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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1912, Page 6

' LOCAL AND GENERAL. , v Applications have been made to llu» Posted and Telegraph Department by eettlers of the kketahuna district for the installation of eixfcy.fivo telephones on private lines. The department's linesmen have made a commencement with the installation of the instruments. The third-class passengers by the Athenic, which ari'ived from London on Saturday, numbered 473, and there were also 16 first And 67 in the neeond saloon. Of the third-class passengers 118 adulto j and 6*l children were assisted itomi' grante, 119 were assisted by illation* ift New Zealand, and 53 were" approved by the High Commisfiioner. There were also 60 domeatictt, of whom 18 were not under engagement on arrival. The large stock of timber (valued at over £5000) which was destroyed by fire in Messrs. Parker. Lamb, and Co.'a sawmill yard, Auckland, on Saturday night, was insured in the Phoenix office for £2000. A Preen Association telegram erroneously stated that th>> risk was held by the Guardian office. Fifty-four Maoris were confirmed by Bishop Sprotl at St. Maa-k'a Church, Carterton, on Friday. The ceremony waa a very impressive one. Two Native clergymen,' and the Reva. Young and S. Williams assisted, the latter giving an address to the new members of the Church in the Native language, the hymns being also sung in Maori. A crew from the Star Boating Club had; a somewhat wet and exciting experience yesterday. The bout, which contained five occupants, wa* overturned by a heavy wind off the Queen's Wharf. Two men attempted to swim ashore, whilst the remainder of the crew stood by th« b&at. One of the swimmers succeeded in reaching the Jervois-quay Wharf, but no sooner had he been hauled ashore than he heard his mate in difficulties _ He returned to the water and assisted the tired swimmer to safety. Tho boat, with the other three, drifted to the boat stheds. There is au extremely fine choice of Easter millinery to bo obtained ju«.t now from Kfrkcaldio and Stains. Ltd., and the pric«a are v«ty modeiato.— Adn,