LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81907, 19 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

| .the -Daily News" will not be pub- ; lulled on Tuesday unit Weducsdav liiorniiigs of next week (Christmas and Hexing Day rcs)>cctivclv). Casual advertisements for insertion on .Monday morning will l, e received till !l o'clock , m Nmdny night. CI L , ( . advyiliscnicnts for insertion on .Monday .must be in I lie printer's hands not hd.ei- than :! p.m. ou flpirsdav (tomorrow) afternoon. Advertisers will kindly note.

The TaraiiaU Education Hoard opened its monthly silling last, ni-lil, and resumes at <)M this morning. The report is unavoidably held over. 1.i0u1.-Col. Collins, an old Tar.nraki boy. who received a letter of con-Tali, ial ion from tho Taranaki CoimtvVouiil'i| "» '•'''- V»> ion t" Seereiarv to lb,- Treasury Ueoarl ineul, has .roplie.l felicitous!.* acknowledging the oompliiiient, winch lie much aupiccialc-.

The work of .railing a. side I rack |oii Junction road, .Mangorei. has had | the cll'eel of weakening the foundations of the Horough 'Council's elee trie light poles. Whilst not likely to eome down in line weather, there is danger of collapse in a high wind, and the Collate Cuum-if's attention has be,-,, ,-alled to Ihe matter. Apparently the. Count v Council's foreman failed to gi've the U.rom-b Engineer notice that (lie road was to be reduced. ..'.herwisr- the poles could lane been placed deeper simultaneously. The. ipiestiou will be settled on Salurilay next when tho chairman j will be in town.

[ From now on to Christmas the Melbourne Clothing Company are making a special daily outside demonstration of their famous tailormade suits, ready to wear. Buyers should make a point of seeing this film's display, as the goods are quite out of the ordinary and compare favourably with five guinea to measure Suit*_a£ ajjpufc half, .the, jirigg,—Ast-

The inmates of the Old People's Home were entertained .it an enjoy- | üblo concert last night by the members ol' the Heidelberg (' i; nr,rt Par: v. who also provided (li- 1 old p;'<;p!t' will; a choice supper. Xivdl.w t<> say. tl;«! Home was considerably cheer-d by the party's \\-!ii-li • was keenly appreciated by tim in* mate*.

Tin.- urgent necessity for operation* at is beeoimn:: ii;otv apparent than ever, says Hie Herald. As Llu» i'liiou S.S. Company's . IcoMimoiul was eiuleavoti lu berth at the in>i«le of the wharf, she went aL'.riuimt on the nuiil bank at- \W- t*»ul of 1l:o tec, ami for se\eral hours remained fast. An ordinary wouid lit: of yvoal benefit to the pori at juvsrm.

Queen Alexandra enntimies to collee! particulars of till married couples ~( ureal age who are living together ~( , id" have 'iieen married for lid or 70 years and upwards. ller Majesty 'interests horscli sympathetieally in the old couples, and, wlieneYer necessary, lends them ass'istanee in order to make their declining v<'ars more cond\>rl.ab!e. ller Majc'sl's latest Darle.-aud-.lee.u proteges are Mr and Mrs Archibald Campbell., of Glasgow. She ims just telegraphed to litem, through t'lio land Provost of (Jlasgow. congratulating them on the 7Uth anniYcrsary of their marriage.

Duncdin's chsrilv contrasted wit* Hint of Christcliurcli. On Saturday the Lvttollim Times editorially oh served':—"Last week a band of enterlook possession of the' streets' of Ihineilin, and collected a sum of aOS.'O for charitable purposes. To-day a small army of ladies will praeti.se the same kind of highway robbery in Chrislciiarch on behalf of the St. John's Ambulance Association. We do not propose to set a limit for the collectors to aim at, lint we shall be disappointed if the citizens of Christchurch do not prove at least as generous as those of Uunedin." The dav's jepntri'biilion after the appeal resulted in a collection of ..C274 1/S 1 /...

The Tarnviaki County Council was /under the impression that there were | giants available for expenditure on 'Junction and Tariki Koads, as the result of a deputation lo Wellington, bul such is not the case. Ju reply io a query the Treasury intimates thai there are no funds available for either of the roads. The .C 201) on the current, year's appropriations for Junction lioad (Ingicwood-Tamtai) merely represents, it appears, the unexpended balance, of authority which was in the hands of the Council on March 31st hist and which has since been in id over. There is no vote for Tariki road on the present year's appropriations. So eiinlident had the Council been of obtaining grants thai the foreman hail already been consulted as to the best method of utilising the money.

A tnisirnl young man named Patrick l.ee. who was living in a. Well linglon hoardingliouse, finding himself appavcnt-lv incapable of looking after his money, handed .Ml over to the kind keeping of an attractive young' waitress named i'uitb. Mckoish. On Mendav the girl was brought before Dr. .McArthur, chared with the theft of the. money. She stepped .smallly into the dock, and ill quite an airy way admitted that ske had used the nionev for her own purposes, it turned' out that the. girl hail taken passage for Sydney on Saturday last, ami having paid her fare, she forwarded the balance of Leo's money to Sydney post-olliec order, The police, asked for a. remoml in order that a warrant might lie obtained for the recovery of (he money that had been sent to SyrV nov. This application was granted.— N.Z. Times.

A sensational probate case, in which CII'.IKIO.IIOO is at stake was commenced in the Orphans' Court, Philadelphia, recently. The will which it is sought to overrule is that of the late William Woightinan. chemist and pa lent inedicint manufacturer, who leff practically the whole of his enormous fortune to his daughter, .Mrs Annie Woigblmun Walker. The will is contested hv .Mrs dimes Wisler. formerly wife ~f tl| C . deceased son,' William Wekdituiaii. jun. Several of the rich chemist's grandchildren whom the will left unprovided for eve iiilevc-t,-,l

i;. .Mi.-, Ulster's action. It is c'aimci that the daiu'liter uudulv influenced the old man, who had become incapable of managing.his affairs, but 1 he strange.-!, alle'.;aiioa unon which the opposition to the will depends is that the old tiiiiii disinherited the sister-in-law and her children because he himself ~.| s ,„.,,i|y ji, ll)Vl . W j,|, ]„.,._ when she refused his suit and married her present husband, .Mr Wis(it. lie became insane from jealyusv, removed from her house, where lie had previously lived, and executed a new will out el' revenge, Many

accusations and coimlor-ao-cu'aliens are c:p;'-:-lcd to be made in ti:o eoiir-c of liii, faujiiv inland. Mrs Winter's nrarrUl dac'cMcV. wins iuiucil.uu \viii:c-i; I'm- the will. T'.-. tii.ioev ;.:i boih .ides has been sough, ail over the world. ,\r. cxLi'.'.'irdi'we :•-.', of bravery perfi.ruled Is e.u c-'caped French conMel has ;v ■e'Lcd in his obtaining what is practically a free pardon. Tin' man is Francois I'ivet, who seven years ago was sentenced to death for murder. The sentence was afterwards (commuted to penal servitude lor life. I'ivet', however, succeeded in escaping, and nothing more was heard of liiiu until a month ago, when he reappeared at Kautes under extraordinary circumstances. A lunatic barricaded, himself in his house, and from an upstairs window lired shots from a gnu at the people in the street. Several persons were injured, and great excitement prevailed. Suddenly a mini sprang forward and, sealing the wall of the house, wrenched the gnu out of the madman's hand. The Mayor of Nantes especially congratulated the stranger oil his remarkable coolness and bravery, when suddenly it policeman present recognised liiiu as the missing convict. lie was arrested and was taken before the tribunal. The trial was short but sensational. The crowd cheered and applauded I'ivet, and elaniouml for him to be set free. Instead of being sent back to penal servitude for life he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, after which he will be free "in consideration of his heroic deed."

Ju reference to Ho complaint published in yesterday morning's issue that jiii inf.iioi- class of lining insuf-hcn-nlly seasoned is being used in the construction of lj lu leelmical school buildings, wo are given to understand tliiil the timber with tin; exception of llii) lining and sacking, is picked and seasoned liiiiu; while tins lining is ulso 'ty.'l seasoned and has been in tlir rack' Six months, which is an absolute denial ui ll'K statemi-nts made by the "Umbel- expert." Xliis assurance and tlie assurance Unit ihe architect lias carefully supervised ami is supervising every slick of timber and the work generally the. public will be glad to have. A tiinlior e.\|iert in whom we liavcU.o great.-,! confidence was good enough to examine the timbers used in the i-uustiuelion of ilns buildine-. He assures us that, with the funds mailable, the authorities have done tin- best they possibly could, llesavs Unit white pine will become worm, eaten, but red pine, used in the tech■nieiil school building, never gets the worm into it after being mt into planks. Sometimes the worm bores into the red pine when the tree is whole, but they neier all'cct the plauks, even if they ivere liftv years "Id. Our informant has been handling red pine and other timber fur .|(l V'ars. ami .so should be competent to express an opinion upon the mailer. The vaiuo of "KVKKS'S DIIHWI!" is recognised by the highest authority ui dairying in the colony. Jlead what Mr .1. A. Kinsella, Government Dairy Commissioner, lias to say about it:— "Department of Agriculture (Dnirv Division).-A. J-:. Hvkc-s V.s(]., Xciv Plymouth; Dear Sir-As Dairy C'oint min.sjoni.-i- for this Colony, I. have been carefully watching' tie- cll'ects ami value of 'Sykcs's Drench' on our dairy lords for the past few vears. 1 havenot the sliglitcst hesitation in stating that an immense amount of improvement has been brought about in the health of our dairy covs, and that abortion is now less prevalent since , •Sykes's Drench ' lias become known anil properly used amongst farmers, i 'the best testimonial that one can ', receive is the piaiso that "Sykcs'.s Drench' receives from all quarters of I New Zealand. Personally, I am of l opinion that no farmer should be ( without a stock of "Sykes's Drench,'— I Yours frillifully, J, A, Jfiussllii, Dairy i

When iho njimlilinn; (Iciiioa y« -ikc-i's a liiiin—vlii'ii lie lic'cnnies n. helpless victim to the vlw, lie <li-.(rovs tin: happiness of i'lMiiilr life. The family, in ii eolr.ny like New ai':i!;uhl. is tile iirst thins; to lie cnn-'.idcrMl ;llll | |„-„.

im'.y destroys his mm career, liul lie often inllicts untold misery on his wife, on his children, on his parents, J aiiil on his friends. ' <Jaitif>iiii<>- is not ' the only vice that docs lids, but it is o'st '"'i' i"K (.lie more ' frequent cause of distress in family life. if men, especially yonn.c, men, could only realise tin. horrible tortures which it li'.llicts on family life, the punishment I which it entails on those which arc nearest and dearest to them, thcy woiihl, we feel sure, in many instances swear oil 1 it altogether. There are curses in all lives, and inv men arc entirely free from vice; but this par utuliir demon is assuming such di nensions in this community that it is necessary that some organised effort should be mad..' to restrict it, or to induce its devotees to abandon it Vi airaruna Times.