LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15133, 25 October 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

T£igTZ-TXQsX '"."years ago, to-day the battle of Balaclava was fought. : The battle -was' brought about by the advance of a Russian ■ field army- siider General '■ Liprandi^; to 1 ' attack the allied English, i French, and Turkish forces' besieging ; Sebast6|»oL ■A;; strenuous engagement- took' place, catruinating in the famous charge of the light Brigade, which resulted in a loss of 247 men and 497 horses, out of a total strength of 673 engaged in the charge, which lasted 30 . minutes from start to finish/ The impression ■: created by; the conduct ;o£ the Light Brigade w?»g - forcibly expressed in • Tennyson's -known poem, ■ — '*.. j The promoters of the testimonial,to the Prime Minister have every reason to be satisfied with' the spontaneousmmanne r ■'in? which admirers, o! Mr. ,-Massey have, come' forward to subscribe their .tames to /"the" testimonial. Thei secretary (ifc G. J. Gar- I land) -informed- a Hkbals representative i yesterday that the sheets that were coming ! indicated that the number of signatures ', was in the region of between; eight and j nine thousand. The testimonial was still berng freely signed in the Victoria Arcade. .lists', will be called in on Saturday svening, so that those wishing: to sign be testimonial should take advantage - of be opportunity before it is too late. Cambridge is to follow the lead of its rival town, Hamiltonj in a bic municipal improvement scheme. : For the past three days the Mayor of Cambridge (Mr. F. Dickinson), six members of the Borough Council, the town clerk, and borough engineer/have been in Auckland the' progress of various municipal.-; works, the visitors being particularly interested in any improvements to the city streets. Close inspection was made of the lithofalt pavement, : recently 'laid down by the New. market Borough Council, and also of the roading works now in progress at Mount Eden. - The Mayor of Cambridge, will introduce a general > street improvement scheme at a meeting T of the-BoTough Council this evening, and what has been seen by the visitors in Auckland will ; fae used J as a guide to the methods to be adopted. ' " He seems to imply that there was something unmanly,: if not childish, in the occupation of kite-flying," remarked Archdeacon Walsh, when ! referring, during the ' course of a lecture last evening the but prise expressed-by a writer that Maori : men should ; have indulged in the pastime mentmned. "But why'kite-ilying : ; should be considered less manly than, say, bowline or golf, it,.would be. difficult to exDlam : '1 especially if the kite-flyer was the man«! = facturer of his machine." M The .foolish and dangerous practice of ! tempting to enterf tramca. Whilst n motion nearly l ed to & ™ nans undoing last night. Ha at- ' empted to board a city-bound £ jtad._ the Trades' and" LaLur Cou£ , als Hall, but the feat was appar- ' o ntly more difficult than, he anticipS, j or he was swept off his feet an it was ' lofc ; wjl th V a? U * 3 ance down the road that he it -f, ecure his footing on the footboard. : ?

fhe secretary of t\u K»«iSW« Board has received L 2feiK3 effect that the Lands ? Sif®l ■ granted - : the.: Beard's second instalment . f aP granted for the imotmZS Gully reserve. serve M a popular 1 nickers during the summer sands of visitors joumt^ n land and elsewhere each' vernment grant; enabled 1 the " year to provide a shelter ehedZ! I ties for "boiling the bilk" ? all need for the Jighibg $£&&%& bush. The borough's water Ml also fended to the reserve 1? -Il'l-I intends to immediately expend just granted in further b^9| : Good advice was given •nstarA 'i_'s ' 'C-C Kettle, ML, te^JJg themselves financially insolvent <V^' iendant in a ix^SM • stated thai he had no &i"*^!< ; , trying to borrow £6 to enable kSfc his petition in bankruptcy. '- Mr bJ$3 ' -said that the bankruptcy' hwl wW^i- • primarily intended for thoss $&s£% - assets. -It-.would be far better fot>ffl^7 fendant to call a meeting -of his-i^^-and.make some arrangement vdt^^fe"' and let them share the £6 an^J|§i instead of paying it into the Cons^a^ Revenue of the Dominion. ', ; l, \sa!j!*?K Owing to the alleged.w^c£»||| : f| consumers at Devonport the Borougft^-<| cil has* decided to appoint a Wa&rifcil inspector to take control of ;th«'watiAf -M ply of the borough. The iaKpectfeJfc-1 also have the supervision of ths 1 in the borough.' The Cou£i&'(&JEl the appointment of the iasjHe^^rffl : able for two reasons; In the account of- the statement that 'ibs'oW 1 from -Lake" Takapuna was )}i£~ i crease, and in the second. the fact that Devonport shows 9 " 'largest -per ■• capita, cnnncmptioTiMl^^'l i in ; Australasia. '' Meters "wfflygfj^^S' installed in places in tho. disffjl^"' there is the least sur-piciofi thai; • i f^ - being allowed to run to waste. ' '*$% The following further subscripiiqaa 'W, j| been received iu connection with the cadet prize fund, the tarn oi Sffifo-L \* I having been previously nowledged: — Coll ected by Mm. I; (J3. Lett, 33; Mrs. Jackson (Matnkaaa), 1 (3d; Mrs. Laurie (Pukekoli3) %■ jj,, -5 Manktelow, 10s; Mrs. J. Eowe (Qa«l&}f| £3 12s 6d; Mrs. Simpson (Ctaeh^|i^ ( : ( ; 10s 6d; Mrs; -DilHcar"an^ bam (Onehunga), £1 ss; Jlrflli3;{MM ;6s 6d; Mi-s. E. Brittain (?akSi| 10s; Mrs. McKinlay, £1 3s • ..'Wffi-Sjj^Ki .W- ' -"• ■ - #if .The chief .surveyor of the Is«c[L§ili?|| of Lands and 'Survey has ■hd<^Mml| l Rotonia .; Settlers' ■ •■ ditional surveyors fire being, : ; m3<ft;.jtvj£: .1 able: for-; that, district, and ! ments will ha made ; neceessjy surveys a# -soon executive of the asEociatioh'.'.iiflii&ml keep this; matter prominently' chief surveyor, and will ' i%iM?&s.s take the' subdivision of m' the H ;;ongotaba Vallfly of. all, aii,il«dng nearest to the hn%*&e fjictfAiy. ! s1 ■* Mte-^^l^j The following resijlution monthly ..meeting of the7PelsiJM|gl High School Committee & to-.fejtp|jCl to the. Minister for Edooalioa: this District High School with alarm and appreh<msioß;i^|M J plated taking away, from S^ : ' certain fi-ea lwoks that are now thorn.. : Injjt<ad of ;«lrtailiiij;-.i|fl ;^|^| . -ireo boohs we,.have expscteil tjVWtoßat'l •in the. infant, primary,. aaii : '^w^p|; . pa.rtments provided with boohn and materials' so as to education, ' in reality. patt have striven* and.have up system. so as to hgbi<inMil!(f< den': that is already far ! toy 7--s||il|l working f people.: We . | nrge the necessity for : a freo bookfi, that -non& of the Books' .be taken. away, eiidM;p§|lf§j Journal b& retained on account-of:4^ ; work it is doing." ' ; -'f-ft'^Ma Owing to its being so upon the farming comminuty is stated, may";be described weaiiher" town. The ' husmajk the town;.during the : past ~hix : been veiy irregular,' owing tinuation of wot weather. days in' ;st;ccei'ssion brin,:{ ;i n quite .a rush of business. :. CließrfaJJßSß*?-! vails anion, 5 the tradespeijpie r .the find WHather, and if becomo aciiuainted with ' the gloominess, • be, • only needs to iHyji|pi|] business?" ' to' a Taihap* (jac : • the weather -has been bad itxki^mSffi "* - { ¥fM .A correspondent -to a writes--" Whilst;' travelling;;^s&|l||i| to Daxaievirke on Friday. 'myJt;|||Pll slow train, a sensational iuadent.:<|| B|l| .which calls for the close ;attettiife(L| mm railway : authorities. Whilst. segoi|il|jp|| sharp carve between Pin, at a rate of 25 miles.-P*.!#§p|tj occupants of the first-class partments -were bewildered, with ! ledge thai*' tho carriage [ great an angles i^at : :many..jol< : j a hasty rush for : the platform, I tention of leaving the train. It" , difficulty that one found one's e4«l|§p3 and an ide* can be gainoi ■ a great the angle was from.the packages' stowed away on thel-wcßi i tlirown to the floor, much> fort of those who happened io This is not, an isolated occasion lias been thrust upon at this point, and it is hsps3' authorities will take this a view of instructing the run to exercise more, care of their charges." *" , \T € i >' An old farm laboraref : \haiae^. , ??#*v : | Connors, living at Lissane, County Clare, recently had W]etto;^^| ( direct to the King stating < hi ing as a young man with the l^'^, 1 Spaight, who resided in ihaJdfeWgg had planted a tree to comniflaKt*|g|| marriage of Queen. Victoria anil Albert. The letter, which wasv«BM|p for financial aid in Connors* d& *$ i duly signed "Paddy Connors" '. .%||3| to it tho 'following to and received by the ,old ; m * B '"*JL £ to' be used for begging pur»,«s«. Purse Office, Buckingham [ tenant-Colonel Sir William %£SSBM commanded to acknowledge the Mr. Paddy Connors' letter, SJf him the enclosed post office ,-«a a donation from His S¥i September 4, 1912," ; ?' - ■ 3 A message received -in; Ceylon gives an account. ' of made by an elephant on th Mankulum mail coach. quite' unexpected. With one animal's trunk th& driver of felled bo the ground dead then 1» *.W veyancd itself was gashed graph tost, and it*- * s<:cw P aint thrown out, hid themselves vert. The elephant . neiit ];' cuh-eri, but without ■ success, -^i^^^H wards maclo' off, ;the ■; s<!a?, s-i 1 climbing a tree and remaimo£^*l**^^|j| the morning. ir ("« ' .■'^•^^jj