LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

:, '.;.ln. connection \vith tlie sad : disaster to "-.the s.sv.Peguirij it-has been proposed to "sthrt]. a fund ; for th'o" relief, of f the ) stricken .families iwho-.'have '•:lost, their. wage-earners.,' ;. Sub- ■ scriptions ■ will, b0..: received , at ■'. the . office of. this, paper..-.Tho^Vorking; Men's Clubihave .'already: voted ! £lO 10s/to" the fund.;, '~ ; y^ ,'-'■' An. American: mail, a'rrive'd .at - Auckland by tho' b.s'.: Tweeddale,, .on Saturday,.'and .an Eriglish-'mail came by the sis. Manuka, which ireachod 1 Auckland. at..lip. : m. ! yesterday,after:npbn.:f The "mails were.placed pa .the'through express, which left : Auoklahd at ,9.15; o'clock' last night, and will:reach.Wellington;at 4.25-j :this afternoon.: ; '■}■.■ .•,'..'';. ""'.:|.'; ,';■• ■-•'.• -. : V : ;.\'". '_'■' : t : The.Chief hold a Bitting .-in .Chambers' at: :10 : o'clock to-morrow, morning!. ; '"At. 7':o'clock' last, , ' night -.<. the :New .Zea-.| r :land Shipping.Company's- steamer. from London,:: via/Capetown'; and Hobart, ; ai'>ived iu. the stream.; , She has,.6n board a lirge" number^of passengers for Dominion ; ports;;:and .will! bo granted .pratiquo..and •berthed' this Vmonting.. }'C -'■', :'': ;■■:,' '.-,"''.': of..the, bread fund ' for ;the ! unemployed ; at Home is steadily de- ■■ vcldping i .(\vrites -. our, -Palmerstbn correspondent), and present that.a' sub-, stantialamouhtwill be/collected.; The fund initiated, by'.the '"Standard " ; totals .£SO, ■whilst at•*a. public- meeting held on Friday, 'night'lists wero distributed;;and it..was. deoided.to canyaes'.'the , town/. ; as ■well' §i open,peniiy' subsoriptibhUists.at; the :S.tttte': sohools'.'..-.!. -.:>.: ;' z< , :'.'; '.'■: i : :;'.. ■-. '■ ' "• ' It- appears 'that thW is great durability' in the timber g^'rown : on hilly ■with '''■■' that ; "which: l owes, its., existence : ■' to swampy. Boils., Timber.grows; more slowly on the hills -thwi'-on marshy land, but at , the same;'time ; it has: a, toughness -which ,will : last' through many years: of- stress' : and-wea- , ther. :, 'This "is especially, the "'.case v with- therimu:timber';gr6wn on' the .Tararaa -rangos,' .while thehoards'of hilly-gro^n- .white pine residences,..erected twenty: Tears ago in tho. Manawa'ttt district, ,aro said- to be ; nearly us sound, now as when 'they ; .wore first,cut. , :;' ; The Fire Brigade%as called out at .6.39 on Saturday '.ovening to, a,'; fii'e- in > an eightroomed house ;at Ohiro Road, Brooklyn, occupied .by Mr. C; D. Hawkins, arid owned: by: Mr; F., -Jennings.- , ' 'A back .bedroom: and. its. contents/ were badly damaged vby fire," and the rest of the building and contents suffered slightly. ; iThe Brooklyn brigade;had, tho fire out before the town men.arrived. .The build-, ing was insured in tho'.-'Atlas' Company' for £400,- and the contents, were, insured-in the State.offioe for.£lso, ,Tlio cause of -the outbreak, is unknown. : : : : : :., : .:: ■■.'-'-. The same conditions are at present to :be .found in regard to' tho sawmillingindnstry in Southland as:.those which existed;-;a month back,, when it, was' decided by the. owners of those mills, that did reopen'; that/the output should be on- the basis, of one-third of. what it was formerly, (says,.the,;"..Otago Daily. Times").: Unless there-is , some pretty■ pro-, nounced improvement,in-the building tradpi. or unless some, change is.brought about in regard to the many outside influences'at presont affecting the timber industry hero,.there is. not likely to bo any change in tho 'prevailing ''condition, , of things. ':■■'. ln■:Southland at practically every, mill,'in coiisequenco of tho ialling-off , in'orders, there .were .accumulating .big of timber,'for :which there was no market in view, and to havo gono on cutting simply meant paying wages to men to stack timber. , .' And, nothing deteriorates so/ rapidly as timber in the stack..: At/. the jpresent,■>said .a :Dun<?din sawmiller, there is a fair amount of small cottage-biiilding going on in Dunedin, but there is nothing: of any real 'consequence to' ,cator ,? for, arid there does not : appear to bo any immediate prospect ofan improvement.,- , ■ ; '.:.■'.' ; ... . .'Teas.grown',; in-different, localities-have .differ- , ont characteristics, and even , tho. tea from: any. particular garden is not. the samo : in two supcessivj seasons. ' Climatic' chanßcs, differeuces of soil; exercises influoncos, arid it is the nrt of the tea-blender to bring together tho different teas and by combination to produce a pnrtioular flavour. Crescent Bleiid Tea is a ohoico oomMnation ,of Ceylon and-.-Indian/Tens, ruil the flavout never vanos, . All fitoreitoopore, 2s, per \b,\ :. •••,-■ :- ,-■ . . '' ; '

Throo cases of enteric and three-eases of scarlet fever wero reported ill Wellington last week. . ./;■■-. -The rain on Saturday caused the postponement of all 'cricket, ■■ shooting;■ and- other matches. . . .'/■'•■' / : To-day Mr. Justice Coonor will hear a motion for approval of n composition in. tho bankrupt cstato of J. J. Paterson, ; Daiiaeyirke. ; , ' .■■ ' , " i .-........ A week-end excursion to Paremata/was held by tho -members of the Dcep-Soa', Ang-. ling Club yesterday, and liotwithstandiiig the inclement weather, good sport was.'had.' Tho. catch comprised 328 torakihi, SO' cod, two aoh'nnpper, two conger eels, and a.large shark. /I'nooxcursionists spoko thosteamer Kapiti, which was. sheltering, and reported to her tho loss of tho Penguin. : / , ■ On'-. Saturday ■ morniiig, on hearing an' at-' tnck from a conVictod criminal upon; tho voracity of; Dotcttivc Cassells/ , Mr.'. Ei. B. Williams, tho prisoner's counsel, rose, and disassociated -himself from his client's aspersions. Mr. Justice Cooper, took occasion to eomplimoiit Mr.' Williams on his dignified attitudo; adding that his conduht of the'case had been distinguished by Loth ability and helpfulness. / . . :- l " : '"';-' ; ~■.: ; i -At tho nnmini meeting of tho Wellington Typographical TJnionj held last month, a resolution to .take'up.2s shares in the proposed Labour weekly newspaper; -and"'to guarantee 240 copies weekly, .was. passed. ;. In accord-, ance. with tho xules of the union, a''ballot of the whole of'the members in the Wellington Industrial District "taken, to.' decide whether effect should bo given to the resolution, with-the result that it was. confirmed by a. majority of 71 votes. ; V. ; ■ At Thursday's meeting of tho- ; Dunedin.' branch of the. Victoria League, I)r." Hockeii: referred to a proposal in couriection with tho league' a'' operations which, if put into effect, should:bear interesting results and tremendously increase' the intluenco of the loaguo|s work.': 1 :"The/sclieihe,"/said the doctor, ''is called 'the',home ; scheme..-. It is 1 proposed to; give/to about.6o children'in New, Zealand .a ■ scholarship. each,'' which/-are to be distributed ■■ in a , curious way.., The holders of-them will, be entitled to ..enter into aiiy; of,,,certain schools mentioned at a reduction,in fees of about,2s to 50 per cent."- Tho list of schools, contained the names of many first-class'ostab-lishnients in'Eugland and .the Continent,. and it was steadily being .added to, and all- of those; schools wero quite , willing .' to .take scholars. /The object of the movement: was to form'another link between tile HomeCpun-. try and the colonies by having young folk from;;the colonies educated'at Home, and vice versa... The proposal was merely laid;before tho'Dunedin branch. for. its information: it was' not asked to accept any responsibility, in •connection.therewith/ Parents interested.may obtain full information .concerning tho scheme, from v Mrs.' Hooken,. secretary; of the local branch/ of- the league. Tho scheme, (| or one" similar, thereto,;has been/in bperatibn-; in .Europe, for tho past'.-throe.' years, ;and. it- is now ..proposed that operatioiis.be extended to New ; ;Zoalaud.—"ptago Daily Times." v :;v; ..'lh'regard to the question of.holding.a con-' forence of tho,. Agricultural': and Pastoral Societies' of the Dominion, referred-to in/a Christohurch-telegram/on .Thursday, Mr.;P. Pattiillo' (president : of /the Otago/A. and; P., Society) stated .to an 'lOtago Daily Times'' i-fer. porter:.that , these conferences bad been held every.: second v year during tho. pJist. 12 years',; and the.various'societies sent, their delegates.,: -and the they wished to. be/discussed; At the 1907conforence,,tlie last held, tho pro- , posal. tliat a federation of;the-: whole -of.:the' Agricultural•■;and,.-p.astoral;. Societies ; .of, ; tho Dominion should be brdught abbut, to: be called thoEoyal A.'.ahd. P. New Zealand,- was brought up, and .delegates, were; appointed as a permanent' executive in con- i nection being x tho; Ofego member.of that : executive.; Such a federation would have its.obvious advantages.; It would enable, 'the societies of. New' Zealand to take; united: , action, in. any. matter/that tended'to the common ibetterment of agricultural :.interests, and-could also : have.'a -political bearing. '.. 'Mr. Pattullo was quite, in sym-: pathy'With such a,movement, , .for.-its adyan-; tages "wotild be 1 inarij , . / If', the' conference of Societies was,held this ; .year as proposed,-.then it was almost a.certainty tliat.tliejquesfcion' of': k•' New :■■ Zealaid .. federation ■': would I bo , brouglit.iup for consideration. /.'Mr.-.Pattullo stated, that lie "had.ibeen.:personally .communicated : with from. Auckland; on- the subject of: tho conference, and .'proposed', federatiorijand 'Would'bring .the matter; before'.the 'next' nioetinp; of the committee of tbe-Otago' A.' and : :P. Society.■'. .;,-.',../" :"a :':/W: ; /.;,.> '■■;;' ; ,;..