LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 4 September 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The next sitting of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth will open on Monday, September 30th. .Not long ago the liurough Council executed various improvements on the Victoria road just within the borough boundary. The road was widened, aud, inter alia, the gravelled sidewalk was dispensed with iu favor of a clay bank along the side of the road. Wlufc the firmer part of the clay became too deeply buried in mud for the comfort of pedestrians a little black sand was sprinkled thereon, in lieu of gravel or screenings. The sand worked like a charm—in dry weather. It was worked like a churn when it rained. And it has rained fairly frequently of late. With a few more footpaths like this there should be a very good opening iu .New Plymouth for a bootblack. The roadway also revels iu from four to six inches of mud at this point.

Mr H. S. Eitzhcrbert, S.M., presided over the Magistrate's Court sitting yesterday morning. Judgment by default was given in the following cases-—JJ Uillg (Mr Wright) v. S. U. James, claim £■> Us (id, and costs lis; T. p. ilughson v. Hayes, claim £1 17s lldj costs os; T. P. Ilughson v. R. Richards I and 11. Sharrock, claim £i Us lid, costs 13s; E. Chambers (Mr yuiUiam) v. J W. Stewart, claim £0 PJs Id, costs £1 (id. Mrs Uerinina ludson sued Mrs E. Cossey for .CI, balance of amount due for board and lodging of defendant's son, supplied at defendant's request, m PaliTTerstou North during luuj. Mr \\ cslon appeared for the plaintiff. Tin; plaintiff gave evidence in support of her claim. The young man had stayed with her for six and a-half weeks, and paid injuring that time. When he left it was ostensibly to go and see his mother at Kimbolton. The defendant had written admitting the debt and , paying 10s on account. The defendant being Ul, her husband appeared. He said his wife had made no arrangement to pay for the son's board, and thought _ he should have been" sued, as he was head of the house. The 10s paid on account was sent by the son himself through his sister. The defendant had never written concerning the debt. His son was of age, a tradesman, and quite able to pay his own debts, and witness had written to him accordingly. The old gentleman said he had quite enough to do to pay his own way, without beino called on to pay tlie debts of his son" who had been away from home for four years. The defendant denied having made any arrangement to pay the son' 3 board. In answer to counsel, the witness said his wife had not told him of two letters received from Weston and Weston concerning the account. Annie Cossey, daughter of the defendant, stated she had Iritten to plaintiff on behalf of heTmother, and had for- ; warded 10s for her brother. Judgment ' was given for plaintiff, with costs. M

The difference between W.TS. Corsets and any other corset on the market is I hat with W.tl. Corsets various shapes arc made to fit the variety of figures, and in crmscriucnce no undue strain is e.vperiei.ceil, and (he utmost comfort obtained. Without a doubt this is Hie world's leading make to-day. and Messrs. White and Sons have made Arrangements for a direct supply of all the •uost popular shapes. Ladies will be well advised fo inspect their stock or ibi* make, which is the largest in the torovince. A special fitting-room is [available for those desirous of obtaining the correct shape.—Advt. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 1b 6d and 2s 6d.

A letter awaits "W." at the office of this paper. Ij Captain Edwin wired yesterday:—. Westerly strong winds to gale; glass : fall; tides good; sea considerable; rain ' probable. ' j "A native has no right to sell his ' land," stated the member for the North- ■ em Maori District "It has come to him from his ancestors, and his duty is to use it and hand it on to descendants." I The local rainfall at New Plymouth during August was 7.1C inches, rain fail- j ing on 25 out of the 31 days, the maxi- j mum fall being 'on "the 17th. when it i was 1.03 inches. The rainfall for the same month of last year was 4.13 inches on 13 days. | We avo requested to state that i'nej two New Plymouth Convent candidates who passed the theory examination of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music were the only candidates presented by the Sisters of the Mission.

Putting Tjuck the clock! On Satiir-) day the committee of the llawera| County Council appointed to deal with! the toll gates met and • decided to accept the lowest tender for the erection of the gates. The work is to be nut in kind forthwith. | Messrs E. Griffiths and Co. have rc-l eeived the following cable from thoirj London principals, Messrs Mills end ■Sparrow:—"Prices have now touched their lowest. Prospects for the coming season's butter and cheese are very good." The friends of Rev. Mr Jacob r.nd Mrs Jacob, late of Hawera, will he concerned that the latter had to undergo a serious operation iu London in July; and rejoice to hear that she passed through it very satisfactorily, and when the mail left \ftis doing wonderfully well.—Star.

Another protest against the present system of paying teachers on the average attendance at their schools eonies from Okato in the shape of the resignation of Mr Boyce, the headmaster. When ho took over the school the roll l number was 110, and it has since e'eereased to 52. The numbers are s- till I falling, and by the end of the present quarter he anticipates it will be only 145. His Balary has been reduced, ol< i course, as the numbers fell off.

A gentleman from inland Taraiuki waxed exceedingly wrath on Monday. He went to tne post office for some stamps. There was one attendant behind the counter, and he was busy sorting up some papers. The stamps customer kicked his heels for ten minutes, and then stamped out of the office, complaining in no measured terms of the "Government stroke." "I thought lnglewood was bad enough," he said, "but New Plymouth takes the cake." A town residsnt offered to get the stamps for him. He was more fortunate. He had to wait just two minlutes!

Hie usual monthly (meeting of the Taranaki branch of the Liberal aiid Labor I'ederation was held last night, when there was a good attendance. Several new members were elected, und' a largo number nominated. Mr Berry I being unable, owing to pressure of business, to accept office as president, Mr Dockrill was elected to the position. Mr.: C. H. Weston was elected a vicepresident. An animated discussion took place on ways and means to improve the organisation, and it is possible as a result some steps will be taken to form suburban and country branches. The subject for discussion at the next meet(ing will ho the Factories Act Axnendmeut - ■,■ .iLUiL:si!«sia

Notwithstanding all the adulteration in vogue, Hie demand for wool is still unsatisfied (says'Halgety's.Ueview). Europe wants wool. America cannot supply her wants from the domestic clip, wnich is, when quality is taken into consideration, relatively dearer than the superior article imported from Australasia duty paid, whllfe the comparatively new demand from tho Eastern nations is oue of the most gratifying features of the outlook. During the past year purchases on Japanese account have been larger than over before, and have embraced greasy as well as scoured wool. Now mills are hcing erected in that progressive country, while the example is being followed in China, where a powerful company his recently been formed to manufacture woollen goods. In India also woollen mills arc being erected, and, now that the Eastern nations have proved the advantages of woollen clothing, we look with confidence to a growing demand from that quarter. Possibilities of extending our trade with the East are also almost unlimited.

Borne puople have extraordinary ideas of setting up lor themselves, An Individual, hailing from the country, where lie had just got a position us shares milker, waited on a local grocer the other day. "1 have just got married," he said, "and 1 have come in to order my household goods and a suppiy of groceries." I'csj the grocer was pleased to take his order. Of course being a stranger he would pay cash or furnish satisfactory references. "As a matter of fact," explained the would-be customer, "I have neither; but I have 4 note here from a man that I'm going to work for stating that I'm going on with him." "Very sorry," said the tradesman, "but such a note as that i» uo good to me. You might be on with him one week and away the next. What i* your position!" "Well, I haven't a penny just now. I have just got married and have come to town to get fixed up with household things. I'll pay for them all right when I get the money." The man's audacity took away the breath of the shopman. The newly, married man's order was not taken.

There are magistrates and magistrates. There is the magistrate who amuses himself at the expense of witnesses nervous or uncouth; who makes jokes a? their expense, to tickle the risible faculties of ihe profession and of the court hangers-on; who sees iu the uulawyered defendant a nuisance who ought to have known better than to come to court without first engaging a solicitor; and who sets out to give the unprotected litigant such a handling as will ensure iiis engaging legal assistance next time. There's the magistrate, on the other hand, who fully maintains the dignity of the court, promutes a respect for the cumbersome machinery of tile law; who recognises that witnesses are human, and not lncrelyjuade for joking at; who sees in the unrepresented litigant a person who [ought to be helped along through the shoals and shallows of court difficulties, and who helps them accordingly to the best of his ability. There" have been several people in the local S.M. Court recently conducting their own eases, aud they have been materially assisted by the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr H. S. riuhcrbert.

Aii inquest was held yesterday con-, corning the death of Mr Stephen, James who died at the New Plymouth Hospital on Monday. Mr H. S. Fit* I neitot, the coroner, conducted the iu- I 'luiry, and the following jury were sworn: H. Bedford (foreman), H. D. Colson, J. Uennett, E. A. Golding, id. *'■ Ui,\y, and K. Gil-mour. Thos. Ji.n.cs, a l.rotl.er of the deceased, deposed tint the deceased was in a carf on August -Mil, and witness was holding the l.or*s " oad - *t became startled, and I plunged. Witness lost his hold, and lie horse belted and capsized the cart. \\ im'ii he readied his brother he found that a sharp slake had penetrated his b(nly._ :ilie s t a .k c WM ab(mt t]in , e m tour inches thick, and protruded soniie six inches thrown the bodv. Dr. Wn'l-k-or s evidence was to the effect that he had ordered the deceased's removal to the hospital.wliere flinre was some hope until Saturday of his recovery. Then unfavorable symptoms developed, and 1 he died on Monday morning. The iml ; mediate cause of death was saproemia. Ihe jury returned a verdict in accord- s aneo with the. medical evidence that the deceased met his death from injuries received through falling out of his , trail and being impaled upon a stake, , [he circumstances being accidental. The inry expressed its sympathy with the lecenscd's family.

TTe was the cotter's onlv child, They called him Little' Jim, And Death with sycthe and hour-glass had Called round to wait on him; The mother wept, the father sobbed, For death looked very sure, Tint Little Jim's still'in the Swim Through Woods' Great Peppermint Cure OTGANTTC CONSPIRACY. 'Tis a gigantic conspiracy of Coughs and Colds against yon. Foil it with Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. Price Is Gd and 3s. Obtainable everywhere,

Mr W. Cowern, of Hawera, who has just returned from a trip to the Old Country, in the course uf au interview with the local paper, said he found New Zealand spoken of well by those who knew something about it, but the difficulty was that these were comparatively few in number. Ue could not help being struck with the great place Canada lilted m the public eye and the public imagination. The emigration thither i was on a very large scale. What with the activity of the Canadian agent* and | various emigration organisations, notjaoiy the Salvation Army, and the shipj ping facilities, the impetus to emigration to Canada was very great, and each week crowds left by the steamers. Disancewas.a drawback to New Zealand, i hut still he thought more might be done . m our interests He contrasted the . Canadian offices with those of New Zea- . land. The former, there were several, I but to take one instance, was a splendid . place in the Strand, compelling atten- , tion from the passer-by and at once in- ' tcresting him by an easily-seen display of the products of the country and advertisements of .the advantages offered; whereas the New' Zealand office was '| away in an~ai'istocratic quarter little 'seen by a class of people likely to emi- ' grate, and presenting but little attrac--1 tion to the passer-by, although in the office every courtesy was shown and in- :. formation freely given. New Zealand r ought to have an office where people

congregate. At the Crystal Palace certainly there was an excellent display, but the curious thing was that so few people know anything about it. He brought it under the notice of some prominent Anglo-Colonials, who at once admitted that they had never previously heard of it.