LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 781, 27 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A large party from Auckland, including the Mayor and Premier, left by .'.leuincr for Coromandel on Sunday morning to til tend the funeral of the late Sir Alfred Cadmaii. A cable received last evening stales that Mr Allied Beit, the South African millionaire, has increased' his donation of £SOOO to the Institute )f .Vtd'ical Science Fund in connection with the L'uiver.vily of London to .€25,000.

Alter a short duration in hospital in coiise)<]ueiice of a broken nose ami injuries to the face, sustained by an accident during his work as a carrier. \V. I'ryor is sullicicntly ri covered to lea\e the institution dming this wee'-c.

The potato blight, which has affected a number of the crops in this district, says the West Const Times, promises to prove not to be an unmixed trouble, as the blight is nan attacking the gorse and blackberry yjrowth. which was ■threatening several of the farms.

The funeral of the late Mrs .Vi'i'icd Drake on Sunday afternoon was largely attended, especially by residents of Fit/rev. The Itcv. F. Oi 1 Kvans olbcialed and gave a short but very impressive address. The many handsome floral emblems which were in evidence bore testimony to the respect and esteem in which the deceased latdy was held.

Reports from London say that Sir Thomas Linton bus been in Glasgow conferring with Denny Bros., of limnon rt on, with Hie issue of another challenge for the America Cup in view, if n designer can be found capable o1" undertaking the work. In an interview, he declared his desire to race, again, and added that he had been in communication with the New York Yacht Club with regard to modifications and amendments of the conditions of the race.

Mr T. E. Taylor, M.H.R., in the course oif his address at Kaiapoi, s-aid he estimated that at the next license polili the number of persons eligible to vote throughout the colony would reach 200,0(H). 'there would be on the new electoral rolls the names of 45,000 persons who would reach the age of 21 be-fore the next election. Of these he estimated that seven-tenths would vote for prohibition. He expected Unit in the South Island, Awarua, Bruce, probably the city of Dunediti, Timaru, Ouniaru, and other districts near the present prohibition districts, would carry nolicense.

When Caplain Breen, of the Delphic, was last in Liverpool, he was having a chat with the captain of the Baltic, a vessel of 21,000 tons, or about three times- the size of the Delphic, which, like the Haltic. belongs to the Whi':o Star Company. Despite her huge size, her commander said she was as cjs.v to handle as any other ship. Her jiurscr, who was present, happened to mention (baton her next trip to 'New York, the Haltic would have a very small passenger list. It was the slack season, and she was only going to 'carry 1500 passengers ! Iter usual complement is between three and four thousand.

The Japanese soldier (says a war correspondent) is always in good condition, and seems capable of any fatigue. He will draw a cart, or a gun ivith a cheerfulness that is amazing "to anyone familiar with European soldiers. The care that he takes of his riflo shows his determination to use it with effect. On the- march he puts a ccrk in the barrel and a cloth round the breach, so that dust and rain cannot touch it. In camp, as on the march, he is quiet and orderly, and self-possessed, displacing none of that superabundance of animal spirits and "devilry" which is char- | actcrisliic of the Itritish soldier ii [the field. This solemn demeanour is characteristic of the race, and cannot le mistaken for feeble \iiality. When Jupanes. so Id-it rs amuse themselves they do so thoroughly. Hut it is in light that they manifest their highest and most attractive qualitie.The ofl'c/r who leads in a charge need never look over his shoulder : they will follow him lo the last man.

A pretty little idyll is ended by the death of President l.ouhel's mother. Simple, humble woman as she was, he never forgot her in his greaticss, but used regularly to visit her in the little village home where she was passing the twilight of her days, She and the mother of the Pope must have had much in common, and been women of very similar, dispositions is they were similar in station. It is strange that the sons of two such mothers should rise to .such eminence and to pursue courses so irreconcilably hostile. Most men "that have risen confess a great debt to the influence of their mothers. A parallel to the instances of the Pope and the French l'resider.t comes to mini in the cases of llenolo Juarez and I'orfuio Dai/.. These are the sons of Mexican-Indian mothers, women of no culture, yet of wonderful characlVr. To .Juarez it fell to overthrow the priesthood in Mexico and becomes President ; to r>iaz it remained to complete the work of uplvuilding which his school hi.low and rijval had begun, and himself to become President], and in the estimation of at least of one of Ms asmirers, the most wonderful' man of the nineteenth century.

An incident occurred on the New Zealand railways recently which had the elements of an awkward situation in it but fortunately ended in material for a broad grim., reports the Southland Times. An elderly man 1 was .being escorted to a mental hospital by a constable who was met half-way by another who took charge of the patient for the remainder of the journey. The time for transfer was brief, for No. 1 had to secure his passage back whence he came immediately. The patient was quiet and as rational-lookinit as -nycne in the carriage. Constable No. 2 apparently had not the "camera eye," and;,, as the journey protressed, liq (ixed his attention on an >ld man as his particular charge. Phis individual, was settled nicely in a corner and fell fast askep. Arrival at their destination the constable I'appetl this man on the shoulder, voke Kim up, and told him to come ilong. The drowsy man naturally wanted to know why he should go with a man in blue or any other colour, and a warm |Jlllo altereavvafi Iwewing rapidly, when the real prisoner solved the enigma by remnrlf'mg : "I think it's me you're wanting ! " If the afflicted man had held his peace

The cry of the toiler in the bush for roads sounded plaintively and almqst voniinupiisly jn the ears ->i the Minister for Customs during Ms recent tour in Taranaki, remarks •he New Zealand Times. " (live us oads ! so that we can get our milk to the factories," was the general appeal. It seems a mild request, yet there ore hundreds of pioneers settlers who hnvt' to try to reach the factories from their holdings over unmade bush-tracks. ■'•• It was so bad | up there in the early spring of Inst year," says Mr Mills] " that the settlers had to cousi ruct sleighs oa which to drag their milk to tie factories." The Minister stales that the country he passed through was mostly rich [oamy soil, capable of carrying large numbers of stock. He thinks the settlers make a great mistake in only felling the smaller trees and scrulbb when clearing the land. By this means the older and bigger trees are only burnt enough to kill their growth, and as time goes- on tho liniJiK and branches rot off and lie round Hie parent. Hump for a chain or so. creating barriers to tho freedom of the cattle, ami giving • 'heller for the revival of such scrub as ti-troe, wlmilscrry, eta. Mr Mills is of opinion that it w o uld p a v to expend a few shillings an acre moro in, clearing the land thoroughly than lollowrng the present unsatisfactory method,

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The annual meeting; of the local! voiiuntcer corps will be held in tho Drill Hall this evening, that of tire Guards at 7.30 and of the Rifles after, parade. Autumn and winter will soon he upon us, with the natural result that our raiment will need consider-, jlile change. To ladies this involves i great, deal, and Sir J. ll'. Bcnlley lias therefore made n special feature of his blouse lengvhs, robe lengths, in:l children's millinery. The dressmaking department has alsj received great attention.

The lad Win. Sii onds, who was injured about the face and ejc.-i on Thursday evening as the result of an explosion of a model engine, is milking satisfactory progress at the hospital. The boy. who is the son of! Air Siiiiiiiouds, a member oi the loc.il staff or the railway department, is suffering from temporary partial hlindne.-s as the result ol his mishap, lint it is anticipated that lie will quickly have his sight fully restored, as he is already able to rej cognise forms and distinguish the" glimmer of a light.

Hunt tan, the man uho nut with injuries through an nciide.nl at the

r.aUrworlis shaft a - ; e» - days ago, is, we learn, getting on well al the hospital, and was yesterday visited by several friends. His injuries consist of a broken shoulder blade and a severe scalp wound on the side of the head. The position of the latter wound shows what a narj row cs-ape Ihinstan experienced, for had the falling stone caught him fairly on the head the consequences must have been fatal.

A man named .lames Dalfo„ an employee of the Gas Company, met with a painful accident at his house in the West End on Friday night. When the first alarm of lire was given he jumped out oT bed, making lior the staircase, and in the darkness made a false step, -living precipitated over the unprotected landing on to the floor beneath, a distance of about twelve feel, llnlfc sustained a severe cut on the right cheek, in j which eight stitches were put by Dr. Home.

On Sunday evining the police received notification that a man named O'Neil was missing from the Old People's Home, of which he has been tin imuate for a considerable time past. Constable Datsen, who is acquainted with O'Neil, and other members of the force made inquiries after the missing man, but up to a late hour no trace of him had been found. Ashe is subject lo tits there is room for some apprehension as to his safety. O'Neil is a man of Oft

Tin in stature, has a grey board, arid prior to leaving the lioinc was wearing a coat of "UuJlerial, trousers of a lighter with a stripe, slippeis, ujld a blackhard hat. Information as to his whereabouts will be welcomed by the police or the ollicials at the Old People's Home,

Owing to some very sad cases during several weeks past, the Hong Kong Government recently communicated with the Federal Government of Australia giving particulars of several cases in which the. Australian wives of Chinese have been deserted by their husbands on return to China ; asking the Australian Government lo warn young women against such marriages, as the husband has usuaiijSSi w 'f e living in China. The (Hugo Daily Times understands that this warning is also necessary in New Zealand. Women who have married Chinese in the colony, und have lived happily with them for years, have accompanied their husbands on their return to China, to discover that they had to choose between desertion at llong Kong or living as secondaurv wife in the interior.

A conference lias been held between representatives of the Taranukli Hospital and Charitable Aid Hoard and the nc.-ntly forired Stratford Hospital Hoard, to amicably arrange as to the amount to be paid to the former Board for the maintenance of persons rocfjiving charitable aid who Come from the Stratford district. The agreement arrived at was that the Stratford Hoard pay 12s a week for the support of seven inmates of the Old People's Home, and also pay for the maintenance of a child, and a woman with three children. This arrangement vvill be in force till the adjustment of accounts het.ve.n the two Hoards has been definitely settled. The Stratford Board also desires a reduction in the - charge of Gs a day at the local hospital for patients coming from the Stratford district- 1 his matter will come up at the next meeting of the Taranaki Hoard, when a visiting delegate will be in attendance.

It. is with legret we record the ::e.ith of Mr Hugh Parson Mills, which took place in New Plymouth it 2 o'clock on Sunnny afternoon. The deceased, who had been engaged in farming and dairying pursuits, came of a well-known family, and was highly respected throughout the district. In the held of sport he was formerly prominent until his retirement about three, years ago, as a member of the Taranaki representative football team. One brother is the well-k'nown owner of the racehorses Kotoiti and Southern Cross, and another is identified with- the dairying- industry. The deceased's end, though sudden), was not altogether unexpected by his relatives, as his condition during the last fortnight had been recognised as serious by the medical gentlemen attending the patient. The news of his untimely demise at the early age of :iL> has been received with very keen regret among his wide circle of friends, and h;is relatives have been the recipients of many messages of condolence. Tho body will be interred in the Tataraiumka cemetery, the funeral being timed to leave the residence of Mr Win. Mills, St. Aubyn Street, at 11 a.m. tomorrow.

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