LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 3 April 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tin- Tri'iisurv Ims paid to the credit j of tin' Tnrana'ki County Council UUO | on tin.' .Uingauui liivcr'Bridge loan ncCllllllt. lli'iird nil tin- ffi.lf links yesterday: "ttcally, you know, I aski'd my caddie if In; liml change of a pound nolo, nud In- hadn't," "lirally! At lliiii-na on Iv.isl.'V Monday the Stratford liilli' Club liri'd a malch willi tin' Iluiroa Chili, the formor winning l.y SOli to 780. Sunn' good shooting was clone. During tlit- nionlli of Unroll Hi;' tiiiili" wood Co-operative JSneon Ctjiiipuny paid mil to suppliers for piys .d-DM Is !)<!--■ a record in the history of the I'oiupiiny. The pig industry of Taraniiki v.'iis never mi a lietler footing than at present. Also then' was never so iimeh competition amongst liuyers as al present,. I'robale of the will of \'en. Archdeacon Williams lms been granted (~ Mr. .1. .\. Williams. The will is n simple one, leaving all real and personal property to James Xi'Um William., and William Leonard Williams, "with full power to divide inv real and personal properly amongst mv ehihlren and ether relatives as they y consider advisable.'' We have no doubt, especially ill view of the recent, address on I lie Land Jiill l-v the Attornev-tieiK'ial, that ih".'c will lie a large audience at the 'i'healre Koyal tiiis evening to hear .Mr. W. U. Ma'thieson, of I'ahiatua. in reply, from the view-point of the Farmers' I'nion. Mr. Malhiesou will answer ipiestioiis relative to the subject matter of the addicts at its conclusion. In referring to the very successful band contest held here, a lyw years ago, Mr. \Y. C. Weston mentioned hist night that he had audited the. balance-sheet submitted by the secretary, Mr. .1. 0. I .Uorey, and'lie was conscuucnlly aide ■,to testify to the thorough manner in which hi's work had been done. Considerably over £IOOO wns handled in connection with the contest. Twelve niemhers of the New Plymouth Homing Society cuinpcted in the interval race from Wanganui. The following was the result:—l l. A. Corney's Sceptre, 2hrs 57 , /..«iin, velocity T.SSyds Tin, 1; ('. Seabright's Tui'iikiua, :Shrs :i!< ; miiis, velocity 7(it—o—!), 2; W. ltonlton's Coniinodore, lihrs Tinin, velocity 7-17—(1—1. :i; W. Francis's Waitcre, ;ihrs lUiniii, velocity 734—2—1, 4.

The Wellington Customs returns lor the quarter eliding 31st March show that the revenue and beer duty corcc',cd totalled respectively ;C207,378 7s and .C3«o(i 'ls, as against £201,032 5< and 1281:: lis 7il for the corresponding period of last year. The Customs revenue and beer duty for the month of March totalled respectively ti11,047 7s Sd and £llOO 14s Id, as'ngaiiist £1i1i,843 0s 2« and £9OO 4s 6d for March, 1000. At the I'olice Court on Tuesday Mr. lliddell, 5..M., indicted on a voting man named Cordon Beckett. a sailor, a line of CI and costs For causing a breach of the peace (in default -IS hours' gaol), and ,C 3 and costs for using obsenee language outside the Western Park entrance on Monday. J lis Worship remarking that the oU'ence was the more serious as the filthy language and misbehaviour was carried on within the hearing mid the sigTit of women and children. The electricity class under the Education Board will meet at the Central School on Wednesday, 10th April, at 7.1."i p.m. The course taken will lead up no the City and Cuilds exnniination, and a strong point will be made of the practical work, including eleterical teleplumes, house-lighting, complete plants and wiremen's work. The committee has been fortunate in for five years securing the services of Air. 11. C, Tempest, who served with the National Electrical Construction Co., England, and who has had over twelve years' electrical experience. Two Europeans and three natives had a narrow escape from drowning on Sunday (says the Hawcra "Star"). 'They were out oil' the zig-zag lishing % The boat was capsized and the shore not. being very far distant, the two whites struck out for it. The natives clung to the boat. Other natives were on the shore, among 'them being "Billy" Fdwards, who wejnt to the rescue and .brought the Europeans to safety. The wrecked natives afterwards swam to shore.

Interviewed at lnvereargill. the lion. Mr. AlcNali stated that the Department had inquired into the complaints of the employment of child labor in the dairying industry, and found that the industry was in a milch healthier condition in Otago than in the North I sland, which he attributes to tlie fact that in Otago the owners themselves were doing the dairying. In the North Island the owners leased land, cows, etc., to others, and there was generally keen competition to gel on the properties, with the result that economy had to be practised to the extent that- the colony hud become acquainted with. The position was an extreme case of the conipelilive system in connection with leasing, and these peojde sweated it out of their families.

The Taylor-Carrington Dramatic Company made their second appearance ilithe Theatre Royal last night in the sensational Irish comedy drama "Evicted," in which the theme was constant ■ and undying love which even the wealth and scheming of a wicked landlord could not thwart. The piece was well staged, anil both the humorous and tragic scenes were depicted so as lo earn hearty applause from the full house. Mr. Charlie Taylor played the part of Brian O'Fan-ell as though it hud been made lor him, and Air. Ward Lyon, as the wealthy landlord, had a congenial pari. Miss Ethel Flood made a prettv and spirited Filecn Aloriarty, mid Miss Ella Carringloii as Bedelia Metiuire was good, as usual. The oilier characters were wed! pourtrayed. A very line piece of acting, the best of the evening, was I'.rian OFarrell's greeting of Pa I rick OTJoimoll, an exiled Irishman, surprise, incredulity and a real Irish outburst of pleasure being true to the life. On Saturday a man named I!. H. Home was arrested at Stratford on a charge, of drunkenness and riotous behaviour. Before his arrest he went i'do the Co lercial Hotel, but was refused liquor on account of his intoxicated condition, when he pulled out a knife and acted in a threatening manner. He was thrown down, and the knjt'e was taken from him (says, the "PKst"), and he was put out of ihe hotel, after which lie broke a window, valued at 27s lid. The man then violently resisted arre-t, but after a scullle. with a large crowd prascul, the conslab]., succeeded in taking liim in charge. Accused appeared before Alessrs J. Leydon and S. Ward, J.'sP. on Tuesday morning, whim he stated that he had been at work at Toko for the la-t 12 mouths, and had been at New Plymouth on account of the death of his wife, and was getting back to his work when he got drunk. Constable Ryan said that aeciisikl was a very dangerous man when under the inllneneo of liquor. Under the circumstances, and as lie was willing to return to work, lie was given a chance, and was lined 40s mid costs on the charge of riotous behaviour, and convicted and discharged on the charge of drunkenness. Tile total amount payable, including cost of damage done, was ,C 3 10s.