LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2200, 13 July 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I An English Suez, and -an I Au.sti;aliaii:mail. ; .pe^ I arrived at Auckland. from; .Sydney yes-' j terdajr j aftet^qdn^'^iU^airriTo'' ;in'-:?lVel--lingtqn by the. iSJ,aiix' ; TruLk;express. .afternoon, ! A burglar entered;,the'.-house of. Mr.'/ A. " Pickering, in. Waldegrave Street,' 'Palmerstd.ni North',V,early'. ,on;'.ThurSday.' morning, and . stole ,105.6 d. from-: a purse. ■': He: .ransacked various drawers, but 'rejected jewellery. v ,/ An industrial rally-under tho allspices ofthe' .United,: federation' of '.Labour •was .held. in. the Opei-a; House •'last,l<2vening^'and'was;largely... attended./-Speak-: era from • Auckland,. Palmerston North,the West and Wellington addressed the meeting,V\aud., reviewed, the resolutions,passed; at the- Labour Conference. ; v:t.V;.n h'i ;Shdrtly ':bof6re!'three 1 o'clock on v'Sat-' today.' morning - : 'tli"e"Firo;-Brigadp. vTe:' 'ceiVed' a ffire' inLuke'sf Lane. The outbreak was in premises, occupied by W. Barton, plumber; and tho seat of' tho fire: was ''atari 1 the office. - The office was badly- damaged; and also some of the stock'in, the vicinity.. .The build-. • iug was very old; and was owned by ,Mr... Robert Archibald,.. Boulcott ; Ter■r'aco.V,, li'was insured in':, the •: Phoenix Office for £150. The ebnterits 'were .' insured in the Commercial Union 5 Office for- £600.,',.-; ■ ■ , : Tlic'. littie.Metliodist': Chapel ;iit Whiteman's Valleyi'some.-miles';'. from Lower ,Hutt, where . services 1 . liavo been conducted' regularly for. upwards of 20 years, is nowt closed, owing to, the decreasing" population. 'TliP.-._disiiqsing! : of' the building lias been |effc;in tlie hands of'the Rev. W. Beckett, of LoiVer Hutt. The Painters' TJnion, lias decided ; to take steps to'have/Labour Day fittingly celebrated this year;;" Other unions "are .expected to do likewise. ' A public..' lecture-, by. Dr. Hardwick 'Smith, Medical Superintendent: of ' the* Wellington. Hospital,; and a- memlier of the .Council of the Education Society; is to be given on'; Tuesday, July, 1.4, in tho; Concert; Chamber, Town Hall, as one ;of the series of free public lec-, tures arranced each, winter by tho ■ CityCouncil. Tho title of tho lecture is '"How to Live," and 'the lecturer • proposes'to deal ; with: the importance: ,of .forming habits '.bf'ilife by.-' which healthy shall be' maintained'and _ disease- prevented. ; - Tlie lecturer'; will ; : deal/ /at' length with the responsibility:of parents in this matter, and.will show how important is tho ; training;.' of all fchildron .in right health, laws to{the wellbqing' of a nation: ;Hp will welcome, all thoughtful questions.- and proposes to give ; an opportunity : . for jfreo. discussion at the end'of the lecture:'./;..: On , Saturday Mr. John , S. Swan, ar- ; chitiect, accepted, the tender-of Messrs. Campbell and' Burke for -: the' erection of the dispensary for: the United Friendly Societies. /-.The contract price is £1935. and'.tlie-architectls estimate. £1945.' ■ Tlie new building whicli'; is to displace the isituated next .to- Churcli in Courtenay Place! -.will/have a fronta.ee of 32ftl by ■ a depth 6f.;80ft;.,. and will' consist of two-stqry 'bfick ' premises,with a cohimodious;shpn and dispensary .on the gronnd floor.and living quarters for the manager on -the;.: first,, floor. When the new building -is completed the dispensary '•In' will be closed,down.' . .Despite the weather that has been experienced in/Napier during the past few weeks, q band of about a dorni locaL swimming; ''enthusiasts have hot departed from theiri determination to liave'a dip in' the I\fnnicipal Untlis oacli morning during, the winter months. Concerning this n story is told by thecaretaker. A Maori journeyed ,to the institution the (Other.': morning, asked for. and '.was- shoh'ir to' a. : 'liot ; bath. Passing . along l,lie' corridor' lie asked Hip oiiroialcor if swimmers used the cold water pool during ll>o winier. The oaietaker replied,. in\' niid just then nbout .a dozen swimmers nnd out of, .as dressing Vopm :li -1, ,like, wont, one aftei:' tho,..other,, head first into the icy cold vnt'i'r.'T'ie Native .'was!, dumbfounded: 1 -' "All.!" .-lie crind, ,','tliis iio ,baths. By gorry, tliiß the lunatic asylum I l ',

There are many difficulties in the way I of those anxious to acquire the black j mail's language in the heart of Central 1 Africa, whero Mr. Dan Crawford, F.R.G.S., tho missionary-explorer comes from. During his address'in the Town Hall yesterday, he told his audience that there were nineteen genders to tho noun: "T told !Mrs. Pankliurst the other;day," said Mr. Crawford, "that wo would give her a gender all to herself." (Laughter.) ' ■ \ "luverkegville" is the latest -linmo given to tha once -eminently respectable town of Invereargill by the local magistrate. Mr. T. Hutchison: Some young men were before' him on charges of. vagrancy, and it appeared that they had been in. ;the liabit' of drinking b'eer ; at"keg,parties" here and there. Mostly " t.lio Icegs are'carried by the three ; or four more subscribers, according to the size iof the kegs, to unfrequented spots in the town reserves and there'the liquor is consumed. .'As tlie men are always away from police or other supervision, brawls and bad. language' are iiot unknown..