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Evening Post, Volume LXII, Issue 129, 27 November 1901, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. The Postal Department has received advice that the mail steamer Sierra, which left Aucland on 9th November, reached San Francisco on the 25th inst., due date. A telegraph cable is about to be laid between Auckland and the island of Waiheke, in the Hauraki Gulf. The Government steamer Tutanekai is shipping the requisite gear in Wellington just now, and will sail for the North on Friday. For the convenience of the Premier and Sir Joseph Ward the Rotomahana will not leave for Lyttelton to-night until half-past 9 o'clock. There is trouble ahead for the Dannevirke volunteers over the erection of the new drillshed. The Minister for Defence refuses to pay anything towards the cost, because he was not consulted as to the sile upon which the building is being put. Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer for the colony, has been asked to attend, on behalf of the New Zealand Gov-ernment, the intercolonial medical conference which is .to be held at Hobart in February next. The conference will give particular attention to the treatment of cancer, and Dr. Mason has been asked to contribute a paper and take part in the discussion. • The Native Minister will shortly pay a visit to the Southern Maori electorate, to confer with the Maoris on the subject of the Maori Councils Act, Vhich was put into a more workable shape by en amending Act passed in the late session.' The Stirling bridge will be opened on 12th December, and the Premier will be entertained at a banquet at Eketahuna. in celebration of the occasion. The Department of Public Health has completed the preparation of a set of model bylaws appertaining to matters of sanitation in their relation to public health. These laws are intended as a type for the guidance of local authorities. They are framed in accordance with modern principles, and will, it is considered, be found most useful in assisting local bodies to comply with the provisions of the Public Health Act. The Dairy Commissioner finds that many factories which are not able to obtain milk of the richest quality are turning out better cheese than those which are supplied with superior milk. The explanation is that by employing better methods than others, the factories in the poorer districts are more than able to make up for the deficiencies in the quality of the milk. The Secretary for Agriculture, who is at present in the North, has informed 'the Waikato Times that the Government's object in recently adding to the Wairangi property was to make a thorough test of the capabilities of the district for fruit growing and wine producing. Whether, if the experiments were successful, the Government would carry on operations permanently or lease the orchards and vineyards to suitable tenants, was a matter that would be decided at a future date. It was stated by the Seamen's Union representative before the Board of Conciliation yesterday that a certain shipping company could not get a ship built here because wages were too high. The employers cried out delightedly that they were glad to hear a .union man admit it. The previous speaker explained hurriedly that he had meant the remark to be jocular. The new Inebriates' Home at Waitati, which is under the charge of Dr. Truby King, is now ready for the reception of patients. Mr. Geo. Chapman, chief attendant at Sunnyside Asylum, has been appointed manager. The old Orakanui College is being utilised for the purposes of the Home. The estate has ad area of over 900 acres, and the old college will be used for the men's quarters. The- home for the vamen is situated about 200 yds from the men's home, and has entirely separate grounds. The police are making enquiries regarding the whereabouts of Alexander Webster, a fireman on the s.s. Kumara. Webster came ashore yesterday, leaving- all his effects on board, and a considerable sum due to him in wages, and he has not since been heard of. He is described as a Scotchman about 25 years of age, and it is feared that he has fallen into the harbour. An auction sale of Crown lands was held at the Wellington District Land Office yesterday. The land consisted of 95a 2r 32p, in the Rimutaka Survey District, forming sections 48, 66, and part of 44, block 5, on the Whiteman's Valley road, about four miles from Silverstream, and it was purchased by Mr. Underwood at the upset price, £35 17s 9d. One -of the chimneys of the Oriental Hotel, destroyed by fire on Monday morning, is still standing and presents a very insecure appearance. It would not require a very heavy shock of earthquake to bring it down with a run, in which case there is every likelihood that some one would get killed or seriously injured. The authorities should see that it is pulled down at once. Hats and toques of twine-coloured straws are the distinctive mark of the season. Kirckaldie and Stains, Limited, have just opened a new shipment, mostly at 21s.— Adrt*