LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1690, 5 March 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Captain Hooper, of the New Zealand training ship Amokura, has advised the Marino Department that he had visited all the islands at tho Kermadec group, and had not found any wreckage or castaways. Capta'n Hooper also reported that lie had seen all the inhabitants 011 Sunday island and lind found them "all well." Tile message was dispatched from Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, yesterday. The Amokura was expected to arrive at Auckland to-day, and would leave the northern port for Wellington 011 Saturday. In conversation' with a Dominion - reporter yesterday the Mayor (Mr. D. M'Larcn) said that lie sincerely hoped that (lie church people would assist in doing what they could to help the cilir.nns' carnival. "We have made every provision to.meet the objections made by churchmen 10 the date of some of the events, by put ling oil' certain entertainments from Holy Week to the week!following, and in every fray we have tried to meet I he church people, whose hearty support tor the carnival we have a right to expect. 1 do hope they will come forward and render all the material i-er-vice tlwy enn to thu carnival which has the genoral good of the public in view."

The representatives of the International Correspondence Schools in various parts of New Zealand are to meet this morning in conference at the head office, Wellington, in order to discuss important plans for "the extension of thp operations of the I.C.S. in this Dominion. In the evening, these utteiidinpf tho conference, together with the hpad office staff, will bo entertained at supper by the general manager for Now Zealand. Tho conference will probably meet for several days.

llis Worship the Mayor (Mr. D. M Laren) received a communication on Monday to tho effect that the Auckland I üblic School Boys' Bund would arrivo i p.m. -on Saturday, March 22. 4 s this would prevent the boys participating m the festivities on that day, lie telegraphed to ascertain if other arrangements could bo made and a reply has been received stating tliut tho band will leave Auckland on Thursday evening and will arrivo hero on Good Friday afternoon, lius will. onablo them to have a clear "jutirda.v in Wellington. So far about 25 li , v :''l' he sure of lodgings through the kindly offerings of citizens, but Mr. M Laren said that tliere will be no trouble about billeting the whole forty comfortably.

.{.lie Hutt District Licensing Committee will meet at the Lower Hutt Courthouse jit noon to-day. Applications to transfer I lia I' amily Hotel license from H. C. Lawson to 11. Quinn aud the Victoria Hotel license from I{. J. M'Keclinio to K. I. Dansey, will be. heard.

A veterinary surgeon in Sydney (Mr. I'urness) recently, extracted a tooth from the butt of a horse's ear. Tho liorsa belonged to Mr. Cox, a Gloucester farmer, who took the animal to Mr. Furness to tho lump removed, anil was rather sceptical when told it was a tooth. Mr. 1 urness states that this is the second tune he has seen a tooth taken from beliind a horses ear. He is forwarding the tooth to Professor Douglas Stewart, of Sydney University.

As Frederick Arnell (aged 25), in the employ,of tho Wallace Butter Factory, was driving over a railway crossing at iVf ~ ce 011 February 22, tho express from ■ to Adelaide dashed into the delivery cart, smashing it to pieces and ii ■ , s tl ![ ee horses that were yoked to i , , Jl .' who was also badly injured by the impact, was hurled clear of the lino. Ho had a wonderful escape. , He, however, sustained severe lacerations to Ins arms, body, and legs. Tho driver of the Adelaido 'xpress stated that he blew his whistle several times on approaching the crossing, but Arnell did not appear to notice the approach of tho train. The injured driver was found under the wagon, and was thickly covered with the cream with which the vehicle was laden, Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, the premises of Mr. Charles George Sherwood, Jeweller, Manners Street, wero and. some, metal watches and a- few articles of jewellery wero stolen. The building is being pulled down, and tho intruder got in under some loose roofing iron. The Conference of Crown Lands Commissioners continued its deliberations yesterday, and will probably conclude after a short sitting to-day. "One ( of the finest football shields I have ever seen," was tho commentary of Mr. H. S. Ilislop, local manager of Stewart Dawsoiuand Co., on tho handsome shield donated by Mr. Theodore Tobias, of Dunedin, for annual competition between teams representing the New Zealand Commercial Travellers' and ■ Warehousemen's Association, and which is now on" exhibition in Stewart Dawson's window, Tho shield is Crusador-sliaped, and very handsomely beautified with liigli relief work round the border, whilst in the centre is engraved tliQ- purpose of the shield. Surmounting the shield is a handsome femalo .complete statuolto in silver. Tho shield, which ' has the French grey oxidised finish, is mounted on a backing of brown leather, and is contained in a,frame-, of heavy black ebony. _ Though,,the shield is ' open for .competition to every branch association", only six matches have 'yet been played, and all between Otago and Southland (each having won three). .'These results are recorded on small medallions which surround the shield.