LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81915, 9 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man named Fred Fonta.cihi, employed as porter at the Ccronation Hotel ,il. Klll.nm, Ims been arrested o-a suspicion of being (he author of t! e robbery at the hotel ou Sunday night A search of his portmanteau revealed t-'D in bank notes and £1 life 111 silver said to correspond w ,Ht the amount missing. Accused, wlio claims the money is liis own, was brought iiefore the Court yesterday morning, and remanded till I'linrstlay. A meeting „F the 2few Plymouth hire Brigade members was held on Tuesday evening. There was a good muster present, and business of a routine order was Iransaeted. It was decided to gel estimates tor installation of (be eleelrie fight at the Kast End station Estimates were also being .waited for a new bed for the East U urd. It was reported that Ihe team to represent the Brigade at the Exhibition tournament n March were! puuiug in 1,1,1 i-! ],ractice. I

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1" oporafo on llio ~,,1,1),. purs,, |„, f()1 . ( . *!■'' ''"'l "f w.xf nx.iKli. Jlk-vo is evory Hlnllcv "I' lom'iii; 11,.. 1,,,,,,,.,.. T"I|1 of thousands Jlob.Uc popi,,-;,. t'ira iii'c in daily use in all narts „f If"' world. This l'.„.|. „„.!,( ,'„ ,„,,,.„ ,i'"ii tin,,;; a Molotto is w l, a t von should liavc. Tt is the lijjhtost Imrt '■ most dtirahl- Son-.ivalor vol produced ! m 50 gallon ,„,,. | Ull|l . ,„„,.•],„„. Hlll „, |s lly 1m fiirnod by a 1,0 vor »i,-| j.'jt- | tf'il with boanlifnNv oiiamolh'd bowl • ••■•'>'"L'. Tho ~,i5i...,t lo ,-lran. i„ fact < !»'"•<'<•'">' oloai,sitsolfw!,il,. ( | u . snood ( !* ''""""■" ' l '>»-». Ji.i wis, in timo. i limit bo sorry yon didn't buy a Mot- I otto. No exhibits tcv , j,ay for c Wilson ausl Solan Hewi PJyiwmtli. 1j

j Vrom the Union Steam Ship Coinj pan}-, managing agents of thn ('. and j A. Line, we have received a copy of a

new pamphlet entitled, "What 'lliore Is to See on Ilia All-lied Route." We are asked to stale that it will lie posted to anvone on application to I lie New I'lvinoiilli ollice. It shou'.d be of »real interest to Iravelleis whether they inland to I ravel by this picturesque l'fiiitr or not. .Ms Cook, the resident engineer of the I'ublie Works Department, at Stratford, visited tin- itewa Kewa riile range on .Monday to inspect and report upon Lie erosion of the banks of the Waiwukaiho stream. The encroachment on the range has become a serious matter, and, unless cli'ectivelv slopped will grentlv impede its use,, fulness. Air Cook will report to the Department. It- is understood that a party ot Labour representatives from the Commonwealth I'arliamciK propose to tour New Zealand and visit I lie Inhibition. The Wellington branch of the Independent Labour League has written to Mr Will son. Leader of the Federal party, with the object of making arrangements for their entertainment while in Wellington. The hope is expressed that the Leader will be one of the party, and that an effort wilt be made by members to give a series of lectures in the principal centres. The annual conference of the Primitive Methodist Church in New Zealand opens this morning. There arc close upon one hundred visiting clergy and lay delegates in town. Particulars of the business sec down for the several days of the conference may be found on reference to the advertising columns. A foolish whim of n girl sitting and smoking with her escort on the esplanade on Monday afternoon, might have been disastrous to life and to property. Two little girls were walking past, and the worshipper of the goddess nicotine threw a lighted match on to the clothing of one of the juveniles. Her pinafore caught fire, and the young man had some difficulty in extinguishing the blaze. Apart from the danger 10 the child, the match-thrower should remember that tit this season of the year even a spark in tlio dry vegetation might cause immense damage. It is to be hoped that better sense will prevail over her next effort to be funny at the expense of a child.

A pa-ty of live, which included a very plucky young lady, successfully made ihe ascent of the mountain iron: the North Egmont House on Sunday. They left the Mountain Houso at a quarter to live and reached the to|. about nine, except oi/e (a future record breaker) who arrived there possibly an hour earlier than the rest o£ the party. The mountain itself was clear, and tin mountain house could be seen froa above nearly all tne morning, but clouds obscured the country around, except for an occasional break in theni when patches of the country belovi could be seen. The clouds, yiewed from above, appeared as vast lields oi beautiful billowy snowdrifts. A cold wind was blotvmg over the top, and after about kulf-an-hour's stay, n very leisurely return journey was begun, tin party arriving back about one o'clock .

A terrible scene occurred In mill Atlantic on board the steaiushi] Amsterdam. A governes; named ltosa Neagle became insam and, without warning, grasped a one year old child . belonging to anothei passenger with whom she had beei talking. Slit dragged the infant ti the rails of the promenade deck, am with a wild scream, threw it into tin sea. The child's mother fainted, am the insane woman ru-lied up to an other child and attempted to seize i with the same purpose. Passenger* intervened ami held the 'frenzied wo men until the ship's ollicers appearci and locked her up. The steamer wai stopped at once, but the unfortuuali infant had disappeared.

'The INew Plymouth abattoir commit tee met on- .Monday. Present: Hi Worship the .Mayor and Cr. , Hell linger. Mr li. W. Dixon, representa live of the Jiutcliers' Association, am .Mr Kendall, engineer/ were also pre sent. It was decided 1., recommem to the Horotigh Council (1) that, pre vided the Agricultural Department ap .prove of the site, pigslyes be erecte, in the unoccupied enclosure adjoinim the river 50yds to the south-east o the abattoir buildings; (2) that tin action of the committee in arrangim with the second slaughterman to con tinue for an extra fortnight after hi: resignation at an increase of ,C 1 pe week (and lime and a half on Sun days) be conlirnied; (;() that the ser vices of the second slaughterman In retained, and that iie be granted a' increase in salary of lbs per wivl; if) that the third slaughterman be rduring- the week he was laid ti| funded 112 ."is, paid for a substitute through an accident at the abattoir. Two impudent impostors, who hnvbeen aiding as police detectives ii the lllenlieiin district for the last few weeks, have 1,...-ii exposed (savs tin Marlborough Herald). They ' repre. seated themselves as emissaries oi Inspector Ellison, Wellington, wins pering this information in secret fashion to sundry people; and the.\ hung about various hotels, drinking and having a. good time generally at the expense of other people. 'i'heii chief, mission, they said, was to obtain convictions for illegal hotel trading, the report going about indeed that certain licensees were to be pro scented as the results of their labours: and they also hinted that they had other things in hand. It is alleged that in one or Iwo instances thev levied blackmail. Sergeant Jritjdr Mason received no advice from Wellington as to tlieir visit, and, though lie did not regard this fact as necessarily easting doubt on their bona lilies', evr/uin other circumstances aroused his si,S|,uion, and set the true wheels of justice in mo»iou. The men have gone in the direction of the Wairau Valley, and are being followed.

In view of the cable news published on Thursday night that <i. Towns, ol Sydney, chiim|iion sculler of the world, and K. Duriian. of Canada, have signed articles to row for the world's chaniiiiouship on .March 2. the following extract from a Toronto paper will be read with intorot:"liowinf; men missed a rare treat in not seeing a new shell which ,M. Ward, the lliglibridge boatbuilder. shipped to Toronto yesterday for Kiblie Dur nan. the professional sculler, who is to row Towns, tlie Australian. Ward who is one of the most painstaking i builders in this country, gave his per

suuiil at,Uniion ti) the* Canadian oarsman's shell.! mh|, flu. result that the , ei-siit. is stated b, be Ilk' lightest in , weight ever turned out here or nl>4 road. Slic weighs only twenty-three „ pounds rigged. 'To get this feather v.eight' r.i ,; racing shell it was nee- ■ [ ossary for the I>u'U"r to go to extremes a- to cutting away Of lines and , Wan] did it in a more scientific way than it i'';'S supposed anyliody could ; do. Jicsitics siting away evcrv- ' tiling of a -tiperiluoe;, kipd. the build-aluiuini-im, /in. Ilk ;,. lev,' under, J.IIIJ i-ulriggc-rs wciv iimd ~| the same nial-i erial. and Hie li:;hles( l,i,„| „f evele j steel t\i\.iii;j mi, n-e,l a- iml-vieai.-rs. The she!! is of the slant pattern, twenty- live feet i,i |,.,i."1h. with a j beam'of twelve inehes and 1, ~|e|,lh n; six inehes. Nile j s j|„. ji„est nil lection of cedar and incliil ever blended, and if she is not worth al- leasl several pounds in a rave tlmse who had (lie pleasure of inspecting her will be niueh niislaken. Durnan is nol a llauiau yet, albeit he is the ha-, neither a ren.nl yet stieh as Haitian, but hj,. i,-, ;|, clever (larsniaii and has rowed some liearl -I rying rates, Jle is faster and filter now' thai, lie ever was in his life. If there is unv advantage i„ „ge. J)uniait possesses il.Jtir Towns is ;is, „,hI JJurnan only A CI.KAN' SKIMMJttS. Tire lla'ltie Cream Separator is rap [ idly Inivmg its wav into favour Willi practical ilaiiTinen. Sound and tlur- ' able construction., clean- skimming. ' anil easy running, are advaulifes Unit ■ will Ink,, no denial. ,M,- Percy fine, i of W'arehitie, writes that, he is itsinc | ' n linltic Separator ivhieh skims <h„vn 1 to (t.;i. which mint )„, considered a ' remarkable performance for a hand- ' power machine. Anyone in want of < 11- reliable Cream Separator should ' communicate with ,1, IS. JlcKwan and * Co., rid,, Egmont street, New I'ly- s lnottlh, who will be pleased (o furnish " full particulars of these s]>\oiulid mn- (l chines, which tiro stocked in all &JZCB e both ips belt and tod-power, ■ J

The tender of Messrs (Jordoii ami Sole has been accepted for the metalling of the track to the Morlh Kgimuit Mountain House. Harvest prnspiTls are not bright in mid-Canterbury, , Crops will be verv light. Pasture i, completelv dried up, and mot crops are not promising. Some thousands of plants of the llathurst burr have made their appearance in earth ballast from Duneilm in road forma lion near- Dai'"aville. *" Air 1!. W. Dixon, representing the -Master Butchers' Association, was one "f the committee who 011 .Monday visited the abattoirs. With a tho'ioii"!, tradesman to assist in i( s deliberations tie abattoirs committee should be able to avoid any further unpleasant ' friction and trouble.