LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 87, 6 January 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

5 Wo aro informed that- it is not; safe to t drink any water from , the • stream between 1 Happy Valley arid'Tcrawhiti 1 station on the - ccpst, as rabbit poisoning is going on. The 1 rabbits eat, thp phosphorus . pollard, and 1 then go to tho water for drink, and then " die. ■ - , j l ' »■ —- • ; ". ■ ■ Constable Gallagher arrested a wharf 3 labourer -named Lauronco Ilanratty oli 8 Saturday night,' on a chargo of being conr cernpd in th'p assault ofi Thomas - La c oy on 1 Friday night Lacey, w|io, had his nose 0 broken and his face bruised considerably, is 1 at present in the Hospital.' , j. ' A young inan named Arthur Schapira, saic - bo a draper's assistant, was arrested bj e Dptectivp llawlo apd Constable Carmody yesterday on a chargo of theft of £11 froir fellow-lodgers at a boarding-house in Marq. joribanks Street. Schapira will bo broughi 0 before the Magistrate's Court this morning >7. j The Fire Brigade was called out twice or Saturday. On the first occasion, at 7.3( r a.m., tho outbreak was at Dutch's Bras: L : Foundry, where a quantity of shelving ii the moulding shpp ffas ignited by somo pfios ll phorus. Very little damage was done, bu> l ~ tho thick smoke in the fmilding necessitatet S tho use of smoke-jackets. The second cal 1 was at 4 p.m., and turnpd: out to be a gorsi J' fire at the foot of Onslow Torrace. A record shipment of cheese was taken b; g thp Shaw, Savill and Albion Company'; »•- steamer lonic, which lett Wellington fo. d London, via way ports, on Friday night. I: tali there wore 17,471 packages, valued a IS £65,516, about 6(X)0 coming from Patca d 3000 from Wellington, 100 from Auckland il and thp balance was consigned from souther] iO ports. Of 42,734 boxes of buttor taken b; re the lonic, about 38,000 boxes were from th .0 North Island. Tho value of tho buttc to shipped was £106,!. "5, making a total p it £172,351 for tho cheese and butter carrici r- by tho lonic. y Conversing with a Dominion reporter oi various matters connected with tho pliarma oeutical profession, Mr. Len. M'Kpnzic d President of tho Wellington Pharmaceutics 1S Association, mentioned that it was intendei IC t 0 institute a series of-' lectures to student A who were preparing for tho profession. Th it absenco of organised instruction in th 1'- theory of their work had been a felt wan 'h among thp students, and keen interest wil !'• he taken in the courso of lectures which th Association intends to arrange for. Arrange ments aro now being made for the prelimi 1C nary lcctures of tho course. Jtrs. Ethel R. De Costa, LL.B. (nee Mif Ethel It. Benjamin, of Dunedin). after practif i ing for some years in that city, has coil' r menccd practice as a barrister and solicito i in No. G Nathan's Buildings, corner (3rcy an Foutherston Street, Wellington. Mrs. DeOost e. has the distinction of being the .only lad practising at the Bar in tho Dominion. Ir tending clionts can depend on prompt an R- careful attention at Mrs, De Costa's hauda,

Ono of tho rooms, at-the Mount Cook olice Station is at present filled I 'With- a nscellancous collection of carpenters', plum- j ors' and painters' tools which havo found < lieir way into tho hands of tho polioo during ■' lio past'few days; < -Any,-tradesman who has ■> ad tools stolen of lafco tho police :■ tation, whero ho will .bo given an oppor- ' unity of oxaminirtg the-propatty, . - r ■ 'hot; tliom give us the facts, and lot us io a little of the thinking," remarked tho itayor at Mr. Koir Hardio-B mooting in tho fown Hall -last, evening,- iiv a rcforenco to ho newspapers. He had- been complaining , is to' the selection and -reliability; of reports . ;hat-wero cabled frpm abroad. A'jßut that;' 1 ' : iddress yon upon at greater length.";'.; 5 . -/.Messrs. Palmer and Kmmburgh's launch, .vinch lias boon oil a visit to the Sounds, -eturned to Wellington at :4 o'clock yeaterlay afternoon. - The httlo boat left. Tory channel at 8 iwm.j' , aud struck some heavy iveather > :coming';; tha .' Terawhiti ■' rip." The yacht Ngaira-, which lias also oeon cruising in tho Sounds, was passed by. the launch' ahout'B a.niv at'itho headof Tory ■ Channel, where'.she .wasV, waiting:, for the wind; The Ngaira had not arrived up -to 8: o'clocsk last. if. she left rosieirday," l she would probably'pass a "dirty" night in the Straits.Tho D Battery of tho. Field Artillery, paraded at ■To Aro Station on Saturday afternoon, and pr.pceqdod to tho Lowor Hutt, whpr t p.the annual. camp is being held at the Hutt Park Racecourse. transport ;'arrariEen>en^,)wero : • carried out jsatisfactorily ' Captaiiv''G,. ; ' 5.... Richardson, Director: of Artillery, will superr ,| ..intend,- andVltos 'probable that' instructional,, firing will take place towards the end,of the course,' and should prove .of, unusual' interests la view of tho excellont work- which, has been done recently by tho E Battery, of Ghristchurbhi the local Artillerymen are very ' keen on putting up a good performance. ■; j A residing; at a boardmg-house; : No. v 38a Ghuznee. Street I ,' was' found by fellow-lodger at 12.15 p.m; yesterday with his throat out:' The man was, bleeding; profusely from.' a ' Wound' in the. ■ windpipe j\ and had a .blood-stained: razor in his hands. Dr. Gilmer was callcd. tb tho ,boarding-house,>-and. after attending U the'Avoiind. ordored; the removal of the man to the.Hospital:; The wound is a sevcro one, but .:it>is\stat'ecl. that there-js; every pror spoct of tto-.man -recovering. Rodnoy was bmployed steariier Simitangi' Until recently,/and- liad->not been iiV tho best of health for - somp' timeVpast.' , Ho .is said l to bo a married man, with 1 a wife . and two children residing at Balmain, ,New South Wales ' • The New Zealand: Government training ship Amokura, which has been on an extended- cruise in southern waters, going as far south as the Bluff, arrived m the stream on Saturday. morning, and now lies at her old moorings off Pipitea Point. Tho, cruise has been an interesting one for tho boys, and furnished a' series of excellent lessons. for the | future .meii-bf-warsmen. Tho Amokura was at Lyttelton on New Year's Day, and was visited by a large number of people,' who exhibited a keen interost m the Dominion's Navy and its personnel. It is probable that tho Amokura .will cruise up tho: East Coast of tho North Island, as far as Napier, but nothing definite has been, settled 'regarding her movpmonts...- . i,- , - . 'A . sensational, .caso./is. ( a . sure ..sign. ;for' a crowded' Magistrate's *,Court; : . but,the' courtlounger was badly disappointed on Saturday piorniiig \vheh a case of alleged murder' lyas set;,(lo)yn. : .for hearing.' * 8 a.m.—an hour earlier 'than usual—and the caso in question was ,tho first ono called on, „the officialsand the" prpssmeri ljeing' about tilt) _,pnly. persons, present/, After,'a remand had been granted, tho rest,of tbo busines: was. proceeded with, and tho back of tb( Court began to fiil" up gradually. At. 1( o'clock, the : usual. hour of, starting,', th'orf ' was a regular stampede into the. Court-house and a 'look' '-"of \ bitter -'.disappointment swppi over the face, of many, a \ycll-kilown habitue who doubtless' felt , humbled at having.-beei rcb]bod, perhaps for the first time in a-lonj court-gazihg of ; an, opportunity;'o: staring at.the prisoner of the.moment. : The fall in thp price of wool, is having' at effect, on the loading of Home trade steamers and tho New Zealand Shipping Company'! steamer Kaipara, which is, expected to com pieto discharging t-p-^ay,'is to go out inti tho. stream to .ifait for 1 orders. It is statec that if tho.prico of wool had remained up there would have bgen a of. wool fo: thp steamers, biit, as a rpsult: pf the dro] in tho price, gripers arp npt anxious to ge their wool on tho .Home market at once and consequently a considerable quantity o wpfll is being diverted to sailing ships, an< tho steamers which havo been provided carry the wool will now have to lay up unti cargo accuniulates. The holiday season has brought forth i number of interesting v personalities at'tin . Magistrate's Court,. where ■ the charges o drunkenness havo played a prominent par in the proceedings every morning. As i general rule,, the delinquents have worn : 1 chirpy expression, quito different from tha i of the usual offender, and exdessive politenes > has been-a characteristic throughout. 'Ai • ultra polite' first offender rather {daggered th- > Court on Saturday morning. The Bench con I ccntrated collective oye on the prisoner [ and, seeing only a calm, stolid-looking ma: i in the box, had no' hesitation in entering conviction and discharge. Tho prisoner re , spondod with tho cheeriest of cheery greet . ings. as-}io left the dock, " I .'fish you, . very happy New Year, sirs." ' . . . i • There was trouble on the ferry stearnc i Maori tho other night on tho trip from We! i lington to Lyttelton. A saloon passengei i who was' drinking at the bar, became so spoi | tivo that 'ho pouretl a whisky down I steward's back instead of down his ow : Tho, steward protested against sue f treatment, but Ijis protestations only ii E creased the boorishnoas of tho passengei 1 who was backed up by a friend also full < Christmas cheer. Tho chief steward wo ! called in to sottlo matters, but tho offender! . against decorum, on thp high seas, had. b this time become pugilistic, so an officer'wit I some authority was called down to interferi I and tho whole ship was in a fcrnient. ' Fine s ing that ho could do nothing without r< 3 courso to physical force, hp callcd on tli , 'watch, and immediately thrco or four heft t seamen wero struggling with tho ill-conducts ] passengers. After n mcleo both of thorn woi 3 handouffpd and locked up, still strugglin and using languago that was, thrillingly vivi in oxpletives. People should bo taught ths riotous behaviour at sea is even a moro ser ons olfenco against tho social codo than it : 3 aslioro, and tliero is no excuse for such r . bald wrong-doing, even at Christmas timi >' Evidently tho authorities wero of opinio ' that tho exhibition of such extreme foolisl Y noss beforo a crowded saloon was sufficici j" punishment for thp " respectable " hoodlun ' who caused tho troubla.