LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81887, 14 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Warea, Rahotu, Opunake, and Xornianby Notes appear on to-day s iourih page. Melbourne advises that the Nap"e ; despatch of the i o ih October arrived ill London 011 the ailein.on or titu ulh inst.

In addition to the grant of ,£650 for the erection of technical school buildings at Eltham, an additional vote of £boo has been made for additions to the present school bui.dmgs.

Mr J. R. Hill is likely to be the winner of the Agiicultuial Society's champion belt for gathering m iu-"\v members. At every - comm.ttee meeting his cards from prop., cd members exceed those of any other enthusiast.

An old lady, wishing to make her favourite grandson a birthday present, went into a hosier s the outer day (says London Opinion), and asked to see some of these Anglo-Japan-ese ties about which Baron Komura has s,, much to sjy just now.

In congratulating the borough engineer on having carried out the Devon street drain laying at consider-

ably under his own estimated cost, Councillor Browne mentioned that this was such a rare occurence ihat he felt compelled to make reference to it.

The following tenders were receiv- j ed by Mr F. Messenger for new premises in Egmont-street for Messrs Griffiths and Co.: —J. T. Mannix, A3OHO (accepted); Coleman and Son, £3089; R. \V. Bond, /13233; Boon Bros., ,63255; F. M. Grayling, •£33<)<j; J- Salt, £3487; P'kctt and Wilkie, £3500; A, Cliff, Talking of billiards the other evening one of the New Plymouth Borough Councillors remarked that "there's no chance in the game when a good man holds the cue." To whieh another replied, "There's plenty though, if a duffer holds it." "Yes," mused another, "the difference between a game of skill and a game of chance, eh?" On Tuesday morning, C. F. Young and Morere, two young men, were fined £1 and costs for fighting in a train. H. Okey was charged with having tortured a calf by allowing it to lie in a paddock for a fortnight, suffering from a broken leg. The defence was that the usual practice was to allow fractures in beasts to heal naturally. Judgment \vs reserved.

The executive committee for the colonial memorial to the late Premier is to be called together at Wellington in a few days' time to further consider tlie proposal. Now that the Government has voted a subsidy up to £15,000, it is likely that efforts will be renewed to make a -uccess of t\lje •movement. The replies from the local bodies and societies as to what form the memorial should take will be before the committee at the forthcoming meeting'. How strongly the maternal instinct is developed in animals xvas forcibly demonstrated to a Victorian farmer a few weeks ago near \Yyung. A heavy di aught mare was squealing shrilly in a paddock and running backwards and forwards between her foal, which was asleep "in the grass, and a spot 20 yards away. Every time she reached this spot the marc would rear up and hammer the ground heavily with her forehoofs. Investigation showed t'lo mutilated but still writhing remains of a large black snake.

From the Dunedin Star we take the following"llundieds of children in town are in misery because the measles epidemic has left them Whuoping cough. There may be many mothers who do not know that a breath of the atmuspherc of the gasworks i- a great benefit to sufferers from this complaint. We understand that large numbers of affected children are being' taken to the works every day. The hint may be passed on at risk of the wrath of the gasworks officials." Wiith Brothers advise thai they propose to include a vi-it to 'l'arauaki Ifl their projected tour of New Zea-

land. Ihe advance staff will aniv -hurtly to make the necessarv at

rangements. With over 20 years experience of circus propi ietor-hii in a.l parts of the world, Messrs U irtl;

have gathered together the largest and most expensive combination that has ever toured Australasia. . The Zoo is the largest travelling one in the world and includes a herd of six elephants.

A little black and white kuri rushed uui, barking, to meet a cyclist who ivas riding along Devon street cenUai on Tuesday morning. Unfortunately for doggie there was another bike coming in the opposite direction, and soon tlie bicycle and rider lay on the middle of the road, the latter voicing his opinion of stray dogs in ail undertone, whilst the little brute slunk yelping up the street. The incident will probably cost the cyclt-t a new pair of trousers, an item iairly chargeable to the owner of tile dog, auciress unknown.

A uial run through the main streets of a petrol driven "Dennis'-' motor omnibus treated attention in Wellington on Saturday afternoon. The vehicle, says ihe "Tuiies/ 5 serves to show the progress this iuini of industrial motor traction is now making. Motor buses are lirnily established and popular wi l ih the public in London, i'ans, Berlin, and other large cities. A full load of eighteen pa-:engers aboard the was taken over the Constable direct hill and back. In running- the omnibus is nearly silent and practically vibra- ! iionies>, ihe engine only being heard veiy slightly. The hill-climbing powers tor a vehicle oi tins size are excellent. The weight of die omnibus is three tons, and its landed cost and Blenheim.

A cable message slates that a modilied scheme has beon presented by tne German Admiralty lor the widening of Kiel Canal. This scheme is to ,{11,250-000. There i-. to be a side canal into Kckeniorder Bay, and also into the River ScliKi. These alteirationa will pnJvle of great advantage in the detinee of Kiel should die harbor be blockaded, Kiel Canal so far has proved somewhat of a disappointment, owing to the great time taken in navigating it. It was completed in 181)5, and joins the Baltic and North Seas, and is 61 miles iong, 28ft deep, 200 ft wide at the surface, and 85ft at the bottom. Two mouth-, ago it was reported that owing to the mncasing size of the batit had been decided to deepen and widen the eanal al a cost of /I.:,000,000.

In tho "Noith American Roviow'Mr Mitchell describoij une of the .most extraordinary o<.cui're.nco> of j<>n'Ui tini''.^—tlif cication "I a va s i inland -<a on the of Mexico. The Lower Colorado Rivpr, which had changed its ov,ifi|"" to tho si.ting-up ot it- bank-, v ,if; being u-od for purpo-os 0 f it : t; ,;;ivin. A dolugo camo, and tho l'»>rrod ii* way thiough ih<; ii'iigaiiojj »•;»u.il int:i a vast natural hollow, which \s ri-\Y cinvei'iing into what known i; tho Sahi'ii Soa. Shou'd tho. waters o! tho river continu«' to liow into iho l.'a-in in their prt'-cnt volume, after making the propor allowance for i vapi'i-ji'Miji, ii will La]:i: fropi 30 to -)(.! years to fi.l tho cntiro saucer-like depiction to sua h-vel f Should this evor h.ippen, llif-ro would be a lake jonn >t|uaro in aroa, the overflow* waii-r- of which wou'd ovon;nails- icai'h tlu- gu[f by n<'W '■flannel cut tlirough the barrier-, of -ilt at the'r weakest point of rcsisiance.

l-0.\(;-\Vl:\r)Kl) SRI'ARATORS. \\h»'!i s ' i>'ira l oi' agents <.flVr s>pecia' n i| u . Wil y u (' exiendod t< ,r ms ami nuipMis to ontir/' dairy farmr'!> into purchasing, tSioy aro rcl\ing on tho terms coking the marine. not its own merits. 'Alfa-LavaT Separator buyers do not require long term- o, 1 " payment, their sav'ngs over im'aling «e|j;iraiord are to much gi'-ntor that they earn their own cost Hv.ce over in a sea-'on. A vis't in ,! »t_ Rland at ihe Internat : onal F.xhi- 1 h'biiion wi1 1 convince you that tho 1 "A fa-Lava."'' has no rival*. Catafie".—K. (irlfiiths and Co.. V' w Plymouth, local agents. Sole 1 N T .Z. agents. Mason, Struthors and Co.. Lid., Auckland, Palmcrston North, and Qhribtchuich. 1

His Worship the Mayor points outj thai in connection with (lie emtio!!' "f 'be library building, he gave Ins casting as null lt s his de.iberativt' vote for the fronting of the building to King-street, not to Ariki-sircet. Our report stated thai the Mayor gave hi-, casting- vote for the King-street frontage, but his deliberative voic' went in favour of Ariki-street.

At the close of last session it was noticeable that quite a number of the Ministers and membeis were very unwell (says the Eltham Argus), ft being' the last stages of the session, Ministers could not absent themselves from their accustomed seats, but struggled to keep on their feet, determining to take a rest as soon as the session closed. On the last day of the session, the Hon. Hall-Jones, and the Hon. Mr Carroll, and the Hon. Mr Millar were utterly unfit to be out of their beds, but wrapped in heavy overcoats kept to their posts until the session closed. The Hon. Colonel Pitt, Leader of the Legislative Council, was also ill, but appeared to be recovering. But now eomes the aftermath. The Hon. Mr Ilal.-Jones is ill and has just left his bed. The Hon. Mr Carroll is suffering- severely from an attack of pneumonia and is in a really dangerous condition The Hon. Mr Millar, who returned to his home in Dunedin, has had a relapse, and is in the hands of his doctor, and the Hon. Colonel Pitt is again indisposed. We also learn that Sir William Steward is seriously ill anc i ; s ; n a private hospital in Wellington.