LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15265, 1 April 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Sosra excitement :swas v caused amongst ' jibe largo crowd oit people which : congre- ' gated at the oiitw westurn tea of the Queen Street Wharf foot evening, to wit- 1 mesa the' departure/; of the steamer Victoria for Sydney. The vessel's lines had j just v .aen let go,; -when a fireman who had , evsi-stepped hie shore leave came rushing . down the wharf, .find as-the steamer? was , slowly moving away ho made a jump for ] the deck. Ho steuck the rail, however, , and fell backward« into the water. iCap- < tain E. C. Brown, of the Harbour Board's , staff, immediately a lifebuoy (o the ] struggling /man, who succeeded in pitting i his arms and head, through it. ;HJj was then hauled, on to(jthe wharf. by Ghptain * Brown and. several bystanders, The man , was only rescued just in time, and fas -in i a very exhausted/condition. As' the Vjc- j toria had stopped ia the stream, in order; . that a boat might bo lowered to pui some- J one ashore, the fireman was rowed to \ the ship. ; The Victoria proceeded /on her . voyage' at 6 p.m. '..•■., ■;': ■■! A nine-foot i dinghy/has been jwashed '■> aehora on the West Coast, near?!re';Kopuru (telegraphs our Dargaville: correspondent). ; Tlie .Jboat contains a j pair of :'! paddles and a fishing lino. It is diagonally i built, with /, three seats, and is Ipainted i blue inside and ■% white outside, and the ' stern has been recently repaired! ] The young mechanic,-- Robert: James ! Hanna, who was wounded in the shoulder '-j in the shooting, affair at Takapuna on'.; March 13, haaljeen readmitted to: the j hospital. An operation is to be performed,' ; with a view to extracting : tho bullet. : ;; ; The . presence of i & derelict buoyed with i Oregon, timber, in Hokiariga Harbour, was )_ reported to the superintendent of' mer- ! cantile; marine afc Auckland a' week ago. ( The harbourmaster at Kaipara (Captain } Savident) has informed the Hsbald cor- /\ respondent at Dargaville that the derelict ' is an anchor which was lost by the barque i Helen Denny two miles inside Hokianga ' Heads. It was buoyed / with : , Oregon pipe ] in; order to warn: shipmasters of its exist- • ence. Captain Savident's : statement/ is ' corroborated by. ■; Captain Kcane, of r the ' steamer Ohinemiari, who is almost daily ' navigating between Whangape, Hokianga > and Kaipara. He states that;no., derelict < jic wreckage haii been discovered on < tho, ' Northern, West jCoast. 'No? derelict or -j wreckage has been seem or; reported off < .Kaipara. ■ ' . ■-■,••■;•" , - [~ j

• sn- inquiry, j-cgartung tno gaw, of ■. Peter Olaf Pctereon, who <lied on S?nd&y'night from injures recei«3d on,J"-awh £7, ~ was conducted by.the city cori.isr (m*. Gresbam) yesterday morning. - DeCiiased. .was ; a.;aewfiyahdoT, ; and - &&$%& -''Various : ;'■ \ warnings had sat . beneath part. efc: -tin workings on the new .Queen Steeoi. :-Vifi|att. goods shed. Carpenters -wet©; at wctk above,, and a heavy beam i they were handling fell end-on to the wharf, and Peterson was struck on the head. A. vex-'., diet of accidental death was;"returned. s u ■ ■Five signed contracts and: specificiktioua; {: - in connection with the One-tree Hill drain- ■; "■■■'■ age scheme, to cout £20,000, wer- found in the debris of Mr. Lockie Gannon's '■■;-; late office in Endean's Buildings. Tho contracts were for the supply and delivery of material for the drainage work,, and represented Beveral hundreds of pounds. Curiously enough the papers, beyond being slightly charred on the edges, were quits intact. : - . . A full complement of passengers loft- for Sydney by the Huddart-Parker steames Victoria last. evening. ■ The; local office of the company was again rushed by largo numbers of people ; throughout yesterday in an endeavour to book a but, as on. previous occasions lately, sevewd had •? to be refused, and long before the advertised'time of the steamer-s departure . the *\| whole of her passenger accommodation had been taken up. , Just , after the Victoria ■ had cleared the Queen Street Wharf, a man ,was discovered on board who did not possess; a ticket, and a; boat was lowered in order to.'; put him ashore agair;. On being asked for an explanation as to why he was aboard, the; man, it is stated, produced more than sufficient money to pay for his passage.. As he was anxious to got to Sydney, and could not secure the neces-" sary ticket, he explained that he went aboard without one. However, he was doomed to disappointment, as; he was not permitted to leave .'the Victoria. , {■{ . A tramcar now leaves the/Bi«ihnioiid terminus for the city at 8.22 o'clock on ; : Sunday mornings. About. a,fortnight ago .| a deputation from the Grey, XJynnßoroogh. ]| Council waited upon the Tramways Com- 41 pahy with regard to tramway ihatiera ' within the borough, and as a result th© •'; early, tram has been added to the Sunday. service. Mr. J. W. Tattersfield direw attention to the matter at last night's meeting of the council, as the public, he said, ■ -were for the most part unaware of th© . additional car. . Previously the, earliest ,V| Sundav tram to leave Bichmond was ,thafc ■ '..r§ at ,9.10 a.m. ';': '. The control of the waterside .workers* v■■ room in the F Ghed.on the Queci Street; ;a Wharf is to be taken over by the Harbour '; ? || Board; from to-day. Formerly Abe,board was partly concerned in the adininistra- }yA tion of the room, but as the parti ulautho- _ ; rity" proved unsatisfactory it was decided \i - ' that the board should take over full con- , :. trol. Mr. W. Ramsay, formerly a well- \. r : known . officer of th 3 wharf poles,- will : j take up the: position of caretaker of-tho '• ;;.:£| room under the direction of the ■ bond's ;-i traffic manager. , i< A mishap occurred to the ■' Bevonpori -J Ferrv' Company's steamer Peregrine yes-' ;, terday morning, as a result of which the,,•:■„• ■& vessel' sustained' some damage-' .to.. :.&&.;.'/:£< awnings -and deck-gear .on' the starboard/V-; side. The Peregrine was , coming to her :, .' berth, at No. -2: Jetty at about; ; BTlS';6.iri^: i and as she was forced to pass ahead oE:'^ ; the ■' dredge Hspai,, which -was working in : : } 'y}. a direct line between the Bail-way and Queen Street Wharves, she was caught by '■".%> the strong tide,-which 1 caused her to sheer .'",-; >• suddenly. ,'. Before Captain 'Clark, could _ M '■; steer clear the ferry" boat cbniaeo'. witH'thd- : ," ; stern the steamer Opawa, •'which-'-.is. ..; berthed at the new; Queen Street Wharf. i Several. feet of the wooden awning was ,';?| carried, away and splintered as a, result, >,<- of tho collision, but otherwise, the. ferry '.;.';. steamer was not damaged. Shereontinued . in the Devonport service during the busy ' t i hours, but was withdrawn shortly after >: ten o'clock to have repairs effected.. These, '■■■\*| are expected !to be completed by this - -i evemng. ■ - Forty-one domestic servants were among the immigrant passengers, 128 in all, who ~■ ;. : landed at ..Wellington. from the-steamerAi'; Rotorua' -. yesterday. " ■■■' The vessel -. had '. an,' uneventful passage from London." ... Two .. <j . passengers who. were found. to be suffer*. :''s ing from consumption were not allowed . ife to land. J ; Charges of having sold short-weight- -' bread were preferred against two bakers, jf Terence McQuillf • and- Thomas Strange, .;"; "' before Mr. E. C. 'Cutten/'S.M., at' the .'v Police Court yesterday. In the case oj. /---! McQuillen, it was stated : by Inspector McGrath that 13 leaver 'tad 'been weighed,, .r -. and each found to be Oelow' the regulation .weight. The shortage ranged from - 't; £oz u? to 7oz. The defendant' was fined %': £2, with costs amounting to l&s fid. „|' : £ Strange was also convicted, and was final % a similar amount, with 9a costs. , -t"< '■-. ■& - -.■ - --r-, /.■'■ ' y : ':U'''MM j The Austrian Mr.•; E. . Langguth, ; has received particulars of an Austrian- i --- I Adriatic Exhibition, * which - will .be held; . jji in Vienna from May;, till October of the: -'*. current year, to celebrate the' :^6sth.;anni*-,,'.■ ;:'| versary of the reign «l ;,the :: Emperor Francis Joseph. The chief feature of the-ex-; .|| hibition will be a display of the resources), ~ ; * potentialities, and scenic beauties of th»i s ; eouthorn provinces -of the ; Austrian Empire. The development of the navy and '" 4 the commercial marine during the reign of. tho emperor will : exhibited. All the important industries together with the latest achievea'cents in commerce, ■.-■;;,;;.;■: towiats traffic'; and 1 ' transport facilities, \. will bo represented.' Be&idcs the Cunani -' Line, the Canadian:; Pacific Railway Com- , ' ; ;J pany, and other \ foreign firms,- the Gov- J; ernments of the''following foreign . coun- .'p tries have so t far made arrangements to - ' & officially : participate at, the exhibition '$ Argentine, Brazil, Egypt, Uruguay, • ami % ■Paraguay.- ■ ; :f;-: ;• ' : ': : - ; t : v," ; -;|f| ; The question of the unsatisfactory pro- >%■ gross beingilmade with the formation of z, the roadway along tho Mountain Road.' ■■> ri tension! W|i| touched upon in a lettsr.^J- .--..',j; v ceived the Auckland Tramways ..Com- i l /$ pany by/ the Remuera; Road "Board l»Jjt I'-: evening./ It was pointed out by the com-, pany tJsat the 'work of constructing the ' j track {audi overhead : equipment was »d- -•- M vancedvi^ia: far as was possible until:such ", time,as the board completed the roadway. .-1 In addition to the delay experienced, it Iwasi pointed out that the work done .by ";;i|| the' •company was suffering ? damage from Jj| the vehicular traffic. Considerable discus- ||| sion followed on the letter, opinion being - strongly in favour of the, Board .taking \ ;■■' action in the matter without delay. One ;j,|; member characterised the position as be- - ingiunfair to the residents in the das- >,j trict; The board's engineer (Mr. M.Wil- : ||p son)!, expressed disapproval at the' man- -'■■[< her in which the work was progression ;'S5| Helw of opinion that the work could bo y,W completed in a fortnight. It was eventually decided to approach the present con- ;: : ''£ tractor with a view securing his ; con- - . sent to the work .r.teing placed in the fcarid* | of another contractor to, complete. Failing )' g|| the receipt of such consent within thiree'-'.'sj? t davs, the contract will be closed, and too'ders will be called for the. completion *f, ":-- the work. ' .:?<•;"•••- 1 ':- r^^; ;'w?| ;■'■# : '*''' ■ ' ■'.-'••■'' ; y-r : <C::''' ! }/r : i' ', ir^n'-.f