LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 252, 30 November 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Newton King hue received the following cable from Sydney re hides, Market uuchanged." The 7.20 train from the south last night was nearly half au hour late in arriving here. The mail train was a lew .minutes late hi consequence. Motorists are talking more loudly than ever Concerning the bumpy stale w Devon Street in the middle of the town. The proposed speed regulation J may be the cause of the uuUiy. Three of the motor-waggons for iv New Plymouth to Opunake Mol'nr Carn--ing Company are due to land at Woilin--tnn from the Athcilic to-day and sliouhi arrive here by the end of {lie week.

The Hope of Egmont Juvenille Teinnie -u°;, 2 , 5, I -°- G - T -< was held «» St. Man's Wall last night. There was a good «f----tcudance and throe new members wre proposed and initiated. The programme for next week will he "Bro. J. C Le"„'s night." nn

Rabbits and hares are regarded as pests in New Zealand, but the)' provide a. means of livelihood to many peop'.>. and bring considerable, revenue tn i lie Dominion. In the year 1008 the iiniii'ier exported as food was 2,717,71)5 to I lie value of £58,000; and the ■number ot rabbit-skins exported was lUlKiiils valued at £09,508.

We understand, says Hie Opunniko Tunes, that Jlr. J. Carter lias sccurrd the mail contract between Opunake and J'ltham, and also that it has been decided to alter the time-table. The coach will leave Eltham in the morning for Opunake, and start from Opunake for .K|Wiam about mid-day. This will prove a great convenience to Opunake and all the country north of Opunake. The usual weekly session of the F"mont Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held l»«t evening. The session was called "ilm a»d Sis. Legg-s nTght," and n capn:,] programme of musical items was V,nutted. Bro. Pepperill reported in ,v- I gard to the building fund and the pr.i- i posals for raising funds by means of a I fancy fair in March. A motion ,vas c.i " nei asking the Government not tn permit a canteen at anv future camn, i.F volunteers or cadets,'and also a motion thanking Rev. Kellow for an addnss given the previous night. _ At the Police Court yesterday „„„•„.' ing a first-offending "drunk" was con ' victed and discharged. George Stone, who bad been before the Court on Nntur. I'lii.v on ,i drunkenness cliar"i'. was brought up again, having got ',i nlnk .almost immediately nfler leaving IN. | Court. He was) lined 10s and costs in default -IS hours' imprisonment i'i le borough inspector proceeded against Mrs. 0. lloljy for a lireach ot the trough by-laws by allowing a horse and gig o stead on the footpath in Moles-1 worth-street. A fine of 10s fas inflicted, James, charged Willi a

Mails for United Kingdom and Continent despatched on October 22nd (via San Francisco), arrived at. London on November 2711 i, and mails despatched on same date via .Suez arrived at London November iiiili.

For some Lime past the matter jot holding Sunday services by the Presbyterian Cliurch'in Waitara"has been under consideration, and it has now been decided to livid these regularly, starting iiex i Sunday in the Foresters' Hall. In the meantime these services will be held every fortnight—Mail.

The Knupokonui Co-operative Factory made lioo cheeses more for October tins year than for lac corresponding month ■of last, year, each cheese averaging about SUlb. The largest supplier lUouched OUUOIb of milk per day. Teste are very I low, running from 2.9 to 4.0, the niaj'ority being about 3.3.

Mr. A. J. Crawford has secured the contract for the Waitara Urenui mail carriage, as well as that to Awakino. Xne inward mail under the new contract will arrive in Waitara in the afternoon, ami the departure in the morning as now. The headquarters of the service win therefore, says the Mail, be in Waitara. Owing to the increase of business in connection with their wool, hide and skin sales, -.Messrs. Young, ilobb» and Co. have just made extensive additions to their accommodation at Strattord. A comiuodiious shed, with a lloor space oi 401/;, feet by 58 feet has just been completed for wool storage, 'flic hides room has been extended a further 20 feet.

At the Central Schokil -fete on Saturday evening a ballot to decide the mosl popular picture iu the whole of the photographic sections was held. Two hundred and seventeen votes were recorded, with the following result:—Mr. W. Castle (seascape, "Evening") 1, Mr. A. ISoon (child study) 2, Mr. 11. Moon (ligure studies) 3 and 4. The airship which formed sucli a feature in the Ttxhihiticn was made by Mr. S. L. Mfirk, of New Plvuioiilh,

Senseles's Imodiums have been at work again on the Esplanade, and, having chosen the early hours of Sunday -morning for their pranks, doubtless reckon themselves fairly secure from identilication. Their craze this time led them to tear iip and throw about the seats placed on the side of the milk near the Terminus Hold. People whose business often leads them out late at night and early in the morning are said to have a -pretty shrewd idea of who did the mischief.

Mr. .1. 11. Thompson, secretary of the Taranaki Sawmillcr.s' Co-operative Association Limited, which was formed in Stratford over twelve years ag'o to conserve the general interests of the timber trade in t-liis province, informs the Cost I that as tlie timber trade in Taranaki is now -practically restricted to Stratforu the: Association has more "or less outlived its usefulness, and has therefore decided to go into voluntary liquidation as from December Ist, when Mr. .1. 11. Thompson, wlno has' been appointed liquidator, takes office.

The local branch of the New Zealand Political Kcf-orm League (Taranaki Klcctoral District) will hold I lie annual cling on Friday next, December 3rd. at 8 p.m.. in si. Marv's Hall, New I'lvinoutli. .Messrs'. Okcy and liinc, M.f'.s; will be present, and will address the meeting on-current political topics. Air. R. K. .Martin, the energetic 'organising secretary for New Zealand, will also be present, and will deliver an address bearing upon the aims and objects o| the League. All the outlying districts will be represented, and an enthusiasmmeeting is expected.

Vesterday morning, in response to invitations issued by the Kltlinm Cunnty Council in conjunction with the Itashani

Concrete lllock Ciinipnnv, a huge number of delegates from 'local bodies inspected 31) chains on the lilt ha in road laid il'mvn with the patent, blocks, the following bodies were among those represented: Taranaki, I'atea, llawera, lgnio.nl, Clifton, liangitikei and Kl'iliam

County Councils, Kltlinm and Inglcwoua lloniugh Councils. Egniont Box Comp.iiiv and ilea liond Board. The delegates were greatly interested in this) latest r.ltempt to solve the problem of roadmaking. After the inspection the delegates were entertained at luncheon ill the Coronation Hotel.-Argus.

There are two sides Jo every story, a.id occasionally they are contradictorv. I'or instance, in the .Magistrate's Court yesterday morning an old man named Donald .Mcivnzie applied for an order against his son Hubert Sinclair Mcis.cn-

zie. a Christehurcli auctioneer, under the Destitute Persons Act. Mr. llutchen appeared For the plaintiff, and Mr. C. 11. Weston, instructed bv Mr. XV. .1. Cress-

"'l'll, of Cliristchureb, for the defendant. The evidence of the old man was to the

ell'eci I hat he was 04 or (15 years oi age. and until some six years a resident of Tiniaru. Three wars ago he went 1., the North Island '.Main Trunk I'iiilway, I secured work on brulg- ; . culverts', etc. For the past eighteen months In- had been in New Plymouth, and had not lain able to obtain suf-li-ieiif work In keep himself. Mr. U'es.

I in cross-examination elicited from

Hie old man tlio statement that he hau left, his wife owing to the influence 01 tin- defendant, who was working to gjt hold of Die defendant's property in Timaru; also a denial of the suggestion that lie was n confirmed drunkard. Mr. If. Willis, agent of the Labor Department, and Air. Juhn Mynott, registrv nflicc proprietor, deposed as to the. plainlilf's quest of work. No evidence was' called here for the defence, but eno sworn testimony of tin;' defendant and Detective Livingstone, taken at Chrisl,cliureli, was put in. The defendant stated that he had left home early in life, owing to his father's drunkenness and cruelty. Some property owned by the phiinlill' in Tiinnru had' been mortgaged, mid when the mortgagee to'-e----closed defendant, bought it. He wis quite willing to allow Lis father to live rent free in the house for the rest ol his days, ami also to keep him fli clothing; but lie considered it very undesirable thnl, any money should 'pass into the hands of the plaintiff, by whom it |nas sure In 1«. mis-spent in drink. Detective Livingstone's evidence was to the cll'cct that he had. known the plaintH for a great number of vears, and described him as a confirmed drunkard aim a man quite unfit to be trusted with money. The Magistrate said it appeared to liim that the complainant was not a man to whom monetary payment should be made. An adjournment was granted for (wo weeks' in'order that the sis- sons of (he complainant niijrht come In some arrangement, for their" father's admission In the Old People's Home.