LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10664, 31 January 1898, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The Hon. A, J, Cadrnan is expected to arrive from the Thames goldflelds to-night, and will probably devote ft few days to departmental business before leaving for the South.

Saturday last was the 58th anniversary of the foundation of the colony, and for nearly half a century ib has been celebrated by a regatta, although of late years, through counter attractions and other onuses, the event has not elicited so much public interest as of yore, when the canoe and wh&teboAb races were features of the programme. The day was all that could be oaired, there being a nice breeze, which tempored the heat, and while satisfactory to the sailing vessels did nob militate against the rowing events. The city was en fete, the day being a close holiday, and the citizens abandoning themselves to holiday-making. Fully 10,000 must have been carried to the North Shore and other points of the harbour by the ferry steamer*. The city flagstaff, Municipal Buildings, lneroantile establishments, and the shipping in pork were bedecked with bunting. On every hand the pleasure-loving public thoroughly enjoyed ihdfflielVes. A number of families, for quiet rest and enjoyment, betook themselves to the pubiic parks and tho domain, from Whence the harbour could be seen, and the various steamers, yachts, and other vessels flitting co and fro, forming a scene of life and animation pleasing in theexfcrome.

Two inquests will be held to-day oil illegitimate infants boarded out. One died at the residenco of Mrs. Sarah O'Keeffe,' Greystreet. Ib was six months old, delicate from birth, and had been seen by Dr. Wine before death. The doath was reported to .Sergeant Lyons. Oil Saturday the death of Another infant, nabied John Cummings, was reported to Constable Finnerty, as having taken place at the residence of Mr. Frauk Denz, Hepburn-street. The child had been taken care of by Mrs. Christina Hughes, who was staying with her sister Mr& Denz, The child Was not quite a fortnight old, and, it is stated, had been seen by Dr. Coom. An inquest will be held ab the Rob Roy Hotel at half-past two this afternoon. • - "

■ The first day's raolhg of tho Summer Meeting of the Takapuna Jobkoy Olub was held on Saturday, and the day being a public holiday, and the weather favourable there wis a large attendance; it being estimated that 7000 people were present. ° The racing was interesting and ' speculation brisk, the sum of £7964 being put through thei totalisator. The principal race, the rakftpuna Cup of 250sovs, was won by Mr. 1 J-Evans'.Coronet,: with Waiorongotnal second, and Panoply third. The meeting wilt be Continued on Wednesday and Saturday. Details Of Saturday's racing Will be found in another column. -:- t ;■

In connedbion with Mr, OflmtnljSlonor Tnnbrideej , inspection of the police, we may Bay that although the men had no thw°| n complaints if is understood that they have three gnevencea as affecting the organization, coming;v under ;> the head of mui'b\ , b23i , /?i h , OU i 9 Which ml Jl - deal Of, dissatisfaction. The Mb tin ft n * he foto9 thrie years ago stabl..? ' m ?, u l h .» 8 tbird-c1a., 8 conllfelkkT'iS ]olnin ß no* gel only fictlv Z 'i D j 9141118 erade and doing exactly the tame duty. It .i, regardad alio r.. "oe that the police havo to pay th ( lir uniform, contrary to the umbo in colobies, wh lla the Mi wav sbHm get th#m allowanrl nf 'if grievance > is • nonDrE l'i° U, V enti ■to thß . mar ™ d officers 'with U 0 u , 9 . . Don ' Colnm ' , riven * iSr "If higher pay, , are '° &£&&&»■* ten shillings » allowanon th ® BMl'wafders *te given house nnf „,i j^ 90 Government quarters are tile EM ,These are anomalies which and K5? rd M hvin ? "6 justification, l dis«atlnfar<f eqasncothero ia *»y« ohrouio affeotedbyMwsiTTt"* * mcmgtboM : W 5 t ial P rr - 00totflUted::t 0 E Sinim. n* l i f ßt sessions of the te&Sr 1 "* M

. The contractor (Mr. D. Fallon^for cuttin down the Auckland Gas Compab»»«*js.wit perty, Freeman's Bay, and depositing »h« earth in the Freeman's Bay reclamation 'fcPl busy making preliminary preparations ' vlp party of men are laying down and ballaatin» a line of rails, with double sidings and th IPI necessary switches, as on the r G6vVrihiiSki« railway lines. About twenty waggons hS» been provided, and a fifteen-ton "locomotivH will be taken over to-day (Monday) toDro#% vide the necessary haulage power. f There will be two faces on the cliffs, and two siding, $£§ running up to them, so thab the Icioomdti will run out with a train of ten wagons while the other ten are being filled acid *7 : S thus be kept constantly going all day 'at tu • or seven miles an hour hauling out waggon* ' I '• for tipping on the reclamations. It is £ ac'V-Y----la ted each trip will remove fifty yards o jM| stuff, and.the locomotive and waggon do *111 the work of a hundred drays. Starting from the crown of Patteaon-street, tho earthwork will have a fall of 1 in 248 to eoawardj»till reaching the northern boundary. The rails sil will be shifted daily, as required by the'l^S filllng-i»> It is intended to commence excavation at the northern end of the Gas till Company's block, so as to enable the com- > piny to commence the erection of the retort works as soon as they feel disposed. It j 8 \\) anticipated that Mr. Fallon will have Mil everything in full swing by Wednesday and fully sixty men will be engaged on the contract. The necessary offices, as well as S blacksmith's shop for repair of waggons and '• ® tools, are already erectod on tho ground. Aboub 200,000 yards of earth have to be fffg excavated and deposited in Freeman's Bay, the contract time being about 14 month;!" V The present Harbour Board contract for'?® filling-in the Bay from the punts runs oukijil in about five months. It will be ntcesto'y-p for the City Council and the Harbour Board r! : to come to some arrangement for the con. etruction of the sewer through the reclama- IP tion ti prevent complications arising. »-;*£s}! Recently the Town Clerk received com- '*1 munication from .Mr. E. N. Urmiatou ' - stating that he had again visited the Niho--r'-K tupu Falls, and asking if the City Council PJ would grant permission for a deputation to %' wait upon the Park Committee in reference i to cutting a suitable track to the falls, ' It ftp appears that it will be unnecessary for any ;H1? action of the kind to be takon, as since the fel recent bush fire in the neighbourhood, the jflj City Council has appointed a curator to watch over the Waitakerei reserve, in case of fire, and he is occupying his spare time ft® in cutting a track from tho Upper to the Mf Lower Falls. ■ " ' vtS'iSiM Information Las been received bylihifiip mail that Mr. C. H. Yatman, who visited : 14| Auckland some time ago, has been lector- - ing in tho State of New York on Hawaii, He believes in annexation of the Sandwich SS: Islands to the United States. He spoke in O 4 the highest terms of the beauty of the , : native women, and the noble appearance of ffii the men. True, he acknowledged that hi 1 came into contact only with the better' - R classes, and yet he testified to the fact thsb'jfSi " the native Hawaiians are a noble people, cljjj and debased only as they have come in coh-Sffc tact with unprincipled white men. Girt 111 Hawaii a strong, good government, and shit will take front rank in time." Mr. Yatman tours New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and |gl| Michigan, returning to Elmira, New.York' ' —unless the latter place release him earlier ||§ for the Pacific Coast churches. He has promised Bishop Fitzgerald, the present f -; president, to resume the summer's work at the Ocean Grove Mission.' For the autumn ' - , following the summer's work, the : five following fields invite his labours—namely, Australasia, Ireland, Alaska, Pacific Coast, the Eastern States, and New York City, MJ Which of these fields he will enter he h«. ' not yet decided. \ • i .$ , '■*' f|Jv There are strong complaints from those whose business leads them to ■ visit the f'jifl locality of Freeman's JBay of the offensive effluvia from the reclamation deposits, especially when the wind is northerly, iThe®! residents are getting case-hardened" now,i H from long endurance, and it is the newjS arrivals who are loud and bitter in their complaints, as the delays and inaction 'ot the City Council and Harbour Board as to construction of the sower. Ib was announced in the various Presbyterian Churches yesterday that the General ;}||t Assembly of the Presbyterian Church 'will meet at St. Andrew's Church, Auckland, on Tuesday, February 8 t when the opening m sermon will be delivered by the Moderator, ' the Very Rev. Dr. Erwin, of Christcharcb, and other business transacted. Subsequent meetings will be held in St. James' Hall. * -mmm

During the past month the traffic la* spector has issued licenses (annual) »'ss■ underßorough stage coaches, 83; hackney carriages, 93; carters', 231; porterf,f* 28; registered carts, 338; drivers','2oi'f|| The total number of bicycles registered is m Auckland is 1488.

The third annual meeting of the Auckland Teohnical School Association will talis'pfc place this evening at the school, Rutlandstreet, when the annual report and state- ' ment of accounts will be submitted, and the j-||| officers for the ensuing year elected.' It iaJSp to bo hoped that not only the subscribers |||| but the general public will make a point to.'Ji" be present, as the subject of technical eda-flf|| cation, is one of groat importance to all ./' V elates of the community. • ;V The alterations in the time-table on till Helensville line commence to-morrow (Feb- S£| ruary 1). The alterations include that ths present 6.20 a.m. daily train Helensville fo|sj| Auokland will leavo Helensville at 6.10,fe: a.m., arriving iii Auckland at 8.55 ifi.w; The present 4.40 p.m. daily train Auckland , to Helensville will not leave Auckland .W'jlf 5.10 p.m., and will run to destination correspondingly late. Full particulars 1 weri sS advertised in the Herald on January 2&|y;||§ , A man named John Brown with foal aliases, was arrested on Saturday ;On a Kpf charge of soliciting aim?. ' 1 At the morning service yesterday at St. Andrew's Church tile organist (Mr. ff. Culpan) played a funeral march by-Dr.". : ?.v Fowler, and at tho evening service V The Dead March" In "Saul," as a mark '.bCM-jag spect to the memory of the late Mr. : James McCosh Clark. The deceased gentleman was for many years treasurer of the Prefcl® byterian Church of New Zealand. . < ■ OH Saturday morning Commissioner Tiin- 5-?., bridge left for Rotor'da by the express.^? He returns here to-day, and will then visit tM;||<| Thames goldflelds, accompanied by Inspector Hickson. The Commissioner hopes to have completed his official inspection felt time to get away to New Plymouth by '!■!.&! steamer on Thursday next. L;, , - The work of re-tarrlhg alld sanding the >£"; leading thoroughfares is being vigorously gone on with. At present Pnttesoli-street, Freeman's Bay, is being taken in hand.|||i Another work for which preparation • isjgi?!! being made is thekerbingof the east sidesßjs of' Hob Son-street, between Victoria and WelliSley streets. . r ' The Bland Holt Company brought tarjll Auckland season to a close on Saturday evening, when a packed house greeted the|y| final production of "Straight from ; the. i Heart." Mo moro flattering testimony to the popularity of Mr. Bland Holt and hi* talented company could be advanced than the faot that they have enjoyed M Interrupted run of five weeks, playing nightly to crowded and enthusiastic audiences. t Tomorrow the company leaves for Gisborne, where they will appear for a brief season of g three nights only, commencing on Thursday evening. From thence they go dn to Napier and Wellington. To-night, at the Opera House, Hudson' Surprise Party will open a short season with a programme as* varied as it is high-class. For years the combination, which • includes gglj vocalists, comedians, instrumentalists,;.gj dancers, have been touring the world, and everywhere with the greatest success." Mr. Hudson has. round him a group of speel' "lists, who have exceptional musical talent, and, according to a Southern contmpowj, it is no exaggeration to say that the sij>2 erJ readied a standard not surpassed by nighclass concert companies who rely on ~?©[ " divine art" solely to attract, i When witn this is intermingled bright comedy, diTerf ing minstrelsy, astounding balanOing fe»w« remarkable musical performances, on graceful skirt and step dancing, Wt® ing in rapid succession, it will be ,T.®[|S stood there is nob a dull moment through o the two hours and adialf that the perform"' occupy the Stage. There is one item ««?® on the programme, a feature, and tun . the pianoforte playing of Miss May « good, A.R.0.M., who,' according to unanimous testimony of those who n heard her, is a pianiste of exceptional brilliance. • ■■