LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9995, 4 November 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

- Tho Canterbury Art Society has fixed March 16 as the date of the opening of its next exhibition. The weather was overcast in tho south and fine elsewhere this morning. ■ There were indications of the approach of westerly weather. The secretary of the Kauri Timber Company at Auckland has been advised by tlie head office in Melbourne thata dividend of 8 per cent has been declared. The two branches of the "Waimafcariri, the Rangitata and the Waitaki were all reported to be clear this morning, the Rakaia being the only river uniishable. • American files report that in the body of Frank Wilson, who was operated on for appendicitis in a hospital at Cairo, Illinois, were found a button hook, a hat pin, three keys, a lead pencil, a belt buckle, a toy pistol, three small nails, a needle and a thermometer. The man died shortly afterwards. At a meeting of tho Auckland billiard saloonkeepers it was decided to raiso funds for an appeal against tho decision of Mr Cutten, S.M., that saloons where pool is played for small stakes aro common gamine houses. Mr Kent, solicitor, on their behalf, telegraphed to Dr Findlay, suggesting that instructions should be given to tho police to permit matters to go on as before, pending a decision on the appeal. Dr Findlay replied that he did not care to interfere with police proceedings, but he had communicated with the Commissioner of Police. He added that the suggestion seemed reasonable if the appeal wore prosecuted with due diligence. Tho results of the decennial census of tho United States are now being published, and no totals have rejoiced tho Americans more than the figures which show that the population of the city of New York is steadily gaining on that of London. That Now York is destined to be "the world city," Americans have no doubt whatever—and they have no reason to doubt it, either. "The population of the city is now, according to tho census figures, <1,766,883. Except London, no other city in tho world approaches this total. There are a number of countries containing fewer people than the city of New York, among them the Commonwealth of 'Australia, as is pointed out in tho publication of the Census Bureau. Admittedly, London has a tremendous start with its population of 7,429,740, citing the latest census figures published, but New Yorkers find support for their belief that tho English capital will eventually be overhauled in the fact that the rate of increase is creator in the American -, metropolis. For instance, in etgiit London gained in population, whilo in ten years New York gained 1,329,681. Tho vear 1930 is set .by some optimists as the one in which New York will overtake its only remaining rival. It must not be forgotten that London had more than a thousand start of New York, and the. startlingly rapid growth of tho latter city is brought homo to the realisation vividly by tho statement that a man died the other day who rememb<3r<vi when the city .had but 90 0 000 inhabitants, exclusive of Brooklyn, which had 60,000. ■ Next time you feel a slight irritation in your throat, got a box of Zymoio Trokeys and stop ifc. They give general satisfaction. 21

Mr H. D. Bedford, a former member, and Mr It. R. Douglas, a City Councillor iind a Labourite, will be candidates for tho Dunedin North .scat in Parliament at next election. The Petone Navals this morning indulged iu big gun shooting in the shape of "battle practice'' and good results are being achieved. During the camp the company lias fired SO rounds, tho timo taken being 31 minute*, and results indicate tho first-class efficiency shooting of 93 per cent. At. the Ashburton Magistrate's Court to-day. Mr V. G. Bay, S M., fined James Stuart the full penalty of £lO and costs on a charge of having procured liquor for a prohibited person. Tlie Bench said Stuart was one of these persons it was difficult for the 1 oliCe Court to get hold of, and who undid all tlie good prohibition might otherwise do to it. person. ,In. the Wellington Magistrate's Court lately tho Magistrate held that a racing, club was not entitled to exclude anyone from a racecourse .without proving that such person was an undesiiable. Tho club did not try to proyo that the defendant was undesirable and the case was dismissed. To-day, before Sir Robert Stout, Mr Justice Cooper and Mr Justice Chapman, the club appealed, and the Court held, that tho .Magistrate was wrong. All that lie had to decido was whether the man was a trespasser or not '. The case was referred back to the Magistrate. Judgment was given by Mr Justice Cooper in Wellington to-day. on . the motion of the Solicitor-General, to disnliareo a decree nisi granted on March 19, 1910, at Gisborne,' in the divorce case Jobson v. Jobson. and to dismiss the; petition to have tho decree made absolute. It appears that since granting the decree nisi tho parties had lived together as man and wife at Wanganui and Wellington. Tho grounds of the Solicitor-General's motion were that the petitioner had condoned the respondent's adultery, and that the Court had not bad the material facts before it at the time. Tho Court rescinded tho decree nisi and, as a matter of course, dismissed tho petition to make the decree absolute, which was desired ly both parties. His Honor said that it was the first caso in New Zealand in which the Attorney-General or the SolicitorGeneral had' intervened, in a divorce suit.