LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. An English, via Suez, and an. Australia® mail arrived at Aueklaiid from Sydney by the Slanuha at 1,3!) a.tn.. yesterday, The. southern portion ol the mails will arrive m Wellington .by this aftcnioon's Main Trunk express. * There were no bankruptcies recorded in, Wellington for tho month just ended. For the 'fiy-o months ending May fl three petitions in -bankruptcy only It : a\e been filed, ns against four for tlio samo period last year. Examinations in all .grades of tlioorv were held <5.11 Saturday by the Associated Board of th» Royal Academy and Royal CVillege of Music, London, at all centres UiroiiKhout Australasia. In alt, 117 candidates were entered in AVel'ington, ai d tho examiiiations were held at Sydito \ Stmet tSchcolroora. At the New Zealand Club's lunchecn te-wor-roit, Genorai Sir Jan. Itamflton will ho the chief -guest ftiid speaker, Tho annual general meeting of the eluh.. wliiob was- to have- been- held on Tuosdav, has been- postponed until Tuesday week. -

According to tho Wellington "Church [ Chronicle," the Bishop of Nehon 'needs ' nir.o inore_ clorgyfiiei-i and two laymen for his diocese, and Juj eannoi, a-btain them in Australasia, lie has tbcrefisrn ■ arranged to start on. a yis.it to Kngtori on August 2.0, hoping that iho necessary workers may ha avaiiabio there. ■ Mrs. $iid'lier will accompany him. Councillor W. J. Thompson has given nfffcicp to- inov-o- at tlio ne.vt mating'or tto Gity Coimd!: "That before tile wfii proposals ura iinal.ly decided upon by tlio council, tlio City Engineer bo instructed to prepare au e-stiiirato of tho cast of laying an electric. traiuway to connect tlio Kelharti cable car with the Eiarori tramline at Karon tunnel, and that tho sum festimatcd bo iucluded ill the list to be placed brforo the ratcpivyfifj." Four yo»»g men were ar.rpsted o-a Satui day atiovueon. oil charges -of bciiijj concerned in tho theft,of certain ■ from a large city drapety ettaMish fcten-t. A number ol small thefts ird been committed at the es.tahhKhment in qiicstron, and, on Saturday, Detec.tivoS.erge:a.i)t C-as-solls afrest-ed a young man' who will be charged at tho Magistrate's Court this motiving with having stolen 'goads to the value of £21 IBs, The other throe persons arrested will bo ctarged with having roretved s-tolo'n pro)icrty. Tlio spot at which disaster overtook the Main Trtmk express train on Wednesday morning was the scene of -a sinuißo mishap to a wail train, though 11 had ho more serious result than in convotiicnce to many passengers., Qn

Christmas Ev-e. 1909. the second express train from Wellington was nre-l-ir.i.; half an hour -Into, with a- heavy lontl of uassfi : ftjjers r aftd t'lto efforts trhkir v.'efo lieinfr inade to Ovoriiatrt tho Selmrlii'Jo were nullified by the mysterious disappearance of tlia tablet, wfciefc was picked tip nt Whaflganwifmo. As the train dashed past flu?, station, the ■ tablet was taken off by tlie aiitomat.i.f apparatus, but imiwrfiately the. driver noticed tlwt is brvti not beeit secftred. Tlie tf:sin was stopped within a 1 short distance of the. elation., ami for aft hour anil a half a direful search, ill Vhich a. i.ar,t..» nlimbor oi passciigets assisted, was made for the missing (ablet. In the meantime the train from Itetonja o\ evhnuiod file express, ant] Was also delayed. As tlie tablet could wot he found, irtsknietwns Wtr& given that the i c.\p.re>f should nrorred tvi'thoiii it. it- ■' reached Auckland at 6Jf) p.m., and the I Rot-armi oxim-«s fflflmml a fow minutes later. —A':irl<laud "Herald." _An o(beers' and X.C.O.'s camp far |j )fl . North Island BaitaKeii. New Zeal.nnl Railway EfijsinfeiSfß, commenced jt Fort,. B-.tilaiice on Sf.tirrdiiy. Aiioiit ?0 officers and tum-flwinfiissioiicd eifesr.s, drawn fvoiH all parts of the .North Island, nre a!i(»idiiu\, Lierikr.anf-Col.incl Rarelay, of Auckland, btiiitg in ewtrmand. This is the first caiiip of t'j'ia kind held liv the- HaHidiou, and durimj /the week it lasts sptfciiv! attention will be ijaid to railway work.

A battalion pawde was lieki by Uio ] iitli Regiment at kyal.J Bay on Snto'rdav. | 'J'bo attendaimc of men was' no:: litfgftj } OKsiiii to the inclement weather, fii.it j tlie ofers attended in good lumbers. J i'okmel 0. Uamsiut Tamer was in «-v.n- | mand. Suffaseiit men won present- tso j far® two skeleton ivaUaiiaus, and a" rehearsal for WVdwrsJ:; v's imwidu was' held.

A diiioosan conference is lo fee opeire<l in Wanreumi to-.Hio.rrew, T!i<s swbjccts set down for special consiteratkiu at®: "Wlwt is Involved by tho Rule of fjerviec," "Tko .Maisdon, Qfftitayann Tho Man, His JlissioTig Its Message,®' "'Retreats and Quiet. I>a;..?: Tbcir Value and If'nv to Coisdi'ret Thcisi." "Tito l<Ve<> ii-ittl (ipw Cliurofa:''' "Tho Best Use tliat ttiji bo M.-iijo of Braiteh ''Bil>ia in Sfi-lioois.," ai'id "Fe^oratioiiß: Tlioir Place in the'C.B,JLB." The eulqeets to te considered at ilxo Clwrcli Oougress silvich is to ba hold in Auckhv.id in Fcbrtwry in with the Jfarsdci'. re:;l«najy celfibrstions iiiebid.": "''Old Testament in. tile tiglii of Modern Eesearoli," "The Ministry." "live. New Tesiame'.st'." "Ho- ■. Onio?i," "'[lie Bible, awl Evolution," "Modern Heresies." "Holation of the C'lraroh to tiio Ffliiiil.y,*'' There will also be lnen'.s !iiet!tir.g and a missionary moeti'iji. Tlie Pf-ojile's fioiuro Pa'liieo xmt Ww-Jis.rt-a.bly ji.llet! iasfc evci'i'ing wWn ti.e Rev. (5. H. Civspp'le delivered art arj(jrass \nider tile awsptes of tiso Soi'ial Uewioeratie Pa'rty. The iectwr?# tools as his suiriect Under S-m-iai Demneracy," and contended that under tip' forms of 'socioly wiiic'.i lie ad-voi-ited the individual would be able to lead a froo.r find hap.pier life, ftftd to pttj" Sroatcr regard to tvni.ii. awl eouffigo than was possible to day. The Wa.torsitio Workers' Hand attended., and play-

Ed before the !ecutrn began. An act of hon-".<iloiiee met with aft liiitciWard result Oft a recent occasion in London. ifeav the Marble Arch a man of the artisan typo got into an omnibus carrying a 'nngisli thin parcel. At Piccadilly CiifCMß. ho jumped. hnrriodlv off, forgetting bis pa reel. The conductor was joist going to citll after Mm when a Ave!! -dressed phi Jail thropi.si; in ft top, bat sa id ? "I'M give it hint* I'fSJ oft; It! eaieh him up." He took the parcel and alighted. But its pD.pe't cohering worked IciosO and a gust of wind..Wow it amotig the. traffic. Meanwhile the owser of the parcel luul iio.fi <3 out of sight, ar.d passengers in the eimiibirt and passers-by Vi'ei'e cheered trcmemlmisly by die sight of a welldressed philanthropist lokti'rg agojiisnlly about him, Ss h& clutched a Wne and white enamel sign bearing (Tie legend; ■"St®vinp?--24," Owing to the jworstocfcs of coal in Auckland, 'Jitoug l .) i;r.p'">r'ation of coil supplies from Jnpiui ar.-l elsewhere, to tii'r ofer 4w fete iftijusWial trai'ibje.B (writ:® the Uikurmiiti eorrespondent of the. Auckland "'Star"), the local coal mines ate tefeekig hands si/t Ibo minos for several months in order to pbrimt r.teeks on hand to be .educed 'before further supplies are sent forward from Hiknrnr.gi. This cessatimt of work at the miaes, together with the cteiiivg of iho Hikurautri sawmills, and Jiear comrfelion ftf the waterworks, will ma-Ice business and the town quiet during ffie coming wiirict. . Relet ring to the recent settlement of tile ciisp«i\) which arose between the. Public Works Department and theworkers employed at tire lk-.iley end of the Otira 'funnel, Ike Gmymoiith c.orrcspondoiit pf the "Otago Daily Times" remarks-"The wkirio troufe tfas happily ended with tiro ' liiti-odiTfc-tioij of A neiv system. There are bound to. be i'liiiiiu di.flieultics, but lioiv -tins parties tiatfo arrived at. a, complete u.n4erstandiny,_it may safely be said fbat tti'e work will, proceed mm a quickly than huhetio. At the Ottra end the woikers are driving in better country, : nnd it is anticipated that fcho worst of the vet- j)lr.cr-« is. passed,. Those, connected with the tunnel for same timo «t.v that the worst is ever, olid the tioiitiiry will be fairly dry right.through i" Bfaley. This is ,;ood r.ows. and v.ill also allay the fears of those wJio had their doubts a?, to s'lietter the tv.nnei coirtd be pushed through if so much water sad to be contended, with. For ovcr two miles uio tunnel is lined, an I; is quite completed at. this end, while, the bottom heading is proceeding at a satisfactory rate. In the top heading the Uieji are at present contenrtinc; with dampness, but expect) to .he faverred iViflj good, country as tiioso liavo who jire at present 'working in the bottom heading. go far this winter there, have, .beep lio. delays/ owing to the drying up of the water supply at- O&a. The rate of progress is as satiisfactoiv lis tke eojiditionr, will allow." ' " "

The discovery of a Maori skeleton ■ Was ir.aflo at tiro Sandhills, P.iveriands. la-St Week -under what 'iaro Tepbrtcd to be- so'iiiewlfat- remarkable cireuinstances. A young man residing in Rloniieyu, it 13 said, related' to sow<? fric-.nds a. vivid di'eani ttat lie had exiierienced ilio pi-,.- : v'mis ii-i which it apjjearpd'' to Inn) that! lunrau rfimniirs were lying n't a. certain-spot i» the extendivje-depositi; ■ttf sand that are a fca turb- of the. lecalitv monhoiied. The curiositv liis compamons was -exe.ited, and iate in the . afternoon (says tho "Marlborough K\prcss") a. party proceeded to JRiverlands with a kugdia-isfllqd shovel, Dirc-eiwl .by tire, diviner, they due down at. tlio fastern eiid of tho fi'dge near the road' way, awl at- a doptlt of about five fec-t ■rqil)ld. tlio skull, and bones <j'f n. .jnan TO. judging from tile condition of the-t-cdtli, was a : » Otfl Mno.ri. A (lint, adzo was also unearthed, It is said thnt aJshHTGAfIs otlior ovidencos of- ; " 0!l occtinatiei; in efiils' years h.ivo' iK-fvii _ pinked -iii) in the same loralii.v a»d m the vieiij.it v. I).;.'r, r£ revealed for! Eroatof par't ?-iy plougli ; ii>g otifci-'a-,t-"i!is. and that there liave her-n riot; n few (liR-ovci-ies of human -bones. The 1 '"'beations are that the pfece was ' a "i raUior t)i,m tiro site of ft' , .A ;'": v years ago a skeieton : A' ,s ; " -t-ardsn faoii;; Mnin oti-eet, and, as in the fiaso of t.iio ro- . cent dsseteure, it was, in a sitting ims"o'rtly -tine hranch <u" tfi'e A.S R .5 " '"BJtthvjiy ReviVw s '' states, "lias taiied to endorse fte Palnierstow -North resolution, prof est i;;. 7 against tho of Mr. W. R. Haseldiyi,. b-M., as ■ehairinaii of bntii North and ftntotn War.d, Aopeal Boards" The '"ReviftW" crif ieisos a<lvrr/:ely -a sii.ggeston by tbi> Timaru hrandi that the Hipendiary Mac-istrafe in en mi district, siiou.M ae-t as ehairnan of the Appeal; Board.

i According t<, tlio "Raihray Tierieiv." WO ]?RihvaYS Department lsvolie a co.st.iron prem'oiit rr.centTv wltidr ivi'il fflirn fctf it the g.ratiiudo, of the vf'hoio set" ; vic.e< T«-0 ©sivployfjiss cowifiitfed a. seri' ■ ojts hroneii <|f the Irauv'TOm.iiiiw j-DRola-tions, for \yliij;s:j tlm i.ii'tas-}.a'li;te ppiijiftv in flw prist lias hoe.ii cjisrijissn-i. In tliis. case; the me it. 'ittli svtioin had excellent records, a/tmiited , Uioir fault, and allied for another flianee. It m? shown that thero li.id heen no risk of ■diiitiflgo 'to iifo and -Rroperty. Altor: coiisidprntifjii hv iho. Oenera l . Mnnacei-, the usual penalty «f dismissal was waivpr! and the nieit were disrated for oicdit- : cell niffiWihs. "Tho.v ■£!*> h-ie-k te work.'' tiro "Kiivievv" remarks., "heart-ened hy tliii fojiioirt treatment.; »n.d o.vwy ninit iii the Railway .Service ivill also take cov'tnyg?' from litis oxporiencs. lyliiel; s.ho«;s_;h.nt a por;d recond is of rnluo ill a crisis., ai.id that tho Dpparfmcnt is not Uf 'future R<:a"i:C! io sacn'fico t>)omisii!!i moil .ji.is'i iiceaiise il, .ras al'.vavs tiie f.'ii.sUnn tl> <Tfj so under similar cirpmitstaf.ces. Mr. Jfiley appears jo he' a i.liormir;' 1 ! railwayniaVi, owpftl.Vlc of tak* inc. a eouvai?eoKs and onli~hiened cmirso ti'ireii liis failway viisfciriet {mfrnpts,'*