LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7932, 22 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I The Mcliiminii-Niiplis lUspaiili oi Auk. 10 ,ii iim i in L'Mi;l*ili on I lie ! nitiil hi Sept. IS. | it is uuderslui .1 liy tlir l.j tti lii'ii ! Times tli.it Mr .J. Williamson liaa ) refused Id grant permission to the I t_l.risii-liuicli Op.ratic Si.ricly (o per- | ioiin "TI,C (iunilijlii'is" next month. I Tin* socieiy lias hem engaged ill I lie ! prep.ua,Uoii oi tin- opera ewr siiuv ! its successful prii.lui tii.n oi "The Mi--1 Ul«i," .u..1 much d isappoinl im u t has Ikiii expressed hy ihc Chi istcliurch public ill thu disturbance ol ii: plans. Scwr.il <m■/ ■us ale in comiiini. :c.x lii hi with .vii >..! 1 j.i mson, \vi;'i, a view i)l in.lucing liiiu to remove Lis embargo. Owing lo Hie lie; - -vy r.iin in nonh anil mid-L'anlci bury lai nicrs ic ir li aiv loss in liimliK a nil lambing cwis, I Tin- in si,ii im Monday 1a.,1 says:—Uc iiinl. r>Vn,l on ;;ood anIborily llial slimis oi hli grains haw li. .'ii sent to day from assislants in Oujndiii urging the .a'gislaliw (juntil 1o rcjicl Ihc Shops Mill as it IcM t lie Lower I louse ami lo r< iii.st.it." clause :j of lasl session's lt;|l mill t'Mlii|>lions ior sprriliul Wades lo n later hour.

k Nelson press message states that A. IIoi;s Has fined Cj Is for inciting and soliciting, or supplying, Fri'dcritk K|vey, a prohibited person, Willi liivr. The ill/, nee was thai Uic lii qiior hail been |c;i i,i .i sin .1, where Klvcy hail gn| at i(. Owing i,, ib.' i u . crease in case* oi drunkenness al Nelson, Ihc Magistrate departed from ihe usual ciislom of Idling oil |i rS | oIW tlcrs, ami line,'l i\vo on Thursday, The eccentric behaviour of mi individual has I.iiYii causing sonic uneasiness among sutlers in a district llVWil tIH! I'-'itSls

A man named Arthur Hollo, alias Ross, started a novel line oi collecting in Auckland. He waited on . prominent citizens and said he was collecting for the funds of the Mount l-.'ilen prison library. Among those [who conuibuud was the Mayor, who I gave a guinea. The Magistrate reward), d the mail ior his enterprise ! with three months. MrtWm. Ryle Wright writes us that I since his return irom Wellington, .New Zealand, where lie held the position of tramways and electrical engineer to the city, he has commenced a private practice as a consulting and inspecting engineer at 13, Victoria Street, Westminster, .London, ami will be pleased to advise regarding, iiH spect, report upon, nurehase, ami consign plant, machinery, pipes, etc., for, any New Zealand or other engineers and die ills. Me is specialising in all steam, electrical, tramway plants ami material, ami is now in a position to report on all recfltt developments in the motor ear woiva, ihjui for private and commercial use. Mr Wright invites correspondence as to work and terms.

Att unusual development occurred in <i divorce case heard by Mr Justice Cooper on Tuesday, says the Wellington Post. The petitioner was giving evidence that her husband had threatened to cut her throat, nourishing a butcher's knife in Iront of her face, when an interruption came from the ladies' gallery. An occupant leaned excitedly over the balustrade, and loudly protested, "It's a lie, Clara; you know it's a lie !" "If.that lady doesn't keep quiet, remove her from the Court !" said His Honour. The woman again broke forth : "I can't help it ; 1 can't stand here and hear my brother maligned. Clara, you know different ; you married my brother —" "Turn that lady out of the Court," said his Honour ; but before the crier could carry out the instruction the interrupter rushed from the gallery, crying aloud in amplification of the remarks already reported. The work of collect ing the remains of the men of the British forces who fell in the war lias now been complete*!, in spite of the greati difficulties necessitated by the enormous area to be searched (wrote the Johannesburg correspondent of the London Telegraph under date tith August). The bodies of several thousands of British soldiers have been reverently exhumed from the gravel on the Transvaal battlefields and conveyed to central cemeteries at Pretoria, Middell.urg, Barberton, Potchefstroom, Johannesburg, SUmleri"n. and Lydrnburg, and rcinterred vvuli military honours. The numiier of graves opened is 2180, and about jllOll bodies have been rcintened. l ie Government is prepared to supply sketches and photographs of the grau-s, and an inspector lias hern appointed to keep the cemeteries in older. Ihoti.saii'ls of enquiries lave been nccivcd from relatives of the dead, and in nearly all cases the authorities have iieen able to furnish particulars oi the liiul re-burial.

The largest export of gold during IJUI was iron, the Auckland district va! »Je being- £79l,ff 9. Ot-.i'o' came next with *,-581,7K4, and West toast was third with £489,177. Nelson exported to the value of 120,1)1. )!' s Y s ; and H. I". n i. i- lhu I! '' nch «t ' 1 I o»n „„ Thursday morn- . l "'-""!?li Inspector la-ontfit, ""w.nd three prosecutions for brea-•-•II. "S OI Ihf by-laws. .1,,),,, William ' convicted and let off "III! -a caution on the charge of ,-idle.; a bicycle <• n n„. fnotpn-t-li in ( Oin-lenny street. „„ the l.Vli insl \ snmlar decision was record,-,l •V-Nnnst John MrCrackt.-r ami 'l*. )V N'-lcli (Mr U. Fit/li. for ■ hint) for allowing o„ cow and horse respectively to stray in Fuliord S\ \\ v'l .

1 Kxpennients on the stimulation of plant-growing by acetylene light have 1,-n-n niiv.l,. at t'nivcrsity b\ Professors Itailey and Craig, an.l lilies, cacti, iris. peas, it rid radishes were all thus- grown. A "controll" experiment was made with plants I llilt wi re either kept in Complete dark in ss or which llad.mily the beiiWil of ordinary sunlight. (Lite crop of radishes was grown with double Stimulation, the "sun by day double acetylene by night. Thirty-sev-en radishes grown under these conditions had an aggregate weight of I Mti grammes. Thirty ei -ht radishes sjrowii under the influence of sunlight alone had a weight of onlv til grammes, or less than half.thai of the acet\li-ne growths. With pea plants, Mounts and half-sized pods appeared on t'he acetylene infhicnci A specitu, us at a linv when not even buds were appuimf on the sunlit growl lis. Arlliuv H. Adams, who recently returned from Kurope, lias lieen appointed assoriate editor of the New Zealand Times. The I/utter exported from the Moturoa freezing works to date is great--er than for the same period last season. The incoming consignments are keeping up well, some IWW boxes having been stored so far for the next, skipinent.

The following question, among several askfd by representatives of the Labour League, caused much laughter at Mr Mills' meeting on Thursday evening: "It all the money lenders went up to heaven in balloons, would We die, or would we istsue our own currency through the State 7 Are y o if in favour of adopting the policy now Mr Mills : "1 harillv understand the question. What policy is U t'ei rul to—sending the moiieyli ii.lers to heaven in a balloon ? I am not sere they would not go somewhere ■lse. (Laughter.) On asking for further vvplanatiiui, the candidate tJiciud that the -questioner desired to .'licit his views regarding a State l*a:ik, \\itli sole right of note issue.

'I he pipe bridge over the Huatoki liasl.em linishc:l at last. The Imr•liigh engineer has connected the MlYrl pipes with the septic tan!., an.l the sewage irom the western portion of the town will l>'.' lurnul into the septic tauk to-day. This will eoniI'ictc all the drainage work authorised to date- As a sum has Ikvit placed on the Government Ivstimates for dealing with the sewage from the New Plymouth gaol, ll,e authorities ♦uc to ho «ski;| what is proj-os-'d to lrt> done.

DiiiiiiK the past fortnight (lie cou--Il.it l ul s fur tile Water scheme tunnel nV' 'lont- l<> l!ir T'P 'lain li.is been n,novel n-n- l, "" u ' 1 IS an.viu hill. M r u c _ Nil jams, tli-e contractor, lias inform.V. what ( '" Rinofl ' " ,at will ,!• m. ' ,S ,v, l uin>( l at the Man-j-'Unahoe iluiing the coining Week. (Jill and lirown SJlrcels have been m I'l'lli. a 'r! H '' ( ' " ow f »r wiil'i i s w '" ' l ' ,1 1( l ' i S , So °" t as 'ontiaelhi' for I c supply „f boulders has delivered lJu ruu'.ssai) su>m\ . The adjourned meeting of creditors f».n«t,„„ with the examination , I I i 1 "",1 K. V.al I will |,, held 1 Ins attci noon.

ll.Wh vou I!,SKI) I'M JT] UEXUIfIK and experienced (ho delight of <"»'« end jx.rim.ncut jt-|i t -r ? Aledieal authoriti'-s all over the globe a, !!.?!»" l ' , ' u - t-' oll "ine S•Wtllvlt ,f V S ' iL M L'' Y1 ' TI fnillie y' S , V'""" rt " lc< " es 'n c01d,., n I!U , f " Vcrs ' '""n-lniOa, dxscn- ! Ctc - A ,HCal njipliiriins ■ a il r " n ''° " t "'' "''"raifiic I a ins skin diseases, wounds, ulcera. halations (5 to 8 drops t 0 a cupful of boiling water) p iVe C( , rtaill tinroat and bronchial trouWlos, asthma, pneumonia, consumption, etc. 'JliJrty years' use has li('ovej) the merits of KANnEtI and SONS' j:i;calvi'ti exthact. The 111-etfoets following the use of the ponnnon eucalyptus products need nut be feared ; the cures are legion, 'l'ry It ! Hut, to avoid disappointment, be sure anil get HANDKH SONS' VOL.VXUU JiICAJLVI'TI KXnutx

Thai tlic progress of the New Zealand fooLball team at Home is eagerly followed! by local residents was amply evidenced on Thursday night, when tlie Daily News office was fairly besieged Willi inquiries, made both person-ally and ::>y telephone, as to I Hie result of tire match against Cornwall, which was fixed for Wednesday 'last. No result of the match came to hand, and if tile match was not abandoned owing to weather conditions, the news transmitters in Lon J don must have overlooked this important (to New Zcalanders) item of news. There were no less than 337 of the town will be turned into one remark, "Great is foot-ball in this land."

The Taranaki Guards' annual reunion, which took■ the form of asocial -danc.-, was successfully celebrated at the Old Masonic Hall, which was tastefully decorated with bunting and armourial dvsigns, on Wednesday evening, when there was a large gathering of volunteers iin-d Ivimds, J.ieuUiiant-Coloiiel Okey, Captain-Ad- ! jut an t Weston, and Chaplain-Major Avails represented the Uaitalion oihcers, and Captain K. Okey and a number of non-commissioned i officers and men the Taranaki Hides. To lirsl-class music, supplied by McKinnon Main's orchestra, an enjoyable dance programme was carried out, cards- and other games interesting the non-dancers. tocsdames Mills, Messenger, Boon, and other ladies attended' to the supper arrangements, with creditable results. The miction was organised iliy an energetic committee, of which Private Blanchard wus secretary, ably assisted in the detail work by Mrs Blanchasd. The officers of the corps present were Papain Mills (who acted as .M.C.) and Lieutenants Messenger and Boon. The annual meeting of the Fitzroy Bow ing and Tennis Club will be held at the pavilion this evening.

Everyone Is on the lookout /or bargains and bargains of tlie best kind in clocks, watches, jewellery, solid sjl\er and electroplated goods ol high quality, by best makers, may be secured «t J. 11. Parker's, nest railway crossing, Devon Street, New Plymouth. Note carefully-Only a few Cases left of very fine America* 8-day striking clocks at 12s fid each."