LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15123, 14 October 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Details of the time-table for the. double service of express trains on the North Island Main Trunk line have not yet been completed. Efforts are being made to bring the new service into operation on November 1, but it is not yet certain that this can be done. The English strikes delayed the delivery of the ironwork required for some of the new rolling stock, and the cars have not been completed as soon as was expected.

The Auckland Harbour Board's Empowering Bill will be discussed to-night in the House of Representatives. The two important clauses relating to foreshores and ferries have, however, been dropped. Mr. J. H. Bradney, M'.P. for Auckland West, stated to a Herald representative that, in his opinion, these clauses ought never to have been inserted, for. the Harbour Board or any other body had no right to secure a monopoly of the reaches of the Auckland Harbour. This he contended was a national endowment, to be preserved for greater national interests. He particularly desired those who were opposed to him to understand his point of view. Concluding, he said that it was not a personal but a public issue, and so long as he was a representative of the people he would endeavour, to represent the people's cause. That was the policy of the Massey Government.

Some difficulty was experienced in berth, ing the Hud dart-Parker steamer Wimmera at the outer western tee of the Queen-street Wharf last night. The vessel arrived in the stream from Sydney at 7.30 o'clock, but it was nearly nine o'clock when she was finally made fast. There was a moderate south-west breeze blowing and a strong flood tide running.- The steamer was about safe in her berth when the tide and wind swept her bow off the wharf, and she swung out into the stream again. An effort was then made to bring the Wimmera in bow on, but great difficulty was experienced in accomplishing this, and an hour and a-half elapsed before the vessel was finally berthed bow in. The large crowd which had assembled" on the wharf gave three cheers as the lines were made fast.

Signatures are still being attached to copies of the address which it is intended to present to the Prime Minister (Hon. W. F. Massey) as soon as the termination of the session allows him to come to Auckland. There are a number of people who for various reasons, have not been able to sign the copies that have been available in the city, and, in order to secure the names of as many as possible of them, a table is to be placed in the Victoria Arcade to-morrow. There will be a representative of the Reform League in charge of the table.

A fire occurred in Church-street, Devonport, at four a.mi yesterday, when a tworoomed store occupied by R. H. Jackson and Co.. second-hand dealers, was slightly burned. The Devonport Fire Brigade turned out, and quickly extinguished the, fire. The damage is estimated at about. £5.

A charge of burglariously entering the Hikurangi Hotel on September 27 and stealing £6, the property of James Main and others, is preferred against David Huston; alias Warren, alias Miller, who was arrested in Princes-street on Saturday afternoon by Detectives Hollis and Cummings. The accused will be brought before a magistrate-this morning, when a jemand wjli be asked for.

A small European mail, via * U(S an Australian mail were brought k m "' steamer Wimmera, which arrived Jul— land last evening from Sydney. V . vessel experienced difficulty in »,„,a- * some delay occurred in landing tha : '-fy but the bulk of the Southern despatched by the Main Trunk : £?*'. last night, the train being detained3S minutes for that purpose. The AtteSl* portion of the. mail will be delivered •■ the city and suburbs this moraine.,, ■*.

A little excitement was caused on-Q „ ' street Wharf last evening while s'omS' people were enduring a long wait for tv ;:: s.s. Wimmera, by a man being heard **'• say, " What's your hand doing i n *' pocket?" A lively altercation 'ensued"? - which one man accused another who ' m standing directly behind him of h tried to pick his pocket. The accuse??' protested his innocence, but it was not after the supposed victim had searched"pockets and found everything i n ' "fi that the incident peaceably ended ™ - A smart passage of three days 21 h from Sydney to Auckland, \ was made"? : the Shaw, Savill steamer Pakeha, 'V M . arrived at Auckland early yesterday w ing. From London to Sydney the PaW averaged well over 12 knots an hourthe run from Sydney she averaged $* knots. The best day's run was on Frij last, when the. vessel steamed 337 lat an average speed of 14.3 knots. "z 1

The compulsory training system « j operation in Australia and New"2eala »' is being watched with great interest if the people in the Old Country.. Prof % sbr Anderson Stuart, of Sydney, who V just returned- from a, tour abroad, told a interviewer last week: " Again and again in the speeches I made throughout Grek Britain I referred to the subject '«;,» every time it was received with applw and approval. The wonder to me is fl»« : i they haven't followed our example. ;.■ I .«. I more than ever convinced that tmiVer^al' 1 training is a necessity for Great Britaia ; I Europe is to-day an armed' camp,: aaf? 1 .there is going to be trouble,-'and' tajfc I before long. I regard an outbreak : m \ Europe as quite inevitable, but it is im, - possible to say whether it is going »«n occur to-morrow or be staved off forV few years. The state of apprehends,' is quite extraordinary. Australia arf New Zealand have got to put their hajtm"'■in order, because if there is a reverse V?' the North Sea then the price of peats ji Australia or New Zealand, or both;'-' \:.W

•■'.'"■ :,; ;iftv ; i Almost constant connection ■pith } outside world was maintained by the virg, less operator of the steamer Pakeha toy i vessel's voyage from London to Scanty -i and Auckland. The Pakeha left London ■■ a week after the steamer Marathon, aaj J was in almost constant communicating '■ I with that vessel during the voyage. IR* i operator on the Pakeha exchanged ffiej, i sages with vessels at a distance of ,3WaM-"i in the daytime, and at night vessels aiV i distance of over 2000 miles were commit ■ cated with. Only on one day, while bjj' : tween Capetown and the Australian coast ] was the vessel out of communicatioa 'yrjft I the outside world- . ' '.- i

There was considerable bustle «s'"i&:S wharves yesterday. The arrivals inchdes ■'§ two large oversea vessels, three passant § steamers, and one cargo carrier..' i- sSj.| Wanaka arrived from Southern porta '% I: daylight, and' was. followed fonr;h(a|i later by the big liner Pakeha, from. luk\ don and Sydney. The Victoria, £53 I Southern ports, was the next to, urns, * and at 4.30 p.m. the signals hoisted «i the I flagstaff at Mount Victoria statical Bhmrcfl f that three vessels were cuteMe Tin BtSj i The Navna, from Wellington, was th» fe4 J of the trio to reach port. She was closely. | followed by the sugar steamer Fiona, frag Fiji, and later by. the WinaaaEa,,fe®|'i Sydney. The signalman on the Bating J Wharf had quite a busy time sigml-iig ,§ instructions to the vessels as. jabjflj"J up stream. The six steamers :| yesterday represent 23,725 gross tons. ' ■. ', A large number of boats are carriai eg | the decks of the steamer Pakeha/-M||y: arrived at Anckand yestegrday ja«spj | from London and Sydney. The PakebT".! j an ideal immigrant ship. She carrieaT24 j boats in sill, including several coDapsilis, »' The latter take up very little space, &$ I are easily launched. On the voyagi fea} p London the Pakeha carried 1056" inns- ;'. grants to Sydney, and the boat accost | dation provided was more than sizfiScpenf ■ I to comfortably accommodate all■'on ixs^ "l During the voyage boat drill was ' jaJi 1 every. Saturday morning, * || . J . A valuable draught horse belonging 8} J. J. Craig, Ltd., was drowned as f raja? J of an accident at Freeman's Bay ttx&aa^J tion works on Saturday morning.' T.h.s «d»" 1 mal, attached to a dray was being Ijacied I by its driver, Thomas Green, towsads 'h | tip, when by accident the dray .was jb«sftjjj too far and the wheels went over the edgf ' of the bank. Horse, dray, and driver wart ,v precipitated into deep water, andalthmijj h Green managed to fall clear of thecal,,,! and get ashore, the horse was -not so ichfa !'■ nate, and was drowned. It was; yalu«l?i| 1 about £50. ; ' '. ' ~''"( During a debate on the Age&:i3»a M f firm Persons* Protection Bill in the HmbS g of Representatives on Satarday xaes" J? I Mr. T. Wilford (Hutt) snggsstad M habitual drunkenness should bring salt* i dividual within the scope of -the fr"! -| which provides for the State inanagißg tLs I property of agedi and infirm persons. hi. : £ the course of his reply, Hon. A; L. Hf* I man promised to consider the point rasw £ by Mr. Wilford, and to consult -with &', Minister for Internal. Affairs to : M;L whether the suggestion could be-gi«s • effect to. He also explained' that %$$ | was intended to apply to natives. * ' The steamer. Navua, which arrival rfi | Auckland last evening from Welli^ 0 * | brought over 800 tons of cargo, ex t*»riM ; | steamer Tahiti from San Francisco, P* | consignment consists mostly of perish | goods. The Navua made a smart run"? 1 the coast, and as her trip was a .si*??l- - her cargo will be landed four;"iijjf | earlier than it would have been ty & ..'; usual steamer due on Thursday. fcj s cargo are 2670 cases of onions, 20$ #;I of apples, 2056 cases raisins, 1240 cases ''* 1 dried fruits, 525 cases of prunes, 4882<*>#| of canned fruits, and lin*s of drags, | lubricating oils, paints, pr.per and i*" £ cals. ' ' i ' J; The youth Franklin- Gladstone ■ ®¥* $ who pleaded guilty on Thursday w*j?*.:.' charge of Saving stolen two suite oE «!«*"•: J and other articles, the property o- ■_» y ployera, Schneideman Brothers, again at the Police Court on Saturday fore Mr. E. Rawson, S.M. Sewaspfg 1 on probation for 12 months, Mid io pay off during the year the £8 daasj" done to the goods, , <s The Auckland Headmasters' Ac**** J' at a meeting held on Friday ■e«BB*t j| .|: cided unanimously to forward to ,^ 3 cation Board the following lettorsp" \ members have noticed with that in the newspaper reports of uesday's Board meeting certain 6 *** appeal which, apparently, caut a !:jJl| flections on the impartiality of our «j£V : inspector and his staff. We,.*** desire to take this opportunity $&&§& the Board of our complete conriden*^. the integrity and strict "lE^ 1 these officera," r-i 1