LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81912, 29 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At iia.-tinus .Insi, \\vvk a. H'tlli'i" wari lined lu/ nn.l !/>/ fd cow- to mi auction Nile without having 1 in'iii properly lnilktd beforehand. i!i.- Ilendi .-aid l!i;' jjiartice of nol milking cows before a sa'e was a eral one, but oiivcr.» \\I'll: not dcceiwd 1 1 y it. A Janner eianinir into last J'riiiay v,il!j hi-> Ciui-.tpoiiilry for rah- was -mpri.-eu h> Jj;-^l, on opening lb- i-iv.r at Air A. il. 'alMjimhiV aiii■ liimi mail, Llml tlio whole lji •: I <iJ -0 !):ul ' been snWateu li;i'«»n_L r !i lii* Inning tin- crate Loo c!or-c! f V Cf>\ efClb Ine j'l'ilduii!!4 ni>;anre of ab,-.e)i(;- !;: i Would lu- hard to heal. ill;* C-i .11 i' i>lhs k•i i L of a iradesliiiiii wilhin on- } tnnlictf mile.-. <>f _\.'\v l'ivnmnili. Tin- proprietor, afier -pi-U'lii:'.;' flie Lrreau-r part of tin* uiornny; hvl .inn;: his e:iiplo\ee.; as to jhc* i. rc->iiy (if having a place fin* .•venaii'f everything in it» place. <" 4 »ii**lin!(• ■ i Muiiruliat as follows: "Now, l aia to dinner* and while I am away I want you lo put ail iito>.' t!iilly- into their proper places. Where i- my hal. r" AH hands were ffor tlu- nn~-in;r til-'. Kveit l::a!Iy il win found at a. local barher'.-. The ahbrn' -miii'lcd 1 radesina n had '"t i it there uiien -f l i a<_:' his niatatinaf t-crape and had walked to hj.-ha-i]!'.'- s b.uv-headvd!

Tin' lir-'i'.rhel■,. ill Wiii.e'ey « lu. rc'i io-:i.on"o\\ are lo lie [he I; -v. 11. Ki,.,. toli and (lie Uev. T. ft. !iki;i;--and e\'ellillg hlltl-V seiviee ill' r.reuke wil! deliver all address on "Tim History of a Year: its and its Lessons."—Advt.

From now on to Clirisimas ihc Melboui'iie Clothing' Company are making a special daily outside demonstration of their famous taibrm.'ido suit", ready to wflar. Buyers sliould make a point of seeing this film's flisp'ay, as the goods arc quite out of the ordinary and compare favournb:v with five fuinn.a to measure

. .The .neatest, town in the world is | Brock, in Holland.'" fto tidv arc the J inhabitants that tliey will not allow! horses in the streets. It contains a I population\6f 2700/ and tin- chief in-! duatry is tlH' making o, Mam chce.-r. j The Ihouirh closely L allied with the phonetic system jjfA spoiling, oilers numerous (raps pitfulls to the iminitinted, and teinpts of some people to t! :> diilicultiea are often To K iiiti resident letter addressed: "Teaqli^^^H^Hß A new for l>een discovered who (according has imported about the stone in largo of cut' ting up and the construction of instead ol the ordinary the score of cheapllillc Volunteers te^m

cu:i'' Mnwg at Uk* Exhibition touruameyre at Christeliureh secured second y/lace in i!.e Alarm, being beaten /or iJivmier honours by ofily half a point, from a large number of entries. Tliey also tied for third place in the- lent Pitching competition, in which thirty teams competed. Recent visitors to ihe -V wson i-V.;* mountain house (says tee Star) speak in most condemnatory I'ims of the action of the coinmitie.; 5 n letting a contract for the felling of It. ah on the road. They say that the action being taken, which involves tin- cutting of | the ims!. a width of tuv chains for a distance of 30 chains, is ,iu act of vandalism and must tend to spoil to a great degree the beautyof the approach to the mountain.

Because the stones, used by ; the Fijian iirewalkers were, brought with them from Rhe Island ct Vega, it Was alleged in Ciiristchtucii T ,i:i; some quality of these rtones >ad f imtiling to do with the ease wu* Mi>» the 'natives walked upon .hem Litrefooted. The troupe,, 'however, demonstrated that' "all stones felt alike to' them by using heated Canterbury boulders for the ac L , and wliui; 1.-'appear in Wellington the stones are to be locally procured, says the HZ. Times. i The clean up-to-date appearance of Elthani, with its splendidly iisuhAited mam streets; \ras the subject of inVtcli favorable comment bj the crowds of visitors who attended the carnivaj on Wednesday and Thursday. If ;the new streets come up to expectations in durability, it should not be long before other Taranalu centres follow the lead of this progressive town. The Primitive Methodist Conference of iNew" Zealand will be held invite Queen street Church, commencing; on Wednesday, January Dili. That it Will be representative, and important is indicated by the tact that there arc! 91

clerical and lay delegates. Friends] have kindly arranged for the aecomjnodation of most ol the visitors. Xlie trial" sermons of the students and probationers will be delivered at a special service to be held: at 7 a.m. j

Special interest attaches to jthe .visit of Messr* .Devlin ami, Donoyan, M.'sP., ' the Irish delegates,' who 'are concluding a triumphant tour of Sew Zealand in the ilome Rule cause, tl'h'i distinguished I 'visitors "will be'in.ifew Plymouth oil Tuesday, January jJth,. when they will address a,public meeting in the Theatre Koval. . The' demonstration wiU,'undoubtedly bd of. a very enthusiastic character, :and' friends aiid sympathisers of the Irish 'movement ale subscribing to the fund. Dr. McClehuidj treasurer of the United Irish League, Mew Plymouth, will; acknowledge donations, and "the bhOys" hope to hand over a substantial amount to the Fund after the meeting. Those with-a soft spot in their hearts for Old Erin can be relied upon to make a liberal response.

According to the Bishop of Wellington the greed for gold is now much stronger among the people of New Zealand than it was a few years ago. His Lordship, speaking' at the Wanganui (Joilegiate School, said that while travelling 011 the railway ho heard an mutual amount of talk about money and the (juickest means oi beeoinnig wealthy. This desire for tu the exclusion of nobier ideairt. was to be deplored. In this eonneeiiou te mentioned tliat the Americans thougii a line people, knev; less than any otlh'r people \rliat peace and joy and lest were. This was due io tlieir feverish rush after the do!Jnr. ilirdiop Waliiu st-eiH.-, Lu be an expert at hasty geueraiisdtmns. The otner dsv he called us ''heathens/' Now he dubb its money grubbers because aomebody in the train, talked "fchop" in iiis tlignilied presence. What his Lordahip will tell- the Britishers when he goes for his holiday presently nobody knows; but the sum of our jniipiiUea is bound to be pretty large.

When the (.'ornithic was )\ithln a day or h\o of Capetown, 011 lis.'}.- la&t voyage out to isew Zealand, a battle royal between bea-monster* was seen. A school uf whales were attuned by and tlie blgla of the anguished iwmtur*, tortured by their penitent throwing their bodies out of thu water, aud 'falling again aiuid a whirl of lasktl-up fuaui, was one jiiot easily l'org'otten by the who lintfd the bulwarks oi Die steamer. Xiie Mas reiuinirtcejit of the Hory Frank X, tlullen tells about the set battle/ that denizens uf 1 lie de v 'p engage- ""in on occasions—it was an msignt .into the life of the marine world of which man oniy catches occasional gUiujwc*. ■So hot was the light that, tlie gre;it creatures look no heed of,the stemnr: er, which passed within iifty yards, of the scene of slaughter. Several snap.-, shots were taken of the novel incident.

A \Yairara]ja resident, writing his impressions ol Australia in a contemporary, says that trucks 'of eliall' and corn ure now pouring' into Melbourne, unci Algerian's seems to be Use nwsl coinnion Oiilri.