LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14746, 31 July 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A wet . week-end was experienced/; in Auckland after an enjoyable spell of fine -weather. Heavy rain fell in the city j and suburbs on Saturday 'morning, accompanied by a strong north-east wind, which blew throughout the day. About mid-day the sun shone ; out, but : shortly before three o'clock heavy rain again set in, and continued till late in the -evening, considerably marring outdoor sports. | Squally weather prevailed yesterday. - Although' stormy weather has prevailed on the coast for the past two days shipping, has not been seriously interrupted. The coastal steamer Kanieri arrived in port on . Saturday night from Whangarei after a lengthy passage. The - Tasman was also -, delayed on her passage from Wbakatane ;and ] Tauranga by the adverse weather, and owing to her late ;• arrival her departure > ; 'i lor Whakatane was postponed till eight a.m. to-day. The Aupouri,, which left Auckland on. Thursday evening ; for Tauranga, arrivedvthere*.yesterday morning, having sheltered at Cabbage Bay on \ Saturday.; She is expected back here to-morrow morning. . ; The coastal steamer -. Gael, which,-had been held up at Waipu, arrived in port yesterday.

An English mail, via Suez, and an Australian mail, consisting of 538 bags, arrived by the Maheno from" , Sydney yesterday morning. The number of bags dealt with at Auckland .was 325, ; the ■ balance being despatched South by the Main Trunk express last night. Personal items . and other . interesting news from V our London correspondent, together with the usual budget of Australian mail news, will be found elsewhere in this issue. • The collier Kurow, which 'left Suva yesterday for Auckland, | is bringing the New Zealand portion of English and American mails, ex the mail steamer Makura from Vancouver. The Kurow should reach - here about Wednesday evening.

Several football accidents are reported by telegraph to have occurred on Saturday. In a rep. match at i Wangariui '*- : Campion and Perciral were injured, and had to retire. Clarkin, ' Farrelly, and Spiers were hurt in the Hamilton-Cambridge rep. match played at the former place, the two first-mentioned players having their collarbones injured. Playing in a rep. match at Paeroa Bunting, of Karangahake, ) had his nose broken, and•.'.■ Shaw, of , Paeroa, received a painful knock and was unable to continue: playing. - McDavitt, of • the Auckland University College team, was injured at' Pukekohe on Saturday, and had to retire from the field.

..■ New Zealand should appoint a Trade Commissioner in the ; East, is the verdict of Colonel Patterson, who returned from his eighth visit to. China- and Japan yesterday. " There ie," he declared, "a: big trade v f to be ' done there, but to take ad-' vantage of this New; Zealand must have a representative to advance her interests. As it is at present- the people in the East are hardly aware that 'New>Zealand; exists. They have " never ; heard of it. - But they- have heard of Australia, and particularly of New South -Wake, which has a Trade Commissioner there. Everywhere I went I found Australian butter; and meat, r but- nothing from * New. Zealandonly Nelson jam."

The slow country train which is due at Auckland at six p.m.' on Sundays, : was nearly, half-an-hour. late in, arriving here last evening. ; The delay is said to have been -caused by a failure in the tablet system at Papatoetoe, with the result that when ■ the." train arrived at Otahuhu a; porter had to proceed from .Otahuhu to Papatoetoe to release the tablets. The train was consequently held up at Oiahuhu for some time, ; but proceeded on its joumev when the tablets wer,© releas^-

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The renewal of the tram at the corner of, Queen «£ ST M«« i is nearing completion, and uT o ****** |t that the work will be finish L *^k l ' I of this week. The roadway"■**» «* I opposite Custom-street, and I?** 8 *''- ■ W are at present engaged in *L '*?*>**& 'I rails for about a chain in <£**** *•*. I front of the WauW. &?*?**' ' New Zealand has every leaan 1 proud (says our London com *" «* of the reception which has been?* 1 * 31 ) ! m England, to the military *?. 4^i ' ■■ 1, the ; ; Coronation, and . also o n> nt ** j I in which the men have acqui?J? to » selves. ya} r I Maori troupe from the White C f th » been embodied in the contingent 1a * lof them was detached for th at I j escort of the Prime Minister in 1 5" C,ii \ procession on the day following T*'« ! ' (nation, The disposition, of the £ ' I I landers for the Coronation and th\, > I progress was as follows :-0n Co- - ! day the officers joined the guard of T^ of oversea officers in the ' I Buckingham Palace, while the 2, ° ■ S i lined up; with other troops from ? S* *l Dominions in Queen's Gardens, a W J I? new Queen Victoria Memorial. On I? | following day the majority 0 f the G, * ip tingent (six officers and 24 men) Were '■ tached as a special escort to th« P' iI 1 i Minister, marching in front of the'a' '* j I J riage in which Sir Joseph Ward SI General Botha drove. The officers w 1 Colonel Bauehop, Colonel Abbott, Colon j I .' ! Chaytor, Major Moorhouse, Major! Gabite. * I and Captain Seddon. " , • Should the representations already nuj ii to the Commissioner of Police by th I Mayor of Waihi (Mr. Newth), local jus' I tices of the peace, and prominent citi zerm ; against the removal of Police-Sergeant I ; McKinnon from Waihi fail to bear fruit ■ I a public; meeting will (says our correspond ' ; dent) be held this evening to adopt resold \ tion-3 and circulate a petition urging ' % retention of' the sergeant's services in the district. /: The people of Paero.t and Kara, ngahake are also moving in the matter. The Union Company's steamer Pateer«. ; i which left Onehunga yesterday for New i p Plymouth, had a good complement of p?.:.. . |] sengers. : She will return to Onehuiiga on , p Tuesday morning, when her west coatit run- ■! •; j ning will terminate, the s.s. Rarawa again 1 taking up her time-table on Wednesday. ' j The Pateena will leave for Wellington ' 3 direct on Tuesday, and as she will make the ] passage in 22 hours it is expected that ; j will have a fair number of passengers far j j the trip. ' ■-~_■ | A letter of appreciation has been received .\\ by the Auckland Amateur Operatic 1 Society from His Excellency the Governor I (Lord Islington), j Lord Islington writes to 11 the president (Dr. T. Hope Lewis) as fcl- 1 lows:—"Dear Dr. Lewis,l shall be much 1 obliged to you if you will convey to all the 5 l! members of the Auckland Operatic; ; Society"- J Who took part in 'The Pirates of Penzaitee' I my warm congratulations on the charming ' I and most successful way the play was ren- pj dered. It must obviously have entailed a |] great deal of careful organisation, and is all j the more a credit to the society.' I-hqta n this successful venture will lead the.society to further ventures in the future, and that I may have the pleasure of witnessing their J I efforts on a future occasion.— kind re- 1 gards, believe me, yours sincerely, j Islington." ; „ ' .',, :..'. [ , '-Consequent, on : the recent mud ...-winter., and?the absence of snow tho Blolyrieaiix . River is running very low. - One old iden- ' . ) tity has declared that he never before saw such £k.falhug-off in the flow of water. , The course of the river is dotted with sand- .. banks, and at Clydesvale the river is not ~ now deep enough to allow tho punt to be. ■worked. This causes much isco'svesi- ■-' ! ence to- the settlers in that locality, m they have, to "go up the river six miles to Tuapeka Mouth, or.else travel to Wai- , wera, a distance of over ten miles,:to get :j i to Balclutha. Besides this, the Clutha j River Board' has been compelled to; sas- j pend the steamer service, owing to the low v state of the river. ;.. An exceptionally; long train . left Auckland for' Wellington last night. it is esti- j mated that over 200 passengers—an ; un- ;. . usually large number-for this time of the year—made the journey South... ;;';;-'..'"'' ' ' I, Bishop Wilson,- of Melanesia, arrived in Sydney on Wednesday last. He has completed his last cruise round.his extensive diocese. The Bishop held confirmations, ;- and dedicated many churches; is fact, it I was a round of farewells. One of the. I churches dedicated was at Nukapu, where .; Bishop Patteson was killed 40 years \An interesting circumstance coniiecWd J with this was the baptism of a sister of toe man who killed the Bishop. The Duff j Group was visited, and four new teachers ! left there, all the people being ..anxious to join the mission. On the whole, the I Bishop said the- progress all round was i very gratifying. The Bishop left in Aa ! Mslaita. At the mission there was a part- , ing function on July 11, when two a--dresses were presented—one native, and Wj : other from the Btaff-and it is said tho proceedings were very pathetic. The Norfoifc Island Church people and friends, gave the ! Bishop an address and a hearty send-off on I the evening of the 13th, the large buildmg ! being crowded.' All denominations *w represented, and the Bishop received 9* ovation. ;•,.■.; :•;■{;:• - : .. A seaman who was once a ■ weU-toowa 'figure in Australasian waters died -« Dunedin on Saturday in the '; Captain Stewart, late of the DußeJ Harbour Board's staff. His int.* duction to New Zealand was when ho. m the topsail schooner Dunedin, bcii.ji Dundee, and sailed her to the colony, with his wife and daughter as passenger. I The Dunedin traded successfully. Bay* B i Press Association message, till about law, :• - i when the steamer Taiaroa cans out am Captain Stewart was given comaiaflu I her. Captain Stewart retained J****** till she was sold to the Union. Steam swp Company, and was then transferred to uBeautiful Star. Shortly was sent Home by the Dunedin Harowr Board to bring out Dredge No. &L * \ steamed her out, £ md had some adventures by the way in that unwieldy cnut. During some dirty weather in the .fiw. Biscay the. pumps got choked, ancs , : vessel filled. Captain Stewart, -being; strong swimmer, dived into the bilges *» got the pumps cleared. It-was a ! only possible by a strong ana brayfl.«». and probably saved the vessel. UPStewart afterwards took the dreoge,. Melbourne and brought her back » .. j .the hiring term, and he also steamed.M ito Wellington. He retired > fromijhjj? | a good many years ago, and seW.ea - ' . j to a quiet life. . ■ The weekly report on the state of,?J Majesty's prison, Auckland, for ; the wee* ended on Saturday shows prisoners on. mand, 6 males, 4 females; »***£**£; 18 males; sentenced to life, 3 males, ■■ tenced to hard labour, 213 m*M ; * females; sentenced to male; received during gfjv«-» *\* ~l cJ, 7 females; discharged, 30 males, St Total in prison, 241 males, IB:*"*.. .^ A woman of 78 years of age *» M V wandering aimlessly about vv a w - i yesterday, and was rested awa - was . to the Auckland lockup, whert^.. sb9 detained on a charge iof,; - 4f I resides at Avondalo with J e l^ & &Q I who is 89 years old, and her brother^ | an old man. - | 111,1» », ,J