LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7951, 14 October 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The matron of the Hospital acknowledges with thinks a parcel of 1 books and magazines forwarded by Mr Holbrook. Miss Jessie Maclaclilan, the singer of the "aukl .Scots' sangs," who sang many of them for the lirst time in Wellington Town Hall on Monday night, is something more than a singer. Shr is an actress of great power, and wields an hypnotic inlluence on a charmed audience that rouses every spark of enthusiasm lying doiVnanl in the dour Scot's or any other kind of beast. She is a splendid sample of brunette womanhood— handsome, commanding, vigorous and compelling. The moment she appears, although you don't know whether slic can sing, you are glad to see her. Slw is" glad to see you, too, as she trips with artful artlessness to the front of the platform, and smiles. When she lilts up thai rich voice ol hers, which has a wonderful range and a striking, resonant quality, you arc justified in being pleased. It is in the stirring songs of Scottish patriotism, the wild and intense music of her native country, that Miss Maclachian does tier finest work, although nothing she sang lilted the audience off its .feet and made it cheer so loud and long as just "Rule Britannia." The linger such spirit into this song that she seems to grow and expand into greater • magnificence with every ringing note, every proud gesture. At the Police Court on Friday, before the S.M., a middle-aged m»n named John Adlam, of Wailri, adinittlie charge of attempting to commit suicide. Consrable Ueattie, of Waitara, detailed the circumstances ol the case, which were to the effect that the accused, who had conducted a carrying business for some years past, had lately got into straitened circumstances, and took to drinking heavily. On Sept-. 18, at Waitara, accused purchased a packet of powder with fuse attached. Proceeding! to a vacant block near the Council . Chambers, ho ignited the fuse, placed the package on the ground, and laid his head across it with the intention of blowing himself up. The effect ol the «xplosion was to severely burn him about the face and arms. He told the constable, after the attempt, that he was tired...of life. Accused explained to the Magistrate that lie was drunk when lie made the at tempt, and if hj» had been sober he would have known that , quantity of powder to be ineflcctive. He had had considerable trouble ot y late, and was partly paralysed in the i' arms. The S.M. lectured the accusid ■ c upon his foolish conduct. A prohibition order was issued against hilii, and he was ordered to come up for L ' sentence at any time within three 11 montlis if called upon. 11 We have been requested to state " that an erroneous impression is curn rent respecting the extent ot tile purchase of the Onehunga ironwork plant that lias been made by Mr Mcls Lariy on behalf of the Transvaal >•. Iron and Steel Company from the i. Otago Iron Kolling Mills Companv, Uurnshle. A portion only of th c ! Onehunga plant has been sold to Mr McLarty, the balance being retained by tlte Iron Rolling Mills Company, >1 which proposes to erect it and olherlv wise to increase the plant it has in I operation.

Hie Arbitration Court at Duncdiu awarded Aggie Hosking £IM) for ilic loss pf her husband, who was killed on tli? Rising.Sun dredge. A Hawera message states that when approaching the Tougahve Hridge on Friday mornirifi with a !oa<l of milk f«r the Mells factory, Mr J. P. Baker's horse shied, and wmt over a did. The driver jumped out just m time. The cart was smashed to pieces and the horse drowned in the river below. The milk cans were washed out. to sea. Forty Flaxbourne settlers, at a meeting on Friday, formed an association fur niutnal protveticn. 'lit.' speakers complained bitterly oi th.' administration of llie Roads Department, thousands of pounds being expended on useless works, while so®' cannot gain aceess to their holdings. Complaint was also made of the unsatisfactory mail service, and there iK-iiig no schools. A strong executive was elected. Theri> is money in beer. At tlie last annual nuvtind at London oi the .well-known brewing lirm. Arthur f.'uinoss. Son & Co.. it was agreed to place the sum of £IIO,OOO -to the re .serve lor capital expenditure and I'or ei lit initwit's and £:{O,4H)O to th,-de-I'l'.ciai ion iiiird, lo carry forward t hi: sum of jLliT.liy, anil to pay a tinnl dividend oi 8 |«*r crjit. and a banns of i per cvnt., making, with an interim dividend, » total of 2<> per cent. And llie chairman declared that the company's profits bad bfe» adversely affected by the high price of materials. Very heavy rain at Duncdin on Thursday night, coupled with the partial blocking of the outfall stormwater channel at SI. Clair, caused floods on the western portion of the flat, and some damage to Corjioi'atiou property. A Duncdin telegram received on Friday states that the weather has turned very cold, and that there is snow on the hills throughout the interior. The Sonoma left 'Frisco on the )2th, at 3 p.m., with the Knglish mail. s An Ashhurton telegram states that at the Magistrate's Court on Fridav Frederick Wilson, alias WhitehousV, was committed for trial on charges of breaking into a dwelling, and atOcTT' burglary at Chertsey on The Hutt County Council's traction engine and stone-breaker seems to have been a good investment. The engineer (Mr A. W. Newton) slates that the past fifteen months' Woiking of the machinery shows a profit of £226 7s, the proportion for lie past six months of the period ig •'•I- 1 ' 17s. During the six broil 7\l n yar ' ls 0f slone wpr <- hioken, 71.) yards delivered on the 1971 yards Herat,-d"' A MI" P ' 811,1 r*ic «i v c * AIVU - At the present >c thf engineer computes that tlw> n 'V. t,,o,JfeWl ,j' ni «.v lw hard to he lit is' neverth ]'" Manawi "" *<»rrdard, L ' " r,hll '' ss tr "" t-tiat there N wh v.i in,hl * provincial «ljstriot I -m'^'"T 1 vi'n . ! • ""known. This idvllic >y is I'ahautamii. in <| u . o'taki "I'-ctorate. o„Salmvlav las, all hi J supiestered township. there was pl-n '< wain,; or football-, 1,,. lirsl ev,T pla\rd in lb,, hi, , 1 ' r . ui, pi.H an ,] a | arg -,. num. Kilned ih" '"""cd out to ~ ' , "" Vl-1 '« which "'c contestants showed good f unn A singular cfTocl of a recent storm was In he observe at a •« »mles from Oinua bridge (sav* he Ma nan at i, J>ail.v Times). Kora "lig distance, in a narrow belt of about, a mile ~, width,,a fall of snow bad taken place, this white •belt stretching nlonjj tile lace of the countrv for a considerable distance. prrajm'ing n strange contrast to th* delntprd surrounding's. Th,. sifrlit to Ibe passengers oi, the Foxton train was n most -xtrnnrdinarv one. I "To see the I'rinee of Wales take up th,- refrain 'For he's a: iollv go(K | fellow' was worth watching,flays in French reporter in writing nboiit Ihe visit of tin' French fleet. "We have nothing like tlwit in Franc,?—an llivr Apparent singTOg * popular tune at an official l;aii(|i!et in chorus with his comrades. We are two much ljut toned up mid tiij-ht-laced."

At (risbortw on Friday twe auctioneers were ftned Is Mid costs for selling altet 6 p.m. It ttiat after a Druids' secral they sold fcy auction baskets of "possesions." For the defence it was alleged tftat they*, sold only picture postcards, whidh were claimed to -be, works of art, and with these went the riglit-ft) take a' lady owner of a basket into supper* Mr Anthony Fiala who, speakiig from recent experiencu, has twes tiling us bow fhc North Pole will reached, has ignored the notatile prophecy of M. Santos-Duincmt, who <k> clares that the aeronaut,, -will b« tha lirst man there. I'mllsmayed by tit» fatu of Andree, 'he says that, the 'balloonist will steer from tihe lew-locked ship, and, guide-roping over tho lew hundred miles to -tho Pole, at tln» rate of forty to fifty mile* an hour will do the journey there nod back in a day. "I do not, any! that they will land for t'hit first time at- thv Pole, but, they will oirele round tbe spot, take nljservations, and return —for supper "

Returning home after the cycle run to the Opihi on Thursday, a young limn and a young- woman- became so affectionate thut 'they Cycled aloirgi with their artns round each otJrers' lieckfl. They woro «o engrossed in «r interesting conversation ttmt ifliey did not notice a trap which was approaching them until it was quJt* close. They tried to make ■way for it. and as a result, fell over afcianti. No bones were broken, but tlwy roda home chastened in spirit, and kept their hands on their hnndbars for remainder of the I jourae}'—'Ttimaru Post.

The gamo of football is now to be used In London as a nretfium for finding work for the unemployed- A club—'the North London I'tieniplojNKf Football Club—has been formed, a*»d It has for its objects 1. To in touch with employers of labour who may possibly be patrons of the 2. To keep the 151 employed out ot mischief, and so keep their body a«d mind employed 'during the aftersoom

A proposal that arra**Rwinets should be made fur a visit 10 Australia of a party of accredited representatives of the leading British newspapers, who shouM be c«n«ucl,,l through the Coramonwealt* »Ml shown its resources as a W<l f ' )r c *l" onisalion) muets witto oome w*™uf amongst mombers of the Federal Mrliainent. Mr Watson, lender l <*the Labour Party, in concnsatlon wH*a representative of the Agw. himself as a wann supports ot toe idea. "If." »«M Mr' Watson. ' the Kritish"'journalists would dwrrbo tbe countrv as they.tind it, I sure * would provide an #y«-opener Urr trre world. If they wouhl put folitlca and political bias aside altogether ""J 1 ' thev had sent the enorinoua poterrUalities <f the Coimiwnwrtiltte, 'Wf would soon dissipate any fa's® nations that may exist In t-he winds of the readers of their l<«l>erv. The Sydney—Vancouver despatch of mails on September '? London on the aftetnoon ol trio-,llth inst. a ..„ At the civil sitting ot tie »M. Court on Friday by fault was entered 10 the, cases Catherine Mclsaac .(Mr Maione) v. Richard Sarroll, board and residence £l6 8s 10dv costs £1 • 6d- George Griffithß :(Mr J'lCatie.rber't) v. Louis Allen (Palmcrs-fcon North), goods £5 l'2s M, costs £1 3s 6d. In the casn of R- C. Hughes t, Louis D. Callaghan (Mr Fitzherl)crt), a claim for £3B 13s lid money obtained, judgiicnt l»v 7s lid, with £1 13s costs. A number ot other cases were settled dr adjourned. The Dunedin Star staled that tho other day . a certain butclier in town was filling up his cart with t!.e customary pitces of sheep and ex, and other edible quadrupeds, when a gentleman with i load of flayed pigs in an open waggon arrival, and backed up alongside While the butcher's? horse and the other man's horse were still eyeing one another round the edges of their blinkers one of those rumbling receptacles for Tfoad scrapings clanked round a. coraer and pulled in between. The atteniCit man with a shovel Hooped np a complex-looking heap tint ha 4 been swept together by a' pro'ious' gentleman with a brush, and tlirew It at the rumbling receptacle, A. passlnj breeze took a hand ih tiro bflsinesß,. and the meat in the other carts took on to its surface what ihe krewe dropped. The man with the strand said "Gar-rup ! n and hj» and the horse and Uie 'tumbling receptacls made for the next heap that stood to the crtdit of the preceding gentleman with the brush. The ktitcher and the man with Hayed kors remained where they were, and wondered at the intelligence of the jnnni. eipality. The enlightened publio a tie the meat.'

The strange siwctaole yf a Iron playing with a child is reported to have been witnessed at Vryheid, Natal. A Dutch larmet, aceoifl>a*led by his wife and little boy, was out shooting game- Suddenly the at ten-, tlon of th# parents was drawn to the child, who had toddled a rtiort distance to gather flowers. Crowing with delight, tbe little fellow was pulling the hair of a great fullgrown lion, and the aniimal appeared to be enjoying the operation. Spellbound the farmer awl his Wife stoii gazing on the scene ; tie father, er. en if his gun bad contliv.'d a shot, could not bav« fired because uf the child. The Hon skipped sportively about tbe boy until, startled fy tbe loud shouts of the parciity, it Waited quietly away, followed by a li<hess, which up to then had lain con'--ccaled in the grass. A hunt was afterwards organised, but tbe lion? disappeared into th« thick bush. Through the breaking of another rod, eaus'rd by fatiHy welding, bori»g at Moturoa have reoeiml, another (•11601.'. As the break occurred at a depth of about 1000 fret, it will be necessary to lift « considerable length o! piping, which will occupy a day or two. The Government Engineer, Mr Hayes, who reports eo the Departmejit on the bor-e, returned to Wellington on Friday. He kas a good opinion ot the proupcCts of the local oil lipids.

While contesting one ol tho eveats [ early in the programme »f the Hfgh .School sports on Friday afternoon, a youth named Harry Cook (secretary; to the sports) had Ihe misfortune to injure tho muscles of his thigk. He Was attended to by Dr. Kookee, and conveyed to his residence. Though not serious, the injuries arc such that recovery lvjl] be tedious. Members of the Hawcra Hospital Hoard were in New Plymouth ou Friday, conferring with tlio Taranaki Hoard as to terms for the treatment of Ilawera patients at Hie hospital and Old People's Home. In the afternoon the Ilawera representatives visited the latter institution, and expressed greatr pleasure at the excellent manner in which the Home is conducted.

In connection with the Chief Justice's decision that the New Plymouth Borough Council has power to charge a license fee on vehicles plying [lOlll within the borough (0 an outside terminus, the prosecution against the Opunake coach driver, R, White was referred back to the S.M. The Magistrate (who bad prrrionsly found against, tire Council), at Fnday s sitting lined tbc defendant ss, with il Is costs. Mr Quillram appeared for the Conncil, and Mr Roy for the defendant.

The hearing of th*. applicatioa «jade by Mr hdward.Kowell (Mr ITutchefl-) 10' 4 nwiuti'iiancc ord«r against bis son hdward James Rowvll (Mf Koy), was concluded at the Police Lourt 011 Friday. An order was matle lor payment of ss. The. circumstances were explained at the previous hfarijig.

\ lsit " ]l ' l'.(!inont Toiracconbt atid Saloon, nnnr thr ftOur nt-w fxpi-H ftvm Auckland in linirdrvssing- shaving'will sfivc you cuiujilvtc SvttijfvKrUcm.*

WtitfeUy Ckuttt, RuiSay, Oct. IS. fttadjw : R»t. Jj S., BuWe, morning an€ eTMinff., ViSltofs mad* weleome-* Mr G. TisoU aA«4UQc«s tfce Hatee ol bis addressee to ffte eitcWrs a't Westow», Fitzroy acd Oi»*t». ( The Ajrlcuitural Depattraeut gotfcfies that Miss Breen, dairy isstruot- 0 ress, *"ill Iw statjened at N»W Plymouth, and that owners M register- < ed dalrits making bullet for export can have her services on application. io (he grader here. ( Messrs Bewley anß Ckiffiths will s®fl by auction on Saturday, Oct. 28, ; two parcels of land by order trf the Supreme Court. Particulars will be Sound in another columnA general servant is adyeitised for in this ivssue. ! The WU ol fare at the new Troca- j dero to-day will he found in our advertising aolurrms.