LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7877, 20 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the Council nf tin ;,'";""'"'• '"' '"'"merce Was held ,„ •U'di.CMlu.v afternoon t„ lv> iu- Hi,. '''. i""i "i Um- deputation «i,ici, ;nu-r- ---• lewed I ~; Premier regard,:!!; the ne-c-ssity i.ir r ( i f i(ls in the hack blocks !»' meetings of the Council are not open lu Viu press, the practice being !<> obtain „ report at the mnclusion ■1 tie proceedings. (j„ application ti the secretary ~„ Wednesday, om reporter was practically refuse,! a ,-,.. i-ort that (lay. on the ground 'ihut Ihe meeting hud not concluded intil 1-I.V and -the minutes were „„, written up." It is ,„ost imsi.lisfatli>r.\ to meet uith treatment like this.

The Garrison Hand intend to »„. ireduce a new dance at their annua' Jail called the Valetta waltz. Thi< waltz, ut present, tile rage in the Ok, Country, is u grettt improvement on ..he ordinary one, and is v.rv much mole graceful. The. comin.'ttee ha> made arrangements to give a five i\iioarsul in the band room to-night m eight o'clock to any (lancers who an i.-.Mroiis oi knowing how lo dance •his waltz beioro the l n ,H. The Minor lias bee,, asl.ed t„ divivv ihe I'oullry Society's art union at v-'HI on I lie second evening (Saturday) of ihe annual .show. It' hat en anang.d lo h u |d a supper on •he lirst night, 1o which the judges and visiting breeders are to be in•iled. in order thai Ihey may c.v change ideas conceding show matters. The Uinds Ollice bat written U Ihe \ew Plymouth High School .'•i.ard stating that it is proposed t u include parts of the Hoard s land at • Hiaero in a scenic reserve, and nsk•ng what terms the Hoard proposed. Messrs J). Itccry and J. K. Wilson,' lo whom thu mutter was referred', -uhliiitled a report to Wednesday's meeting of the High School li„ai\l «)n their recomme jdatiof) it, was deckled to offer the land in .piestioii, containing about. 21 acres, to the Lands and Survey Heparlment at Hts per aciv. with the further ■lii'alation that, the Hoard be als-.i recoiijjed for the loss of one year's rent at os per acre, log"ether with a,'., cists of transfer. 'lhe laud is| portion of sections IUI and WJ, block

In order to gi\u the public ilk opportunity ~.f inspecting Ihu- new coiuuinpliu- annexe a t the hospital, completed Mil J ruriiish..(l, tiki Chliirm.iii of the Hospital Hoard (Mr (J. Tisch) has arranged with the <;„,Tis< i Hand to give a wi'.'J concert on Sunday afternoon. \ V cJ [-selected pr.igrainm.t will be rendered, commencing at :!.:«), , and given line we i(her thvie should be a good attendance.; The Windsor for June, a copy of »li*li i.* to hand from Mr Avery,' eon-. In ins the nmst enthralling instalment which huji yet appeared of Hide; Haggard's los£i;in/i;ig romance "Acedia." the sequel t„ ",Sh,e." .More than lutnt \ wars ago Here ihc thrilling wolds uttered. "• 1 fdhiM Uuitio UL'nin, and he once more, beautiful," ."id Win.isnr renders can Hani how and in what manner the. remarkable pi'tttifl'.T.v is fullilled. The opening l.aws of Hi.- June 'issue conla** an article o« •• The Art of Fred .\V"'gan" with portrait, and eighteen supei'li impressions <if (he artist's lovely child-life pictures— a/i exquisite an*! delightful art supplement. 'l'he/v are most enjoyable couuHcUi stories hi k.licit Itarr. Jufcttis Miles J-'.oniui», Halliwell Sideline an'.i: other writers, whilu brighih-wrilten illusliuicd articles nil "Concerning Cricket." "Jlow Sold,;, rs are K.-.1." and "Uailwuy Kinplo> merit" help to make up a really line number, which commences the N.u Volume. While Ward. Lock k Co. ui.iintaiu so high n standard of cxc."lleiice with their favourite monthly it is onlv in the natural order oi thing:-) thai the. Australasian circulation should be steadily tuid :;wcly forging alk-a4.

Those who assembled on the Duncdin railway [lalfoim on Tuesday nig-hl when Hi' iuic express arrived from tire nor in v.ue somewhat surprised to notice amongst the passengers two Chinese ladies attired in the picturesque garments peculiar to their country. Inquiry showed that the ladies have just arrived from Hongkong, via Sydney, and have come to join their husbands in lli-ls colony. They both come from the interior ol China, ami il, was noticed that one of the ladies had live national deformity of small feet, while those of her companion were of normal size. They were met on arrival by Mrs [>o Keong, and th'.-y will he her guests 'during their stav in Dunedin. At Wednesday's meeting of the High School Hoard of Governors, tin principal (Air Prirtham) wrote mentioning that Mrs Drew proposed tu hold a Bible class at the High School after school hours, the attuidance U he voluntary. The apjiroval of the Hoard to this course was asked for. .Mr D. lierry, commenting on the re quest, saw no objection so long as the conditions mentioned were adhered to. Mr J. U. Roy also approved, so long as the absence of anj pupil from the class shall not be made a matter of comment. On this understanding it was agreed, on tin motion of Mr Roy, seconded by Mi Berry, to permit the holding of tin class. Messrs Atkinson and Atkinson, o Hawcra and Feilding, report th< lease of lijß acres, Beaconsficld, am 100 acres, Waimate Plains. The] . now advertise a first-class dairj , lann of 173 acres for sale at a low figure.

A member of a Hawke's Bay deputation told Sir Joseph Ward on Saturday that owing to trees obscuring certain tailway crossings, people could not see approaching trains. He thought bells attached to the engine would obviate the difficulty. He said a system was in operation in Germany by which an approaching train worked a lever, and the bar came down automatically across the road. At one crossing in Napier several persons had been killed, ami he thought something should he done to prevent such occurrences in future. Sir Joseph Ward said the. "dropping" syslern was not viewed terv favourably in the colony. The reason was, he thought, that the apparatus was liable lo get out 01 order. A semaphore, however, might' be provided. Bells on the engines Were once, used in New Zealand, but had been abolished. Automatic, electric bells were in use in Duncdin.

Mr Ceorgc Fair, who is in charge ■it the petroleum-boring work at Mew Plymouth, when,in Wellington, speaking to a Post reporter, expressed himself very optimistically rcgardthe ultimate success of the opera.ions now being carried on in the l'atanaki district. Mr Fair speaks ii; positive terms of the quality of the ,>etn>leuin obtained in T-aranaki, anil iie anticipates that an official analyis, which it is intended to make, vvill yield the following results : Benzine, 15 per cent,; illuminating, .2 ; lubrication, 28; and paraffin, 15. The syndicate has 3 secured rights ov<r 02HI acres, and Tat'anaki as a petroleum field is lo be thoroughly exploited. "In eighteen months' time' added Mr Fair, "if ray anticipations are realised—and I am sanguine they will be—we shall have fully two thousand men employed in the industry, and a new era will be started u the progressive history of Taianaki."

j A venerable white haired person, I who appeared in Court at, Christchurch on Friday morning, did not believe that what was sauce for Hit gander was sauce for the goose. Hi 'applied for a prohibition order against his wife, who attended to oppose the application. After he had made his statement to the Bench, however, the lady showed a disposition to he reasonable, an.i made what she considered a fair offer, ''twill have one out against me if he will have one against him," she voljntcerrd. But llie gentleman was by no means disposed Lo test his own prescription, and refused the compromise with much vehemence. "I'm • u'tvii quite sober When he's very drunk," urged the wife, and then went on lo cast aspersions on his conduct as a husband. The Magistrate settled the matter by refusing to gram any order at all. A senseless "joke" was recenilv playid on a young farmer residing in Southland. One night a horse was removed from his farm and placed in the public hall at the adjoining township, where it rejnaided for two days without food or water. When discovered the brute was in a famishing condition. II had eaten the lower part of a broom used for sweeping out the hall.

Battues are now very frequent in mid Canterbury, hares having increased alarmingly. At Dunsandel last week over (iUO were killed by till guns, and on Friday 120 killed by seven guns. The Ashburton County Council is also taking steps to destroy hares wholesale. Rablbits ate also increasing on the Port Hills. : Naval item from an exchange •- I'-ach of theHritish submarines has three white mice us part, of its civw. I hey aru kept to (Inept escape of gasoline, to the smell 0 f which they are cxtronwly sensitive. When they S'lueuk the tanks are carefully looked I'- They ill-., allowed a shilling ~ week pay and rations, which the '/luc.iuckets crib,. The members of the Ladies' Christ,mii Association have discovered, whilst engaged upon their benevolent work oi relieving ,tho needy; and the deserving destitute, tb,af there is much Kant amongst, the poor in Wellington this, winter. An appeal has been made <o the public tor clothing /or the

Ihe lish-freozing industry, says the "" up in the KuihiHim district, and new works are about to be erected at Ihe eas-lern end of the township. Several fishermen have lecentlv placed orders with the agent of the -Tnion" Oil I'jigine Company, to supply the motive power to their boats. Efforts are being made by the dajrv branch of ihe Xew Smitb Wales llenartiiient of Agriculture to make an -xhil.it „f butter al |he London Dairy >huw, to be held in October, Some travelling showman has si retched all unsightly canvas across llevon Street, at the Theatre. I{ o yal, and yesterday several horses were s-rcally frigntened by the flapping of the canvas. This sort of thing ought not to be allowed in anyitown worthy of the name. \\ v remember a year a>?o a fatal accident was narrowly avurted al the [imperial Hotel corner alien- one of these canvas mollis had been stretched across Ui« street. 1„ case of accident, if thu tluroiijrli CounciHor.s sanction this daiigerpus uiid unsightly kind of advertisement, it ( ,„jy f„i r Hint .tfivv must accept thu respansibility, Captain irood has again scored heavily with his poultry -exhibits, as al Hitweru. on Wednesday he scor«l fifteen tickets with , a total entry of ihirleen birds. The awards were ■ lioldiS'i Wynndotles—First and special, cock ; second, hen ; seuniid nud third, cockerel ; lirsl and special [milcl. ; Silver Wy, W loUes -i, first, cock [ second, |iej> ; second, pullet; Hud Orpingtons—Fii-ut, hen; Langslmn—First, cock ; second, tiwi ; first and special, pullet ; I'ckin l>uck-First in selling class; J t.'olden «.vaudott t ..s_ Second in si'lliny clnss. 'the Oolden Wyandottv cock has new been judged this season by live different authori lies, ajud has never ben beaten; in 'aei, he has not been beaten from his lirsl appearance tin the show pens. At' llii.w,t,i, i u o. hi) defeated lit,. bird Iha I gjin.-d the >'<)it|| islanif t'haiupiolisliip at i)i(, resent, .Napier j What is it banished Coughs and Cold? Woods' (ireat Peppermint Cure ! I'.(|ually good' for the young and oldWoods' Great Peppermint Cure ! l!"tter than plasters, drugs, or pills, Killing the germs oi a thousand ills, Saving a fortune in dtiutot's' bills—j Woods' Great Peppermint Cure!

Mr W. K. Spencer, Inspector of Schools for this district, gave an interesting lecture on Tuesday evening at the meeting of #he Young Men's Literary and Improvement .Society, his subject being " Technical Education." The systems practiced in various older countries were explained, and attention was drawn to the tact lli.it Japan is. making vcri rapid strides in her educational ai fairs, and that it is quite probabh that she will soon be leading tl;o worlds in the matter of technical edu cation. Much time was spent in showing the extent to which this colony has paid attention to educating the voung in those branches of study which will be of -direct benefit to them in their life, work, and the provisions laid down for teaching any new subjects for which a need may be expressed. A vote of thanks was heartily accorded to the, lecturer by the company present, which included the newly-formed Young Ladies' Literary Society. It. is estimated Hint in Australia iho cosr, of srowiiifj and r.rcnaniif flax libre and seed for market wilil' nverase jb'J tils per torn, and that a ro o c average crop will .vivid 7cwt of fibre t:j biisho's of seed, and Jcwt of tow per acre, valued at about £l6 10s leaving a not profit oi £ti per acre. Mr Frank Messenger invites tenders till 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 211, (or live erection o! a residence of a residence in John Street. His many friends will regret l< hear of the death at Fitzroy, or Wednesday, of Mr A. F. Fooic, at tin age of 48 years. Another of the pleasant soeia evenings arranged by -the members o St. Joseph's will be held this

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