LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7980, 17 November 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A (2a*ette Extraordinary has been issued dissolving Parliament. Menv l.ers are to he relieved Irom attendance from the 2 ( Jth inst Some doubt appears to exist as to whether absent voters have the right to vote on . the. licensing •question. Mr Mansfield. Chief Electoral Officer for the colony, points out that under section 7, sulnsection iJ, if the Licensing Act. ISU.">. an absent voter will receive a voting paper for rive local option poll. His vote counts for the district lor which he holds a voting permit, and seamen are provided for in the same way under section S2. snh-section l\. of the Electoral Act of l!)0."s

Now that ihe railway deviation aui horis< d. Fit zroy resident* atv aeo'4" i.s to the question of securing a new* station for the sulnnb. \ nauimiiy 011 the point may pos>ibl,\ influence thv (Jovernnient in deciding lhe exact route. Mr Krancis !!s. C.E.. has intereshd himself in ihe matter and prepared plans for a suggest i d -station site, which are now on vi.-w at Mr J. Tisch's shop. Pit/ro.v. It is suggests! that a suitable site for ih«j station uould be near Mrs Shuttleworih's house. instead of the iine running close \ o the o!d tannery as surveyed some \ears

The Uugardes gave !heir concluding entertainment at the Theatre Hovel on Thursday evening. The iiems were again much appreciated.

By the Kumara last Simdnv. ami by the T'riseo mail on I hursda.v morning, e.\c |ii iunall\ heav\ Christmas mails for (.'rent Britain weiv for-uard.'-d inuo Wellington. There wen* 'I.VJDS let I ers, postcards. !«).- .V'i> books. K12.;2.T1 newspapers. and 1 Li'.H)* registered Mums. The newspaper mail by the Kumara -weighed about lo tons.

One of the mosl successful candilates a! a physical developing couv petition in Christchurch was a young nan who sufTend from lung trouble i j"Ore undertaking a course of ph\sical iraining two years ago. Nol only has the pupil been cured of his < rgatiic disease, lui in two years he has gaimd 171b iti weight and has cured his chest expansion lYoni half in imh fci five and three-quarter incht s.

Tluii a man should pause with I 111' rope rimml his inrk and nsk lor 1.1.(I seems an idea possible only lo I tit' liiiiinirisl. lint ii has just hapi.iii'd In Ihf I nil ell Slalvs. After ■his il is leasible that another jnan ri'iilly did ask, In similar tiix-uni-starnvs. In l,i- l aught In play the piano lii'luri' I lir lull! was drawn and that, mint her asked. "Is this 'ere planking sal.' V 'l'll,' evocul ii nor is nit wit hunt humour of a son, llkmi jli it is iinconsrions. Said ,\larwoi il. whin advocating tin' long drop tn a (!ovi'rnmi'nt oflicial. "Now thi'i'i' was Mr IVaer, a small man. I ga.ve him a six-foot <lrol>. iind \ hassure yon, sir. e passwl hoi) liko

After a cont rovi'i'sy over Iwo years llic Uairau Hospital Hoard came tn a definite jmint recently ami authorisi'il its architect to call I'or tenders for (he erection of a new hospital. The building is lo cost The special commit tee 'appointed lo consider the matter reported to the Clirishchnrch City Council nminending thai in rnnsei|uence of the Canierhnn Hall director:,' decision to convert the hall info a thea/ti'. and the decision of the proprietors of 1(1,' T|,'eatre Hoyal to erect forthwith ftn up-io-;|a|e theatre. the project of ,1 municipal (iie*.ire he abandoned. The report was adopted. A liovernnieiil Commission? with Mr ,shojTt| presiding, sat at lilenheut to enquire into the conditions tarried on in the Marlborough disttil'l... The investigation is bi-ing helii at the instance of the I taction en. nine owners, who compain that the. taxatii.il imposid liy local bodies is excessive and prohibitive. Most o( I lie local bodies w en' represent ell. Several witlni-sses were called, and Mr Shorn reserved his limling.

ileseerat ion of the Snbbalh led to !be (iisiTiissal of a judgment summons case in the Weilinglon Magisirate s ( iiurt. Ihe debtor, nu gohb.n into the witless box casually '"'lit ii.ned that tlie .summons was ■enid on li| 111 In Hi,; creditor on a Sunday. Hh.-i, a»k.i| He. .( M'Aiiliur. S.M. "dn Sinrd.n ." was 'he repl\ "All right," observed lli.s Worship, -j shall have nothing more to il., with it. It is a pity a man ■ iuiiiiii haw some peace on Sunday "

•V tvcent. visit.ir (,> tPalm.'iM o M show mill dist rid iiifnriii4.il a eon-es-j'undent "I llii' opnnake Times thai In" Has «n-ath rlistippni nti-<I with the il.tiry lum|s in that district. Thev nere I'M',.||| iunalh pour, anil would -'^t'lf idea tliat they had ■ nil,- through a very hai-.l n inter. I li 4' land niii from I'alinerMon unil around Ashhiirst is \4-rv h ( ;i\v i/lav laiiil, and after lain tin- k ran lie seen ni the piiildocks up in iheir in w<iter. Iln also reinark4.[| with all their high prices lii-\v„s saiis!i4.4i that it i.s am a patch on Tarinaki fur dairying.

I'lii! capitation for dekniv cadet nI l ] as lji'4-n i iici'easi 41 from .~>s I" iu I'll jirrannum. ■V he),, a rn l; s liel,v,V|i ;| |!orwn Leghorn and a lllaci> iljnoiva. t,,--lo|ijii|ij; In hreeder ,ii J.yileUoij recently latd ~,, ■i'c. measuring !>Ji|, in length and 'i;in in circumference. lis weiylil was ali'Hit

M.'ssrs haljji'tj and C0.,||1.n1.. Welli)J"li'i). I1.H1; lifr.'l advised In ealils lis 111 t lien; 1.0nd0,, 1 lllii'if ilia[ || t e annual m.-eling- of tj„. gompanv «ai every inly nipt,! sulist'af.-loTjy. A dividend of :is per .share hail been declared, l.cing at llii' rate of 1; p ( r cent, per iitintnn. and making with interim divident already declared and paid. (> p,.r cent, ler lll.' I'J niontii.-, ending' Mtitlv June. Tolstoi, in his re.criu letter In the Times 111 lacking llie world's sy»lin of (lovernni.-nl. refers In Hie f.'/ar of 'linssia a.s a "most comliionplace imin, stamlin,; Inwir llian Ihe iveragi' level, coarsely supers! iliotts and iiiiviiliijhleii'.il.'-

The theory lhaf alcoholic stimulants enable a man to do better work for long hours is evidently supported by the. majority of those, .engaged in, the duty of lumping coal | !(says the Sydney TeVeg'raph). A witness in the Arbitration Court. Herbert Neilseti, a member of the Sydney Coal-lumpers I nion, Mii-d he took spirits with him down the harbour when working on a long" job of over 12 hours, and found it absclutely necessary to do so in order that he might get through the.long hours, lie admittt-d he could do the work if he did not drink, the spirits, bin at the same time Ids opinion was that if he did he was able to lo better work. In answer to a question by .Mr \\. il. lJiUghes, wit,iess said that any 'number of men

took spirits in the same wa\ -when working these long hours ; there were only ono or t'wo of every ei-gh- , ty er ten m« n who did not. Judge lleyduu, whilei admitting that the witness was the 'best judge of his j\vii case, said his own personal opnion uas that there were very few liu n who would not do their .work Letter if they look no spirits at all. Witness explained, with an air

of protest, thai he took the spirits n.xed in water ; but his llonoui lasteiied to assure him that he did , not rep touch hint for it. Indeed, the witness, lie was jhe picture of a- man in perfect condition. The Welling'tui correspondent of the Auckland Star slates that private advices indicate a likelihood of Auckland and Wellington being visited about Krister nest by throe Japanese warships which took pari in the memorable Tsushima engagement. The crews will include a number of distinguished Japanese 'naval olliccrs. A hint 'is conveyed that several of the Australasian squadron will be in these waters about that' lime.

There has lately been a difference of opioion amongst local fishermen as to whether eels tail trout. The question was solved the other day when -an angk-r, hooked a twelve pound eel in whose bulky interior were found two trout, one fairly large, the (ither small. The eel was a magnificent specimen, short, with a line black back, and grey urnlerleath.—Wairarapa Leadel. The euchre party and dance at St. Joseph's Schoolroom on Thursday evening was the greatest success of the series, about 14U being present. The ladies' prize whs annexed by Miss Boon, ami the gentlemvn's by Mr J. iJ'arkcr, Ihe "booby*' prizes falling Miss Steer and Mr 1,. Russell. Although this was intended to bo the last gathering of the season, the ccmmillee. yielding to pressure, have decided to give an "extra" in a fort night's t iine. The Morvubh Council in-.ites tenders for grubbing furze al the a-;M-toir reserve. Messr* j wley and (IriTf.h-: announce a sftle by auction of property at Strand.>n and Mangorei Road on Saturday. Dec. 12. Rot In these pro peilies have good 'dwellings attach(d. and are sold by order of the Supreme Court. Messrs lire.vy and Son f-jr years past i ade a speciality of cupdien's wear j.nnouncc a choice selection at favourable prices. Their ad. verlisement should he read with interest |iy mothers.

Mr W. T. .Jennings has an address to tile Egmenl electors in this issue. Owing to the late sitting'of I'arliaimnt he may not be able to visit and address all his const it uenls, but he rightly points to his past work with conlidence.

M\W A I>VKU'J'ISMMKNTS. l-ewley and (Jrillil lis.— Sale of property by order of Supreme Court. Mo ivy and Son.—Children's wear. W. T. .Ji'h-. ngs.—Klectoral ad I*\ A. Tregellis.—Plans >f .station at Kiurjy. Borough Ccuncil. —-Te ide-i fo»