LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5961, 17 July 1912, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As Mr Sundßtrum' has to go to | Wellirgton to' attend the annual Dental Conference his trip next Thursday, 18th inst., will be taken by his assistant, Mr Twomov, whose hours will be 12 till 3 p.m. ' For some years past Mr Jas. Maxwell, the well-known motor engineer of Invercargill, has been experimenting with a view to' perfecting a storage battery, a mxdel of which he forwarded to Mr Edison, the worldwide electrician. (Mr Maxwell has now received word to proceed at once to America to perfect, his battery, and leaves in the course of a few weeks. Over 92,060 applications frr appointments in connection with the unemployroHnt section of tlio Insurance Act have (been received lor-"the 680 vacant ajjpoißtments,

On Monday, Mr B. Hart, of Wetherstones, received a ■wireless mossago from Lis daughter, Miss Eva Hart, who was a passenger, by the 'SSrikoia for Sydney. Tho message informed her. people that she was having a moat enjoyable passage.

The proprietorship of the Moa Plat Hotel, at ißttriek, has changed hands, Mr Aanison having sold out to Mr •James Eliordan, 0 f Evans Flat, who takes possession on the Ist of next month.

A hockey match will be played on tho Recreation Ground, Lawrence, this afternoon between the Lawrence District High School] girls and Waitahuna ladies. Following is tho school team:—Marian McCaw, Maggie McCorkindale, Molly Fuldscth, Eva Howe, AYillina Hay, l'hylis Browne,. Maud Craig, Jessie Browne, Flora Waodhill, Bita Wood, and Jessie Gordon.

Mr James Robertson, President ot the Gabriels i'ionoei's' Association, has received from Mr H. Wilkinson, 1 ot Invercargill, a letter thanking him for the printed CQPy of the report of the late re-union in Duaedin (a copy of which was forwarded to each pioneer on the roll) 'expressing pleasure at tho excellent financial position of the Association and expressing the hope that it may have a long and useful existence. He also expresses his pleasure at the proposition to supply metal badges which ho says will be handed down as> heirlooms in tho pioneers' families. Tho bulging wall of the Victoria stables which has boon causing so much anxiety to the Borough Council for some time past, has' been taken down by the owner (Mr Montgomery) who is having his stable supported in such a manner as will cause n 0 further trouble or danger to thoso using tho right-of-way .at the side o! tho Town Hall. A somewhat carious vegetable specimen was handed into cur office on Monday morning. This was a double turnip found growing on tho property of Mr R. Marshall, Gabriels Gully. The peculiar part about it was that the two turnips of quite distinct variety were growing one above the other, the upper ono being of the yellow top variety w,hilo the under one-' is apparently a Whites-tone. They are both fairly large specimens. The Bank of Now Zealwnd has received tho following telegram from London, dated 9th inst, with reference to tho current wool sales which opened on the 2nd inst :—" Current prices for North Island farmers' lots in average condition : Coarse crossbred 3t*/4Us quality SUd to 10d per lb ; medium crossti-cd 4-l-/4(is quality 10.} dto lid per lb ; fine crossbred 50s quality lid to 13d per lb. Current prices for South Island farmers' lets (Canterbury style) in average condition—lnferior merino campion GO/teig quality lOid to lid per lb ; superior merino super 60/C-ls quality 12.\d to 131 d per lb ; half or -|uarterbftd merino 56s quality .'ll Jd to 12-Jd per lb. The W-akatipu people are moving in the direction of celebrating in September the jubilee of the discovery ot gold at Fox's (Arrow) am,! propose to carry out the function on similar lines to the Gabriels Gully Jubilee in. May, 11)11. A subscription list has been opened and already there hns been a liberal response. The counsel and advice of Mr James Robertson (our Mayor) will, the local paper hopes, be available in assisting to carry the function through. Mr J. E. Strachan, M.A., our late secondary teacher, delivered a lecture in St. Andrew's School Hall, Dunedin, on Friday evening.- on the subject of " Ether Waves." The Rev. ])rWaddell, who introduced the lecturer, said Mr Strachan had proved himself a brilliant student in science at the Otago University, and was riow science master at the Gore High school. According to tho Otago Daily Times report the lecture, which was accompanied with practical dranonstra- 1 tions,, proved an exceedingly interesting one, and -at the conclusion Mr Strachan was accorded a very cordial votes of thanks. .

The Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, was n witness Wore the Education Coii'missifn at Wellington last wvek. He said ho had not,seen anything to lead him to conohide that the children of tho present day iwcre any worse than those of forty or fifty years ago, and he showed conclusively from statistics that so. far as crime was concerned the percentage, had gone steadily dowr.., despite the fact that we'had a secular system of education. As regards immorality he said our percentage of illigitimatc births was lower than Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queen--land. " Nearly half our crime," concluded Sir Robert, "is due to the use of intoxicating dfinl<7' The dressmaking class commenced on Monday night when there was an attendance of nine pupils. It is hoped, however, that several more pupils will be enrolled before next lesson night. The woodwork class on Monday niiiht was well attended and keen enthusiasm was manifested in the work 'by all tho (pupils present. TTie wool--1 classing class is being regularly attended by all the pupils enrolled and we understand good work <is being drne.