LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 174, 14 July 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. C. Abler, Justice, presided at a sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday and remanded until to-day the hearing against George Bishop of allowing drunkenness upon the Tarauaki Hotel premises on June 13th last. The pages of scientific magazines in the public library have been mutilated on several occasions recently, articles on engineering being stolen. The matter is being investigated. A copy f Engineering was removed the other day, but it is understood that tnis has since been returned.

Farmers on the Lower Stewart and Hunter roads, in the Elthaiu district, are complaining of the permanent injury of valuable cows through the animals being chased by hounds belonging to coursing parties. One farmer says abortion had been induced in several cows through the hounds.

Complaints are made that young men with gnus lave been seen in the Ml. Egniont reserve, evidently bent on killing game. it will be a pity if the regulations passed to preserve animal life in this beautiful reserve should He allowed to be broken, and the offenders go unpunished.—Eltham Argus.

The executive of the Roberts' relief committee met at Stratford on Saturday evening, the Mayor, Mr. G. gangster, presiding. It was unanimously resolved that Messrs. Sangster, Fookes, and J. Masters be appointed trustees of the fund, and it is understood thai arrangements will probably be mane to send Mr. Roberts lo the Blind Institute at Auckland for a term.—Post.

A good story is told of a settler in this district, says the Stratford Post, who took the iron oil' his cowshed the other day and put it up at auction. With the proceeds he was enabled to purchase new galvanised roofing. This is the second pleasant experience of the same settler. A year or so ago he rcinoved the iron off his dwelling-house and offered it at auction, with the result that he received 3d per sheet more than he could purchase new for. The Chief Timber Expert, Mr 11. P. Kavanagh, reporting to the Minister on the timber industry in the Auckland district, points out that the most notable feature during the year, is the in- , T'-asing use locally of timber other Hi in kauri for general purposes—Hum, iiialai, kaliikatea, etc., supplies nf which arc obtained coastwise, and deliven d in logs by scows. The-re-mainder is mostly procured sawn from mills situated south of the city and delivered by railway."

A meeting of the *' E. M. Smith -Memorial Committee'' was held last night. It was resolved to issue fresh lists, not limited, as in the lists just returned, to one shilling. Nearly four uundred subscriptions have been received, but thu committeo realised that with a limit of one shilling, it would lake a considerable time to realise the amount aimed at. *» With interest in political matters reviving it is confidently expected that a very liberal response will he met with.

The local slock inspector, Mr. Munro, lhas received an intimation that the Department of Agriculture will take no action in regard to the shipment of chaff now being withheld from sale by local merchants on aeount of its being infested with Calil'ornian thistle. it had been hoped that the Government would intervene in the interests o, ,

district, but apparently the merchants are free to send this stulf broadcast now, and to render the district liable to the incursion of one of the most noxious of noxious weeds.

In Philadelphia recently over halt <i million of its people devoted a day to playing "tag" for charity. In the streets, in the squares, even in the houses hundreds of pretty girl?, enlisted in the cause of charity, sought victims from morn to eve, and when they lagged them they were expected _to yield a coin on behalf of the city children's playground. In Bitlellhouse square an army of Philadelphian debutantes held possession all day, and from this base (Che Telegraph says) they raided nil tin- adjoining streets and avenues. A bin' -uni was collected. Mr. 11. .1. Lev/is has written to thv; Borough Council asking why the electric heater had been removed from t lie circulating library. The idea of the Carnegie Library, he said, was a place where people might read the books witli comfort, hut at present there was no part of the circulating library where it was possible to sit uown for an hour in safely. Ju fact, on a cold morning, with no'heater and both doors and all the windows o|»'.ii. it was almost a death-trap. He had asked the librarian, custodian, and others in vain as to the reason of the removal of the healer. The letter came before the Council last night, and was referred to the Library Committee.

A Stratford Post correspondent, referring to Sir Joseph Ward and Air. Massey, writes:—There is really no difference between them, only one is in and the other is out. hut the one that is out wants to got in. That is aliout the difference beween a doctor's two medicines which he invariably prescribed for all '.-uses. They looked alike, smelt alike, and tasted the same, and both had the same effect. While ad milting they were both made from poplar bark, the doctor insisted there was ;t difference. One. was made frtun tlic bark scraped up and was called "llypipeloruin." and the other scraped down was called "fjowpopelliiiaiu." and as Professor !>lnbl.s used (» say or Die old parties, "J'aich one i< worse than ihc other." If von want lo l;.vp war;.., !uiv a "i'rcsi«'..|l'-„vciv ll al in :)7s liil. If v.„ir feet are cold. Imv a pair of wo.illen from "The Kiisli" at Is. It von wan!. !■> keen ...it ;:,■■ •..■i...,-i a" ..!! Ma '',-,; . ".'he !';i.-''" at I'.'.s lid. If voir -a ' ': Kcish,' .v"irr ; ,T,f i-.i !,, !.,• |!ie best hl'bi': j S'lit 111-iile. !. v„:m- bnv's 1-,-i ! -,'; !,.... I ■\V 111 II." Kl'il. Slip •■■.-. "1;..' 1\- ■!'" 'l:' J ; f cmi want iioncsl. li.-i.i-ii •!''!.- ..-..-!■!. , <■ i„ 'l'll?—but von know Ilia ill en,'v. | - Add. :<Yir children's: ha'l in.' ci,ujr)i at in/'-. I Viods' (Jmil u -ioovmiiit Ore. 1/8 a: 1 I

St. Joseph's euchre party, which took ; place last evening, was attended by over thirty. The proceedings were very enjoyable. The prizes were won as follows :—JLadies: First, Mr. Buddy. Ueuts: First, Mr. Kuddy; second, Rev. Ucan Mclyenna. "Brougham Street" writes to the editor:—"! wish to make a complaint against those members of the elite ol New Plymouth who leave the uanccroom to prowl about the streets and sit on the verandahs of private houses half-naked, at all hours of the night and early morning, to annoy and keep respectable people awake bv their loud laughter. Had these silly* people any respect for themselves thev would not go as far as they do except in daylight, lest their names and themselves should be brought into disgrace. Om we wonder that consumption is on the increase when people leave the hot ball-room to prowl about scantily clothed on a winter's night?"