LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7933, 23 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The iw-lium-clin coiistalilcs—Moses. Osborne ami MacUonuld—who were retelltly sentenced to terms of impels mill, and .several oilier prisoners, passed through here on Wednesday night, on I heir way to join the trec-plantine; lirie;ude near Holorua. An adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of Kdgar Wait and H. A. l.ennon was held in the Town Ha!l on Friday afternoon. After a good deal of discussion the meeting was adjourned to Friday, Oct. (i, and to suit the eoii\enienee 01 creditors it was fixed lor 7.30 p.m. Our report of the piocecdiugs is held ovci owing to pressure on our space. At the Wangjnui Supreme Court nn Thursday, Kichai.l Daniels, the Town Clerk at Marlon, who pleaded guilty lo ilie eiiiU-z/dcmcnt of t;7WI ol the borough funds, was broughi up for sentence. His counsel .slatid that he had been Town Clerk lor three vears, and came hum the South Island} I where he had caniwl on business as stockbroker. Through the failure Oi I lie boom he was left with Cfilifl or £emi debts. Accused was sinuncrd to one year's impi isonminl. Cn Friday notice of discontinuance was entered in regard to the actio, s i.roughi i,v Mr Wall a-.iiii-.i -Messrs .). C. (iroigc and C. W. (iovetl.for £50(1(1 damages for allied slander, which had l;.cn set down on the Supreme Court list.

The following are among" die civil eases set down lor luanh- al (he Supreme Court sil tings :-U. W. .Million (Mr tjujlliam) v. .1. S. Wi i y (Messrs Km and Wilson), specific li;r;orm,u,ce ai.,l damages ; Merc Hikauiu and others (Mr Kit/.lic-i belt) v. .J. S. Russell and (.. I'olt (Mes-ls llulchui and tyuiN'am). claim for i.iu .damages. He llmasul IVrsoii:, !•%.- [talcs Duties Act, Ihsl, anil ie Nora Mcl.enn.in, late ot Stianord, sli.iefccpci. deceased . the executors of Nora McUnnan, appellants (Mosis Malone, McYiagh and Anderson) v. theCommissioei of Stamps, respoiid''•ni (Mr Ken) , case on appeal for judgment. (hricomc Willi a sense of its own importance al drawing a brand new can, the horse of Mr (irupen, hsh di.'.iei. s-niglil to attract some puhll(' allenlion ,■; . , ,|,, v ai'iernoon iv liolling up Devon Sued, Foriuiiafely c dlisioiis w,|e avoided, and a perspiring individual managed to head the runaway I Wore any' daimue was done.

At the Police Court ,a, Fridav iiiorrinig. a complainant (represented ''V' l ' » <'• Hughes) proceeded .iMinsi Hair; Cock (Mr JJuilliaui) for disobeying a uninlenanee order for Hie support ot a,, illc-i 11In.i(.■ child. Allc i evidence, the arrears Were reduced lo fcl.'Cis, credil being given (oi ill paid inlo Court since ?hc~ 7th insi, An application |o vary the order was .grained, liic defendant lo pay as per week in lien of 7s I'd. Coiii|-|ainanl was also ordered to pay 2s fid per week lowaids (he support lof her child. A lVellin.fl.>n MiHllt-ai,, (snvs Ihe WaJtiirn Mail) have acpiiied' h.i'ec iiiilllnp pejus, inelifdiiiK (hose held by Mr dr I he Mol-mi river, and in a feu 'week.;' (imr> will '■"'•" -i- ciiitiiiK operations. liiudililion lo Ibe mill now available, a .-i-.fiiil one is to In- erected, capable ol 41..U1K., (.ill liii.iiiini'l of timber per ilay. The i!i,(.is,..\ ii. such form should be hi"hl.v aihautaeeuus i.... the Jlokau il:;tri'.t.

The potato blight has appeared in I the police garden in Kelson. Samp- i les bavu/beeii sent to Mr Kirk, Government Biologist, who has officially i'dcntilied the disease. lie urges the amplication of Bordeaux mixture. The presence of the disease 'in olhe! districts is ;suspected. T'lie Nelson Licensed Victuallers' Association have .issued a circular to all licensees ill the city and district, referring tolhe increase of drunkenness and to the breaches of the law | which give a handle for accusations' against the Trade anil deprivo them of sympathy The circular asks publicans to see that bars are conducted properly and to prevent their employees selling drink to drunken persons, and to stop trading on Sundays and after hours. A Vigilance Committee! will be lurrtK.nl if it is found that some of the trade still persist in evading the law.

Edgar Stuart, a young resident at Waik'aia, Southland, at temple;! sui- | vide, by culling his throat. He had ji'i'ii despondent since the death ot i his brother, who was recent,y drowned on a dredge. The wound is serious. Messrs Pikctt and Wilkie, contractors for the erection ot the new l'ost Office premises at New Plymouth, have started operations. The site is being prepared, and some of the necessary material is already on the ground. In the Magistrate's Court at Hawera on Friday, after the evidence had been heard in the case against William John Taylor, charged with incest with his daughter, under 1C years ot age, accused pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court at New Plymouth for sentence. A second and similar charge in connection with a younger daughter was withdrawn.

The prize money allotted to the ammal show of the Mnnawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association for Nov. 1, 2 and 8, is distributed over the following divisions : —£l7B for competitions in the show ring, £:i7s for horses, £3,">7 for sheep, £BB for pigs, £ll2 for poultry and pigeons, £!)!) for farm, horticultural and home industries, industrial and art works, public and technical schools, photogra phy, hemp, and vehicles, £l(>fi for the Mannjnat.i lU",n>l Chit's division. £lB for Jive stock guessing, and the champion medals distributed over the.live stock, £(i4, making a total of £lBlO iiu round figures. Six prisoners from Sou thorn gaols were brought up by express train on Thursday night to supplement the number in the local gaol. The existing law; which prevents imprisonment for debt came in for adverse criticism at a meeting of master bakers the other 'day from a speaker, savs the Ch'-istchiirch Press. Another took the opposite view, and contended that it was a good law, us it made tradesmen refuse to give credit. lie admitted, however, that lie gave credit, but very little. With a turnover of ."iiHKI loaves, lie stated I that his low from Vfad vlebts did not exceed £.">.

"1 have no hesitation in saying thai the \Yw Zealand workman is a hclter all-round man than the American who comes to the colony." remarked Mr K. (,'. Mitchell at « meeting of L'luislchiirch tradesmen. The statement was received with loud applause. Specialisation in industry, the s|>onkei' went on. had resulted in the American acquiring knowledge in only u particular branch of n trade. •■lliit." hv 'added, 'you can't stick up the average New Zealiindvr who is blessed with an average amount of intelligence." A short list came before the civil sitting of I lie S.M. Court on Friday. The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr Kerr for plaintiff) proceeded against dames Uoonev, farmer of lluirna, for rents on Ngalimaru lands amounting to £1!) l«Js ; judgment -by default wilh fl 2s (in costs, l.'eorge I'ott, storekirlH'r. ol New Plymouth, su.-d A. While, of Kupimga, for the value of fruit supplied <u November last, J (Is DM. Mr (Juillianj appeared for the plaintiff. I'm whom judgment was en tend with 112s costs. L. P. Nathan & Co. (Mr Quilliaiu), secured judgment by default, wilh J:i 18s lid costs, against C. Smith, of I'renui, for the sum of CK! Is .".(I. balance due for goods. A number of other cases were either settled or adjourned.

There died at Avondale Mental Hospital oil the lltli iusl., says the \./.. Herald, a patient mimed Thomas Ford, win- had completed more than .-is .wars' residence in that institution. Kurd was committed on May 7. 1807, about two months after the present asylum was opened. This seems a long time 10 reside within the. walls of a lunatic us) lum, l)Ul it has been exceeded liy a patient named Joseph Sampson, who died there a few years ago. Sampson, who was a baker by trade, came lo Auckland in the early fifties and had the misfortune to lose his reason. At this time 110 provision had been made in the colony for thu safe keeping of persons of unsouml mind, consequently Sampson was put under restraint in one of the cells of the old gaol, which occupied the present site of llio City Hall building, at the corner of Queen and Victoria Streets. 'Phis happens! on Oct. 28, 1S."i;:. When the lirst asylum was built in (Jrnfton Jload. he was one of the lirst put kills that occupied it, and there he remained till March ft. 18C.7. when-he was removed, with tS2 other patients, to the new asylum at I'oinl Chevalier, now known as Avondale. He died on June 21. 18118, at the advanced age of MO, having been under passive restraint for a period of nearly l."> years.

Miss Alice Roosevelt. who is accompanying Secretary Tall and parly on a visit to the Philippines, is hav-> iilg some interesting experiences. Associate Press despatches, iron: Jolo, nn Manila, announce thai the Sulluu of 5i11... who is alivauv more than sulliicienth marri.-d. proposed marriage to Miss Roosevelt .mrint lhe elaborate ceremonies attending the reception of Secretary j Tail. The Secretary and Miss lioose- ] sell received many MOIO presents j from the Sultan. who oll'ercd ing to ivnrain ainong Hum. This grarioiisness is remarkable, ami in contrast to the behaviour of the dusky monarch before he was- taken in hand by (leneral Leonard Wood. At Wcstpott on Friday. Wall Sing, a >m 11! arrival from likiiheim, pleaded guilly to haviiiß opium in liis possession, and was fincil ill and 30s costs.

The Sierra left 'Frisco on Sept. 21, at 2 p.m. In another column Mr Newton King advertises for sale by auction at his Mart en Saturday, Oct. 7,. a valuable farm of 2(1110 acres at Mimi, on account of the bankrupt estate of Mr F. W. Richmond. This is a splendid property for sheep or cattle, and js worth the attention of anyone wanting a farm of the kind. Messrs liewley ar.d (iriflilhs advertise a list of fine farms for sale. Messrs Morey and Moore have a special notice in to-day's issue. Tin' minimi meeting „f .(he able lllliMing Society was held on Friiln.v night, when' Mr II." lien-v pivsi.lid iimt „ large iHi.-iHlaiiel.. A saiis.'iH-iniA r.-pnrl hk presenleil and a<lopl-il. Messes S. \\. Shaw, K. Ilnckiill. I\ I'. C,„Uill. wtnd .1 fat.hi were r.-,-t.<l.-(| ilin-rlfirs, aird Mr T. (). Ki.ts,..v uas re-eleclvil auditor. Tin; directors for last year were gi-iinlisl an honorariu I' £:!."). A liiillot I'm' appropriations i\as 1 hen made. Mr 1(. W. liixrn U-iug the successful ili'awvr cil' tile j;;!lip. As there were nn tellers pnl in I'm- the second appropriation, aiuithcr linllof was taken, Mr tVorgc Knmson being the »iic|-essi'iil drawer of the JWimi. A full ivpon will appear on Monday.

Telegrams reciivnl last nigh! slate, that heavy rains have fallen at Dunedinand oilier parts of Otago, and a good deal of damage. Ints been done. There has been heavy mortality auiyiig lauihs,

! The Invercargill Council has accepted tenders for electric lighting. Siati-Oaptain Ward will conduct lho Salvatioh Army meetings all day tomorrow in the Army Barracks. All welcome.—N. Adams] Lieutenant.* Whiteley Church, Sunday, Sept. 24. Preachers : Morning, Rev. R. P. Williams ; evening, Rev. H. Foston. Subject, "Paul, the Fanatic." Visitors heartily welcomed.*