LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2219, 4 August 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In pursuance .of their annual course of military training some 300 cadets from the Wellington College will engage •in a sham-fight at Ly-all Bay today. The idea of the sham-fight is to be as follows:—"The enemy, landing at Ly-all Bay yesterday, stronglv attacked the town, and by nightfall had occupied the ridge stretching. from Mount Victoria v to Mount Albert. _ The fighting continued throughout the night, and by dawn our troons had driven' the enemy back towards Miramar and had occupied the ■ ridf/e. The Territorial Force engaged.. Tho protection of the town.was now much exhausted and had suffered heavily. It was. decided to moke a strong counter-attack, and the endets were called'out to assist in this attack, the remaining trftnns avnilable eminllins one battalion. Nos. 1, 3, and 4 companies '.Wellington College Carets are to move bS at 9.1 S a.m., formini? the ndvanccd guard, with, orders to follow the main road to the TCilbirnie Post Office, pud thence towards the stonecrusher," , . '

The .conference of renresentatives of area'ffrouns convened for the purnnse of sovn'3 into of carryinn: out' 1 the' of the Irt-sr>°etor-fienera! CSir Inn Hamilton) with regnrd to-the system of kepninnreports in the grmm offices throuolimit the • Dominion concluded at the latter end nMast week. The-result of the confpr*riPG W1 !'l not te made known for some-days yet.

A yomiff man named StnbWns severely gn'sl'pd Tits W wrMnan RT " nll f'tiirrlay while buslifallin.fi at Banpiwsea. Ho received medico] treatment, and is making good progress. '

On account of some little difrjeuHv being encountered in securing a suitable toTi<ir to • sincr the exacting music of <<Rflmee.il"' in-Saint-SnoTis's (inera "Ramson and DeRaV Hio ttnv»l Hhoral PneiotV lins nostnmiorl its n»Tforf"<ince' of tint Work until Rentember 18. ,-Wr Walter Kirby. -formerly'. of Auckland, but new of Melbourne, has now been eim-nowl to sine flip wK Mr. Bnrrv f"Wv will sin" the Hieh P-iert. find '"Wisis IWinn Clalflow will undertake t>IB ilUmnnrtont. role of 'Wic tero.ntrew. -TV lilnh. The Pevnl Choral Society's effort- will be'tb" fi'sf Derformance of tho, ;wo-k in New Zealand..

The amount of the collection taken iit) in the Newtown Park on Sunday jby the Zoological Society in connection with the Tr«™wqy Band performanos was £11 Bs. lljd. • / •

The Telegraph Office advise that.nil cable messages inwards or outwards must he written in nlain language (Ehglidh or French). No such 'telegrams containing code or cypher words are accepted.

Messrs. R.,J. King, R. Buick, W. Jensen, R. J. Fritz, and J. Knowles, of the Masterton Gun Club, intend competing at the New Zealand clay-bird ohamoiouship meeting 'at Timaru this month.

In a medal handicap played by the Masterton Golf Club on Saturday, the best card in the A- grade was handed in by W. W. N. Robieson, and in, the B grade by Mr. G. Mawloy.

A man named Williani Mason, a wellknown contractor, was-fanned to the ground by a tree, which fell' in- the ■wrong direction at Upner Kawhatau.ou Saturday afternoon. His injuries comprised a compound fracture of the_ left leg and minor bruises. The injured limb may have to be amputated.—(Taihape correspondent). v

There was .a large gathering at, tho meeting of the Khandallah Literary and Debating Society on Thursday evening, in the Presbyterian Sohoolroom. The subieot of the evening was a debate, "That Napoleon's Career Was of Ai vantage to Europe." Mr. J. G. Harkness affirmed the motion, and-showed how Napoleon was a great soldiei;, ,an able statesman, and a capable administrator. Ho was a product of the French Revolution, and had been of iii' calculable benefit in forwarding the cause of democracy. Mr. J. H. Richardson opposed the resolution, and alleged that Napoleon was a most selfish ■man, and that personal ambition was the motive behind all of his deeds, lie thought nothing of : sacrificing either man or morals in pursuit of his object. Both speakers dealt with.the subject in a clear and lucid, manner. On a vote being taken, the affirmativo won by a very narrow margin. Tho subject for next meeting is "Short Essays On Important. Subjects." ' ■-. "