LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13390, 19 January 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

To-hay's Hkkalij consists of 18 pages. I Included iu ». mass of wading mailer in I the Supplement, are the following special ! «Mtides: 'The Bow in the (..'loud," by! l I'ohunga ; " Stewart of Stewart's Island," i by K. M. Dunlop; "Tay Pay O'Connor," j "Chinese in Europe,'' and Our See-saw | I Atmosphere." A new story, "The Edge j | of the Sword," by F. M. White, is begun, j j and should provide, excellent entertainment ; ; to lovers of a good story. "Kate Merc- ' I ''it'!." by Cut-cliffe Hync, and "By the; ■ 1.-:ght oi Low," by Marchmont, are con- < | tinned. Loral Cos.>ip, humorous illustrai '_ '»»«*. -■'"' all the other feat-tires will be : found in the Supplement. ; The now car just added to the rolling j stock of the Auckland Electric Tramways • Company is similar in construction and api pearan'co to recent additions, all of which | are painted green and white. '1 he painting j of these cars has been favourably comJ mented upon generally, and, with a view j to improving the general appearance of the i rest of the rolling stock, the company has j decided to have the whole of the cars painted in the same colours. This work ' will be commenced immediately. A resident of Penrose (Mr. .John Weir), who resides within a few yards of the miniature lake that has been formed on the Great South Road, died suddenly on Thursday morning. Mr. Weir was 65 years of age, and had recently come from Tamaki. Deceased went outside, and Mas subsequently found lying dead. He had suffered from heart disease. The ages ot two inmates oi the (Jostley Home who died within six or eight hours of one another this week totalled 173 years. One was a woman, the other a man, and both- (were old : age. pensioners, ».

An .amended notice in regard to train a.rrangements to and from Waikato appear* in our advertising columns. Passengers for the Waikato should note that the ten a.m. train from Auckland to Pokeno does not connect with the steamer service on Waikato River. Passengers for the steamer require to leave Auckland for Pokeno at ten minutes to eight a.m.

A familiar figure lias been missing from Queen-street, Auckland, for over a week in the person of Andrew dimming*, the well-known newsvendor. The younjj, allow, who was minus a leg, has met with further misfortune, his other leg becoming affected at th: knee. So had did it become that he hud to enter Haverhill Hospital. Onehunga, last Saturday, where Dr. W. G. Scott amputated the limb above the knee. The sutteier is now progressing as -.veil as could Ik; expected, and is wonderfully cheerful, considering that lie is now minus both legs. Much sympathy is fell for Cnmmiugs by all who know the circumstances.

An extraordinary occurrence, by which Mr. Barber, of Waikanae (Horowhemu County), suffered a severe loss of stock, happened a few days ago. On going round his farm Mr. Barber discovered no less than six cows lying dead, and very soon after several other animals succumbed, until at last no less than 18 fine beasts lay dead from no apparent cause. Mr. Barber secured the services of an expert veterinary surgeon, who. on careful examination, discovered that the animals had died from the effects of swallowing white lead. It was then discovered that a. quantity of white lead had been left in such a position that the animals could reach it, and this had caused the mischief.

The Auckland City Band will play the following selections in the Western Park to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, commencing at three o'clock : —March, "The Crusader" (J. P. Sousa) ; overture, "Austral" (T. K. Bulch) ; selection. "Meyerbeer's Operas" (11. Oilman); valse, "Cornflower's Poppies" (K. Waldtetifel) : selection, " Beauties of Scotland,'' by request (E. Newton); entre act, "Amorette" (Fabian Rose); "Cod Save the King." At the Gardens, Oneliunga, the Onehunga Town Band will submit the following programme, commencing at the same hour:—Pa* redouble, "Local Legion" (Sousa.): valse, Night and Mora" (Bucalossi); selection, "Mantana" (Wallace); morceau, "Always in the Way" (Harris): valse. "Cay Paris" (Burns); pas redouble, "Lord of Lords'' (Wright): overture. "Festival" (Hound); " Cod Save the King."

White Hover has saved the situation in many pasture fields this season (says the Ohristchurch Press). There has been a great growth of white clover in spite of the protracted drought, and, in some, instances, a very luxuriant crop has served to keep the sheep and lambs in prime condition. Owners of farms do not always favour white clover, but this season it has justified its existence to a remarkable extent, and proved of infinite service when nearly every other pasture plant and grass have shown weakness, if not complete, failure. In the days of early settlement white clover was abundant on every clearing, but in recent years it had greatly disappeared. Its reappearance in the nick of time has been indeed fortunate, for it is holding its own in fields where the absence of moisture from water-races is complete and in paddocks where the subsoil moisture is a minus quantity.

The log of tile schooner Jessie Niccol tellsa tale of » curious occurrence, when the vessel was entering Kaipara Heads on her j last trip from Dunedin, and> a heavy -»««<- broke over her stern, and swept her decks. The mate and an A.B. were at the wheel, and they were thrown down by the force of the water, the wheel itself being torn loose and thrown flat. The binnacle, was also capsized, and the compass box washed along the deck. For a moment it looked as though the vessel Mould broach-to, but, with commendable presence of mind, the mate (Mr. Otto Bauer) and his companion refixed the wheel without losing a second, and brought the vessel's head up again. When the extent of the damage was looked into it was found that the compass, after being banged against half-a-dozen obstacles, was all right, not a glass connected with it being cracked. The only man hurt Mas the cook, who was the only member of the ship's company who made any effort, to dodge the inrush. He climbed up on a, boom and received a. contusion.

The two cases of English grasses presented to the Manawatu A. and V. Association by Mi'. W. J. Birch, who is now at Home, have come to hand (the Manawatu Standard reports). One case contains 24 varieties of grasses useless in agriculture and found in bad hay and pastures, while the other has a similar number of useful sorts. The mounting of the specimens i* excellent. Each is labelled .with its generic and common names, information being also given of its habits of growth and the class of soil in which it it* found. The useful varieties are more fully described, the different purposes for which they are grown being clearly set out. A story is current in Huwera that a certain farmer heard a disturbance, among his sheep one night some little time back, ami suspecting that dogs were the cause tailed out for a gun. After some delay his son appeared. "Have you put a charge in'/' asked the fanner. " Yes, she's loaded," was the reply. Then out from the- cover of a hedge hounded a. young man, who made record time out of range. The intruder had not come to interfere with the sheep, hut on a much more romantic mission, ami evidently thought the gun was being obtained to protest against his"frequent visits. Says the Dannevirke Advocate:—There is considerable perturbation amongst the milk suppliers in the Umutaoroa JJfoek just, now over the advent of a Celestial who lias recently settled amongst then), and desires to supply milk to the factory. The Chinaman in question, it appears, has taken up a farm and stocked it with cows, and ■< lew mornings ago he appeared at the file tury with hi- milk cans. After inspection, his contribution was accepted by tin manager, and all appeared to be going well for the Celestial until the chairman of directors arrived on the scene and issued an order that no more milk was to be accepted from the Chinaman. 'this action, we understand, is not endorsed by several of the other directors, who contend that the question which they have to consider is not one of the nationality of the supplier, hut whether the milk supplied is clean and fit for manufacture. In this case there appears to bo no doubt as to the fitness of the milk, and consequently the matter will probably not be allowed to rest where it is. The Cook Islanders who have been peiforming at the Christchurch Exhibition at rived in Auckland yesterday, on their way home. They are staying at the Maori hostelry in Parnell. The lunatic Robert Sinclair, who escaped ti'.uu the 'W-ondale Asylum a day or two ago. has been recaptured and returned to !;.'" asylum. The conditions of the Aihki.am* \\' bkkly Nkws ninth photographic prize competition are announced in another column.

The occupants of the police cells last evening were three ..persona .charged ..with drunkenness.