LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12824, 16 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. The Education Board meets this evenThe Board of Management of the Wanganm V.M.C.A. meets this evenTho monthly meeting-of the WangaP'^V^i'psopfticnl Society is to be held :n the-Museum flail this evening. The revenue derived from the boi--o ugh tramways for the month of September was £98 Gs 3d more than for thesame month last year. M^'Al^^ Bgl1' solicitor, a son of Wellington Suburbs seat in the Opposition interest. ■ -Wanganui uas visited by the predicted gale .on"'Friday1-night and Saturday,'1 as the result of which all outdoor sports were interfered with. . Berne advises that the Indo-European .tromnany lines are interrupted between ■'Jjoulna. and Tabriz. During the' intorj upturn there will be two mail services weekly for Bolama. _ M»- C. F. Alexander, manager of the Ounedm Corporation Tramways, is an .applicant for the position of traffic manager of the Wellington municipal tram-' '"■ways.- " ■ .' ■' ...: , Archbishop Redwood yesterday (says a West port wire) performed the ceremony of dedicating and opening the ■iw-w Convent High School, which has boarding accommodation for 18 pupils. The Wanganiii Presbytery meets at Marton in St. Andrew's Hall to-day, at 1.30 p.m., to consider .a second call iroin the Methven congregation Canterbury, to Rev. G. K. Aitken, of Foxtun. •Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P. for Tauinarumu, will be presented, on Friday next ab Ohakune . witlf ari^ address of appreciation of his services from that par*, of the electorate, which has j bean cut out.as the result of the report of the Representation Commission. "The famous Kelly the Rake, a man who has visitor! every lock-up in New Zealand almost." This was the police ~description of a man who was convicted of drunkenness and discharged at the Magistrate's Court in Waimate on J mirsday morning. William'and Maud Rogers, extraditfid rrora San' Francisco on-a charge'of burglary of the premises of Kohri (jewC'Jler).. and theft of jewellery of !;he value of £539. appeared before the Auckland' Court on Saturday, and were remanded till Friday next/ bail b'einc refused The Auckland Chamber of Commerce lias resolved to draw the attention of the Imioir Steamship Company to the Kernels handicap on Auckland merchants owing to the irregularity of the semftc. between Auckland, the Bluff . Uamuru ,?nd; Timaru, and urging the need for a regular' fortnightly service f>.v steamers of a suitable size. ; At Blackball it has been decided that ! tho publicans throughout the Grey eloc- . torate be asked to make a reduction in tho retail price of boer to 4d per pint and 3d per hall-pint. It was also decided that : should the reply from the publican* be unsatisfactory,- a ballot be taken nt the mine to test tho foeling in regard to giving ik block prohibi- , iwn voto. ;. Mr. J. J Boyd, who has established ■zoos "at Auckland'and Aramoho, is establishing another at Wainoni Park, (.hristchurch, which, will be open on Labour Day. The nucleus of the collection was shipped from Wellington to the south c-ir Saturday, night, and com-j-rises two lions, two tigers, two bears, two leopards, two eagles, one puma, besides parrots and monkeys. In 2J years there have been no fewer than 26 resignations on the part of .nurses at the Napier Hospital: At the *.neeting ; of the Board last week there wore two, resignations and "as a reason the nurses pointed out that since passing their final examinations irivJune vacancies for sisters on the staff, had occurred, but those had been filled by outsiders who had only passed the examination at the same time. The ■writers said, that they had been trained in the Napier institution, and if, when vacancies occurred they More not to Tocttivo the same consideration as out«idei\o they saw no course open to them other than to resign their positions, "ho resignations wore accepted, and the Board appointed a committee to en- . riuire . into t.be reasons of so ; man'? changes in the -nursing staff and the general working of the, whole staff. At the Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning William John Brown was charged with stealing .£5, the .property of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Co. Accused pleaded guilty. Tho su- } orir.tendi'nt of the company stated that tbo accused had boon employed as ft canvasser since February, but from then till the date tho information was laid there had boon nothing wrong1 with bi.s weekly accounts. After tho discrep«<ncy was discovered, the accused left the town and wont to work on a farm nt Makirikiri. whoro ho was. arrostcd. His present employer was prepared to t.'.kc him back, .ijk) also to pay tho amount on condition that ho went'back to work tho monoy out. Tho accused stated that he bad lost the monoy, and •vhen tho superintendent came to Wanganui In: roportod that he had lost the money. Ho asked for time to pay the amount, but tho superintendent wo:ildnot allow this, and ordered him to find the monoy next morning. He tried to do this by borrowing, but was unable to do so, so he left tho town. Detective Siddells' evidence was corroborative. Tho S.M. stated that tho aeiiiso'l was in a position of trust and he should have been more careful. Ho would enter a conviction against him <'.nd order him to pay the costs of tho prosecution and to refund the amount find also to conic- up for sentence when called upon.

!■•'•■ Lite-postal -authorities-advise that the steamer Wimmera, which -left Sydney at noon on the 11th inst. for Auckland" lias on board an Australian mail, also an English mail via Suez. ..The Wangan i Ul P°rtJon is due to arrive here by the Mam Trunk train on Monday next j the 16th inst. ' The stranded, Pelotas has received very rough treatment during the recent gale, and there are now grave doubts as to whether the wreck would float should an effort, be made in that direction, or whether it will be possible to mado an attempt to refloat "her. Th« j vessel has now sustained, considerable j damage, and the mainmast is in an un- ■■ stable condition. After lying at the mercy of the ■ elements for several months, it is not to be wondered at that the wreck should break up The pity is that she should have been allowed to defy nature for so long. The news .will be a disappointment to those who expected to see the Pelotas once more in the river, even as a coal hulk. The new president of the Woodville Chamber of Commerce (Mr. IT P Home) told the annual meeting reports the Examiner, that there were some few matters he had been thinking over when considering what the Cham" ber might take up. First, there was the question of boring for coal. If coal oould bo found in payable quantities • U would beat any gold mine for the town., and he had no doubt it did exist ni the hills around. Many years ago his father had 7burned coal taken irom the Gorgo m his forge, and the president believed he could find a tunno! driven for coal there now. The - meeting decided to make inquiries as to the terms on which the Government ■diamond drill could be obtained, and when it would be available