LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14294, 14 February 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The English mail,; which left london on January 7,. via Suez, duly with the v Maheno, at , Sydney;: and arrived. in Auckland at 1.20 p.m.' yesterday, v A- portion of the Southern 1 mail was; despatched By - the , &s. Rarawa,, and- the remainder was ' sent on by _ the Main * Trunk/V " As a .large .'Frisco • mail also arrived- on Saturday, : two: busy dayg j were; put; in : by the postal * officials. ' ' J, ;'_V.r; : At ■ :5 ; .'V ':- ;vV ■ - r': ' ' - Asked whether it was the intention of the Government to appoint a second judge to the Auckland - district, { to relieve Mr. Justice Edwards .of some of the pressure of ■ work prevailing, Dr.-'Findlay> stated yesterday that nothing' beyond ' a. temporary character would, be, done. ' The Chief Justice, Sir ; Robert'} Stout. notified him ' that he * would \ be; back in .i New, Zealand at the end' "the" month,tand* this would • relieve the strain, and-render the AppointmentV of •< a / temporary . judge - unnecessary.' ! There would now be three ridges at ; Wellington, and this would en-' able '.temporary assistance to be given to any; of ' the "other 'districts • as required. Sir.' Justice Sim would , assist Mr. Justice Edwards- in; Auckland next session. '. -rh >" 'y„ ,<v-j ;■ .. "Ah old main named Walter Purdie, employed v in the *• paper mills - at 5 Riverheod, was drowned; while 3 bathing on Saturday evening.- The • district- constable /reports that the river was dragged * for -.some- time without success. ? On. the fall - of the '.tide, however, 'the body was discovered: on - the mud; ; flat.* -: Purdie ' was; a married ; man with.no family.. ;. . ' / . . " A shop - belonging. to J Stuart - Bros. , •* ot " Helensville, was broken -into on ' Saturday night. The thief entered through a skylight; on ; the roof, to ' which ; he - attached a rope. Some passers], by, hearing, the noise, went to warn the owners f of the shop, but on their ' return, the o man i had made good his ; escape.j." His exit; was evidentlysomewhat y hurried, as haHook ; nothing ? with hiw~ . >'r ''/■ ; J ; ; J

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The picnic arranged'' to be held atl^; puna on Saturday, in conuectloii the annual ! meeting of the CongrggifiiiS' Union of New Zealand,/proved "picnic'' in more than' one sense, for the/new ferry steamer Fupuke, wUh r 4 considerable '■ number ,v of ;] pauengen, amp ed 'off Takapuna Jetty, the water* oiijfik': harbour were deemed to be too rough % permit of a: landing, and the vetoel traced her course up the harbour Bifjellp head] was decided upon as] aa i alternatilji venue,' but :as the Pupuke arrived ih«n during a disconcerting shower, it wa«-» very , short]^while before the doubly-diupl pointed excursionist were conveyed to : the Queen-street Wharf..v- • - > - * The • tramway extension rom : the pr*. sent terminus .at Grey Lynn to RichmoaJ: is proceeding . apace. -; Up ; till Saturday'-' when a Herald reporter passed along t6» route, some •12 or 13 chains of rails had been laid, and the tramway was formed to a more or less extent as 'far as theccv* ner •of Richmond ' Avenue and Franc& street. The erection of polesfonf side -the roadway, to carry the electyjo" cables, was also in progress; : arid,' gether, there were about 60 men engage on the works.' - . ' ■-; - : • . An accident befel a voting man named" Lionel' Gilchrist, who was taking- part" in the sports held in connection with the Premier picnic, at Jlotntapu, on Saturday: afternoon. His foot was spiked by'as<; other competitor, and after it had.beeii dressed -by - the - Ambulance i Society, it, was found necessary to put him on board ; the ferry boat. On his arrival in Auckt land -he . received medical attention. Ill® "Yes, it is our intention that . Mite : Waldegrave shall continue to act as Con* missioner '• of ■ Police," . remarked DrV^Finj/ 1 lay, Minister } for Justice and ; Attorney. General, in answer to a query by the ' Hebald representative ; yesterday, "and he is not; going to act as a mere figure, head'either." ] Mr. Waldegrave, said tho Minister, had ; already started to obtais a complete grasp arid control of the irowi police.administration. . When Mr. W|U|: : ; : grave. had matters . sufficiently in; chief-inspector for New Zealand wtip, be-'appointed, ] the ; sslection to be from -the New Zealand force. "The Jjjjjpk; office in Wellington haLS been changed completely,'' Ihe -continued.. ] "The old staff |||j a" sub-inspcctor, two sergeants, ; and tiro constables have been transferred to &&£ proper-positions in the police force, ani the clerical work will in future be canM on by ,a - clerical : staff-'', Ho contradicted the'.'report ;; that an English ;/ officer, rimfe. 'dome 4 years' " experience ;in Bombay ; % chief - of police, .. was coming- out the; New . Zealand force in an porta* capacity. : - y-• >: *, jߧiW! '■.ji'-*"j-. In < advocating >: more adequate exp«h dilure' on "tourist roads, the Rotorua. ,Tiigii states that all the attention some 12 mikes of the ].W»<^pn-Wairakei. Road reori«t- : last year was 10 days' work put in by man, , and-> that : this - particular stretch||| road is: urgently in ; ] need of attentiqp "Wairakei f "and- 'Taupo £ are," ~ says the Times, "thermal % spots | second only to Rotorua in attractiveness, .and theydbrali be- connected by roads over which it vvcaldt be a '..pleasure-; to travel,; not'' by /bnei':']!*? sembling the unformed bullock tracksof the : days of early pioneering." •. .Hie'second: instalment of the fine tafij serial -story, "The 3 Ideal ' Woman," issu«r.--~ This' -wbrlt'ljß not yet' been - publishel in book orm ,v w rangements ;; having - been made 'to - seeing the 'serial2 rights well m advance, and readers should not miss the] literary i treat ofßobert Burr's latest •' production.' . + v:-;^ 'f '{]. 'As? the ; art season ; approaches, interest in"the' prospect' of f the Society ]of ' Arts' exhibition revives, but as yet there" indicationthat ' students } propose to » take any active interest in the competition fin work from the living model. Immediate notification of such intention should. be made, if the competition is not to'lapeft In other ? directions good work is forthau^iag./ '-0:\ •*'- . " • ...The - police | report, tSat about 100 earcases -of mutton, 1 dumped from the Kai; para, have; been washed up on the Waihl beiach^near»the "Waihif Breach] Company's ! mine... Arrangements have been made]to have' the ' carcases buried.'' ' 'v. ■ J : : 'The French cinematograph firm, Patti Freres, recently . sent, one of their-' representatives, Mr. W. Franldyn New/Zealand, to take moving pictarea of the Domiriicn, its people; scenery, and industries. Mr. Barrett has completed ! the southern j portion of ] his itinerary, and is now in Auckland. . ; Yesterday he tb6k views the iW a item ata Harbour from the - North Shore, arid also fof bathing at I)evonport. t ' To-day in all . probability, Mr..Barrett : will take various ; pictraw Of the % city, streets, and ■ also a ■ panorama of Auckland'. and • its ' environs • from ; one .of the heights. - The Pathe agent is contemplating a : trip to the Northern Wairba,for the purpose :of photographing a series illustrating ; the kauri ] timber industry.- Subsequently he goes to . Rotorua and | the Wariganuis;Riyer,/,arid; he], will also : take pictures of the flax industry before ; ; leaving for Australia. "The purpose of ?my visit," explained ] Mr. , ; Barrett ->, to a Hkrai, reporter, last night, - "is to give Europeans and ; Americans some ideai of the.. high. degree of ' civilisation in New Zealand. ;.]]. Of ; this ] many.; people abroad are in profound ignorance, : thinking this Dominion ' to <bec a ' - cannibal ;v. country, peopled with hosts of savages." . 'I,"■■■• i i On. Saturday v night, ] after the Unioa Steam Ship Company's, Jlaheno had. passed the Three Kings, on her voyage - from Sydney, a concert was given on ; the uppfe? deck.- in aid of ; the shipwreck relief fund.; The]sea' was; smooth,and. the entertainment, which was organised by . Mr. Con.' Daily, :was keenly appreciated by all. The "star*? v items ;; were contributed by Miss Maggie Papakura's choir ;of Maori girls; returning - from ; their participation in the successful - season of the "Maori Village," at Clontarf, Sydney. They gave a poi dancd and several choruses, and the chief, Aperahama Wiari, addressed the "audience expressing ] tide gratification ] felt by • the ! troupe, comprising 52 . natives, at the i splendid treatment accorded them in Syd- | ney. Colonel JF. Daly, C.B-, who presid- | ed,, referred, - in amusing . terms, to the j "tearful" God - speed given to the Maoris jon the .departure- of ; the Maheno from | Sydney, - by the crowd on the wharf,- as I evidence or ; the good impression made by the dark-skinned company, . and |. the ! Maoris, in .'response shouted greetings to I the chairman, to Captain Liringstone and ; his officer?, and to the passengers. Prior to the departure of the Maheno from Sydney, - the]; friends of Maggie Papakura made" »■ presentation to her ;of a gold manicure set, and : a heavy piece of Egyptian . plate, .on ; which was inscribed, "To Maggie r Papakura, ;to commemorate, thirst [§rst 'Maori . -.Village in Australia." |.v| '.'; < '. k -" ' ".'J -■ - i ;0 .