LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7942, 4 October 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Uragato, linvermmiil. \ilifijl-tm-ist Ims iiisiilit-il bis claim ™ I,c able to produce ripe; hothouse grapes in September. Hipe grapes from Ins expel imcntal vinery at Birkenhead were marketed at Auckland on Saturday. In die Wellington Police Court on Monday, Lionel Terrv was kommitUxl for uial oii|the charge of murdering (he Chinaman, Joe Kum Yuttg. Terry look a keen interest in the proceedings, and questioned sewtat ot Hie witnesses. Tlte Supreme Court at Wellington opens on Nov, 20, Twenty-six Chinamen are expected to arrive in Wellington by the Monowai to-day. Throe prisoners al the Dungice plmH tation works (Marlborough), named Kilward Black, .James Wilson, and Holtoii, broke loose on .Saturday night, hul. were recaptured ky the warders early next morning, having travelled only a few miles in the direction of Blenheim. Some articles weir taken from the hut of several •surfacemen in ih,. vieinitv, a ml Hie prisoners will be charged with the theft of these when thev are brought! U'lore the Magistrate. * Tin-.cable itdvi,jcs that early »n Sunday morning the pohrc removed thousands of posters i„ \ )uhUn ~„,, Mlb . urlis, urging Irishmen not to enlist in the army ami navy. A I.onilon eal.le stales (hat I ,irner of Boston, walked eight miles in an hour al Stamford Bridge. This is r-,-tiii-rji tall feat-

A ccirtepariaH has died at Waipawa in the pci'son of Ann Livingst.ne, who lopped the century by three years.

The Wellington carpenters arc making a demand on tlie private employers and the Minister of Public Werks for an-Increase in wages to Is (id an hour.

The Sonoma arrived at Frisco on Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.

Melbourne advise.s that the Naples despatch of Aug. 13 arrived in London on the afternoon of Oct. 2.

Auckland is a lucky city for bequests. The latest is that of Mr William Mason, a well-known nurseryman, who iu a ;| P h considerable sum of money by cutting up his nursery and estate in Ponsonby, who died lately. He left the bulk of tlie estate to char'i 1 ™- A number gel from £SOO to £lllOO each, and the residue (probably over £lo,ooo> goes to the Jubilee Blind Institute.

there, was an agreeable incident lately at the Excelsior Hairv Company s factory, Itawko's Bay. The proprietor, M,- \\\ Stock, cal'ltd Ms stafl togvth,.,-, and informed them that the result of the year's working had been highly suiisfactorv to himself. Mr Stock, ankles! that no doubt this result had •been brought about largely by tho interest ■which the workers had taken in the affairs of the factory.' As a result. be «-as pleased to hand each employee a sulv stantml bonus, and hoped' that the ensuing year's results would turn out similarly.

Everyone is on the lookout for torgains and of the 'best kind in clocks, watches, jewellery, solid silver and electroplated' goods of high quality, by 'best makers, may be secured at J. 11. Parker's, next railway crossing,, Devon 'Street, New Plvmouth. Xotc carefully—Only a fewcases left of very line American 8-day striking clocks «t 12s fkl each.

Mr Xswton King has received word from the Wellington ollicc of the S.S. and A. Company to the effect, that owing ito the holiday the Corinthic will leave for London *t daylight on Wednesday, 11th inst., instead of 13tji as previously -adviirtisod.

Mr F. (J. Moore, SVairarapa Counly clerk, as .evidence of prevailing distress, Btated that" * return had btni cbtainod some time ago that, showed that from 1000 to 2iHK) men received 'board ami lodging (rec in the Wairarapa alonorin one night. On and after to-day the public entrance to the local Post ami Talc-' graph office will he from Robe street, next to the posting 'boxes.

In "The Damnation of Theron Ware," by Harold Frederic-, published in I Stiff, one of the. characters is made to say :, "The Chinaman has the patience to live every thing down —the Caucasian races included. He will see us all in bed, will that gentleman with the pig--tail !"

A Christ hurch telegram reports that John E. Grey, who came from Singapore, and is well connected, w a s' sentenced to 18 months for theft.

Constables Lowrie and Roberts, stationed at Devonpoit, Auckland, on Sunday made a raid on a "two-up sclisol" on a piece of reclaimed ) a ii« near the Takapuna racecourse. There were about 10 men presonl at the lime of the raid, and the constables were successful in identifying 1!) of number. Presecutions will fo'low.

In Oie (fours? of his speech at the opening of St. Helens Maternity Home, at Dunedin, on Saturday, the Mayor (Mr Braithwailc) said- that the rearing- of a family was a duty everyone owed to tlie State. " Y»u have done yours," interjected a spectator, and the roar of laughter which followed is explained by the fact that his Worship can boast of more than a score of olive branches. Dr. Kmi'ly .Siedwbetg-, who.is in charge of tlic hospital, also said a few words, in the course of which she remarked that a local firm of jewellers had presented two,silver spoons for the first 'boy and the first girl born in the [hospital. "I think," said the 1 lady doctor, humorously, "that one of ithose spoons,will Up presented to- | night or to-morrow morning." .

, A rise,in thfetpriec < f several, linesoT meat took effect on Monday last a* Wellington. Th* .price of loin Kecf was raised from 6d to 7d per %> ; prime ribs, from <ljd to 5d ; sides of mutton, from v 3fcd to 4d ; hindquarters, 4Ad to 5d ; legs and loins, 5d to 5Jd. The:price, of veal is to remain as heretofore,-aid there will be no increase in the price of l a mb, but the charge for pork in raised Id per lb all round. Iu the matter of sundries, tho only increase is on ox tongues, which are to go up from 2s fid each to 3s each. Conversing with the chairman of the Master Butchers' Association, a Post, representative was assured that notwithstanding the in™f M l-F ri ?* : " lc ,|)Utchcrs will come out a bit the worst on present retail mi™ a ' U * J lo ,' our tault that taicases. high, therefore the retail price must be high also. The Iu ctos don't, want (o see higlpti^ .u"on! o ,ctdi y . per '"-t Du «*».

water U * e l sbi PP«! from tho break'onoan XM<m »«-w»m«liip • »pa sh,pp,ng. Byi;l ~,OXos, OXos • |h ,°fc Com {*".v 830 boxes, l-ni , r '' oXm Hm,M hv the ul Jloiurwa, °

„' ' Gevernment has oua , a s, 'IVrt,-™«' 1 Vrt, -™«' I«'nso of Mac- '">"" Is.and to Mr Woseph Hatch, "' '"vei-cargm, X.-tr Zealand.

The man Lie|,gli ( ,, rgcently murder--1:, rr «■-»•■«■««* i-on-h •lew. lie had |,e„n about liftewi vears in Austi-aii,,. .lining- which- timj- ho !'"<! iisiled his homein Uarsniv (m several occasions. ll n - Hgc , waß y 3 jeais. and biv wusl immurrieil. On l He allernoon of the (lav of the murder, whiiri, to, k place ,'»bouthalf-r»st len I'.iii.. he was under the influence "I liipmr, and Hhslml n roll of notes representing over £\M a l his hotel, live murderers apvmr t0 , hilVl , ~,„,„ alarnavl and to jvave Onl, for th« notes « l .iv lounj ,>,, |,j s ,|,^| y

I'm h iw.nl Sunday evening a tiro bloke out. mi a fuur-iooimd cottage at South Melbourne, lennnfed 'by Mr Joseph SI erne iiiul )ii 3 family, air Sterne was severely burnt on the face and hands. His wife, ag.d !>H years, rcturiiiTl home as he was being' placed in a carl tor removal to the hospital. She became greatly upset, was seized with a lit'and 'died.-

The present stock or potatoes in Auckland is almost entirely confmea to supplies front America, which arrived by the Ventura, and is stated to be sullioient for l ( .-«il requirements until the arrival of the Sierra from San Trancisco, which is flue on Cot. !), and has lauge .consignments (savs the Auckland lleral'di). ,l')rices at the auction sales a| .the) end of last week in Auckland were £|o to £ll per toil for ||„ 0 a:l. and £l2 to £l3 per ton for Southern. \cw local kidneys brought from' 2d to L'Jd per Id. Trices for onions advanced, shipments from America realising £ir, per ton.

The tramp Mitchell, who left in a Sydney street) a bag containing tioO sovereigns, has boon committed to an asylum. Mitchell, who had been mining fur gold around liiugara for thirty years, had amassed £j:u:o .ir.d had taken no fewer than eight trips lit England during that time. A port ion of this money was in two New South Wales banks, one of which suspended payment in the financial crisis of 18I>:|. This seems to have l>re.\n! upon hi* mind, mid he recently sold hi* interest in the lock.d-up deposits for V.l-2. which was less khan their nominal value. Ihi also withdrew his money from the other bank, and ■during his recent slay al the Park Street Collee I'alacv he guiitilt,d Ids wealth with jealous cure.

An exchange says thore is a possibility of the case of Styehe, who was sentenced to somo yaars' imprisonment for inciting a medical man to .kill his wife, being re-opened. Slyeha i was liberated last April, six months before his timo, and on; his release ho put his case in t-he hands of Mt F. K. ff)a[i.«ie, of Aiicklaind, aind Mr Solomon, of Dunediti, asking their opinions as to his conviction having* llci'ii justified, or. otherwise. Sir Uauirca writes : '''lt is ■dillicult for 'me to understood how the jury satisfied themselves beyon/l all reasonable doubt (as they were bound to' do) t'hat you were guilty. I could not, have e.omil to that conclu.s'ion imyself." Mr Solomon expressed a similar opinion. Air (!. Palmer reports that during September rain fell on 2fi'days, tho total amount. being 0.71. inches. The maximum was 1.26 inches, on Sept. S.

The annual meeting of the Mnngorei Hairy Company w.as 'held on Monday night, when m. satisfactory plate of affairs was disclosed. Our report will appear to-morrow.