LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7815, 6 May 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Auckland-San Francisco despatch of mails of March 31 arrive ed ,in London on the 3rd inst.

The Wairarapa Ago has been enlarged to eight pages, and improved :in several ways. We congratulate i our contemporary on this welcome evidence of its progress and prosperity-

At l!:e morning service to-morrow in the L'rimiUve Methodist Chanel the duet "O Lovely Peaca" will iie sung by the Misses Alcorn and Nixon. At the evening service Miss Alcorn will sing a gospel solo.

Nominations for the election of two members of the IVaitara West Road Board will be received by Mr Fussell, at his residence, Lepperton, up to noon on Thursday, May 11. [The poll, if necessary, will he taken in Lepperton Hall on the 17th inst. It, was agreed at Friday e\eaing's meeting of the Works Committee that in cases where the CouiJc 1 has voted subsidies to recreation committees, no payments shall he made until the last balance-sheets have been laid before the Council. The Town Clerk was instructed to convene the first meeting oi the Western Park Hoard !or the ensuing year.

The borough engineer reported on Friday evening that the local Gas Company had not been able to supply the necessary tar since, last January, and consequently he had invited prices from other companies. Nelson quoted at 3d per gallon f.0.b., Wanganui (id, and Wellington 2Jd, the latter stating that tlieir tar is suitable for everything but asphalting. The local company's price was 5 3-7 d per gallon. The engineer was authorised to procure 25 casks of tar at Nelson.

At the civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court on Friday, judgment by default was given in the following cases : A. Sampson v. Ruru Wehatitiri, claim £4 2s lOd, costs £1 ; McEwan Bros. v. R. Tyrell, claim 10s, costs ss. In the case of J. McCalliun vi W. Halmond, a claim for £3 for carrying expenses, In which judgment by default was ■riven last week, the Magistrate

granted an application for re-hearing as the defendant tendered a reasonable excuse for his absence.

The annual meeting of the Choir of St. Mary's Church was held in the vestry after choir practice on Friday evening, the Ilcv. F. G. Evans presiding. The annual report, which has already been referred to in these columns 1 , was read and adopted. Mr F. G. Hume was reelected secretary and treasurer, Mr M. Bannister librarian ; Misses Crawford and Chong custodians of the ladies' vestments. The vicar, in the ourse of a short address, warmly thanked the choir for their services, and alluded to the past year as being a record one in many respects. The meeting was closed with the Benediction.

A young man nearly lost his life on the mail train to Wanganui on Saturday. When between Feilding and Halcorabe he was leaning with his back on the rail connecting the refreshment car to the next carriage, when a sudden jolt of the train jerked the connecting rod loose. It immediately fell between the carriages, and how the young man escaped is a miracle. It was just by a lucky twist of his body that he saved himself from falling between the carriage wheals. The train was travelling very fast at the time. 'Phis, should serve, as a warning to those in the habit of standing on the platforms. ~

The Crown Law Office has intimated, in reply to the Borough Council's letter, that it is manifestly impossible for the (government to undertake the consolidation of the local Acts of any local They aro prepared, however, to assist in every way in their power. The oflice states that the I'remiet will ask Parliament to waive compliance with the standing orders relating to the preliminary steps to be taken in all Bills of u purely consolidating nature that are introduced in response to tlve Government's request. The Council will therefore be under no expense except the solicitor's cost of preparing any consolidating Bill that may l;e necessary.

The secretary has notified that a meeting of the executive and legist lativc committee of the Municipal As social ion will, as usual, be held in Wellington in July next, early in the Parliamentary session, for the purpose of discussing matters relating to the interes-ts of municipalities. The intention of this iinnuul meeting is to mako recommendations to Parliament so that any proposed legislation may as far as 1 possible be modified or shaped m the direction the committee considers desirable. Suggestions from the Borough Council have been invited. At Friday's meeting of the Works Committee the Town Clerk was instructed to embody the suggestions made in the Council from time to eime, and present a report to the next meeting of the works committee. The feeling of the Council is in favour of a reversion to the old system ol only one-third of the members retiring each year, iij order to ensure continuity of policy.

The suggestion of the Maypr that former occupants of the civijc chair of New Plymouth, or their rWalives on their behalf, each subserve a link to form a Mayoral chain, and also that portraits be presented of each former occupant of the chair, to bo on view round the walls of the Counc',l Chamber, is likely to be carried to a successful issue. Several letters were read at Friday's meeting of the Works Committee, cordially agreeing with the proposal. Mr Jias. Pau'l ajjd Mr Standish intimated their willingness to donate n link, while Mrs William Dayley and Mrs Davidson also fell in with the proposal. Mr A. C. Fookes is at present in England, but Mr II 1 . E. FookeTs, his son, has written him on' the subject. It is understood that Mr Dockrill, who proposed the idea sonic years ago, is entirely favourable. The Mayor reported that Mr Standish, the first Mayor of New Plymouth, went bevand the original proposal of having portraits, suggesting that if possible they should give oil paint'ng.;, as being more lasting. There is no doubt that the portraits, whether oil paintings or photographs, will form a very appropriate and pleasing connecting linkbetween the early days and tho present.

A London Press correspondent has been obtaining the opinion of the Agent-General in regard to the possible openings for public schoolboys in their respective colonies. According Co his report, the Agent-General for New Zealand said :—A young Englishman just leaving .school, possessing good healt]} and strength, should not, even ij lie ling a small capital, go to New Zealand without first qualifying himself by a certain amount of training and experience !or t-he work which lie proposes to undertake when he arrives in that colony. The main industry in New Zealand is t'hat of mixed furming, involving the keeping and breeding of sheep, cattle, and horses, and the cultivation of land for grain and other crops. Any young man who is dispqspd tp (.ake up farming, and is prepared to do harij woyk, such as ploughing, harvesting, and milking, may with a comparatively small amount"of capital, say not" less than ■C.iOO, entgr on supli a pursuit with a fair prospept of success."

Conflicting reports as to the whereabouts of the supposed Girgaree murderer, continue to be received* by the Melbourne police. Men resembling the suspect to a remarkable <sxtent have been encountered all over the State In nearly every case the matter has been at oncp reported, and the man has been traced by the police, nnd found to have not the remotest connection with the Girgaree murderer That the suspect is at large somewhere in the South of Kiverina, or north of Victoria, sctMns tolerably certain, Skinner, the murdered innn, was in til« liabif of banking about £lO a month, ll,\s last <lpp<Vit was made in October 1 of last year, and he 'was working and earning good wages froip th"t date until tho end of February. Jt is considered highly probable, therefore, that he had in his possession about £SO or £OO. Indeed, It la confidently asserted by a friend of his at StrathiiierLon that he left that town with over £SO. llis murderer realised another £l9 in Murchison, und sent £lO nwa.v. Until the murder was detected he was probably spending his money freely, and it it unlikely that he now has any left. He must obtain work or go to his f|.i(indji, anil in either case his capture is certain. He is 'cvoiiy day being tracked into narrower limits. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, !or Coughs um) Colds never feite' 1§ 64i

On Tuesday Mr Newton King will hold his usual stock sale at WaiwakaHho.

i The Taranaki Education Board incite tenders for painting severaj schools and residences.

The annual meeting of the New Plymouth Investment and Loan Society will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 15th.

Notice is given in these columns that the Borough Council into.nl striking, a general rate of Is t)d in the £, a water rate of sixpensj in the £, and a special rate of ]od in the £ i'oi payment of interest on the loan.

Two ladies in Oamaru hail a startling experience the other evening. Their house was violently bioken into, causing tlioiu. to make a hurried exit. On returning with assistance they discovcicd the family ■cow in one of the rooms waiting to be milked, a necessary operation that had somehow been overlooked.

Among the stories told by the Uev. I). Wallace Uuthic in the February number of the Strand is the following:-—'' Many middle aged men Will.easily recall thu verger | terbury Cathedral wlio, like TennyI' son's brook, seemed to go on for ever, lie once explained to a visitor the secret of his longevity .in a'way by no means flattering to ills eo

clesiastical superiors. ' Since ll'vo boeu here, sir, I've seen live deans come and five deans go ; and why ? because they have eight courses for their dinner and I have one.' "

Customs-officer John Williams had a narrow escape from drowning in Sydney Harbour the other morning. He was lishing oft' 1 Parbury's ;Wharf, Miller's Point, when he fell into the water. A night Watehbian named Edward Coulter, hearing, a splash, called for assfeiartce. Captain BarkIcy, of the schooner Tamarina, immediately lowered the life-boat with four Polynesian sailors on board, and rescued Williams, who was subsequently removed to the Sydney Hospital. While Captain Barkley was in the lifeboat a thief entered the qabin anil stole a watch and chain and other articles, valued at .£lO.

The Russian Messenger of Europe, in the course of a remarkable article on the fall of Port Arthur, says "Japan conquers us,' not because the Japanese themselves arc stronger or i mentally superior to Russians, but because the Japanese live a freer life and have freer development in their own country, because they have adopted better politicul and administrative ideas, aim at better national objects, suffer less from public corruption, and feel their position- a& qiti/.cns, having right to a voice in the affairs of their country. In a ew dozen years Japan has mndo more progress than we have in two centuries ; has unquestionally passed us in natural development, in arts and sciences, in political, organisation, and even in war.

It seems strange, says the Goro Standard, that, while such extraordinary prices arc ruling for fatehesp should be such a <lrug on the market. On late in Southland fat steers have been almost unsaleable. Splendidly topped animals are selling at 35 per cent. less that the prices ruling a few years ago. Calves are even less sought after. Notwithstanding, however, -the great decline in the price of fat cattle, there has been no very marked diminution in the retail price of beef. This is what is puzzling consumers. As there is apparently little difference in the retail charge of beef and mutton, the demand for Ihc more delectaible article is helping to keep up the price of sheep.

It will be remembered (says the Melbourne Age that the Barton -Ministry promised £20,000 or thereabouts, on behalf of Australia, towards tile cost of the Imperial memorial to the late Queen Victoria, now being erecivd in front of Buckingham Palace, London. Mr Huid, at Uio fag end of last session#brought up the question of this promise, but he matter was dropped when it became 'evident that there would be strong opposition, ltecent news of ha memorial indicates that there are to be modiiications of the original design, and that the "processional road," with groups of statuary, representing Australia, Canada, and itlur parts of the Empire, has been oostpivned. Oatcs are, it is said, to represent the separate divisions of tlvj Kmpire. If this is ' so the excuse to Australia will naturally be reduced.

| On Friday last Waveriey's precipitous back-blocks l'uads where the scene of another accident, and still more remarkably escapes than that experienced by Mr Peacock's team on the Motoroa gorge a short time ago. 'llie locality on' this occasion was in ilic Okutu district on the Kolvi road, and the drop was an almost perpendicular one of: not less than 150 feet. A deviation isi in course of construction at one of the most dangerous points oil a road where danger abounds, The spot is at the end of a narrow saddle at a bend leading to a steep descent. A track about nine feet wide of the old road had been left temporarily and notice boards were up giving warning of danger, bnt these were not visible till round the bend, The road was to have been closed to trafl'.c on Monday. Mr Alex. Southcombc was driving his brother's grocery cart loaded with stores and provisions and twenty kegs, of gunpowder for the co-opcrativo labourers, who arc road constructing in the Government block further oil. Coming suddenly on the dangerous part the horses (one in the shaft and one in an " outrigger ") swerved at the narrowest spot, and trap, horses, and driver we{*e precipitated over the cliff. A few feet down the fall was intercepted hy a wire fence. This obstruction held them for a moment but soon gave way, and the descent, lor the of tho distancei was a straight drop punctuated with an occasional bump against t>he pnpa t >a -ttL At the start the driver's legs iad become entangled in a rope, and Ui© iinish found him on the ground Ins 'lbgs between the whoels and the' horses. Of the latter one lay on its back with harness intact, its bewildered mate standing astride it. I'olh Ihe terrified animals u ere s pienling vigorously, but more w.i;.h fright than pain, sinca one was- ji.'a.'t.iuiily uninjured arid the other only .slight•y bruised. Mr SouUwmmbe* eicr'.r.ed With badly bruised knees. The tiap was considerably (Jaiijfiged, the shafts ™" K i s '" nsl » etl a nrt the axle broken oit at the wheel. The goods were much damaged, somo of the kegs of gunpowder being smashed, Mr it. J. Southcombe left on Saturday to gather up the remains and complete tiie intfi rupted delivery. The recovery of the trap was accomplished on Monday (says the I'atea. Press) with the aid of a gang of willing helpers.

Passing recently through the Hmicrarian town of Fiump, on tjjp Adriatic Sea f a from liudupest noticed in an antiquary's shop an old silver clock in the form of an npple, which ho bought for ti few shillings. IMs astonslhmont was\?m\t when on cleaning It he found (he lollowing inscription in Italian : Nicol Gerandich, master of merchant vessels of the firm of Sjlverich Brothers, leave all inv treasure hidden inside this rlock * to my cousin. Antonio (ierandich, living at fvnibach (t'naj'niola), so that my unworthy son mp.v ncvey 'find it.— Fiume, January 5, 1854.". Hidden among, the mechanism of the the fortunate buypr found a laj'ge number of precious stones of groat size, including seven largo brilliants, six emerald*, and three sapphires, the whole worlh about £6OOO. After depositing the gems with' the authority at Laibach, the owner of .1° , octv *. ina, de inquiries, which showled that Antonio Gerandich was dead, iand had left no descendants. The goms are now clajmed by the Hungarian OovemmenL, on the ground that the deceased person was a Hungarian subject.

7he sea training of the Australian Naval llrigaido was thoroughly appreciated by all those who participated in it (sa\s the Sydnyy Telealthough on somp of the trips there wp):e owe or two men who growled at the harfl work. On one occasion a crow was being excrw cised on the big gun, and were given orders to cjiunge rouml. With a view of seeing that thoy know their Posts, the instructor asked each man his number. The crew in the evolution had become thoroughly mixed up, and the first man. gave Ills number as " one." " Noj." said the, instructor, " you're three." Then to the next man, " What arc you ? " "he repily was Number -1. sir ! " ®h ar P ringing tones which characterises tho naval instructor camp t% JVfijxls i •!' Nq, you blockhead ; you're 5. A ad, ngw, you there—what are you ? " Tho reply —if not expected, was none the less candid—*'* I'm a blooming fool for taking the trip on, sir:

As the of the reduction oi 10s a ton in the price of flour, the price of the 4tb loaf has been reduced from tijd to 6d at Duncdin. It has also been reduced at/ Hawera. At a sitting of the Police Court at Pahiatua on Wednesday Charles Henry Walsh, alias Von Stunner, was lined £3, or fourteen days' imprisonment for obtaining board and lodging under false pretences. Mrs Maybrick has been visiting Sing Sing und other large convict establishments in the States. Her object is to compare them with English institutions of a similar kind. | and she is lo describe her impresisions in an American paper.

The services in Queen Street Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the liev. John N'ixon, and, at the evening service ihe I'.ev. W. Harris will preach. The Kev. John Nixon will be at Fitzroy at V p.m.*

Whiteley Church, Sunday, May 7. Preacher, Rev. <l. N, liuttle. Sub-

ects : Morning, "Contending for _ the Faith" : evening, "The L'onnexional [Outlook." A special address to i Young People. Holy Communion," I For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' | Ureat Peppermint Cure. Is 6d. If you do your own washing, then here is good news for you. Try a tin of Washine. It will help you and please you, See list ol ftorencepers who stock it.* It is worth remembering that tor excellence of style and quality combined with large range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery, you yiust go to J. 11. Parker, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth. Have you got a thorough chill, Goose all over, really ill ; Wheezing, sneezing, shrill and high, Furry tongue and watery eye; Oblivious to the world's affairs, All its sorrows, pleasures, cares, Useless suffering, why endure ? Takft Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 9

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| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Waitara West Koad Hoard— Elocl lon of two members for the Hoard will Ije held on May 11th. New Plymouth Investment and; Loan Society.—Annual meeting to be held on May 15th. Education • lioand.—Tenders- close on May 17 for painting several schools and residences. Adjutant Dickens.—' Phoiiks those participating in welcome to General Boolh. J. Smith—lntends to apply for li-*-cense for Imperial Hotel. ' Borough Council—Goiieral, water, and S]iecial rates will be struck on May 22nd. Newton King.—Cattle sale at Waiwakaiho on Tuesday.