LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2133, 27 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. Tho _rjudrlerfc Pnrkw nt-xinw Hivoriim, H'it.ii nil AHstrnlifiii ami smfttl Rdr!i»l.i irwil on bsmii], mival m AimkWcJ horn Hydiw.s- «t } juo. ycstorday. ■)%(> porti/m of Oio waits will ar»h«'o in WVUiiiKt/jn lltijt ahcrnoon. , H'Mna «t of tlifi Jano- ji«*fc to the Ornnd Ofwra ilotiw (jio aMo wi!!i over fm Ssttirftay ii%iit,crashnl into oomliimit.iori traiaouj No. 90, «11 Orieniaf 'Jiay wWnh win'tiHK opjwsito tfe t}i(v»fcr<i For p»BS(inSftra, Jjftuml fw Lembton fetatien. The result «f tliß knfKwit w»b that one of the winters of iho trnmctir wa,« broltcii nml a l»lfi about isifio iti!>hcß in. lo.ng.th was knockeil in tlio side, ng wfU. Luek- ■ ily there wew no -passengors sfUfeg noiir tiio windwv *Wch we* b»fen. The motef-caif afipcsred net to bavo I teen d.aiiisged in any way. ' Ttfenty-Uireo nea;mcit aM i«o offifcTS raf tlio Kpon/th wafshir* Z.nko, now in Tttliitiaft walfim, who havo Sorted their. I'jTm in tho Paoifer Wo paflsengwg from Pffipftdte !)j* tho Aor.ingi. 'jßifiy wilt pmeset! of)' to Sj'dney td-diiy by that Earner or route to Franco.

An "Oplimists , Club" is «wv;.ct«d: t*> OTTftft into .being shortly in Wellington ■us an oil-shoot of the naferifc itetftuMO2l of that Kame -in toiiiioit- The English club makes its appeal to bu&j* nede ttcß, ftmj its objeflib t* to ttfdhwle good fftoHiig bctffcen fi.hiplojer and oraphyea aiirj genereJiy to encftutftg*. tJle ado:ptten of ifloclcrn business mcthodE and welfare *otk. llr. F, ItasfSy, whe has received a qaaiitity of litcratoo f>.« the eubjttcty is otgAniafng the Wellingtoto cluß, and hats leceivid .{irojnises <>f .support ferni a numbor <if" frcM" Irtewa hu.sih.es3 mon ifi tte Citt, A preli.Tninarj* mecti-ftg is id be called at an. Oiriy (fa.tfc^

: As pate' dft fcie gras- is to the 'jaded palate of iho Flrfcnch goiinriet so is the eeimnon pipi of the sariijy beaclws to the Maori, however B#h.isticsi<;d he shaj lie )Vi frays allegedly civilised. The at-frr-sgo Maori is seldom shy on his "fcai," but if there is a litife- ii.atura-l delicacy that fro yearns for it is the saeoufeirf, pipi, and ttoiigb. the tafete of tin hotel or boardjnghouse at which ho may Ire staying may groan with ji.tl the. delicacies of tlio s.eason t he will go far and do .mud), dredgiag t*s feast on bis favourite sMWish, Maoris who visit Wellington frequently haro digeevef&d that nafidilivplnecd Omental Bay is a pipi treasure house, where ffiity be obta.ijicd at the. expense Of a little stooping in shallow water at low tide a feast for tho gods, Yesterday mousing half a'dozen. BJflort men invaded thfe. plsftk] wafers -of the. bay with sacfe. and before noijii had four -or five of them comfertaWy filled., -Ivor did they despise ffoe- sea-egg., with its poßiupinaiiß ghcii, raid the flr-Jlimir-platod nmssej. Several of tile jiiter ivore seGured—each its largo as three or four Stewart islaiid oy<s.tofs.-.and eaten on the ground with infliuto mhHi. So rielt *&s the harvest of pipis. secured thai an express had to , be lifpcd to cofi--vnsy. the bulging sacks to town. ■ IHio Tramwsys Department has .derided that down., cars ff#nj "Brooklvn Shail stop henceforth ;ftts iho foot of Washi))i;.ton Avenue, but owtog to tho steepriess of the gra4e up-car.s eenhot bd stopped there, i

Captain T. B. B:as, who broke the ; world's club reswt! hy swinging a pair of clubs far over 145 hours at Najlier n fen' mqutlis ego, has. been tAaltfinged |'bv-.tlva-arnttteuftchf!nmi.on of the svofld, Mr. C. Bucket*, β-f ChmteliHrch. t«-, cofflpeto m a tn-btch over sixty hours; if both coih-potiters are still fwinjiiiig at the expiration <i.f that -time, the winner to ho declared on points given ftjr : variety, stHiejl, and style. Jtn. Bax. i has -t-a-tom up tlio and t&ccwntest will probnWy tako pltico, in Christchureh k a few months' tinie.' : The match will bo far £23 aside, and b.y his partieipation ill it j.lr* Bugkotb will Jose liis -amateur status. ' Eeports that have iric-kM tiifough ito ili© JJlttif regarding the imittoni bird<»fs arij to the effect tliat this- year '. gives ptowJßcs of s record yield..: 1 Th-awks to the dry «ca:thoT, every .mt)i- . ten-bird btirrow lias An inhahitafit, there havihg bqmi no ?)irds flooded out as iu former .yeijß, As a mutter of fact, during !-,h8.-oarl,y'.;parfc of tho sea« son the muttou-lbirders were on ishort sn-pply, to fat as watejf was concerned. Tho "passage" birds havo now'been dealt witl), and the "lnid-pass.ago" is Wag,soaped. Tho season iV-iH last another' ni.oii.th at least-. With the completion -of ttio bridge* liko connection between the sontherii-.: e.fid of tho Hcfhouf I3pafd's Quay stag-ing mid tho ttariinati Street Wharf, announced at tho fast meeting , ef tho board ? that body lias ho* a- eon-fci-nuou-s stag-nig—most of which is a;yaiiable for tlio berthing of tho harbour end ,of ; Ta£anal?i Street tt> tho site of thfi p-ropoßcd pipitea Wh-srf, ■a sti'cteh of. flearly ft nife in length. The new bridge rtferrtd to passes across the front of the Wellington end Star Boating Clubs' and. the K-avais , boatslicds, and to a cbnsidcraWo estfent will liaropor tho handling o£ tho beats dating'tho rowi-jig Bcason., a eontiijRoncy that Was foreseen! but could Imt bo preven-ted iil view of tJie Ha-rbojir Board's detefmiivatiqii to join t?p its Imrbonr front properttee. Tho piles of the. shore sidd <rf the bridge' take n liiio abotifc as far out s from tho shoro as tho point at whieli the skids enter the water at low tide, but, there are Wo 30ft. spii'us in. front of the Star Itewine Ohib's shed .and oiio span of a simiUr width in front of tho '\Vellingtoii Clttb's shed, so tlvat \vhh cafe it wilt still hs possible to ma.irocnvro tho iKiiitsw-ith safety itt fak weatlrcr. The erection <al the bridge has, Jio-w----ovffr, robbed the ifrtjftt of tho berttiTgsheds of a- good deal of privacy tiiai has hith-erte bnc-n enioyedi which has been wore dr less of an assftt- fo baftors-, and will gieiiofally make -bathing in tlio vicinity less attractive. to wiombefs mm it has been in tha past. At present it is u.iidersto.ofl tire lioaril docs not pro-poso to berth y.esscjs aloiis- ; side the Sew section of staging, but should such action b.p decided .upon-at n-nr tsnie in te future it will mean that tho boating clubs will liato to find new quarters in a locality a good deiil iiioro remote from tho centre of the City-.

. A ivpdding arranged for Wednesdayhi Pimsru ohd H*t t.alse piacm {siiys tire ''Herald") owlifg to the mysterious difsappciirairee of t.tiu groom aii slend»y last. , Nb cause ■whatever ftaii be «s----sigivofl for his absence, and fljl utteupts to It-nee iJ.iiti hnvp bocii futtle. As thero is no aceotiiii ol s-miv itceiflciit or Jiiislviiij iiavi-ljg befttiten hiiii, i»dH©lfttio.ii -at lit* netmn is widesprewt in the town, nnd tlio deepest ayiiijiatUy is expressed for the innctrasspeetcd 'relatives of tl» At a meeting . o f tho new -CatihedTfll iJofcrd Jiold in Duiicdiw en t : bo Mtiicdi-fil se-Jic-mo w»s adfranecd .1 sfcn&o t »B feprted that the architects in JMigitod hnd «o«- seiit out the complete »!ls lot the whole of the strimtmro. mo Board sot up a &uiWhig -Committop, the <seimnitteo bciii* instfucted to fe-Woi-t to the hoard. It wae .also dwided to apjwjiit, a Gcwal Arraugeihcnts ■wjimißttco, The tun otiorm of this «ommititee include pfepurfttiojis for laving the foujjdatiqii-stojio, The tram service 011 the Kent Torrnis roiui! was t-eniporefife bfceke'd zhd'.ii midiliiy yesterday. jJcur Aβ fjvi&n fttreet eoroer a croivo! of pooplo l.ie'id possessien of the iewmvvu.y traci? i> their gaw was ftcijtirfcil on ait Irisli terrier pHppy svltid). laj prortrftto alongside the rwl—gembollwg puppies ars too heed-lchS or tho perils of tBo street-aiid its wWn■tftg i.notii«r wne jooking around ju .njMto appeal as if .for soine ipracWeal sy-mpothy m Iwr distfesß, Jijc old adnge sayss f/Ct atopmg dogs lie/' and tljcrs wcio none among ttss sjieeta tor? who Ictieif tip particular course in regard Jto au .injured witls ft ivatcMm ntether hovering roii-Hd; CRpefiiaßy as at tjis approach of otib sympathetie ivomah tli.c " old dog ehftrJißgh Jjared its teeth., Trame frere •puijingup on cither side, .and their officials *ore RVitfiiig out to inveatigato tlie «st of the blo'bkj vrhbn a -kd. regffrd■feis of ominous grnWMng.s, boldly .and gcn,flj' .jiicltcd Bj> tho. puRPJ , , *hic!i seetnsd. trom its injured eori2itioh to h< iinarin;g hajjpy hunting Eraun.elsi-, ffnd piaesd the whimpering littjo canine on the grassy latffc the oent.fj of the terrflcfr. Ilere ; toother followed, to continiiJo her lsmefriatjans, and the Sufc day tram, service .continued on its- say.

Our N'apicr correspondent states that the contest between Messrs. B- C. M'Cormich and \V. Har+ for the Haftings M-ncralty i , - going to be a rerf Wn one. Both candidates are addressing meetings nightly.

On inquiry being raadp cf the Fuhj.'c Hospital friJm this office last uyht it wiu stated that Mr. Virgil M'Govern, irlio was injured in the L'pper Hutt ov. plosion, was still in a very serious condition.

Thi» qiiartorly meot'ng of the 'Wollinptoii Licensing Distnrt v.ill 1)3 hold at t!if> Majiistr.it* , ''! Court oo Monday, .Tune I, commencing at noon. The quarterly mcU'4'i; of the Hutt Licensing District v.iit tip held at ihi' l/<i«er flittt, Court, on Wednesday, Juno 3, at noon.

Thft iiit-roduet.ian- ol t.h.e English part* ridge to districts colitroiicd by i:he Auckland Aeetiriiatwrtion ■Society lias tiot proved to be &■ great -success. Ti.io Auckland "Herald" states that the birds are apparently too fond of cultivated ground, nftil Kill ftii easy prey' to tte hiaii with the gun. The fff I'mie-h, partridge does, be-itef, aisd is lio't such ail cosy vietim. Bift the gsnie bird, Miiicli does best and which pjwide,? ih-e best sport k tJb nteasaat. Tlwse have tcfiji liberated in large .uuiiAers in vari-, ous loealiiies., ata} sliow every sign of-thriv-Hig, nud .providing 'excellent shooting, ... '..