LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10415, 13 April 1897, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The census of New Zealand contains iX? return of some interest, namely, the nun- ;. r | ber of persons engaged in the sale and '• : ' i manufacture of wine, beer, spirits, cordially etc. :-Hotelkeepers, 1334 malos and 2Wf§ females; relatives assisting, 157 males,34BJfl females; manager - clerks, 67 males, llfrf females; hotel, club, etc., servants, 1138 m males, 2075 females; managers, secretaries]. : stewards of clubhouses, 32 males, 3 females •' '< barmen, barmaids, 196 males, 210 females; P : ] wine spirit merchants, 43 males; as- £-'-■;■ sistant ditto, 5 males, 1 female; clerks, W' bookkeepers, accountants, travellers, store, fe.; men, 44 males; cordial merchants, sales' men, 5 males; brewers, bottlers, 234 males. v : ; 4females; managers, clerks, travellers,s3females; relatives assisting, apprentices, 18 i : males; cellarmen, assistant carters, et&< '- 151 males, 1 female ; maltsters and ass*, tants, 118 males distillers, bottlers, 2's* males: wine makers, bottlers, 9 males; cordial, etc., makers, 293 males, 6 females; clerks, bookkeepers, travellers, 6 males; total, 3903 males, 2863 females: grand total, 6766. 6 <ff| The delegates from Auckland to tin meeting of the National Council of Women ;; abChristchureh, Mesdames Hendre, Shera,"| and Kirkby, have returned, and we under- P stand chat they are by no means satisfied % ; with the resolutions passed by the majority of that body. They all opposed the:. extreme resolutions which have excited the x'■•=. disgust of all sensible women and the";'' ridicule of all men. In reference to thl ?4 resolution condeming all war and urging ''-• • universal disarmament, Mrs. Hendre wrot« a letter to the Lyttelton Times, in which : v ; she said:-" Personally lam strongly is' r■ favour of a policy of arbitration on all %-."■■ questions. To assume, however, that thil Y happy condition of affairs is likely to lx '$' facilitated by our newly enfranchised women f; adopting holus-bolus resolutions of so ■.'■■ drastic a character as the ono referred to, "'■' seems to me—particularly in connection [( with the subject of war—something 4 more than doubtful. In my reasoning '^' last evening the chief object I endeavoured to keep in view was that, by taking up : these extreme attitudes on a question of. j foreign importance and far-reaching signi- • ■ ficance, women are simply raising barriers against the advancement of their own .~ : causa. By this 1 mean that women woo ' ? have not had the privilege of hearing these questions discussed, and see in print only : these baldly aggressive resolutions, come to the conclusion that the women who are organising and leadi.ig the women's move- / ment are simply mad; hence will not enter. '■ ; tain the notion of allying themselves to our women's societies.

The estimated receipts and disburse' .-V* ments in connection with the Auckland: '.% Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for the-'!" 1 year 1597-98, as made up at the end of.' -- '■■ March, show assets and income, £19,690 .' ion "^ ' an< * aroximat e expenditure, rv £20,134 2s 7d. The principal items in the ' ■£. disbursements are: — Hospital maintenance, '' $ £8825 ; Costley Home maintenance, £2800} and charitable aid £5600. This leaves a : &k deficioncy in receipts of £443 14s 4d. 0 Mr. Cheeseman, the secretary of the ?-■ Acclimatisation Society, has received official :V ; intimation from the Colonial Secretary's office that the season for native game will 'Vfopen on April 17th, and close on June 30th. '$ ';•: The season for imported game will open on ' May Ist and close on Juno 30th, and the 'rl license to shoot the same is fixed at £1.! ■ > Sportsmen should take notice that under "■ the proclamation, which appeared in ths Gazette of April Bth, pigeons cannot be shot ' ,' in the Auckland district. The Parnell Borough Council has decided, % after hearing suggestions from the captain 1 of the Fire Brigado, that the fireball at the . ?| top of St. Stephen's Avenue is not load V | enough for an alarm. Steps are to bs , ''. taken to procure a suitable bell, and i/ | these be successful the present bell will b! \l removed and re-erected in some other »? thoroughfare. At the next ordinary meeting of the i Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid | Board, Br. Baldwin, medical superintend ss dent, will bring forward a report on the $ proposed eight hours'system for the nursing |j* staff. Another matter that has been claim* fiing the attention of the doctor is that with •|f reference to the increase of relapses in the M typhoid ward during the outgoing year al ,|| compared with preceding years. He in. 3js clines to attribute this to the building, m which is wood, and several years old, having M become saturated with fever germs, and '?, considers that it is quite time a new build- $. ing was erected. The honorary medical .% staff have been invited to report on the doc- 3 tor's theory, and as to the sanitary condition! tej of the wards, It is stated that a wooden . I building ia use as a fever ward should nol f stand longer than seven years, to ensure its -; being healthy. '■• ■% The ordinary meeting of the Newton , ? Schools Committee was held last evening, j Mr. Thompson presiding. Miss K. Hiding, . of Bayfield School, Ponsonby, was ap« . x pointed successor, to Miss B. C. Greatbatch, • jf late' teacher of Standard 111, at Newtoo .. ,- y >J East School. f ;'hxM * Professor Thomas has resumed his lecture! .. -. on biology and geology at the University.; . ? The number of students attending ii about" the tame last year. /"v- 1 - *$!■'. \ "V •■■■'■". •' ' ■ :IMM

'■ A meeting of the Auckland branch of the WavV League was held in the long room of 2,6, Auckland Harbour Board's Offices Mtoday afternoon, when there were 'JJLnti: Messrs. Napier, Von Stunner, VMdham, and Bell. Mr. Napier occupied STchair. The honorary secretary subletted the annual accounts, which were j jT ved and adopted. lb was decided to ■ JjLnb the honorary secretary with a gold r > ; y»e with his name engraved thereupon, UTreCOgnition of his services daring the ■ nut »ear. It was also decided to hold the '? 2nu'l meeting of subscribers on Tuesday, iMiy*' H .Our Whananaki correspondent writes :— ill sad accident happened to the eldest son 4 Mr. F. W. Macken, during the play hour on Monday last. A pony, very quiet, I "|,j c b Is ridden to school by another boy, ' l« left in l ' ie school ground until evening, ;,Sj j„jr pi")' and dinner times the boys ride if, the mny, and not ''' 'suits the bigger | toys better than to put up two or more of " .the younger ones upon its back, and then ■t»rt the pony off, with the result that the riders frequently fall off. This appears to ' have been the case in 'this instance. • young Mncken, after he first fell off, maid remount, although advised nob to Jo so, the result being a second fall, breaking tbe bone of the left arm a little above ' the elbow joint, a very difficult place to re•jet but I hope it will be all right. He is a plucky little fellow, and bears his pain without a murmur. Even whilst Dr. Hall waß re-setting the bone, the boy only remarked. "Oh, bub it does hurt," bub no creaming or tears. The regular monthly meeting of the Royal Black Preceptory, 149, was hold last (feeing in the Protestant Hall, Newton, There was a large attendance of members Hid visitors, among the latter being some from Sydney and London. A large mount of routine business was transacted. After the preceptory closed, the brethreu adjourned to the ante-room, where light rtfrenhmentß were served. During the evening the W.M, presented the P.M. with a P.M. jewol, which was greatly admired. Songs, recitations, eta, were (riven by several of the members, and a very pleasant evening was spent The litter imported by the St. John's Ambulance Association is proving of great service in transporting persons to the Hospital, whose injuries or diseases render them unable to bear the jolting of the ambulance Last week ib was used in carrying a woman suffering from hip disease, who was brought »p from the gofdfiolds by steamer, and a few days ago another woman, suffering from pleurisy, was removed to the Hospital, by litter, by three volunteers of the Ambulance Association, under the supervision of Superintendent Tanks, The Association deserves the support and sympathy of the general public in its efforts to minimise the sufferings of the afflicted.

Our Port Albert correspondent writes ;— I regret to have to chroniolo the death of Jin. John Western, recently residing at Kakau, Port Albert. Mrs. Western, with husband and family, arrived in New Zealand with the earliest of the Albertland settlers, in the Matilda Wactenbach, in 1862. Mrs. Western died on the morning of the 6th, at the ago of 69, the whole family being present to take the last farewell. The illness had nob taken a serious turn till a few days previous; but the magic wire of sadness and gladness, can soon summon from wide distances our scattered unite, The family have long since grown ip, and all but one are married. They, like many of our old identities, are Lancashire folk, though on leaving for New Zealand, they resided in Bradford. A hundred or more friends and neighbours, testified their kindly feeling towards the deceased, and sorrowing family, by attending the funeral to-day, at the Port Albert cemetery. Tho Taranaki crew who are to compete in the Ladies Whaleboab Race left Waitara for Onehungu by the Kanieri yesterday, and aro expected to arrive this morning. It has been suggested that the race should take place at Lake Takapuna on Saturday afternoon next, and as the West End Rowing Club are holding a carnival on the lake the tame afternoon, there would perhaps be much more interest taken in the race than if it were rowed off by itself.

A child belonging to Mrs. Dean, of Masbrton, had an almost miraculous escape froto drowning a few days ago. Whilo playing on a culvert at Kuripuni, ib fell over into the water and came up in a standing position under the culvert. An elder girl waded in, but was unable to reach the child. She then took a long piece of wood and pushed the little one off its feet, and the stream carried the child to the other tnd of the culvert, where it was easily reached. Our Aratapu correspondent writes !— The quarterly meeting of the Northern Wairoa Wesleyan Circuit was held nt Aratapu on Wednesday ovoning, April 7. The Rev. S. J. Gibson presided. The membership was reported as 112, there having been some removals, but also some arrivals in the district. Several returns were not to hand from the stewards at a distance, but as far as could be estimated the income for the quarter was £60 Us 3d, and the expenses £7145, leaving tho total deficit at £60 19s 9d. Mr. T. Niold was appointed choirmaster at Aratapu, Mr. Mason was appointed society steward at Aoroa, and Mr. Stephens to a similar position at Kaihu. Messrs. Gabriel Elliott and Arthur Stallworthy, local preachers on trial, presented themselves for examination; and, having been examined by the Rev. S. J. Gibson, it was unanimously decided to admit them to the status of fully accredited local preachers. Mr. J. M. French, a local preacher of fifty years' standing, was also given a place on the plan, and welcomed in anticipation of his arrival. Air. M. Harding stated that tho organ in the Aoroa School had been presented by his father, Mr. John Harding, to the Wesleyan Church. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Harding for his handsome Rift. —[Own Correspondent.! A special meeting of creditors in tho estate of H. A. Hoffman was held at tho Official Assignee's office yesterday. Mr. J. Lavson presided, and explained that the meeting had been called to consider whether a less sum than 5s in the £ should be accepted in view of further proofs being pub in after the meeting accepting that offer. It was resolved, "That the Official Assignee be instructed to obtain his solicitor's opinion on the following points :— As to whether tho contingent liability on , the Roseberry Coal Company's shares pass over to the purchaser of the estate, or whether such liability is a charge upon the estate; also as to the power of the purchaser to carry out his threat of withdrawal." It was also decided that Messrs. Pullan, Armitage, and Co.'s proof of debt for £17 8s be admitted. There were in the lock-up last evening two persons on charges of drunkenness, Geo. \V. Spear, drunkenness and obscene language; John Dunn, theft of a pair of •wits, value3s lid, the property of Alfred Rhodes; and JohnConsadinefor receiving the boots, knowing them to be stolen. A grand sacred concert and myrioramic Exhibition is announced to be given at Jihe Opera House on Good Friday evening. , Amongst those taking part are Miss Mary % Miss E. Abbott, Mr. R. H. Buttery, Mr, Archdale Tayler, and others. "Tho - Story that transformed the World" will be exhibited by means fof Mr. Chas. Cooper's powerful limelight apparatus, and all the newest sacred songs will be rendered, many of which will be pictorially illustrated. The Delroy Company arrived in Auckland .yesterday, and preparations are being made for the opening of their season on Saturday. The box plan will be open at Messrs. Wild- ; «an and Lyell's to-day.