LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 284, 25 August 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Brindisi and Australian mail arrived in tho city last night by tho express train from New Plymouth. Tho Ulimaroa, which left Sydney on Saturday with an Australian mail, is expected to reach hero to-morrow fore- 1 noon.

At tho Supreme Court this morning sentence will be passed on Edward George Hansen for breaking, entering, and theft at Eketahuna.

A waterpipo on tho top floor of the Magistrate's Court building burst during the early hours of yesterday morning, and flooded a portion of the lower floor, but did no damage.

The Christchurch Savage Club is to pay a fraternal visit to the Wellington Savage Club next week. Its members will supply the programme at the korero to be held on Saturday week.

Tho medals the Government has had struck to commemorate New Zealand's change of status from a colony to a dominion will be distributed to the State schools on Dominion Day—September 26.

Tho number of doctors in tho world lias just been estimated 'at-228;234. Of this number 162,234 aro in Europe, the distribution in tho different countries being as follows:— :Great Britain and Ireland 34,967, Germany 22,518, Russia 21,489, Franco 20,967, and Italy 18,245. For every 100,000 inhabitants in Great Britain there aro 78 medical men, in France 51, and in Turkey 18. . . ..

It appears from a statement made yesterday that only about ten or eleven of the members of the Bakers' Operatives' Union, who went out on strike recently, are out of employment at present, the majority having departed to fresh fields aild pastures new in their own and other trades. A reporter was told yesterday that no contributions had been received recently from outside unions, and that but little had come in at any time.

Representatives of Roman Catholic families resident at Northland and Karori met at tho latter suburb on Sunday afternoon to consider tho question of erecting a place of worship on the aero of. ground» recently given to the Ptoman Catholic community by the Hon. C. J. Johnston. It was decided that the time was ripe to devise a building scheme, and .Messrs. Cronin and Ninimo were appointed to draw up provisional plans to bo submitted to a meeting to bo held a fortnight hence.

Cricket talk is in tho air at present, and interest is lent to the approaching season by tho statement that there is every prospect of a - strong Australian team visiting New Zealand during the coming season. It is stated that the team will include a number of the foremost Australian players, amongst whom will almost certainly bo found Clem Hill. Mr. S. AY. Thornton, of Christchurch, a member of the New Zealand Cricket Council, has just returned from a visit to Australia, where he has been negotiating for the team to make tho trip.

Our Dunedin correspondent writes: —In reference to the statements made by Mr. M. J. Reardon (secretary of the Wellington General Labourers' Union) as to, Labour candidates for Dunedin, the "Star" is informed by Mr. R. R. Douglas (President of the Political Labour League) that Mr. Downie Stewart's name has never been before that ( body, and that there lias been 110 communication with him whatever; also, that it is extremely unlikely that Mr. D. M'Larcn, of Wellington, will bo asked to enter the lists against the Hon. J. A. Millar. Mr. M'Laren, being a member of tho League, could only receive a requisition through that body, and 110 such requisition is contemplated.

Examinations were held recently by tho Examiners of tho Inspection- of Machinery' Department at Aratapu, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Foxton, Gisborno, Hamilton, Havelock, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson, Shannon, Timaru, Waikawa, Wanganui, and Wellington. Three hundred and iten candidates in all were examined, and for tho following classes of certificates: —First-class marino engineer, second-class marino engineer, third-class marine engineer, master in steam, river engineer, marine engine-driver, marino engineers of auxi-liary-powered vessels (both for sea-going and river trade), extra first-class engineer, first-class stationary engine-driver, secondclass stationary engine-driver, locomotivo ami traction engine-driver, and binding en-gine-driver (for mining certificates). Of the candidates who sat, two hundred and five passed.

At Sydney on August 14 Ethel Atholwood proceeded against Lily R.'Townsend for tho detention of a family Bible, framed photographs of her husband (J. B. Atholwood, tho actor, who recently served a sentence for bigamy), a case of shells, and other articles, the value of which was estimated ,at £20. Ethel Atholffood said slio received tho shells from her husband as a wedding present, and tho Bible after their girl was born. After Atholwood's father gave him the Bible, her husband told her that sho was more likely to make use of it than 110, and sho had better take it. Sho explained that some of tho articles in dispute had been stored, and when sho went to claim , them she was informed that they. had already been claimed. Sho called 011 Atholwood and' Townsend, and they adnlittcd that they had some of tho things, but would not return them. The Magistrate said there had been no attempt to prove the case, and it was unfortunate that Sirs. Atholwood had 110 legal assistance. The caso was dismissed with £2 2s; costs. Last evening, his Honour, Mr. Justice Cooper, 'gavo tho members of tho Law Studonts' Association the benefit of his expert once and observation in the matter of preparation for their profession. His Honour, took as his text tho words of Lord Bacon, "Reading niakoth a full man, writing an exact man, and speaking a ready'man." Tho lecturer gavo from his own experience a method of reading, which he said lie had found of the greatest benefit to himself in his student. days. It consisted briefly in two or more students getting together „and reading, turn and turn about, paragraphs from their toxt book; then shutting tho bookland endeavouriug to write a statement of Itlio principlo set out. This method, 'his (Honour strongly advised, should bo parried ;into tho reading of cases. On this point tho lecturer was very emphatic ill insisting on tho necessity for going straight to cases themselves, and not being content with the summaries from text-books. Mr. Justice Cooper also dwelt on tho value of moot courts 111 affording to students the opportunity to bccomo "ready men." Tho lecture, which was full of valuable suggestions to students, was listened w with much appreciation by those who were privileged to hear it.

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The agreement between the City Council and the Tramway Employees' Union has been passed by the Tramways Committee and the Council, and the matter is now in the hands of the City Solicitor.

The Arbitration Court, which disposed of tho bakers' strike cases yesterday, decisions being reserved, will sit again at 10.30 a.m. today to deal with other enforcement cases. The Court expects to bo busy in Wellington for a fortnight.

The following cases of infectious disease for tho week ended Saturday were reported to tho Health Department.—Wellington : Scarlet fever, 13; diphtheria, 4; tuberculosis, 3; blood poisoning, 1. Two cases of scarlet fever were reported from the Hutt County.

Tho Hon. the Minister for Defence has approved of tho issuing of free railway passes to bona-flde competitors in tho drill, signalling, ambulance and mounted .contests at the Palmerston North military' tournament to bo held in November. This privilege does not apply to those competing in the tug-of-war or foot race events only.

Before Mr. J. Collins, J.P., at the Mount Cook Police Court yesterday, Charles Gordon, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 40s. or fourteen days' imprisonment, and Henry Greenfield, for drunkenness, was fined 405., or one month's imprisonment'. Thomas Henry Calvert was fined 10s. or forty-eight hours' imprisonment for drunkenness, and one first offender was fined 10s. or forty-eight hours.

A meeting of members of St. Mark's Young Men's Club was held last week to consider tho question of forming a cricket club to enter the competition this season. There was a good attendance, and after the arrangement of preliminary details, a strong body of officers was elected. It was decided to enter two teams for the championship this year, either a third and a fourth class, or, if tho club is sufficiently strong, two thirdclass teams.

The one-railed fence that lias divided Customhouse Quay between the intersections of Braiidon and Waring Taylor' Streets ever since the extension of the railway to Te Aro has been removed, and the full extent of that wood-blocked thoroughfare—over 70ft.—is now available for traffic. That portion of the Quay between' the Brandon Street and main entrances to the Queen's Wharf is almost finished off as far as the wood-blocking is concerned, and wlieu finished the wooden rail which runs parallel to the railway line will be removed. This will give Wellington 0110 of the finest business thoroughfares in the Dominion. The expense of the wood-blocking along this section of the water-front is being borno by the City Council and the Harbour Board.