LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 261, 10 December 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Angling is providing good spurl aL Jtotorua. Tile correspondent to tin' New Zealand Herald remarks on the- excellent quality of Hie lisli secured, wlm-li are not su lurge as formerly. Mr, Ben Fuller, who has returned to till' Dominion from a tour abroad, while iin London made arrangements lor the erection of three new theatre in .New Zealand—'one in Auckland, one in Wellington, and ope in Duncdin. One of the successful applicants «t L the ballot for sections on the Fyvie ► Settlement the Christchurch Press) i stated during his examination that hi; k had been unsuccessful in 110 fewer than I ten previous ballots. His joy when suet cess at last smiled on liim was bound- » less. E A triple wedding ceremony was perc formed recently at tho patiish "liuich ol E Zittau, Germany, where ilerr Buttwig, a ► widower of 72, wag married to his fourth l wife; his daughter, Prau liauspach, aged ► 411, married to her second husband: and her daughter, aged 20, was married for tlie lirst time. Good progress is being made with tlio new Government House. It is' 'being erected by Government workmen, and is likely to cost about £25,000. A considerable sum will also have to be spent in opening up a new street to the mam entrance. The house will probably be finished in June. A farmer who liaß recently returned from a trip through the Bush districts states that at no time within his ex- , pcrienco has he seen the country in such a flourishing condition. Grass abounds everywhere, while the stock present that well-nourished appearance that comes only with a season of plenty. J. A. Clement, tho new professional of the Chris'tchurch Golf Club and open champion of New Zealand, in a game on the Shirley Links, Christchurch, the week before last, played a remarkably tine tround, covering the course in GG—a particularly fine performance. The "bogey" for the course was 78. "A great thing about the scout movement," a ;i id Bishop Julius on Sunday in eliulrch, "is that it teaches the boys usehis sermon to the boy scouts ill Christfill things. There is very little ceremonial drill, although a little drill is very good; it teaches boys to walk properly. Half the boys in Christchurch cannot stand on their legs,but wan; like cows' going to market." A resident of Masterton who is closely in touch with the wool market stated to a Daily Times' representative that it is estimated by buyers that the sale o'i wool in New Zealand this season will not be far short of 300,000 bales. Last, year about 50 per cent, of New Zealand grown wool was sold within the Dominion, and this year ihe percentile' has advanced to between GO and 70. In Australia, too, about 70 per cent. »f | he wool grown is sold locally. Mrs. Crooks, wife of Mr. W. Crooks, the Labor M.P., states that the women of the working classes at Poplar do not take any interest in the Suffragette movement in England. Thos'e who' study politics, indeed, are opposed to it. The Suffragettes are agitating for the "ranting of a property qualification to women. The working women want the 1 complete franchise. "If the Suffragettes get what they are clamoring for," Mrs. Qrooks said, in the course of n conversation, "what will heroine of flip Labor vote in Parliament 1" Mr. A. Barton Kent, a British manufacturer who has just returned from u journey of 3G,000 miles through tin- <

aiw oeen conunneil in Ins impression that the present headed policy of free trade is costing Ms I valuable commercial markets abroad. ' lie asserts that the colonics arc rcadv I and anxious for commercial co-opera-tion. M.r. Kent observes: ''ln New Zca- ! land I- found they were equally eager I'm better commercial relations' with tin Home Country; equally amazed' at 0111 sticking to the old fetish of free trade No business man with whom I talkci out there could understand it." A new departure in the building Win in Chris tcliurch is being introduced in the ejection of a small .store for a local produce company (says the Press). The st.vlo adopted is called the "camerated concrete." The walls are built of concrete, "but it re so constructed (hut the interior is hollow. This is secured bv a process of moulding and drying, and the two sides of the walls are connected |,v frequent bars of concrete and wire reinforccinenlis. The object of the hollow walls is to provide ventilation, and also to plreveut dampness. It is claimed that the new style is cheaper than any other style of buildings, and that it has been itassed bv the City Council as suitable :or the inner area. A 20th CENTURY PREPARATION. l)r. Sheldon's New Discovery ior Joujjhsi and Colds. Small dose. Pleasant

The mail train was late last evenng. The new hour, 9.20, U late enough in all conscience, without a delay of ion minutes. A trial trip was made with one of tbj new motor buses lor the Opunake-Nevv Plymouth service about the town yesterday. and proved very satisfactory, a very j'air turn of speed being ehown and the c.ir running with comparative ca^.'.. A vi'tv unfortunate accident befel L'apLain AJace shortly after he started on liis journey homeward from town vestunlay' evening. Accompanied !:y Mrs. Mae<\ he was driving in a buggy, when one of the wheels came oil, ind the horse taking fright both occupant* I were thrown heavily on to the road. Mrs. Mace happily escaped with a severe shaking, but the Captain was nut so fortunate and stained a severe 'iislocation of the ankle. He was removed to a private hospital, and late last night an operation was performed by D's. Wylie and Home, and it is hoped the results will oe quite satisfactory. . I in our report of the New Plymouth •I Choral Society's concert yesterday °nc ;|mi the items," a solo by Miss Iloreuco

Ward, was inadvertently omitted. Miss Ward is the possessor of a rare, full contralto voice of even quality ',v. \ even ran,ye, and g;tve a capital rendering of Allitsen's ''Song of Thanksgiving." The number found favor with the audience mid an encore was demanded, to wiik'Tl Miss Ward responded with "Tin; Ilaipy Song." Considering the recessive "ie;U of 'ho evening all the soloists acquitted themselves with great credit. Mr. ftert Lewis presided at the piano, accompaniments ateo being played by Misses Ward, Leatham and Rohnon. A judicious "boiling-dowu" policy in connection with Hansard was urged the other evening in Parliament by Mr. J. C. Thomson. The present cost of this publication, he *aid, was over £4OOO a year, but if the reports of speeches were I'Ui tailod, as' could he done without im-pairing-the efficiency or the value of Hansard, the sum of JLMOUO a yea-r

could be saved. Instead of first person, lie su'id, they .should adopt the system of third person reporting, as by doing 30 the speech could be shorn of the many unnecessary words ua'ed by members in expressing their, thoughts. This would, lie said, make Hansard not only Jess bulky, but also more valuable, as well as ell'eeting a substantial saving in cost, He instanced the "excellent reports'' published by the newspapers as an example of what might be done in regar<l to Hansard. "The newspaper reporter* make better speeches than we do," was Air. Baunie's tribute to the Press gal* lcry. There is only one Lloyd-George (says the London Daily Mail), lie begins a speech as if it were to consist entirely of witty jests or an interchange of banter between himself and the audience. That lasts for two minutes. Then the eyes harden and the voice vises in a peuetirating tenor. 'lhe emotion is being worked up. The accent becomes' sibilant with soft Welsh "s's." A challenge brings nut a cheer, and on the instant Mr. Lloyd - George attacks enemies, covers them with vitriol, and tramples on their remains. Forgotten are the conventionalities of party warfare. The reticence of a Cabinet Minister flies to the winds. All the stops are pulled out in turn melodramatic, pathos, class I hatred, angc|r, contempt, defiance, every emotion that can stir the feelings of an audience. And then at last the peroratioii, uttered in a voice quivering with . emotion, eves burning in an impassioned face, and finally the breathless collapse 011 a chair, while the hall fills with the thunder of applause. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday an elderly woman named Mary Thompson was convicted of disorderly conduct and discharged 011 giving a promise to reform. August Carlson pleaded guilty to having failed to register the birth 'if a child in accordance with statutory requirements, and was convicted and dU charged. A charge against John Sweet, proprietor of the Golden Grid retaurani (for whom Mr. Johnstone appeared) of having soul cigarettes at an hour wiien tobacconists were shut by statutory requirement, was dismissed. Six charges were laid bv the Inspector of Factories against C. W. Partridge, sawmiller, of Egmont Village, of having made default for seven days in the full and punctual payment of wages to his workmen and that the default had continued until 111 i"Ue 111 (lie summons. Defendant pleaded ijuiltv, bur his counsel, Mr. li. '• 'imlies, pleaded for leniency. In each of the six cases defendant was convicted and lined lid per day for the period over which the default, hail extended, rach fine amounting to 7s Od. The fines tu tailed £2 (is Gd, while the total costs "■ere £5 10s. A Waiiganui gentleman who recently returned from a visit to the Old Country savs there is 110 doubt as to the wa|y in which aviation is catching on both in England and 011 the Continent. Hundreds of Englishmen have formed model aeroplane clubs, both for experiment and amusement, and many improvements '"a' he expected to follow 011 this aclonnt. some of the experiments being very keen, l'lrogresi i s still more evident on the Continent, where full-sized aeroplanes are now being built for pleasure purposes in large numbers. The day has not arrived, he says, ior the aeroplane to supersede the motor-car, but there are indications that many with the necessary nerve and keenness would take to aeroplaning as t'hey now took to motclring. The gentleman referred _to brought back three models with him of the Wright biplane and the Ealhaiii and lileriot monoplanes. They are beautifully made and complete in every detail except the. engines, the motive power being supplied by rubber bands. These models arc guaranteed to fly 100 to l.iO yards, and, placed on view in a shop window, linve attracted a great deal of attention. In his address at the annual meeting of the Girls' Friendly Society at Uirisi church on Tuesday afternoon, Bishop Julius spoke at some length 011 the wisdom of promoting social gatherings for girls and their friends. Girls who joined the society, he said, all expected to lie married. He did not know whether thdre was a tendency in the society to regard young men with horror, but it seemed to him it was just possible that the society might keep girls so very much aloof from young men that they would 'have to leave the society if the'v wanted to get married. It was'perfecll'v natural that girls should want their young men, and perfectly proper and the very beat thing the society could do would he to help girls to find' the right young men. He would not like to think that in order to find their young men gills must say good-live to the soeietv. which miglil lie supposed to have n down on young men. lie would like to ask whether it would not be possible for (lie society to promote social gatherings to winch girlss might nnng their young men. If lie was head of the. Girls' Friendly Society he would take the Art Gallery and 'have a big dance once a year, and lead otf himself. Jl c would not be a bit afraid of secularisia; the society. Personally, he believe! dancing' was one of the things whicl should be Christianised.