LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7972, 8 November 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Taranaki Aclimatisatioii Society has received 25,(Hin rainbow trout fry from the Hawcra Society. These lia-.e been placed in the'natchtries at the Itecreation Ground for dlsirihutioii in various rivers next season. The Borough Works Committee meeting will i.-e held on Friday cvcii- , in view of the public holiday on Thursday. The Technical School will he closed i n Thursday, in honour oi the King's ■ Birthday. The Taranaki Field Club have ar- ' ranged an outing to Sentry Hill miiiorrow. This, the lirsl lii-ll day orLanisid, is likely to prove interesting and instructive to meiiiOtrs. The local Thesiiiaus are enthusiastically practising for the performance • f '-Dorothy," their next production. As there is cm iderable liftcnt in the easle, a suit..ssful peiforniance is as- " surcd.

A remarkable experience befell the ".hip's eat" of the Koyal mail steamer Ortoiij on the last homeward voyage of that vessel. Soon after lb Ortoiia left Sydney the Cat was missing. When Ihe vesse was steaming through ihe (lull of Ad.n, :« days afler her departure from Sydney, the ..Mention of me of the engineers w s allracttd by a faint mewing Horn tin. refrigerating chamber. Th s chamber had not Im ;=n opened since i lhe Orioiia hit Sydney. An exam- . in.uion o[ the chamber, was, )mv er. promptly made l.y the engineer, who found (he unfortunate cat in ,1 lerrihly emaciated condition. King upon a box ~f butter in Up dumb, r? Vih n thecal was brought upon deck 'I was apparent ih a t lii ■ animal had undergone terrible sufferings from cold and hunger, one oi its ears an I and portion of its nose being bitten oil by the icy temperature °ol lhe chamber. Strangely enough, however, the fur of the cat had gr.iwn to a great length during its imprison num. but was s„ l,i OS e thai it came out' friely when the animal wa< Mrok.il b\ kindly li all( |.s Th( , vitjlily will, which cats arc cr.d't d was |iro!;al.ly never s,, .stnkintlv de'uoiistraled. F„r S2 d.ivs the ani-u-al exi.st.d without fo, ,| j„ a ~,„,. hiralure varying from 72 d.-g. | 0 .11! deg., but ii is surniiscl that the ninial Wis enabled to quench its thirst by licking the moisture from the walls , f the chamber. The cat has since recovered, ard is on board thOrli.na. Its fur. witch was id bVk. is now (in-id with white.

A stnrt has been m,..|e with r1... •■r.i-lion of the ne« technical school nl'Temiika. The carpentrt shop is 1„ l.e erect.il lirsl.

The railway staff ~t Oii.g., intend raising ilim, .wiih which to .-u.b u ii luilway bed in the new hospital wing at Hum-din.

the alterations necessilated hv lh* duplication i,,f lb,- l.'unedin—Mosgiel line will involve the removal of the engine sh, ,ls at liimeilin, and negotiations are juoevding between the department and the 1 Harbour Hoard with a vi. w to acquiring- land for a new site on the;reclaim. -ip area between the I'elichet, Hay railway station ami the ce nl works.

A visitor in Tiiilwipr remarks ilial. on a reciu Sunday a crickel match was played on live recreat ion eround, i lir li.xture beiue advertised in Ihe papers. -The Sunday cricketers." h. continiies. "gel mi well willi church people, and are careful Mini their recreation hours do not clash with inn ill services or Sumla.v school." Mr .1. A. ' Ituddirk. Die I'anadiaii I'air.v C inissioncr. has jus! roinrii:(l In Canada (ruin a visit u> l'.nalaiul in company with a nundier of other e.xpirls. Liverpool proposed to expend four- u( five millions un extra dock niToimnudai inn. and it is proposed lo provide bettor facililiis I'm- the cold siora t ;,- of Ca

At a reception in Sydney in honour oi the Mikado's Ihiriliday. the .Japanese I'ousnl-tieneral liTrnounced thai ill, Japanese Mmcnimeni had" ask.il him in thank Australia lor li.-r svtnnath.v .Inline Mi. war. -\ •no.p.eship nl has) alrivc.l al Svbie.v In, 111.-Drienl Coiupanv's ()i----loria in a cmsienmeiii „f I'.imiritu he,s from lialv for M,- W. v-bram. of IS-ertoit. Aliliiiiiuli ronlinod lor live W'.'!s. the I s ca„:.„ ti.hai.il in exivll, in condition. 'lh,- object of the illl|lol till inn is 10, illll-o-duce fresh hi",.d into the Slate, (ill,'.' ve.1i,,,. .- M, ' Xbrau.'s s|,ecialt.v . and t-he succes-ful imporiattoi, fro,,, ■ ItaK o'isl" i"'le efadvanlai;,' m beek.-,'|i-"is eeiierallv . A miner named Cornelius I divjran narrowly escaped will, his life Ml,' other nioniiir-ir. „a\s I lie liiiinuali- '•■■' Herald. It app-ars thai he was uorkine , son,,- alluvial »rouu ar I'aph-slon when ho was ~|iil,,-.1i1,.,| in a lar,i:e fall of gravel Afier strnoni. iilK lor four and a half hours lie dually succ, eded In eurjratiim himself lie sustain,.l severe bill |lo| Norloll, i.i.iuri.'s al.oiii ih.. I.ndv mid head. and had arm partially disabled. 'l'll,' limber trail., in the Auckland prnvinc,' is leporpd lo l„. \iiy slack il'iition. It is al.-,. slated thai Un'i'" arc tc„ mills in course of ,'i,'it urn in Mi... husU a,,,im,| Tan. I'll- lion. U. I'. Reev.-s. Ilicdi Commission,,.. i„ ucknouledeiny a cnr.era"datnr.v t.tter „n his appnini tnenl. from the companionship of the l.vtleltnll Times, wrnlc :- I sllnldd be a -iraiim- man if I were mil irrat Mini to lind thai Niiin.i nf the \,-iv /.eaianil Wnlkel-s have not l'n|-.;Ot I ,'l| lli.V huinbli, i-iTnrts. ,11s Miuisier uf Labour, in 1-,'iiuivesome nf Mi,, ilisailviintaees which Mien neighed upon Ml, ,111. If !„V life lllis not |„-,n elltilViv Us,' |,.-s. ,1 i' ,-hielly owine |., vvlial I was able lo do anil gel others lo tin l.el.elw.en IS'.III mill ISilli : andlif Miese .udeavours in' Hie cause <,( reform were no, all ocelllcr fruillcss. il ivas' owine 10 Mic to.val support uliich 1 receiv, ,1 from the trades unions ami. from a laree maiorily of the workers I have never f.,i- K ..t i.-n Mils support, and I am never likrlv f,. for-

Some two years ngo, says the -Efc- j elidnmii K.vpt'oss, a stui'tecl on I lie railway lino a few, miles suiitli of Ekctahunn, and through t-li.i wiikl rising if was carried on tu the properly of Mr I>. Shwhylt. where it, •did considerable ftaiimrre to fences ami stock. The railway men who were in ihu vicinity workinjr at the time wcro alleged to have caused the lire, hut they ileiiiKl all knowledge nf its origin, uik I the Kail way liepartnieiit disciniinnl any liability. The Atvorney(leneral was. iherei'oiv. apjilied to for his consent to a suit, 'being brought against, the Crown in (he IHsiricl (,'ourt. but the consent was refused. Mr ShecllMl (ri'presellt.d b\ Mr I 'age, solicitor), th, reupoii |iel it iuned I'ar- : liuinenl for redress, ami Hie mutter was set 'down to be inquired into 'by a Selfct Coniinillee of the House.' 'l'here was a certain amount of circumstantial evidence as to Hie origin of the lire, and the commit tie, after hearing all the evidence (including thai of the line n:;-n). recommended that Mr Sln-eh.v n be compensated for the damage sustained. The recommendation was adopted by the i!o----vernineiit. and Ihe sum of t I.M.v compensation put. on the Supplementary Kstimales.

In an action at law reccnlly fried in the Supreme Court at Melbourne before lib; Chief Justice of Victoria, Sir .luliu Madden, and which was brought by Sander and Sims, the well-known eucalypti ex tract manufacturers, against a syndicate of three persons, styling themselves the Sandhurst Eucalypti Distillery, fol improperly passing their goods as that of Sander and Sous. 11 appeared that there was lately introduced on the market a eucalyptus preparation styled " Niere's Kucalypti Mxtract, late with Sander and Sons-" 11 was sworn at the trial tliatNiere was sixteen yeais ago (in 1K89), when a lad of 18, employed for only 10 months at Sander and Sons' ; he had commenced, in IWI7, fo distil i his own account a crude eucalyptus oil, which he sold at Is Cd pel lb. It -was admitted in Court that the pro-duct-offered by the syndicate af Is ftd per ounce is the same article tis the one previously sold by Nierre at Is fid per lb. One witness stated in the witness |hox thai he had used the product of the syndicate, but was foiceil to discontinue its use on account of the' irritation il produced. Allhuigli the syndicate admitted that they first placed their article' before the public in December, 100-1, ye-l they "Suited in their circular that ".this extract has for more than a quarter of a century become recognised as an indispensable household and all-round remedy." The Chief Justice sajd, during the course of the trial, on objection by the syndicate to produce the original dickd'ation, that, as the action was one for passing oh'only, inc. statutory declaration was, except in that respect, not material. • He, however, Compelled its production. His Honor further icmarked, with reference to th? gi'nuine Sander and Sons' lOucalypli Kxlract, thai whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good .qualities, etc., it is nor permissible to imitate any «1 its features, and he granted a perpetual injunction resirainmg the syndicate from doing so, and from producing the circular referred to, as the medical reports contained therein were cases which had been cured by Sander and Sons' Kxtraei. He also ordered tliem to pay all costs of Sander and Sons. The Melbourne-Brindisi despatch of October 1 arrived i„ London „n the night, of tin. third iusl.

Rider llag'gnrd'sj fascinating romance "Aye.vha." thesetpiel to ••She" which has been running through the Windsor Magazine., will be on sale in complete book form about November l.">. The- volume contains .'lßl page* :W pages of illustrations-by Maurice (irietVeiihag, n, 'and will he issuiil fir Australasia at is (inl wrapper and .'ls lid doth gilr. Ward. Lock and Co. are publishing the work j„ „ new -style of binding. Cable advice has been received that the ris English edit ion of ■•Ayisha" is having mi imise sale in ibe o |d country.

Speaking at a meet ing of the Presbytery of- Ilallarat North (lie Rev. Alexander said I're.sle, icriaiis were Cod's silly sheet). '1 hey had no public cntcrlaiiimentK in aid of their own funds, ami they were kindly invited to subscribe to those of oilier deiioiu millions.

It is n fuel worthy of,note, says the _Sapier Telegraph, that when Mr .If. W. I'. U.scellcs transferi'iil.the ollicial assignee agency to his successor there was not a single es-tale open on th, books. Such n state of things, has never been known beforn in the history of llawke's May. and speaks Weil for lhe prosperity of the people.

Considerable anxiety is fell at the Criterion Hotel as to the whereal.ouls of Mr Frank Sorrtll, the bookkeeper ot tin- establishment. Nothing lies been seen of iiim since 7 o'clock on Monday morning, when Mr and Mrs O'liriin returned from Auckland. Voirell disappeared then, and took with him the keys of the safe, which, naturally enough, Mr O'Brien would like to obtain possession of. It is stated that Sorrel said "Good-bye" to some of the staff at the Criterion, .'(■ marking that they would never see him alive again, but not much weight is attached to this. It may well be imagined that his absence has caused a ureal deal of inconvenience at the hotel.. It is to be hoped that the whereabouts cf Mr Scvirell will not be a matter for mystery much longer.

The fortnightly social at St. ■ Joseph s schoolroom attracted a veryfair galhvriim cm Tuesday evening. In the euchre tournament 'the ladies' prize (a silver-mounted scint bottle) was won by Mrs Cholwell, and the ginthmui's (a small dressing ease) was annexed by Mr ,1. Hcfuiett. Miss Hiclawski and .Mr J. C'odv earned dis. t'ueiinias the '"Unolry"' prize winners. Aftir refreshments had been s.rvedby the ladies, the hall was flared for dancing, an enjoyable progran,me terminating at midnight. The lonc'uding social is t 0 take place on Thm\,d ; iy, the nut, hist. Spcciallv good'prizes will be awarded lor the euchre loiirnamcnt. The District Coin | will sit a t New Plymouth this morn.ng. Two applications tor discharge from ~,aukruiitcy are set down. A novel guessing competition is adrift istd in another column bv the ATI.C. Hoot Company. The i'ntcnsl la'en in the tonlicouiiu" match helwem -New Zealand and Wales is universal, and the proprietors serin to have taken lb: fever with the rest 0 f '"• People, and they are oHerinn some good prize for ihe nearest guess to the tola! scores, as per conditions adVII Used. A lost umbrella is advertised for m this issue. 'Hie Kliliam Corps of n„ Salva »'« Army intend t„ 1,, n ,, a |)i(|l it hue on Jbursday, and thev will <>ivi * £ius:cal demonstration' in 'the even ng. Messrs Mnrcy iM ,.| s (P11 h , ivt . a R ,_ place advertisement j M thi.s issue whirl, should hj, of „„, u iliU , ladies. .Just landed-Onr ,71st consignment ol \llus jewellerv and solid silverware. Now on \ jew i„ our wjndowiin.es, new brooclr.s, new bangles, new solid si her goods. Quality the very best. i.oort value In-y,„itl ilispule. Careiully note the address • .1 11 I'ar:.er, Watchmaker, Jeweller' and Opiician, next- railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.*