LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10901, 4 November 1898, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

This week's number of the Auckland ffasir News is rich in interesting illusions. Among the latter are some capital views of St. George's Rowing Club's «At Home," including the scene at Judge's Bay crews going out for a race, and a groped gig being brought ashore. There also two excellent pictures showing the if o 2 New Zealand Nativo Rifles, and a ; up of officers. The mining industry is Illustrated by two views-pumping quadrants at the' Thames Hauraki mine and t }, e Golden Cross, Wuitekauri— there is also a view of the main street ' Karangahake, .boffin" the block of buildings destroyed L the° recent fire. A number of other illustrations make up ft most attractive supplement. 'The Weekly News is now on sale. The meeting in support of the AucklandTaranaki railway in the Agricultural Hall lust night attracted onlv about 200 people, and about one half left long before the proceedings ended. A resolution was carried, calling" on the Government to survey the Stratford line early this summer, the object of the request for immediate survey being that the Government should have no room at the close of the summer for explaining that owing to irapropitious weather the survey could not he completed.

The successful applicant (Mr. Boylan) for tie post of engineer to explore the Niliottipu and Huia streams in search of a water supply for the city, waited on the .Council last night, and, in the course of some explanations, said that it would be impossible for the work to be finally completed before next May or June. In order to be able to report with accuracy as to the capacity of the prospective source, it would be necesBiT to take the levels of the streams when at their lowest, and this would not occur before the months stated above. The Council has fixed the time for carrying out the irork at four mnths after the contract is signed, so this will have to be extended. Mr. Bovlan explained that he could in the meantime go on with all the other part of the work. When the Council at its previous meeting decided to engage Mr. Hoylan it did not decide upon what terms— whether it would accept his offer to do the work for a lump sum of £400, or to do it on time payment, and last night accepted the lamp sum offer.

The proposal of the Queen's Statue Committee to erect the statue on the band site in the Albert Park, instead of on the slope facing Victoria-street East, was last night approved by the City Council.

As Mr. George McCullagh was riding to Hamilton this morning (writes our Cambridge correspondent) his horse fell, and the rider was heavily thrown, badly spraining the sinews of his ankle. He was, however, able to ride home, where he was attended by Dr. Murdoch, who orders complete rest for some time.

In the New Zealand Gazette of October 27 appears the following "Notice to Mariners, No. 36, of 1898," relating to the position of practice minefield in the Auckland Harbour:—"Marine Department, Wellington, New Zealand, October 26, 1898. The Auckland Harbour Board have notified' that a portion of the Auckland Harbour, tear the North Head, having been granted to the Defence Department for a practice minefield, the said minefield will be marked by four red buoys, each 6ft by 4ft, and is within a line drawn from the eastern rocky point of the North Head, east two cables, intersecting a line drawn S.W. by S. IS., four cables, intersecting a line drawn N.W. j 17., two rabies to the shore, and is inside the five-fathom line of soundings as marked on the Admiralty Charts, Nos. 1896 and 1970."

The past office will observe Wednesday, the9th inst., the Prince of Wales' Birthday, as a close holiday. Mails usually .made up on Wednesday will close, at seven p.m. on Tuesday, the Bth inst. The office will open from seven to eight p.m. on Tuesday, the Bth inst., for delivery of letters, etc., including those usually delivered by letiep-carriers.

On Wednesday evening last, a man named i Frank Evans, well-known to the police, was arrested by Constable Peat on a chargo of stealing a coat, worth 15s. The police have not at present been able to find the owner of the property, and in consequence of this, Evans, on making his appearance at the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. Rces George and Austin Walsh, J.P.'s, was ! remanded for a week. At the same sitting Thomas Jackson pleaded guilty to being the owner of a lior.se found wandering in a public place, and was fined Is, with costs 15s. One first-offending inebriate was discharged with a caution.

Captain Hutton, Curator of the Christchurch Museum, has received in exchange from Queensland some interesting New Guinea articles which formed part of Sir Wil- ! liam Macgregor's collection. These include a stone disc club, a dyed grass kilt, wooden food bowls, a gooseneck boomerang, a palm leaf basket, a very finely-made hempen fishing net with shell sinkers and wooden floats, J stone axe, and several adzes. Ladies will be interested in a girdle of human hair, resembling loosely-spun black worsted; devotees of my Lady Nicotine should be envystruck with a wonderful bamboo pipe, some oft long and warranted to give a cool smoke ; while disciples of the immortal Izaak might pick up a wrinkle from some ingenious fish-ing-hooks made with a thorn bound with

cocoanutfibre.

A fine series of myrioramic views, illustrating the famous sacred and historical prose work, " Ben Hur," were displayed last Bight, under the direction of Mr. C. Little, at the Salvation Army Barracks, Albertstreet. The pleasure of the evening was considerably enhanced by Mr. Hoyles, briefly, but forcibly describing the incidents connected with the scenes as they appeared teiore the eyes of a large and enthusiastic audience. The entertainment was in aid of the children's self-denial fund. , Hie time set aside by the Salvation Army *or contributing specially towards charitable purposes, under the title of the Selfdenial Fund, has elapsed. The Auckland corps has raised more (£215) on {his occa--81011 'han on any other proceeding one. The funeral of the late Mr. David Lundon took place yesterday afternoon. In the Horning the coffin was removed from his late residence to the Roman Catholic Church, ™nell, where it remained before the altar till the afternoon. At half-past seven i itfn 11 Requiem ass was celebrated by . cv - Father Kehoe, the respected parish priest of Parneil. There was a large conjugation. and Father Kehoe referred to the deceased in feeling terms. The funeral corgo left the church at three o'clock, for the ~ 0111 '"' Catholic cemetery, Symonds-street, •ere being about 30 carriages in the proceson i m to a large number of ourners on foot. The chief mourners were ne of deceased's sons, Mr. John Lundon J ™ner), a nephew, Mr. J. Lundon (solidr), an( l deceased's daughters. Among the er 0' present at the service at the grave, ." e "is Worship Bishop Lenihan, Mongnors Walter McDonald and Paul, Very ' Sr- « an ' OSB - Fathers Dawson, , Uglier, Kehoe, and others, in addition to i at ff o , numl)er 0 f old settlers, who paid the token of respect by following the ref n 1 , ms °f 'he deceased old colonist to their I las t resting-place. fn3ri Northern Company's steamer Clielmsnooi tf- ' or on Monday afters' ipr 'l "king a number of gentlemen in4. -mi, , ' n the island to inspect the new :i, Pn „ recently constructed for the conveniSI B . ? vstors ' Invitations have been isfl Kni ,y Mr. Pnrria to a number of Auck- , citizens for the occasion. ' rJ\° [wcy ' a ' and sale of work in aid of ® «n'c Johns Wesleyan Church Trust Fund v Rill COnnuc< l yesterday, at the Ponsonby W'tiiJi an ®, was largely patronised. In the fe Jm "ig 10 Wost End Orchestra rendered " tho nu3!l : a ' elections, and contributed to bIaJ T? 0 ' 10113 of ' 10 evening. It is nnder-;:-7 ft®i r as tho result of the exertions of ffe (i!,j lea very acceptable sum baa accrued ; s trust funds of St. John's Church, flsT"'