LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15520, 30 January 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

■ \ . * , " The "Auckland' portion "-'of . the Australian mail , which was .brought to; Wellington on . Wednesday :' morning from Sydney by* the Moerakii arrived yesterday .morning. -Y Th< steamer Star of Australia, which arrived ii port .yesterday ." afternoon <1 from V Sydney brought a small .'/quantity of i Australia! mail matter for " Auckland * only. Th< R.M.S.].Aor&ngi, with European, America: and Canadian mails, ' has advised. by : wire less that she expects to arrive at Welling ton at about noon ; to-day from San' Fran cisco r and; Island . ports. ,• The Aucklanc portion : of; - the ; Aorahgi's .mail is' expectet to com© , north by " the 'second - express to morrow. * ? • - The . long spell of dry weather which ha* been ; experienced in ;; Auckland - since : th< commencement of; the'year ,was ; terminated at least, temporarily; last evening. Late ii the afternoon dark clouds began. ; ban! up-, and. a.racing scud -from the . north which was driven across the sky l ahead { o a ... stiff ■ wind, . indicated '.to'.the weather wise that rain .was approaching... Soon afte 7.45 p.m. , there was a torrential downpour which continued on aid off !' for . two .o three hours. - The / rain' was' warm and' o a peculiarly drenching quality.^'One effec of it was to spoil : the' pleasure of. man,on • b ' ' ' T> n "tdocf ecreatjonV spec; ally those, who: had "intended spending -t.h« evening at ; the - Exhibition. : '.During th worst' .period, of . the rainstorm- there ws a miniature flood at the foot", 0 Quee • Street, ■„ the fall being,, so •• heavy that th drains could not* carry, it ; off With anythin hfei the speed with which it descended Brief as the downpour was, comparative! speaking, it will have been welcomed-ii the out-districts.: .Dairy fanners hate bee wanting ram; for ■ some ; time: past' both• fo •the sake of tho pastures and for replenish ing supplies for watering their cows. ' Seldom has the Waitemata! Harbour pre seated a more beautiful or. animated seen than yesterday. The entries for th Adversary Regatta were very large an sailing, craft of every ! description • sprea their white wings to the "breeze, wha motor-launches •; sped hither and thithe : ,over the blue waters. Later in the day. stiff breeze sprang up; and -flecked the,- haa hour, with = white .'and Z sent i: the yacht and grading vessels - scudding towards th finishmg-lme. Allthe.ferry boats were er S ln transporting large crowds to th northern Shore of the harbour, and adde. to the animation , of . the. scene. : • Th cr were generous displays of -hunting"™, only on the '.Warrimoo;- which was an chored in the stream as a flagshin ka i on several other s Jers aS P ak peting craft. attd on the _ Shaking at a banquet tendered hii Timara. last, week, Sir William kali nes stated that while in the Old C trv. had k ™ ' 5 Old; Cora . ■ his wish carried out h pmmmmi with^ wjh the-'pric^whchit^i he, It;that could *have followed up by business dealings,'.:; an. conditions arranged with-France if reg^, to tariffs on certain articles. it would hav, He might have.been as successful , York.- That, ; however, : was • ahd 'he telieve* it could get >the, meat into Franco with™ used. This, of ; course would mean th, y *.<•>, f. ' U; : V >OU'Lirf %'gk

Tbe trap-port BH Newmarket's' proposal that 'jix*' One-tree Hill, and Newmarket" gamate to form, a fire district ' 'modern fire-fighting .'plant,^^ ' ' 1«| assured— fact, the chairman Epson? Road Board (Mr. W. g field) brought the matter bef ow Bodies' Association some years ago |f|| ing in reference to tbel Mr. Bloomfield said he was confid J the Epsom district would i We ] 6Dt f B scheme and would assist in the eM* IS to have the Fire Brigades Act ain^i^ffw enable the scheme to be put jqu » The chairman of the One-tree Board (Mr. E. A. Craig) remaS^M there was little doubt that I would 'do its best to forward He suggested that the Remuera" §B trict should join the movement -KSfB :: Under perfect weather conditio ■reoond: attendance viewed the . -IH day's racing yesterday in the Takapuna Jockey Club's Suml|f i|| ing. The chief event, the Takapm-p Si of 600sovs, went to Tiresom 9 'V-i;MrS| owned by Mr. E. W. Alison. raJlilß! ' fell while contesting the Hauraki and sustained a'" compound fracture |1 off foreleg and had to be shot. E. Murtagh, was bruised about and body, and came in for a heavy ing. • Within half-an-hour after the deplfipß of the tenants an outbreak of. fi re covered yesterday morning by a little •~ ||1| in the premises of A. Better, • of . the 'shops in the block of ings on the corner of Great Noith gZ M and Pollen Street- The City Fire was called out, and when it" arrived flJlltlß and smoke were bursting out of theS and ; side windows. The Grey~--Sfil& volunteer brigade also arrived wi^^l : ■ hand-reel, but the fire was by that B virtually extinguished. The' fire afc^-Hj ; entiy originated in a store-room, the cot 8 tents of which were almost complete!? fcffl | stroyed. The flames spread a- littU;Mlß| > up s the staircase, leading to the resident; .i! v portion of the building, and into All the stock was badly damaged fr-'B smoke and water. The buildings, whi'ch owned by Messrs. J. and J, : covered ; by. insurance, but the ampmit.%S ' not ascertainable last night.. The damans II done to the shop probably does noti&iß ceed:;£l9o. ■ The stock and fnmtare%B| • longing to - the lessee vis insured ia.'|£Bb ; Atlas Office for £740. It is valueSJliH : £1000, and the damage is estimated £700-' KtsiH sr■ <• ; ■" • v ; Ticketsellers on the Ferry Wharf yestg.'llfl day had a particularly busy time; and-fe. H ■ tweefa the hours of ten .and twelve "S'clQfj-Wi in the morning, they were quite unable vffi cope- with the -.crowds of people ; desirek | i ' of proceeding to Devonport.~;At ? ll" 1 i close i upon 2000 people were assembled g £:$ ; front of the ticket offices, and it was net li' v until after . mid-day : that the I orag^M| ' was relieved. It was almost'imfiosffi^K «• for, ladies to purchase tickets] during i&rfe % rush, and many picnic parties were'fl^s - pelled to wait until t the 'crOTdpfS^^ 1 /goers had parsed on.; ; ' J WMBIm _-.fi % : Apparently the ; day of .the sailing ' so far as tbe trade between New Zealand || | and Australia is concerned, is past..; It's, £ - stated that still another of the Gra!g-Ki2«|S is to be sold shortly.'' or perhaps two. B»';rffl ' .vesselinow under offer is the Joseph Craig, •|| 694 tons, which ii at present dischargp||| ' a cargo of timber at Sydney - from Ksupsm.*.; ij ' When this is completed she will beddck<4 :|| >, and, if-a .survey ; proves satisfactory, mil-: I |: be purchased. Tho other vessel is -t& p Lojiisa'Craig, and it is understood also will s ' shortly' x disappear from. tlieibj| -shores. Only recently'two v^s^lbf •fleet' of fast sailers (the Marjorie Grajjj i •and the-Jessie:Craig)- -were purchased jbj 1 Messrs. Huddart, Parker, Limited, to f , ' used ;,ak't coal v balks ;in ; f Melbourne and- § i Hobart. The Marjorie Craig loft Syd% i for Melbourne'on January 18 for her ur ? ■ i owners. • *" fr'>J&£or -Sjaf I ■ ■ [ The Djsvonport Ferry # Company's mm y eteamer' Ngoiro was put into comoissioi!i for the .first-time yesterday, Trhralshiaf4|§ •f employed in the St. • Heliers Bay/serv^.^ . for which she - has been specially built | The vessel proved herself v highly fiatisfao? I tory, ! and r showed a good turn spesi. 1 It is expected that'the engineer's trial - -will' take place in 'about a week's '&$ ' :i and: the official trial a few days, later. : A little internal work has still to be cam- , -pleted, and the Ngoiro should be ready U # ;take up her ;regular running early ?in [February. 7 < '- An examination of warders who are de~ i if sirous of obtaining promotion has rMentlj- ' .. been . held at > various. centres 'throngSm® p the Dominion. Some complaints haw p been made by one of those who «3s rl examined in regard to variona .aattea f concerning the examination. He - t"l that'the hours of sitting were too. laagfp' f it was a Civil Service examination, i and • the general subjects had nothing is--5 do Vith prison work. They did • not-• coat?-. e plain'about being examined _ upon f titfe;is > knowledge' of the general routine of ja work, with which they were thorougbif e conversant. Inquiries made by a Welling-" » 'reporter from- the Justice 'Departiaefii. if show ; that regulations which, were Gazetted. jr in February lof last year v provide i. warders desirous ,of. promotion ; tp'thejr|§ffl il of-principal warder must pass an examine. t tion, the subjects for which, with ti^'i^ps - ception of arithmetic, are all ■f mately connected with the prison itatukS) , management lof prisons, , and.'ihelCp^fcl regulations. . The arithmetic " papers 6 were designed to show the capability .. j - officers -in making estimates 'and 'q&'aj>{3M|§ ijf required, in estimating the - cost of tfe J various , works that are sometimes carridjl 6 out-by prison labour. Writing ; and spell^| : | • were usual accomplishments.- All thejofi«||| a subjects had an absolute y and intimate s ing upon the general work of the prison, ; ; all the questions set were of such a nature $ that 'they could .be readily answered by any experienced officer who was conver- ? sant with his work and had taken ft® v, trouble to study-the Acts and regulatioss. f. a CO Py of which is supplied to each officer. . j; The hours of examination were in soffit j casfs shorter than the ordinary >io&j|pf| _ duty;. and a Sunday intervened between, t the second and third "day/ 'It was , stated that ample time was given"' io'd*® a" officers .to. prepare for the examination. No further developments havea in the dispute between residents so£i&3®j|| r 4 a l,e ■ and - the district health <tffic«j|gs3 i. Makgill), arising out of the oppositi^^^ 3 : the former to the establishment of <(||||||| porary sanitary depot in - their dM||||§| -: Subsequent to his conference on the J: vious night with - the - chairman of tts v A.vondale Road Board (Mr. J. Potter), 1 - health officer . decided ; yesterday not to i • have the i barricade across Brown's j removed, seeing \ that access to . had already . been • secured by the: l i fcion of the i one in Cameron's BdjlpjS; i . Notification was received from the <$•",' 1 4 tractors , at. 10.30 h:p.m." - yesterday > th&t $■'. 1 attempt had been made by any of tbi's; t interested parties •to reconstruct . 0; 1 obstacle in question and, consequently '»■ 1 was not considered necessary to . ? • -a force torthe locality to ensure the {«s*' - iul carrying out of the service, yL>