LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

The Main Trunk express for Wellington leffc-five minutes earlier than hitherto last evening. This is in ' accordance with the new time-table, which fixes the time of departure at 9.10 p.m. instead of 9.15 p.m.

A man named Walter White, a carter, of Grey-street, -. met with a serious accident in- Durham-street just before five o'clock yesterday afternoon." He was backing his load, when by some ' means he got crushed between the waggon and the wall. I He was taken to- the hospital, where it was found he had sustained a fracture of '■ the right forearm and that the muscles and an artery of the same arm were torn. j* '

A young and smart-looking couple named Charles Victor Raymond Stanaway and Mildred Stanaway, who have victimised several boarding-housekeepers and tradesmen in the Auckland v district, pleaded guilty in the Police Court yesterday . to seven charges of theft' and forgery and uttering. They were committed for sentence to the Supreme Court by }} Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M. Tho evidence went to show that after stealing articles from houses in Carlton Gore Road and Mount-street in August, they cached forged cheques at shops in the suburbs during November, driving round in a horse and • trap, procured in Papakura. The amounts on the cheques uttered ranged from £6 to £10.

A retired farmer, Mr. John McGuinness, aged •80 years, died suddenly yesterday at the house of Mr. J. Prendergast, Lincoln-street, Ponsonby.j A cup of tea was taken to him at 6.30 a.m., and half-an-hour later he was found dead in bed. Deceased had been very feeble for some time past. Until a few years ago he was farming in the Helensville district.

The Auckland Horticultural Society's sweet pea and carnation show, and children's show was opened by the Mayor (Mr.'C. J. Parr) at tho Choral Hall and Metropolitan , Grounds yesterday. The exhibition is an excellent one, and was well patronised throughout the afternoon and evening. The band of the Auckland Mounted Rifles was present, and at night the grounds, which were brilliantly illuminated, presented on animated appearance. To-day! is /Carnival Day, for which an attractive programme has been arranged. At,two p.m. the competitions in the carnival classes will assemble for judging, and during the afternoon, in addition to the sweet , pea . pageant and procession, . and enthronement of the May Queen, j items will be given - by the ! boy scouts and children from St. Mary's Orphanage. . The Auckland Garrison Band will ■ be - in attendance .throughout il the afternoon and evening, and, at night special attractions are announced v to take place under } the ,• Lux • light (30,000 candle 1 power). -:' '■ : •■- : -''--- *:■ ■'.;-.: ; <;r ( v •

■ In the supplement witTl? ' I Herald to-day will be found arlicit titled "Law and * : Tohunga; "The Dearth of 'Bong - {*- 3 Frank Morton "In Praise of lS|J||i by • Quells Verbis ; " Humours of Trav !'-? ' '' by Ascot, A. Broad; and "Some S ' siderations on Style," by W.D.A M cutio's column of "Local Gossip" appeal as usual, and a political cartoon, entE - " The Assault on Taihoa Pah" i s a !i eluded. et * w ir " ■ ■■.'' ■' ■ , ];■' i,'' One lesson is being repeatedly impressed upon the performers in the musical M elocutionary competitions now in progress The judge of the musical "section., and ' in a less degree the judge of the elocution, ary work, take frequent opportunities to tell the performers that they, need -first «f ' all to realise the circumstances in whirl' the songs or recitations were supposed J have been delivered. This has been «. pccially necessary in connection with % operatic singing. Professor Ives has had to tell several performers of their great need to apply themselves to the study 0 * the operas or other woiks from which ihct performances have been taken. A num. ber of the singers read their songs 0 m copies, without much attention to the i. tentions of the writers. In seme cases] ■ they seemed to have to attend so much to the book that, they had small opportunity to let emotion .show itself in face and voice. , i :;,^'•^^a;•■?:v:.;: '

The criminal business listed at the present sessions of the Supreme Court, not as yet disposed of, is as follows i—Charles Boakes (perjury), John Alexander Mc In.tyre (theft), Annie McComiell (at. tempted murder), John Win. Mercs? (manslaughter), Louisa Williams (abandoning a child), John Brooks (attempting ■ to defeat course of justice), John Watson and John McKeilar .(manslaughter), Wit Ham Edward Gick (breaches of the Bankruptcy Act). To-day Mr. Justice Chap, man will continue the hearing of the ' charges brought aganist James • Edward O'Shaughr.cssy, Mary Haesell, and Charlotto Campbell, that they were acces. series after the fact of the death ol Elsie A. Holland at Kingsland, on tin night of Juno 13th of this year. Mr. - Justice Chapman expects to leave' for-.the South by the Main Trunk line to-mor-row evening. To-day Mr. Justice Ed* wards will deliver his reserved 'judgment? in the Civil cases of, Williamson (Mr. 11.. G". McGregor) v. the Auckland Electric Tramways Company, Ltd., (Mr. J. ,£, Reed), Police (Mr. S. Mays) v. Hill (Di. Bamford); Murchison (Mr. M. G. McGregor) v. the ship Gem (Mr. E. J. Prendergast), and Perrott (Mr. J. '■R,' Reed) v..Perrott (Mr. R. McVeagh). Mr, Justice Edwards will sit in the crimin?L jurisdiction of tho Supremo Court on Monday, and the sessions will' continue: until the cases are all disposed of. ;,''

The Auckland Master Butchers' Associa- , - tion have prepared their price list for Un present month. The prices are similar'to those that prevailed last month, the craiy alteration noted being that lamb has been, added to the list, hindquarters being quoad at 7d per lb and forequarters at 6d. " '• ■ ,- i The new post and telegraph office at Ellerslie will be officially opened by Sir John Findlay on Tuesday at 3.30 put,'' '■' "■■'■-'.' . Twenty-five applications, from 13 u schools, have been received by the trustees of thfl Bawling*< scholarship, for examination this month. : The; scholarship was ' « established under the will of the late Mr. Humphrey Kawlings, and is intended to benefit the sons of poor parents. 1 Each year a scholarship is offered, and is tenable at the Auckland Grammar School, Si. ] John's College, or King's College, for thr'.- ; I years.' 1 ' It provides 1 the successful scholar with free tuition and books, and with aa allowance of £510 per annum during >} i three years. ■

In the Police Court yesterday," befoift Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., tho charge again Mrs. Lilian Lang of performing an illegal operation was heard with closed door?. Mr. Towle appeared for accused, who pleaded not guilty, and , Chief-Detective Marsack conducted the prosecution. 1/ :- dence was given by a girl, 22 years of age, who has been in the hospital for the past few weeks, and by other witnesses in sap* port •of ? the charge. ■■„■': Accused offered no ! evidence, and, reserving her defence, was ' committed f for trial to the Supreme r Court. , Bail was allowed '. in two sureties of , £MSk and herself in one of £300, and was forthcoming. The bad weather that has been experienced throughout the Dominion was largely . responsible for the shrinkage in the tourist traffic of the earlier part of the summer. There have been instances within the last month of people who came out with the full intention of visiting all the interesting parts of the country, but have since returned Home,' mainly on account of lih»*g| bad weather which they had. been unfortu-. nate enough to experience in the few place* which they did visit. This. summer ha*, ' so , for, been extraordinarily unseasonable. Owing to the cold snap early last week, hail fell in some of the inland towns, and - snow fell at i Ohakime and other elevated points on the central section of the Main Trunk railway. These are hardly the con- j ditions to tempt the tojrist,who invariably arrives with a cork helmet and a greenlined umbrella, expecting the glories of, a South Sea.lsland summer., Yesterday Hie Honor Mr. Justice Edwards, had made full provision for what promised to be ' a more than ordinarily protracted sitting in Banco. But it turned i out , that none of the cases which • ap* ■ j • peared ■on the list were ;in a sufficient!? advanced 'state of , preparedness to permit of any progress being made with their.. Hia/ Honor ordered several of "the j older cases to be struck out, and, added that some of them would not be restored (f°|fg;r the list unless good cause were showr for such application. His Honor also took occasion to refer to a habit which seemed to be a growing one amongst Auckland professional men of allowing cases; to stand over until the last ■ days of the session before the " long vacation. * His Honor added that he wished it to be clearly understood that he would not permit of adjournments ' of cases until - late in the closing sessions of the year. An accident waa averted yesterday ntfef* noon in "Welleeley-street;, by the presence of. mind of a young man. Two horses attached to a cab were standing outside the United Service Hotel, and apparently growing impatient at the lengthy absence of their driver, tho horses started cross the road in front of an approaching tram. The young man rushed a"d caught the reins which were tied to the cab, but the horses still continued on their way, until he got to their hea«% and pulled them clear of the tram. , _ A statistician has been instructing }»»* readers as to the quantity of beer and win* drunk by various peoples in Europe Bavaria holds the record for beer with W. litres per inhabitant, a litre being 1| pint* * Belgium follows with 221. Then we m * Wurtemburg 169, Baden 158, England ljw, r , Prussia 125, Saxony 118, Denmark W*.- \ , Alsace 98, Austria 80, Sweden 56, HpDJ» 38, Franco 32. Hungary 11, Russia 5, Itofl ■ 2. 'If we take certain German towns w , quantity consumed is astonishing. * or JS 'v'-j stance, in Munich the beer drunk » *"■■ I litres." Frankfort comes next with,„*** | and" Berlin j with 200. Franco head* w* j

'list" with wines, 108 f* litres'*; perl jWag Then ' follow 'Italy\ 98, Austria' IV..J** many 7, and England 2.