LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2265, 26 September 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

( On Monday next (Dominion Day) the Government and City Council offices will be closed for tho holiday. Tho postal authorities advise that the' s.s. Rivorina, which sailed from Sydney on Wednesday for Auckland, is bringing Australian mails, and also an English mail via Suez. Tho Wellington portion is due por Main Trunk express on Monday afternoon. The Prime Minister received a wireless message last (Friday) evening from the steamer Riverina', bound from Sydney to Auckland, announcing "All well." ■ ■. Laet evening the new comet was 6een in tho south-east sky by Mr. L. A; Mac Donald, of Halcombe. It is not a conspicuous object, though it is easily detected without telescopic assistance. Tho present position of tho comet i≤ a little to tho loft of tho bright star Achomar. To find Achemar, draw an imaginary line through the stars forming the head and foot of the Southern Cross, and continue it for some distance to the left. Mark off about nine times the space intervening between the two stars of the Cross, and Achemar is reached. The brightest star of the Gross is the one which constitutes its foot, and Achemar is slightly brighter. On the left of Achemar and higher up may be seen a faint, misty object, resembling a nebulous star. This is the comet. • i When presiding at Chamber sittings in the Supremo Court in Wellington, His Honour Mr. Justice Hosking has more than once commented on the unsatisfactory practice of having to stand business over on aocount of the nonatto'ndaiice of counsel. Hisi Honour, said that in future, if a summons were called on a second occasion without counsel appearing, it would be struck out. Ono road the papers, he 6aid, and iiothing came of it, and then at t3ie next Chamber sitting one had to read tie papers again, and so a great deal, of time was wasted. ■ A witness who wae called to give evidence on behalf of the objectors in the Assessment Court yesterday pro Yoked the only outbreak of mirth which oc-. curred during tho day. "You are a property-owner," said the cross-examin-ing counsel, after the witness had given some evidence assumed to be in support .of the • objections to the State valuations of. City property. "Yes," answered the witness, "1 am a collegogovernors' lessee." Counsel: "And you are objecting, I suppose, because you " "Oh, no, lam not objecting. I know it would not be of any use." Evidence as to the cost of buildings at the present time as compared with the' past was given by Mr. J. S. Swan, architect, in the Assessment Count yesterday. Mr. Swan said that from 1905-6 to 1913-14 the cost of brick buildings had increased by from 16 per cent, to 44 per cent., and that between 1906 and 1914 the cost of wooden buildings had increased by from 20 per cent. *o 25 percent. Legal argument in the base of Moorhouse and others v. Godby and others . (reported in yesterday's issue) wa-s concluded in the Supreme Court before His Honour Mr. Justice Hosking at 3.15 p.m. yesterday. The case arose out of legal difficulties in connection with-the two wills and codicil left by the late Mrs. S. A. Rhodes.. His Honour, in reserving decision, referred to' the question of costs, and expressed, the opinion that these should come out or the estate, as the litigation was caused by a mistake on the part of the testatrix. He would lo<jk carefully into the matter. The Rev. J. M, Saundore, M.A., of Auckland, will conduct the anniversary services at. the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church to-morrow. Mr. Saunders, who has only recently arrived iu the Dominion, is a distinguished Welsh preacher.' The''anniversary conversazione will be held next Tuesday, evening. A meeting of shareholders in the re- , cently-formed Oroua- and West Coast Meat and Produce Company decided unanimously to purchase a site for freezing works an dto go on with the proposals of the company. —Press Association. Mr. W. It. Kemball, who has Teturned to Masterton from a visit to Australia, states that business is paralysed in Melbourne, on account of the war and the drought. The following telegram was received by. Major-Genoral Sir A. J. Godley on Thursday morning from Commissioner W. J. Richards, of the Salvation Army, who is at present at Napier:—"Hearing of the departure of the troops on my arrival at Napier this morning, I desire to assure you 'that the Salvation Army in New Zealand will remember in prayer the officers and men of the Expeditionary Force. We are confident that they will not only uphold the true character of British soldiers, but will be foremost in chivalry and humanity, and worthily represent a. Christian nation amid the inevitable suffering and misery of war, which we pray may be speedily and successfully ended." A charge of cruelly iMreating a monkey at the Zoo, alleged against George Bevan, was called in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, but adjourned to September 30. The Lintou Rifle Club, which has lately been reorganised into a corps for home defence, held its first parade on Thursday evening, when about 100 men paraded.—Palmerston Correspondent. During the height of the gale which visited Wellington yesterday afternoon, the small coastal steamer Manaroa' dragged her anchors and went aground opposite the Thorndon Baths. At high tide last'evening the Blenheim went to her assistance, and. successfully towed the stranded vessel off.

A STRAIGHT TALK TO MOTOR-CAR BUYERS. The farmer, more perhaps than any other class of the community, demands value for money when he is purchasing a motor-oar. The purpose of these few lines is to demonstrate to him that in the Studebaker oar the firm of Adams, Ltd., can offer better value for less money than any other firm in New Zealand. Adama, Ltd., are the largest importers of automobiles in the Dominion, They liavd had fourteen years of experience of importing cars to this country, and of driving them under all conditions. They know the motor business from A to Z, and they have selected the Studebaker car 08 absolutely the best value for money obtainable in the world. Studobaker quality cannot be surpassed, yet the Studebaker car sells in New Zealand from £S0 to J!SO lower than any other car fitted with the indispensable eleotrio solf-starter, and electric ■ lighting sot. Studebnker care are being purchased daily throughout New Zealand, and every purchaser is more than satisfied. The more experienced the motorist the better does he appreciate the Studebakor. These are The Studebaker prices for New Zealand :— 35-h.p. 7-seator Sludobaker, ,£395; 25-h.p. 5-seater Studebaker, ,£345; 25-h.p. 8-seater cabriolet. Studebaker, .£395; 25-h.p. 8-seater Studobakor (body made to special order by Boon and Co., Christchurch), ,£375. Those prices include "Wagner" electric self-starter, electrio lighting set, hood, wind-shield, and, in fact, all the items usually charged as "extras." As shipment of tho new 25-h.p. StudcbaKors has just arrived, and tho cars mar be inspected at Oliristchurch, or any of our agents DISTRICT AGENTS-Tourirt Motor Co., Hastings; Nowton King. New Plvmouth and Stratford; .T. 11. I.vttlo, Mastorton; Hutchinson Bros., EketahunaA. and R. Donald, Pahiatua; E. A. RanEomo, Dannevirko; and Grove Motor Co., 'Wellington. ADAMS, 'LTD., Agents for Stmlcbakpr Motor-cars, Christchurch. Branches at Wanganui and Pal-. ' merston North. The Eastbourne Borough Council have nn announcement in this issue in connection with trips lo bo made by the Duchess to tho troopships in the stream to-day.