\was over seen of tho thief or the bag. Excellent progress has been mado with the levelling and- formation work in connection with .tho new municipal reoreatlon ground, that is being 1 provided on the Miramax Isthmus, adjacent to Lyall Bay. .Tho City Engineer. (Mr. W. H. Morton) believes that tho area of land between the waters of Evans.and Lyall Bays is going to be the chief playing ground area of tho city on the not far-distant future. He.believes' that tho sand nuisance only wants tackling to be overcome. Already splendid results had been obtaii,- J trom tho binding down of tlio sand wi rotton rock and soil, and if dealt with a systematic manner, aud sewn with t proper sort of grasses, tlio placo cot ? J?. n as sward-liko as tho lower pc of Miramar Fiat, tlio foundation of wh< t was nothing moro than sand dunes. Tilt the job wna to keep down tlio grass sii: cientlr to make, golf possible. Mr..M< ■ jLiii already twelve acres sandhills had been levelled, arid cover over with a . layer of rotten rock. Tli was now to be given a surfacing of .goi soil, and next winter it is hoped that tl area will be ready for sowing. : A ourious coincidence is reported fro Oio (King Country). Two weeks ago tv men, named M Bride and Malmancli compared notes in reference to their eni null experiences, ■ both contending thi they had never experienced tho iuisfortui of being "knocked out" -in' an ■ acciden Next day Malmancho slipped on a 1< and fell on to tho stump of a tree, wit the result that hs had to receive media attention.' _ At Taihnpe, on tho fdillowir day, M'Bride was engaged in tho bus] and signalled the hauler driver to sto] Ho did not pull the communication cor bard ■ enough, with tho result that tli drivor kopt on, and tho log was pullo over M'Bride, burying him in the mm No bones were broken, but ho was cot siderably bruised and shaken,. Initial stops were taken' on Thursda morning in connection with tho ereetio of a building in the Auckland Hospitn Krounds for the treatment of deliriur tremens cases. _ After the mooting of th board in'conimitteo, tho membors inspeot ed proposed sites, and decided in favou bf one adjoining the corners court. Th Government has undertaken to erect i suitable building capable of accommodat ing, say, three or four patients at oni time, and relief is felt by those connoetei with the Hospital administration that a last this noisy olass of patient is to b kopt apart from , tho inmates of 'the Hos pital. Recommendations aro to bo rnadi to tho Government forthwith concernin[ tlio class of building desired. ■ • . A notice in the annual, report of thi Royal Wellington Choral Society state." that. Bissfefs "Carmen" will bo performed about tho middle of- April. . Ton soloists will bo required to sing tho ouer.i, and tlio cost of its performance will bo exceptionally heavy. For . that reason the prices of admission will bo higher than usual, and tho committee hopes-that this will bo an inducement to tlio public to enrol as Honorary members, and thus avoid the luoreased prico of admission. .

Messrs, Baldwin and Enyward, patent attorneys, New. Zealand Insurance Buildings, 215-217 Lambton Quay, Wellington, report that the following applications for Letters Patent of Now Zealand have been filed recentlyW. S. - Steljcs, '''London, telegraphic printing system receiving, instrument; G. J, Welch, Wanganui, nonreflllablo bottle; J. R. Galo, Blenheim,, clothes peg; F. Cotton, Horneby, calcining kiln; J. Peterson, lifcercargill, dairy thermometer; E.• "Henderson, Otautau, oil engine; W.'Esoott and H. P. Williden,' Dunedin, high-prossuro steam converting into variable, etc., motion; F. C; Ottaway, Gisborne,'' Havrter Block; F. J. Single and P. G. Andrew, Gisborne, envelope. . ■

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