LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

(The Customs reVOnuC Collected at Welling ion amounted to £2915 los; Id. A case oii' appeal—Bfalinigan V. M'Donalc —will be taken in banco this morning by Hii Honour Mr.' Justico Cooper." KTho Public Wdrks Department- has ac ccptod the tiinder bf ilr. ,W.; Birss, at £513 tor additions to' 'the Invercargill Post Offioc The case against Jimefe Malaclii Sheridan^ who is charged with tho. crime of man* slaughter ill connection with the death of John M'Nally, will be hcard at tho Supremo Court this morning. ; The Him. G. Fowldis (Minister for Education) will open the new district high school at Dannevirko next Wednesday. Tho med&ls and North Island Government shield won by; Nfo.; 1 Company Dannevirko School Cadets will bo prfcsbntod oil tho .occasion--His Honour str. Justice Chapman- v- ill, this morning, pa-3s > sentence on' Georgo Chaifey, who pleaded guilty -at ■ WairOa to theft from a dwelling; also on Elizabeth Victoria Shore, who has admitted having, at midci. a! false dtclaratiijn Under the Births 4ud Ddathi.Kegistratiorf Act: ' The Samaritan Homo Trustees, met, yesterday morning. Accounts were passed ifor payment and other business-transacted. >It was reported that eleven patients i had been admitted and six discharged. During; the matron's absence Miss Elizabeth Bottom is in charge of the Home. 9 . Traiti conductors have been caused a i;ood deal of annoyanco of late through people us--ing .tiio.cats And refusing-to- pay the proper comply with the regulations occupied : tho comply ' with the regulations occupied ■ he Attention, of: Dr/ M'Arthur, S.M:;; yesterday, wh6 iflade it : Clear thit- severe -penalties would be imposed if any further cases were brought before the Court, Tho rido in '-lie ''case under • notice. : :cost 125;.-.ia/-fine-, and costs. . The -General Managed for Railways (Mr; T. Ronayne), who has been making ail inspection of the Wostland linos, paid- a visit tb the site'of the Mount: Arthur tunnel, on the-*Westland side." Ho states that-men-aro :now" engaged clearing atviy tho scant bu6h and soil from the. face of tho rick: whore iiio ivork of tunnelling will comnlßnco,. Bakers add storemen have erccted tents, and tho first' : signs are appearing of . a future dotile*. ment of workmen. ■No work has yet 'been done :at the- Canterbury end of 'the future tunnel.; A large nufbber of comfortable cottages have been built for the workmen at Otirai' -." " >•"]' - ■ : ' The Minister in Charge of' Hospitals 'the Hon. G. Fowlds) states that it is intended tb improve the method: of dealing: with the mentally afflicted.' 'It is probable that .' a suitable piece of land will bo secured somewhere along tbe • route of the North Islafid Miin Tr'Unk line, and steps iakeil "t6 start another institution—a, central - inental ■ hospi> tal. A large piece of land could bo takferi up and,u6ed to advantage with the labour, in conneotiOn > Vith tho present institutions) which, under the existing cratfipfcd Conditions, cannot bo prOperly Utilised. If " the Government were starting the system anew, Said the Minister, h6 would prefer Sepkteib colonies, 66 that tber6 could be better classification than was-possible With all' the'i'atients in .One building: ■ . , A slight MiisatiSll Was caiisfcd at yestetdaj taorhing by shrill cries fir help coming ftom a boat containing four small hoyfc, k fcotisiderkblo distanfcd ftoiii the shore. A lady, who beard the ories, rushed-16 a reffeshinent house stating that some Olio was in tWi water, and inquiring if there were any men about wh6 wollld go to the r6sCue. Two fiaon from the house rah for a.boat, and by j this tinle kn elderly miin on the beach. Who \ras COtteidWably Excited by the boys' loud criSS bf > "Help!" "Quick!" had obtained posSfessioft of another boat which .was being' uSfed for an invalid, and - Was rowing hard to the rescue. By the time' the yOtinger men overhauled him lie was near enough to disced the rehl -extent of the aCoidettt which had bfefalleh the frightened bbyS. They had lost one of .their, oars, and fouiid themselves unable to prevent the.boit frOm drifting further hnd further out toward i the middle of the harbour. The two men who had put out in the seiond boat brought .them back to shore, where a number 'of spectators were much relieved by the report "of "no lives lost." ' 1 Mrs. Ethel E. De Costa, LL.B. (nefe, Miss Ethel R. Btajamin, 6f DiVnedih), aftfeV practising for feftme yeiirs in that City, : has' commenced jtf&Ctioe as. a barrister find solicitor in N6. 6 Nathan's Btiimihfes, corn Mr Grey and Featkirstan Streets, Wellington. MrS. De Costa has the distinction of beinf the only.' lady, practising at the Bar in the Dorinniofl, In-' tending clients tufidtfiend On prottpt and nun£nJ attentinn. at lit*. -Da Goita'i htodl.'

Itfr. Maughaii Barnett and Horr . Max Hoppe are, arranging for. a scries of chamber concorts irf Wellington, to commence iii ipril next. Owing to the growth of Government advertising throughout the Dominion it l .as been decided to set up . a Government Dt>. partment of Advertising. _ Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer, will deliver a lecture on "Military Hygiette". to the officers of the Wellington Garrison in tho Museum Building this evening. Authority has been received by Inspector Ellison to open a ' Police Station at Island Bay. A house has been secured, and Constable Redican, who is to be placed in charge of tho district, will take up his new duties in a week or two. During his trip to .Auckland) the Minister for Marine (tho Son. jf. A.. Miliar) jvas convinced of tho necessity for bringing the. Act .rotating to the preservation of oyster beds in the Hauraki Gplf into operation. The necessary regulations' will shortly , be considered, -And they will then be gazetted. < . Tho first quarter of: the Aevr year's work of tho 1 Technical /' School commences 6n Thursday, February 6.' Intending'students ate ' requested to' enrol oil Thursday " : and Friday,' February 6 arid The'b'ffico'wil 1 , be open On those davs from 0.30 a.m. till 12 30 p:m.'; 2 p.m. tilli4 p.tai.; and 6.45 p.tai. till !) )b.m. . ' : / Mr. T. A. Pdtcfkm has been elected to fill the, vacant seat on the ilijtt River Board, created: by the resignation of Oaptaijv T.IV. ; ji'Doriald. ' The result of the polling, ,iiiicli took place pn. Wednesday)' was as follow!! T. A: Petorkin, "261; votes'; \H.'. Sladden, 11E • votes; informal votes, 2. • This gave Mr Eoterkih a . majority"'Of 133 votes. ■' : The following paragraph appeared 'in th< jliondbii "Sportsman," • under date Decembe: 23*!—" It having beou decided to sendaßiigb) : toanl to New Zealand next April, player ' that have not already'! sent, in their naffies and are willing t6,-make the trip, should di so at once, as - the committed meets e.'trl; • nest week to. go. through the list.' 1 In supporting the 1 request of a deputatioi that interviewed the Minister for Educatioi yesterday in regard to a gymnasium at th Victoria College, Sir. Robert :§toiit remarks that thefo Were no students in Now Zealan . more strenuous on behalf of their colleg than those attending the Victoria Collogc • His connection with various colleges, he saic i enabled him to express an opinion. , '■ "There is just /the same .'need fc i ecohomy in the use of water, as there lis been for soma time past," said the City Ei . gineetv-'yesterdiy. "TllOre is practically r v overflow at'Wainui now, and there is oni 39ft. of water behind the old dam at Karor Tho whole of the concrete work on tho lie Karori dam should bo finished -by' tho ei of this week; 'but,. of course, that will ri help-us until, we get rain, and as noboc knows when thAt will be, it behoves us e to bo us careful as wo ; cau." -