LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* —— Tjie Malicno, with mails aboard from England (via Suez), America, and Australia, arrived in Auckland at 3 p.m. yesterday. The Wellington and southern portions of the mails will arrive here by Main Trttiik .express this afternoon. Tho arrival, of -Viscount Kelburn in New 7efilaiid gives some point to the fact that tlie name of the -suburb "Kelburno" lias, up to.the presents been spelt inporreetly. Tho hiHrtop suburb was created during the Esrl'of Glasgow's 'term as Governor Of Nqtt Zealand, and out of compliment to -tlie mueh-cs'teeuied representative, of the Crown it was named after his son, Viscount Kolbtirn, now commander of H.M.S. Pyramsis, but for some reason or other the name has always been spelt with a final vowel "Kelburn (e)'". His Excellency tho Governor 1-i-a.s received a cable message, staling that the report, of tho Dulto t)f CmvooajJht's lrnrrow oscftpo from an ; accident in a • Canadian railway yard is entirely untrue. A pleasant outing was spent on Saturday .by the employees of Messrs. John Duthie and Co., tho occasion being the annual picnic of the firm. ■ As the business premises: Wore closed during the day, all the. employees were enabled to gat away, and, the weather -being line, the picnic was a great success. At to-morrow evening's, meeting of the Wel{ingt«n Industrial Association a report is to lie presented on the Auckland .Exhibit-ion. Matters concerning New Zealand's representation at the Panama Exhibition will also corao up for consideration, Inferring to the present shortage of officers in the Dominion, Major-General Oodley informed an Auckland "Herald" representative,.that ho has no doubt officers will bo farthrouiing 45 soon its the principle of competitive examination tram -the ranks; is thoroughly Understood. "We could not expect to get a very large nuinlcr of competitors the first time," said General- Godley, referring to tiie recent- examinations foi> com--missions, "as .the notiro Mas short and tlie idea was new. ' I believe that- now it is known t'hafc those Vacancies-are available and that commissions, are open to all classes of the .community, wo shall get many more candidates. Wo wa-rtt the •best brains and the. host,men, and I am, quite sure there are plenty of young Js'Oiv...Zcaj-anfl^rs.,.able. ..to. satisfy the ; fbquiremehts', which are bV no l'neaiis t'o6 exoeting. The examination is not ail 011 pap'or. A great, iuid perhaps the most important, part of it is a pnieitcal test of the candidate's ability t<j lead and command in tlie field." Owing to the disagreement of .iurres, four new trials aro to take plate in the Supremo Court, and theSo-will bo commenced to-day. The lour accused a-r® John Edward Harrington (part in' a riot), ISaniuel Thompson (part in a riot), Robert HiM (Taranaki .Street riot of' November 4), and George Johnston (Feathofston .Street riot). It is high tiniie-, it is suggested by certain _long-suil'criug residents' of the vicinity, that, a -place more remote fron-i tho haunts of men, than Clyde Quay should bo found for the stray-dog keiinels. For a fevV days' pass a number of dogs undergoing detention- at tho City Corporation yards have mado tho nciglT» houriiood' hideoi-ts with'their ceaseless barking and yelping. If tho dogs are to bts detained at Clydo Quay until claimed or sold ai-i attempt- might bo ■made, suggests one complainant, to make tho kennels sound'proofi As an alternative, there i-s thfi lethal- chamber, an effective, silenc'e^iromoter. A-u advertisetiici'it publi-shed in our issue of Saturday last, intimating the intention oi the ilriti-sh Dominions General Insurance Company to do its local ■bus-mess direct instead of through an agency, is considered by Messrs. W, ML Tiirnbull and Co,, who were agents for tho company, as a reflection 011 their firm. . No sucli reflection svas intended to he conveyed, the change mado being, wo understand, merely a matter of arraiigeiiient between tho parties. Attention was drawn by Mr. W. G. Uiddoli in tiro Court 011 Saturday morning, whc-ii delivering a reserved judgment 'regarding tho entertaining of guests by licensees of hotels; during tho unio that their hotels ariSclosed to the public, to the danger which a licensee runs of losing his licenso by permitting a guasi to 'beco.ine into>:ica'ted 'under such conditions; The Magistrate added that such an occurrence naturally engendered grave suspicion. At the last- meeting of the council of the Associated. A, aiid P. Speieties' of New Zealand, held at Christchurcb, itwas urged that the metropolitan socleties in' their respective centres, should use every effort to secure the affiliation of -country. A. and P. Societies, and with this end in viefr, efforts will he made by tlie Otago Society at tho time' of the election of a member for the Board of Agriculture to induce delegates attending that- meefciiig fo sbcure tho affiliation of their various societies.