LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 30 October 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man named Henry Hoskin was arrested drank on Monday night in Powderliam street. He was yesterday con vieted and discharged, as it was his first ollence in tluj past six months.

On the application of -Mr. 0. \V". Go'vclt

(Govett and Quilliam), probate of the will of Mrs. Jane McKec, late of Lepperton, has been granted by the Supreme Court to Adam Lyle McKee and Samuel •laekson Mckee, the executors mentioned in the will.

Canterbury farmers are independent of registry offices. They have a sheepfarmers' exchange, which was inaugurated in 11105 in connection with the Canterbury Shipowners' Industrial Union of Employers. For the past year 1175 men were enabled to obtain employment in the country through the agency of this exchange.

"The Government owes me the money," said a man in- Court yesterday. "Yes," answered the Magistrate; "but the Government is a very big thing. There are diU'crent Departments, and these Departments don't pay ea:h other's debts. If you have a claim against the Eoads Department, you ought to go and see them about it. It has nothing to do with the Commissioner of Crown Lands. He won't pay it. The litjgant didn't seem to comprehend I tile multiplicity of departments and officials.

Omnibus proprietors in New Plymouth propose to raise the fares on the Fitzrov and Breakwater services, owing to the increased price of horse-feed and other causes. On the Fitzroy section it is proposed to charge threepence from town to Scrivener's corner and fourpence to Fitzroy. On tjip Breakwater run the new fares will be threepence from town to the Belt read, fourpence to Lister's store, and sixpence to the Brcak\vat°r. This information was conveyed to the Borough Council through the medium of tlie engineer's report oil Monday, and will be considered by the By-laws Committee.

A Maori bought a. pair of boots in town on Saturday, and, of course, put theni on before leaving the shop. Shortly afterwards she returned, annoyed. "Thcsfi boots be no good/' she ejaculated. The shopman turned a bit green. He was quite aware that he s»ad "palmed oil" on the dusky lady some pretty old stock, and lie expected to be told that the stitches had burst. But he mustered enough cheek to jisk, "What's the matter with them?" The wahine simply blazed. "Why you no put in the squeaks? Thev no like the new boots at all. 1 like the new boots go squeak, squeak, then T know -they all right" He breathed again. * llis Wor&k'p the Mayor and Cr. Bellringer, Messrb C. W. UoveLt (presidentJ, T. 0. iSelmackciiberg and H. iJ. BcufuriJ (secretary) Lor the Chamber of Cot.imrc, and Mr J. B. Comiett, chairman of the Harbor Board, waited upon Mr Cuom, Chief Engineer of Working Ilailways, in connection with the proposed extensions of JSt. Auoyn ami juoleawirJi streets tfivougn the iSew Plymouth railway yarn. Mr C'oom litformed the deputation —first, that he was opposed to the whole genuine; second, that tile valuations had been made and forwarded to the Minister for Railways; third that ilie matter was now out of his (Air Coom's)'iiands and in the hands ol the Minister; and, fourth, that the Borough Council would probably~hcar from tile Minister in a tew, days.

in cjiiiieciion wuii the difficulty ot geoung girl* lor diOMinakmg in .Wellington, a uanganui paper learns li'oin a lucai lirin, who lormeny had perhaps the largest connection on me coast, thai, llley nave been obliged lor the same reason to give up Hie dressmaking part of their busuK&s. l'ne proprietor says that advertisements inserted in the leaumg city papers, although offering as special inducement the free use of a large room and appliances, drew no replies at all. The operations of the factory Act, he says, was responsible for almost doubling the charges for dressmaking. He had knowledge of a similar or even more acute state of things in Wellington. He feels very strongly on tho question of the factory regulations and the hindrances and worry caused thereby, and contrasts very unfavorably to the present day systems the state of the business before all the regulations were in force.

in yesterday s issue mention was made of the unsatisiactory state of the plans of me permanent slieet levels of the boruugil. from tile engineer's l'cr port we notice that there ai'o .144 plans ol streets levels ill his office. INoue ol these are unuer the seal of the Council. Five pians only nave been signed by Mayors of Sew Plymouth, and fourteen by "chairmen ol works committees, Sixtylne plans, ow.ng to later develop 1 liients, need revising, anil many of tneae are unfinished. Seventy-nine plans are completed, liut in many cases tne works deiiuted tnereon have not been carried oui. Mr Kendall said that he woum very much lijce to bnng the whole ol Uie.so plans thoroughly up to date fur all the borough, and to supply new plans where at present none exist. Supplementing the engineer's statement the Town Clerk said that filially of the plans being in pencil, he had refused to Sign tliCill.

I A"oiiui> w UirpLn.an-.i, spring ni. ayuncy übui'ig.uUi iu.ss.oii,, jiul lorwum a p.oposai U'liicii, ji accepted, wuiiid, , u ii.s ujjiiiiuiij prevent an,) iuie.g*u i\.e gaming a iuucin a r in ->iunJici'ii Auatr.Jia. no aaid that in iliu iar nurtli AusUiiiia. tiieru was a tract 01 land about liau a nutlion square nuies 111 extent. i'u e wtiute of tne white population over tuis iauil did not exceed iUUU. Some of tile laud was worthless, but it would be possible to add to tlicpopuiation oi tlie north 00,l)0u to 00,01)0 people, able to support themselves ' by Ullage, tisniug and Hunting, and trained in schools of intelligence and industry. They would be loyal to tlie Government ! would know every incli of the country' and be constantly in touch and in communication with the rest of Australia In other words, the aborigines could be Christianised and civilised. He asserted that a foreign force could be lauded m the Northern Territory in the wet season and could be there for weeks perhaps months, before being discovered, -

I A hardy'son of , the soil, " witii' J a fiauk, holiest face that should carry him anywhere, was clearly out of his latitude yesterday. Jle was a Clown lauds leaseholder, and his hou-e was some forty- live miles from New Plymouth. ills path lay in the wilderness, and his aim was to carve out a home iroin Nature's lorests; his neigubors few aud far between, and his life untroubled by legal necking or those diliicuties wh.ch w.'igti so heaviy upon the cramped-up townsman, Of law, and the forms of the courts, he was blissfully ignorant, but he had a shrewd sense of justice between man and mm. Ilis pieture-jjue garo attracted attention. Imagine iiini in a ebeeso-cutter cap, u, once-white woollen sweater w.i a lmge roll collar, bull corduroy rrdingbrccches; about his waißt a leathern, watch-pocket. Leathern leggings, boots that, told not of asphalt paths, and a iSmall riding switch completed the costume; <but, no, there was was tjfat happy, outspokenly honest imile. It was a figure that reminded one of the tale of outlaws and hunted men, and one almost imagined the handle of the bowie-knife protruding from the belt. He had been sued for a debt, and lie luul ridden forty odd miles to explain that the plaintiff hftd owed him some money for eighteen months, "His debt was made before mine, and he ought to pay first." But whatever the justice of his plea (hat a Government official should pay him a debt first, the law <did not provide for simh a contingency, and judgment was given against him. Hint "child of Mature" will probably have a very poor idea of the administration of justice. As n matter of fact lie told tin' Magistrate: "1 don't like that M-Mriueiit." and the S..M. replied, "I don t suppn-e you do."

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Signor Bragato has a good word to say lor the Dalmatians stalled in North Auckland. in liis animal report on viticulture, he says:—"Many of them arc now taking up land and planting it with grapes. They spare 110 pains, and take a pride in keeping the vineyard clean and well-cultivated. Gum-digging provides them with :-'allici n: uico.ue to live on while the vines arc coming into bearing, when this unsatisfactory occupation can lie abandoned and thoir labor utilised in improving their holdings. Many of these men, who were regarded by some as undesiarble immigrants, may now be counted as industrious, sober and thrifty settlers, with I a permanent attachment to and subI stantial stake in this country ol' their I adoption."

Arrangements have been made for the representation of New Zealand, principally as a dairying country, at the Grocers Exhibition (writes a London correspondent). In previous years canned meat and other goods have been placed on exhibition, but it lias been recognised by the High Commissioner that the continual showing of one class of goods would lead to a decay of interest that would do more harm than good. For that reason he has decided to vary the exhibit from year to year, at the same time giving special prominence to some particular product, as the space at his disposal is necessarily limited. Thus it happens that, whilst last year was the '"canned meat year," New Zealand having seized the opportunity of catching the public eye at the time when American canners were smarting under the revelations made by Upton Sinclair in "The .Jungle," the present year is, so far as the Grocers' Exhibition is concerned, to be regarded as a "butter year." The whole stand secured by the High Com-1 missioiier is to be devoted to the display of New Zealand butter and other dairy products. Tlicro wa9 a short civil session of the S.M. Court yesterday morning. Judgment was grven by default in the following cases:' —Xaivnaki Petroleum Co. (Mr Ciuilliam) v. Jas. Busby, claim £l3 Is Gd, and costs £1 10s 6d; same v. E. L. Burns, claim £0 10s (id and i£l ltis Cd custs; W. Gaukrodger (Mr Hutchen) v. C. Sylverton, claim .£4 12s Cd, costs

lis. in a, judgment summons, VV. Gaula'odger (Mr Hutchen) v. Reginald Oliver, claim £3 13s, the defendant, a hotel porter, earning £1 a week "and keep," was ordered to pay the futt amount of the debt withm a week, in default seven days' .imprisonment. In tho case M. Johnston (Air Quilliiun), v. VV. J. Smith, claim £4 fis lid, an order was made for payment within a week, I in (default seven days' imprisonment.' There was no appearance of defendant. There was one defended ease, in which the Commissioner of Crown Lands sued S. Schultz for £8 lis 5d for arrears of rent on Crown lands occupied by hiin. The defendant alleged that royalties on timber taken from his leasehold should have been deducted from las rent. These amounted, lie said, to £3 or £4. He had applied to the Commissioner for payment of the royalties, but had received no reply. The Commissioner, in evidence, said he had ho recollection of such a letter. lie (Mr Simpson) did not know that the defendant was entitled to any royalty from 'the Crown Lands Department. The defendant said tho timber 'ljad been ordered bv the Roads Department, and he understood the Commissioner of Crown Lands was to have paid the royalties. He was prepared to pay the rent due, less the amount of royalties. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed and costs £2 15s 6d.