LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 241, 17 November 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'L'lie police stall' moved into its new 'imirtcrsycsterday. The old police station will be handed over to title Hoads and Labor Departments!. The members of the Land Board will shortly visit the new country in the Jhipani and Tangitii survey districts, some of which has been recently disposed of.

As the result of .Mr. 0. W. ".'aimer's addresses in the local schools an Monday there was a largi' enrolment of juvenile members of the Xavv League, including High School HI. West End 711, r'il/.rny III), and a large membership at the Central ■Kclioel.

Laura Lambert. „[ Stratford, is petitioning, through Mr. I [hie, M.l\. for n refund of C 2.> paid bv iier t.o guarantee the cost of bringing' back to the Dominion from Australia Frederick Henry Lambert, charged with wifc-descrtiooi. Lambert was brought back and convicted of wife-desertion and bigamy, but a refund was refused to the petitioner by the Justice Department,

Strawberries are selling in Auckland at 'from la 2d to Is S'/ S d -per lb. The Waihi llorough Council is' receiving about £23,000 a year as' duty on the gold produced 'by the mines m the district. There will be no sitting of the trate's Curl on Tuesday, 30th instant which is held sacred by the Government to the memory of Scotland's patron saint. "How far away is OmaUU" as'kcd the Magistrate diu-ingtlic court proceeclmg yesterday. "Eight miles, ««»"""' counsel/without the semblance of a blush.

He is something like a modest man. Lord Asuton, who has presented Lan aster with 'a town ball costing ova Tl"0 000, refused the mayoralty of the lmnl the corporation's oiler to erect a ■titne .o liw honor in the town hall, mul the hoi.or.u-v freedom of the bor- ; 1 merely contenting himself with tr" ('ouncils resolution of gratitude. Ac-nvoffcheMyNewsofWcdncs-l ~.... beji-iug the New Plymouth .post- • u'l. ■•«'■ am, 10th November," came into' the 'kn* of the addressee, at Kalian, on Stnniay ™ r '«'"S'. ' ,** the m.per only Wee days to tiaud 31. ~'iles, but it 'misfire had a spell on the road newspaper proprietors are blamed V>W hs ivhu do not receive their papeMhjUjppt)y.—Eltlmui Argus. V__

In view of the broken nature of the i-ountrv comprised within the Crown portions of the Taumatamahoe and Whakailunvhaka Blocks (Taranaki), the Prime Minister is not at present abe to state when the lands will be available for selection, but two surveyors and | their ™rties arc now at work locating and surveying the road-lines through the blocks', and a third survey party will assist in the work at the first convenient opportunity. When the land is ready for settlement the Act provides that'the Taranaki Land Hoard must decide how it is to be offered, and the optional system will probably bo the one recommended.

Mr. Hine (Stratford) is asking the Minister for Public Works whether he will give instructions that better provision be made in regard to the housing of co-operative workmen throughout the Dominion, especially in the direction of providing sawn timber for the flooring of the tents, and hi regard to the improvement of the sanitary conditions surrounding Uie camps. Mr. Hine is also asking whether provision will be made in this year's ipublic works estimates for the erection of a bridge acrossi the Tangarakau river, .Whangamomona county. Life, he states, has already ■been lost owing to the non-erection of this -bridge; and, in view of increased settlement on blocks of land adjacent recently balloted for, it is considered to be imperative that further risks should be obviated.

Tho Elthani County Council recently accepted a trial offer from the "Basiharn Concrete Block Highway Company" for the laying down of 30 chains of patent roadway on the Elthaui road. This work is being completed, and appears to answer very satisfactorily. Tie question of economical road-making, to cope with the ever-increasing traffic, is one that has occupied considerable attention from local bodies in this district, but the advent of .the .patent Mocks 'will, it is believed, overcome most, if not all, difficulties iin that (lircction. Wibh Uhc object of affording the local bodeis an opportunity of inspecting the roadway, the chairman of the Elthain County Council lias issued an invitation to representatives of public bodies and others' to view tho work already done and in progress on Monday next. Mr. Upton Sinclair, the American journalist who wrote "The Jungle," and afterwards started a social settlement colony which was burnt out, is now (the Christian World states) turning schoolmaster, lie has become a vegetarian, and lives' only on food that ilias not been cooked. The result is that he proclaims the. greatest discovery of his life—that civilised man is dying because of cooks—and he is found a Home Colony school, which opens with six to twelve boys. As authors are uncomfortable folk to have in a house full of boys, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair are getting a cottage near by, hut will give all their spare time to the school. Book-learning will not be the main feature of Mr. Sinclair's school, as the boarders are to develop their bodies and 'be educated through their eyes and hands. The boys will have to serve and prepare their own food, wash and dress themselves, and keep their rooms in order, as no domestic servants will he employed. At hhe Stipendiary Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. H. S. IJitzherbcrt, S.M., the following eases went for plantill' by default:—Richard Flower (Mr. C. 11. Weston) v. William Woods, chum .CIG, and costs ill IDs (id; Webster Bros. (Mr. Standish) v. Henrietta Stewart, claim ,C2 Ms, costs 10s; R. C. Hughes (.Mr. F. E. Wilson) v. Daniel Roe claim 1.-C25 8s 4d, and costs £2 14s; •I. .1. Stngpoolc (Mr. A. It. Standish) v. ticorge W. Taylor, claim .t'.'l 4s, mvl costs 10sj Ward and Son v. Mary Ann Loftus, claim 18s, and costs ss; Now Plymouth liorough Council v. 11. F Cornwall, claim 8s" 4d (electric light supplied), and 5s costs; same v. Fred. C •fury, claim .d 13s 4d, and costs 5| In the adjourned judgment summons Dr. McCleland (Mr. F. E. Wilson) v. William Blair, of Stratford, an order was made for payment of the full amount, £ll 4s Bd, and costs within fourteen days, or in default a month's imprisonment in New Plymouth prison. In the judgment summons ease John Cohbe (Mr. Standish) v. 13. Mason, for recovery of a debt of til ;| S ] ( |, an order wa,s made for payment within fourteen days, in default fourteen davs' imprisonment.

At the Magistrate's Court. Stratford on l'nday, the Xatiuual Hank of .Vow Zealand proceeded against .fames Patterson for recovery ~f C 2.>, for which amount it was claimed ho was liaido muler a guarantee signed l,v hi..,, j„ respect of his father-in-law's (K Licev) overdrawn account. E appeared I hat the 'hank accepted „ guarantee s i„ ni , ( | by defendant. Other names were suggested as consignatories with defendant hut defendant was subsequently in' lormed by the bank manager that none "f the others would sign "ami that he would he held; responsible. ].\„. t',c defence, llr. Sponoe contended that (he manner in which t |, ( , s iu, I: «nt<•<■ had heen obtained was in itself to relieve the guarantor from liability, j„ addition to which, ~t lu nsel ur-e.l' t|„. guarantee was incomplete beans,. Ihe "(hers had not signed if. , ln ,| 11„,,,„,,, •10 single guarantor ~«uld be proceeded ■igauisl under i(. All! horl'ics \ n . lir]n „ '." r" 1 " 1 " 1 ' '•"«"< ""re aU 'jii.iled. Mi-. Anderson (for plaintilV) said thai det'.'ii'lant at the lime the guarantee was signed had known f,„. .„„„.,, al „ )||t -iiccys financial position than .Mr. Ha;ly (bank manager) had. and rH,t ;>.P t« the time ||,c casein,,, before The oiirf bad never repudiated his liability under the guarantee. The time allowed by the bank for pay ,„ constituted sufficient consideration for a waiver by defendant of objections he might ori-in. ally have raised to lihe guarantee, llis I Worship held that .plaintill's case must ;'; ?» Hl ? K""-n.U thai. n... guarantor ''■ id '"'on induced to sign the .runrantec "wing to the representations made to "'in as to the position in which T aeev could bo placed, and also that „,'„ „C ahons made on the guarantee should 1.a,0,,ec,, initialled hy defendant. Tlad defendant done (his. it would ~.„., af ! lorded ev.dcnee of waiver, which the > '•"•"0 of the manager 'had failed to '""'-■■ Judgment would be given for ileten ,-|t. wilh counsel's l 0 (, t » f)|] ah. ..'ilcrsons application socuritv for :,.r. ; ..... ~.,„ fi .vod a t. ejo 2 s'

I', ':'"-rtAL OF THE SANDAL. I',- :-'-;:!.-ii-ity of the sandal ns a «en?!!ii(! form of summer footwear i, n remarkable instance „ f Swinging W) .', te am>ent customs. The modern s an .!a] or slioe-elle. as it. i? sometimes called is merely n twentieth century modifi e.llinn of (he footgear as worn Ivy the Mvienf. Greeks over two thousand years '•?«. Even now in certain parts of Ainea the natives wear a. sandal which ■nevey consists of a. pjco P of raw hide rr.ii-h!v .fashioned to the shape of (lie ■**■"■* a " l ' ''eld in -position with thoiurs nf'FSius between the first and second <y> and around the ankles. The main ''.•fjYrcnces between Hie nrcscut-day san <ia' nnd its Creek-prototype are th> of the (hongs n ,i<] tlie m t ro ; 'rid ion of the perforated vamn. ' Tlie sandal of to-dav is held in position hv n simp which passes through a loop in Hi. vamp and thence to a buckle '■• Hu. ankles. (i„i, 07ie, 1r i„ 7 cln=«fiHhirr " f the most desirable narl—the lice; The newest sandals are cut much higher ■i"n formerly, and it is found to iv. a

! -s'iiict advantage, inasmuch as dust. "(Hies, or grit cannot; now easily find •heir wnv under the sn'es of the feet. ■Hin hirst kinds of "pa|,, V al f nrm " m „. M .hv be r»1,!.,inc,l n|, Hie \\\f\, wv?v. rTnTinvf: rnjrr.Aw in > nn or blacl; at (be f0110w!,,,, r,riccs:--fsi:..>s 1 to fi. 3s A,] : 7 to 0. Is fid: in to 13. ** 3d: 1 and ?. 4s fid; and women**' sizes. 5s fid.—Advt.

I YOU MAY HAVE TRIED "This. tint, or the other" hut for ner. manonf. relief and pleasurable action you win novc)' fivd nnv(i,i„„ f„ mm ] pi,;,,,., brvlain's Tablet* for indigestion, eon[Stipation. and biliousness. Sold by all chemists ard storekeeperi,

The borough inspector is about to change his tune. The playful cyclist will be glad to learn that Mr. Tippins is.' commencing a crusade against people whose hedges overhang footpaths ill such a way as to cause a nuisance. in the recent 'ballot for Crown lands in the Tangitu district eight flucecssiul applicant!) had also accural sections in the Wellington land district. The Turanaki Land Board has been advised that their Wellington applications had been cancelled. The Wellington Times' correspondent in Christchurch telegraphed recently i.liat it is on the cards that ft writ will

he issued by a well-known theatrical manager against a leading southern paper for alleged 'libel. If the case .i.ines to trial some very interesting developments may be looked for. Mr. J. B. Hine, M.P., in acknowledging

receipt of the Taranaki County Council's resolution protesting against the proposed alteration in sinking funds of loans bodies, says: "Your Council may, depend on my determined protest against any detrimental alteration to existing privi-

leges now enjoyed by local authorities." At tike annual meeting of the Taranaki Athletic Association, Mr. J. Clarke was re-elected chairman. The election | of oflieers for ttie ensuing year resulted as follows:—Patron, Mr. J. B. Hine, .U.P.; president, Hon. W. C. Carncross, [M.L.C.; vice-president, Mr. A. B. Stow[art (Xorniaaby); council, Messrs. J. Cniriff. 6. P. 'McAinsh, K. G. Barr, A. | a member to be nominated 'by the Hawera Society; auditor, Mr. L. Eiera.

A Palmerston North firm wreia^recently to the Taranaki County Council asking permission to take a traction engine, weighing when loaded 13 tons, through the county. The county clerk immediately replied that the trip could be undertaken only upon the firm indemnifying the Council against any claim arising out of accident to the engine in the event of the collapse of any of the county bridges, many of which were quite incapable of sustaining Such a load.

The following team will represent the Guards in the return match with the Kaitake and Oka to Rifle Clubs on the local range, commencing at one o"clock sharp on Saturday:—Lieutenant Boon, Lieutenant Beadle,' Color-Sergeant Hartnell, Sergeant Oliver, Sergeant Lfflbb, Corporal Rogers, Corporal Green, Corporan Bent, Private Blanchard, Private Hill, Private Boeock, Private Blyde, Private Goodacrc, Private Sole, Private Lodcn, Private Lewis, Private Bennett, Private Lamb. Two cars from the Criterion Garage made the trip to the Mountain House on Sunday in excellent time. The cars left New Plymouth at !) a.m., arriving at the hostelry at 10.30, the parties having ample time for a climb before lunch. The return journey was made via Inglewood, the distance being covered in an hour and three-quarters. About a week ago one of ulic cars ran to Wellington in fifteen hours' night travelling, the run home in daylight taking twelve hours. The usual wet practise and* meeting of the New Plymouth Fire Brigade was held last night. The Fitzroy Brigade wrote forwarding £ls, proceeds of the recent social to be placed to the credit of the fund to procure an artificial limb for Fireman Sims. The Fitzroy Brigade was heartily thanked for its splendid as sistance. A vote of thanks was also passed to Mr. A. Cold water, who donated a tea and coffee service and cruet for competition amongst members. A discussion 'took place, on the question 'if outsiders taking out brigade gear on an alarm being given, and it was resolved that no one be -allowed to interfere, with the station. The resignation of Fireman J. Marsh, who is leaving the. district, was accepted. Fireman W. Itoch was presented with the Association five years' service medal, and Fireman W. Sadler with an additional ten years' service bar.

Mr, Anderson, conductor of the Taranaki Garrison Hand, informs us that the new sacred music purchased by him personally iu Auckland is now in full rehearsal for next Sunday afternoon's concert at Aotea. The programme, selected as follows, should satisfy the most fastidious in the matter of Sunday items, whilst it includes works of world-famed composers:—March, " I'he OhurcVs one Foundation," Newton; live hymns by British composers, " St. Thomas" (English), Pursellj '• Stracathro" (Scottish), Huteheson; "Sing ye, 0 Heavens" (Irish), Dr. Woodward; "Crugyber" (Alaw Gymreig) (Welsh), Williams; "The Harvest of the Sea" (Manx hymn); grand selection, "L' Elisir d' Amour" (Donizetti); Handel's celebrated "Largo"; hymn. "Sandon" (Purdny); hymn, " Sun of -My Soul" (Anon); serenata, euphonium solo, "Love in Idleness" (Macbeth); prayer from "Moses in Egypt" (Rossini); hymn, " Abide with me" (Monk); anthem, "Teach me. 0 Lord" (Attwood); hymn, "The Old Hundredth" (Franc); "Clod Save the King."