LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1891, 28 October 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

9 c The Post Office advisos that the * United Kingdom mail, which left Wellington by the Mauuganui oil September I; 19, to connect with tho Mooltan, via I Brindisi, arrived in London on the c evening of August 24, duo date. ' 5 The annual camp of tho Wellington 1 Garrison Artillery Division will 1 bo lieid. , from February 20 to 28, 1914. 1 Officers of tho R.N.Z.A. and the Staff • Corps who are desiring of attending the { course for their promotion, examination, j to bo held at talmerston North from j November 10 to 15, must forward their names to District Headquarters not later than Friday next, October 80. 1; Tho Full Court is to deliver judgment 1 thiri morning on tho application of Mr. J Arthur Lynch to bo admitted to prac- <• • tise as a barrister of the Supreme 0 Court, and also in tiie following tip- s peals:—Home v. Dalgoty aiul Co., j 1 Union Steam Ship Company v. Welling- I toil Harbour Board, and Wilson v. Hon. a W. H. Hcrries and others. On Wednesday judgment will be delivered in 0 tho Auckland cartoon case, Attorney' u General v. Geddis and Bloroficld, and j in Stombridgo v. Morrison. S Before leaving Marten on Sunday, 8 passengers who had been delayed thoro a on Thursday last conveyed to the Min- a ister of Railways, by means of ft. letter. J their appreciation of tho courtesy and ( consideration shown them by tho Mar- u ton stationmaster, Mr. W. F. Spindlor, f and his staff. _ f Tho foundation stone of tho infant de» a partment of the Training College is to bo laid Jit Kolburno by tho Minister ' of Education, tho Hon. James Allen, at half-past two this afternoon. Thoro is still smallpox in Auckland. According to tho "Ilorald" a mild easo was discovered in Kingsland last week, . tho patient being a young woman. She » had been a contact with tho three pa- j ticnts who were isolated on October 13, J and sineo then had been under observation. She has been placed in the Point Chevalier Hosnital whore there are still n seven eases. J Of a total of over 700 passengers who, j" arrived from- London by tho White Star * liner Cofinthio yesterday, 280 were assisted to cheap fares by the Govern- ( : ment. Of these 77 were domestic ser- 1 vants, 49 farm labourers, and 154 rela- < I tives. Thero' was one death oii the voy- c age —that of an infant named Sydney S. Piillen, eight months old, who died when c tho vessel was two days out from Cape ( Town.' . "Although Captain Cook did not ac- , tually discover the kauri when on his \ first-voyage to New Zealand in 1769," ® said Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, _ in the * course of a lecture on tho kauri pine at * Auckland, "ho and his people were tho first to' become acquainted with kauri r resin (or gum), although they totally 1 mistook its origin. Wandering on tho ii beaches in Mercury Bay, they found numerous lumps of what Dr. Solander Jj described as a 'resinous substance very a much like resin. We found it first of \ all on the sea beach, but afterwards ( sticking to the mangrove trees, and by s that means found out whence it came.' ( This statement was copied into botani- I cal works all through Europe, and oil I its strength the mangrovo was riot only 2 described as a species peculiar to New Zealand, ■ but had tho name bestowed y upon it of Avicannia resmifera, or tho resin-bearing mangrovo. Nowadays it is known that the -mangrove never produces a resin, hut that Jumps of kauri j : gum drifted along tidal streams and often became ontangled among its roots B or branches. 1 think it was tho_ lato n Sir. Seddon who said that if a political c mis-statement had a day's start it took ta year or two to overtake it," Mr. j ( Cheoseman remarked. "In tho caso I have just mentioned forty years were re- ; quired to dissipate the idea that the mangrovo produced a rosin!" * A branch of the Political Reform ti League was formed at Richmond (Nelsou district) on Saturday night, and another at Stoke last' evening.—Press " Association. j Tho liner Corinthic, which arrived at Wellington from. London yesterday, brought a supply of long Lee-Enfield Tides for the New, Zealand Defence Department,... Should they bo unloaded in ra time, the Department hopes to bo able ■ to resume the sale of rifles to members 1 of Defenco llifle Clubs next week. SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY—STTJDEBAKER DEMONSTRATING CAE u GOING CHEAP. o You know what a demonstrating car is, h don't you? It's a ear a big motor firm ti keeps on hand in ordor to givo deiuonstra- g tions to intending customers, so that brand new ears of the samo pattern need v not be taken out on tho roads and soiled, g by use. At this time of tho year, when, m tho new model cars are coming to hand, wo are under contract with the Studobaker Corporation to dispose of any demonstration cars wo liavo on hand, and, replace them with the newest model cars. So it comes about that wo have now for sale 'a 30-h.p. "E.M.F."--Studebafcer." The car has been used for demonstration purposes, and is in guaranteed per- L! feet running order. It is finished smartly and attractively in French grey, and scats fivo persons with comfort, two in I front and three in the tonneau. The cngino is a marvel of simplicity and reliability, and extremely powerful. A Ithough the car is spacious anil rcoiny, g with plenty of stowage space for luggage, „ it is comparatively light, which means, as every motorist knows, reduced expend:- y 1 tm'o on tyres and petrol. The ear is 1111 offered with a very complete equipment, co including Cape hood, wind-shield, five pl< lamps, spedometer, horn, tools and all the m< other extras necessary with such a car, t|.„ With such an equipment the car, new, n( j would cost .£IOO. We offer it for .£250. OJI This big powerful Studebaker car would jj 1( admirably suit tho purposes of a farmer , requiring a car to stand up to rough roads, steep hills, and big loads. Tlie.v "'f use. an "E.M.F.—Stmlcbaker'' on the no Fairlie-Qumistowii'Motor Mail service, toi Inquiries should ho made promptly, as tlx the car will not bo long in tho garage. l e . a Adams, Ltd., Agents for Stmlcbaker Cars, Oarage, Tuam Street, Christehurch. -Advt. " I Captain H. C. Lockyer, who has re, iiip >ently been apiiointcd to command tho ecc implacable, began h.is career by seeing lift' jerviee during tho tlgvptiiui Mar as a sto nidshipmnn of the Arliillcs. Having sf- No erwards turned his attention to survey rel vnrlc, lie has contributed uselully to at :'iart making off the Znn>l»»i and tho act loasts and banks of Newfoundland, St.

The keepers at the Melbourne Zoological Gardens were astonished last week when thoy found that an old cassowai'y, which, for fifteen years thoy had classified as a male, had laid an egg. Tlie old bird was very proud of tho achievement. The director of tho Gardens, Mr. Jo Soeuf, had suspected from tho bird's colouring that it was a female, and ho is as much amused ns is tho bird. Tho staff, however, is so angry about being fooled by an old bird that it does not see the funny aspect. A novel and ingenious ruse for outwitting the police was related by Mr. G. S. Thomas at the Christcliurch Magistrate's Court on Friday in tho course of tho hearing of an offence against tho by-laws relating to motor-cars. "Tho police dodgers, 6aid Mr. Thomas, "used to cover the numbers on their motor-cars with vaseline so as to pick un dust, which rendered the number illegible and made identification difficult or impossible in case of an offence." It is reported from Hastings (Hawke'a i Bay) thatthe lad Seymour Bennett. a lotter-carrier at tlie post office, to tfnom tli'3 late Karl Ritz, whp recently committed suicide «t Hastiiigs, bequeathed tho whole of his estate with tho exception of £500, will benefit to the extent of several thousand pounds. It is said that Ritz possessed considerable interests in Sydney, Paris, and Vienna, besides a considerable Bum in a bank. Bennett, who is about sixteen years of ago, became acquainted with Ritz under very ordinary circumstances. On one occasion about nine months ago, tlio lad was collecting tho mail-bags at 1 a liain at tho Hastings railway station, when Ritz approached him and inquired what time tlie train loft. A general conversation ensued, and from that time onward Ritz and Bennett becamo close friends. Mr. J, J. Dwyer, a Itiwyer of - Wall Street, Now York, has written to the Mayor of Christchurch, making . inquiries in regard to. James . M'Gahill, There were three brothers in tlie family, Cornelius, James, and John. About thirty-five years ago John lived near New York, Cornelius in the western part of tho United States, and James in some part of New Zealand, but- nothing has been heard of James since 1880. It lias been found that he is entitled to 20,000 dollars (£4000). The Education Board will hold its monthly meeting at 10.30 o'clock this morning, instead of at 2 p.m., as' is usual. This alteration in the timo has been made in order to give file members of tho board an opportunity to bo present at the laying of the • foundation stone of the now primary school at Kelburne, which takes place this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Tho following lands will be thrown open by tho Government for selection undei various tenures in the month of November:—Auckland: 161 holdings, 8-100 acre's; Hawko's Bay: .3 holdings, 8740 acresTaranaki: 9 holdings, 3G7 acres; Wellington, 26 holdings, 59!| acres; Nelson, 18 holdings, 2749 acres; Marlborough: 1. holding, 20 acres; Otago: 15 holdings, 1368 acres. In tho month of December there will be offered fur selection in tho Wellington district four village homostcads, totalling 31 acres in area.