LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 195, 22 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It has been decided to abolish battalion camps of the public school cadets Company encampments are to be substituted, but there is nothing to imvvent several companies into camp together. '

At Jhe.request of a nunibo,- of students the afternoon class in dressmaking at the Technical School will continue for a further term, commencing Monday, the 4th October. Those desirous of joining the class are. requested to apply at the Education Board office. An extraordinary freak of nature in the shape of a. lamb was born lust \\vck at llr. Latter's, Barry's Bay (says the Akarcia Mail). The' monstrosity has one body, two heads, eight legs, ur.d two tails. If it were cut down the middle It would make, two perfect lambs. Everything i 8 perfectly made, the heads are facing each other with the forelegs round the necks. The freak I has been on view at the Barry's Bay I Factory, but is now dead. It is' intended to endeavor to preserve the curiosity. I

On the motion of -Mr. Quilliam (Uovctt and' Quilliam), probate of tie will oi the late Harry Bowman, deceased, hai been granted .by the Supreme Court to Ellen Bowman, Harry Alfred Bowman, and Elizabeth Napper Bowman, the executors named in the will.

The Taranaki A. and P. Society is holding its usual horse parade on .Saturday, tiie 2nd prox., at 1.30 p.m., in the paddock opposite the railway station. The society had intended holding it next Saturday,'hut on account of the Hawera socielv holding a parade at Eltliiun on that dale it was decided to postpone the function for a week.

The slow growth of new ideas m thn raiiid oi llui British trader was the subject of a few interesting remarks made by a Wcllrngtoniun who has just nturni'd from a trip to the Old Country. "They're dreadfully slow," he said, "lint the 'big American linns are coming along and making them shake a leg. And more particularly arc they doi-.ig so in the big departmental stores. London's most cherished institutions in that respect Have bee-.i put quite in the background liy the advent of the American, until now, after losing a whole heap of money, they arc beginning to follow ttio example of "the man from the States/' In the Magistrate's Court yesterday Air. 11. S. Fitzherberl, S.M., gave judg incut in the ease ill which Annie Nicoll, spinster, sued Arthur A. Luvcgruie, painter iinil decorator, for Hi 17s for damage alleged to have been done t< certain rooms in plaiulilfs tenement in Brougham Street by defendant unring his possession of them, by the removal lof certain skirting boards and door mouldings, and by paint splashes on the wall paper. His Worship non-suited plaiutill' on one claim, mid on the other claims assessed the damage at 17s, giving judgment for plaintiff for this amount, ilr. Hughes appeared for plaintiff, and Jlr. Grey for defendant.

The heavv cost to the State of some of the trials which took place at las? sitting of the Supreme Court in criminal session at Auckland was the subject of repeated comment by his Honor Mr. Justice Edwards (says the Herald). The most expensive trial proves to have been that of Adams, who was charged with arson and a sexual offence at Owhata. In this case witnesses' expenses alone ran into £312. Other costly trial*! were those of Dyer, chargjd with horse and cattle stealing, the witnesses against whom took away £IOO with them; ond Amnion, charged with horse-stealing, the evidence in which cost £Bl. Curiously enough, none of these men were convicted. The total cost to the State of the sessions was £1485, including witnesses', jurors', and

interpreters' expenses. "You would have been surprised, as. I was, at the attitude of responsible men in flrcat Britain towards New Zealand's oiler of a battleship," said a returned traveller to a Post reporter. -'I was in Egypt at the time," he went on to say, "biifc I went shortly afterwards to London, and it was still all the talk. It came as an absolute shock. Wrapped up in the contemplation of their own affairs, looking no further than tnv noiindnvics of their Utile, island, they had not contemplated the possibility of a colonial view of world-politics. The offer nude by Sir Joseph Ward and ii'.s | Cabinet plainly meant that the New Zealand Government saw the possibility, I at any rate, of New Zealand being transI fcrrcd to a foreign Power, and that, I apart altogether from considerations of | loyalty, New Zealand was prepared to j sink a big sum in the form of an iusurnnee nolicy."

There was a large and appreciative audience i n the Queen Street Church last night on the occasion of the anniversary of the Church, when the cantata, "Rolling Seasons," was repeated by the choir and friends, assisted by a verv efficient orchestra. Mr. Rich was heard to advantage in the solo. "Consider, the f/ilies." A violin solo. "Inter-

mezzo." by Gunnnd. was very tastefully rendered by Mr. 11. Spencer Salt, an! received a well-merited encore. Miss Dot Guilford sang in a very pleasing manner "Eternal Rest." Mr. Aslivr's solo. "The Vagabond," received a w > Imerited encore. The orchestra treatel in a very capable manner a selection from tlie "Huguenots.-" The second part of the programme consisted of the cantata, and was rendered in a manner that reflected credit on all concerned. The solos were effectually taken bv Misses Cant. Guilfords, Mrs. Golding. Messrs Asher, l)e la lfayc, Rich and llenriclu. Special mention must bv made of the first and last choruses .which were given with splendid vim and spirit. Mr! "'E. A. Golding, organist of the Churcji was conductor. The orchestra was ably assisted by Miss A. Ward at the piano and Mr. W. Hoskin at tbs organ.

Mr. F. W. Ward (editor of the Sydney Telegraph and a whilom Taran'a.ki

boy) in a recent interview, said he travelled amiss to Canada by the Empress of Ireland, and jycr.v morning, until within 100 miles of Quebec, Marconi messages were received giving the latest information from the Londo',, morning papers. That made one doubtful of sanctioning the tremendous expense of laving a Hither and Stale-uwued cable

across the Atlantic. Speaking of his travels through the United Kingdom, subsequent to the close of the Conference, Mr. Ward said that the two impressions which every delegate carried away from provincial England were the unsurpassable beauty of rural England, and the amazing energy and vitality of the English people. London was a marvellous city. It was a pity that anyone should go out of the world without seeing it; but London was not England. Outside of London there was an England greater than London, great as London was. They heard many pessimistic disparagements of the condition of the Motherland, but it was about one of those ordinary depressions in trade that was going o„ in England at present; »till, substantially, England was the market for their production, and they all were inqtreSKed.

The resolution of the Taranaki Teachers' Institute, "drawing the attention of the Board to th,. injustice .to some country teachers and those away from the railway line liy the inspectors in their annual report asking that the Board should give preference of promotion to those attending classes" came before the Education Board last night. The Chief Inspcctdr pointed out that the words complained, of did ot appear m the inspectors' annual repo-r, hut Jn the report of the Director 'of Technical Education, who had recom■mended ttc Board, when makh* mpointments, to give every consideration to the attendance of teachers at th" Saturday classes. There was no suggestion of proferment. All other thin." being equal, the Tloard would doubtless give preference to the teacher who showed his appreciation of the Hoard's actio,, in establishing the claws -in! took advantage of them. Of cnu'rs" they would never think of penalising a country teacher who was unable to attend the classes Tlico were establish-' ed for the good of the teachers, and had proved of the greatest assistance to ninny nf them. l| o felt that head teachers, as well as the junior teachers, ought to attend. The. Board decided to I inform the Institute that the word, complained of do not appear in the in-1 spectors' report. I

Writing to the Westminster Oa?."f(Mr. Greslcy Lukhi, one of the Xcw'Zealand delegates to the Press Conference mys: 'Ex-Conservative Rector," i„ j oUr ' ;Hsue of he 13th instant, writing of ine Land anil the Nation." interests me, inasmuch as lie offers credible evideuce m support of the impressions "ineii as n colonial man visiting Eng- | land for he first time, have heen forced upon me by what might almost be fairly termed the blight and plight of the land question in this country? To a deino '•ratio Australian or New Zealander win ins taken part o r interest fn the land "gislatlon of those thriving British territories, who passes for the first time through the 'wide, empty spaces of the splendid agricultural area of EiHan-1 tlicrc comes the vision of what atpW did transformation might be made in this home of our race if its neon!--, through its Parliament, declared for the close settlement of its land. T note that the landed interest is perturbed at the provisions in the neiv Budget a fi to land taxation, and talk of capital tang driven from the country. J-he same gloomy predictions can be found in the Hansard reoorts of New Zealand of fifteen years ago, but capital remains, and the country develops "}' leaps ami bounds. Why? For tip '2 Pf' of the close settle' 1 vo„ /H ° n<l ' T ° ">e H seems that ill ,] l *''? Sl ""° hc " you will get near the heart of the matter that mostconcerns England-the betterment of the race, aod healthier, happier people, 'ooted in the soil to the utmost limits of .every acceptable acfe"

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The ladies responded in large number yesterday to the invitation to attend :i meeting for the purpose of making arrangements for the annual Fire Brigade ball. It was announced that Mrs. Dockrill, who had undertaken the presidency of the committee for ten years past, was unable to act (his year, owing to family reasons, and that Mrs. E. M. Smith would take her place ns co-presi-dent wiih. the Mayoress, .Mrs. G. Tisch. It was decided to' hold the usual plain and fancy dress ball on tile night of the King's Birthday, children occupying the first portion of the evening. Preliminary arrangements were made. It was decided to commence the children's instruction classes at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday next, at the Drill Hall. Misses Humphries, Bedford, r'. Kirkby and B. Clarke have volunteered to tcaeli the children.

Judgment for plaintiff by uclinn ..as entered in tin. following ease*,' in the Magistral!-'* Ciinrt yesterday:—). J. Stagpoole v. Daniel Bowie, 'claim 17s (costs (is); Xew Plymouth Harbor Board v. Alfred Drake, costs only, (is; Newton King v. Leslie Puttie, and Co., £SO His 7il (C 3 iris); Xew Plymouth Harbor Board v. Joseph Kalston Jones, 3s' 7d (.*is); same v. James Patterson, 10s 5d (,->s); same v. John Rodgcrs, lis •2d (lis); same v. Dean (Word Sliule, (lists onle, Ids; same v. Valentine A. Ptnplctnn. CI IDs :.d (Ills); same v. Fbbcr Watkins, 10s (ss); >Siw v. Tlios. Winters, 12s (Id (Ms); William Wand "larUc v. M«rv Klimlictli Tavli.r. ClO •. 3d ( L'-> 7s (id); Mrs. ||. I!. ('utile,- v. !). J. Horsley, C!) IDs ( VI :1s (id); I, I).

Vallum and Co. v. l\ .luliin, Cl 34s I CI IDs lid-); John Grayson v. Edward

Stockman; lis (id (ss); A. If. lierliert v. '■'rederick Carrington, CI) 2s Id ( CI Bs' (id); Thomas King and Sons v. Edward Stockman, CI (ss); Malonc, McVcagh and Anderson v. John D. Adlani, 10s (id (17s); Newton King v. C. Bovett, ,C 7 Ifls (id (CI 5s fid); Commissioner of Crown Lands v. James Griffin, Cfi 15s (possession of property, costs' ,C2 13s (id), la the judgment summons cases of Ti. I). Xathnn and v_.o., Ltd., v. Percy Kirkby, a debt of ,C2 Is, and L. A. Nolan and Co. v. Percy Kirkby, a debt of CO 4s Sd, judgment debtor was ordered to pay the amounts within seven and fourteen days respectively, in default imprisonment for those periods'.