LOCAL AND GENERAL.
postal authorities advise- that the Ai?nW«B i W V dl lcft , S3 ' d J ncy 0,1 for Auckland, has on board an English and Ausnovi h m ti ' y 1 " 0 ' 1 's duo bore ou Monday next. by the Auckland express train, ..The Marino Department takes a hopeful yw .of. the. whaling industry. A paragraph in the annual report states that Clio Chief Inspector of Fisheries is of opinion that whaling on modern lines—i.e., from whnlo factories woUM inean : establishing a very important industry as a largo iimoimt of capital would do invested m buildings and plant, and a inrge number : of persons would bo employed in manufacturing, the various products obtained from the whale. • itr. Ayson considers that, from the fact that whales have been ItlL f B disturbed during tho last thirty Jears, lrom his own observations and from information received'front officers of steamers tlipy are plentiful round the coasts and sdut' ■"■New Zealand, and ho is strongly of opinion' tnat every encouragement should bo given to anyone who'may wish, to chgage. in 'the whaling maustry ; with factories on'. shore,' - 1
„mitlnit car, which'was started bv the Uty-Council; recently, is still meeting with' a largo measure of success, For. tho past ■ week the.nightly freight ranged from fifteen to thirty Svo'per Ssht eroge for w o«k heing twenty.
i'his lftw's delays are proverbial, ond it is itv frcshinfto hear of nn incident connecting the ndniinistrntion of justico with colerity. Tbe swift one was in ovidoaco at tlio Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, lit thi person el Mr. J. Doylo, City Inspector, lie was oross-examin- . ing n witness in a cattle wandering case,-and tho following dialogue occurred:—Mr.-Doyle: "I'Ublic plaoe?" Witness: "Yos." ' "X-—'a cattle?" . "Yos." Mr. Boyle: "That's the case." 1 As a result of the deputation of Island' Bay residents which waited on the City Council un Thursday night, tho Health Department of tho council and a representative of tlio Army had a private conference yesterday. No, satisfactory i, ■ arrangement was arrived at,! I>\it tho represontntiro of.the Army undertook to place tho matter before iris officers in Australia. It is understood that the legal position of the Army is unassailable in regard to the proposed Home, and that, if thoy remain resolute as to starting the Prison Gate Home at Island Bay, the City Council has no power to prevent them. A reciprocal arrangement has been entered into between the New Zealand .. Post Office Savings Banlt and that of Great Britain for the transfer .of tfie balance of 'aceoutits from one country to the other. In a\P?riod of sixteen months since; the inception W the system • 189 neeounts were' transferred frwl New Zealand to Great Britain, and 195 accounts previously open' in that' country wore transferred .0 the Post Office. Savings Bank of this Dominion. . . ■ 'V",, The suggestion has bega made from. time .to • V< ; > time that the post-card craze is on the wane.. A Statistics provo tho contrary., According to tho annual: report :of tho Postal Department, 1 brought down in the House of Representatives, yesterday, the average number of letters and' letter cards posted per head ,of population last year was estimated to be 91.37... The average in 1907 Has 80.40.. The statistics published by the Universal Postal Union show that New Zealand exceeds, all other -countries in tho number of letters, and post-cards, handlei),' With 9(.l per head of population. Other oounlriea having a high percentage Me:—Victoria; 92.9 j western Australia,' 92.8; United States 1 of America j 59.2; New South Wales, 57.5s Svritzer.and, 81.8; Tasmania, 80.1; Great Bntoin, 67.5. ■ ■ ■ 'v .
The art union in connection iwith the New Zealand Academy' of .Fine Arts v/as, drawn last, night. The results aro us follow-.—First K'zc WIS). Mr. A, Crawford;.second (ilO)i Dr.. }Vebster; third (X 8), Jlr. C..A. Ewen; fourth, (&)■ J'r- J-. A. Tripe; fifth W6),.Mr. A. H. rurnhull ; sixth (-C5), Dr, Izard j seventh (JCS), Jliss H. M Icnli; eiftnlh W4l, Dr. C. P. Knights mntV Ul), Mrs. T. C. Williams; tenth (£S\, Dr. Ilarty; eleventh (.£3),, »trs. Dr;. Belli '.t™ 1 ", 11 i Dr - Wei thirteenth Ua iOsO, r % r Crawford; ,fourteenth (X 2), I'rofesOr Easterfield; fifteenth U2). Mr. J.C.Bntlcr; sixtecutu .(XI), Mrs.' Algar Williams. . Prizewinners. aro requested to select theij prizca this morning or oil Monday morning, -.'fho foltowing,sales| .took place yesterday.--i 9- Mr. C. n., Hoprth (S guineas); 33, Miss-Baird. U | f um^ s )> B°, Miss N. Welch. (3 guineai); 21G, -W. Barrand'<2 guineas); and 151, Mr,• F. Sedgwick (jCI 55.). The exhibition closes on.Monday evening. • .. . .; ■ ' iTff® interesting reports as to the suitableness' or the immigrants who entered, the Dominion, last, yeor art) included in tho annual . .report on immigration. ; Dr. Spooiier; who < inspected the passengers on board the Morp.yshire, which sailed from Liverpool on October ~17,'1908. ffrJ may remark that, from-the experienee 1 nave had nv examining jpassongcrs. for f°und that tlo OmV fnSS ls - era . bil . r ! J ' n e for . Australia and New Zea,ijnrt are much.- superior, in physiquo and TtXTquV thoso^ r °'? wiill ? Clther Ujiitea States, or Cantido,. points to tliA conclusion that the. coming raeo of New ZeaIf fU S ril' ! r b:d fair to' be the pick of the British Empire. In regard to the DOS-sengers-on tho Arawa. which sailed from Louden on October 15, 1908, Mr.. Hooper-eaid,-011 inspection, I found the passengers' to be SmH? ' E \ ry people as regards 11 ?■ general' oppearnnce. I mny. raontjon. lhat the Board'of Trade officials commepted spo?laneonsly on the high general iiWwff 1 (1 c f PUfsengers. I , was asked, of our testsincreased the-Severity. The deed of agreement drawn up in regard to the gas main question vims vet to bo 'signed and sealcdi arid,, when that is done; the Gas Company will immediately proceed- witli tile work 01' constructing; the toaiu'between the citr and Mifamar.'At-the Conclusion Of the' Cour ' P an J?,?S t down on the list, would now'come bofore the. Court. Mr; Skerrett replied.'that it was most'.unlikely." ;' '' ' 1 , , .It is understood'that the bow lia'if million sterling received-by the Advances-to Settlers Department suffices to clear off arrears of applications, ;attd.to deal with' somia -of- the freSh ones 'which ii'e being received in large numbers. ;■■ j ' '■-' , ■ A bulky ; fome in, the shape "of the 'report of the Timber Commission was placed beforo the the House of; Keprosentatives. yesterday. Tho ,rep6rt,.; which comprises 832 pages,, including tho minutes of proceedings'and evidence is summarised in another.part of this'issuc. Tho commission was set up ns, the result: of alle-. gations - that .the conditions under, which' the timber aiid .timber-building.' industries of New Zealand are;'carried on'are unsatisfactory. The Welsh-Socicty'held a gatherini in God. bers Rooms last evening, when a large number of members and friends attended.- Soiigs were contributed by the president,, Mrs. Iteea Wat. kins, Bro. E. W. Barber, Bro. J. M. -Roberts, Miss B. C atkins, Miss G, Watkins, f 'and. a violin solo by Mr.' Mills. Speeches wero delivered by Bros. Williams,-E.-W. Evans,' J. L. Jones, ana Mr." HurUcs. t The banquet to ; Sir Joseph Ward iB to bs ;held . to-night. The function will be nonpobtical, and Mr. James Dykes, the lion, secvctary, states that as over 90 gentlemen havo ontimatert their intention of being present, no more tickets can luo'issiied.
,Lasfc overling, a man was arrested by Constable Mahoney, on warrant, for disobeving an order of the Court for maintenance, ko will .appear before'the Court, this morning; "Penny- postage, is,rapidlyUaiuiii^ground ;' (states the annual report of the Postal' Departmen ). On October 1 ,1908, ponny -poStAgo ' was established between tho United 1 State's and Ureat Jiru'ain, and .on Jamiair 1,- 1909 li. tweeu Germany and tho UniteiL States, ' The Postmaster-General of Great .Britain was 4Uo ! urged, to establish the system. between GreatBritain and France; but,, while ■ expressinp; sympathy with the, idea,,was unable tO'accede , to tne requist,on,;financial, considerations. The-' ircnch Post ami Tc e E raplr Commission, In » report to tho Chamber of Deputies, also commended the ostab shnjent of liennv with Great Britain. The si „F° h4 facts cannot be overestimated. Hitherto penny postage had been considered pof.siblo onhr beP o itioa 'ly connected, such as countries and their colonies; and the fact of it«' establishment tetween .countries so far nilj. tically separated as, the. United ,' States and Prance, Great Britain and Gcrmanv mnv«. that its,importance as a factor iii •ment of social; political, and con nercidbtT course is bong fully realised r > •results of ; these experiments will lv* u-A with interest, for UMn thehi In ,u larce extent the .chances of'the acfontlon n f
The. targets and ranges allotted- for to-dar's" ri!io matchcs at lreuthaui are as follow— ins Kange, 2UO and 500 yardi^Wi' o; uvil borvice Klfles, 7—lo. ' ; The: total number', of car miles run'on tho ? lt3 ;,^?,? ,ImES 10r tho; present year is 1)30,8bb, as against 1)44,21);! miles tor the cor. responding period last year. Tiie passengers carried m in© cars so iar this year uuwdgin 35 gainst 9»(iyi,(il>4 thu tamo period Ot li/Uo. ■ ' „> The return, of. passengers carried ■ and. tri(So revenue earned <on tho various, train routes for tho four weeks ended faeptomber 15 show increases in the following lines:—lsland bay ,10,483 passengers, increase .£lsl 75.; Constable Street, .0110, 'increase' .£29 • IDs. Id.:" Oriental Bay,. 3084, increase ~£l3 . 7s. - CJd.; Brooklyn, 4101, increase JiMs. 5d.; Kilbirnie, 20,)89, increaso JCl2< Us. 4Jd. Decreases were recorded on tho following lines:—Newtown,' 30,170 passongers, decrease Jil(ls' 15s. lOJil.; ; Wallace Strcot,-2077; .£l7 9s. 5d,; Aro Street, G2S4, jC3J ss. sd. . ... ■ ,
:■ "Now Zealand dry.in 1911" is tho.keynote of'" tho now; campaign .of tho New Zealand Alliance. In furtherance of this > new campaign, tho'object' bf whioh is to press for Dominion option and the'baro majority, two mass . meetings ; have. already been;'. held,- olio in .Dniicdin,. and the • other. iii Chvistehureh. Both these were filled before, tho advertised time of commencement, rind overflow meetings wore held in. each case. The alliance 'is in hopes of repeating this in Auckland and Bun. edin,'and to that end announce that tliov aro putting ■ forward ;h quite exceptional plaitoi-in ,qf speakers. \This is to include-Mr. A'.-S. Adams, from Dnncdin, Rev. R. S.,Gray, Mr. L. Mi 1 ' Isitt, .and Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.X'„ from Christchurch, and Mn Wesley Sp'ragg, tho president of fche New Zealand Alliance, from . Auckland. ■■ .w ■ .....,
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