LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1708, 27 March 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Manners Street Police Station is now fully' staffed, and Sergeant Kolly has h een placcd in charge 'of it with three sergeants' and q proportionately large forco of constables under his direption. Formerly only a watc)(|iquse-keoper was kept' there. .Into, this station' have been drafted a proportion of the sergeants and men' from both tho Mount Cook "and the Lambtori" Station. Tho'change in organisation has been "made preliminary to the taking over by "the police of control of the traffic in the city.' "\yhen this is finally'arranged, it 1 will be necessary to have a fully staffed station in the centre of the city. Probably the polico' will assume cpntrpl of flie traffic next month.

At the fancy dress lawn- tennis tournament at the Brougham Hill courts, tonight, Ollivier, ex-champion of New Zealand, will 1» pne of the players. Hp wil) be partnered with Miss Davis, champion of tlieflroughaiii Jlill Chili. The tqurpament is aid of the Carnival funds.

Sonje remarkable long-distance wireless telegraphy was 'accomplished by' tho Mqrconi/oper'atof oil tho Shaw, Snvitl find Albion steamer' Pakeha on the voyage frqni Liverpool to. Sydney and Aupkfauq! The vessel' was only out of communication with the o'utsido world'for two days duripg t'hpwhqle voyage and as she was carrying over 1090 immigrants tb Sydney tliey were kept posted "with news almost daily,' Crossing the Southerp Ocean the pakeha operator was in constant touch' With the steamers Persic, "Stqbburg. and' the Bangatip, while on Jlohday night, when off Cape 'Jlaria vail Dienien; messages 'were received from the NPiy Zealand Shipping Company's liner' Tongariro off the Bluff; and tlie)i distant over 12(10 miles froni the Pflkcha. Tho' stcanier Fiona, bound from Sydney to.Suva, was easijy picked'up at a .''distance-. 0f.i!30 miles 111 the daytime. Befq're reaphing Cape Town the Fakehd ! s pperator : dispatched' and received messagps witli the land station there, 'at a distance of over 400 niiles in daylight. The 1, Wellington st'ntipn was also spoken (in Monday night nt a distance of over 880 miles.' ' .' :

' The auppal inspection tho port of Wellington by tho (Mr. Eobert Pletcjipr) find the members anil priupipal pffipars of -tlie Ilarbpur Bparil tpolc 'iilape yesterday. The' Union Cpipp'a'ny's Natoiio left the wharf nbo\it 1Q n.mi, and after inspecting the brcastiyprk at Petpn'p an'd'Pefone "\Yharf, the party landpd at Soqics Island, whpre lupcheon w'ps served, in'one-of Ihe buildings. On tho retuni journey the wharves on the eastern pf tjie harbour and iliramar' were inspechi(l. '- Two -\ycll-knpwnresidents of Manly : (Sy4ncy), Mrs. Peterson apd per daughter (Mrs. Warner), had 1 an uppjeasaiit esperieiicp recently, just before ascendipg the Freshwater Steps. A "well-dressed" man in a grey suited felt hat, of geptleman-. ly demeanour, approached them and'asked to ba shown,' the way to' Freshwater. Mrs. Warmer direpted hiin AyiUi her hand to the "steps. On her wrist was hanging a yaluablo new blapk ihorocco bag, containing iC'5 in gold and silver. sli'o raised her hand, the man quickly sniatchcd tho bag and decamped, leaving the two .ladies paralysed wit'h fright. , "An accident pf. an unusufil nn'ture'befell A. JlDpriald, a rtiilivay em : ploye'o ip Melbpufne' last wpek. suftered from a 'soro throat, " and, in order to euro it, carrjed chlorate. .' pf potash tablets* pontaining saltpetre.' a' corrective, lie purchased cateules of 'nitj'e, and, of the combustible propertips of chlorate pf potash apd .pitr'e'mixed, placed' in the samp cpat pocket, where thpro jyae a bos qf spfety ipatches. M'Uoital(l, ip' lacptling, caused" friction of tlip, nitre and chlorate, which iipmedjately blew a lipip in his side pocket, beat o'ut thp fire with his handsi bpt had to receive' medical aid- The coat was-' burned away," 'and tlie vest antl underclotliing partly consumed. -

. A mpnster excursion arrtinged by representative ppblip' bodies of Lismore, Ivew Sqpth Wales, was held on Thursday last. The steamer travelled over 90 miles of the nayigable wate're pf the Kichmond,' tho object' being to give ocular proof of the calamity which threatens that district by the TftP'd spread "of Avater hyacinth. Every sliirp and municipal council in tho district Ayas represented; ' Tho visit amply verified the alarming reports' concerning this pest. In Bungaw : albyn Creek three steamers wore seen hopelessly fast in the hyacinth. They had been abandoned by the owners. Tho,timber industry there was found to bo paralysed".

THE "TRIUMPH" STILL ON TOP. The Christchurch-Ifaikoura-and-back record still stands to the credit of Mr' G; B. Brown' and liis full roadster "i'ri 'whpt,"" the'now record 'made last Thursday has been buried almost as so.m as it was bom under the orushing 'weight of two hours' and twenty-one minutes The principal features of Sir. G.' B Brown's groat ride on Saturday have been given full publicity. Chi Btli February ho rode alone. Some capital was made out of the fact that i on a previous occasion he-was accompanied, by another rider, and, though tho precedent thus set has been followed in the subsequent attempts upon tho record by riders of machines other than the "Triumph," Mr Brown decided to demonstrate hiij faith in "Triumph"'reliability by riding alone. Ho rode tho same full roadster threespeed "Triumph" as hp rode when he established the record on January' 1?. The only difference in the conditions was that' ho know the road. It must'lie remembered that this Christchuroh-ICaikouru' was suggested by "Triumph" competitors presumably as a course on which their machines'nad a better chanco against tho "Triumph"'than any other. The' courso evidently does suit their maohine—when their machine is going well—but it quite as evidently suits' the "Triumph" just as well, and ii great deal bettor. So the result of this little controversy has been to'establish the "Triumph" as the best "cross-country" motor-cycle, a« well as tho best speed machine, tho best machine for reliability, and the best for hill-climbing. The latest "Triumphs" are now to hand; prices: fixed engine, .£7O; free engine. .£SO; three-speed, J387 Ids. Adams, Limited., Christehurch. Branches, Waugantii, Palmerston Norlh. Aijont?, Sutherland and Eankine. Veiling, ton, and Tourist Motor Co., Hastiugii,Advfc.

An interesting discovery was mado at the excavation works being carried out in Customs Street, Auckland, for tlio purpose of laying the concrete foundations for tlio Nh'iicliate) asphalt. 111 two places the workmen unearthed planks of timber laid side by side mid running directly across the road. It is thought possible that they were the remains of wharves' used when this part pf the city was under water. The timbers iv.ere ,-ibout 10ft. iii length, and in an .excellent state of prpsrvation.' Rapid progress is being jnadp with tlio wopd-blockijig pf the streets surrounding tho new General Post Office. ! 'file Featherston Street sectjon has alreaily been completed, and tho gang is now engaged in excavating wdrk in Panama Street, in preparation for, the concrete foundation on' which tlio blocks ' are placed. There arc class 'distinctions amopjjst mjlfovendms, At least thiit was t'lio impression left by a witness before the X'.aotl Commissioner at Sydney on March 19.! J]« was a 'v®n,dpr, gett>rig jiis inilk frim ono of tho companies, ' seiliii'g it at sd. a qnjirt, sjjot; cash.' "Wp get the trad® all right," lie said. ''That's why the sixpenny fellow's go' 'crook' pn 11s,'.because we are .taking tjj.o trade frftiii then). Some of'them saytjiey ljave dairies, but' tjioy have 1i.0t.". He )vont ,011 to fay that ho delivered milk iii Alexandria—

"amongst the poor people. They are tho best' customers; the money 'is always there. Wo generally find it in the jug'." He concluded by saying that ho found milk-vending better tlian fighting.' llie Commissioner ventured tlio opinion that fighting was a gopd paying' gamo.at: present. That, however,.'did not seem to shake his faith in his less strenuous occupation, for he reiterated, "Yes, it's better I'jitm fighting." ' . Several members of tho Amalgamated Society of Engine-drivers complained to the Australian Minister 1 for Defence in Melbpurnp 011 March 13 that, owing to. sjapkjigss j)i the trails, a number of men were nut pf epiplpyipent. Tl)ey asked him to expeili.to spy engineering works in his Department; Sohator Pparce, jn reply, pointed. fiH t that* tlio- P,ep?rtment was abdpt' fa call foj. - tenflprs for PC limber Wflgoijs ainj 3t. ajiimuiiitipp ' carts. That work wqnld fljrmeh oinploypiqnt to a miiiiher pf 111 pp. H? would see if anything furflipr cpulfl bp (lpj)p. ' Thp now Commonwoalth stamps are causing business people in Hornsby considerable waste time v arid indignation (si\ys the Sydney f'Daily Telegraph")'. Tho design makps them feel ill, arid the nopr |;nur of substance ' placed 011 the back pf the stamps to make them stick to envelopes is almost usplcss. They either liaye tp he reginnmed or else nip letters are posted with thp suro qntj certain knowfedgp that a fe#'stamps will drpp oft eflch JjajxtJi ppstpi).'

'4 deputation is to upon' t]ie Prims Minister, tljis wprjung with, reforeiicp to aviation and defence'. Sonic tipip ' ago Air. Joseph Taylor, mining 'engfpser," of Kelson, submitted to tl)p 'New' Government certain plans tincl' proposals relating' to' new designs recently pg'tpnteffi l)ie trouble is that no' mphey, jias Hither*. 11 ' se ?. n vpted_ by the Government' for allocatiop specially to ayiatiori purppses. Ihe chicf aim of tho' deputation is to get this difficulty removed, and to coriirnence construction, Veven 'if 'it be only on a small scale. Mr.-Taylor claims to hnve designed a kind of aircraft of special value for defence as well ps'for general commercial purposes.

Mr. C. P. Pulley, contractor for, the big harbour works iif |is. at present visitipg AVellington.' He"'states that the work of ereetipg tho training Wplls on cither side' of' fhe~ river cliattnel is proceeding vevy satisfacfprjly; and "there is pvery prospect tljht tlio scljenib of'conlining the channel within restricted limjts will have the rfesirei)! plfect'-bf fprjning n good entrance fbr yessels 'of'largp tonnago, at any state of the. tide.' Wlion that is effected, said Mr, Pulley, Napier will liavo to look to its laurpls, as Wair'p'a will havo an expe}lent ']iarb6iir, large enough to Jijip'fs) '' : '"

The large npmhpr of passengers fpr Apptralia by the from Auckland and'.'Wellington is", still maintained (says the 4>l c l t l'')n(l "Herald"). Tho number of people leaving New ZeaforLpndop is fllso heavy, epd tho steamers of tho SjiflW.'Savjl! and Albion Comptiiiy qud New Zealand Shipping Company which hqvp left Wellington recently fiayit carried a large piiipber of passengers in eyej-y pinss. The bookings by the next three Vfmcppypr lvjail steamers lenving Aucklapd are exceptionally heavy. The lialtena, whipb sgiled on Monday night fflr tho New South Wales port, lifid briard J3O. salpQu and '9Q steerage passengers, against }0(T saloon and 95-steerage whp arrived by the'Vesi sel'pn Sunday napping. A', number of thpse wltp. arp proceeding to Sydney by the ifoliejlP intend fp connect With Honiegqing steamers «t- Australian ports. .; '■ . ' ' .' "'. A terrible burning fatality .'occurred at Kpckibitoo (N.S."\V.)last week, the victim being a young woman,* the -wife of : Mri Joseph Winnell, of Kockibitoo." deceased was engaged in cooking operations when hor clothes caught fire.' The unfortunate woman was alone, except' for : 'a' y'biing baby only; three weeks old, wj'Pn her clothes' Ignited, and slip rah in terror for assistance to a neighbour's house.' But by tho time she had arrived ; lier clpthes were practically burnt offi, lier'body. . Shp was brought into Gnnmain without delay and attended by Dr. Henry. She (lied at B'p.m. Deceased, .who wps only"19 years "of ago, and who had . only ' been married about 13 months,' leaves 'a hpsbqijd and'a baby."

"I haye to ypu fpr your expressions 'af sympathy with the 'Ministry its"mai(y dijficiilties," spifl Jlr. D, R. Hall, Now South Wales Minjstpr. fof Jpstipp, aj; tlie copforepcp of. th'p CWcljps pf Christ in Sydney on Jlarcli 21.' v 'Yop Will jia've noticeft \ye liayo not ]jad a crisis' fpi neaj-ly 'a weplj. The ffrfy'boat trpuhlo is on,' however, sq tljings lpok i^prnial' agfiin. Jn tnp meantime, ljerp ivp' arp, epdphyom'ing to do pur best tjs v,-e have tho flpporcunify."