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Evening Post, Volume LXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1903, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Hardest festival services were held in several of tho local churches yosterdny. Thirteen cases of bcarlot fever and ono of enteric woro reported to the Health Department lu&t week. The warships- Lizard and Sparrow arrived at Port Chalmers from Aknroa this morning. 'Ihe Penguin reached Auckland from Tauranga on Saturdny aftermoon. • It is understood that the publicans ot Ash burton nre not giving up hope of having their liconses restored nt tho next election, and they intend keeping their hotels in llieu- present condition, leaving them iv charge of caretakers. Early yostorday morning the house of Mr. D. Nathan, Aurora-rerraco, -was entorod by burgluro. They entered through un unlocked window, but beforo they could commence business thoy woro «disturbed by the moving of tho inmates -of, tho house, and hastily decamped emptyhanded. Mr. Nathan was absent from homo ut the time. It is probable that tho Pnrliamentt#y excursion to tho Cook Group next month M-ill bo mado by a steamer chartered from tho Union Company. Neither of the two Government steamers is lnrgo enough to comfortably nccommodato all the members who desire to mnke tho trip, nnd moreover, thero is enough work in the colony to keep both of them very busy for a long time to come. Following woro tho chief lines of tho cargo taken away on Saturday night by tho Warrimoo for Sydney direct :t-608 sacks chaff, 4Ss5 boxes butter, 4885 sacks oats, 1993 sacks barley, and 656 sacks wheat. Judgment will be given by the Court of Appeal to-morrow in the motions in the enso of Mitchell v. lho New Zealand Loiiu and Mercantile Agency l Company, Limited. " Tho action of tho King v. Riddiford which was fixed for to-day has been provisionally put forward to Monday, ,6th April. • J • Tho Potone- Homing Pigeon Olub flew a produco race from Hawera on Suturday, tho air-line being 143 miles. Mr. J Abruhall's. Exmoor was tho only bird that homed within tho time limit. Tho report to be presented at the an nvtnl meeting of tho D Battery of Artillery to-morrow night showa on overdraft at the bank of about £30, unpaid accounts £466 12s lid, and balance of liabilities ovor assets oi £130 odd. Addressing a meeting in Aro-street on Saturday night, Mr. R. Wright, a candidate for tho Licensing Committee warned tho electors of the possibility of an hotel being transferred to their locality from eomo. othor part of tho city. A "Moderate" Comnutleo, he said, hnd, before to-day, allowed these transfers. If • tho "Roform candidates" woro elected they would prevent them. Shortly after 11.30 on Saturday night tho lire Brigade received a call from Wordsworth-street to Devon-streot, on outbreak of fire having occurred in a two-story 7-roomed house owned and occupied by Mrs. W. A. Carter. The fire, -which started in a back bedroom upstairs, had a good hold when discovered. It was quickly got under, only t . bed '°? m . bein 8 gutted, but the rest of the building was damaged by smoke ftnd water. Tho- insurance* were* — Building, £300 in the National office, and furniture, £150 in tho North Queensland Company. Mr. Boyd, who occupied two front rooms, had' his effects insured for £75 in tho National office. Plans and specifications for tlie two story building which tho Wellington l'erry Company recently decided to erect nt Day's Bay for the accommodation of persons desiring to spend a few days ut that seaside resort havo been prepared by Mr. W. C, Ohttfield. The following order of hearing was drawn up by tho Court of- Appeal to-dny for the remaining cases on the list:— Graham and others v. Callaghan, tomorrow ; in ro tbo Land Transfer Act and transfor to Gualtor ; ditto and transfer to Palmer; Jarrelly v. Pahiatua County Council*; Compton v. Hawthorn j and Crump. The Appeal of Harrison j nnd Packman in tho action known as tho Tattersall's Agency case will •be taken whon tho nbovo havo been disposed of. Frederick George Charles, storekeeper at Brooklyn, pleaded Guilty in tho Magistrate's Court to-dny to a charge of having attempted to commit suicide. He expressed regiot for what ho hod done. Sub-Inspector O'Donovnn snid thnt tho accused while suffering from the effects of liquor triod to take his life by stabbing himself with a 'knife. The Rev. Mr. Lnrab informed the Court that accused felt his position keenly, and it was his intention to take out n prohibition order against himself, and sell his business. Tho accused wns discharged, but wns ordered to pay the sum of £33 9s, expenses incurred oy the police and tho Hospital authorities. Following nre the officers of the Wellington Hockey Club for the coming season :— President, Mr. J. H. B. Contes (re-oleotcd) ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. E. D. Bell, H. R. Cooper (re-elected), J. Wilson, and R. L. Levin ; captain, Mr. B. Ballmrry > deputy-enptain, Mr. H. Preston : Committee of Management, Messrs. O. E. Bridge, A. B. Hull, A. S. Mncshnne, S. W. Wheeler } Senior Match Committee, Messrs. H. Preston, B. Balharry, W. S. Wheeler (re-elected) ; Delegates to Wellington Hockey Association, Messrs. C. E. Bridge and F. H. Pope; Treasurer, Mr. F. H. Pope ; Secretary, ~Mv. J. 11.- Merrie (re-elected) j Auditor, Mr. A. Do Cost*. Ono of tho features of women's neckwear this season is the stock tie. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Limited, bave a trniart assortment in white and; cream lawn at 9d, Is, Is 6d, to 2s 6d each. The new Puritan collurs are here ftl»o.— Advt.