LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10902, 5 November 1898, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Warlike preparations continue over tin. ! whole Em pi Mr. Goschen, the C Lord of the Admiralty, can„oM We y , office » London, even to attend soim port!! ant a gathermg „ the Cutlers' Feast at i Sheffield. Large quantities of ,oal have ' been purchased for delivery of coal at the I Indies, no doubt for the use of our fIS ! on that station. At Shanghai, " , fleet and the fortifications are being fully ] prepared ' ere, in New Zealand, "feS ta Sydney for the use of the a of the « Australian squadron. There fa, „ al Jnow plenty of coal in New South Vale'ut the Westport coal is a superior steam I coal. An extraordinary niem f ™ « published by the London Daily I t<>tk effect that MaiorMarlStS!

•B -~~ T; L «mt a letter to , *b^/!ii^ , ' French flag, &***%*«***. 3 attacking. B ,f Vof Sir H. Kitchener. I eyor.f^^ 3 Unless the Franco u here mll be 1 disowns Marchands Son on toP"* ° t p ro of of bod"** enthusiasti- : France, .fttft"* residents or cally v n i negotiations between the 1 Cairo. B"P*?5Si are not proceeding f United Stfs and Spn«^ r satisfactorily, «■ & they will not . sioners have; w ff^rphilippines. 1 C tf 7nf the Committee of the House The report of the w dements made lof Kepresentativeg, on the ™ t Jfr _ -by Mr. 0. ™*"J » p Seddoni and - Nathan Seddon and Mr. j cef . i the alleged conn f™ 15 Coast, will be 6 M. Niecol, chairman of the A ucu ft ■■ bonr Board, from J e J- ; Eent a secretary and 2E'e£ai with the 1 in London on business conn gub d Calliope Do* stating g. mitted proposals to the Aamira . m " ties involving the -HJ&ld WP* 5 for the Hocl^o°retSenceof P1 the f ances in the dock to m waters ' warships of the new in largerta, was a e S Mr Brigham found that a number of e nural, Mr. Y'b b over looked. r matter. ■- We understand that Mr. R. E. Hunt, on t Wnikato has communicated witn mr. »». Kg 'informing Mm that «*£ * for to erect a cen r 1 tate 0 factory and creameries at all points where '- he Dairy Association are represented, li» i mpa7is to be formed under the name of i "the Waikato Co-operative Creameries 0 (Limited " Mr. Hunt is to be managing « director/the other directors being Mem. v J Fisher, J. Gane, R. Burke, C. J. Etasi. lev M. O'Donoghuc, T. Patterson, J. Bun- ' Sal and J. G. Berry. The new body ? offer to purchase tie Waikato business of i the Dairy Association for cash, at a valuati tion, and have empowered Mr. Hunt to ar- ', range as to terms. But, in any case, they „ state that it is their intention ' to begin the business of butter-making, on the coa operative principle, for the benefit of our--11 selves and our fellow settlers." ,{ At the local Crown Lands Office yoster- '■ day the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr. 8 G. Mueller) conduoted a ballot for the right of selection for various Crown sections. For some of the. Mangakahia lots the competiy tion was very keen, as many as 52 applicad tions having been received for a single seca tion. The following is the result of the .. drawing:-Section, N.E., 87, Mareretu, , 0.R.P., Peter Solon; section 343, Waipu, a 214 acres, 0.R.P.. Mary J. Lang; section a 18, Block XL, Mangakahia, L.1.P., 204 0 acres, Jjjred. J. Smith; section 37, Block a IV., Mangakahia, 149 acres, 0.R.P., V. A. ° Abraham; section 19, Block XII., 12 acres, : cash, Tan,' R«l;o|; seotion 2, Block XL, d Mangaru, L.1.P., 199 acres, A. Shostrum; e section 354, Parish Waiotahi, 0.R.P.. G. Q F. Harney; section 14, Block XII., L.1.P., e 486 acres', E. H. Codling.; section 342', Waipu, 103 acres, 0.R.P., Wm. Bowmar; ' section 102, Pakiri, 76 acres, 0.R.P., H. e Vipond; section 53a, Waiau, 57 acres, e L.1.P., Jno. Corey; section, M. 112, s Tauraroa, 72 Hcres, L.1.P., 0. E. Hayward, jun.; section 219, Parish Paramo--8 remo, 212 acres, A. W. McNair. LLP.; '' section 16, Block 11., Aroha, H. W. Davies, 0 50 acres; section, N., 96, Arapohue, 25 j |i/cres, S. Powell, 0.R.P.; section 122, Running!, 49 acres, 0.R.P., Wm. R. Hayward ; section 35, Papakura, 212 acres, cash, 8 S. V. Coulthard; section 42, Okura, 0.R.P., b 158 acres, A. J. Verrall. l ' At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, bel, fore His Worship Mr. H. W. Brabant, S.M., r the following order was made on a judgment e summons Houtham (Mr, Williamson) v. A. Barrett, claim £3 19s, ordered to pay '' within 14 days. In a defended case, Theresa i Nolan v. Walter Hooten, the plaintiff i claimed £1. for nine days' housework, and . for use of kerosene stove, from the defen- ' dant. His Worship having heard the evidence, non-suited the plaintiff. sA . . An amusing instance of canine impudence happened in Symonds - street yesterday 'i forenoon. An elderly gentleman," wending ; his way homeward, was accompanied by a r large dog, the latter carrying in his mouth B a basket, evidently containing the family shopping. The animal trotted along in a 1 most exemplary manner, till another dog— ■> » perfect street arab of dog—hove in sight. The dog of burden seemed to be of opinion that the matter required looking into, for he carefully deposited the shopping on the edge of the side-walk, and hailed his disreputable brother, and was soon deep in a canine conversation, with tail in the air and hair on end. Then the true character e of the street arab dog showed itself. He adroit v wheeled round and dived for the carefully deposited basket, which he skile fully caught in his mouth, and then rattled Y up isymonds-street at a great pace. The b dog of burden, after a guilty glance at'his master, at once saw the mess into which , ms , ,n ? uisltlveness lmd landed him, and s made hot pursuit after the thief, who had e b> tins time got a fair start. Last of all " t,iT" 6 - ° « 10 »P«**le dog and the 1 £*■* !°' n f ."> the chase, and they were » lost Sigh of ,in this order; the old gentleman "flog baft to his animal to * seize - mm, sir; seize him!" ' °n r Russell correspondent writer T ' Lore L & ° f i thiß Pkce ' who di * d SA. i- ha funeral was Terr larirelv at . • tended both by residents and peon e ouLdi 1 w th a verv W. ~m ™ > who » loft |'« V e y S, ,,Unily,whiohm^bi ' hotetrtefj 166^^^ ' (Limited), called to w?T Wll ? Coman y < adjourned tfflvJ? y°f erday afternoon, was . worth The 1 a a a y ' N ° VOmber 18 ' at Wart country shareh»W„!l • order th at tho advertised fnfi, * T t,n & not fcwhg been ■■iw@Sßttat3 ! Mat Hamilton V"% d ? ew Z^- . Thompson at ', i. wJI reUeT6 Mr. Change X 3 A COm , eS here - ■i fortnight. W to tte P lEce '« about to-morrow at all w3 i" 1 be d Potion to SaU^T yet J beeni n« Position to meet 7\ tITJ y6t , hm » a ?nd its cl«le of blfit±T d 8 U P° n * ' n ««sed if the ffte ?*&"* muoh 56^ de «vered in LondTon Thur^^, 1 *™ day late. The ri- rsdav last, one fM, With t e coToSLr" &Z 13, reached Victoria Blh &° f ?, ct<sber Thureday last, due ' d(^™ l «'> Columbia, on A man named Rowe haJ n * 0 break his leg on Wednel tlle m isfortune » appear, W%sg»J at Hokianga fc y some means the tool s* tlmber - when « the accident The *T*' and *° *W« jnonai, it» mJJSSW Guild early f i :r nts^beon d ».f«oon; A 'fi «,'"** Initial St". «■• H.H„, g've their initial 31"""' the H e"« . s tartling iii usion J*3f»* New anj Shortly after L * W6Viden^ l%Wt Eden W o a n s e D » % direction • <a,so . di *n of the gone from «H°i q # VtS the outbreak,: a S3S% M fe the «ub of fct that it ',^ a tnVf. Stained to the thusiastic youngster, £ * bonfire - SOD »e en-