LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14208, 3 November 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

I The s.s. Tainui, which leaves Wellington for London on Thursday, "will carry ! a shipment, of. 5142. boxes of gutter from the New Zealand Dairy Association. Thiswill., constitute \ the , largest shipment of butter ever sent from New Zealand by one firm. The record was previously held' by the same, association with- a shipment" of . .4000 boxes, and some interest was J aroused at the time by-a. photograph being taken- of - the- special' train conveying the butter from Auckland to Onehunga. It consisted of 19 trucks. The record 'previously made was in the flush of "a season, whereas this new record >is ; made, comparatively early, and it. is expected to be considerably exceeded before the end: of the season.

A gumdigger, James Price, 58 years jld, whilst standing on' a chair affixing some spouting •to the roof of. his whare, at Waikumete yesterday, sustained a broken leg through the overturning of the chair. Price was brought into the hospital. 1 "

No arrest has yet been effected in connection' with the assault and . robbery which is alleged to have been perpetrated in a four-wheel cab on Friday evening, although the police • are understood to be on the track of the . bogus cabman. The victim (Mrs. Morris) had recovered sufficiently from her shock yesterday■- to be removed from the private hospital where she had been lying to the District- Hospital. . -i; '• 1 '~ - * * An accident occurred a* a ropeworks in Stanley-street- yesterday morning, to John / Christian, labourer, a married man, 22 years of age, residing in Nixon-street, Archhill. By some means Christian's left arm was caught in, the belting, - and before he J was extricated hip arm was fractured and his nose injuredi He was taken to the hospital.''

When it was stated to a railway official in Auckland yesterday, by a Herald representative, that many complaints were being received about the overcrowding of the Saturday mid-dky trains to Eller*lie. and Otahuhu, the official replied tbts there had not been'a single complaint laid at the Auckland railway station. He said certainly »the trains were well filled, but there had been nothing said concerning passengers having to stand in the carriages. There had been an agitation to have a 7.15 morning train, and the chairman of the Ellenilie'. Road Board had advertised that he would take the names of those desiring to arrive in the city at 7.30, with the result that only 20 names had been handed in. . These had been sent to .Wellington, and the proposal for an extra train was. being considered there. The proposal to v have an extra train run" to the golf links, at Otahuhu, was also being dealt with, and' an announcement would be made at the end of the month as to "the alteration? in the suburban train service. " ■ ,

; The licensee ot the Kaeo;Hotel, Herbert Davis, was convicted in the 5 ; Magistrate's _ Court, Whangaroa, on Monday, before Mr. Stone . Florance, S.M., and fined £25, on -a change of having supplied liquor to " a Maori for consumption off the premises. Defend was also ordered to pay costs. Notice of appeal was given. Tira Haare .was fined £2 and costs for supplying liquor to a "Maori woman. Robert Gates and a- ' man named Moseleri were each fined £5 and costs for supplying a Maori with liquor. A - similar charge against a inin named O'Donnell was adjourned until the 18th inst.

Gratitude • has many - forms and many causes. Presumably it was one of the rarer, cause? .which prompted a gentleman, who had interviewed the Mount Albert Road - Board last night, to exclaim on retiring: "I am very thankful for all the trouble ' I "have given you." ( ;

•The whole civilised- world f indignation recently b;? ■ the inhuman?* i mentmetedouttoth^MoorislS^^^f &nd some idea of the barbarous nJk¥:' employed by the fdlloWentff^'^M may be gained from the^^^S peanng in .this week's issue of the LAND Weekly News, published J, The recent heavy weather, experfe the South Island was the causej mortality among the flocks,s and ,! y tare from (he Cashmere : Estate Christchurch, shows some of tho S ewes and lambs which succumb on holding alone. Among, the numerous V teresting cuirent events dealt with in ft" number may be mentioned the wedd* ' of a former Governor of New Zealand daughter, it n«vel search for treasure t! opening of the Remuera Bowling • green, and the most important lli! manoeuvres in German history. striking views show something¥seVii* ; splendid collection in New Zealand's' ? ing museum, while other pictures" j terest include a panoramic view Auckland waterfront, showing the nJ* I tion of. the new post office, the?ffij»Sj *■ an airship that met. with a terrible disaj. ter, and the YVairarapa and East Coast agricultural show at Carterton. 1 : A gun»K double-page which displays the grandeur of New Zealand's wonderful cold lai# i region, together with a highly-topical s toon, .and a wide variety of interesting* 1 miscellaneous illustrations, completes tig issue. : ' ■ "'.'V ' ■!? The Onehunga Borough Council is hur. rying on the preliminaries in ; with the proposed Carnegie ' subsidised i library at Onehunga. At the last m<*'. * ing the Mayor (Mr. J. Howe)' moved; \ "That the Council provide the iiecessar» amount for the upkeep of the library & j a general rate, also a site for the build- '," I "ing. Further, that approved plans;l submitted by Mr. J. Park, be to Mr. Carnegie for his approval, am} any other information he may desire."! t The Mayor's motion was carried unanim, 1 ousiy. • r

Strawberries were selling wholesale yaj | terday at from 8d to Is 7£d per lb, the § general run bringing lid. On th» 1 streets the hawkers were .■ selling at | per lb, and the same rate was - ruling ! j| J the shops. The wet weather has- niateri.', S ally affe/ted the strawberry beds, itijuifff I the fruit, and delaying picking. Ye«t«i | day*about half a ton of the berries | ed on the market, but given' good weatheijj | the quantity , should , be considerably i]f\ j creased, and prices come down to 6d peji ij lb in about a week's time. . ; This/{iioif." | [) ever, will depend largely on the weather)' ' Owing to the rains, it is extremely -pwi; I bable that there will not be a largei tity of the fruit on the markettt<H3a||'' f and prices may, in consequence, gou£js | morrow. It was thought at first'that t«; f output of strawberries this season .woajj y not be as large .as .last year's, but 1 | is now every reason to believe that last season's . Wop will be equalled. "V- iff S •'il| The time-table alterations on the Midi . •,,< • ~ J "-v % Trunk railway are still under consideration The new time-table is expected to come in# force on December 1. The Minister already announced vanother through tit* press, but as regards extra' gobds trail* and an accelerated service between Frankton and Taumarunui nothing : is'v-yH known at the local office, T; -Vi;; s> * > iilt I 'i IS 1 Vf ■ t;-s ■ 'iMts.-s- c i Beneficial ,i showers - distributed , or# , favourable periods have : been, a . fealnje ; of the spring. The present month; hi, • so far, lacked nothing in' Tncxstuie, tit* fall for the 24 hours ended 9.30 a.m.- yjjf* ji terday amounting to three-quarters of til inch.' Rain continued to fall -inltTimt- ' tently yeuterday, with the result : that -&» | atmosphere was far less oppressive, k | state of calm prevailed outside the;he»M | and "shipping was not. at all affected."| : ... '• . . . ■ ' It is expected that.salt water will®, pumped into the municipal ; baths - it Albert-street, on 'Monday»next. - SevtfS improvements have recently been at the baths, including the erection lof * balcony for the accommodation of spei> tators at aquatic 'contests. > The,."irtjj ficial lighting of the bath-house is. jw|' very satisfactory and those who patpproi! it at night would' appreciate an im|«roWi ment in this, respect. . The i recsnt t spell has made t bathing popular, -boji with the advent of warm weather, bathrf are expected- to turn out in force •Sili •C . 1 The conference '-between the Taupln Coal Company, Limited, and the Waikab ;Coal Miners' Union, , which was comment ed some weeks ago, was resumed yesta? day morning,. before the Conciliation Coßr missioner (Mr. T. Harle Giles). .Th« conference resulted in a partial settlement of the ♦ dispute, 17 clauses '-of •.til references being mutuaHy agreed to. The remaining clause, whii&§_ chiefly refers to rates of wages,' etc., wl passed on to the Arbitration CourW:i»fi.i? The varying lengths of penny sections was referred to at a meeting tij the Mount Albert Road Board' last evening, when Mr' J." J. Walklate, gemot manager of the Auckland Electric Tw® ways' Company, was present in connects# with the proposed extension of the lis* to Morningside. ( A member of the Board pointed out that one could , travel froffl Queen-street to the top of Symonds-stiw for Id, the same fare as would be ch&rj£ii on the proposed extension of •62 ch atl& Mr. Walklate admitted that the-.'Mctjoji-on the Morningside line would be iWt equal, but Morningside residents wooti have the advantage of the long section Khyber Pass. ' The whole distance fr# Queen-street to Mornir.gside would ™ three miles 55£ chains, and the fare woiiw be 3d, or Id per li miles. This he co*f sidered not ill-liberal. In repty question, Mr. Walklate stated that if, ? Tramways Company had power, standardise and equalise the fares on vffr ous lines. _ -J- i'g Early yesterday morning the Khyt, Pass reservoir was emptied for cleiWji purposes. As the last of the water fl"* ed away it revealed nothing but a dig® sediment of silt, less than an. depth, on the floor of the reservokv|p| the accumulation of 18 months, quickly removed with hose and under the supervision of Mr. waterworks engineer, and 'founds® to the sewer. Shortly after seven _ water was again flowing into the resflt* The Mount Eden reservoir will be cle»®. out to-day. ; ' alffi The following are the eases of tious disease reported to the A® district health office during ® c . Enteric fever : Town and ,j cases; country districts, 5 cases; tw}||» cases. Scarlet fever : Town and su J. 4 cases; country districts, 5 9 cases. Diphtheria : Town and sw -«!; 6 cases; country districts, 5 casi»gofflß 11 cases. Tuberculosis; 13 • caß fej|l§K poisoning : {> case--- *

" ' Gropsr 'and kingfish have arrived on the faking grounds • in the vicinity of Otago H -jjeatds earlier in the season than usual. fe^pßoth r fish are noticeably plump for new "arrivals. The whaleboftts landed 600 ' groper at Port Chalmers during' Tuesday - *nd Wednesday, and on Thursday a large lake of . kingfish was brought ashore, the f distinction of securing the largest catch being divided between two boats, which i M • hooked seven dozen each. , Fifty tons of. ;vS'- "fish were railed from Port Chalmers last' iv 1 § week,' including the returns from four r. .■ gteam trawlers, principally consisting of Sftll'sojes and crayfish, tho latter being plentiful at present. ' • ' i; ;u - Great interest was taken in the election of the Waitoa Drainage Board on Monday (telegraphs our Te Aroha cor- , respondent), ■ nearly all those eligible to • vote going to the poll. ; The. result was ; ; V:. as follows : — M. Gallagher, 64 ;A. Swney, 63; H. Magill, 59 ; J. McKenzie, 57; Matthew Henry, 51; R. Mathieson, 51;" v„\" J. Fitzgerald, 46 ;; G. Cairns, 41. The returning officer gave his casting vote in V favour of Mr. Matthew Henry, and the Sj r; first five on the list will form the Board, Iss£ " The_boy scouts movement is about to be taken up at Onehutiga. In response to XfTta request from Dr. Makgill . and Mr. W. N. Mcintosh (headmaster of the High '"V/- School) the Mayor, of . Onehunga has decided to call a public meeting for Friday night, at the Council Chamber, for the TV': purpose of inaugurating a corps./A ;; A working demonstration of 'what is " . .. known as Hutchinson's patent rapid tranv sit' system was conducted between • the '\- Beach Road goods yards and Eraser's foundry yesterday afternoon. The chief t :. feature of this system of transit, which "J- seems likely to have a wide field of usefulness. is that it obviates the necessity of .. discharging goods from railway trucks j.. into.carts. It is contemplated that obf. ; \ long;receptacles, known as "subsidiary receptacles," should be carried on flat- ... >topped trucks, and..should be transferred

from the trucks to portable stands, where

they remain till the material they con- ? f "' tain is wanted, then the subsidiary receptacles may . be slipped 'on to the underframe of a lorry, which is provided with

rails, along which the receptacle runs.

■' !It automatically locks into position, and '.may be taken away. To tip the load, the body is run back : on its rollers by : means of pulleys, and at the point of balance is intercepted so that the load may - readily be tipped up. ' The propounder of the system is Mr. J." H. Hutchinson, engineer. •« ' • '

G* The adjourned • conference in connec--V tion with the dispute between the aerated • waters and cordial manufacturers of Auck- | land and carters has been fixed for • to- • morrow morning, at 10 o'clock, at the ; rooms of -the Conciliation Commissioner '(Mr. T. Harle Giles). ; : ♦

' A handsome compliment (says the Dominion) was paid to Mr. Massey, Leader of the Opposition, at the old identities', i„ banquet at Blenheim on Monday. In

proposing the toast of . "Parliament," Mr. V . .R. McCallum described Mr. Massey as

the Campbell-Bannerman of .New Zea-

- land politics.. The Opposition party had, he continued, fought , a hard fight and a •j..; good fight, and although he (the .speaker) £ jhad been a Government supporter for 20 years, he was one of the many people .■ . who would like to see Mr. Massey get ' into -power for,, a term of office. The re•S: marks-elicited; loud -applause*

fi Complaints regarding. damage done Ho the Mange re Bridge-.school property out

of school , hours were made at last * meet-

: ... ing of the committee.. There is (says' our correspondent) no teacher's house in . connection with this school, although -the k committee have, repeatedly requested it,' . hence the hoodlums have. a free hand.

K'i, Padlocks have been broken, the girls' gardens were rifled, plants destroyed, and Oii -' . large stones; placed on thqm, and some of . the young ornamental trees recently planted were uprooted, The Mangere School reirr- Committee and teachers take a pardonpii ,able pride in their model school, anil. it Us >is"to be hoped that steps will be taken to 'i ,:'prevent a repetition of such larrikinism.