LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 16 December 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An "Anti-Shouting" Bill, on lines similar to those of the New Zealand enactment, has been passed by the Legislative Council of Tasmania. The names of all the W'aipu Caledonian Society's members who have enlisted or may enlist, will be compiled in book form and a biographical sketcli of each individual will be recorded on this roll of honour. The death from meningitis occurred in the Auckland district hospital on Thursday of a Maori soldier, LanceCorporal A. Poata, who was. the son of a well-known guide at Whakarewarewa, whence tho remains have been conveyed for the purposes of tangi observances Requests made by a number of picture theatre proprietors in Auckland to ireseiit programmes of suitable films on ■Jhristmas Day, were declined on the iinanimous vote of the Auckland City Council. The view of the Mayor was endorsed that the Council should set an example of sacred conservation of the day> in a communication received by the Auckland Patriotic Committee from Lieutenant-Colonel (now temporary Colonel) Mackesy, the writer asked the association to guarantee the expenses of a six-months' tour of England, after the war, by the A.M.R. Band-, if the project should fail to pay its way. The Advisory Board of the Patriotic Committee has been delegated to deal with the request. -: On the Hth and 11th inst. Professor llillsdon Hutton conducted examinations in Opotiki and district under the auspices of the National College of Music, London. Three associate diplomas were awarded candidates, two higher grade certificates (senior section) and five students' certificates with honours (junior seciton). Two passes were gained in the intermediate ■section, six in th|p. primary section, .and two in the A grade. The awards ■\n all the instances quoted were coupled with honours.

Danthonia grasses have brought into .pastoral occupation many thousands of acres on which flocks and cattle now depasture, between the Northern Wairoa and the west coast (says the "North Auckland Times' , )? the areas being formerly denuded gumfield ter- : ritor}'. Two varieties of danthonia, known as pilosa and semi-annularis, have been decried by southern men, in much the same way that they have ■riticised paspalum, but one fact is becoming more patent every day—from danthonia and paspalum the annual monetary .returns of the northern pastoralist exceed those of the southern by a large percentage. ■"--The Whangarei municipal electric .scheme is proving very popular. On the 22nd inst. it will be two calendar months since the scheme was inaugurated, and already there are 165 consumers on the list. This is an outcome which exceeds all expecta'ions, and ranks as a record for any Dominion borough of equivalent population. The whole of the borougn electrical staff, under the superintendence of Mr Dawson, electrical engineer, is working at high pressure, and it is anticipated that the 200 mark Will be easily attained-before the expiry of four months from' the time of ='lie new lighting and power process

coming into operation. ■'" ' : •4" interesting lecture oil ''Armagcd"!oiV and the Future King' -6f the World" was delivered by Mr K. E. Macdonald in the Kaino Hall on Thursday evening last. In the course of his remarks the lecturer pointed out chat the present war was not Armageddon; this was an event yet in the future, iiiitl the principals would ho all the nations of Europe under the leadership of Ri!::h-"a against all the forces of •■he British Empire and her Allies. Phis contest would take, place in Palestine, and. result in .the defeat of the British ami the ioss of Egypt; to Kussia. The-remnant of the British fofres-' having.*■ retreated eastward to Edom Anion and Moab, would be on the point of annihilation by the superior forces -irrayeif Against them when they would be saved by the sudden and-dramatic ; -ippciinince of Lord Jesus Christ at Bozrah (Isa. «;j.l-4). The Kussian hosts would then be completely defeated in a series of events culminating in terriftie slaughter at Armageddon on the plains, of Esdraelon. So terrible would be the destruction that only a sixth of the Russian forces would be left" alive, and the inhabitants of the laud would be seven months burying ■the dead. These events would probably happen within the next five or ten years. .lesus Christ, the future King of the World would then take command and with his people (those who believed in his kingdom and were baptised in his name), the redeemed from amoirg mankind, who having become immortal, would" then rule with Christ over the mortal inhabitants of the earth during the inillenial age of a thousand years. ■ ■ -