LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13227, 12 July 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

• A'brawl, took place ,in : Wellesley-street, opposite the Opera. House,;.shortly after • seven o'clock last evening. Although it ciiri not last long, it sufficed to draw a large crowd, who witnessed some, cowardly at- ;: tacks. - It; appears; that'a man, short, but' sturdily built, was on the warpath, and got into an. altercation with another nun. One attacked the other, and a third, known as an expert with his.list:;, interfered, evidently for the purpose of restoring .■■ peace, A second later, when he was hot prepared,, lie was 'throws' heavily to the ground. He was then kicked and generally pummelled. Sergeant Hansen and Detective Fahey arrived on the sceae, and they arrested a man who' '.running'.; away. The other man, who was on the ground, had his noe® broken, and,' .it is believed, his : ribs : injured. He was m: a dazed' condition, and was bleeding profusely. He. .was v subsequently taken home in a cab. The man arrested showed signs of having been an active participant of the melee, for, his face was scarred, and his appearance generally ruffled.. The man referred to had. two charges of: assault preferred against him. Another man was aW arrested : on a. charge of obstructing the police. An accident happened on the ; barque Anglo-Norman yesterday morning, whereby the second officer {O. Olsen) had his head badly injured, Olsen was standing new the hold Supervising the loading of kauri gum, and was struck by a filing. He was knocked down the hold,, a drop of about 15ft. He was picked up in a dazed condi- ■ tion. Dr. Barclay was summoned, and oh. his arrival ordered the unfortunate man to the hospital,- On inquiry last evening .we were informed that his condition was rather serious. He is suffering from in-:, juries to the head, and also internal injuries.. On the arrival of the .'Sonoma: from Syd- ■ ney yesterday Detectives McMahon 'and; Fahey arrested a passenger named David Moon. ; Moon is about 35 years of age. His arrest was made on information from „. Sydney that he was " wanted" on a charge of stealing £100 from the Operative Bakers' Association, Sydney. The accused -was secretary of the association,.

T!x .n-\;.m<T S<p:*U f>*6 *oee» parth«**l by ill® Caiwi. Steam Ship-Company from j Mr, 'CI, T,";;lSidC!>l» and » w be.s%:«s' i* the At!t;ktaM-Oisbora».: : trj.il» 'l*V %m!I-j i Q.*<& hirdy pawner. gMvfts* teep engaged in the coastal trade for lb« past f**' 'jests '■? ~;•--■■ '>■ -vi. -"■-/■' v: ;- r "-.-i { ."'-'■' ' , •• ' . i'" l '•'-* Y'iJ'i'l .Active .steps. .is-a he org Uki?a by several j pen*!?!»», to. raise, the £600 ' ..rttpilmd ■ to j i reUirt a* the-Auckhmd Museum the M4»ri i , pafaks, or food-house,, and ' lit'* '«#tebr*l*d j I. ruaasgs/lNJi^ RangiUhi, which thf t»o»:j [ vcnim-fif wished to remove to the museum j [ in Wellington. SnH,uii-tM.» J.-f- have beer ; 1 Issued,' and would meet with a ..good;'-, '•'.••j 1 The: following. wibscript'TCws have ; '-•tre&dr bean, received ■ B- . Wilwm; £25;- *'T. Peacock. £10> ' *'•■ li Upton. ; £10: J. Kirker. £10 «- A. Car?,. £10: j Jim Bat-aer, £5; . J»-o. 1--;m>i:. £5 . Pre* | <?.*., Brown, £:-•; D. t. Murdoch, £10;. ! Brett' Printing: Company;: £15'..-" S«d»,mp- > tinas mar be"-sent to Hi* ■ Worship;- the'■; Mayor i'M:. A. M. My ft*), Profit Bro'vn. Mist;, l"jf»«n. ...Kirker, ami L. J. Bagu!!, or direct to Mr, Cheesomatt, ana- ; tor of-the museum. ' The annual dinner cs the .Mukiaud Cham- • her of Commerce, which ' was postponed oft■account the Premier's death, will be held on Thursday. August 9. The Cabinet a«d members of Parliament for the Auckland* district have "been-invited, to "-attend.-. • - : -V '.'■■ . The GdHectof or Customs at Auckland" has received th:. following telegram from .Mr. Hunt, 'postmaster and Customs officer at" Mangomii:— " Postmaster at Ahipara ■reports ft schooner,''/.probably, the -"'May Howard, aaci-mr-d off Ah'p-ija. dying three Hags at ball-mast— a square red. another a white flag, and the third a btofl ■ fla.«; "■■ These- have/-, been . replaced with one red" flag with white cross. /- Sea too heavy to go out to vessel."' The' double resignation in the New South Wales- Parliament caused by the -'acceptance of the challenge issued to Mr. "Se«, man by Mr. John No-tori Jo resign «;.3 contest with him, the Cootamundra spa, hits' a. parallel in the Now Zealand. Parliament. In 1893 Mr. Cadnian (whose native Administration had been impugned by Mr. W. L. Bees) tendered his ".'resignation for the Thames seat, and challenged Mr. Bees to place his resignation for -Auckland City in Mr. Speaker's bands,.saying that':if. ibis were done he would -.contest the Auckland vacancy with Mr. /Bees--/ Both resignations were received, and in : the by-election Mr. Cadman was returned by an* eve:whelming majority. Mr,, Mct'Jnwan, the present .Minister for 1 Mines, was elided for the vacant. Thames scat, and has represent it ever since. In connection with the visit of Mr. 6. T. neirobrowl, ot the Carnegie Institute of Scientific Research, at Washington, who is at present in Christcliuich for the- purpose of co-ordinating the magnetic; survey instraments of the'; Carnegie Institute/with.-" those of the New Zealand magnetic obeeri vatory at Christ church, it is easing to ka'ow that Mr. -tTeiiiibrow* is for old. student of the. Thames School, of Mines, having attended that institution ..for'some*' time when' it was under the direction of Professor Park, now of the Oisgo University. Visitors to New Plymouth will be interested, to know that the: dangerous railway crossing in. Devoa-street will soon disappear." ~ People '-have - - often -" wondered ; how : the.Department came .to run the line along the beach from the breakwater to the New Plymouth station,, and th*(-> suddenly.-tu«v in and cross the main sis*..<.', of the town at its busiest : part. It'-jw.•■«*»-.;. if ; -;'i«coming line into 'Auckland .were to croi-1 Queen-sti«>l pn.a.leyei cr('St ; .rtg : .at about the South British corner. ' The line is now surveyed, and the works are 'being rapidly pushed 0n,.50 tliatihe"railway will in future continue • along th« beach, for another mile before turning inland, and will then cross' Devon-street through a cutting nnder the traffic level. AH the other level crossings near the town are also to be -.-dispensed with, -■ andf the new route will serve the double piirpose '.'■ of avoiding the steep . ascent to the Eliot-. street station, The grade is so heavy that .every: tram leaving the towa is (tesifited by a shunting engine pushing, behind the van, returning after reaching Eliot-street. It is rather - surprising that. something of .this sort is not ,done to expedite the ' railway ■journey, to :■■ Eemuera, and do 'away with .the risk of - stopping. altogether in the tunnel. The other morning the Rotorust , express was timed by;: a- paetenger, and found to make the magnificent time of 22 minutes for the distance of very little over two miles. ■ , The steamer Chiswick. which was recently in Sydney Harbour discharging a cargo of lumber, is the holder of a unique record. She is only 21 months old,, and made her first voyage to'"'Japan-loaded with guns .and projectiles?. This was''during the Ilosso-' Jap war. Fresh, from the , builders' hands she left London with the contraband cargo ou bbaid, and Captain C, W. ■■ B. . Woods' steered a course round the worth . coast of Ireland, passing the Baltic fleet oh the way. The CiliEwiek zig-zagged across, the Atlantic, rounding Cajie Hon i. Then , she proceeded across the Pacific: to flic Saaelio, Dockyards, where her cargo was discharged. The Chiswick covered 19,137 miles without a stop, the steaming time being 93 day's.six hours. This performance is a world's record" for a new 'vessel, and it was a,ccoihplished without a. hitch. While in J?pfj., est waters the vessel was taken ho on a time' charter, and " for six ■ months " was en- : gaged ■■ running.,- coal for v the ; Japanese Government. Twice she wis filed at, aid bad to heave-to." ■ When the charter was worked out, tho vessel was ordered to Puget Sound', where she loaded 3,000,000 it of timber for Panama, subsequently carrying another cargo also measuring 3,000,000 ft. from the Sounds to"' Pamania. The timber was for building' purposes in connection with the Panama-Canal. The somewhat unusual instance of a court being held in a private dwelling took* place in Sydney on. a recent Saturday. when the president ,anu members: of the Arbitration Court of*-New South Wales sat at Judge Heydon's residence at Darlinghurst. The proceedings were purely: formal, and consisted of further poetpotting the date of the coming into operation of the award in the case in which the Milk and Ice Carters and Dairymen's Employees' Union were the claimants and the New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Company, Limited, the respondents, until Monday, July 30. His Honor bad been confined to his home during the week owing to ; a severe cold. ■*■; A good example of how, to bear-one another's burden* was exemplified in. St. Andrew'.-; Chinch, Gisbbrne, last Sunday. It having come to the knowledge of the. session that one of the members of the church was in most necessitous circumstances through a long and severe illness it was: * resolved to take up a- collection oa his behalf at the close of the communion scsrvice. So liberally did ■- the ; members < : respond / that the sum <•:" £10 was collected, which no -. doubt will prove a very /great boon ■ to * the - destitute family. There were nine person? in the lockup. last, evening. Five-' are charged : with drunkenness, one with assault (two charges), one with obstructing tho police, one with .'.tktng and cuteripg,,and ous with steal- , iug- £100.

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