LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3728, 1 May 1899, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' Constable Lardner has been transferred to Paeroa; ' • 1 The rainfall for . the past' month was just over the April average of 3.52 inches. There were seven; bankruptcies in Wellington last month, as against our in April, .1898. -v - ' •• - The Official Assignee- (Mr James Ashcroft), left for Nelson on Saturday on business, and will be absent from Wpllington for' a week. The Court of Appeal to-day will resume the hearing of argument in the ease' Commissioner of Taxes v- Kauri Timber Company.- ' ■■■ Thef births registered' in 'Wellington last month numbered 102, as Against: 99 in April, 1898; the Marriages 49, "as against'ss; arid the deaths 44, as against 36. ' .• i ■ . ■ Cyclists continue. to .complain that cattle- are allowed tp stray bn, the Huft i-oad, . Yesterday morning; whilst cycling bet ween ' Kaiwarra ' and '' N’gahaiiranga, a you rig lady had a narrow escape from being injured Ijy ’an unwitting' collision with a Cow. .c. , . -The amount of business transacted at •the Wellington Magistrate’s Court may be gatheredicom the factrtliat duringdho four months endedliybsterday,;Bs3'criminal and 1397 civil cases have been before the Conrt. : -Of these 354 civil cases and 214 criminal were dealt with last month. ‘ The/usnal meeting of the Operative Bakers’ Union was .held on Saturday evening. 'Mr'Payrte' wais' jfa'the chair; It was brought under the notice of the union that sevirM misters .were, breaking'away from the Arbitration Court award..* ■ ■; A Blenheim resident, captured a monster,/hapuka weighing rover AOlb.- m a lagoon near the Wairau bar.a: lew days ago. It, m supposed';.., the -fish .. was washed across the bar into .the. river, and thenqe. worked .its;,way into , the shallow waters, of the lagoon. A- pigeon race from - Wanganui to Petone, under the auspices of the Pet Ono Homing Club, was held on Saturday, with the following- results t—Riddler’s *Prima Donna, 1117 yards per minute; Pointon’s Surveyor, 1114 yards; Dagger's.Bruges; 1108 yards; and Brays Gateenere, 1102 yards. At the W.P.C.A...premises on Saturday; Mr Davis was' of a geht’S companion, and other■ useful articles; given ns' a token of esteem by bis fellow employees on, his. leaving the ,employ of the.association., Mr T. Bailey made the presentation with; a-happy speech, and Mr Davis suitably responded. 1 , The Christcliufbh' states that a line of 900 two-tootli half-bred wethers , that were, bought. for tIOs : Bd, at the St'arborough sale in March, changed hands at Addington bn Wednesday at 14s 6d td 14s 8d; •■while 1000 four-tooth ewes that cost 10s 3d at the Wnikakalii sale early In April were sold at‘’Ash-.' burton on Tuesday at 13s. A curious find wasmad© by some-work-men engaged in laying a drain ' across Thomclon quay, opposite the Manawatu railway station, on Saturday. ..' . '(,’h'ey unearthed a human'skeleton with, a clay pipe fixed between the teeth. ; The bones had evidently been' there for a. .considerable time, and are supposed 'to bn those of a. Maori. '* ' ; * ,■■■' * ■*'■'■■■

The diversion of vehicular traffic to the Esplanade during; the: re-rormntiono 1' . tin; northern portion of Thorndon quay, has sadly, interfered with the surface of the cyclists’ favourite marine 'parade. ' '. It is 'the'earnest' wish of cyclists that, now that Thorndon quay is open ■ again, .the. surface 'oLtheEsplanade may be m some measure restored,t'o its former sfate, ~■» ~>, . . There is evidently. further, trouble brewing -in ; connection with ’the Christchurch Hospital. ' At last meeting'.of the board, says the “Press,” ,the chairman remarked he, liad, just. received a letter from the house _ surgeon, which he Relieved contained an attach upon: himself.- The letter was not read,'but it was; decided to deal with, 'it ■ 'at > a subsequent! special meeting.-' " ; i ; The honorary treasurer of the,,bailors’ 1 Rest gratefully acknowledges.. the following donations to the • f unde hf; the; institution :—Messrs Joseph Nathan and: Co. £2 2s, Messrs Bell, -Gully ' and 'Belli ,£1 Is/ Messrs’John Jack And- Soli '£l Is. | Mr James Coates £l, -Messrs Cable end Co. £l, MrL.H. B. Wilson £l, Mr, ‘D. T. i Stuart 10s,‘ Mrs RUmej 10s 6d,- Messrs T. \ Ballinger and Co. . Ips, 'and; other, smaller: sinus amouiiting 'ip .£2 i-23 6d'.;, ;. ; | The Complaint made recently that no I land in the King, Country had .been; thrown‘operi for settlement is iiot borne j oiit by the facts, ; ‘Only A few weeks ago ; a block of 3030 Acres was opened and all | applied for* Now another block of land, j five miles from Otorohauga.-and divided 1 into thirteen sections,-’is to bo 'thrown 1 open.to selection on-the optional system,; and a ready sale .is-.anticipated by’ the ; authorities.' ' , i Following are’ the’ latest < additions- to the Telephone l Exchange-, list:—-Mr H. McKenzie, Museum street; the New ; Zealand Electrical Syndicate’s, show i rooms, -Willis streejt; Dr Prendergast ; Knight,. Bolton street ; Mr ;.L .S. Fair- ■ child, Woodward, street;; Messrs H.. J: ; Rodgers and Co.; Manners street; Mrj A.; J. Rand, Waterloo avenue ; . Fores- j ters’-Arms Hotel, Ghuznee street; Messrs . Skelley and Ritchie, Harris street.;', Mr i T. H. Easterfield,, Talavera terraceMr; J. Brown, .15, r Boltoa- street.’ ’-, ;; A .meeting of creditors in the banknpt estate ■of W. ‘N., ; Gathro was held,in the; Official. Assignee’s/office .on Saturday, ; when, an examination Af the bankrupt) (who was present, in custody)-,was r,oon-| ducted in, camera. ■Mr Myers appeared! for the Official Assignee as well, as; forMr John Prior: and. other, creditors,; It j was stated that nine creditors had proved for claims amounting to r £1213 16s lid, the largest being that of Mr Prior," £IO6O, 10s 2d. The assets include a!.valuable collection of law books. No resolution) was carried, and the meeting adjoinied’ sine die. - ; i

A young man named Martin Cowman, \ who had been arrested at New Plymouth, j came, before Mr Kenny, S.M., on Satur- j day on a number of charges, For having \ assaulted Joe On Dee. on April Bih, he was > finel- lOs, |in default twenty-one days’ j hard labour ; for damaging a'window he j was ordered to pay a fine of ss, and the j value of the window, 11s fid, £llls costs, i or in default twenty-one days’ labour ; and for assaulting IVong Kboii; he was fined 10s with £1 Is cost*. or; twenty-one days’ imprisonment, in. de-j fault, the sentences to be. concurrent. ■ AI man named J; O’Brien-pleaded guilty to | a charge of stealing a watch and clothing, > the property : of E. Stevens, and was,sen- ; tenced to seven days’ hard labour. It is currently, reported that Mr I Kenny. S.M., is to be transferred from ; Wellington to Wanganui, being'replaced bv Mr Haselden, S.M., of tbe Wairarapa, to which district Mr Northcroft, S.M., now of Wanganui, will be transferred. The authorities, however, state that any changes which may be contemplated are not yet concluded. Against this may be put the fact tnat at Hawera Courthouse on Wednesday last the members cf the legal fraternity assembled to bid farewell to Mr Northcroft, who, the “Hawera Post” states, has received orders for Wairarapa. Further, according to the “Wanganui Herald.” Mr Northcroft has made arrangements to leave . Wanganui on Monday , (to-day). He, however, received a telegram on Saturday asking him to await further‘instructions. As to Mr Kenny, arrangements are being made by the members of the bar in Wellington to hid him farewell one clay this week.

Messrs Baker Brothers report the following sales of city and surhurban properties through their agency last week: —Hartkey street, seven-roomed house, land 65ft by 160 ft (purchaser, Mi H. B. Stenhonse), price, £735; Te Aio section of land, 33ft by 96ft, with tworoomed cottage; £250; Edinburgh terrace, four-roomed cottage and land 33ft by 100 ft (purchaser, Mr W. ’Grace), £235; Hawker street, two six-roomed hous s land 60ft by looft.(sold.io Mr Redstone), £900; Petone, building section, £llO. Also property at Kilbirnie, comprising two houses, one of five rooms and on© of six rooms, with the land adjoining, consisting of two acres two roods thirty-one perches, on account of Mr W. Booth, the purchaser being Mr R. G. Howell; price, £llOO.