The Daily News. MONDAY, SEPT. 25, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7934, 25 September 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, SEPT. 25, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We understand that the liquidators oi the New Plymouth Co-operative Society have disposed of the property, in Devon and Currie Streets to a local -buyer. The (nice is said to be i;37liu. ll is understood Sir Newton King is the purchaser. On Sunday afternoon the Garrison Hand turned out in'lull force and save. a sacred concert at Hamhlyn's Estate, Eiuroy. The- threaten ng weather militated somewhat against the attendance, hut nevertheless thecon-c-'it was much appreciated, ai.d llai.dmaster McConncU and his men are to be complimented on the excellent programme put forward. It is intended to give a series of concerts fortnightly in different partis of the town, i The Supreme Court sittings for the Taranak-i district will commence at New Plymouth this morning at 11 o'clock. His Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) will he tho {presiding judge. Two criminal e-as.-s ■ and a number of civil actions are set down tor hearing. j ThC| secretary of the. New I'lym.inlh | Military Hand wishes to acknowledge ! the icce'ipt oi £1 from Mrs Copland, las a donation to the Hand funds.

Vir(i. Livingston reports the sale of Mrs M. A. Clarke's grocery business to Mr McNeil, late of Liverpool. At the Police Court on Saturday a case under I lie Impounding Act was heard l/cforc tire S.M., when .Jessie Maty Mchaffy iiiUKht an order against | William 11. .Jury (or damans amounting to £:> Ids for the allr';;nl unlawful impounding of sevrn calves. Mr Iltildu'ii appeared for the complainant awl Mr Quilliam f<r defendant, jv.lio was una f iile to appear through (illness. IlkMiil'ormation sei out that dvlciiiiant, contrary to scclion II of I Hie Act, failed to supply certain information nijuircd as i,» hands, trespass, and damage hv trespass, elc. l'"or the defendant, Mr QuilMani raised a preliminary object ion to the form <•! tl'.e complaint, arguing that it was already decided that omission to supply details did not constitute illegal impounding, which was an onence and involved a line of tin, but eslablisliid trespass nu goods, i-n<l damages were ifcovir.ible in Hie ordinary wav. The ..'agisirale said he hiMiruhd similarly in a previous case. The poun.lUvper si;: |i,|, in -evidence, thai ii ■e.s u.iiimi.il ii.r Kiiliui notices to lie given by persons impounding est:!e. Alter oth-r evidence had' !..fn heard 1.,,- case was adjourned f,. r a lortnigiu.

■ ■"1 a little ablation has been caused in ;i laiiirs - scho 1 in l.ivcrpuol hv rumour Iha l ihe pivmis.s were ihe abode of "ahosts.- Pcfore convened imo a school tli-o ;«»l.liiiK h'd earned lhi> ivputalion of .:'•'.,- haunted. It was 1V Uirirp ram"liii-, o.d lamiiy house, and the story was thai mauv yiars *&, a nmrd/r ;ia'j been perpetrated in an attic. Mils all it was closed when the house uccamc a school, Hie window beino. pasted over ati.i darkened with brown Payer. ()„ th, sa„„. floor was a >■<»>»} '» which the pupils were tauirhi vv-i-niii-, ami it j s a || (|l , ( | ~,., .£,.. i»ri tilt- silence „f t| K . wrilj Ks _ son footsteps were heard in theclos'd room a.lj(iinii, s . Thcv wn P h ta vv lootstcps, ansl secnu.l to be those of »""f Ulan oho person. After this un«m.y «pvr,cncc >;d 1,,,,, umlt . rgolle on HU'UI occasions, not (m | y tn !"'!•'■•;. b«l llic -cachcrs became sear- ',',;, ~' l,,rl,i,l ''< , >' ronn, was entered, '"' <"• 'lus on the floor found un'l'stmued .Nevertheless, ,),,, sonn.ls con iinn.il, and consequent I v that pan aJi!S;„X ~,,StS WUS S ' IUI "" ■"'" A Sa,, Kraneisco 1>.,1ii.-e Jfa-lstrate I.is tohl a hmehei- who was brought | :;,:'";, l,!, " I i,i " l '■'' ««'-sl choose ( u,ce '"■" I WliM uade J M . wili lollow- "''" '" * t.imlH'r o. that of a lamli, ul , llilt , ' ;'»'•" "if two. The humourous rebuke was occasional (wriies the ~,„.,■..<. pond,'.,! of the A S e under date II th -Vifi«s.) by Ihe u.scovcry that ' •iaJ panned his meat with rives in A laid on (he butchers was then or- '; '<•' J'J Lie lioar.l of Health. and "11, samples ol meat seized 122 * J ":'"" i '" !>•«<■• :,,(,, treat,,! ,V, W S '" l oi or "■'• '" llia "y t-ases ca..s marlc- '■;.' ' and "freeze" we c l"hr.d (en Heated with coal tar -•■ j '•win. March and sodiums, " will, sodium sulphite, « with ~;! 1.1 and only 2.", were pure meat ;..', M / hi ' "■ »ai.»'.s of all the 1)( _ 1S 1,,R, V»» I 10111.-W.l----i.n' , - S -. ,V,1il to "-«;..-. cond„„:nsdid not change. 'inures '"'Ti ""'">' sani "'"-' S ondsewi; ;, M s ■ iit ; »»••' ilie liond , i I'V .' °' llls ''lNCe. ■ staus the ' -is? "r"' ~lby .'J" ,n,lica. profe^nn 1 " ; ; ■'i «i..a pup,,, Hpn , k c . , ".' s '""1 i'cneiK eonie Vi <•«■, ,',"'"' " l( - "K t»"S«. o ,r'i '■"">' "' Hi.' pu.liK " ~ ■ " '"s I late, |,y iea,on ol which the Kt'ims oi comiiiunicalil-,' diseases irl'<t!;: ';;illy iransleri,,! from pupil' to P"Pil. I-cad pencils and paper will 111 '»!"'■'' U' used insl.ad of slates and pencils.

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The Otago Daily Times is officially informed that there is every prospect, of the .shipping companies making a further reduction of a penny per lb ov the freight charged on butter to London, which will bring the rate down in a halfpenny pur lb. To Tarauafei this will mean a saving of some £IH,-. ' 000 on the season's output. The main roll for the Tarauaki elec.-v toralc, now in the hands of the printer, contains about 521K1 names. ,Tlit- supplementary list is now iiu preparation.

The candle-burning competition held at Deare's Hoot Arcade attracted considerable attention, and a very, lame number of customers participated" The caudle selected for the test, 1 and placed on view in Hie window, iwasa giant of its snecies, and finally I burnt out- on Saturday evening, alter being alight for lilt hours 11 minutes, i The wide divergence of opinion as to ! the capabilities of the illuminanl was | shown by the fact that the guesses ■put in variid from 5 hours to 201.J hours. Three competitors, Mr Cook '. (IngltwoCil), Miss Cowling (ttesJ town) and Ivy Cook (Westown) each 1 guessed tit) hours as the result, anil < I will he asked to arrange between I them as to the disposal of the prize money. £2 His. One person hazarded ti'Ji hours as the time, four 70 -hours, I three 7|l and lour 7(3" hours, i Cricket practice is now in full swing, and when the season opens sliorllv the majority of the players 1 should' be fairly lit. The Caningte.ii

Road men have, despite their disadvantages of distance, been the most assiduous at their nets, and both bowlers and batsmen are rapidly "getting their eye in." We are informed that in giving uotilication to Mr J. C. George and Mr C. W. Govett- oi the discontinuance of the actions against them for alleged slander, Mr Watt expressed his regret at ever instituting the proceedings. Dairymen will be .interested in the announcement that Messrs Collet land Co., the well known colonial produce agents, whose head olliee is at Cardiff, are offering £2OO in prizes for buller, the award ioDe on the quality of the butter when it arrives in England. The linn's olier has incc-ii induced by the fact that experience, iias demonstrated that often butter which is graded Fust first quality in \.\v X.ealaud is only second grade when it rewhes home, add vice versa.

Details of the coniprlitkm are 'heing ml rusted to the Palmerston Society. Writing on the matter the lirm re. mark :—"in offering the above prizes we have,not the slightest wish of suggesting! the least relleclion upon (lie ability ol the New Zealand graders, hut graders being appointed to judge butlers as they lind llieni, and not what experts may expeet them to become by the time lln-y land in England something more is wanted for securing the best -results which may be obtained from live English m.ir kels, and we think Ihe al.'ove may

help thvielo. lii ailtliiu-n id ill,' reasons giicn above, we may add lliat I we are sincerely desirous .of doing' our I level lii-st to encourage Hie Federal Steamship Company in their intended direct sailings for the British Chan-' | nel ports, ami to prove to New yica.'- : land dairymen llial with a saving o( til per Hi in ocean freight and of a I "out Jd in English railway charges, making altogether about jjil in the dairymen's favour, this market becomes a better one than ever for the sale of their produce." The Irish blight has made its ap-l-e.uaiie.' in a crop ol potatoes in the Kang-ilikci district. The Battle of Trafalgar was tofcignt on Oct. 21, 1805. Tl, e Gazette states that Friday, (let. 20 next, isthccinlenary of that engagement, and that that ilny will be observed as a holiday in the Government offices of the colony. The Department of Roads calls for lenders for Work on Ohura Road. Mr Jas. J. Klvin invites the elecjnrs to meet him i„ ,|,e Theatre Koyal on Thursday night next. Mr Newton King has a special notice about the arrival of potatoes •Hid onions, and about pig-meal. .Messrs Mony anil Son invite inspection ..I underwear for wi.min, anil otinr lines.