LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 13, 9 February 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 *'A step iu the right direction," as ihe u 111atour orator would say. Cr. Bell"riwer has given notice to move at the me."l- meeting that the Borough Council •meet once a month instead of twice a month as!at present. A bookmaker informed '•Asmodeitm," of the Manawatu Times, recently that since the reinstatement on the racecourse of the members of his calling he had paid over A) 1000 in fees, and had cleared something like JtUOOO.

A business man iu Xiiiiiivu informs tin l llcriilcJ that ho wanted :i smart boy, and advertised lor one. l:'oiirU*rn bojs between 14 nml 111 veins of age applied for the billet, ami "of tin- 1-1 onlv Hvo had, passed tie Sixth Standard. 11 was .reported at last night's inee'.■ing of Hie Borough Council that Mr. Woolridgc, the Coinl-to-New Plymouth •carrier, had paid the license f.-es in •respect, of his vehicles ]>l viny for hire I "id .twins tint borough streets. A (fortnight age it was reported that Mr. iWoolridgc inleiuled to test the by-laws iin respect of the claim for payment of it'ees.

The Hope of Kgiiiout Juvenile Temple, ' No. &1. 1.0. C.T., held its usual weekly .meeting in S>t. .Mary's Hall last night. iTllc Temple was opened at (i.JO by the .Chief Templar. Jiro James Alldridge, assisted bv the following officers:—SupM.intendent Urn. X. T. Maunder, Assistant (.Kuperintcsiilcnt Jiro. ,1. Tichner, V.'l. i .Sis. .M. llawes, Cliap. Sis. U. t'owlev, J'.C.T. ISro. Hits llaudlcv, .M. tiro. C. ike. Uro. J. I'ocli, As. See. Sis. 1. Koch. iiK.Sw, STs: D. Hva, Treasurer Itro. F. 1!. ■Croaii, Dep. .11'. Sis. -M. Thoinpstonc, ,I'eppcrell, (luard Jiro. I''. Roberts, Sent. ,IJro. L. Lcaliind. Four members were .initiated? ' The .Mayor is not yet able to report it ha t it will lie possible lo avoid a, poll rill connection with the. electioji of the ITarauuki Licensing Committee. The .members of the present committee are (willing to stand again, and the licensed (victuallers are satisfied with, that body; (but although the no-license organisation (was approached a. week ago. and they iproniiscd a reply, the Mayor has not yet jreccived any indication of their wishes. "Von can trot out all the streets yon dike, but where's your C.s.d.»" asked (the .Mayor of Cr. JSellringcr last night (when the latter was urging the ncccsjsity for attention to several streets i:i tile borough.

The economy of land space in Wellington was tile burden of some remarks made by -Miss A. Kirk at the meeting of the. Trustees of the. Benevolent institution last week. There was. she said, a large boarding-house ill Wellington standing on a narrow allotment. Behind that again a four-roomed house, then a narrow strip of vard. and lastly a shed 1 . Ju this shed, which she- visited, the: only admission of air was by tlic door. The windows did not open. It, w\\s ijuite a small shed and inhabit oil by three people. There was but one room and no conveniences at all. The vimil was C>> si wee.k. Several Trustee'* thought the case was one for Die City Council l<> take up, especially as there Wit* practically no ventilation wk-n the duor was closed. Writing at the end of November -o a member of his family, an e.vDmiediuite. who is einployi'd on the Cumird Inter .Maiirctania. stvs: "You would be

heartbroken to see the poverty and starving that is going on hum. AVlien we Jive coming out of the duck gates in Liverpool al night there are hundreds of little, children, with hardly any ulothes on. standing waiting outside tlie gates, with their hands out, crying. 'Have you any liread left?' The men save tin- cruris from their sandwiches and give them 1o the poor beggars at the gate. . . . Von have no idea of the terrible poverty just now. There., are shoals- of unemployed in every trade I here just now. ami th« English Christmas j* going; t" be u most pitiable time for uiauy thousands of homes. People w!ui arc out of work in the colonies and say (hcv cannot get a living don't know what they are talking about, and ought to lxt treated with a stick. One meets hundreds of men who would willingly work hard all day for a shilling in ord'T to obtain food for their children." WHY Ts SANfIKR fc SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to any otner Euca- j lyptus product'i

Because it h. the result of full ex■perimce and of a special and careful proms of manufacture. It is always safe, reliable, and effective, and the dangers attending the use of the irresponsible preparations which are now palmed o!T as "Extracts'' arc avoided. A death was recently reported from the externa! use of one of those concoctions, and iu an action at law a sworn ■witness testified that ho suffered the most cruel irritation from the application to an nicer of a product which was sold as "just as good as SANDER'S EUCALYPTI KVTIUOT." Therefore, beware of such deception. Insist upon the preparation which was proved hy ' experts at the Supreme Court of VieI 'oria, and by numerous authorities durj ing the past 35 years, to be a. preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANOTjSI & SONS 1 PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.— Oaemißtß and Stores,—Advt '

i Tarannki seams likely to be well represented im the passenger booking for Lngla-nd during, March. " An interesting rille match took place at Kaponga last week between team* of eight representing St nit ford aud the local clubs, resulting in a win for the ; visitors by one point, the scores being: 'Stratford 13J)4, Kaponga 01)3. ° The biennial district council meeting <>l tbe. New Zealand Central District, Independent- Order of Bechabites, open* aL -Mnstcrlon The representatives of Ihe local Tent, .Messrs K. J. (irayson, .1. lUiUinuore and K. Uhatttk-. ton) left by train yesterday to attend the meeting;. • i-he Patea Press gives publicity to a manor that Archie AlcXeil, the prisoner who escaped from the Terrace Oaoi, Wellington, oassed tnrough Waveiiey on Sunday morning. .McNeil is wearing, Wsidc*» ordinary atiire, a pai orf buckakin gaiters, spurs and cap, and is riding an upstanding bay horse.

Speaking iroin a great and comprehensive knowledge, based on o() years of .travel and observation, 1 have not the slightest hesitation ill preilicuiig that, with the opening of the Panama and the Auckland canals, Auckland, within the next fitty years, will rank as one of the greatest cities of Hie world.*' The foregoing is an extract from a letter Mirwarded by Mr W. Hawker, to the Auckland Harbour Board.

in New Zealand lead Lhe world hi main things, said Fire-Inspector I ILigo in an address to Masterton liremen. "and one of the unfortunate things is in the matter of our annual lire loss. It is- much heavier in New Zealand than in a great many other countries, and is in no way attributable to the inetlicieney o! the lire-lighting organisations.'' The Inspector said he wan investigating the causes leading up to this state of things.

A gcnlleiiian who attended a medinni-is-tic performance on Sunday evening was closely questioned by the "medium" as to his movements that afternoon, a,;idi she ~g ueswed right the verv first time." He pleaded guilty to 'having turned back his house after starting out to the meeting, and with having exchanged his handkerchief for a fresh one, and pockets also. "What made me do all that, though?'' he a.skcd. Rut the spirits refused to divulge the secret. He told us himself. The first handkerchief h;r,d a hole in it! The Stratford Post understands that the parties most interested in the selection of a Licensing Committee for Ue Stratford electorate—the no-license party and the licensed victuallers—are endeavouring to conic to an arrangement' that will obviate the necessity of an election. J:i all probability the requisite. number of members will be drawn from the various local bodies in the electorate, provided, of course, that the local bodies will agree to this method and nominate a member each, or permit a member to be nominated from J-acli of the several bodies.

A couumittec meeting of the local .branch of the Veterans' Association was held in Mr. J. C. Davies' ollice on Saturday afternoon, Captains Slaudish and Mace. Messrs. (J. A. Ad'lam, C. F. Oliver, •I. Kenyon, and K. Wells being present. A vote of thanks was passed to Captain Standish for his services on the occasion of the visitt of t!u» 11 M.S. Cambrian. Captain Vaughan Lewes was also accorded a vote of thanks for his kindness lit forwarding to the. veterans copies of a photo of his ship. It was resolved 'liral- the veteran* should hold a rille ma.tch in Mareh 18 and a social gathering- in the evening. Kacli veteran is to he allowed lo bring a friend lo this function.

While fishing al ihe mouth of iheOpihi ' en Saturday evening, as the tide was coming in. Mr Franks, the Acclimatisation Society's ranger, saw what can only be described a* a.i unbroken procession of eels about six feel wide coining ill from the sea and parsing into the lagoon. The water looked as if it was full of .'Kiweed, and Mr Franks had only t.o ca-t in hi* line and draw it oul to secure li*h. sometimes as many as three at a time. None of the eels appeared to be over 21b. in weight. The ccis continued to come in as long as Mr Franks remained, and there must have been hundreds of thousands of them. Another _a»gh»r said that imuiy years ago. with another friend, he was a witness of a similar occurrem*.

A man named Thomas McDonald, who allowed hi> Jii|iior to get control (if him, was locked up. For amusement he biinged a'bucket against tin? door of his (ill until the bucket was no longer a ■bucket at all. When he was brought ■before the Magistrate yesterday morning, charged with drunkenness, and with having destroyed thi< bucket, the property of the Mew Zealand Coven'.incut, he said he had no recollection of having performed on the bucket. lie a*ked lo be treated leniently, and stated his willingness lo submit to the is>ue of a prohibition- order against himself. ;llc said hi hiid just returned to the town after a year'* absence, and this ae» ■counted for his "burst." lie was convicted and discharged as a drunk, and ordered to pay the cost of the bucket, ;with Court costs 7s.

This season the Railway Department iu Auckland has so far handled about 4(1,0(10 boxes of frSit, representing between 700 and 800 tons. The greater portion of this was sent from Auckland to Onchtingsi and transhipped for southern ports. In addition, about 20,0(10 boxes of fruit for local consumption went through the hands of the Department. JJut the Railway Department handled only a small portion, less than half of the fruit that is sent south from Auckland. All the Wlur.igarei fruit for southern shipment comes down in the steamers of the Northern iSteamlshi'H Company, a.nd then goes to its destination bv the Union line. Then much fruit comes' to Auckland consigned to large delivery linns, who can ship it to the I'uioa Steam Ship Company for southern ports.

I tCr. Boon reported to the Council <a»t night that children-"some of them .big children, nearly six feet long''—were (proving a nuisance at the Jiast End .halhiing shed at. the mouth of the Item,! utreani. It had been found impossible ito keep the place locked . The youth of it ho locality had c.ll'ectually disposed of itlii! bolts and bars, a,n.l tfie building mas in a liltliy state. The bathing .hours, too, were disregarded, much to itlio annoy,anee of ladies and children .using the beach, the men and boys inionopolisi'iig the shed anil its vicinity .for practically the whole of the day. A ■discussion took place, upon the pervert■ed natures of some of the voitlh of that .locality, but the Council could not decide upon any course of action which would act a» a deterrent, but the oll'ciidcr.s may look for a warm time one of these days.

That the Coimti , «* of Dudley, wile of Ihc (lovwuor-deiU'ral. was rich, fashionable. agreeable n,ml <,'ood-lookiMj>\ the eoi-iet v papers have, told us often enough: t lias been, lc,l't lo the New Idea to show 1 lull she is also all orator of no mean order, due of tile special articles in tin, February issue of that journal is a speech printed by special permission that her ICscellency made :> 1 Kovernment House to the leaders of the Women's Inhibition. The subject is the "Sen Woinamliooil." ami Lady Dudlev displayed a remarkable, insight into liuuura uature, and an exceptionaalv fine choice of language in expressing it. In another part of the same issue there j .is a most interesting sketch of the Dudleys' English Inline at Witlcy Talk, a,nil the account of all interview with her Id-iadyship. bv an. Australian girl, written ihefore she'came to this part of the World. The Kducation Hoard requires two probationers to (ill vacancies on the teaching staffs. No oUe can be appointed as a probationer who has not passed tile, matriculation examination, or the examination for senior free places, or

{who is not otherwise onalilied to hold- a | senior fr.eo, place in a. secondary school. ( Applicant®- must he sixteen yours of age. and of g/iod moral character and sound health. The term of probation is two year-, and the remuneration payable is 1 ViH for the liisl. year and .C2."» for the second: year, with a boarding allowance of CW if obliged to live away from honue, or up to tllo a year ioy actual travelling expenses if obliged to travel more thani four miles dailv each way to prosecute their duties. kverv probationer who has satisfactorily completed the. course is eligible for admission to a it raining; college, as a student on the same conditions as apply to pupil twu-h-

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