LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 204, 18 August 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Xlle lolly *-j)L'JI. oi' dry weather broke lij> when sLowurri sot in iroin the westward. The ruin is comparatively warm, and should do nion.' good timu the trequciit irosU of llie last fuw weeks.

When pulling down an old residence the utiu'r day in Vivian street, workmen discovered a pencilled stilt aimul io 111.' eli'ect tlmt it was erected by tin: late Mr. James Dingle in June. lSt'n. forty-six ywars ago, the ex-n". J;uO of iiie writing being June 22, JSu.!. J'lie timber was ol liinu, hand sa t vn. ai.d was as sound as the day it w is flrsf put in.

Meanness is generally considered to be low-down. Ju the eases of tllio mean individuals who sneak ill to football matcHies in tile iteciva lion tirounds it appeals to be a high art. After a rce'iiit representative fixture it was found that sonic miscreant had extracted the staples from tlie posts to loosen tlie barbed wires, and ail entrance thus oH'ccted. The Spoils Cround Committee is now ewbavoring to meet the difficulty, but it 1 is doubtful if they wil,'l ever lie completely successful until the lliedges have grown into a barrier.

New Plymouth has been ill luck oi late in the matter of runaways, in that Several have occurred without any serious injury to cither Hit' runaway or other trallie in tile Creels. Luck | changed yesterday. 'l'll.- Inline in a mill;.cart belonging lo .Mr. J 1 !. MnrMl bolted I'roui l)e\nn -1 {. rasl.. InwanU tlie town cenlre. Opposite "Messrs. Webster iiros.' marl !'j" earl cane- into collision witb an express, ami I urn d it almost end I'm- end. Ixd'a veaiel's SUlferillg severely from (lie iinnncl. All organ which formed lit" holing of (lie express was thrown over the side on i lo Hie road, and was severely damaged. |i wa~ mi ils way to tli 1 lII'--'l'ii I'iano ;:o.'s local depot.

p These i t"!!':. !'ls (id [n i ; "h [a'l.e' iii,"! ■ | adts ;'l "!' ! i" 'Meiii'je.ni''" are jiiad" nn >1 |'!-.c"i,eiy (lie same fabrics as (hose ■"ld and supplied by to-measure tailors ;e:- at I 'H-f wore. The slyle, cut, and finish.ot these suits are above reproach. and no mailer whether you am I reporlimu'd on the generous, medium, or slim side, iye can fit you, and fit you well, Come uiifl see tlie samples,—Advt.

Tlio borough of Waitara lias decided to 'borrow £14,000 for gravitation water supply and £IOOO for a drainage scheme, on the lines proposed by Messrs. Orbell mid Mackay. During the consideration of a motion with relerence to gravelling a road at tile Hawoi'a County Council meeting oil Saturday Urn ijiiulily o( Ulie Muuat Jig- ; nioiit metal was mentioned. The cliair-' mail staled that a quantity luul been laid near the Nornmnby station and it had been pointed out that tile slull' could easily be broken with Hie iiand. liliat was a hard statement to ibe believed. 1-11 Older to lest t'iie metal lie himself secured a sample and found that it could be broken up between the Ungeivj.—B tar.

■News' from Westport states that operations for the re-launching of the Ittviuui, stranded on tile soutli beach at. Westport, are proceeding. Heavy upright lengths of timber are being-lix-oil to the side of t#io vessel, wliieli lies embedded in eight feet of sand. The jacks will be attachc a to these lengths ■of timber, and tile vessel lilted, to cn-

able tile .skids to be placed under her. This part of tile operation will probably take from one to two months. Uinen the vessel is on tile skids it is intended to repair her, so that sue may be ready when re-launched to immediately resume collier duties. Air. J. Daniel, of tile Union Company's Wellington repair works, is superintending the whole ol the work.

A visitor to the. liecreiUons Grounds the lother day suggested that the sports Cround Committee should liave an asphalt tennis court for the free use of the public. Whilst such a court or courts would no doubt be largely patronised, it is a fact that the committee, has undertaken quite sufficient expense in tin; interests of the general public, and it would be a fair tiling for the tennis advocates to work "on tneir own." if tiliey are in earnest about the matter they might be able to secure. for the purpose of tennis courts a piece of the itecreation Grounds fronting 011 the old Carriiiglon road, at present disused by the ground* authorities. In most towns witli aspirations as watering-places public tennis courts are provided, but in New Plymouth no such provision has been made.

Preaching at I In l opening of a eliurch near Wauganui, Archdeacon Towgood said lie feared that we were now becoming degenerate, and in that case what was to become of New Zealand? It simply meant that the hard-working and industrious Jap) and Chinese woukl take the country from us. People wcrs nowadays too fond of sport and luxury. A fanner hesitated to take up land in the bush unless a motor-car could carry him there. Working-men did not care to go live miles away from- a theatre, and had to go to town at least twice n week. Tliere was too much love of sport, and a ,youth thought inclusion in a football iiftcen of more importance than the serious business of life. He thought the manager of the AngloWelsh football team was right when he said, "Football is your religion." Stratford U'lis a new borough inspector, and the l'ost describes him as a new broom. Complaints have been matte regarding the inspector's iiiquiiitivencHS in the inspection of buck yards, and the paper remarks:—A want of tact in the inspection of promises is likely to load fo disaster, lor many housewives do not take kindly to strangers prying into their back premises, and suggesting an improvement Here and an alteration there. It is quite possible that ono of tlhese irate dames may poke the. inspector in the eye—certainly a most . improper tiling to do—with tire .liamlie of a broom, and then he will wonder what part of Savage Island lias struck him. If the borough inspector confines himself to seeing that nuisances luieeting tie.' health of the town are abated, and haves small matters alone, his life will be a pleasanter one, and nobody is likely to suffer much harm. "Why. he's a pulling machine!'' was the rather appropriate remark dropped by a spectator who witnessed the sculling match on "tile Parramatta river on Saturday week between Richard Arnst

(New Zealand), and Harry Pearce, tli (x-eiianipion of .Australia, for a stak of £IOO (says the Sydney Daily Teh graph). Arnat's methodical pcrforn

anee over Hie championship course of (1 miles :l:!oyards, and the comparatively easy manner in which he beat his man, certainly ope.led the eyes of not a few, and his style possibly justified the ooservittion mentioned. The result of the race was another exemplification of the fact that however excellent a qualification is science, it is not everything when pitted against strength. Pearce rowed a game, plucky battle, using all his skill as a waterman and rower of experience, but he' went down before the sheer physical force of his opponent, who is a mere novice in the art. Beach, tile referee, said after the race: — "Pearce pulled a great l'aeo, and I am satisfied no man in Australia but Arnst could, lower liis colors. Within a few months Arnst will bo the champion of the world."

At Stratford on Friday Mr, Turnbull S.M., gave judgment iu the ease Koveiv. Brown, action for damages arising out of the spreading of file from on<' farm to another last summer. Plaintill alleged that on the 17tli of January last a lire, was lit by one of the defendants liy their instructions, and that such lire spread tu his (the plaintiffs) holding and destroyed or damaged his fencing and grass, by reason whereof he seeks to recover the sum of £12!) l:is :«1 iu respect of such destruction and damage, and other consequential liases as set out in ltis statement 'f claim. The Magistrate said: —"I find as a fact that the fire, was lit on defendant's property by one of the defendant's lessees, or by their instructions, as alleged, and that such lire spread .to Ihe plaintilV's holding, ami did. damage to his fencing and grass. It is well settled.lhat under these circumstances the defendant lessees are liable to damages. See Kelly v. llayes, 5 Gaz. L.R. 185, and the other cases there cited. As put by the. Court of Appeal ill that case, and apparently acquiesced in by both sides at the hearing herein, the law in New Zealand is that if a person lights a lire on his own. land lie must at his peril prevent it from spreading to the laud o| Ihis neighbors" Ho assessed the damages at £47 'lbs.

At it again! Stratford and Eltham newspapers are busy settling the route of the Opunake railway. The EUliani Argus last liight laid down the following dictum:—lt is perfectly obvious to anyone wlho lias an elementary knowledge of the geography of Taranaki that the diversion of the line to Stratt ord would bo a most outrageous piece of political jobbery. For some reason the Government lias seen lit to keep secret the report of the engineers who have surveyed trio two routes, and Taranaki members 'of Parliament do not Seem to Ihave pressed for information which would have been of considerable interest to their constituents, but it is understood that to construct a lino from Opunake to Stratford would cost about £200,000, and to construct a lino from Eltham to Opunake would cost about £b)0,(.l00, and'these figures Seem .credible enough. The I'.ltliam route is the dirocteot way to the main line, and from an engineering standpoint is ideal. The Stratford route is longer, there are steeper grades, more diflii-nit cuttings, and more rivers to cros". The issue is plain, then, is it desirable, to throw awav £.">0,000 of public money and at the sanies time penalise Taranaki by taking the, railway from rich to poorer country'; liven supposing the Government wished to select a route in order to catch votes. 1111(1 we do not for a moment suppose if would entertain, tillo idea, we think Sir Joseph Ward is too good a financier, to contemplate buying a few votes at about £IOOO a-piccc.

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