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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■;■'The eleventh anniversary of tho Battle of Bothiisberg is to bo .celebrated in Wellington on the evening of February 24 by tiie Seventh Contingent, on whoso behalf the loeal committee has arranged tho annual dinner... ■

'.'I was the first man to go back. I went back purely and simply to break tl» Federation, and I hope I have done it." So said a waterside worker in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, regarding his return to work on the Wator'front during the strike.

Tho following tenders have been accepted by the Public Service Stores Tenders Board:—One gross pairs of steel mud-guards, Magnus, Sanderson and C 0.,. Wellington, £5 Bs. "Jd:. 0110 gross chains, W. A. Scott and Sons, Dunedin, £25 165.; 150 feet chain, Inglis Bros., Wellington, £6 17s. Od.; ouo and a half gross "Patchquiek" outfits, W. A. Scott and Sons, Dunedin, £21 35.; 72 pairs pedals, W. A. Scott and Sons, Dunedin, £24; two gross sparking plugs, W. A. Scott and Son, Dunedin, £33 125.; 72 saddles, W. A.' Scott and Sons, Dnncdin, £22 165.; 800 motor-biko covers, Magnus, Sanderson am! Co., Wellington, £1 os. 4d.: GOO motor-biko tubes, Magnus, Sanderson and Co., Wellington, 10s. 6d.; 2400 bicycle covers, Cyclc and Motor Supplies, Wellington, 125.; 244 X) bicycle ' tubes, Cycle and Motor Supplies, Wellington, 4s. Id.; 700 pairs of leggings. 1?\ G. Reid, Petone, 6s. 3d. per pair; uniforms for letter-carriers nml Boss and Gicndining,. Dunedin, £1547 17s. 8<1.; telegraph messengers 1, uniforms. Boss ami Glondiiiings, Dunedin, £1387 10s. od.; waterproofs for above, HutcheHon, .Wilson and Co.y Wellington, £11,12 10s:; ■brad-"gear; for; telegraph messonerrs,- ('■ Hill nnd,Soii.s,vWcllington;' £165 18s;v4d.v.;,;i,; ;i .' ~^,s " I woiiid thai- what v.\.u want in -your, iniliistor'.Js, notj oiuy. i» % for half, .an hour twice' oiij Sundays.'[ delight you r -with ; his <'kK|t'ciirc, lnit one* who ran-<»ivn you all-round-worlc such.'as in t)ie : rrai!iing , Adcnoy, at the /rcrriico'-,. Congregational? Church Hall ■« Two Chinese^'who "were arrested a few. davs ago by Detective-Sergeant Cas'solls'and DctcctivoJ'Masott, , in a,house which r was .considered I 'to be an 'opium rlen/'ii'ad considerable cash in their posA sentch 1 ■of one revealed ,'cvftr aar) the Qtber bad £10.

Minister of James Allen) to ,y!sit|;soiiiftistypica!f schools of tho Do,minicmJ'andir.to:get: into.-touck with as :iiuiiiy£ediieatioh)i : boards?as' possible hedraft tho Edunext ■ session. jHisflirfaligcnfelusiwillJiiot permit of his iiipgiiYiiiiigUo;collect'siicli.information as ;.liej,wisheyto' havo before him until early it-; will probably Uhejend; of'Marcli before ho will bo ablo ~"■ •

a Social Democratic 'I'a'rfj'l.Untend.ito"'', !'i6minato'?'a candidate and-with this .eiidJiiilyiowi'V'fl'ortstnre "nowi being mado JtcHihcreaso...tho.':'party's membership.

: .Mr'.; A.'-J.' Palor.->on,. formerly on tlio 'Wellington City '; Council's engineering staff; has Ijeoii'.instructed to report upon the s -proposed-;' watnn ''and " (h'ainago scheme for tho town. of. Foxton. . giA handsome display of challenge oifps Vis on view in Messrs, Stewart Dawson and. Co.'s,,: window, ■'■ Lambton Quay. Thcso. cups' liavo been presented by tlio ladies of New Zealand to tho different cadet companies, and will bo competed tor annually on tlio rifle range; »■ ; is According ,to the. Labour Department, thor© is little demand in Wellington at presenj for unskilled workers, but tho skillet!. tradesmen-are'finding plenty of employment, .the' building trade in particular/being brisk, \' There lias not been a great .demand received, certainly not mora..than at this time last year, for employmentiat the' Men's Bureau or the LabounDcpartment; and this is accounted* for' by it he fact tliat plenty of work .exists,in the country, > Tho Union Company announce that the ferry stcamor Maori will not leave Wellington for Picton, as originally intended, on Anniversary Day, Thursday, January 22. ' Tho. Commissioner of tho Salvation Army, who. was accompanied . by tho chief . secretary, conducted largo and successful meetings at Tauraisga on Sunday. - Ho visited tho Maori settlement, and addressed tho Natives, who extended to him a vwy cordial welcome. Commissioner Richards will visit Dunedin the first week in February. Tlve Victoria League of London has lately mado a new departure and opened an information bureau there for tho convenience of strangers visiting tlio city desiring information on subjects of interest to them, not only in London itself, but any part of the Empiro where there is a branch of the league. This has proved so successful that the parent league has expressed tho wish that the .work shall be taken up by all the, other branches in tiie Empire, and to this end (states tho Auckland "Star") tho Victoria Leaguo of Auckland lias commenced operations by having an office at tho Exhibition for the purpose of giving information to strangers visiting tbo city. .

:ln a communication to tho Whangarei County Council, the Under-Secretary for-'Public Works stales that tho Minister of Mines is unable to see his way to approve any further subsidy for prospecting for cinnabar in the Pvihipuhi district, as tho prospecting already done and the discoveries made indicate that further prospecting is scarcely necessary .at- present. What is now necessary is a proper test of tho ore to ascertain its commercial value, and this, the Minister understands, is'about, to bo made. '

i . The final meeting of the committee set- up by,the Early Settlers® Association . for tho purpose of carrying otit the Anniversary day celebration at Newtown Park nest Thursday, was held at the Town Hall last night. It was reported that a ready response has boon met with in tho appeal for prizes and for the two baby shows really fine sifts have been donated. An entrance fco of j 6cL will be charged for this etfent. In addition to tho attractions mentioned at. the last meeting, Mrs. 15. J. Moore, assisted, bv, several.Jadios.i will, run a. fortune-telling' tent. "Doiiatinns in cash have been received from Mr. Sydney Johnston, Takapau, and Mrs. Walter Johnston, Highden, of £3 35.. and £'1 respectively. ■ A passenger by one of the expresses to Christchurch from the south on Wednesday was in a very disturbed state of mifid, consequent upon the foss of the greater part of his luggage. It seems, says the "Lvttolton Times," thai he left Dunedin with seven bottles of draught beer iti a (wis. and somewhere on the journey tlve corks came out. The jaunts of two young Whakatane half-castes in a motor-ear (says the "Opotiki Guardian") is tho subject of considerable local comment. The young men "borrowed" tho car, which is tho property of an Opotiki dentist, at Ohiwa, without- taking the trouble to ask his consent, and a cloud of dust and the aroma usually associated with a passing car were tho only clues left behind thorn. They scorched to town at top speed, damaging the car somewhat, and, it is stated, not being a ( t all selfish in their amusement, treated several of tlioir lady friends to "joy rides." The ear, which is a small one, was eventually wrecked on an embankment on the way back, and some considerable damage done, tho settlement for which will no doubt provide a salutary lesson.

A coal ; seam of distinct promise has been located in the hillside overlooking Deborah Bay, near Shag Point, by Mr. C. Connolly", of Port Chalmers. Tho finder's attention was directed "to tho place some time ago by tho outcrop. Investigation disclosed tho fact that tho out-crop of shiny black coal was associated with the fire clays and bituminous slate, etc., which indicate tho presence of coal seams of considerable thickness. In considering these facts Mr. Connolly felt justified in opening up the hillside to permit of oldscr investigation, and the discovery of a seaj.i of considerable thickness is said to have resulted. An export is stated by the Dunediii "Star" to havo visited tho place, and his examination, which has not yet been completed, goes to show that the putting in of a drive into tho hillside would he warranted. As tho liiaco is within 100 yards of the railway line, tho matter of traction will not bo a serious problem in the opening up of tho mine.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 6

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 6

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