LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that an t< American mail, which left San Francisco on J the 15th.inst., for New Zealand, j] tonga and Papeete, is duo here about May V( 12, ex Manapouri." (.-..-; rj: • • .•■ The next sittings of the Court of Afbitra- ** tion will bo held at Auckland, commenci|ig on J* Monday first. Mr. Justice Sim has already f. reached the northern centre; and' the''bther *( members of the. Court, Messrs. Brownl and H M'Cullough, leave for the north this nlorn- K ing, : ■ ' ; ■' : ,' ■ .'■]■.■■■■ il 'In reply to a statement made by a Maj'oral . candidate that i a Second destructor is 1 required, it is stated . that the •preiwit ■ destructor is capable of doing doublo what it does at present, and that it should serve the city for a long timo. ■ ; . l m:

,: The imagination , of the chef led him (to provide a novel dish at tho luncheon- given to- Lieutenant Shackleton by tho Ministry. It was called—" Sorbet a la Sbnokloton.i , It was nn ice-cream, frozen precisely to thb temperature' of the Shackleton's furthest south-point. 'This idea was worthy of tho admirablo pOot-chcf in Pondeniiis. r-\

Teas grown in different localities hove different characteristics, and even tho ten from Rny particular garden is not the sumo in two suuceisivo seasons. Climatic changes, differences of soil, exerciso influences, and it is in tho art of tho tea blunder to bring together the different toas and by combination to produce a particular flavour. Crescent Blend Tea is a choice combination of Cejlon and Indian Teas, and tho flavour u«r«r varios. All otorckeopera, ii, pox lb. . ■'■■'■■.■..'■■■ . '

;.Th6' Garrison Band, uridbr Lieut. Herd, will giyp a'porformanco at tho Botanical Gardens;; to-inprrbw afternoon.

.■ Tho.jist of artisans and labourers employed in co-operativo ■ works in tho Publio Works and: ;lloads Dopartmonts during February last; totalled 9917—319 artisans, and 9698 labourers, i■ r '■'■'■.'.■

.;.vA^ public; meeting of Karon residents will bo held ; at. tho Council Chambers on Tuesday night to consider the question of recommending a suitable site for a post offico to tho Postmaster-Gonoral,

rho residents of Stewart Island have been considering tho matter of subsidising a modical man to reside thero. Dr. Valintino. , who was consulted, stated" that a doctor would Do rather costly, and ho recommended tho establishment of a district nurse skilled in midwifery.... The suggestion, is to be Given effect to. • ■

Tho preliminary steps in connection with tho extension of tho drainage- system to ilrooklyn aro being taken by tho cugineor's department of tho City Council. Pipes aro bomg convoyed to tho suburb,. and a start wall bo made at Northern Brooklyn, as that portion can bo easily connected with tho present system. A new main sewer is necessitated under the scheme.

Over 300 persons out of employment wore assisted by the Labour Department during tho month of March, tho largest proportion of them being labourers—246. Sovonty-throo were from Groat Britain, 11 from the Australian Commonwealth. 24 from the South Island, while 192 wero from the North Island One hundred and fifty-four woro sent to private employers, and 149 to Government works. . ' : . . ' ...' ■ ■ • ,

To-morrow the new building of the Unitarian Free Church, Ingestro Street/will bo opened. Dr. Tudor Jones will deliver special addresses both morning and evening. A umquo part of tho proceedings are the hymns composed, for the occasion by Dr. : Tudor Jones, Miss Mary E.,Richmond, Mr; J. Gammell, 8.A., and Professor H. Mackenzie, M.A. : J-here will bo vocal and instrumental music, and the seats (chairs) aro all free. ■

Sailing in the wake of closer settlement, as ho frequently does, the Chinaman is beginning, to make his presence felt in Ohakune. lnreo Chinese were originally in. business there, and areinforccmont of eight came lest week. Some of the now arrivals at once set to work_ prospecting for vcgetablo gnrdon sites, and one of them showed his confidence in. the future, of-the little town by leasing a small shop and paying two years' rent (£104) in advance. . • ' ••', ,

_ Aβ an outcome of the last meetiug of the Uty Council, says Councillor Ballingor, the J) ire Brigade Committee has decided to send in an'account for about £70 to the Go- 1 vernnient for the services rendered by , tho JMre BngaoVin. connection with. the Post' Office firom May last. At tho meeting of the committee,, the fire at tho Parliamentary iJuildings came up, but it was stated' that the Fire Board was then in existence, and the Government paid about' £300 to , the board. . •'. : "■."■.: . ■ .

j .*.■% Peep ,6 told the opinion that the day will come.when the Fiji Group will be federated with tho Dominion. The Rev. W It. Poole, of Fiji, who is on a; visit to Wellington, stated yesterday th*t nothing :is now heard of the proposal in tJie- Islands; Most,of tho inhabitants are of. opinion, howover, that. the time is now ripe when the number of elected members of the Legislature should bo ■ materially increased. Under the present system there wero only,half a dozen elected members,,as against 'about fifteen nominated members. , . . ... ..

to tho RoV. W. R. Poole, of Diji; who at-present in Wellington, the export trade of the Group'is growing steadily/ He informed a Dominion'reporter yesterday that the sugar industry had , attained immense proportions, and that the quantities of bananas and copra exported were becoming arger each year.. It. was worthy of note, he continued, that a regular, line of steamers between i Melbourne aud Suva had Wen established. Iho reason why the. white population' was smaller-tha"u-it7was ; thirty voars ago,™?^hiefly n due ;: toj,the, t cpjla.pse of, tho The casualty list,.which appears.as. an appondix to the, Journal of the Labour De-partment,-shows that ■of i ne accidents in Wellington reported, during .'.February last, mechanics had thoworst of it.;. , An.enginWs apprentice-lost' a "finger in a drilling machine; a' fitter, who chanced to Be' in the" way; of a falling 'puljey-block, had his headcut about; a machinist in a bos-making establishmont lost the top of his finger; a , ' joiners machinist was'badly cut about tW thumb and finger;.a-plumber lost part : of a' nngor m a press,_ while there wore three cases ot. minor and bruises ' '