LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12279, 25 May 1903, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Tub pulpit reception to tie 2,ight l' er 4 Dr. Neiigan, Bishop of Auckland*, held in' Dr. Bishop „f Auckland, held the Choral Hall on Saturday evening w a » a most successful gathering, the hall bein* crowded by a d.Mingnislied and rem™™ tative assembly, .Speeches were delivered : by His Excellency the Governor. th* aZ ing-Primal., the M.j.r, ~„d /i-JXt addresses were presented. The Bishop t* plied in tin able and interesting Lt" Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock ft Bishop held on ordination sen-ice at All .Saints Giiurch, Ponsonbv, when a Man - clergyman was admitted to the priesthood There was a large attendance and the vice was a most impressive one In Vi " evening Dr. Neligan delivered an eloquent and powerful sermon at St. Mary's Cat},! dral, in the presence of an enormous can* gregation. His address was listened k" with the closest attention from beginning to end. Reports of the above-mention J gatherings will be found elsewhere in issue. 13

For about two hours, on .Saturday a ft». noon a very interesting exhibition of wort supplied by the teachers was thrown otter to students and members ot the Education Board at the Technical School The cr mbitiou was in charge of .Miss Hooper, and comprised elementary brush work in a f»r colours, card modelling, and fancy mt terns cut in paper. • 1

The arrangements for the opening of th, Tnakan bridge, which takes place to-morrow' are well forward. The absence of the Hon.* J. Ward owing to the accident to his son' will be a disappointment to many, as theri are several matters of great local important to which his attention would have been drawn. The Hon. J. Carroll is expected to attend on behalf of the Government and take Sir Joseph Ward s place. Should the day be fine a large attendance is expected.

A master mariner named Norman McLeod, 50 years of age, who until recently had been employed as mate on the s.g. Energy, a vessel which was engaged in salvage work in connection with the sunken Elingamite, fell over the side of the Queen-street Wharf on Saturday fore, noon, near the spot where the counter-" poise stage steamer Condor is mooted. Mcleod struck his head against the rail of the steamer when failing, and sustained a nasty gash on the temple, which bled profusely. He was promptly rescued from the water by a young man named Cox and afterwards attended by Br. Shaman' who ordered his removal to the hospital!' where he is progressing favourably.

At a meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, to be held to-morrow, Mr. G. J. Garland will move in a direction which, if carried out, will solve the vexed question of the site for the infectious diseases hospital. The Hospital Board own a piece ot land of seven acres in Stanley-street, which is at present let for kitchen gardens at £95 per atnium The lease has about 14 years to run. The land adjoins the Domain, it is perfectly level, and would make a capital cricket ground or bowling ground. The proposal is that this should be conveyed to the City Council, as trustees of the Domain, in exchange for a piece of ground at the top of the Domain, which could bo added to the hospital reserve. The piece of ground which would be the most suitable for this purpose is at present only used for the grazing of horses. The addition to the hospital ground would give abundant room for the erection of a hospital for minor infectious diseases, such as measles scarlatina, diphtheria, etc. ' '

As a pair of young draught? horses attached to an ammunition waggon were Deing driven from the drill-shed yard on. Saturday evening, en route to the Domain, the animals became uncontrolable and bolted. The gunner, who acted as driver, named Mitchell, jumped clear of the waggon, and the horses madly careered out of the yard into Rutland-Street, and .fouled with a horse ridden by _ Sergeant Sheif. ' This . animal had its hind leg broken, but the rider escaped without injury. the team continued its career across the street, and ■ shattered a lamp-post at the comer of Wellesley and Rutland Streets, then gal«" loping up the hill, where they were ulti-' mately brought to a standstill by a man named Smith, A number of bystanders had a narrow escape from being knocked down by the runaways.

The brother of the lady who was injured in Ponsonby Road while alighting from a tramcar writes to say that the doctor who was first applied to was not driving past in his trap, but was strolling past with a lady. Ha said he had not time to attend to this case, and that there was a medical man up the road.

Referring to the early settlement of Prince Edward Island, a correspondent says the first English settlers came soon after 1759, and a number more came at the close of the American War of Independence, about 1780, as loyalists from th» Eastern States. Some of the descendants of these men are in Auckland now. Mr.A. Dewar's father came from Perthshire in 180-3, and a monument is to be raised to him as a public man in the early .days of the colony.

The proposal to get accurate surveys and detailed information as to the cost of & canal from the Wait-emata to the Manukau is being heartily taken up. It will be remembered that in our columns recently Mr. H. Atkinson urged that a sum of £500 should be raised to be expended in getting reliable information on the subject. This sum has now been raised, and a meetilig of the subscribers will be held on an early date to, arrange for the appointment of an engineer to survey and report.

The Auckland Rugby Football Union championship matches were continued on Saturday afternoon, when upwards of 3000 spectators were present at Alexandra Park to witness the contest between the Grafton and City district teams. Contrary to expectations, City won by 16 points to nil.; In the other senior matches Newton defeated Suburbs, and Ponsonby beat North Shore.

We are desired by Miss Keith to thank donors of gifts sent to the Victoria School for Maori Girls, and to intimate thai) further gifts of anything likely to be useful in the furnishing of the schdol or of provisions, etc., will be gratefully received. The management also desire to get some idea of the number of annual subscriptions they can rely upon, and for this purpose request that all subscription lists be returned as early as possible.

What is described as the largest piece of plate-glass ever imported into Australia from England has just been placed in position in the frontage of Mr. Hugo Wertheimtf new showrooms, in Bourke-street, Mel* bourne. The window measures 19ft by 12ft> 6in, and weighs over half a ton. The diffi* culty of handling such a large sheet of glass may be gauged by the fact that the one last placed in position was 'the third imported,! thS other two having been broken in transit.

An illness, something like British cholera* has been attacking a number of Waiauiwa and Ryal Bush residents- (says the Southland Times), and one death has occurred in tha hospital from inflammation supervening « virulent attack. Some suspicion was raised that ba-d brawn was responsible for the s '° ness, but inquiries made showed that others who had partaken of it were in no way affected. It is now supposed that there is something deleterious in the drinking water, and the Health Department intend tO W' vestigate the trouble.

It was suggested to the Federal PostHWS" ter-General some weeks ago that he shou stipulate that all goods and materials sup* plied to his department under cortrac should be manufactured in the ConMno * wealth.. Senator Drake has not decKlea " go this length, but he has directed tuat » clause shall be inserted in any future ders, saying that "tenders must state w country in which the articles are ma produced, and, in the case of manuf . , articles, the country in which the ma ' from which the articles are made t P duced." The Postmaster-General this will give both local and importing i Pave an opportunity of tendering, and l. ™ m the tender board discretion aso#* recom . mendatioUi

£•''! not , correspondent at Whaugarei Heads §10 Vj fes <ijVn extensive undertaking is I • vL commenced in the work of draining li Ufnsott's swamp, or lather lake. My. IT' actum in connection with Mr. % ' E ii aS arrived on the ground With a -'#* mW 0 workmen, tOid blasting operaV '- ihns will bo pushed on as quickly as posit I l ® As the lake lies within a. quarter of 1 '' mile of the ocean, some rock will be re- • \T,A and a canal dug, and it is then ani'cipated that the lake will empty itself • ' lto the sea. The immediate object of the ! •/ &is to allow giinidiggers greater■ facili- - 1 for obtaining the large quantities of ; which are believed to lie in the swamp c i,,t a greater and more lasting gain will L* fin the extensive area of excellent soil t that will be available for agricultural purf-'". '- + . „ V pose?.

n Operations at Port Kembla Harbour. New South Wales, are proceeding most satisfacorilv. The breakwater is now constructed r a length of 1200 ft, the depth of water the end being upwards of 30ft. No stone - a j ess w?ight than four tons is used. A he of railway is to be constructed towards [ e proposed" northern breakwater for the nrpose of utilising small stone in the retaliation works.

At Wiluna, on the East Murcliison goldM (West Australia), a miner named Wiljjnri Mahouev was killed under peculiar circumstances. He had been on the niglitpift in the Violet gold mine, and was in fed at his camp at about eleven o'clock, then a charge of dynamite which was fired ii aft open cut near at hand hurled a piece tf stbn'} into the air which crashed through roof of his tent, killing him instantaneously.

!' ' The West Australian Commissioner for

Railwars has decided that none of bis immediate officers must be connected with the Civil Service Association. The executive of that body have, in consequence, protested to the Government against what they consider the arbitrary action. As a result of the Commissioner's decision, some of the railway officers have resigned from the association. These include one member of the Executive.

The winner of the first prize in the Melbourne Eight Hours' Art Union is a youth named Charles Harbour, 18 years of age. a wicker-worker by trade, who resides at Malvern (Victoria). With two companions Harbour went into l'rahran on Eight Honrs' Pay.' The three youths bought a ticket each, and Harbour "saved" £250 with one of his friends and £100 with the other.