LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1898, 5 November 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ppstal authorities adviso that tho s.s. Mannganui and s.s. Me an a, which sailed from Sydney on November 1, at noon and 4 p.m. respectively, aro bunging Australian mails only, and are duo to-day.

"A mayor with a term of only one year has"no continuity of office," Enid Mr. C. E. Statham, in the Bouse of Representatives yesterday. "Ho lias time to initiate all sorts of schemes, and then has tlio pleasure of seeing another mayor carry them out —lay too foundation stones, and so on. That Bort of thing is disheartening to a mayor."

The unsatisfactory conditions undor which valuable specimens are stored in tho Mußeum were referred to in the annual report of tho Museum presented to the House of Representatives yesterday. "The conditions iof thoso specimons exhibited in the Museum is a source of anxiety," eays the report, "as they are badl.y attacked bv the wood-boring beetle, nnd are otherwise damaged b,y damp and dust.' I would point out that it is, important for largo collections of objccts of any kind whatever to liavo a fairly even temperature, as oxtremes of heat and cold are very undesirable. There arc ftt present no moans of heating tho Musoum except in the offices. T. . The whole of tho Musoum building is infested with the boring beetle, and, although repairs from time to time have been done, leaks are the result of overy heavy storm. The boring bestlo also is liable to damage the specimens. It is difficult Under tho present conditions to do anything that will check these unsatisfactory circumstances."

A boy 18 years old appeared beforo Mr. W. G. Biddell. in the Juvenilo Court on a charge of destroying an electric lamp globe, valued at 6s. Gd., tlio property of tlio Karori Borough Council. Ho was cautioned and discharged. At 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in a six-roomed house in Northland Terrace. The outbreak, much originated ill a dining-rooia at tho rear of the house, waa put out before iruicti damage was done.

• Owing to the strike tlio gymkhana to havo boon hold by the Wellington Motor Cycling Club at Karori Park on Saturday has boon indefinitely postponed. The club has been unabla to ornvo at a decision as to tho winner of tho reliability trial, as some of the competitors aro understood to havo taken tho conrso; and further inquiry on tins point is to bo made. Tho trout season opened at Rotorua on.Saturday. Very fow visiting anglers were present, and cntches wcro not large. Tho fish that wore landed were, however, in excellent condition, .nnd good eport was obtained, tho fish fighting wull. Altogether, about 40 anglers worn on tho lake trying their luck Tho best catch (14) reported was obtained By a party of two. who wero trolling. Tho heaviest linn weighed