LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15056, 27 July 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The flagship, H.M.S. Drake, will "be thrown open to . the public for inspection to-morrow. The Devonport Ferry Company will run steamers to the warship at short intervals from No. 2 Jetty, the first steamer leaving at 1.30 p.m. In order to facilitate the landing of passengers on the Drake, the company have decided to moor the cargo steamer Goshawk alongside the flagship, to act as a landingstage. The last, steamer will leave the warship at four p.m., at which hour all visitors are required to leave. The Drake will be coaled on Monday from the Koromiko, and is to leave on Tuesday for Sydney. The vessel will undergo her speed trial on the run across the Tasman Sea. The third-class cruiser, H.M.S. Pioneer will coal on Tuesday, and will probably sail on Wednesday for Lyttelton. After a short stay there she will proceed to Sydney to take part in battle practice.

The whereabouts of Ellen Nicholls, a girl 16 years of age, is causing some concern to her relatives. She resided with her mother in Upper Queen-street. A short time ago she announced at home that she had obtained a situation at Mount Eden, but she did not give the name or address of her employers. On July 13 she said to her mother, "Mum, lam going." She then went from the house and her mother has since received no communication from her. Mrs. Nicholls thinks it is quite likely that her daughter is working at Mount Eden, and is hoping to hear from her at any moment.

An incipient fire was discovered upon the premises of W. G. Hutchinson, grocer, New North Road, on Thursday night. A rpasser-by about 11.30 p.m. noticed that something inside was burning, and with the assistance of another man broke in and' dragged the blazing material, an old oildrum with some kerosene in it, a sack and some packing-cases into the street. As there is a large quantity of kerosene kept in the store, a serious conflagration was probably averted by this prompt action. ■

A woman, 76 years of age, named Hannah Moore, who resides in East-street, Newton, was admitted to the hospital yesterday, suffering from a fractured leg. It appears that a fall in the back-yard of her own home was responsible for the injuries which she sustained. '■

It is reported that on several occasions recently ladies have been molested in the streets of Auckland late at night. A few nights ago a lady was followed by a man for some distance in. the vicinity of Sy-monds-street receiving such a fright that eventually, she ran for home where she arrived in safety. : A second and worse instance occurred in which a man not only accosted a lady in the late hours of the night but made an attempt to trip her up. The victim of this latter experience received so severe a shock that she was compelled to keep to her bed for some time.

The theft of a parse containing £30 from the dwelling of James Hunter, at Helensville, formed the subject of '■"'■] a charge against James Woodward, alias Robert Brydon, at the Police Court yesterday. He was also charged with escaping from lawful custody. The accused was brought to Auckland front Heknsville on the evening of July 19, in charge of Constable Canon. The constable and his prisoner left the train at Mount . Eden railway station, and were proceeding along Boston Road, when Woodward made a sudden dash for liberty. The constable quickly set off in pursuit, and after a few hundred yardV run succeeded;. in overhauling his,'emrge,. and escorting' him > safely to Mount - Eden gaol. The accused was remanded for a week.

-. Some time ago ;it %as announced by cablegram that the steamers s belonging to the Grange Line were to have their names changed and others substituted. From cable advice ( received by the local agents for the Federal-Shire line recently it transpires that this is not to be the case— at least not for the present. Therefore, the Drayton Grange, which sailed from Auckland yesterday for Wellington, still retains her old name.-

Two small sections were sold by auction by the Commissioner of Crown Lands yesterday morning. A section in the Rangaroa village settlement, comprising two acres one rood two perches, close to Tanmarunui, was purchased by Messrs. Winger and Smith, of Taumarunui, for £126. Ten acres in the Okokako parish, three miles from Waimate North, was sold to Arthur Holt, of Waimate North, for £39.

A charge of removing shingle from the orechore at Pakihi' Island without authority from the Minister for Marine, was preferred against John Johnson, master of the ketch Nellie Mason, before Mr. E. O. Cutten, S.M., at the Police Court yesterday. Captain Fleming appeared for tho Department, and stated that while he did. not wish the maximum penalty of £20 to be imposed, yet he would like to see such a fine inflicted as would act as a deterrent to others. The defendant pleaded in extenuation that he was taking the shingle with the permission of the owners of the island, and that he paid them a royaltv. A fine of £5, with costs 7s, was imposed.

The Auckland Trades Hall will be officially opened by Sir Joseph Ward, M.P. for Awarua, on Monday evening. Among those invited to be present are the four Labour members of Parliament (Messrs. W. A. Veitch, J. Robertson, A. H. Findmarsh, and J. Payne). The function will take the form of a smoke social. *

The members of the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board will pay a visit on Monday to the outfall sewer and tanks at Orakei. There will be a special meeting of the Board on Wednesday, July 31, the business to be the consideration of a motion by the acting-chairman (Mr! John Court) to borrow the sum of £100,000, by special order, under the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board Act, 1908. >

Strict cleanliness in household and other methods is cited by the Auckland health officers as being even more effective than a campaign against flies, in reducing the dissemination of diseases. A campaign against flies, euch as has been started in Chnstchurch by the management of the Boys' Gordon Hall, cannot be successful while breeding grounds are common, and the abolition of uncleanlmess would do away with the need for hunting the fly

The prohibition order evidently has its advantages and its disadvantages. At the Police Court yesterday, John Willoughby Hewett, described as being a man who indulged in intermittent drinking bouts was stated by Sub-Inspector Hendrey to 'be a fit subject for a prohibition order. Hewett deprecated the notion that he drank to excess, and stated that a prohibition orderwould have a, ruinous effect on his business. He had come to New Zealand with soma capital, and had entered into the corn trade as a means of augmenting his income. If he should bo unable to enter an hotel he would lose a considerable number, of clients. He was prohibited, and fined 2s 6d with 1,7s 6d ,cost«, for' being drunk some seven or eight, days ago in front of his own home.

The supplement I to-day contains an article on n **»* $ ;si'i it* Uses,", by Tohunga; ,?p 1 \ ' '*Log-rolling in Politic!;' *-%**** i*. ton; and Mercntio'a **.{ "J***'! " Loral Gossip." Other art Lf**X if I / ing Brains with the Soil "lw t ,'% I \ Irraith, Lilt. D. -, 1 and Blindness," Lv Louisa v, j I kilt; " Homeward' Bound]" bv T! ** 1 and the second aeries of « 1 ' - Microscope," by G. A. awfis!f( tJ*!J> 8 , " trations are given, one of H,}|<,- V?C "V M ' " the new flagship 0 the ' a"" "*&>', M ~ squadron, and the other of J{ y §|. ' the latest addition to the fcrhij, m noughts. 'r , r ] Drea,j. ■ The first issue, of tVe Patent Qk, J ! 1 ' nal has been published by the ; «S ?&* : 'B the New Zealand Government. 1 3WM "■ .' cation contains much information - W spect to patents and other matter*!^ 11 ** M ; ing applications for patent*, |^ Incl,ls - §| of specifications accepted (wUh^^^ l R - ■ proprietors of designs registered M tions for trade marks, particular t^ I*'1*' if : presentations of trade marks r6, I Owing to a misapprehend:««-':* BE of the accident at the Union Bui'i- If was greatly exaggerated The M not break, and the machinery'? ll ' 3 H i lutely undamaged. One : hour aft **' fe incident the elevator was runnine W H §! : senger traffic as usual. - ** s 't*». ,S A Rotorua. sportsman has b«p fli' 'w& ing the. remains of a large s lia 8 1 J* J " I the vicinity of Mokoia Hand. 8 opened up the dead bird WfeJJ* §£ contain a trout 6Ain in length-^ 11 'li ' evidence of the havoc wrought t*h 5 among the fish. Despite the fadSjJ if birds are known-to he scarce to'toTu £f§ .this yea& large numbers *««\t?jß from a launch on Sunday las* Jl-v • M the direction of Hamurana. '. I U B j A strange case of juvenile ,U h ■ H came before Mr. H. W. Bishop H . at the Juvenile Court in CKifeiffi Hi "' A boy of 14 years was brought B h? if charge of having stolen <% cycle"'■ J"j B =' lat £3 10s. In answer to the ]**£* B§ inquiry the lad admitted cheerfully thn, E| ' had stolen other things, hdndb., B watch. It seemed that he ~as unmoral. Constable". Smith |||i^|g;lß : i he had cautioned him for uHbg'-IJjjj'&' II) guage in the street, and was R .tain that he had set " fire'to a Mm " the rear of a. house. " A^relaliyiiis|sii|B: : -f tho boy had been living give evidsac&ftj, ■§ | he had passed the sixth 1 had won a free place at the hi jlj Stf-Ss I His mental kink had lost hiitt'-«SEI' |he had been there only a lilllf whfo. raff | Worship commented that the boy Rani SHE [ moat- bright, but was undoubtedly B| victim of some mental kink. For J& »> if sake, and the sake of the cominjj&'jj HI ■ would be committed to the WqSffljffijß : Training Farm, to be brought Iib&'IB j faith of the Church of Engkuil mm I i .A meeting of considerable'ni^«|^,«i Orphans' Clubs will take place in 9J| ! ton. on August 10, when the ''jiifi&'J^.. Wellington, and Dunedin auW^ife^pl. j gather in the Town Hall of iiat*% H8 The Auckland Club is send a-B[ I orchestra, consisting of 40 ii«|li^jj|H I gether with sevenil other vocal jf. i and the Dunedin Club to'U figaw'fe, & in the programme. * 4 j, '-B I I "Tlio Crown has always dealt featf*. Eg ably with the natives," ru)ttads» %BI Solicitor-General, while arguiog oef:«ijK Appeal Court in Wellington thai jboj 1 m j no compulsion on the Crown to Hops HI native customary titles of laai '■"$ M Native Land Court has not fairly with them," rejoined tice. "Some of the ,>; Gnwii of huge, tracts of laail WM %k«\ bear examination," | K.C., and the Chief Justice agred, JM I Most people have the hadest 'fl I caving for their eyes, and even t'iOß?e >k < : M i should have made a special '-tudj oiia % r 'M subject are ■ often the ■■ worst-; :<&bpt& K"9 Builders, for instance, make dresdfci u takes in lighting, particularly «i iMt >WM and public buildings, and ftlfl method of lighfing a dark str«s star fe'H foolish as it is inadequate. In ar'ste *f£m before the New South Wales iffllß WM ciety, last week, Dr Marion '■Thfeplj? |JM special stress on the care of eye's. She stated emphatically that ,»<B ing pictures were distinctly bid *' ''h % ■ that she would nut allow any tend these shows under the . a s'?|f§ ; !sß teenand very seldom afterward*, *ji'< Sj dren should never be given vt:y i» -,H work, said the lecturer, and fJH gartens which gave the little erne*» <■ broidery to d<[ on fine perforated ?fF'BTI or allowed them to thread ** B were doing great harm to the chUd?P 3 • « sight. It is ?dso most important ffl* !( -. ■ allow a child to use his eyes much «a fl recovering from illness. It is « a * i '' «B when a little'convalescent is nfl* ; f||Hß enough to run about, to give \& ,H or pictures to look at; but the P? H of the eyes need just as muc,aiL<ffi *' >M this time as the muscles of the K£«Uf*'- 'HM reading may result in a P»»Wji|| jurv. The lecturer said that ">'»*!!'^| the" cases of squint which had come«- .» her notice the story was the saSOr 1 * H child had been bom with straight«- -JM at three or four years of age he toj- « measles, or some other «*WJSS?BI and had then developed the spot, «- H proving squint to be the result of V*P>* H weakness. "< -ulrt^ra^H At the opening of a new vh %|.2;M station in Melbourne tho oth#r [<■ Chief-Officer Leo, of the iletwpoW?"* H Brigade, informed his audience «*» *:;■ [ the matter of fire-fighting appgWj.fW j bourne was second to no city. in , or the Old Country. have more engines, but they WW perior in Melbourne's H matter of fact, the; motor fire e»gH» Jj experimented with in 9 fore the leading cities in EnglaiS dW' . J H of adopting it. The chief officer■ «£•' B the hone that the time was not fw -J when motors would entirely ? a f r? H horse-drawn engines. He spoke s iHgB on the subject of preventible ,SSs|™ put it more accurately, fires whKa never have got' beyond the «!".i|l| bucket or two of wawr would W». S their extinction. Somebody sho held responsible for the proflip* of an outbreak of fire. If *» «?g ■ bo believed that, especially in - they would be reduced to an /JT^jM minimum. In saying this, ' jH§ M|M| evidently having another tilt at in ] m watchmen of the metropolis, ™^f|B| scribed the other' day as ''f3« needed to be watched," and f|^l|«tt^H whom it was absolutely n T e f £ Sj§||W an elaborate system of order to ensure that they 3J»BBB out their duties efficientl was bitterlv resented by H& who held a mass meeting; ; and denounced Chief-Officer ! -" HB There is a boatbuilder .i»; A f !n WMI whose thoroughness of work of Dr. Maweon's Antarctic ?*?%. &»M Aurora, paid a high tribnteJo«|B^M of a lecture in Wellington expedition that comes to • W said the lecturer, secured. fIH this builder, and ■ tho.-e Aurora proved to be of " I <hi not know who . l,tU rS-m|§HH they are very good t «ea ' f j|B cess of the Auroia'i- v: " 1 ' 1 turer, was largely due to operation of the who'd. jJTber© were no drones on v»^V^ranHß