LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14299, 19 February 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A roix was ; taken . yesterday > for the! election of a member for the North. Ward of the Auckland educational distrirt, rendered necessary by the resignation of Mr. "E. C. Purdie from that position. : There were three candidates r or 'i the position, viz., Messrs. George William Murray, Alt fred Hall Skelton, and David Brown Wallace. Mr. Wallace was the successful candidate, the : voting ; bejng as < follows Mr. D. B. Wallace, 377; Mr. G. W. Murray, ; 346; and Mr. A. H. Skelton, 239. . The total ; number of : valid votes recorded •• was 962, and the total number of ; informal votes 24. Mr. R. v Crowe, * secretary, of the Auckland" Education Board, acted as returning ; officer. ;;:; , :■;■!'■■■?;■;■■]].'■'•■: : ■'■' : :x'.' : -

Such has been the increasing popularity of the Auckland A. and P. ] Spring : Show, in the last few years that the association is now seriously considering its extension to three days instead of two, as hitherto. At yesterday's meet , ; : of the General Committee, the president (Mr. ■ Isaac Gray) remarked that if the show went; on increasing the way it had the'last few years,-the association would be obliged? to make it ; a three days' affair; instead of Iwo in the future." Of course," the ) show 1 was heJd. en a. racecourse, where there were no proper facilities, and. where the accommodation was only of & temporary character. The show had niiw,. however, become such a big affair that the association requiied "all the conveniences of a properly equipped ' show-ground. ■■:■; The matter was referred.to the annual general meeting of member*- , r• : /-'• ■ '•■ ; . .' ; '.- ". , •' , -. ' -. ■ ■ . ■ ■• ■-'..,■:.:.....'^-..■■.-;..:-. '•':'•' •" ; ■'■ '•. 'v : -V.. ';': ■■'. .■ : .:V'- ; -}V^. : ;: , ':. : v '' .

.In the . supplement . issued **«* i.to' day's Herald, Tohuoga, writing ■-■; txt % "Growing Oar Own Babies," has something to say on the natural increase cr//J|l the population, and increase by Manu'gra- : ' tibn. "A Quaker Meeting,",« the «ab- >| Sect of » descriptive article by Lotas* k&£Eugenie Pricfcitt; Rev. Jdines Miha*, - M.A., has an article on "Imperial FeoWJ ration," "When Napoleon was * Demo- -7 crat" is the subject upon which Arbacet * writes. An informative article with >*l J ' local application, is supplied by S. Irwk r> Crookes, A.M.1.E.E., on the hanteesfc- V l of water-power. An article by Frank \- Morton, and a variety of other xhterestis* ' , reading matter will be found. ■ '.-■■'■":■■ . i"-' -'•■.■■■'.'>.;■.■.■.= ■.•."■."■ ' •■^^ij'^vv^'; The complimentary garden party to ll* t • tendered to Mr. W. F. Massey, M.P. Leader of the Opposition, by his FranklL-v constituents, at the Helvetia Ostrich. " Farm, Paerata, this afternoon, promise* &•'.• to be largely attended. A special train, , ? with excursion rates, wil] leave Auckland ' > at 12.40 p.m. for the convenience of cU- ' zens wishing to ; attend." Excursion fare* V will-also'be issued for the 10 a.m. Frank. '■ ton train, for those desiring to attend tb« " party. AH trains will be met fry conveyances. A large number of member* ' of Parliament will be among those pie- '• - seat. * * . " '«| ■ ! ■ ■ ' , ■'■■■ "•■; ■.. ':■•■■' ;r At 11 o'clock yesterday morning a firs broke out in the" engine-room of .Messrs. Langguth and Co.'s gum store, in Custcrsstreet. It appears that a candle ignited some benzine which was near, and as mail- v ters at first looked serious, the fire bri- '. gade was summoned. The fire, however* was extinguished without the : assists! ~ ; of the firemen, and but little danger wae done. .;■■;. • ..»■.-.:: > stS . ... " ';- .■■■. . '■ <--:.s^i\ ; :-v£--$m A matter of considerable interest to fait ';'\, mers and others was mentioned By the '%>' president (Mr. Isaac Gray) at yesterday's meeting of the General Committee of the .' Auckland A and P. Association. our ;„ or five years' ago, remarked Mr!.': Gray, the mk Railway Department had provided sbea& trucks" with double floors, and the provil V.' sion was greatly appreciated by stocV--; f owners and butchers, as the sheep were ' *' kept clean and also prevented from dSjyi."('Vv' ping and falling. - Now, however, 4&» ru \< Department was providing tracks wiling , these double floors. He did no*, know., the reason for the retrograde step. A, ■ member: "They are building new cmci in the South and sending the old one* *m' ' here." Another member : "Never ateaii we have the P. -and 0. boat." fs* president moved "That '••'. ■■" ! be made to the Bail Department ©pea' ■';.=■ 1 the necessity of providing double' flooring in all sheep trucks," and the motion w»f: carried ; unanimously. '%{■' '': , y. ■ ■,■-..-. A pleasant outing has been arranged "■,. '; by the Auckland ; Automobile Association]' : &\-'i for the children of the various os-pbait ■: homes in the city. . This will take t form of & motor car drive thi« afternwa as far as Mangere, where afternoon i;** !"■■.-■• ; will be provided for 1 the young bit '■ ', ,' | Forty-three cars have been promised,, and i it is expected that about 200 children wiT ■; be taken. The Mission Band has bctalV,' engaged for the afternoon. A two-horsed cart, driven by a man; , \«' named; Lane, of Newmarket,, collided with. ' a' traznear when turning the corner •e* "\ f''' i Rutland and Wellesley Streets yesterday, . ': morning. The motorman of the car,, ; j which was coming down the hill, repini-' " ' edly rang the bell, but. the driver eri- '; dSently did not hear, and' his leader war ' , i knocked down. - The horse was not serfously injured, and beyond , same broken glass in the front part of the car, r.-> damage was done. . A lengthy discission ensued at , the ';M General Committee meeting of the Aack- v | land A. and P. Association yesterday, on ; ! ; the question of whether to : continue the ; members', luncheon at the Spring Show, ' . several members expressing the opinion ; ; si that the association was now such & big , }.'■ thing that the luncheon attendance hid really got* beyond all bounds. One member remarked that hitherto luncheon tic-". |f| kets had been part of the privileges of ;.;( members. What did the committee pro- '-'!| pose to give in lieu of the privilege ' The president (Mr. Isaac Gray) pointed o«fe that season tickets for the winter eihibi- -■ , 1 tlbn'were now "given without any addi- ■ lion" being made;to t!(e membership fee. ,; r|j Mr. R. Salmon, luncheon steward at thct ; ;; last show, said that when the seconi' ; batch of judges : and stewards went into .»j lunch the place was so over-run by mem-' |l bers that the judges and stewards had J fared rather badly. Of course, the association would still have to provide r luncheons for the stewards and judges. It.;'.-. ~ was resolved to recommend to. the annual '■.:;, meeting of the association that the provi- , sion of luncheon to members be discoh- i | tinned. , _. * f ' The by-laws made by the Auckland ■•'■'•* The by-laws made' by the Auckland, Fire Board, in accordance with the Fire ; h Brigades Act, 1908, have been gazetted. . . ... In respect of fires, occurring outside the -. ■* city, the ty-laws provide that if any bri- . f gade,; or portion -thereof, established and , maintained by the Board within the city , j of Auckland attends and renders any ser- rym vices at a fire outside the citjj, at the, re- ■~ \ ■ quest -of the, owner '.'.jot occupier: of the ' building, the persons.asking such assist- :| ance shall be required to; pay to the |, Board the following- rates for such at-! J> tendance :—Suporinteadent, or officer ; u || charge of the brigade, first hour £1 Is, fo each succeeding hour 10s 6d; each fireman, first hour ss, each succeeding hour '■ _"j 2s 6d. For each fire appliance the sum of £2 10s will have to be paid. The charges ' J : -;i are to be reckoned as from the time the ; j brigade leaves the station until it re- ,[ p turns. - '■ ~ : ■ '/fM' Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P. fori Tan- : M marunui, who has Been on an extensive jW tour of the King Country, arrived by train from Te Kuiti last evening. Mr. -: <' Jennings travelled into the back portions .:-, of the district, and was;extremely sur- i, 'M prised at the improvements that have *| « taken place there since his last visit. Te '? ; |g Kuiti and Ohura are looking especially ;. g prosperous, and at To Kuiti alone he ;,v noticed 18 shops and dwellings in course ffl& of erection. "The quantity of feed.. in j| the . country rom Mangaroa to Tatu is :fe absolutely: astounding',- for this time of ,v year," says Mr. Jennings, "and the far- ;'| mers are in great heart. In a word, there is not enough stock in the, Great i Ohura district ;to keep down the grass. . i | The settlers state, however, that they re- ■..'■s, ■ quire more 1 roads.''. .The, members of the Auckland Life % •}, Saving ' Society are giving a life-saving ,\i\ exhibition at Cheltenham Beach to-morrow ' afternoon, at 3.30. , Some 30 members will perform and the public will also be made acquainted with a new bathing \ costume, which it is stated is suitable for :4 both sexes. af