LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 6 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Maheno, with English and Australian mails, arrived in Auckland from Sydney at 9 a.m. yesterdnv. The Wellington portion of her mails will nvrivo horo by the Main Trunk express this aitcrnoon. The memory of old Guy Fawkcs dies 'J,™ • Instead of • "Mondavising" tho iiith of .November, a largo section of the yoiii.li of Wellington set out to wake up exasperated citizens at an earlv hour on onturday morning with the old familiar ranting jinnies about the man who would have blown an English Parliament into bus. It is an incident that could well b" lorgotten. .Sleepy-headed folk aroused from their slumbers on Saturday are unanimous on tho point. The freedom with wii'li the police allow the youngsters i 0 explode fireworks in the streets Vas the cause of some comment on Saiurday night. In one locality a considerable area or one thorough!'ire lined with wooden houses was fairly alive with burning pnr.or, n quilo unnecessary risk to propcrty. Tor the erection of a workshop and sioi'o for tho Public Works Department m Wellington, Cabinet has authorised tho expenditure of .i' 3750. A hawker named Patrick Joseph M'Kay. 45 years of age, residing at 11 Ponroie Avenue, was admitted to the hospital en Saturday night, in a dazed condition, iiie result of a bad scalp wound. There scorns to have been some sort of a row, details of which are not available, and ll'Kay received a blow on the head witli something hard and heavy. According to his own account, he was lying in bed when ho was assaulted. He is now quite conscious. The Government has received 23 applications for the workers' dwellings to be croctrd on tho land acquired for the purpose at Island liay. Tenders have been received for the erection of tho houses. Land for workers' dwellings has also been secured at Taitville, near the Karor'i tunnel, and at Terrace End, Palmerston A'orth. A forty-hours' Adoration commenced at St. Anne's, Newtown, yesterdcv mornin" iv'tii Pol.-mn iiu;ii }),«-.•.; ;l ( in „•„<,,;: The celebrant was the Eev. Father .Maftonoy, lae Lvacon, re.e ucv. lai ,er Gondlinger, and the Sub-Deacon.' the Ifev. Father Herring. The sormon last even'n" was preached by the Vct Bov. Dr Kennedy, of St. Patrick's College, to ,i verv largo congregation. The Adoration will close with Solemn High Mass le-mo-raw morning, lo be celebrated by (he Kev lather Eccloton. Cabinet has approved of plans and specifications for the construction of a tunnel at the Lake Coleridge hydro-elec-tric works. Tenders will 1m invited. The difficulties which have for some days been the subject of negotiations" between tho Northern Coal Company and Mr. I!. Komple, organiser of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, havo (says I ho Auckland "Herald") been satisfactorily settled. A few clanres in 'tho agreement between the miners at Kiripaka ami the company were adjusted to the satisfaction of bath parties. In connection with the Hiknrangi mine, there was a small hitch over a personal matter and that dispute has nl?o been settled. Mr. A. Leigh Hunt has given notice that he will move at the ne.-.t meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce:— "That immediate .<!; ps be taken to urge upon the Minister for Eailivays the advnntngi'.i of e.'t>.bli.".hing a goods depot at th* Te Am Kail'.vav Station, and thai, in view of the considerable viving to the City Council in strcrt maintenance likely to he ffiecieil by such a proposal, that body be asked to rn-optrats with the ulminb?r in thii inciter.'' The Technical Hoard hare invited the Wellington F.ducntiou P.oavd to inspect the cooking department of the Technical School. The inspection will take place to-morrow at 12.30, when luncheon, cooked by tho students, will be provided. Detective Mason arrested a man named Frank Hemp!on on Saturdav on a charge i of theft of £i in Cambridge in Hay last,

Special children's svi-vii-os were held in I In- T.hvii Hall yoslcrday morning, alu-r----niion, and evening to celebrate the forlylliinl iimiii-.M-.-iirv of flic Webb .Strict I'riiiiilivi- Mi-lhmii-l Church. The -i"> vii-cs c.nili.el.d bv Ihe I,'ev. W. S. Poller, nl Webb Street Church (mornin;;) and the l,'<-v. <l. Knov.los Smith, of llutio 1 ill (nl'lt'tii'i!;!! ami evi ning* were Miile-1 In chil Ircn and voting people. A very largo nii-nli.-i- of children composed tiespecial ir-lival choir, wlroh made liic singing a s;."eial fealure of Ihe service.-', but Iho bulk of the rc-d. ol the rongr.galion was made up of adulls Cnlorlunnfely the boisterous weather interfered somewhat with tlio allcndancc, osj (dally ol Hie morning service. The choir and Ihe on-h'-lra were uindiicUd by Mr. Kmcst Dawson. The hall war laslcfiilly decorated willi such flowers as aro in s-oa'-.ni. The offertories were in aid of Sunday school work, and in the o\rnirifj an appeal made by the pa-lor of the church lor liberal donations met with n fair rosooir.c. The controversy in connection with tlio proposed cn-alioa of a new ac-limalisa-fio'i society in lie- Waikato is to be incpu'red inlo by a h'oyal Commission, whicli will si I. in (lie Supreme Court buildiii'.'s at Auckland, to-day. In addition to Mr. ]~ 0. Reed. S.M., oi' Wairanpa, there will be two other members of Ihe Commission -Messrs. Fran!: Dyer, of Wellington, and \\. Slcwarl, of Kav.akawa. A Tier takin;' evidence in Auckland, the Commission will visit olher parn of the district. PERSONAL ITEMS. Sir Joseph Ward and the TTon. J. A. Millar will bo travelling southward from Chrislchurch to-day. Sir John Findlny is at Auckland, the Hon. K. M'JCon/.io iii the Motuel .1 district, (Ik- JJon. 1). liudde at Hniigiorn and the Hon. T Mackenzie in Tarnnaki. Sir .lames Ca.vroll goes to 3/cyin to-tiny lo deliver a political speech tin's evening. Mr. 11. ll'Cardell has been appointed chief draughtsman in the head office of the Lands and Survey Department, lie has held the acling-position for two years. Mr. J. K. Young, of tlio head 'office sinlf of the Government insurance Department, has been appointed chief clerk of the Auckland branch, in succession lo Mr. W. C. Marchaut, who will return to 1\ cllington to become- chief clerk of the branch lierc. Mr. J. W. Salmond, Solicitor-General, lias resigned his position on the Stai-j Guaranteed .Advances Board, and the vacancy has been lilled bv (lie appointment of Mr. F. W. Flanagan. ValuerGeneral. Mr. Thomas Cotter, of Auckland, has been appointed a K.C. The members of the Grafton Road Methodist choir, who are to compete in the church choir contest at the Town Hall, will arrive from Auckland by tomorrow's Main Trunk express. Mr. F. T. Mooro lies been returned unopposed to represent the combined di---Incts of Mak.'ira Couniy, Borough of Onslow, and Town Districts of Jolinsonvillo on Iho Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Sir. G. Alderl.in, one of tlio oldest idenfit.es of I'arnell, died at his residence, Chcshir? Street, on Thursday evening, at the ,".t;o of 71 years. The late Mr. Alderton landed in Auckland from the ship John Scott in IS3H, and has since been p. resident of Auckland. He was a native of Norfolk, and was a Droininent member of Ihe Manchester "Unity of Oddfellows. Tie fought in the Maori wars in the militia and volunteers, lfe is survived by his wife, six sons, two daughters, IS grandchildren, and one great-grand-child. I)r. Garcia Webster, who underwent a wnons operation on Thursikiy last, is progressing as well as can bo expected. t A pleasant function was held on Saturday evening in the Kaihvay Hall at l\-,0-kakanki. kakanki. the occasion being a presentation and farewell lo Mr. James Tavlor, .assistant locomotive foreman, who ' has been a popular resident of Paekakariki lor a period of 25 years, and who is receiving promotion to Frank ton Junction station, 'ine hall was packed with .Mr. laykirs friends, and a very enjoyable and nociaule evening was snent, Mr. 'J. Fo=tcr occupying the ch-ir. ' l.otlers of apology eipro~ing good wishes for tins guest of Lie evening were received from Mc-srs V. M. Hannay. J. il. Marchbanks and otlicrs. Aino:ig.-t thosp present were Sir W. H. Field, M.1.'., Mr. Pearson, locomolivo engineer, and iir. Wellings, lccnmolive foreman. The gathering included nbe numerous friends of Mr. Taylor's, outside the railway service, and railway employees from Wellington to Pnlme-rstcn .N'a'rih. jJr. rcarson made the presentation, and n»k? in terms of high praise of Mr. Taylor, both in his private capacity and as'a responsible member of the Koilway Department. Tho presentation took the form of a marble clock and travelling bag for Mr. Taylor, and a silver afier'noon''' tea rrrvice lor Mrs. Taylor. Mr. Taylor leaves tor Iranklon during the coming week. The Auckland candidate for the NewZealand Uhodes scholarship, Mr. Alan vwillnee, 8.A., of Devonport, is 20 years of age. He is a native of Auckland,' and prior to taking up his studies at the University College, ha was a pupil of the Auckland Grammar School, and at an earlier ago, of the Ponsonbv Public School. Ue graduated last venr, obtaining at the time three senior universily scholarships, namely, in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, and chemistry. He is a well-known member of tlio University Cricket Club, and last season he represented Auckland in inter-provin-cial matches. Ha is also a member c.f ''"-', Shore Association Football Cnib.