LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7963, 28 October 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mi' Thomas 11. Haimr, iirivalo secretary to the rremi.'s, lias '.lecn aj>ji<iinct;l to suceeid Mr Huntley I'Hiotl, us Under-Secretary fur Mines. ..ml will take up tin: position at Hie end of tlk- year, wlicn Mr Klioll retires on a pinsn.n of £lnii a year. Mr 1 lamer entered tlk' service of the Auckland lHoviiici; 1 Council m 1H72, anil remaiuid in 1 In- service until I lit: provinces wire al.olsilud, v-li.n lit 1 int.-i'iil lb' service of the Bank of New Zealand. Two years later he fame l.i Wi-l!i on, and received a ii I apjx'int iiii'tit in tile Mines Department. lie aeted for a time as UnderSientary lor Mini s ill 1 lie StoutYogel Government, but on the department Ileitis mi rued into that of Lands, the duties were 1 taken over by Mr llunlly Kliott, and Mr Hamcr hic ime elnef clerk. In 1S.)! lie became private sccret'lery to the i Premier, in which position lie hail I become so widely known.—Tillies. A couple of doer were found swimming m tln- Nelson harbour a few days ago, both being caplured. Mr Trediga MC.irtd one, which he afterwards liberated, and a lad named Bennett the other one, which was taken lu the Nelson Acclimatisation' Society's enclosure. The tied', it was sliiud, came from the Glen, a nil U'avillal along- the Boulder Hank before, taliinj;; the water. The habitual improvidence of tlie Maori was illustrated in a striking manner a few days ago, when a native child, about ten years of age, attuKlim; o'lie of ,'t'h-e Wajiganai; schools, 'was observed by his teacher to he "Hashing" a couple of pound notes. On 1.-eimf? questioned t the vouthlul aborigional declared that l tlvy had Ihmi given him by his mother, but his teaclnr, having some doubts on the point, made inquiries, only to I'md, however, thai Hie \oimgstcr's tale was perfectly true. Furthermore the mother of the boy expre>.s:d much righteous indignation at bring reproved 'for giving her ofis| i'iiig si ch hi'gli value lo\s lo play with, a nd Sieuud to think t hue was nothing out of the way in doing so. It is only another example of ill- cheerful take-no-iihou'glii-for-to-niorrow atlitnde of the Maori, and explains as well perhaps as anyth'iig could the chrt nic pi miry in which so many of them-coutcnUdly m-nigh it; must he confessed—iog through the si niggle of existence. A gentleman who visited the country tlur it; the past few days, noticed (says th. 1 Camaru Mail) that a number of the farmers on the plains and Hal ground have had to plough up their wheat and re-sow with oats and barley. A number of tlie pota-to-growers are having lo re-sow potatoes. The greatest failures have been where cut, seed had bctn planted. To stop last moloring in Kvanston (Chicago) the police had the agreeable hamt of shooting at the lyiis (says the New York Sun). The chief of police "issued a stat ni'iii" lo the oiUci that "he woaid 111!< r his men to sh.iot not -.inly al ti;e tyris, but as tho- occupants of a'ltoinol/ilis if nw-sary to bring them lo a h.,-!i." .Some hmnaii' spirits in Kvai.su.n thought 1 hat wonnii automo.H'lists ought to lie ..pan I, and lh.it at least preliminary blank cartridges should be lirid'across the hows. Should (li.-y refuse lo come io aneli.,l real shots eoul.l hj- Tnd. Finally public sentiment was ;.,roi.sed bv the narrow escape of two or three professors, and shooting by the police was stoppul.

'I here was a somewhat unique h;.|iI'i'iiiiu ii! ill/ S.M, Conn last Week, ol.xi'ivis the Maiiawalu -Ilaijty 'films, tile services of a female inierpreli i wins called into use. The la.. ;nai;c. Bohemian, was also an exlf.ioriliii.in: one til' a NYw Zealaisl Court. Karinr in ;lie day Cluiits,' was the language in use.

lnv«ieat»il| mailers luiv,. fumeda Protection Ass,.rialit n, the principal o.i.rc! of whieli IS secure to shopkeepers immunity Horn ihv depiefhtlifins of tin- ••person who cm pav hilt llolSJi'l or Weil't." To thlS (•!:',I a "Mack iist has i:c; n distii-mif.'! among liiemiM\.

A vd\ lar,;e ul was eaU;;ln in the iiu I iia, List We''k. n iue»*siM'.d lit liin in i7in aiid \v; s -'.lit On tteinj; opened it was found to con a.n a Kcml liia in length.

I'll:' I'iimc Minisli-r i.( AuMralu (Mi Dcakm) lias received a letur in ;h,' iiiiUngrat'ioii question: Irom an old resident oi Vicii.ria who is now in New ,Zealand. Hie writer heartily approves of tlie idea of finding room ior jllwj families irom (lie Old Country, and also hopes (iiai the Commonwealth (ioverniiHiil wi'il do something toward* getting hack some of tin- Australians in New ZWUai.d. lie stales that lie lcit .Melbourne dining ihe had times iu IMI3, and in New Zealand managed to secure auction of land under a sptcial form of settlement. Now lie milks a lit'iil or •111 cows, and has no conipi'ainl against the country, except that it is not Auslralia. ile lias mel numbers of others who are of the same mind as himself. They are all doiii,-; well, Imt would only lie too "lad lo get liatk to their own country. This wilier hail "broken up" two farms, cleared and prepared 2l|ll acres, and, as Indole stated, is doing widl ; but .New Zealand is not Australia after all.

There still remain some twenty-six, iuiU i u the mV'Mv paper Yvh.eh lluOovenimenti hopes to pi'cecetl Willi. Of this milliter ovu a dozen hills ha\e pass, .1 th.'ir commit tee stape. Ih'- Australian and New 1 Naval Defence iiill, Iloiovs'lu'ima Uvlu; Hill, Kl.cirie Lines Ami'mhnent, New Zeahxtlf Kxhif iTicn and two hills introwle((l hy (loveMio' s message, in their preliminary slajys, form par*. of th. 1 hills yet to he finally dealt with, in regard !u> the Kieetrie Lims Aiiiendinenl Hill. tin. clauses increasing the penalties for violation of oath are to he dropped. Another will probably be devoted to local bills. Ii js probable* that the 1' iie Bill will have to slaiU o\er, as considerable opposition to the measure is Ukelv U> he shown in committee.

'I li T|> was a lull muster ul the hii'mI' 'is nl (In. eliMir a | Whitelev (.'hiiicli last evening for the lirst praeiie;' of M'lii'lir.ns from (lie "Mirsiiili" oratorio lnr th,' Oil islmas season. It had l l'l cn11 y ln'i.'ii decided lo |ml into Hhi.nsal sevei aI i;| ih t , nicst popular choruses fur t'lif,slmas Sunday, .Hill with II view I»i Si'niriiijr J|S f u |i an all endaiice ;l s possible of past anil picsi-iit mem,M-is nl th ( , choii, th () Ke\. .1. anil Mis Buttle enter' tin l choir a I lea. ltetween '""V •'i» l ''l'y lilies ,iml mn<li'im-i, «'rr,. present at the iiimti.,n, ami a| y l' I'-isant social limit- was spent . ■Mess is A mini! v mill fj. 11. While .•X-J'i.ssr.l the Hunks of the ch.nt- t„ tHc h<>s; iuiil hosi os l()' ill,, lin | ("/M-'li'liiy ('-V1 1 11;11■ 11. 1„ ,el„,owlul K■l'S.lJ'e y.ne, Mr Huttle said he Was , ' 'V ll'al ll,e choir h iU | " P I" a '"('(■■■ of Hie "Mess|a i. anil Impi d the members Woti'ld "I:"'"."'.'';' a t tendance. I 'l's H»l lie and himself irreat pleasuie to meet Ihe members of |he, 111 a s "''ial way. Several hvniii; i Wl "' •""I llicii the ehoir adjoin mil to the i-lnneli, where selecliun of ".Messiah" ('lionises Were rendered with Ki'eat spirit. lII.' Cliristeliiiieh (Vnsumpt ive Sanaiorium | S estimated to Cost <-|r,. I" 111 - 'I is proposed l„ provide sixty i Ix'us ior ciisi's ni <-*<uisumpti<m Uu't, ' 'a" In' cured yr beni'li toil by Ileal- i went.

The Northern S.S. Company have organised another of those delightful summer cruises the Ngapulii to tlic beautiful harhmut'» ami islands, along tlu: Northern coast. This is llie third season that these trips have heel) arranged, ami the nine days' outing is one that is productive of much enjoyiiK'iil. Thi' Ngapulii is timed to leave Auckland on Friday, I-Vlr. !), returning oil the Saturday week following. Full details arc oontainnl in a woU got up leaflet issued by the company.

The sale Oy auction of 2!) acres af lam! in the Grey District, advertise to l»e lield to-day bv Messrs Bewley and (irifliihs, by order of the Supreme Court, has Ixc; n postponed until Nov. 18.

The sale by tender ol an appropriation of £MO at U'acu d i-jily modeLatt* attendaiice of inenilK'is of the K(|uilatjle Huilding Society to the Town Mail on Fr.day evening. '1 he eliair was takm by ftlrS. W. Shaw, 'I ho sale realised tho satisfactory, price of £52.

Whittle) Church, Sundav, Cel. 27. Preachers : Morning, Rn ." K. F. Williams ; evening, hev. J. N. liultle. \isii r.s heartily welcome.*

The proprietor of the new Tlocadero, Kgmont Street, advertises in this issue the hill of (are provided for his patrons to-day.

Now thai the milking season is in full swing, there is a demand for good milkers, and (Lose requiring situations should apply to Myuott's Registry.

The Garrison Band will play selections on the. Ksplauadc to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock, A collection will i;t- taken up for the Salvation Army rescue work.

Subscriptions to the New Plymouth Investment, ami Loan Society arc payable to-day up to 5 p.m. Mr ami Mrs Goodman, medical spc cialists, can be consulted at) the Imperial Hotel.

I l ?utries for the Canlerbury Metropolitan Show exceed those of last year, which were a record, by 175. The increase in sheep is from to 7'58, cattle 217 to 211, and horses 101 to 522. All who are, interested should not fail to obtain all information concerning the dairy cow competition in, connection with the Agricultural Society's show. The prize money oficrcd in this class is £26, which should induce good competition. Kntricsfor Ibis class oidy close on Saturday next, Nov. -I, at 5 p.m., with the Secretary only.

Mr and Mrs J. (iccdnian, medical specialists, who are now practising ,n New Plymouth, are meeting with success. Mr Goodman statvsi that already tliey have afforded relief to several chronic cases in this town. Alihoupji they Heat (l variety of diseases, thj chief feature of their practice is with female ailments, and this department is under the direction ofj Jirs Gcodman. Mr Gooilman will he. pleased fo allord any inHjrmatiein to any who call at his consulti.ng rooms Imperial Hotel (side entrance), daily bclween the hours of 10.30 a.m. and 7.'id p.m.

1 lie University of \"e'v Zealaml examinations to he belli in New Plymouth next montl v conimem-e on Monday, the lilh.at St. Andrew's schoolroom, the Rev. S. S. Osborne bein-r the supirvisor.

The New Plymouth Railway Dcvia- !" " '-'l> was put through Committee 1 t-e en Ihursday night.