Local and General.

Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10500, 22 November 1902, Page 3

Local and General.

I A correspondent at Paeroa states ■ that th.c general- impression is that Mr Palmer (Government)' will tap the poll'for Ohinemuri and that Mr W. H. Herries (Opposition) -will win the Bay of Plenty iseat. f A Worth Island candidate' claims support on'the ground that 'he was I born!' in. the same year as the Premier, and was'also Mayor of his town I during tliei time Mi- .''Sedd^ni' was. Mayor of Hokitika. I "And swearing he would never con-, sent, consented."' Mr ,F. Pirani, the late representative, of Palmerston, having repeatedly declared that he had determined to forswear politics for some years, has consented to contest the Hutt 'with Mr Wilfoird. : ; I A :Southern : paper states that."Mr. George Hutehk<m -was offered the Chief, Justiceship ,of the : Transvaal, but, declined it. On.. all; ha.nds it is agreed that he is going to be a'great man in- South Africa. • ;: „ Mr Duthie told the' Wellington electors tfie other evening, the work to come, he! saidl, was to develop -a' new coutry-^and 1 enormous task—and | 7e had''not."'got to that stage wlwv I we could afford to be a fighting people. He most sincerely trusted thart we were going to abandon, any idea of maintaining a strong army as suggested by Mr; Seddom." announcement that Mr 'Chanv. j 'h^irlladni has aipiploinltedl .a ciofcnlmibteie ! to study the practioa'feilky oif.'a gold standard currency 'being .established in the' Straits Settleinients. and the' neighbouring' Ma.lay Stages, will be received withi great, joy in ihe.-e outlying dependencies of the British Crown. Pot .instance tci .send from, the Straits Settlement £50 to New iZeiar land would mean a. purchase th?re of £600. equal.,tot £120 on the face value. . ■

We understand, that application hasbeen made to the authorities frr Auck-land-for'the loan •■ of • the ; raft which carried the Elingain-ite' 'survivor®, a.ndthat if"-consent is :■ granted the raft will be. on exiiiibition at the BattaiHon Band Bazaar. Ha'f; the proceeds of this unique show will be devoted to the-fund in '.aid o$ the sufferers by the Elingamite disaster: In reply to "Inquirer" w?> 'iri-y state that clause 117 of the. Eke:oral Act, ■ 1902, reads as follows:—"Every day Joa .whichi, any e]eot>iani...tailvesj-.pjiaicle stall'be, and be deemed to be, a public holiday after mid-day, and it shall not be lawful to se-1 intoxicating liquors in, any licensed, premises ' between. . the. hours' of 12; o'clock noon; and seven in; the evening; . .. The Public 'Trustee of the Colony has arranged' to establish:'a deposit branch in Wellington, and probably in the'other large centres, on similar lines to those usually run by a private dompany. The principle is that persons having valuable documents can make arrangements with, the' Pub lie Trust' Office-to take charge of them and be responsible for their sale keeping. The office'will provide boxes and duplicate keys, one of which will be "in,- the- hands of- the owner, the 6ther: beingl''retained 'by the.Public Trustee- '■■ ■'■'■■' ■■ •■:-■■''.' " ■ H . ;■■■.:

'We glean the following particulars touching the labor-market in Auekjtyalndf: -r—Building /trUdieg.:."■.. • A:; brisk reviVal; few oi" lio good; tradesmen out of employment. , Engineering trades:''. "Esther 'quieter.'than' last month. Wing to some large orders havingl. been' com.pleted. Boob trade.i A visible improvement in ai numlber of facttorieS). causing increase of- workera. ;Qp)"Jhiiijjf I .trade: ,Veiy busy.; feetail trade (general): . Fairly:, good. Miscellaneous:. .' Coaohlbviilding. v«ry busty • i saddle_ry..r.ather.-dull.; .Unskilledi laibiour:'.' Lit^e varia!t>iiom. There aire still.a .nurniber;. of applibants,, in addiiion to 'lopalt. men 1, who', aa*e anxious for work.

Miss Matoee, oue-of the' rescued passengers . ofi the.. :i]prfa,tedi -Elinganiite, described a -reraarkible,: ckeam. ■which she had. about three weeks before leaving Sydney. She states:/ ''I dreamt first of. all that 1 saW:<a. man being' lowered overboard „;a.ndf: placed on some rooks.. The -/next thing was thatI seemed to be pot .a.lot! of. rocks, and then there -was a vision of some sailing .ships; and then! ai scene of ai cot-; tage' ■ on - a hill. = Nmvy"it i-S' most remarkable ■ that as the Eiingamite was coming out of Sydney Harbour she stopped at p-ai-den Island, just inside the Heads, 'and landed a- stowaway there on the^boulders; On'seeing the man being powered) -^verboard my half-forgotten dlrearn' returned 1 to me like a flashy and I said 'Thiis is ithe , fulfilment- -of the 1-first part of!'the i dream 1;i• tlhe resit-' will ■ ■dome true:' I Well, ■■■■ it did cometrue, > for ;I found myself on. the rocks,: and-the : first vessels we sighted there were sailing vase's. The cottage ■■ on tie • hill has also come true, for lain now in it in this pleasant part of: your beautiful city." ■ :

;To illustrate 'the .absolute necssity of exercising care hi' approaching the geyser at "Waimangu; it is but necessary to give the experience of a <pai'ty' of five who.left Rotprua on Sunday last for Waimiangu, with the intention of spending the night there if the geyser did not play during the day. At about 7 p.m. the guide, from observations" made at.what is known as "The Indicator" , at Echo-. Lake, warned tha visitors thai, there, ; -was likely : to be an eruption; the whole party walked towards, the geyser, and when, .within aihundtedi yards on the windward side..",an .immense eruption took 'plate.; The party started to run, but were, completely overwhielmed with "the shower of. mud and stones. Mr and Mrs Busrtojn -being struck down -with stones and the whole party saturated with mud> Mr Bnistom- was struck on the shoulder and. was badly bruised:; Mrs Bar.torn was struck on the back, the stone cutting through several!* ftoML* of.. her clothing.—Hfc»t Lake Chronicle.

I" In connection': with - last night's meeting of the Goldfields' lixiprove--ment Committee and the witlidrawal of the Miners' Union representatives on the ground' that tlie meeting trenched upon political matters an advertisement, explaining the reasons'that actuated the members 7 who withdrew, appears elsewhere. iSiir Hector Macdonald; has now became ai pniid aiide-de-ciamip.to the. King («iys< the ''WWid.") He was appiomted a,ide-de-ciaim,p to 'tihe-.lat© Quesnin recognition 'of hisi services, in- the Soudan, but has hflitherto been on tihe unpiaidl eisltialbTishm.enitl. Hils aipipoii!n'^' men'ti to the Ceylon, CDmtmiand is not! to ..affeiat his .position on 'the list of A.D.C.'s. In 'consequence of the construction put.by the Court of Appeal upon section 35 of the' Maori Lands Administration, Act, 1900, it is not unlikely that the law will be amended next session. ;The Court of Appeal reversed the decision of the 'Chief Justice, n rh'o- had-upheld the ruling of the Dis-r.ri-ct Land Registrar at Napier:. "Before being permitted to have the use of the Harbour Board's, woolshed for'the reception of Mr Seddon at ; Wellington on .Wednesday night, the Organising,' Committee was- obliged! toput an additional £4000 of insurance on, the building; to make, an insurance tif £5000 in case of fire panic under .'the Employersl. Liability Act; -to -take out an. indemnity bond for reinsta.tetmenlti of) the ibuiilding in case of fire";'.' and a further bond oiE £1000 for aooi- { dents under the Employers' Liability Aot.:< .;. ■■■ ' ■ "■ - ■ ■: :j

. Some time .since a melmlber of the Queensland Parliament: :niade sotm.e astiound'ing ©barges against as Judge M the Supreme Court of that cdlloiiy. A, comiiiiis&i'on was set up and in its report oomple'tely •exonerates the Judige. -Mr George, a late memiber of. the Astemibly and; at present Camruissiojiier ■c£ Railways, is 'blamed for bringing in the House a charge conueo ed with blaokmail against Justice Paijkeri wijtihlcxull) ■siatisifyingj himislellf hhat. there were any grounds) "f or it.

Wlhien visting Scotland, explained Captain Uru. of the CoroinatioQ Native Contingent, to his Maori friends at Kaiapoi, the Scottish people- w^re 'hospitable to''the- last degree, and refused toi accept a shilling for-linything which the New' Zealand' Contingent required on their visit to rbheir country;-: Th& "members of /the Contingent thoughit -some ■ return should be made, and gave a ccftnplimehtaiy' dirnner' t'of""' 'soiiiei of their Scottish, friend';, but even then when the! bill camei in it was marked 'paid.'

In- conversation. wjLth. a.-representa-tive of the Pahiatua Herald, Dr. JDawson condemned the use of swings a.6 public schools, stating that they were responsible ,for 'more accidents than enough. Calisthenics were very goodl, added the doctor, :but the swings were useless and a source of danger, and shiould be discountenanced ~by school committees. Many children-—'boys and girlis—whol are.now crippled and some deformed, have to thank the swings for their deformities and' sea'p wounds. Many of the accidents from ;this source of amusement have been, fatal; • The; Education-: Board would!:: do well to' prohibit the erection loif. swiugS" at State schbols.r-i ■'■■• ■ '■. '•■■•■■ ■ . '■'

'Referring to the;-!Goolgardie (W as: tenx Australia)' water ischemej the Auis'tralasiau. Miinih'g'Standard says:—"ln comnectiom: with 'the que'stionr of the mines using fresh, water dumped :froin Mamdaring in!S'tead';ol: eonderised water an interesting discussion is now beirig carried on. One of the mine managers who is a large consumer of water foir battery and cyanide purposes stat'os •that so far as milling -is^ ■■con,cei;ned. the salt water which ;is found locally will continue to he usedl in 'preference to fresh. It.is''of interest, liioiwyer, to state that for cyaniding salt water is of ;no us© whatever. To' show the excessive percentage of isalt .contained in local water, it is generally understood that it is 5 per >cent .denser than sea water.; in: other words, the salt water on the. .fields" contains 8 pcr 1 cent of .salines,.':as''compared with <5' per cent "in.'the: sea water. This excess of: salt it is proposed-to'"reduce by diluting it with fresh water purchased from the C'oolgardie water scli<eme."