LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5965, 31 July 1912, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Auckland on Thursday a rcstaarant neeper named Mickolo was fined £2O for "faking" his Qvmimc and wages- book. Mr Sundstrums next professional visit is on Thursday, when he may be consulted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A young man named George M-ooro was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence on Thursday, at Westport, for stealing three rings from a lady who had fainted in a train By which the accused was also a p*" aenger. BUYERS OF SPECTACLES CAUTIONED. If the eight has -not been tested Kricntifically, there can be no acn.f.y about the glasses supplied, and the chances are that a seeming berefit may result in a permanent injury. I test eyes scientifically, and supply glasses that may be relied on to suit your vision, whatever defect there B»y Neill, D.8.0.A.. qualified optieia*,, 910 George St., Dunedin.

Parliament rc-asßembles to-day. The Government say that they have 20 Bills ready for consideration and that ihe Financial Statement will be brought down within a fortnight. While n.-nrly the whols of tho Dominion is suffering from an over plus of moisture, Grpymoutfc district, which is noted as one of the wet spots of tho South Island, is suffering from drought. Residents in that distaict are cam-ini' wateriwhiljsti Wish fires are ragim; in various directions.

In this issue Mr T. H. Clark announces that his ninth annual Colossal Sale of boots, shoes, &c, will eommence td-morrow, and will continue during the whole of the month.

The funeral of the late Mr John Hogg, jun., who died at Cromwell last week, took place at Lawrence yesterday afternoon. On the /> nival of the body at Lawrence on Motuday niglit it was conveyed to the Presbyteriaa Church where a funeral service was held prior to the coffin being removed to the heause. There was a large attendance of friends including settlers from all the surrounding districts. The service at the graveside was impressively eonductcd by the Kevs. Km-ward a nd Watson.

Some time ago, a complete cast, of an animal's head was unearthed at the Milbum lime quarry (says tha Bruce Herald). The " find" wa* shown to Dr. Marshall (Professe r. of Geology at Otago Lniversity) and his party of stud«nts, while making then annual geological tour last week, and was pronounced to bo that of a whale. Actiag under orders lit- A. K. Hussell, who w-as a member of the party, has since had the specimen conveyed to Dunedin, where it will b« plucud on exhibition at tfie Oiago Museum.

An acetylene gas explosion (forlttnately without any serious consequences; occurred in Koss Place about i7.3U on Saturday night. The immediate scene was Sir Medlar's watchmaker and jeweller's shop. It appears that *he globe light which he burns beneath his verandah had gone out and t hat the generator was re-charged bofore the gas leading to tfie burner in the globe was turned off. The consequence was that when Mr Mellor went to light the burner there was a violent explosion, the globe being shattered to fragments. Fortunately Mr Mellor's head was nctt in line with the globe when he was in the act of lighting the gas and, therefore, he escaped the force of the explosion. As it was he received a few slight marks about the face from the shattered glass, but he is tbankfsl the •o,as©qjuences w»re no worse. The report of the e*plosiou was heard lor ia considerable distance and within a few moments there was quite a large attendance of the v puiblic oa t)he scene. A girl named Constance JSpOrackien, aged 18 years, who had ih|cen employed as a barmaid in 'one of Christchurch's leading hotels, was oharged on with the theft of £2O from a patron of the hotel. Jt seems the gentlemaa who l«st his money had on the prevk-us evening tendered her a, £2O Bote in payment for drinks, when the girl said she would give him the change in the imorning. She did not do so and in the meantime shj and a youth of 18 set off for Sydney. Accussd was arrested on the ferry l at ffellingtrm. At the hearin of tho case the mother of the lad

offered to taske the girl ltack to her euro home in the North Island and '.. - Magistrate *greed tc- this course in preference to send lag her to gaol. On the journey tp 'the North she very foolishly eseaped from the steadier; and rejomed the youth, the result being that she was ie-arnested and sentenced to two years' reformative treatmeat.'

The death of the Mikado, of Japan is momentarily expected. Mr B. Hart, out- veteran poultry fancier, was an exhibitor in the Sblackred game class at the Taieri Poultry Show on Friday last, scoring second prize in the hen and pullet Classes. H. G. Herbert, an immigration inspector at Detroit, formerly employed by the Now Zealand Government, rejected a Scottish immigrant at that place. The' latter drew' a revolver and shot Herbert dead. The American officials arrested the immigrant, as the offence occurred on an American boat bound in from Canada.

In the Police Court Auckland, on Monday, a Syrian named Abraham Wolfson, twas charged with an evasion of the Customs duty an goods imported from Sydney by means of a false invoice, representing 5U 'per cent. under the real value. He Iwos fined £100; a»d the goods, valued at £l6O were forfeited. .ludging by the way donations c-f , kind are coming to lhand, the pros- ; pects of the Tuapeka Band Baaaar -ire .very encouraging. Already apI proximately nearly £2O worth of joods of various descriptions have. !: pen received. What makes it particularly gratifying to the promoters is the number of spontaneous gifts received. 'Wio ratepayers of Clyde-vale Riding of the. ■ Clutb a County are, moving for the raising of a special loan of C3UOU for metalling their" roads. The cost of the loan will, it is estimated, mean an additional rate on the riding of -id in the £. The progressive euchre party win St. Patrick's schoolroom on Friday night last was a pronounced success despite I lie cold and inclement nature of the weather. After the prizes for .the winners of most and fewest number of | games had l>een presented, refreshments wt'v.' dispensed with a lavish h-uid and thereafter an enjoyahb dnnco followed for a couple of hours to excellent music supplied by Miss Cursey (piano) and Messrs Russell (cri-net) and Ryan (violin).

A I .'and Bill will come beforu Parliament this season. The Prime Minister stated thij other -evening' - that he could not explain the character of tins measure at present, but it would deal with certain aspects oi the •■nvcrnnient's land policy. '' To give effort to the whole of our land policy," Mr Massey added, " would require the greater part of a session, and it will not lie possible! to • ileal with it all this year." A golf match will take place 0 n the local links this afternoon i between teams representing the Milton a"d Lawrence Clubs. Following is the ■draw :—Brady ,plays A. Blair, Henderson plays J. B. Smyth, McClymont plays A. Arthur, Br. Sutherland plays A. J. McKinlay, MoGuire plays R. C. Moore, l'otter'iibvvs .I.JSiaekir, Mrs Hall play» Mrs H. Thompson, Mrs MdGuiro plays Mrs 11. L. Barton, Miss Reed plays Miss Smyth, Mrs Henderson plays Miss Hart. A meeting oi the Retailers' Association was held on Friday last when several matters of interest were dealt with. The request from the South I uapeka Sub-union that the half-holi-day be held on Thursday, sth September, instead .of Wednesday, Ith, to mable the public to attend the football match OtagQ v. South Tuapoku was agreed to provided the Sub|-tinion arrange with the Mayor to declare a half-holiday on September sth. lteferenci? was made to the fact that the ; government had some idea of establishing a State furm in tho Tuapaka district, but, apparently, the scheme was likely to be abandoned for the present. It was pointed oul that a portion of the commonage might very well be used for the purposes of a State farm and it was decided to bring the matter Wefore the (Jommonngo Committee and communicate with the member for the district.—ln connection with this latter suggestion il will be notal from an advertisement in our business columns that v. meeting of cattle owners using the couniiioaiugc is called for Saturday night.

A meeting of the Country Development Committee of the I.Hinedin lix|ian»ion Leaguo was held iu IJiuiedin last ween, Mr A. MoriWson presiding. A resolution was passed urging the Government to have the LawreuceKuxburgh railway line surveyed to Deaumont, and sufficient men put on at that end to enable the line to Beaumont to be completed by the time the Big Hill tunnel is pierced, and that the continuation o' the line to ltoxburgh be authorised, so that tae men will be retained on the work on completion oi the line to Beaumont. A further resolution was passed urging the Government to resume work on the Otago Central line forthwith. The secretary was instructed to forward copies of these resolutions to the Prime Minister, the Minister oi Pulblic Works, the Minister of .Railways, and to the Otago members of Parliament. Several other ma-tiers affecting the expansion of Otago were dealt with.—-Star.

liugene C. May, who was in the limebght in connection with the recent attempt ,to recover the General Grant's gold, is still on the warpath. A reporter was shown a lengthy letter recently received from him by an interested party in Dunedin. The genial American writes as optimistically as ever of salvage prospects, and expects to be back in New Zeala'id fully eqMppcd for another sally in November or Decenibsr. Negotiations which have been in progress for some time for the disposal of the General Giant Salvage Company's steamer Waiioa, in pursuance of the order »f the Supreme Court, have terminated in the vessel being taken over hy Mesvrs Stevenson and Cook, Port Chalmers. It is understood that the price paid was between £1550 a nd AfiOO. It is stated th a t both ai Wellington firm and an Auckland firm are negotiating for the purchase of tho little craft from her new owners.—Evening Star.