LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 8, 3 February 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sonic of the local shots, prcpariii" fo the Taranaki Killo Association's forth I ' U "S'. h »ve been practising as of t'lT"" I '' r ?' silm ' litj "t tin \il,b.ith morn lias been broken b\ the crm-k oi' the? rifle. The Borough council l, as received a petition asking that the factory halfHoliday m New Plymouth ho held on the same day as the shops liall'-holidav The matter will have to be submitted to the biirgoses, and this will be done on the day of the mayoral election. There was a very brief .sitting of the S-M. Court yesterday, only three md"menls being entered, as follows:—\Y. F Mlort v. 11. .Melville, claim C 4 lis 5,1 and costs 14s; \V. liowe v. W. Wilson, claim ■« lis and j a costs; .1. S. 'i'ox V. W. Candy, claim £■> id, ]ud and costs tOs. Evidently next to tile timber industry, the consumption of liquor in Taihape conies a good second. .Mr Wallace IJio local botllc merchant, hifonnes' us (.Mangaiveka Express) he recently collected no less than live thousand dozen empty bottles at Taihape ! I On Sim,lay niglit at Dannevirke, the J.ev. £. liobertshawe is reported in the \\ oodville Examiner to have stated that there was no more harm in playili" tennis on Sunday than there was" i,dreading a novel, but the people should consider the example they were setting the younger generation. The Abattoirs Committee will meet this evening i„ discus, the labour problem. A letter has been, received from the branch secretary of tile Slaughtermen s I niou, asking the committee to receive a deputation of the workers af lecLed, with a view of coming to alia amicable settlement of tile demands made by the secretary of I lie Union in Auckland.

1 In: Killes aad tiuanls meet to-moirov in » ten men a-side shooting contest, Whilst iiie tiuarils have had the hunoui of delcating flic oMcr company h matches of twenty men a-side, tlif\ have g'enerully "gone under-' in matched between teams of lesser numerical strength. This year, however, the (Guards claim to be much stronger than usual; mil l lk> position may lie, reversed. The old man ,Synie. formerly an inmate of the Old People's Home, was ■committed yesterday to the Porirua asylum, lie had strayed from the in-

stitution some weeks ago. and returned to Ximt Plymouth from South Taranaki oil Jlomlay hi a slate that suggested mental aberration. He claimed to have struck ii|> an intimate anjiiainliiiiei nilh the flowers, the trees, and die birds which he encountered in his travels. I

EAST BUNDABERG. Q. It. (I'-Xrill. c/o I!. I!, Kendali. V'ii'tui'iastreet. East Bundabcrjr, Queensland, writes: "I shall have used Dr. Sheldon's Xow Discovery on several occasions for coughs anil colds, anil received remarkable relief when stilVerinn I'vom the prcvailiny epidemic. inlluenza." Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs and Colds is an unequalled preparation for the cure of all Chest Complaints and Lung Troubles. Price. Is fid and 3s per 6ottle. Obtainable everywhere. Just arrived, at Doclcill's, Devon ! [ street Central, Ntw Plymouth, an in dent of Allan's famous gents' boots, al* j C. and J. Clarke's superior ladies' boot and shoes. In stock, a large tissortmen of the best ladies', gents', and children' colonial toots and shoes by reliable 1 makers, All the above are offered ti . the pablio at prires that can't be i*at^*

Mails for Cniti'd Kingdom ami Couinent (via Suez), despatched from here Jecember 2Hrd, arrived at London oil 'iiuuary 31. At its next medium (lie Kducatiou Joard will discuss a proposal mode bv ill* J. D. Morrison, on-' 01' its member*, 0 appoint working overseer, whose nisinoss it will be to visit the various idioola and teachers' resjdt'iiet'.s and attend to repairs needed. The board's \\steni at present is held by some tube -oo cumbersome. The Telegraph Department lmg inUinated tli'iit telephonic communication iii'eet is to be made from Stratford 'iglit through the west riding and Opuiake. Tliis (gays the Post) will effect 1 nuieli desired improvement on the present roundabout route, which has h the past had to serve this important ami thickly-populated district. h ts stated that the publicans of MasterLon, where no-lieensc was carried, intend keeping their buildings absolutely closed after their licenses expire. ft js said that they will n-ot use them as accommodation houses, merely have caretakers, and thus put tlie travelling pub lie to inconveiiit'iice, for there will not be sullieient lodging accommodation without the hotel-. Carterton, some liv«. null's distant, will rea.p the benelit. The following slatemeiit of the fill uni-es was laid on the County Council laid;- on .Monday : " .Mua riding over drawn, lbs 8d; Wailara riding overdrawn, i'.lWO l,;s 7d ; Umatn rid ing overdrawn, <)s lh\. The haul, overdraft -stood at JiIUTU 7s !KI, and after passing accounts, at -tM'i.'il 12: H'd. The cash received and paid inU the bank during the month was .C427J 10s lid, the illcreaso lieing due to tin general desire to escape the ten percent penalty on rates. Knvoy .lupins. of llie Salvation Army, has initiated- operations in regai'd to the building of a line new Salvation Army lioy's Hume at Kltham. It will be remembered that .Mr. Jenkins, a vet erau Salvationist, is defraying the cost of the building and giving a splendii cite of ten aeres fur the purpose. JJriga dier JJrav. in charge of the social work of the Army, and Colonel Knight, com manding the province, have just return ed to Wellington from a trip to tin site, and repon, that (he building wil be in a commanding position on a gentb ri-e, and will be a laudniark for passen gers by the train.

I'p to two vrjirs ago .Mr .'laine?> Ison lived with hi> Urol her William in a rottage at Bealev Heath, Kent, apparently in the direct poverty. This slory became known in April, 1000, when William was discovered in ;i dying condition. Securities oli the faiiO value of over £12,000 were found in their cottage. James was removed to the Dartford Infirmary, where ho died last March at the age of seventy, lie left ,C2O to each of hia two neighbors, ,C2O to the local cottage hospital, £2O to his doctor, and the rest of his estate, which has been valued l at £22,000, between his brother John and a female, cousin. Wlicu William tUml he left property worth £22,255. A young Gisbornc lady mot with an exciting experience on Thursday evening (says the Poverty Bay Herald). Whilst 1 strolling along the groyne wMli a girl friend and three young gentlemen she slipped and fell into the river. The night was a very dark one, and 'there was a swift current running out .seaward. With great promptitude two of hereomi panions jumped over after her, whilst the third, with great presence of mind, ran along to the wharf and secured a rope. The oilier girl, noticing a rope on a lifebuoy near by, promptly threw one end to I lie swimmers, and was able, with the help of n passer-by to get her girl friend on shore. The lady wa* iume Ihr worse for her "ducking," although very exhausted. From time io time (says the Povertv Jiay llerald) endeavours have been made to discover coal in this di*lricl, with no practical result, but Mr K. \), ]>illiam. whilst prosjjecthg a few days a"o. came upon what is regarded as a very hopeful indication. On Crown land, accessible to the railway Ire discovered a seam or leaders ot what appears to be \*<tv fair coal. The >eam at tile out-crop is three or four inches thick, and i* exposed for a distance of live yards. In view of Ihe importance lo this district of the discovery of coal, it is to he hoped endeavours will be made to test what lies beyond the crop, Mr Uilliaiu is couimunivaling with the lion. J. Carroll, wUh the object of having tile sample he has taken analysed.

Kir liohcrl. Hart, the veteran hispce-for-Ccncral of the Chinese Customs, says ' that he once, in Pekin, .sat out a bati(|uet that lasted for seventeen consccu■v live hours. There were 125 course's, and he tasted them all. This would seem at lirst sight to take a lot of beating. Vet -Mr Ward, the American envoy, who »d tried to interview the Emperor' liicngFung in IS,"ill. tells how he was eaterhe tained at a dinner that lasted from ds nn on one day until six'o'clock on the hy evening of the day fro lowing, the total d- number of courses is not given, lull Mr SC Ward mentions that lie had to give in i- alter partakin" of I3S did'ereat dishes, g" " whereupon his host, wondered grcatlv'' ill presumably at his abstemiousness., 11,1 I'i'obahly. however, the Eskimo ban-' I- quels last longer than anv others, aaili lie the tpianiity i,f food swallowed is' n|„, proportionately grealer. Uoss records that seven of his party of native* once eat continuously for thirty-three hours, during which time tliev consumed -'bulb "l seal meat. (.arrotliag j, a memory of the past now-a-days, but the escapee from Ihe I eraeo tiaol, Archibald J. U'Xcil is th" niglilmai ¥ of the timid, savs 'the Wellington Dominion. Since the'escape ol the prisoner (he police have had various urgent calls to different parts of the suburbs to locate il'Xeil, but, in cverv instance, fancy has played tricks with nervous citizens, and investigations has showed that there was no foundation for tlie rumour. Two frolicsome females ,r eaiiscd terror to a male heart in an eslablishment in Aurora Terrace on Tuess_ day night by dressing up a dunimv and y placing it in a man's bedroom, 'when y the occupant of the -oom was about to ictire he saw the supposed man in his »'d and without waiting to investigate, f- :c ' ] lllt ' (ll,or °n the outside and rusli- „ oil violently in search of a policeman. . IHe policeman arrived in due eonrse. ami () visions «f a brilliant enpture vanished M when the originators of the joke made tlicir timid confession and asked for forgiveness for the trouble which tliev had given the olficer.

, A\ andering ] t! n- L . i> o( ,„ r „, 1 f tl "" , 1 t '" ll ''' ,|in s money hi Xew Zca i laud lor churches ul ,d Sl . llon | s K|[lU . distan, and tills fact has caused (!„• or • gains,„g secretary of the Anglican Mi, M»n tn tile S.vrwn Christians to writ. , Jo til"' Cluistehuroh Slav under date : Vjondn l ;), December 5. He <avs : ! )"™ represent themselves In 1 t'ollect hinds for mil- work, which is not Uiecase. The*. beggars find n 0 dilliculKy ill changing their roll to suit the tail.. It"' I'liiU'italilc, public. Till, same men style themselves "priests" or "deacon " lis may be most convenient, They are either " A rmcnian 11 or ''Syrian" as may Jicsfc serve their purpose.' Dm iiifr H, O last six months I h;ive received letters nil parts of the. world inquiriii" as *0 H"' lilies of these persons." It Ivouhl therefore lin kind if you would ■allow me, throughyour eolunins, lo warn II'" I'i'l'lic not lo give money to these men, I know thein very well, anil have I'veil amongst then,. They are all from I'lirlicnlar tril.e of Hast Svrians. who live in .the mountains of .lilu, Tur-key-in-and have long been known :is notorious Invars. Needless to sav. not. a penny subscribed to these people 'iciielits the ICast Syrian Church, ami flic cause which llieir mission lias at heart.

'J lie ligures of Hie business of the Paten Harbor Board during tile past . year reveal a very healthy position. ' The revenue (the Press reports) con.stitutes a record, n.nd shows nn meroos» J of £'o62 over that -fif the previous year. There has been a corresponding increase ( in the expenditure, though this is aeJ' counted for by the pavmenf of the re- '• pairs to tire railway wharf, carried out • by the "Department at the Board's exs .pensp, This absorbed I!MS. so iliat to. \ have a credit balance of £2Bl o*:i the twelve, mouths' transactions after pro- [ vid'int: for t his heavy item, -.hows the i year [o have .been a remarkably good ! one. Nearly every line in imports . shows an increa>e, Iho principal exception being tin- ijnantHy of butter exported. luit- this i> more than compensated for by the growlTi of the shipment, of olu-ese. The development of the frozen meat industry is marked by the ■advance in the mnn'ber of carcases •shipped. The imports <,f general cargo show a slight increase, but-1111 foi'tmiately this is overweighted by the deereapo iu the amount of coal brought to Pa tea. Tt. is worthy of notice that every year since, IHO,'j lias seen a steady diminution 1 in the ipumtity of eotrt entering Patea I by steamer, the tonnnge six years ago being set down at as against 2780 this yc-ar. Tn ■common with the revenue and exports the number of vessels admitted during tile year is a record for the. port. A certain young man of "North Shove. Took advertised pills by the score, Till the right one he hit (Laxo-Tonie to wit). i Sow his troubles digestive are o'er. i LAXO-TOXIO PILLS, lO'/od and Is Cd- < obtainable evervwWp t