LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie jubilee number of the "New ZeS» land Herald," •which first saw tho light in November 13, 1863, eafflo to hand 'by yesterday's Auckland mail. Tho issue consists of 28 pages, together with -a facsimile of tko first copy of tlio "Herald," a jittto four-fagG' slieet with a thoroughly Old-world air about it. The first section, of twoU-6 pages, deals with the Hows of the day, ami in a sixteen, page illustrated Hup.plcmcttfc this progress of. the city and province during tho lialf-ceutury is graphically described. Tlio articles cover a wide range el matter, awl every department of Kf<?, sooinl, co.Mino.rei.al, ;a)id agricultural, ia touched upon. The -story'of the founding of tho "Hct-sH" aijd its growth from tlio iriodc.st first number to it? prtssent si.!* is jnterastiiigly told, and the issue generally ranks as quo of tlio best special numbers so far produced in itaw 2oalund. The piS.sfcil authorities advise that tji'os.B. Ma.unganui 5 which sailed from i3yd< ney for Wellington., on Nove.ittb.er 12, has on board a small Australian mail, Site is due to arrive here on Sunday next. Tho mails Which left Auckland on. October 25 per 11.: M.5. Niagara arrived in Yaiicoiiyor en route to London an November ]2. _ Authority has been given for the cstautislimont of a money order office aiicf Savings bank at Berhaniporo. According to tho report o f the Be< partmfttit of Immigration presented te Parliament yesterday, the total number of arrivals iat New Zealand from ; tlip United Kingdom during tho year end.eij March 31,1913, was 14,169 persons, consisting of 11,35.5 adults and : 2814 children., Qf those 352.S worfr assisted, liy tho Government-. Thd capital braugjit by tho assisted immigrants was £32,008, Oom-riiiijide-r Carr, R,J*,, ilw? Senior Naval Officer, lias advised tho lqcal branch of the Navy .League as..to.th.s dispositions Slid ■Movements of fho ..four skips constituting , the J?eW Zealand ■division of the Imperial No'v.y. Til* Pyrainus (aVAiicklind.) a.nd / tlie Peyelie ■{■sit Wellington) are , ta romain as , at. present ponding termination of' the ■strike. The Philomel is t(i airivaat Wellington from JDngland about .■December 9. The Torch, at Sydnajj will probaKly arrive- at Wellington early in Dcicenihor, 'Thero are vacancies aboard the Psycho and th<j Pyfamus for recruits, and applications for enrolment sioul.d Tie addressed to the officer commanding cither of t:h& warships mentioned. : . A telegram was teediv-cd by the i?fimo Minister yesterday from tlio president of tho Auckland Exhibition. (Mr. G. Eliio'H)., stating tliafc all arrAfigemeflts aro being mado for the opening of the Jkhibitiott on the i inftl date: (December Ei ■ It ia undbrstood , that the. Public Works Statement will be pfesentc.d tp the House af Eepreseritativ.es -noxt *aek. Nd. lof the , second. vpluWß.of. tli.o jouriial of the Now JJeaiand Institute of Architects h,as just been .published. As an organ of the profession it mtist lip specially interesting W architects arid their assistants, chronicling -fts Jfc does tlip proceedings, of the Institute, aiid otiier matters qf fljomont to ardiite.ctsi Included in the volume aro a mim,ber of papers-, ono in particulai-j, Tiy-'Mr. Hiirst-Ssager, oh town-plsniuiig, boflig especially interesting. .Original ,?u> jefitfl for illustration : are four views of Chartrog./ Citliedralj. - .showing tbo famous nortli-westero tower in different aspects, Thcte photographs. qf > tlm mo.sfc beiilrtiful tbtfer on.' the Co»t)nen(i of. "Europe tfcro. taken by Mr, Hurst■Seager ■ from scaffolding? efected; roundthe opposite't«wcr.;WWcli : w.a;s being ■■repaired. fho petition praying that ib.o Native. Band Qcmrt-rhay bo jiijljlibyifeed to par•tiition ttie land-comprising tlie Native township of 'Tjiumaruiiui lias been. J referred by tile Souse of oi) tlitt recommendation oi: the Nativ.o Affairs Committee, to the Covcrnniciit ■for favourable considcratio.n, . Extract from letter from Coujniaiidor Oarr, R.Sf., .H.M.S. Psjclio, offic*3.r-m-Chargo. N.Z. Division, of B,M. Navy, to tho local bfaiich secretary of the Navy League:—"Uory many tjianljs for thfe- books and pamplilefeyou liilvo sent' me regarding tho Navy League. Ihey ate west instructive,;, and show what * great lipid tho Ij.eagiio has o.U tho Empire find tiro eiiormciuS goqd it doosj in imbuing the youngstere with the gttiTTd traditions of the Boyal Navy.. Tha Navy -LongWe has -.my heartfelt interest, and'l Will 3o all I caii to lioTp.': Tho -Strowger , Automatic . Electrio Company, of America, .have landed,, ex Wi'Jloeta, 500 automatic .telephones, which are understood to bo tor the Wellingtcn syst«m. The sanio spropauy received an.at : ti.er 800 ''automatics by the Jlar.inia for Auckland. Tho executive :of tlie Boys' Institute report that they fefpo this Week to bring to a esUttstootory concTOsion thojr special effort to raiso tlie required «mcmhfc to cntitlo Wiom to tho generouß CMitrlbutioil of £500, .which tftoi 'pror mised qn qonilitioii tltot tlie .Required, amount to erect nttd Apoii the institute f.re.o of 3cW was in lunvd l\v to-morro-w. Sho'wld any roadere who havß not been approached by a momber bf the committco desire to cpnteibuto,. -thw-nre invited to <Jq sDv-awd caii forAvard their gifts addressed to Mr. D. Meiraies> <;aio and ants, Lambton Quay, not later than to-day. , . Messrs. BaldAvin and IkyWara, pafent Ltd., Mastprtoii, fencing standard ;■ MEolriek, Gera-Wiiio-, Canter.bur*. eonjlW away vapour from. wftßhtng.toi * "fh Goldschmjdt AktiQii ..Gesellfichaft, Getnutny, meiliod of trraimmg Los. on tho ends of rails and other object for butt-wolding! Deiiftld Ltd,, MasWr.ten, mooU-prcss; W> A. Fincha-m and T. -Lbvejoy, Palmorsto.i Nortiv, ticket issuing ajiparatu-si O, Crowloy, Perth) W.A., pncUmatiC «onstiikn'bio ishiold for boats.