LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 310, 24 September 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Esperanto has been included in the curricii' lum of tho Wanganui Technical School.

A potition -in bankruptcy, has been' filed by Frederick Norman Eaclo and Harold Venn Eado, builders, of Kilbirnie.

Ten Chinese arrived by the Warrimoo yesterday. Six of them were called upon- to pay tli'o poll-tax, tho remainder having been hero previously... .. .

Tho deputation of Island Bay residents announced to wait on tho City Council'this evening will not tako placo for two or three weeks. ; '

Tho Wellington Education Board has accepted tenders for the following works (lowest tender _in eacli case): —Now school "at Maranui, Messrs. Sykes and Harwood; fencing at Lansdowne, Messrs. Rose and Mason j furniture at Lansdowne, Mr. F. Bacon.

Tho number of arrivals in New 'Zealand during August last was 2433 (1678 males and 755 females), as compared with 2540. (1653 males and' 887 females) during the corl'esjVonding month 0f'1907. The number ot-de-partures .was 2004 (1386 males and 708 females), as compared with 1751 (1134 males and 617 females). •

• The- Anglo-Welsh football team, which toured Neiv Zealand ami Australia, is due to arrive in Vancouver to-day or to-morrow, 'and will play a match there against a representative team.' It will then proceed across America to New York, and, if time will permit, a match will be arranged in that city also. ' 1

Tho Fire Brigade received two calls last evening, the first at 6.16 p.m. to a chimney firo at a house in Hobson Crescent, occupied by Mr. M. Denniston. The second call was at 6.45 p.m. to a dwelling, 178?Taranaki Street, occupied by Mr; Ludovic Norris. A window curtain in an upstairs bedroom' was destroyed beforo the inmates got the firo under.

By a prin tor's error the Rev. R. J. Porter was represented yesterday as saying that an Oamaru employer had been saved by NoLicense £30 a week, which previously he had to spend in "shouting" in connection with his business. The amount should have read 30s. It should also bo stated that the man referred to by Mr. Porter ts having been once greatly addicted to drink, though now quite steady, is now attending not Mr.. Portor's but another church*.

Ono of the now postal railway cars, which are to be used on the Main Trunk line, was given a run on tho Wellington-Napier express train yesterday. Tho hew car is one of eight, _ 50ft. iu length Tho compartment is very spacious, well fitted for the quick sorting and _ stamping of postal matter, . and with good pigeonhole accommodation. Mail bags are received and delivered from aperture's in the centre of the sides of tho van, and not at tho ends as in cars of previous make.

Mr. T. Adair, a well-known Gisborno business man, returnod by the Warrimoo yesterday from an extended tour of America and the Old Country. He will probably leave for Gisborno to-morrow. Speaking, to a Dominion representative, Mr. Adair said that he spent a "most interesting and enjoyable holiday, and while in England lie 1 met a fellow-townsman, Mr. W.. Miller, ■ who ,is touring the world. Mr. Adair visited the Franco-British Exhibition frequently; and he was greatly surprised at the failure: of New Zealand to seizo such a favourable opportunity of advertising her products. Not, only was the Dominion poorly represented, but the exhibits were badly displayed, and some wore plaocd in a position out of sight of the ordinary observer.

A meeting of the Presbyterian 'Sabbath School Association was held in St: John's Classroom oil Tuesday overling. Thoro was a good attendance, and tho Rov. W. Shirer presided. Statistics had been collected showing that there aro 17 schools ill the city and suburbs with 1386 scholars. It was reported that tho organisation of the Home Department was receiving attention, and also tho teachers' training classes. The Rev. It.: J. Porter gave an address on the duties of parents, the State, and the Church tc( the children. He stated that 110 classes' had been formed in the Dominion to givo special religious instruction insido ordinary school hours. Mr. Porter, was given a vote of thanks for his address.

The final round of the fourth annual dei.'.iting tournament, held under the auspices of the ■Wellington Literary and Dobating Softies' Union, will tak'o place in tho Town Hall Concert Chamber to-night between tho Kent Terraco Literary and Debating Society and tho Victoria College Literary and Debating Society. The former society will bo represented by Messrs.'E. C. Jack, C. : S. Falconer, and M. Frasor, and tho latter by Messrs. AI. H. Oram, G. H. Gibb, and J. hi. Hogben. Mr. Granville Hunt, who is wellr known in eonnectioii with those tournaments, will act as judge. The subject of debate is: " That tho expansion of tho 1 British' Empire is duo rather to colonising power than to military prowess." ' , A specialty of Hair and Scalp Treatment is mado by Mrs. Kolleston. Ladies troubled with fallinp: hair, dandruff, or any scalp complaint should call for advice (gratis) at her. rooms, first floor, 3 Willis Street, over Carroll's, or telcphono appointment 1599. Personal attention only. Certificated. , C' 39 Tho men of New Zealand aro becoming; great tea-drinkers, anil aro now rather fastidious, There was a tinio when they took anything in. the way of tea offered by tlie womenfolk, but now they want palato pleasure—they want Crescent Brand Tea every time. This blended tea has distinguished qualities, for it is a hatipy stnnbltmtlim of thn »trs«(t teas of Dnrfooling and toe fiaq doltoatg tuu ei Cojion. CssS