LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 438, 22 February 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. /The ' s.s. Victoria, ■ from ..Sydney, passed. Russell.. at 10.20 a.m.' r .yesterday,l and was exipected -to; reach' Auckland between ;7 and'B 'o'clock: in -.the oVening;' : . ' Thero . was ■'.■' just .a possibility .that i-the /English',.Wail .woiild catch tlip through train leaving: Auckland at : 9.15: p'.ra:,' in , which • event 'it ..will arrive in' ; Wellington this afternoon. J. Tho ;aiithorities were,;however, tinable to give.any definite information .on this point last.night; If the mail was not laiided-iu time to conneot ■ with : the train it will not.gethere.until Tuesday afternoon.':; '■. -■' /:i:'.' ; .■;■'"' -■'■. : " : / : : ; ■.•: .Tho District Health Officer:(Dr.' Freigley) reports .the.following.cases .of infectious .diseases for the week, February 20, 1909: in tho .city, enteric fever I,,, diphtheria 1,■ tuber-i oulosisl. :;: , ; ';;. ■ , : ." : ; , ;.' .^." v '' : ''-v ; ';;./ : . '■■:■.': ;'The three new-'Conciliation'Commissioners; Messrs. P: :Hally, . J.: E.. Trijjgs,' : and J. Harle; Gilesj'.will coufor: in" Wellington; to-1 day to ensiiro unanimity'of.policy and;methods' in'the adminiEtratioh of,their office., ..-...-, :.;y.Whilst proceeding to and from; Terawhiti oiijStiturday'last,-/tho Uiiion Company's tug Terawhiti sighted the lower wooden mast. , or .a ship floating off Sinclair Head. './There is "a probability, that the.wreckage' is , part-Zof.tho missing barqueirtine Rio ! Loge.;/r^; : v/ ;;/:*;,;

;/ : Bathers', in/tho isiirf at Lyeir Bay evideiitly' regard, the spot'. as one eitirely. frco' from danger, but,;it ! is iiot, : ■as/i/.pa'rty.of young men found yesterday. Onq of.thoparty, Mr. AVhito, .ventured too far: out, and was almost carried.... away,, by /the treacherous* backwash, his .'companions';roscuing him> just .in /time; '■■■'.; • ■..;. Search- for the .body of .Wm: Henry Massey, who was. buried in: a huge .fall/of rock', itthe Pencarrowi quarry on February 12, was' con-, tihued.yesterday./ 1 It.was expected.that tho: place ' whero ■:. decea'sed ,;was' ; . pyerwheimed' would bo reached' yesterday, but the'.'police: autltoritieS'had not received'word of. the dis-.i covery of .the: body at, a. late hour last night. "iA/ youth.was arrested by/ Detective Cameron and Constablq' Mullooly on •', Saturday,./on r a '.charge'of'having stolen £3 from tho clothes of .MivPcnville. Moore ■ at the Thorndon. Baths on the previous; evening,.,; /Upon going to';a' spot.:described l ,by,.tho lad, tho oflicials" recovered the money in question. '.The matter, willj.'engago;. the ; attention of:.tho Juvenile' Court;. this morning. .'" "■. V';'^ : ;-//•''•■. 'S •'■>■■: ,,; ' : ' ■'.'/' .'Tho Tramway: Employees' , Federation 'is; .conimuniCatilig : ..with all services' in tho Dominion; with ; a■':■ .view:-to reciprocal artaugenionts.between .the, railways and' the tramways/ in regard to concessions /.fbr the' employoos' of the different. ;• services", while travelling on. their':holidays. ■ Arrangements aro in hand for the'.first, triennial conference of•:the federation,.which is to,be hold.'at the end; of this year.' The' balance-sheet; which' was adopted.at 'a imeeting: held , 'last-Friday night, shows.a,credit balanceipf £100 for,ths> year , ending' January 31, 1909. "■ ... '■:>;. '■..■.. :: \a the course : of his speech'at'the Mayor's reception ;at. Lower: Hutt ou Saturday;'titernoon, the Hon.. A. W; "Hogg , '-referred'. ■to "'a i'ompliment to the:■ Cabinet tha/t ihadibeen made;/ "liiavq entered that holy/of:holies,": ho/said, ''and , if I had .any misgivings as : to its they., have beea entirely' re-', moved. - (Laughter;) I think some .of: you expect, to pay a left-handed compliment to that institution,; but,-' on. .tho.-.contrary,' i : can say of the /Prime Minister and the otWs,/ I. believe, that their hearts' arid"'die'positijiis: are/entirely in ono direction, that:.is,, to'promote/, the .best intorests. of New ■;: Zealand;" (Applause;) ■';'t I/: ..:/ : ; ,:.■■ ' -> ; ■■',• ■■■: ■;, '.>

.:: Prom Londpii Town to ■'Wellington, it has been a hard : race ''between; the- Ath'enic ; .aud Tongariro', which dropped anchor, in the harbour on Saturday evening and Sunday ing respectively. ,-The Tongariro.:left London on a Tuesday, arid the Athenie on tho following Saturday.'' The ..lead' was much reduced - at Hobart, where the- Tonganro .arrived:-at' 9,30 p.m., and -the sthenic at 1 daybreak tho next, morning. , From ;;Hobart .the Athenic 'got-.'away.: firstj- and; though : neither, vessel :was expected in Wellington till Sunday morning, tho Athenic-put-her best foot'foremosi andi arrived Jate on.Saturday-afternoon,' be- , irig. alongside the" wharf 'about-7 'p.m...:- The Tongariro came in.'yesterday-morning.. , '.■■.; ,'.'■■ lfr. : Wjn. Harbutt, A.E.C.A.; (London), who is at present in the Dominion for the pur-, pose.-. of enlarging tho scope andi simplifying, the procedure of school modelling, and who ; has had. a most favourable recoptioniby the various boards of education in Australia and , ' Amerioa; will givd -a practical demonstration iu ; 'school modelling ■aiHl...;liand-aud-sye. methods, as applicable, to elementary school teaching.:. Ho is announced -to.'.address aspecial meeting' of .teachers -in the Collpge Hall to-dayi at'4'p.m. - Mr. Harbutt will; also attend .at tho reception jrooms-.-.of AViiitcombe and Ttmbs, at-3 p.m; on Tuesday and Wednesday,-for the purpose of meeting 'the .teachers and general, publid -interested,-, and,giving .'a"practical-'exposition;' Mr. Hnrbutt is accompanied by his daughter, Miss Olive'Harbutt,'who also demonstrates■ in plastic .methods, .the modelling .of: animal forms, nature study, etc. ."■?;• .. . ...-

■-.. Speaking, at. the official \■ opening ; . of -.- the Mailing-: suspension bridge over,' the ■ Hutt River on Saturday, the Honr A,W. Hogg remarked that the public works policy was still in its;: infancy,- and in- many places the Government was replacing ; old buildings of wood with: fine -edifices of: brick and concrete. Even. a. groat , number of the railway:bridges wero, being renewed, and tho railways were not-being -renovated, -but .revolutionised. Notwithstanding all that/had been done in tho way of:public works, therowas a vast field in front, of them both for tho expenditure of : energy ■ and for; good "engineering talentj and ho hoped that he' would be ,ablo to overtake: ft portion of this work which was likely.to be so conducive to.,the'bbst?intorests of New Zealand,, Without, roads and bridges tho country. t conld:. not bo expected; to bo' anything like as productive ,as . it : :-. would otherwise become, and on;the.country's pro-: ductiveness depended its.prosperity. ' He in*, tended,'; with .the 'limited means afc.his 'disposal, to inakb'tho money go. as far.'as prac--.ticablo, : and,.. to tho many.. deputations, that : hiid waited:.on, him he -,had' had' to -.make a diplomatic reply. -(Laughter.) ; : '•■Hβ had.to bo very :cautious with. what, money .lie was able to lay. his hands on. If he got plenty of ffoti.py ■ tho'" eettlora -would got' : every, ettontion.; ■ : . ■.■■■••■ -, ■■;.- - .;- ; ; .-: : ;■■■.■,■,■