LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7847, 13 June 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The, advantages accruing to the town from'the oriSUionof a Technical School have received recognition at the Borough Counc 1, wh ch on Monday evening adopted the following! recommendation :—'''That £IOOO be added to the loan proposals to be placed before the ratepayers, for tho purpose of contributing towards thq erection of a Technical SchooJ." The Government has decided to give a. of £IOOO on the aJWove condition.

The manager of the abattoir reports that during, May, 91 cows, 77. bullocks, 6 calves, 641 sheep, "and 9$ pigs were slaughtered at the abattoir. The fees and rents Tor tho month amounted to £lO4 3s 3d. Vor the same period 6 cows, 1 Jjjullock and one pig were condemned'lor tuberculosis. ' t

Until the end of the present month the hot saltwater baths will be availl- - only on Wednesdays, Thursdays,, Saturdays and Sundays. The baths will be closed during the months oJ July and August lor J.ho purpose of being overhauled and enabling the caretaker to receive a holiday.

A technical breach pf a by-law in connection with three instantaneousi closing taps fixed at the South Koa'd School was reported to tho Council by the inspector, who asked) for instructions whether tho slight transgression of the j>y-la\v would \>t( sanctioned by the Cr. Brooking pointed out that with the extra pressure the sudden stoppage of water was inimical to the pipes. The engineer said it was most inadvisable to/allow tho use of any other taps than tho screw-down taps. It was " decided to notify the offender to comply with the by-law.

The initial' concert by the Garrison I Band at the Western Park on Sunday afternoon was, pronounced a success, and although the approach to it by way of Morley Street leaves' a lotto be desired, and the fact that the weather was not very inviting), some three hundr;si citizens mustered to hear' the music. The concert was heartily enjoyed, ns was manifested by the voluntary contributions made at the request of the tend, which' en-' aMed they secretary to hand over to the treasurer of the park tho sum of £-1 3s. Favourable 'comment Was also made on tho improvements'already,, made to the park, which promises to become one of the favourite grounds of the town. The condition of Morley Street is a serious ibar to the enjoyment of thi» borougn asset, but wo arc confident the Borough Council will be alive to its duty in this respect.

Inspector Kendall informed the Borough Council on Monday ovening that owing to a Complaint being made of alleged incivility on the part of one of the licensed drivers towards a passenger in his vehicle, ho had, inquired into the matter. "The result," the report concluded, " isi that the parties havo 'mutually agreed to' drop the question on an! ample apology having been furnished."

Speaking at Duntroon regarding members of the Opposition', the Premier said :—They were a splendid Opposition. He had never met with a better in all his experience, for they always acted so as to keep themselves in opposition.

The Manawatu Herald mentions that during the lust few days large quantities of coal have been cast up on the beach near Foxton. It also notes the discovery of huge numbers of a rare species of cockle, palled by the Maoris "kaikaikaroro.''

The trouble about the early closing clauso of the Shops and Offices Act seems to bo confined to Wellington. Advic.'S received from different sources show that in the other large centres, particularly in Auckland 1 , the Act is being faithfully observed without causing any friction.

The Oainnru Mail repprds that the Premier stated in his speech there that if he should have the recasting of the tariff, to do, he would certainly reduce t'he.ldut.v 1 . on He had been assured that when he was a i great smoker' he was very much ;more sweet-tempered than in these days. The promise was received with expressions of approval.

The master of the Indraloma recently wrote to the Lyttelton Harbour Board, stating that the ship had taken the ground alongside the jetty, and, on sounding, he had found" only 20ft instead of 2<>ft as given by the harbour authorities. The Board's engineer reported at a meeting of the Hoard that there had been shoaling near the jetty, caused probably by the silt brought down by a drain coming in at the end of the jetty.The dredge had been brought in and the spot 'dredged to 30ft.

I During April the total number of arrivals in the colony was 2191 and the departures 3043, as compared with 2368 and 2791 in April of last year. Of tho arrivals 1300 were from New South Wales, 403 from Victoria and 2f>B ftom the Unijled Kingdom. The departures to Naw SouJ,h Wales numbered 19315, to Victoria 434, and to the United Kingdom 841. Twentytwo Chinese, arrived and forty-night loft during the inonthv

When we initiated the ]>cnny post, we stood to lose (says- the AttornoyGeneral) £BO,OOO. We have now, he addi, recovered that, there is no losa and there is a surplus. We, with a population of under one million, did that, and the Commonwealth, with; five times the population, was afraid l to make the same experiment. There is, however, he notes', a strong agitjution in Australia to copy our State fire insurance.

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Col'da never fails, Is 63.

Judging' by some remarks of the | Attol'ney-Oenoral, the Hon. Colonel' ' I'itt, at n meeting or the central branch of the liberal and ljabour Federation in Wellington;, a backwash,, "of the battle in the Straits of Korea is to be the reduction of the land forces of 'New Zealand! After alluding to Admiral Togo'* victory(which presumably has inspired the PreI mier's recent advocacy of u greater jcolonial contribution to the first lino of defence), the Attorney-General said that ous' military expenditure couldj be reduced, and still a force could bo maintained equal to all necessities 1 on, shore. The colony could then pay an additional contribution to the upkeep of the Australian Squadron, which was the best .defence \vc could l have.

A striking illustration of one of tho peculiarities of the Loans to Local Bodies Act was fjiven to the Land Commission at Waipukurau by tho Chairman of the Waipawa County Council. The Act, he said, provided that a county could borrow in any one year £6OOO, and o. rood board £3OOO. Tho position was not varied in any way whatever by the size of the county, or however numerous road boards might be in that county. Now, the Eden County, in the Auckland district, had an area of_ fortythree square miles; and contained 13 road boards, and consequently It had! a yearly borrowing power ol'£4fi,ooo while the Hawkc's Bay Land Board, for instance, with an area of two thousand square • miles, could only borrow £6OOO in a year—"■which i* ridiculous," said the witness, who urged that consideration should be given to the size and ratable value of the county.

Radium is found in 'a largo number" of springs and artesian wells—one of 1 the best being that of am English brewery, the water of, which was «x----amihed by Professor J. J. Thomson. He was asked, however, by its proprietors not to divulge their secret lest it should dismay the customers, | The quantity !s relatively exfcromoly minute, far less, for example, than the quantity of gold found in sea water. Accordipg to a paper contributed to the American Journal of Science, however, fin somo springs examined at Doughty, in Colorado, a deposit has been left in the course of centuries -which is 1 extremely rich in ] radio-active minerals. Thirteen pounds of the deposit yielded two ounces of basium chloride, which was. twice as radio-active as the same amount oJ radio-active p**ch blende. In the same magazine appears the account of an analysis of some carnofote, a imner!al from which the- United States eadium is now being prepared. The interesting thing about the analysis is that although helium is regarded a s one of the disintegration products of radium no trace of lit could las found when the carnotite was tested though hs present:.! -was easily detected when one-tenth of the quantity of pitchblende was put to similar tests. 'At theil'olico Court on Monday a. local resident applied for a prohibition order against his father, who did not put in an appearance. Jho son explained that bis father was addicted to "sprees," which sometimes cost him from £lO \o tin in, a couple of days. He had on two occasions been placed on the prohibited' list, and afterwards expressed thankfulness nt this precaution, the last order having expired about three .vears ago. .Mr Hutchison, fc>.M., granted the application.

Philip Eva, a man of 52 years of age, residing .at'Egniont Road, applied' at the S>M. Court on. Monday tor an order. against his two sons, (ferry and Philip Eva, to contribute towards his maintenance. The applicant stated that he had been purtially blind for the past twelve or eighteen months, otherwise he would not ask for a penny. He was without employment, and had no means what-i over. His wife was in the hospital, and there were three younger children residing, away from home. Harry Eva, trainer/ stated he had always helped his father a little. He was quite willing to consent to an order, but did nofc want to boo the money go in drink. The. Magistrate, made an order 4 against eatjh of tho sons for payment of 5s per week warning tho applicant that if ho drank the order would be revoked. Eva (who explained that he had 'taken the proceedings on the advice of the Charitajbie, Aid Board) asked:, whether'he, couiki not issue a similar .summon* against each of his two; unmarried brothers, "They are pretty, well in." he informed the Bench. Mr Hutchison said that brothers were certainly "near ralatives" as defined n the Act, and that Eva could proceed against them.'

After an exceptionally rough' passage, the Norwegian sUoojiner Tcrju Vikcn, arrived at Auckland, seventy days out from New York. Tho vessel received a severe buffeting, as the following narrative Will show :—The Tcrjo Voken clcar'?d New York on March 9. Moderate weather, with an occasional galo, prevailed to arrival at Monte Video on the 16lh. Tho steamer proceeded to' Port La Plata, and left there for Auckland on-- tho 18th. She had fine woalhcr lor * couple of days, and" then tho wind, which was llfom the west, rapidly increased to a gale. Before the day was spent the eind was blowing with, all the violence of a hard storm, and the vessel, which was hbve-to>. .was making heavy weather of it, plunging and tossing about in mountain-' ous seas, which swept her continually. Throughout the following day (Friday) the storm continued ta I increase, and tho vessel was still! |hove-to. Or. Saturday morning it blow a hurricano. > Everything movable on deck in the cabin was tossed about in tho wildest Confusion. About 150 cases of calcium carbide stored on deck was washed overboard by the waves, and some minor damage was dona to tho ship's fittings. The bridge deck was partly destroyed, boats were lifted oft tubir chocks, and she spare wheel was smashed completely. Towards evening the hurricane abated, and early on Sunday morning the vessel was able tq proccef} onfter voyage. Moderate gales accompanied tJip vessel until Thursday ,'the 2?lh March, when she entered the Magellan Straits The Straits were (toured on tho 2<Jth, ami from then west and northwest gales with heavy seas were experienced, the vessel being hovc-to and her speed reduced several- times. These conditions continued until tha 23rd of May, the vessel being then in laUtude SMegf iimin S. and longih tude l(ide s smin west. Fine to moderare weather marked the passage thence to arrival at. Auckland. An interest nig a_dve'rtisonient containing a challenge is inserted on the Iron! page, of this issue by Mr Whitiikur.

■ The Auckland—San Franpisco; despatch of Mny 19 arrived in London on the 10th inst.

An undefended divorce suit is set down for hearing at the Supreme Court on Monday next, in which Flora Elizabeth Brown, of Elthum, petitions for the dissolution of her marriage with George Brown, of Gisborne. Mr Crump will appear for the petitioner. ' '

A young Wart najnedl C. George pleaded guilty to charges «rf disorderly conduct and making use. of indecent language in Devon Street at 10. 30 on Saturday evening. Defendant made the excuse that another voung fellow named jChristison was as much to blame as he was fpr the occurrence. Sergeant Haddrell explained that the affair happened in front of the Gpjd and an adjoining tobacconist s shop. Accused was under t-hein-fluemse of drink and "'wanted the whole width of the footpath." He rushed at Christison, and tho horseplay to commence with degenerated into a light. Georgci was entirely to blame, the other participant being dragged into the disturbance. The S.M. reiterated his remarks that this sort of conduct would not be, tolerated in the streets of New Plymouth, and that the Bench would deal' severely with future cases. In the present instaneo he would nssntno the accused had just come in from the country and that it was Ms first offence. Mr Hutchison recorded a conviction on each charge, and on the cecoml lined the defendant £2, i n default two week's imprisonment,

"Will I be allowed time in whicr to find the money 1 " queried a younj man, upon whom a fine of £2, witl 7s costs, wns inflicted- at the Net Plymouth Police Court on Monday Sergeant Haddrell had no objectioi to giving l time, as the defendant, hi presumed, had to apply to his fathe: for the money. "The sins of Ithe sow visited umjri the fathers ; things an the other way about in these days,' remarked Ui-> S.M. >in granting thi defendant si week's grace. In our advertising columns, nofcici is given of what should prove to I* a most interesting service. In con nectlon with the introduction of thi new Methodist Hymn llook for con grcgational use at the Whitcloy Me morial Church, a special hymn scr vice has. been arranged for next Fri day evening, when a selection o hymns from the now book will bi rendered by the church choir, assist ed by other friends. The publishinj of the new hymnary has been quitt an event in the world of books nothing having eventuated like M since the publication of the ■Beviset Version of the New Testament. t large number of new hy»nns has beer added to the collection, and altogether it is considered to mark t great advance in the department o church praise. A deputation Consisting of Messrs A.. A. Pikctt, CJ. Ahier, Snowball, Bond, Boon, L. Bullot, F. G. Grif fiths, and F. Russell, representinf the associated builders and the timber merchants, on Monday oveninf asked the Borough Council to re consider its decision in regard to th( conditions of contract for tho powei house. Mr Plkett stated that thej had beco advised by solicitors throughout tho colony that builders and contractors would be foolish tc sign any contract in which an arbitration'' clause was not Inserted. They would bo pleased If tho Council could see its way to attach the builders' general conditions to the tenders, and asked that at least the Council should attach the arbitration clause. They did not esk that conditions should extend to engineering work, but regarded tho power house as a building. The Mayor explained that- the Councjl was fairly unanimous in trying to carry out the general conditions of tho trade, 'and had passed a resolution to hav« thorn adhered to in the present instance, but tho consulting engineer, Mr Mcstaycr, strongly, objected. .Finally the clause in the Works' .Committee's report was deleted, nnd it was decided to ask Mr Mcstaycr to insert an arbitration clause in thd! conditions of the contract. On Thursday next a Japanese entertainment will be held in the Fores* ters' Hall in a d of the funds of tho llueen Street Church. irt tho nttra«tions will be various comiwtitions. Japanese fan-drill and) ihortis by the children, and art orJhestftil and vscal cohaert. Mr Frank Messenger 'invites lers, till 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, for the erection of a dwelling in Sew Plymouth.

In our wanted column to-day a young lady offers her services as companion or lady help ; Messrs Bcwlt>y and Griffiths aflvprtise Jor a singjloi man to look aftar horses and a garden ; a lost fur-dined glove is advertised for.

The Atlantic Helming Company, Ohio, U.S.A., are manufacturer* of an elastic carbion paint, which is: claimed to be just the thing for gutters, tanks and roofs.

For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint [dure. 1» Sd.

For Bronchial Coughs take Wood's Great Peppermint Cure. Is Gd.

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Whiteley Church—Hymn service will bo held an Friday ovening. Queen Street Church—Japanese entertainment takes place on Thursday.. F. Mosscngeil—Tenders for erecting aj residence close on June 24, Bcwlqy and Griffithsr-Sangle man wanted as groom and gardener. Young lady requires position as companion or lady help. Mrs Fitzhcrbprt—Lost, a fuiyilinod glove. J. Whitaker—A challenge issued to; world,Moruy and Son—Their tapestry, and velvet pile, table covers sell on sight. Atluntic Refining Company, Ohio, U.S.A.—Elastic carbon .paint is adtmirablo for tanks, trouglm, gutters, and roofs.