LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7884, 28 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owlti'i to the in>iisposi ! t!o* of Mr T. 1 In!« bison. S.M., the htarinir of an allillatirn case, in whi'ih William McI.fllufl. who wns anvstcd at Waipawa, liqurcs as the clofemlluvt, was on Th'T-dav adjourned 1o Monday mirnfnDefendant was again allowed ! ail. The !easiiror of the Western Park Board desires to ackfijowirdfje (he j sinn c( £1(1 as.thi' proceeds of th) i bridge and euchre party recently j held. i' ; 'd wishes to thank each and every.:,- nhi in any way.contributed (it t'Micct ph (if the functioTi. The nctiLil proceeds have been kindly sitjv plenin'-.>d to maku up the amount us nlifv! . Mr Cloupli writes to tb6 Daily Cntltic from tbe Yorkshire Wiltierfot'f MniiOtial School ior the Blind the school's cricket team. He snys : "The panic is played with an r-r-'lnnrv M\t ; (he wickets consist of n d lh:> vi ;i'> of an ord'nar' wi-kel, nnfl a hollow ball made of rrv "liich are plr.txl pics of nv t 'l. wh'ch five out a sound when the ball travels. Thus tl'C players fallow with remarkable precision qll the movements of the 'leather.' "

I'roreodittss were lively at the last tru»?»ti»iir of the Kni'ori florouph Council. Owing to repeated interruptions b\ a ratepayer whe was present, the Council went into GumnHlee. The disturber at first declined to leave thp tho room, but by gonitlo persuasion ho was ffot outside. Soon afterwards H • Council ft>om was in darkness l , '•some person or persons unknown" •\-ivin-: turned off thta electric liffht. In some, at least, of Ihe conl-min-p ,;, tricts (states the f>ta£o Daih Tiling extr*mie dissatisfaction is exat the profits alletreri to be r»'--.Tp i'*l by retailers of con 1 in l>unein- Tt is asserted thattt'he middletom "s a -ton on all classes of r-.il merely for distributing it iH the fitv —o price considerably below the u,t received by some ofthecoaliv*li»rs, who have to meet all costs

of mininc, apart altogethi ir-im consideration of their own rMs on'l evnernl liabilities. Th»> c->nl-masters. in short, feel that tho ■ o-l int'd retailors make a profit out f ill proportion to their deserts, to ♦ V pse.iudice jilike of tbe mines and '''« householders. It is- prolrthle that effort will be made to reduce t-t'olllS*.

According to live Auckland Star.su- J jyrsition is greatly disturbing the' ei'ds of the Slaoris at WhaK'arewnreva (Kotonn). Their partieulav form i Irlnsinn is that a member of their '••ee is Switching certain nat ives who '•■ive departed t,> the v nppy h'mliiv grounds, including the late chief Kee » i Te Hantfiounwhe, whose bursal took place 11 short time ag>. The im- | Mvssion of whitchcraft has gamed si) ; strong a hold upo*i the tribe of the district that they held a general meeting last week to hear evidtix-e ten-'rr-i 1 v several nativet. Tho Rev r *\ A. Bennett. t. -r Maori Mis«;oner » tho district, has been working dd : - gently to disabuse ti'ie minds of tK lttives of their strange suspicions, n ' ; s hoped that he will be finally successful.

A Christchnich motor-car deal 'i states that many inquiries are' stili eing made in regard to the vehicle •nd it is that'When the win er months j»as« away numbers of oi • •:iers w ; ll "oe s<mt home from thnt district. AI: the big makers are keej>'ng up their pnees. as they are as 'msy as they can !>♦» fulfilling orders, but some of 'lie smalt makers haw; brought their prices down lo £lo<' | t-r less. I)mprovements are being madei gradually. These are not on an extensive or radical scale at pres.nt. ird mostly deal with toehnicalities. \ rather notable 'improvement is th. Mdu entrance to cars with more thai one s..»at. It is stabvl tlvit one of ll • '•ig English firms cleared a profit oi LllS.tHto last year.—Pn'ss. It is strange (says th»! Western Mail, Vic.) the morbid fancy that many cattle have for chewing |in ; swallowing articles t'rat by no ; possible stretch of 'the imagination c.m '., v ealle-i food. We are all familiar with tli.' sight of dairy cattle standing chewing old bones, but a curious ■use is reported from St. Arnaud, a here Mr Johnson, a butcher, killed a bulloek ufiich he pmchas*\l bXjlly, and found in its stomach three- iron bolts, each 4^in long, and weighing iltogether 2|lb. The bolts wereijuiU brighi. When cattle are (otf,(d* chewing bones. it is a sign that they ai» craving for some kind of food that *s not being supplied t'.> them —in most i insiiwv-v* salt. When they are noticed indulging in tlr.s habit, which i?occasionally att«ended by fatal results through the bone slipping down and ; sticking in its throat, salt should always be supplied. The scarcity .<>/ certificated teacherwas referred to by the Chairman(Mr J. Wade) oi the Taranak.i Educntior. Hoard on Wednesday. This was, lie thought, brought about simply and solely by the action of the Department in connection with the new scale of payment of teachers, ami the alterations in regard lo the training of pupil teacher* From wviht ! he. could hear it was the same in all parts of Uie colony. Of course tinHoard was not producing anything like the nuiri>tr of teachers required lo c<>j c wilh the increase in educational facilities. The Hoard had a great number of uncertificated -teachers. and he -did not know when the limit would <»e reached. It to him that matters would get w<>iSe instead ot better. Mr Monkhouse : I don't tiiink so, Mr Chairman. Mr Fanll said that the Board must take the mattf-r in hand and endeavour to appoint certificated teachers as ihr others dropped out. Later on a h't lei* was read from a *chool committee asking that the uncertificated teacher flt*'Lhbir school'. b|> i".'p,laco(| by one duly certificated, as dissatisfaction was feH.

One of Ihe most usclul employees in the great New York "stores" is —or is said to 'bt—the "mistakcelerk," who might more correctly l,e described as the "scape-goat clerk." Whenever a eusloniei complains oi anything;, the manager invites her to call, and in her presence sends for tin- scape-goat, who enters, pale-lac-ed and trembling. The manager falls upon Itis hip and (high, ami finally dismisses him without notice. Thereupon, in nine cases out of ten, the cus-trimer relents, appals ~i'iiat ( lie culprit he reinstated, and goes away 011 excellent terms with herself anil with Hie? establishment where her complaints carry such instant weight. The scape-goat has no oilier duties, ami is well-paid, his ebief qualification being a lean and hungry, anxious and despomlent appearance.

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The committee of '.he St. Mary's Ohurch bazaar hm shown some forethought in securing the stalls and! scenery used ..I i.ic bazaar (or incurables, lwld in Wi'lli-njton a few weeks ago. The stalls represent an old English village, and are quaintly painted. One in under the sign of "Ye Golden Key," another "Ye Bunslorc," ami another one "Ye Blue Dragon." The stalls will no doubt add to the success of the forthcoming bazaar. The Salvation Army Diorama Com--1 pany Iws earned such a reputation 1 for the excellence of its tivtcrlain- : mpnts that it is unnecessary to enlarge further on ttie subject. Arrangements are being made for tho combination to appear in the Theatre Royal on Sunday and Monday nights. Should (he weather prove favourable a series of kincmatograph pictures will be shown on Saturday evening, on the vacant section neat the theatre, in Devon Street. On Sunday afternoon an open-air recital will be given on Marskind Hill. As the machinr is of the latest nonflickering pattern, the entertainments will be well worth patronising.

On her last run across the Australian Bight the Mongolia encountered what is described as one of the worst' gales as regards duration ever experienced on tire Australian coast. On the morning after leaving Adelaide a strong sough-westerly gale was met with. The wind increased in energy throughout the day, until at last it culminated in a gale, which was accompanied by mountainous seas, waves continually breaking on deck. One of these came on ooard with such force as 10 smash to splinters part of the combings of the forward hatch, at the same time washing all unsecured deck listings overboard and flooding the stewards' quarters. The work of cft'ecting necessary repairs was at once taken in hand. Hardly, had these been accomplished when another mountainous sea broke on board. The Commander Captain Preston, who was standing on the forecastle deck superintending operations, was caught by the inrush of waters, swept about 30ft along the deck, and dashed with great force against one or the spare anchors. lie was immediately rescued from his perilous position, and conveyed to his cabin, where it was found that he had sustained a serious injury to his right knee, which . was badly smashed. Bad weather , continued until the Mongolia was .•rearing Freemanlle, at which port she was twenty-four hours late in arriving.

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