LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7881, 25 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ t.' liorough Engineer reported uit ■•*■■:.u.i,\'s Council meeting that toe Sialic lunk had been completed, witu iiu! exception of making good a few "weep'' holes. ji.u qualities oi Urn oil mken iroiu >.u- .'luiui'ou bore ■wave lite subject oi' ..<...c .tu.uri.s al .Uon.lii,, h nu.i:i,u 0 ' „l .-.<• iviioL.tTK, Mr r"air, the manuci. i.ieM-iomU iliai ihere ttaH a nmi..c; . . inc ciu..e petroleum ill aus j..i .urcl, e.,mul id sixpence per galion, jml that, 100 barrels per week to.pin In; disposed of. A shareholder as-. .. whether a \iiis not a good luiii'ii. ling oi., and for use as earl gie...-e. Air I'eed (C lairman) repliod ilu.l it migj.ll do for the laller purpoa-, and no doubt a '2os barrel would go a long way in use: There I wai no doubt of the oil being a !guod lubricant, but there would bo »i_i-j liltlo demand, even if llie.y had a i.Kinopoly ior supi>..\ nig Inbi icaUuS

oil lor all the machinery i*> Taraj.uh.. Thy crude oil, added ilr Teed, sa.'.i l-o iiave cerium nic-dici-mii properties, out lie did not think the .-.»..iom\ a remunerative place for tnu product. (LaU£hl«ro A gentieui..n >vlu> happens to haw a very bcanl "thatch" caused some mem- .... lit by rcconimewJing the oil as a Hair producer." Mr .J. Voting, on behalf of ilr C. Uayly, Toko,, has left four champion swede turnips at the oflico of the Loan & Mercantile, Co., weighing an 1 101 l iws :-27, 22, 19 a ndlßlb respectively. This is some indication of the fertility of the Toko soil.—Stratford l'ost.

The headmaster of the Stratford school in his last report to the committee stated that a number of the children from that part of the East, Road between the lvahouri Bridge and Standish Road had to walk from ihrce to five miles to get to the nearest .school He stated that in Canada and lhe United States of America the educational authorities, rother than reel a small school, would provide a conveyancu lor such children to on" ..( the largo 1 - schools 1 . He avskoo* M that could not be dono here. ■ That's thu sort of apology I like," remarked the Mayor of Christrhuich it a jnecting of the Consumptive .Sanatorium committee recently, after reading a letter from Mr <!. Scott. Tie writer, says the Christchurch i'ress, expressed his regret nt l>eing unable to attend, and promised to present a Woking rnngo to the sanatorium, on behalf of his firm, valued !t £!JO.

During a discussion upon the small--lirds pest at the Agricultural Conerence, Mr W. 11. Beethani (Wairara>a) said thai 'by tho use of Wird-lime e had caught three hundred small .hiekbfids in „ quarter of an hour, \nd in a few days he had counted •ip to 301 If 1. Still, even this destruction seemed to make little difference to the numbers) about. Very few New Zealand farmers, for 'unately, know what the kea > : s ; and Mr I). D. McParlanc, of Cantcrbun. ame very clos," to informing the Ag•iculturai Conference on the subject. lie ha'.l given notice to move thai ihe reward for keas lie increase:!. "What's tba'l ?" "What are they?' chord from all parts of the room. A North Island del-gate explainer that the kea was a kind of |ran<>; that attacked sheep in t'Ve hack country of Canterbury. On Saturday last a bogey round in connection with the Ngamotu Gob Club was played lor a prize offered In Mr T. K. Skinner. C. 1.. W. Scott and K. Hayley tied, eaQi being two down. 1-". S. .lohns. thn-e down, w a s third. Twenly-three members competed.

Representatives of llawera. Stratford, Kltham, and Manaia waited on ihe Minister in charge, of the tourist Department (Sir Joseph Ward) remit ly and urged the necessity of prodding proper and sufficient accommodation for visitors and tourists at Dawson Kails. l|l was pointed out that last year some people visited that place, and it was urged that the present 'meagre accommodation was rather a deterrent than an attraction, and that, if *■*> propel house was erected there would tie n liig difinand for the accommodation ill the year round. The Minister in replying, said he was familiar with ihe ' whole position, which had been reported on by Mr Donne. Il had been on flv list for three years.and he would be very glad to bring it up again this year to see if the money could lie set' aside for the purpose. He hoped the suglgiestion would be favourably entertained. According tk> modern meloid'™|n*H* says the Melbourne Age) if is chiefly young men whose affections have beiv oli/ht.'d who enlist in thu army ; but in Victoria it seems the enlistments include a numtier of young men who are anxious to make female conquests. Thu Victorian head-quarters of the Hoyal Australian Artillery, the only "permanent" regiment in the Commonwealth forces, is at Uneenscliflc, and the military authorities find that they have a large number of men offering for enlistment in the summer months, when Queenscliffe is full -of female visitors-. When the winter arrives and Uueenscliffe is comparatively deserted/these young men whose soldierly ambition is limited to the effccit to lie produced on susceptible fomalo hearts by a smart uniform, apply '< >r their discharge, linder the defence .regulations a man can obta,in his discharge free application within three months after his enrolment, provided his command officer and the State Commandant enter no objection. The military authorities are tired of proviil. ing summer quarters with moderate pay tor this type of soldier, and intend to be more conservative in future in grariting discharges.

A few weeks ago a steamer 'towed a mine into Cliefoo, which was found floating in the Gulf ot Pechilhi. The mine was handed over to a. Chinese cruiser to be destroyed, and the method employed was somewhat odd. The mine, to which a tow line was attached, was placed on the beach, the other end of the line being fastened to a cruiser. Then the cruiser started t» steam away, bumping the mine, over the beach. For some reason or other tin' mint did not explode until it had undergone a considerable amount of knocking about, when it burst with a loud report. The cruiser had a gun at both bow and stem, but did not attempt lo explode the minp by firing at it, presumably being- doubtful about hitting i it without wasting more powder than it was worth. Ahmed rlatonoil, the terrible bunIdil, for whose capture, dead or alive, ,u reward of IO.iXKI roiiples was offered lij the J{u.ssian police, has been cuptuntl, under I'.xlriiordinujje ciij'cunistances. «J. in the Cuiicases, JjisJ. year I'JatonolT and his kind of desiwriidoes. proceeded .Id the house of M, Nakhimo"', a veterinary surgeon, whoni- they .sh.>t on sight. I'latonofT proposed nmni.ajje, lo the widow of the murdered man, who, refusing, was clnb;l«l to dealh by the ruffians. The Irandit swore that he would not Jeuve Vladikavkaz, without 11 wife, mid, true to his word, he seized the lirst good-iook-mg girl he met in the .street, lilting her across his saddle despite her terrible shrieks, lor help. It was tins gill, Klizabeth J'ustiikhpi by name, who eventnnll.v led to J'latonofl"s undoing. Feigning fononess f,rr i:er "■ husiiand," Kliz.ubclh gained the brigand's confidence, aiml 'ven nctcil as one of his spies. Hut the other day she managed to inform th;: pi lice that I'laloiiofT intended visiting Vladikavkaz to celobi-.ate his name-day. Armed to the teeth, the bandit, followed hy a number of his gang, stalked iin<o the parish church. Slowly a procession of prjests advanced to meet him, chanting psalms, l'latonoft" was taken unawarv. In »n instant, he was surrounded by the congregation, which -was composed almost, entirely of policemen and solrlreiH in disguise. Tho priests, who were (iossacks especially selected for : their strength, overpowered the le ignnd, who was knocked senseless by a wW'l-dclivered lilow between the eyes. Four of the brigand's followers were iilso captured, but the remnin--1 managed tp effect their escape.

Mi- (J. .Livingston reports the sale if (i. v.,lu..M'i property in Dawson Stiv.'i, on :iii(.\.r.t of Mis Fabian, subßl-.'.nUal uni. >unls changing hands Miss Curia* ne, the young woman who was burnt to death in the fire at Hastie's Hotel in Fcilding, was 25 years of age, and came trom Hawera. The barman stated that he last saw her together with the othlor girls, who occupied two rooms I near the hack stairs. It was impossible when they made their escape for anyone to have sot clear oi tut; '.staircase. The girls attemptrd to ; Ret down in that direction, hut he prevented them. He then smashed the window open and threw the lireescape rope out. He assisted two of the girls down on his shoulders, and in doing so was badly cut about the arms and hands. Another girl jumped irom the window and was considerably bruised and shaken. Two of the ((iris, interviewed, state that the missing'girl was nearly dressed. The smoke was so dense that they lost tire run of her. Miss Curtayne had evidently attempted to escape by the front entrance, as the remains were found in the region of the front passage. Some spectators state that they saw the deceased lady on the front balcony when the building was attout to collapse. Slip,, was heard to call for help. Immediately after that she disappeared into the burning ' building.

Xews -has been received of the death at Duncdin of Mr J. C. Cannon.chief accountant to the ,I'nion Steam Ship ' Company. Prior to entering the service of the company, Mr Cannon was a purser >n the httals of the old Steam , Navigation Company. In the late sixties the fleet included the Tarnnaki, Quoqn, Wellington, Ladybird, Rangatira, Stormb)ird, Wonga W'ongn, and the Ahuriri. The Wellington, on-which Mr Cannon was purser, is still trading out of Auckland, and the Stormbird is well known in Wellington to the present day. When the Union Company commenced operations in 187."> Mr Cannon was offered and accepted the position of accountant, and removed his residence to Dunelin. "The big motor-car covers a multitude of rhabbinvss," remarked s West-end tjifHor to a representative of Motoring Illustrated. "And I find that my customers, ivhen they become motorists, spend Jill |>cr cent, less on clothes. A man who takes up o.Otoring gets into a free and easy way of dressing, prefers comfort, to smartness, and wears- old, shabby clothes" on the principle that ' anything is good enough f" r a car.' It is very much the same with ladies. The taut, natty, close-fitting, tnilormado girl adopts looser and more comfortable clothes for wear on the motor-car, awl so she gels into the hubit of vearingi more floppy costumes, which is bad for the tailors. Tho barber's tale was very much the same 11s that told by the tailor : •■ .Motor gentlemen are in such n hurry n-" aduys," said-the head man of a celebrated hair-dv»Tisi-r'.sl riuifv in Hond-street. " They do not devote half the lime to getting their hair and moustache groomed as they use-1 to. The moment a tegular customer become* a motorist, I *»' 'i'> mysi-li f>o [>er cent, loss to the linn.' Haye aoi yon noticed yourself, sir. noticed yourself, sir, that motorists wear their hair very long, and don't have their hands manicured ? Gentlemen who used to come re.gulaily .i»i«' n week for 'finger-nail parade, - as they call it, say - What's the use, when you get your hands in such n stale looking after the cur?

Amongst the troubles which contribute to the unsoundness of stallions enumerated by the Assistant Chief Veterinarian (Mr Rcakes) at 'the Agriculture Conference was "whistling." Mr T. Tes'chcmaker, of Timaru, look issue with the expert on. this point. He said there was a di'' fet'encc of opinion amongst horse-own-ers as to "whistling" being a disease, and there was one striking example in support of the opposition to Mr Reakes's dictum provided byMr G. (J. .Stead's crack Multiform, which was a "whistler." Yet Multifont was the sire "of a number 0: fast and strong horses, including Nightfall, which could go there two miles at great speed "without a whistle." The Hon. J. D. Ormon-.1, speaking later, said that Sotckwcll, the great Knglish sire, was also a "whistler," and his stock seemed none the worse for that failing,

'lhe programme for the second concert to be given by the St. Cecilia Choral Society is published to-day. Among the vocalists are Miss Murphy und Mr Alec Hill, who will render several popular songs. Other items include part songs, glees, trios, and instrumental qifartettcs. It will be good news for New Plymouth residents to learn that there is now every prospect of the town having in the near future a post office worthy of its importance and suitable (or its requirements. In this issue temders are called for Ihe erection of anew building, closing on Aug. 21. At Okalo to-morrow Mr Newton King will hold a clearing s»le of dairy,farm stock on account of Mr K. King, Whose lease has expired, The cows, numbering 88, are a splendid line, and the majority of the farm implements are neatly new. Everything on the farm is for ahsolutc sale. Besides the stock, Mr King's factory plant and household furniture will be sold. The annual meeting of shareholders in the New Plymouth Gas Company will be held in the Company's offices at 3 p.m. on Monday next. Mr C. 0. Hawkc's annual clearing sale will close on Monday next. At the Drill Hall on Monday next Mi Newton King will hold an aucsalc of purebred poultry In connection with the poultry show on Friday and .Saturday next. Already a large number of entries has been received, and present, appearances point to a most successful sale, "Are you like the rest of Ihe cabmen, ain-iid to tell the truth ?" was the question put to a Cabman, at the Christchuieh Magistrate's Court ihe ot|u-r tlay. "Oh, no." was the response, "it makes no difference to 1110 whether I tell tho truth or anything else,"

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