LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 42, 12 November 1921, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Postal authorities have received advice- from Sydney - that-the Makura left at noon on Noveniber 10. for. Auckland. She carries 44 bags of mails from Australia, 12 from beyond, and 28 parcel receptacles for Wellington. The Manuka left. Sydney at 4 p.m. on November 10 for Auckland. She carries four bags ;f mails and- 16 parcel receptacles for Wellington.' -w -

By the will of the late Mr. Matthias Segrief, of 23 Daniel Street, Wellington, who died on October 21, 1921, the Public Trustee is appointed executor and trustee, and Mrs. Agnes Mary Segrief.Grant and Mr. John Edward Gamble are appointed advisory trustees. The will provides for the following charitable bequests:—Homo of Compassion, £150; St. Joseph’s Orphanage, £100; St.'Anne’s Church, -£100; St. Joseph’s Convent, £5O; Home for Incurables, £150; St. Patrick’s College, £150; St. Mary’s of the Angels Rebuilding Fund, £lOO. The residue of tho estate is given in various propor : ticns to certain named relatives. The derailment of some of. tlie wagons of a ballast train, nt ..Manakau yesterday morning caused three of the express trains to be delayed, but no.other serious results . follow,cd, v The replacement of the derailed trucks was effected as' cuickly as possible to clear the fine for th rough traffic. The Main Trunk' express train "from Auckland, due normally at 1.10 p.m., was held up for two hours. The express to New Plymouth was also held up for two hours, and the express to Napier was delayed an hour and a half. No other important train Was affected.

As soon as the work of relaying the tram rails in Kent Terrace is completed, the city engineer wifi repair that section of the wood-blnekcd roadway which runs along the top Of the old main stormwater drain, which runs the full length of this street. Between Pirie Street and the Basin Reserve the road has been in a bad state of repair owing to the woodblocks over, the concrete roof of the culvert being of lesser depth than the ordinary wood blocks; The repairs will bo carried out in aspoalt in lieu of wood blocks.

"As one who has had five moteXtrs stolen. I am strongly in favour of making the penalties for thefts of cars more substantial,” said a .member of tee committee of the Auckland Automoln.e Association at its last meeting, slates - the "Herald.” Tn the course' of discussion j regarding recent prosecutions for theft j of” cars, if was suggested that the New Zealand Automobile Union should recommend the Minister of Justice to make the offence an indictable one. ; A framed copy of "The Times/’ London, of November 7, 1805, containing Vice-Admiral Collingwood’s dispatches announcing the victory of Trafalgar, was presented to the Auckland branch of tho Navy League at its last meeting bv Mr. Philip Liickioi' states the "Heraid.”- ’ This copy 'is'an lieirlodin-'ifi -Mr. Lnckie’s family; which has possessed it foi- 116 years. It was brought by them to New Zeal and over 50 years ago. The copy is in a good state of preservation., and to keen it- in good condition and, still permit'of the-contents -being. read., it has been encased between .two .pieces of glass. The commencement of the fishing season at Rotorua, has, as usual, made 9: great difference to the appearance of the lake as regards the launches and boats,” states the "Herald.” On Sunday afternoon no fewer than 27 craft of all sorts and conditions were to be seen busy in the pastime of attempting to transfer fish from their native element to their fish-baskets- The surface of the lake was rendered fairly choppy by reason of the 'prevailing wind, and the fish were not rising freely, so that large catches were not the rule.

A reference to hotel • accommodation was made by Mr. |M. Mays, in an address on the tourist traffic, before a meeting of the Auckland Advertising Club, states the "Herald.”- Ninety-five per cent, of American tourists, he said, did not care whether tee - bar waa in tho hotel or in the next county. The hotel with tho real dining-room, with appetite-satisfying viands, served with some degree of care by well-appearing service was what was wanted. The Lar had proved' an unnecessary article of furniture. To-day with a dry country, New York hotels were clamouring for more room to expand. Considerable damage has been occasioned by blight to many of tho Auckland strawberry beds, which were attacked during the recent huinid weather (states the Auckland "Star”). In. some cases £2OO of damage to a plot Was done in a night. Blight has also 'caused a good deal of domago to potatoes, tomatoes, and onions, while patches in the same districts have escaped. ■■' ■ ‘ • > ■ ■ . • : ■ ' A line of lambs fed on lucerne held the attention of the whole Addington market on a sale day last year, said Mr. A. McPherson, at Ashburton recently (states an exchange). Tho lambs were so full of life and vim, so happy, their wool so lustrous, that they were leaping about their pen like racehorses. (laughter.)' Finally some auctioneers . inquired what those were (indicating the lambs). "Just lambs—fed on lucerne," was the reply. AU the other lambs in the market that day, continued Mr. McPherson, were too miserable to stand up; they lay down—coughing. (More laughter.) When tee lucerne lambs were put up at auction, although .they were not fat, they made as much and more than “prime Canterbury” solely on account of their lustrous' wool, wonderful vitality, and general good’ condition. ............ “Wireless in the Groat War” formed the subject of an intefesring lecture delivered by Mr. G. Robertson, of tht? Amalgamated Wireless of Australasia, at the Y.M.C.A. Radio Club last evening. The speaker traced the .history of the growth of . wireless from .the, period when only thirteen large, cumbersome sets were 'used in 1914, to the signing of the armistice, when thousands of compact, portable sets were employed. Ho dealt at length with the rise of wireless during the war, and pointed out that London was kept continually advised of the movements of enemy aircraft by direction-finding stations.

At a meeting of tho Ratepayers’ Association, Island Bay, much surprise and concern was expressed at the Press announcement that • the next matte* 1 • to receive the attention of the tramway management was the regrading of ■ the tram track along Kent Terrace and Sussex Square, no mention being made regarding the Island Bay duplication. Following on the discussion, the meeting rt-splvcd to call, a public meeting of the residents and form a deputation to wait upon the City Council, calling upon them to give effect to their oft-repeated promises to carry through this inecessary and urgent work. Tho Tramways Military Band will play at Lyall Bey to-morrow afternoon.

An amalgamation of two old established printing and stationery businesses has been arranged to meet the need of economy in production and reduce overhead charges. .The. companies are Coulls, Culling, and Co., Ltd., of Dunedin and Wellington, tind J. Wilkie land Co., Ltd., of Dunedin and Invercargill. The former was founded in 1872 and the latter in 1881.

Master Jack Wattsrs,' the well-known Wellington boy soprano, who has been suffering from throat trouble, has now practically recovered. A meeting of Kilbiruie householders was held on Thursday evening, when the approaching retirement of • Mr. J. H. Worboys, 'who has occupied the position of headmaster at the Kilbirnie School for over, twenty-five years, was discussed. It was decided to make Mr. Wcrbors a - presentation at the annpal "breaking-up” ceremony next,month, and a strong working committee, with Messrs. A. Perrin and J. Connell as secretaries, was set up to make further arrangements. At this week’s meeting of the Central Chamber of Commerce, Mr. H. Hart said that the Commonwealth’s telegraphic. service possessed one advantage over that of New Zealand, in that one could always send a 16-word telegram 'from State to State fir Is. 6d.' On inquiry as to whether this- was so a .Dominion reporter was informed that the speaker was hardly correctly informed. The Commonwealth Postal Guide states that a' 16-word telegram may be dispatched from one State to another for Is. 4d., and even that charge offers no. advantage over New Zealand rates, for 16-word telegrams may be sent from Auckland to Invercargill—twice as far as from Sydney to Melbourne—for Is. 4d„ by the ordinary charge of Is. for twelve words and a penny each for. another four words. Mr. Hart evidently meant the Ifi-word State (not Inter-State telegram), .which may tie sent for 1 Is., whilst a similar message to be sent to a destina-tion.-within 15. mil “.<? of the office of dispatch ;may ..be sent .for 9d.- „..

The new infant wbbM at Eastbourne is taCbo formally cp'/mod -by the Minister of Education jIL-r..' C J. Pnrr) at 3 p.m. on Afondoy.

In the‘ Stiprtmc' Coiv-'t yesterday His Honour "Mr.- Justice 'Hmking and a jury of twelve were epgarea'with a retrial of the charges of te"ft against Henry Cimries Holland and Frederick Walter Roscoe, late nianni«r and general storeman for the Empire Manufacturing Comp’tov. , It w.s ;.?>■:*!. two .men had .stolen goods'valvod at. £76. and the jury wdiich considered, iho me at the previous sessions T-rought hi a verdict about which there was some, doubt. The matter was referred to the Court of Apnpal. which ordered', a r.'iy J-r.-i, Nr. P S K. Macassey was Crown Prosecutor and Mr. C. A. L. -Treadwell appeared for the defence, His Honour will euro up at 9..30 a.tn. to-oay. The Maslin v. Muslin divorce suit has been concluded. In the Divorce Cxmrt yesterday, before ,Mr.- Justice,Rim, Caleb Jesse Maslin (Mr' O. Beere) stated that Ethel Mary Mastfh had failed to comely with on order of the Court for restihinon r* conjugal rights. A -decree nisi was granted.