LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1286, 15 November 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thei postal anlhorities advise that the s.s. Warnmoo, which left Sydney at 3 p.m. on November 11, has on board an Australian, mail. She is duo to arrive hCTa today. Dunn* the Bitting of Hie Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. C. R, Dix asked leave to mention the ease of a grand juror (W. 0. Beere), who had l>een fined .lo on Monday for failure to attend. After hearing the explanation of counsel his Honour (the Chief Justice) remitted the fine. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals met last evening. The tollowuig donations were acknowledged • -J. Staples and Co., XI Is.; Mrs. Calendar, £1; To Aro House, Mrs. C. Smith, 103. 6tl. each; Mrs. Young, Miss Hcrron, and N.Z. Clothing Co., ss. each; Dr Hogg, Mrs. Smyth, Mr. Cooper, T. Moriarty, 'Friend," and Miss Nelson, 2s. Gd each; Mrs. Black, Mrs Ward, Mrs. Gray, 2s. each; sundry small amounts, is. Total, £5 2s. The Wellington Rose and Carnation Club holds its spring show at tho Town Hall to-day, and Mr. A. L. Herdman, M.P., will perform the opening ceremony. Dr. Arnold Izard, president of the club, irill preside. Excellent entries have been received for the show, and some very fine flowers for exhibition only will be shown by the Belle Vue Gardens and Messrs. T. Waugh, T. Horton, and H. C. Gibbons and Co. Mr. G. A. Chapman, Lower Hutt, intends to show a very fine exhibit, specially selected from his valued collection of rare plants. The Wellington Homing Pigeon Society flew the. following races last week: — Christchurch Race (Messrs. Thompson Bros.' trophy) 1 Mr. J. 11. Clark's Moloch (10G2vds.), 1; Mr. Bolton's No. 285 (1059 yds.), 2! Mr. A. Clark's Ambrose (1005 yds.), 3; Mr. Townson's No. 222 (1001 vdsA, i; Mr. Bidding's No. 152 (993yd5.), 5; Mr. Haynes's No. 91 (039 yds.), G. 'Waipawa Race (Mr. Elliott's trophv): Mr. Elliott's No. 11 (750vds.). 1; Mr."Powell's No. 83 (320 yds.). 2; Mr. A. Clark's No. 50 (717 yds.), .'); Mr. Williams's No. 185 (GMyds.), I; Mr. Townson's No. 317 (G2G yds.lrs; Mr. Croskery's No. IGO (GlOyds.), fi. Auckland Race ("New Zealand Times" trophy): Mr. Bolton's No. 358 (1239yd5.), 1; Mr. Townson's No. 29 (127Gyds.), 2; Mr. J. H. Clark's Rosestono (U74vds.), 3; Mr. Ridding's No. 110 (1172yd5.), i; Mr. Alder's No. 274 (1171 yds.), 5; Mr. A. Clark's No. 252 (1169yd5.), G. The meeting of the Wellington Provincial Industrial Association, convened for Inst evening, lapsed for want of a quorum. There were five members present. A resolution was passed extending to Mr, A. W. Newton the sympathy of tho association in his recent bereavement. ■A unique distinction has, says the "Petono Chronicle," come to a Pe'tone resident nt tlie Ilanc ls of the St. John Ambulance Association of England, in tho shape of a vote of thanks on vellum acknowledging the recipient's services to the association over a number of years. Tho text of tho document is as follows;—" The Grand Priory of tho Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Extracts from the minutes of a meeting of the Chapter General of May 30, 1911, at St. John's Gate Clerkenwcll, London. Resolved that tho" special thauks of his Royal Highness tho Grand Prior of the Chapter-General bo hereby conveyed to Mary Hannah Foster of tho Hobden Bridge Centre, St. John Ambulance Association for distinguished services in furtherance of tho work of Hie Order in connection with its ambulance department. Dated this 30th day of May, 1911.' There are. appended Hie Signatures of the Dnko of Conuaught who is Grand Prior, tho Chancellor, and tho Secretary-General. Tho Art Club's "Thursday" will this week be held at the University, where Professor Easterfield will conduct come interesting experiments and address the members upon tho arts and crafts relating to glass. In the absence of the president Mr. 11. 11. IJayward, who will b 0 m Auckland, the chair will be taken by Mr. A. Hamilton, of the Dominion Museum. Letters of light on the footpaths aro the latest thing locally in the way of an aid to vote-catching. People who passed some city hotels last evening were confronted by a luminous inscription urgiii" them lo vote in a certain way at the licensing poll. The apparatus employed in throwing tho inscriptions on the foot pall) "screen" was a neat littlo instrument somewhat on the principlo of tho optical lantern.