LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7923, 12 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

This evening a general meeting of the members of. the Taranaki Agricultural Society will be held in th« Town Hall, when the delegato to the conference will submit his report, Messrs Hookham and Alcorn, successors to Mr Nea,, have an advertisement in this issue which should be read with interest by th« male population.

Messrs Gilmour and Pattie have] for sale what they describe as tho cheapest farm in Taranaki. It is fust one of those compact and profitable Wench farms ,that are so difficult to obtain,, in the general way.

A job printing office at Stratford] is now on offer to anyone who i desires to rent same. For further dotails see advertisement.

An experienced milker and farm hand is advertised ior.

A good programme is to be submitted at the concert to be given in the Te Henui Sunday schoolroom this levelling, commencing at 8 o'clock. 'Buses'cave town at 7.31).

Dancers are reminded of the Tukapa social on Thursday next, at the Theatre Royal. The committco. have everything in a forward state, and given fine weather there should be a large attendance*

An inspection parade of the Taranaki Hides will be held this evening at 7.30. The election of a lieutenant takes place after the parade. A comfortable homo Is offered to two gentlemen -boarders., Particulars will bo found in our advertising columns,

At 7.30 this evening a meeting of ladies will bo held in the Mayor's room to make tho preliminary arrangements for the proposed Floral Fete in aid of the Recreation Ground Board funds^

The Star Football Club has netted £2O as the result ol the recent social.

By the Corinna on Monday tbe .first shipment ol butter for this season was made, comprising 91 boxes, mostly of this season's product.

Messrs Edgar Watt,and Henry Ar- ] thur Lennon have been adjudicated bankrupts, on the application of Mr Quilliam, on behalf of petitioning »crc- ] ditors, Mr Fitzherbert appearing for the debtors. The D.O.A. has summoned, a meeting of creditors for Tuesday next, Sept. 19, at 3 p.m. The annual meeting of the New Plymouth Employers' and Tradesmen's Association will beheld in the Mayor's room at the Town Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. Intending members are invited to he present. The President (Mr H. Goodacrc) notifies important business.

The Wangnnui Herald hears t'thnl Lieutenant Hogan has resigned his commission in tin., volunteers lo enable him to criticise the Defence Department in his forthcoming political campaign.U

The Coriivthic, bound from London to Wellington, arrived at Hobart on Irulay. She is due at Wellington to-day or to-morrow.

Masters of vessels sheltering in Guards Day will now be able to use the new telephone established at Whakatahuri, j„ Forsyth Bav, Pelorus Sound.

1 he, Chicago Courts hav ng granted an injunction restraining the police irom interfering with the transmission oi messages 'by wireless telegraphy, the result has been a victory for the bookmakers, who hail been using the wireless system on board a ■ship to obtain the results of race. They have now resumed business.

A witness before the Arbitration Court says the Southland Times), reduced the hardships of a hush-' man's life to practical terms. Ho used to wear out four pairs cf trousers and four pairs of boots a year. In town he only required one pair of trousers ami one pair of borts a year. He ofTered to produce both tho not her gpimwits anil' the fo,ijtwi-ar which had seen a year's service.

A rather novel race took place at Marton last week when for a slake of £.-)(> aside Morris, a well known sprint runner, heat the racehorse Merry Hoy over a hundred yards—fifty yards to a pole and round thia pole back to the starting point. Morris, who had a start of ten yards allowed him, was lirst round the polo ami won by three yards, alio horse is particularly quick nt swinging round on his hind legs, and has, it is alleged, won several similar matches.

Things must be pretty livelv at Manaia according to the Wa'imalc Witness, from which we cull the following : -The sneak thief had a rare innings at the dance at Manaia on Wednesday evening. Boots, hats, umbrellas ami even pocket handkerchiefs disappeared. So Warefaced have some of the thieves •become, that in one instance a young man had a silk handkerchief abstracted from tho coat he was wearing.—Exchange. Previous to the sailing of the auxiliary schooner Kimna Sims on her trip to the Three Kings, a telegram | was received from Mr Rothschild, who lost a lot of jewellery in the wreck of the Tasmania, asking whether Mr 1". 1). Leigh, the diver, who is going <lown to the Elmgamite, could undertake the salvage of tho jewels on the Tasmania. Mr Leigh, who has fcuen a pearl diver, has been down 29 fathoms.

A len-acro plot of ground on th« Manaia town outskirts is reported to have been sold at £:!."> per acre.

The chairman of the Pa lea Harbour Board says that during the past three or four months hundreds of sacks of oats have been landed at Wangnnui and Xew Plymouth for Patea. Vet there are prople who say that the breakwater is no use to South Tnranaki.

Sixty-live guineas per cent, has been paid to rein.smc the Imnpie Lalla Rookh. which sailed from Bris-) bane in March last for Falmouth. News to hand from the West Coast states that the Okarilo bar is again closul up.

Tlii! libel aelioii JI. It It.vh'ord v. •I. -M. Twotik'V, proprietor of t'lie To. muka Leader, a claim ior damages based on an article flit Mini " Soiled Dove*." which appeared in thai paper comiiii-nting on recent procmlings in Parliament, is to be hcanl at Timaru on Tuesday. The defendant paiil tin- sum ol* oni' shilling into Court in full settlement, ami pulilisht'il an apology, which, however, was nu» iVcci'pUtf.. Air T. K. 'H,ylor's action against. Jlr Twomey for alleged libel in connection with the same article is lixed for hearing at Christchurch in November. The claim is for £ 101)0 damages in each case.

I It is sometimes astonishing iio-w news regarding'•mines "leaks out,"us frequenters of the Auckland Stock Exchange, at least, know well enough. The Thames Star thus throws light , upon one method used to acquaint outsiders with 'developments below : It is stated 4says the journal named) that a prominent mining man of Thames discoveivd a somewhat elaborate fe.vslcm of signalling from n Thames mine, and that he watched its operation with considerable interest llio other day. The signals were woi-kcd on the semaphore sistern, and the operation was evidently attended with success, for theilay after the shares had advanced twl.

Willi reference to n paragraph 1 lint 'lias been published to the effect lhat Mr i'faiiii'3 Kirker, general manager of the South lli-jtish Insurance Company, Is to be the noxi. chairman of the Xew Zi-aland Fire Underwriters' Association, Air Kirker informs the New Zealand Herald that he Knows absolutely nothing about' the rumour. Mr Pickering is the present chairman, and he has no Intention of resigning, as far as Mr Kirker fcnojvtk

! Included amongst the persons recently brought up at the Melbourne General Sessions for sentence were several who had boon convicted of suburban robberies, and Judge 'Eairleton dealt with them in a very exemplary manner. His Honor pointed out that this class of offence was so common that unless aurburban residents had reputable servants whom they couhl leave in custody of their houses they dared not absent" themselves from home at all, and as far as ho could he would endeavour to stamp out. the robberies. Sentences of six and eight years, with terms of solitary confinement, were passed on several men, and in one case two floggings w-ere ordered to 'be inflicted [ on a prisoner who tcok part in a brutal assault on a man allured to a house by a woman.

Word has been received by the chairman of the l'atea Harbour Board that the Government, through the Postal Department, has granted the £SOOO loan applied for, for the further extension of the breakwater. In view of the tightness of the money market the Board is to be congratulated upon its success.—Star.

The New South, Wales' Government Commercial Agent in Japan advises that owing to damage to crops by rain, Japan will require large importations of wheal.

The rabbit pest has become a serious question at Fellding, At a meeting ot settlers recently a committee was appointed to formulate a scheme to check the spread of the animals in the district. |

Iu connection with ... recent accident at Duncdin, by „hich a girl had part of an ear and her scalp torn off by her hair becoming entangled in* shafting, the effort to make the scalp and ear become permanently attached has not succeeded so far, and little hopes arc now entertained of success. The girl herself is -making good progress.

At a meeting of the executive of the Ilible-in-Schools Referendum League at Wellington it was resolved to support the action of the chairman (Dr. Gi,bb) in sailing the attention of certain members of Parliament to the non-fulfilment of pledges, and to protest against the doctrine that members of Parliament are exempt from legitimate criticism, 'The Auckland Board of Education has decided that the centenary of Trafalgar shall be celebrated in its schools by the giving of one lesson on the day before the anniversary.. ,

The Sydney Daily Telegraph has the following relating to the accident which befel 1!. Arnst in the Bath-urst-Sydney road race. The race was responsible for a remarkable plucky ride by the New Kealand represents, tive, who -was on scratch with Larcombc. While descending a hill at a, terrible pace, Arnst fell, and received a terrible wound on the head, 30 miles after starting, and smothered in blood he continued tho race, the officials at all the country towns endeavouring to induce him to retire. The New Zealamte, however, meant to finish the race, remarking that an "Arnst had never yet been taken to the finish of a race by train." The great loss of blood made the Maorilander very weak, and groggy, and he was forced to retire after doing over 00 -miles in his injured condition. On 'arrival at Ashiield by train a cart was provided for Arnst to take him to the finish, but the New -Zealandvr did not fancy the arrangement at all, and alter Igoiivg a little distance alighted, and borrowing a bicycle from a spectator along the road,rede in to the judges at the finish with his head swathed in- bandages. Arnst had four stitches put in his' wound at Ashiield. Those who saw the wound wondered how he rode 50 miles after receiving it. The Arnst family—there arc three brothers—are noted for their pluck as road riders, however.

While the prison estimates were under discussion in the House, Mr Massey drew attention to the great difference in the average nett cost ol -maintenance of the various prisons of the colony, ranging from £l3 15s 5d at Auckland (the lowest) to £53 15s Id at Hokitika, and £6l 16s 3d at New Plymouth. If, he s-aild, it wasi not possible \lo? kctb the prisoners for less at these smalt prisons, they should be removed to larger ones A

The Very Rev. Father Hays has concluded his temperance crusade in New Zealand, 25,553 persons having subscripted to his pledge. In Australia, during his visit to Mcllwurne, 21,385 persons took a similar step. Father Hays is at present staying in Wellington, under the care of Dr. Mack'in, and it is hoped his health will be sufficiently recovered to enable him to leave there in the Mocraki on September 16 for .Sydney. The frail condition of his health, which renders it impossible for him to return to England, may prevent his speaking in Sydney, and in this case he will proceed direct to Melbourne.

In connection with the Main Trunk Railway a complete survey lor the line between Levin and Foxton has been made. Tlvc distance is eleven miles and a half. The report made to the Department does not mention the cost, but, according to the Minister for Railways, the country is easy, and £SOOO per mile would probably cover all costs, plus, say, £BOOO for the bridge over the Manawatu River, or a total cost of £65,aOO, Diverting the line from Wellington to Auckland by way of Foxton would not save any mileage at all, but would increase the distance, unless the diversion was carried on to (..rvatford or Marlon. If carried on to Marlon the saving i u distance would be about fifteen miles.

Ihe adjoining grounds of "Brookamis ' and "Maramii" will be open to the public next Thursday.for llm whole day.-„\, King. C. W. (iovett.»

To-day Morcy and Son are showing a most charming lot of summer muslins, prints, delaines, voiles, . taf ? If las,, blouses, trimmed and uulrim-i mod hats, costumes (tweed and linen), jackets in cream serge and light tweeds (silk lined), cream and black voile skirls, belts, fichus, collars and a magnificent lot of lace and silk capes and jackets suitable for elderly ladies, at;prices (hat must make the goods sell. The show is well worthy of inspection, and we advise all to

For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint

Everyone is on the lookout for targains anil bargains or the best kind in Clocks, wjatches, jewellery, solid silver and electroplated goods of high quality, by best makers, may be secured at J. 11. Packer's, next railway crossing, Devon Street, New Plymouth. Note carefully—Only a few Cases left of very lino American 8-day striking clocks at Ills fid each,"