LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2212, 27 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that tho s.s.Maneno, which left Sydney on Wednesday for Auckland, is bringing Australian mails, and also an English mail via Suez. Tho Wellington portion is due in town by the Mam Trunk express this afternoon. . The Labour Department has let a contract for the erection of. eleven _ workers' dwellings in Wellington.' Nine of these are to be erected 1 at Taitville, Kelburn, and two at Island Bay. The Bible-in-schools deputation to tlia Hon. -Limes Allen on Saturday showed the Salvation" Army in strong force. Colonel Powley, .the chief secretary, and at present in command, who. was one of the speakers was accompanied by Mrs. Powley and several officers. But on bis arrival lie was met and saluted by a large number of men and wonvm officers, who formed a noticeable body even-in, such a largo crowd. At the / Auckland Police Court, Frederick Logan was charged with the theft at Wellington of a watch, chain, etc., and £9 10s. in. money, the property of Daniel Sulliyaii. and was remanded to appear at Wellington next Saturday. Bail was .alWed-rone surety in £300 and two in '£150 each.—Press Association. ... ■' ". '•.'.•■ • The Salvation Army. Band played a programme of music in the grounds of tho Wellington -Hospital yesterday afternoon. . The sum of £4.25. 3d. was subscribed by visitors, which amount will be handed over to tho Hospital authorities. '.-■; A ' A Press Association telegram from Gisbnrne states;that David Snow's gen* eral store at Matawni has been_ destroyed by fire,- caused by. tho filling of a lighted lamp at a tin. "The Forty Thieves" pantomime comedians-in-ehief (Messrs/ Barry Lubino and JGdwin Brett) are specialists in.' the entertaining of children. On Saturday afternoon, when the Grand Opera House was packed with children and their escorts, .the children, 1 to their, immense delight, found themselves'in- ; veigled into participating in the "fun of- the fair." As a reward for their, bright .response, the merry mummers,-: lone after tho curtain had descended, and the.orchestra had retired,i were en-; gaged in throwing packets of. chocolate to the shrieking youngsters. Never was there such cordiality so thoroughly established between artists and 'audience, -.■ , .'■;. '•■ ...'., ; _ The Rev. If,'. B. West, who is a Pr°sbyterian minister in the -town of Malvern, lowa, U.S., is'visiting ChMstchuroh (the city of his birth), after 21 years' absence. In the course nf an interview, he expressed surprise at the progress the city had made. He found 'the street car system a little difficult' to understand. In America tho carsi stopped at all street corners where required, out here one might have 1 to walk a block or or two to the regular; stopping-places. Another _ tiling' that struck him was the erection of great barricades, or fences, round private bouses. It suggested to an American that the town was full of undesirables, and that the citizens were afraid , to leave their lawns and gardens open. to the publio view. .In no city in which he had lived in America*' was there any fence' round any property; -and that was the case generally." with American oities. The fences wero hideous to him " 'The wide rang© of weathor experienced in Wellington during the- past forty-eight hours has doubtless, been commented on by- many. After a comparatively mild week, Wellington was treated-to an icy blast from the south on Saturday, accompanied by .stinging tain' showers, and one notably heavy fall of hail at about 4i30 p.m. Yesterday the conditions were exactly reversed. The sun shone out brightly for its full term from a cloudless sky, diffusing a gentle warmth that bad more than a touch of the coming .spring in its fervour, and strengthening tho opinion of the Natives of the north that the festal season will make an early appearance this year. ■';"•- The folly of anyone alighting from a tramcar .before it stops 'was once more -illustrated last evening. At about 9 p.m. a rather eldjerly woman named Matilda Wilde stepped from a car as it was pulling up op.pcisite to Kclburn Ayenue, aim without allowing for .the momentum of "the car, stnnnpd down, and was thrown somewhat' forcibly to tho ground, bumping her head rather heavily .on the wood-blocks. The woman, who was evidently, severely shaken, managed to retain consciousness, and was taken away in a tramcar. to receive medical attention. Subsequently sho was removed-to the Wellington Hospital, suffering from a slight concussion of. the brain. The unfortunate woman was- an ' employee in Young's Private Hotel on. Lambton Quay.- -■:.,,■' • ■ . -~ The "Government Insurance Recorder" for July, a neatly-printed six-teen-page journal, edited by Mr. Morris Fox, is a publication of varied .interest. In addition to tho annual report and balance-sheet of tho Commissioner for Uip year ended December 31 last, it contains a full-page photograph of Sir W; H. Lever, Bart., evidently a profound believer in life insurance, .and an article dealing with the establishiv">n_t. of Pnrl Sunlight mid thn- r>-nfit-sharing system in operation there. Thero are also .staff notes, covering changes made_ during the past six months; some nmiiiincr "odds mid ends." ■ and.'what Is original,, two maps of New Zealand, showing the lighthouse, system, together with an ii>tf;rp=+imr record nf Hi" principal wrecks which havo occurred, commencing with the wreck of Orpheus on the Manakau bar in ISG3.'

Officers were elected as .follow at the half-yearly meeting of the Wellington Painters' and Decorators' .Union last week:—President, Mr. F. Wallis; viccprosident t Mr. P. O'Neill; treasurer, Mr. E. Kcnward; management committee. Messrs. G. Matthews, W. Cooper, and J. Windsor..

There are indications of great interest being taken in the revival of the oldtime procession of trades displays and carnival on, Labour Day. 'At a meeting last week the Wellington Painters' ant Decorators' Union took up tlio matter enthusiastically, and decided to make au art work display on one lorry and a probable further display on another lorry, of men engaged in working at the various branches of the trade.

Thomas' Frederick Everest, a youth of 19 years, who was in May last ordered by the Supremo Court to appear for sentenco when called upon respecting a charge of breaking and entering, was again placed in the dock of the Court on Saturday morning. Since his last appearance, Everest once more carao under tho notice of tho authorities. It was reported to the Court that Mr. E. Arnold, of tho Prisoners' Aid Society, had found work for tho young man, and his Honour decided to present the prisoner with this opportunity of keoping out of trouble

The announcement of tho platform of the proposed Now Zealand Moderate League (which appeared in our issue of Friday last) has created considerable interest. A public meeting of all those in favour of the formation of the league will be hold in the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, on Wednesday evening next at 8 o'clock. Ladies are specially invited.

Tho Pahiatua Progressive Association has decided to purchase fifteen and a half .Vies of bush on Hall's Estato as a scenic reserve —this as tho result of tho, finanoial success of the recent' Carnival. Queen Competition.—Special correspondent.