LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 122, 22 June 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mails for United Kingdom and Continent (via Vancouver), despatched on May 10th, arrived in Loiidon on June Kith.

. One or two men in this district have found, much to their chagrin and astonishment, that in marrviug wives they marry their debts as well. A nod's as good as n wink to a blind mule. The North Taranaki Hunt Club has decided to issue •'ipialilieation tickets" to members wishing to qualify their horses as hunters, for the cluoVannual race meeting. The tickets will be initialled by the master or depute master lat each meet,, and should the ncccI sary number of signatures not be secured, the master may decline to i.-isuc a certificate.

A man strolled into a well-known hairdvessing saloon a couple of davs ago, Tiie man with the brush and razor was comparatively new, and lie wanted to know if his patient was a regular customer. Said ii<=, "Haieyou ever been here for a shave before ?" " Yes ; once," said the other. " I don't seem to remember your face." "*\o,'' said the other, •" it's healed up now." And the barber went on shaving.

The latest American Mies to hand contain information of the success in NewYork of the Slagpoole quartette of entertainers'. Thf sum and daughters of Mr. J. J. Stagpoole, of this town, are at the moment starving "a pantomime show condensed into twenty minutes of the fastest and funniest work ever seen in New York vaudeville, and when it comes to rough house acrobatic work, this quartette lias it on all others forty diiferent the New York Herald. Extract from a sample letter from a budget before the Hospital Board yesterday:— -k feel I woiild lie neglecting a duty were 1 not to request you to express to tl(c doctors, the 'matron and nurses of that fin c institution, the grateful thanks of my mother and myself for all the kindness and skill employed by them in the endeavor to save the life that was so dear to ns. My brother is gone, but i know that he deeply appreciated all that was done for h.im'by' Hie hospital stalf; in fact, so milch so that he begged to be allowed to remain there, rather than be taken to Wellington."

'flu: Hunt Club's Js,st- mni?t was held | on .Mrs. ■)!. pivot's property lit Bell Block, and despite t|m cold weather over a hundred Took pui't. The sport wns good, iillliougli au over-supply of linrt's' often temporarily' liall'lcil' the hounds. However, tliey worked well, and some good runs resulted over good country. Sonic of the, jumps were stiff, and in most cases were successfully negotiated. Tlit horses show improvement i)t every meet, ajpl tl|c form promises well fi'ir lli« chili'.-,' race meeting on September Oth. After the meet the members were hospitably entertained by Mrs. Street, both afternoon and evening. A bye-meet will be held on Thursday at the Bell Block factory. "A man is known by th e company he keeps," is a saying very old anil true, ft would be a hard matter to judge people on the letters they write, Hlld tile Hospital Board takes some of its correspondence with the proverbial grain of • salt, particularly \vlien the writer of the letter is a person who, after owing hospital dues for a number of years, sends a Jong explanation of his financial, or rather unlinancial position. There is a fearful sameness about these cll'usions as a nlle, but every rule lias its exceptions. For instance, one letter before' yesterday's meeting was from a woman wliose husband owed an account, and was now a patient in another hospital. "1 can do nothing until he's either dead or better," she wrote. The; Board decided to await developments. A well-known Baptist pastor in Manchester, discussing the stipends' of ministers of his ilrnpniinatjon. gnye aii example of the samlicV which' often' fpllow? intry to <>> ministry, >'| k-.niu a geiHleinau," he tnl,| „ newspaper re preventative, "who |ef( : the Stock Kx .Image, where lie was making Mild r vear, to lake up a ministerial cnllhig In his lirst h» bad ellO sa'l lary, now, live years after ids ( |-,ialilica tion. lie is passing rich on .eli> a vc.r Can you 'wonder that to the voiingel generation the Xonconforitiist niinistn is not teniplinjr. especially when a nia'i with Hie commercial ability to maki .CIKMI a year, as nuite a voung man cannot gain more than a bare subsist ence as a paster? M v „bje<-f k not f put the ministry in, a worldly 1, :1 ,i<, hi ( no llililieal >;\u:: s ' h truer' lit ti tlia 111" laborer is i.-iir;liv of his hire.' ffhc beautifying Association's wt. (Hi (.aiiie.,- ieriato" has given the Imyi This terrace" cUc,l,|s 'along' tin-* VmVsi* of the llmiloki f.-om Vivian street ill «'.:i'.s. lif bile ,-ears it has been use •V !he adjaeent propertv-»\vuer» an the ninjoritv of people were inawar "I il »' ' ; "-' I hat the plaee was publi, -Now the undergrowth has' been cu away, a path funned, and the aeat'i grove between 111,, stream and Carrim ton road eut away. The walk ,|,oitl ",'"' >' Vl ' r y popular, especiallv wl\e >'"' hill .vidlh of the terrace i» 'brunch " ll " ""' ■ ! ' l"' ■ There are maav „(?,',. neglected spot, in the town which th As,,„,at,„, ~,„,„,„,, t „ dl ,. m . in inprove. Halt in,- proceeds of the Tav loi'-larrington humanised pictures ei] teriaii|iiieiit „„ |,' r i ( | j)y ~,.•,.„!„,;'-w j li ], '-•;;'''''!.•!; tl,i,«ork There can be » 'loubl. „l the value „t U|is work. jjiiT "ill >ay that the money could be bet ter spent in ~11,,.,, , v . |Vss ' T||;lt _ a l "»!M', Is i| ||ii|ller nf opinion, and do- ;,;' t , < Mt *»\ {' ' Hi" value of (he d iorls now being put jWtl, l, v m 0 New Plymouth lv hat it promises lob -tic most delightful residential tu w, in tlie JJoiumion.

ho. UhiHlclmrch Magistrate's Uui t the else „| Kennaway and others <■ loiin- gave , lse lu ~„. j t , l , isi()M of "j'iK tKStV'^r or dry crop," imderiakiny to'pay'all lul,lll '""''l ''Hit of CI p..,- acre fn ■ , v ,'rv i'"'; '•"'l'l'-l «..HV«!'y U. Ihucuur 7f ,l ' 1 1" 'ln' sum of fHi {„,. ' J7 ~, cropped hist season in c«ess , f ~' '. l>i-r».fttftl. Tl..- m,ic„,,. showed :,' "'<> M ■■« H rom.-l was tak,-:. up vi • ;■>•»!> of oats, which tl,, defendant , «"•'» «<ly«Hl to i„t green t„ ~v : I >'m coming wi11,!,, the cln.w,. ■. o Ur l h„ .'."t'- t |nl , l 1 ' t, " t - ',' "■"« stated 't],at tii« '','.'" I "' 1 ' 11 ''"l green with a ,•,,„„„,. ;.'.l binder, and 11,,,, sl"„|; lM | t „ ' ... X l ?'-'; f" .""'"t it month, when i|,-.v dry tn ,„ ( ; ";;> »h«U .-l.air. A, ...all -1,- uTu, ", S l 0 ,llllt " rc thu. far' after ~,.,„. I /'''"l' Wls a "'grain or drv" '"™l\ ami not a •Vrcen" crop. J >■ tile (,nve„m,„, t steamw T,,ta„e•ii 'it Wellington 0 „ .Saturday. | lie «t U cylindrical ~-rtl, conical ends, lit of s t.M,|, to eany ilfly passengers, ill several persons aboard lire boat «u» »I;PFd ir, )m |„ ( . ( |,, ek of tk , T .'.""'«"• tMI vertically, the torpeaoH>e end cleaving tile water, hut it bohJed "P. again and iloutcl buoyantly. Jhe nails considered successful Tl. ».ll has been built by llnrslhonse and I-.".;, I clone, under the personal supervisum, of «„. i, lv „„ l 0 ;. ~. i 5 jJ . .1 Moating pM.iluon, cvlindcr-ilianed of "K«;l..lJft> ovi,r,,l| and Sft, di'une'ler, loniainmg a,, inner cylinder which will I'.vonimndiilc twenty passengers whilst provision is made for thirty or forty passengers outside. The inner cylinder. i l "™ l '''? t" the Times, is suspended on pnots, thus enabling the outer cylinder to revolve whilst (!„• inner one rem:; ins s ntiomiry. Air-valves are placed round the oulside cylinder. w l,k-l, are autoil'ill.'rall.v siiu| and opened. ..\ manhole '"phieed „„ either iplaHer'of ll|c cylinder, lor Ingress and egress, mi wnielicvcr side of the boat is uppermost (here is always a way of gelling out. the boat is titled will, dead lights, and also six candle power electric lights, whi-h burn for lorty hours and can always 1... vefl'nrged. It ,cc,iiii-L's neither 'falls nor ilttjits |foc .lowering, ,I,'ciiig su,s|ic,|loyl from a'girder athwart ships. I!as s ei|-| g'crs enter the boat 11 hoard ship'throiign | the manhole, ami it is then shot into J .t|i« water, life-lines and buovs b.-imr 1 Httached, will, steel oars and oiitvipgcd crutches, so that the vessel en,, lie propelled without iw.viidder. There . is; ample spate for provision. For (Ihronie Chest Complnii™- WoedY Great Pepernrint Cure, 1/8 and 2/8.

Whitebait have made their appearance in the .Maua watu river. On Wednesday morning iV Foxton fisherman netted about two ijuurts of the little fish. '

Oil is (lowing very freely at No. i bore of th e Taran.iki Petroleum Co. From Wednesday afternoon last till yesterday about 50 barrels of sptc'idid oil h.ul been secured as tile result ut about i> hours' actual pumping.

The way ill which Mr. Cole arrested the attention and aroused the interest ol 11k- boys aim gins wiio were present at uis meetings U n Sunday sliouHi his special service for young people at the W'hiteley Hall tins aueruuou lir.l to overflowing.

J. J. ihuterson wis charged at Da.iuevirke on ihursday wun failing to .;ee[i proper booiis 01 account (1) as a solicitor; (2) as ji sawmiller; (3) as a storekeeper; and also with tailing to surrender Ins books of account at the time of his bankruptcy. Accused was then committed to take his trial at the next sittings of the -Napier Supreme Court on July 2. Meanwhile lie would »e admjiie.l to bail on Ins recogu.s-

Tlic lad Archibald, charged witli breaking and entering _nu „,r;i ot a ca-.iiibox from the Union Steamship Company's ollices, cunic up o,i 1 _,-.■„- tertuy ociua: Mr. 1.. 0. fitzlierb'ert, S..U. Th.: police record -bowed ductile boy bad litvn at.lli.- y.1.1:... i.e.ore, and at Auedaml in out a ~.>. ag., :. was

sent to Bumliuui, wiicnu ;i,. w... re tUll'.e, tO lllS motil.'. Ull KJilim. -:<

abseomled, and tan;.- to ..e,v PlyuiOM.ii, wh.re his career was once more stay.i. The Court decid.-d to convict the' accused and send liim back to Hiiniliiim, the charge being reduced to one of theft in order to allow of this course being taken. Had he goiu t„ t,.c iiupiumc Court he would still have been return ed to Bui'ihain.

Two men went a-iiunting. There were several more, but onlv tile two mutter as far as this store is concerned. One had a horse, the 'other had. nine, and that was where the story began. It was a new horse, a iirautl' new Hunter, and bis owner lent him to a friend at his,t Thursday's meet. Mounted on his own trusted steed he set out to give the latest acquisition a lead y-ivcr a fence near by, but his horse stuck fast —head on one side, tail on the other, The new horse objected to this, and also to the vicious dig -of the slurs' from his rider, who tried to vein him in. Then came the fun, for the spectators, and a fall,, which was not fun, for the huntsman. The owner now seated hiinscU! upon the bucking broncho, with a view of showing that lie had not lent in a conliding friend an unintinageable animal. And lie dub but it was a warm few minutes that he spent in proving it.

County finance is still a burning question in the Oniata riding. One exmember of the council is strenuously urging the ratepayers to sever from the Taranaki County by obtaining the suspension of the Counties Act over the Oniata riding. Diligent study of the Counties Act fails to reveal any provision for such a course or any machinery that sepnis likely to serve the purpose, There are certain (countiesexempt from the Act, but their exemption was an act of the legislature, and the law provides that there can be no rescinding of the proclamation whicn shall eventually bring those counties under the provisions of the Act. There may be such provision, of course, and doubtless the Oniata ratepayers would be glad to see the authority for the proposed course. It is not clear that the suspension of the Counties. Act, if obtained, would relieve tlie fliuata, i'i(|l||g of i(s T>rc.s,cnt excessive indebted- | W-'SS."

The quarterly meeting of the Loyal Egmont Lodge, J.0.0.F., M.U., was held last evening, ])ro. 11. A. Newton preaiding. There was a good attendance of members and visiting members. One candidate was initiated and four proposed, including one female candidate. The trustees, brothers 11. l.ii|ek 'and <>. W. Sole, were present, aWd a lienrty vote of thanks was passed' to them for their services to the lodge. Byo. 11. Cpek, chairman of trustees, replied at sonte'length, and stated that %■ wj\qly. of the funds of the lodge were well invested i)iul a\\ interest paid to date, Tho eleetjoi) of gll'icem resulted: ]|iq, 11. A. Newton, ((rami 'Master! Bro, A. Duller, Voble (irumh Jim. If. llilder, Vice (iriind; Urn. IT. T. Ainsworth, Per. Secretary; Dm. W. 11. llutler, Klee. Secretary; Bro. Harris Ford, Treasurer; l'.(!'s, Bros. Matheson and Bond; right and left supporters to X.fJ., Sisters Lorcridge and Oliver; right and left supporters to Y.G., Bros. Carr and Warden.

The honorary surgeons, when called in to operations at the iucal hospital, arc entitled to a foe, which is chargeuble to the patient, xne services of the medical superintendent are included in the patient's weekly payments, Jt is a common thing for people to complain, «>t this extra 'fee, though it is run, large. The precaution seems iiistilied, for. the Sew Plymouth hospital's word of surgical operations is one to be prou.(| or. When there is a delicate opevatlou, and tile patient's life depends on the most careful treatment and attention, u guinea paid for the extra surgeon is money well s]>cnt. , To grudge the guinea and lose a life would be hut a poor sort of a policy that would give the victim's friends something to talk about, Recently a man .passed as close as man can pass to the border line, Surgical skill in the local hosrnta} saved Bis Tile. He is iio'iv giowling 'at having to pay the iixti'n." guinea. The operation cost him £9. Had it been performed in a private hospital the fees would nave run into XOO or over.

For Influenza U\x \Vwfo'- Great Penperniiut Guw. Jjeyer fails. 1/fi and