LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 23, 28 January 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hon. R. M'Nab, who is returning to Wellington from Auckland by the Main Trunk Railway route, informed our Auckland correspondent that the definite selection of the site for the Dairy School will be decided on his return to tho capital. The whole of this week's English mail will arrive in Wellington to-morrow by tho Wimmera, direct from Sydney. An Australian mail, per Zealandia at Auckland, will arrive in Wellington by tonight's mail train. The North German Lloyd cargo steamer Westphalen is due at Auckland on or about the 24th February. She will arrive from Sydney with original qargo from Bremen for New Zealand ports. The British shipping paper Fairplay is the authority for the statement that in future tho cargo steamers of the North German Lloyd line will terminate their Australasian running at Auckland It has long been considered for the directors of the Lloyd 00. that New Zealand should be included in the Australasian itinerary, but the trans- j shipment freight between New Zealand ■ ports has been held to bs too high. The freight between Sydney and New Zealandf range* from 12s 6d to 15s per ton, and this being bo it was thought cheape*. to tranship continental cargo into colonial bottoms than to send a big steamer to each of the four principai ports of the Dominion. Efforts have been made in Auokland, however, for sometime past to establish a direct trade between New Zealand and Hamburg or Bremen. The last North German Lloyd vessel to visit New Zealand was the four-maated training ship Herzogine Sophie Charlotte, which arrived in Auckland a year ago with a full cargo of chemical manures. Seventy-eight people in Hastings have guaranteed £550 towards tho expenses of a North Island Bcass Band competition, if held in that town. On Saturday morning Mr. Justice Butter will deliver judgment in the case of Matilda Frost v. David P. Mathews — a claim for possession and £350 damages. The fire brigade has" received a cheque for £3 os from Messrs. T. and W. Young, for its services in suppressing the fire on the vacant section in Elizjt-beth-street last Saturday. A Gisborne land agent says there is plenty of money available for investment on local mortgages, but no one seems to want money for such a purpose. He also states that there is an exceptionally keen demand just now for houses in Gisborne. As Chief Judge Palmer has urgent public business in the North, the remainder of tho work set down for the. present sitting 'of the Native Land Court will be dealt with by Judge H. D. Johnson, with the assistance of an assessor. Sitting in Chambers this morning Mr. Justice Button granted probates of tho wills of the late Oscar Christian Heiden, hypnotic^ massuer, Wellington, and the late Thomas Williams Bruce, sheepfarmer, Inchbonnie, Westland. The executor in each case is the Public Trustee. At the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., Wm. Cotter, f or" .being drunk, was fined 10s, in default '4B hours' impris6nment. A prohibition, order was also issued against defendant. Henry Charles Grand, 67 years old, was remanded until Friday on a charge of having insufficient lawful means of support. The Wigan Examiner of 16th November last gives the following official record of the "gates" at the various matches played by the New Zealand football team up to and including the Wigan defeat: — Bramley £236, Huddercfield £408, Widnes £256, Wakefield £245, Broughton £1100, Leeds £455, St Helens £335, Merthyr £290, Keighley £350, Wigan £1500. The total "gate r> for the ten matches was thus £5175. The unusual spectacle of four Chinese driving a mob of sheep was witnessed in Masterton one day last week. The Celestials were not forsaking the lucrative but laborious industry of market gardening for a pastoral life, but were merely impounding the mob of sheep, which had spent a short but pleasant sojourn among the vegetables in tho garden of the drivers. According to the Wairarapa Timee, thero was one Chinaman in front of the sheep piloting them with a bicycle, above all "vhin^s, and the three Chinese in the rear bad, in the absence of canine assistance, a busy time in keeping the sheep together. At tho siting of the Native Land Court yesterday, before Chief Judge Jackson Palmer and Mr. Eruers, Nicholson. (Native Assessor), tne case of the Minister for Public Works v. The Public Trustee was taken. This was an application , under section 91 of tho Public Works Act, to ascertain, the compensation payablo to the natives interested in the taking of certain lands at Plimmerton, under the Scenery Preservation Act. Tho Crown sought to withdraw tho aplication and the Public Trusteo opposed the motion. Mr. H. D. Bell, K.C., appeared for the Crown; and Mr. C. H. Treadwell for the Public Trustee. After hearing argument, the court reserved its decision. Motor cars and motorists came up for a good deal of adverse criticism at a meeting of the Hutt Borough Council last evening. It was admitted that there were many motorists, who were always cautious and paid due regard to the general travelling public ; but the attack was on the others who dashed recklessly round corners and dangerous places, and appeared to derive tho height of enjoyment from travelling at excessive speed. The Waimii-o-mata-road was stated to be tho most dangerous highway. It was said to be often frequented by motorists who travelled round -corners at a most dangerous speed. "It is the greatest wonder to my mind," explained a councillor, "why theie has not been a number of fatal accidents on the road." A difference of sixpence was responsible for a pugilistic encounter in Featherston on Friday (says the Wair&r&pa Daily News). A motorist, a stranger to the district, pulled up at a local cycle establishment, purchased some benzine, and had a little attcn-, tion given his motor at the same time. The small sum of Is 6d was asked for the lot, but the client wanted to pay only Is. The cycle engineer did not agree to that, and wanted the motor fuel back. By this time the motorist's temper had mastered him, and ho attacked the engineer, who retaliated, and an invitation to settle the matter outside was accepted. After a few blows the stranger "gave in," and paid up the disputed sum. Be said th«t he could sign his name to a £30,000 cheque, and was sorry for what had happened. Tho cycle man is wondering if the wealthy motorist accumulated tho roojoax in. the wax illustrated*

The Long Vacation in connection with the Supreme Court will terminate on Friday. Nominations for a councillor to occupy' the extra seat recently given to Mung&roa Riding of the Hntt County Council closed to-day. The only nomination received was that of Mr. Thos. Edwards, and he was to-day declaied duly elected to the council. In the adjourned case of Searle, Joy, and Co. (Mr. Yon Haast) v. Norman Leslie Gurr (Mr. P. W. Jackson), before Mr. Riddell, S.M., claim for £11 13s Bd, balance due on a Monarch typewriter, judgment was given for plaintiff in the amount claimed, together with £3 9s costs. A bachelor's establishment in Rixongrove, off Austin-street, was entered by a thief yesterday afternoon, and cash amounting to about £7 10s stolen. Nothing else ws3 taken, but drawers containing jewellery, a watch and other articles were found to have been ransacked. Entrance was obtained by a back window, which had been left unlocked. A statement was submitted to the Hospital Trustees to-day showing that in 1904 a sum of £2240 was collected from in-patients of the institution. In 1905 the total was £1666, in 1906 £2915, and in 1907 £2654. From out-patients the hospital in 1904 received £426, in 1905 £419, in 1906 £382, and last year £342. The trustees have always experienced considerable difficulty in collecting the payments due by people who have received treatment at the hospital, and who aie able to pay ; but a new system has now been decided on, and better results are expected in the future. Judgment was given for plaintiff in the following undefended civil cases dealt with in the Magistrate's ' Court this morning before Dr. M'Arthur, S.M. :— William Jorgenson v. J. G. Bay, £10 19s Bd, costs £1 10s 6d ; Young and Tripe v. Arthur Leonard Flyger, £8 2s, £1 3s costs ; Mary Hannah Bobinson v. Evaline Annie Gardener, £6 10s, costs £1 7s 6d ; Smith and Smith, Limited, v. E. A. Gardiner, £1 15s, costs 9s. A judgment summons case, James H. W. Angerstein was ordered to pay William Hendry u he sum of £18 14s 3d on or before 11th February or in default to undergo 14 days' imprisonment. An interpleader summons issued by Australia Van Der Velden, wife of P. Van Der Velden, artist, in regard to two pictures seized by the baliff under a distress warrant in the case of Walter Gandar v. P. Van Der Velden, came before Dr. M'Arthur at the Magistrate's Court this morning. Claimant alleged that tho pictures were her property, having been painted by her husband for her benefit in respect of certain advances made by her to him from time to time. His Worship dismissed the interpleader summons, holding that the pictures were the property of the husband, and granted costs against claimant, £1 12s. Mr. Toogood appeared for Mrs. Van Der /olden, and Mr. Weston for tho judgment creditor, Walter Gandar. "The way people are received into the Wellington Hospital is a public scandal," declared a- councillor at a meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council last evening. Tho matter cropped up when a letter was read from the secretary of the Hospital Trustees, stating that an elderly women (whose case has , already received some publicity) had been received into the hospital for treatment, and that she might remain there until, in the opinion of the medical superintendent, she could be safely removed to another . place to be 'provided by the Borough Council. The trustees regretted thero was no present provision made in the departments under their (Control for treatment of the aged needy. .A councillqr r consider.edr that the way ia ! which this > particular application was treated by the hospital trustees was not at all creditable to them. The woman was really ill, and it" was with tha greatest difficulty that she was gained admission to the hospital. Other councillors considered that where deserving cases occurred, the authorities should be compelled to receive the applicants, especially when the hospital was not full up. The discussion then moved to the necessity for a homo for aged needy. It was decided to ask the Hospital Trustees to furnish a report showing the number of Lower Hutt patients received in the institution during the last two years. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Limited, will begin their semi-annual sale to-morrow, and three pages of this issue contain details of the great bargains that are to be offered. — Advt. Scott Motor Company, Cuba-street Extension, has for sale new 8 h.p. twocylinder motor-car ; seats four. Price £225. — Advt. New Customs lariC. — information regarding changes can be supplied by the New Zealand Express Company, Ltd., 20 Customhouse-quay. Telephone No. 2410. —Advt. ' The big race at Trantham on Saturday proved to be a great attraction, iTho big raco in Cuba-street was the race for bargains at C. Smith's, Ltd., great summer sale ; the pace was fast and furious. The next_ events will start each niorninfj and continue till six p.m. This sale is a certain winner. One of the great events in Wellington at tho present moment is the annual summer sale wliioh is being held at the store of C, Smith, Ltd., Cuba-stroet. Tremendous _ reductions are being made in our millinery department. Hats for the races at) 50 to 75 per cent, reductions. — Advt. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, — Advt.