LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 56, 25 February 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

flic Technical School classes ~ro,ni-o »■«" W M* yea, students from ™,\. t.H'a and several of the counlrv distri-ts attending.

-\li-s J-;. Simmons ha- been appoint ~| trainee ill connection with the cookcrv ylas-cs at the Technicai School. There 's still an opening for another Mi- I'.vke, L.V.r,, has ,o„-ented to < ,"". ,l '!'' t •'. l ' l!1 " s "i singing and vok--raimiig in ennccti „ u iih „ v I'lyinoulh Technical S, boo!

Ill! ' -Uiiynr and barough councillors '■' u ' adopted an invitation !„ l- e ,-,,.<,. -nit at the Ce.ieral School picnic in U,„ J.ecreation Crounds „u Tluu-Jav ;,(!, March.

'l'lK' proposal of Mr. C. 11. [.ind-tr-mt ■>• vivct a liMinci-y on »orij„„ of -,lc; abattoir -lie. !,a- fallen thr,-,..;, ~„ .... '"""t >.f Hie lad ||,,,( j, j.. V-,• ' ,'j.'.. '"'•"."■ '■"■'"'■il '•■ .ledi.-,,.,. a'pub'h'•"ll,l 1 " ' "-"" ''"■'■ lI" ik find pro-P"-i'd to be lea-,cd. A littl,. knowledge i- ~ danger,,;,. Hung. .\ few days ago a drover left a ""»■ '"< "'■■ .Mountain road near Tariki. and eventually the poor brute ],.„] (o ;„. buried. A local oflicial. iu reportim- J,,, ""•'•unistance l„ his employ,.,--. „t ilU „ t!| al the animal ■■belonged to'a in in railed Murtagh, a( the Moluroa "';. "orks. He is either manager or owner.'- Xext!

A woman named Ada ■'"'"■' l »■<» '"dure the « ""'< y.-1..r,1..y ~.orni ,:,„■„,,, „- m , I |,„i, Serjeant lladdrejl 'lonium;; I lie woman's mental sonndii'--. a week's remand was cranted. _■»'■■ •'• 11. Aiiislip lias oll'eied Ins sorviiv- ;t- in>triieri.r in eloention at tlio -New I'lyinouili Teelmieal Sel.nol. If a sMllir.om, nnmher of ,tudenL Kami in their name, at the Kduoalion Ollieo 'hose elas.es will he started at an oarlv

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-\« olli«n- of tlie- (.cnloMi,-:,! liiii,,.,]-!-""'ill lias duriiij; (lie |,m-I iv«- ,!, ly . !„.,, iii>|pfcclinj.» mid ~N,i„iinin.. n„. K.iMl'p ill tile li.|..|; nl (l : ,km-l will. ■ . ll i- -IkU-iI. : .„i,| L ~',■ l, |,;,vc 1„.P» ilUr-ovcred. 111, i- ( .|,„n. „|i(cli ,1 ~,),!,.,■ •-'o»(l i" 1"' (•!' (i ilMiii.-llv favor;,;.!.' Il.ltuiv. will l„- |,r,-,.]it,.,| I,! |!„. }[;„;.. I !<■!■ for Mine- liciv,ri> In.-im. atjil.ili!.. !r , I lli,' puttie. II will 1„. i..|iicii)l-crc.i 1!,., l j Mime months n»o. us ilie miiriiiiKi ~f |>cVGi':il inoillli-' pro-peeling an appli.-.i. lion - i- infill:- l:v ;i !0,-,.| iiarlv lo fl,» K;;it ■ .11! National I'ark lSmir.l for pro|K...M::m ,i„l,( s within (1,,. fort-l l'CsoVV.i. (iiiil Hi,. l!oar,l fnvoraWi- iv.-ninniemH I 11m- mailer In (Ik c.in-Mi-w.iiou of l!i- ' Jl'mMiT for Mine.:.

This is the kindly tone iu which one 'Wellington paper refers to a rival:— "The local half-hearted supporter of Toryism which lias been established to help the reactionary party in Parliament to die in the iast ilit'eh:"

The cost, of extending the borough water service to Weslowu, as rajucsled. would be JLICITU for eighteen connection-. Tuder the circumstances the Uorou-h Council declines to proceed with the work.

It is reported that in the areas ■>!' country -wept by lire last week thee are now pheasants whose tails and wings were singed, and the birds now present a peculiar appearance. in many eases were blinded by the smoke, lull survived the heat.

(hi Sundiy afternoon a. number "f young men were bathing in the harbor opposite .Nelson street, Petone, when -nine of t ln-iii noticed a huge octtipus clinging to the drainage chute iu hie locality. Koat-hooks were at once procured and the tentar-led monster was with dillieully landed on .the beach. i .Mr. 11. Dkey, M.P., visited the sce.tc I of the bush files oil the liginonl, Kent. I and Albert roads yesterday, making iii I ipiirii.- with a view of sending forward lepreseiitations to the tiovernnient in

the matter of assisting the settlers. It is estimated thai from 7tll«llb to Kl.illli.Hl' of gra-s seed will be necessary to re estiil.lish the pastures.

I Devonslreet looks all the belter for the work clone by the borough foreman's -tall' in straightening the kcrbing anl laying concrete channels. To date only the south side of Ihe street from Liardet-strcel lo the town bridge has been attended to. The ouuti/iding im-provenu-nt noticeable should be the means of iiilliicm-ing the borough authorities to have the atreet completed.

Do "coming events cast their shadoivs before';" as alleged by the writer of "Loehiel's Warning." Mr. ]•'. lleUriuger is mentioned as an aspirant for .Mayoral honors. Last night he presided over the lioroiigh Council meeting when the .Mayor had been granted leave to withdraw, he and councillor Collis having lo meet the express train and receive

several band- arriving for the coniest. lie rattled the business through. Visitors to .Mr. Sole's beautiful "Aote.'i" grounds on Sunday were ..-u----tliusiastic in their admirutiun. They were equally strong in their unfaV.;rable remarks concerning tin- 'bus proprietors who had charged a shilling each way to and from t Up grounds. Several I people made entries concerning this in

flu- visitor,' book. The Garrison lia:nl sull'civd, fur many who had allowed themselves sixpence fare and sixpence contribution for the band found themselves stripped of silver. A good joke was perpetrated upon one of the leading light-! in tin- carnival arrangements yesterday. Two acquaintances, with a stranger in their roiiipany. Tlie hitler ivas introduced as Lieutenant Herd, an.l the quartette adj ned I" the nearest hotel fur refrcshini'iH~. The leading ollicial was sensible i.l ll;e honor eoiiferred. and had a chat nilh tiie pseudo-lieutenant. Vor ten minutes the joke was kept up. and then it elVorve.-eeil. The stranger was no stranger at all. hut an ohi-lime friend who had shaved oil' « heavy moustache. We never know what can he dime until we try. for in-tance, the boron" 1 ! councillors, whilst often complaining of the undue lengl h of the Council meetings, would doul)tle-s have smiled ha.l thov been I old Unit an ovilin-.irv meeting inul.l be despalched in half'an hour. Last night the Mayor put on a "rent spurt, and the ordinary amount, of correspond, -uco and other matter was considered with lc-.- than the it-.mil amount of discussion. The meeting lasted just under half an hour, liorough councillors wonhl probably lie less ilifliriill lo obtain if there were more meetings like this, cunimcndal.lv lirief and business-

Cardinal .Miirnii, uWn asked last week I'.v a ie])ifrfi)lalivu of the Nv.lii"V Catholic Press what lie thought of Ih'e Queensland elections, said:- "It appe.trs I" nic t» I;'.' a triumph for sane democ:acy." And I hen ho added: '-Those who would have us helieve that the Labor policy of (Jucpnsland. or of Australia a- a whole, i, identical with Continental socialism, and is (he policv condemned Mir. in his Kneyc'licnK ."•'• only attempting to deceive the people, and air mah'in'- fools of them--elves. I recojiiik. ihat there are eer-i-iin irri'-pcui-ilde nieii in I lie Labor ■ icovciiirot who f.ivo expression |„ ~x .

■•iiiinuii! ..I' !i) Hu> imrlv: lnit I ■>•'■! ""' <■•• i" lli-isc vim f..,ir Hie Iri'"''l'''" ">' M».-iMry. Tam fruini,' in \..\v ZiMland. whew s.iiil' (liMiHic'iM.-v lias ■icl.ii'VCl ;i jii-iMI <!iml. anil it wmilil I>.» «'■!! if niir polillchiiK followed in tlif l'o»f-(v]is „f till' !M>!ij;ll(. ; .llr.l S [;iti'~ni™ .•f llut ii'inilrv.--

I In tii:- S.M. Co,in yesterday morning, c I lector IX-nip-ey, headmaster at the ,' I'.lltral School. appealed upon the in--1 iorniation of .Mrs. Isabella Fellow, i- charged v.iil] having assaulted Walter ; I',-liew. eleven years of ago, ,i pupil - at Hi,- school. Mr. A. 11. dohustoue • iiiipi-iirwl lor Hi,, complainant, mill Mr. - -I. ijuilliam tor the defendant. Mr. ? .hdm-tonc -tated that linfortiintitclv the ' proceedings had ken cntereil before no - li.i.i lio<mi consulted. Otherwise (lie . rase would never have been brought. i He very much regretted Dial tin: u- ' lion had been Uinnjjlil, un,l lie asked 1 leave to uiuMiraw n. Mr. (.luilliani said it was only fair to his olienl that the Court should hoar the fuels that led up to tins ease. The charge was a serious one for a man m hU position. l,„t the eoinplaiiit was uufouniled, and lie asked Ids Worship t„ express his displeasure at actions being brought in flu's way His Worship said the defendant was oiliiivly exonerated l,y Mr. .lolmslono's -latemcnt, there being no charge against In'ni. 'flu- withdrawal was allowed. I lie annual tea in connection with the W liiteley Memorial Methodist Sinday School anniversary was held last iMgiit, and was an uwpialihed success. It was an unique function, the ladies and tnemls king the gnosis of the male workers, who made all the prelimiua'T arrangements and waited at table in

in-sl-rat.. style. There v.as again a lar«e audience at the after n.colliijj in the rf'mvh, wliere tl„. Kev. Mr. Cannell distributed the prizes. Miss Gladvs Urooke "ecurcd the silver nio.UI as 'tl„. 1110st .uiunuv. m the senior division. and I :.•!.,■ I 6u , mi ,) Avilllll ;„ (|K , jllnioi . s _ r <>■■<■ scholars rendered several 'of the ? -pcreifcniimveisary hynms. The sim»l--"itendont (Mr. C. Carter) read the , ■»>rary and tablet reports, and eompre- - »^>«;lv.vv,ow,,ltl.o,vnrk„ftluM'e.^. ■ as dw1,,,,,! l,y ill;, sserelarv's and tr^ siire. s r< . lml . ls . lirespnt ,j ~v y v ( , Av , "■«''";'■>■ tl'o finnnees hoing „„„,, „„;, 'e attendance well maintained. M-. on,l ;: s nrcsenleu iIl( . , V|lo ,. t „ f „,„ "adle roll and minor school whiei, was ''miii-Mdv sili.-faeiorv. lirief add —,cs | Were ;!„>„ |,y t |, c |!; , v ■,• ~, i, foiti . :i I "' h and l!„. 1 J,.-,, v. .1. Serp.ll. | -\- v.;,, expected, tile JJatlis Commit- | tee unan.iuously ,-cjccted the suggestion J lo give children free adwission to the munieipal swimming batlis. Councillor Colin, chairman ot the committee, exl»l«"iif.l last „, B |,i t1 ,,.t i( ~.„„ um ,„. sirablo to hand over the baths lu the yumig-iev.s b>r it would amount to that. 1 hey were already well treated. JuV.'a and girls were charged only a pennv for a single i,a!li, or lis (id lor the vear. Sesides, school children were admitted ' ee now ,f U.ey attended as pupils of 1 (He swnmimrjf classes held under the ' nianual t raining regulation*. Councillor ] l.ellnngei- said that onlv the West K.'id ' Nehool look advantage 'of the technical ' cusses, and it appeared lo hini a pity that the Cvntral School pupils should >e,_so to speak, penalised owi„y to tie' laxity ol i,s management. The Mayor said the Central .School people complained ..f the distance to the town baths, and were making other provision Ift. Collis said that was so. The school committee proposed lo construct baths in the Keereation ((rounds just at ill.' rear of the (e.i-ronuis.

j Hi,- ,■„„» „f cruelty |„ uagj-on-liorsr* I was l„r,„-e (|„. Magistrate'. Com-t again ! yesterday. Stanley W„„l,!ridg,. tlie I 'l'-'v.-r „l Hi, team. p l,a,jc,| ~„(,',v ~t ii t»rm,r -mill"', which was adjon'rivd |" illl(HV til, defendant's father '(.),„(.]',■„ Henry Woohlri.lge), tl„ „„■„„,. (lf ,|," bor-es. a|,„ In app,..,,,. n,. 11( | lnittll| | the Hiar-e. Imt snid the horses wrp , n >i,1.l wl„n fl,,y |,. ft okat,, „ u , I'"'l'>«l<i».«W«.M,ftl l .-irl,,.i llpillsllf i 1 « ;n r..|.«,.|,,1. Tho Magistral -aid , lie l ); ..( cviilci),-,. i n „ (. asp ' o f 11,1--nrl was 11,, condition 0 f j],,, ]101 . 5( ,, lli,in..filv.-. Tli, wounds and sores mint )""'' 1 >' "»■'•'■ ."'l' weeks, ,„„, W ,J

I "i •' bomble. state. Mult,.- ,o„l,l lie :»',,„,i ~,„„ (,„ S(llv ,_ ni||) iinp )ii)i-ao paHlelllarly 1,11,1. U Was file worst ,m-, 1,, 1, ; ,,1 ever s„n. IT, fonaidor,.-,-! I ''!'iHly |,> Tumi, animals was tlio worst ;.""''" °,' , ; n "' ,l >- ''"'' ""-- i»».v ,i,„„i, .■■Hi,. 1, 0 , l „„ „.,„,,■ of retaliation. ITe ''ml Power In intiiY! ,i (er,,, (lf s , vo ,.„i months' imprisonment. ~|„d )„ ;„[„„]„] j In inllicr substantial penally. The ' owner of Hi, Imrsos was fin„l 'flO and, ( r»-U. and Hi, drivor VCi ami cost-, (lie ' ] cools hi each case being 7s, <

The il'niiaia Tennis Club defeated Opunakc on Saturday by 52 to 38. At a u ling of the Upumike Conperiiiive Dairy Company it was decided to stick to butter.

Uohert "Smylhe was yesterday committed to the (Supreme Court for sentence on a charge of forging the name of If. Bailey, of Mokau. to a cheque for .CS 111-, lie pleaded guilty.

Dairy cows in the I'ahialna di-triet are at* a discount, as a re-tilt of the bush fires having destroyed all the feed. "Von would not now get Jl2 Ills,'' say a I'ahiatua resident, "for mivs that :i little while ago easily brought ,C 7oi ,cs."

Factory directors are of the opinion • that, cheese will go up in price when it is understood that there will be a short supply. Already in Kngland stocks are low, and as against lii.lMl) tons expect.-.1 it is probable that only S I lons will go forward from New Zealand. One local company has cabled this information lo the trade ill Home. Owing to a lessening supply of milk, the Miislcrlciii butter factory i- now [ onlv able to iiiaiinfaciure for local eonsumption, which runs into (illlllb a day. I The price of the article has now ri--u to Is oil per lb, unci many consumers are railing back upon farmers' home-

made bui'ier. which is being .-old con -•icleral.ly cheaper. It may interest your readers (write- | Mr. ■). .1. Patterson, of .Manaia, to the. Ihlwera Star yesterday) lo learn Ih-U a carrier pigeon arrived at a farm near Manaia yesterday with the following j message secured to its leg: "Looking jor Xew Zealand, all well, smoke-bound. ti.30." The circlet on the other leg had the date 181)8-9, X.Z., so probably the bird had been liberated from a passing boat.

A Paris den!i-f has hit upon a scheme ;o relieve the feelings ol' the victim* he apevates upon. While he pulls U-Cth (the Daily Telegraph saysj a phonograph iu the next room sings the .lewd -oil" from "Faust." or "Lohengrin." "Ab-chicd," or the last clrnwiiu: ballad The patients' sleep is lulled by sweet music. When they awake they not only have been relieved of annoying molars but carry melodious memories will I hem, ami go away humming n tune.

'There is a little mild excitement al the tunnel works at Art Inn's Pass, in the Otira district, 'there are vague rumours that some of the men at work in connection with the tunnel have discovered gold in one or more localities, each time in reef form. Several samples of quartz are on their way to Wellington. At the same time, the local scientists pooh-pooh the idea, saying tint the /urination of the country is wrong, and that no payable gold can ever be found there.

Three professional thieves were electrocuted while attempting lo steal several miles of valuable copper wire near Hempstead. Long Island, ,\ew York, The men hired a van and proceeded to collect the wire, which was wound en drums and deposited along a country j road ready fur Use in the construction of a telephone line. A portion of the wire was already in position, and while the I hive men were removing it from the poles it came in contact with a live electric cable. The three men were instantly killed. In order to relieve the monotonous life of tlie convicts at Xumea. the capital uf the French penal settlement in Xew Caledonia, the authorities have consented to the organisation of an orchestra, recruited from tlie ranks of -'U'li prisoners as are musically inclined. The conductor, who formerly'pla veil at (he Paris Opera House, has'thrie'e been convicted of murder, the first clarinet was an innkeeper who slew six of his customers, while the operator on the big drum made away with his landlord. The solo cornel murdered his father, and the trombone his wife. In referring the other evening to the annual surpluses, the Prime .Minister re marked that •'occasionally some of our friends try to discount the fact of these enormous balances." These attempts, he said, conveyed an implication not only that .Ministers were doing something dishonourable and improper, but also (hat men in responsible positions, hut who took no part in politics, were doing something wrong and dishonest, at the instigation of Ministers, lie had no hesitat ion in saying that (here was no justification for such a. statement. It' wis all " absolutely baseless, An ,\ without foundation in fad."

A sailor's view of socialism: On a recent Sunday l; \ eniny iluiiny tin; lime when sonic of the ships of the Australasian .Sipiadron were in port nt Lytiellon, several men nil' the warships were .-landing listeniag to a Socialist orator in Obrislcliiireh. They wore approached liy one of llie supporters of Socialism and asked I heir opinion of it, lint before giving It. (hey asked for an explanation of Ihe aims and objects of Socialism. They were lohl that it meant shnrfeiiing Ihe hours of labour and generally the pulling down of the mighty from their .eats and the o.\alti'ng of thus,, of low degree. " Then," said one of the sailors, "the captain and firstmale would lie sent to the stoke-hole and the engineers and stokers would bo

put on the bridge. Let me tell you that if that was done the ship would be on the rocks in no time."

A letter has been received by Lieuten-ant-Colonel T-oveday, the officer continanding the public school cadet corps of the Dominion, from Lord Roberts, conveying the hitter's congratulations on the success that has attended the school cadet movement iu Xew Zealand. "That the number of cadets," the letter remarks, "should be now nearly la,(H>() imost satisfactory, kit it is even more | so to know that the value of cadet I training is being more and more recognised by 11,,. general public in the. edn- | cation of our boys, and 1 hope that the time is not far oft' when if will be I'eeognised as a „ essential part of that education. The counlrv should be verv thankful to you for the way in which you are fostering this movement, which is so valuable both for the individual and for the nation.'' The number of cadets at present is over 15,000, the strength of the corps having thus increased nearly fourfold since 1902. wli.-i the number was about 4000.

I Covering the crew will, heavy revolvers from (he bridge of the ship, the captain and \indc-r-otlircrs of the steamer Lonsdale forced the entire crew to walk forward, one by one, to a certain soot, where each was securely hound (states a telegram from Mexico Citv in the Vancouver World of oth daiiunVv). Thus a iiiiitmy was nipped in the' bud. The Lonsdale, is one of the Mexican I'aeilii"l™- »'«! * between Ihe Canadian and Western coast points, touching at \aiteouver. M 1,,, was on the high sets "Car there when the, officers. m ,ling the surliness ~( ((„. ~,,,„-. and hearing „min. "Usn.iiltrringsUial betokened approaching mutiny, decided to bring ((„, matter '" « sudden head. Knowing that if laken be surprise, they would be overwhelmed bv force of numbers, Ihe o(Ti-

cer* Mmetly prepared a quantity of rope, h«ii'l thou mounted the bridge, and before- '<'"' surprised and bafflod crow were '""•arc i)l what was happening, they !<"'»;1 .aleainmg barrels pointing down "i tlii'ir muM, and a stentorian voice '•»»{? oul a challenge. But the crew urincd jinly will, erude weapons, threw "]' tin'"- hands and, one by one was lorcvd to walk towards tke bridge and one hy one was securely femia. \Y| l(m the las sailor had l.oen gafely stowed »». ft harm's Hay, the officers and one

passenger. A. M\ Donnelly, who had assisted in the thrilling "hold-up" peered "j" slnp to t| le ~ort of Raima Cruz, " ° V"' '■'! ,l,v, ' s "'ere handed over to ""' !><>rt authorities.