LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7914, 1 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Four candidates have been nominated fur the vacancy in the East Ward representation of tho Borough Council. The election is fixed for Wednesday, Sept. (5, the polling place being Mr S. T. Crocker's residence.

Mr it. W. Ncal, the Cash Clothier,] has disposed of his business to Messrs Hookham & Alcorn, of Wellington, and he asks for the continuance of the lilxral support to his successors which lias been accorded him during the many years he has been trading here.

It is understood that wool returns receiM (I by tho mail this week have been very satisfactory. In one case a' fraction over Is per It) was realised. This, of course, was exceptional, but the general run of prices was such as to securo substantial surpluses over advances.

The contractors for the retaining , wall on the south side of the Waitura river have (says the Mail) just about completed their work. The p Harbour Hoard will consequently be t asked to make the final payment a (less the 2o per cent always retain- c ed for a month) at the next monthly meeting. | In addition to those conducted by < the Trinity College and Itoyal Academy, musical examinations will be»l commenced at this centre shortly by the London College of Music should a sufficient number of entries be rereived. The examinations will bt conducted by llr. Thomas, of Auckland, and Mr A. E. Holding is appointed local representative for the College. The inclemency of the weather in lettered with the attendance at the Queen Street Church sale of wort on Thursday night, but still a successful evening was recorded. Mesdafnes Moon, C. E. Ilellringer, P. Ilellringer, and Andrews were in, charge of the work stall, which was well stocked with an array of needle work and fancy articles, and Misses Florric Ward and Maud Connett presided at the sweets stall. A musical programme and a variety of ingenious competitions pleasantly filled in the evening. Supper was handed round by the ladies of the congregation, who are working very enthusiastically in aid of the trust funds. We need population in this country a great, deal more than we need anything else (says the Sydney Stock and Station Journal) and the sooner] wo set out to burn our present lann laws the better. If we had the courage to burn a few land sharks with lhem, we would stand a chance oi population from overseas, but, as we are, we are helpless, impotent, ano blind. - We are helpless, and we hear Hie military man telling us so. but' we won't heed him. Small blame to us for that. The pressing need of the hour is not guns and powder and epaulettes and brass buttons, but men. We need people. We need pop illation !

The inmates of the Old People's Home were entertained on Thurs day evening with an enjoyable pro gramme of songs and recitations etc., arranged by Mr J. It. Chnttcrton, the performers including Misses Howell (2), Hine, Turner, and Hooker, and Messrs Duncnnson and Chatterton. During the evening the inmates of the Home, through the manager (Mr Farrar), presented Mi .1. K. Chatterton with an illuminated address conveying their sincen gratitude to him for his sympathy and kindliness in arranging so many pleasant concerts for their entertninmient. They also expressed r» gret at Mr Chattel-ton's impending departure from New Plymouth, and the hope that he would meet with the happiness and prosperity which he deserved. Mr Chatterton, who was also presented by the oldest boarder, on behalf of the inmates, with a photograph of the home. made somo appropriate remarks in acknowledgment.

A movement Is on foot to hold a reunion of all the men in the Taranaki district who fought wilh the irregular forces, New Zealand conlingenls and others, in South Africa. It is remarkable that such «

gathering has not been held previous ly, Imt better late than never. At a preliminary meeting held a day nr two ago at Mrs Kennetly's Hotel, Jnglewood, n few enthusiasts resolved to take the matter in hand with a view to holding the first annua' re-union at Inglewood aliout the em' of September, the subsequent ones to In' held at centres fixed upon. Turnimki should muster at least Kill ..Hirers and men who responded to their •country's call," and judging from the experience in other centres sucl gatherings' should prove extremely popular. The dilliculty of course is to get the addresses of the men in a scattered district, hut Captain Young will be pleased to receive and answer correspondence, from those interested.

An excellent institution, the United Gymnastic Club, with its headquarters at Whiteley Hall, has just been got under way. Though not essentially a church movement, the oflicers include representatives of the different churches, and as constituted the Club is likely to become very successful. An able exponent in Mr \V. Lints, who lias high credentials, hati been secured as honorary instructor, and he has already some splendid material in hand, as was demonstrated at the oliicial opening of the club on Thursday evening. Congratulatory siw ches were made on that occasion by Mr W. Ambury (President), Mr It. Cock (patron), and Mr W. Skinner (a vicO'Pt'csjdcnt). There were also present: the Nov. S : S. Osborne. and Messrs X. K. MacDinrmid and C. Carter (vice-presidents). After the openjng ceremony Mr Lints proceeded to put over twenty gymnasts through various movements, the new pupils showing good promise, while, some of the members are by no means novices in gymnastic work. It is proposed to form a ladies class later on.

There is a sensational story in private circulation in London to the cliccl that a certain well-known peeress, whose name can only be whispered with haled breath, has brought her husband almost to the verge of financial ruin toy persistent bridge play for high slakes, alternated by gambling on the turf and at the continental casinos. Her losses within the last 12 months have been estimated at nearly £30,0011. The amount is probably exaggerated ; gossip seldom errs on the side of moderation in such matters.. According to one rumour, she has partly met her liabilities by occasional heavy winnings. Shortly before the beginning of the present London season she made a flying vjsjt to Monjn Carlo, and is known lo have come away, after a week's play, with a balance in her favour of more than £3OOO. What, it is asked, should society do in a case of this kind—the case of a woman with whom 'gambling has (become a form of mental aberration ? Apparently society, or at any rate smart society, docs not recognise any duty iu the matter. Gambling is one of the genteel vices Horn the London point of view. It becomes censurable only when followed by bankruptcy.

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Chinese deserters from the Rand i murdered a Chinese trader whose store near Krugersdorp was raided.

Owing to the fainting of the enginedriver on a pleasure railway on the Isle oi Man a train was wrecked and a dozen persons badly injured. During August there were 18 deaths recorded at Wanganui, including nine persons whose i verage age was 75 years. There wore 45 births.

Lambing is rocceding satisfaclorily throughout the Manawatu district. Mr T. Knight slaU-s that the increase in his flock totals 125 per cent.—Standard.

We have received a wire from Mr fi. M. .Smith, M.H.R., stating that Messrs Piliett and Wilkie are the snceessiul tenderers for the new Post Office building at New Plymouth. The Federal Minister of Delcnce has promised a Trades Hall deputation that military equipment will be locally purchased, even at an Increase in cost.

The sum oi £l6O per annum is to be set aside by the Wellington City Council for the purpose of subsidising performances by the various ■ hands of the city. Sir Horace Tozer, Queensland Agent-General, has secured an extra London office, and is arranging for a permanent exhibition of Queensland products.

A number of RangiHkci farmers, in order to protect themselves against the re-appearance of the potato blight, are importing) their seen" potatoes for the coining season. A cable message from Sydney states that there are cyclonic disturbances over a great portion of the State. There is snow on the Southern tablelands, rain falling everywhere. It is bitterly cold, and there is a south-westerly gale on the coast. It came out during the hearing of a judgment summons at the Wellington Magistrate's Court the other day that a moneylender had advanced a man the sum of £35 for two months for which £lO interest was charged.

The Sydney Observatory issues a warning lhat it is expected there will be exceptionally severe weathei off the coast, with dangerous conditions between Sydney and the South Island of New Zealand.

The Aramoho Meat Freezing Works were submitted to auction on Thursday, and bought in by the Loan and Mercantile Company for £IO,OOO, the loose assets and leaseholds for£looo, and a similar sum for a lighter.

A return published in the Gazette by the Railway Department shows that the total cost of the opened railway lines in the colony Is £21,7,(11,572, and of the unopened lines £1,302,132.

Speaking at a banquet at Toronto, Prince Louis of liatlcnburg, in command of the British cruiser squadron, ;aid he believed that within ten years Canada would he able to feed (ireat Britain's forty million inhabitants.

In the divorce case, Rai'cc v. Karce. •in application made to the Court at Wellington on Thursday by the Rev. Mr Earce, petitioner, for discontinuance of payment of alimony to the respondent on the ground of unchastity, an order was refused, but a reduction of alimony' from £2 to £1 was granted.

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