LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 541, 23 June 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The. mail which loft Wellington on Mny 14 ppi s s Manuka and connected nt Svilncy »ith tho Naples mill pel RMS Opliir arrived at London on Juno 21, oiio'day early Tlio New Zcnlund Athletic Union, the go vouung bodv for <ash athlotio sport in New Holland., has, been incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Vet of IMS Tho message Riving the icsult of the rhaiiipiDimliip sculling race arrived in Wanganui at 233 pin >estcidn\, and was delivered in Sydney via the Pacific cabio at 2.34 p.m., a mlnuto Inter. Tlie annual meoting for the conferring of New Zoaland University degrees and. presentation of diplonus iu connection vuth the Middle University District will be hold in tho .Concert Chainbor of tho Town Hal!, toinorroiv (Thursday), at 3 p.m. Arrivals in the Dominion during May numbered 2424 (145)0 mule and 934 females), ns (jomptrod with 2659 for tho ooi responding month of last vcar, Tlie departures totalled 335R (2351 males And 1205 females), as compared with 3031, A meeting of the aub-committeo controlling tho Penguin Relief Fund was hold yesterday afternoon, Mr D M'Laren, M I', presiding A bulkv sheaf of correspondence was disposed of, and a number of relief cases woro dealt with _ * On Wedncsdaj, Juno 30, and Thursdaj, July 1, tho doling Men's Christian Asrociation .will hold n carnival. . All. kinds ; of ■. articles will bo for sale, and splendid sideshows aro bciii" arranged The carnival will be opened b\ Mr J G. W. Aitkcii at 3 pm. on Wcdnesdaj noxt Tho oarmval. will I bo open afternoons and evenings

IVo gangs of men aro at present engaged on tho worU of onpmng up tho Happy valley Road from Brooklyn to tho sea ooabt, About twenty men me ;Yorl\ing at tho top end of tho road doing formation' work, and dnothor gang of six men started on a small bridge work' yesterday morning

Tho ciocutne committee that is organising a testimonial to the Hon. T }¥. liislop met last night at Mcssr;. Turnbull and Co 's rooms, Panama Street, Mr A A Corngan presiding l|io membership of tho oommjtteo supplemented bj a number of prominent citizens, including the llov Van Stnveren, Mr, H, S.'Wardell, and Mr, J. A. Moir (president of the Trnniwavs Union) Tlie secretaiy reported that funds to the amount of o\cr £100 had been collected to dato Tho ne?t meeting mil bo held on Tuesday night, June 20,

i We have .'.received/ , • a copyi of tlie .'current numbor' of, "The . Spilce,". the bright' little magazine, issued by the students of; Victoria College. :It is full;of every.kind of information/upon 'thodoinge of, the students arid of the college . societies,/ and it contains some' good 'phottgrttphs, many -dreadful-tail-pieces;;.an:article /on , .socks,/n: p!e» ; . for tho study, of -Maori, some, vbrses, and a' suffix cipnt l quantity'.of.■ odda , ' and ends to mako .it' quite- cleaV .< that. the:: college is" very.; inuch 'alive.";.. If .a'pity that after : its : v severe scolding of tho newspapers for their low dis : regarer for.■ ''literary'', yriting , /''The Spilfo 1, did not'supply, art opjeoirlos.spn"or- two in\Jtho slmpo.of ('articles.of literary value." ;■;:.TJie magazine is "av^rygopd'collrgp'record,, but it should, aim at/being soniothing much hiore thatiiiliat. liiiji , i>,i/ f.i-.-.ii,;,. : i;.' i...,.,j , .,;,■.-./.

.i/.Mr./Maudor,' .''M,P>'/v'for-:'..Mareclcn,\/is astonished at-the decision of..'the Government to\take; tho' Trunk Eailway along the western route.:.Ho states that yie called tho /central route, Hits ■;'bccri t recbra'mended ; by": ii' succession '6f Public Works including liessrs. Norpoj Hale?, 1 Boliflcs,.. Viokerman, and ,WiK son. '■; This ,riute would -bo the ' cheapest and tho shortest, and therefore 'tho.most advantageous to the people) further; norths The' land opened up/by. it is comparatively undeveloped,; and' when . treated /witlA manure, for ,which railway oarriago is required, would become very productive and enrry 1 a. largo population;-;"Mr';inlander thinks.tha Government can only have decided upon the western route .for. political reasons. :/ >.'■.'.. ■ i>.,;

V. - ' iTho prograiuino' of • works ; outlined at, the ]ast i rneetii)g : of the Harbour. Board by; the chairman has,not as yet .provided work\for a,groat , number of the ' unemployed.; '.'• Thirty or , forty men altogether are. engaged upon the ; temporary /woolshed: near ithe -King's Wharf; .and the. road-making 6ii the .Waterlbb;',Quay reclamatioh, and;.there ;aro ! at! prenent: no vacancies for more;'.These!are tho tinly'i'Wprks being: carrie'd but by board directly. Tlio : grnving, dook at To Arq and tho Clyde'.Quoy;Wliarf are under'construc■tion by Measrs. M'Loati and. Son,/and tho board' will: at its. mooting ,to-morrow/lpt a for- tho ostenaion-of .tho, aea-wall !aloiig .Waterloo/Quay,;..R«c)aniatiori,-Nqrth, , an,d-the "construction of a; culvert'at tho same placo.: .Those are -. undertakings pf > considerable.mngnitude.' The/cost pf .the sea-wall lias . boen. estimated , at anytliing bptlVQon £?6,Q0() and £30,000; ; and it has been suggested that tho construction'.'.of. the culvort may involve, ah .expenditure, pf.between. l £50QQ and £6000.

■:, The ippsitions of; Mr. ,T.. Arthur.iand;Mr.. A; Granij ,railway 'trafllo managers '- f tor tho. North ;aud South' Islands fespectively,i;wilj. riot bo filled'upon their r'etirchiont on superannuation: pt tlioend of"tlrjs month, Other changes in the Railway Department, aro an.nouncod as ■•follow:—Mr; C. A/Piper, , district •. manager, at Invercargill,: will tako' charge of the OtagO-Southland section i.Mri SrF. Whitcombe,'district 1 ninnag'orat.Chriet-. ohurch,.is transferred toWellinijioii;; Mr. W. J. Stringlenian, relieving traffic manager,'.will: succeed Mr. Whitcomboat Christchurch | ■Mr; 5. .-'.- 'W. / Brebner,' district manager, >at Westport, is transferred to a" similar p° s '" tion at.; Invercargill, rfnd Mr;; A.V Duncan, stationmastor.at Dunedin, is appointed district traffic; nianager. at Westland. 1 . ;It ;is stated that ' the. prpmotioiis have .'all . been , made according to seniority and oißciency. .': vTho '■ Benevolent Trustees .considered tho.i case, yesterday of. an inmate of tho Ohiro Homo , , who for some nionths ,past '.had been conducting what the, master' of tlio Homo, Mr. Truobridge, called "a begging campaign" during tho houra when he had loavp pf: ab-, 'senco. 'Tho man had taken- round a 'subscription list, and begged from alland sundry. It was shown ;thatViu the'last: two (months' he had collected £2 by this,: means.. His oxcuse-was that he : wished :to redeem , some clothee which'ho had placed'in'pawn; before 'entering the Home. He had nothing i'biit praise for the treatment which ho. had [roceivod in the institution. Tho board were 'inclined totakb « serious vic\y v of the olfonco, as it might be supposed by persons who,wero asked'. for contributions that :thb. man'.had-been.-meanly.treated by the' authorities', but this he altogether denied. The offender,: was i told that if ho-solicited nlmo again ho-would bo oxpolled from the , Honioj anditw«s furr •ther decided not to give him leave to go 1 into town in future. : Tlio mim had : niado no serious representations to tho master with regard to his pawned effects. Arrange^ I'lneiits. hud beeir his admissipir. to 1 , tho Otaki Sanatorium at an early dato.;'

. ."This, advice of nno so ,long familinr with Land Values, as Mr. tiardncr, of .'Falindriton North, who is also well known to :tho Cdpi. lalists of Wellington, shoitld.be of grent value to Investors, Lending Institutions,' and: any one who wants to avoid mistakes in tho pur", chaso of land.", Tel. MS, Talm.. North.—Advf. \

Thcro'aro : two .elements In . tea—tlielno iind lanuini thclne has the stimulating effpota for which we alono drink tea. Tannin . prodncos dyspepsia, and is, therefore, injurious to tho system. The pcrcentajjo of theino. in v fe'a3 varies.; and. tho -variation: is' accordinß to tho quality. Theino is tho attract from-■'ho leaf, and PVro tea must.consist'.'wholly of !caf ami little ■or nothing of. fibre . and dust." Ciewent Blond Ted ia all leaf j it is exquisite In flavour, - rich; and of., full .•strength.. Crescent .Tea captivates the palate. AU grocer*,: at 2e. ,80r.1b.^..,,-.-.'-.' : .•■:■.'■..'.>■.:;.■■;;, •■-■■;■■t : - : "-.': ,; ■;.:'■-

Tho City Engineer (Mr W. H. Morton) paid a visit of inspection to the new Wmr.q{ reservoir yesterday morning. Mr. A W Hogg, M I', will address a mass meeting of citizens in tho Town Hall, to-morrow evening: Holders of recess privileges in connection with tho Gonenl Assembly Library for tho pabt roooss aro notified by advertisement that no now application need be mode for tho present lecess Privileges commence to-day. At tho Mount Cook Police Court joetorday morning, before Mr. Thomas Bland, J.P., A M M'Naughton, chaiged with ltisobnet), was filled 10s, in default '14 days' imprisonment, , On ,luno 9, at Hill Knd, New South Wales, triplets, thiee daughters of Mr. Jolin Ross, weie inairiod, at the Anglican i Church, to Mi'BSH. Hi own, Carroll, and James ?liey left the church for thoir respective homesCoin a, Forbes, and Mudgec, On tho letiiru of Iho hba\ Antarctic ospedition, the Doinmiou Museum received iioin Lieut ShacHeUiii a sixvimcn' of Iho Kmperor penguin, for tho purpose of obtaining a skeleton ttbifh was required for the ' Museum h,\ht week tlto Director (Mr. A. 1 Hamilton) received from Sjdney a further gift from the expedition in tho shape of a skin of an Emperor penguin for stuffing, and also a skin of a Woddell seal, one of the raro foims of Antarctic life Evidently Lieut Shnekloton has not forgotten Now Zealand, The mam entrance to Parliament House, * at tho corner of Howen and MuEeum Streets, .5 undergoing a transformation Tho' old noodon ?a.tes are being replaced by openwork iron gates, and the oorrugauid iron fence on the Museum Streat Bide is being act back so as to givo a hotter sweep towards the gates New gato-posts are also being put m, and the general efloct will be to give increased stiength and improved appearance to the entrance. At least oiio mus'cal conductor in. Wellington has courageously set his faco against • that persistent olfendci, ■ the late corner at conocrts. At tho Choial Socic'v's concert at tho Tovin Hall last evening, Jlr, Maughan Uwnett waited until the doors had been closed before niising his baton for tho opening number Unfor v i)natclj, a number of straggler* had filtered in just as tho doore woro closed, and soino timo was spent m showing thoso i>eoplo to their sorts Dnnng tho process Mr. Barnett sat down m lus chair, with an expiession of unmistakable irritation on hie faoo. With a, IIWJo regular discipline impoßed upon these bto-comere, tho troublo would soon disappear .