LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2001, 7 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

TJie postal authorities advl'.so .tliat s,s, Mali.eno, whicb fiailed ftom Sydney on March ■ i for .Auqifjand, -is banging Außtfalimi mails, also' .an lish • niail via Suez, 'fjio "Wellington .portion is due per Main ffmi'k express, oil. .Monday nest;.

A, line of Nfcw. Zealand apples, brfgjftly labelled and beautifully paclfed, gave quitp a daslj of dolsur to tho fruit markets yesterday. They were tho bes'i selected "Jtuigi de Caiiada" a'pple.S, which |iad been fprward'od to WcJiiil.gton for shipment to M:piit« video by tho Ituapehu, but bsd missed that steamer and bad to. bo sold locally, wero bushel e.a'se?, and pnly realised ss, per o«s&—*-about l.Jd, |,et lb, 'Ibis is the slass of appio that is ■seldom rotailetl under ,6d.. jibr : lh s

Owing to t(ie loeal siippjies Bf toina' ■taps haying beeii tlirowii b'acfe by $10 late spring' iuid wet early 6iini.me:r, ill ■coisi'lJJJiqtjjm -wfth the depre&tibn's =<tfthe lias '■seriously -ailcbtod the crp'pjS in the Bti'ft Vaßey—tlib Miaricet jiist no* is betog irMalicd jvij'h toinstbej aiid prices Jia-Ve- dropped :(f:dr Sib 1 quaiity) 'frpni about Ij's.Kiiil j3s, ta Est 6?}.. and 3s. per easp. Sfa..' 2 ■qriiiilitqs w-ero hpinp;' :s&ta yc.stflrday ait Is. a.n-d Is.. 3d. par ease.

. A speGtal Mcntiiig p'£ tjio Eastbourne, p.cronsTi Council in. semioction with tjio aeq-uisitipii of tho Day's j.ia.y Estate will bo held in tlto fevi-y dflico on .Mp.uday afternoon.

The P-OMgaroa Ghaihher pf CJonvmerpo lias decided (says the t! \Yaii'.ayttpa, Ago' 1 ') to a-sfc the prime- Minister to obtawi ii KjpjH'-t fraiii the Jjaiuis P\i(clijkso Coiiir mißsbnore «S t-!j the suitabiifty for etoser settleineut of tlio Iflrgo ostetos -beto-ben Alfredtbii. Mid Ppiig.is'rpvl,.

I Two. persons Who drew sections at the PbroPoro biillot in Jjastertoiv an 'Bluu-s----*day wore iioitker present nor rej-trespiiied (states the ls Wa : irai;iip,i. Ag.<s'-}, Tho GpiniiiiissiolleT ■tlwrefpre slceldeit), in np» : ep,rdane.o wifli tho usual pr:.atstiee ( tfl'talcij' a Iresli 'ballot,

Tho .'Rev. Fathers J, A, O'Gpmie'llj J. IMylor, T, McCarthy, and. A.. Hi'errina are to flriiv'e-iii Wellingtpii by the SflUth bpit't t«is iiiorningi j the ibu> M'ari's't ffitlierg eaiiip liOrb itb' cpiidiifit.ft foftr weeks' cpj.iibiiied inissipji .at :i : St. J.Psflph's ..-Cliiufcli, Bivfitiie iStreetj. and. St. Maris 1 of the Angrfs.. BouiGptti Street, m$ perjpd eßiniiietipes tpjntp'rioiv with » chifcltoa's nsiasion,' wliieh will lie be for wpjnoji, am! from Mip Hatter date, till Apyi-1 1 fpr well. Service's will lie. held : ntgMvi"g and ''fcyeniiip' at'iotfi; elittrehe's thrpiiglient fto iVpineu j and men's inisslpiis, ■' I

•Not for the past- 25'..years h;as the water in Lake Kptpnt.a beoii at so. Iqw All ebb. as lit i& at pye.sent, says iiho Eote'i-ua ''CiirPiilcie.;'' Ijiis is diao-.tfi the dr.v AVc-at'hp-r fff tho last fpiir or five ■iiWjntlis.

. Apropos tire article in yqstefday'a D.ftsu>-jos, "A Ba.q'ft\vard' Qity?" and bringing foiiwirit tho waM: of adyeri tiVeriiPi.t't of tlfe City of Wb'l.Hi'igtpii aiiil its attraction?, we are irtfoniie'd tn'at Messrs-. Ciiaiidlor anil Go,' irtteiid -'issuing shortly' ftsr tiio -ftiiJiiwaj Board ,an illustrated booklet of in or 50 Wages,, descriptive of tho principal, ■.of the many p.iea-siitti ..resorts i'lj and around Wellington. 'fJie booklet-is to fee .jrfofncp Willi illfistmtiujis of nil the siiilj ing spots around itio City; Such spots as Lyaii Bay, Island. JJayj' 'SoatoUn-j Park, Oftcnta! Bay, tlio 13ptawfeai fiarciejis., fche Mlliops' .of EnJIflhlio, etc., fetej The ; p;ul.iiicatiQn will, at' course, contain pp|)teis iiifffrj'iia.l'ittii i: fts to. -howto reftdi siibli spots, etk It. is to be is.si.iccl in shout fe. weeks' tirttty and will b> -gratis, and distributed : Iri'fiitt|pa,s:t in, <aboij,t, antl 'hpyp'nd' New Zealand.

f%6 total retf.en.fto dbrived. f.rpin tho letting of ibo 51u'i.iiei'.p.ai Theatre- onioijttts. to jSs-. W,, £'-3428 Os, !()<]. being received:' for tho first twelve- months lisc' jEal life tlio balance,. £391) Jfe &1., beiAg for tike psriod fro-ni Novcnjber i 8 itp to- tlio end -rf FtebjHiary,

Tii-o Angl.k-aii -(Visliwp' -of Ayeil.in.gton(Br. Spretti). fli.S -Im fliu- (.irpSpjie'i- at St. Paul's " l'ro~o-vti!('4f<t| iflotniwg. Ho *ill deal with fcttci Bilile* iii-.seliopls Cjiijiss'fcjoti:. Cimoi.i (3.ir;lai.id. •will )o:i-e.adi <t» fte- -.sain.o subject at t.bp iiiorttiilg smrvjteo ait at; iufgu'sti'n.e-'s' Chri.reli-, .P-ctonc.s