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LOCAL AND GENERAL

A large Australian, Egyptian, AfricaK and Eastern mail arrived in Auckland per the liner Argyllshire from Sydney late, on Monday night. Tine southern portion of this will probably arrive in Wellington to-dnj.

The ■ l'oslmaster-General (Hon. J. G. Coatcs), replying to a question put bv Mr. R. A. Wright (Wellington Suburbs) in the House of Representatives yesterday, stated that the "cut over" to the automatic, telephone system would take place in- Wellington on October 18. He did not anticipate that there would be much difficulty or inconvenience experienced bv subscribers owing to the change. There might be n little trouble for a few days until subscribers became accustomed to the new system

Students of the. drama, and theatregoers generally in the Dominion, have long realised the advantages that woukj arise from having a good repertory company working in New Zealand alone, producing old English dramns and comedies, the works of Shakespeare, and the best writings of the modem virile school of dramatists. It would appear thnl New Zealand is at Inst to bo favoured with a company of this type, ami, what is more, a particularly capable one. Mr Alan Wilkie hns decided to form'' his present combination into a s'.oek one, making its headquarters in the-Domin-ion. Mr. Wilkie has had experience in England, Africa, India, nnd Australia with repertory companies, and is another of the daring producers who have proved—to their own satisfaction—that the theatrical proverb, "Shakespeare spells; ruin," is not true.

"It Favours very much of the guesswork of the fortune-teller tho way people of a certain twist are trying to pry into the exact date of tho end of (ho world," said the Kev. George Budtl during the course of a. sermon in Dcvonport on Sunday, "and it is.a senndal that such should be (he case, for ten times during us many hundred years the same conditions that, apply to-day could have applied. The date lias been hidden from iw, and what was needed to-day wib to get to work to do the tiling which lay nearest nur hands to do. To bo prying into the future was a gift not revealed to us, and God had kept the secrets of the future in His own hands, for with Him a thousand years was as one day."—Auckland "Star."

There was talk of prostituting the revered game of bowls at last night's meeting of the executive of the Wellington Bowling Centre, when a flaring poster issued hv tlho Southland Bowling Centre in respect of its New Year meeting was handed around the table. The poster set out in lurid capitals a the fact that prize-nionev aggregating .£llß would be allocated. For the riuks competition JJSO was offered as first prize, £Z(\ as second, .£lO as third, and .£5 as fourth. In the doubles the prizes ran from .£lO down. Attention tti the poster was (irawn by Mr. S. H. Undernood (secretary of tihe centre), who remarked thaiit was absolutely disgusting that any bowling club should pander to professionalism in siieh a marked degree. Other delegates followed in a similar strain, and unanimously Ihc ce.n• re passed a resolution remitted by the ftewtown Club drawing the atteniion of the Dominion Association to the programme in question, and expressing the opinion that title giving of such large prizes, presumably cash, was most harmful in the best interests of the game, arid, further, calling upon the association to at once cancel Its permission to the Southland Centre to bold the tournament until Miat centre withdrew it? offer such lnrge prizes and reduced the value of any trophy offered to not. more than the maximum resolved upon at the association's- last meeting, namely, £b as. per player, Yesterday afternoon a man was arrested by Constable Condon on a charge of committing an indecent assault on a little "irl in the Bnsin Reserve, j The building permits issued in the | Knroi'i borough from April 1 to date i number 25, and were of u total value of I •CCffl. Yesterday afternoon Detective-Sergeant I Andrews and I'lain-clolhes Constable Black arrested a man who will appear before the Magistrate's Court this morning lo answer fifteen ciimrges of false pretences. It is alleged that he operated upon a chcouc bonk in the Wellington district to the extent of about J!55. ■ \ ui-.iur loam of men I. have never seen. They mostly consist of a tunnelling corps which saw service in France," re mated Councillor W. ,1. Howell at yesterday's meeting of the Hut! County Council, in referring lo the men cm nlovcd on the work of widening the I'ae kaliariki hill road by the Public Work. DiMiarlmelil. Councillor Howell went oe , la refute anv allegal'on that the money on this work was being watted in nrj way. It was being very judiciously spent, and there was an absence of any "Government stroke," The men weroi duing not only good, but cheap work.

The report of the Medical Superinlemlout on l'oririia ilontnl Hospital elates that in HUB the lolal number of . ■(■ tients under care at this menial lin>|ii--1,-tl was IL'W (li!) 7 milieu and .'il.'l lew/ills), while the avrragi! number rcddi'iil was mil During the venr !!M were admitted, of whom -til wen', midmi.-,iions. and Mill dii',l (llli iimlc« and 81 females). The total number under care was only one more than in the previous rearl Hie i iber admillcd for Hie UN.'lime Cilia) was the same as in the previous year (IHI7). The recovery win was low, Hie percentage on admiNoiiK being '19Ml This is largely due to Hie cxecpliomil number of incurables admillcd, including -<) Mill'cring Imm general paralysis. 1)7 from cnnijeniliil menial defeel, and "I from senility, The pei'-cnlage of deal In was unusually hitfll, the mil in lo Ibc average number resident being H.KK per (rill. II may be nnli-d lhal In Hie MO dcalhs, i\ were due to senile decay, W In general paralysis of Ihe insane, and 'It In influenza.

When Ilin Auckland Health District was divided into two, the new dlslrifiwas named Northland, According In n warrant published in I lie Gazelle, Hie name lias been changed In .North Auckland Health District.

"It is high linii! Iliul wo entered n protest against tint multiplicity of local bodies." remarked Councillor iM. W. Welch■ nl yesterday's meeting "f 1 lie Unit (..'oiinlv Council, in referrniß to Hie movement on font at I'liiumerlon In secede from the enmity mid form n town lmnni. Councillor Welch added Mint instead of increasing In number, locnl hodics should, wherever possible, nmulgainate. As regards . l'liinmerton, Hie district was originally a rami board, but it hceniiic nic-ged in tb« llnil. .County. Now. however, after enjoying various special privileges and obtaining improvements in the -shape nl' footpnllis and the like. I'lininicr'nn wished to f-ever its connection with the county and become n. town board. Other councillors upheld the views of Councillor Welch, mid it was decided to lodge an objection with the Internal Affairs Department against the proposed step.

Dunedm business men who arc iulcresled in the sheep running on the Campbell Islands, which lie hnlf-way between Stewart Island and the great Antax-tic ice-packs, recently advertised for men to go down there as musterers and shearers. The response they received shows clearly how strong is the hire of the unusual and unknown among, our young men, for over fifty applicants, came forward, including a number of returned soldicrs

■Referring to the extension of the waterworks proposals at Wuinui, flic Mnyor (Mr. J. I'. Luke) stated yesterday that the, Acting-Engineer (Mr. .1. SI. Morice) had reported to the effect that a gang of men were still employed in making test holes on the line of the proposed new dam at Wainui, and hnd not yet arrived at a stage when a definite report could lie made. They must find the rock bottom, for no-hing leiss than a solid rock lx>ttom would suffice as the' foundation of a great dam such as the one proposed. Assuming that such a bottom does exist, Mr. Morice is of the oriinion that the dam could be constructed just as quickly as a tunnel could be pierced through the hill to tho Orongorongo Stream.

After an.interval of nine months instructional shooting will take place at Vort Dorset. The practice will be carried out by No. 3 Company. New Zealand Garrison Artillery nt 3 p.m. on Snturdnv, October 25, on which dnte there will be a full-dnv parade of the company. Mr. .W. Handle, representative, for Messrs. J. and N. Tnit, is in Wellington to complete arrnngements for the forthcoming visit of Horry JVirfh, who will give a seri«> of concerts in the Town Hall.

A famous championship was won nt Olympin by Captain G. B. Brunton, of the New Zealand liifle Erignd&. who succeeded in securing the massive silver rrophv for opee versus opee, writes "Clubman" in the "Pall Mall Gazette." The epee is a species of foil, nnd is very much better known in France nnd Italy than it is in England; in fencing circles it is chiefly known as the weapon with which really serious duels are fought and lifelong sciirs inflicted. Captain Brutiton's win was unexpected, in that he is a young colonial officer, and has only taken up fencing recently and lie was competing against many old and experienced hands. But .that he is n horn.fencer was proved by IhefrtetHhat he won eleven out of thirteen fights, nnd throughout the championship displayed remarkable coolness.

1 message from the sea in tho shape of a photograph which 'had floated across the Indian Ocean came, last week as » sad souvenir to the relatives of Mr. V. C. Knvanngh, nn Auckland cricketer and hockey player, who lost his life in the recent war. Mr. Kavanngih enlisted from Auckland in the early singes of the war, and sailed for Egypt in the transport Tahiti early in October, 1915. After service at tho' Dardanelles he went on *o France, and v<u> killed in action with the New Zenlanders in the La Bnssevi'.le sector, nenr Ypres, in August, 191"?. While he was on the threshold of his \iar service, just after the transport had left Albany, in Australia, bound for Colombo, tha next port of call, ho threw overboard vn a sealed bottle a postcard photograph of himself, on w'hio'h was ». request that the finder of the bottle might forward the photo to his relatives at Grey Lynn. After a drift of about 4000 miles, the bottle grounded on Madagascar. The finder forwarded the photo', graph to th& Governor of the islanij, who sent it on to his country's Consul &i Auckland.

Air. Tom Pollard arrived from • the south yesterday to lake in hand the production of "The Mikado" for the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. The opera is to be staged at the Grand Opera House on Saturday, November 1.

A very attractive display of pictures anil sketches and miniatures is new on view at .M'Gregor Wright's. The artist is n young war-widow, Mrs.- Wcstbiirv Hughes, a daughter of Mr. W. Chatfield. The water-colours are spirited .and bright in treatment, and Mrs. Hughes has chosen some notable beauty spots of New Zealand scenery to portray. The pictures entitled "On the Road to Cable Bay" and "The Naitni River" are srood exauiplcs.of what Mrs. Hughes can do. "Autumn Gold" is n study which should find many admirers.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 17, 15 October 1919, Page 6

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 17, 15 October 1919, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 17, 15 October 1919, Page 6

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