LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 933, 28 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that tho s.s. Manuka, which left. Sydney for-Wel-lington direct on September 2-1, has . on board an Australian mail, and should arrive here on Wednesday morning, 'iiext. Says a Homo paper :-In consequence of the absence in New Zealand of Lord Islington, the. shooting over 4000 acres'of the Harthani estate, Wiltshire, is to bo let Some 350 acres of .tho are woods,. and the rest is. half arable, and half grass. , , Further, light upon the disappearance of George Tuckwoll, formerly of Wellington, may result from proceedings to bo taken in the Supreme Court this morning. He has been presumed to be dead, but the affidavit of Robert Morton Gillespie, of Onehunga, which was before tho. Court last month, purported'.to show that Tuckwell-was alive at a later dato than had been supposed. Further investigation this morning will- take the form of examination -of Gillespie before Mr Justice Cooper. The.ultimate object of the proceedings is to determine what is to be done-with moneys left in the, hands .of the Public'. Trustee on behalf of George' Tuckwell, under the will of his father, .the late Richard Tuckwell. When asked by a Dominion reporter for come particulars of the contemplated new salvage tug and fire-float, as mentioned iry'a contemporary. Mr. Kennedy, mana«pr' for the O.S.S. Company at Welling-' ton said he knew nothing whatever about it '"In fact," said Mr. Kennedy, "I received somewhat of a shock when it was pointed out to me." "Is'there-'any truth in tho report?" tmericd tho representative "No," replied Mr. Kennedy, "I do not know what it means. Why it was only the other day that we cabled ilomo for more salvngo machinery for the Terawhiti, so that does not look as if. we meant to replace her; does it?" Continuin", Mr. Kennedy stated that tho Union Company contemplato building a new launch,' to bo employed between the Patent Slip and town, for general purposes connected with overhaul and repaiw to vessels at tho slip, but that was aIL -....'.

, The opening of the rowing season has ■ been fixed foi; next Saturday' afternoon, and thero is already a cheerful bustle about the sheds that foretells a hearty interest in the event. As on''the last two or three occasions, there. will be a short programme of races to. test the wind and brawn of tho oarsmen after their long winter sleep. ' Afternoon tea will be provided for the ladies. Should the weather prove fine the event should bo a highly enjoyable one. What's in a name? A good deal, according to the Muritai School Committee, which is desirous' of having the school name changed from "liuritai" to "Eastbourne." At the. Education Board meeting yesterday, .a letter from the committeo was read, in which the point'was made that the Maori name of Muritai, as translated into English, -referred only to a small portion of the'borough. However, the board was unable''to see eye to eye with the .committee on this ques-, Hon, Eastbourne was a long district, and. it was conceivable, : urged certain members,, that another school might be required. The conferring of the namo of "Eastbourne" on" the liuritai School might.lead to complications in the dim and distant future. ... Included in tho revision of the Train. 1 ing: College Regulations now under consideration is a provision enabling Education Boards to admit to a training college in any year a number of graduates, not exceeding five, on the same terms as students of "Division A," but for one year's training only. According to a memorandum from'the Education Department-.to the Wellington Education Board,, this provision may be acted upon as if it had already been embodied in the. regulations.. • A delegation from the London Missionary Society's staff, consisting, of the Rev..: H. .P. Schlencker, of . New Guinea, and the Rev.-. G. J. Williams, organising :'' secretary for : Australasia, is "t0... visit Wellington at the end of the week. '■. On Friday evening next, at the Courtenay Place Congregational ..Chlirch,. Mr. Williams, a forceful interesting speaker, is to deliver an address on "Tho Romance of. Missions in.the Gilbert. Islands," .illustrated with slides,, and on Sunday next the visitors, are to fill the pulpits in the local Congregational churches. . There will also be services next week, the chief of which will be.the; annual .public meeting of the Wellington Auxiliary, to be held in. the Terrace Schoolroom on Tuesday.evening.? It has. been... definitely announced .that, the .mission schooner John Williams is to visit Wellington in May next. ■ ' ■ ' "f At' the Mount Cook Police Court yesterday, ' before 'Mr.. T. •S. Lambert, J .P., Henry M'Cormack, charged :with drunkenness in Jessie Street, pleaded guilty for the one hundred,and, second time, having only lately returned from serving a year in Pakatoa..; Accused '.was before the; Court on Monday, and fined. 'After being expostulated . with, . accused .was fined ss.', in default the usual .alternative. Joseph Shannon,, charged" with being' driink 'in' , Tory.. 'Street, who did not' appear, was \ fined : 10s., the amount of: his bail money. William Eagle ; pleaded guilty to-, -insobriety -in Tory. Street,.for which he was .fined" 55.,. or 24 hours' imprisonment. : '; Annie Strangemuir Deighton was charged with being intoxicated ■-. in ■ Taranaki, Street. Sh-a pleaded guilt)', and ''■■ was convicted and discharged. A first-offender similarly, charged pleaded guilty, and was dealt .with in a like manner. ..,..,.! '.

: . The- Auckland'"Star", refers to the, entertainment submitted by the. Wellington Savage.Club at Saturday's korerp of the Auckland Club as "an-event; that has. never been equalled in the. twenty-thTee years of the 'club's-history." ' \ ... '' "Military Training and the People of Great Britain" was the subject.of a most interesting lecture which- was- .delivered before, the members ,of the- Wellington Garrison Officers' Club by Mr. Robert M'Nab last: evening. His Excellency, the Governor (Lord Islington), attended -by Captain Hamilton, A;D.C., was present as the guest of the Officers' Club.; Lieut.Colonei G. F.. C. Campbell ■] (president) was in the chair, and there was an'attendance of 65 officers, including Colonel A. W. ■ Eobin, C.8., Chief of the' General' Staff. The lecture,was followed with closo attention throughout, ,and an inter-, estiiig -'discussion : t'obk place 'at the 'fconr'' elusion. : In, making adieus, to. thoso pre-, sent,.his Excellency took occasion to add his appreciation of the lecture. and. his pleasure ,in the opportunity ,', which ■ he' hoped would,recur,'.of meeting the officers of. the garrison. l >.;; .'■'', : < ■ .•;. ■.'■■'.':■ / ' i^; '-

The annual show of the, Academy -of Fine' Arts will be oponecTbn; Saturday afternoon. ; ".-•' : .;-.-'"•■ Mr. LaingTMeason, M.1.C.8., proceeded to Mar ton' yesterday to prepare; plans and specifications and commence surveys : ; in connection with, the.;town's : water supply and ; drainage : scheme, which is to. : cost .'<£25,000.: The contract.will be opehvin about sis weeks' time, and "the • work should be completed' in/about a year from its. commencement. ;■■ : ' '..-.- The direct steamer Otaki, which; arrived at Port Chalmers early on Saturday morning, brought 28 little, owls for the Otagb Acclimatisation Society. ..; In the House of Eepresentatives yesterday Mr. Wright, M.P. 4or . Wellington South, gave notice'of bis intention to askthe Minister for Public .Health whether ho is aware, that certain cases ; of. cancer have been, cured;in Sydney by means of radium treatment.. If sc, will he instruct the Health Department; to introduce into New/Zealand a sufficient ; . quantity ..of radium to allow, experiments to bei made.' In 1900 (remarks; Mr. Wright) the total number of deaths, from cancer in- New Zealand per 10,000 persons was 5.03. In 1909 the aeath-rate had risen,'with slightfluctuations, .to .7.32,. a. very serious increase. . ... :,'. The: committee. that has lately .been taking evidence oh.the-Tramways Amend-; rnent. Bill : devoted, in all," 18■'_ days 1 to that measure, and held.23 meetings. The meetings covered a space. of 58 hours and sli witnesses were - examined.' The coraV mittee.consists of the Labour Bills .Committee of the Houso, with the addition of Messrs. Nosworthy and' T. B.' Taylor, M.P.'s. ; : .•;■"-..

An old Wairarapa landmark,' the Waihenga bridge,: is about'to disappear and make room. for- the mddern. reinforced structure.. thirty-eight years, the old bridge, built of. the best totara, ,has spanned the Ituamahan'ga.. between Keatherston and H'artinborough. . It- has been the important connecting link between, tho railway and the main portion of- the prosperous ; Lower Valley, and .it has practically succumbed to' heavy traffic in the shapo of traction engines and wool, '.droves.- of sheep -and cattle, and general merchandise. A .few years ago, (writes-our travelling correspondent) a sum of JIOOO was spent ; in renovations, but: their usefulness was short-lived, and the bridge now stands condemned. It has been decided to erect in ■; its place a reinforced concrete structure, and on Mondav Mr. ' Laing-Measonj M.1.C.8.,.: visited" the locality in order to obtain' somo final details concerning the new bridge, of; which he is the de, signer. The plans and specifications are well forward, and : Mr. Laing-Meason'• expects that everything will be ready in order to call for tenders next month at the. meeting of the. Featherston CountyCouncil. The new bridge will be the ■first of its-kind-of any": great size-in the Wairarapa. "It "will bo erected alongside the 'old structure, and , the cost is estimated to run. into something like ,£BOOO. There will- be four or- five spans, ■ and the total length will be 760 feet. Tho contract will be let in the course;of a few weeks,, and the work, which should take about a year, should be finished in' October, 1911. : . '