LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7891, 5 August 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ou Aug. J, ,„ the Supreme Court. "" l "' "'"""'i of Mr (Juilliam (Uovctt [and QuilHaun). probate of thl . will (ii the lati- Allic.l Marsh „■„ granted „, Jl(!Ssrs ~,. . j^ and Manly .Jam.s M a ,,, h . Ul| , ~W |. „. tors named in (Ik- will.

S,„„, „, |,P,vK, lrs toj,, slum,, a I the limeliffhl lecture entertainment on lues, lay .-,1 Uhiiclcv II»II an- „f exceptional i'merest. One l)f t |, |ISl> "IMorus Jack," the white porpoise that frequents the French I "ass, is •liiilo a rarity. 'IV Hev. Koxlon is (oiUinat,,. in bavin,; .strum] it topv and tin; picture will he shown in New Plymouth for tin- liisl fiim., , V( . understand,lou Tucsdjav next.

Owing i.o the increased demand K.r LCL-hnit-al instruction in mhnjiccd building construction ami in carpentry and joinery, tbo committee of ti,„ New Plymouth technical classes has arranged for a class in advanced building conqtniutiq!) to be held at the Central School on Wednesday next, and for la ,class in carpentry and joinery -to meet on Thu'r.sdav next. Both classes meet at 7.13 p.ni.

There was an attendance of over 2(HJ, ireUuUinjt officers and soldiers of the local corps. „( ft hi.- Salvation Army, at lie f ,|e,a! of the late .Mr 11-itixr.l JacUin. which look place on Friday .-it Te llenui Cemetery. T»i« service at tin; grave was conducted by Ailjuti.nl Dickens, reference to deceased's work beine; made also ihv Treismvr Tread well end Mr ISuickV A Ini'/jo number of wreaths were sent, ineludini; one from Kir Armv. On' Sunday Adjutant Dickens uili hold „ memorial service for liis departed Comrade. •

'I he drawing of the art union promot.<l .'hy the New IM.vmoiith Military Hand took place at the Theatre' Ko.val on Friday o.vhiinK. The drawing was under the supervision of the Mayor, and the numbers were drawn l.y Miss Xornm Carry and Master Darcy N'ewell. The w Himine; mmiliers wvrc:--lst I.'iiiH, 2nd 182G, Hi i 19.V1, Ith 81<1. oth 802, Oth 16, 7-0n 1368. Hth i:MI. The prizes, which consist of pictures, may lie obtained i.n appliijition to the secretary (Mitt. 11. Hcoifce). car.' of Messrs Murtuu ajiil Co., JDt'Vou Street.

A Paris cablegram says a Vivandiere of Dragoons won a million, francs in a French press lottery. A Franco-Russian commercial treaty has been drafted. The French delegates are returning to Paris to suumii a draft to the. Government, The tender of Mr John Clegg (£Wit) has been accepted for the erect.on of a new Methodist Church. It >.-, expected the: building will be finis!, d. in six months. 1 s i William Anson, Secretary to : thc British Board oi Education, pro--1 potts to temporarily solve the necicssiluits area problem l.y allowing ilocai aulhotities lo exclude from schools children under live. i Tlw committee of public accounts repott that the British Admiralty spent £160,000 in refitting vessels ! which were directly afterwards declared unsuitable, and sold at prices 'little ■bevtei' than obtainable for'; old iron. ! The shortest speech made in the House during the "scandals" debate, .which lasted until early on Saturday morning, was by Mr Wilford. He said, quoting Pope : It olten happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers, as we usually I find that to be the sweetest fruit Iwhich buds have been picking at. I About a week ago a man was seen I walking towards the Taihape tunnel, apparently tinder the influence of liquor. Some young lads, who had seen him enter, went in, at the risk of their own lives, and found him lying across the rails. They got him oiit just in time, for a few minutes later the Vxpress train came rushing through. As Miss Jennie Crocker, of San Francisco, was showing a pearl necklace to a friend on board a liner on which they were crossing to Europe, the gems slipped through her lingers and vanished in the sea. Experts say that the necklace, which was valued at £SOO, according to the N'ew York Herald, will be hard to replace as it is the work of years to collect high grade pearls in the right proportions.

Senator Smith, in the Common..ealth Senate, referring to the Australian squadron, said the whole question was most unsatisfactory. Ships which had been agreed upon, for which the Commonwealth stipulated lo pay £200,000 a year, had not been placed on the station. When the Bill was introduced Sir E. Bar;on (then Federal Premier) stated ,hal there would be 1000 Australians ami New Zealanders employed on the vessels, instead of which up to the present there were only 628. At the' conclusion of a confirmation service at Ashburton on Sun.'.ay (says the Lyttelton Times) Bishop Grimes said that a report had i.ven circulated thai young New ZeaUiiriers were greatly addicted to intoxicating drink. He In Id that such a statement was a gross libel. The youth oi the colony had other faults, which lie deplored, in the way ol r.musement, some forms of sport be.ng made a very religion, while there was undoubted fondness for gambling. A London cable says the Royal Commission on Food Supply in War Time report is reassuring. The possibility of a wholesale blockadu oi the coast renders supply comparatively sale under almost every conceivable state of things. The laws of supply and . demand will ensure

ample importations ; nevertheless the Commission does not discourage an . xperiment in the direction of the storage of grain for times of cmer;ency. A minority report is mote alarmist. It urges immediate prat-. ical precautions. At Friday's civil sitting of the ■>. M. Court judgment by default was ,?ivtn in each of the following cases : —H. (ioodacie v. Henry Richard Fisher, claim £3B lis sd, costs £2 12s Oil ; Margaret Young v. William Patinson, claim £l lbs, costs 7s , New Plymouth Harbour Board v. K. Maxwell, claim IDs lud, costs 12s ; Jas. Bruce v. Michael Hyland, claim £O, costs £1 3s 6d ; W. V. MeAI/um v. Frank Gittos, claim £lO 14s, costs £1 10s Gil ; Elizabeth N. Herbert v. Thos. O'Domicll, claim £1 lis sd, costs ss. Dr. McClcland (Mr V. K. Wilson) sued Claude Roberts (Mr Quilliam) for the sum of £i 15s G;l lor professional services. After hearing the evidence the Magistrate entered judgment lor 15s (id, with (i.-

costs. Dr. Newman's zeal in collecting IMaori curios has resulted in his discovery of a Maori war trumpet. This was exhibited a t the last meet ins of the Wellington Philosophical Society. The trumpet consists to two pieces lof hollowed-out Totara, hound round from end to jend' with some lough native creeper, is about Sit (iin in length, and the bell-shaped part is richly carved. Its qualifications were richly demonstrated by Mr Warren, who was aide to produce most of the regulation army bugle calls on the strange instrument. Dr. Newman saW it was very remarkable that so ancient. an instrument could be made to produce such sounds A native wooden (lute, of single note winch gave forth a wierd sound of warning, and a Maori shell-bugle nom which only a squeak could bo extracted, were also exhibited by Dr Newman.

Ihe concert give,,. j n , lu . Theatre HoyalVn Friday evening .b.v the New I lyinoiith Military B Qn d was verv moderately attended, but the performance proved to hv the most popular of the series („ date Fniler Ra,.dmusler <!arr.v. the hand and orchestra gave ;l tine selection from their hi K h-class repertoire, and ih»j audience wtis most appreciative. The hand numbers were "Manila," •watt/ "An Hevoir," j,ml "(iuicty Girl." the hist, a spirited selection, being ,spccially well rendered. The orchestra, items were the reverie "Under the Harvest Moon" and the overture ••The Eagle's Nest." .Voeul items pleasantly Alt" the programme. -Miss Murphy, who is always sure of a goo.l reception, gavv two pleasing songs, "A Gipsy Maifli'i I" and "Sing Me to Sleep.'' and as usual had to respond to encores, the i additional numbers including "Egypt." Miss Norma Garry deservedly won the favour of the audience with two prettily rendered songs "Could We R(Mi|l" and "'lvie Moon and the Star." The humour of the evening was in the ticcouiplished hands of Mr McLean. In admirable gel-up or his comedian turns, he fairly brought down the house with several comic songs, having to respond to a triple encore.

■ The S,M.. delivered his reserved iltcision on Friday in the action I brought by William Francis Greenaway and George Clifl against Joseph West for £sl) damages. The defendant entered into an agreement on Oct. 29, litfl-J, to rent a piece of land coirtaining 37 acres, situated on the Avenue Road, and known as Cliffs farm. The agreement was marie with Creenaway, Cliff taking over the property subsequently. One of the clauses of the agreement was that defendant should Keep the fences in repair. Plaintiffs alleged that through defendant's neglect to act up to the agreement in thjs respect, his cattle broke into the orchard and caused [damage to the extent claimed. The S.M. held that the clause in question Was not a covenant at all ; a covenant <Lwu)ri only lie created by a deed. The clause- was a mere agreement, but as the plaintiff CJilt was not a party to that agreement j| followed that he had no cause of action. Also, since the breach, if there were any, on the part of the defendant occurred after defendant had conveyer] his reversion jn the property to Cliff, •Oreenaway had n;i cause hi action upon such! a coveniinl., Apnrt VT-rini the legal aspect of I he case, the S.M. was* satisfied that the claim could not hold pood on' a question of fact. The evidence showed that when the defendant took, possession the. premises generally wei-» in n more or less dilapidated condition, and in particular the fences, both external and internal, were in u slate of disrepair. Judgment was entered for the 'defendant with costs. Mr Anderson appeared for the plaintiffs unU Mr Gray tor toe 'defendant,

Jewels worth £2ot),ut)o were left by. Hie i|a'U' Mrs 'Jane Stanford, who recently vudud. Adelaide, ami who died mysteriously al Honolulu, to from the basis of what she in her will desired should be known as "the jewel fund," to be devoted to the erection- of a library building at her beloved Staniord University. Tire jewels were originally the property of (Jueen Isabella of Spain, and were taken by her in her fliglvt when driven- from Spain by revolution. The jewels are divided into five, sets, ami | include some of the most famous diamonds in the world. The collection is to be sold by auction In a few weeks. Mrs Stanford bought them at a private sale. At the last meeting o( tire Wei-, lington Philosophical Society, Dr. Newman exhibited an ancient piece of timber on which a representation of "Tiki Tuna," the "Clod of Eels," had bocn carved with stone implements. The carving represented a man's head, with the twisted body ol an eel, and it. was to such "deity" that the natives were wont to send up their pravers when about to go forth to catch the eel. A legend had it that Tuna was upon the earth only through an accident. He was resident in Heaven, but there was a celestial drought, and Tuna left. He was questioned fly a fleeting Maori soul, who 'asked him why he had left Heaven, and the Tuna replied tnat there was a drought on, and he was of! 10 a below. Another legend tells of Tuna being slaughtered by Maui, who cut his head off. The head turned into a fresh water eel, and the body-part into a salt-water, or conger, eel Shareholders in the New Plymouth investment and Load Society (,r*rniai'U'nt.) are remin<le<l that suhsri'i|>ti.ns „re due and payable t O -;lay. Luncheon will be laid at the Cri tvrion HoteL from 12,30 to 2 p.m. on Saturdays only.

A reward is offered for the return of a purse, lost between the West End Meat Uaz a nr !i n a Mr Hurle's bicycle shop.

On Saturday next Mr Newton King will sell by auction at the Hnymarket Yards a splendid assortment of iruit trees and (lowering plants on account of Messrs I). Iluy and Son, of Auckland. It is now such a well established fnct that Auckland trees do remarkably Well in the Taranaki soil that further comment is hardly necessary. Tile 'trees to |be sold next Saturday comprise the latest and best varieties, and are guaranteed true to name an 1 .! equal to stocfk sent out to the firm's regular customers.

\Vhitek\y Church, Sunday, A up;. 6, preachers (morning), lU»i. J. N. Buttle. Holy Communion. Evening, Uev. 11. Foston (Coast Mission). Subject : "Warrbnd—A Man." Strangers cordially invited.* iloar this in mijul, whi-rc'cr you go. 'Hie funny part of life is. That though your pockets embty be, Your heart is light as can lu\ I Provided that from cnkls you'iv ! free.

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