LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7919, 7 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Al a meeting oi representatives ol the various sporting, and football clubs, a deputation was appoinkd lo interview the Recreation Urouwit Hoard with reference to the improvcment and the administration, ol the sports ground. It is to be liopni that some satisfactory airang<iuc:il. will be come to, as tlie enlargement and improvement of the sports ground would be Unelicial no! only to in,, clubs ar.d to lite lioatd, but to the town itself.

If the weather is tine this afternoon the Recreation Hoard will meet in the new jadies' room at 2.30 p.m. The Board will be pleased if ladies interested in getting up a floral fete on Nov. 'J will attend at 3.30 p.m., and discuss the subject with the members.

The Melbourne-Naples despatch of Aug. 2 arrived in London on the 4(h insl.

A hriei sitting oi (lie Police Court was held on Wednesday morning, when one first offender was convicted, of dumkeimc.ss and discharged. A prohi./it ion order was (alien out hy. relatives against a woman addicted to drink.

Ihe Amateur Boxing Association has made a promising commencement at the Pantechnicon room. Some good liouis have already been witnessed, and lunnhcrs have the benefit of excellent- instruction at the hands of .Messrs Tooliey and Stagpoolc. The Association promises to become a popular institution.

The Halkiu Mills Conccrl Company, a noted English conciliation, will pay a visit to New Plymouth in the end of this month.

ll"o "soccer" match bet wren the Auckland Coiinth'iUns and a repre-i sentatne Taranafci team will 00111menceat 3 o'clock this .afternoon on lliu Recreation Ground. The visitors enjoyed a trip to the Mountain on Tuesday afternoon, and have pleasantly tilled in a few davs. liolh teams leave for Auckland" to-night. An inmate of the Old People's Home named Lowe, who was admitted from the Ilawera district about three years ago, succumbed to apoplcxv on Wednesday morning. The' deceased, a native of Beith, Ayrshire, was 71 years of age, and at one-time was a member of the Armed Constabulary. The American railway companies have the most up-to-date methods of advertising their business. In somc of the offices in the big cities they have kinematographs working to show the prospective tourist the whole trip ns the train clashes over the landscape. Naturally this has • the effect of exciting the curiosity of the public. Yesterday afternoon, the Recreation Ground was the scene of an apt of culpable hooliganism, which warrants its perp'.'trator the heaviest punishment the law permits, In no lcsti than four places was the grass and not been that the dampness natural I undergrowth set fire to, and had it to this season of the year enabled: the caretaker (Mr R. Mace) to quickly get the upper hand of the outbreaks the consequences would have been serious. It would give great satisfaction to all right-minded residents if Sergeant Haddrell could succeed in formally introducing the culprit to His Worship Mr T. Hutchison,

it. cm ' telc 6 ra P h owce states that Shanghai advises that communij cation has been restored with Nagasaki, but owing to accumulation oi messages a delay is experienced in all ! traffic to and from Japan.

An outbreak of typhoid is reported from Waiokura pah, Manaia. Dr. Noonan is in attendance, and is taking every precaution to prevent the spread of the infection.

A unique donation has been remitted to the ireasuror of the Stratford Hospital Fund by the children attending the Si'lisbur.v Road School,who have unanimously agreed to forego their prizes ;his year, in order that the Hospital Fund might, benefit to the amount of the vote, £2 10s.

A serious problem (says St. James's Budget) is beginning to face the Church of England, in a form of on annually increasing shortage of curates. Last year's total of ordinations was the smallest on record. But thisj year's figures threaten to bo even lower. The facts are more regrettable than surprising. Clergymen of tho Church 'of England are expected to belong to a class of society in which a refined standard of living prevails. The university education by which they have to qualify for ordination involves a considerable expenditure of money. Yet these men are to devote the whole of their lives to a profession in which the rate of pay is on the average inferior to that obtained by a skilful artisan. It speaks volumes of the power of religion and for the devotion and self-sacrifice of its adherents that the candidates for such positions should be as numerous as they aro.

Those intending to enter for the examinations in connection with the Taranaki Education Board's junior and senior scholarships, Queen's scholarships, junior and senior national scholarships, and junior and senior free places in secondary and technical schools should bear in mind that applications to compete must be lodged -with the Hoard's secretary (Mr P. S. Whitcombe) or, or before Sept. 30. Forms of application and all information may be obtained from the headmasters of the schools at Stratford .Inglewood, and Opunake, and from the Education Office. The date and place of examinations will be notified later. To those in search of land Mr (!. Livingston has in this issue an advertisement of considerable interest, giving as it 'does particulars of three' typical farms he has for disposal. Mr It. Clinton Hughes, solicitor, has for rental the Fitzroy residence lately occupied by Mr Percy Mitchell

In the course of an article on "Three (Ireat Lancashire Liberals," (he Liberal Herald for September, after describing the calumny and misrepresentation to which Hright anil Wladstune were subjected,' says :—• "We hold that nne of the greatest, duties of the Christian churches, ami of all societies working for the improvement of the moral and social conditions of the people, is to unite to protect our public men, while they are alive, from base, calumniations and dubious charges We isolate lepers until satisfied that (hey are cured for their own good and for the safety of others. The churcher, and other moral institutions should ostracise, until they submit to curative treatment, all men, however great or clever they may be, whose malignant spirits ami venomous tongues endanger the characters and reputations of men who occupy important public offices. The third of the great Lancashire trio is yet with us. Like the other two, he has been misrepresented, insulted, and abused. He has hail the proud and pleasant satisfaction of knowing, however, that those who have known him best have loved and honoured him most, and he has had, to a degree to which it has novel* been accorded to any other Premier of New Zealand, the people's confidence. He has merited a place in the glorious trio of the three greatest Lancashire statesmen of our time."

Trout arc very numerous in the Ashburton river, and the coming fishing season, says the Christchurch Press, is expected to be one of the best experienced • for some time past.

In the Victorian Assembly, recently, Mr Toutcher again brought forward his proposal to petition the iving against continuing the present system of appointing State Governors. Mr Bent said the State 1 Verniers were unanimous In their determination to oppuse such a proposition. The saving that would be effected had always been magnified. They could not expect the Chief Justice to also act as Lieutenant-Go-vernor, as he had enough to do ns Hiief Justice. Mr Irvine remembered that a similar motion was allowed to slip through last year, and ho was determined that this mistake, should not be repealed, if any word of his could prevent it. Ho tiki not deny the right of the House to pass such a motion, but he said there were a number of things lawful which were not expedient, and not even decent. The motion .was one that could only be deroj gutory to the position occupied by the present Governor. An interjection by Mr Downward gave Mr Irvine an opportunity to say that though there had been an indication that the Imperial Government desired that communications with Australia should be conducted exclusively through the Governor-Gen-eral, while he was :in office he strenuously resisted any such proposal, and would continue to resist it. Tile motion was negatived.

An interesting relic of the Maori war was brought to light at a Westown sale a few days ago, in the shape of an old military revolver, which bears the inscription : " Presented to Hermi Tewaka hy the officers of the 13nl Light Infantry for gallant conduct on all occasions when acting as guide lo the Regiment in Taranaki, Dec, 1865." The recipient, was a Maori warrior from the Uaikato, who at first fought the British, but was afterwards a valuable ally. The revolver, which had been successivley, in the hands of the late Major Parrjs and Messrs Newton King and Thomas, revives some interesting memories of the old 13rd, which came from India to New Zealand and. did splendid service. Mr J, Mynott, who served in tlie regiment, secured the revolver as a memento of tho: fighting days, ami its acquisition has given pleasure to the other veterans of the regiment in the district, namely, Colonel Kllis, and Messrs C. Tunbridge, Adlam, W. Wales, Lambert, and J. I). Quiglcy. His pleasing to teing to mind thai (icuoral Coiville, now retired in Knglaml, was Major to the Regiment, He takes a great interest in the veterans, who settled in Taranaki, and in recollections of the old days. The officers here, we understand, maintain « ccrrcspr.ndeime with hijii, anj) a group graph of tlie veterans, together with one of the scene where he was wounded in an engagement, were some time ago forwarded to him and ciordially acknowledged. As mementoes are greatly valued in the Army a proposal has been made to forward the revolver as a gift to the officers of the Regiment, which is stated to he now in India, but a belter course would be to put such relics in some museum. A V.C. won by the late i Antonio Rodriqup was recently taken away by a purchaser. Tii? sqrry dyspeptic, submerged in his gloom, Who feels most dejected npd fit for his tomb ;.

'The poor hypochondriac, who wanders in woo, I With no one to »peak to and no. where to go, Whom no consolation nor comfort can please, Who maintains he's a martyr to every disease. Let them aid their digestion, and keep their blood pure, And recruit upon Woods' Great Peppermint Cure 9

) The Telegraph Department bus received advice from Ucrnc that "Telegrams for Japan are being forwarded via Foochow and Formosa, and per steamer between Nagasaki and Shanghai, during tho interruption of the cable communication, without interruption of traffic."

When near tho Beaumont one day last week the driver of the Lawrence —Roxburgh coach, says the Otago Daily Times, came upon a rather unusual object by the roadside, this being a large albatross. The bird was secured',with some difficulty, and was found to measure nearly 3ft from wing to wing. It will probably be added to the collection that adorns the Lawrence Athenaeum.

A petition was- presented to the South Australian Legislative Assembly on the 23rd ult, bearing 3,73 signatures, and praying (or the protection of South Australian-made vvints. The text of the petition is as follows :—in view ol< the present dell state ol the wine trade of South Australia, we, being interested in the production of grapes and wine, do reitpcctfuUy pray.,and beg that during the coming session oi Parliament a Foods and Drugs Act may be passed, which, amongst oilier wings, shall insist upon the purity of ail wines made or oilered for saiei in South Australia, and also upon means being taken to prevent the sale of any spirit, as brandy, which is not the product of the grape. Wq beg to point out that as we have no adequate Drugs Act here our wines aro prejudiced, when exported to other States, by untrue statements madei by our competitors there. We also) respectfully mention that a consider-, able quantity of cheap brandy, is still imported and sold here in competition with our pure South Australian brandy, much to the' latter's detriment.

The dsfcoiMfd'ing theory thsrt , Mr -Scddon is an ardent prohibitionist is advanced by Mr A. C. Morton m a little book he has written on "The Liquor Traffic." The point is elaborated with great ingenuity in a chapter extending over five pages. After paying a tribute lo the manner in which the Premier has evenly held the scales as between the no-license I party, am i expressing admiration at his magnificent behaviour "i n f ace of the insults hurled at him from time to time" by over-zealous nroMbittoms s. Mr Morton declares Ms mi in that in designing the women's Mr nch c! s « ail[l ,^ al option measures .JST. .a ° f the li( l uor trad «. and, he adds, I am sure no man living is more pleased with the pro pU of no- icense in this colony than th' designer of the measures wlichalow wi I , ,■• ls do +" Uul v ' h - lh er they u'' «*«>*» (l>rohi,:..i,.i ! onis l s, alu J cad them to respond lo the appeal o mo ro sympathetic treatment. Hie Premier on their part

ki I.J T " Stnct (he "*»»* are l, ," 8 „r r JV m " bs - Cementing on ";" th pVlHoii Colonist says that 1 'sevidenl that the huivks having earnt to destroy rabbits are now -J;;, ims become b'nvy lias become almost eflterminJ «'i in some -districts. .With (he present ami prospective value 0 , h 0 lambs the losses sustained bv some farmers arc considerable.

Jo show how the valno of Jam! has "creased ,„ the JUethven district.the }4 elton Times says' that II D 1 nomas recently, sold two quarterl ™'d s <"*l°" S '" the l °W"*fP for £O6 and i, iu i respectively. Four, years ago these sections were sold at £•>()

An amusing and ready-witted rcpU was given by Professor Andrews dur"'»g his display of the powers of liquid air and hia "Magic Kettle" at the Theatre Royal in Wellington Huestions concerning the experiments were being asked, and amongst the quer e. the blowing was put by a gentleman : "What good is liquid air to humanity ? " Quick as a Hash was he reply : •■Well, I'm, -racking a good l.vmg out of it I " A prolonged roar of hearty laughter followed Prolessor Airdrews hatl frequently been asked what was the commercial value of liquid air, but it remained for Wellington to put to him for the first time its human and personal side.

two .years l ago Lord Ivcagh and Mr l'irriu, perceiving an opportunity tor doing a substantial service to their native, land (writes Mr 11. W. kucy), jointly entered upon an enterprise involving an expenditure of; some hundreds of thousands of pounds. Taking note of the fact that over wide districts of the West of Ireland small agriculturists are hampered by dearth of facilities for gettheir goods to the nearest market they proposed at their own expense to establish a service of motor-wag-gons. The country was surveyed the lines marked out, and preparations made for ordering the waggons, when an obstacle presented itself from an unseen quarter. In many of the districts proposed to bo dealt with the roads were found to bo in such a terrible condition that traffic over them, more especially heavy motor-waggons, was simply impossible Application was made to the local authorities to repair the thoroughfares. In all cases it was met with blank refusal. If roads had to be repaired, said the town and county councillors, let tho British Parliament find the money. The result has been the breaking down on the threshold of what promised to be one of the most beneficent schemes undertaken on behalf of a hopelessly entangled section of the Irish people. Lord Ivcagh and Mr I'irrio have retired in despair, if not in disgust, and the struggling Irish farmer iu the fruitful west is left with his produce on his hands.

The Actors' Orphanage Fund is a rapidly-growing charity in England. It is chiefly maintained by annual performances in the different English centres by theatrical companies, the principal event taking place in London in the form of a garden carnival, The last one took place a few weeks ago in the Botanic Gar-dens at which ten thousand people were present, but that was only the number that could get in, for quite as many were turned away. The London Daily Chronicle suggests that Hyde Park should be secured for next year's carnival. "A short Act of one clause is all that is necessary, and with a little lobbying by, let us say. Miss Winifred Emery, Miss Evelyn Millard Miss Irene Vanbrugh, Miss Nancy Price, and Miss Kate Rorkc, the thing might be done even without the closure or an all-night sitting." The main attraction was the performance of " Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction ; or, the Fatal Gasogenc," a new andoriginal tragedy, which is best descrjbod by an admirer oi George Bernard Shaw ag the only serious play which he has yet written. The principal parts were played by Miss Irene Vanbrugh, Miss Nancy Price and Messrs E. P.(lluntley, Eric Lewis, Arthur Williams, Lennox Bawle, and Cyril Maude, who, got as ,much fun out of it probably as did the audience.

Everyone Is on the lookout for bargains nnd bargains of the best kind in clocks, wjatches, jewellery, solid silver and electroplated goods o{ high quality, by best makers, may be scoured at J. H. Packer's, next railway crossing, Devon Street, New Plymouth. Note carefully—Only a few Cases left of very line American B*day. striking clocks at 12p Od each,*

others sing of Prinea nnd King, For mine's a theme that's greater i; I I sing that groat, that wondrouf> I thing ! I King Cough's Exterminator ! No victor in triumphal car Shows conquests half as sure, For greater far tho triumphs are Of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1

"Characteristic Traits and Peculiar Sayings" was the title of a most interesting; lecture delivered by the Rev. Kenning at the Primitive Methodist Church on Wednesday evening, before a moderately sized and highly appreciative audience, The visitor

cteali in a most humorous yet instructive manner wiHi the odd manmirisms and peculiarities of speech and actions with tho general run of folk, showing keen and critical observation of men and things. The l.cturer frequently had the audience in , roars of laughter. In his concluding; , remarks he drew a number of useful (and hulpful lessons on habit,MplicI able to every day life, and with "light I yet deft treatment gave some sound advice on punctuality, tidiness, method and system calculated to obviate many of one's daily petty worries and smooth the commonplace, found. At the close the Rev. 11. Daniel moved a hearty vote of thanks, to the lecturer, expressing appreciation at his visit and assistance at the services. The motion was carried by acclamation, and after the Rev J Nixon had ibeen thanked for presiding the proceedings closed with the Doxology and Benediction. The Salvation Army Biorama Company arrives this morning by the •-..5. Rarawa. In the afternoon the brass band, which is a popular feature o the company, will rive an Hill, commencing at 3 o'clock. Jud Englrom the success of the last appearance at the »'• the biorama performance this ~S should attract a goSS tousc