LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1297, 28 November 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.The mail which, left Wellington on October 20, per s.s. Mooraki, connected at Sydney with (he Brindi.si mail pcrlUr.S. Macedonia, and arrivo'd in London on the afternoon of .November 21. Tho Petone Company of the Wellington Garrison Artillery Division went into camp at i-urt Kelburne, Xgahaurangii 011 Saturday, for the week-end, and as it is doubtful whether there will l>o the- regular sixteen days' training this year for tho gunners, tho annual "at home" was also held on Sunday, about 150 visitors being the guests of the gunners at tho encampment..- Yesterday morning at 5 n clock three rounds of instructional practice, were fired from each of the Gin. Runs. The weather conditions wero perfect, and tho results from the shooting ..-ere regarded as excellent. A hit was recorded ou each oqcasion with the exception of one round—tho fifth—which 'weut abnormally ' over," owing to a rango dial slipping, otherwise tho officers wero well satisfied with tho results. The ron"e varied from 3000 to MOO yards, and tile eoureo of tho moving target lay from Point HaJswp 1 to a point in fine with tno Pctono Wharf. Liout. Matthews was battery commander, and Lieut. Hollis, assistant-8.G.; Major Courtney acted as umpire, and was assisted by Col. G. I' C Campbell (eoa*t defence* commander)! Captain Bevan . (O.C. company), and Lieut. Kirk. A , nmorous officers were present to sco tho shooting, among them being Major Hume, 1p1.A., Surgeon-Col. Purdy, and Surgeon-Lieut. Robertson. • "y° m ?' & newspaper wrapping machine" is the clover invention of Mr. \lbert E louog, engineer, of Cbristchurch, ami wn of ho loto Mr. Andrew Young, of Wellington. Tho machine, which has been patented in evorj' country in tho w ".i ; 1 1 ? ho ouly kno,vn machine which will iold a. newspaper and ondoso it fccurelyiD a wrapper at tho same time.'As newspapers have still to bo wrapped by b*nd. a machine_ which will do tho work oxpetlitiouslv and effectively should bo in world-wide demand, and all newspaper men who have snen Mr. Young's uiorM forking nro convinced that, it fins a big 'i'l 1 .";-, /no expon mental maohiiie, one ?!J ,^t i ,ulkl, 1S abl ° ,0 roltl ni"l wrap I 1200 cight-wigo papers an hour, and Mr Yoiiiw is of opinion that (ho norfeWed machine will ba abln to do doiiblo thatwork. A small company, with a caniljil of J-3 500 is being floated in Christchnrcl and Wellington to work the patent. On ami after Prittny. Decomber 1. Iho Main J riink (rain will Jeavo the Thorndon Mation at 11..V) a.m., ~,d the mails (lispiifchnl by it will i- ~,0 fro,,, Ijocomber 1. at thief 1 o >t Oflico. at 10.50 a m I'arw-ls per purcols i>ost will o \ om llt |)l(1 Drill Shed. M.i B iiiiuly .Sti-oot. «t fi..W ~'m" The Auckland traincars were .stuck mi for anno time early on Saturday oveni i at OiiehiiiiKii through a liisislinß that bo had given 11 ciinluc-tor a s ov " r eicn 111 pii.vniK for his faro, and received only -id. in chnnifP; The conductor «nj ( tlm chnngii given was correct, as tho mis HMigor had Rivi-n him a .sliilli n( ; w [ m | u , asked for 11 return ticket, (flil.). To M-tlle the mill tor, ]w stnpppd lh o cur onpusitc tho |n>licf stfllioii, ami invukcd (i> '»;,< I of S«rgiMii( l.'iißcr-i. '.I'lm imswuwr -till ! insisted tint In; had nivu (lie eoiiduelm- n .siivuroigii, anil, further, that ]„. ),;„] | n . sl ,„,. other half asovcroigu in Iheciir Scrccint I l(o-er> din-fully wntvlicd (1,,, conductor , *, lvig 111 hirt ollu-e in the prcMmri: of Imtli I I ho men iiili'icf.lod, but found 110 pnltl I coin. A hiilf-snvcrcifii wns found in"||in | i-ar, nnd the pnjseiitcv in t|i)c".li(m m> ' nlluwttl to tok |i. In the- meantime Qvr I c»Vi Tcre ucld m> I

In r.'l'i'i'i'iicc '.) Ilio |iriivic;)-.'ifjj] iiiibli.'ilicl in Tin;- Uh.mi.m.is yc-lcnlnv ilc-''iil.ini( n niiiirl rociic ;il. l.ynll H-iy on Sunday rilli'iniioii, Mr. T. Hjil-m I|i;il. hi' IVH.S iiiKiii Ilii! bcdch tthcil Ilm ;illiiir occurred, "and formed oim nf Hie r';n!.'H'i |i:i.rl.v. Ad'irdini; lo his iifounl, Iμ: win b-illiiiiK with two friends Mi».m% .1, ]<;iiirnil nml K. KdiimmJ,-, nli-u n mini ciinu, :iloii ß nml sniil Unit his friend (','. (.'otter) whs drannini,'. (.'otter wn, I hen iilitiut 250 ynrds from llic ;,li"rc. lidniiinds cmricd out t.l:o life-licit, .\[<v,r>i. l.aiirunl. ;in<l Hi.million nsvislini; tvilli l,li« line, mid (Jollcr win br»ii|{lit Mildy fiMhore. Mr. ilruiiKlitou y,iyx Itinl Mm Aliiranui Surl' fJJrjlj took jio"|«,rt in liin rusciK! ill nil, wivn Unit. Mr, Minilie mi|,minU'iidcd he work of ivsiiticlnthiK lliii rw.-iuuiiil mini. None of tin: inciiiiUri of 'l>o piirly who rescued (.'otter were members of Die .Maramii Surf C'luli «-|i<-ii I hi! re- : was cllcclcd, but KiliiiuikK Im^ unco, juincd. Ma?k<rlon on Siiliirdoy iiflornuon, the Mans of the X.Z. I, oll ii and Mucinhlo ARoncy Co., Lid., in .Mustorlon, i:i;clulnimi, and l'tiliiat'iii. nindo a picscnlation lo Mr. I'. W. Cnrcy, laic mnmiKiT ot the Miihtcitoii branch, who hns been promoted fo Ifnweni, of a humlsoim) silver lu|iionr stand. .Mr. J. Jones, who performed tho cr.ro.mony on bpluilf of (he stafts, mndo ;i brief speech wi.shini,' Mr. Ciiroy every .suwess in I ho future. Mr. Clayton, Pci'ldinc innnagor of the IJank of Now Zealand, lias returned from Ins visit In Australia. Mr. Mcnliplay, of (hu hoad office, who has been relieving, returns to Wellington to-day. A fire broke out ut 0.5 p.m. yesterday in a nine-roomed houso of two stories, at .'l.iJliilgravo Strcel, occupied by Mrs. F. Jobnson. Tho outbreak occurred in a b-jcfc room, owins; to a lighted cindlo being overturned among some boddin?. It was quickly suppressed, a,nd very little damage was done. • j