LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7894, 9 August 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is now contrary to regulations to use the cane in the Victorian rftatc schools, the prescribed instrument of correction being a strap. The electric tramways' management have handed the Auckland City Coun•il £2121 as its percentage pi the profits of working the trams in Ine year 1904. The treasurer of the Western Park lesivcs to acknowledge receipt of the ollowinK donations io the fv.nds of he Hoard :—Dr. FooUes £1 Is, Newton King £1 Is, Fred Watson 10s. On the application of Mr R- V. Hughes, probate of the will of the ale Albert Fitzherbert Foote was, on Thursday, granted to Mrs Kliza)Dth Ann Foote, ttor widow.

Weather permitting, to-morrow afternoon the Guards wili entrain al !.15 for Waitara, where a visit will '.;e paid the Waitara Rifles' camp. After tea the Guards will march home. A special meeting of the Taranaki 'ounty Council will be held on Monlay next to consider the resignation of the C'o-.mly Clerk, the appointment latterly having only been relewtd from month to month.

Mr .Justice Breswer, of the U.S. Supreme Court, says that some day a woman President will sit in the White House at Washington, and glorify the United States as Queen Victoria glorified Great Britain. On Saturday Mr G. W. Taylor, Mayor oi Eltham, received the welcome intelligence that the Postmas-ter-General (Sir J. G. Ward) had authorised the extension of the telephone system between Kit-Irani an'. Omona. A special meeting of the Taranasi Education Board will be held on Monday next to deal with the question of repairing vhe Stratford School after tire recent fire. A deputation recently visited Wellington on ilie subject.

The members of a strange, sect known as the "Holy K.'Ver.-." who have settled at Bent on Harbour, Michigan, are building a gigantic ark to save themselves from the Second Flood, which their leader, "Prophet" Benjamin, foresees in : t!116.

An Adelaide cable says thai Herman Lemang, medical practitioner, was sentenced on a charge of larceny. He ahmittcd that lie had purchased his diplomas and declared •here were agents in America, England, and Germany for the sale oi •liplomas ami that many persons pur•hascd them.

Mr Fair, manager oi the Moturoa petroluem Works, cxpec's that the lengths of piping which did not aconipany tire other parts of the pumping gear from Australia will come to hand to-day. He has now every thing in readiness to make an immediate start as soon as the complete 'gear is installed, ami anticipates that by Saturday lie will b'e able to prove something of the wealth ot the oilI field.

After parade on Monday night, the Taranaki Guards held a meeting, at which it was decided to hold a social evening about Thursday, Aug. 31, in the Brougham Street Hall, in lieu oi,the annual ball, and the same committee and secretary (Mr O. K. Blanchard) which carried out Hie arrangements in connection with the recent anniversary social were re-appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the above.

.Taking the elements into consideration there was a good gathering at Whitcley Hall on Tuesday evening, •>n the occasion of a lecture by the Hev. H. Foston on "Six Years' Pioneering in Pe.lorus Sound." The chair was taken by the Rev. J. N. Buttle. The lecture was most interesting, Mr Post on recounting his experiences in a racy interesting maimer, from I lie lime lie took up Methodist work at Havdock ami around the Sounds until lie left, when he had the satisfaction of seeing two or three useful church structures erected. The lecturer gave a lucid description of the country, the effect of which was considerably heightened by a great number of excellent lantern views, clear and of large size. The illustrations of the beautiful waters of the Sound with its endless variety of 'Mays, were ('specially good. A snapshot of the far-famed "Pelorus<Jack" attracted much attention. The scenes of Mr Foslon's work were profusely illustrated, and a further series showed the mining centre of Mahakitawa, A number of the portraits of promlnent ministers and other church workers in the Blenheim and Nelson circuits were of especial interest to the Methodist community, as among the number were several formerly located in this circuit. These included the Revs. Ironside, W. Lee, J. H. Gray ami J. Crump. The lantern was most successfully manipulated by Mr Herbert H. Smith, of the British lliograph Company. One or two hymns, awl Ihe spirited temperance song, "Three Uheer* r„r the Bright Winning Side" Were thrown <«i the screen during the evening, and partt'•ipated in by the audience. At the dose of. the lecture a vole of thanks to Mr Foston Was moved by Mr Carter, and carried with acclamation, thanks aiso acconlctl Turner's orchestra tor the music rewlere<l Thy gatlh-iing, before 'dispersing, Were treated to a gramaphotie selection the Hritish Company's splendid mat-bine. Altogether a pleasant evening was spent, and as a large number of (ickets had been disposed of the lecture Was a financial success. The lecture will be rerepeated at Kouth , Roa( | Cj|u| , c)l (m I'i'iilay evening. For nronchinl Coughs? tukc Woods' Great lfypenm'at Cure, Is 63. »

There was a large gathering at the )M FrrrnasMs' Hall on Tuesday ;vcnin;;, wn 11 an enj.yabk invitation ball was held under the auspices of the High School Old Boys' Association. A dcliglitii.il dance programme was gone through to music supplied bv McKinnon Bain's popular orchestra. Mr R. H. George (secretary)-of-ficiated as M.C. The supper arrangements were in every way a credit to the ladies' cimimittre, Miiises WvbsH'r, Bedford, George, Dovorc and M. Capel, the last-named carrving out the pretty table decorations. Tho joint sccietaries, Messrs R. H'. George and W. N. Bewley, likewise ! deserve a word of praise, j On Friday the Whiteley Hall will be occupied by the British Biograph, when views of the best scenery in the worM will he shown. The scenes in--1 elude Knglaud and the River Thames,

Scotland and its beautiful gkns and lochs, Ireland and Lake Killarncy, America ami the Kails of Niagara, and the hot lakes and geysers at Rotorua. Interspersed with ttese will be 50WI feet of living pic-lure films, inch,ding many now to New Plymouth. Besides tlrese attractions, t'.-.ere will be musical selections by the latest loud-speaking gramaphonc. Auckland papers s]>eak very highly of the enlertainmttil, and no doubt a large audience will witness the local production. A sensational incident occurred at' YYaiotapu Valley on Saturday morning. A party of tourists were standing near'an active mud geyser when, without warning, ii sent up a shot,

estimated at a linmlrcd and sixty feet, covering the party with muu. Foituiiately the 111 ml had the patty only sulfated a shock. Hit geyser —situated just Mie muel volcano ofi road—-lias town very active for some time past. About an hour previous to the arrival of the party the geyser erupted to a heielit. of fifty feet. A further application tor hail on behalf oi Becky Cohen, 'arrested in Auckland on a charge of attempt at fraud on her father's creditors, was made on Monday. The police strongly protested, a detective staMiig that if the girl wis not extradited to Sydney, an important link in the evidence would be lost, and the police matron had found a draft foe £SOO anil another for £IOO sewn in the girl's singlet. She denied all knowledge oi how the draits came there. The Magistrate declined the application.

The use ot the revolver, which Iras done good work in savage warfaic, is now to be discontinued in hostilities against civilisoi nations- During the late South African campaign the i\\t)ley revolver was carried by all drivers of the Royal Artillery, drivers of transport, farriers, and stafl .sergeants of other arms of lire service', but these weapons proved more •langerous to friend than foe, owing to the soldiers never having sufficient practice with them. None of the -drivers of the artillery used the revolver after the lirst few weeks of the campaign, awl the consequence was it was packed away in each man's kit, thus causing extra weight to he carried for a weapon whichwas of no fighting value. The officers who served in South Africa, in lheir reports, are ,uiranimous that the revolver is a good weapon to use against savage tribes, but arc equally agreed that it is useless in civilised warfare, where battles arc fought at longer ranges. For these, reasons it is proposed to abolish the revolver in favour ol a very light carbine, experiments on which are now being carried out. Farriers and stioesmiths will cany a revolver, but only for the purpose of killing horses an-d nattlo.

The Taranaki Horticultural Society is in need of a secretary and treasurer.

Mr D. Moroncy, Ivaving given up the Rahotu Hotel, intends to apply al the next meeting of tile Taraaaki Licensing Committee, to he held on Sept. 7, for a transfer of the license to Mr Alexander W. Hood. A first and tinat dividend of lis t ld in the i* in the estate ot David Henderson is now payable at the office of the Deputy Official Assignee. The Taranaki Education Board invites applications until Saturday, Aug. 10, for the appointmc-nl of a cadet in the secretary's office. T'.:e salary for the first year is £3<l, with annual increases of .£lO for the following three years. The intelligence contained in Messrs Morcy and Moore's advertisement to-day should create quite a flutter amongst those in search of bargains in lace.

Messrs Ucwely and Griffiths sell to-morrow at the residence of the late Mrs Small, Ptiidarves Stiv.t, (under Fort Niger) superior household furniture, etc. The sale commences at 1.3d p.m. Full particulars in another column.

It is worth while remembering that lor (->'eeo)(tiee of style (and quality, combined with a large range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery you must go to J. H. Parker, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.'

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