LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1009, 27 December 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Some excitement was caused in the city . on Sunday afternoon, when a prosperous r looking bull took charge of affairs' for j some time. The animal was chased down 1 a. side street off Manners Street by about L 20 young men, who drove valiantly as j long as tho bull consented to keep going . forward. As soon: as the animal turned , back towards tho main street, however, tho party of drovers Jed like chaff before 1 tho wind. Tho bull then entered upon'a . gallop through tho principal streets, his r mere appearance ensuring him a clear ; passage. He was last seen heading tol wards Newtown, clear of obstructing hu- _ mans, and casting defiant glances at the l " tramcars. ! ' Messrs'. P. E. Baillie and Co. have con- ! tracted to supply the City Council with ; cconomisers for the electric lighting de- | partment at a price of .£043. Unaccept- , ed tenders: Stevenson and Co., ,£713; E. ; Butcher, .£715 is. 6(1.; John Chamber, ! «£G42 Via.- Owing to a mistake in coding, • Richardson, Blair, and M'Cabe tendered i at a price of J65G5 10s. An amended tent der by tho same firm was not considered. l "Tho Wellington City Council has taek- , led the dust problem in a workmanlike manner," says an Auckland paper, roferj ring to tho system of tarring the streets. I When, asks the northern paper, is the , somnambulistic Auckland City Council go- . ing to follow suit? During his stay in New South Wales, , Mr. John Hodge, Labour member in the House of Commons, aiid secretary of the ■' Steel Smelters' Union of England, who is l now visiting Now Zealand, was invited by - the Cabinet to visit Lithgow and report > on the possibility of the nationalisation ' of the iron industry there.-, Whilst in Wellington last week Mr. Ho'dge expressed ' tho opinion that there was a possibility > of the Government successfully launching 3 out in the production of iron and steel in . Lithgow, and he. had .been asked to visit , New South Wale's again later and go further into tho matter of tho Government suggestion to acquire and control the in--3 dustry. 3 For the best and most modern Hair - and Complexion Treatment, Mrs. RnlU-s- - ton, who has just returned from EiHar-d ; and America, is recommended. Highest diploma for removing superfluous hair Vibro-massage, Hairdressing, Shampoo^ . ing and Clipping. -J Willis Street (over 3 Carroll's.). Tel. 1599.-Adrt, • *

f The judge who will reopen public business at the Supreme Court after the holidays will probably be Mr. Justice Cooper, '• who will deliver judgment: on Wediesr day, January 4, in the cases of Easton '1 and Austin v. Stanscll (affecting some real i property at Fox ton), and Bright v. Th'pm- *' son (the interesting licensing case which e was heard last Friday). The "Otago Daily Times" reports that t a large seal was recently encountered ou f Murdering Beach, between Otago Heads s and I'urnkamii Hay. 'Mr. Thompson first saw the nuimal as it emerged lrom the breakers and made its way up tho t beach towards tho sandhills, eventually t lying down. Accompanied by some ,i friends, whom ho had called to view tho 1 unusual visitant. Mr. Thompson approached to within about twenty feet of : whore it lay. This the seal apparently :t regarded as an intrusion, tor, according - to the narrator's account, it made a jump 2 and moved a few feet towards the party, " n barking like a dog. Finally the emphi- " bian took umbrage when a piece of sea--1 weed was thrown, which struck him on S tho head. At 'this he, rose up on his £ flappers, gave the party a good look, r turned round, ilip-Tiopped down the beach, and plunged through the breakers i out to sea. The visit of a seal to tho * Oiago coast is not an unknown occur- - rence during the cold winter mouths, but - they rarely appear during the summer. 3 Mr. Thompson describes the animal he , saw as being of a browai colour on tho 1 body and black about the head and breast. At the Mount Cook Police Court yesr terday, before Mr. % S. Lambert, J.P., ' James Mason was charged with drunk- - enness, in Ghuznec Street. Accused pleacl--3 ed guilty, and was fined 55., and 2s. cab . fare, or. twenty-four hours' imprisonment, j John Richard pleaded guilty to a similar ; charge. Being desirous to resume work, " accused was admonished, convicted, and r discharged. Owen Hurney and Robert t M'Minn had been arrested for drunken--5 ncss and been bailed out for 10s. Not i apnoaring, they were fined the amount'of 1 their bail , / j Tho yachts Mahina, Siren, and White Heather, and the launches Taniwha and 3 Swan left fo?- the Sounds on Sunday. A Gazette Extraordinary has hoen s issued proroguing Parliament until Febc ruary 0. This is merely the formal • statutory prerogative maclo from time to B time during .the recess, a provision for : any emergency which may arise ncces'a sitating tho summoning of Parliament at J short notice. s Entertainment goers have at times to j contend with various interruptions, much , to the distraction of both the performer . and tho audience. Mr. Lawrence Campr bell did not escape from this form of j discomfiture during his elocutionary rce cital at the Opera House on Sunday evenr ins. While ithc reciter'was in the midst I of a highly-emotional passage in Dickens's D "Christmas Carol," a baby in the auj dience crowed and chuckled, and Mr. j Campbell had to pause to allow the mother and tho child to leave the audi--5 toriirm. Another interruption occurred . during the. recital of that-passage in tho "Carol" dealing with the Christmas party given by Scrooge's nephew. It will bo = recalled that the nephew's 'friend, 'fop- , per, had got his eyo upon ouo of Scrooge's 1 nephew's sisters—the plump one with the j lace tucker—and when Topper, in plnyI in.? "blindman's.bulf' declines to catch 1 anyone but tho plump sister, "and furi ther to' assure himself of her identity t by pressing a certain ring upon her fin-' l autl a certain chain ahout hor neck —it was vile, monstrous!" As Sir..Camphell pronounced the last word, a heavy 1 • man, with new, squealty boots, rose -in E the family circle and walked out, attractj ing overyone's attention. Mr. Campbell . paused, looted up at tho untimely leavetaker, and merely repeated the last word he had said—"Monstrous 1 ." Tho audience showed its entire sympathy by applaud; ' ing the laconic comment hcaTtily. ! , At. yesterday's sitting'of the , Magistrate's Court, two young men. were i charged with poing idle, and disorderly ; persons, and when-the evidence.had been > tendered agaiiist them, Chief-Detective Broberg stated that ono of tho accused > had been sentenced to three months' imJ prisoument at Christehurch on nr.chargo i of vagrancy. Tho prisoner referred to j interjected that the sentenco w»s,nptjfor "vagrancy," but for. being an "idkV and ' | disorderly" person. The Chief Detective '. then referred to tho second accused, and j stated that tho man had but recently ■" served a sentence-for being an idle and- , disorderly person. , The second accused , then gave it as liis opinion that the Chief ' Detective was wrong again, tho month's' 1 imprisonment was imposed for "consort-' - ing with thieves." "I see," said Dr. i M'Arthur, who was on the Bench, "you : draw sharp distinctions," and then ho l explained to each accused that the sen- . tehee, on the present charge was three = months' hard labour. The council of tho J\ew- Zealand Society of Accountants invited coniDetilive i designs for a suitable certificate of mcui--1 hcrship, and offered prizes of seven ; guineas and three guineas for the two most appropriate submitted. As a result, twenty-six designs were received from ! competitors in various portions of the i Dominion, with the result that the first l fc award has been won ..by Jlessrs. Wliitl combe and Tombs, Ltd., of 'Wellington,. .. the second place being awarded to Mr. i W. K. Bock, of Wellington. •. Many of ' the entries wcro of high merit.