LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2151, 18 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Manuka, with Australian oiid also English mails via Brindisi, reached Auckland at. 11 a.m. yesterday. Tim southern portion of the mail is due by the Main Tnmfc express this aftenraon, . Owing to Saturday's, rain the Hut* Rivet- resti 6'jt. above normal in the evening, No damage Is reported, however, A deputation from ThinS, accompanied by Sir Walter Buchanan and Mr. Sybes, M.P„, will wait upon the Prime Minister to*cby (says our Vi'airarapa, correspondent) to urge that two estates in the Ti'mu district he acquired for otaser settlements The Military Court of Inquiry iip* pointed to iitvostigjite the cir-cutttstances surrounding the riot at Takapan camp on Saturday, May 3, Ims completed its report ai-id forwarded it to Colonel Chaytor, O.C, lYolfti-gtoii District Colonel Clmytot will "forward it to General Gadlev.

The "Otegft Daily Times" will (says a Press Association telegram from l)u'nedin) announce tedny that the whale of the sunt of £7500 whieh it asked the public to subscribe to provide for the erection of a Bacteriological and I'atbological Laboratory at the Medical School in connection with Qtago University has now been secured.

A cwrespondQnt, "MaWao," Writing from Wangantii under date May loi says-:—"Referring to your paragraph of yesterday about the poisonous spider in the pinus iusignis, I was hit-ton by what must'liave befln one of these sonic- time ligo. I was che-ppi.ug a britneh from a pjiwis and felt something fall on my ueols, and at once' felt the bite, whisk proved niost painful. I at once applied n. wad of cotton w-00l soaked With whisky, aim} in about a quarter of ,in hour the pain vanished, but left the skin very ml with a Maek ftfint in t-he centre, showing where the spider had bitten. 13 The- re-trial _of Edward. Hunter, an a ch-a-rgs of sedition, will'be heard at tho S'ttprame 'Court this morning.

"It is the first time I have ever been before the 'beak,' ,s was the nannsual remark of a- defendant at the Auckland Police Court.one. day last week, when ho was offering a nanrbor of reasons why be shotUd not ho fined heavily for exceeding the speed limit, "I did' fiot catch your rqtftarit," said Mr. Frazer, with a stispiftio.il of a sfflile, "I sa.kj it wsi tli© first time I havfe ever been beforo tho Bench,'! replied tho defettdaiit with perfect coJnposwre. The tenth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America (which shows a probable attendance of GOOD adcraftcrs)' will be held in Toronto,, eu Juno SO and 27 jicxt, and invitations have, been issued through Messrs. Tlios. Cook and Sons, to advertising men in ail parts of the world. At the convention 180 eminent speakers or advertising nnlhei'ities will addri.ss the uttomlanee. His Majesty King Cleorgij is being requested to open the convention by direct cablegram from London. Probably President Wilson will send a greeting, mid «x-Presideiit .Roosevelt is -expected to 1m am of the: speakers. To demonstrate how thoroughly these affairs are attended to. by cur Canadian cousins, the. roirto is planned and. time-tabled from every part of the world to Toronto. Australian or N'-ew Zealand cMe.sraies are advised to i travel by tire Wiflochra, whir-h leaves j hero for San Francisco on Friday next. I

! Ccinviaco.d mesMbers of t.iio Anti-'lmok-ing League would bav* enjoyed thsinsolvea at the corporation destructor on Friday morning v.lscn no fewer than n hundroil thousand cigarettes ascended in snioko through tho big chiuuwy. Tho i consigrupent was one tliat had' been j abaiiiloj-ied its owners_ to the Custonis antlioriiies after lykig neglcetcd for a long time in tho braided sto.ro. "flic cigarettes filled two targe/ packingcases, but tho destructor nWte short work of thorn. As is visual on these' occasions a Customs offieef attended to see that iioiie of tlio cigarettes escaped ttK'ir iippsiiuted fate. They were in excellent condition, and it scorned wasteful to burn them in sncli a wbolcsalo 'fashion, but tho .position is tliat when the owners of bowled goods' lirel it unpiftfitabio to pay tlio <futy and prefer the alternative of leaving tliein in the kinds of tho Customs Department, tilroro is no other recourse than to destroy thera, sineo .if; would ho uiifjur to sell tliein in competitiou with goods xipon which duty has been paid. "Of course, if it were jM-ssible to realise anything more upon such goods than the amount of tho duty, the ownera would not leave them in the hands of tho Department,

At 3,48 yesterday mornkg the fir» bvipado tiiHied out to deal with an incipient fire in a wooden building in Old Customhouse Street,, occupied by Bobcrt M'Cauloy, advertising agent. Th.o dataago doi.io by the lire was only trifling. ,A copy o.f "Tiro Sciildfan.,'' a rnagazino puWifihod by th.o boys of tho Napier Coys' High. School., has reached tine office. It is a bright and interesting ehrqwielo of tlio doings of tho school institutions, and of £cb:oGl happenings generally. The magazine coittaiiis a. lilimber of Wcll-priiited photoajrapha of school groups. Altogether it is an .eminently ercdita'bio production.

The young peopled eaiiipaign instituted by tlio Salvatioii Ar ; fii.y commenced on Saturday, and yesterday was "Young People's Sunday." Tho idea was 'that the streets were- to he 'canvassed with a view of geitting -young people who attend lie Sunday School to join the Army Sunday School. Jfest Sunday will be celebrated as "Jfothors' On that day all yovmg people attending Army meetings wjlf so.iid « white flower to 'their tsi.qtb.ors, if tho mother is. dead) a white (fewer will be placed on her grave. This oil&tom was qr-igiiiated by the Y.M.C.A. in America, and it has- siueo been adapted by varioiis Christian organisations throughout tlio world.

At a fow raiHU.los .after noon on Satwttay peoplo in tho vicinity <jf tho Post Qiiiico-. S4na.ro were arrested by a loud wrenching noise, followed by a era-all. The noiso was caused by tlio fall fro-in iho top of Qneou's Ojaiii-bors Biiildiiifis, abovo Messrs. 3limt, Cottro'H and Co.'b office, of a big wooden signkiai'd, about thfoo foot in height and twenty foot in iei'igfeij. The lioat'd-iiig had c-yideßtly been weakened in its supports, by tho i-ee.ent '$Q:uthwly gales, and finally had given Tray liev foro the otoslaiight af otte Of Saturday's furious gusts. Th« Klgnhoard Ml right across the footpath Hear M-cssts. Jfiiht, Gottrell's office, uo-tj- had -aiiyoii.e ken passing at the time, tho result would probably have been serious-

The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) repudiates the charge nvsttc at ttlfl WBdestown ratepayers' nieetiiiE oii j'i-tday cvtiiung that that pott-inn of tho city was being neglected. ,Ho points out that 'the rates paid ky, tho residents, of \\%destown to tho gxjnoial aceauwt liv-st year iota-iled JEIJSBB, wffilst- the amount expended, on .surest works and -other general s'erykps was £1680, During the past, too, a sum ef £13(54 Was ex-jisiid.od oiit .«f tluj general account for tiie drainage of tho suli-nrb in oucr.licn. There was no loan iUMi-ey araj'fahlc for the- work,' hut tiic .pity, jjcnj)jer 1, -b.ejj)g dpr.i rp-U a . that 'Wa,dc-S' tpwn! of all'iskees should enwy sanitary coßflitions, decided to do i'he 'work out of the .generaf a.ccMi'it raihel' tinn wait for another loa-n. In regftrd to. the spceiul tramway ra't-e, tlwr-re had been from that source about £800 in excess of the rwtnni shortage'of r-cvmiiw, as cojii-parod witli Avorking exipen.scs, interest, and -Miikin.g -fund. The total shortage iimler that hf-ad was SST'u the city- naying fo-r ■.ove-r-yMi.iii'g in i"flgard -to working espouses. Agai-ust, thai there wn* a suspense .aec-ouiit «f owing on th«.special rats for the tramway un* dertaking,

The- annual "social'-' of tlio K<w Zca* la ml Shfeifei's 1 AssociatMi was Ijolt-i on Friday wight, and at it wero proseut thp dolosjates te the Shearftrs' Coirfeiv oftci?- lield in ■ Wellington .during last ! tf'cet. lieftfronfies ivefo. nv.adb in tlio caurse of, .speeches, to tlio need for or* i»rm.tai:ng die eonutfj l wwkers in N?av Zaataiid, snd for fto Uniting of all ti«bow feadins on ;i common basis., to figlrt- fot a. .ranunon politdca-1 jdcal. It WAs iiWi'ttioned, Jtosvwftr, by Mr. .51. Laraoy, secretary of tlio ■SljeiireJ's' Union, tlitj-t "all the f raios Hail aiwl Bifohivo Olrainljws ;pi!opl6'" had beeri invited to tlio "sotia-lj" but none of them iiafl attcHcled,. Tim foitst "Political Action" was prapose'd by Sir. 'ft. GalHc.httiij organiser of fto "l/ibisral" party.

Noriiinatiops have,, been received' as follotiv for the vafioivn qfficdft of thf* ftVUinfttpn maiit branch of t;li:o Lationr Partyf~-Pi*sidentr., J{r. A-'H. Hindinayshj 51.1'. ■; v'icC'prpsi.de'pts, Messrs. L. 3UE: A. Re.ard.«n and ,&. W. Croshery; .se'cre.ta.i't, 'M*, i J. M'ltettzie; aSßisto.tit TSfo, T\ Jicstcr; treasiiMj:;, Mt. J. Campbell; eoimnittce, Mess.f.s. H, Ijintkstar, j. fleiiiiiig, BBitithersvick, Ct. Mmi'dock. The coil tract for the erection of anow toiophoiio QjiohangQ at M-aste'r'toi! lias been .semitel by Messrs, Taylor ami Hodges, c-.f ilafltorton, i,h.c amoiiwt of whoso tender was £1239, the misucccssfnl tendorers wefos ,H, H. Knieht, WcHmgion, f1449.; F. King o,nd Son, Masterton, &iO7 10s.; CrtTadhic and Wli.itaker, MaslcrtaH,, ifiloOftj and Ross and Masotu Slast»}'ton,fi'U)Oß.

Tho of Ptiiotio Iras already two picture theatres, yet 'this is not going to prevent, it going in for a tliW one. Tito.njjw theatre is to l>o creotoci at the rea.f o ; f' tlio pvcSflivt Petono W.or.ktug Men's Cliin, aitd is hcutg pnt 'up by thij club as a, picture theat.Vo aiiti onb that can bo gencrftll'y used for .concerts., plays, .meetings, and the ; li-!c#. The luuidijig.i whicli is to he of brick and coji.crelc, will be oapabie of ..lidding njnvs.rds of ifIDS pcoplo,. and wilt ha. fitted with all t'ho \i;p4o4ate po.rq.uisi'tes of any .of the town tlieatt'es. Tho dress ttirclft wpstairs- T.'ili IIOM 260 people, and d.owi'w stairs '8.00. %o tiieatroj. whifih should bo coroipfeted in abopt Byft .nionth,?' tiiiic, has been 'lease*! by iihe Sascotte Pictnre. ■Company* Its erection is; l to b© the first step of ooinplete rebuilding of tho pfeseiit Petoiio AVoirkins M'on's Qnb bwldings, Tlio folloiHcg tenders have b.e.Mt received for the cfoctioti of the theatre Iw iho archiioct, Sfe. James Scniiie :•*- M. Frain, £38.89; T. 0, Watt, £.3?47.; k. Cnll'ius, £3695; A. E. fliirroll, £3390; Fnrsvth Stfefcles, £33Wi H. H. Knight.. £3'2Sfl; J. Wood, £3190 105..; and FxlWds and Son s ,«2flS3. Out of tbese the towlef of Mvards and Smi at J22153 has boen accepted,

See Mid-hand dealers, wljo clianee. to buy stolen garments a,i prices obviously rattoh bolpw tjio real yafu<% do. uol receive »uA sympathy foom Xfr. !)..&. A. Cooper, 5.M,., wta Bivdt transigtM-ta e;nd ift "dead loss;''' After -ft eo.n.yietfpii had been recorded against anoffeiife on' Saturday., for stealing :im Overcoat valued at £'S 10s.,- Cliie.M3e : tee&v) Broberg aslt-ijd tire 'Magistrate (Sir, Cooper) if an order Ttarnld bo nia.de for tbs return of the coat to the oiyhor on payment of 3s. to the ■s.ccon.d-te.ii.d deafer from wlioift it had been recovered, ".was is through .him the coat.was rceoyored?'' asked His Worship. Tlio reply «'a* in the negative, An fiMer iva-s tl'icn nsaflo for the return of the coat to ilie owner without a-ny psiyiwoiit to the sdemid.4i,iHd dealer, the Magistrate rem.nrlvmg that tho deafer must, have known the garment was stolen when b.fi purchased it at sucsl! a pries*

Tho five rifle dubs in the WcHi.njpra district, Karpri, Suburbs, PetOrt's, .Highland, and -Old JVavaJs, are to psu-adfi '.for iiispeciiflii by GoUp.ra.i SiV I-a;n ifainfllon OB Saturday Uext. -flip Members of tliO okibs will asspmbto. .at the liiiekjo Street Drill Hail, nittl under, ilio .501'ii'jiiitiHi. of Colonel Wolfe., liispeetotvof'BMo Clubs, will inafeli to New.twii Hark. ,

Serious diflkuf-iics am being oneoij.fttfired in the work of preparing for t-li.< laying dmvi-i of vhe i'etore drahiago system. During. Inst wcok tlio tr*jieh?s on the Esplanade, whero most of f'lio Work is at present going oh, have bevn tour tiinfis Jloodorl, anil tire result is .'that the Work is Ileijig .delayed Wore than liio engineer (sfr> :ft. 'Fos;) hail fialeuia-tcd that' it would bo. The oft Use of ithtt flooding is ftlfcgtfd to i.io- 'Ijm&USo <>f tii.tt way the old stp.rn.i-wa-te.r drains w» laid. JJc.ydea delating progress, tiro .pouring *f swoh qfla.ntiil.ii3s jif Wft : tcr into the trenches ha.s cai'ised damage necessitating a .grpp % deal -of extra work and expense. . All the available, pttiuplpg liiaeMuery has been ■roquisitioi'iod to .{jet rid of the accumulate! water, tint the inflow i? so grant that it hiu not been possible tfl cope with it.