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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 15, 18 July 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL, •m The Marine Department has instructed the Collector of Customs at Auckland to take proceedings against Kire Opa, a Maori, who was recently found at the Thames with a quantity of ;ock oysters in his possession during the close season. The native claims that under the Treaty of Waitangi he is entitled to take shellfish for hiß own use. It is stated, however, that evidence will be given that he offered the oysters for sale. Tlie Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board wild hold its monthly meeting in tho Towjt Hall on Thursday next at 3 o'clock. There is a large amount of business to be transacted. A petition is in circulation in the Hutt Valley asking that the Tramway Board should immed'ateh take steps to again place the tramway loan proposals before the ratepayers. In order to have the desired effect the petition will require to be signed by at least 10 per cent, of the ratepayers. The Fire Brigade received a call shortly after 9 o'clock this morning to a fiveroomed cottage (No. 14.5) in Danielstreet, owned by Mr. K. Osborno, and occupied by Mr. Ernest L. Holland. Some clothes became ignited from a spark from the copper fire. The kitchen and scullery were damaged by the flames, and smoke and heat damaged the other parts of the house. The cottage is insured in the Commercial Union Office for £200, and the United Company has a risk of £150 on the contents. One of the earliest substantial 1 records of New Zealand is a medal struck in memory of the discoveries of Captain Cook. Few of these are now extant. Mr. M J Nab, in his lecture on Saturday even uig showed a photograph of one picked up some years ago in the sand of Queen Charlotte Sound, where it must- have lain nearly a century. It is now in the collection of Mr. Turnbull, of Wellington. Two other specimens were found in Queen Charlotte Sound and a fourth was unearthed on Murdering Beach., Otago. These aro the only specimens known to have been discovered in New Zealand. The grazing leases of North and South Hagley Parks, Christchurch, were disposed of last week for a period of three years, Mrssrs. Pyne and Company seaurinu them The rights in respect of the North Park reaped £5180, the area being 200 acres ; three years ago they brought J8250. Those in respect to the South Park brought £280, the area being 154 acres ; three years ago they brought £340. The areas which have been set apart for sports grounds during the past three years were deducted from the areas offered. A Wellington resident on tour forwards the prospectus of the Aerial League of the British Empire. The general objects of the league are : -fa) to encourage and stimulate invention and manufacture of aerial craft and things appertaining thereto; (b) to disseminate knowledge and spread information showing the vital importance to the Brtish Empire of Aerial Supremacy, upon which its commerce, communcation*, defence, 'and it« very exj istence may largely depend ; (c) and to use every constitutional means to briug about the objects for which the league is established and to invite the support of men of all shades of opinion throughout the Empire It is proposed tc- extend the work in the direction of forming a. permanent Inventors' Bureau which would examine and advise on machine?, and, if fund's permitted, grants — in aid would be made to assist in tiie construction of invention?. The prospectus, in appealing to tiit, British, nation to remove "tho stigma of reproach whkh our present backward position in aeronautic casts upon our national honour." warns it that Germany is building a great air fleet and training officers and men at the rate of i 2000 per annum — "spending money without stint" — and that France has established a college of "Advanced Aeronautics in Paris for the theoretical and practical training of aviators. "We can no longer rely on our wealth, our insular position, and our command of the sea for the political and commercial supremacy that these have conferred on us," adds the circular impressively. The league asks for £100,000 to carry out its objects. Cream Honeycomb Shawls 58 x 60 in., with rich silk embroidered border in scroll design, finished with wool and silk fringe, at 17s §d each. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd.-~A4yi..