LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81841, 6 September 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Sierra su'rived at 'Frisco on the 3rd iiist;,ni 1 a.m,\.. The ■ Baad.will give a concert at Western Park on Sunday a''ter. n >. n. Ihe sehenie forconveyani.'e of children tr,im the Nganlci ro.id to the O ioiini scliojl ?s not likely to iiialeriah>e, to m isi ul l!ie eirl ir-.'U of school a;e living within four miles of the school. It w the intention of Air .Ten ninajs to ask the lli i ster- for Public Works whether he will nvikf proviso i on the Estimates this year for the Molcau river, so as to connect I.u'a.naki with Auckland. The "promoters hare reeoiv.ai inforaia ion that a number of visitors from -outh X iranaki will attend the Star kooiball Club's social and exitM pi'oiisioti is lieir.g nude for this inexpcct' d m.'t'ea-e .in iiUeu lance. Ihe eniirai.lec are for the success of the season.

The agricultural experimental selieme seems to be -catching oh at Bahotii. The School Committee has decided to :'aise fuuds by subscription for fencing a piece of ground, and preparing it for '.•roppiug. At the outset there were individual ofl:ers to do the ploughing and harrowing, but it was thought advisable to allow all.iuterestcd to help.

The twenty locomotives, with ton-' which -.l'fic* Bros., of the I'liames, have couiractod to build for tlie Railway Department, are to be cieiiverej within three years. The amount of the h'rmVtender is nearly .000,000, being' at the rate, of something iess than £4OOO per engine, and ait ihe locomotives will be of the iour-cylinder, .balanced compound'ype, similar, to the .two- engines made a- Addingtqil, and. now runuhig on the Ituruiiui-lSkuT section Anumssi the patents nolijied in the latest Cazclte is: '• Henry 'Thomas, tla'.viisley, of knpongii, priest in holy orders. An impiy vonient in harness, lixtrael from Specification.—Jfy ; invention consists 111 liialcing, a frace in :«'o parts, one part being 'attached to t -he Imues ' iiiul the other part to the. swin»ie-:i'ee. The: two parts are. aruted together Jjy 11 spring hook. The -ireeciiing-slrap is' attached to the ireechiiig-nug by ' imother sprint:.

A good joke was turned .against ihr 'ivhibiiionisl element oil Wednesd.-n' iigiii-, Be v. Osborne stating that lie liul een a.-ked by a I'roliibilionist rceently -'i i'oiirinie St. P.-ul's advice to Timothy •11Ia-an.admonition to use wine exlernill.tr. '1 he rov; gentleman, who is • ovi•ieutly broad-mindedon this question, quoted St. Pat.is words "Take a little u ine for tlfy stomaeh's sake " and snid be could hardly beJievo .that the apostle intended good wine to be.-used in such a manner as indicated by his. Prohibitionist friend. " •;

Kvery altermitc ycaV a biilb show h hold ia oriler to 'raise funds for St, Mary's' tjnuday feliool, Tito next, one of these is lixed for September 3 3th, ind from . present 'indications will loiibtlejs prove a sutcess. The season . an excil'ent one, und doubtless tliere i ill he large local exhibits, besides that mm Jlr .Couper's woil known utit-scv a Wellington. -A>Mi<ioiml attractions Old sources of revenue will be the reresltment and ifVeruixin tea si all.;, ami here will be a finf* i'olle.'tiou of pot plan!.', on sale. The cause is a good one, ai.d -the attendance should be iar-e. .

The FJtliam road seems a favorite' exercise gromid'for stdieol teachers. Respite lis r.'tiglx sip-l;tee iind steep - V '-- \ 1 I aio a vomit; ludy m' the pi if , „n walked" fr m Ml liant jo tl|e 1 J niu 11, somen here ■tbout v. lies, ra-iier ilu n wait for )lc ivarh. iSofl eoiii. s aiietuer ease. i'\'a"in;; liie eoaeh would bo over--■row.U- 1 ..ii ae.eonu ot ww . ),i a Haivera fun-tion, ,oue of the ;Vmai'e (eaeiiers on ;l.c Opnaake seho ,1 stall' tranipul it ir in Kliaam t« Ooanake !?re,'i!er iinv; ,-J- f|„. d .-taaee on her '.lieyole. The weather was niuli'y, and tile r :s:ilt a bail lilnevs, from wiueii (he ventur.some and wenergciie leaeher is still siiD'ei'ing.

A J'n-ss win- from .Hamilton staoj. la.al a man named llolden, who fiir sla-d a job twenty miles below Tauaavriim'.i, an'J' started to'walk lo the . 'iMisliip. niis.-ed' 'he track, and sub -a-o'<i i.a lorn ri'Ota'for nearly thive.

'•-er.s. j|c i.vcanr- incapaljle of a. I.iiil;'. and under a tree. v\! r-ii d : sc:e,er'ed bv'anolh.cr .wanderer he \vas in u voiy emaciated oondii"n. -The iatti;r .went for liclp, and par.y ...f six was sent/out. Tno iem ue>: <;anied ilo!d<n.on their slvuddt I t. ve ; 1 itun a s ; rcU:ln;i was i'i and »b.e jmirney oi sixT-t.i; ir-' -;s: 1 > Tauioaromii Jiold■!i i ;i b' .0': s n 1 u.i W aikaU) llosj)ital. His le;e< and feel are in ,a djcadfu! ''oiidi ion, mor ti iical Kjn tluea toning, .oi.t i> is doubtful if the limbs car, !;e .-need.

-\t !!ii'vei';!, 011 Tiie-day, (lie Healtli U'.'-P laieiii prosecuUd Mrs Maiudiani. ou.r: : -live I;eopor, for K'eio'i nifj in tlit* luni.se. She w;r< lined willt 00.--IS, wjii:h amounted (o ;C2 1 S- ;id. 'J lie .Departmenl also pro<eeu'ed William l)oddn, of Ellliam, for a cab wldisi, sufl'eriii" from an tileeliiiui ili-e:i-e, yi Zl , scarlet feyri', ivi'thoul. (he driver of'llie «lliu\ Hi* was fined C2, eosls L'2 ]8„ "I. Tiie eali driver,. Ji. V. Keniuaiil, for ih>t <1 i.sinffc-tmy (he cab af. r iliuH it to lie used for coiive)im, r -ii :'ers.m I'foiu an inl'celioiis lis. ase. line 1 ,tl a n.l eosls CL lls M. Tiiq J)epiii'fnieut brought these eases to ea!l ihe alleulion of I lie |inhlie 'o Ihe proyisinis of Ike rub'.ie Iteallh Act relating lo infectious diseases.

Il is not ollen.in Taranalci id any ';ife, llod we liiul feacliers veil of llieir irikpeelor, luil'n Idler re■•'iveil hy jVr SpeneiT, Ilie Tai'iiinilii I'aitiealion Bonrd's elnef inspeeior, I'Oin n l eiieliet' mi* leaving to lake up ih diilim in iinollu'r di«li'iel, shows Inil. liiinliiesseH hi JWler ;hi\ill(iin( Mr ,Speileer lov help ami ml'.'ire, ami lor elinnivH f.;iveti, the leller we.- on I ) say • " I'm' some reaseiis I itt'l Impeil, diirnif: I In' lii s I two years, e lill<l pi nnaiienl oeenpiiljuii in I'ni'atali'i, ami had I lierehn'e refrained irmii I'l.'in:; Idl' jni-ilii.il- m laree dislrie|s, 'tit tin' |iiem l ion I Imve neeepled seemed .. i.n'er ehiinees lliat mil ari.se m I'lran'ik 1 . In eoiii'lusioii, 1 .sheu'd eke lo say, if I eiui do so with propriely, 11ml I have never tried lo; o'l'reii my own shortcomings licliiiul .'laine of ihe inspeetors, and where [his 1 s a rallier eiminion ex|)laii:il'OU of failtre, 1 inay be excused lor some pride that .1 have novel' been disingenuous enough to resort to it.

In consequence of the shortage of milkers in tile Strutfcrd district, several farmers have*iriyoked tile ;issi:-itiinee of tlie Laboor Dfeparlment, jmd its local agent, Constable ltyan, and secured a number o)' men in Wellington for work in tlie district, says tlic ■' Post." A man named Bobert MeOleaii, alias Harry Skeen, about 31 years of age, was before tlie Court at YVaitara yesterday on u charge of attempted l'upe on a settler's wife on tlie Mataro road near I'renui. Skeen bad been given food and shelter at Mr C. RliinljHls place for a few days, cn condition that lie did some work about the proporty. This lie did till Monday, when Mr iiumbal being away, prisoner enticed his benefactor's wife out to look at a cow which lie stated was bogged. He is then alleged to have made his dastardly but unsuccessful assault, and made off. Constable Price and Mr Bumbal searched the country on Tuesday, tho latter overtaking his quarry on the Kaipikari road. A struggle ensued, in which McClean evidently got, much tbo worst of the deal, judging from his appearance. On the application of the police, iVfcClean was remanded to appear at New Plymouth on the 12th inst., and was lodged m the local gaol last night