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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 July 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL There was a fairly active mining market, at to-day'i> meeting of the Exchange. A large amount of profit-taking has been indulged in by holders of Thames scrip ; hence piices of some descriptions appear slightly easier. On 'Change sales were: — Consul. Gold 18s 3d, Waiotahi 9s, and New Sylvia .3s 7rl. Reported transactions were more numeious, and comprised : Sharland .(ord.), £1 Is; May Queen, 4s lOd ; Waiotahi, 8s sd, 8s 6d ; New Alpine, 9s 3d (paid), 7s. Quotations : — lvuramii Caledonian, b 2s 3d, s2s sd ; Crown, b6s Id, s6s 3d ; May Queen, b 4s lOd, s ss: Saxon, b 3s 2d, s 3s 4d : Talisman, b £2 14s 3d, s £2 14s 9d ; Junction, b£2 6s 6d, s£2 7s ; Waihi, b £9 3s; Maoriland, b Bd, s, 10£ d ; Waiotahi, b 9s, s9s 2d ; New Sylvia, b 3s 6£d, s 3s Bd. The following is a copy of a telegram received by the Wellington Stock Exchange from the New Alpine Gold Mining Company, dated 12tii July: — "New Alpine: The battery crushed 960 tons for 2780z ; the cyanide concentrates totalling 115oz, of an tstimated value of £1500." * English, Australian, and American mail matter, the first two brought to Auckland yesterday afternoon by the Victoria from Sydney, and the lastnamed by the steamer J nvertay from San Francisco, are due to arrive in Wellington by the Main Trunk express this afternoon. On Saturday evening Owen Coyle was knocked down by a tramcar. He was removed to the hospital, where it was learned only slight injuries had been sustained. > Margaret Moir, in the S.M. Court today, was fined 6s for drunkenness, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment. Alexander Moir and John Shannon, for a similar offence, were mulcted in the sum of 10s,' the alternative being also fixed at forty-eight hours' imprisonment. Of five first -offending inebriates, two were convicted and discharged, two were fined ss, and the fifth, who failed to appear, was fined 10s. i A verdict of found drowned was returned on Satin day by Dr. M' Arthur, coroner, at the inquest touching the death of a woman named Susan Gray, whose body was found in a reservoir about a mile and a half from the Porirua Asylum. Deceased had been an inmate of the institution, frofti wTiich she had been missing since the 16th June. There was no evidence as to how she got into the water. The question of whether a hotel general was converted into a barmaid by casual attendance on the bar was discussed in the Auckland Magistrate's Court recently. Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., said she was a barmaid in that she was a maid at the bar, but she would more probably be correctly defined as a bar assistant. Later, states, the Herald, when the question of a barmaid's qualifications cropped up, the magistrate observed that she must have her head screwed on right, must be observant, and have a knowledge of human nature. On Mr. F. Earl's suggestion, the magistrate conceded that she must be nice to customers. Mr. A. A. Pearson, C.M.G.,.one of the Colonial Office representatives now on a visit to New Zealand, is greatly interested in the movement to erect v. meirorial to Edward Gibbon Wakefield, New Zealand's foremost pioneer, whose remains are buried in the Bolton-street Cemetery. He stat<?;> a bu&t oi' Wakefield stands in the Colonial Office, and Sir Frederick Young, the founder of the Colonial Institute, vvho ■was closely associated with Wakefield in the colonisation undertaking, is very desirous of having a fitting memorial erected in New Zealand. He has formed a strong committee in London to forward the scheme, his idea being that a full length statue should be erected in front of our new Parliament Buildings with the one word, "Wakefield" on the pedestal. After the tribute paid by the late Mayor of Wellington (Hon. T. W. Hislop) at the Lacrosse' dinner on Saturday night to the charms of Auckland past and present, the Queen City should feel highly gratified. He said that the associations round the city of Auckland were richer than in the case of other places in New Zealand. Some of the greatest men who had to do with New Zealand came to Aucklad, and there, to a large extent, laid the foundations of the future greatness of this country. Ihsy had borne the burden of colonisation, had forwarded the interests of the white people, and established that general air of comfort 'always found in Auckland. "We are sometimes told," continued Mr. Hislop, "that we are rivals of Auckland in business. There is plenty of room for both places. It is i'or the benefit ., of the colony generally that it should' be divided up into different districts, instead of having large local centres such as we sec in Australia. Jt is good for us to have at the other end of New Zealand a city, whose inhabitants we can meet in business and pleasure, and show that we can be rivals without losing our friendship and admiration for one another." In the deepest watches of the night that was part of" yesterday one of the penguins at 'the "Zoo" woke in a bad attack of nerves, from a wild dream, and, with its feet to its eyes, would not be comforted. And no wonder. Yesterday, it looked forward to spending some quiet and sunny Sunday hours on the new pool in the back -gully of Newtown Park, where, also, the sea-lions practise their ablutions. Now, it is stated by interested observers that on land the sea-lion and penguin may fraternise, but in the water the entente cordiale is not recognised : it is one of the unwritten laws of the Antarctic. ba that as it may, the penguin waddled into the water. Then a black lump slipped off the diving board, and befoi* the trustful bird could get its gear going, the black head fled over the water towards her, its ey?s boding no good. Then began such a race as was never before witnessed on the pool ; never was there such a duck hunt. Fearful, the penguin dived, and viciously the sealion disappeared Up they came again, their eyes full of water, the pursuer in no away abating his speed. Down they went again, the penguin leading by an i uncomfortably small margin. So the I bird reached the steep and slippery sides that frame the pool. Concluding that the water, under the circumstances, was not so healthy as it might have been, the waddler saw up the bank an ascent to safety. The rush was made,, but, alas ! made in vain. From halfway up, the bird slipped back in a stupendous geyser of water that somewhat disturbed the black head. Again the attempt to scale was made, and again the webbed feet slid down despairingly. The excitement among the onlookers, sympathetic for the pursued, was intense, as the sea-lion made a nasty rush at the breathless bird. Gathering its energies, for a last great effort, it put its best feet forward, and perseverance was rewarded. But it was a close thing : as the tail feathers — what penguins possess of these — bobbed out of lange, a vicious mouth snapped perilously close to a mouthful. From the bank of its salvation the scared creature, so onlookers attest, looked over its shoulder down on its water enemy: a look in which sadness at the frailty of animal friendship mingled with a t>uggo»tion of a victory won through much fear and fc tress. Ladies' cashmere stockings in black and tan, embroidered fancy floral fronts, at 2s lid, 3s 6d, 4s 6d a pair. Kirkcaidie and Stams, Ltd. — Ad-vt.