LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15142, 5 November 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

The various tramway extensions in the city are making fair progress. the Remuera extension along Victoria Avenue has! been commenced, while the line is practically completed along Mountain Road. The extension down Shelly Beach Road to Point Erin Park will be commenced soon. The plans for the work are now being prepared, and when they are passed by the City Council and the Public Works Department the work will be commenced.

The New Zealand Shipping Company has modified its policy of giving Maori names to all its (.vessels. ; Quite recently it has made several purchases from other com-; panies, and the vessels have been given .the names of Irish counties, Westmeath A Roscommon, and ' Limerick. The Westmeath (which was formerly the Everton Grange), sustained some damage by grounding in the Mersey, as she was leaving for New Zealand. The old Arawa, of the Shaw-Savill line, is now likely to make her fifth change of name since she was in the New.Zealand service. She has since been the Colon, the .Arawa again/ the- Lake •Megantio, and the Port Henderson,, and as she has novr been sold by the British and African Steam Navigation Company to the Italians, she will probably be called nome.thing else. The' sale price was about £20,000. ,: .'•"•.; ••-':•

Ths P.. and O. mail- steamer Mongolia, which is due,at Auckland on November 22 from"London, via Mediterranean and Australian porta, is due at Fremantle to-day. The Mongolia, will be followed on December 18 by the Malwal The other vessels of the line to visit Auckland during the coming season will be 'the Maloja on January 17; Marmora oil February 14, Moldavia .on. March 14, and . Macedonia on April 11.. The ; Moldavia will make a call at Hobart on the return -. journey in addition to the usual Australian ports.

(Jore-street, which runs parallel witli Qjeen-street, from Fort-street to Customs-. street. East, is to be paved with Neuchatel asphalt.' The work of excavating was to have been commence 1 yesterday, but owing to. the wet weather it was impossible to make a start Operations will-probably to begun' to-day. : Commerce-street, also leading from Fort-street to Customs-street East, will be the next street to be paved with Neuchatel asphalt, and a start will bo.raad'3 to laj l- down Customs-street East in the same paving about the beginning of next year. When Fort-street, which is being;paved with Powellined . birch blocks, and the. other three streets mentioned are completed, the city will have five busy streets, including Queien-istreet, in close proximity to the water front permanently paved, and this ought to largely mitigate the dust nuisance in th<s city.

• Several of th<a stewards' and engineers, on the ill-fated Titanic were prepared for confirmation by Bishop Crossley. : His Lordship mentioned the fact in the course of his address to confirmation candidates at St. Paul's Church, last night. " I am proud," he said, "to belong to the race that produced such. heroes as the engineers on the Titanic." The Bishop said that duty was sometimes hard, and he instanced the action of the engineers in "keeping the engines going on the Titanic as an example of devotion to duty.

The old custom of " burning the guy" and letting off fireworks in celebration of the frustration of Guy Fawkes'a notorious attempt to blow, up the English House of Parliament will be indulged in to-night. At Cheltenham Beach, as in previous years, there will be a huge fire, and the residents will make merry on the beach.

Notice has been given by Mr. A. Keyes that he will move at the meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board to-day: "That the Devonport Ferry Company be notified that they must forthwith vacate the section occupied by the company on the: foreshore at Devonport, in terms of the Board's resolution of March 1, 1910." The section referred to is that upon which the company's slip now standi*. '

- Interest in the Auckland Museum has been well maintained during the past few months. It is quite common for as many as 600 people to visit the museum during the three hours on which it is open to the public on Sunday afternoons.

On the return of the Mayor-of Grey Lynn (Mr. G. Baildon) from Dunedin tomorrow, the Greater Auckland, Committee set . up by the Council will meet and discuss plans with a view 'to securing the incorporation of Grey Lynn in Greater Auckland. A meeting •' of the Remuera Ratepayers' Association '■ will he held ~ in St. . Aidan's. Hall, this evening, to discuss the question of joining Reamer* to the city as to ward. ' . , .C: ; ;.;-;K:

The term* upon wKich the HoWCii reserve was handed over to UiiSfiJE Road Board and the an ell SSI Council for a public: provid, that it must be «x yea*. had undev consideration -& SS&St question of providing fcr Sffiffl reserve. It d.^r,fi^?gJM| the engineer of: the Board Pl port upon &f cost of a cl*e it mg-wall across the sea side' of the ressr* *■ and upon the installation of fiobfoS'S alternative, means for securing matic reclamation of the area '* Mfw! Bond, upon whose motion the decisioaS arrived at, said he believed/: that,iJ3 water was only sft or 6ft deep If 111 water on the mud flats, the reserve ,w3 probably be dry land within two ye«S it was walled in and provided withH§ floodgates. ' •. ' • /../v.:. ~p.(|p "The Government seems to be'jan-jfcJjj to secure for girl immigrants a habitii& on their arrival, and I do not that can be better given l to theifeS by the Girls' Friendly Sodety Bishop Crossley during the course' of 3 address delivered at the opeuiug(e| first New Zealand Representative "ramfcV of the Girls' Friendly Society yertiS'tl "It might be well to consider WheSl you will approach, the Government infjpl connection, but you must be very '-carlltj'l that in doing so you don't tie your'n^^ffl The Auckland Coastal Mneiew* tion announces a rise of Is a. yard in thj'ifij price of all classes of shingle; scow agent said the chief reason increase in price . wan the !restrictjoiffl placed on scow masteni in respect to |I|l moving shingle from beaches, ; witt'i||3| suit that they had to go further' a cargo. This increased the coot o£w§§| shingle at Auckland.. A the expense of carrying gear on.'scawllll comply with regulation's are alsobe factors in the increased priceofifcjjfol^l Much of the Australian transconi«iatf||| railway from Port Augusta to todgwrlO lies in country of very low rainfalh ''Mjjw has hitherto been regarded '.as''>iji«jHg| i But everywhere in Australia bttorejtia* march of knowledge and, settlement ftitim the • Melbourne Argus) the das&n fatf steadily shrunk in proportion. : f flourishing sheep and cattle near Cooper's Creek, in <Jueen||B where Burke and Wills starved to deaiif. in their memorable exploring iespedijjffij 50 years ago, and at an earlier period «ti|lj| when the first settlers landed in. Captain' Phillip'»' -officers : wpot« ; their friends declariirf that ; tlie. coti|try| 'could never . grow foe*? enough ; ,to, 10,000 people, and that ,:. /■•wjs£&|t| exiles to New South Walita ; wouldty|l*ji|j| be in danger of starvation 'if;'. stotai'J'ljsis did not arrive from Home. i It is, fore, permissible to hope. that when-the,} railway is bull' very much of the lard -*f bordering upon it will befou^lwejju\fc< pastoral settlement if not for ;^icidlnrfc-^ Fifteen pedigree HolsU ins—l2 ,hflf|i[s and three bulls—were unshipped fanl.ijf|(' Maheno yesterday, and iato qflbffi tine on Motuihi. The n\Xfa.*W,tisso by Mr. G. F. Kicoll, ,of from the farm of Mr. A. C: Noira, on the Shoalhwen Riva--a i p]a» | about 80 miles south of; Sydney. Ttysfotk'si will remain on the island for, tSw mml:|)»J days. • \ , A problem of frontiers ptizzled tit muera Road Board for a few xniniitc«litrt' night. . A ' ratepayer asked that paHr Ayr-street should be formed, and.iVwtt | agreed that the .case, was a most deserniij^' one. No one seemed.to•.know whether the ,struct was : in^iwSntfft** w£ ParrielJ, and the outlook'.' $»gj| for the fact that the ,P Council has ktely been in the thoroughfare.. The neer, after careful scrutiny,of a j tested that Remuera ccaios in tint on the north side of the road,'hntj»fcwi| south side -of the ' footpath. : '' called no further; evidence afld *p*d«l > ! the formation of the road. 1 JM O problem as to which body, would .h*«)ip ' pay for a channel was dclicft{s|wpi|| for the future to decide. ''■?s•' It is expected that frail-will t plentiful • this , year, as .the far have been . very favourablej;ss|||l berries are coming to hand . in. in quantities, . and, ■■ provided the, fine, there should.be,large consign^m 1 on ,sale . next . week. ' berries sold wholesale at; from 10jd MMM per box. ■~ ' Plums are setting wall ;f4j& trees, and in about a month'i .ttajpSH be ready for the market. . P**! ta '*J\. ' not r expected '; to be Iso .plentiful year, but, judging from present ances, there - should be 'a splendid.*|||| of other fruit. ' , I *.£s*< -Some amusing stories of his K P e ?^^'" ! in-the Australian back' Hocks e -™ I by Bishop Long, at' a meeting PjJJQ Bush Brotherhood in ItofayMfflSfiL On one journey he met & woman been waiting 10 years to havß baptised. ' She was a '.R<W*£ and her husband a Primitive' t^P^^^ 1 so they had agreed to. have th« {)x baptised according to, the rit«» - *V-'®g? English Church, by way;'of a'con???» In one village, devoid even' of J™smlinevitable " pub," an impromptu^ fQwn in a ■ billiard-room held the Greek Orthodox Chun*, of England, Presbyterians, -MeU)»^gy Salvationist, and a Lutheran. '"V after much difficulty, they «P*gsj& they could all sing Abide with »Jgfe painful effect was produced |>y'f?OTpP dists singing it to one tune, tionist to a second, and Hhf**!B» the rest of the congregation to *S&frTS; " However," the Bishop **&ss!s&& marked, "I,think the Church of fairly came out on top." , '■£ ' Indecent' I 'oriiaments; '^f^'W^ES^A hare been seized ,in coMidsraWj WW; ties by the • Sydney Custohia-gW Mr. Lockyer, ' Federal■■O-fgffi; •■ ral of Customs, states that' *<*£&' ' found in small cor^gnr^-^| large import orders and ** g,l; receiving them say that '"fflgJLyfc^ been ordered, and 'chat -the i put them in on his | Lcckyer describes 'some of «»"" ,yM ingly indecent, ?&&s%&£&&£ smashed up. The instruction, ajggg at the wharves are ■« are to allow nothing into . w -.jZs&gg&m they would not, M-respecttW* HT - men, have in their own homes. v^J In "White Austria," T Japanese, Hindoo,-Atf^^Mj.Jtrf or African negro may f™*s&% woman. But in most of-tw^qg^ States anch law of Georgia P^ clares null and void tween a white P« candescent.". JX void any marriage ■>*-Jl?^&mWr]£ t i & a person having negro, Chinese, or ■ *S~L|JpggM perU having »^ : -ffitfi'o! (*»S l Sßft blood. Most of the ;2SwfegHßßm contracted dedanng V*M- ; ffiigS| contracted lw.tween nM»j#ji > \ a negro or deweß f^rt»eratioo»|4igM certain Le., " having ; three; i.e., "having »gJfKto&gM blood." Australia, marks ft West Af well takea le»£,otit,-oJ:^?^^^H