LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15390, 27 August 1913, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

A IjAhge quantity of mail matter from Europe, America, and Canada reached Auckland by the mail steamer Makura from Vancouver yesterday morning, the mail 1 being landed -on contract date; ; The Southern portion was despatched by the Main Trunk express last night. The , steamer Moeraki 'is duo at Wellington this morning from Sydney with an Australian mail, the Auckland portion of ■which should arrive tor-morrow morning. The boy John William Cooper, who was injured in a motor-car accident in Jeryoia Road on Monday, recovered consciousness, yesterday, and his condition was said to be improving. Martin McGrath, who was knocked clown by a tramcar in Pamell on. Monday, was also very much better, yesterday. Horace Parker, who was severely injured recently by being struck by a tram-, pole while travelling on ja ; double-decker tramcar, is also making rapid steps towards recovery. A Maori boy, Puka Hetit, had a nasty fall while schooling the horse Boyal ! Armour at EUerslie yesterday; morning. When negotiating the ;water jump the horse "ran down" the wing, and fell with • its rider underneath. Hetit was very severely. shaken, and one leg was badly bruised.. He also received a number of abrasions, but no bones were broken. He was able, to proceed to his employer's (Mr. J.;,'Williamson) residence. A mild rebuke was administered to the numerous occupants of the public; portion of the Supreme Court yesterday, during the hearing of a ; suit for divorce, by His Honor Judge Edwards. : ; The ' : atmosphere of the room became so stuffy in the afternoon that His Honor ordered the dows to be opened. In doing so he commented on the unusual interest that seemed to be taken in ■ the proceedings, remarking that the members'of the public present were consuming ?the- air : i which those who had to remain might otherwise have had the benefit of. ■••■ s " The jury, counsel, Judge, and parties - : i. in the case ; have to remain," said His Honor, ".but there are others present. who need not be here." Despite this veiled -bint none of the spectators at the 'i back : : left their places, and hot only all the windows, but also both the doors bad-to 'be opened to clear the air. :■' • ';' '.>'-.• The harbour presented a splendid sight early yesterday morning, when four large oversea steamers were :to .-,. -■. be seen manoeuvring in the i stream at the same time. Two of the number, the Matatua and Westmea,th, < arrived in port on Monday night, arid lay at anchor in the stream until yesterday: morning. The big Tyser steamer : ?i Indralema arrived in tie early morning; from London and Australian ports, being followed some three hours later by the Vancouver mail steamer Makura. The two: latter vessels berthed at the Queen Street Wharf, while 'the Westmeath berthed at the; Railway Wharf, and the Matatua was piloted? to a berth at No. \ 2 Jetty. Much interest was taken in the Matatua as she lay alongside the jetty all day, her great bulk : arid enormous funnel being very conspicuous. She;' is probably the largest vessel which has; yet been berthed at this wharf. The iron gates and fence which are to be 1 erected at the entrance to the Queen Street Wharf have been landed from? the - steamer, Westmeath, and a start will at once.be made to put them in position. This, iwbrk? will probably occupy something under i a month. It is not. intended to prevent the public from going on the wharf; on ordinary occasions, but at special times it is very necessary, to regulate the traffic, and the gates are to be erected for this purpose. y .' . ,■'■■.•.■•."■ ■■■•.::''■■■<*■■■"•;;■■..'.• - ■'. .■';.■ VHV^ri^k^m \ ■'. ■■' --.- .■..'•••,•■.■■• '•■•■■:.- .•■, ■•. ."■■■ ■ ■■''.■ ' ' .;. : • ;-;.-: :.-: : '-:.'.- : -•■■;.. ■;-'■"■ri:hv;¥'^^M^M&^

The principal illustrations in the Auck- j land Weekly News, on sale to-day';* deal 'f ' with the consecration of Coadjutor-Arch- ' bishop O'Shea in Wellington. This '• an- event •which -was unique in the capita]' - city. It was impressive and picturesque?! :"> In addition to a full set of views of the H ceremony is one ; showing the huge crowd ' which gathered in the Wellington Town .' l - | Hall to congratulate the new, Archbishop : : . j and present him with fitting gifts to ' mark the occasion. The method of handling New Zealand's frozen meat in London is a matter which has been much discussed * during recent months. The discharge ( of the meat, its storage, aru . distribution '4m jl are covered by some excellent and in- §| ' teresting .pictures. : In conjunction with 'M these ; appears a fine " panorama of the I ' Royal Victoria ■ Dock, London, . with | numerous New Zealand traders at their ;! berths. A portrait of the Bishop of jf t Waiapu, who has been nominated as . If Bishop of Auckland, is also reproduced. Included in the many other illustrations „- are the guns of R.M.S.. Rotorua, a bird's- | eye view of the San Francisco Exhibition, the Wellington dog show,, flooded lands "; in Nelson and Otago, the tug Toanui, which was lost on her. outward . voyage , . from England ; to Gisborne, the towns ;of :|l|||| Helensville, : Taihape, and Taumarunui, progress of the Panama Canal, whales |!f| stranded at ;various places on the coast, :,s|lS and N.S.W. Rugby Football League team, ■[ If delegates from county councils who at-; -|g tended the annual conference in Welling- > .°M ton, portraits, and numerous other sub- _, jects of public interest. : In the letterpress appears a reproduction of a sister ship of the Devon, which went ashore on Monday night at Wellington Heads. [ A.private inquiry agent stated in his evidence in the course- of a divorce case.", ./:." at the Supreme Court yesterday, that he ' had received his instructions to watch the |I| - respondent to the suit from the brother ,'.'.':' of the petitioner. HisV Honor Judge y.~ Edwards .expressed surprise at this.'- "Do <J you take i instructions from anyone?" he | asked the witness. " Suppose I wanted r;»r, you to watch tho house of His Excellency | \ the Governor, for a instance, would you I feel entitled to do so?" The inquiry agent B - replied in the {Lmrmative. Thereat His 1 Honor remarked, "It is as well we should 1 know thai. I think, however, if anybody ; bigger than yourself caught yon under. Jl such circumstances you. would stand a j| chance of getting a tlirashing would you 1 not?" The reply of the witness was in- J| audible. „ * ■_■ - . -bjllf A communication has been received,.. byf|| the, secretary .'.of the St. John Ambulance : ||j Assoc; Vvion from St. John's Gate, England, stating that the Kail of . Liverpool's . naihßj|§|||J3 is to lie submitted to the Chaptcr-Generul, by command of the Duke of. ConnaUght, . Grand' Prior of.the Order of St. John, ioy.%igMs selection as a Knight of Grace. fP%£ '."• The steamer Westmeath, which arrivedMf^g at Auckland on Monday night from Liver-, ■•;-,;;•-; pool, via v Durban and Hobart, brought 60 ■■;. immigrants for all parts of New Zealand. ".;'::>.' When the vessel left the Home- port on 't ; r June; 21 she had 46 third-class passengers .'iS&x on: board; and'the number was added to by|^^| 37 people, who joined the vessel at Durban. A number landed at Hobart,,and of those ,-WBB brought on to New Zealand 22 are remain- ;. ;: , ing at Auckland. ' ■ ' "- • , ' ' - The. presence of mind of Constable T -" Hawkens was the means.-of preventing a serious accident yesterday morning. ,:;-§'«] He was coming off duty at about nine •■ £| o'clock when he noticed a horse and dray without , a driver .proceeding at ia, \ rapidij|i|| rate 'down .Wellesjey, Street. ,-. Without ■ a 'jjH moment's hesitation the constable, at great risk of being knocked down, rushed ,'jl out into the road aid seized the teas ' ' hanging , from the conveyance, and : . by ;||a| dint'- of strenuous'.'.exertions brought runaway to a. standstill. ; Had it -not. f|a[ been for the constable's : prompt measures v the : runaway would have dashed ; into;the. traffic in -Queen Streets. . ~ "jj '."-''' l , ,-: S It. had been intended to .finish tha. A. criminal sittings of-the Supreme Court :tyj£fli| the end of this week, as .-.His Honor Mr. ; Justice Cooper is - leaving for Gisborne on Saturday. Unfortunately the jury. .At',- - - agreed in a case yesterday, and a new trial ■':-.\:•■■.:'.: was ordered, which will take place at the conclusion of the sessions, There are four more cases to he dealt with, including the ;.«'i (--j Henderson murder charge, "as well as ! . a '-,'% partially heard case. Several prisoners have '' ;-. also to be brought up ;for. sentence. The Crown Prosecutor (the Hon. J. A. Tole) fmf hopes, however, to be able to get all the ■ ~, cases finished by the end of the week. ■ r ) Probate was . granted in. the" followingestates of deceased, persona by. His Honor Judge Cooper, sitting in Chambers at the v , Supreme Court yesterday':-—Lucy , Margaret Brooke Carter (Mr. Hitciiin'gs), Sylvester Egan (Mr. . Stace), NMichael;; Ryan (Mr. Nicholson), Betsy Jane Alp (Mr. Stewart). Letters of administration, were granted in ■ -A j the following caiia'i: -4Colin Campbell (Mr. Richmond),' John Isbister' (Mr. Gribbm)SfM^ The instruments used in connection .': ~\^ The instruments used in the automatic telephone system, are'' bails to withstand .)o-jgh'- usage. .; With:; the -" exception of so.ne . nickeled parts, • the . ?2& - various parts of tlv) telephones appear ;t|i,'^ be made of vuhn-.nite,' but they are actually of steel, v.;th a covering of vulcan _■', ''.'._;>! i3od rubber. The risk of injury by' rough treatment is consequently small.. A good i|j deal -of weight has been added to the receiver, so that it cannot fail to depress the hook when it ; is replaced -oh 'the: instrument, and so give.the '. signal ; for ;'dis*/|jg|||l connection, but the part is not inconveniently heavy.- The desk pattern is light ' enough to be moved easily into any : de- *p sired position, stability being assured by the large circular base.. ' ■ '^1^ It is announced (writes our London cor-,;M:j|| ! respondent) that Lord : ; Marcus Bcresfdtdjlf j|^ has sold the famous racehorse Demosthenes | to a New Zealand owner, and he will leaVe^^gfi for New Zealand, at the end of July, to be used there for stud purposes.". There were ... ;i | some New Zealand purchasers also at a ?l*^f^ of pure Southdown sheep belonging to 'l&^wjssM C. R. W. Adeane, the • well-known ■ Ca^tf^^ bridgeshire breeder, at Babraham. Mr. M.>*.-^^ Horner is said to have paid 54 guineas and}^|fip 45 guineas respectively for two rams. A writ has been served by Messrs. Smith , ;| and Tinuns on the Minister for Works of New South Wales claiming .£93,000, th*|| aggregate amount, of:, disputed claims v and -> charges for additional /works in connection .j u ' with the North Coast' Railway fromTarea to Gloucester, the contract price for which was £500,000. There was a bridge, built in connection with the North Coast Kail-way-which was the. second largest steel bridge in Australia,.the-Hawk*-sbury River ,;.;.;. i bridge being the largest. Indications of oil have been discovered at Warnambool (Vic.) by Mr. Whaley, :an American oil expert, who is acting on behalf 'ot the Australian Oil Weils Company. Mr. Whaley believes that:it would pay, to bore ; for oil, down to _2000 ft on the coast, either at Anglessa or west of Warnanjbool On August 9, accompanied by. Mr. George Meudell; Mr. ■ Whaley ' visited Tower HiU and Koroit, and made a collection of specimens" of rocks, which' he states supports;,' ;^ \ hisj contention that". most of; the essentials or > the existence of.' petroleum : are ' present in lie .tertiary, bcd/i: around : WaraambooL^-i^P