LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 5 February 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1,1 •' ""'slake on the •■double" ""••'l'""', Ml, Wellington 1',,,in,, ~ „|, '""1 to pay .WO I l'/ t„ A n.Miil.h- warned M-vcml <,f 11,,, town ..xpr,l,-ist night H;..,'IINst not a ppear a I (he re il wa V sta'"''.'t ll,c niai' tnn,, w'ithnul '■imps I'unii.i'. on their vehicles.

1"""'I 'iit.c land of little l;itls stn.l , s, ' s marched M,.p upwards in . 1a,1.1;.,- Moil,lav morn '''"'V «'IV , miaul school („ i 1,,.' (Vnt ral an,l wer. VITV J, I, ,15,,1 with IllCUlSclveS.

, lipoil (lie 1,„i1,1i,,M of I- 1 <■ old Ktt.nv :i mills, now cm. verted into .p. up'Ludate warehouse im. omission oa-urrnl by nut statin,-' ' I'" 1, _-N T =l E'l.iniol and Henry Hooker wen, (< optiact,jrs for creel iii" Ihe '-"-lie foun l.i(i in. Its ~resent < ron -Mat. credit upon t l,e-,-builder.*. Mr Henry Hooker still ,v. in ~S<>\ i'lyuioiilli .

Conversiu;: viih members of the Auri '-'iMnial S„eic; v \ s executive, we lein a 1 ! " Nl! u '" passeneer 1 raili,- for last Ml "" "- ls 'ably handled, and Ihe b'feres -li,,\,cd a bi 2 iiicrea-e on 1h,.-e I"" 1 '""- .'.ear. Su-:c.s|ion. na\e already gone lor ward lo Ihe j)c !' ;l "'en' ■ -i.-king for a special liain (~ ''' 51111 " !l " ,r f kly Mlcceediii"- li,e I!lH.' '.-ho\\-.

•'"'in inii-icn. nuanber of one of (lie local- volunteer companies. Avns before Ihe Police (\, m -f OH M,,n,lav. c,large,! willi ha nig behaved in a disorderly manner i M ] 1,-vou sired on Ihe night of January I'.Mh. Sergeant I'addrcll slated that ti;c defendant, a loluioeer in uniform, was rolling about the footpath drunk or pretend iug dninkenness. fn answer lo the I'.ench. OTlrien said he was drunk- .ii ll.e time, and had no recollection "1 (lie olfence. ]|;e pleaded guiily. Per geau. lladdrell iiilerposed that ihe m.in wa-. not as drunk as lie was now trying lo make out. Had he been ru ilruiik. he wind have been arrested under the Police OlVeuces Act, instead o; under the bylaws. Fined ss, and 7s costs.

101 l a woman her face is lier fortune. and she u complimented. Hint a limn Knit |,is cheek is his most valuable axsst, and lio i, likely to get

* ' -1 " K ' "iniates of (lie Old, 1 copies Jlojiie arc, tiirongh tne kindness of tii.j .inoniliors of the I';.' niont Lodge, i.C.G.T.j |.o eniov a dav'outiug at ]i>ll Jjlock,

Comment.s ii[>on the new L.'gi>lativn Councillors iMe still K <,iim the round of the. newspafeis Tne K enenil M.\'le "f criticism appears to lie tnat tile meal men are pretty fjooil appiiinlnicnt.s. Imt the other fellows ave not up to much. 1

The Government contemplate Ink III K under the Seenri'v I'reservn I ion Act tlw reno vne.l Ok.iki pa, near lire nui, one of the linesl samples of the ancient ilaori li.«hli,i» pa i„ the Tarnnaki district and of considerable his loric interest.

;\ls there ;inytliiuj; known against this man?" askej- J\lr (;. | v s\| during the hearing of a charge ~'f tlielt. at the .Magislrate's Court oU .Nilm-day, "Only tiiat lie is a, mar' ni'.l man." replied the station ,-e geant.—Lyttekon Times. The \\ dairy factory, which was Iniri.L doivn a. .short, lime ago, has been ti.'i.'porarily rebuilt, and "pupped, rid o.'eialiims'are expeetod to lie coniiu-'iced in the course of a few da,\s. L.he 'juestion of puffin-. 1 m a ciieese plant is being considered. Tne nautical inquiry nl Dargaviile into the accident to the barque Wai :ti found Uie captain guilty of errors "I judgment in, mooring the vessel without assistance of the tug, and in not taking slops to keep the ship upright when she took the grouu.d The captain was ordered to pay the coni« but ins cerli ica te was returned

This scintillation o[ editorial humor may well have helped 1h„ editor on a tiling day:—"Uear Nil-—Will you please inform a. constant reader how to cure bunions in tu dav's issue." "Tiicre are no bunions in to-day's issue. - m yesterday's, nor in to morrow's, nor in any that is to come, and were you a careful as well as a constant reader you would have grasped that tact without being told." there will only be one contested seal in connection with the New Piy mouth Jlarb.uir IJoanl election, nominations for .vl.'icli dosed yesterday. Messrs .! iline and ,l Lindsay have been noiniii'iied -for llio Clifton ward, the election taking place next Holiday. For the Other seals Messrs .I. Ji. Con liett, Newt ml lung, K .Maxwell. (J. McLean anil ,l. 'L'hoin,un Were returned unopposed,

The necessity I'm- a . u „| f 0 „. signal 011 the Tnree Kings is mentioir ed by Captain Willis, who accompanled the recent Klingalnite treasure ex||cdition in the capacity of Lloyd's agenl. It k, 'he said, "one of the most dangerous locaiilies, especially in thick weal her. that I have been' in. 'I lie currents and tides rnu at a very liei'ee rate, and it is often absolutelV mipossibV to say in which direction tiny are going to run.''

r _ At a meeting of the Council of the laranaki Chamber of Commerce the following resolution was passed: I hat this chamber iicartilv r-on< r ratu late Jlr Oliver Samuel upon his°being '■ailed to the Legislative Ciiuncil of New .Zeajan.l and cor.siders that the appointment will inert wi.li the approval ol nil tho-e who know him, however widely political •opinions niav 'liller.'' Mr Samuel is to be banijiictto'l by the 'laranaki Law Society, of which lie is presideni. on .Monday evcnin ,f next.

Oood jw.g.w* is made will, tracks along the inoiiiiLaiu slop,.* and linking up , ti.' various mountain houses, tlir fine weather of last mont'.i greatly ii-isi ;iJng Hi;' carrying out of the wovk, ik-sis I'ayly anil Sole. contractors, are opening up (lie gravel pit. nil the North hginonl truck,'and will start iminedi itely metalling one mile of the mnij.r:aiu track. When this is completed, tin re will he only tin- lirst mile of ilie (.Mid; unuietnllc'd between Vhe radius hue and the Xovtli E<'mont mountain house. This track is report ed liy all as being ill excellent order.

-.Many horsey rsultor much from h-at-i'd teot, and tin; heat is increased eonMderalily l,y flu- foolish habit of paintjug I ill- '-a ill.' out -itle of tin. || O0: - > i:"- 1 earl of scrubbing (li,. li„„f w ;n, w:l ! '•■r, "remarked the Injector of the Society tor t.ae lieventiou of Cruelty lo Animals at Wellington. .Mr W'l'l lm m* (*»>'* th" JN*t) went ou to sav ihat tar on Hie outside of the lioo'f draws I ; : e heal, and the hoof -ids thick with dust, which fonus a cru-t, closing the pores and causing er,iek-s. 'i he till- would certainly not softeu'the horn of ;lie hoof. bill- if tar and oil was painted inside at. night, and wash ed in the morning, good re.-ults would follow.

Two curious iiem» ot cargo are coming 11. New Zealand liy the steamer Uakanui. ,ays a fliined'in paper. One hue is a shipment "f .six live ants' nest- in glass ease?. Tne liistorv of the shipment appears lo be that a'hobby IS growing ill the o:,] Country to make glass-imprisoned nut's a p'ccc „| household liivnitiire, so I bat the infer-e-ting sight ot ants of various species at work may he observed from day to day. The ants are being imported l>v a well known local linn. The other unusual shipment arriving by the same steamer comprises two live rabbits for Lyttcitnn. Why it ha, become do,liable to import live rabbits into I ill', colony is a mystery which possi bly only the consignees can explain,

I An Auckland detective arrested a dog on Sai unlay, apparently on a cli irge of iiiC'ting and assisting an offender lo resist airest, Jt appeal's that a, con-tablc was endeavouring to arrest a man who gave considerable trouble and a nicely dressed detective came ;<> the assistance of tae man in blue. Possessing possibly some Irish blood, the dog rushed into the scrap, and, ,I'lmg with the minority, settled himself to work on the calf of the do t"c.i\e's leg. The man ut that moment submitted ill-rest, and the detective shaking the idog from his Mg, cha-ed and captured il. it was a most Humble anil patient do- that was to ho seen yoslorday patroning inside four high fence, at the police barracks. 'J lie (jiiestinn is, was this inorolV a npinled noble specimen of the canine nice, or was it a well trained monerol of a local Hill Sykesy 'l'he appearance of the owner is verv much awaio'd by Hie police. It iJ understood bail will be lixed at the price of a new pair of trousers,—Star.

As an instance of the diilicultic- en muttered by dairy farmers during (lie Hoods and at the same Lime of the spirit of cooperation amongst ti,e country people (says the Auckland Herald), a scene ou the Ouewhei'o to Tuakau bridge road during the week was a striking object lesson. Several very bad -bp, came down on (lie roadwav. and I lie dairy fanner, found themselves unable to iiel IncU- supplies through lo tile dairy factory. 'J'| K .y did not waif for action on the part of the local body, bill 4.1 of I lie sell lor.clubbed together, and set -|o work Willi spades and ,shove', mid worked lor (wo days to clear slip-, und thus enabled Ihe I i'a Hie o ho re- iinied. Then- is i|iiite boom in the Wan' ganui matrimonial market. Tin- Iteg i-lrar report., brisk busini'ss, having >,-iu;d the twentieth license for the month of January as compared with four only for tnc" same month last year.

Though il is generally understood '(hat tin l , war invention Which Jlr Amtin, of I lie \ ictorian I'ub'ie Works Dopiiilnienl, is now submitting lo the Imperial War Department i's a device lo enable naval guns to lie accurately sighied during heavy seas, this is only one leal lire o| the ie-s import;,nt part ol' I lie wiso'c invention (says Hie JMI'oni n,. A nicinlicr of I lie syndicnle. which is at present liehiud Jlr Aii-lin, lias indicated liie einls it is contended (lie invention will cll'ccl. (hough lie is iiaturalh- disincline,l to hint at llie apparatus ilselF. Willi it. lie siys, it will he possible to (lis Irilmte accurately over an uvea of 100 superficial yards, at a distance of ten miles, sullicicnt missies to strike downward 1 hrougli tile dock of anv bailieship alloat an,l put, it out of net,ion. The apparatus, it is claimed, is work ed entirely apart from the guus. I! may be used, while the present guns are liring tin, present type, of projectiles, ar,l even Hie very man working Hie guns may lie kept unaware of the reaso'n for iheir remarkable marks man-ship. Wireless telegraphy is said to pla'y no part in the invention, and the veil\ilal ion time fuse now used need not lie altered. Absolute ac curacy is. however, claimed, and tile second part of the iuvenlion is said to secure this, no matter luw th<3 vessel roll,

Tin' Mlmving 11■ 11''i's ri'ii'itiil I'phii places beyond tin' riilniiy mi' Iving nil 'claimed 111 lII.' Chief I'.kl Olli',-.' "Hi: Mis 1.. A. ISisliop. .1. Cmi. .Mrs 11. ('lnsM'ii, |!,'i'|!.• I n||j H-,, |.;. \\\ < 'oopiT, Mi-s |.; JS.Vlliolld-i, Willi,,||. There arc cerium r l';i Kit mi U i In iK 11, uii ITS living (Mil lII' 'l'll I'll IN! KI, nil,, 111,. grivl ailvneiu s for Ihi' Iri'.'linlil I'm! 'Llioy will not purl. will, one I' ~i their own mini.- on u freehold lemur. ' *"'.V live .ll U'SI Very i'oiii iol'l il I ily I lie renls ' li"y (li'.uv fi'iini I lie I.in.ls they hitve l.rsed Hieir leiinnls dolii!'. Hie lllll'il '.vol k of fariniii;; I lie liin.l and milking Ihc cms, The best, leiiI Hi' Ille.V Will g Vl' is II live or seven .Vein's lean.'. I'irl lliey leimie In J'.i'.e 111 l o|il n.11,11 I lll'i'llll ill), elllllll i:. amusing '!. i .lenr mieli pel.|.le mil nl (lie illiipiil y ot I lie Slllle in nol ullev in;,' 111 et'liverf. 111 l lease liolils 11.1 i ()|ll illlllll IVe '!|.l'.||:-l. \\'.Miller IIOW I lie ie

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