LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11367, 9 May 1900, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

With regard to Uio movement initiated to affix a memorial brass to the flagstaff about to be erected in the Mount Eden public school grounds, it may bo mentioned that When flis Excellency the Governor hoists the flag the Countess of Rnnfurjy will unveil the memorial, if her health will permit, but, otherwise, Lord Ranfurly has promised to perform the ceremony himself, When. His Excellency is ready to return from Welling' ton ho will fix a day for the miming up of the (lag, probably about. Friday, tie j§th inst.

The Union Company's mail stpaiper Mriana arrival from 8(W Francisco, Hopi), lulu, una Apia, yesterday morning, after a good voyage of 18 days 13 hours 18. minutes, tho aqtijal steaming time being 18 days 54 minutes, The steamer bad a fair number of passengers for Auckland and Sydney, and met with moderate, weather uut|l apprpaolimg the Now Zealand const yastoday morning, when it set in thick mi dirty from the north-east go much so that the land could not be picked up. After getting sight of Mokohlnau light early yesterday morning, tho steamer came along under my steam, hut totoin CW, not being able to pick •OP the garner, although he was sure that it Bhoud.be handy, put to sea, again for » mm of hours, when tho weather lifted, mm mm m pity pit ter mm for (MMm ,m, hoover, as the Barrier was again approached, the. weather mum thicker than ever, and Captain Carey onca. again turned, the steamer's head to sea, and waited for daylight before agajn coming on to port, theTiaroour being made at halfpast nine a.m. After inspection by the health offloop, the steamer berthed at the Queen-street Wljaj-f at a, quarter-past eleven a.m., and the work pf (bsoharge of cargo, proceeded with, The fena left for fa% nay at half-past seven o'clock last evening,' Another party of miners left Garnmandel yesterday for the King Country, It is un. derstofld. {Jtat they lyive been' Spegially serailwV'iLb/ 9 " 6 WD ' k 011 * ? Mfti!l te

7' ■ - 1 " l --^«*rf .' The malls brought by the Rlf, ? " yesterday. wep^f^folloS* '• London, April 7 j New < York An?i ~"~- - - San Francisco, April 18;' HonolX \ W J :^ - 1 95 ) Apia,M, va I Personal Items, Intuit Mining New % &'$ ; other interesting nevs from our LoXi ** ' imm, will 1.0 fo llm i Raj* lo{ this issue t; ; j ~ ;; mm M . ; .S;-;

~ A patriotic display of a ,, nivi) was to bo seen yesterday „ th ' e 'J*J"W the establishment of Mr. R s $S* Queen-street, Grsuptd' round ■•,. ; " '5' *'. fancy cnocolate boxes «nt by \\ n $& to each of the soldiers m South Africa Si throe large pictures of the central flroii, i ; the present war-Lord Roberts; General Redvers Rullor, and Colonel'Baden-Poid ■'■ file whole is draped in (lie " Red, Whit, ■ mid Übie." ! ..v ' " cV: ;

A small mail arrived from Honolulu m terdayhyt],oll,Ms.Mo,m«,b„rbSS Wing it on hoard it wis thoroughly fumi gated. During the voyage the mail *«' again fumigated on bnmd of the itW, but at the instance of Dr. Sherman ,[».: health officer at Auckland, the mails »ff went a further process of fumigation M 0 they were landed yesterday, ■:, \ ™: The fund which is being raised locally semi Mr. K. Reynold* to Paris as New C land's representative in tho World's (jug! Championships is being very liberally J, ported. Mr. P. R. Dix, proprietor 'of L Gaiety Company, has generously intimated bis intention of making next Friday's r*rformanoe by that company » benefit in aM of tho fund. A special programme will S I given, and as it is expected that * \»1 number of eyeing enthusiasts will be pjS? I the financial tvsult should be very gjtjshc!

Yesterday morning two workmen flj«j!j3 In 'the renovation of the Masonic Hall Princes-atieot, pet with an accident tjgjL the scaffold upor, which they were statin, swinging and precipitating th™ to the = ground. Dr. W.J. Darby was called jn : and he found that ono of them, Mr, Alfred' Dennett, was njfering from conclusion of tho brain, and hi was sent to the hospital where he is progressing favourably, fd other man, who was his brother,' had hi} ankle broken, and. was also severely,shaken He was not sent to the hospital, hut t<t his homo. *

The other (la? the police authorities m,. eojved jnformritp that Mr, Jamea I', Ben, nett (inspector cf sea fisheries at Tjpu) tyu safe and sound/though at first supposed to : lie drowned, on account of a boat, siippqMd..: to be hit, liayirg been found at Motuibi Mr, Bennett has Fines stated that the boat 1 is not his, but explains that while lying o jj Wyuynrd Pier m the 27th ult., the beam of, his boat (t)ie Minnie) came out of the crutch, and the cm}oh got knocked overboard, \ and carried by the westerly wind toward* Motuihi, whore it was picked tin by {ho post office officials, As the crutch wag marked " J 8., Tiipu," on one side, and Mia, me on the 01113', this probably gave rise to the rumour that hp was drowned, and that the boat picked i:p was his. The boat found at Motuihi is prcbably one which has broken away from its tnoorings and drifted down harbour. , \ ' v; At Waflii yesterday, before Messrs, J), Campbell and' H. W. Moore, J.P.'s, finej. including costs, were inflicted upon parent! and guardians of truant school children, There were 12 cases, including three from Waitekauri. Ifr. Small, truant officer, laid the charges. The fines ranged from 12s 6d up to 26s 6d, I A youth emjloyed on the barquentjne May had the misfortune to get his leg broken daring the voyag) from Kaipara. to Mwn yesterday. Th; sufferer was conveyed to t|j District Hospital last night for treatment, I Our Tauranja correspondent writes m Our very effiqimt steamer , service by the Clansman is discontinued for the winter months. The bi-weekly trips ' between Auckland and Tauranga," which have been arranged for j|j@ smart little Waitjtngi to perform during the winter months, will go far to keep us ji touch with the metropolis, for, probably owing to an efficient staff of officers and cre,v, the Waitangi is 3 prims favourite, ami is almost always up to time, even in stormy leather.

It was reported to the police authorities hist evening thai Mr. William Stephen Aipkiji, ihsreipkfir, of Mining Kxc]mnge Buildings, has hem missing from his lodgings, Esplanade Iwad, Mount Eden, Mace Saturday forenoon He left his lodgings at ton a.m., without saying where he was going, and has noi been" seen since. Jt is feared that he may have met with some accir dent or misadventure. The following is the personal description as furnished to the police:— fit) years 0! age, sft Sin in height, stout build ; dark hair, turning grey ; inclined to baldness ; clean shaved, "and dark moustache turning jrey. When Inst seen he was dressed in a dark sao coat, soft brown felt lint (trousers lmdosrribsd), and was wearing Jllncher boots.

1 An inquest was held yesterday by Dr, McArthur, coroner, at Gleeson's Hotel, on the body of John Fielder, of Burleigh-street t whose body was found floating in the liar, hour on tho previous day, and who had bean 'identified by mistake as "Ned" English, of Takapuua, on the previous day, by persons who stated that they had known the man for years. It appeared from tho evidence of tho house surgeon of the hospital, Dr. fngtis. that deceased was admitted to tie hospital on Thursday last, and remained there till Sunday midday, when he informed some of the patients (hut not the doctor) that ho wag going home. He never returned, and believing that Fielder M returned home, the hospital authorities did no» report him missing, either to the police a,u< thorites or the family, till the daughter called yesterday morning to see her father.' It appeared Fielder complained of the nnis? ill the ward in whloll he whs placed, m' WHS moved into another and quieter ward, when .lie .appeared contented;. He "*? been visited on Friday end Saturday by m wife. Deceased's soil, Mr. Henry Fielder, testified that his father had never gen* homo as lie intimated. He had been ailing for about two years, but was a most unlikely man to commit suicide, He was 1 tailor bv trade, and 71 years of age, There were sis of a family. Henry Ernest Peachey and another witness pave evident as to the recovery of the body from the harbour, and Constable A. Mnedimnell as w its removal to the Morgue. The only pro« nerty found op the body was a kerchief. There were no marks of violence, w* jury returned an open verdict of "Found drowned." there being no evidence as to how the deceased came to be in the water. Sergeant Murray represented the police.

Our To Puke correspondent writes :— Messrs. Leese and Wallace, representipg Messrs. T. and 8. Morrin (Limited) and l* D. Nathan and Co. respectively, hav« m a very rough experience while journeying between To 'Mo and Matata, the distance between the two places being 15 inlls? i They left To Ma on Sunday morning, W did not reach Matata till Monday afternoon, having struggled through five gWßfflpSj »» tin* miles in length. They sport.'"? night on the bank of the Tarawa Kl«n and had nothing to eat for 30 hours, m wero drenched to the skin. Mr, V«J reached Te Puke to-dav (Tuesday), WW Mi'. Wallace at Matata. The WW J somewhat exhausted, A flppPW » direct travellers on the way would uavt saved these gentlemen an unpleasant W« peyienee. A lecture on " Japan and the di}' ane? ,. a will bo delivered in the Choral Hall on w 18th inst., by the Rev, dray Dixon, M £ The lecture is under the patronage of the " u vernor and Lady Ranfurlv, and the nmfflW be on behalf of the Young Women* «. ; tian Association, The lecturer M» ■ M for many years in the capital o turn and is therefore throughly »ff« his subject, He will appear in WJJ : costume. Wherever the lecture has "w delivered it has attracted very H° »™ cnoes, and the press notices Mf'.rL highly flattering, The lecture will W ' illustrated, by ninny very flue lantern V»> ' The origin of the incipient Q#sM *| ,' fire in Fillings' Sterling Hotel, Wad", -, • Saturday evening, still remain, a ""J" 'J ,< in spite' of careful inquiry by the police . m the representative of the insu/ance e°Bip-> ' ? The proprietor has given all the *altt^:-..;3 possible. ■<! ;.:■:; Our Thames correspondent states WjV ' ■■. j1 R. R. McGregor yesterday sold by m ' : ' Motion, at the instance of the Kan," 1"» . Oompanv, a freehold block of M « % ' .'/; kiri, comprising 27 acres, being for»i<w -~; ] known as the Kirikifi mill WW- -.*. of £170, the purchaser being Mr, -mv . ■ Hudson. '. ; ' ' ■ : l■ 4,