LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 148, 19 December 1902, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

H.M.S. Archer arrived at Lyttelton this morning from Akaroa. About 400 tons of New Zealand produce left for Sydney by the Victoria today. The Clerk of Writs officially announces in the Gazette this week the names of the successful candidates at the general election.

By the steamer Indradevi, which sailed for London this morning, four boxes of bullion, valued at £13,782 14s 3d, were shipped by the National Bank of New Zealand. " I just had a drop of drink," said a man charged at the Magistrate's Court this morning with being a habitual drunkard. " I wonder what you fellows call a drop?" queried Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., " I suppose it's as much liquor as you can take until you do drop." The volume of business at the various Government Poultiy Depots in the colony has increased *o a wonderful extent during the past few weeks. Already the number of fowls and ducks killed for export at the\ Christchurch depot is double that for the corresponding year, and at the Wellington depot 2000 head more have been dealt with than during the corresponding period in 1901. The Secretary for Agriculture visited the State Paim at Levin this week, and xeports that the oats and root crops are looking remarkably well. There are now over 200 head of cattle on the estate. About 100 cows are being milked, and tue whole of the butter-fat is purchased by Messrs. J. E. Nathan and Co. The erection of cow byres on the most modern principle -will be commenced by the manager of the farm at ai. early date. The damage done to Messrs. E. Hannah and Co.'s stock by smoke and water in connection with Wednesday night's fire has been assessed at £800. The building has been damaged to the extent of £150, and a similar amount will cover Mr. Trevetjiick's loss. Messrs. Hannah and Co. will reopen their retail premises to-morrow, wlien a salvage sale will be commenced. Colonel Bell made a hit at Wellington last night, taking advantage of the pro sence of the Mayor in the chair. Speaking of modern progress, the lecturer said —-"Why,, we have snatched the thunderbolts of Jove and harnessed them to our street cars — (a pause and a side look at the Mayor)— l mean, other places have done so !" Hearty laughter followed the salty. . The Premier will leave Wellington at 4 o'clock to attend the banquet to Mr. Hogg, M.H.R., at Masterton to-night. The Postmaster-General, who left for Wairakei this morning, will go on from there to Auckland after the holidays. The Governor and Lady Ranfurly have informed Lieut. -.Colonel Collins that their patronage will be given to the Wellington Jlifle Battalion's military bazaar in February. The Education Board's finances are overstrained through tne demands made on account of new schoolhouses and residences in various parts of the district, and it has appointed a deputation to wait upon the Minister for Education to ask for about £9000 as a building grant. There is a considerable amount of sickness at the native pa at Papawai, near Greytown, principally amongst the children. It is regarded as mainly due to bad water supply, and as a result of an inspection, Dr. Valintine has condemned the further use of tne water the natives have been in the habit of using. A trained nurse is to be sent to the pa to superintend the attendance upon the sick. To enable the public to make full use of the holidays the Railway Department has arranged to run a train each way between Wellington and Napier by way of the Wairarapa, on Sunday, 28th December, .and Sunday,' i 4th January, leaving Te Aro and Napier at 12.40 and 1.10 p.m. respectively, and arriving at destination shortly afte.r midnight. Gooseberries all the way from Gisborne are on the Auckland market. A Gisborne orchardist sent a ton by the Mararoa, and has several tons to follow. Last night at the Trades Council a motion was carried protesting to the City Council against any charge for admittance being made at the Basin Reserve on any occasion The office of the Magistrate's Court will be closed from 24th December to 4th January, both days inclusive. The Police Court, however, will sit every morning as usual. The following donations have been received by the Secretary of the Benevolent Trustees to the fund for providing Christmas luxuries for the inmates of the Ohiro Home: — Wellington Gas Company, £1 Is ; Thomas Ballinger and Co., £1 Is ; Townsend and Paul, 10s ; John Duthie and Co., £1 Is; Thompson Bros., £1 Is; the Catholic Presbytery (Boulcottstreet), £1" Is. The total receipts now stand at £17. Complaints made by the Wellington Steam Ferry Company of interference with their passengers at the Karaka Bay and Seatoun wharves came before the' Harbour Board yesterday. It was decided to inform the company that the Seatoun Road Board is having drafted a bylaw for the control of traffic at the wharves,. " The weekly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held last night, Mr W. H. Westbrooke in the chair. It was decided to issue voting-papers ten all unionists with the object of selecting candidates to be "run" for seats at the municipal elections. The papers .will be sent out directly, the nominations of Councillors have closed. A letter was received from the Executive Council at : Dunedin stating that the question of a national organiser of labour was being pushed on as rapidly as possible. The Council adjourned for three weeks on account of the holiday season. The Secretory of the National Dairy Association of New Zealand (Mr. O. R. Beattie) has just returned from a threemonths' business visit to England, Wales, and Scotland. His enquiries into th© trade went to prove that New Zealand butter was held in the very best repute by dealers and by the public, and there Mas an unlimited market for our produce among the best people in the trade. Grading bad done gieat things for our butter, and to-day it was being Bold upon the grade marks, so reliable had they proved. Home dealers spoke in warm terms of approval of the New Zealand packing, declaring that our butter arrived in London in better appearance than that of any other imported butter, thanks to the system of packing and the care 'With which the boxes were secured. He is convinced that our factories have only to continue their present standard to hold their own against tip-top competition at Home.' What needed improvement, however, was the transit arrangements from this end. The dealers needed Aiore regular shipments than at present obtained. If our cheese would only improve as the butter had improved, there would be a great market abroad for this product also. A lesson in packing might be taken from the butter exporters by the cheese-makers of New Zealand. However, he was delighted when in Sydney, on his return to Wellington, to find that New Zealand had a prominent place on the bills-of-fare in that city. A Sydney dealer spoke in high terms of praise of the quality of our cheese, and added that there was a growing market for this product in New South Wales. Mr. Beattie is to put nis observations into a report to ,be furnished later on to the Dairy Association. , To have Suratura Tea is to have the most delicious tea procurable in New Zealand. It is pure honest Ceylon Tea and not blended.— Advfc.

Among the appointments i garcl ted th« week arc the following :— Allied H. Lmdop, to be manager of the felate coal mine at Coal Creek, and also to have control and supervision of the Slate cool mine at Beddonville; Robert A. li'ieison, to.be accountant in the Department of Lands and Survey. • During November the highest rainfall record in the North Wand was 10.65 inches, at Kaipara (Waverley), where rain fell on 23 days, and the lowtsfc, 0.&& inches, at Waihi (Thames), where rain f-n on three clays. In the South Island the Hermitage, Mount Cook, had tne highec-t record with 22 inches, and Uipa Campbell the lowest with 0.74 incnes. The butchers of Wellington have decided to shut down from Wednesday of next week to the Monday following. The trade was tte&i'ted in coining to its decision to close down for the three consecutive days by the .fact that the slaughtermen had been conceited to worifi upon special occasions, and so next week 8 concession was granted to them. A private letter received in Wellington 'gives sad news of the death of Cap* tain J. Laurie, master of the sailer Ganlock Rock, on 16th November, at San Francisco. To say that the late captain's luck was out puts the position weakly enough. On his voyage to New Zealand some time ago his vessel caught fire, and he was forced to put into a South American port and stop so long repairing that he lost his charter with Mr. G. H. Scales. He sailed from here to Newcastle and loaded coal for Chili. Bad weather followed the ship persistently, and in saving the life of a ship's boy in a gale Captain Laurie cut his head severely and injured himself otherwise. On his' last voyage mrther bad weather kept) him in a constant state of anxiety, The ship was within an ace on two occasions of being run down in fogs. A couple of hours after he had taken his ship into the harbour • sufely he died from heart disease. He was unmarried, about 55 years of age, and kind and considerate to his officers and crew. The Star Boating Club got off the final j heat of the FitzGerald Fours yesterday afternoon. The race was won by H. Barron (bow), W. V. Smith (2), J. M. Burnett (3), A. J. S. Thompson (stroke), who beat F. Nancarrow (bow), O. Williams (2), H. Smith (3), D. R. Menziea (stroke) by a length. The club is now receiving entries for the Senior and Junior Sculls, the first heats of which are to be rowed on Saturday, the 10th January. Entries are also being received for the club's swimming aports. At the cpnclusion of the sale of Captain Strang's • residence in Watson-street yesterday to Mr. E. Moult for £250 Messrs. J.H. Bethune and Co. submitted! a residential property, No. 29, Welling-ton-terrace, but as the bidding did not reach the reserve price it was passed in, as was also a freehold property having a "frontage of 31ft Bin to Wordsworth-street, with the pine-roomed dwelling-hotisa thereon. Both of these properties are for private sale. Tho Aorangi Lodge of Oddfellows held its fortnightly meeting on Tuesday, Bro. J. H. Arthur presiding. The following nominations were, received for office for the ensuing six months : — Secretary, Bro. C. Pearce ; Treasurer, Bro. Richards ; G.1., Bro. C. V. Dixon; V-.G., Bros. R. Stead and J. Jones; M.S., Bros. J. Jones and R. Stead; 1.T., Bro. F. W. Newman; Auditors, Bros. R. Stead and J. Jones'; Delegates to Friendly Societies* Dispensary, Bros. H. Biggs and J. K. Vaile. The Secretary was instructed by the lodge to procure oiie hundred copies of prescription-books, and any member calling at the Secretary's office can receive one. During his recent visit to tho native settlements on. the Wanganui river Dr. Pomare, Native Health Officer, detected another ..case of leprosy, the victim being a full-grown man. The disease had reached an advanced stage, the man hav^ ing lost both his fingers and toes. H« has been isolated, at a safe distance from the settlements. Miss Atkinson, who has acted as relieving teacher at the Maryborough School has been appointed- mistress of the school, vice Mies Kennedy (resigned). The appointment appears to have given general satisfaction. " The re»summoning to the Legislative Council of Messrs. Francis Arkwright, of Marton, William Cowper Smith, of Waipukurau, George Jones, of Oainorn, and Richard H. J. Reeves, of Nelson, is notified in. the Gazette. There has long been a call from Poverty Bay for railway communication with the Motu Forest, which, is being wasted! yearly through fires and the deforestation conditions of Government land settlement. The first slab of timber cut by steam at Motu was recently brought to Gisborne — a fine specimen of rimu. It is estimated that small quantities of the timber can be landed in Wellington at 14s ijtfr 100 ft, while Gisborne furniture manufacturers are paying up to 22s -fqr rimu timber. Motu's. difficulty is one of back-freights. A Motu settler states that "this great vandalism fifty miles front Gisborne " is resulting in the destruction annually of £500,000 worth of timber.. Out of 900,000,000 ft on 20,000 acres, 100,000,000 is being destroyed annually by settlers in complying 'with the land settlement ordinances. "Two hundred thousand pounds would tap this valuable asset by rail, besides promoting settlement in one of the, most prolific and fertile valleys in the colony." Mr. M. Caselberg intimated at the meeting of the Harbour Board yesterday afternoon that he intended to resign his position as a member of the Board, owing to his not being able to give the necessary time for the proper discharge of his duties. The Board pkced on record its appreciation of the manner in which Mr. Caselberg had carried out his duties. In a letter which appeared in our issue of last evening, dealing with the taking of Sir Walter Butter's property in Greystreet for the purposes of the General Post Office, a printer's error crept into the second paragraph, which should have read as follows : — "The Government made the claimant (Sir Walter Buller) an offer of £5500 for the land taken, though, aware that the opposite corner (containing practically the same area) had been previously purchased, by Messrs. Young and Tripe for £7050." The bylaws of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, made under the provisions of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners' Act 1900, are published in this week's Gazette, and till about eight columns. The rules to regulate the proceedings of the Institute are' also given. These were passed at a meeting of the Council of the Institute and have now been approved. The Swifts Amateur Swimming ■ Club held a 200-yards relay handicap at the Te Aro Baths last night, this event having been postponed from last Saturday's carnival. Four teams started, three from the Swifts and one from the Thorndon Club. There was a spring tide and calm water. The finish was close, and resulted —Swifts A team (Murray, Gleeson, Neill, and Wilton)," 2see, 1; Swifts B team (Richardson, Blundell, Gill, and Girdlestone), 15sec, 2; Thorndon team (Roberts, M'Donald, Smith, and Styles), scratch, 3 ; and Swift* C team last. Time, 2min 15sec. White aprons are appropriate Christmas gifts for housemaids and other domestic servants, and Kirkcaldie and Stains (Limited) offer these goods at Is 6d to 6s 6d each. — Advt

The Wellington Rowing Chib has inaugurated a rowing competition amongst the selected representatives of tho city schools to be known as the Public Schools Rowing Championship of Wellington. The following city schools have signified their willingness to take part and will furnish crews: — Mount Cook, Terrace, Thorndon, Clyde-quay, Roseneath, Te Aro, nnd Marist Brothers. The races, which will be rowed in pleasure-boats for trophies allotted by the club, will be competed for in heats to-morrow afternoon, and it is anticipated that the competition will be carried out to a conclusion in the one afternoon. Parents and friends are invited to be present at the boathouse to witness the races, and it is hoped there will be a large attendance of the general public on the occasion. At the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Dr. Mac Arthur, S.M., a firstoffence inebriate was remanded for medical treatment. Thos. Pearson, charged with drunkenness, was convicted and discharged, and fined 5s for indecency. Charles Arney, previously convicted for drunkenness, was oi'dered to pay a fine of 20s, or to go to gaol for three days. Allan Gibson, a habitual drunkard, was sent to gaol for a month, and Geo. Hurley, for drunkenness and indecency in Cuba-street, was fined 20s, with the alternative of seven days' imprisonment. Emma Stratford w,as sent to gaol for a month as an idle and disorderly person. John Joseph Murphy was charged with having committed an indecent assault on a little girl under seven years of age. Accused, for whom Mr. Wilford appeared, reserved his defence, and was committed for trial at the Supreme Court. Dennis M'Carthy was ordered to pay 7s a week towards the support of his illegitimate child. Walter Angell pleaded Guilty to having failed to carry scales and weights in his baker's cart, and was fined 20s, with 9s costs. Mr. P. A. Zohrab reports the sale of the following hotels: — Mr. F. Calgher's interest in the lease and furniture of the Commercial Hotel, Waverley, to Mr. C. A. Harrison, late of Levin ; Mr. •F. J. M'Govern's interest in the lease and furniture of the All Nations Hotel, Kaiwarra, to a local buyer; Mr. Frank Mayer's interest in the lease and furniture of the Pahautanui Hotel to Mr. E. Smith, late of Dannevirke. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association notify that Saturday, the JJOth insfc., is the last day on which discount will be allowed on November accounts. — Advt. The grocer tells you that no other food is so nutritious and delicious as Defiance Butter. Pure, wholesome, and good. — Advt. Ladies are invited to see the large collection of ruffles that C. Smith has just received, and which are without exception the finest lot to be seen anywhere in Wellington, being some of the very newest Parisian designs. They aro in chiffon, lace, spotted net, grass lawn, and gossamer, in black, white, cream, Paris black and white, black and Paris, white and black, etc. And the price — that is just it — the special feature is the price. It is quite safe to Bay they are half the price usually oharged. They range from 2s lid, 3s 6d, 3s lid, 4s 6d, 4s lid, 5s 6d, 6s 6d, 7s 6d up to 255. See the special display C. Smith is making of novelties for the Christmas trade. Special show Friday night. C. Smith, Cash Draper, Cuba-street. — Advt. Tho British 'and American Hardware House, Lambton-quay (late Cameron and Christie's) announces <a sale of electro Blate and other useful goods suitable, for hristmas presents, all having been landed per Gothic. The various lines look very attractive, and will no doubt command j o ready sale. . ' Messrs. Warnock and Adkin announce a special show of lace goods in thoir two large windows. It is claimed to be the largest; stock ever seen in "Wellington. As a result of the fire of Wednesday evening, Meßsrß. R. Hannah and Co., 79, Lftmbton-quay, announce ,a great salvage sale, which will commence to-morrow, and close on Saturday, 3rd January. Messrs. E. J. Walsh and Co!, 75, Willisitreet, are to hold a sale commencing tomorrow, Saturday. It is promised that goods will be .sold at bedrock prices. Messrs. Macdonald, Wilson and Co. announce the sale for Tuesday next at their rooms of a consignment of c.p. ware, cutlery, etc., as detailed in the advertisement elsewhere. They also advertise a sale of dairy cows, etc., to be held -on Monday next at 1 o'clock at tho sale yards, Central Hotel, Hutt. The steamers Loyalty and Admiral will run to Seatoun and Kavaka Bay as usual to-morrow morning and afternoon at 10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. There will also be steamers to Miramar at 1.10 and 2.30 p.m. . The running of the Sunday morning steamer has been altered, the vessel leaving town from next Sunday at 10.15 instead of at 10.30 as hitherto. From Seatoun she returns at 11 a.m. instead of 1.15 p.m. as in tho past. Attention is called to the auction sale of Japanese bamboo bookcases, tables, chairs, Indian embroidery, work, pots and pedestals, etc., to-morrow* at 12.30 at the rooms of Messrs. Levien, Shallcrass and Co., Willis-street. The lines should be suitable for Christmas and New Year gifts, and will be sold without reserve. The s.s. Duchess will run excursions to Day's Bay to-morrow morning and afternoon, at the usual hours. The Countess will also run to Seatoun and Karaka Bay. Full time-table appears in another column. The Town and Country Co-operative Supply Federation (Limited) announce the opening of their grocery and provision 6tores at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, at 45, Cuba-street, under the management of Mr. H. J. Wyatt, who has had many years' experience in the trade, the last five with t the local branch of the Wairarapa Farmers' Association. "Remarkable value." Yes. "Remarkable value," because the prices for carpet squares, linoleums, lace curtains, and table linen at the warehouse of George Winder, Manners-street, next tho ironmongery, are undoubtedly below the usual for such superior quality of goods, and the variety of choice designs cannot be beaten in the city. — Advt. Repairs to all makes of cycle executed promptly. Sundries at the best price in town. Makers of the noted Zealandia cycles. We guarantee satisfaction. Oatcs, Lowry, and Co., Cuba-street. — Advt.