LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 122, 14 May 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The harbormaster yesterday made hi< regular mirvcy of the harbor, and found that during the month there has been no very great inllux of sand. A loi-jil builder remarked yesterday that there was need in this Dominion for sonic substitute for wood or brick as a building material, the present prices of which were almost prohibitive. Like many others, he was awaiting some further particulars of Mr. Edison's latest idea of building houses. The Blackball Coal Coy., Ltd., has sold its steam collier "Pareora" to Hie Southern Collieries' Association, of New South Wales. Captain Downie arrived from Sydney on Tuesday to take delivery of the vessel for her new owners. The "Pareora," which was formerly named "The Breeze," was built in 1890. —Press wire. Other places besides Napier could do with more .Justices of the il'eacc. New Plymouth is one. Repeated complaints have lieen made to us about the inconvenience caused to people- wanting documents attested, etc., through inability to catch the few town Justices at their place of business. The town could well do with a few more of the "great unpaid.''

-Mr. Charles lioxshall, of Christchurch, has- commenced proceedings in (he Supreme Court against two local newsvendors for selling copies of a certain newspaper coniuiniug statements alleged t" rclloet „„ hi,,,. It is his intention, iil-n. to claim damages against the paper as *noii as a writ can be served on the proprietor, who resides in another colon v.

When trooper \\ liittingion, of the Opiiunkc -Mounted liill.-s, became sick at the Kapler camp, his horse wandered away iron, t |„. i,-,,,,,, and made itself unpopular with the llutt county ranger with the result (hat il was incarcerated in tie- pound "at .lohnsonville. Driving and other charges amounted to 3(V* belore Hie horse was redeemed, and the Mutt County Council is now applying to the Defence Departineul lor a refund "f this amount.- Wellington Times. •Mr. -I. Hawkins. ,„eees,or lo Mr. St.cwarl Jlh: -. i, ~„„- •■„,[,„. ~„,,■ at the I lenui puldic-h..u,e |writes our correspondent). Mr. Mc(iujnc*s will be (greatly missed, for he is a jolly good fellow whose place will lie hard'to Jill. The residents here intend giving him a send-off, but the function is postponed owing to the serious illness of Mrs. -McGuiiiess. Her many friends will be delighted to learn that she is now out of danger.

On hi- visit to Taranaki Dr. Pomarc found that the reported outbreak of typhoid was a matter of-small importance. There was a single case al Puiiiho. which recovered under treallit- The patient was living in clean surroundings, and is believed to have contracted the disease while travelling. The general henllh of the natives in Taranaki is very good, much better than

at any time since last winter. Although there ha, been considerable blight in (he potato crops there is not likelv to be J any shortage of f I this winter. Men's 12s lid chrome hoots for !)s lid at the last week of the Melbourne I Clothing Companv's bargain bool sale. I'hi* is an offering that will .au-c a -dir I J among the retail traders of Taranaki. (.lust picture to yourself a smart dressy solid-.wear chrome boot for 0s fid: then come and buy a ptlfr-'A dvt.

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Development of the Malianihara cupper mine, near Woodville, has been suspended until a belter stale of the market is evidenced. Protection of the works has been applied for. The Education Board's staff is btutilv •moving." Great piles of literature and prospective material* to be la-liioned into all manner of things b,> I teachers and c! Ulren uf Lhis enlightened district, arc 1 -i tig carted to the new olliccs on St. Michael's Square. Books and memoranda, stationery, office and school requisites, heirlooms of previous Hoard* ami former officers, the collections of years, little cupboards and big J cupboards, stools and chairs and desks ami dusters and such ;t heterogeneous, mass as is only possible after years of occupation of a suite of rooms, are now in couitse of sorting at the hands of the secretarial staff. And in the midst of it all the genial secretary is still easily approachable, and smiles his complaints as he clears the sub-contractors'gear out , of the way and digs into the heap of

work that confronts him. It appears that 1907 was by far the busiest year ever known by English publishers. ' No fewer than 1)014 books were issued. Bill in advance of those recorded for BlOfl. The increase was spread over the entire year. and. conseqiieiiili-. no especial activity was shown in either of the main publishing seasons. The increases in different departments were: Religion and philosophy. 213; law. l-lo:

art and science, OK); voyages and travels. 103; history and biography. 232: poetry and drama., flfl; medicine, tth essays, etc.. 20; miscellaneous, 11(1. W-.'' 1 dealing willi social economy remained stationary in number, as did year books aJTocting education, and also ill fiction. Keprints. however, were mmli _ni° r ' plentiful, owing to increased activity in 1 ilie publication of new serlea. The Agricultural Department is satis- ' lied that it look a wise step when it ' purchased Angora goats in South Au*- ' tralia for breeding purposes in the <|o- ; minion. The arrival* have multiplied '. in a wonderlul manner. A large miinbi r of the goats have been sold to settlers ? in various parts of the country, and are proving invaluable for eating down the noxious weeds and shrubs. The demand

lor Angoras is greater than the supply. A pure-bred Angora goat in wort" b"™ IS to 20 guineas. Some time ago the | Department placed forty or fifty com- j mon "oats in an enclosure in the l'elorus Valley, infested with briar and lilackbe.rrv. and it lias been found that they eat 'the bushes with zest. An effort is now being made to secure a larger area I in order to further demonstrate the usefulness of the animals in clearing land

of useless vegetation. At the opening of the new budd-iii;, of the Auckland Working Men's I lu > [ on Thursday evening, the Hon. ,fas. MeGowa'ti said he considered such institu- '. tions were among the finest social inst-i- ---■ tutions one could possibly get. lied". - not know that he would not be m f»v- ---: or of doing away with the whole of the ; licensed houses in the Dominion if eh-' i were onlv established in their places. A 1 snan who entered a club had to undergo [ scrutiny, and had to be balloted for be- ' fore he was elected, whicli meant thai r lie bad to undergo a test of rcspectnbi- ' litv. Some people seemed to think clubs • were places where men went to enjoy * themselves, and drink freely, without 1 being under the public gaze, but that '' was not so. As a matter of fact, he ' knew insobriety was prevented in clubs, 1 and Hint responsible officials did the 1 liest they could to show a good example in other members.

It is estimated (says Science Sifting' l ') that the fertile hinds of the globe amount to 28,000,000 square miles, the steppes to 14,000,000, and the deserts to 1,000,000. Fixing 207 persons to the square mile for fertile lands, ten for steppes and one for deserts as the greatest population that the earth could possibly nourish, scientisis have arrived at tile conclusion that when the number ot inhabitants reaches six billions the earth will be peopled to its full capacity. At present it contains somewhat more than one-quarter of that number. II the rate of increase shown by last census statistics should be uniformly maintained the globe would lie fully peopled about 'the year 2072. The course, it will be over-populated. Sentence of imprisonment for life was passed at Martiguy, near Geneva, on the rthephcrd Joseph Michaud, who committed a murder on the mountain top* in August last. Michaud, armed with a rifle, lay in waif by the summit of the Col tie Balme fur a lonely climber. A Swiss Alpinist named Munzigcr appeared late one evening, and Midland allowing him to pn»s. shot him in til. Lack. The shepherd rilled his victim'.pOekels and buried the body. Tin judge, in passing . sentence, remarked that Midland's was the most cowardlv and crafty crime he had ever been eallei: upon to consider. Michaud, whu pleade,: guilty, remained unmoved as he hear, his sentence. When he was .arrcßlei Michaud wii* found to lie wearing hi; victim'" linen, and declared that he vvai sorrv he had killed onlv a poor Swiss as lie had been waiting for weeks fo: some rich ISritish or American Alpinist to pass alone.

Speaking at the -Mayoral installation at Duncdin, the retiring -Mayor (Mr. Loudon) expressed the opinion that the law compelling the whole of the conn cillors to vacate office at onee was totally wrong. Councillors really occupy the ])osition of a hoard of directors, and it seemed altogether unreasonable that there should not be a certain continuity of ollice. It might happen, owing to a wave of public feeling, that the whole of the councillors might be turned out at one time, with disastrous results to the city affairs. He would like to see councillors elected for three years, nnd a percentage retire each year. He was also of opinion that municipal accounts had not advanced in proportion to trading undertakings by different corporations, and considerable improvements might be effected. He felt certain that if Parliament were approached legislature covering both' points he had raised could easily be obtained.

The presence of a gang of "crooks" in Taranaki is at present taxing the resources of the police. The other night Stratford received a visit from a detachment ol the fraternity In tile early hours of the morning Kirkwnod's hotel was entered, and some £4 odd was ah- J stracted from a lodgers' room. The alarm was given, and the police were "I'lick-ly on the scene. Meanwhile the marauders turned their attention i« lawless' hotel, an entry being effected by the lire escape. From Mrs Lawless' '•"nni a sum of .money was taken, and Mien a visit was paid to the proprietor's room. i,nd a gold , v alcli SOl . ul . r(l T ,,,, mlriideiV movements awakened Mr. Lawless, who Set out in pursuit liul the robbers effected Iht-ir escape. The poicc organ.sed a search of the ]od4» houses. ~nd located their quarry in a bonvlmg-nouse at the north end'of the loui, about :: ~.,„., but were unable io

> make a capture. th„ "wnnlods" escaping _ through a window, one of them droi,r ping hats and boots in his flight Two i I"" 11 ",'"', " t '"" l ' i "' l ,l "■ *"»» Hie culprits were interrogated 1> V the p011,.,. „i||, „ vion . fo ~«|.,i»lisl,ii",w the ; identity ot the burglars, and there is . ! ,v,,, '- v l','; »'it.V that their provincial "»"• »;'ll speedily be teriiiiiiate,|.--ll,i. wera Stir. According t,- * n r,'„„ij.i, ~ ° ' tn IjlimiSl) snnHimi paper Toniiny Burns, the ,e£S In .■!"'?■' Wt ' W, '° *"™ ™l<™'"S the JmglisU prize-ring, lllust cou.l ed a lucky man. Less limn flv . Ugla.ul and ,„. that period he has won , „ "l' U :, " d has """eased hi, bank | '■,, ' 'J' f« v<, <'al thoinauda of pounds i 'thuuhnvmg been called upon to tak,. '

■ o c than a «I«,a,n rally punishing ■ 1 *. Ihoe he received in hi, light 111 '"'»»''• -\l»>r, wl.i.-l, lasted into '■;■' l''"il; round, and 1.-t't (lx- America.! Um ' lt ' ll . l ''' »< l»'<-k.'t a ittle the. worse physically. ||i s 11( . xl victim, .i a ,. k ah.,,,-, of Newcastle, '-went "out" in '»;■ iimrtli round nll<-i- a disgraceful «-> hil,.t,on „l funk a,ul inrapacitv, and •Ul US lr.|t ||„. ,•„,„ Hi t | |imt |,„ v i, lg ~V C|| had Ins hair di«iurlied, richer l>v. it is I .aid. ..vur .CI 500. Then came the muchboomed <tiat.li with ti„. Irishman, Jem l.ochc, which tuok- place on St. Patrick'Day ci, i„„g at the Theatre Jtoval. Dub- I

,■ ''"• '" >f "'" :lll «' spectators. The articles "I agreement called for a tweiiLv-rottnd . .oiiiest. three minutes each round, at catch-weights, with four-ounce "loves under Hi., yueenslmry rules, for" £SOO a-iile and a purse ,if Cl.lOO. Of this -uiu the. winner received 80 per cent. !""' U "' loS( ' r 20 \>n cent. Burns won in nSscc without receiving n hit worth Hie uanie. and collared £I7OO, plus a very substantial amount in bets—somc-

lhiii;; like UliOO. il is said. Thus in less I han hall a year Tommy Burns has ■•earned" over ciiOOil l, v spending, all told, less than an hour in' the ring. Altoother, since the day in 1900 when he fought and beat Fred Thornton at Octroi! for ss. Burns has won about ci 7."inn. P.rili-h treasure tn the value of fSlUmo.iino i, climated to lie sunk I along the sea route from England to India. The Surrey County Cricket Club was founded in 1844, and is the oldest of county clubs. Derbyshire stands second in age. J