LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13455, 6 April 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Ihe butter shipment by the Cm inn.i from Auckland this week totals 1079 boxes, "or close on 27 tons," and 318 ruses of cheese are to be despatched by the same boat. \ The export kchkoh luis already practically I closed, and there are now 21.000 boxes of ! butter, or 525 tons, > being held in cool j store, exceeding the quantity held this time List vear bv over 300 tons.

A sitting of the Arbitration Court in to lie opener] ill the Auckland Supreme Court building nt leu o'clock mi Monday morn* ing, nnd the business set down for consideration makes quite a long list. There are no loss than 74 breaches of awards to he inquired into, affecting the North Auckland Timber Workers' agreement, grocers' assistants, hairdressers', saddlers', engineers', housepainters', iroinnoulders', couch workers', baker*', carpenters', fellmongers', furniture trades', (shipbuilders', and tailors' award, and, in addition, several cases for enforcement instituted by, the Workers' Union. There are 19 claimants for compensation under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act. Besides these matters there are seven disputes filed by the bookbinders, tramways workers, Wwtfield manure workers, cooks and stewards, waterside workers, slaughtermen, and butchers, and three other applications, embracing that of the Auckland butchers for annulment of award, Auckland coachworkers to extend the award, and the Auckland electric tramways to enforce award. Our Waiuku correspondent writes:—An old resident passed away on Kaster Monday in the person of Mrs. James Lowe, of Waiuku Mast. Mrs. Lowe came to the district with her husband about 30 years ago, and has resided Jiere ever since. Her kindly disposition won for her a wide circle of friends. The funeral took place on April 5, and was largely attended, the service at the grave being conducted by the Rev. Mr. Harrison. The deceased, whose age was 57 years, leaves a husband, four sons, two daughters, and two grandchildren.

With reference to a paragraph sent to the Hi-.km.J) the other day, by a correspondent, stating that the teacher of Tamaki West school had refused to give up Ihe key of the school to the committee, to allow a meeting to he held, and that the committee had to meet in a private house, the teacher has explained to the Hoard of Education tliat he was not. there at the time. The chairman of the committee was absent when the application for the key was made, and no request in writing from the chairman was presented, so his (the teacher's) daughter refused to hand the key ta the committee. The Board had given distinct instructions that the key was only to be handed over in the presence of the chairman of the committee, or at his written request, in his absence. Mr. A. R. Harris referred to the episode as an unfair attack on the teacher, who had not the opportunity for reply. The Board decided that the teacher's explanation was satisfactory.

Open air band performances will he given on Sunday afternoon, as usual, commencing at three o'clock. The Auckland City Hand ill submit the following programme in the Allfert Park : March, "South Street" (Hall King); overture, "Austral"' (T. E. Bulchl; grand selection, "Rossini" (H. Round); valse. " rolls Ballklange" (H. (?. Ltimbye); selection, "Beauties of Scotland" jl'<. New ton): march, "Vale" (Van Baar). The Auckland Garrison Band will plav as follows in the Victoria Park:—March, " Iho General" (Wehle): grand overture, ' Bohernials Girl" i Unite); "Gloria," from "12th Mass" (Mozart): "lujiis Animam." from

" St a bat Mater" IRossini); gavotto, "QiieiMi Klizaln'tli" (On! Hninfj ; lotni't »oU>. "I'al\<u,v" (I'. Rodney) ; march,. " L lid th« Austrian Eagle (Wagner)

To-day's Hkrald consists of 18 pages. A number of interesting special articles -will he found in the Supplement. These include "Now, the Servant Man," by l'ohunga; "Where the White Man Treads: A Comparison," by W.H., Te Kuiti; "The Beginnings ot New Zealand's Nationality: The Germans," by Guy H. Scholefield; " The Kmpile and the Liberal Party," by Gerald L. Peacocke: and "The King Country As It Now Is," I, v "Stalactite." The tine new story, "The Avenger," by E. Phillips Oppenheim, among tie most popular writers of the day, is begun and is to l*> continued daily. The stories, "Kate Meredith," by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, and " Sir Hilton's Sin," by George Manville Fenn. are continued. The Supplement also contains Local Gossip, humorous illustrations, and all the other usual features.

Our commercial cablegram received from Loudon last night reports the butter market as flat, with Danish in weak demand a 106s. Choicest New Zealand is quoted at 100* to 101s ; Australian at 9'os to 98s; Argentine, 100s, and unsalted at 100s to 102s. New Zealand cheese is selling at 60s to Ms and Queensland sorts at from 50s to 545. Copper has been down to £95, » fall of £14 in a fortnight.

During the past two weeks the s.s. Rotoiti has been running the Onehunga-New Plymouth trips of the s.s. Takupuna, in addition to her own. Yesterday the latter vessel resumed her running, and the usual time-table will be maintained until further notice.

The Grammar School old boys have presented a brass tablet to hang in the school hall as a memorial of Grammar School old boys who fell in the South African war. The boys whose memories will be perpetuated are: Lieutenant-Colonel dti Moulin. Corporal J. P. Mays, Private J. V. D. Connell, and C. Arkell, R.A.JI.C. 'I lie tablet will bo unveiled on the 10th inst.

A fire occurred at. Waitakerei early in the week, the sawmill belonging to Messrs. Bennett and Slator and a stack of timber being affected by the flames. A portion of the roof and sides of the mill was destroyed, but the machinery was not damaged. The boilers, however, suffered slightly. A stack of sawn timber in the mill yard also caught fire, and was destroyed, but it is impossible at present to state the amount of damage done. A bucket, brigade was quickly on the scene, and saved the mil! from more extensive damage. The mill and timber was covered by insurance.

The necessity for school accommodation to provide for the district between Newton West and Richmond has long been felt, as the schools in those districts are already full. The Education Board represented the matter to the Minister for Education, who lias given authority for a side school to be held in Richmond Hall, Francisstreet, The school will be worked in conjunction with Newton West school, and will be opened on Monday next, and Mr. A. S. Webber, headmaster of Newton West, -will bo at Richmond Hall this morning to enrol pupils.

When the question of a new school at Eden dale (Mount Eden district) was before the Board of Education yesterday the chairman (Mr. 1.. J. Bagnall) said it was suggested that the Board should rent a. cottage at 12s 6d a week, as a temporary school for the smaller children, while the school was being built, but Inspector Crowe reported that it would cost £100 to knock out the partitions, etc., and another £100 to reinstate them when the cottage was finished with. The Board decided to see if another building could be obtained. The chairman said it would lve a year, at anyrate, before the school could lit built. He considered it would be necessary for the Board to take a site under the Public Works Act for a- school at lCdendale. The owners of the site selected wanted £1000 for two acres, which was fur too much. The Board was advised that the land was not worth more than £800. He (the chairman) believed the Department would grant half the cost of the site, hi regard to Grafton school, the Board should also take the land required there under the Public Works Act. The Government required the Board to pay for sites out of its ordinary building grant, but the Department seemed disposed to favourably consider Edendale, and it would pay the Government to have the land for Grafton school taken, as it would save as much in putting buildings on the level ground adjoining as would secure the new site. The Board decided to take the land required in each case under the Public Works Act.

The Onehunga Town Band will perform at the Veterans' Home, weather permitting, to-morrow afternoon, beginning at thre® p.m. The programme is as follows: —March, "Distant Greeting;"' selection. "Gemma, de Vergy; ' valse, "Passing Thoughts;" overture, "Pirates of Penzance;" march, "Quarter Column;" waltz, " Vaterland ;" song, " Ora Pro Nobis.' The public ate invited to attend.

The secretary to the Agricultural and Pastoral Association received a telegram yesterday from the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, stating that the representations of the. association's annual meeting with reference to the pushing on of the North Auckland Main Trunk line would receive the consideration of the Government.

In referring to the value of paspaluni grass for the poor lands of Auckland province, Mr. C. Rhodes, of Hunua, stated at yesterday's meeting of the General Committee of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association that lie had tried the experiment of sowing paspalmn with oats in the winter time, and the results had simply astonished him by the luxuriant growth of the grass. In another experiment he brought a thousand roots of the grass from Waikato, and they had proved worth nothing, except for three dozen which were planted actually in water, and these had done splendidly.

The Hoard ot Kducation yesterday decide to instruct the architect' to prepare plans for a separate building to accommodate the infant classes of the Grafton school, lie accommodation at which is severely taxed at present.

Mrs. Ruth Geange, who died at Trenhum (Wellington) oil Monday last, aged 74 years, was a very old resident of the Wellington district. Mrs. Geange arrived in Wellington by the ship Cheetham, with her husband, in 1855. In the following year she and her husband took up land 'it Trenthnm, and the remainder of their lives was spent in that district. The deceased lady is survived by 13 children, 76 grandchildren, and two great-grandchil-dren.

Two persons, charged with drunkenness, were the only occupants of the police cells last evening.