LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7937, 28 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a special iiu'cun.s <»f tlie Hoard ol Xcluml Commissioners, mi tln- .tiiplicalion l if ill'' Morshcad Nursery Company, anew lease, in Hie term* of ilif existing li'iist', was granted hi s<ciifins l.ltiu Id l.Vil, and l.'iXil, New Plymouth, fur a term of five years al an annual rental of £f>. Consent was given to a transfer of the lease of .sertion V, block 1,. I'oualu. from MuLi'oil and liacon to W. liriglit. Tlie second trial in eonneetion with the case in which Reuben White is charged with having carnal relations with a iirl of 1.1 ;l i Te Koti, near Klthani, on July 'ill, will eoinnience al | the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justice (Sir Robert. Stout) and a new jury, at 111 o'docl; this inorn- ">£• It is understood Mr Samuel jwill appear for the defence. As the ship Karnio was leaving Timaru on Wednesday morning, a sailoi dcliid the captain to take him away, anil jumped ovorbo.ird. A Il.irliour Hoard boat picked him up, Inn failed to catch the vessel, and' retime.! ty jiyri vriih ihc wan.

The work of the Taranaki Kducaiion Board lias considerably increased of late years. The voluninous reports and correspondence, and the multitudinous matters requiring attention, furnish material for several hours' hard work. As it is impossible for the country members to attend before 11 a.m., the Board arc unable to get through the business properly in one day, consequently matters are rushed through without mature consideration. In future, howj ever, this will be obviaecd, as the Board decided, at Wednesday's meeting, to extend the meeting over two days, commencing at 7.3 ft p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in each month, and continuing at 0.3(1 a.m. the following day.

V man was terribly bit ten b\ r python in tin- grounds of Hi,. i.iegv, F'xhibition recently, where thv occurnnee caused a panic among the visitors. The pvtbon. which mensilierl more tlian in length, hail onlT that morning been received from Aniw,rp. As a snakr charmer iiam-

id Daniels amis about to transfer it. into another cage the python darted at lviin. and swiftly twining -its hug* fi.rm routed the man's body, seize;, his arm with its teeth and tore if from it* socket. The affair was witnessed by a number of spectators, who -were seized with panic, ami screaming; .with fear, made a wild

nish for the g-ales., M. Vraneastel, | one of the managers of the exhibition, rushed to Daniel's assistance, and succeeded, with the aid of three attendants, in tearing the enraged serpent from its prey. Daniels was coveyed to the hospital, and wan in a critical condition. The practice of boys Waiting on business people with subscription lists lor special objects has become so common in New Plymouth that an outcry is being made against the infliction. If societies, churches, etc., want to "raise the wind" by subscription, they should make out proper lists, and place them in the hands of accredited agents. Some discussion took place at Wednesday's meeting ot the Taranaki Kducation Board on Mrs Dougherty's | motion "That in the best interests of education the Board permit the Chief Inspector (Air W. R Spencer) to vjsil America and grant £IOO for his expenses." Members appeared to think the results would not be commensurate with the outlay. Difficulty would also be experienced in carrying on the work during Mr Spencer s absence. It was mentioned thatthe Wanganui Inspector had circulated a report on his trip to America, and a further report on the same subject would to some extent be merelv duplication. The motion was lost by a large majority.

A ivfVnl cable stated that a com-j pfiiy known as the .1, If. Druee,- 1 I.i111it» •<I. -has |.i*»n resistetvd, with a capital of £II.OOO, to proseeoi e \ hr» 1 claims of J. -If. iVuce, formerly of \( w ' Sou* h Wales, to ih.« HitUi <tom' of Portland. The claim of the Drwv family, of N\ w South Wales, resfs on i the alleration that the eccentric fifth Hul-e oi" Portland, who 'died in 1870. | had lived a double litV. Ilehadliv-j <d as a recluse ni Well/eek Abbey, | spending his money 011 underground building. and at the same time kept ! n vari.ty shop in l.ondon under an-: other name, marri<«d,. and 'had a fam-j ily. .f. If. Ihuce claims lo be «' p?*nndson. The mother of the claimant MVnl some yea in in trying io i nt'orce th<» claim, and often made "seems" in the Courts. Tier dem 1 i:,l was ihrd the rofl ! n in which the tifih did-c was laid should Iteop- , n d. If ih-at u> re done it would he foend. sh « slid, that it did not conlain n I,(ily, for the duke had diet) and Ie« n buri, d as the shonke.-per. "TIIO pivsini duVe was a cousin once reinov.d ol the fifth duke. •John I.ano was killed on Ihe cooperative railway works at Seddon. Marlborough on Wednesday by a fall of eanli. llull commercial men have invited the Agents-General to inspect tho docks on Oc.t. 10 and examine Hull's exceptional facilities for the development of direct trade with Australasia.

A lllenheim telegram slates that there has been a plethora of rain in the district this season, which is described as lII*, wet Us 1 experienced lor many years.

I A number of resolutions Willi rc;feruicc to the mt:ssiiy. of loading jfacilities, passed by the s'ltld's in ih; 1 Wbmgamoniona district,, have been forwarded by -Mr J. M. McCluggage to tin- Taranaki Chamber oi Commerce, anil will be considered by a mceeing of the Council on Friday afternoon. The resolutions are in the following terms :—"Thai Mr J, McjCluggage lie requested to to Wcl- ! lingtou to interview the Minister (of j Public Works with regard to the injaik'quatc amounts VOUII for the ra.il|Way and Obura Road, (specially in i view of tlie unanimous opinion ei'pi'cs- ■ sod l>y tbe section oi the I.and Commission tlut visited Whangamoiiioiia : ( That this district should be opened | up by good main road and tin- railway at once; that owing to the heavy col- ' omal appropriations the amounts , voted for this district arc inadequate and that a great injustice lias been done to the settlers here ; that Mr ! J. MeCluggage be requested to formulate a schedule of tin* roads in the distiiets lor which apportionments have been made, and also to obtain j from the Department in Wellington | the proportion of these amounts al,lfady expended, and the net balance available. And, further, to secure Jfrom tlie Minister of Public Works, I information as to the recommendations made by his officer with regard lo proposed expenditure for metalling in the Whanjjamomona district." The Secretary for Stamps has certified the estate of the late Captain Cornwall, of Hell Block, at £22-">a. The Chief-Inspector (Mr W. JO. Spencer) reported to the Education l'o>rd on U.dnesilay, that the manual and technical classes arc pregres.smg satisfactorily. The large attendance ai the dressmaking class lield at tlie Hoard's room necessitated' the formatjcii of* two ldivii;io/is, one meeting in the afternoon and one in lb? evening. Elementary agriculture lias hern rrcognisrd as a subject tor instruction at Toko, Omafa, aotl 1 ihama, and application for recognition i.f the same subiect have l.oen rnvivul (""" Iluiakama, Salisbury Road, Lincoln Road, Norfolk Road and Kaimalc. The sum of it I Is has been .granted this month loi' apparatus for school classes.

A loiter was sen! Id members of ailiamcnt |,y tlie Cluistcluiieli Workers Lnion connection Willi the deputation which shortly visits Wel-"a'-Vfstcr viiMKil'i- ! ''' ' a ""K arguments preTh •! ?'', K a K a 'nst (lie combine he Chiislchiirch Iron a,:,1 lUassi moulders Union has passed a nni' ucr»ii,r fi, n ✓ niol on h> introducing legislation to 'restrict 01 prevent the Hanr.u..,. t. , mel opolisinjr t | l( , ,| , mon " trade of New Zealand ""Uli-mt-nt a,. Timaru (h'cisii in '">• adverse ,h "<'"•»»•!<■■ u!":z r /" li(N>ns«\s 1,, »!.„ I. ' , ' ax v UMilar Honour ||„. f■ h,1""'",7". nr wier T' 1 "" Mi' <">. 5,,„ 1 „,.| d ' I '|' g '"'K'" l "™" H>.v Oiiiili ' ' ,l - appeared Willi Mr ? ; M "-appellants. , , !s 1,-'', ' ' (<JX ,l "' »"• I'esponI ill I; 11 Mu " 1 - >vs..rv,,| judgment Mr f, |>„„„,.]|V, „ f Ha„Ko' s flav nn i',""'. 111110 "mi ''allle In [lurlinn. The <'.".s.gm,„,,t will |,, IV( , W( .| ljn (on Oclola-r ll'ih. under ,|,e s„p,.rvision Oi Mr Niiiit'od Sliaw nn ,| S |.,|l' o| - assista rits. On til,, implication „f Vr 0. Samiiml l.li" ease of IS. I'l,.m m ii > ; v. K. J S. t'ottock. tu'tiim lor injunction and; damages, was on U'cslnrhdny adioiirn- j cd to till,' licxt SVSSio» of tUv Cvwt,

The sum of £165 in prizes is to be given for the band contest at Hokitika next May, including £9O for the test selection. The townspeople have guaranteed nearly £290 to the expenses. A man iiarneh Charles Ross was crushed by a fall of earth in the Auckland mine, Wliangamata, on Wednesday. He was taken to the Thames hospital. There is nothing fresh to chronicle with regard to Wellington's latest sensation. Lionel Terry, the selfaccused murderer of the China nun, Joe Kum Yung, will appear ■uetore the Police Court on Monday next.

At Wednesday's meeting of the Kducation Board the tender of Mr A. Cliff lor the erection of the latrines at the Central and Courtenay Street schools, the price being £lsl, was accepted.

the Government Vitieultui-ist f Signor Hragato) s!ales in his annual, report that during the past-year tire industry has shown steady and satiMaetory progress, while growers in general display more enlightened ideas in modern methods of viticulture and wine-making'. The number ol vineyards and cellars is steadily increasing, and the industry premises well jor thv. future.. Sir Robert. Kail the astronomer, is fond of telling nil amusing story against himself. IK- is n round-fac-ed, jovial-locking l man.in appearance, not resembling in the least the ordinary conception of a famous scientist. 'Once ite was engaged to lecture in a remote part of Ireland, and found no vehicle waiting for him at the station. At la* I a typical Irish servant came up am! said : "Maybe you're Sir llobert Itall ■?" When 'he found that he wias correct in bis surmisu the man said, "Ob, allure, your

honour, I am sorry to have kept you waiting, but I was told to loolc out for an 'intellectual-looking gentleman." A solicitor named William Darter Smith was fined £~> in the Hedfern (Sydney) Court for striking a broth er solicitor, I'. 11. Sullivan, M.b.A.. in the Police Court. Tlie statement so often nia'de that a .Jap will light' for twenty-four hours on a ration of two or three beans and .a sip of tea has been at last explained. The .Japanese lyean is not the common horticultural bean with which our .gardens are acquainted. but a vegetable often a yard in length, ami large enough to fill a quart measure. A single benn makes a meal for a hungry ploughman-. The latest fad (or millionaires—in America, at least—would seem to be thai of acting as "hunger artists." as tile profession is picturesquely styled. One oi the richest men in Brooklyn, we are .gravely informed, has just, completed ft fast. of > forly live-days. and finds his health much better ill consequence, lie commenced on April !). and succeeded ill liviac Oil air for the whole period he had ' earmarked" for that purpose. As a result, to use the language ol the' reporter, "'lie is now in the best (if health, his eye is bright and clear " his coniple>i«>n (from being iho colour of ashes) has become ros.v, his step Is light (this at least, on, can well believe), and ally, from an unweildy ->• ..«> « >b> • ho has mlucK) himself to ''• A Duncdin prc KS W' re Mr Wm McLarty, of thf Natal i j Anderson, manuic Transvaal Iron Steel Company, are now m They have hou K l.t the rolling milk plant, wire »< Onfliunsa, and now here at Burnsi-dc. The p'wit will bi immediately to Turrtontm IX miles from Jolianiic-shurp;. Mr Anderson lias left for America to » further purchases.

i It is slated in America mat. Mill Rockefeller is considering a plan fur 1 lie expenditure of £10,(1011,(100 on .■dueatioual purposes in addition to his previous «ifls. lie wishes to make (lie University ol Uncago Inc. oreatest institution of its kiml in 'the world. Only a year or two ago Mr Roekfeller announced a gilt ol i £2 (Mm (Km for small outages ; soiin months ago lie gave £1,500,000 Clticami University ; and altofcctlirr lie has already allot t d over £6,000,0(10 for educational purposes. He can, ol course, easily afford all this. 'H'is income is from seven lo ten millions a ■year, and he himself hardly knows What his fortune is. It is certainly 'much over a hundred million pounds. Mr Rockefeller's methods arp condemned l>y all kinds of people in Auicrica, but -his gifts are almost invariably. accepted.

A tclcf».-..m received from Ilokitika las\t, night states that the defendant' in tlie breach of promise ease, Stratford v. Larsen, heard there last Week, does not, it is understood, intend to proceed Willi the appeal, of which notice was given at Ihe conclusion of the hearing. The ground ot the proposed appeal was tlut the damages awarded, £li!)s, were excessive.

A telegram, received last mgnl, states that some friction has arisen iretwe'en the Advisory Board of the Brunncr disaster fund and the PuHic Trustee. It seems that an old man, named Parsons, who lost a son in the mine disaster, accepted, under a misapprehension, a lump sum of £">11 in lieu of £26 a year, and gave a receipt for the same, as lie thought the £2t> would be payable for only two years. It scents that votes have bee* continued lor nine years to others having similar claims, and the Board therefore recommended Parsons' case to the Public Trustee, who, however, declined lo recognise it. The Advisory Hoard is now calling on the Government to hold an inquiry into the action of tlie Trustee. It Was stated that the contingency fund, out of which the proposed payment to , arsons would lie made, was in credit to the amount of £.fnO(). ' The Supreme Court at Palmerston is engaged in hearing the case of John Ilaukius v. The New Zealand Railway Department, claim to recover £ I mitt damages for injuries received by the claimant 011 May 5, 1904, by. being thrown from a conveyance in consequence of the alleged defectiveness of a railway crossing at Terrace I'.'nd.

The Land Commission Act Amendment Bill passed all its stages in the House, at Sydney, on; Wednesday night. This Act will enlarge the scope and powers of tlie Commission that is making startling revelations in Sydney in respect lo dealings in Crown lands. There were 3352 arrivals in the colony and 1 138 departures last month, compared with 22:ir. and 1287 in August, 190-1. " Mr Todd has a replace advertisement about coal supplies in this issue.