LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2268, 30 September 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A. vigorous shook of earthquake wa experienced in Masterton 'at fiv minutes past eleven last night,'report our Sfasterton correspondent. A sligh earthquake shock was felt in the citat 0.15 a.m. fo-dajv Havins considered the evidence takei by the Acting-Collector of Customs' ii connection with the Cobar's recent col Jisipns, with the hulk Gertie, and th Wool and Ferry Wharves, the' Mariiv Department has decided that no Magis tenal inquiry is necessary. ' ''' ' "Wo have got into the haljit in tin" ■ House of allowing language" to be ijsei ivluch will one day or otheiy perhaps ii the hot very far distant future, causi a scene whjch will disgrace the ' Jfcv Zealand Parliament," said the HMi ffoii. W. f. Mas.sey Prime Mipisfer in the IJouse yesterday. His remark must have had reference to two in temperate speeches by an honourabl gentlemen whose .conduct more thai once previously has been.noted by-Mi Speaker. '*> ' • w P ay you after the w ar," wa; a Wellington debtor's answer to i creditor's request for settlement of ai account. The creditor (a wholesah firm) played the debtor at her owi 'game,'in the following note: "We wil supply J'flu with more goods after tin war." Detective-Sergeant Cassells arreste< a man yesterday afternoii on a ch.argi of theft of clothing valued at £6 10s from a tailor's shop in Cdurtenay Place At'the meeting of the Wellington Education Boird yesterday it was anlounced that' tho miniber of issues ol ;he S.chool Journal was to be reduced )y one half. The reason given by the Gpvermnent is that in view of tho war and the shortage of paper, expenses ir, connection jvitli the production of the Journal should he cut down. Signor Caruso' and Mr. John M'Cormack (and family) recently travelled from j\ew lork to Liverpool in the same steamer. The children of John M'Cormack are well known to. most of tho "big guns" in tho vocal world, and are favourites of the world's greatest tenor. In the course of an interview with the London "Times" on his arrival at the metropolis, Caruso said that he thoroughly appreciated little pyril M'Cormack saying to him .on tho biat in' all sincerity: "I know you are tho greatest Italian tenor, but my papa is tho greatest Irish tenor." . • • . The comet which a few days ago was very close.to the bright star Achenar is moving in a north-westerly direction towards Fomalhaut, a,bright star almost ns.hr to the left ot Achenar as Achenar is to the left of the Cross. In all probribility tho comet will soon disappear, tor it is now visible only, as a very faint glimmer of- diffused light. The increasing moonlight' will not improve the chances of its continued visibility'. & 0 ' Wellington Wharf Labourers' Union, hold ' yesterday afternoon, tho president (Mr. ",j. L. IJndolilTe) in tho chairi' ?i niotioii biouglit forward by the executive that the sum of i]oo bo sranted to the Hnjitly Helief Piinc) was unanimously adopted. It was also decided to "recommend tho executiyp to donate £25 to the dependents of those men who lost their lives in the wreck of tho Kairaki

The first meeting of creditors in. the assigned estate of Alioo Wilson, tobacDonist" 240 Lambton Quay, was held "in tho office of the Official Assignee yesterday. Particular to hand showed that the liabilities of the estate were £302, and the assets. £113. These assets have now been sold for £63, at the rate- of 12s. 6d. hi the £ for the stock, and 7s. in the £ for the fittings. It seems, therefore,. that the estate will realise about 4s. in the £. The biggest creditor is the firm of Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Co., whose account is for £194. Th,p bankrupt had bteii in the busiues's since- March of 1911. "She did not appear at the meeting, which was adjourned till October 9, chiefly to give her a further opportunity of attending. The first annual meeting of tho newlyconstibuted Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce will be held in the council room, Winder's Building, this evening,;when the president, Mr. 0. M.Luke, will address the members on the work of the year, officers will be elected, and, subsequently, an address will be delivered by -Mr. W. A. Beddoe, Canadian Trade Commissioner at Auckland, on the subject of "New Zealand's. Trade with Canada." The annual report consists of an interesting review of the various matters taken up by the Chamber in the interests of the business community which it representsT-tbe goods shed question at Tβ Aro, Monnayised holidays, consular agents' reports, trade with America, weights in produce, export of inferior tow, and the conference of local bodies and Chambers of Commerce, held in Julj last. ■ The statement of receipts an<! expenses shows an excess of tho lattei over the former by £4 13s. Bd. George Edgar Fieoinan, who recently pleaded guilty at Oamaru to two charges - of breaking and entering, came up foi sentence at Dunedin yesterday morning. It was 6tated that prisoner was a confirmed drunkard. Mr.-Justice Sim sentenced prisoner "to six months' imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent,"and ordered ~him to be detained thereafter for reformative treatment r for a poriod not exceeding throe -years.—Press Association. A useful map of the eastern theatre of war has been issued by the Lands and Survey Department.' It is on the same scale' as the map. previously prepared by the Department of the FrancoBelgian frontier —24 miles to an inch. The area covered includes the RussoGerman frontier, Poiandi and Galicia, and tho northern portions of Austria and Hungary. The mainrailways and , the principal German, fortresses are shown. v Tho twenty-seventh anniversary, meeting of the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church was held last evening, the Rev. J. Kennedy Elliott prosid- . ing. Songs were contributed by Mrs.' .Kennedy, Messrs. Hugh Wright, and / Crowes; duets by Miss Abbott and' Mr. Thomson and Messrs. Connell Bros. Speeches ffere deliveredby the Rev. "J. N. Saundere, M.A., of St. Dayid's Presbyterian Church, Auckland. The Hon. John Mac Gibbon, Dr. Elliott, and Mr. David Robertson. During the course of his remarks Mr. Saunders stressed the necessity of maintaining the right social and spiritual atmosphere of the church. The Maorj "King," Tβ Rata Mahuta, and his three attendants -arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the steamer Riverina on Sunday, after their return from Jlngjand, vja Canada. They were welcomed by numerous Maorisj who drove, them to Orakei. Those who ac- . compamed Te Rata Mahuta were Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharda, his "Prime Minister," Meta Karaka, an advising chief, and 1 G. G. Paul, interpreter and secretary. The party state that the time is not yet ripe for them to refer ■ to the result of their mission. This was undertaken with the idea of draw-? jng the attention of the Imperial authorities to certain alleged departures from the Treaty of Waitangi. Although they did T not get this far, the Maori visitors were granted an audience with tho King and Queen. They state that they were most cordially received, and also that they appreciate the great kindness" which, was "shown them on every nand. "I wonder do women in New Zealand drink?" asked Mrs. Philip Snowden, in an address delivered in the Auckland Town-Hall on Saturday night. Tho audience laughed, and Mrs. Snowdeu hastened to ask. whether 6he had been discreet in asking such a question. Ir < England, the visitor explained, returns showed a fourfold increase in, the num- . ber of deaths from alcoholism amongst women as compared with men. "Now it was bad enough," she added, "wheu aristocrats drank, and it was worse when the working men followed _ suit, biit it is going to, be worse stiirif the potential motherhood of the nation k going to follow that bad example." Bird trapping in _ the Ashburton: country is being carried -out expeditiously, and for two weeks a local trapper secured 6052 heads, represeutinw a sum of £18 18s. 3d. From April last "to" date the Ashburtoh County Council has paid for 50,185 heads, but this amount shows a decided decrease for the same, period last year, when' 131,034 heads wore received. The number of rat tails purchased by the council numbered 1151, as compared frith 1118 for the Wme period last year. "I mysolf am no party man," declared Bishop Averill at a meeting in the Auckland Torn Hall on Saturday night. "I do not-know anything of politics as polities', but try to vote for tiie man who has a clean rotation, and who desires t<) uplift the people i and bring ab : out as' far as he can national rights eousnoss. ' Eenieniber, ypu and I naye a, vote, and we- have to record that vote. After consulting, with pur consciences, it k our duty to support men and principles which are likely to. honour God and to raise the tone of the people-and , . to strengthen the national character. I consider this to be a far greater duty, for' men and women than merely to to members of any particular party. - .