LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11422, 2 December 1904, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest addition to the TeUfmono Exchange is No. 367, Aramoho Hotel (H., P. Littiewood) Aramoho. * . f\\i • . The * Bulgarian ' Chamber has voted Xl,soo|iDoo for the purchase of quiekfirers, and th% extension of the coast defences of the Bllck Sea. We ?vere misinformed yesterday in regard % the presentation to Miss Price, which was to Miss Claudia, not Miss Eevelyn Psce. . Two 'at' Annandale, New South Wales^xansacked.* a house while the tenants were holiday-making, and actually held the, milk-jug out while the milkman filled if/- " - ' • 'The sailing race yesterday afternoon turned- into a drifting match, there being scarcely any wind. .Maureen wae leading when 'the tune'limib was reached, and as none of the boats were able to finish, the race was ordered to be re-sailed on Thursday, Bth December.

A cheque for .£13,362 16s 8d was paid last week in. Melbourne as probate duty on tlie estate of the late 'Mr Andrew Hallcy Knight, ' gentleman, who, besides an English estate of considerable value, left property in Victoria estimated to be worth 4133,840.

An American .physician who has been accustomed to experiment with rabbits generally found that chloroform killed them before lie- had a chance to operate. Disgusted at fche wastefulness of this method, he tried hypnotism on one rabbit that h& had left, and found to his surprise that with a few passes' of the hand he could easily hypnotise the .little creature so perfectly that it lost all capacity for movement or sensation.

Referring to the recent Collingwood fire,' the Golden Bay Argus says: — Not one solitary safe of over a dozen, which went through the fire resisted in the slightest degree the effects of the heat. Documents contained' in them in every case were roasted to ? cinders, 'and were rendered absolutely worthless, and in one case some loose gold lying in a recess of one of the safes "had actually run into a solid mass. Another evidence of the construction of these safes was the fact that the safe in Mr G. W. Riley's house, which before the fie, had taken three good strong men to move"*ity"would, after the fire, have easily been carried -away by one man, the "tire proof" packing having evidently disappeared in smoke.

The Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association has decided to guarantee £10 towards the expenses of the tour of the Etiglish athletes to New Zealand.

Owing to the present rolling stock on the Wellington City Tramways having bDen found insuftlcisnt, the City Council is ordering nine more cars. Three of them are to be built shortly.

A Firemen's Carnival at Dunedin, which lasted over a week, shows a profit of .£I2OO, and the object in view, that of providing funds for entertaining the visiting firemen next March, has been realised.

The Premier yesterday promised a Christchurch deputation to lay the matter of the International Exhibition befora the Cabinet next week, and communicate further with the local committee.

The negotiations for a German-Austro-Hungatian treaty have failed. .An agreement was reached on industrial matters, but agrarian questions constituted the difficulty. Mr W~. H. Simpson, for several years connected with the Nelson Mail in variovs capacities, has been appointed to the permanent literary staff of that journal, and has commenced his duties, vice Mr C. J. Todd.

It has transpired, says a Sydney cable, that the conference between the Northern Colliery owners and employees, with a view to settling the dispute, has proved abortive, and it is -improbable that there will be any further negotiations.

The Hawke's Bay Herald learns that Mr William Bain lias just severed his connection with the " North British and Hawke's Bay Freezing Company, and leaves in a few days to take the management of a farm in the Wauganui district.

At the Police Court this morning, before Messrs E. N. Liffiton and Jas. Thain J.'sP., a man named John Tait was fined c£2 with Court costs 15s, and witnesses' expenses 12s for conduct calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Mr Watt appeared for defendant.

Miss Burton, who has recently resigned her position of assistant Art instructor at tha Technical School, was yesterday presented by her pupils with a handome sil-ver-mounted dressing case. Mr Hutton made a pleasing speech of farewell to Miss Burton, and Master Hanna made the presentation.

The native, Kaka Kuaka, who died on Friday, was quietly buried at London, Pirinoa (says the Carterton correspondent of the Times). The usnal burial customs of the Maoris were prohibited by Iniai te Whaiti, and no tangi was held, the ceremony performed being much after the style adopted by Europeans.

A Melbourne cable states that a conference of the represioitatives of the butter factories, merchants, and agents, has resolved to recommend the producer to co-operate to market his own products. It was also decided, by- 80 to 5, against the establishment of an, open butter exchange, as recommended by the butter commissioners. ' A London correspondent, writing on October 14, says: — The death is recorded this week of cine more veteran of the Now Zealand wars of former days, viz., the Rev. Patrick Beaton, for 21 years chaplain to His Majesty's forces in various parts of the Empire, who died at Brighton last Tuesday, in the 80th year of his age. He was in Now Zealand during the Maori War, and was decorated for rescuing the wounded under fire.

When dealing with a charge of attempted suicide Dr. A. M 'Arthur, the Wellington SrM.^said: — "I have' made it a rule — I don't know 'whether it is right or not — and that is, I do not see how I can punish a man for an act which, had it been successful, ho would not have been here at all." Accused was convicted, ordeied to come up for sentence when called upon, and ordered to, pay <£5 towards the Hospital expenses. As the defendant wae leaving the dock his Worship advised him to try and look at the brighter side of life.

At a meeting of the Wellington City Council last night, a letter was read from the Premier, pointing out that there was no municipal inspection of scaffolding used in connection with buildings, and asking that a by-law be passed giving some municipal officer authority to make such inspection. It was decided to reply that no Act gave the Council power to interfere with scaffolding erected anywhere excepting on the Council's own land, or about the footpaths for erection of such plans. Builders have to adhere to the City Engineer's plans.

Tlie approaching deer-shooting season, as far a& the Wairarapa district is concerned, promises to be an exceptionally good one. Evideiice of this comes to hand in a. -urucjue manner. '.Mie trustees of a big estate in the Lower Valley have written t» the Tourist Department complaining of the " encroachment on their pastures of large herds of de£r. which have been deplenishing the available herbage to a considerable extent. A herd in one large paddock, some miles in extent, is said to nave numbered quite two hundred. The estate adjoins the deer reserve, and the trustees are requesting the Government to fence the reserve along their frontage.

The shooting committee of tho Irish Rifles last night fixed Saturday, 17th, for the return match against the Wairoa Mounted Rifles, and the following will go into practice from, to-morrow: — Captain Swan, Lieut. Slipper, Sergts. Purnell and Langham, La_nce-Sergt. A. Purnell, Lance-Corp. McCulloeh t Vols. McMoridi, Murray, Provost, McCulloch, F. McOulloch, G. James, Sym,on~B, Hon. Member Sergt.-Major Peacock. Ammunition may be obtained at Captain Swan's office. Matches will also probahly be fired at Christmas with tlie Wellington City Uiflos. Zcalaudia Rifles, and the Wellington Company of the N.Z. Garrison ArtillciT.

Hearing of the coming to New Zealand of Lady Onslow and her New Zealandborn son, Huia, some of the leaders of the Ngatihuia tribe — whose forefathers lived in the^wilds of the Otaki district — liaA'e bethought themselves of giving their "white chief" a welcome. It has been arranged that Hakaria te Whena and other chiefs of the tribe Bhall welcome Huia on his arrival in Wellington, and that subsequently the lad and Lady Onslow shall be entertained by the tribe at a grand "3iui" of welcome to be held at Otaki. Mr Hove Hcke, M.H.R., who is interesting himself in the arrangements, left Wellington for Otaki to arrange details in connection with the function. Lady OnS%ow is due to arrive in the colony this month.