LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1903, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three cases of Rcarlet fever were reSorted to the Public Health authorities uring tho jiresent week 3 and one case of enteric. Thero were no cases reported from the Hutt County. As the outcome of a disturbance in a railway carriage between two Syrians, a Chinaman, a Mnori, and a European, F. Khouri, a Syrian shopkeeper, was charged at the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon with having behaved in art offensive manner on a train between Petono and Wellington. Dr. A. M'Artlnir held that there was not sufficient evidence to convict and dismissed the case. Mr. Young appeared for defendant. There is now some doubt whether tho hearing of the Flaxbourne compensation ctme will begin at Blenheim on the llth inst. , as originally intended, but the date will probably be definitely fixed on Monday Tho tendet of Messrs,. Campbell and Burke has been accepted for the erection of a two-story building ia brick in St. Mary's Convent grounds, Hill-street. The building will bo used for the music classes. Mr. J. M. Nairn's painting, "A Summer Idyll," has been purchased by the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts for its permanent gallery. The members of the Academy subscribed £60 towards the cost, and the balance of the' amount paid to Mr. Nairn was, provided out of the funds of tho Academy. At the Magistrate's Court, before Dr. A. M' Arthur, S.M., this morning, Thos^ Hutchinson \Ws fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Jos. M'Conkey, similarly charged, was ordered to pay 10s 63 medical expenses. ..Iru.tho compensation claim brought by M. P. Cameron against the Corporation of Wellington for land, taken for the improvement of FrotfferVlano, the Court yesterday aiterftoon, by a, majority (Mr. T. K. MacdondM dissenting) awarded the claimant £475, witffi an additional J8155 11s 6d if he continues to' pay £15 a year rent. /The assessors' fees vwro fixed at £7 7s each, but each side wan ordered to p»y itfc own coats and assessbr. Messrs. J. Fanning and Co. report having sold the following properties :—Tani-naki-street and York-street, land 51ft x 142 ft, with six houses, to Messrs. Watson Bros. ; ako, Cottroll and Co.'s twenty-six stall stable, with two six-roomed houses, on land SOffc by 264 ft, situated at Tas-man-street, to Mr. Peter M'Ardlej the total price for the properties being £6500. Wo have to acknowledge receipt of wall calendars for 1904 from the Royal and Union Insurance Companies, n. useful blotting book and desk note-pad from tho Royal Insurance Company, And deck note-pads from the South British Insurance Company. « At the request of tho officers and crew of the barque Ben Avon, "which wa« wrecked at Pallisfer Bay recently, an illuralriated address has been prepared and is to be presented to' Messrs. T6 'Whaite and Sinclair, of the Whatarangi Station. The address conveys thanks for the attention given to tho sailors after the barque was wrecked. Thanks are also given to Mr. Angus Sinolair, Mr., Mrs., and the Misses M'Eenzie, and the station hands. The address will bo on view in the window of Messrs. M'Gregor Wright and Co. to-night The Wellington centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association held a meeting last evening. Mr. J. H. Pollock presided. The City Council wrote granting tho use of the Basin Reserve for the championship meeting on 9th January, 1904. The association agreed to handicap events , being placed on the programme. Mr. J. Roache was appointed delegate for the Palmerston North Athletic Club. Dr. Newman, Messrs. R. E. Bannister, J. H. Pollock, and tho Secretary (Mr. J. B. Speed) were appointed a committee to interview the Mayor and j Councillors relative to the charges of admission to the Basin Reserve on tho occasion of tho championship meeting. It was resolved that * 75yds handicap race should be placed on the programme. On Thursday, the Ot*ki-Manakau Cooperative Dairy Company received at its creameries 59,8001b of milk, and made therefrom 21cwt. of butte* or fi>rty-two boxes of 561b each. This (writes our Otaki correspondent) is an advance of 30 per cent, on last season's output, and tho flush of this season has not yet been reached. The price paid for butter fat is 9d per lb, and, owing* to the abundance of grass and the fino 6eason, many farmers are averaging 26s per cow per month. Since tho company yut in a 6-ton refrigerator at the beginning of the season the butter has been consistently grading at tho Government grading stores several points to sparo over first grade. The Rev. J. Dawson will bo tho speak- 1 at at tho Sixty-minuto Service at tho Opera House to-morrow evening. Women in a hurry to complete a holiday wardrobe, or those who aro in need of light comfortable garment*, will be particularly interested in the announcement made to-day by Kirkealdie and Staine, Limited, on page 7.— Advt.. ,

The Committee of the Wellington Rifle Association met last night. Lieut. -Colonel Collins in the chuir, when a programme for 1 the annual meeting on 22nd and 23rd January was drawn up as follows : — First day : Trentham Hatch, seven shot*, ** 200 and 500" yards ; Wellington Match, 500 and 600 yards, seven Bhots ; Licensed Victuallers' Match, 500 and 700 yards, seven shots ; Government Match, 500 yds, seven shots Second Day : Vice-Presi-dents' Match, 200 yds, ten shots; Petone Match, 600 and 700 yards, seven shot* ; Newtown Match, 600 yds, ten fchotsj Grand Aggregate Match, 700 yds, ten shots. The entrance-fee for all matches was fixed at 3s 6d for senior membVrs, and 2s 6d for juniors. The subscription was fixed at ss. If entrance-fees are not paid by the 18th prox. a fine of Is per match wi(l be imposed. Captains Hoobs and Turner ore to be asked to canvass the officers of the garrison for donations. Weather permitting, the Hospital Sunday demonstration will take place tomorrow afternoon on the Basin Reserve. It will bo participated in, as far as rausio is concerned, by the Wellington Garrison, Jupp's, Newtown, and the Central Mission Bands, which will assemble at th« General Post Office at 2.15 p.m., and march to the Basin Reserve, reaching there by 3 o'clock. At a quarter past 3 Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, will moke a brief addiess, and the bands will follow with appropriate selections of music. The Wellington Naval Brigade will assist in the collection of donations from the spectators, and in this connection it may be said that the committee is relying almost solely upon the generosity of citizens who pass through the gates, or listen in tie neighbourhood, no^subscription-lists having been circulated. Should the weather prove wet, the fixture will bo postponed until tho following Sunday. A flag will be hoisted from the Post Office clock tower at 10.30 a.m. should the weather bo deemed favourable for holding the gathering. The attention of collectors is drawn to the table of arrangements published in this issue. The hospital boxes at the hotels will be cleared next Thure, day evening. The services at St. Jbhn's Church tomorrow will commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the congregation. The Rev. Dr. Gibb will officiate morning and even- ' ing. In the morning there will be a communion service, and in the evening Dr. 1 Gibb will preach a sermon dealing with the origin, of the settlement and of the Presbyterian Church in this province. Members of St. John's who joined prior to 1870 are requested to occupy the front seats' in the middle area of the church. The choir has for some time been preparing special music for the occasion. The order of service with the words of tho hymns and anthems has been printed in a booklet, which also contains portraits of the three structures in which the congregation has worshipped and the three clergymen who have ministered to them. A copy of this will bo handed to the worshippers as they enter the church. Special collections will be taken mornhlg and evening in aid of the Debt Reduction, Fund. In further commemoration of the jubilee, a conversazione will .be held on Tuesday evening in the Church Hall, Dixon-street. Brief speeches will be delivered by the Rev. Charles Ogg, the oldest Presbyterian minister of Wellington, and by Alessrs. J. Duthie and J. G. W. Aitken, M.H.R.'s. An inquest was held at the Hospital yesterday afternoon touching the death of Mona, Emma. Te Puni, aged nearly tWQ years, who died at tho Hospital on 2nd December as the result of burns received at Petone on 23rd November. It appeared^ that Emma .Te Puni adopted the child, from Mrs. Herdman about three or fowf months ago, receiving no money, but the former was in tho Wairarapa at the timfc of the accident, her eister Mary being left in charge of the baby. Mary T« Punt went out on tho evening in qaeff*tion, leaving her brother George, "wh&i she was quite sure, was sober, with the child. George Te Puni «iid he went to sle6p on & mattres^ on the floor, leaving the candle burning by his head. Th« child was then in ' another room. He was awakened by the child screaming, aUa found its clothes alight. He put them out and sent for tho doctor. Dr. Hamilton said he sent the child to the Wellington Hospital on the following day as, its condition waa serious. He found that I some of the bandages had be^n taken off | and replaced. Dr. Ewart said the wounds wore very well dressed when tho child i was brought to the Hospital, but the rei moval of the dressings referred to by Dri ' Hamilton waa inadvisable, as the maii^, object was to keep air from the burns. ! The child got woree d«y after day until it 'died from, blood poisoning caused by ' the burns. Tho child seemed to have- no vitality. Dr. Ewart thought an ordinaryhealthy child would have got well. Mrs 1 . Herdman said she had heard on every hand that Emma Te Puni was very fond of the child, and had sho been home tht accident would not have happened. A verdict of accidental death Was returned,' and the jnry added A rider " that so much want of care was shown that tho Te Puni family should not bo allowed to take, another child." The half-yearly meeting of tho Excel* eior Lodge ol Druids will be held on Monday evening. You want flavour and froJuhaess in tie butter you spread on your bread ; you get both in Black Swan Butter. — Advt. Residents going to Jhe seaside for the summer can havo their furniture packed and stored lit a cheap rate by tho N.Z. Express- Co., 20, Cnstomhouse-qnßy.' Telephone 92.— Advt. •, You will be wanting a new 6Uit for Christmas. Our clothing department >ia new fully stocked with all that ia newert and best in gents' suitings, and we are making a groat specialty of (hat noted 37s 6d suit to measure. The s4ylo U good, tho fit ia perfect, and tho material absolutely tbo bast procurable for yoor money, Wo want you te give \is A trial. Htindreda hare already been supplied. Book your order early. Our wfeU-kn6wn navy vicuna serges arc having a great run— 425, 455, 50*, 608.— C. Smith, Cash Tsikrtv Draper, and House Furnisher, Cuba-street. —Advt. Dunlop covers, twelvo months' guarantee, £1 3s 6d ; tubes, 8s ; Ooeanio coten, si« months' guaranteo, 13»: tubes, 6s. All makes of cycles repaired. Cycles on hire. At Oates, Lovry and Co , Cuba-street.—* Advt.