LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7801, 18 April 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

William Moore, the escaped lunatic, who was supposed to be drowned, reached Coromandcl, where he was recaptured.

The numbers of the winning tickets in Mrs Harding's' art union, drawn on Saturday, arc advertised in this: issue.

The annual dftnncr in connection with the New Plymouth Fire Brigade is to be celebrated this evening at the Trocadero, Egmont-st.

Mr Newton King reports having sold Mr Robert Wright's dairy farm of 102 acres-, situated on Uurford Road, to Mr George Tuck, of Banuevirkc, at a satisfactory price.

At the Police Court on Monday, before Messrs I>. Berry and 11. Rus-s.-11, J.'si'., a fine of Is, with 5s costs, including cab fare, was imposed on Phillip Eva, on a charge of drunkenness.

The Nc\» Plymouth Borough cdl has forwarded tho Hospital Board a chippie for. £125, its contribution towards the erection of the new morgue, which was recently completed at a cost of £259.

The initial performance of the McMalion Company, to be played in ttic Theatre Royal on Easter Monday night, will bo the famous Australian drama typical of mining and the bush life of the early colonial days, "The Sunny South." This play 'will be follower! by the "Road to Ruin" and "The Sorrows of Satan."

The annual examinations in Instrumental and vocal music tinder the Trinity College, London, will be held in New Plymouth aibout September next. Tho fees for the Preparatory, Junior and Intermediate divisions have been reduced. Forms for entries, which, ploso on May 3rd may be obtained from Mr A. E. Fletcher, the local secretary.

As showing what a hold California n thistle has got one some parts of the country, we (Western Star) have heard of a 200-acre section, a lease in perpetuity, which has been abandoned by the tenant, that cost £6O to clear last year. The "weodhold " aspect of the land question is one that will have to be settled or it will settle the settler.

We have received a letter from Wellington, written by a correspondent who signs himself "Disgusted.' Ho complains that the prizes won at the last swimming sports have not yet been paid to the winners. He makes some very pungent remarks, but inasmuch as he has failed- to enclose his name and address, as a guarantee of good faith, wo do not feel disposed to publish h'ip letter.

The Labour Journal of the 10th inst. reports as follow.s on the conditions of the lecil labour market : —Building trades : Very quiet in all branches. Engineering trades : All working full time. ISoot trade : Much improved. Clothing trade : Fair. Retail trade : Fair. Coachbuilding : Slack, just ordinary repairs. _ Cabinet-making : Slack. Unskilled labour : Continuance of fine weather has caused all local hands to be well employed.

The dairy shipment which left Wellington on Thursday for London by the Tongariro comprised : —From Auckland—lo34 boxes butter, 308 cases cheese. From New Plymouth—--1274 boxes butter. From Patea—--2549 boxes butter. From Wellington—2662 boxes butter, 1449 cases cheese (including New Plymouth and Patea). From Lyttelton—l9l boxes butter', .150 cases cheese. From Ihine|din—29l boxes butter, 436 cases cheese. From IHufl—l723 cases c,heese. Total, 11,001 boxes butter, 4652 cases cheese.

In a certain workhouse complaint book (writes " Dagonet," in the Referee) the' Guardians were just a little bit astonished to find that a humorous pauper had complained that there was no rosewater in the nngerJbowl. An officer of the L.G.11. not long since came to inquire into the grievance of a pauper who had complained that a tree 5n the workhouse yand obstructed the view from his bedroom window.

Six torn of greenstone were shipped to the Old Country some time ago by a Northern speculator, who, failing to get the. price he expected for it, had it sent back to the colony. The greenstone in its rough state has now fallen into the hands of Messrs Devlin liros., who had it carted to their lapidary at .South Dunedin. It is said to be the largest deal in greenstone ever made in the colony.

Not n single application for charitable relief came before the last monthly meeting of the Turanaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. This fact was commented upon by Mr Cock, Mayor of New Plymouth who considered it a refutation of live statement that hard times were being experienced. He tkought it was a marvellous state of things, considering the size of the district, the Hoard had in its jurisdiction. It constituted a record in the history of the Hoard. At the present time chcritable aid is being paid in two cases in New Plymouth, one ut Ingluwood and one at Waitara.

Choice vegetables and fruit were in February last being sold in the West Kn'd of London at prices that might be described us "■ gilt-edged." Asparagus was fetching 35s a bundle (of about twenty sticks) in several Wig shops. Strawberries were bciig sold at Is each. Many shops, too, were displaying rare varieties of apples at Is Od. and 2s each. Large Cape plums were fetching (id each, and anything front Is Od to 2s Od each was asked for choice peaches and nectarines from (lie same country. New varieties of fruit, such as the Mexican grape-fruit and the custard' apple, ware becoming more popular, and'commaniling a* ready sale.

Nothing roliu,ule is known as to how the Uiincdin police .scandal leaked out (says a Southern exchange). Jt is understood, however, ■Hint as usual, a woman was the cause of the story is that |j|. e wife ol one of the constables displayed to a neighbour a line boa. It quite took the neighbour's fancy, and she pressed her friend to tell where she purchased, the article, and the price. The cost was saw lo bo £3. The ucTghbour poHod oft in a day o,- two to get herself a sjmi| a( : aiMjcje. »he told, hpr want at the shop, and about the price she was prepared l„ gi iVc . Ihe arliclc shown hpr was insignificant t p cpniparlspn with'her friend's and looking around she indicated the Kind she required, Th e was informed tto price , vs „ j;jo, . Sh o persisted that her friend had secured a slni'ilororticlo lor £,», and wiitc an argument followed until tlTe shopman, commenced to suspTfct that the article corresponded with spine that iliq# •been mtsst-d from the shpp. ' fhe name and address of the owner of the article was obtained, and then 1 jjhp task of the detective uas fairly JSJk-~..- r... ......

A specral meeting of the Tarannki :!uards will alter this evening's paradeythe busine/js being the -•lection oj-4 lieutenant.

Service's will be hold every evening this week in St. Mary's Church at 7,15. On Good Friday the services will tie at 11 a.m. and 2.15 p.m.

The City and. Guilds, of London Inttitute is holding an exhibition of technical work received l'roiii the colonies. The Taranaki Education Hoard has forwarded some plumbing work exhibits.

The value of the principal lines of produce exported from the colony during March is re'.urnod as follows: —lluttcr, £270,003 ; cheese, £<17,352; beef, £10,125; mutton, £141.040; lamb, £257,148 ; wheat, £22 ; oats,. £(5801 ; potatoes, £336»There is a rather u'.urming outbreak of typhoid fever in Gore this mouth, says the Southland Times, I though none of the casus roporU-J aie of a malignant type. From inquiries made, it skeins to be fully evident that the cause of the outbreak is the use of conUuninatod well water, as all the patients (four in number) reside in three boarding houses in the centre of the town, where well water is used. The corporation will shortly have a water supply service and u drainage system, ami when these are in full operation there should be no ' danger l of a recurrence of the disease.

Half-a-dozen Cupids swarming up ropes of orange-blossom, and violently ringing wedding-bells, indicate that the April number of The New Idea is a special issue, mainly devoted to the absorbing topic of marriage. The Editor has secured a number of articles dealing directly with weddings, such as, " How to Frepare for u Wedding in the Home," "• How to Cook Your own Wedding Breakfast," and " Gossip about Weddings ; " and, in addition, has given a wedding flavour "to each department. Altogether, the number is an exceptionally good one, full ol firstclass reading, and abounding with useful information. We nojte that the ordinary price, threepence, is being charged for these special numbers, wliich The New Idea is issuing periodically.

The Vancouver correspondent of the Auckland Star writes, under date 3rd March : Ajlone, friendless*, and ill, Mrs Nelingtom described on the records as of ■ New Zealand,' sought shelter at the station, Victoria, on Sunday, night, and told a sad story to the inspector. She is 75 years old, and totally without funds. She arrived at the British Columbia capital from San Francisco, whither she had coane by a sailing ship from Now Zealand. When she landed at the American port from the island colony she had £25 in Ciisli, but she lost the money at the Golden Gate. She does not know if it were <tolen.. She came to Victoria to see if she could find her cousin, Mrs IJarnes, wife of a ship's carpenter, failing which the £25 was to be us.-d to taCe her home to England,' where relatives of her late husband, Captain Nelinglon, live. Failing to lind Mrs Barnes, she walked the streets oli .Victoria for several hours, and then sought l>hc police. They decided that the best they could do for her was to send her iack to San Francisco, where she might lie able to recover her little hoard of sovereigns. She was pluced on the steamer, and went south, a pathetic figure. She said she had never known want before, and declared that her late husband! was an army captain, who had been stationed for 11 years in India.''

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