LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13034, 30 March 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Amusement advertisements will befouad op page 3. | ■ Pourparlers are in progress relative to the Austro-Hungarian hrir preturnptike's visit to Constantinople, i Tim engine driverg’ Wages . poard "il I Newcastle. has fixed the' rates of ranging ffpm. 13d to I6d per, hour, hid mechanics’ ' wages from 13 jd 'to 13d |«r hour. " ii; ! , 1 ' During the tenuis tournament on Cook's Gardens the sneak thief made his presence known to at least two of the players. OUe lost jE7, while a lady had her purse out,of her bag. while watching a gante>, A shooting accident occurred at Lika. Botoroa on Monday evening, -by which at;; man named Grater, a resident of Munhij sou, received severe injuries to his atm.‘ He - was getting out of a boat . when him gun went off unexpectedly. The injured, man was taken to Murchison for med&al attention. . ;'!■* The Maori tennis tournament concluded at Palmerston North yesterday afternoon, when Hawke’s Bay von the Marnmatti Cup for the district charapidfeship (U|: last year by Wanganui). On Friday *to-, moana led Hawke’s Bay. llayur Sjis&. made the presentation. The Hoxu Carroll was present.' .. ... -yJJ The Auckland Harbour Board has sip.ceived a communication from, tins Secffif tpry of Marine to the effect that FhSpAdmiral Poore has advised the Depnttl meat that he has forwarded to the Commissioners of the Admiralty a dip# of the communication addreused to JhS6 ; on the subject of the turvey of the |g|V toto Channel, and that he had alsostroiSif.: ly recommended to tbrir lordships -thatthis survey should be carried out or th** a complete., re-survey should he made Auckland Harbour and its approaches tv tbe surveying officers of the Admiralty. * ' . T ■ J * nfisr 1 ;'

There' was a clean sheet at the Police Court this, morning. ’ , telegram fromTnglewood .stales that usual Easter howling:, gale, is raging there. ' :■ A" New' York cable states ’that burglars stole JEBOOO from the post office at Richmond, Virginia. It was stated at the Borough Council . meeting last nighty that about 300 people use the public library daily. The Department of Agriculture is carrying out experiments with the' object of ascertaining whether or not bacon and cheese can be carried overseas in the same cool chamber. A petition has been numerously signed in the Hastings district', praying the Government to take over the late Mrs G. .J*. Donnelly’s property at Wairaarama—about . 6000 'acres..:- : , BjlrehU. reports' as follows: 'strong' winds to■ gale, but backing ''.tb - soU^li-oesterly;‘ heavy ‘-'gale; very heavy expected j; rivers flooded; glass fall, but rise'fast probably after sixteen hours; , t aea ,ieavy; good. The rough weather—predicted by the iWeather. Bureau' duly ‘‘madetgood” here, last night, when a i cold soxith-eastoyly gale, accompanied; by heavy rain,.-was ;exr periencedj Sand .continued. throughout .today. - ... i‘ ■ - "fl, On ahd after Ist April, mails-from Wellington and intermediate offices by 'the express - will arrive at the Post Office at 3.10 p.m. ’ Mails for New Plymouth , and intermediate offices by the express will be closed ait 1.45 p.m. . ' One hundred Northern . Mormons; including several missionaries, from Utah and. Maori disciples, were in • Palmerston North last night en.route to’‘a. conference at ..Greytown, where representatives.-. of 5000.Mormons will gather. . ..

An explosion occurred in the Enner Glynn - coal mine oh Monday through a miner named John Tilley entering a shaft’ with, a naked light., Tilleyj who was bpdly’burned about the headland arms, was removed to the hospital,

' Supplies are being well maintained at the ■ grafting ’ store (says the Patqa Press). About; bOO ,cases of cheese and 2&0 boxes of homing in daily. There are at present in'. Store against the next shipment some 2000 cases of cheese and' 1500 boxes of butter. ' About 500 boxes of .’butter'will be retained in store to meet local requirements during the winter.

A threp-cylinder 15 h.p. oil engine, built by . Messrs Stewart Bros., engineers, of Wanganui, for a, motor canoe, was given a trial trip up river at Easter. The engine, although quite new and consequently not in its best running condition, did exceedingly well, and drove the 42ft canoe, up the -rapids in fine style. The river was very low, which made navigation much more difficulty, especially on the rapids.* tut ■ the little i boat reached Pipiriki with fiery little difficulty and, in excellent htgaming time. We understand that Messrs Stewart Bros, purpose manufacturing oil engines, and the success of their first production .should certainly give them plenty of encouragement.

• A passenger who has arrived at Wellington from London by the lonic, Mr D. E. Sedgwick, intends to inquire what inducements.. New Zealand tan offer to, lads who intend taking uj), farming. The youthful settlers .will be picked,lads, , who, if .selected.ifrqm -.London, will be givqn q ,preliminary rural training in some philanthropic f arm. i .colony ran. .-England.. .■ •> Country., boys will, however, not he required to undergo such ■ a probationary course. . The lads would , come out in parties, under .a superintendent, . who would see that .they were jprpperly settled and Under proper supervision; i, and who would also make arrangements for them if they were out of employment op were ill.

■ The attention of our readers is drawn to the .alterations in the .railway timetable, which. will come into operation on Friday next, the Ist of April. On and. after that date the usual 1.50 p:m. train,' Wanganui,.to Marton. will leave Wanganui at 1.45 p.m., Aramobo , 1.87, Fortlell 2.42, 'furakiija 3:23, arriving Marton 4.5. ;,p.'-n. The '■ up mail train, 'Wellington to Nev Plymouth, will arrive Wanganui 2.55 p.m. and will leave Wanganui'.for New Plymouth at 2.20 p.m.; and the usual 1.40 p.ni'. train,' Palmerston to Wanganui, will leavq, Palmersto/i at 12.36 p.iq., Turakiija 6*lo p.m., Fordell 6.15 , p.m. usual);'arriving Wanganui usual timA "

A team, of cricketers from' Wanganui, including L. P., K. H. 8.', ! and Al'Nl Cave, N. G. Armstrong. Burrett, Palmer, ,Dymo6k, and r ,Tlioms6ft, spent a most ehjdyahle time at ' Easter inland of Wanganui’. 1 .They played a match at Taihape. which they' won'eflsilyi thanks p'rificjpaliy 1 to 1 ijhe excellent form 1 displayed ’ by K: H. and 11 L. P. Cave.' At Ngarurukebu Mr LedWdqiP had prepared’ ; a splendid wicket elfins' property, a‘ wicket which was quite) a- revelation to the Wanganui players, who. little expected to find anitch ’ ■ equal to the-best "in the Dominion."That Whs their opinion, and they are equally w loud in their.praise of the right-royal way 9 they were entertained, by Mr' Ledwood; r!.Blit, ■ then, Mr Ledwood’s name as. a “sport” is proverbial. • I - At ‘ the Wanganui Borough Council ■ meeting last evening. Cr Holloway ; . brought up the matter of improving Cook’s Gardens. The grounds, he said, were not in keeping with the importance of the town, and he thought" that with the (co-operation -of the various' athletic bodies who used the ground 'something, might, be done, . He proposed, to confer ■ with the athletic bbdies interested to see if some permanent arrangement could not (be arrived at regarding upkeep, so that fhc Committee cdulff ‘bring down, a satisfactory projjfisalA'Cr Lltetpn agreed' with the'ldea, and protest!ed l ''agaiim the manner in 'which the slopes'were being destroyed.—Cr Spriggens added that the only Way .ih which' to ensure success- Was to‘have a permanent custodian resident'on the“''grouudi‘i • <•> -. • -v, •.,■.) .P ’Messrs ‘Davis,; Stanley, and' Russell - , who left here last Saturday with-, the'object of making am ascent of Mount Ruapehu, had anything bfit, an i enviable experience; The party got' to' Ohakun© on Saturday night, and leaving that township, at 5 o’clock next morning, walked ten miles through the bush_ track to the base of the mountain, which was reached- shortly after 8 o’clock, and a start was then made- to ascend the mountain. Messrs Russell and Stanley proceeded as far as the snipy-Uno, but by this time the day was too far Advanced to' go further, and the return journey was commenced. . Darkness overtook. the party shortly after, and there appeared every prospect, of the night having to be spent on the mountain. However, at this critical stage a relief party, consisting of some members of the Ohakune Alpine Club, arrived on the scene, and • safely conducted the 'paHy to 1 the' base>,of the- mountain, where, the rest of the,might was spent in the open around fires which were lit, as there were n,o blankets or other covering to protect the benighted odes from the cold. When daylight .appeared the return to Ohaktme was commenced, and; that place' 'WaS duly reached, noonc being much the worse for ~ the-rather unpleasant experience. > M