GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 22 November 1907, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

branges are said to be vtery plentiful on the Hastings river (X.SAV.), and are lafing from the trees in mj-riads. Last a settler lost a valijable bullock tlirougbt* — fhe late Mr C. E." Smith, ex-police Magistrate at Australia, swallowed a jieaeh-stone ago, an 4 a week geatpft a violent !• V rwehing thrift #m¥up. much Wajkened by being in .the system for suck a length period. The unfortunate gentleman died of cancer in the stomach. 4 number of country folk returning frofc the Wanganui Show by the cxP r ®P K°'ng South the other day were surprised when the guard upon entering the [carriages notified tljai no excjraion tickets! were available' I.y mail tratts anj that t|ose having them would havl to pay Jull pingle fares. In several, instances this hil to be done. There wasi a similar, regulation. fur. , tlio Sliow.i : i. '. ' ■ ' X*l Sloan, the well-known jockey, was flurried io Miss ,Julia Saunderson, an American actress, at a New 1 York hotel at nigUt by the Ilev. Henry Warren, who is known in-Mew York as the "Hotel Chapuin.' A* statement had bc.it> made ill order to throw people oil' t ,e scent that the mirriage would take place next day at the Church of Transfiguration, where numbers gathered to see the bridal pair, who had already left the city and started on their honeymoon. It i» stated that Mrs Tod Sloan will retire from the stage and accompany her husband abroad. Mr Warren, who married the couple, has probably tied more matrimonial knots than any clergyman in the city, lie was employ, ed by various hotels to marry young couples, who on the shortest notice would rouse the clergyman even late at night or early in the morning. He also held Sunday morning prayer meetings in the hotel parlors, and achieved further aelebnty from seeking a short time ago to convert Wall street by holdiri" noon meetings on the street neat tlii Mock Exchange. A. Allan, a young Xew Zealand swimmer,penormed very well in an all-corn-ers ifcee, bt yards, at London, on loth September, Expecting'sonwthmg frtiin the Sew /eaiander,. the handicapbttfs HWn /"? 6t ' COnd3 °' r SCratch IBrown, a London crack). Allan won Ilia heat in 42see (best time of the evening), and semi-final in 42 25see. He two' isecoilds/'ind ended third m the final. The Mto&j., wa, mostly trudgeon and side. I[is ■•crawl' was the cynosure of the evening, causing much :talk about progressive colonial ideas. . Every club in lon'l,rePr€6l;nW- Allan .did ■ well at carnival in rnOtf-7, and represented Xelson at the . chafanioiL'diin meetiig at Christelureh 1 iMfrvsT Stfis on a pleasure trip ;to England. A former Governor jifw. Zealand, Lord .Onslow, is ii vofrei'in ' a p'retfy |' Ua "f. at Home. jand one the claims in whfch are harald realisable'by teci/t,fe ; who ire not fami|ar with the strong ves sporting rfchts of the landed gentrj of the old fonntrj. The nghtsf over a popular jangliife p , ece of water in - Surrev ■ , claim® by Lord Onslow and the "Couiii !! >3 4 ~, V< i' ia r°' ? II(i at tl,eir request ; cfc r gg || akr ' n [ ig, 'i «- ? sh,ng tl "' r '"- 0n tlle other" hand, Woking anglers, who have cast their lines in the water for over forty ;r? r :£ n ' e od. that _ a public, right-to-fish the waters has been established, and are determined to resist the claims of the other trio. The society has erected A* anjKhe bunks*of the. aijf oAh|society" reeentlv, accompanied by police officers, took the names and addresses of seventeen anglers with a view to proceedings If. 1 proMt4af4 ]kea Jieldl hi', ind it has been determined to defend the anglers in the case ; of. any.legal action being taken. . .:- ! - , ; At the Christchurch Old-age Pensions Court, an application was made by an aged man known as "Johnny Malay.'' , 'Awtin K»d»iij?rH«^ia'he forty-five years m'.the colony, a -year at , the Chat hams, six years at Hoba'rt, and t(felve.)'ears.at to.sea at the age of ten. He.-qknimUo native of Singapore, and could name many of the places in, the Jlalay Aifhi- : pelago and Straits of Malacca. The man had bepi living with Maoris at Tualiiwj,. , Md'has to tfianfc Major b.'CosHgrove tor ' his efforts to have hint, provided for in his old age. Jlr UaV, S.M., said lie would accept the age as being over Cm, and a member of thu :P»css at a if, win! 1 had known ".Johnny" for nearly forty r years, proved Jijs residence in the cj- !' sTJe applicant, said/hj 1 living" at odd jobs and cooking. As to his habits, he said "me no drink", me no I smoke, me go church Sunday," and the ; certificate as to character being good i,i s other respects, Mr Day granted tie ?; elaith.

' Ihe great Xoithw est has opened up wonderiuily suite I wad here last,' writes Dr J. .M. Bell, Director of Getlogical Survey in .New Zealand, from Ontario under date September 25th. "Just imaging tor over twenty-four hours we travelled in the fastest train across the American Continent through a vast corulieid. coining East K 'f toe canoe trip into Northern yuebec, and it was awfully nice renewing my acquaintance with the lakes and rivers, not to speak of the picturesque but smelly Indian wigwams. I also visited the great silver field of Cobalt, which is truly marvellous. Over five mijijoij; silver hive teeu ex-rxjrteJ-up- w ttfe-ftfd'of IWB/and huudreds 01 mines have been opened up, though the field only started in 1!)U3. 1 saw one silver vein, almost solid natural silyer,, sgjue ij iufbeS; wide. - ,Jti waa guarded night and day. Since my return I have been very busy making preparations for my lecturing tour. There' has been no dearth of places to lecture in. .My trouble has been to' iai- 6 in all, the engagements, and 1 many places witl' have to be left out. At present my programme stands as follows:—On Septeiuuer 31 1 apeak before the Canadian Club Perth on in Unexplored i# ' Zealand'; on-'OCtober 10 at thj \ ietorian Club of Boston on 'The .Mineral \\ ealth of the Xew Zealand llinteriand'; on the 11th at the Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston on 'Exploration ill the Heart oi the Southern Alps'; oil the loth at Kingston, Ontario, on "The Southern Alps ot New Zealand'; oil October ~l&_ai the-liar tar J. - Xttinill©r«i-, Club on in the Southern I Alps'; on October 21 at the Sonierville Club; On October 22 at Harvard on 'The - lieneral "tfeOtßgy "ff-.Ww ZralamT;-ou" Octobtr 23 at lale (twice) an 'The Economid Mineral Features' 1 land' (ind :Xl»i iialient ,I'hs.yiciil Featurns* the Boyal Geographical Society's lecture lias been li.Ved for November 11. Ihe other day the High Commissioner taUeu me asking if 1 would speak before the Iloyal Colonial Institute on Xotenibar 10, and'l replied that 1 would «o I' leave London immediately f (terwarils for Xaples, wliere 1 catch niv- > bi>at <jn the JHh."