LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
The sittings of the Hospital Commission, were continued yesterday, when the evidence of Dr. Lewis, which had occupied a great part of the previous sitting day, was concluded. The other witnesses examined were the matron and several,of the members of the hospital nursing staff, and a number of former patients. The latter made various statements as to their treatment whilst in the hospital, and the quality of the food. A full report of the proceedings appears elsewhere.
The Huddart-Parker steamer Westralia left for -Sydney last evening with a number: of passengers "in both classes, including fee members of the Austral Band 5 who played a number of"selections before the steamer left the wharf. The steamer also took a large and '-.valuable cargo. 1 The shipments from Auckland included 22 bars bullion, valued at'£14,450, snipped by the Waihi Gold Mining Company, through to London; 338 cases and 100 sacks kauri gum, for London and the Continent; and lines of hides, ore, sand, beef, etc., for Australian ports,
The repairs to the chip Astracana will be completed to-day, and if the weather is favourable the ship will sail for Delagoa Bay to-morrow. The trouble with a number of the crew; which has been before the Police Court several times lately, has row been amicably arranged. To-day Captain Griffiths will"pay the men a certain sum of money and give them their discharges from the ship. A sufficient number oft men have already been engaged to take the places of the men to be discharged, and will sign on the ship's articles to-day. '-
Our Tauranga correspondent states that Mr. Hector McKenzie, while helping to fall trees on Mr. Ludwig's iarm, at Oropi, had his ankle badlv crushed by the butt of a tree falling on it yesterday morning. Dr. Fleming found the bone badly shattered, and the flesh and tendons lacerated. The leg was set and dressed.
Mr. R. M. Houston, M.H.R., has addressed a letter to the electors of the Bay of Islands, expressing his sympathy with the teachers in regard to the superannuation fund. "' The Premier has promised to bring down a measure this session putting; the teachers on a more equal footing as regards salaries," adds Mr. Houston. "I consider this is of vital importance to the profession, and should be done before the other scheme is brought down. If the superannuation scheme is brought in first the anomalies that at present exist as records teachers' salaries will remain, and greafl dissatisfaction will be caused. It will be impossible! to bring both measures forward this session with a, hope of getting them both passed. I shall be prepared to support both schemes, but in. the interests of the teachers I consider the measure that will put teachers on. a better footing as regards salaries, is deserving of first consideration, and shall have my wannest support."
■ At the Itotorua S.M. Court on Saturday (writes our correspondent), Alfred V. West, of Whaititi, was charged with mischief, which consisted in his having destroyed, by shooting, a pip, the property of- Alfred Johnson, a neighbour. After hearing evidence this Bench committed West to Auckland for sentence, the accused having pleaded guilty.
Captain Astrup, of the wrecked barquentine Addenda, at Palliser Bay, states that when lie was passing the Kermadecs early in August, lie saw smoke issuing from, the top of the mountain on Raoul or Sunday Island* This occurrence coincides in date with the dormancy of Wahnangu and the earthquakes of two months ago.
The prisoner Gardner, who escaped from the Waiofctpu prison, and was at large about, a week, was captured about 80 miles from the prison, on the Napier Road, and brought into Rotorua on Friday last (writes our correspondent). > On the same evening he was committed by Colonel Roberts, S.M , to Auckland, for sentence.. ,
The ordinary meeting of the: Auckland. Hospital, and ■Charitable Aid Board, called for yesterday afternoon, was adjourned to enable the chairman (Mr. G. J. Garland), as the Board's representative, to attend the sitting of the Royal Commission now inquiring into matters relating to the management of the Auckland Hospital. The chairmari explained to thai members 1 that : the only matter of moment on the agenda paper was the question of the infectious diseases hospital, which it would be as well to hold over, to enable the District Health Officer, I)r. Frengky,, who was abseut from town, to attend the meeting. 4 The adjourned f meeting will be held alter the sitting;of the Royal Commission has concluded, land in the .meantime matters of urgency ,\ will be attended to by ' the Fees .■ Committee of the Board, a motion by Mr. ■'«!, R. ■ Walters, : authorising the committee act, having been unanimously agreed to, ■ : \ ; -' ■
. ; News has been received in, Dunedini of the death of Lieutenant Fiftzgerald TurtoH; on service with the U.S. army in the: Philippine Islands. 'Pie deceased officer was a son of Mr. Wesley Turton, solicitor, of Queenstowm. ; The following is a copy of the regimental order annouiacing his death :" —"Lieutenant Turtoh had been With < the regiment only a few months, but during that time he had firmly established himself i rathe confidence, respect, and esteem of all who knew him. His eondwet while a member of this regiment was characterised by strict attention to duty and courage, gal- ! lantry, and coolness in action. Lieutenant Turton was born in New Zealand on July 15, 1874. He entered' the United States army on April 8, 1900, and served as a private, sergeant, first, iser jeant, and battalion scirgeanb-major oJ! ; the '?i ■ 16th Infantry until October 9, 1903, when he was commissioned as seoond lieutenant, and assigned to the 22nd Infantry, The officeis of the regiment will weajf the usual badge of mourning for 30 days."
A public meeting took place at Helensviiie en Saturday evening {writes our correspondent), for the purpose of considering the best means of improving and developing the hot springs situated in the domain. Mr. R. M. Cameran (chairman of the Domain Board) was elected to the chair. Ho explained that the Tourist Depart? ment had finally decided not to' take over these springs for the present, \ therefore, it became necessary for the people oi! the district to do what they could for themselves if they wished to see any further progress made. The Domain Board had; approached the Government for power to enable the Board to raise a lean of £500. Considerable discussion followed, lin which it was thought by all the speakers that £500 would be inadequate for the purpose, and it was stated that the revenuei derived from the present baths and domain, even in their now primitive state, would more than cover the cost of interest and sinking fund for £1000. Letters were received from Messrs. A. Harding, 0. Bollard, A. "Kidd, G. Fowlds, and J. H. Witheford, promising to <j!o all in their power to further the project. On the motion of Mr. J. L. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Ambury, it was unanimously decided to request the Domain Board to alter their petition from £500 to £1000, also to ask the Government to grant a subsidy of £ for £ up to £1000. It was also decided that a' petition be at once drawn up for signature of the ratepayers, and residents of the district, and forwarded to Wellington before the closing of Parliament. -
Though the weather has been more genial for the last few days (says the Hawera Star?. of Friday last), it has nob yet had. any great effect in minimising the damage done by the recent storm. Indeed, in some instances, people are beginning to realise that the injury was even greater than they had thought. For example, it is found in seme cases that the opening blossom on fruit trees, which it was hoped would recover, has been so thoroughly "salted" that the buds (and consequently the crop) are ruined. From away back where there was no shelter reports continue to speak; of great loss of calves. Nearly every farmer lost some; and there are instances of losses extending to thirty head. In other cases grass which had been carefully saved for cows expected to calve, has been so burned and withered that several weeks' feed has been lost.
We are (says the East Coast Guardian, Opotiki), now past the ] middle of October, and yet with the exception of '<* few small areas, the planting of-pur staple cvop can hardly be said to have commenced. The season has been particularly backward and cold, and the present week is really the first sample we have had this year o,' the spring weather we are ordinarily accustomed to. No doubt, if tlnj weather continues favourable', the next fortnight will see a considerable acreage planted. ( ■ ' .
H. M. Tauranga arrived at Sydney iron* Wellington on Sunday last, Hen crew will be transferred to ILM.s Phoebe, -mw in re serve,'.but which will recommission on November 1, and proceed shortly Inwards to New Zealand. The Tanranga is under <«."''" dcrs to return to England, and will be manned by a crew selected from among the men displaced by the Australian recruits and now in barracks.
To use the words of the prince of dramatic , humorists, W. S. Gilbert, " when the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling," the Sydney police have some relief from the tension of the more onerous and dangerous part of their duty (says the Sydney Morning Herald of October, 17); but when Bill Sikes.is active represent aives of the law have to be correspondingly on the alert. The confirmed housebreaker is an outlaw, who has unfortunately to be reckoned with here, as in other populous cities, and this fact lends much interest to a remark made by His Honor Judge Murray, when sentencing a prisoner on Saturday. The criminal, though a somewhat prepossessing man of about 30, had been " in trouble " at intervals since he was 16 years of age, owing to lack of proper supervision in his early youth, or, from somemental warn which seemed to force him into devious paths. The judge reminded him' that i:; proposed legislation became law habitual criminals of a certain class would be liable to perpetual imprisonment, and thus for the remainder of their lives be deprived of further opportunity far preying upon society. The warning is a timely one, audit is to be hoped that it will prove an effective cheek upon the "enterprising burglar" who is not deterred by the provisions of the' existing Crimes Act. '•';;;
The steamship Victoria, which arriveu at !f;i!? Sydney on Octobei 19, from Wellington, ran into a heavy fog when approaching the Australian coast the previous evening, and iti
was found necessary in the interests of
the vessel and her passengers to proceed dead slow. So dense was the fog that it' was impossible to discern objects for iroro than a few yards ahead. Captain W. Wal- '■ ler, the commander of the Victoria, states that when the fog commenced to form the vessel was 140 miles east of Sydney Heads. The engines were slowed down, and in consequence the yrogress of the vessel was considerably delayed. As soon as the fog lift** .the engines were again placed under full steam, and Port Jackson was safely entered*
H.M.b. Sealark, formerly the yacht Con- • sul©, belonging to Mr. Vanderbilt, which'/, was purchased by the Admiralty some time ago for the purpose of a surveying vessel: for the Australian naval station, was com-" missioned on the 15th ult., at Portsmouth, by Commander H. B. Sommerville. Oa I leaving Portsmouth the Sealark will first, proceed to the Mediterranean, where she will probably be employed for a short period in the neighbourhood of'Suda Bay. The winter will be passed in surveying duties" in the Red Sea, and in the spring the ship will arrive at Colombo, where Mr. Stanley Gardner and Mi. Foster Cooper will join her, these gentlemen having received permission from the Admiralty to embark it, the Sealark for the purpose of • obtaining a series of deep-sea dredgings in the £adiaia ' Ocean. On leaving Colombo the ship will proceed to Australia, and during the pas- , eage, which will occupy some months, deepsea soundings and dredgings will be takea and various uninhabited islands •, visited. It?" is not expected that the Sealark will reach die Australian station until nearly the end >f next year. . ■
A remarkable thunderstorm broke over' be Homebush end of the ■western suburbs )f Sydney the other night. Before the sua ■ lad set a curious yellow haze irradiated tie 1 , western sky, and a dense canopy of angry clouds loomed i overhead in , a great semicircle. > The darker cload section hung in globular pendulous msjises, as if charged with water or gases, and the electric fluid lit up these in a striking manner as night approached, producing a uiagnificent. spectaculai effect. The thunder was exceptionally violent and long-sustained, and the display of chain and forked lightning was " brilliant in the extreme, .but as the storm : ravelled eastward it gradually diminished.. in severity. •
' Some sneak-thieves visited the vessel La . Bella as she lay stranded at Happy Valley after the captain left on October 15, '.<•? oa ■ his return he discovered that the cabin hiid • been forcibly entered and a double-barrelled gun, some French money, liquor, and cigars, ' ' i had been stolen, and the contents of a bag •'."> iof oatmeal scattered ©11 over the cabin, , " Trouble baa arisen at Aimidale, New | South Walesj in connection with the honor- .'■'; j ary medical staff of the local hospital. At \ | a meeting of the General Committee, ■ Dr. . I dune lodged an application for admission | as a member of the medical staff of the in- > , I stitution. Mr.. J.: A. Glass,' secretary to I the hospital, said it had been reported thin I other members of the medical staff would! resign if Dr. dune was appointed. Dr.. ;. ! Harris, who was present, stated that such ; was the. case. . Dr. Scott, who recently commenced practice, would not act with Dr. L Clnne. Under the circumstances, there- ' fore, Dr. dune would have to cany on the, hospital by himeelf, if appointed. Dr. Clune was not a member of the British"- ' Medical Association, and was a man whom ', the British Medical Association members were not supposed to meet, for the reason • -, that he was a member of certain societies, in Sydney which the British Medical Aisa- ; ciation considered inimical to the profession. No member of the British Medici* Association would assist Dr. Clune hi any • way.' Mr. Jones moved,, '.' That Div Club's application, bo entertained." Dr. Clone was a medical officer of the friendly socieI ties, which constituted a, large proportion of the people of the district. It was oniy right that he should have the power of admitting and treating patients of the hosI pital. After discussion, the motion was . | defeated by 10 votes to eight. A wothm | was given notice of in favour of the appointment of a resident medical officer. - In connection with the suggested sale of ■■■■■. the Government yacht Victoria, the Premie? B of New South Wales states that from every direction the Government has been urged to, ■ get. rid of, that white elephant. It was not*". - understood that the Imperial authorities had intimated to the Commonwealth Government (as well as to the various self-governing - colonies), that the work of surveying their own coasts must, in future, be carried oat by the local authorities. If the Federal si", thorities were to carry on that work ineon-' • nection with the coasts of Australia, it only pointed to one thing. They would have to , , purchase a boat to do the work, or build one. The Victoria was admirably suited tc .such work. Consequent he had cc. municated with Mr. Beid, the Federal I?#| . Minister/ on'" the- subject. V''lttakes3ißi|ft : ||||l said Mr. Carruthers, '"to find thc=2 out, and to do them." -I- li t '' " Interesting experiments are now beinO| made in the Kalgoorlie mines for the Mia<# Ventilation and Sanitation Comiahsion." /' The faces of the drives are being l::»vily ~ -~, charged with as many as 16 shots in -* "- g instances.' Immediately after the tiring uexperiment;-." with respirators attached* '', visit the lace and test the fumes. By doing this they are able to determine the effects brought about by over and under charging holes,, Experts are also testing the strength of explosives, besides complaints of nimers about fumes resulting from the use of certain brands of explosives. It is curious so far s that no miner has yet been found suffering from miner's phthisis, which originated «* this State. All examined had contracted. the disease before coming to this State. An. _, examination is now being carried on to *->- termine of the sulphide rock dust - ~ particles and their effect: on this lungs. t>* the Transvaal it is said that- the maximum - life of a rock-drill miner is only nine years owing to the blade-like sharpness of W. particles. The report by the experts of tws - investigation will be invaluable to the wn*.a of the Australian mining public The Maekelvie Gallery was closed yesterday in connection with the hanging of the latest '. additions tc the pictures purchased under the' terms of the late Mr. Mackelvie * ■" quest. ■ ;- -^ There was but one person in the lopku? last night. He was charged with drunkenness.. ....■'■.. • / .' ; . - •
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