LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1913, 22 November 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

— An English mail via Hrindisi brought from_ Sydney to Auckland by the- Maratmk, is duo to arrive HeW at' 6.3.0 o'clock this morning. "I have a tei-ogram from tlio Coast, saying thjil there is neither mutton lior ■flour there, and it is very necessary that I should pet awav in order lo hunt Up some," said Sir. j, 'Colviii, in the House of Representatives yesterday, "'Are you the flower of tlio Coast ?" asked the Htm. F, SI. B. Fisher. "There is no flour on the Coast, that is ' the trouble," replied Mr. Colvin. On Thursday evening the members of tlio Tramway Board met in conferenwi with tile officials ot the Welling- i ton Tramway Employees 5 Ui»i<iii to discuss the proposed new award respecting wages and hours.' Fair progress was made, but further than that no information- Was available for tiio press. The position with regard to the Victoria Co-ltego fees was, not -qiiito Ctff■fectly stated in the report of the proceedings of the College Council, published on Thursday, Tlio Professorial Board recommended that fees should bo i>aid in one sum instead of a.s now in two ili'stalteislvts. The finance Committee recommended that it should be left- tii it to consult -with tlio professors eii tlio matter, and it was this ; ' recommendation that was agreed to— not the altoratioii. ' 1 Tlio "Timartt Herald" has., been informed that the Conference Commit-too of- the Now Zealand 'Unitarian. Church has received applications for appoint— nients from two iiiinislers who-n't the present time are holding charges in' ■ ■orthodox denominations. O-no of the applicants is a university man holding li'tgh degrees. During a lecture in Dunedin this week Air. J. Blair Mason exhibited a' plan showing that nearly one-fourth of ■ the area of Dunediii City proper (exclusive of the recently-jaincd suburbs) ■ hag been reclaimed from the harboui\ At one time the tido nearly lapped- tho lower edge of the Oc-togan. ' 'Die owners of a dairy farm in the Bay of Pleji-ty district ate -amongst those who are acting a-.s specials in the city of Auckland, Their ab.senco meant that the milking had to br> undertaken by volunteers in' their district, with ti.io result that the two schoolmasters in: mie locality came forward to do the "cow spanking," If Mr. Jurtko Chapman returns from Blenheim in time, the civil sittings of the Supremo Court ivill he resumed on Monday, ali.d jurors have, bceii summoned to attend on that day. The divorce case,! Edlin v. Edlin, is fised for hearing on Tuesday. The demolition of the old Theatre Royal lias been begun by Messrs.. \V. If. Edwards and -Soil., who purchased the building from Messrs. John Fuller -and Soiis. The Hurt Valley Gun. Club held its monthly meeting at Taita on Thursday wiien a 21 and a 1.5-bird. Uiatch wer<» fired for trophies presented, by Messrs. Qa.Asly and Biasolt. In tlio 21-Wd i;vent S. Edwards (15 yards) and H. Philp (13 yards) tied, with 16 breaks each, ; l'hilp winning ami. scouring a leg-in in tlio shoot off. H. Plii'lp (14 yards) and W. lleager (12 yards) tied in the second event, each with 14 breaks, Philp again winning i.n the, 6h.00t off and .Securing ■outright Mr. fliasell's trophy. The members lof the fjc-nee-Volinin Company and the Royal Comic Opera Company arrived from the south, and continued <m to Sydney by the Uiimaroa yesterday. Both tours liavo been most successful and eventful. The two companies were pirt to serious -ineomeiiienco by tlio strikers in Wollirgtoti not allowing the. scenery to ti.o forwarded to the south, and both Wore piit to .the necessity of having to "fate" a good deal, but this was not very apparent. Yesterday most- of the Goneo Company's scenery, which has been stored id Wellington Opera House, was sent on to Sydney. It i.s doubtful if the Royal Comic Opera Company wculd linvo snc- ; ceeded in- getting th'roiigli with its wiii'th robe but for the pickets being under the. impression that wardrobe meant personal effects. Now tlinfc t'ho season of the Quintan Grand Opera 'Company is (Cancelled, there will bo ho Williatiison companies in Now Zealand uptil. Chr.ist--111116, when the "Within the Law" Dramatic Company commences a Season in Wellington, and the New Coiivitt Opera Company liegiu a. to-ttf of the Dominion at Auckland. Emissaries -of the *'Red "Feds." are reported to have been actively at work ju the Gisborna district during tlio past few days, endeavouring fai raise funds to -carry on the industrial With Olio man, who ond-fcavm-tml to eajoje CI apieco from a party of Native shearers, met witlrbut poor success. "W.o givo a jKrimd to that fellah,'" indignantly retried ono Niiti-vo shearer; "i-io fenrl lie to fellah that stop our sugar. Morcliko lie give ua to bag of sugar." Successful numbers i.n the. Wellington Cricket Association's, art ■ union, which was drawn last night, are as fallow First prize, 1100 nugget, 10,031: second. prise, £1.0 i.iugget, J7,05)7; thin! prize, £3 nugget, 2806;, fourth pri».\. £5 , 10,373; fifth prize, .i! 8" iingg«t, 13,555; sixth prize, £13 linnet, 15, m; seventh prwo, £S n-Uggct, 6753. Queensland paper states that Mr. J. V. I). Losina has received an nppoititmcnt mi New Zealand as organiser for tlio liijtior tradfe, evidently in opposition to tlio No-Liceiisc- movement;. Mis .salary is t» bo £700 pt*r year and travelling OXpeusus.