LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14536, 25 November 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Owing to pressure on our space, and in order to ensure proper classification, advertisers are requested to hand in copy of their advertisements for to-morrow's Hkbald as early as possible to-day. The condition of Frederick Coates, who met with an accident at the Town Hall on Wednesday, is still very serious. On inquiry last night it was.learned that Coates has not yet regained full consciousness. Some excitement was caused in Customstreet at about 20 minutes past 10 last night. A motor car had broken down just opposite the Thames Hotel, and was towed away by another car? A quantity of benzine from the damaged car had been spilled on the roadway and' shortly afterwards a match was dropped on to the benzine, but whether purposely or accidentally, is not known. The result was a sudden flare up which, although only lasting for a brief space of time, was evidently thought by a bystander to warrant the attention of the fire brigade. He accordingly'broke the alarm box at the Waitemata Hotel corner, and shortly afterwards the brigade arrived on the scene, only to find that their services were not required, the benzine having burned itSelf out. , . An old Maori named Neho Keepa, 72 years of age, died rather suddenly last evening. Deceased, who had resided at Waiheke, had been staying at the Terminus Boardinghouse, in Beach Roau since Monday. Last, evening he fell ill and sat down on the back "doorstep. Another Maori, named Ruarangi Mahi, accompanied ■ deceased outside, and was with him when he suddenly collapsed. Dr. Goldstein was immediately summoned. The cause of death is supposed to have been heart failure. The Bishop of Waiapu will hold confirmation services to-day at Morrinsville at two o'clock, and at Cambridge in the even-, ing. The Bifihop will arrive in Auckland j on Saturday, and will hold a confirmation j service at St. Barn abas's at 11 a.m. on Sunday. At All Saints', at three o'clock in the afternoon, he will confirm for All Saints' and other parishes, and will preach In the same church at seven o'clock in the evening. .On Monday the Bishop will leave for Papakura, and will confirm there in the evening, and on Tuesday at -To , Kuiti, subsequently returning to Napier. The first aeroplane to be constructed in Auckland was completed last night by the designer and builder, Mr. W. Henning, after some three months' continuous work. The first practices with the machine will be held by Mr. Henning in' the Domain next .week, and later trial flights will be held. The aeroplane will be exhibited at the Auckland Show to-day and tomorrow. • V The case of the Te Akan settlers who recently petitioned Parliament for a remission of rent" as compensation for disabilities entailed .principally-by - the - lack of roading facilities again came before* the Auckland Land 1 Board yesterday. On a previous occasion 1 the Board decided .that it could not accede to the request for. a rebate.' , The settlers then petitioned Parliament, and . the. Lands Committee, to whom it was referred, recommended the prayer to the Government for favourable consideration. ■ The Government then , referred the matter to the Land Board for further consideration, and the subject accordingly came up at yesterday's meeting. In' view of the recommendation of the Lands Committee, , and further facts brought forward, it was decided to recommend the Government • to. grant the whole of the settlers six months' - remission of rent, equalling a total rebate of £1196. V " ; ..Five'of the eight new tramcars recently constructed for . the Auckland Tramways Company by Messrs. Cousins and Cousins arc now in commission.. The three remaining cars have been delivered, and are now being fitted up ,at the Ponsonby depot. One of these will be on the track in a few days and the two others will follow shortly. The company will thus have 100 cars in running before the end of 'the year. In the course of a few remarks at the conclusion of the debate held last evening in connection with the Competitions Society's festival, Dr. McDowell" referred to a suggestion that had been made earlier in the day by Professor* Maxwell Walker to the effect that a central debating organisation, on the lines of the old Athenaeum, should ■be formed. In ■ this central body the one or two effective speakers from each ■of the various scattered debating societies in the city could be gathered together. He (Dr. McDowell) heartily approved of the idea, and considered that if the suggestion were adopted the educational value of the debating societies would be greatly enhanced. He referred to the great' value that he and others had derived from their connection with debating societies in their youthful days, and he commended Professor Walker's suggestion Jo the favourable consideration of the representatives of the debating societies present. That the summer is at hand was evidenced yesterday by the heat experienced in the city during the afternoon. Within His Majesty's Theatre, where the Competitions Society's festival was in progress, the atmosphere was most oppressive, and in spite of the fact that the ground floor of the building was comfortably filled before three o'clock, the exits were • kept religiously closed : and several ladies in the audience were, in consequence, forced to vacate their seats and hurry out into the street for a breath of fresh air. If the executive could See their way to provide for a little more ventilation during the remaining sessions the comfort of those interested in the competitions would be greatly increased. ( The wharves at Wellington on Monday presented a busy appearance, for there .were no fewer- than 39 coastal and. overSeas vessels in port, these including the three warships, Powerful, Encounter, and Cambrian. ' The net registered tonnage of the merchantmen (says the Dominion) represented'3B,4l9 tons, while the crews employed by the various vessels amounted to a total of 2700. The largest merchantman, in point of tonnage, in port at the time, was the New Zealand Shipping Company's Ruapehu, 5069 tons, carrying a, crew of 100, while the smallest vessel was the Patea trader Aorere, 64 tons, with a crew of nine. Included in the . above totals were sail as well as steam. The tonnage of the warships is 24,440, making a grand total of 6?,859 tons,. ■'

■:1 •n T> eit M iS a vety lar S* B " m the illustrated supplement to this JS# I issue -or ; the Atcjoaito 'WBBttiiiilllP H current events in ill- partsl 'being fully illustrated • with ® ' photographs. ' The doable page hTSPS® a very fine picture of' e 8 It ' Buddhist temple in Bono iUTf I i the relic of a' Hindoo occnnation 2 II 1 years aero. Th* «<«««&£ "Saß k*i j * "• , great activity life building circles—both naval and 1 P< '■ tile—is illustrated by pictures t rcan * 1 : moth wh Star liner OIZl ,h I L ■ l steamer Rotorua recently' Dumbarton for the New Zealand S Company and the largest vessel eve/fi ' If there, and the most modern l , I ship, the Neptune S U f . Portugal and the railway M ! France each form the subject nf ? *If # i ing pictures. Amongst the New SmP I" - happenings which are illustrated § 1 f opening of the swimming season .. 1 ? lmgton, a gymnastic display bv ij « : of King's College, AucS^^fi L rewarewd ' , a "d the opening of an i m J W - ant new dairy factory at fiotorua. xS * , number also includes ' four I of the Bullfinch goldfields, in Wesfv ll' [■' tralia, to which a great '! J ■ set in. Altogether the number IBM I , which is full of interest. . V s; > 1 -l . ' i: , A painful accident befel a Mi*. "% k- , of Palmerston North, white &5V I I t from a visit to Eotorua by WedaSO -• • express. r"- Simson was ' Wi' •< ' , bottle containing ginger.beer wT£^ th * ' ~ . bottle burst, and severed the sine* .ij If , cut an artery of her left hand. it!? I . nately happened that Dr. Stopford ' ' passenger by the train and he atopnrf «, ■- 1 & , flow of blood from the wound Or, ' i ' rival at Auckland Mrs. Simson v; [ , to the hospital. She was able to" leava ' I . the lhstitut.'.on yesterday. | ; • ? al Z &y i B?%®* to note that J visitors to the Dominion show their appre- 'f " osteon of the facilities which have been''! U created for their recreation, .amusement. ' J and pleasure by the work of local bodies ?! The Auckland Acclimatisation ; Society to 1 whose efforts, in the liberal distribution'-' 1 of rainbow trout, the fishing in the Taupoll £ district owes its existence and . value, has f ' . just been the recipient of a suitable recog-1 i I mtion in this direction from Colonel W Jdf I Moore, who sends, per Dr. : "T. • Hope I Lewis, a donation of £5 to the funds of® I the society, as a testimony $o the excel- I lence of the sport he has been enjoying ill I The distribution of rainbow yearlings jSj'M I the society is still in progress, and Lake!;J I Takapnna has jnst secured a large number' M ; ; .through the local club. Other clubs are jilt also notified that yearlings are being sent I to them as opportunity occurs. - , W The departure from New Zealand of 'W Frank Duns tone with his brother-in-law's -• ■ wife was the basis jf two undefefcied 1 petitions for dissolution of marriage heard ' % by His Honor the Chief Justice (Sir Sols I ert Stout). at Wellington on Wednesday. I : In the first petition, Henrietta," Dim.. -> ~ stone, nurse, was the ; petitioner, Frank Dunstone the : respondent, " the ' i; latter being unrepresented. ~ AdnHejy • was the ground of the suit. ." 'The i parties were married in Wellington o March 4, 1891, the evidence of petHionsc I .showing that, their relations were ' always ' I happy. In 1908 the respondent 'aft New* • ; | man, where, he had been living, to Jaist • -is up a, position at Whangarei. In July/ J 1909, he wrote to his wife stating thife he was returning to her, but instead i so. doing, he had gone to Australia, Bi»'.^? : when his whereaboute had not been covered. ' The respondent had gone with • the wife of the petitioner's brotheiy|ffi:^ : A decree nisi was granted with , . the lowest scale, ' the petitioner to haw the custody ; of :i the children.; Arising .1 out • of the «bove action, ■; Bbsblb^ : >• Forster, railway employee, of brother of the first petitioner,. asked for HI a dissolution of his marriage with Elizabeth Forster on the ground of; adaWj|v J tery, Frank Dunstone; being joined as so- v respondent. . A decree nisi : >3ras granted f 9 with cost& against the co-respondent. "I wish to protest against the wayji«pf'' which Ministers treat members," remarked Mr. Pearce (Patea) in the House of Representatives •on Wednesday. . r '- Mr. PeaiwtM?;.'.said there were 31 - questions :. undes .V discussion ,by members. " Yet .i 1 one Minister >as present. ; This' was tha®| Hon. J. Carroll, whose Department* affected by only one question on the Order Paper. The complaint was greeted, withf|"|p a chorus of "Hear, hears." !l|||| Referring to the forthcoming Imperial itA* Conference, Mr. M;issey (Leader of ; |gp Opposition) remarked in the House of Ee- j' presentatives on Wednesday' that he Ja® not believe ; the NeW Zealand lepresent.itive . should go to the -, confer- - ?j|f ence as a delegate. The . represents- - tive of New Zealand should, in his opinion, |p have a free hand(Sir '■ Jo6eph Ward: *|l| Hear, hear). Mr. Massey added that he,' also believed that nothing , agreed''upon.,, yr| at the conference should be given effect , to until it- was ratified by an. Act of Par- < liament in New Zealand. " I hope, he 4 said, "the conference will ■ prove $ a'great |I benefit to the Empire and New - ;l The New Zealand Dairy Association, , : - J Limited, made their monthly payments to,. ,jg milk suppliers on Monday. The total pay» -;' M merits amounted to £40,608 . 10s lOd, this Ji covering butter-fat supplied at their seve- / || ral creameries during the month of Octe- v ® ber. The corresponding payment last year , i was £25,693 4s 3d, thus showing an in.% 1 crease of £14,915 6s 7d. ' ? " 1 A large number of the officers .of ths ; ■ warships' now at . Wellington, . have . been . • taking advantage of their stay to fish the, .j: streams; in the neighbourhood ; (says . tie .. Dominion). Commandor . Bowring, • vlt. • H.M.S., Powerful, has been fishing th<» Wainui with fair success. . > Lientenantigy;.;. Snagg went to Ohan, but altar giving | j stream a good trial returned without catchy . £ ; ing sight of a trout, let alone landing on& M On his way back he was informed that ti* .?j stream had been "poached out," which in- :|| formation unfortunately came a couple of days late. The officer is said to haw lifted a nice three-pounder from the Wa*- ■ kanae. ; " An interesting anomaly in railway y~j£f| was noticed by an importer who sent.® a motor car to Oamaru a day of. two ago i;", (reports the Christchurch ' Press). _Th*|jgj cost of sanding the car from Dunedin to Oamaru was less than it would have been 'J r I to send it from Oamaru breakwater to | . j Oamaru. The rate from Dunedin sao* ,f A\ cording to _ that f Oamaru breakwater according •to ships • I manifest. To have brought this, car iron* |||| Port Chalmers to Dunedin by rail. jjgg have cost £2 9s 6d- Tho cost of Btodn *|||l it from there to Oamaru was 30s. - - - A team of tennis players left K^kpuraj by Friday's coach to Waiau, and had an y unpleasant experience (says the Lyt - Times). The brake failed to hend defending Charwell cutting J the v -.jg|§g| got out Of control, and the coach at the bottom, luckily in one was seriously, injured though , of the ladies wete badly shaken aM , -bruised. One player .was taken Kaikoura, but the others, after the .(vh'ich was not much'righted, pluckily proceeded to .keen their engagement V . Ji