LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1037, 28 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-*- —: —- . The postal authorities advise that the s.s. Maheno, which sailed from Sydney on January 25,.f0r Auckland, has on board an English mail via Suez, and English and American mails via Vancouver; also an Australian mail. Wie Wellington portion will arrive here by. the Main Trunk train on Monday next, January SO.

Mr. Focke (German Consul) has been advised that the German frigate Condor, now in Auckland, will not visit Wellington. The warship has been ordered to the Islands.

The annual retreat for Roman Catholic •■ clergy of the Wellington diocese commences at St. Patnck s College -on Monday, next, and terminates on the succeeding Friday. . It is. anticipated that there will M ■ about 80 members of the clergy in retreat.

The points shield, presented by, the Committee of the Palmerston military tournament to the team scoring the highest number of points in certain, events, has now been awarded to the Zealandia Rifles. It will be remembered the award was deferred pending decision by .the committee on a protest which had been lodged against a member'of the Zealandia team.

The Wellington Education Board will hold its first meeting this year on Tuesday, next. At a special meeting, tq.be held prior to the, ordinary meeting, three managers . will bo appointed for the Wellington Technical School, and two for the Pet-one Technical School.

A Press Association message from Christchurch states: Regarding the decision of the University .Senate, that pure'mathematics should ho longer be Compulsory for the B.A. degree, it may be pointed out,.lest a misunderstanding should occur, that-the senate decided not' to' refer the resolution.; to the Statutes Committee. is that the senate has only affirmed the pnn-' ciple"ji-'Snd '..untiUfurther notice pure mathematics-will" still continue to be compulsory for'the..B. A. degree. !''■' So D nie r; diMc'ulty' : Ts-'being'experienced in obtaining the services of malo pupil teachers in Canterbury- (writes our Christchurch correspondent), . • Ine Waltham School Committee, which re-. cent-lv advertised for two women'pupil teachers, and-one male pupil teacher, received applications from seventeen women, but only one man, and the one malo who applied was ineligible.

Our readers are informed that the share-list of the. Papuan Products Co., Ltd will positively close on.the 31st inst.. The capital of the company is £75,000 in 750,000 shares of two shillings each, 3d. per share on .application, 3d. per-share on allotment, the balance in calls, at; intervals' of not less, than three months. Tho company has an area of 2000 acres, most suitable for. nfbberr growing.- The ..directors are well-known. Christchurch business men, and the company's head office . is. ,at Christchurch. Rubber shares .are amongst the most popular form of investment in England to-day.- The £1 shares of the Dominion Hubber Company (a . Dunedin company) aie in demand to-day at, a premium of 12s. Prospectus and illustrated booklet, may be obtained on application to the Secretary, P.O. Box 56, Christchurch, or to Mr. Harman Reeves, Broker, Dunedin. -Advt, •