LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 26 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

: '• 4 . The new stone crushing plant ordered by the County Council from Messrs Booth, Mscdonald, and Co., Ltd., Christchurch, arrived at the Town Wharf yesterday by the Kanieri. It is- to be hoped that its work will speedily become apparent. The 50 Sedge wick boys who have been sent out from England to take places on various farms in New Zealand, arrived at Wellington last night by the Athenic, and were welcomed by the Hon, G. Fowlds and Mr Tregear. The Napier Borough Council is inviting the Hon. W. Pitt, the wellknown Australian theatre architect, to come over and inspect the site on which it is proposed to build a municipal theatre and offices in Napier. Sir J. G. Ward and other members of the Cabinet welcomed the Hon. G. Fowlds at Wellington last night on his return from South Africa. A complimentary dinner v/as given at Bellamy's, at which about 50 politicians, heads of departments, and leading-citi-zens were present. Whangarei will be represented at the Auckland Regatta by three of tue local yachts. Messrs Cutforth's boit and Messrs Ewing Bros.' "Scout" left together at 2 a.m. yesterday, and the "Ngahau," which has been overhauled, will leave to-morrow afternoon. In this issue there is a notice of special importance to pig-breeders, who are advised of the next shipment dates from Whangarei and Mangapai. Communications should be sent in at once to either Mr Cleary or Mr Tibbits. To-day the Loan and Mercantile Agency telegraph the following Auckland quotations:—Ox beef to 21s; cow, 18s to 20s; fat steers, £5 5s to £9 37s 6d; cows, £3 10s to £7; fat wethers, 12s 9d to 19s 6d; ewes, 8s to 14s; lambs, 12s to 15s. So many times have serious and even fatal consequences followed careless drinking from wrong bottles that it is a wonder people are not more on guard against the danger, yet cases djr the kind seem quite as frequent ever. A Press Association telegranrV from Auckland states that a married woman named Sarah Prickett took Lysol yesterday in mistake for some medicine of similar color which she had just obtained from the chemist. It is expected that she will reepver. Another incident is reported of a young girl in service in a Waihi boarding house who took a dose of Lysol. She was conveyed to the hospital, where she is now lying in a serious state.

Mr A. M. McLeod, architect, at whose office plans and specifications may be seen, invites tenders for building a liouse in Manse-street and a cottage in Vinery-lane. Most people remember the enormous crowds that gathered in Messrs Heath and Morrison's shop when they h-kl their first sale. The firm closed down . to-day to re-mark their stock at s--K I prices, and they expect such a rush of " business in the morning that a policeman has been to keep the crowd in order. The Territorial Infantry force will ' he brought into being to-night, when Captain T. H. Steadman, officer commanding the Third Battalion, wil enrol volunteers in the Drill Hall at S o'clock. All volunteers now serving are asked to attend, and youths between 18 and 21 years who desire to volunteer to avoid compulsory enlistment should enrol. A most disgraceful scene occurred in Cameron Street this morning, when a white boy and a Maori boy were fighting for some considerable time. A crowd of nearly a hundred adults congregated, and instead of interfering persisted in prompting the boys to continue. The Maori boy was eventually beaten, and was taken away by some of his kin, streaming/with blood from the nose and mouth. With a viewvto amending the conditions governing the district courts at the Auckland Winter Show, the Whangarei management committee, at its meeting on Wednesday night, adopted the following suggestions of Mr J. D. McKenzie for -submission to the Auckland A. and P. Society:—(l) Judgment of appearance and artistic arrangement. (2) Selection of disinterested judges outside the Auckland province. (3) Subsidising the courts competing to the extent of £50 each, and awarding a shield only as a Drize. Shortly after 9 o'clock this morning the Eastern members of the Mars-den-Kaipara Hospital and Charitable Aid Board started on their trip to Dargaville, where the quarterly meeting will be held to-morrow, commencing at 10 a.m. The following members left in the coach: Messrs N. Mckenzie, A. G. McKenzie, W. Kerr, R. Y. Kernohan, H. A. Morey and the Clerk (C. McKinnon). Mr J. Mann was to "be picked up en route, so that Mr J. W. McGregor will be the only representative from the Eastern side who will be an absentee. A lad named W. O'Donnell met with a painful mishap the other day at Kaihu. According to all accounts the boy was bathing in the river, and as is '• pretty generally known some very large boulders are lying in the bed of the stream. The boy took a big jump —the bank being twenty feet high at the point—and the water net being deep enough he struck his foot on one of the boulders with such force that lie sustained a compound fracture of the foot. Dr. Gilpin was summoned •and the lad is now -doing as well as can be expected. For some time the fate of the Whangarei Court at the next Auckland Winter Show hung in the balance at the committee meeting on Wednesday night, opinion being sharply divided on the point. The apathy hitherto marking the project was the ground on which the objectors based their argument. Several supporters, however, contended that, with Northern "Wairoa in the field, Whangarei would l»e put to the blush if the proposal ■japsed, and it was decided that the matter be proceeded with, the objectors magnanimously offering to give their best assistance. The difficulty of filling the presidential position again repeated itself, and the impasse seemed quite unsurmountable until Mr Pulley at length agreed, under much ■urgent importunity, to accept office. All the entries for the Mercer Tegatta have been published, and the list includes no fewer than twentyfour maiden crews, both light \nd heavy. Whangarei have entered a junior crew to compete in the lightweight and open events, the following , being the crew: A. Jack (stroke), R. H. Allan (3), G. Johnson (2), C. G. L. Meyer (bow). The heavy-weight maiden crew—F. Reynolds (stroke).. TL Haynes (3), H. McCrystol (2), P. Tromm (bow) —will also compete in the Country Club race, and should give a good account of themselves. F. "Reynolds (stroke) and R. H. Allan have also been entered for the Maiden Double Sculls. The members of the crews, with the two boats, and with Alan Steadman as cox, will leave by the Ngapuhi on Saturday. A strange case of a sudden disappearance is reported from Hikurangi, ■the principal of the affair being an employee of Mr A. McLeod, named Norman Kearle. On Monday evening he left a note for Mr McLeod, in which he stated that he was ill and was going away to see a doctor. When he did not return on the following day, a j search of his bedroom was made, with j the result that an ominous note was found, stating that the writer had made a failure of life, which he was tired of, and intimating that he intended to commit suicide. Since then ft systematic search has been made for missing man by the police and Withers, but so far without result. Kearle was only 26 years of age, and of average build, being some sft 9in. in height, with fair hair and a moustache. Sergeant Moore would be thankful for any information from persons who may have seen Kearle -since Monday evening.