LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7708, 10 January 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Borough Council last night conlirmwl the action of tha Mayor in granting an auctioneer's license .to Mr B. Hart,

Seasonable greetings are to hand from the Marlborough Express and Daily Times, and arc heartily reciprocated.

A young man named J oton Savago was ixrrested on a charge of attempting to burn down the Empire Hotel at Mastertou on the sth inst., and was remanded, bail being allowed.

Last week the heaviest sea known t Mahia (H. 8.) was experienced. It washed a corner of the township nd had it kept up would have washed across the isthmus and converted |Mahia into an island.

Mr T. E. Taylor's Clvristchureh supporters have decided to raise a Taylor Testimonial Fund. A committee has been elected to further he proposal and to receive subscriptions.

Mr F. Beliiinger. Captain of the Fire Brigade, drew the attention of the borough pound! to the unsatis; factory state of the fire plugs in the town. lie said that many of them required raising. The engineer was instructed to attend to the natter immediately.;

A Gisborne telegram reports „ disturbance at the East Island lighthouse, whore it is alleged one of the men, in a fit of insanity, smashed up things. The police went and tho man was brought over. He is apparently sane, but no explanation is offered iof his conduct.

The B.orough Council last night adopted the report of tine committee set up to confer wiith Mr A. A. Pikett regarding the Henui budge ckntract. The committee reported that £912 4s Id'was the sum arrived at in settlement of the account, A progress payment of £406 was passed.

Mrs Ilcndall, of Opoutama, near Wairoa (H. 8.),, pluckily rescued a Maori woman from drowning in the sui f. The native was crossing- the Opoutama Creek on horseback when a heavy sea washed her off the horse and carried her out to sea. flirs Bendall jumped into the sea and rescued her.

At llokitika on .Monday the Magistrate held that a lodger was entitled to entertain his friends in an ho|.iel during prohibited hours, and dismissed a charge against a publican accused of soiling during pro-hibited-hours. The men supplied with liquor were previously charged, and, being undefended, were fined.

When the question of granting a hawker's license to a Syrian came up for discussion at the County Council meeting on Monday, Cr. Gray said ithese people should be refused licenses. The chairman replied that this was tho first time he had known Mitt ray refuse £2. All the other councillors voted for the granting of the license.

The commission appointed by the Government to apportion the several contributions due by tho local bodies interested towards the .cost of maintenance of the Tikorangi bridge will it at the Courthouse, Waitara, at 10 a.m. this morning. Neither the Taranaki nor Clifton counties, who arc both concerned, will employ council.

Preliminary entries for the military tournament closed with the secretary last evening, and the different events will be well contested. The Hon. the Minister for Defence will be present at the tournament. Olio of the interesting events will be the mile challenge for £lO a side between two, of the members who hail from the Emerald Isles. Altogether the tournament should be one of the most interesting witnessed in New Plymouth.

At the Borough Council meeting on Monday night a letter was read from Mr D. Mclntoshj, district ento the effect' that the department hasv no intention of currying out tho deviation of 1.-he raflway line through the town to the cliffs a-s placed before trim recently by a deputation from the council, and that the 'department is therefore unable to consider the proposal. It was decided to interview (he Premier on the subject of the extension of Moleswort-h Street into St. Aubyn Street, which formed part of the scheme proposed.

Shearing has t.jeen -greatly hindered in the Southland back country by snow, -hail, and bitter cold rain. Shearers have been scarce, and a country correspondent says that in his district " only the largest sheds are being- worked, -l-nder the Arbitration Court's award shearers demand a pound per 100 for flocks up to 2000 and 10s 8d for flocks up to five thousand'. There has been the usual trouble with wet sheep and the men qarq no more for the award than if it was so much waste paper."- Tho weather conditions have improved, but the wind still keeps southwards, and it is colid out of tho sun.

Cr, Fraser, at the borough council meeting last night, suggested that some action should be token to contend with the outbreak of typhoid in the suburbs. The Mayor said he would see that the inspector applied to the local bodies outside the boroogh boundary's asking' that he be given authority to deal with such cases. Cr. Brooking moved that, the council communicate officially with the bodies concerned.: The town clerk pointed put that tho Health Department's inspector hatd power to deal with the mateqr. Tho proposition was finally withdrawn in favour of a motion by Cr. Cliff—that -the inspector communicate with the local bodies of any distit'ct in which infectious diseases occur. This was carried.

A' correspondent writes to tlie Opunake Times : As an instance of tho reputed nine lives a cat is said to enjoy the following' may be of sntuitest.—A Russian cait was l sent ino from New Plymouth and travelled 'down on top of the coach. After letting, it loose in the housu it spent five milnutes reconnoitring and tlven took up its quarters in tile most remote corner of the ceiling. It has been there now fifteen days without food, although tit bitsi have been placed within his reach. '.Though the X rays' and other powerful search lights have failed to locate his exact position, he must still be living U growling is any proof of cat existence. I cannot account for this obstinate action, but, like the police, J am great 011 theory, and possibly }ie may jmagine he is surrounded by tiiolse .jMJ'S. An Irishman suggests that may be he isi under the impression he luul a return ticket and that he is on the top of the coach going liomo again. I wish he was. I am now seriously considering tlio position from a sanitary point of view, and should the cat 'decide on death before surrender it means those costly carpenters in the hous<j for a week, so as not to cheat tho undertaker. If there is any Admiral Togo amongst your many, readers I should be obliged by a lesson on bombarding."

On Sunday four young men had an (adventure which nearly proved fatal for some of the party. In the morning Messrs W. F. and ll'. Free, W. Humphries, und llene. Avery took the oil launch Oeo,, intending to fish outside the harbour. Shortly alter 11 o'clock the engine broke down and the launch began to drift. The anchor line having snapped they rigged up m sea anchor with a large tub and so managed to keep fhe boat's head from the reefs The launch drtCted until live o'cloc-k, by which tiime It had got a hundred jajxls froin tjie mouth oil the Waiwakaiho Itiver. Here the boat was dashed ashore by the breakers. Humphries aim Avery were tyrd pressed. und but lor the prompt aetfst««ce reared them ~y an onlooker (whose name is unknown), might u 1)0011 drowned. The 0 he.-S Were also exhausted. The partv divested themselves of thoir doth ing when they saw that sirpwreck was inevitable, nnß Mr T o+ , eniUle li lhu 'V some clothes to them to o- 0 t ~, , beaphed yesterdav , "■ nc ' h and fhe ylsccla ». v mornmgi, « T1 W£l>i follncl to bu Jv Recovered ™«. - and Messss J. Smith' , B d r « rcnt ' w ' ]>"t by the time t.heyaJuJ'' 0 "":

All wishing 1 to take part in bridge competitions at the exhibition jbuildings are asked to nominate with t'he secretary by this evening.

The Borough. Council on Monday night instructed the town clerk to < 'sue for rates in arears on Janu- £ ary 20th. The 'defaulters Will be ll sued in alphabetical order. ' The Daily Muil Publishing Compnoiy'S latest venture 'is an " overseas " edition of tho Daiily Mail, j Siir, Alfred Ilarmswoith, in tho first i issue, states that the newspaper is i one with a mission, ibccause he has 1 realised that there Ss a real need t for a. newspaper that shall come, as / a Message each week from the Heart i of the Empire..' j Tho sanitary inspector was on j Monday instructed by the borough council to prosecute offenders a- 1 giainsit the bye-laws.. Ho was also ' asked |)o take action in the matter of 'trusses and cabs standing in Pe- : •von Street). The driving of loose • horses, contrary to the regulations, 1 was 'brought up. Cr. Collis mentioned that th& breakwater 'buses make a practice of racing down the streets. The Mayor slated that this will S'hori ly bo a thing of the past, as the motor 'buses would soon I 6o running. - 'lhe appearance of a man in tho , Wellington City Police Court on Friday, says the New Zealand Times, I on a charge of theft from a dwell- ! ing, brought to light the story of a 1 piece of detective worli tliat might ' have been taken from a "yeliiow- ' back" novel. The man is an old of- I fender, and a clever one, and n long time ago he made a big scoop ol I jewellery at Dunedin. He was then arrested and tried, but the case a- | gainst him was not good, and he was acquitted. As he came.. from the court ho was met by Detective Hawle, now of Wellington, who congratulate I ed the discharged man on escaping, i Hawle was not known to the other | man, and in explanations that fol- | lowed the detective gave himself the character of a thief. Tho two chum- I mod up, and agreed to go into business together. Then, arose tho ne- . cessity for a "fence"—a receiver of i stolen property. Did tho discharged . man know of one ? No, he did not. | Did Rawlc ? Kawle knew one who 1 resided in Christchurch. Good. They j would each take a "swag" there. That night 'Kawle brought a collec- | tion of jewellery to the place where , his friend was living, and that, with the large quantity that had been ' planted by tho other man, was put into a bag. Amongst the missing ' articles was a peculiar and valuable chain, and this was made a preseivtatio* to Rawlo on request. They separated then, ami Hawle, who had I made ail his arrangements, dropped out of the story. The man who' was wanted walked on to the station to catch the express train with the bag, ! and there was a party front the detective staff to meet him.) Identifi- I cation of. the articles was proved' without Rawle appearing irf the case, aiid if long sentence was the result. : On Thursday next the stall-holders ' at the exhibition and tile waiters for the dining-room are asked to appear in carnival costume, on the oc- I casion of the Premier's visit.* Builders may now order the highest quality Auckland hydraulic lime and ' cement from tha New Zealand Ex- ' press Company, Ltd., agents for 1 . ITohn Wilson and Co., Ltd., g The Exhibition is bound to be a | ■ success,) and a big one at that. So is ! J. H. Parker's display of silvet , 1 mounted toilet requisites, purses, and cheap watches for boys and girls | from )7s Od each. Also greenstone . goods in groat variety.* Ii you do your own washing then , here is good news for you. Try a . tin of "WashSne " ; it will help you I ana please you. 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