LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1972, 31 January 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The psstal authorities advise that tho s.s. Victoria., which sailed from Sydney mi Wednesday for Auckland, lias oil board Austra-lia.u maife; a] so an. English mail via Naples. The Wellington portion csiM-css on Monday. Tho Pestmaster-Geiiera! has issiwd i> memorandum thanking the officers of the Department for the satisfactory ma-nner in which the press of work at the year-ond was dealt with. As from .j,aiTßsry 1, tho Government is paying 3J per coßt, per annum on deposits in tiro l J o»t Office Savings Bank , up to hut not exceeding the sum of £300, On any balance exceeding £300 3 per cent.; interest is paid. Tlio niaxjmum amount now on which, interest is paid has been increased to £1000, as from the Loginning of the year. Staff officers who liave bean attendiiia: the "Dominion drive" at Hamilton will bo returning to-day. General God.ley, howovor, Vi'ill make a tour in the Auckland district, avid will not be back in Wellington for another werk. According to a statement made l>y an officer of R-.M.S, Aorahji;i yesterday, things are not bright in &in .I'Vanciseo at present. There was a good deal of i!i!Ptn-]i?ay>i»iit, and it was ■■almost a daiiy- occuitence to see a procession of about three thousand or nioTo unen'i' ployed. For unskilled labour there was nothing doing at all. In the ranks of ihe "out of works," also, there woro niituy rogues, who occasionally Went as far as highway robbery in dayliiih.t. Twice in a fortnight two of the city trains wore bailed Up by »iasked men, and passengers wero loioivi'd of tlioir valuables at the pistol's point. The prisoner, Balp-h Stevenson, who taped from a train at Tawa -Flat- when lieinj; brought to Wellington on Thins' day, was reported to bo still at large when inquiries were wiado early this m-os'iiinp;. Tlio police are cnvorinp; the territory in Nvlvich it is thought the- escapee is likely to bc\ A. meeting oftlio Welltnwton College Board of Goverjiors was held'ypstordny, tlio chairman (Mr. A. fop. TtrnJKlon) prosidin<!:. There were alw prcswil: Miss Richmond, Messrs. R. L.c-o, W. H. Field, W. IT. Ward, W. H. P. Barter, and iV. Warbiirton. Tlio board flp}Wowd af the purchase of twenty £Wf) debentures issued by the Hamilton 'Borough Council, fts a Fcliolarship rnnd. Tlio scholjirs!iip investment fund at present stands ftt £lt)3v>, and is.on deposit, bringing in 4 p'O-r coiife Tho fund will b" increased to £?1.16 in order to enable tho pnrehnte to l>o niadn at a, piico which will rctufin the board an bc-reaso of rtbaut 5 per cent.

Aviator J. J, Hammond, who is flyin? the Government aoro-pJane in Auckland, is not tho oiil.r exponent of live art of flying in Now &>aknti. Tlioro is another Richmond in the field in Mr. J. W. H. Scotland, who has boon engaged in fitting up & Oindrou biplane at Otalti for tlie past week-, in wliieh work h.d has been assisted by Messrs Sclroef and I Turner, of Wellington. _ On Thursday evening last, tho machine beins all in [•order, Mt. Scotland toad© a higlilv successful flight, remaining in the. air for tho spaoo <rt twenty mimiteii Tho Cahdron biplane, which is enamelled a brilliant liiuo tint, tando. a very boa\itiful spectacle as it described gi'oat aros in tlie heavens, and was tho cynosure of many 'wondering eyes throughout tho district. Tho final circio desonbed by Mr. Scotland took tho macliine as far as the Ota.W Rtver, when, noticing n tendency oil tho part of tho biplano to veer to one side, a return was made to the. starting place, where a perfect kiiding was made. The Sfooris were parti'' cularly exoited over tho Bight, and made a ereat fuss of tlie young aviator. It is understood that exhibition flights aro to bo .given by Mr. Scothuid throughoMt New Zealand, under arrangement with a. Wellington syndicate, represented'by Mr. S. Petlioi'fek':

KirkcaliJio'e Summof Salo, a great bargain for men on oifor this morning. Men's Sac Suits in tweeds, ftannols, worsteds, etc., light nnd dnrls tnistiiros. Usual prices, 295. 63. t<i 725. 6d. .Now Ws. <M. to 4Ss.—Advt. '