LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7759, 10 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Methodist Conference in Kv<lI 7iey resolved aguiniA the employment of barmaids. About a hundred years ago ISimjamin Franklin gave £2OO to be inrested so that the interest should accumulate for a century, when the whole sum was to he used to estnl>lish an industrial school in Ronton, U.S.A. The lime has now about expired, and the sum amounts to £sl, 000, which Mr Carnegie has offered to double. Admiral Sir John Fißher has determined to stop the waste invnlvptl In condemning slows thai are really fit to be used again. If flrilish taxpayers only know what the system just ended has cost them, Iho economically mindfd would stand ngha.st. Thousands of pounds (says the Pall Mall Oiizette) have l.een literally wasted for yours. Hide btilluls are. now photographed in their course by -means of the electric spark-. The camera is taken into a dark room, which the bullet is caused to traverse. As it passes the camera it is made to interrupt, an electric circuit, and produce a spark whioh illuminates- it for an Instant, land enables this impression to be taken. •Mr Charles ISouth, in sending to I 11n.- Salvation Army a contribution of £250 towards the Army's fund for the relief of the present dist'VSS in London, says that, lie'has conii.l-,-nce in the administration of the Army, and would only urge on general Hooth the pressing importance of ro-opnrniion with other charitable ageucieu, including Uic J'ovr Ivtiw,

»- . r JSursing is evidently considered to bo a very agreeable profession. Be- i cently the Southland Hospital Trust \ received no fewer than seventeen applications (three from outside the district) for the two vacant pi sitions on the probationary staff. The }, salary lor each was £ls per annum. . Pr.ibnbly the record for ln-alt'i :i. England is held by Peak ForosV in the Derbyshire highland, in whirli ( only one death—that of a child of ' three—has been recorded during the ' past twelve months. Among i Ik? m-. habitants, which number about ."id., | is a resident in his eighty-fifth j'enr, ' who has a sister i ■.■! ;1.i.;-. .'another aged ninety-three, and a br<>-|< ther of eighty-throe. ,; The most common form ol colow ' blindness Is an innbilily to dU-1 linguist! red. Last jcar thirty-four oM.eeis and would-be finccrs ot the tSiTtish mercantile marine service failed on their colour tests, twenty- I .line being red bund, .u.d u.e re luainder unable to distinguish arm. The 1600 candidates loi cei i.tkulcs were also subi.ii I ted to form the vision tests, and twenty-two of them |imlod to distinguish the form of theobject submitted. I Ellon Kelly, tho young woman v.ho married whilst on bail the man whom she stabbed with a hatpin, was u.-, dieted on the charge of wounding at tho Birkenhead Quarter Sessions. It was stated that six inches of the | pin was buried in the man's body 1 and narrowly escaped pierei.ig his heart. For Home time Ms life was in danger. Counsel for -.he. I'rfencis pleaded that the injury might have been caused by accident, ami urged the jury not to break up the happiness of the married life of the young coujilc by branding the girl as a criminal. The jury returned i vcidict of "Xot guilty," aid the prisoner was discharged amid the applause of the court. "it is staled (says Hie Wellington Post) that the Defence Department Ims sold the submarine mining steamer l,ady .Roberts, at present in Auckland, to a sawiniller at Hokianga, who intends to use her as a tug-boat. The l.ady Roberts, which is a sister boat to the Janie Sneddon, in Wellington, draws too much water for some parts of Auckland harbour, and the Defence Department has in consequence been compelled, on various occasions to employ a boat if less draught, ll is reported that the Lady Roberts was sold (or toOOO cash, her new owner also giving the department a small woodjn steamer. The last political trial to be do•ided by a jury Russia was" that of Vera Sasulitch in 1878. General rrapoff, then Prefect of St. Petersburg, true to the instincts of his noble house, had cruelly flogged a prisoner under his care. Heading the story of the outrage on the bnnks of the Volga, hundreds &l leagues away, I , Vera decided to avenge the deed. .She ! travelled across Russia, sought out j ' tho fgeneral, and shot bim, woundiivg him seriously. At die trial impassioned si>eeches were made in her -defence, witnesses spoke in her favour, and the jury acquitted her. Vera went free, and although the verdict was quashed, she managed to escape. There was no doubt, of her guilt, but the jury felt that justice must be done. They did il in their own way.

In the Supreme Court tit New Plymouth, on Tuesday. March 7, jn the motion of Mr Oovelt (Gov3tt and Quilliam) probate of tlic will uf the late Jeremiah Hunter wan ;ranted to Mr Andrew Cotitts, of [Vaipuku, th 0 executor named in the Bill ; and on Thursday, March 9, also on the motion of Mr Govell, ixomplifications of the probates of the wills of the late Honourable Liady Elizabeth Bulteel and of the ate John Ilultccl, which had been ;ranted in England to the respective sxecutors, John lluUecl and John 3eorge Bulteel, were ordered to be •csealed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, at *Jew Plymouth. In chambers, before Jlis Honour Mr Justice Edwards, re Mortlock. ni\ application by Mr Oovett, instructed Ivy Mr Caplen, ol Hawera, was »mnde indcr the provisions of "The Tnislee Ac(, 188:1," and " The Law Amendment Act, 1904," to authorise [he executrix, who was also life t*nint, to borrow £6OO on mortgage tor the purpose of improving and doleloping her farm and buying more :attle, as without doing so she was mnhle to make the best use of her jroperty and support her children, ifis Honour granted the order up' to £4:50, but decided that he could not nakc an order in respect of cattle, ;hough he had no doubt it would be t considerable advantage for the apjlicant to have more cattle. Mr 3ccil Wright appeared to consult on jehnlf of the Infant children. Lord Milner, in resigning; his South African post, relinquishes an income of £II,OOO a year. This is the highest figure paid' to any ol our Pro-consuls with the exception of Jie Viceroy of India. 'J'he gentleman loldmg that oflice receives £:!0,000. This looks a fairly substantial sum, jut as a matter of fact it never .•overs expenses. The (iovernor[j'eneralship of the Commonwealth of Vustralm is worth £IO.OOO. This sum will also be paid Karl t.'rey as Jovcrnor-Gcneral of Canada. But n neither case is the income adquate to meet the. expenses of enertaintnent incidental to the diglity of 'tin; position. In South Afica, the Governor-Uoneral need en;ertain but little. The £II,OOO paid ;o Lord Milner is u dual salary, tBOOO being paid to hinn as (Jovern>r of the Transvaal and £3OOO as ligh Commissioner. Mr (J. L. Roberts, Commissioner )f Crown Lands for WesUand, who a in Chrisichurch just now, has ivas a keen observer of nature or« he West Coast for many .years, and n the course of an interesting conversation with a Times repoter he ;aid he was convinced that many >irds which at one time seemed to >e almost disappearing from the Joast were returning, and could be seen in the bush and 1 on the seaihoro in fairly largo numbers. He lad often seen large flocks of saddlejacks lately in the beautifully shelered country at the back of the imnensc cliffs near the coastline. They vere decidedly on the increase. A ew years ago, on going through the jush, he had remarked upon the a'bence of the native robins, but they ilso are returning. The wekas are nore than holding their own. Dogs that had gon<j> wild attacked the :akapos, and reduced their numbers. The alarming decrease that took dace in the numbers of the native lirds on the coast some time ago ie attributed to the ravages of the ats, Mi' Roberts says he knows a icronny of (lip white heron, below lackson's Hay. in the southern por-I ion of the district, He believes a air number of white herons breed here still. When he was going hrough the district on affairs coniccted with 'the Lands IVparlmcnt, C often fired at white herons in orler to make them "gun-shy." It ould not be denied that they were . temptation to the spoilsman. He lad seen one standing in the wafer villi one leg held up, until he jiusli■d up his "dugout" So close that it 11 most touched the bird. h MOST HONOURABLE DISTINC. TION. 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The survey (or fcfo duplicate of he Auckland-'Penrosc section o:"iailvay has been started. The Town Hand gave its l;!ib municipal concei'L un Thursday eveni.ig, ' mder the baton of Mr MKiany. ! Phe oxceUeitt music attracted u. very argo audience. ' ' News has b<e!i rtceivj in h,v:li.ey ! if the death in London ■»' JMr".\le\- ! mdw James .Kalcolm, cinii-iisci ol j lireetors of the linn of J runes \ieliwan and Co. Alr.s .Sievwr-jihi, wife of >.\'. Siev-] ivrfent, burri.ster, Olslionie, .lied on' I'inii'.-vd.iy liiorniiig.: The d..ce;ifci ;l J !ivdy was New Zvalaud I'ivsidrnt of ' the Xationai Council of Women mid ' i men,il)'er of the Licensing IViiih .'or ' IVwinpua. ' Hoirt'ey'.v Waxworks :U ).| London Uonipany dosed to good l.mines.s ' on Wednesday night. There vns a ' large attendance, and the ln'.oiis coni,,eiti.,ns were !.r»iiU c... !...„..' iheie were sevt-rnl. entries for the heauty j>ri/e, the inulielice dielariiuii m lavour of iliss Tanner, a youm!' la'l.v of liitwn. The coinpiinv went l nonli on Thursday iiifrht. The New Zealand egg lux in;, com-, petition Association, wlvieh has 6btaintd Governineot supervi-sion for the coni[ietilion to be held in lllen- ! hem,, ) WK eallud for tenders for the eivotiou of one hundred pons. Numerous enquiries f Ol - information inueheen received from all parts of JNew Zea/land U inl Austrifiiu an lit is •>.i(H-, r ,aU,| ,),a.t in t , lu! orK| on ,„ )lun , died and Inty pens will have to he' constrntted. ut'urs' P% u •' C, '- V l ' u "I'U'mlanc,. I Thursd,' •' "J ,llr, "» w s ' "txror. on I nuisda.v aitwnoon, when the «ar«itli tlje anniversary services of the time was very pleasantly spent i„ games, the members „f thu c „ n)lllit tee do.mj then- best to contribute to everybody s enjoynienl. The chilS, W? 11 *-' had « taPW time. ' Light lelrethmunts wore served <Jur-1 »iB the afternoon, ami the suthorimr broke up alter giving th.vc cheers loi the hostess. The City of Breslau (-Oermunv) ' has just acce[,ted an offer of half'a million marks lull |,v the lane Professor Huron, of Jlonn, for the purpose of founding a "vegetarian" orphanage. This large .sun. has been going a-begging" lately owing to the refusal of the City Fathers of, Berlin (for which the legacy was originally intended) to accept the conditions iattached to the bequest, lhese were that the orphanage should. bear the founder's name, (hat the children udmrUcxl should he I brought up „n a vegetarian diet and that no medical man should be allowed to sit ou tho board of directors.

Paring the heavy thunderstorm which occurred at Dovonport recently, the yacht Lillian, which was anchored between the lower wharf ami the -North Head, was struck bv lightning. The discharge was an exceptionally severe one, and passed' over the residence of Mr A. Alison and then struck the yacht, the current striking the topmast, and taking a downward course along the wire ropes to the edge of the water and onto one side of- the boat enteral the hull. It made a hole' 3ft wide on the port side, and then passed into the bow of the yacht and out under the jihboom. A siderable amount of damage was .done to the outer portion of the hull, Mr Hill, president of the Wool- | buyers' Association, informed a representative of the Past last week that he had a: complaint to make on behalf of himself and other woolI buyers, and he wished puhllcitv given to it. "There is," said Mr Hill, i"a terrible amount of false packing done. We had one instance of it at this sale, and if there is a law in New Zealand l>y which we can prosecute the offender we will do so, and we will do the same to every subsequent case we find. What was done in the case; wo notice was to pin good wool on the top and at the bottom of the bale, and wool worth 2<l per pound less in between. In the same lot the pieces were, good on top and then mixed inside with locks and crutchings. We ure not going to put up with this kind of thing," said" Mr Hill, in conclusion, ',' and we will leave no stone unturned to make the offender account for his sharp practices."

In chambers, b«forc His Honour Mr Justice Edwards, in Hobbs v. K'llcrm, Mr G overt appeared in support, of a .summons issued by Mr n. J. ITobbs. for jthe appointment of an a.-bitralor to assess compensation in the terms of an agreement made in September last by reason of the sale lof a store at Hurleyville, and the cmsequent ioss of employment for I the residye of a term of two years by Inr 11. J. Hobbs, who was' em- ! ployed there as store manager. j| r Fitzherbert, who appeared for Mi Ellerm, filed affidavits 1 showing that Mr Hobbs was dismissed subsequent |to tlie sale, and contended that Mr F.llerm was entitled to resist arbi,trution. His Honour decided that IMr Hobbs was clearly entitled to have an arbitrator appointed, but j trusted the parties would come to a settlement, and would adjourn the ! appointment in the hope that this W"ould_ bb arrived at, or at any rate that the parties would aigreo upon an arbitrator.

j A remarkable story is circulating jin artFstic circles in Copenhagen. ! Professor Tuxen, the celebrated Danish painter, returned from St. Petlersburg, where ho had heen for the I purpose of handing over to the Czar ;a copy of his large picture of the coronation of King Edward, which had been ordered by his Imperial Majesty. The Czar gave lo the artist an order for the payment of 12,,U0() roubles. When Professor Tuxen presented the order at the Chamberlain's office (says the Itailv Telegraph's correspondent), an ' official said, "You know we never pay the full amount to the Czar's orders." The artist could not obtain more than 8000 roubles. Professor Tuxen had another audience with the Czar, who asked whether ho hud received :his money. Ipon his •direct question, Professor Tuxen related to his | Imperial Majesty Ifhe whole story. | The Czar, who, it is said, was very I -vexed, but not surprised, gave the artist 4000 roubles—this time in ,hard cash.

I Curious stories are being related of | Boers who, before going on coinmnn■do in the late war, hid their treasure in all manner of secret places-. The most favoured hiding-places were beneath the floors and in the walls of houses, in gardens, and beneath ; the kraals of native servants ; and litis computed that many bugs of .gold and notes thus hidden still lie where, they were deposited by their I owners. There were many ex-burg-hers who, on their return home, discovered that the secret of the hiding place had gone with the death of the wife, while scores of wives, particularly those of prisoners of war, had permanently disappeared with the treasure. Successful applications for divorce are the sequel of most of these disappearances. One Boer, after a long search, found the XSUOO he had placed for safety in the vicinity of a kraal, of which not a trace was left, and where the ground had already been turned over. A woman who hid in bottles notes to the value of over XIOOO, [omul the 1 bottles, but all that remained of her tieasuse were particles of white dust. White ants had, ni'ter devouring the corks, got into the bottles ami consumed the notes !

The following is taken from the Auckland Weekly News of the 18th February, 1904 : Settler, near Inglewood, Taranaki, writes: "In an issue of the News a little white hack ] noticed inquiries about sick pigs, and thought I would take the liberty f giving you my experience, which j-oii can pass on to your readers if rou chopse. In the early spring I had flvp young pjgs, spven months old suffering from what appeared to be severe colds. Their luiads were swollen, their mouths open and their lirealhing thick and whistling. V had !,y mo a packet of Sykes's Drench, which I regularly use for cows at ahiiig tiu:e. 1 made a pailful of '4llll oatmeal gruel, put into it three ■irge cupiuls of sugar, and half a jacket of the Drench, ami a good spoonful of dripping lo make it rather greasy. This I fed thein at six n the evening, and afterwards shut them in with a warm straw bod. In he morning they were considerably ettcr, and ihi; following day all ight ; in fact, they have done well iver since. 1 gonerally get Sykes's trench at the store, but it is iiiunuactured at New rlymouth." - ['hanks.* Shareholders of the Equitable luilding Society are reminded of the iallot and sale by lender which take ■lace-in the Council Chambers this veiling ajt 7.30 p.m.