LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2921, 6 November 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The steamer Maitai, about two days overdue, arrived in Wellington on Satr urday afternoon. The voyage from 'Frisco was calm and uneventful.

The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court will begin this morning at 10 o'clock.

In the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning judgment will be delivered in connection with the butter question.

The human derelict is a problem that confronts the authorities in every city and town of any size. On Saturday Mr.' L< G. ReiJ, S.M., had such a case before him. An old man named Richard Dunn was charged with being an incorrigible rogue, in that he was found in enclosed premises _ without lawful excuse. Dunn was discovered sleeping in a timber yard, and according Jo the police statement he was without means, and occasionally earned a few shillings as a sandwich man. There wore, it *as stated, forty-two previous convictions against Dunn, mostly for sleeping out. The Magistrate sentenced him to seven ' days' imprisonment.

Tho annual reading competition for prizes offered by the Wellington Shakespeare Club to pupils of secondary schools was held on Saturday morning at the Technical School. Nine candidates—three boys and six girls— competed, land the judge's decisions are as follow:—In the girls' section the prize was awarded to Miss Florence Churchill, with 89 marks, Miss Esther Fisher being second with ,78 marks, closely followed by Miss Kathleen Withy and Miss Hazel Jeffery. R. A. Pankhurst seoured the boys' prize with a total of 83 marks. The reading of the prize-winners and run-ners-up was exceptionally good, and the quality of the reading throughout, both in prepared and sight tests, showed a vast improvement on the work of provious years.

So eager were many people to view the "Red Cross" torchlight procession on Friday night that sortie young men clambered on to the roof of an old shed, which promised to provide an ospcoially fine vantage point. One of tho adventurers was just congratulating himself on his enterprise when ho suadonly sank from view, and when his friends looked round for him, his head and arms only were showing above the rotten corrugated iron roof, which had given way nndor his weight. His legs were _ dangling in mid-air within the building. With some little difficulty, tho young man was rescued, little the worse for his sudden drop.

. -The wharves should present a fairly busy scene to-day, as besides ten or so coastal steamers which will bo busy discharging,' and ara already, in port,, there aro four'overseas vessels which arrived on Saturday and Sunday, which will also bo discharging. These aro the City of Delhi (Taranaki Street, No. 3), from New York direct; tie Strathavon and Port Phillip (No. 14 and 16. Jervois Quay breastwork _ respectively), both from New York dircct, all of which arrived in port ytfsterday; and tho Maitai (No. 6 Queen's 'Wharf), from' San Francisco. Besides these vessels there will be the usual number of coastal vessels, which are due to arrive during the day, and also two largo vessels now lying in tho stream.

The police on Saturday raided a. billiard saloon in Riddiford Street at 1 p.m., and arrested tho keeper of tho saloon. The man will appear at tho Magistrate's Court tchday charged with a breach of the Gaming Act.

There is at present on exhibition in Messrs. Stowart Dawson and Co.'s window the silver cup presented by His Majesty the King, when Prince of Wales, for competition in shooting amongst the schools of tho Empiro. This is known as the Sohools of Empire Challenge Cup. The trophy, which is a most massive and beautiful one, lias been won this year by tho Auckland Grammar School Cadets. Their junior team also won tho Natal Challenge Shield. Mr. Barry Keesing, president of the local branch of tho Grammar School Old Boys' Association, calls the attention of Old. Boys to this opportunity of viewing the cup, and especially of those who. como into town from tho camps. , Mombers of fthe Marist Brothers' Old Boys' Association aud the ( boys of the Newtown Marist Brothers" School on Saturday morning attended a Solemn Requiem High Mass at St. . Josoph s Church, Buckle Streot, for all old boys of the Wellington Marist Schools who have fallen at tho front. The celebrant (Father "Ryan), deacon (Father J.Oiillen), and sub-deacon (Father A. (-lien; wore all Marist old boys. The music or tho Mass was rendered by the Marist Brothers' Boys' Choir and there was a general Communion for past and present pupils of the schools. The Maris; schools in Wellington have a most creditable record of war sarvice, over 380 ex-pupils having been or being at the front—including two captain-chaplains and a V.C. (Captain Shout).