LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11872, 25 January 1902, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

© An English mail, which left London on December 20, will arrive from Sydney by the s.s. Warrirooo to morrow evening. . The Herald Summary, for transmission by the next outward San Francisco mail, will be published next Friday morning. Those, desirous of forwarding the Summary to their friends in Europe, America, etc., will have ample time to do so, as the news* paper mail closes on Saturday next, at 11.30 a.m., up to which hour papers for mailing may be obtained of runners at the post olfice. This mail will be due in London on March 1. • ' i' Tenders are invited by the New Zealand Government for a direct steam service between New Zealand ports and South Africa, and for an alternative service, between New . Zealand ports, West Australia, and South Africa. ' Particulars regarding what is required will bo found in another part of this ' issue*. .. , ,* '.

The Mayor of Auckland received ester- ' | day from tho Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, 1 i Secretary of S|te for the Colonies, the fol- I, i lowing cable ji reply to the resolution i passed at a meSting of the City Council ok "" . Monday last, regarding the recent German : ; 1 slanders:—"T£uk you for resolution of Auckland Ciky.Criuucil: We appreciate the patriotism hero displayed bv our fol- ; ?? low subjects \ , Australasia.—Chamber-- >\V LAIN." • ■ -- , | " si> » - IR| ,?||| „ At yesterday meeting ot the Auckland. ' Education Boax| the Chairman (Ml. L. Q J. Bagnall) ma<ss reference to the , inten- } tion expressed by himself at the previous meeting of residing his fiposition as a 'member of the %rd. >: He said that since the announcement had appeared 'he 1 had\ received quite a lumber of communications and personal interviews requesting him to *'A reconsider his decision, and in deference to. the wishes so genially expressed, he had 1 decided not to resign his seat. The an- - nouncement was received with demonstra- > lions of approval 'by the Board members. The Auckland Grammar School still main- ' ' tains its position as premier school of the colony, and h;>s again added to its splendid? — - - record of junior .university scholarships I his year's university examination list, pub-: "'"''M linked in our column? yesterday, shows that the school has ob|<uned three junior uni- ' ■> r j versity scholarship and eight "credit" '.-.M passes. No other secondary school in the , ( Auckland province las gained a scholarship ' * and the only other institution other than' " the Auckland school to gain three out of ■" . the 15 scholarships offered, belongs to the other extremity of; the colony, namely, the High School at Iwercargiil. The Auck- }! u >,'• land Grammar. School's scholarship record to; date is unequalled in the colony, and is one' of which thip city may justly be proud. This afternoon the ■ Victoria, Rifles 1 fire their annual competition for the Mcintosh cup and medtl, open to all members of this corps who have never won a first prize.' ■ On account of, the long ranges being closed,' • the wi| be two. competitions of 2 14 shots each, seven kneeling, and seven ' • ' lying. The company have decided to enter " three teams for the Gordon shield,"'"to be a- ■ ||| fired for on Wednesday-next, and also to send a team to the . New Zealand Rifle Association meeting, to be held in Wellington in February. The memorial brass tablet to the memory of the late archdeacon of Waimate, the Veil. Archdeacon Clarice, will be unveiled to-day (Saturday), Jar.uary 25, at half-past three p.m. -fi}e tablet has been erected in St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, by the clergy "■? 'A~ of the diocese. It Is the work of Mr.' Richardson, ' engraver, High-street, Auckland, and lias been donj under the direction of a committee, consisting of Archdeacon i Calder, Canon MacMitray. and ■? the : Rev . •' I W. Beatty. • Two claims for compensation under <fch«t >« ' i Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act. "■ j havo been lodged with the cleric of awards 1 I (Mr. lv. G. Thomas), !or reference to the ! Arbitration Court.. Hubert John Oldham, ifj a bushman at the G-eat ' Barrier, claims' ' from Francis John Walmsley, contractor,! ' of Waihi and Great Birrier, £42 ss, being half wages for six mont|s, and £20 for medical attendance, traveling, and nursing,, Oldham, in his statement of claim, says he was employed by respondent supplying fire-, wood to the Barrier Beefs Company's bat-': tery, and while "sledding firewood, about; haff-a-mile from \ the i battery, t on October! ] 27 last, the sledge siidded, and a piece of; firewood struck him on the leg, injuring his I i shinbone. He had sinca suffered from!- 1 blood-poisoning, and had been unable to do < manual work. The othei case is a claim, - 1 by Thomas Kelly, laboirer, Hamilton, against Issac Coat«s, llaxiiiller,, Hamilton,' , . and - Herbert ; Good, contractor, Hamilton., *' Kelly states that while scutching - flax ■on " November 5 his arm was .drawn into the scutching machine, : and bed afterwards to ' be amputated. #He was employed by Good, ~v-\! who had a contract to scutch flax for Coates. He had lost his hand and arm, and was' practically permanently totally incapacitated from work. He cisimed 50 per cent. -■ ' : of his earnings, which were at the rate of , 30s per week. ' The results of the examinations; in com-;' '■ merciai science, held early' in December last : : , , v s at the Business, Coaching," and Engineering Institute of Karangahake Road, are as below. Mr. G. Fleming,' A.N.Z.A.A., on behalf of the examiners, recommend certi- - ficates bo issued to the following:—Ad-j vanced theoretic Look-keeping, Jessie Sankey, C. Henry ; intermediate theoretic book- ; keeping,' Ivy Gariett, VC. Duff as, R. White-1 head, J. Downy, V. Wykes, F. Crippen ; i,. elementary theoretic, A. Cullen ; intermedi-. ate practical, C. Benry, C. Duff as, J. San- ; key, J. Downy; elementary, 8.. Cullen. , ! A painful accident happened on Thursday afternoon, at tho railway workshops'. ( ; < yard, Newmarket, when an employee named W. H. Rickard sustained a nasty, scalp wound and a concussion to his head.; It appears that Rickard was working in. ' V company with another man, who was act-| ing as striker, when by some means he 1 slipped and fell, and received a nasty blowj ;• from his mate's hammer as the latter was in the act of striking. He was removed to the hospital, and is reported to be progressing favourably. In the Foresters' Hall to-night, Mr. Hum • bert, "Tho Daisy Man," will exhibit some scenes of the Boer war, taken on the battle-1 field by Mr. Edison's new machine, tha[ keno-graph, which'takes scenes at a great; ■>.- distance, and reproduces them as if theyj • were quite close. The pictures are said to' be 20ft square, so people will not require ' > spactacles to see them. The light used to illuminate them will be electric. The ad- . mission is free. Last evening Mr. F. Sturtevant, of th« Weekly News process department, who is leaving for Tasmania,.was the recipient of a very handsome present from his friends in the Herald Office. • The present took the form of a valuable dressing case. Mr. F. Rollett, who made the presentation, said' that Mr. Sturtevant during his ' career •in ■ ; the Weekly News illustrated department, had not only won for himself the high esteem of his workmen, but of all who were associated with him. He had proved ; ■ himself skilled in his profession, and Tasmania would gain what Now Zealand had lost—one of the. best process men in the ■ colonies!. ' ' ' Tenders are invited for the supply of coal and fresh provisions for 11. M. ships at Auckland during 12 months, commencing on April 1 next. Tenders are to bo lodged with the senior naval officer, H.M. ships. Wellington, by noon of February 18. -v The Executive Committee of Dr. Guinness' United Mission met at the "i.M.C.A. Rooms yesterday afternoon, and transacted important business. Dr. Guinness had a grand reception in Dunedin last Sunday. The Agricultural Hall was with men to hear his lecture on "Purity." The . Auckland mission opens on Sunday, Marco 16. , -; Mr. Arthur H. Nathan was yesterday nominated by Messrs. Brown, Barrett, and Co. and H. B. Morton and Co. for the vacant seat on the Harbour Board. Among the passengers who arrived by tho s.s. Takapuna from Wellington yesterday was Mr. W. A. Kennedy, manager of the Union Steamship Company, at Wellington. • • The • memorial stone of St. David's reerected Church will be laid at three 0 clock next Saturday afternoon. W - v v The usual athletic notes by "Lynx' will be found in the Supplement of this issue* ■ aquatic notes appearing in the usual pl? jfej Impey's Band will play the following programme in the Albert Park to-morrow,' j afternoon; — Gail's March" (Urban),"Weber's Mass in-G" (E. Newton), grand . selection, "Reminiscences '"of Vera l ; >' valse, "Tausend Und Eine Naght , . j Strauss; • selection ' from Donnizetti's oper»« "La Figlia Del Reggimento;" overture* ~ " L'lntrepide" (Bosquier! ;

i» - ■ A party of 25 Yeomanry, acting as an escort to 35 natives at'Lindique Spruit, env gaged • m cutting grass, were surprised by ; 150 Boers : s They resisted gallantly, - but were overpowered, one being killed and seven wounded. Six Boers were killed and four wounded. Four unarmed! natives were shot in cold blood. Colonels Fenshawe and Barker have captured 15 Boers. Kruger ' has informed the Dutch press that the Boer . leaders claim complete independence, and that negotiations are hopeless without it. It is the intention of Mr. Wanklyn, member for Bradford Central, to move an amendment on the- Address-in-Reply, urging the prosecution of pro-Boers for seditious utterances. The motion quotes Mr. Seddon's statements on this subject. It is stated that Alfonso, the young King of Spain, will V be crowned on May 17. . The German Imperial loan has been covered sixty-fold. A shocking occurrence is reported from Servia, where wolves overtook and devoured a party ' of 18 returning from a wedding. Our Thames 1 correspondent states that Mr. J.' H. Woodhouse, late of ' Rotorua, who has been appointed to the charge .of . the Thames railway station, altered upon his new duties yesterday. . The Minister for Lands of Victoria considers that the special conditions which led to the establishment of tho Leongatha labour colony no longer exist, and that the experiment may accordingly be discontinued without inflicting hardship upon anyone. Its' abolition will mean a saving of £2800 a year to the Treasury. The following sums have been received for the Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls by the treasurer (Mr. W. S. Cochrane)' since those last acknowledged: — • James Russell, £1 Is; Messrs. E. Porter and > Co.", £1: Messrs. McCullagh and Grower, £1; Messrs. Mane and Clioyce, Limited, £1; Holy Trinity parish, Otahuhu, £6 6s: entertainment at St. Barnabas' Hall, £10 ; Whataaiwi Ropi Brown, 2s 6d; St. Sepulchre's missionary boxes. £2 lOs 9d; entertainment at Kihikihi, ,£5 3s 2d A. M. Myers, £3 3s; Mrs. G. H. Clarke, 10s; T. Peacock, £1 Is ; Kohimaranui Sunday-school, 9s 7d; Remuera - and Epsom girls (balance), 19s 3d; students, Christian Union of Prince Albert Girls' School, £15s; St. Sepulchre's missionany boxes, £2 3s; Archdeacon Williams, £10; Miss Ward, England, £2; collected by Mrs. J F. Andrew, Te Awamutu, £5; sale of work, per Miss Moor, £15 St. Sepulchre's missionary boxes, £1 5s 9d; the Atom Quarterly Club, £1 10s. Donations per the Rev. F. G. Evans: R. C. Hughes, £1 la; G. F. Robinson, £2 W. H. Skinner, 10s; Mrs. Greenwood, 10s ; Mrs.- Cliff, 10s; R. Furlong, 10s; Mrs. Masfell, ss: total sum, £1148 0s Id.

While Mr. T. Lennard, of Waihou, was engaged working a disc harrow on his farm on Wednesday (writes our Te Aroha correspondent), he met with a nasty accident. {Through the unevenness ' of the paddock, the seat of the harrow shifted, throwing Mr. Lennard forward on to ~the edge of one of the knives, and inflicting a nasty cut. on his cheek. When falling he called to the horses to stop, which they fortunately did, or else the result would have been mora serious.

< The remains of the late Mr. Walter James Hill were interred yesterday afternoon in St. Andrew's churchyard, Epsom. The funeral cortege, which was a long one, left the deceased gentleman's . late resi- . dence, Arney Road, Remuera, at three p.m. The chief mourners ' were Messrs. Shirley .and Henry Hill (brothers), Stanley Hill; (son), and William Rosser (brother-in-law). A short service was conducted in the church by the Rev. Wru. Beatty, M. A. who also read the ; burial service at the graveside. Amongst the many who paid a last mark of respect to the deceased -were: . Messrs. C. F. Griffiths, Thos. Morrin, 0. Seegner, Thos. Coates, J. H. M, Carpenter, 11. L. Hunt. C. J. 'funks, P. Ear), Jno.. Menzies, Ruddock, . Etheridge, G. L. Cawlcwell, N. Williams, E. W. Burton, J. A. Beale, Hull, J. Thornes, Tighe (Jubilee Institute for the Blind), H. Thompson, C. W. ; Harvey, G. Cooper, A. Buchanan, D. Campbell, W. J. Parker, McKellar, T. . Menzies, Mrs. Browning, and the Rev. G. B. Monro. The coffin was laden , with beautiful wreaths sent by the following: —The old members of the Northern Club staff, Mr. and Mrs. 1). Mckellor, T. Menzie3, Mrs. Browning, Miss Pickmere. C. F. Griffiths, E. Mahony, D. Kinder. Wm. Prater, W. B. Cossar, Frank Hull, Shailer, Weston, Wm. ilosser, C. ;W. Harvey, Geo. Cooper, 0. A. Cawkwell, Mrs. L. Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, S. Hesketh, Mrs, Bock and family, Miss Buchanan, Mrs. Caston, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hay.

. -At yesterday's sitting of the Police Court the - elderly man, Angus Mac Donald, who . was remanded from Thursday, appeared on a charge of attempting to commit suicide on Friday night last by . cutting his throat. After Sub-Inspector Mitchell had stated the particulars of the case, which have already been published, accused was asked what induced him to make an attempt at his life. He told the Court that he had been considerably disturbed for some time owing •primarily to his being unsuccessful in his endeavours to secure employment. He did not know what possessed him to cut his throat, and now he repented what he had done. A gentleman, : who attended the Court, stated that he was an old and very intimate friend of accused, who, he said, was a married man, but he understood was not on good tferms with his wife. On the friend consenting to enter into a bond of £50 for the man's future good conduct, accused was discharged. That there will be more New Zealanders In London this year than in any previous one is apparent. In the offices of oversea companies any, day may be seen groups of intending passengers eagerly scanning the plans of Homeward-bound steamers. The local- agents of the Oceanic Steamship Company inform us that the number of applications for accommodation on the steamers leaving this port in February, March, April, and May, have more than justified their most sanguine expectations, and that the great steamers' passenger accommodation will ,be taxed to their utmost ,in both first and second cabins. This is not to be wondered at considering that one can make a comfortable trip to London and return for a little over £91, or to London, via San Francisco and home, by any of the Suez lines for about £85. Accounts from Sydney also point to record numbers of passengers booking via San Francisco and other routes, while doubtless the . present Germanic Anglophobia outburst " will tell heavily against the German liners out of Sydney.

The Devonport Submarine Mining Company, who have been in camp at the torpedo yard, Devonport, for the past fortnight, conclude to-day. During the time the corps has been in camp they have been under the instruction of Captain C'oyle, and his staff. Tlio whole routine has been carried out, and this corps, together with the Permanent Force, can now lay the mines to block the entrance to the harbour in one day. During the fortnight they have been in camp they have had practical work in laying down the mines in the steamer Nile. Seventy-eight members of the corps have passed the Government examination as firstclass submarine miners. The officers in charge of the camp were Captain Parker and Lieutenants Davis and Murdoch,

In connection with the recently-gazetted boundaries separating the .Vaikato Native Land Council district from the Ngatimania-poto-l'uwharetoa (King Country) district, it is stated that Mr. Henare Kaihau, . M.H.R., and his constituents have expressed some indignation. They contend that a large area of their land is included -,-s- in, the Ngatimaniapoto boundaries, and they object to the setting up of a Maniapoto Counci' to deal with lands claimed by the Waikato tribes. It is stated that Mr. - v Kaihau intends to bring the matter up in Parliament next session.