LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7948, 11 October 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ai a i-'«iii meeting <>f 'ln- \u-.ur-iau Cneket Association it was sl.iH'il llu.i members of Hie last Australian lealll (liviillil lli"lii-y illllO'.IMUlIt; lo £!|i:li per nun.

Tin- Imililiiii; and furiiisliiiij; by the I New Zealand (iovoriiiiiciil ol .in ai--011111110.1.111011 luiusi- ill Kan.loiipi ate now nmiplfii'l, mill \isite.rs (o U,u.> lohiyi i.iii now ilrpniil on securing coinion.ilili' nuariers. Tlip house, whi'h has Im-l-ii named "Whare Manulim." contains Mi* bedrooms ami lour public rooms, anil has bc.n placed under llu- ihaip- of a competent manager, wlillc t!ic tariff is fixed at the moderate r.«li' of 12s per week. The (joicninunt an anxious to encourage tourist traffic Willi llu- CookIslands, anil the Union Steam Hiip Company 10 assist havp agrivl to issue return ticket* at single fares lo visitors piiiiveiliiif; In Karotungs to take up a temporary lesidi niv llnre.i As tlieai'eniiiiiioil.ii:. ii availalil,- at llu- "Wluic Miin-.i, i; •is ~n l y limiti.l as \,.i, \ isiims are advised |o make wiih the Tourisl l),'|..i rlir.cn I heliire leaving New Zc.w lan.l.

The Keililmu Kami Cunles: opeiuil onTms.lni, iln- ive.ilher Ik in;; sliow--11 ry <•■<.! ( -..M. '| 1,. f,.l| mV in- hands a'lenileil Hie riT'pij,,!, al llr i.e r airs' in i lie ait. mien :-ll,iniil|,„ M„,,jci|m!, Illmheim (iaiiisen. Wantanui Cny. I'alinersiui, Ni,i ih Miiiiieipiil .mil I'Vihli,,-.

II"- sl.Heiiieni 1..i;l helm,,. |\,,liamnil mm M.uml.i}. fii\in K I],,- revenue I'M tin- six lliDinhs nnlii, K Scpl. lilt lusl, slums an inerease ~f t;i117,X7!l out Ihr i-..rivs|iciiiiliii- iici'iinloiiast. ye r. Tin- imilv items In wliiili lh;re is a tli-cri-rfst" are stamps, income lax, .mil rash laml sales. The greatest expansion is 10 he found under Hie In-ailing "I uilways, which exhibit an inerease of fc'i:i,Hlitl. Mr .1. (.Valium (iw. I h... Tra-.1,. foininissioii.T lo SuiiHi Aii-icn. who has Im-.ii r.-1-nll.-.l mi mi-uuiil op Hie willi. liawal ••! I hi- iJoVeainiciri snl,si,h 1., ihe SonUi Allien.i servile, will r. mm in V,.« /, ,iliii,il In 111,, mrl.ine sl.am.T. Maheiio, on her uijat..' lo tile co'/'.'liv.

The work of col loci ing'the) raiwintf oH he nun of the Hrilisli forces who fell in (he war has now been completed, in spite of the great difficulties necessitated by the enormous area to be searched, wrote the Johannesburg correspondent of Ihe London Telegraph, under the dale of August (3. The bodies o'f several thousands of British soldiers havebeen reverently exhumed from the graves on the Transvaal batlleiiclds and conveyed lo central cemeteries at Pretoria. Middlcburg, Harbcrton. Pot-j chcfslroom, Johannesburg, Slandvrton, and Lydeiiburg, and icinterred with military honours. The inimlier of graves opened is 21H0. and about olKlti bodies have liven rcinlenvd. The Covernment are prepared to supplysketches and photi/graphs of the graves, and mi inspector has been appointed tc keep the cemeteries in order. Thousands of inquiries have been received from relatives i>r Ihe dead, and in nearly all cases the' authorities have been aide Io furnish particulars, of Ihe final rcbiirial.

Al liivereargill recenlly. Joseph Wallis. keeper of ti fruit shop at liivers.iale, stales thai, hearing a noise in his shop, he opened Hi" door and found two men inside. They asked him to come and speak lo them. On. caught, him by the throat, (brew him and knelt on his chest.. They rojbied him of £."> odd, counted the money and invited him to meet them in t-h* morning, but before the hour set they were in (!ore, whence they depart I'd Dunedinw-anls. The police are still looking for the men.

The publication of the will of Signor PUirio, a well-known money lender of Naples, who committed suicide by jumping out of a window, caused considerable astonishment. He has left his estate, valued at £100,000,t0 the hospilul for incurables in that city, on condition that a commemorative tablet should be placed in the wards built with the money,.'bearing this inscription : — v The t inoney Which' I obtained from the wealthy. . which in turn they wrest ml from-the poor, now returns to the poor."

At the Christchurrh Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, William Rushton was fined £1(1 for Riving a false alarm of fire, and James Cray was fined £5 for betting in Colombo Street.

It was not (says the Maimwatu Tinies) a liquor but a uo-liecnse parly who mixed his metaphor on Saturday night, and caused the crowd to lay back its head and latig-h. " T-n America." said Mr Talk,—"-.wonder-ful country—they put live sausages in al one end of the .factory and turn them out dead pigs at the' ether ! " After vainly gesticulal iue for some five minutes. Mr Palk make himself heard again and reverse*! the process.

The naliiralisalion of 2.", prisons is nolilii.l in last week's Uiizette. Most of them appear to be Scandinavians. During last month the-estates of IP deceased persons were plmr.l under Ihe nianageinenl of the Public Tins, lee.

Of the Ittenti-live t'llilnse who nrrivid al Wellinglon from Sidney by Ihe Moiiowan, liftivn were new cob nisls. four being women.

liKpiirics aiv to bo made by tin CoviTniii.'nt to san-guard tin- interest ol tlw colony against the colon.\'s oil fields billing ili|to (the hands of an American trust.

■"Tiff Maori's only avenue to a physical salvation,''' Hi-. I'.on.aie says, -is tlii- settlement of tile land question. Settle I lie laud (rucstion, and all tb" reforms, sanitary and otherwise, must follow as a natural sequence. Individualism and the settling: of 111,. native lands is the pivot upon whiih the sahalion of the Maori race rests."

Lord Ilalshury has jus; completed the tenth year of his third term of otlice as Lord Chancellor. lie has tilled the otlice of Lord Chancellor lon-er than any since Lord Kldim : he is the exception .to iln- rule that no criminal law.ver ever ivnchis tin woolsack, ami his dumenls from the public purse, have reached the vast sum of .LKiO.llOl). with the promise of more under the (lovcrnmenl that won't resign.

Signor Itragnto, (,'overnmen( \iticuliunisl, has juslilied his claim to be able, to pr./iuce ripe hothouse grapes in Sept, tuber, as ripe grapes from his I'vpei'inu ntal \iuer\ at llir kenhead were marketed 011 the last day of Ihul rnoMh.

Tit.' following is taken front Jlansnrd ;—"I know, sir, thai it is n.it considered right lor n city member to make any remarks upon Ihc land irncstiim, in- lii -deal with Hie subject ui' tlti' land in any way, l>nt when 1 sir wlin! 1 f.v'i bound to tall "political highwaymen'"—because J can dcsignat.'lhcm as nothing else—in the form ui tl.t- Farmers' I'nion. making ■ll grab ui the public estate, of which I am one of the truskvs. 1 feel bound to say something about ii.—.Mr Mi!»

A pupil in Standard VI. at Ihe Hastings District High School. in describing Ihe election of members to Parliament, wrote : "Cue man gets tip of tile list, and goes up on the platform to make a suitable speech, and is cairied along to the nearest hotel, when: men drink his health lor the next 'l'lin*' y.ars."

The Milhounie-Biiiulisi despatch of Sept. 6 arrived in London on the 7th insl.

Nelson-grown [.otatoes have made their appearance in Wellington and are being ivtnil.it'at "Ui per lb. The Land Purchase I'-oard has comineiicid a valuation of the t'lydevale estate, in Otago. with a view toils acquirement by the Covernmeiit. A portion of the Ilill i estate, ln,000 acres, is also under oltei".

It is estimated thai I.iMID.IMiiI feet of timber will be required for tire ('liiistehurch K.vhibit ion building, and costing over JL2(i,l««). The Mayor of Wellington mentioned a i. w days ago that during iha last twelve months there had 'Me. n about Suit applications f< r eiiipbnmu.l in the Wellington tramway ser»icoi

A Clirislchutch teligiain states that! there ate 55-ti iiaiti.-s i.n tin' Lytt.dloii main roll, which has just liieii comnlctcl, as against l!l«n on all the rolls at the last diction. So far :i(MI persons have ncLf.-cltil to register their names. Members of Hit New Ph mouth Cricket Club are reminded of the prat-rice match on the Tukapa ground to-morrow afternoon. l'layi-rs aro asked to assemble at 1 o'clock, as sides will hi- picked. Another of the progressive cucliic parties anil socials will he held al St. Joseph's school renin 10-morrow cvcniiig. The ladies' tournament prize will be ~ beautifully worked handkerchief salehcl, and the gentlemen's award a silvcr-mounlcd walking-tlick. Messrs JSewlcy and titillitlis announce a sale by auction on Saturday, Cct. 28, of a sittir.ii of about 2!) acres on i| u . Maiigorci Hoad by older of th,. Supreme Court. The D.O.A. invites lenders for the purchase of Mr 11. A. Lcnnon's inleresl in Wale's eslale.

•Inst landed-Our first consignment oi Xinas jewellery and solid silverware Nov.- ,„, v i t . w J,, „||. (vindfiw a lovely display of new e'l-agciiiehi lings, new hrooclies, ,„. w '.aisles, ~ew i'" I ',' 1 sl V' r S I"- I'.e viry )cs|. (,„„ : | value l,eyo„d .dispute, t.ilefully note Hie address; .1. |j I arker, Watchmaker, Jeweller and "pli'-ian, nexl railway crossing. Devon Street Central, New Plymouth." Messrs Moiey and Son have an attractive replace advertjsenient in this issue.