LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 5 April 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'I he Manawatu Standard states that Messrs C. Uahl and Co., Ltd., hare orders on hand for the installation of three llarliictt milking machines a week for six mouths ahead.. The f„„tl,all season was opened in f™' ".vnouHi yeslerclav, both elite holding jiractices. An unfortnnal-'acci-''•'■'l c«N on-11,,, lSllll . j,,,,,,,,,,, „ l'liiyer mimjirf )•;.-- (ii-iniths having bis ic--below the knee. lu the Garrison Hand's report the committee suggested Hie substitution of Christinas Day carolling instead of on Chris,mas live, anil in the early hours ot the morning. The bandsmen'seemed to "catch on" to the suggestion. A woman, speaking at a meeting in support of woman - * rights, repeatedly asked the audience, "Where would men find themselves without womanV" A weak voice from the rear of the hall, 'ln Paradise, lnnin." Mr liallantyne. Chief Inspector, lias been requested by '.several teachers to set up a class for tile coaching of school teachers who contemplate silting nex; year for the Teachers' C. and Ji.A. examinations. The uillieiilty lies in the -securing of an instructor competent to take this class, and the Chic! Inspector will be pleased to hoar from anyone willing to take the position. The Lyttclton Times objects 1o the appointment of Mr Robertson to siieecd .Mr \Y. Gray, on the ground that lie has no special knowledge of telegraph work, and that, the Telegraph Department urgently needs reorganisation. It advocates the appointment of a Deputy Postmaster-General, with a postal secretary and telegraph secretary, each

jliavuig, reasonably free control of his separate department. Wo understand that the Borough Council Chamber lias been engaged by Mr Morton Aldis, Hon. Sec. of the. Audi- ' land branch of the International Arbitration and I'eace .Society, for a meeting next week, when lie will explain the principles and working of the Society. Mr Aldis is now at Core where he is assisting in the formation of a branch iii that district. A detailed advertisej uient wili appear 'n a. day or two. Recent visitors to tile State Experimental farm at Momohaki state that it is in excellent order, and the results of the recent experiments are very interesting, it is probable that there will be quite a large number of young farmers in the party of Tarauaki Agricultural Society's members who will visit the farm shortly. The Society is doing much to secure the interest of intelligent settlers and to modernise the methods of producing from the soil. The trip will he made during tins month. A serious case, in which poison was apparently wilfully administered with deadly eli'eet to a horse, has just occurred at Hamilton. At the request of a young man a local chemist, provMed a harmless drench for a thorough-bred horse, valued at about J-tlO. Soon after the drench was administered the animal died in great agony, and invesItigation proved that death was due lo arsenical poisoning. The police are busily engaged making enquiries with

reference to some suspicious circumstances, and Some important developments are expected in the course of a few days.

It is quite evident to Mr. McConnell, according to his report, that if the present. Taranaki Harrison Hand call be kept together next year's contest will see the band a prize-winner, no matter bow ninny bunds play, ''and,'' he added, "I have every coalideiice that with good, solid home practices, and bund practices, we will have a band good enough lo try conclusions at Hallaral or Bathurst contests next year. . . . Taking the whole of the past year's work, we have pulled together excellently, but we can do much better yet. It is my ambition to ha.'e a champion band, and I can confidently say that, with good, solid practice and strict attention in the bandroom, we have the band here." Mr. Bignell, ex-Mayor of Wanganui, and an experienced contractor, has just returned from a visit to Auckland, via I the Main Trunk Railway. He ridicules I the statement recently made by a Christ church resident that the line will I take three years to complete. Mr. Bigncll is eonlident communication will lie opened by the end of next year, lie was assured bv the contractors for the Makatote viaduct, which he says is the key lo the position, that it will be completed by Christmas, by which time the railhead will have reached there. The work for the other two small viaducts is alsi well in hand, and more than half of the ,i 0 miles between the railheads is already joined and ready for the rails, while the big cuttings in the. other portion arc well in hand. A bold, enterprising individual rejoicing in the annexed cognomen of "Cap tain" John Majoribanks .Steele, whose via ring exploits are at present the 'talk of Cambridge, is under arrest in that town for obtaining goods and cash from local business people by means of valueless cheques. The following are alleged 10, have been victimised:—Henry Vandyke, jeweller, £10; L. liygrave, licensee of the Masonic Hotel, £5; Ilalenslein Bros., clothiers, £3; Geo. Twindle, £l4; A. J. lleuth, £7. He made himself i|Uite popular in Cambridge by inspecting the school cadets and volunteers. It is stated that he was a sergeant In an English regiment. After obtaining his discharge, he served with the irregulars in the Boer war, from m) oto 11)02. He then came to New Zealand, and resided for some time in the district.