LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

! An old man named George Palfranian, _ who is said to have recently left the C-ostley Home, and since then to have been living in a cave at Takapuna, was • sent to the Auckland Hospital yesterday suffering from severe injuries to his feet. During the course of yesterday morning, Palfranian was found with both feet badly cut and with an axe lying beside him. L . The mail steamer Moana arrived at Wellington early yesterday morning from 1 San Francisco, via way ports. The vessel ' brought mails from Europe and America, i and as she connected with the first Main Trunk express,- the Auckland portion of the mail is due this morning. i Three hundred cordite cartridges were found in a rubbish tin when the dust cart was making its rounds at Parnell on ' Thursday. It is impossible to predict what the result would have been had the explosives remained unnoticed and been deposited at the destructor. • Stray cartridges have been found on previous occasions, but never before, in Auckland, has ' such colossal -carelessness as that displayed in this instance been discovered. Boardinghouse-keepers and hotel proprietors in Auckland, with keen foresight., are already preparing for next year's Exhibition, and it is probable that several very extensive additions to buildings will be made in order' to cope with the rush of visitors which the Exhibition is sure to bring to the city. Already plans are in preparation for adding 20 rooms to a large boardinghouse in . Albert-street, while another in Symonds-street is making arrangements for the addition of 32 rooms. Various hotels. in the city will also be renovated and added to for the Exhibition season. The young girl named Lavinia Broomfield, a domestic, 17 yeiire of age, of Greystreet East, Onehunga, who was found lying in an unconscious state in an unfrequented part of Cornwall Park on Sunday afternoon, still lies at the hospital in the same condition. On one or two occasion's 6he has returned to a state of semi-. consciousness, but -beyond stating-' that 'She was crossing :the park on "bet ' way . from' home to work she has been unable to explain bow 6he came to be '• found where she was. ' Cries of "Police! Police!" heard' in the vicinity of Federal and Albert Streets shortly after nine o'clock last night roused the neighbourhood, and four youths being chased by two men rushed through the streets towards St. Matthew's Church. It transpired that, one of the men,, who was advanced in years, had been annoyed by the youths, and had had his hat' knocked off by one of them during the altercation. A desire to put down such larrikinism led the victim, with a passerby to give chase to the offenders, who, however, were too young and fleet of foot to be biought to earth. Cases of ptomaine poisoning are becoming more, frequent in Auckland, now that hotter and drier weather is being experienced. Tainted meat is a very potent factor in producing this class of poison. The success of the campaign against flies would do much to check the spread of ptomaine poisoning. To keep meat free from dust and flies is not easy, but is essential for the health of the community. Some of the borough councils are assisting butchers with the erection of fly screens, which should do much towards keeping meat in a healthy condition.. Mr. Justice Cooper and Mr. Justice Edwards will sit at the Supreme Court on Monday for the purpose of dealing with the civil business to come before the Court during this session. The criminal sittings, which open on the following Monday, will be presided over by Mr. Justice Chapman. Three letters were read at a meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce yesterday complaining of delay and mistakes in shipping at Onehunga, and urging the Chamber to erect a goods shed to minimise the trouble. The chairman (Mr. G. Elliot) said that there was a possibility of the Auckland Harbour Board taking charge of the Manukau Harbour. It might be advisable to ask the Harbour Board what its intentions were with reference to the Onehunga Wharf. Members pointed out that the Harbour Board did not have any jurisdiction over the harbour at present. It was decided to approach the Government through the Minister for Marine, urging the necessity for the erection of a goods shed. The Minister for Native Affairs (Hon. W. H. Herries) has telegraphed as follows to the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr) with reference to Orakei "As soon as the Court of Appeal has decided whether the land is alienable or not I shall enter into negotiations with the owners to see if they will sell." Few institutions have so strong a claim on the sympathy and support of the people of Auckland as the Campbell Free Kindergarten. Founded by the city's most generous benefactor, it holds an honoured place in the community for the splendid work it is doing. Every day, as the city grows, the scope of its usefulness must extend, and with that extension grows ' the need' for funds. Hitherto those in- 1 terested in the little ones have been most 1 successful in their appeal, and this has 1 encouraged them this year to organise a 1 public concert on a large scale for tha ' benefit of the kindergarten. The Town ' Hall has been engaged for the evening of f Saturday, the 23rd of this month.

Recently a " white, list" of employers in the grocery' trade in Ballarat, Victoria, was issued. This action has been considered by the Victorian Master Grocers' Association, who have decided to place the matter in the hands of their, solicitor with a view to prosecuting those who were responsible for the issue of the list.

; Among the features of the i issued with to-day's Herald 'are " i Bridge were. Broken," by Tohunga, t a second instalment of " The w; if' tiS'fl] 7 Saxon," by Canon Mac Murray. cutio's column of Local Gossip " ■ pears as usual, and among other articl«S arc: "Of Banks and Assurance," hy ■ Frank Morton,- "The House Fi}V'4lsfl r Arbaces, and "The Manuaute, o r Ma/irfW Kite," by Archdeacon Walsh. lliei'fl photographic illustrations consist/ o ( t# ! number of views of the work of layinjil| J the cable from Muriwai to fl | connection with improving the cable con. ... nection between 'Auckland and Sydney )*'ss , It is expected that the work in conned® , tiou with the remaking of Fort-street will ; ' . bo completed in about a month's timb. . The concrete foundation, which ni>w-ai>'F 3 tends from Customs-street to Conimeree- . street, and for a short distance from 'the l f Queen-street end, should be finished fdm^fl s ing the course of the next fortnight, t Almost half of the wood blocking, fog it rj been laid down, while the remainder i»ll j expected to be down within a fortnight £■ & of the completion of the concrete work.' i : r The special committee. set up to dsaj if§ il with the Mayor's city market; schemed! - visited tho site of the proposed market' II '- in Customs-street West, at the invitation of the Harbour Board. An hour was J spent in examination of the site, which w®s '3 flagged off by tho Board. It is understood 'I' j that the committee -vill meet early next 5 week to consider tlii laspeet of the que*, I tion. ■ -f If » The railwaymen in New Zealand are'n&'v. e being treated in the way that they should "§ e be in the opinion of the .Hon. j! 'A/M s Millar. The ex-Minister for Railways, in | i Y speaking at a recent meeting of railway. •;* • men at Christchurch, said he wag <^ D . -• f ; , vinced that this was the case by the ar«u-'' f ments he heard at a conference of'-locbli| men in Brisbane. He had made up hi* ,t mind to put matters right. He did not hi; a believe in the railways being made « I money-making concern, but they ehm\i : - merely pay their way, in the same ditecilfl * tion as tho Past Office, Trust Office,.'anifSfl I similar Government Departments. They?f should all pay their own interest, and hft believed the railways would never be? on - e a proper footing until they were removed t, from the effects of the Consolidated Rraijjfl i He considered the railways should have V-j t, sinking fund, so that they would j,c* bite e to re upon foreign money with which jj|j a commence each year. The railway#, SI - April 1 each year, started on theirssf§l r without a penny in their exchequer; aifjs|§f s the profit went into the Consolidated FsifjMit 1 He found the wages paid to JccomcswJl men in Australia much higher thau'thi paid in New Zealand, but he i^cogui|§^Jjj|j - that in New Zealand the increase' > not be made at once. It must be 'd<..u^ - gradually. He himself had gone as Ar. ■ 1 as he could in one year, but he.ha#s|f§ 1 tended to do more, and he trusted hfcl|§||l i cessors would carry, out his own intSfi » tionS - . ' ' •'.••jlM n -1*- V i Numerous entries have been' for the Clevedon A. and P. Association *J ' spring show, which is to be held'iq|l§il 5 P»«y little township of Clevedon ' day. Clevedon is noted for the exoeUs»J|| 1 of its stock. The gates open at ;^|*fi a.m., and the grand parade 1.30 p.m. The most convenient train . those intending to visit the show leaf#;! . Auckland .at 7.28 a.m. • . ■' *** | • . - - - | There is really no reason why hoarajSglS should be always : with us, - declares' ; tSefJ t Melbourne Argus. Ratepayers . would pleased to see. the' last of them, and public would not miss them. ! ; -Municipal: Conference expressed the- ojji- ' - .nion- that-the councils should ( -lute control of these unsightly j&jpfp|| it expressed an opinion with whichp®S| tenths of the. community will eordi2|f|j| agree. - What has been, so far, evewl body's business, has' been, s,s ' s body's business; and because I been a general acceptance/o:;" the njgh||p|S !; the hoarding builder, to spoil a . # depress the value of property centre of operations, citizens have become > used to the idea. The ii oarc L wrongly accepted as part of f the pei^pi i which we pa, for civilisation. True^S^wffl > are classed .amongst the minor evWiutiS i as a rule a community loser, ''sight-'©i - minor evils while fighting the larger^iil® | "Is the Bread Trade in Danger the subject of a paper read at the conference of the master bakers. 'ofc-s|p| Commonwealth in Melbourne last , Mr. F. Reed (Sydney) took a point th^||l^g the delivery of bread there was too , waste of time, energy, and horseflesh. . was not unusual for three or four i carters to be serving customers : next door to each other, because the must follow their customers or lose theaiSi|§ Could not a practical scheme be divs|p|& for blocking ; carters' runs? . It - \vodd,' ; ;bß& argued that this foreshadowed bine; but the effect would .be raise but to lower the price by 'moW economical working. An long-distance customers should be couraged. Mr. Hawkins said that thought the scheme was too sanguine gether, and was impracticable. It lS|B|| true that by blocking runs a carter coii|®S serve nearly 400 customers while ney now a carter served about IK). ' . il'|. The American authorities in the Philip-; pines have had a great deal of with the Moroes and other wild' tiib|fei|| men in the interior, and according Frank Connor, M.L.C., of West who lately spent some months in' tb#|-;, Philippines, and is at present in Sydne|®?| giving them what amounts ; J®.;;, the alternative of being civilised or 'oiled-.' , : "The Americans have an array of aborfi 13,000 men there," Mr. Connor stated* - i'< "and about a tenth of them are engagw[|j|| in bringing into subjection tho r.on-Chris- j\ j! tian' tribes who inhabit the interior. Fiiyt 1 !.■ of all they send word to the outlaws,. »WV| are principally Moroes, that they want • them to come into civilised country and "be a| taught how to cultivate the land, wiph the object of turning them into , use'i'ul, ' | industrious, and peaceful citizens. .The \;l first demand made -is that they shall give d| up their arms. If they don't yield' at , once, they are asked a second and then "ft 'M third time, and if they then refuse -.the American troops go out and a few days later there is a despatch in the official new in a Manila paper that '50 Moroes ; ;j|| were killed' in an engagement-, iiv some ; | district, that being the last ever heard of ||} that particular tribe. Nobody takes any;. ;|| notice of these occurrences." 1 • .v|p ' ■■ "*■» A second-hand copy of Marti us's " Flora Brasiliensie," a monumental work, h#S;|fe just been purchased by the trustees otffl the Sydney Public Library for £270. It;|l is the only copy in any Australasian public library. The Sydney hbrariati,|® stated last week that the trustees recog*,|| nised the importance of procuring vfdu-.« able works of this character, which w|a needed by scientists if any good work was to bo done. Without' isaeh;|®| works scientists in Australia were . great disadvantage compared with .tfrfjjgß brethren in other parts of the wjoiffltJHj The procuring of the " Ilora Brasiliehfati,4§||p was of especial interest in, view opening of the Panama Canal ;in a or two'is time. It was expected great number of grasses and plants w<jaM| be introduced from Central aud : America, and, for , the working out of theso the botoniFt - &eed to rely, verv lareely on the bocl%f|^^^^