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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie amount of Customs revenue collected at the port yesterday was £4485 ( 105. 7ti. Thq criminal sittings of the Supremo Court were, formally opened yesterday and adjourned, until Monday- next. The Conciliation Board lias concluded tho hearing pf the Wanganui painters' dispute. On May 18, at Napier, it will hear evidence in connection with the tailors' dispute, i • Tho burglarious visitation still continues, apparently, for early yesterday morning an attompt was made to enter the house of Air. R. H. Edwards, J.P., at Majoribanks Street. Tho would r bo intruder was discovered before he could do any harm, and got away. • A number of gentlemen who are interested in'' football met yestorday to: discuss the advisability of making representations to the Wellington • Rugby Union as to .tho' desirableness of that body - reconsidering, itsaction in abandoning tho. Athletic Park agreement. No .doiinite course was decided upon, but it is''probable another meeting will be held at'ah 'early'date. I. ' Tho following new';rolling stock has been completed, or :is . now under construction, for'the North Island Main Trunk.Railway:— Locomotives: Bight class "X," foilr-cylinder,: "balanced-compound" locomotives; which, 'will weigh about 90 tons each ill, running' trim. Carriages and vans: Eight ,50ft!, firstclass sleepiug cars; ten 50ft. first-class cars; twenty-two 50ft. second-class carsfour 50ft.' refreshment cars; four 50ft. postal cars; four 50ft. brake-vans; throe 30ft. brake-'

Mr. Thomas Young, .of Messrs. T. and W. Young, and the late Mr. C. W. llenbow. were vory old friends, and at his death Mr. Benbow. bequeathed to his old friend ''any book in; his library, ,'l'ho one selected by Mr. Young was Y'Te Rou, or The Maori.at Home," a well-known work by John' White, for some time magistrate at Wanganui. It has now'disappeared from the catalogue prepared by ,the auctioneers, Messrs. A. ; li.j Wilson arid Co., for salo on Wednesday, 'much .to 'the disappointment -of many intending purchasers, who under the circumstances do not grudgo its present possessor his'poveted treasure. . Writing'_ to a Wellington friend, Mr. S. Turner, who has visited New Zealand on four occasions in the interests of Wilier and Riley, Ltd., idairy produce merchants,' ;of Manchester, states that the famine in butter at Home was caused by droughts in Ireland, Finland,- and Siberia, together' with the shortage from the colonies, attributable to the same cause. Mr. Turner buys on con-', signmont, so lie can bo forgiven for writing: "The factories in' New Zealand who ■ sold, and ignored i my. advice, will'have lost enormously. It will pay them to consign at a loss for tho next live years to gain such an advantage as they would have gained by consigning this year." : • A fire occurred on the Ohiro Valley Road, Brooklyn, at .10 yesterday morning, when a five-roomed two-storied dwelling, occupied by Henry; Hoy, was practically destroyed. A member of the Brooklyn Vciluhteor Fire Brigade happoned to be passing at the time of tho outbreak and ho called out tho brigade, eight of whom, .under the coni-' mand of Foreman Armstrong,* were quickly 011, the spot. Two jets of water we'ro soon turnod on the building with considerable effect. The fire, however, had a good hold and it was with difficulty suppressed.'- This is the first fire in Brooklyn since the'new jvater supply was installed. /The supply received a thorough test, and it is considered that it came through very satisfactorily; tho pressure being very good. Excellent work, also, was done by tho brigade. Mrs. Hoy ,was in tho yard at the time and it is surmised that some clothes which were drying by tho fire became ignited by some means. The Wellington division 'of the St. Jolin Ambulance Brigado mot for practice last night, and for cxerciso with the horso ambulance. Some very useful work was put in by the members. Tho mombers of tho Petone division of tho Brigado visited tho local division and were exercised with the horso ambulance in a similar manner—tho exercise' consisting of loading and unloading tho ambulanco with a "patient" on tho stretcher. Tho Petonc mombers were subsequently entertained by the local men, and ambulance work generally was discussed to the mutual benefit of all concerned.

Mrs. Ethel K. cle Costa, LL.B. (nea Miss Ethel R. Benjamin, of Dunodin), after practising for some years in that city, has oemmenced practice as a barrister and solicitor in No. G Nathan's, Buildings, cornor Grey and Feathcrston Streets, Wellington. Mrs. We Costa hns the distinction of being the only lady practising at the Bar in tho Dominion. Intending clients can depend on prompt aud careful attention at Kre. Be Costa s hands. -

There were 5952 artisans and labourers employed on co-operative works in the Dominion during March, including 88 artisans and 1034 labourers working on the North Island Slain Trunk Railway. ' ■ Tho next sitting of 'tho Court of Appeal will be held on Juno 15. It was announced yesterday that the judgments in the cases of Scott v. the Exhibition Commissioners and of Judd v. Byrne were not yet ready. As the result of a strong movement in Foxton to havo a harbour board district declared, and the formation of a harbour board to control the. river port, a large deputation will interview the Hon. J. A. Millar (Minister for Marino) this afternoon, at two o'clock. • Mr. Justice Cooper will pass sentence on the following -prisoners at tho Supremo Court at 10.30 o'clock this morning:— Arthur Bceson, defamatory libel; Wm. Geo. Tustin, broaches of the Bankruptcy Act; N.uru lliiukawa, theft at Wairoa; Alex. M'Donald, theft and forgery at Palmerston North; Frederick Wm. Jones, forgery and uttering; and Ernest Wehrahedt, forgery. Tho officers of the Permanent Force, and the Defence Staff officers, will be given an opportunity, on Monday, May 25, and the following two days, of proving to the satisfaction of a Board of Examiners that they are thoroughly conversant with tho practice of their profession. The subjects of the examination are set out in the 13 and C divisions of tho military course of study, and' includo drill and field training, practical military topography, engineering, tactics, and horsemastership. Horsemastership means something more than the ability to sit a charger. It implies the various principles involved in the.proper care and management of -the - horse. While digging tho trench for the. new tramway offices at Thorndon Quayj the old beach level was found only from two to three feet below the level of the existing footpath. In ono place tho level of the wave-wash is defined by a stratum of solid pipi shells from eighteon inches to two feet in thickness, and extending almost' tho length 'of.'.' the .trench. Doubtless that was the old beach itself before any kind of a road'was formed along the water-front, for old: Wellington •'residents'still, refer'to Lambton and Thorndon Quays as /' The Beach.'' Sjnce that time tlib waters of the harbour have been 1, forced back by the ingenuity of man, and the_ water's edge is nearly a quarter of a mile away ,from the strand of our'grandfathers. The' Nelson Poultry and Pigeon Society presented' to the Wellington Homing Pigeon Society gold and silver medals for first'and second birils in a race from Nelson to Wellington. The birds were to hav& been liberated by 'Mr;;' Thompson on Saturday, but, owing to the bad weather, it was considered inadvisable to liberate until Sunday. The race'resulted as follows—First, P. W. Lamb's b.c.h. Miss Jurion, velocity 974 yards , per minute, time 2hr. 21min. Sfcec.; second, 1 W. Ahlor'si.r.c.h. Surprise,-velocity 930 yds. 2ft. ;3in., time 2hr.. 44min. 40sec.; third, J. H. Clark's Jj.c.b.- velocity 839 yds._ lft.,. time 2hr. 44min., 4osec.;' fourth, A. Clark's, b.c.h;. fVirtue,. velocity 452yd5., -time,. shr. 3min; . 40sec. Tho .air lin'o distance'was 87|" piilea. '. : ■ . : ' i 'In a letter received in Wellington; from Mr.:,S.: Turner,' who 'has visited Now, Zealand > as butter, buyer for Messrs. Wilier and Riley, Ltd., and who' will be .remembered as a , daring, and enthusiastic alpine climber, that, /gentleman "states that 'lie ', has been awarded the x medal of the Russian' Imperial Geographical Socioty for alpine exploration in.Siberia.. Ho and Captain Wiggins are tho only Englishmen who have achieved the honour, of which. he is deservedly' proud. The .award 'was given to Turner for discovering a.'range of mountains in Siberia, climbing and moasuririg the highest peak \17,600ft.), and for being' the first explorer to scale the, Altai. Mountains in winter,' and the second at any time. Mr. Turner delivered a lecture before the Russian Imperial. Geographical Society on February 18 last. 1 Having secured a long' lease of- the Wellington Opera House, the firm of theatrical managers , of which Mr. J. C. Williamson is the head intends to carry out certain improvements, which will entail the expenditure of about £500. -The work, which has already commenced, will . consist of a complete alteration of the seating accommodation in,the gallery.- Hitherto tho forms in that part of the house have been fitted 'with lath seats and high perpendicular backs, which latter have not tended to iihprove the .viow .of the stage from the sides.\ These are to be replaced with solid seats which' are calculated to be more comfortable, and at the same time will provide for the accommodation of some two hundred more persons than at present. The whole of the seats in, the stalls are to be re-upholstered, and a drop-curtain of old gold plush is to replace the red rep'curtain that has done; duty for so . many years. ' The plastering work is to be repaired throughout, and ' a scheme of decorating the house in more artistic tones than is now the case will brighten tho general interior of the, popular Manners Streetplayhouse. ; , Thore are two sides to overy storyj and tho occupants of the dinghy who were precipitated into the harbour as the result of a collision with the ferry steamer Admiral on- Sunday havo asked us to state their case. It is as follows;—Tho party proceeded in a launch to a point on the northern end, of Mahanga Bay, and, anchoring about, 100 yards off tho shore, about: 10.30, on Sunday morning, got into their ; dinghy, which was fast to tho launch, and proceeded to indulge in a day's fishing. About 5 o'clock in the evening the Admiral hove in sight,, bound for the city. . There'; were' then three men in the dinghy, and one in the launch, which was moored. The Admiral ', was hugging, the shore, and steering straight for the launch. The men in tho flinghy shouted, and in responso the steamer, it is stated, edged in to port, but, being too close inshore, rounded out again, and bore 1 straight for the launch. The man in the launch hauled on the mooring chain, and pulled his ; craft about a length and a half away. Ho thus pulled himself out of danger, but in doing so hauled the dinghy right into the track of the oncoming steamer. The party unanimously "headcred" over the sido and out of tho way, but tho dinghy Svas badly bruised, and had to be towed home in a water-logged condition. Tho men allege that tho Admiral' was too close in-shore at low tide, and that the steersman on the sijeamer should have given way. It is intended to approach tlic Ferry Company with a claim for repairs to the" dinghy, and a watch, which is somewhat tho worse for,its impromptu batlrin the briny. For Hair ana Face Treatments visit Mrs Rolleston, Hair Physician, Faso Specialist and Massouiw, sttrtifioaUd, who Itki the distiactio* luedioul training, boijij qualified. sacUr Dr. Rcnlei E. Roth, M.R.C.S., Eng. Courses of treati)iont, including necessary lotions, from ' 30s. . Advieo free. Personal attention. only. Evening appointments arranged; First Floor, 3 Willis Street (over Carroll's). Telephone 1598. i C 733

Some argument took place at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning upon tho proposed adjournment 'of a case. One solicitor was ready to go on, but the other was • unprepared. Remarked the latter/ "My friend is looking for his costs." " What are you doing l it for? Fun?" retorted tha other. , . Afc the Anglican Church, Kelburne, on Sunday, tho Rev. Mr. Crombie conducted the, first-servico of tho" newly-formed Presbyterian charge in that district. There were 86 present, and the. preacher delivered an excellent sermon. ' A meeting of tho new congregation will bo hold in the cKuWiroom on Tuesday next, May 19, to discuss'matters relating to the' welfare of tho Church. Tho question of' establishing a depot for State i coal'at'Hastings has been considered • .by (the vftlmes «•' Department, which has decided that tho market is not large enough to warrant the enterprise at. present. Ar- , rangements' will, be, made to make a local dealer agent for State' coal, which will be sold retail at the Wellington price; plus cost of frfeight. . Mr. Robert Angus, of Auckland, general manager in New Zealand for Messrs. Thos. Cook and Son, was in Wellington yesterday in connection with his i annual visit of. tiispection to the various branch offices. Mr. Angus, who is on his way south, says that the season just, ended has been an* exception-, ally good one; and there are evidences tli.it: New Zealand;is becoming a-more and raoro popular touring ground as the scenic and sporting charms of , the country become known. Mr. Angus says that everything in Auckland is now subordinate in importance to 'tho coming * visit of the United ; States Fleet. The visit of 'sixteen battleships, each manned by from 800 to 900 men, .was no. ordinary event, and Auckland did rint intend to regard it as such; The warships i were to be there a week, and it promised ' the " livest" week ever known m the history'of the placed Incidentally, MrJ .Angus mentioned . that Messrs. Cook and/ Son had entered into an arrangement to cash! the Americaii paper money'for the/offi- : cers and crews-of the vessels. It is' a 'curious thing in this.'connection that American gold coins will , not ; be handled, as it , is ' a matter of extreme difficulty.' to-'get rid of them again,,particularly since the cessation of, the Oceanic Steamship Co.'s opera-', tions. : The banks demur at handling American gold pieces; for,.the same ; 'reasoni and . on the score of caution; (owing to the clever counterfeit; paper often;in circulation) they require the American Consul to initial each bill.paid in 'through the cbn'sular office, which' relieves the bank; of all 'responsibility, i .

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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 195, 12 May 1908, Page 6

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 195, 12 May 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 195, 12 May 1908, Page 6

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