LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Shaw, Savill liner Coi-inthic is duo in the stream at 7' o'clock, this morning. and nfler being granted. pratique will berth at' No.'l south' Queen's Wharf to land her troops anil passengers. •
"The spell of bad weather has sent ninny citizens /to the coal depots during the last day or two, -and the. replies received when, orders for coal were offered have-.usually been, discouraging. The. Slats Coal Depot is still working on old orders, and is not in a, position'to handle new business. Most. of. the privato coalyards have long waiting, lists, while the supplies of coai are uncertain. One. dealer stated that ho was unable to guarantee delivery within two months on orders accepted this week.
.The-Prince of Wales, with the members of his personal staff,' will stay at Government House during liis visit lo Wellington. The battle-cruiser Renown will be in-port, and it is anticipated that many members of the Royal party will use their quarters on /board' cho ship. The Government has engaged ac'i uommodation at the Midland Hotel for members of the party who may -wish to use, quarters ashore. ; '
The value of. the estate of the late Mr; David J. Nathan Ims been sworn, for the purposes of probate, as being under £60,000.- Messrs. F. J. Nathan, ,T. Nathan, and S. • Jacobs are named as trustees ./ '
The recent Magisterial judgment at Otoro'hanga fining a settler for not keeping down rabbits has caused great .indignation, states a Press Association message - from Te Kuiti. The evidence showed that the settler employed rabbiters and spread : poison," but the Magistrate was forced to. take the inspector's declaration'. It has been de-. rided to bring the matter before, the Hon. E. P. Lee. .Minister of Justice, and 'a deputation will meet him to-morrow to ask for an amendment of the law.
Speaking of Mr. J. H. ICirkwood, the professional golf champion of Australia, who may be induced to visit New Zealand shortly, Jlr. John Ta.it said that if ever there wSs a born golfer it i was this man. "He is only a youngster'' said Mr.. Tait, "but 'his all-round skill in driving, approach shots,-and putting are at once the envy and despair of other players. He is out on his owu, and those who know predict that lie will be a world's champion. An effort was made some time ago to get Vardon to come out to Australia to meet Kirkwood, but the. veteran Englishman could not be induced., to make the long voyage. There are some fine players' in Victoria ana New South Wales, but Kirkwood is something apart—lie com. mands the crowd when lie is., on. the. links."
The "Eastern" Company's cable route to the United' Kingdom and Europe is now working normally without delay either wav; but for the' present telegrams will still be accepted at senders risk. Full and deferred rate telegrams are now accepted by the ."Eastern" route. •
Mr. G. S. Hill, who for' many years past: has been one of tlie, most enthusiastic workers in the cause of swimming, has for- business reasons, severed; his official, . connection with the Wellington Centre of the N.Z.A.S.A.I the Surf.Association, arid the Life-Saving Association. Several falls occurred during tlio jumping races at Avoridnle on , Wednesday (state - the "Herald"), but fortunately tlio riders and horses involved escaoed injury. At an early stage .of the hurdle race, a mild, sensation was caused ''when three horses Ml at the second obstacle. A little further on another, of the contestants slipped at the fifth fenie, and as the animal's legs went •underneath the bottom batten 'it was prevented from rising. Matters-looked serious for a few moments, until the hurdle was removed. In the steeplechase (wo of the contestants, fell, while three others ran off; only four horses completing the course. .
Cliristchurch railway officials report that the service 19 very hard pressed for labour at the present time, says'a southern exchange. This applies to the; second division, which is now conducting ,i ballot on the question of striking, for increased wages. More men 'are wanted for the second division in all parts of the Dominion, and. the shortage is particularly marked in the North Island.
On Tuesday next, at. the New Zealand Club, Dr. Guy Scliofield nil be the chief guest and spfaker at the luncheon.
Not evervone is mistaken by a golf ball for" the green, but this experience befell n competitor at the M'.uUleinore links in the Enstev tournament, relates the Auckland "Star." The piayer i„ point was just making a chip shot to the green at the eighth, and had his arms slightly raised. About 180 yards away another player almost simultaneously 'played a wooden shot in the direction of the first-mentioned competitor, who felt a tub at his sleeve, but ima-ined'-it. was caused bv the shaft, of hi* club. To his surprise, however, lie discovered on lowering Ins arm that „ polf ball had found a new hazard in iiis sleeve, and inquiry disclosed the 'anuwinu" fact-that the I*ll was the one that had just been played by the distant competi tor. A rather remarkable, incident occurred, also when fi. Morpeth was driving from the eleventh. /A fine ball, i'lnd jiistcommenced its flight when-a fnntail flew out of some neigh Murm? ti-tree and was struck by it. The bird cft me fluttering, (o the ground with a broken «'ing, but curiously enough the ball continued' its course and landed on the green. Although unusual it should " mentioned that several instances are recorded of birds having been struck L „olf balls while on tlio wing and kilted This particular fnntail was tnken homo'by one of the players with' the object of nursing .it to a reqovery.
The annual meeting of St. John Ambulance Association, called for last night, was postponed until next Friday evening dwing 'to the bad weather. Many members were unable to attend last night.
C-ecilia Hunter, wlio was tried in the Supreme Court some time ago on a charge of forgery and uttering, and was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, . has been called up. She will appear in the Supieme Court for sentence this'morning. Alter she was set at liberty she S was convicted of a crime in Gisborne and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, Hiieh she is now serving.
The band-of the Wellington Patriotic Society will p!ay at I.yoll Buy to-morrow.
The time-table of the New Zealand D-ailways for the service io be run on the days of the Wellington ..races will be found in our advertising columns.
As .an instance of the .increased er.'t of 'raw materials in the nnineering and allied industries, the following fig-urea were-mentioned at a sitting of.the Con ciliation Council this week at ChristcivurehLanded cost of pitf-iron pet lon, 1910. M 155.; 1920, 4r17 10s.; bar iron, 191(1, iS'lOs.: 1920. S9& 10s.. "Mures have., increased 117 per cent, durinj Hitsame period; it was slated
■A.subject that has attracted IJit attention of industrial representatives ■ at recent sittings of the Conciliation Council in Chris'tchuich : has been the di.ffi(Millv exp o,-i »nced in scr-nring- apprentices for the skilled trades. When i»■«>«makers'■ dispute was under discussion at the Conciliation Council tlii- week, re-ports-the ''Sun,"- the agent for the employers, Mr. I''. Cooper.-who _ is also secretary ot' the Canterbury Employe;s'
Association, referred nan.in to the liuitter, niuV said tlmt it was clear 'liat a larger financial indue'envr-nt would have to lie offered to boys and youths to attract them, to the- trades, .and. the factwas:recognised by.. eiv.ploye"s. .Mr. Cooper said that it was now alm.vst impossible to secure apprentices to tno moulding trade.
' The long arm of coinoidenc'- reaches the racecourse' .in sundry place l , and there is always a strong army of "specu'lators"—the sort that invoke, the smiles of ■.fortune by 'dropping money into the. box' of the blind beggar at the Rate*., stroking A black cat before leaving' home, walking through' the turnstiles backwards, and performing ■ other luckproducing incantations, who ire on the look-out.for curious combinations. The first day of the recont Bllerslie meeting afforded, reports the "Star," an excellent ''opportunity, to go '"blind*; on the •goddess of chance; and 'it is asserted that quite a bunch- of Auckland's legal lights went "blind" and journeyed home with' bulging' pooke.ts. : Jt was the sixth race on the programme, the winner was number six on tile, card, the 6eeond'horse .was number eight, and the owner' of each was a lawyer. ■ Although (lie legal 'tariff has gone up, six and eight had' a big fcdlow.inff among: law circles that day, and caught tlw judge's eye. ; \ ' . V, '■
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