LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 8 July 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

Tii:' Xorth Taranaki Hunt Club's next meet will bo held 011 Tlmmbiy, l.Slli July. ,Mr (Ins Sole Ims givun Hit.' club tin; use of his property for Unit day. An excellent day's spurt should be obas the country U well siiiLed tor hunting. Farmer* who liiive sheep running in' <■ the vicinity m Sentry Jlill are BuM'ering Irani iiie ravages of a park of dog.s, which have been worrying the Hocks at c ni»-bt. The gun has accuunled for several of tlr.* ravagers on one farm, but r prosecution lias been rendered impossible , by the fact that the dogs have been without collars, and thus not identifiable. The owners of ihe doga should, f if possible, be brought to book. A suggestion is made that the County Council should engage a man to go round and shoot al! dogs caught without collars. This would „ opevnte harshly in some cas<-s, for many farmers do not use ihe collars at all on the dogs. but use , them on the necks of calves and other stock. "Sweet, chiming bells." At four o'clock on Saturday afternoon the new post ollicc clock ceased its vagaries due to testing and fitting. To celebrate the occasion it rang out the chimes, and then struck the hour. Since then it has almost been punctillious in imparting to everyone within earshot the correct time of the day or the night. A slight mishap last night was soon rectified by the con! ractor. Sleepless people will probably wish those chimes farther when tliey mournfully anil all too slowly record the passing of the hours of darkness. Jlut the majority has to be considered first, and the greater portion of the populace will not hear the night performance. The peal of bells is a pleasantly melodious one, and Uio sound can be heard some considerable distance beyond the confines of the town. 'l'he clock faces were lighted by electricity Oil Saturday night, and wiil be thus illuminated each evening. Aiixs Adi Murcnlt addressed a big crowd at the J'heatre ltoy.il last night 011 "National Righteousness." Miss Murcntt has a fine command of language, and her w>rl]-,vide txpcier.ce enable* lv.r to sp"ak wiili .111 astonishing clearness and knowlei lge ipon (he habits of the nations. She made. a. strong indictment against; '■nominal" Christianity, and urged her bearers to give more attention to "practical'' Christian religion, contending that in many respects the lirilis'i nation compared most unfavorably with the so-called heathen. A considerable amount of attention was devoted to denunciation of the liquor traffic. which she alleged was directly or indirectly the cause for !I0 per cent, of the crime of the world, and !10 per cent, of the juveniles in mental hospitals. Tin.' lecture was listened to with close attention throughout. The Mayor presided. To-night Miss Murciltt speaks 011 "Japan and the Japanese as I saw thorn.''