LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7935, 26 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In the Supreme Court on September 15, Hit)s, <n tlie motion oi Mr (juilliiun (Govctt and Qmlli.Mii). ht-tev'-s o) administration oi tJie intestate estate of the late Samuel Fredcrick Jones, W.uea, were granted to Margaret Jones, widow of deceased. Ili-iiiy IJa\is, while trawling in the Total a Kiver, near West pint, stepped into a deep hide and was drowned. Mr J. Avery is displaying in his window a iac simile oi the famous

j "Welcome Nugget" found al Uallaj rat. | A cable nussage ruiivei! from Sydney yesterday :;tak'd Ihat a e.ild snap ts being expcriencttl throughout the. Stale. Heavy snow fell on the high lands. The weather is pit rcingly eeld in the city. In the S.M. Court, hi l'lilmerston North, on Monday, Jos. (iowland, with several aliasis, was charged with rohhery of tlti from the person of John Lloyd, and was committed lor ttial. On a charge of theft of a greenstone pendant the .sentence was three months' imprisonment. The Police Commissioners, iu their report, make the following general remarks "Statements Were ' made hy one of the convicted men (o the eliitt lliat thelts had been committed foi some considerable time past by constables in other parts of the colony. We consider these statements cnlirely disproved, anil to have oo foundation in fact. . . . Some evidince has befii given of the inadequacy of the presenl rale* of pay. All hough not. perhaps coming strictly within the scope oi our inqinrv, we might be allowed to say thj.l ><> far • s the single .constables ale conceriicl (here would appear to he no cause lor dissatislacliui. In the case of inarm d constables a slight concession might will, advantage i, c made I'.v granting the usual lodging allowance at the cxpiraticn ~f one year's St-rnce instead „f three. There ma\ he, and probably are, inequalities in isoine other . miles, |,ut will, respect ( lo ihrsr we hiivf no m'oiHiiuMul.iliim I toumTu-.

'l'll- Aucklainl-Saii I'lain-isco ,|, w . I'.Ucli of August I!.", arrived in i '1..11 on Sepu-in|,.r Several months ap> (.says I lie Wrllinaton I'ost) a linn r.f piijit. rs named Johnson and In. was imilctc.l in £lW> (l.ililies by the Klipendiarv Magistrate at Wellington fur having prmtul for one Donovan a ratebook wlj;ch In its coil tell is was atljudgrd to lie matter pirated from Ihe ollicial I'aceM.oli i.-sii. (I i, y u 1( . u, •Illusion Club in i ction Willi its January nice:.- Appeal against I lIS decision was made to Hie e lijt l •Instice and Mr Justice Cooper, who some weeks lie, ml arnmm nl anil "■servtd tlteir decision. Tin- other afternoon Mr .Justice Cooper read the of tile (Jliief .lustice, wliieli set out iiiat die Magistrate liad propel Iv loumj lUi Hi,, unauthorised book coniaiiu-l jiiioi jii;rtion tliat was y>i II«.IU the ollicial book ; but inasmuch as llicie was nol Milliticnt pro") that the authorised hook was published (i„ a j 11S < ) before I In- linaiithoi isnl one i>pju-art il, t he pi'olicrion (if copyright did not a „_ ply , and lurther iha I ihe book did not sufficiently nsemhlr the - imM book h> l),. ijji.sh-iulinir {q the observnni public. Therefore his lk„ our was ol opinion thai the appeal must be allow, ,1. J|, .Justice Coop(■rs jii.lgiiiein, was that n could not tie said that appellants had a! an? lime published or oflered the books lor sale , they Were merely the print"onovaii Was the publisher, ill In'lJ (counsel f u j- respondents) soudn leave to appeal. Dr. Fjndlay oliji i led on be half of il;e appellants, jlmt Mr .Justice Cooper nasi Ihe question ol copyright involved was an important one, anil lie would ;;t'aii| IC kdvc jistal hHf . . ' a

The public ate notified ol a great alvagc sale at Herbert's Up-UMJatc , hop, nearly opposite the Theatre Royal. In sanitary mallei's the inspector states lh.il several goe,d and pcrmament improvements bhavc been carried out in various premises during the past fortnight. The drainage work carried out by the Hospital Hoard at the Hospital and Old People's Home lias been efficiently done. The inspector has met Mr Sandersi/n on more than one occasion with reference to sanitary improvements to !)>' carried out at the several schools in town. Mr KVmlall is also endeavouring to induce the owners of those residences which discharge into the street gutter on the north side of Yivianstrcet to conwct Willi the. borough sewers, so that in future nothing .nut storm waler shall',flow down the gutter on this side between Hrougham

Street and Carrington Road. As tile result of notices given several ralepayers are now arranging with their respective tradesmen to have their premises connected with the sewers. Several prisons have l.ern requested to clear their hack premises of rubbish. Others have been notified to have taps and other litliags repaired to stop water waste, and to cut overhanging trees clear of , the footpaths. The sanitary contractors have been notified not to collect nightsoi! in the borough except during the hours stipulated in the contract. At the borough inspector's request, new tire escapes have been fixed at considerable expense to a large twostoreyed house in Courlenay Street. With the assistance and advice ol Captain Hellringer, llie Inspector has ordered the lire escapes at the board-ing-house in Currie Street to be made adequate for requirements. The borough engineer reporting to the Council that a protective wall at the baths is urgently needed, authorisation has been given for the work at an estimated cost, of £SO. Tend-; crs are to be called immediately. Now that the erection of the new I'osl Oflice is in hand, the utilisation of the money in the hands of the Borough Council feu the provision of, a town clock must be decided. Cr. Collis brought up Ihe question at Monday night's meeting of the Council, when it was decided to communicate with Messrs Newman (secretary, Paul and other members of the committee entrusted with the matter when the work of collection was in ' hand some years ago. The clock tower is provided for in the plans, and '] the committed must bestir themselves Ijtoget a suitable timepiece ordered ; without dclav.

Oil Mr Wilson's initiative a resolution was passed by Die Rorough Council on Monday evening t lv.it Ihe Mainour Ikiard he approached with a view of having the foreshore opposite j the borou;,li vested in the lwi.ds of the Council. Hie mover pointed out that he urged this course oi practical grounds, as it was imperative that before next winter the Council should take in hand the work of .slopping tlve errosion of the clifTs at Woolconibe Tel race, at the foot of Kliol Street. Mis idea was that the Council should utilise the stone on the beach for the building of the retaining wall, within which Ihe material I present 1.-'ine; washed away would l.e protected. "Anyone would be astounded," remarked' Cr. Wilson, "to see how close the sea is encroaching lo the houses (milling the sea." He anticipated that io empower the Council lo undertake this work, it would i,e necessary to get a Hill passed through Parliament vesting portion of the foreshore in the Council. On,the motion of Cr. Browne, i the Mayor, the engineer and town clerk were deputed to place tlia rej(juest before the Harbour Board at [next meeting.

In an'announcement •concei niiiK Messrs Collet! anrl Co.'s offer of £2Ril in prizes for butter, a typographical error occurred. This paragraph should lead that the firm are desirous uf encotiiaging diriet sailings for the British Channel joits, and that with a saving of ' per lb in ocean freight and about Jd j n Ktiglisli railway charges, this would ensure a difference 01 about jid in the dairymen's favour. Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert l-orne last night urging on the Government t lie necessity of using' the waters of I,akc Waikaremoana for gc -elating t'l.ctricity. A petition was euculaUd fur signature. Piior to Ihe opening of the Supreme* Court sessions at New PlymotiMi, his Honour the thi?f Justice (.Sir Robert Stout) expressed a desire to meet | lie members of the Bar villi whom he was unacquainted. There was a gathering ui UiamluTs, when the president oi the i«,eal LawSocutv (Mr w. Samuel) performed the cereniuiiv oi intr</duetion.

the Borough Council |;a.s cuniirnicl the special oidci- strikin- a rati- oi twopeiiev. in the £ in collection with ' " ( ' w loan. 'lf,, resolution l ,a>Sl " ls ," n| y aloimal accordance with the Act, i„n ratq,avers ale assured that tln-re is no'in'tai-i I ion l.j collect the rale, (lie levy prewously li.xcd covering the amoU nt. Something very personal indued mav ,hu . Way li, eisl^li..n s, ,l l « Political career an \ ,l 7 s,Jm > ,,I ""S Uic nature oi (vnf , ° 'ir ,lt ' r ' So " al tloiinliness tlic Wellington I>ost). On 1 hursday ,n the House Ik was speaking ol .sanitation in workers' homes a .1 expressed the opinion that there u e very few workers indeed wlio !' .f " d "' «« "'eir pre.,uses. »I would enact," he declared, ■'that no dweliing-hou.se at all should he crec"(l unless it had a .|, a ih and sanitarv arrangements. „ would he oi sawng many lives." iat s«tli queer things when hey are hy liieir lonely selves ' icmarks Mrs John Lane in a For't"M"'' aivxV., " ; Wha U'/i-jesp.vt-tng man would lunch oft" a sultana rake, a tan or an ice : Show mc the sni-i'</K|>ect!iis woman who lus not done it ! Women know how to cook—some of them—hut none oi them know how to eat. A woman icc.s thai local well ami substantiality is a sheer waste. If it were not lor men, women would wrap themselves in sable and pofnt lace and starve to death."

I lie borough inspector (Mr Kendall) reports file occurrence of a eas • of diphtheria in ISulteel Street, lie has disinfected Hie premises, and pointrd out eei uiin improvements meessarv, meliMiinq a new lintli-room and washhouse, also more cleanliness in the eoinenienees. 1 'revi den| Koosevell, in a recent convert;; 1 icj, w itl> Stnator Kn.n, „( nmsylvania, asked the senator what """'K l ' l 'us appointment of tharles .1. lionaDarte to a place in tin Cabinet. \on have heard of the man Mcttinnis, ' replied Mr Knox, who kept a saloon and lived with his lamily up over the saloon. Cine div Ins bartender shouted up (he stairs ■ Met, mills shall I .trust Tim O'l.eary mI, d "'"'L I, )!- as . 1,0 lla,i •In"!' '' called hack McUinms. 'He |,, s • . T)lj ■ »st hj"". Secretary lionaparn, mo,J a" V ■ '"' l r.' I '" ilnsclf u "' i 'l'«' ■I" American Cabinet officers |,v (■fusing to accept railway passes and) "'"'"'"•HiK 'lla 1 so lon, as he hohif ever I w ' in l'ay fare whenlie .lavels. In accordance wilh 'ln K' ncral praclice, the railways began ■» send .Mr lionapar.e .omual tI , i as took office Ihey li.ue all returned with a M"U' note of Hunks in which the ii W secretary says that uy reason of t ie puldie position which he occupies 'V flTls "".'l'll' I" avail himself ,f •I"-' I'Otillcsy shown |,im

With relei'ence to the sale of the old Co-operative premises, referred lo in oiir local columns yesterday mornh«e find that we were in error that Mr Newton Kin* was u I' U| t*husc»i of ih(. proprrlv Tin tale' ai led a, i„ eltecti,,, the i*lr Ci. I'. Nops, of lii"leWoe,d nports the sale ol Mr Frank Ru'Wens' le.sKh'itlial property, "Woodlands," -ai» Koad, lo an lni>lewood investor lor £738. A I'jilrli' message slates that severe earthquake shocks have been felt in lVrtllsliilv Hllli ytL'l'lllle.iliiie, Scotlaud. '

During the past ten "years one gas company in London has issued no . less than j.'Ji 1,000 new gas stoves (or heating and cooking purposes. The barristers present at the opening of the Supreme Court on Monday were Messrs 'J 1 . Cotter (Auckland), It. X). Welsh (Hawera)), W. . Kerr, O. Samuel, T. S. Weston, J. 11. "Quilliamj, C. •W.i'iiovett, I), ilutchwi, J. Hoy and I' 1 . E. Wilson. At the Police Court on Monday morning David Crczier, a prohibit Ml person, was charged with l having been drunk on Saturday. A line of UOs, ill default seven days' imprisonment,was recorded.

Mr J. McNeill announces lhat he has purchased Mrs M. A. Clarke s grocery business, Devon Street Ivast. Al Auckland on Monday, T. E. (ieisler, a bookmaker's clerk, was [committed for, trial on a charge of child desertion. He was exliadiua from Sydney. In evidence the wife s.taud she had disclosed tho name ol a jici'scu as the father of the child so that her husband could take proceedings lor divorce. If a divorce were granted she intended to marry a man named C. llurtonshaw. The laller gave evidence that in tile eunt of a divorce lie intended to marry Mrs (leister and adopt the child.

With respect to the movement for erecting a monument !or those who iell in the Maori war, a proposal is made to invite the assistance in donations of the Imperial officers who saw service in New Zealand. Ihe slander aclion, McGregor (Messrs Watt and Cohen) v. Van A sell (Mr liarnieoat), set down on the Supreme Court list, will'not, it is understood, come on lor hearing, the sun being withdrawn. The action, Trott and other (Messis Roy and Wilson) v. Morey anil others (Mr T. Cotter), in connection with a will ease, has bu'ii settled. On Monday his Honour, on the application of Mr 0. Samuel, made an order that the probate shall stand, and that the sum of £IB6B Is lid held in trust, and any interest thereon, he paid to tiie defendants' soliciloi, who in turn shall pay £SO costs to plaint ills. Mr Samuel remarked Uiat the matter had been fully cone into and the decision arrived at in the interests of justice. 1 lie New Zealand Government has not yet com,; to any decision regarding General Booth's jiroposalS. 'I he Cabinet has considered the case Ol Daniel Swan, sentenced to . death lit Jiivercangill, but no conclusion has been arrived at. v."iV' I |'i ! i S slates that some * . "ige sums of money chanced * »J WeMingt,,,, u „. a , '-ult ~| ,| le |.. I|t( | speculation j (he borough of Mirnmar. A message, received from, Crevmouih ,Inst night. slates (hat <is 'a result ol a conference between the're|»i esentallyes of I lie North Canter.l Association W( ' sl ( '" asl 'l imber Trading Company it IS prol/able that the timber t*i l„: used in erecting the N>w /.Miami International Exhibit ion will be obtain,.,! from the West Coast. Hie conference estimates that fouH rniM;;,, i,, t lviil ,„ l; ci|gt . ng

'J ii mo-tiny of t-h»; Cmrivrlmry College Hoard'pf Ouvernors 'the tvport of tile Museum and Library Commit t-ee, rernm mending the termination of Mm engagement of th»» art. master and staff at the School of Art, and the appointment of a director, at an annual salary of £">oo, who should choose the*stuff war; adopted. « A man named Kaug-Jiton has been sentenced, at Melbourne, to five \eais ioi' obtaining £."iuo by means ol an ari union frnud, Ihe A.H.C. Hoot Co.'s advertisement will appear to-morrow, A cable receiVtd early this morning conveys the im'oi-mat ian that intensely cold "weather is being experienced in Melbourne. Snow fell in the city i>M Mominy,. tiie first time for mnn\ years, and nn extraordinary thing to happ.o in Septeurf/T. At t lve Lincoln College eyg-laying competition jlbv «'ggs laid during the wn-k totaiu.l IMo, making 11 ,(>O9 since the competition started. JL 1 lawke's Silver Wyandotles are leading with A. M. Price's Huff Orpingtons second wit'h MM\, and J. Mann's Wnitu Wyamlottcs third with i;>s.

I At Timaru on Monday tln-re was quite a Held day in the Arbitration Court. A number of employers uvrc iim J lor breaches of award. A deputation representing the Primitive Methodist Church trustees waiusl on the Horough Council on Monday night, and objected to the erection oi a blacksmith's shop alongside the church. Tho matter was linally reiunvd to tho by-laws committee. A horror came to me one night, A spectre blear and old—"Your name !" I cried, in wild t fright, It said, "I am a cold." "Jlogon® !'* 1 crted, "jour claromj touch I will Jto more endure !" And straightway it vanished at the sight Of Woods' Great Peppermint Cur*. I