LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 277, 17 November 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have made arrangements lor ttel publication in to-morrow's issue of he detailed results of the electoral i u licensing poll in each of the Tarannki seats. Taumarunui, of course, will not be able to send complete returns owing to the remoteness of some of the polling booths from the telephone system. Ita addition we shall publish the results of both polls in the electorates of the colony.

Polling hours to-day are from 9 a.m. to (J p.m.

-Mr. C. E. Beliringer, Covoiiiiuent candidate, addressed meetings at the llarli a" Hoard's quarry and at the wharves yesterday during the luncheon hour, and n each ease lp.ul a very good reception ■'rum the workers. Mr. Beliringer did not address any meetings last night. A movement is being initiated by the 'J'aihapc Chamber of Commerce to call a conference of the Chambers from Palmerstou to New Plymouth to discuss the Unsuitability of the present railway time-table with special reference to the loss of connection with New Plymouth.

11l connection with the request of "die Seaside Improvement Committee for a man-of-war to be stationed at New Plymouth oil the occasion of the Christinas carnival, it is interesting to note thatone of tin? crew of 11.M.5. Encounter has written to a relative iu Taranaki to the ellect that he expects to meet him here at Christniastide. A last 'night's meeting some enthusiastic admirer of Jlr. W; G. .Malone's candidature tossed a gilded horse-shoe and bouquet on to the platform. It was a delicate question to handle at a moment s notice, but the candidate, after scanning tile faces of tlie front row occupants, returned thanks, kissing his hand to the apparently unknown donor of the lloral compliment. Sub-Inspector l'hair. of Wellington, had an unusual experience on going to his home at lunch-time on Monday. As he knew that all the members of hi.s family were away, he was surprised to see a bicycle near the .front gate, and determined to make an investigation. The upshot of this was that a lad of about sixteen years of age, wdio vc his name as lionald -lohes. was discovered prowling round in a bedroom upstairs. He ivas at once arrested bv the sub-inspector. Accused is also charged with a similar offence in Brougham street, Wellington.

A Tokio (correspondent writes: On a lei-cut afternoon an argument ensued between an employer and one of Ills men. when the employer, to make the position clear, smote the man. A casual observer remonstrated with such conduct, and was promptly laid alongside the Other ; when a meek looking tradesman working on an adjoinin* building up and spoke to the •I. L. Sullivan, an attempt to send hull to sleep with the others was hot successful : it was a game the meek looking individual had'played, and in hvc minutes the erstwhile' Miamipwra ot J oko was not looking for any more light. 1 learn that this is one of nianv such scenes, and an application. ] understand, is being made for a constable to be sent here.—Post.

Speaking at Auckland Mr C. Ilogben said that in travelling around the world last \ear everything he heanl from leading farmers associations convinced liiin that scientific fanning had dune much more for every country where it had been adopted than must people realised. In Ohio, the products of |hat Slate hud. without extra expenditure of labor, doubled through the scientilic methods adopted. To show that tlio desire to suil children's training to their opportunities did not exist all over the Domin-

ion. .Mr Ilogben mentioned the case of a distinctly agricultural district in the Soulh where the children were taught electricity and typewriting. They might jn.st as well learn Chinese and the

making of telephones. At the animal meeting of the New Plymouth Horticultural .Society, whose annual show takes place 011 December HOh, it was decided to appoint Mr. Wheeler, Durham Uoad, judge of the pot plants in the event of Mr. .1. Duncan being unable to act. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cliff were appointed referees for the show. Mrs. Tisch, in conjunction wilh Mrs. .Stevenson, was appointed judg' of the home-made preserves and cookery section. Mr. W. W. Smith was appointed to act with Mr. Morrison in jiulgin" the "art flowers" section. Mr. "mc° tialicv and Col. Messenger were appointed a staging committee. The following stewards were appointed: l'ot plants, Col. Messenger and Mr. (I. \V. Ilrown?; cut Jlowers, Mesdames I'aton and '.rant, Messrs. 1 'ato;i and MacDiarinid; bouquets ami llornl designs. Mis. Dockrill ami Miss |l. Smith; children's lloi.nl classes. Mrs. ||. |.\ i'nssell and Mrs. (Jasgow: vegetables anil fruit. Messrs. D. Kingdon and 1.1 ioodaere: 'nurservnien s classes. Mr. (!. Tisch: lioine-maiie preserves, ell'., Mrs. Morrison and Mrs.

I'erey Smith: home-made bread. eU\! Mis. MeKellar. -Mrs, .1. liann;»Ik and Hiss <iodt'rev.

Shop on a cash basti, ?jid see wlnn you save every ;ime at the A.B.C. Boot Company's stocktaking sale. The us'j.:.l price is named first, in each instance,

the lower prices being for cash Ladies' glace and button shoes, 10 s 6d, 13s 6.1: ladies' place Derby shoes, 10» Oil, I,'is Od; ladies' "laoo lace and button shoes, 7s 0;

8-: Od; ladies' tan kid s'loi's, 10 to 20 par cent, off; gents' box calf Derbv bals. 21s. 10s (!.<; gents' shooters, 7s (id, 10? fid,

1-ls Od; gents' bal s (wide fitting), 19s Od, "s fid: ladies' gum boots. 12s Od, 10s 0.1.

4.15.C. mail order department; all parcels carriage p.iiil.—Ailvt. "Time will tell" i- an old raying, and when (lie Lawrence-Cillles Milkini; M.icliines were first placed mi I lie niarUe:. folk used to -a V ••'l ime will tell." We I. I time has t„l,l. ami (..-.la v Iho UK/i Machine i.- more widely ii-od and appreciated lha.i ever before. S. 'l'lirley, Ks.| , Waorang.i. write-,: "I haw pleasure in sla'.ing lliat al'ler a conliiiuous summer and win lor u-e ot the U\.C. Milkini; Machine since Ist September. MHI.j, 1 am I lioniiighly -a(i-licd with the ofI'ectivenoss anil general working of tlie machine." full particular- will be sell: po-l l'ree. .1. I!. MacKwan and Co., Mil. sole at'ents. Kgmont street, New Plymouth.'

AN employees of the Now Plymouth Borough Council will be granted a hoiiday from ouc o'clock to day. Thi* celebrated Sti'eckcr collection of 100,000 butterllies and mollis, including specimens of practically every kind known, lias been sold to the Chicago Field Museum for £4OOO.

The British South African Company a few weeks ago received at its London office a trial shipment of four cases 01 oranges and lemons from a private plantation near Salisbury, Khodcsa.

What is probably the lirst direct photograph of a rainbow in colours was shown uL the Royal Photographic So-| cicty's exhibition (London) last month. It was taken 011 the new auto-chrome pi ate. A writ has just been issued by MesI srs John .McLean and Son, contractors, against the New Zealand Times news-

paper, churning £2OOO in respect of an alleged libel connected with a report appearing in the paper of Octobe- 23.

There are 1102 hotel licenses and 203 accommodation licenses—a total of llilia—in New Zealand. The greatest in each district arc : Duller 7li, West-

laud 70, (Jroy 04, Auckland f>S, Wellington 4S, Christchurch 40, W'akatipu 415,1 Jhinedin .*{o. The littk* town of Beresoska, in the province* of Klizaln'thgrad, Kussia, was to be sold at auction on October 'A. The municipality owes ,£I2OO to a merchant of Odessa, who, after fruitless efforts to oMain his money, decided that the town must come uader the hammer.

Arrangements for the State tion of the Wellington and Manawatu Company's railway are now i;i active' progress, -and -Should smoothly com** into operation on December 7th (says the Wellington Times). As far as can be ascertained at present the existing Manawatu stall' will work the line for some time as it would in any case be inadvisable to make changes of personnel during the holiday season. As for the company, it will probably exist until March, 'lire onlv assets to realise after

the sale of the railway are a few business sections on Thorndon quay, which are now oil the market.

News from llotorua (says the Thames Star) is to the ell'ect that the geysers at Wliakarewaretva have been displaying unusual activity and one day last week Pohutu and Waikorohihi, us well as the Cauldron, distinguished themselves by giving eruptions of a sensational character. The display of Waikorohihi lasted all day, and is said to have been the finest witnessed for the past three years. In addition to the water, being sent to a greater height than is usually the case, at one time this geyser continued to blow oil' steam only, the sound resembling very much that of a steamer alongside the wharf blowing oft' superfluous steam "when Iht departure has been delayed. To be shipwrecked twice within 18 months is the unpleasant experience of I Mr -lolin Judge. Mr Judge (states tli'i I Christehureh Press), was an able scnni;|i

011 the ill-fated four-masted burijue Dundonald, which was totally wrecked last year on thy Auckland Islands, on' the passage from Sydney to Queenstown, twelve of the crew being drowned. The sixteen survivors suffered terrible privations, and lived on the island to. nine months until tliey were rescued by the Hinemoa, Judge remained oil the New Zealand coast, and he again had the misfortune to be shipwrecked, he being one of the crew of Hie HawoaJ •which went ashore on the north tip at Grcymouth. '

" Progress " for November contains a remarkable article reviewing the progress of that up-to-date ipublicatioiij showing how it lias kept abreast according to promise in its first number. In addition it discusses the Phorinum ten-1 ax question hopefully which is about the only position left from which to view the situation. Articles «in tin j success of tlie, Wright aeroplane in France, on the future of the airship.l in commerce and war, and the Hyatt flexible-roller bearing, together with the end of the partial impact controversy make a readable number. The speed question now coming to the front in the motor world on three continents is dealt with at considerable ilongth, the questions of signing all buildings with the •names of architects is discussed , and there is the usual list of patents.

The armour of the famous chieftain Hongi, with the history of the relic i* being exhibited in the Dominion Muscupi (Wellington), where it attracted a good deal of attention. The cuirass is of heavy iron, much rusted, of a very plain design, and apparently of the Elizabethan period. Some of the bands of tlie arm pieces have become detached. The armour, which was given to Hongi by King George IV., is unndcrstood to be taken from the armoury in the Tower. There is also in the museum an old iron helmet,, which was dredged up in the Wellington harbour in the early sixties. It is a curious circumstance that this helmet, wlio.se appearance in the narhour has never been accounted for, is of the same design as the newlyfound armour of Hongi, and looks a.-, though it might have been a part of it. Dr. Pomare, however, states that he has seen llongi's helmet belonging to the cuirass, and knows where it is hidden.