LOCAL AND GEENRAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2089, 26 March 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GEENRAL.

We regret we have not space to do mere than call attention to our new advertisements in this issue.

The Court to hear objections to Government valuations for Auckland and surrounding districts will sit in May probably. ' Two cases of insanity were sent to Avondale this week from Coromandel.

We are glad to hear there is a pro •"•ability that-the American vines in Mr G. S. Alderton’s property at Whangarei, in which phylloxera was first discovered, will be saved from destruction.

It is stated that the Government will reconsider the award of the N.Z. Cross to Mr Wrigg. Judd’s iron foundry at the Thames was destroyed bv fire ,on Wednesday night. ' •

A westerly gale, it is predicted, will visit the colony between to-day and the 29th inst.

Our readers are reminded by Messrs Hetherington & Co that the latter have just received and opened up the first shipment of new winter goods.

In connection with the St. John Ambulance Association a good class has been formed at Te Aroha, Dr. Gilbert Smith kindly acting as lecturer and Mrs Campbell as honorary secretary. At Cambridge that' indefatigable advocate of Ambulance instrucMr G. Skene-Dixon, hopes soon to have another class formed. Considering the delay that must ensue in country districts before a doctor can be obtained, it is surprising that more do riot avail themselves of the instruction given by the St John Ambulance Association.

More than once we. have lamented in these columns the inability of the detective force stationed at Christchurch te effect the arrest of the horse fiend, who is working out his horrible mania in that district.-' The reward offered for his captui’e exceeds £509 we believe. This week we learn that a thoroughbred stallion, belonging to Mr Lewis, M.H.R, running in a paddock at Halswell, was stabbed, and had its jugular vein severed by a deep clean cut wound. An American doctor states that Mrs Vanderbilt, the wife of the great millionaire, usesagallonof Eaude Cologne every day in her bath. The brand she invariably uses is supplied by a New York pharmacist.

At the inquest, held at Huntly on Tuesday by Mr T H jWhite, coroner, on the body of Henry De Blois, whose awfully.sudden death was reported in these columns* the jury returned a verdict of ‘ Death by natural causes.’

, To- encourage the perusal of sound literature the subscribers of tbe,NEws will, from this date, be entitled to the use of the Te: Aroha NEWs'Library Free. Time allowed

for reading, one week. If books are kept beyond a week one penny per diem will be

charged by way of. fine.. Parcels of the latest works of fiction received weekly from Spreckley's, Auckland.

A Dalziel message says r—An extraordinary shooting affair\took .place on January 25th, at Keystone. West Virginia. .During a dance at a ball an awkward country youth accidentally trod on the foot of a girl.of unusually good looks and the acknowledged belle of the ball. She called upon him to apologise* but he declined, as he was unconscious of having touched her foot. She thereupon whipped a revolver out of her pocket and shot him dead. She was promply arrested and placed in gaol, but she says she is glad she shot him. The town is greatly excited over the murder.

The Waihi Miner says —We are also informed that it is in contemplation to erect at Katikati Heads a generating station for the supply of eleetrie power, capable of supplying motive power at the Beach, at Waihi, Waitekauri and at Karangahake, the p®wer to be supplied at per horsepower per hour, but of this more anon/’ Mr Chambers, upon whom we called when in town last, informed us that this scheme, though under con sideration,. was only in its inception. It is to be a very big thing involving hundreds of thousands of English capital. ■Mrs Flannigan, who attempted to commit suicide oh the 12th inst., by swallowing match heads, was committed for trial at the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning. She was admitted out on bail.

Mr A. H. Storey met with a nasty Accident while chopping wood on Saturday last the axe glancing ofi the wood cut some offche sinews and smaller veins in his instep. It will be some time before he is about again He is a younger brother of Mr Arthur Storey. His Revenge.-—He (after being rejected) : ‘ I shall never marry now.’ She : ‘ Foolish man! Why not ?’ He (viciously): 4 lf you won't have me, who will t « Women, who ..are somotimes Pccused of being 1 inclined to talk too much, should take comfort from the words of a certain doctor. Talk as much as you can, he says, because talking is. the best possible way in which to exercise the lungs; The man who talks mucb.’the little child who shouts all day in glee over the trivial amusement, tho young woman song-bird who m<ikes herself obnoxious fo the other tenants of a flat house the fat man who laughs vociforously until his sides.tremble, the maid who sighs, and and the woman who weeps as if her heart would break, the bored individual who yawns in church when the sermon is dull, all do so in response to an inward demand for the expulsion of a certain nervous energy which would find vent in no other way. Talking is not only good exercise for the mind, but for the body as well.. In fact, persons who do much talking in their business or professions such as lawyers and and auctioneers, can dispense with other exercise. For in talking they not only expend much nouro muscular energy, but they experience active respiratory movements. Therefore much talking is conducive to longevity. It is also beneficial in heart disease.

The great gathering of Maoris a' TTuntly is believed by many to bo fhe last representative gathering of the Maori race to deal fully with matters relating to Government legislation, par icularly is respect to the native land question. Mr Seddon is expected +o visit, TTuntly on Wednesday. If the Railway Departmen were more alive to the occasion they would run excursions.

Complaints reach us from time t«» time of locat riders converting our side-walks into cycling tracks. Right here we would like to observe such proceedings are an offence within the meaning of the bye laws—which may be seen on application to the Clerk to the Town Board, at any time, free of charge. In Chicago, the police have orders to fire on ‘ scorchers ’ who refuse, when called upon to stop We are no advocate of extreme measures, bufe we would warn these disturbers "of municipal decorum that ttie eye of the law’s executive is upon them, and that “ the middle road is the safest. ”

The Mutual Life of New York has insured Mr George W. Vanderbilt for £200,000 under a limited premium policy. No commission was paid on the policy, as Mr Vanderbilt came to the’ office and insured without being visited by an agent The largest policy ever placed on one life however, was by an English office—the Guar dian—which insured the Marquis ef Anglesea for P 300,000. A large part of each of these policies was, of course, re-insured in other office^

The Ohihemuri Cricket Association have decided to meet the Thames cricketers on April 2nd, the match will be played at Paeroa, and the following team has been picked to represent Ohinemnri. From Karangahake, Messrs W.'Pleydell, J. Johnson and W. Johnson. From Te Aroba, Messrs Lewis and Smales. From- Paeroa, Messrs Moresby, Butler and Conolly. From Waftekauri, Messrs Fenn, Thorp and Simraonds. Emergencies, Messrs Bell, of Te Aroha, and Banks, Paeroa. Phil pot was hanged on Wednesday. By hie confession he cleared Sowerby of any suspicion of having a hand in the death of Hawthorn, the murdered man. This case reminds us of that of a young Englishman who-only arrived in this country a few months ago, and went out with a comparative stranger on a prospecting trip. He has never be< m heard of since. We met one of his. friends when in town this week, and he informed us that no information as to his whereabouts could be obtained by the poliee, in whose hands the matter had been placed. He and others entertained grave fears that their chum had been ‘ Buttered, ’ as he expressed it. He was well provided with funds.