LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4081, 20 June 1900, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Throe boxes of gold,-valued at £II,OOO 19s 2d, consigned to the National Bank, wore brought from the West Coast by the Wainui yesterday morning. ;

“I have more faith in sausages than ever I had before,” said the chairman of the Conciliation Board yesterday, referring to a visit of inspection 'paijd to the Gear Company’s meat works oh' the previous day. ■ ' J. Craig, storekeeper, Levin, and W. C. Heywood, platelayer, Te Horo, were yesterday adjudicated bankrupts. Meetings of their creditors will he held on the 26th inst., at 11 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. respectively. ; : |

At a meeting of the directors of the Newtown Co-operative Building Society tenders for a. loan appropriation of £3OO were received.. The loan ‘ was divided between three' shareholders who each hold one share. i

At a meeting of ex-nupils held at the Convent .last evening it .was announced tnat £-13 had been added to the funds of the association, the amount being the proceeds of the late dance. Consideration of a second dance was deferred.

An English mail dated -May 11th is being brought over from Sydney by the Waikare, due here -to-day. A South African mail arrived at Auckland by the Mararoa on Monday. Both should he 'ready for distribution on Friday morning. . , i

In connection with the St. John I Ambulance Association, Dr Chappie lectured last evening on various signs and treatment of unconsciousness caused through opium, alcohol, apoplexy, epilepsy- and suspended respiration, the - lecturer observing that one degree of epilepsy was the old Biblical reference to'the possession of evil spirits. i

The Gisborne High School Board of Governors has decided', to request the co-operation of other Boards throughout the colony, in the petition to , Parliament praying for remedial legislation m connection with the University Senate’s refusal to permit examinations tb he conducted outside the four chief centres of the colony. , ■ , |

Eleven competitive designs have ibeen sent in to the Public Works Department for the new Post and Telegraph buildings to he erected at Feilding, at an estimated cost of £25(10. The first brize is £SO, with the option of carrying out the work at a commission of 5 per Cent. The award of the judges is expected to ho made known in a few days. ■ Dr Fyffe, Sanitary. C'ommisinnor, has been instructed by the Colonial Secretary to proceed to Woodville to make an inspection of the sanitary condition of the town, as requested by the Mayor. D : r Mason and Mr Gilnith are about to make an inspection of the sanitary! condition of Wanganui, and Dr De Lisle, of Napier, has been directed to make, an inspection of Gisborne. Mr W. Curtis, one of the oldest members of the messenger staff at,the! Parliamentary Buildings, had the misfortune to slip and fall as he was going out at the back of the buildings yesterday, with the result that he sustained a'fracture of the small bone of his leg.; He was removed to his home in Molesworth street, where he is reported to he progressing satisfactorily. , The Mount Cook Hermitage, hi the opinion of Mr G. V. Hudson, is probably the ideal spot for alpine entomological collecting in New Zealand. In his address betore the Wellington Philosophical Society last night, Mr Hudson said that at the Hermitage the collector had all the comforts and conveniences of a first-class house, and was actually in the midst of a sub-alpine fauna,and flora. So far as Wellington was concerned, he said, probably the most accessible locality for a great variety of mountain species was the Mount Arthur tableland, in the Nelson district.

A judgment debtor, in the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when asked what countryman he was, said ho could hardly say. He had been born in Sweden, brought up in England, and had since roamed the world. In answer to another question, he said he was unmarried, and sorry for it. He was sorry he could not discharge the debt at once, and also sorry for a few other items. Mr Haselden said the defendant was evidently a “sorrying man,” and adjourned the case for a period in order that he might recuperate himself, and perhaps attain a more stable financial position.

At the adjourned;meeting of the Seatoun Road Board there were present— Messrs Eawson (chairman), Townsend, Mabin and Zohrah. A: vote of thanks was accorded .to Mr Wilfofd for his services in obtaining the consent of the Minister for Public Works to improvements being made to the Shelly Bay road. In reply to the. circular from ;.h<Departmenfc of , Agriculture anent celebrating Arbor Day, it was resolved to point out that the Seatoun Road Board had already done considerable true-, planting in the district '(including woik in two parks), but that the Board whs willing to plant a thousand ’ trees per annum in the local Government re. ■servo if the department would undertake to fence the reserve in It was resolved to co-operate in the peace cele-/ bration festivities. The three new wharves in the district were ' respectively named the “Crawford,” the “Karaka Bay,” and the “Townsend'-Mabin.” Accounts aggregating £27’were passed for payment. , .

! It trdnspirkl ’during' ’ the* sitting of the Conciliation Board -yesterday that there is only one master butcher in this city who has not started life in Wellington as a journeyman.

A public meeting, to be addressed by tho members for tne city and other prominent citizens, will beheld in the Brimitivc Methodist Schoolroom, Sydney street, this evening, to urge the necessity of immediate steps being taken by the City Council for the widening of Fraser’s lane.

The foundation stone of the new Anglican Clnirchroom at Brooklyn will be laid this afternoon. In the service, the Bishop of Wellington will be assisted by the clergy of the parish. A conveyance will take visitors from St. Peter s Church, as advertised. The trustees invite .subscriptions in aid of the building fund for the cliurchrooin, which is much needed for the accommodation of members of the Anglican Church resident in the suburn.

An enjoyable evening was spent at the Pioneer Lodge, Lu.G.T., at the Bechabite Hall, Manners street, last night, tho occasion being the entertaining of visiting lodges. Two new members were added to the roll, which has been considerably augmented of late. Bros. Jones, W.C., Duncan, lion, secretary, Jackson and Sisters W. F. S. Marshall and Lucas, L.D., and others were most assiduous in their attentions to the visitors, who in due course acknowledged the compliment paid them. The Hospital Trustees held their fortnightly meeting at the Council Chambers yesterday, when there were present the Hon F. H. Fraser (chairman) and Messrs C. W. Brown, A. Sample, G. Webb, R. C. Kirk, C. Willeston, J. Danks and H. Cook. Accounts to the amount of £566 17s 5d were passed for payment. The number of patients in the Hospital was stated 1 to be eighty males and fifty females, inclusive, of seventeen children. The resignation of Senior Nurse Parkinson was accepted, ana Nurse Constance Wright, of ■ the junior staff, was promoted to her place. Nurse Wright will be succeeded oil the junior staff by Probationer Roohfort. Tho salary of the hospital carpenter was increased to £l5O a year. The .Trustees decided that the building it has been decided to erect close to ’the main entrance to the. Hospital grounds for the accommodation of out-patients should be lighted by electricity. Dr MacGregor, Inspector-General of Hospitals, wjrote suggesting certain alterations in the; new rules for tho conduct of the Hosnijtal.

At tho half-yearly meeting of Court Sir George Bowen, A.0.F., Chief Ranger Bro. R. Dixon presided. Two members were appointed to act with members from other town courts to arrange for a. tableau when taking part in the peace demonstration. Tho election of officers resulted as follows: —0.R., Bro. A. W. Chapman; ' S.C.R., Bro. J. Doran; Treasurer, Tiro. H. Birch; S.W., Bro. Gilchrist; J;W., Bro. E. Arnold; 5.8., Bro. L. Warrick; J. 8., Bro. J. F. Bryant; Minute Secretary, Bro. H. Baldwin; Auditor, Bro. A. W. Travers. The following brothers were nominated for district offices:—-D.C.R., Bro. Fredricks; D.S.C.R., Bro. 1 C. Hayes; D.T., Bro. H. Birch; D.S., Bro. A. Whiteford; D.S.W., Bro. Jarman; D.J.W., Bro. Keys; D. 5.8., Bro. Beni; D.J.8., Bro. T. Bryant, senior; District Auditor, Bro. T. Bryant, senior. The proposed alterations to laws -or consideration at the 'next district meeting were discussed I and adopted. One of the proposed alterations increases the funeral benefits 25 ner cent. j