LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 194, 6 August 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Fleet Junketing! Parliament sttjourued lust night till 2.30 next WeJ.ucsda v. Jii 'the ,S.M. Court yesterday It. Aluiuuy proceeded against John Cook for failure tu comply with the order of the Court to provide for the maintenance of liis illegitimate child. A sentence of a mouth's imprisonment was imposed, the warrant io lie suspended so long as .CI a month was paid to liquidate tile arrears. The bore of the liiglowood Petroleum Company is now down to a depth of i3UO feet, Wood papa country is being gone through. At a meeting of -the directors of the company on Tuesday night it was decided to call an cxtraonliiiarv meeting of -liurelic-Ulcrs lor a I'ortiiiglii li-uc.. tu consider the petition ui'_i,he cTTinpaiiy. ,ScfcTal member, of the terbury foollial] team were the Happy Hours Assembly on TiioVay night. -Ur. .Melville, in a no.ii sjie.Vi. thanked -Mrs. 0 Driscoll lor an enjoyable evening, and tile visitors gave three cheers for Mrs. O'Dmcull and the ladies, concluding by singing "They are jolly good fellows." Songs and dancing Idled sonre "happy hours."' A lew weeks ago Lucre vol* a landslip in the liccrcalioit CI rounds, a laigi quantity uf earth coming down neat the glowworm cave.-. the clay wacleareil awaj, but the path where it fell is still greasy. On Sunday morning a lady was walking thro'iigh the grounds ou her way to church, and slipped on this greasy patch, tailing with such violence as to have caused a rather serious indisposition sine. The driver t-Ur. C. Turnbttll) of Mr. C. Carter's delivery waggon had an ex citing and dangerous experience yesterday near Mr. \V. Perry'-, V'ogcllown. An extra strong gust of wind got under the canvas cover of the vehicle ami

it toppled over. I'orUinatcly the driver \vn.> nut mixed up 100 badly in I ho debris. The cover wont un its way, tumbling everywhere, and getting broken badly llio' while. 'lliu niibe.O U'e i is load of groceries received a rough tossing, and eight dozen broken eggs woiv some part of the result. The'driver's plucky action in seizing the horse's head averted more; svriuus consequences. At the last Slratiord Hospital Hoard meeting, Dr. I'agot (medical superintendent) wailed on the lioai I and suggested that the charge for niaiiileuaneo in the hospital be" lixod on Hie basis of I In; weeklv cosl.nml tint even' palient should be' adinilted on thai basis, patients Ln be at liberie to enI gage and pav their own medical eMen--1 lanls. I'atienls who are not in a pn.-i- ' i 'ion to pav I he weeklv ebarge to applv lor eharilable aid. ami the Charital.l- Aid Hoard to eontrilinl,. a smu .-lllliioont lo deli'ev He. eosl of main- : lonam-e ol' M,eh ,«ii i.-uts. v. ho would lh"u bo lrea(...<l by the mnli.-al ollhvr of IbeJiistitution. 'this course, j'r. i'alie nfMneodargiiino >fc in 'favor j .ConRi r cVo.ri>tien.,of-;,.'. limßfa point was deferred, ,' ; :'' i

A meeting of the Taranaki branch of tile. Mew Zealand Civil Service Association was held on Tuesday evening. There was a very fair attendant*.' of members. Mr Wiggs, who acted as delegate for the local uranc-li at the recent conference, invented Ins report, and explained the effect of some uf Hie proposed amendments, etc. A he,ir:y vote of thanks was accorded to Air. Wiggs for tlie manner in which he represented this branch, and the same was ordered to be endorsed un the minutes.

At a meeting of the Humphries TVstiiuonial Committee last night, progress reports from members showed that a very good response had been made. In order to expedite tlie closing „f the lists members of the committee will wait on sympathisers with the movement within the next day ur so. Anyone who may be overlooked is asked to forward his donation to any member of the committee.

A peculiar point cropped up ill Eitham Magistrate's Court yesterday wbeu J,t.\iis Alorrell Was charged that m making an application for work in the Ra.lway Department, he did use tlie name and birth eertilicale of an elder brother and forge a School cei'tilicafe. During tlie hearing of the evidence it was staled by the master of the Eltlmni school tnat tne. boy had readied Hi vears o. age last July, since the offence 'had bo.-u committed. The police had been tiding", on the assumption that he was 111 years old and counsel (Mr. Ci. P. Wake) had taken the cast at snort notice and had not had time to inquire as to whether the hid should come under the Juvenile Offenders' Act. Scrgt. Haddrell, for the police, pointed out that the lad had not come before the Court" till he was over 10 and he left it to tie Magistrate to say whether the ag:> limit in the Juvenile Offenders' Act referred to the time at which the olience was committed or the time of the trial, Tlie Magistrate (Mr. A. Tnrnbull) said that, if the boy were a juvenile oll'ender, the mischief was already done owing to the case having been heard in open Court. He adjourned the hearing to allow counsel to look up the authorities in support of his contention that the lad was a juvenile oll'ender, When the Court resumed, Air. T'urnbnll said the Juvenile Oll'cmbrs' Act did not extend his power under the Summary Jurisdiction Act, and' as a magistrate could not try forgery he could not treat accused as a juvenile oll'ender. Accused pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme 'Court for scntcucv.