LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7880, 24 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

l'.eiorc~the S.M. on Saturday mom- I iig. William McLclland was bivmght \ . p in connection with an atliliation e ,se. having Iteen arrested on waruit at Waipawa. Mr ljuilliam opened for the mother of the. child, nnfi Mr C 11. Weston for the defendant. ■..1 the reipiest of Mr WeMon, a remand to Thursday next was granted, ail being allowed. The stale of education in Russia l:la y be juried from the Ucl tlu .here is only one village school (oi •very persons. A sneak thief was nicely caught it the To Awamutu Public Library ecently. A reward for the detection ',! the thief having provid iiicfivctual the chairman of the coiiiimttee secictcd himself on the premises, where ~e had a good view of the reading .oom without being seen. He had not long to wait before a man eneie<l the room and seated himself at he table, and, after looking about for a while, he quietly pocketed one if the newspapers from the tabic, md shortly afterwards left. He was .ollownl liy the watcher, and ongoing a short distance away from the atiilding he was hailed up. and mad.to hand over the paper. For some lime there has been a rumour in Brussels, founded on what appeal's to he excellent authority, that, despite the objections of King Leopold, Princess Clementine, his youngest child, intends to marry Prince Victor Napoleon, for whom she has conceived a deep attachment. Some time ago Prince Victor laid the question betore the ex-Epress Eugenie, from whom be will inherit a large fortune, and before bis many relations, all of whom expressed their satisfaction at the proposed marriage. King Leopold, however, refused the hand of his daughter, and this, with other private matters has led to a serious estrangement between the Koyal father anil his daughter. The princess, however, was only waiting, it appears, for the termination of the law-suit between her sister and the King, to secure the royal children (heir share of the royal fortune, to emancipate herself from her present constrained life. The case Was no sooner decided in Ihe King's favour ilian the Princess Clementine left Brussels for St . Raphael, m the south of France, where she has taken a villa. She will, it is stated, marry Prince Vic;or Napoleon without her lather's consent, cillirr in Frame or Italy. Prince Victor is nioiganati•ally married, and has a latnjly, but dynastic considerations appear to surmount all such claims. Japan's circulation of newspapers was only twenty-eight millions in IS7K. It is now ninely-iwo ami aiialf millions. The city of Tokio also bus iwo eily dailies.

The Stratford Mounted Rifles, says the SI rat ford Post, have decided to substitute for the annual training camp this year, a route march rounu Mount Egmonl, to earn capitation. [The march will commence at Stratford, and lie through Opunake, via Manaia and Kaponga, and home by way of 'New Plymouth. The company will camp at |hc end of each day's march, and ;ijj the necessary etfuipemciit will be carried lyji/li the column. A fact little known among the New Zealand dairymen is that the work of instruction in butter-making in England is carried out entirely by women. 0[ course, the Home instruction is all directed to private makers. And it will be news to many that I,llc of t-be most successful clieese factories jn the South Island has been managed for years by a woman. Therefore, the Dairy Commissioner, in deciding to appoint women instructors, is following an excellent precedent. In the back-blocks Hie manufacture of dairy butter is increasing annually, and as the local conditions do not in many cases permit of the factory system being initialed, the instruction of these isolated fanners in bcller methods is highly desirably.

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The Grey River Argus correspondent at Kumar a supplies the following :—A ii'W nitO'.i:; .\%(> a little girl picked up a p,in\l between the tele-graph-pus i oppose ihe post office and the office. The parcel was lying in a wheel-rut. Slip handed the parcel to the postmaster, who on opening it discovered 150 dynamite caps. Rugg's coach generally passes between this telegraph-post and Hie post office, but oil this particular night, having a light mail, the coach did 'not leave the road. If it had done so the wheels must have passed over the.packet, and there would ,no doubt have been a terrible disjaster.

\n interesting fact to New Zealand butter manufacturers is that Ilia Danish season lias Lven fully a month [late, anil that the output is expected to Le, in consequence, much helow the average. This portends well for the prospects of New Zealand's butter 'during the coming season. The postal authorities draw attention to a recent case of the enclosure of a revolver cartridge in a letter addressed to Wellington in an ordinary envelope It was caught in tire stamping machine at the Post Office and slightly dinted, but fortunately no explosion occurred, as the percussion end of the cartridge did not come in contact with the metal. Carelessness of this kind, which cannot he too severely reprobated, is punishable by law.'

One of the most prolific causes of injury, very often of a fatal nature, to children in New Zealand is the accidental eating of phosphorus mutchheads', as the mutch as a d.miestic necessity, is always kept within easy roach. hjive- occurred' recnnUhin which children have empti.fi the Contents of t{ maU-hbox in. « leu pull, and so at one fell stroke! Iliid up a whole family. It will, therefore, be welcome news to paterfamilias to learn that Bryant and May. the largest linn of uiatL-h-maviufactmers in the world, a re now turning out matches that are strictly non-poisonous, and inliy |he eaten—if one so desired—witW immunity., fllic circunvstaiioes

thai brought about the birth of the iion-poi.son'ous match is interesting, ltrvitrrl and May offered a ibomis of tllil.dlio to the person] who Coiilil produce a nun-poisonous substitute. The applications lor the bonus were many, oil! tests found each one wanting in some e-sential particular, until a patent ignital'le substance was introduced to their notice by a Swede, whose compound stood all tests, and was found to 1>» perfectly non-pois-uious. The lucky chemist was given Ihe bonus, and now occupies a responsible position in the linn's big I'airlield works at How. London.

Aii important comum" ration has been sml (says tin- Sydney Daily Tel- | e,-ra|ih) In the Slate Premier ltd the j "Premier of New Zealand. I'll that Icier Mr Ciitiuli. rs informed Mr Sed.ii n Ilia.: at the inter-Stal ' Conference of Railway Commissioners, held in Sydney in Mii\ last., a pioposJU was discussed legurding the nppointn ent of a consulting engineer to represent the several Australian Hailway Departments in London, and a resolution was passed thai each'member of the conference should bring the matter Ibefore his (.'overnment, in order Hint the <|iU'stiou might he conidered |,y ihe various Cabinets. Mr Carriiiliers also stated that, at the ! rainiest of the Railway Comniission- .■ s of New South Wah's. he had adl.esse;! a letter to the Premiers of ihe different Stairs of the Cii of itwealth, en jiiiring whether they were prepared to concur in the making of such appointment, As the matter i> o'iu in which the New Zealand <!ovein ment might possibly like to take a part, Mr Carrolher.s brought the <|'uesti'ni vinder Mr Scddon's notice. II was added that the conference suggested that in the event of the uppointment being made. Ihe iwiil'wax authorities of each State should h' consulted in regard to the selection •if the joint consulting engineer.

A sitting of the Police Court w a .s held on Saturday morning before Mr Hutchison. S.M. William Brock, alias Arthur (.'lurk, came up for sentence on several charges of theft. For stii'iling two saddles while in the casual employment of the Very Rev. Dean McKennn. fltciis.d was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. The theft of an over emit, the property of J. Hill, added a further three months 'to the term, but the S.M. ordered that the sentences to be concurrent. Two months' imprisonment. wa,s inflicted for the ihvft of two overcoats at Wanganui. making, with the sent.'nC' imposed on Thnr.sMny, twelve months' retirement from tin- public gaze. Thomas Kyle, who jvas found 'drunk in Urougham Street, had to puv a line of 20s for Uis lapse. In moving at the Harbour Board meeting on Friday that the passenger tax at this port be increased ironi la to 2s per head, the Chairman (Mr J. B. Council) referred to the necessity for more revenue to enable harbour construction to be carried out. The present overdraft ol" the Hoard was £1575, and the year's revenue was estimated at £ll),Silt), leaving a margin of £11225. During the last three months the overdraft had been increased by £10.19, equal to £IOO (roughly) a month, which covered the cost of wharf and harbour extension. Last year the passengers passing through numbered ilti.mifi, yielding' about £IBOO, and that sum would he doubled if the resolution was carried, thus enabling the Hoard to overdraw a. further KIBOH on the hank, and push on for lifted) mouths the harbour improvement, lie had interviewed one of

the shipping companies, and reconciled them to the proposed increase, out the. company had not decided whether passengers would be charged the extra Is or wlieUicr it would Icome out of the company's revenue. | Messrs UeWley ami Griffiths report I the sale »1 Mr Andrew West's line coastal farm of 2!»2 acres to Mr J. 'Roigara, of Wairarapa. The funeral of the laic Mr Joseph Scholes, of Leppertou, will leave Mr Kilpatrick's irsidrnce, Martin Road, Waiongona, at 1 p.m. to-day, for the Ing-lcwood Cemetery. The winter social of the Stratford Caledonian Socictv will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday. Wc acknowledge receipt- of a complimentary ticket.

Among the passengers who arrived by the mail boat ia Auckland on •Monday last were two > oung Scotchmen, from San Uiego, California, where they tjavc. beta engaged l;i tanning. San Diego, they say, is not what it is "cracked up to be " and hearing so much about New Zealand, lls land laws, and l?gislation, they decided to try their luck here On landing they se t about making inquiries about the land laws and various other things. i„ ;i, c afternoon they turned up at the Tourist Department, where they intimated "ial they wished to get on land as quickly as possible. They were accordingly supplied. w|(| (j a yinformation. They said that many more of the young fellows in 1 California would likely follow them

A statement,was linidc u t the lust meeting of dc,.-gatcs of 'tile Xvw Z.uand K,,gV Ink,,, „ f thu alll(lunt „, il.«l.eiitiiivs taken up („ finaiice fho l.w. lour „f t|„. football ,„„„ i oEllK . land. Mr Hylic, announced tbat, Uio estimated coMt, of ||i„ J.,,,,,-, Wns and t. w !■„„„ ,„| S , H , (l " 0 hitvi- £10(10 i„ ), IIIH | | )t ,f ( „. ( , ,| u , u , am k-lt the c>loi,.\. It ivas hoped to Inive ii.-iirl.v X 100,1 s.< hnnu w j lh| lI)fl r.-CHpls |V„,„ ll„. „ lllk .|„.s played nl Aiisli-al.a, |„,t uien; is liLi.li- possibility of having „,,,„.,. ,i (iln this n . | ''«>«"'.■ The total amount, of dc-ben-tmvs unci iflliir«)il (l ;es promised !in d n ' ,: ' ,|v ' dal,, is t'IVW) )Ms, una the actual letlelpts- nm"UJi(, •{„ IfHSS •'is. The jr,.„ss slim pemis,.,] „,„) r <- n-cived I■> 'tin. I riion is JtJilfid Wis, Shareholders of the Equitable Building Society will note that sub-w-i-iptioi.H will he payable u(. the Society's olli«-, Cnme-strwt, to-day, Monday, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12.!I0 p.m., 1.30 p.m. and .■> p.m., and 7 p.m. and W p.m.* For llronchiii! Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is (jfl, g

There was a very* assemblage at the hospital grounds on Sunday afternoon, when the Gai rison Hand was in attendance, and played a most enjoyable programme of selections, much appreciated by the public and the hospital patients. In accordance with Ihe arrangements of Mr Tisch, Chairman of ilie Hospital Board, the new consumptive annexe buildings were thrown open, and were inspected by the public with peat intere'.t. The Iwo wards and administrative block arc now fully equipped. Light'and ventilation are a special feature of Hie wards, and the beautiful view and breezy aspect mark the site as most advantageous for the treatment of pulmonics.

Application having been nnde by a number of carpenters and joiners for the formation of a technical class in advanced building construction, arrangements have been made with Mr Messenger !o lake the class should a sufficient number of students be forthcoming. All those wishing to join should apply at. once on forms procurable at the Education office, or from the secretary, Mr C. T. Mills. The class is intended for journeyman, and the instruction will lead up to the examinations under the City and Guilds of London Institute.

Messrs Pike.lt and Wilkie, builders j and collimators, of Gill Street, hav« determine i to make a specialty of asphalt, and have therefore slocked a large quantity of material, so that they are now in a position to supply the raw material or undertake contracts for the laying of asphalt. Crushed metal, sand, paving stones and screenings aije also kept on hand for prompt delivery. Notwithstanding this, the building branch of their business will be maintained ,at high standard of excellence which has hitherto Iwen so distinguishing a feature.

If he who grows two Wades of grass Where, only one had place Deserves the. thanks of every class. And benefits the race ; Then worthier still of honoured name While Coughs and Colds endure,: Emblazoned on the scroll of fame. Is Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 20 For Children's Hacking Uough at nitrht, Wpnds' Great Teppermint Cure,