LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 20, 17 February 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is estimated that had all lllos' the steamer Vciigum w.io omjlit to have travelled by her on her last and fatal I rip, aceordiin,' to the ponei-nl report, the Hoard of Trade regulations would have had to he enforced. The monthly meeting of the fire iidt' evenlimted last nijflil, Captain Hellrinjjor heiny in Hie chair and .1(1 members prcseiil-inily I absent. The evening was devoted to instruction in artilieinl respiration by Dr. l-'ookes. At the conclusion, a hear'tv vote of thanks to Dr. I'ookcs was pas'scd for the interest ine. and instructive led lire. The exer cises and dill'ercnt methods, principally i'.ll'ccfini; smoke sull'iication and dvown iiiit. were fully explained and demon stialcd.

At the iiiectiii" of lln- Land lUiiir yesterday the follow.„:< n-solniioii \n carried, mi I hi' 'motion uf .Mossr-. Mi a.ul Ktittcuhtiry, and copies ili a, I reeled hi hi' sent tu Messrs. Kiiy am I fldiiiU'tt: " la view of tlic mission ii a, .Messrs. Newton Kin); and ,)'. I!. Connot I 1.0 Ureal Urilai account of tin j loan lor harhonr improvement, which, ii II pinion ol till' mover, is of I lie ureal est, importance lo (In jji-iiiiiiki dish-id this Hoard ln>]n~ Ihnl. Ihi'.v will imv. :i |ilc:i>nnl lri|i and Iha I Ihe I• i■ -^ii■ ■—; Inlure tlll'lll Hill hi' lirnimhl 1,. a sin-.-,—-fill i-.n0."- All ilio nicm'hcrs i-onliiillv ,'iiiloi'M.,l |l„. remark, ~,' Ilio ver. ' Thi'V win. -o iloivi. io Mir law ,',»■;. si',- mill In ill reinarkalilc Ihi.c,. ,\„ i„ i i.l, nf dlirin- Hie lli'iiri.i". uf a ciiil c:i-e yc|,-r,lay i, d00m,,,, ol record. A lliiln'l. -.seem lo know what the h'aililf |,nslii'il a hook into his hand lor „r what was I,,'iii- «ii,l ahotil, " Mr,, trnih. Hi,' whole lnil.li. and nollii;i K hut Ik' I nilh. so help inc. Hod!" "Kiss lli<> j hook 1 .- Hi' stared. "Ki-s tin- hook." ;i«.-iin ('01111111111(11.11 .Mr. ripe; lnil. it was | not nnlil Ilio direction lnid heen nivon i a tliivi'i tini,' Hint the witness complied.) The Mii-istralc hcpii. ~•■■ wonder whollii'i- Ihe hoy was ohl cnmi»li lo nndersliiii I I f'he n.il nre of Hie oath,' Imi Ihe hoy a ,iirc.l him that he was 1:1 veins „f ~.,. Twelve years of a-c makes' the'willies Miienahle to tile oalh. "Do vim kuov .vlinl. ftn on 111 n us?- a-keil Air. l-'itz ii'i-l'icrl. ""No." •"'Yon know wliat lha look is?" "N'o." "And yon dr,n"'i now what il means lo sav von wii peak ihe trnlli. nnd kiss llie' nilil.'?No." "Did von ever hear of dod?" No." "What! Imveiri. von ever -one lo elnnvli or lo Sinidav School?'.' The Imv hri-lilcned. "Yes.'- he .said, '• I ..,i lo chnrcli. I uo.to the English Church at I'ifzroy." The i|iieslionium proceeded. "Anil didn't von ever hear Hie inline of l!o,l ill Hie Kindi-h Church?" The Imv looked nstonUwd. •■ No," he rc„li,.,| with emphasi... And then I lie Alai;is(mte took Hie hoy in ha,id and explained the solemn nature of ill,, oath. II was liltle wonder Unit the lad was an I unsatisfactory witness. ||e was unnerved and Ids solicitor soon " dropped " him.

Those in -want o f now suits fui Oli-istmns e.ineot <lo li.'U.t Mum see "The TVeshsreir soils now 'icing shown V "The Ka<-li." Hint Icii.iinj men's store in Devon street. New Plymouth. I Jf.'ule on tlieir own premises by a.i J esnericneed str.(T of workmen, iiiey p.r} | superior to tiny other rendv-iniute suits I we have seen. ?vn!o3 4!) siM to GFs.— J A(M.

Mails for United Kingdom and Continent (via Suez) despatched from here on January Sth, arrived at London on I'Vlirunry 14th. It is nnollirially" slated tliar i.y (lie reuent revision the ICgiuoiii eoiinty \alnalion will be raised by ijioiuioo! The Wlmngauioinona County is siibj-ecl. to an iuerejtse of a similar amount. In the Supreme Court, on llie motio.i J of Mr Quilliam (Liovett and liroliato of tlie will of the late William | tleorge lieale has been uravited lo- Mi's' Marv Ann Jleale, the executrix named in the will. In tiie "heat "of the harbour election in the Stratford ward it was freely slatcii that the visit of tile Hoard's representatives to London in connection witli the raising of the loan would be about ■C2OUO. Any people whose minds are greatly exercised over the statement will l». relieved to know that Hie agents themselves think .CoOU will be 'aearer tlie mark.

As the first express nam liom ChrUcluircli was npproacliing the Aslibtirlon railway platform on Saturday there was

an nausoa! obstruction mi the Hue, in tlie form of a liu;;.' elephant belonging to Winir.s circus. The brakes were fortunately hard don ii or I here would have been a"»erimis accident. As it was flic elephant swerved and got just clear of the engine liy a few feet, at Ihe same iime ejvin- 'forth extra lerrilicd Iriimpcl'mg Micil as he had not probably uttered since he left the Afrimn ju.lgle. At a meeting of the 1 law era 110-vpiial Hoard on ilouihiv. the cliainnan exi plained Mint since the last meeting lie loiiud that for the year IOIIS-0, so far, tho hospital funds were better, .under the charge r.f lis per day, than they had been ill IOOi-S when tile charge was 28s pc.r week. In 1'.111.5'.1 tliev had received Cl7O. against L-la!) for ' 101)7-8, and he

thought there wins now no necessity for a. conference lo consider tlie reduction of the term,. After discussion. Mr. Marx moved. "That in il pinion of this Hoard the clmngt s arc at present too high, and that the notice of motion of the mover be held over until after tlie conference to be held on February 2li.'' The motion was curried. It was resolved. "That it he tin instruction to the delegates to Stratford to discuss the ([iieslion of separate charges for j tevef ami cousumptrVjii (patients, with ft view to coining lo an. amicable arrangement."

Spciikinsr at til" banquet tendered in [ I lie lion. A. W. Hogg iit Ala--it<-i-t«ii ("i Thursday evening, the Mini. I). Ilmlilo, .Minister of Internal Allah's, said it was all very well to speak of New Zealand'- auriferous territory, but the settlement of the nind was HiM main thing, and in mat tne prosperity of the (Wintry was wrapped up. They might not all agree with tin; (lovcrniuenl's proposals ! for closer settleincut lint I hey would give 11, credit lor doing its lies! in handling this dillicult question. Closer settlement was tirst. second and third in this country, ami as a practical fanner of thirty-live years standing lie claimed some knowledge of liie subject The. work would have to lie pushed'on, and many estates that were now subdivided could still be further cut up advantageously to the country Us n whole. Ili-fcrriug to liiiancial mutter-, he advised farmers not to go to financial agents to liear all kinds of things about th:' depression and high rates of interest. It wan enough 10 give them the •• bines." The whole ining was one to iullated values of city properties, which was no basis upon which to judge \ allies It wa.s the intrinsic value Hint was wanted and a fair and equitable value placed 0-.1 farm properties. There was undoubtedly a dc|iression. and he supposed Wairarapa fell it as much as any other part I of the Dominion, but. il might, have been worse, and he urged them not to be despondent, lie ventured lo say that if W.iirarapa kept on exporting as many -heep even ilav as lie had -ecu pas-hg over Ihe Kiinnlaka that evening 0:1 the 'j ney from Wellington, and still seal iiwtiv Hie usual amount of grain and other produce, the depression would be ul an end bv the middle of the M-ar nl i the latest.