LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 115, 11 November 1907, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The debate on the Public Works Statement will be taken in tho House of Representatives to-night. The Legislative Council intends to put a number of Government measures tlrrough their final stages, and. will also dispose of th© third reading of the Land Bill. A pair of handsome paradise ducks have (through the Rev. D. Bates) been presented to the Newtown Park "Zoo" by Mrs J. Macpherson, of Totara Station, Oamaru. The birds have been liberated on the lake. The Onslow Borough Council will consider at next Wednesday's meeting a proposal to erect a public' hall at Khandallah, also one at Kaiwarra. The question of a site for, and the cost of a recreation ground, Avill also be dealt with. The importation of owls to New Zealand to cope with the small-bird pest is being nailed with acclamation by farmers. The Otago Farmers' Union on Friday passed a resolution commending the Acclimatisation Society for its action in the matter. 1 Day's Bay depends for- much of its cnann on the background of bush running up the hills and clothing the valleys. A rumour that the Ferry Company intended to exploit some valuable timber discovered in the bush is confirmed by Mr E. G. Zohrab, who states tha^. the company will erect a milling plant on the flat and transport the larger logs down the gullies. He has not heard anything about tho Government desiring to conserve the bush. Efforts will be made to do as lHtle damage as possible to the beauty spot. "I beliaye that we are in' a fools' paradise, if we think we- can keep the Chinese out of New Zealand, if they want to come in," said the Rev. W. Hewitson, at St. John's Church, last night. "Suppose they say 'you pushed your opium on us, we are going to push our bamboo on you.' What is going to stop them." He contended that we should make the Chinese such a people that we could have them in the colony with safety. And quoting a statement nsedby a Chineso in a position to know, said': "If you civilise us without Christianising us, you are putting wings on the tiger." The havoc wrought by seagulls among young lambs has been severely felt by farmers and olheis, who are making strenuous efforts to havo the protection Which these fowls, at present enjoy removed forthwith (s'lys the Otago Daily Times). It is pointed out tliat thi\s*e birds do not by any menus confine themselves to seashore, but are to Le found for inland, following the plough, schv enging at abattoirs', and busy in tho pastures plucking out the eyes and tongues of new-burn lambs. At a meeting of the Otngo Branch of the Farmers' Union last week it was decided to approach the Minister with, a view to having tho protection of seagulls done away with. A correspondent of the Pa tea Press writes that owing to the increased price of flonr, the Maoris at Waitotara intend to increase the rale of shearing this season. He understands that for back-block settlers tho prices, decided are to be 25a per hundred and find themselves, or. 22s 6d pel hundred and found,.

Mr. Lynch, of the Labour Department, is at present in tho Mangaweka district j inspecting - the accommodation provided I for shearers (cays the Settler), He expresses himself as agrieeab'y surprised at the excellent airangement3 made for the comfoit of sheareis. A Fishing Boat Owners' Industrial Union has been formed at the Thames. The objects of the union are to effect a proper understanding regarding tha price of fish, to pi event licences being granted to Bfcttlere. and others at coasml points ; or rivers for taking up fishing occupation j without having the boats properly equipped. The entrance fee is £5, which may bo foifeited it the rules are broken. In the matter of the Wellington Building Trades dispute, baforo the Arbitration Court, to-day, the Wellington Harbour Buurd was exempted so long as it did not pay less than the award rates, no* work longer hours. The Gear Meat Company was added as a party, but the a\i ard is not to apply' to the matter of rcpans or small additions to existine buildings. Tho Carrara Ceiling Company) I so far as its factory was concerned, was exempced. The air at Petone seemed to hi particularly invigorating on Saturday, if onu can judge from its effect on horses engaged tn drawing around .tho local rmlk supply. One horse took charge of things and galloped along several streets until attempting to turn into Nelsonstreet -from Campbell-terrace it collided with and brought down a telegraph pole. It was surprising that, although the pole was broken into two pieces, the horse and cart were only slightly injured. A little later another horse, engaged in the same calling, started on a- wild career along the main street, and after losing several milk cans and spilling gallons of milk it safely negotiated a dangerous corner, and trotted into its stable. "If there is anything that needs to be rooted up' with an iron plough, it is modern society," said the Rev. W. P, j Fairclougk, when preaching a sermon on [ hypocrisy last evening. He had noticed ! with particular interest the conviction of I fourteen Chinamen for gardening on Sunday. Who was it who had laid the information? Was it the man engaged in Trailuing a house in his spare time, was it the golf player who, coming to the top of a small hill had observed with indignation the poor Celestials working with, the hoe, or was it a party of politicians travelling in a train to inspeot the progress of some pubulic work, that had been appalled at this dreadful spectacle of Sabbath desecration? It was unfaii to convict the Chinaman when the law was so flagrantly broken by Europeans. The two companies of defence cadets attached to St. Patrick's College completed their annual training camp at Trentham on Saturday, and a return was nude to Wellington to-day. Captains Seymour and O'Leary havo been in charge, and the rector of the college (Rev. Father Ke-ogh) has also been present throughout the proceedings. Staff-sergeant-major Colclough has been drill instructor, and he expresses himself himself satisfied with the work of -ac boys, though he thinks it would be better to hold these camps earlier in the year, for the reason that many of the boys who have received instruction this month will be permanently leaving college in December. During the week there have been many official visitors to the camp, including the Minister for Defence (Mr McNab), Colonel Robin, chief of staff; Lieut.-Colonel 'Bauchop, officer-commanding Wellington Volunteer District; Major Hume and Captain McDonald, Archbishop Redwood also visited the camp. A sensational mountain drive was experienced by a party on Dawson's Falls track. Mount Egmont, recently. Tho m-embers of a second party descending the track discovered various articles of attire, then they came across portions of a vehicle, and further down the track they found a man, woman and child lying by the roadside, the woman being rather badly cut about the face. Seeing that these people were not very seriously injured, the party pushed on ; with all speed to see what aid could be rendered to those in front. A little ; further on they came upon Mr. Partridge, who, it appears, was the driver 'of the party, lying by the roadside, who informed them that there were still others in the runaway vehicle. Round another bend they came acorss more passengers, and after following the runaway for three miles down the mountain, came to the shattered remains, of the vehicle, brought up at the reserve gate, with the horses uninjured, and a youth who had stuck to the horses all I the way down, after Mr. Partridge had ! been unseatedj nolding the reins. Th© heavy vehicle, it seems, took charge," and "the horses had to gallop to avoid more serious trouble. Is there anything in Wellington uglier than the dingy uoatshed which has been thrust upon the water front at the northern end of the Thorndon Esplanade? In defiance of protests the City Council has permitted an eye-sore to be cast upon a pretty promenade. ' On a sunny afternoon a tired citizen goes to I the waterfront at the north to look over i its azure sea and gaze at the emerald hills; he looks along the breastwork, and his eye lights on a drab blur, a smudge on tho beauty spot. The hideous i thing fascinates him ; it holds his I eye, as the glittering orbs of a snake [is said to mesmerise a bird. The blot I grows ; it obsesses him ; it crowds out the hills and the sea. He can see nothing but a gargantuan 'wall, whose paint was onco frestt, perhaps, but is now very faded and dirty. Soon the wayfarer is angry ; he vents maledictions upon the soulless Corporation which has sanctioned the disfiguring of the people's parade, and turns his back upon the unlovely object; but he cannot shake off the spell. He has to turn and look back at the unromantic structure and shake his fist at it. He who cam* to refresh himself, goes away exasperated, his nerves all awry. He came for peace and . goes away in pieces — his temper wrecked, his tongue ready to smite the first person that crosses his path. Certain causes that make the Asiatic and Chinese formidable in these western lands were dealt with by the. Rev. W. Hcwitson. at St. John's Church, last night. They were formidable, he said, because of their enormous numbers; they made splendid soldiers, and under military discipline were equal to western men, and they had a literature that ante-dated the literature of Europe. This literature abounded in the noblest sentiments, and was known to memory by every educated man. They were a people of tirelss energy, industry, and perseverance ; their commercial honesty was high, in spite of what was said by anti-Asiatir leagues ; ' they were a brainy people-, and they could carry out every task that was ' set by • western mind. They wore formidable because of their different moral standards, and because of their vices. China, he said, was also formidable because she was wakoning up. Colleges and universities were springing up all over the Empire, newspapers and printing offices were increasing rapidly — in fact, the Chinese were in competition with ths European for., the printing of tracts,' and so on. They had given an order for a million rifles of the latest type, and had resolved to abolish opium in ten years. The testimony quoted was, Mr Hewitson said, largely on th© teatuaonjr of .fflisfiwnariefix ' " "

The public examination in the Bankruptcy Court of C. S. Free, dentist, will be held on Monday next, 18th instant.. The Admiralty has advised Captain G. G. Smith, Koyal Naval Registrar, that the cruiser Pioneer will ariive at Lyttelton on the 25th November. The leport lhat tho New Zealand Dairy Union inlands to close its factory at Mangstainoko is denied by tho seci'eta.'y of lhe company (Mr W. E. Bendall). Messrs. Sargood, t!on, and Ewen are about to erect a large warehouse in Napier, in accordance with plans and spociiicationa prepared by Mr, 'J. S. Swan, of Wellington. ' ~ _ The Bishop of Wellington, assisted by the vicar, Rev. J. A. .U'Nickle, held a confirmation service at the All Saints' churchroom. Kilbirnie, last evening. 1 Ten candidates were confirmed. In a letter to tho Gisborne Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ; Ms\ Waterfield, private secretary to the Governor, says it is His Excellency's rule not to give his patronage to societies which are nswly formed, or which 1 have not been established for a year or two. For obstructing a policeman while car- ; Tying out his duties on Saturday eveni ing M. M'Quillan was fined £3 at tha 1 Magistrate's Court by 'Mr Riddell, S.M., ■ this morning. ' The alternative was - ( fixed at seien days' imprisonment. . James Millar appeared uefore tho court [ charged with wilfully damaging 'two i window panes in a tramcar at Miramar [ on Saturday, and also with assaulting . two passengers, J. Booth and C. M'ln- • tyre. He pleaded guilty to the first , charge, but not guilty to the charges of 1 assault. Accused was remanded until — , Friday. Bail was allowed. "We are only in the embryo stag© as regards the flax industry in New '- Zealand," said a flax expert to a Hastings Standard representative, last , week. "I have been informed on the . very best authority that a considerable amount of the so-called Japanese silk is [ manufactured from New Zealand flax I fibre, and I have no reason whatever to f doubt the statement. We have the material, climate, and soil which will enable us to produce the finest grade ' of fibre iv the world, -and although t prices have dropped very considerably ( of late, that will only be temporary as regards the product manufactured in ' the Dominion. Quality must tell, and the use of the latest improved machi- [ nery and scientific treatment in the pre- ', paration of tha fibre, must eventually place New Zealand hemp m the 1 front . .rank of the flax industry." At the Magistrate's Court this morning Frederick Lyness was charged before Mr. Riddell, S.M., "with drunkenness, and with having insufficient lawful means of support. Accused was convicted for the eaiue charge last week, and ordered to come up ' for sentence when called upon, on condition that he went into the Ohiro Home. It was now reported that he had left the institution, and had been found idling about the atreets. For the drunkenness he was fined 10s, in default fortyeight hours' imprisonment, and on the second charge he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. For insobriety Charles Connor was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment. Margaret Webb and Clara Algar were each fined ss, or twenty^our hours, and Thomas Russell 10s, or fortyeight hours' imprisonment. Three first offenders for drunkenness were convicted and discharged, two were fined 10s, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment, one 10s, or twenty-four hours' imprison- . inent, and one. ss, or forty-eight hours' imprisonment. Ths Rev. James Flanagan, London missioner and evangelist, commenced his special mission in Wellington last night, at the Primitive Methodist Church, Donald M'Lcan-street. His subject'wastho "Need for JFaith," and he impressed upon his hearers the fact that faith or no faith limited or extended the area, on which tho grace of God could operats. The man of faith was of beaefit to others ; one faithful, _ religious • life might stop the drift of a nation's sin, and to save one might sometimes be a means to salvation for a whole city full. The power of the individual, for goocl -or for evil, was so great that it could not be measured. Saul of Tarsus, afterwards St. Paul,- was an instance of ■\fiiat the missioner meant. Then there was the Bedford tinker, John Bunyan; and William Clowes, the Staffordshire potter. ' What great issues of good resulted from their decisions for the right ! Mr. Flanagan exhorted his hearers to play the man for Christ, to respond to the spirit of conviction and truth that even now was calling them, and by so doing to move others to righteousness by the example set. Drawing attention to the evil effects of the aggregation of land withdrawn from agriculture and utilised for sporting purposes, T.D.8., writing from Scotland to the Timaru Herald, says:— "In 18i7 the population of Strathnaver was estimated at 2000. To-day the permanent population will not be more than 150. Sixty years ago the shooting and fishing rights over the whole of Strath of Kildonan did '.not exceed £150 per annum ; to-day they bring in between six and seven throusand • pounds. This is all brought about by a class whose chiefost sin is that they are prepared to pay any sum' for their sport/ If you tell an old white-headed Highlander, who remembers when-some at least of the straths in' the north were peopled, that it would be impossible with tho higher standard of living in Chese days for the straths to carry the former population, and that such a living was only an existence, quick as a shot wilj • come— « 'Where did the men of the 42nd, 78th, 79th, and 93rd Highlanders come from; weren't they among the' finest built in the Army!' Yea, there can be no doubt .about it — n fish and meat diet threw up bigger men, a better type of man and womanhood than do cigarettesucking and high-coloured, artificially prepared modern foods.' : ' "Head Over Heels" contributes a lament:— ir Why has the City Council set" ite face against the people who live in Bolton-street ? Why are the people there obliged to walk the 'greasy boom' » The staen, slippery footpath makes a man take a risk of a broken limb whenever he tries to trudge down the slope, especially in wet weather. The asphalt is like ice; woe to the rash man wno hurt ios down the treacherous incline. My guardiau angel was specially good to me this morning. Twice I was nearly on my back, but made a marvellous recovery. The corporation, by its neglect of the path, has done its 'best to cripple me and others or qualify -us for sections ,in the adjacent cemetery. The fact that we have managed to keep out of the morgue is due merely to our good luck, but who knows the day when our guardian angels will grow t'ircd of holding us up when our feet slip! If tho road was passable we would not ba so sorrowful, but the road is like^a bed made by a river which knew very little about bed-making. The City Council pots us with both barrels. A man with a pick could makti the path moderately safe in a few hours by nicking the surface here and there. A few shillings spent in this way would be better for the corporation and tho public than » costly suit for damages." New Customs Tariff. — Information re« garding changes can be supplied by tha Now Zealand Express .Company, Ltd., 20 Cu?toinhQu§e-£u»y. Tjlejphone Nq. gftio.

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