LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11986, 7 June 1902, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

■ ,'; The colonial mails which left Sydney px R.M.S., Midwera "on April 22'/ via Vancouver, were delivered in London on I Tiinsday morning last. | The Cadet Corps at St. John's Collegiate I ,Sehoblj "The Pah," Onehuhgaj wa3 iifI ejected yesterday by Major-General BabirigI ton/ Commandant of the New Zealand 1 //Forces, who Miowera April 22, via Vancouver, were delivered in London on Bmrsday morning last. The Cadet Corps at St. John's Collegiate 1 Seaoolj "The Pah," Onehunga. was iril sheeted yesterday by Major-General BabingI ton, Commandant of the New Zealand | Forces, who was accompanied by LieutenantP Colonel Reid, officer in charge of the Auck--1 land, district. There was a good muster of 1 the boys, who were put through their drill 1 I l r by the officers, and the Commandant ex--1 I ' pressed himself very well pleased with the § I miniief in which the movements were carH Tied but. i The inspection of the Eden Cadet I i Corps' has been postponed till further notice. V Art alarm of fire rang out at a-quarter past § -: fi+e o'clock last evening, and the fife brigade I tamed out smartly, under Superintendent I Woolley. The outbreak wan, however, 1 found to be confined to some rubbish lying 1 in old shed oh the breastwork, hear Mr. 1 Knox's fish-curing premises in Custom-street 1 '■: West* and was extinguished with little or no I difficulty. / At the meeting of the Sailors' Home I Council yesterday, Mr. Nerheny referred -; to a letter that had appeared in the I H2BALD, complaining' that the religious I lidfe of the home was riot sufficiently looked I after. He said the mission hall was I ihrajß open, and people were free to hold I I Meetings there. In his opinion it was the I religious bodies that were to blame. The 1 wiiasil provided a good building, and I if people would exercise a little self-secri-I fee and do their duty, there would be no I room for complaint. He was afraid that '4 K>me people would like the council to emI , pty a paid minister, but he thought that 1 Mch -work should be done for the honour k-\ glory of God. '1 S: ;■ .Some time back, when the Minister for \ Lands was in the Waikato; he was interviewed by a deputation of the Waikato A- and P. Society, in order to lease, for *»•■ purposes of the society's shows. „ » ■■' portion of the Rtiakurii Experi- | : mental - Station. Mr. Duncan readily I | assented, and promised any site the lj Association might select. The mem--1 hern selected 20 acres alongside the fowl I Pens. On Thursday morning Messrs. John I ■/ fPWr (president), E. Allen, R. Reynolds, 1 ffl G. Farre r» I. Coates, S. Steele, and 1 .'.' ; Milne, representing the association, 1 *** Mr. Ritchie, Secretary for Agriculture, m § the station, and pointed out the site g ; :;<4oßen by them, and added that the fact g Z; 0 ;. the prize fowls being alongside would i "■-;-'; greatly add to the attractions of the shows. 1 /vP" ; Ritchie said he had no doubt about I that, but he could not allow this piece of |tj to be devoted to the purpose, as it i / practically meant handing it over to the 1 Relation altogether, as it would then I 5* °f little use to the Government. The 1 fl *putftfcioh reminded him that the site I *°Wd only be used on two days of the I | ; i£l?** r - 'The chief of the Department was, 1 ' I Jf e T er : inexorable, and invited the de- | ■j Potation *° inspect another site, facing the 1 j&ff Grove Road, a portion of the land I . ;Fmch Was originally known as the model I j* ol ' This ground is at present very 1 * \S?** a » d swampy, with the exception of I toT/ fite acres near the road. Mr. ■"'! ' Wj r essed the opinion that if this M were drained, levelled, and laid down 1 • 3> grass, it would " e a most suitable place If Sf°--.. e shows - He suggested that the ■<i 2 • r «iriroa railway station would be I Ton on to the round - so that stock II a* 1(1 b* rUn on to 4 he show ground in IT* trucks. He did not think there would I $'">§& difficulty In getting this done. hti , otaise d that the Government Would j S-#fAw- w hole of the expense of draining, ending, etc,, but he could not entertain e( n>eßt for the land arouhd the home/Wt'- He would have the improvements SI Sfl!? carried out, then if the members I joshed they could again inspect the land. 1 t .'' M , Voided to leave the matter- in abey- | l nc « ft »-the present. '; ■,'. • R- J- Lusher has been appointed I V agent for the Auckland district of I - '"ri!!? Insurance Company, in succes- ' - .fii fatiier ' ihe ,ate Mr - R - A - I^f »ilw^' for Auckland district of J* *°yal Insurance Company, in succes itoh fafcher » fche ,at * Mr ' R - A'"Saer, who represented the company ior F .

• The demand for the special peace humber of the AvcKtM,r> Weekly News continued as strong as aver yesterday, and repeat orders are coming in from all parts of the country. Both as a souvenir of the war, and for the purpose -of posting to friends by the outgoing 'Frisco mail today, the number is unrivalled. ■■. At a public meeting convened by the Miners Union, held at Karangahake on Thursday night, it was resolved that the meeting urge upon the Government that in the best interests of the mining industry the Paeroa-Waihi railway should be pushed on . more vigorously, especially as it would give employment to a large number of unemployed, and that the Acting--1 remier and the Minister for Mines respectfully requested to carry out their promise made, during a recent visit; also, that a copy of the resolution be forwarded to the member for Ohinemuri. On Thursday afternoon, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. C. Kessell White, Rocky Nook, Mount Roskill, Mrs. M. A. Thomson passed quietly away at the a»o of 65 years. Deceased lady was the relict of the late Mr. W. A. Thomson, for a great many years manager of the Auckland branch of the Equitable Life Assurance Company, and a well-known figure nx insurance circles. During his recent tour of inspection in the North, Mr. J. H. Pope, inspector of native schools, visited the Whirinaki school, on Hokianga Harbour, where technical instruction is carried on with success his native school is well developed, and its work as a whole is going on in a very satisfactory manner. Its great feature, however, is the technical work, which Mr. Pope says is really surprisingly good. There are 70 children on the roll, and about 20 of the older boys receive manual and technical instruction. There was a large gathering of railway employees at the Auckland railway station last night, to bid good-bye to Mr. P. W. Styles, for the past three years stationmaster at Auckland, who has been promoted to the position of district manager on the Westland section. Mr. Buxton, district traffic manager, was in the chair, and presented Mr. Styles, on behalf of the employees; with a beautiful silver cakedish, solid silver biscuit-barrel; and set of cutlery, suitably inscribed. Mr. ,Buxton referred to the many good qualities and high capabilities of Mr. , Styles, and wished him every success in his new position. . Mr. Biss, district engineer, spoke on behalf of the maintenance department, and Mr. Bowles (locomotive foreman). Mr. Brownlee (chief clerk), Mr. McWiiliams (chief goods clerk), Mr. H. R. Johnson (inspector), Mr. Beririie (coaching foreman), Mr. Wells (statiorimaster, Newmarket), Mr. Mooney (stationniaster, Penrose). Mr. Hamann (cashier),, and Mr. Mlihro (chief i booking clerk), all voiced their apprecia- I tion, and the appreciation of those in their j departments, of Mr. Styles' work in the ; railway service, and of his many personal qualities. . Mr. Styles suitably returned thanks, stating that his success in Auckland was largely due to the co-operation arid assistance he had received from superiors and subordinates. Mr. Styles has been an exceedingly popular officer, and in his removal- to Westland carries with ; him _ the good wishes of the travelling public, as well as of the railway em- j ployees. He leaves by the Ngapuhi to- I morrow, arid will be succeeded at Auck- ' land by Mr. Crombie, from Greymouth, j who was for a number of years stationmaster at Invercargill. At the close of the presentation to Mr. Styles a presenta- ; tion was made on behalf of the employees to Mr. M. W. Shiukwin, one of the most popular guards in the service, who for many years was at Oriehuriga station, and has now been transferred to the Whanga- ; rei section. . Mr. Styles made the presen- • tation to Mr. Shinkwin, which took the j form of a case of pipes. j The opening meeting of the Auckland Institute will be held •in the Museum Buildings on Monday evening, when Dr. Robertott, : the newly-elected president, will deliver his inaugural address, taking . as his subject, " Malaria and Mosquitos." j The lecturer will allude to the importance / of malaria as affecting the colonisation and j development of new countries, and will J show how it retards progress in civilised lands, .as in certain parts of Italy. He j will give an account of the discovery of the parasite of malaria, and of the mosquito as the carrier of infection to man. He will show that the discoveries . which have been made prove that methods may be taken to prevent malaria altogether, I and thus remove a serious obstacle to the settlement of many parts of the earth's I surface. Mr. A. C. Begg, speaking at Dunedin lately, pointed out that at Home there is very little public fishing to be got, and ' no . fishing which a colonial sportsman j would call tolerable, outside the -jealously- : guarded preserves of the ''gentry," admis- j sion to which is conceded as a special favour or only on payment of an annual, fee. Mr. Begg said that fishing was a j most expensive sport, and particularly costly was salmon fishing, the annual cost of which per rod was £100. Even the far- j famed lochs of Scotland did riot yield as ; good sport as our rivers. Mr. Begg had I a. yarn to tell in this respect. He was, so I he said, once talking with a kilted angler, ! and boasting of our larger and more numerous trout. *'' Ah, weel," replied the i Scot, " a ken they are as lairge here, but I they maun be niuckle bigger leears out i there!" At the annual dinner of the Pharmaceutical Society at Dunedin, on May ] 30, Mr. T. W. Kemplhorne, the ; president of the society, said: The chemists should not attempt .to encroach on the proper work of the medical ' practitioner, and the medical practitioner : should not perform the work that belonged to the dispensing chemist. The one he regarded as the counterpart of the other for effective working. Medical men, like other people, he supposed, sometimes made mistakes, and it was important that I in the dispensing of prescriptions the qualified chemist, who had a knowledge of | doses ahd proper combinations; should make up the medicine, for if an error by j any chance should occur in the writing of the prescription the competent . chemist would discover it, and immediately confer with the medical man who wrote the prescription. He thought it right and necessary to refer to some telegrams which had appeared in' the local papers a few days ago from Christch'urch in reference to an alleged practice there of some medical men of receiving percentages or commissions from chemists who make up their prescriptions. He did not know what was done elsewhere, but as president of that association, with the consent of the committee, he made prompt inquiries by circular to the chemists of Duhedin and suburbs, and got their prompt replies, nearly all of the same tenor, stating that in the first place they would consider it an insult to suggest such a thing as a percentage to any medical man practising there, and that their belief was that if such suggestions were made they would be treated With absolute rejection and scorn. The death is announced of Rameka to Amai, chief of the Nga-pukeherua, the oldest branch of the Ruketapu hapu of the Ngati-Awa tribe, Taranaki. It appears that the deceased was quietly playing a game of cards when he suddenly expired. The Taranaki Herald says:—Many of the old settlers will remember that Rameka ■ was, in th& early stages of the Maori trouble, orfte of the hostile natives, but subsequently became friendly, and was of great service in acting as guide to the troops. On one occasion he led the relieving force sent out to General Chute, and while on the march the food ran short, necessitating . recourse to horseflesh, with the result that General Chute was thereafter dubbed by the natives "General Horseflesh." Rameka could boast of a somewhat long and renowned pedigree, vhich could be traced for 45 generations. He was about 80 years of age, oi'dignified ippearance,' and for his innate' courtesy, was' highly respected by all who knew him..- ,j