LOCAL AND GNERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12725, 30 November 1904, Page 4

LOCAL AND GNERAL NEWS.

' "bout- -oales of 4;*'*". M^^flß > the bulkier lipoid by AeUm, bidding boiagl^ffl 1 brirf"-. Compared wif last year prices nil .• round showed a «.Wfif the w.^^W * wools- advancing fron^i 1 '- to 3d per lW4riS$H 1 while the fccer wools we* up about l£d. Th*^a 1 average increase was rater over 2d jer 1b.,.. ■ H ■■The Af'/W^sn, Wbbkk News (issued to- ! : , day) contains a remarlcaiy ike series of piq-: fnkfl 1 (U us of -the Auckland IgrlcaituraJ 3h4«<jj|ll ! held last' v *- Favoi-d with beautifui : --/ * weather, the show was i unqualified • fii'io- 1 • ''' - cess, and the .photograph obtained? 0? the t News' staff photograph* admirably illua-i-^J ' t; t* Hi many striking eatures-of one of »/ ; '' . the most successful show* svev held in Aud.- :' ', .:;■ laud, while sketches by to special artist &a •'•. people's dav lend a:quaiit humorous touchi-.i to a very; 'tine ' collcctiolA Other subjects .' dealt with in the ksue, yAicb hi an exesed- ; ; v ;1 : imiW varied one, co.aiprUsd,B..-eucs in Auck- ;:.■•,. hind's' thermal .regions (mending a Btriiin, •;-;-• diotible-iiaie panoramic of t Vaikato River, i' ••:& . near ."Taupo), Auckland's "aWpbuildiu'g h< ' j ,x dostry, the opening of Die IV&ngawcka-Tai- : bapo section of the North] bland , Na&sffl& ' -•.■.Trunk rail way, Wellington allege ..porks, : -'' » «j 4 datiV.; bush scenes, the otehiu,| of the : ?i!'k| - livening season at Nelson, lad an esod- f;| u lon* 6li <.'-«. .VUI pictures. I , , >'0 3 A narrow escape from droving occurred ; ; v^ j ** on"Sunday:morning;last, near Stanley Bay. " l A lad named Coldicutt fell iff the pile- " driver authored neai Hi. Ca,B-p. Dock. »J '■* His criiss attracted the Jtltukn of Mr. ~'pf r r who vas reading on the -:;:-■

cliff vested, hinise'f of the -. ,'."> of the now exhausted boy, and brought liim .. ashore. Several' assisted to' , '? : \ bring the lad round, and he -m%& removed . ';,.i Jto It's parents' residence in a ,fiend's boat, ■ ':': : A small boy named Croll ir.jl his best to * '~. help the boy CoMiitut a! luff. bat found ,h| 'him too heavy, and had to come ashore "" '< tired out with his - ;cmon ■' '.: t • "'} As showing the great ampuni 01 traffic '-W-xl the Auckland :Electric TAmwaya Com- ;":';: pany had to deal with on Saturday last— '•' |p the finarday of the V,'naji*/irJ Show— • -"'^i \ve are informed by Mr. 1] M. Hansen, ■ , -rV'v.j' managing director, that no lpss than 88,712 t t'llf passengers were carried tjy ' the electric ' ' -.'j - cars on--that day.' No ■ accident to any "v'.'' passenger occurred. ,- ['' * ; ■ .'om A-general meeting of the* Auckland Co- : ' : -S : 3 operative 'Terminating Building v Society >vas held in St. James* Ball, WuHnirtQir* !; <J street, last evening, : for the purpose of . ] • ballotiag foi: 1 an appropriation of £400.. -;J : and selling two «ppioi>'i<it.io»*'a-i.ptmaEa ;}d to £-500 each. No. 342 to tS« winnei ■;•-': = of the ballot, but as he wast the flwlJor of "{f* one share -nii,-, he was therefore only en- ' ,■ ' -1 titled so .£2OO. The remaining £200 wati • -.: > theii balloted for. ' I As the winner. No. ■"' * 925, was the holder of more than one share, '\ •:■.'• ■:= he was[therefore given' an estrs £200, to ■, ■ ';;,; which"- he was entitled. The ' third group.? .■%■■""■ >? .of £100 was sold to the highest bidder at ? £06 IDs per £200. In, the next group, where £400 v.-.v; offered for sate, the ,'a highest tenderer at £65 lOs only took £200,. ! ' -V and the next tender , for the remaining ' („, IS | £200, with £300 added, was accepted at " ""l 5 £65 per- £200. j ' ' />'^ . An-'.accident recurred "to : 'Mrs. 'Napier, ' 'did '■ wife- of. Mr. W. J. Napier, on /Monday \J!f|| 'night, resuUin/.m a fractured lea. Mj-a. • -:'!V ; :1

" ; v,V was on Way; to the dance at ' '" ! '• Government Hoc e, and when stepping out |of a cab at the Victoria Wharf, Devonport, fell, with the result mentioned. She was conyeved to her home, where Br. Laiug I attended to hi .- injury. ~ '1 The criminal sessions of the iiuckiand Supreme i were continued t<t->terd-c \ , .<! : and' the whole of the day was occupied J ■in dealing with three oases—one of rewir- ■ "J I ing, one of stealing gnsn (two accnsecl), and one of assault.,., %iie accused; in tJj« ; . v-guin-stealing case' 'we're'. the only accu ■'."( j Sound gailty. and sontenca was deferrsd. | The Court will resume at half-past ten thte 1; -The/Bw. W. E. Lush, Ticar cfSpiphany, s Chnroh, ICamngahaw Ro.ad.» ; stateg: that .» I friend, who desires to be naro«lcESj hsi ! ;| ''offered -£50 towards" that ; chun!h"s £508 s: ' ( debt, provided.it is only used for'reducing ■.■ j the capital debt. Before they can pay off, '; up the , interest bow owins:, £18 , j >■ 15s. ■" The' Mend's offer ■ Will hold good I ! till. 'of Dereiib&r. Lush asks j. the parisWoners to raise £18 15s fa 30 ''■'■' day*, 'Over and ahofe 'the. ,; average Sanday' l I collections. Subscriptions ntay b$ givec to j ''. the sustentation fund collectora, or extra j t . money' ■ may be given 'in church. By ~, 1 J quickly raising £18 ISs. parishioners would if- 1 ■r, get £68 ',15s of. debts cleared' ■' away. ' j !■"■■'/here have airived in Auckland St« 1 constabies-from 'the Wellington training j ''depot, t-3 fill vffieancies in the citj and 1 1 Our W'hangarei. correspondent writes: —»i| i - The rainfall has been very heavy during the ■ ! f last.-, two . days. The assistant forester a: ~| r the Ruataugata Gouerament station rawls 4 a 5.40 inches of-rain between nine p.m. oc I _ .Monday and nine a.m. yesterday ■ morning. 1 * maximum temperature.'6s. and tte i ' minimtim 52. 1 b 4 Mr. Goring Thomas, clerk of awards at; ; ■■1 a Auckland, has received intimation that the., 1 .- Uouii; of Arbitration will amva'ni---kncfe.4^W

land thia tvec'-s, aud will proceed to Paeroa 1 .to hear.-the. tFpjwr Thamee carters' dispnSa,: ;: : on Monday nest-,: at eleven o'clock/ : : •.:,--,'•••/ m i There was very : nearly e fatal accideat in I the Tailiape tunael last Wednesday 1 Tlir's men jsiiyji t-lie Taihape Post) wep» I walking through, 'and were fol]ov<-e<l a few 9 chains in the re.ftr by a fourth man, \\\:-. I the engine whistled,' and the train dash*! II into the tunnel. The three own in front ', II rushed to the but u* Jjj fourth?:man,.: in: his eagerness, fell down.-.'.. i; j-H alongsido th<3 rails. Before lie coulcl risl':'/ , '|H the train was up to him, and in passing, ■ step oi one of Use cainapes .stinri him a 1 heavy blow, inflicting-a'Severe bruise cn'thiff ■■;im Tha nuisanca alleged . to hav© be#i i^nM creatfld oh a r.ection contiiuouE U» t!>* \ Ghapel-Btt«e.t school by its being used «a;? !!? fH a yard .for - carta • and paoe, ~T9f*»'.::;i':M referred to at the meeting of the -Auckland.-;; r 1 Schools Committee hist evening. A kttoifC. *H I was -read from Dr. Freacley,. district''.:, : :|P health officer, in which he stated that M j| had not consented to tbe'contractor ft. ■ «a , and •expressuj{ J '.- thei]opinion* atlthl sit** H , and expressing the opinion s.t the fcam* ■ , J time that the contractor could not estatev-.|;;M , liah such a yard without the consent i? ; '■;■ , writing of the City Council and the 'h- ! - g . tact health ofJicsr." Ee said fuilher tlui ■ no matter how lehientiy inclined the Cowi- ■ ;■ eil might be tov/ards" its cuutrsctor. i« m i would be goinj; a little too far to v i' : 'to the establlsJiing o? Biich a depot along-' MM ' ?ide ._■&■ public school. Dr. Frengley ■ [ -enclosed a letter which fee had seat ti^jplH . City in which he asked the Coufif^ 1 i cil if they had gives consent to the n*" I • of the- siw, aia'd" suggesting the necessity :x,f f of taking legal advice." It was reported to m : w i th,i the committee bad the cite, aud theie hud bad domoustratwß Hj t of the existence of the nubanee, which irw ■ , a serious men ace to the M - the residents of the district. The teacher." ■ ■ i had already suffered from the objectioa- j ■ , j able odour. A resolution was carried , ciding to communicate with the City Cotjn- II • cil, the Etiiifisitjoa Board, and .the I mar School Board, drawing aitfuLivC tfl H s the continuanee cf t% evil, and to I-t. ■ • -Fwngky, thanking hh» for-his «ffertf jtjj ■ r abata.the nmsMtte. j: ,^. ; ..§:;;!« 3 A ; boy ' named Bates war? aimitlec! t' ffi 1 the hospital last night, haviag ",;^,!.'|H r-' brought dawn from Awhitu, frcm I 8 - a fraotnml leg, caused by .'bstiog':i:i!»::^|:®l«i } pei-sons ehar,fed w,th druulc-e4&.'y. i ' * two wilh thKut'v&ms behanon,. ' : - ■ "S

Im 1 : ■fmrnmrntmamni, ■■ i ."11111 .in J'".!"' 11 , 1 , .' ~.. ;. **n<lii—ii Mr. J,, H, ColwiU haj, received from 1 f • '-:&r .Isaftftr.' Pitinan-and'Sots, London, the j ■ ■ } following eliorthatid ; eW. certificates ob- j : ;,/: ' rained by his nttpila at *«*, miction held j ',«. August •23 ?a«t:— hundred und ({ - ;•;••- twenty -void* per bj5»M Miss - Elaine: South ;' 100 words per n :.-»/-. M- cvgrthmhuk» Mabel ' S Clarke, Florence Gille'pie, Elsie I'. Sl»- ; . man, Amy Brewer, and I. Winifred New n *; 80 words per a**, Misses Ellen. , v •■•:. . Brown, Qlive English, hi toft jjealft, Lucy - Walker* Edith Walker, lellie Partington, Esther E. I*.! Tv, I've Jlogaa, Ethel Pel- , in, riU Sjw« Eileen White, Maud Par- / •.'' tuns t-nJ Clarice Motrin./ I'be exattsiaafci&ii ••• nr»? utitwr the. supervised -and control of r • Ln!Utw,d,nt-Cdo»tfl Moriw, Messrs. Ham-': : '■i ' son, Williamson, and fallen. • - - ij( , Atate^^raaeo;mfii^in^'fttX^iit<>ttt' : on ; , ' Monday evening, Mr'j/uruw m, M.H.8., : ; read what Is probably tiro earliest tempermice petition presented to a feuds! .it i body : in New Zealand. It i'as present id .by 132 male inhabitants aud settlors in the town _ and district of Wan .-'pjhii, wild was dated ,:.;-• • January SO, 1856. Ufa petition asked that . an Act should be- pi. -ill on the principle of : the main liqani 'Uw.. ; A similar petition • ' was pt-ssented by 62 female residents of the ,-:: district >.l the ? .iUi-j thee, , | * . . ■f ; Th» ian> s" Union Juts* sutvmUted to the ■; •-_;•; Premier the iiameof a gentleman whom tuft . :. union w'f«, (a like:to see appo;'rr*#d on the . " Land Commission* "If," say.* Kir. Seddon, "Messrs. EU.LajJ reason, and Powlds had wtbmiUed a'uorasn.ilion to the Government 1 can imagine what a stormy protest it would have --evoVed from Mr. : Wilson and : the executive olf tha 'union, I feel faib(l-*l that the members of the Commission will 1 , command bo conthUnco of tho people general!,-, and particularly of those who are more ... dirccUv interested.'' , , : {' ' About 3000 triwi of coal per .week are lift- ; ing supplied front the State coal mines for i the Kow Zeulani railways. This <}«? iky is in,excess, of want is required far ijutuci, s .!- , ate use, but in-view of the fact that the holidays a.rc- appioachiror, when the railway traffic becomes heaviest, at a period when the mines are closed {or a fortnight, it is necessary to store a large reserve stock. The railways '.are being-. supplied from the Paint Elisabeth mine, out it is stated thai the ■ Scddonvillo mine is now beginning to send ; , ■ out coal of a less friable character than before, and in that case it is probable that Seddo.n'*ir*:co.il,'mr.y tie vised more freely than at present on the railways. • ,' The chairman of the Wellington Education Board < Mi" B. Bee) advised the Board ■;■ last week to grant to U:\xfcws, the privilege Of selecting their ©w»: reading books, a.id ■ that 1 they should M recommended is all Silica ! to use fcww readers, Teachers, said Mr. Ii», shf.rdd certainly be, the he,t judges of what they required. (.if course, the selection would: have to he made from the Dep»rtinental ikt The s pea lie v thought the colonial books were not as good »ft the British books., which «vere always being revised ■ and improved. Mr. 'Uo moved in the di- • ' rection indicated. Mr. Robert eon thov.jt'ut that, patents should bu considered .« well a* ' and the pubUsliing trade, and nni- ', fcrtiaity was the thing to be sought =fer. JIT.FeiM wanted ■ ti» be assured that any ■■■'■ ' t-.r.nyft' ?fonld *e«ous<y alrect the pockets o:' p,-isets- ■ li!-ip.--etfir Pieming said the n.Tiv' ejcpensiTe reader was Is 9:1, find theaH*f\&t". coat for bwdta would he ahont 4s ; per p.iiUvi. There «■*« not a wide field of ehoiw. All amendment, moved by Mr. Bo"i?, "That the Teaohers' Institute and ; ih», --sftTiectoita should be consulted, and a report "he presented to the Board," was adepted. . ■'■,"" :' : • With regard to Ike death of Mr. Albert ■' J. Ijoag, late schoolmate. ?,>, Maramarua ■. (a report of ..which'nas'.published m yesterday's Hehalii), dije to injuries caused by a" fall from a aiipss', the coroner (Mr. Gresh'Wml-haa/notified tfe» police that it is | a case in which an ■.iatjuest should ha held, end his requested : tJrf':'tfe relatives',of ' the deceased should bt so informed. ■ ■ .;'Tlie .Aucldand,:-, •S^raitgrewers'-' .Union' opened their 12th .asnnal oottferefise at Jarrejft's,: Hiiildincs/'-b'-raDson-streefc, '-pateinafay: .There'was ,a good _ number of : delegafe present. A import of the prcocedings" appears in.. pir-ibto column. . '■-.. ' .•'-'."".,; . ;■'' '■'■:.■ _ :■ ■■■■' ■