LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 5029, 29 July 1903, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlio art union in connection with the recent show of the Wellington Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society will be drawn on Wednesday evening next at the fruit mart, Harris street. A Town Improvement Association ban been formed at Greytown as an outcome of a public meeting which was hold to consider the intention of the Council to have certain trees destroyed.' A gentleman who visited the technical classes in We’Kngton a few days ago has informed the '* Lyttelton. Times that those started in Christchurch hear comparison very well. In Wellington, he points out-, art- is taught at the classes, but in the fxm-h that subject, with its branches, is dealt with by the School of Art. The typewriting, shorthand and other couimcreia.’ classes in Christchurch are regarded as much hotter than similar ones iu Wellington.

Tho “ Glasgow Weekly Herald” status that a meu.eai'authority aunoutes tho increase ut cancer 10 imvingonco in confectionery aud sugar.

The If.M.S- Ventura,which left Auckland with lire oojonia-1 mails on the XOth nisi., arrived at, San Fianc.seo at 1 p.m. ou Monday, her duo date.

About oUjLKK) trout ova will bo shipped next nio.-tu by tho Wellington Accliimuisauen Society- per the Jrissox tu fcouth A men lor Uio Transvaal Audimatisaiaou Society.

Tho next annual championship touruamont of Uio New Zealand Tennis AssocuHion is to he held at Napier .Christmas week having boon fixed lor tho occasion. It is autici.pa.tod that representatives of Victoria and New Soutli \\ales will be present at the tournament.

A communication has been rooeived by tho Hospital Trustees from Dr Sherman, Surgeon-General to the Now Zealand loroes, asking for co-operation in a ecliomo lor Uio better instruction of members of tho WoUiagieu Dearer Corps. Tho .Trustees have pub the matter into the haud.s of the resident medical officer, with xiis'inietioiis to assist tho department as far as practicable.

A splendid specimen of trout was brought over from Jiletilieim to tlm Tourist Department yesterday. The lisli weighs 30ib, is 3ft 3in long, and him girth of lOia. It will probably bo mounted for oxhihU-ion in the department's museum, and should servo the purpose of bringing Marl borough moro prominently under tho notice of tourists who sock distraction with a rod. There wore loss than, tho usual number of applicants for assistance at yesterday’s mooting of the Benevolent Trustees. Mr O. iff. Izard presided, and there were also present tho Rev J. IC. Elliott and Messrs J. Hold, li. li. Williams, H. Cook and D. llobertliou. Relief was granted to most of the applicants. The number of inmates in tho Ohiro Homo was stated to he 77.

The man Alexander Hogg, who was shot in the leg by an infuriated person, alleged to bo the husband of a woman ' to whom Hogg was .speaking on Saturday night, is not likely to suffer any permanent injury. The bullet has not yot boon extracted, but the wound has almost healed, and the hospital authorities do not deem it necessary to perform an operation. Hogg should be ablo to leave the institution about th» end of the week.

An elderly man named James Tomlin, was losind dead in the iieniru swamp, where ho was engaged in draining work, late on Saturday night. The police constable stationed at Levin wired tho bead office yesterday, saying that an inquest had been hold and a verdict returned that; death was caused by rupture of a blood vessel. Deceased had boon working alone. Thorn, were no suspicious circumstances. /

Gold-dredging in the Nolscm district (says the “ Colonist”) cannot as yot bo said to liflvo proved successful. At Aorero and Rarapara respectively two dredges have recently been wrecked and another stranded. There is a growing fooling tliat dredges must not bo allowed to destroy ngncultuml land by sending rich soil down to the sea and leaving useless masses of boulders and silt in place of soil that would provide for tho wants of man for all time. The police received information yesterday that Edward Madden, a lad sixteen years of ago, employed as a shepherd on the Blairlogio Station, wan drowned on Sunday when attempting’ to ford Wharoama river. Young Madden was going to his homo at lea at the time, aud endeavoured to cross the stream at. a point called Wallace ford. The river was in flood, and his horse was carried off its feet. Tift body was recovered late on Monday evening. A claim for £SOO under tho Workers 1 Compensation for Accidents Act, 1900, has boon filed by William McCrossan, labourer. Upper Hurt, against John Barton, farmer, Matai, Ilona station, -Whakatako, Mastcrton. Tina amount) is sought in respect of injuries'sustained by tho applicant on the both March, while in Baa-ton’s employment at the Upper Hubt. He states he was engaged working in a gravel-pit, when through a fall of earth his right foot was smashed, causing total incapacity over sillOO.

A case presenting rather unusual features came before the Benevolent Trustees yesterday. A man renewed a previous application for relief, stating that he could not work as' he had to look after his aged mother. Tho Tnisl-oee had already offered to send the woman —who is oighty-fivo years of ago—to tho Ohiro Home, lr.lt, it was stated that she could not go there, as she would have to forego a much-needed cup of tea during the night, a little attention now supplied by the son. Tho woman, it was stated, was not ill, except foe the feebleness natural in ono of her age. Tho Trustees decided that they could only renew tiro offer to send: the woman to tho Home.

Tho article in last Saturday’* 'Times” defending the Benevolent Trustees in tho matter of the Hutt County Council’s suggestion for ita abolition was commended at yesterday’s meeting of the Trustees. Tha Rev J. K. Elliott brought the question up, and expressed his thanks for tho able and fair statement which was made in the article. Sir R. B. Williams (Mayor of Onslow borough) said he had represented local bodies on the Benevolent Trustees for some time, and had never received or hoard a complaint aa to the work done by tho Trustees. Chi the other hand, every praise had boon given to the careful administration and the constant attendance of the members. He., too, was grateful that the case had been so well put. He agreed with tho “Times" that if either board was to be swept away it should be tho United District Charitable Aid Board.

A meeting of creditors in the estatfl of the late C. F. F. Juhl. oommisnioa agent, was held ,m the Official Aasgnea’s office yesterday morning, the Official Assignee (Mr James Ashcraft) presiding. It was ascertained that tiic total liabilities amounted to £593 ss, against which there woro assets to the amount, of £B4O Os Bd, but of this sum £557 19s 3d was life insurance money that the creditors had no legal claim on. Tho largest creditor is the firm of Eve and Co., of London (represented by Messrs Chapman and Tripp), to whom is duo tlio sum of £358 18s. It was proposed by Mr Jorgenson (Chapman ai?J Trip]*' and seconded by Mr A. Sample that Mrs Juhl’s offer of £SO for the furniture ho accepted, and that Mr Samples claim for rent be met as far as lire 'aw provided in such cases. It was decided that Messrs Macdonald, Wilson and Co. be instructed to sell at auction tho office furniture and acccs-e'-we-s. and that a kinematograph machine, the property- of tho deceased, ba sold privatelv. subject to the discretion of the Official Assignee. In reference to the life insurance money. Mr.i Juhl stated that she was no' prepared to make any further payment out o? the money to creditors,.

Thib morning tho Obief Justice will give decision in the appeal brought by wo;-ge Togeuricitrr v. tho Blink of Now Zealand tuulc-r tho New Z<v/.liUid Ofikt-Ks* Guarantee and Provide, ri Annooiatiou Act.

Daring a visit to the Napier Ilefugo, last (Saturday, Lord Honlurly took the names of inmates who aro Imperial service veterans. Tho admission of tho must dasorviog of the old men in the Veterans’ Homo at Auckland will bo DonskUroU.

Mr A. Simpson, of the National Intruranco Company, who ■won tho North Island championship for Brahmas at tho IVlcsberton show last week, forwarded to tho Palmerston winter show one ftnbry for each of tho four classes, and was awarded a first prize for each bird —a record.

In the course of his sermon on Sunday, regarding tho lato Pope I**o, tho litev Father Holly mentioned tho late Pontiff’s efforts to bring capital and labour into greater harmony, “and.” said tho reverend gontloinan. “to their credit be it said, many of tho suggestions and rocrornraonckitioru* made by his Holiness, are already placed on the ttauno book of this colony by tho Government of Now Zealand.”

The arrest of two men for dronken-'ir*-.s at Kaibar.gata on Sunday -ast . naturally gav-e rise to On* question ru> U> where they had obtained tho liquor, Kaitangat.n now being within a prohibited area. Inquiries wore protsecu-. tod, and it was found (savs tho “Otago Daily Times ”) Uua.t tho drink had been «!tppliid gratuitously in throe different private houses*. A feature of iho inquiries was tlrab tho fact was elicited that fifty kegs of beer were received Into tho town within bho short space of thron or four days, tho beer being labelled, “This package" contains liquor,” and tho duty steip being affixed to each keg. Sumo interesting information, hearing (upon tho time that wijll be required to lay uio new woo'Ct-blocking of Wellington streets, is provided in a recent is«uo of tho Sydney “Daily Telegraph.” It (is there stated that the work of wood-pav-ing Clarence street has boon completed from Margaret street to King street, -consisting of 1 an area' of about 6000 superficial yards. (This has been laid ■down in 18 working days, or at tho rate of 2000 yards per week. The contract is fccirg carried out by Messrs IVjlmot and Morgan, under tho supervision of the City Surveyor’s Department, and is being laid down at a greater speed than before attained on wood-paving (contracts. The Postmasrter-Genera! was asked in •Mi© House yesterday by Mr Barber to establish a telephone exchange at Nowtown. Sir Joseph Ward said that the only way of doing this was in the way ho had pointed out some time ago to a deputation of which Mr Barber was ono. To establish an independent exchange at Newtown, with the number of subscribers now on the existing one, would require a number of trunk lines, which would make the system exceedingly cumbrous. The whole question was ft financial one, and resolved itself into a question of tho re-casting of the rates. Ho pointed out that Wellington was not in a position different from that of other cities in this matter.

Mcetsra 6. Webb (chairman), R. C. Kirk, R. Mothes, 0. M. Buko and H. Cook attended the fortnightly meeting of the Hospital Trusteou yesterday. Tho House Comntfittce’a recommendation that no further action bo taken at present in the matter of asking Parliament for exemption from duty on drugp imported for hospital use was agreed to. The sum of £635 m transferred from the Clirouic Invalid’s Homo aooount to the Trustees’ Fund account, being the cost of preparing the into for tho Homo. Prices of rubber tyres editable far the ambulance waggon are to be obtained from Christchurch. Salaries amounting to £314 ,11a 2d and wages £242 Os 2d were passed for payment. The congestion of business in the Arbitration Court, heretofore sufficiently marked to give cause for serious consideration, promises to be very much accentuated owing to the regrettable illness of Mr Samuel Brown, who is not likely to resume his place on the Bench for some months. Unless an arrangement can bo' made whereby a substitute can be provided for Mr Brown, the sittings of the Court will have to bo suspended in the meantime. An instance of tho public 'inconvenience such a course would bo likely to give rise to may be mrtherod from the faot that in the Wellington Industrial District alone there are at tho present time seven disputes, twenty ea[orocmenls, thirteen applications under the Workers’ Compensation for Acoi-

danta Act and four applications to odd t present-time seven disputes, tiVenty ention. A similar staio of things exists to a greater off lessor extent in the

other industrial centres of the colony.

Writing to tie “Hawke’s Bay Herald,” Captain J. Maxwell, master of the steamer Tokomarn, says the navigating lights at the port of Napier are the most unserviceable he has seen in any part of the world. Some of thorn, ho declares, from sheer want of power cannot bo seen at all in bad weather, oven from different points in the anchorage, and tho difficulties and defects are largely enhanced when approaching the harbour from st-a. Captain Maxwell points out that Home steamers visiting Napier pay heavy harbour duos for nothing at ail save the privilege of anchoring in the roadstead. Where Nature alone is responsible for whatever shelter is afforded. Ho considers the state of things anything but creditable to the authorities responsible. tf Many bard things, I have no doubt,” says Captain Maxwell, “are being, said of Captain Fishwiek,' of tho Niwarn, but it would bo more just if harder things were said of those who are responsible for tho inadequacy of the harbour loading lights, for had they been or even moderate efficiency such am accident as befell the Niwaru would tower have happened.’

The Exhibition Provisional Commit* teo of tbo Wellington Indnefcriai Association mot last evening, Mr Peter Hnteon presiding. Correspondence traa read from the secretary of the Harbour Board with regard to granting one and 6r-haif acres of the reclaimed land adjoining the Star Boating Club’s shed and forwarding a tracing of the land; also asking whether the Board’s solicit tor should draw up, at tho expense of the association the necessary legal agreement. It was decided that the committee already sot up should complete the transactions with tho Board. The chairman said he had seen tie Premier on certain matters in connection with the exhibition, and expected shortly to hear from the Government. The proposed intercolonial exhibition had been mentioned. Mr Seddon had promised that, so far as ho personally could arrange, care would ho taken that the Intercolonial exhibition should not clash with tho local affair. A member of the committee said there was a proposal at Stratford of heading an exhibition there, but it was not thought that much need bo feared from opposi&m fn that direction. Tho committee was forced to adjourn owing to the incomplete condition of the arrangements.

Tho lowest tender received by tho Government for the construction of tho Dunedin railway station was abovo tho estimate. Fresh tenders are to bo invited.

Yesterday the police arrested two employees of tho Fresh Food and ice Company on a charge of embezzling me funds of tho company. They will appear at tho Magistrates Court this morning charged with tho offence.

A lad named Kvans was arrested yesterday on a charge of stealing a parcel of goods from a delivery van, which had been left standing in Hansen street. The boy will bo brought up before tho. Magistrate this morning. Exempted students intending to sit at the Victoria College examinations in October are reminded by advertisement that they must send in their names and tho subjects in which they wish to lio examined by August loth. It ix stated that an appeal will ho taken to tho Privy ConmcU against tho judgment of tho Court of Appeal in upholding tkd conviction obtained oguinst Wilfred Badger. solicitor, of Christchurch, in a prosecution tor criminal libel.

The Postmaster-General informed Mr Field yesterday that tho Public Works Department had advised him that tho plans for tho post or telegraph office at Otaki wore well advanced. Sir Joseph Ward also stated that as soon as tho necessary bonds were entered into by residents of the district concerned ho would bo prepared to establish a savings bank and money-order office at tho post office at Te Horo. Tho expenditure of tho Wellington. Hospital Trustees during tho past fortnight amounted to £BO4 IGs. Among tho receipts (£27(3 12s lid) were donations of 10s from Mr Harold Ashton and ;CI Is from tho Union Steam Ship Company. Tho latter item represents a charge which us made by the company for tho hire of a flag. ’11k; company in frequently as-k<xl lor the use of its flog for special occasions, and has adopted tho plan of making a charge of one guinea, which it forwards to tho Hospital Tras-tocs.

Tliere was a very large gathering at Messrs Bethane and Co.’* sale yesterday afternoon, when a consignment of second-hand classical, scientific and geographical works from Glasgow were auctioned without reserve. Nearly every volume was in first-class condition, and as iu many cases tho books wore very rare and mostly unattainable in the colonic; the competition was pretty brisk. Noticeablo among the most frequent bidders were Mr Charles Wilson, Parliamentary Librarian, and MrT. Row©, Public Librarian, and both the institutions mentioned should bo a great deal tho richer for the purchases made. The consignment consist* of twelve hundred volumes tr bo sold in three hundred and forty-five lots, so the sal© will be continued each day art 2 p.m. until tho books arc* sold. In the absence of Air A. A. Geliatley,. Mr A. H. Hollis wielded the hammer for tho first time. Freeh tenders are invited for the manufacture of sixty steel doors for the Terraco Gaol.

Tho D.I.G. warehouse will l>© closed to-day to enable the staff to prepare for th© sale.

A notice to consignees }yy the ACmiro appears in our advertising columns. Mr G. A. Hurley, land agent, publishes a notice regarding a special settlement for New Zealanders at Krmelo in the Transvaal.

Messrs Gillespie and- Co., land agents, Masterton have a 450-acre farm for sale. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company advertise a list of entries of stock to be sold at Palmerston on Thursday. Messrs Sddey. Meech and Co. w?ll hold a solo of unredeemed pledges at their rooms on Friday and Saturday next.

A proclamation is published by tho City Council regarding land taken for the purpose of widening Biddiford street. Macdonald,Wilson and Co. have several farms for sale. They also have clients desirous of purchasing country store businesses.

Mr W. I’, Shortt will hold a sale of unclaimed luggage and goods at tho goodsshed at the Government railway station at 1 pan. to-day. It is notified by advertisement that the transfer bools of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company will bo closed from 3 p.m. on August 7th to August 11th.

To-day at 2' p.m. at their rooms, Fcaitherston street, Messrs J. H. Bethuno and Co. will continue the important book solo now being held by them. ■ Lots 188 to 315 will he Cu'ered, today, and comprised in tho list are many worts on New Zealand and Australasia, works on travel, biography, history, architecture theology and a large number of illustrated' standard works and tales by the best known English and Scottish authors. The sale is worthy of the consideration, of all hook lovers.

Brilliant,” a new preparation for increasing the light given by kerosene lamps, is advertised in another column. It is claimed that a packet of "Brilliant” put into a lamp every six weeks not only makes the oil last longer but lessens the danger of explosion.

Messrs W H. Turnbull and Co (late Turnbull, Watkins and Williams) advertise a U&t of properties for sale, amongst which are a public hall- in the city residences in Austin street, Buller street’ Thorndon and favourite localities, a residence at Karori, building sites in Hobson street, city investments in shops and shop sites, house property at Newtown and land at Haitaitai, Berhampore, Wilton estate, Wadestown and Taitville! Plans and particulars cava be had at the firm’s offices. No. 3, Panama, street. The firm notify that they are prepared to- build °? if 1 ?' 8 t° suit buyers in. the best part or Hobson street.

Messrs Macdonald, Wilson and Co. sell to-day at 1 o’clock, at the family residence of Sirs Turner. No. 143, Willis f ’iv , 1 whole of the superior household furniture and piano. The firm also advertise a quantity of saddlery to be sold at their rooms on Friday next, at 2 o clock. On the 13th inst. they will sell under instructions from the Public Trustee, the block of land at Petono known as the Buiok estate, subdivided into building sections, having frontages to Jackson, Buiok and Elizabeth streets and the Esplanade. Lithographic plans will be available in a few days.