LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8021, 6 January 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Police returns show that there was a diminution of crime in Waugnimi in l!)0a as compared with l!)Oi. There were no serious cases in ll)Od\ The charges of drunkenness numbered 185 as against 223 in 1901.

. totato blight is still malting Headway in the Eltham district. There are very few crops, according to the "Argus," that have not been affected, particularly where spraying has not been resorted to.

A man named Kiehard Bennett, who arrived in the Sonoma from 'Frisco on Thursday, was found dead m lied at the Waitemata Hotel on Friday morning. Heath apparently was due to lung hemorrhage.

A number of dairy tactnry managers wont South by yesterday morning's mail train to attend the (•(inference of dairy managers, to be held in Pulmerston to consider the attitude of the Kngine Drivers' Tnion with regard to the working hours of dairy factory hands

A cheque for threepence, being a dividend from a bankrupt estate, was received by a local linn this morning, says yesterday's "Hawera Star." When' sixpence bank exchange is paid, and a penny for pontage to return the receipt, the recipients of the money will be fourpence out of pocket by the trnnsU'linn. The fact must not lie forgotten, •ither, that it costs a penny to send his remarkable payment to Hawera, mil there was another penny duty on Die cheque as well.

The old gentleman to whom is delegated the duty of collecting the permits on the New Plymouth railway station

atform, is a most conscieiitiou:

ollicial. Occasionally, however, a would-be train mecler manages to evade the ollicial vigilance, but such cases are rare. On Friday night two young ladies essayed to negotiate the

passage, minus permits, and succeeded, but their anticipations of an enjoyable promenade prored quite illusory, the collector in bis endeavour to collect the fare shadowing them about the platform, to the intense amusement of the crowd on the platform. While the young ladies no doubt enjoyed the joke immensely, it would not be advisable to repent the performance too often, as there is a drastic, railway regulation specially set apart for dealing with such cases, I

A short story, mail notices, and Church services appear on the fourth page.

The Matron ot the Hospital desires us to acknowledge an anonymous donation from " W " of two guineas towards the funds of the institution.

Steps are to be taken, it is understood, to secure a fuller compliance with the provisions of the Public Health Ant, in regard to the vaccination of children.

The Wesleyan Methodist Church, at Wanganui, are about to erect a new organ in the Church, costing between £6OO and £7OO, the money for which is mostly in hand.

We hear a town tourist hotel is changing hands, the buyer being a recent arrival in New Zealand. Mr Frank A. Walls is the ..gent arranging the business, and has done so to the satisfaction of all' parties.

At the Auckland Police Court on Friday, an Austrian named Mati Boksich was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for sly grog-selling. As he was leaving the dock he rushed and punched a witness and then collapsed in a fit. On recovering he received an additional 14 days for assault. By Friday's 'Frisco mail Mr D. Berry received encouraging advices from London regarding the prospects of flotation of the Ironsand Company. Judging by the frequency of the cables being received from Mr Witheford just now, the negotiations are being vigorously pursued, nnd definite news may confidently be expected within a day or two.

The opening of the Mount Egmont branch line of railway is expected by Stratford people to increase the number of visitors to Mount Egmont. The line runs close to the site of the proposed new East house, which is in a much more suitable spot thaji the present house. The rails are now laid for a distance of four miles and fifty chains, and pass through some splendid scenery.

Mrs Baker, widow of the late Rev. F. T. Baker, for ninny years vicar iu charge of the Waitara parish, died at her residence, "Brookside," on Friday afternoon. Rev. Baker had control, riot only of the ordinary parish work, but also of the very largo Maori district which \vm afterwards placed in charge of Rev. F. A. Bennett, Mrs Baker was an enthusiastic church worker in connection with St. Mary's.

It is reported that the tomato crops in the Mnnaia district have become infected nith potato blight. Tomatoes arc particularly susceptible to the disease. All tomato crops should be sprayed at least twice with Bordeaux mixture. This, while greatly lessening the danger of infection by Irish blight, \will also ward off the attacks of other tomato diseases, such as black-spot, rust, etc.

Messrs. H. E. Hoiintree and H

Heard, of the' Collier & Colonial Piano Importing Co.'s staff, and Messrs. C. Husband and Young, of Stratford, start on a riding tour on Monday. They intend to travel through the Awakino country to the North Island Main Trunk Railway, and view the Waikato lands,".afterwards returning by way of 'Wliaiigiimomoiia to Stratford, The trip is expected to occupy about a fortnight.

Commenting on the prospective sub. cess of negotiations for the flotation ot an iromand company, the Eltliam "Argus" says: "All the harm we wisli New Plymouth is that she may gel 10( barrels of- oil per day from the oil wells anil that she may see thousands oi men engaged in the ironsand industry. If New Plymouth should get a good sound industrial boom on, the whole oi Tarannki will participate, more or less l in the benefits that must follow.

The strainer Kapiti, now ashore at Patea, must have been strongly built to have withstood the recent seas. The strong westerly wind that was blowing last night, in the opinion of one well acquainted witli the coast, would put her in a dangerous 'plight. The worst winds in that part are the westcrley • and southerly winds, which generally raise a high 'sea. It is not knnwn in New Plymouth whether the whole of her cargo of butter has as yet been discharged. As the result of an address delivered in the Catholic schoolroom on Sunday by Mr A. H. Casey, solicitor, of Wellington, who is President of the Metropolitan branch of the Federated Catholic Young Men's Society, it has been decided to form a branch of the organisation in New Plymouth. A provisional committee has been set up with Mr Clarke as interim secretary, to draft rules, etc., for the government of the society. It may be mentioned that it is proposed to admit non-Catholics to membership, and to run the society on sound, broad-minded lines for the improvement intellectually, morally, socially, mid physically—of members.' In the course of a letter Mr Edward Godsel, well-known on the Wainiatc Plains, says; " I went to Mr Coles, the secretary of the English Rugby Union, to buy some tickets for the New Zealand and England match, and was told he liad already sold all, viz., 15,000, at (is, but I might get some at the Agency-General, as they took 500. At the same time I was to ask them to send any unsold balance hack, as he (Mr Coles) could sell them many times over. I succeeded in getting what I wanted. . . What strikes even a layman like myself about the New Zealand play is their superior speed and deftness'; they do not fumble the ball like the Englishmen do so frequently. From the tiuie I saw them play Middlesex I never doubted of their success all along the line. The team would be cordially welcomed here another year."

In respect, to Hie grading of dairy produce at New Plymouth, the following letter from Mr Caddie, Dairy Product| [Exporter at Wellington, to the local grader is of interest:—•• In conneotion wit], (],<. •• I„ m V shipment trom New Plymouth ex " Corinna," I have to report that this cargo was transhipped in good erder, the average temperature being 20 degrees. y ou are to be complimented on the firstclass condition of the packages con. taming the butter for this shipment. These were, in my opinion, the cleanest lot of packages which have left the colony for some time, and reflect credit on the factory managers and all those concerned with the transport. Owin» to unfavorable weather at this end" considerable delay occurred in placing the butter on board the Home steamer, butnotwitustmiding this fact, the ternperutiire as mentioned above was not on the average exceeded'"

Whiteley Church.—Sunday, January /Hi, Actv dear's .Sunday. Preacher: liev. J. >'. Untile, morning and evening. Visitors to town cordially invited. —-Auvt. MEKIT KEWAHDKD BY COUKT OF Jt'STICB. The acknowledged good qualities and success of Sakdkr and Sons' Eucalypti Extract have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried'in the Supreme. Court, of Victoria, before his Honor Chief Justice Sir J Madden, K C - M.G., etc.

His honor, in giving judgment, said that whenever an article is commended t. "lie public hy reason of its good quality, etc., it 18 not permissive to imitate any of its features. Entraining the imitators perpetually from doing so, he ordered them to pay all costs.

Wo publish tliis to afford the people an opportunity of protecting thcmsolvcs, and ot securing what is proved boyond all l doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria, and by many authorities during the last SI years to be " preparation of genuine merit, viz. : — " Tim Gusaxii Sa.ybkk & s o xs' PiKi: Yoiatilk Eucalypti Exthact.

a !?. ek ? r K> Van DeWen. of the Arcadia Cigar Store, is holding a big sale ot New Year Gifts Prices are such that business is assuted. To every customer Mr Van Dclden extends heartiest good wishes for the New Year, and includes all readers m extending here the compliments of the season. Tl, e reading room, writine room and store are open from 7a.m till P' m ; 4 ° a" who like a quiet read, smoke or chat. Call in some time this week at the Arcadia: there's a welcome for you —and the tobacco you like.—Advi, '