LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8522, 15 January 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Maheno, from Melbourne, &*ri*> ed at th© filufl early thi* morning. He» mails should reach. Chrifitchurch by th« second express this evening. A lady visitor to Weiflingtoin., who was boarding at the Oriefatal Hotel $aays the "New Zealand Times"), left in her room on Thursday £36 in gold and notes, and Bailed- by tie MoeTAlrfi for the south. When she got i» Christchurch she discovered .her loos. She at once telegraphed to the proprietor of the hotel, who, in tihe ine&n&une, had! been handled the money by the new . occupier of the ircom. The amount wm . forwarded to the owner by telegraph. Judging from the shipping statistics the producers of Tarajiaki or© 'Having a successful season, both ill regard w yield and price (says tib» "Tajramaki Herald"). The fortnightly shipment^ from New Plymouth by the.Corinna <at Monday will total 16,000 boxes o* batter and 800 orates of cheese— -a record for the port. Of this quantity 12,529 boxes of butter will be shipped for Home markets by the Tongafriw), ftod tifo balance by the M©*ayaihire. Inchidiing Mondiay'a oomsignTOfent, the export or butter f-rom th© part sine© Bfip» tember 1 toteds f16U342 boxeA.

At the Dunedin Police Court to-day, Andrew William Syme was committed for sentence on charges of housebreakjng at Roslyn and theft at Morven Hills, Captain Edwin's weather forecast, telegraphed at noon to-day, is as follows:—" Moderate to strong westerly Winds. Glass rise. Tides good. . Sea moderate," The new railway passes for members of Parliament will be in the form of a kiwi, in gold. The old "tiki" passes will be called in, and the new design trill 08 permanent. The Woolston Borough Council, the controlling authority, is advertising for tenders for the construction of the now bridge over the Heathcote River. The time for receiving tenders will close on February 7. Nearly ten thousand persons yesterday followed the remains of "Little Gulliver" to the Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, where a choral service was held. The members of Sheridan's-Com-pany and Fuller's Company attended in force, and a large number of wreaths were placed on the grave. The Telegraph Department reports : — -" Owing to the failure of the French cable, which connects with the Venezuelan, the general system of communication with the-, latter country 16 interrupted. Advice from Bamfield on Saturday evening states, that the •wire conditions in ihe east aTe now normal.'* The interview ' between Sir Joseph Ward and Captain Walker, representative of the Marconi Company, after two Jours, was adjourned till the evening. ,It is understood that the Government 1 is being committed to no system-in. particular, and the matter* will end by the call for public off ens for an, intercolonial installation. ■ There is likely to be an agitation, in HalsVell for some new method of conveying road metal to the city from the quarries. At present- it ie carried in brains of heavy trucks, drawn by traction engines, and the result is that the main road, from the point pi junction with the quarry road, is in a very bad state. The heavy trucks and engines have broken up the surface, and attempts at repairs seem futile while the inetai traffic continues. As this is likely to be for a long period of years many residents hold that a. tramline should be constructed. The iiremen belonging to the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's steamer "Waiwera waited upon Mr Wa-rdell, 6.M., at Wellington, this morning, and complained about the quantity and Jualitv of the food supplied to them, laptain Lowden stated 'thai/ the food was ample and of good quality, and according to ~tibe Board of Trade scale. the Magistrate tasted some of the food *«?rved out to the m-en this morning, and pronounced it excellent, but he admitted that it was hardly sufficient. He decided that the complaint was one % v the Collector of Customs to deal with.