LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14222, 19 November 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Severe burns to • his body were the result of* a child's nightdress catching fire last night. Whilst Roy Albert Masters, the two-year-old son of a bootmaker, residing in Dominion Road, Mount RoskUl, was being undressed, by some means the candle on the dressing table got knocked over, with the result that the child's nightdress caught alight, and he received some bad burns. He was immediately conveyed to the hospital, where at a late hour he was doing as well as could be expected. , .. -

: The sudden death of an elderly married woman, Mrs. Johanna Mary (O'Connoll Wright, occurred ; yesterday morning at Newmarket.. ~ Mrs. Wright, who reside, in York-street, . Newmarket, had a cup. of tea.. with .her.daughter Florence, about 11 o'clock,-and then went out to the washtub at, the back '■ of the house. Hardly had a moment elapsed , when she suddenly collapsed, and called out to her daughter by name. Dr.' Aubin was immediately sent for, but when he arrived at "11.30 he could only pronounce her dead. 'An inquest will be held by the Coroner {Mr.',T.Greshara) at the Carlton Club Hotel, Newmarket, at 10 * o'clock this morning. The deceased had gone about her work as usual yesterday morning and bad made no. complaint of any kind. She was 51 years of age, and leaves a husband and grown-up family.

A peculiar accident happened shortly after one o'clock yesterday to Edward Bedree,' ■in the employ of Mr. G. Niccol, shipbuilder, Custom-street. Bedree, who was working on No. 4 Jetty in Quaystreet, was engaged ■in pushing a trolley load of /concrete along some j scaffolding. On coming to the end of the scaffold he pushed the trolley over with the result that it dropped •■ about 20ft into the water pulling him along with it. • Beyond .'- a slight bruise on the arm and a ducking Bedree escaped injury. He was conveyed'to his home where he received medical attendance.

At the meeting of the Auckland City Council last night, ; the Mayor (Mr. C. D. Grey) announced that he would be ■. leaving for. the: South, next week on a combined business and pleasure trip, and that he would '.'..possibly, be away for three weeks. He asked the Council to appoint a deputy-mayor in - his absence. Mr. P. M. Mackay . moved that Mr. A. ;J. Entrican, as senior councillor, .be. appointed to the position, and Mr. H. M. Smeeton seconded. The motion was carried unanimously. ' •

A poll of ratepayers of that part of the Remuera Road Board district lying northwest of Arney Road and bounded on the south-west by the Remuera Road, was taken yesterday, on a proposal to raise a special loan of' £8500 for the purpose of constructing a"; system of drainage; for that portion vi the district. There were 127 votes recorded for and five against the proposal, there being therefore a majority'of 122 in favour of the I proposed drainage scheme. ..-: The polling was: carried on at St. Mark's Parish Hall. ■

The Ladies' 'Benevolent - Society acknowledges with thanks receipt of £50 from Madame Melba for distribution amongst the poor in the ordinary course of the society's work. The thanks of the society are also given to the banks for kindly remitting the : money free of exchange. ,We understand that all through the winter and up to last month the demands of the deserving poor upon the funds of the. society, have been very great y and the work of the ladies: has been extremely hard.

•-;■' The Northern Company's steamer Waitangi, which has ; Been - laid "up at Onehunga for some months, came off ; the slip yesterday, and berthed at > the Onehunga Wharf, to take in coal and supplies. The vessel sails this afternoon for Auckland, to enter the Whangarei running. Captain E. Dorling is in charge.' -

The New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa,. Captain Bollons, which has been inspecting the lighthouse, beacons, and buoys •of the Manukau, returned to the Onehunga Wharf yesterday in order to take in ; a supply of coal. '■. She will leave for Wellington, via west coast lighthouses, at n«a .o'clock this moraine. ...

■ :■ Speaking to a Hejuld * represent*! IS in regard to the statement reporUd&ll I have been made by the Minister SI H ways in the House that; the offer to? M Auckland butchers to run a special tj9 for their convenience, provided-('Si IS guarantee a minimum revenue of £5 1; £$* still open, a leading Auckland buti!' Iff .said that up to the present nothing 18 been done in the .matter. "I gtroifc''' advised the smaller Auckland- butcher!' 1 - said our informant, " to have nothing 1? S do with it; what chance can a small hi §§ cher have against a bigger one, wheal' f has to pay extra charges for 'freight,' §* They pay fair and reasonable freijrk &? now, but the £5 offer is still untonchj tfl and so far as I am personally :concerw|? H is likely to be." - gg The Union Company's steamer J> o ,j. ''1 mond, which took up the cargo running ' 111 the west coast after the passenger vejseli Wm were withdrawn, is carrying some t'pft* fit freights this season. , , To-day ; she is A, Hi to arrive at Onehunga with one ,of jk' ;^f largest cargoes of produce yet landed at * '%$■ that port. After discharging, the fiosa. W mond will leave again for New Plymouth W& Nelson, Picton, and Wellington. ' * }#t ■' -' ilf HHi ■'-."A; meeting of creditors .in the estate of' &^ Edward George Rabe, blacksmith, 0 { A?| Thames, was\ called for yesterday mom.' ;|| ing at the official assignee's office, bttt fHj the only creditor who was represented f*f was the debtor's mother, for whom Mr iff Pullen appeared, the same solicitor also IS acting for the debtor. The debtor's '*4 statement (which has already been p QO . ill lished) showed that the debtor had' bee a - '%& engaging in share speculations, and ow. S| ing to a slump in the market, he was : * reduced to bankruptcy. The amount mil J§§ ■ ing to unsecured creditors was £550 9ji gft Id, and the assets in the estate were set 1 I'M down at nil. Other creditors had coq.i I'municated with th«r assignee ■ (Mr.. jej :.S| Gerard), asking.that the meeting be adA mm journed to Thames, and he said he would! 'f£& adjourn it until Monday next at three §& p.m., to.be held in the office "of. Messrs. i% Gillespie and, Thompson. Mr. Pullen ob- M Ejected to it being held in a private; office, 5 111 but was J assured by the . official f assignee §11 that in whatever place the meeting was |-% held that became a public place for the &*J, time being, and would be' open to the -press. Mr. Pullen said that he hoped] «$ ; the press would: be there as he wished the •■:■] facts to be made public. 7\\ ■:■■'■.■■•'■; '^ : -> •'''■■■ ':■ ■■':'■ "■'- ■■--.' W ■ -According to a statement made'; by the. m Mayor (Mr. C. D. Grey) at the meeting' jjfcj .of the City Council last night, the Conn-; '§§. cil's Loans■ Consolidation Bill, at;present, ■ ■■\'- : ; before Parliament, is meeting with some ||$ little opposition .in Wellington.; The ?*? Mayor stated that objection had evidently >-Jl| been made to the sinking fund clause. As members of the Council were aware, . •: the • sinking fund clause > was put there -. simply to validate the action of the Cou>& cil in creating ; sinking funds on L loans for - ' which no such provision had been made.| The member in charge of the Bill (Mr.'l '■ F. E. Baume) now telegraphed that.it : : was necessary for someone to proceed to ij;.£ Wellington with reference to .the! matter, $& On the Mayor's motion the Deputy-Mayor JT5| (Mr. A. J- Entrican) and the town clerk ?; (Mr. H. W. Wilson) were instructed w' : :,- | proceed-to Wellington to make represen- , 1 tations on the subject. >% s > Mr. Justice J Cooper has granted ■■> ad- mm ministration with the will' annexed. » igg Margery Burningham'(Mr. -Clayton), and ip; administration re John Tuft (Mr;-'Moa); |w and probates re James Bond (Mr. John- i" ston). and re Charlotte Bewicke (Mr, .vj Prendergast). * g^ •'•!••'' '".'^.y■"?:■' ■•■:' '■■■'\'-'"/ ! '' y r y'V"^!!,,:'v v y;"tf!, : "i!*l «% The following tenders were received yes- I, ' terday by Mr. Ed. Bartley, architect, for /.-:... addition to Queen Victoria Maori Girls' ;,; College 0. E. Farrow, £1193; R. Kay, :jj. £1187; W. E. Trevarthen, £1170; S. I. M Clarke, £1169 F. J. Fortzer, £1140; W. |l| Maud, jun., £1137;' F. Calver, £1133; ||| J. J.. Beatty, £984; Patterson and, . Brooks, £975. . . t In reference to the appeal from the • Native Appellate Court's 'decision in the! Vj Te Akau Block case, mentioned in yes-' :• ••.; terday's cables, Mr. F. Earl, in course of 'ml a conversation last evening, remarked S that if the appeal were upheld the Crow, |g would find.itself in a most embarrassing .m position., How the'tangle' would he set m right it was , impossible to conceive. -J,^, Whether the title of the European pur- M chasers would be effective was an open - :i question! No doubt the Tainui; natives would argue, if successful, that; they had j r<y never been deprived of their title, and if :-j that argument was sound, the European >| purchasers might have some grounds to ;. try to recover against the. Government.: ■ > , The time-table of the sis. Awaroi baj{ ; m been temporarily suspended, owing, it a •,'•;-. stated,- to the company; being unable; to; |g secure a supply of bunker coal: The | output at'the various 'mines in the'Wha« ;>. ngarei district is just about equal to the ■■>. demand of ; contract orders, and ■ an; th»; M Awaroa is now about to enter; in a, ne* trade—Whangarei and ; Auckland-tlie owners of the" vessel have not yet been ~;jj -able to enter into any contracts with the ''.'| coal mines to' furnish her, with' bunker ffl, coal. She will probably be idle 'or «* || V week or two. *■. "MIM While the display in horses at the Wai-. M kato show has been eulogised on all; hands. | Mr. J. H. Scott, an erstwhile Waikato "-. stock raiser, holds the opinion 'that tha horses of 30 years ago were a better class- ;:., He attributes-the decadence in- stamtn»; g| partly to the increased attention which « | nowadays paid to the breeding of racert [S " When a racehorse has broken down - after about five years oh the course, M Mr. : : Scott' remarked to » HeiuU> WBl representative at Hamilton yester- ||| day," "he is frequently sent -J |g the stud. Such horses are natural ... more of the hot-house' class than « hardy constitution." Mr. G. H. »W ;|g of Masterton, who was ' present,. agi; || with the observation, and expressed « opinion that the decline was due to u ; g hankering after the trotting horse.' j The champion mean man was aPP^ 611 1- - ly a visitor to Christchurch "during tw, || carnival (says the Lyttelton Times). ||| boy carrying a beautiful trout w;P« M along one of the main streets on Friday.* 9 when, in consequence of the congest* jg traffic, he got into difficulties. W ■'. ■;' endeavours to avoid the not too Kin . . attentions of a fievce-looking anunal M turning from the show, he ran • i f u,s ~4 Jg :tramcar, the result being that be $& thrown heavily to tho ground. in ' . ■;'•?s efforts to minimise f the fall as much ||| possible the boy dropped the fish,,*"' j|?| getting up saw a stranger in the dus _g m making off with the prize, hav^ htf ;Jv g paj-ently seized it while - the n» ; « a owner was lying on the grourd. ;; ; ; ;3jS The demand for wool-eorting <^s?«^^iy| ;so great in . the Manawatu tM districts that the Wanganm .Jg« *}'&$£ 'Board has decided to appom^.^fT.^vpf •structor to assist ¥«< vajiui* ■-- . lyi