LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

As there will bn no publication of the New Zealand Herald on Christmas Day, our supplement and the usual, features of Saturday's paper will be given with next Friday's issue.

The New Zealand Dairy Association; Limited, has just completed its November accounts. The business for the month has been larger than that done either by this association or by any kindred company in the Dominion in the corresponding month of any. former years. The value of the butter made by the association for the one month is £38,978 14s 4d, on account of which an advance sura of £28,308 10s 6d has been paid to milk suppliers. These advance payments will be supplemented by further substantial sums which will be paid out in the usual way at the end of the season. The association's payments for milk supplied in the November of last year were £21,799 4s lid, as • against £28,308 10s 6d for ■ the present November, thus showing an increase of £6509 5s 7d. The advance payment to suppliers in one creamery district alone totalled £1417 17s 4d, this sum having been divided among suppliers at Otaua creamery. -

At a meeting of Empire veterans, held in St. Matthew's Hall on Monday night, the Rev. W. E. Gillam presiding, a committee was appointed to confer with the committee of the Empire Veterans' Association as to the advisability of forming a corps of veteran guards, the committea to consist of Messrs. W. tl E. Taylor, Geo. Taylor, H.- Hall, T. Eyton, W. Jeffrey, ■ F. Pell and' Alfred Janr""- Air. Jeffrey to be convener*.

V Auckland Harbour preset a w } ful sight on Saturday, last, on theWT lesion of the Ponsonby regatta and t " special double-page |of photograph* * ii? K ' rearing in this week's issue of the 'aJS /" LAND Weekly News, „ published m*" * I forms a splendid record of ; Uwdi*hU-!&-Th» crowded flagships, dinghy aa% ' ever-popular greasy-boom , contests '• i gether with some of the leading form a few of the subjects depicted } very interesting and instructive • demo <$ > stration of rescuing the drowning 1 w !" given at Cheltenham Beach on the slim! : " day. and pictures of this also appear A r the number. Commencing with' aaw :=7'"' attractive frontispiece, entitled "Su'mw Scenes in New Zealand," the issue cT* '! r j tains, among a wide variety of currtat ' events, the launch of the new 'tetrffy steamer Pupuke, a- series of photog rlp of the Dcvonport floral fete, the lo» d" ' the "schooner Alice at the Cook IsliiijA'" % and the latest novelty in watches, ' T&W' 1 most recent portraits of Johnson arid Jpf' fries, who have been matched to fight fi'i 1 ' the world's championship in America now' ■ < year, together with a wide selection t|f ■; miscellaneous pictures, and a series , 8r * highly-topical cartoons, complete tb* bum. ber. • ; ' ■ An ©lection will take place to-day 1 fill the two extraordinary vacancies oni"' the Grey . Lynn Borough Council, caused '« by the resignation of Mr. G. SayerßfromV'. the position of Mayor (and the election thereto of Mr. W. J. Holdsworth)f atid the death of ; Mr. _ H.. T. Buckley, *X|tr" ■ candidates are Messrs. C. A. French, 8 1 G. Lee, W. L. Rowland, and T. L Thompson. Polling will take pine be- V tween nine a.m. and seven , p.m.,V at the Council" Chambers, Hose Road Mpmm Lynn Institute, Great North Road : Arch. r ' * hill Methodist Church, Northcote-rtreet; Fire Brigade Station, Richmond 'Avenue'; 1, and Wesley an Methodist Church, Rich'*';;.' mond Road. * Iff ."■ - • Good hauls of trout are ' still '■ being ' made at Tokaanu. Last week Mr. ft 1 ' Jones caught 38 fish of an average weight : : ;of 81b, the largest being 141b ; Mr. 0. v Butler secured 27 fish, whose weight ' averaged 81b, the largest being 16Jlb ; Mr, ' G. Robertson 21 fish, average 841b, largest 141b; Mr. E. L. Davies, nine fish, average lOJlb, largest 1511b; and .Mr. H. Burton 15 fish, average B£lb, largest 1641b. All the catches were in first-class condition, ' and gave: excellent sport. * g • A collision took place in the harbour, yesterday afternoon between the ferry .' steamers Kestrel and Ruru. The jMhjra was proceeding from the Auckland 1 Dock; ' to the Devonport ferry jetty, the latter coming in the opposite direction, M when rounding the western tee of Queers street Wharf, the boats came in contaet-. with one another. The Kestrel escape V''damage,*" but the Ruru had her boi ■tf rokea - , ' •"' ' M For -18 out of 34 , sections ; of '' Oww'4} land, comprising a total of about 8000 ; acres, in various parts of. the Aucklandv I district, which were thrown open: on; j Monday, the Lands Office has' receivc£; : - 206 applications. The area applied for . totals 4400 acres. Fifty-three applied-; lions was the highest number received v ! for any single section. The ballot, will take place on Friday. .<'>•. $ . i . During 1910 the Auckland Land Board will meet on the last Thursday "in each month, viz., January 27, February 04, : March -31,. 'April' 28, May 36>Utu» 4tj| July 28, August 25, September-29, Octo* . ber 27, and November 24. ' ' "• : The annual meeting of the Kauri Tim* .; ber Company's Accident Society was- held . yesterday, for the purpose of transacting formal business in connection. with"; the year's work. The balance* sheet showed the amount in hand to be £158 flu ; Bd, and the amount which had! been Cf£-. dited to dividends for payment was £124 19s 3d. Tfie society had 225 member?, . who Will each participate in the dividend. During the year £79 13s 4d had been paid out on account to injured members," and; £9 7b 6d had been refunded to member* leaving the society. The committee and officers who held positions during the * past year were re-elected for the ensuing year. Mr. T. H. White, who has been present at this annual meeting for 20 years, made a few remarks comparing the 1 conditions of the timber ; trade, bird,. with those in New. South. Wales. . Work- , ; ©rs here, he said, were rather better off . than in New South Wales, as over there there was no compensation for accidents provided by the Government. In . the ' kauri timber business which ho • w»« managing he found that the men work*-, ing in the mill were practically forced to join the society which had been estab - lished, while over here if a man did not wish to take advantage of the society which had been formed among the em*, ployees he need not do so. • . The final old-bird race for the sew®. was flown by the Auckland Flying Club from Timaru, on Saturday. The. birds were liberated at 4.32 a.m. on Saturday* and the first birds homed next afternoon.. The results are Mr. P. , Hay's red ch;br (A.F.C. 755)', first, velocity ..625yds per minute Mr.. R. Martin's bl. eh. »• (A.F.C. 131), second, velocity 621 yds, per minute; Mr. D. Harvey's red c . «• (A.F.C. 931), third, velocity 619yds;per. minute; Mr. T. Inglis' be. ch. b. (A.A.S. 133), fourth, velocity, 561 yds pel? . minute. , '■

A boy named John Beadle, aged six ' years, is in the hospital 'Buffering * s rather bad leg, the injury to which, it # suggested, may have had a'curious ong The child was bathing on on® of the son by beaches, and afterwards * swelled up, although there was w> * on the skin. At certain seaf?®* jelly fish is suspected of causing-* of blood-poisoning, and it is though p \ sible that the boy, who is ,some*gg| ously ill, got his leg into contact the tendrils of a large jelly fis&. • -i hospital authorities do not uwewrvoewy accept this theory. >J._ j The following telegram (report our correspondent) has been received by tMF sident of the Tauranga Railway from the Hob. R. McK»»i. (Minlsterl™ Public Works) : "You will be lcased . learn that a vote of £10,000 He Public Works Estimates brOU J down towards the construction o railway from Tauranga to ;Te u &JIH authorisation of this section of the BMH Coast Main Trunk will be Bg«|| in the Railways Authorisation Bill, an<*>» -intended, if the Bill is passed, to W range for the construction works. w u , - commenced as boon as possible. - •_ ;1 A complaint having been made by MrNapier of the landing of explosives alftw g Railway i • Wharf, the traffic , manager ported to the Harbour Board that shells had landed, ' but KWfc;J , were empty- ./

«HMnraiHkW'> 'iKSSjgSSSS2SSSI2SS!SSSSSSESSSrSS2SS , gjthorißg ,of i those who worked. f«r ft^jJcSo^feto'in aid of St. Paul's Church tidiag f UIK * was . held last, evening, when th# »C<o u nts in connection with, the fete -'jW'jffimanted by the hon. treasurer (Mr. ■I' D." Ashton).. These , showed that the ; -things were £563. 16s. 4d x " and the, tess payments for goods, £395 ,4s '^Jr^Othcr. items brought the.receipts to C 109& 38 lOd. The payments" were £494 4s 3<l,' leaving a credit balance of £600 fWwt. In addition, there are scenery, / ■tbck, and costumes in hand, valued at • etgO and it ' 3 expected that the total of the fete will be £800. The C. A. B. Watson), the f&gP«w, and Messrs. W. S. Whitley jj&d Jfc W. ; Ashton, were appointed trusto manage tho fund in accordance the object of the trust, viz., the completion of . the church. The follow'i ■■ rßif 1 "*'"" was carried, on tho motion , j jjj, JFjcar, seconded by Mr. T. Harle Giles "That tho General Committee of St. Paul's Church fete desires to convey 0 Hi» 'Excellency the Governor its warm recifttion of his great kindness in so inerotfsly placing Government House •jjd pound* at its disposal for the pure3of , the fete. The committee feels Ijit' th» fund for the completion of St. > Paul'?!; Church will always be associated ' wiib: His Excellency's name." Votes of thanks were also passed to Colonel Wolfe ,nd the garrison officers and men as work(rJ, An enjoyable musical programme . wis submitted during the evening. •

S Bank holidays will bo observed on Satjpjiy' next (Christmas Day). Boxing Day, December 28, and January 1 and 3. The I stock '..Exchange will close to-morrow i'ev«ning» and reopen on tho 10th prox. fences will close from Saturday to JaiWJ' 8. both days inclusive, and fire iifiO»n ce offices on Christmas and Boxing, Days and December 28 and January *1 and 3- The butchers and grocers will Itey Christmas and Boxing Days and p maty 1 and 3. These days, together with the 28th inst., will be observed by »number of warehouses. Special Christina excursions are announced by . the juilway Department. During the holithe 10 a.m. express train from Auckland to Rotorua will not have direct connection with Wellington line. Passen-M.-s for this lino should travel by the 10*35 ium. express. On Friday, December 2 1 !. a special train will leave Aw&lan'd or Rotorua at 10.40 p.m., aripupli" Rotcrua at 6.50 a.m. on Saturday morning. This train will leave Rotorua on return journey at nine p.m. on Mond»j, December 27, arriving in Auckland at fW«, a.m. on Tuesday. ; These trains will,' if required, stop at Newmarket, Pinrtue, Otahuhu,>Drury, Pukckohe, -at lay station Mercer to, Frankton inclusive, ind at Hamilton, Morrinsville, Matamata, '0Vo»S«i Tirau, Putaruru, Ngatira, Mauaku, Tarukenga. On Friday a special train will leave Auckland for Rotorua at -10.40' "ft.'m., Newmarket, 10.50, Mercer 12.45 a.m., Hamilton 2.35 a.m., arriving Rotorua 6.50 a.m. on Saturday morning. This (lain will-stop at Pen--1 rose, "Otahuhu, Drury, Pukekoho, •at any l|p&M«*cer to Frankton inclusive, andif" Hamilton, Morrinsville, Matamata, Okornlfc, Tirau, Putaruru,. Ngatira, I Jlamafc'u, and Tarukenga. On Christmas Pay fch» ordinary time-table, will be modiified!. .On Tuesday and Thursday, 28th and 30th insts., special trains will e i'ftm for the Ellerslie races.