LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 200, 13 August 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Police. Court yesterday mora- '!" llle f* «ST-iinst a Maori for use oi oii»ce«(j language was aguin c,tiled, but ■ il ug lo answer tJie summons, a war--1.111- Mils issued lor accused's arrest, A maintenance «« was adjournA meeting of tlie residents 0 f Wailolirra was held o.t Saturday eveninc to discuss tlu: advisability of procuring Lnn^r^M 0 ' Waitl,li "'>- It was dttidul to try Die cxporinu-nt of sinking an artesian wfll in the centre oflhe tiHui-liiji. | ],j, s j to selected «as in Mr •I- Clarke s property. Should «i c first c.spenment he -siK-eeSsftil ol j,er W el| s "ill be put down m ollu-r parts of the town. In conversation with a -.New*'' )v . s-;: i'lV'tV.'-"! " !ii ' C ' C ' t ol '- tllc '"'"'Ufueture of < "thing Hi unre.i-isiv'red prcmhes. so ! ; ls lh « general public is concerned, is Ilia t then- i s supervision i„ (he Alter ot sanitation. U j s ;l wc |,. V" u lild ' «V* Mwt the King's eldest soil th-e Duke of Clarence, died " 'lisease contracted from clolh>»g made in a tenement where int'eot"f.'s existed. ,\o such allegation was, of course, made in the JiHewoo,| case. Kegistered factories are.°of course, subject to rigid inspection, and there IS no danger of infection from their goods if the law is observed. Heeciitlv ill,. Victoria road. Vo"el- < town ha„ been »blend and re-metal- ! led jilong a coiisiderable len..th, and I

new lootpalhs formed and gravelled. li"r to the advent ol a l-eailv good road I h(. authorities seemed prepared to win; at the cyclists win, u>ed the fourjw.h-. it being recognised, no doubt., t'l.'t bicycles were a accessary adjunct oi suburban residencj but an ii'nposvble one Willi U,e road as it then stood Amv. however, the road is i u tb,-t„p o:u'-'', ami c.VfliM, ere r-tiljrd ||,. |t "■V Use ,he rn;i-| 1 "" ; I ,:M li- will b,, i,'"' '■•<liie. v., lie road bo:i )(| : 111 *i" ■;'!> .. - h , . , eaugll. ev.-lii,;. „„ lwl|«ilK Will In. N..,,

( !V| IJ<\\ II" \M I<-M II r. c. L. T<>!iil juSoii. xccreturi- Mi'- j ellaiiii'S ixorlii;!!)!!,!,,,, -V says: "J would not Im without a miith' 1.1 your Cr.nu] Conjrli Kohh-.W nt. !■ limn. ( „. v ,!,e •••.,!,! - a ; ( . a ii, i j; ; , v . ~;u 1 ' l■ ''■! 1'! ir: ili's ''i>;j ■. -. , . '' ' 1 : '. 'l i ■' .inriM'iac: Ifir inovf, j 1 III! i- 11. ni.T.'ii! i",. li . . v ,\, • «'"1 ••iral.vw jiroptrtics, ii,:J , i'A'f ;u, (~, ..ji'liiHity j " hu; it to aiiyi; r „. V 'ho is f r .mW«i j ; l.li s cou;;fi or cclu." r®r *alc by S'i t icmista -and storekeepers. 1 ;

iictera, <M yuaw of age, one- w ih« asi ox tiie old-time Jlaori ••prophets ■' lias died at Katikibu, near otaki.

A man named Lclirne, suuerin;' from religious mama, was scat to Ihu t'orirua, mental yesterday moru-

I lie ilangorci Lair;, Co. has som its August <111(1.111 01 L inter at Js t.o.b. New I'lyiuoulh. This is tile est price oil record Jiure, and possiuly in Hie Oommion. 'llj-o company paid out Is id per lb for uutt.T-fat in July.

-\lr Jiislioe Jid wards, upon u„, llp ,,|j. C-Uion 0i .Messrs. i(«j- and Xici'oisim, on (lie Till instant, jiaiileil i.avors ol administration of the estate of Die late •Uiss Clarissa liayly, of Waitara, deceased, to Air James liayly, of Waitara, grazier, and dispensed wi'lli sureties.

The euchre parly and dance held by the laranaki Jiilles last evening was successful m every respect. There was a large attendance, Hit; room being fml. prizes vvui'(« won an follows: —Ludier,— I'irst, .Miss AJartin; second, -Miss Cock. («cuts —{.• ir»l, Mr.-Lovcridge; second, .'ir. I learn. .Musit* was provident by .Mrs. George, tiie .U.C.'s being .Messrs. A. .U«»rett and W. Southan],

QuesLioued at Auclchtnd- on Xuesd iy iil regard lo I lie presoni. steamer sern'. e between Onelmnga and New i'lynioiitli. the Prime. .Minister said that whilst a deal of traffic would be diverted I'roiii tins service to Hie railway, the.extension of settlement in Tanuiaki and the district nortli of Wangaiiui would still have to be entered i'or, and it would probably be found tliut the increase ef trade with these districts would require a regular and cllieient service to be maintained.

A resident of Christchureh h reported to have come in for a remarkable- change of fortune. For th& past forty yeat'ri lie lias been the faithful servant, in tiie comparatively humble capacity of carter, of a well-known linn of warehousemen and importers doing business throughout the Dominion, .Xow it appears he has just successfully proved his claim to an estate in the Old Country, the value of which is said to run into nearly six ligurcs. Mr. Nat (luuM nni.it be the um*t pr<>i.lic writer of English lietion of his tini". Kven .Aliss JJraddon, with her sixty-one novels nuo.t give ])lace to him. The popular writer of racing stories confesses, in the columns of iU.A.I\, to having written over seventy novels; and tfliercns Miss Braddon commenced to write in 1800, "The Double Event," iMr. Nat Gould's lirst, was not published tili 18S)1. Over seventy novels in seventeen years—the imagination reels at the thought of it. I'esterday morning a liorse attac-lhed to a buggy bolted from Johnston's store in Devon street east aud galloped at a nec'k-or-noihing pace in llie direction of EiUroy, turning up the Old Hospital road, liow the corner "was negotiated without a capsize is a marvel. i'ortuiiatuly for the owner, Mr. Ueo. (Jolson was on Devon road on ! horseback and lie gave chase, eventualI ly catching tiie horse and bringing it so a standstill near Mr. Stanlvy i Smith's. Not oven a strap was broken.

A meeting of the Carrington lto-id Board was held on Monday night, Mr. C. Curler presiding. It was decided to pave a water-channel for a distance di sixteen chains from Mr. Cock's entrance gate downwards ow the south side of the road. The chainniiu and 'Ah*. McArtluir were appointed a committee to bring down a ivport a.s to the best method of draining the surface-water from the load near .Mr. Kerry's residence, with f» view id tilling in the present side drain. It was decided to commence the con-n-act work on III;- llrooklaiuls road on Ist October. The chairman reported that the hill from the borough boundary had been metalled, the footpaths properly formed and gravelled, the approaches to Shortland-slreet lifted and metalled. .Repairs had been authorise to Ihe JJrook-lands road, and on their completion repairs fo the road near the factor)- would be put in hand. It was recently reported by cablegram that three children had been burned, to death during a display of lifesaving given by the crew of one of 31 ; h Majesty's ships at .Durban, -Natal. From private advices received in Wellington from Durban, the facts are as fnilow:— Captain Lambert, of the Durban l''ire brigade (who will, no doubt, be remembered by many New Zcalanders then resident in Natal), with his men arranged the display, and placed his own two children <-u the roof in the house to be fired. This was carried out successfully, and aiTtingemcnts were made for a public display the next day, ami a very large number of people gathered to view the operations. Captain Lambert again placed his two children und ; another child on the roof. Through sonic mistaken signal tins house was lircd prematurely, witli the result that Captain Lambert's two children, aged 1) and .1, were both burned to death, and at the time the letter was written, a firemail had also succumbed to his injuries. Upon the election of Mr, J. Knowles to the directorate oi the Tariki'Dairy Company (upon completion of hi*■term as lirSir eiuuriniin) Mr. Stratford moved a vote of thanks to that gentleman. The mover spoke of the amount of work and time he had devoted to tile all'uirs of thv Company, and considered the ft'liareliohlei's should deem themselves fortunate in having such a man as their Chairman of Directors. ■ Judging from the acuity way the vuij of thanks to Mr, l\mnvU- ; was aivordi- i

it was evident. Mr. Stratford'* opinion <>!' his merits wjh shared by all present. ilr. Kuowh's briefly ilmnkfd Mr. fotrali'ord and Die shareholders, and said tfluu he had done his bed., as was the duly of everyone, and Juul Hie season'* operation* been as successlul as Jio had expected, hi:, had intended retiring. Jiut as they had not. he had decided to give the shareholder* tlw» chane? of kicking him out if they likeu. They had not done so, and it was tire intention of eo-directors, himself, Vhe secretary, manager, ami llie stall' to do all in their power lo make things pan out well in the coming season, and he fully believed they would succeed in doing so. (Applause). Lady Northcote left- Government | House, Melbourne, hi the middle of July, and her departure was marked by a wonderful series of enthusiastic testimonies to her popularity. unc of Uhesc—the visit of a group of Methodist Ladies' College prefeeU—is recorded in tfie August Now idea and Lady Northcote's farewell message to the schoolgirls of Australia is reported in full. It is a unique message, and is worth careful study,.not merely by the schoolgirls, but the women of Australasia, generally. There is also an account of the wreck of the "Quetta'''

from wliicih disaster only two women were rescued, under cireuni.stanci.-3 of exceptional courage and endurance. Theso are but Iwo of the many '"S]>eciaP features of Iho August issue of the New Idea. OLliers that may be brielly mentioned are: A full page of

photographs' of the children of some of the world's mouardis, an excellent article (illustrated) on .Yfelln.i and liernIhardt, an account of Ellen Terry's romances, a line piclurc of early life in Australia by Mary (iilinore, a clever nature-study bv Charles ISarivlt, and this Inst nf'a series of fashion articles liv Monsieur Worth, of Paris.