LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15175, 14 December 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Favoured with fine -weather it is anticipated that there will be a large gathering from the city to witness the attempt to be made to-day by the Methodistu to erect their church in one day (writes our Papatoetoe correspondent). Several gangs of -workmen start as early as four a.m., and provision is being made to have the installation of acetylene gas so that work can be continued till midnight if necessary. Refreshment stalls and tearooms will cater for the public. The ladies' committee will provide meals .for the workers. The church is being erected about five minutes' walk from the railway station.

Some Bayswater residents waited upon the Waitemata County Council yesterday in regard to the formation of a Road Board, to take in an area from Clifton Road, Takapuna, to Bayswater Wharf. The Council decided against the application.

Numerous inquiries are being made at the offices of the Union Steam Ship Company throughout New Zealand for accommodation by the new 13,500-ton liner Niagara, which leaves on May 9 on her maiden voyage to Vancouver. Already between' 60 and 70 passengers from various parts of the Dominion have booked, passages by the steamer. The Niagara is now being completed on the Clyde, and is expected-to reach Sydney in April next,

The sessions of the Supreme Court, which have been in progress for the past five weeks, are now drawing to a close, and should be concluded by Wednesday next at the latest. To-day Mr. Justice Cooper and Mr. Justice Edwards will deliver reserved decisions, and on Monday the hearing of the case of W. J. Curry and Co. v. Easson, Ltd., which was commenced yesterday, will be continued, and probably concluded. The only other case to be dealt withthat of Grayson v. Grayson, which was adjourned last 'week —will then be concluded before Mr. Justice Cooper. The long vacation at the Supreme Court commences on December 20, and continues till January 31. From December 23 to January 3, both days inclusive, the office will be closed altogether, and on the other days it will close at 1 p.m., except on Saturdays, when it will close at noon.

The new post office has not, among itj many conveniences, a stamp vending machine available to the public at all hours of the day and night, and since the

removal of the post office business from Shortland-street the machines there are not kept so constantly filled as they used to be. Frequently people go to the new post

office after 8 p.m. to post letters for the southern mail, which closes at 8.40 p.m., but no stamps are obtainable, the office

being closed. The result is , that unless the person wishing to post letters is fortunate to find the machine in Shortlandstreet in working order, or an open shop

where stamps are sold, he or she, perforce misses the mail and the correspondence is delayed.

The changes in the services at St. Paul's Church, recently announced in the Herald,

will take further effect to-morrow. At the eight a.m. celebration of the Holy Eucharist the vicar (Rev. Cecil A. B." Watson)

will wear Eucharistic vestments, arid the service at the 11 o'clock celebration will be fully choral. In accordance with the vicar's announcement, his sermon at evensong at seven p.m. will deal exhaustively with the authority, meaning, and reasons for those changes.

Among the features of the supplement |||9 issued with to-day's Herald are: ''Th# ; ' ;.JB Juggernaut of .To-day " by Tohunga,:'and;i|p|| "A Red' Man avid Some Talk of Liberty ij-wl by Frank Morton. Mcrcutio's column of MM Local Gossip appears as usual, while other M articles are, " Pankhurist and Party " by " ' '||f| Mrs. Leo Myers, and " Robert ' Louis ' v JaH Stevenson — Fresh Mementoes** by :y : William Cooper. "The Novel of the Feu »f'M| lure" is the.subject -of some remarks' by v ?r W.0.A., while Evelyn Clifton Firth s writes of "The Heart of the Rose." . The ;; supplement also contains a striking photo- ,/f| graph of. the Turkish fort Shiplchinik after three hours' shelling by the Monte- 4 Vrf; negrin forces. * >fs The laying of the gas mains in certain ;|jf of the streets is being looked forward to with interest by Point Chevalier residents. | The Auckland Gas Company has now in readiness the gas mains which will be laid • :fj from Great North Road down Point Chevalier Road to the beach. It is hoped that "■- "'j the laying of the mauis will be completed V : 'S before Christmas. A number of houses in the district will then be connected with ' the gas supply. Three residents of Point Chevalier have just presented a lamp to |p the Road Board' for erection on the corner of Point Chevalier and Dignan Road. | |

Many members of the Auckland Mounted a'; liflas, which corps was disbanded when ■ he new defence scheme came into opera- . I; ion, look back regretfully to the old days if f their comradeship, and they miss their ormer gatherings. Several of the older . aembers have been interesting themselves 'U, atelv in the Legion of Frontiersmen move- | nent, and, with a view to generally dis- if :ussing a suggestion that they should seek inlistment in the Legion, a meeting of '.'£§| ill ex-members of the Auckland Mounted- 'J, Rifles has been called for next Thursday evening at the Agricultural and Pastoral :■§ss Association's rooms in High-street. .. V;fj The installation of electric light in th» ft#! free library is proceeding apace, and a short time the gas lamps, which have"M || done yeoman service for years past, 'Win4§|s3 be replaced with powerful electric lights, ;; J which ill provide better lighting facilities and incidentally lessen the work 011 the, library officials. u • . ''Jf| A domestic's claim for wageo occupiedthe attention of Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.I3L yesterday afternoon at the Tilagistfattf* m Court. Action was taken by Sarah Kelly f| against Mrs. (Dr.) Stride for £2, alleged || to be due to plaintiff in lien of a week's notice of dismissal. The plaintiff was in *:j Mrs. Stride's employ as a general ser- \ ; ! vant, but owing .to a disagreement - over L } an alleged unreasonable request on. the ||J part of ■ the mistrees, plaintiff was given |: notice to quit After hearing the evidence yj the 5 magistrate entered judgment for - the r defendant without costs. Mr. Stilling ap-,;<# peared for the plaintiff and Mr. ©agnail for the defendant. : .| ; | : A garden party-mil be held 'at the Ellerslie racecourse this afternoon to cejebrate the opening and official trial of the new automatic totalisator, which ha^? cently been installed. The elaborate|||| machine, which it fa expected will "be a | great improvement over the old - tofaiii»' • tor, will be shown in operation. The . *;! Regimental Band jrill in attendance. >;$ The footpath on . the •: east • aide of Sy-monda-fltreefc, for some distance above SfePaul's Church, is in* state attention; Quite apart from the fact that j for a considerable length, ii is : ftrily about . g four feet wide instead' of : twelve, it is ex- , £ tremely rough.. Pieces of stone c<rigini|Dl|||l underlying the : asphalt ■ have, .by : the subsidence* of the' surface, become dangerot# i projective, and there is one hole which might easily 1 catch - : someone'* fool and cause a broken ankle, o* at least ■ •v.-/ , ' , • ,'/ ' • ■ The two-years* Bcholarahip to the Sacred Heart ; College, PooM»by, of the-tumml ' value of 35 guineas, and; -open ; to. pupil* from the Catholic primary the; Dominion, has been won this yeac-.foJMtofe|j|l timer, Reddington, of the Mariisfc -BrottjOT|l| School, Christohurch. .=• . , •Be official opening., of the new concrete bridge over the Opapuka stream at Henderson will take place at . jp.m. . to-day, and a unique function has bestt arranged. 'My. John Bollard, M.P.» WiE;;v; perform the ceremony,': and : a : number ofjjl decorated vehicles will paa»- ( ovffls.^thsg| bridge •■■ ■:■ —, ' -"SftSag At the banquet tendered by the League and the Universal Training -C«ap|« mittee to the Hon. Jas. Allen (Mmistoi? ; for defence) in Wellington on Wednesday evening it was agreed, on the suggestion oil Mr. A. M. - Myers,. M.P.. to semd thij. following cablegram, to Mr. Borden,' Primo Minister •of Canada :— Congratulations on patriotic action in helping to maintain , naval' supremacy _ under which you haw grown from daughter to • sister •.. State." f " Mr. Myers returned ' from Wellington by yesterday morning's express. il|| the banquet he. proposed the toast of ."!Dia-J| . Navy and Army," which was responded . by Commander Ward (of the RoWl'.'N«ctS and General Godley (Commandant of tj®" Forces). ' . , ' t Jj§|

• Some 200 Presbyterian v Simday-sdwof teachers will assemble at Palmers ton on Boxing Day from all; parts of . tbe-80-ff minion. The . teachers ' will be accommo- f| dated in two sheds on the and will sleep on straw. Theie will b® : one shed for ladies -and' ai«fcher ' teachers of the opposite Bex. Four tons of straw have been ordered, sufficient, for. A layer six inches deep in each of .thejkolp . common beds. The Rev. A. who i has had experience with the : territorial will look after the male teachers, imd.. Sister Grace will be in charge of tho ladies. ; The conference will be addressed bf Rev. G. H. Jupp, travelling secretary to : | the Youth of the Chnrch, the Rev. J. Mo* Kenzie (Christ-church), the Rev. A. Porter (Marton), Miss M. Ai Sinclair, Messrs. < Caughey, J. McGregor,, and other speaks** Probate has, been granted by Mr. J**" tice Edwards m the estates of the following deceased , persons:—Alexander A"** l (Mr. Gittoe), William Wilkinson (Mr. Hall Skelton), Margaret Image (Air. Nolan)* Cornelius Tuely (Mr. Jackson), William. 1 Prictor (Mr. Bell), James D. Dymond (Mr*' Malone). 4 >

A strange experience has been recorded ?; by a shareholder in a Southern dairy coo* v pany. In a letter to the Otago Daily Time* c ho, states that ho received notice of the; 5 declaration of a dividend, and, simultaneously with this, notice of a : call. The amount of the call just covers the smctottijg of the dividend. He suggests that it is unique proceeding to strike.a call, declarea dividend, and credit a dividend to tbdj call account. ' , v II ' V ■'■ The magisterial inquiry into tl.« manage* mcnt of St. Helens Maternity Home v wittg be commenced before Mr. C. •C. Kettl«r| S.M., at the Magistrate's. Court on Mw»V| day at 2.15 p.m. As much evidence bo heard- it"., is expected that the inquif^jl if proceeded with, would not -be concluded ; before the Christmas holidays. .1° probability,; therefore, iafter the h»q<wj|| has been formally opened, an ndjournm«i»| will bo granted until after the It is not yet known whether the will bo held in camera or not. • *-■• r-•• ?^