LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14807, 10 October 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Arrested on charges of being dnrnk ,*P(S disorderly, Charlotte Campbell and y •?£ v*i' Haseell, who are awaiting trial on chips'. '■ of being accessories after the fact in cob.- ~ nection with the murder charge which \&-,' ■ ■ been \ preferred , against Martha ,1 a a O'Shaughnessy, have once again qual&J ':■•!' for a seat in the dock at the Police- Court The two women, it is alleged, were drank' and behaving in a rowdy manner in a hoi»j * in Albert-street yesterday afternoon,"aid>'V--' Constable Blaikie was called in to eject thenj *> The constable put Mrs.- Campbell and Mrs Hassell out of the hotel, and with t"hcustomary warning he requested them; to - proceed home. Apparently they did take the constable's,advice, for it is state* -> they wandered into a motor garage further up the street, and caused a disturbance i' : • there,; with- the result v that the, constable arrested the women. They were convert^

to the police station in a cab and place &'• \- | in the cells. They will appear at the Police';:(•£■!.• Court this morning. "' ■ News of the. murder of a Samoan natirs ' -I girl near Apia has just, come to hand. AMA-J'*! I though the 'details are very meagTC, it . artnears that a native girl, aged eight years, -' was attacked by a Solomon Islander, ani /K'jl stabbed to death? The man then hid him-: self in the bush, but was discovered by % male relative of the child, who attacked "-' the " black boy" with a long knife, sjiit- ;- ting open his scalp, gashing his face, and cutting him on his ; wrists. The murderer was conveyed to the hospital at Apia-, b- ; succumbed to his injuries the next morn/£-&j i"g- ■■• ■' ' ■;:-,■ ■■■-.■■ . ■..■:._■ .;' ; : .:. ■\. Auckland had a new halo of glory Ijgfc' .■ * night, when ■; the . long-promised ; electric T& street lights; made a welcome appearance. Eighteen lamps, each of between 2000 and, \';jj

3000-candle power,, have been instilled, '' and * the > difference thsy make to Quenj/'fc' ■(, street is very' striking. '■"-' ■•■•■'-•»'.'-..- ' ->' •■'■ '. '• ■ - - . Reference to the settlement of-'the dispute ', with : the Tramways Company • was -,'» made at last night's meeting of the Remuera Road Board. The Tramways Company's solicitor wrote as follows with reference to the Board requiring the pre-V'' l sent, omnibus service to be continued in : Victoria ; Avenue - Until '■- the tramway ex- ;; \ tension is made :—" We desire to say that the date of commencement of construction of the tram line was fixed for the discon-J tinuance 'of the omnibus; service, because *•'■ f■> tramway operations in the avenue will ■'"'■.'; render it impossible for the service to be '\\t continued longer, as they will occupy the 1 whole of the metalled portion of the roadway." The letter was received, the chair- .y'j man remarking that the point raised with .> reference to the Victoria Avenue "bus service was "" a mere quibble." The president of the Auckland Northers , S Suburban Railways League, Mr. M. J;-'; Coyle, yesterday received the following^ telegram -from.tie Minister for Railways; —"-In, reply to your telegram 'will notify 1 as coon -as' decision • has been arrived at "=?*•' respecting the petition for an improved service from Auckland to Henderson." : : ' • The old grievance concerning the . unequal allocation of Government money be-.;(.'.; tween the two . islands was submitted i to&j Sit John Findlay ,at Parnell last, night,r and he was asked to explain why the South Island was the more liberally treated/ while V: the North Island contributed most to the:J£i Treasury. He said that there, had been '••.'.'• ! a good deal of complaint, and proper com- ; 7 plaint,, about the -insular division of pub- .; £ lic\ moneys in the past, "but they -were J> going to Jet the dead past" bury, its dead,. L , i : and'start afresh. (Tremendous:cries of v "Oh!") . He was further^aaked. whether pg .; thai present Ministry was: hot- a Soothe** . one,*with no regard, to the North,lsland. _Toltliis, he replied that until recently th.» -0 North Island had one of the strongest arid ;:\Kmost intelligent Ministers in the Cabinet—. ."; Hon! Geo. Fowlds. (Cries of "Hear,-. f Hear," and "Why did he leave ?")

, A schoolboy named Edgar Martin,, of 3 {Brighton Road, Parnell,-was struck. by a tramcar on the Parnell rise yesterday I afternoon, and sustained slight concussion rj ! 'of the brain. The lad, in attempting to ' cross the road in front of a Remuera car, failed to get clear of the track before a | city-bound car reached him.. The brakes > ? were promptly applied by .the motorman, ;■; "- but the boy. was : struck by the car and ji thrown clear of the line. When picked up the lad was unconscious. After be-. r ing attended by Dr. Kinder, the-sufferer. . was taken home in a cab. -The director of the Elam School of Art ;•• has just received intimation from the ;ii ;'; Education Department, Wellington, that : K out of nine finished works sent from the school last year for examination in Eng-, land for the "art class teachers," ••andj|J "art masters'" certificates, seven have been accepted by the examiners. This is i Ia slightly higher percentage of passes than T; the. school had last year, when it sent Home the largest /number of works of || any art school in the Dominion, and obtained the highest, percentage of passes.

A prominent insurance official, when asked for his views regarding the rapid spread of fires, said it .was quite true that : 1 the brick areas are not large enough, and considered it a powerful argument , in;: favour of a Greater,.Auckland scheme,. the multiplicity of local "bodies rendering it almost impossible to have a definite brick area. Brick houses with wooden walls, ; were also strongly x condemned, by this . official, who stated that- with .-the uumbeu ; of cheap and effective fire-proof' materials now-on the market, it was inconceivably that people should still cling, to wood for j lining their otherwise fireproof brick houses. Apparently the fire insurance companies are also partly to blame, as they offer no encouragement to build brick ; houses * with :; fireproof interiors, although . they do, make a reduction in rates for wooden houses with fireproof interiors."-/ .- > ;:.'.;l- : ' : : .... : .t: : ; : ::, :':;:.•:.:. : - ;-'.r..: i ; : ; .v.: ■ [s^'£%M The Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr.. Crossley) held a confirmation service ■is the chapel of Mount Eden Gaol on Sunday y morning. Thirteen male 'prisoners were confirmed, having been previously in-.: structed by the chaplain, the Rev. E. G* Budd. The candidates were of varying ages and length of sentence. About 200 prisoners attended, including, a number si •women. The Rev. G. Gavin, of St. Sepulchre's -Church, carried the pastoral I staff, and ! Messrs. C. Hudson, T. Charter, and ; .W. ; Brackenrig, lay preachers, weta also present. The Bishop gave two addresses, very earnest arid very impressive, and his exhortations were listened to with great attention. y The Bishop afterwards spoke a few kind words to the men who ■had received the "laying on of hands." r ; ". It is understood • that the service , was the ;■ first of the kind held in the Auckland gaol and probably the first in any; gaol in thft Dominion. . ' _ ,'£* - The secretary of the New Zealand Alliance (Rev. J. DaweooJ has received a I cable stating that at the Good/- Citizenship meeting of the- 11th biennial convention»; of the Australasian Christian Endeavour Union, held in Adelaide- on Saturday night, the following resolution was unanimously • carried by a crowded audience :—" That this meeting (1) heartily, sympathises with the New Zealand temperance party in its I efforts to secure the prohibition of the liquor traffic in the Dominion; (2) congratulates then*- on. the victories won in. the past; and (3)-wishes ■, them unprecedented success at the/ forthcoming : local option poll. ■ " - ;

was brought to Auckland by the ; steamer Boveric, which ' arrived from San Francisco '~'"and Island ports yesterday 1 - "morning, that the steamer Knight of St. . George, -which ran ;on a coral reef on the. north-western side of the passage to Knkualofa, in August last, is considered &i hopeless wreck. The* vessel is making water in three holds, but her engineroom is, comparatively dry. The greater ? porfjtion of the vessel's general cargo has been -salvaged. A quantity of the goods has been damaged, but the greater part of ,the cargo is in good condition. The Boveric brought to Auckland about 500 tons of" the salvaged cargo, including 208 tons of copra, and 3000 packages of general cargo. The salvaged cargo includes 21 packages of heavy machinery, consigned to the New South Wales Government.- . While the Boveric was at the Islands good weather prevailed, and the whole of the Knight of St. George's cargo. had been removed with the exception of the lumber aboard. The. water in the i~holds had forced the lumber upwards, and 3 in order to get it out it may be necessary •to blow the decks out. The officers and r crew of the wrecked vessel are standing by their ship, and the pumps are being kept constantly going in order to keep the water down as much as possible. Diver . Pickering, of Auckland, returned by- the Boveric. He said h# . considered the ship was doomed. He made an examination, and found that her hull was pierced nearly her whole length by the coral. In •his opinion, if bad weather sets in, the ship would go to pieces, and in any case, if she .was • successfully floated off the ,- reef, she would sink before she could be towed into shallow water. -

v Five small boys were charged before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., in the Juvenile 4 Court yesterday, with • having ' thrown • stones at Mr. Alexander T. Craig's work- " shops in Hereford-street, Newton, and broken panes of glass to th 3 value of 20s. Sub-Inspector Hendrey said the whole of the windows in Mr. Craig's building had been broken. These mischievous acts were becoming so frequent that the police, .in the interests of the boys themselves, had to bring the matter before the Court. The parents of the lads were reputable 'people, and the boys could not be said to be beyond their control, and they had admitted their wrong-doing. His Worship pointedj out to the boys that their offence was a serious one, ancLthat if they did anything of the sort again, they would I probably be ordered to be thrashed. He directed that costs should be paid by the parents. Mr. Craig, .who was present, said he did not claim damages in the matter. No conviction was recorded against the lads.

A political pun, hazarded by Mr. W. J. Speight during his election address at \ Kingsland last; evening, raised laughter; j and some applause. ' "It will be necessary to trouble you with some financial/: statistical, and -other references usually .deemed and termed ' dry,' " remarked the jcandidate. ;," I make no, apology for ; <iomg so, and I believe that Eden electors* will welcome all proper -material put before them. In any case you are. a ' dry*,] , district, capable of sustaining yourselves f | Sunder » fusillade * of ifigures, though . I pro- I mise . I ; wjll make them as light and re-.-] freshing as possible." -. ■■'/ The erection of a post office at Eemuera "was Tef erred to at last night's meeting of ■: -the Iterauera Road Board. A communication -was received from Sir Joseph Ward J . (Postmaster-General), 7 stating that plans

were now being prepared for . the Eepruera ■. ;.: Post Office, 5 but owing to the large [num-''.-:'-herJ post offices to be-'built it would be "iwineHinie ibef ore « the Claris were, readyi - : The Tetter was received. -.. ■ """ "**J : i While "they were engaged in sounding work between Cape Maria van pieman and the Three Kings, those on board the Terra v~ Nova were cut off from news of : the world ■■ except when a passing steamer was com- ' municated with. ; The passing of the ;, steamers : running ■ between = Auckland and Sydney (telegraphs' our Christchurch correspondent) was eagerly watched for. / It 'generally happened that if the steamers §| passed in daylight they went close by the ■Terra. Nova, and at times stood down and % communicated? the - latest important % happenings. At night messages were-ex-changed by Morse signal lamps. :^ member of the crew of : the ; Terra Nova stated that the Wimmera and Victoria were par- - ticularly ; good friends. i When they passed :;: Jn daylight files of >- : newspapers • were '■■ : dropped overboard)from these steamers, " and were picked up By a boat's crew from 'the Terra' Nova. ' *

w j In his electioneering Sir John Findlay has not yet commenced kissing the babies': of Parnell, bat he came' perilously .pear it last evening. While _ speaking upon the subject of the proposed pur- ■■:'..'■'■ chase of the Orakei block, he spoke ■ in fulsome language, well V bedecked with superlatives, of the great beauty of Auckland city, and asserted that the Requisition of the Orakei reserve would convert' it into the most beautiful and \vell-laia city Australasia had ever seen. " ' These remarks were taken by the audience With the requisite amount of salt, add greeted with a good deal of ' derisive daughter, The candidate retorted that his - remarks'as to beauty applied also to" the, women of Auckland,: certainly not to , ihe men. '. :«• • According =-- to present arrangements, P,M,g, Powerful, -flagship of the Australasian. Squadron, will leave Sydney for •England ■ towards the end of « the - present year, In -the * interval the flagship will visit Melbourne and New Zealand. From Sydney the Powerful will go to Colombo, /here she will meet H.M.S. Drake, the •pew flagship for the Australasian station, :i gjjd ih§ Ifttter vessel will then come on to : ' Sydney, probably calling at Melbourne, - ejj route, .The Powerful, after leaving : Colombo, proceeds Home, via the Suez Canal, When the last English mail jaffc, TS.MM, Drake was still in the dockyard'at Portsmouth, the sum of £11,000 ' been allotted for her refit, preparatory io going out to Australia. A p0r- ,..:. tion et the internal machinery has been " feplaeed by new parts, the boilers have been thoroughly overhauled, and the en- ■ gines taken, to - pieces, and, it is understood, that some alterations will be made jn the armament. The Drake has held the reputation of being the fleetest cruiser in the British navy.

Judgment has been delivered-by Mr. ; gfoatice Sim in the case in which the Auckland Hotel and Restaurant Employees' pnion applied to the Arbitration Court for an award to cover 14 of the most prominent of the boardinghouses in Auckland on the grounds that the houses were ' private hotels, and so in a distinct class. til the eourse of his judgment His Honor paid there was no evidence to support the -contention that these houses were ma tslass by themselves, and therefore the case • feuld not be considered proved. He did pet think euch a class of houses existed here, and the application for an award must be refused. -Mr. McCuUough did *ofc concur with the judgment, and ne held that an award should be made.