The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81845, 12 September 1906, Page 2

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Miss A. It. Smith, of New Plymouth has passed the degree of Associate ol Music in the London College of Musi. Miss Smith received her tuition at th local convent.

Thai totara timber has great lasti l merit is well known. The other d; some posts which had been in (I ground for about a quarter of a cenlur were pulled up by the workmen wh arc erecting a new fence on the Devo. side of the Catholic Church property They were found in an excellent sta of preservation ; in fact, on being tested they were found to be as good as tli day they wero put down In opening an exhibition of minora at the lioyal Exchange, Sydney, tl.

Minister for Mines stited that he understood most of the exhibitors had signified their willingness to allow

their exhibits to be sent to the Christchurch Exhibition. He hoped they would go in their entirety. The Exhibition is excellently representative of

the mineral resources of New South Wales

Aduecs have been received at Melbourne that the War Oilice has re ported favorably on Australian com pressed fodder, and that as soon as i is satisfied that an arrangement can be mado for a large shipment equal to samples, it is probable large orders will be received. A trial is also to be made at the Autumn manoeuv/es of Australian compressed meat rations for the army.

The naughty bnys "got a rap over the knuckle*" with the dominie's cane on Monday night. The Mayor referred to the fact that very often councillors seemed totally uninterested in the business before the meeting, being seemingly occupied with other matters. A somewhat similar conclusion could easily have been drawn from a local in one of our recent issues. Monday night's meeting closed shortly after 10 o'clock; but for the undue .loquacity of a couple of speakers the Council might have adjourned before the expiry of the statutory limit for refreshments.

A witness in the bacon factory cases on Tuesday morning volunteered the suggestion that there would have been very little trouble in collecting share monies if " things had .'.one all right." " Did they go all n .on % ? " queried the Magistrate. "We". . : n;s didn't go too satisfactorily," s: d the witness hesitatingly, ps be re. r s;'d he mi<?bt have opened up il'; question. Mr Hutchen, ejunsel !'ie company, came to the rescue, and said the concern was not in an insolvent cond ; - tion, and still had the property purchased, and so forth. But in common with other bacon curing companies in Taranaki it had not had a very successful season. " Probably on account of the Chicago revelations," suggested the Magistrate; " people are ' off pork' just now,"

Close inspection of the human remains found at Omata completely upsets any theory of murder. There !s a hole in the skull through which the bullet entered, and another at its e.,it. Had tjic bullet been fired except at ; lie closest range, as iu the iuiso of suie; ,e, the expansive force of the bullet would have shattered the bone. The reyc ,er found alongside the body is not of . ic kind a man would pick up at a colo.n il gunsmith's shop in order to end liis existence, but is rather of the c':iss brought here by the "new chum:" from Home. Two chambers were 1 svhitrged. At this lato stage it is 1 ,-- less to theorise as 10 what caused ,c ir.:m to suicide, but it could not h ce been want, for coins amounting in v>- .'e to £1 los were found with the skele. - 1,

besides his boots, 1; suit. 11 ornamo lal compass, pipe, tobacco-pouch, ami a piece of cloth, these being found buried to a conquerable depth, In another year the skeleton would probably have been covered with earth, and the tragedy have passed unsuspected, hesides being, as now, unaccounted for. The articles found with the skeleton can he inspected at the Plymouth police oflice by anyone who may be able to give 11 clue to the identity of the dead uiai). The Borough Council - wrestled gamely again on Monday night, and snuggled manfully with that gnat, the ladies' room. The vY.C.T.C, whose members have kept the ladies' room clean and neat for the b'wfit of the people of the town and country for years past, wrote and they considered the Council's terms regarding "advertising" had. been complied with. Councillor Hutclvn wanted to know if the 'tactvcrti>ing" matter had been taken off Ihe wall . The explanation was infened (hat the ladies did not accept the council's definition of adveriising matter, and did not consider tlu "prohibition placards" in that light. Councillor Hutchen hoped the Council was not going to be "hoodwinked in that way,'' and thought it the duty of one of the Council's officers to see that its wishes were carried out. No one volunteered. Councillor Brooking caused a smile by suggesting Councillors Hutchen and Monteath as a committee to investigate, but the last named clinched the joke by nominating his opponent in the matter. Councillor Collis. "If you take my advice," taid the Mayor, "you will let the matter drop, and i| dropped. And now, where is the Council? It is not yet clear whether Councillors cbject to the statistical tables or the insurance companies' calendars on the wall.

"To-day I was submitted to the indignity of a summons for overdue rales," wrote a country ratepayer to the Taranaki County Council Chairman the oilier day, " and I would like some information as lo why your business is conducted in such a slipshod manner." Then the letter states that no rate notice was scut out, and the complainant avers; " I can swear on my oath that I have never received a demand from tbo county, and being absent from tie district it is eas - to overlook such a thing, especially v. 'icn a property such as nine appears lo be cursed with every rate under the un. As I rather pride myself nn payin my debts promptly, I am very sore in, ml lo have lo pay not only all addil .ml lu per ccnl, but also cuurt cosi,s ..id submit to having my name on c r-.-t records." Writing to the Clerk on iie san.c subject lie said, ''l Live lo lli ak you for your promptitude in fuilov ig up your ffieiiijdftblp rate-card \\i . a summons. You have had the pleii . -e of haying heaped an indignity i- on me that is i|tiite new lo me. Xjst local bodies (and 1 have had s :.c experience amongst llicmi issc a iiual warning, but evidently you . re more advanced, and prefer 'o Ue.it your ratepayers 10 ucc inional ! pleasant surprises.' . . . The treatment

you have uuted out to me I cannot describe as otherwise than bridal. ' The cream of the affair lies m the fact that the records show that a summons wa„ iisunl against him by the same County (.'"in.cii m !!"!!■•

The opening of the Manaia new Town It-ill takes place this evening. The hall, which has been erected by the local Town Biaril, is considered |thc most up-to-date of the hulls of any of the smaller towns along the coast.

Quartermaster-Captain G Cock believes Hash uniforms attract a better class of men to volunteering than will serve in such garb as the " dog-;kin kluiki,". which he had always viewed with horror. His detestation of the thin ugly stuff seemed to be shared by all present at last night's gathering.

Speaking of the insamtation of Kaponga, which bus been responsible for several typhoid dcatlis during recent times, the Hi'.wera " Star " says •'the local Town, Board Health Department, and (he Press lihvo each in turn mace very strong comments, and meantime the trouble has gone on virtually imabaled," It is sa'isfaotory to know that action has pt last been taken to grapple with the source of the trouble, the LiceLSing Committee having decided vo get tlie proper authorities to condemn the hotel building, and have a new one erected.

Eye-brows were elevated at the Borough Council meeting on Monday night when it transpired from the correspondence that, despite the almost herculean efforts put forth by the council to grant as a grant to the New Plymouth Technical School, that institution is to have gas installed, instead of the municipal a'ectric light. One of the councillors asked in an audible whisper: "Why don't they take the electric light? immediately answering his own query by remarking, equally sotto voco "Oh: we didn't subscribe after all, did we ?"

There was a lar?e attendance at Waitara on Monday night, of those interested in dairying and farming pursuits, when Captain Young, Government Veterarian, delivered an address under the auspices of the Tavanaki Agricultural Soc ; e y. Captain Young who was received with applause, said that Taranaki was famous for three things Egmont, petroleum, and blackleg, it should be also famous for its dairying. He showed that Ta-'anaki was fuil of gullies, amounting to thousands of acres, which, if planted with suitable trees, would form splendid shelter for cattle and sheep. Speaking of grass seed, Capt. Young considered that every farmer should mix his own seed, as by so doing he knew what he was gathering. The same thing applied to manure. Jt would be a splendid thing if the young men would do a bit of thinking for themselves on these matters. There were plenty of books published that were an education lo the yuung men of Hew Zealand and he strongly advised that these be procured and studied closely. On the subject of killing calves, the Captain said he would not advise that all calves be killed, but if, say, 25 per cent, were destroyed, it would not do any harm.