LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 221, 11 September 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hi.' supplement included in our Natimliiy's issue Ims til is week several most feature.,. There i, tie second .-iK-t-ially VritU-.i article. "J.lie Maori in Polynusiii, - ' wliicll makes interesting r.Mdiii- Ai.io.i- tlic wn - I'liil nmlU-r in-,' ii.iii.mi j\- siorii-.-- of'for--1 line, ;iil account of a bill's masquerade, "Tli,. World of Snort" is (li'uli with l.v "Mdlm-oji/' ;r.id on;* ar-li'-li; gives si' list of lii-h-priecd liors-* that liave Uriel' won a raee. Household hints, snaps of liunior, arid' odd* mid ends fnmi 1 li,-. world's press nuiki: up ;in inter,'-1 issue. I 'i" -in'iH' l l»''<•*. already obtained in ('iinlfi'liiiiy l„ ilie ;l uti vareinanon petilions recent ly circulated total considerably more Ulan 10.000. Al 'le ileum yesterday a man Tiamcl ■I. Ward, employe,l on a (radio,, en;;iii.'. had his loot injured bv a wluvl |Uv*'»f? uver il. Ilis injuries are not S-TIOll.-. II i- ivpurlcd lliat o,„. I ivo eliec-e la,-.lories in South liaie l.e.'ii oll'ered lid for 111,■ if season's Olllnul bill they are not ,| oill „ P „' price. Tile Chief l>,,. 111u ..u.r ;l ,lvis,-s that inall s 1,,r itie I'liit.-d Kingdom, via \ Mcuiiver. despaffile,I from Auckland o;i August Uli. arrived i„ London ~,, Septonilier Sth. A J)unedi;i «ir,. Mat,., that. o«ri:iit Mo (lie publication of two memos, bv 'Councillor filial! and (In- Mnvr.r oil (ho liiiaueial position of.Ill,• eilv ulii,li were confide!!-,! eolilide.itial. Hi,. Vi;innco Conmiitlc* as t , \ v vcsi„„e.l. This led |);'ol,),ie,.,| discus-ion Instill-,' (ill 1 fi.m. .At times violent lan Kimffo was 11S'"(I. the Mayor terminjr (hp members of llie eommiltee cowards I'm- leaving him-hi (lie lureli. A new committee was appointed. '

A camera club has been .formed at Eltliam.. j Messrs. Wilier and Rilev. Lid., have secured Opunake Dairy Company's output on consignment. '"New Plymouth is noted for its prcty girls aild Devonshire cream," accord ing to Mr. Gray, M.P. for (.iiristchuivh, who made the bold assertion when speaking on the Harbor Bill. It is estimated that will) its available resources the T.aranaki Petroleum Company will be able to maintain its present experimental boring and testing work for a further two years. The recently - formed Co-operative Dairy Company at Waverley is erecting a. factory near the railway station, it is expected to be opened early in October. ■ This railway beyond lluiroa in the direction of lluiakama is being pushed on with all rapidity, 'and is expected lo reach the slation shortly (says the Stratford P»st). Several factories in the Auckland district,are enquiring of the National Dairy Association in regard to its cooperative marketing scheme, as well as one or two factories in the South.. At Te Ngutu-o-te-Maim on Sunday, when the lion. Mr. McNab was being introduced to the veterans, he was inspecting their medals, and noticing one ililfoicnl from the others, lie enquired the reason, as it had been scolloped. Tile old man replied that his wife nail been using it as a brooch, Butter-buyers were a plentiful commodity iu Opuuako on Monday, wluii they waited on three dairy companies. Then 1 were some good talkers amongst lb;- twenty wliu attended the meeting (says the Opunake tile re.presentativts of each firm were very earnest in impressing upon the directors that their linn was the, best Lo do business with. One company has consigned their output of Jiutter, and the other companies have offered their outputs at II VJ.il, and have given a few days for a reply.

Al the .practical examinations nelil in connection with Trinity College, London, at New Plymouth, on Thursday, September 10, tile following pupils of the Convent were successful —Associate of Trinity College, London (A.T.C.L): Mabel Olive Clarke (SS marks), A.T.C.L.; Amelia Henrietta Snmli (85 marks), A.T.C.L. Senior division: Clare O'Brien, 78. marks, internieiliate division: francos Harris, 00. Junior division: Doreeu Hcaly, 73; Maisie Grant, 03. Preparatory division: Clarice Street (violin), i.3. In complaining that at a recent Inglewood social the ladies were in the majority, the Record says:—''They genera ly brave the elements tvith more consistency and less fear than do tin? individuals of the sterner sex. There is only one hope of bringing equal proportions together, and that is by including in the divers programmes a 'Sprint Polka,' 'Steeplechase Lancers,' and 'l.ong Distance Waltz,' and opening a totalisator on the events. The young men of to-day do not care anything about occurrences which do not include gambling, so if promoters of genuine socinl entertainments wish to be successful thev must include the gambling element and tliey will have a full hall everv time."

Al Gillies and Nalder's ilawera spring horse fair yesterday a four-year-old maie by Knight of the Thistle—Glengle fetched U3li; others made C3O, C2i), 12S Ills, .W7. .<2O 10s, *2O, tits UK C2I 15=., C2-I, .123 ss. Horses which thiTe or four years ago readily brought .CIIII to .HO. lit the present time realise ,C2l to C3U. Still, one buyer said he would have secured several of those sold at the prices, but did not know where he could take (hem to make a profit. The horses yarded were in good condition for the time of the year, but in many instances were withdrawn owing to not reaching the owner's reserve. A pair of grev geldings (unbroken) belonging to Mr! A. McKoown were knocked down for C3!l, and a three-vear-old bay "elding' owned by Mr. D. Ltlaek sold for "c:w 10s. A bay filly by Pride of Windermere was withdrawn at C3U. There were. several new buyers in attendance. To-day (Friday) half-draughts and uiilkcarl horses will be offered. Star. Evidently it is time something more definite should be known about historical places in 'taranaki, says the Han-era Star. The following is from the Wellington Post:—"Among the memories tor ever consecrated in the history of New Zealand is the brilliant but brief career of Lieutenant c.ostavus "l'Yvdinand von Teinpsky, who, after signal services in the wars of the 'sixties, fell to a bullet from a Maori rilic oil the 7th September, 1800, while leading an attack on a Maori stronghold near Okaiawa, Taranaki. The exact spot i. on a cliff overlooking the \\ aingongoro river and is marked by a cro*s." Here, at Te Ngnlu-o-te-Manu, as the place is called, an anniversary service will be held on -Monday." If we salid that the site of the 'projected Seihlon monument was on a_ cliff at Kavai Flat overlooking Wellington harlior we should be about as near the mark geographically as the l'ost is in the information it gives its Wellington readers.