LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 316, 16 February 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Major Sandford has received official .recognition of the Quaii Patrol of Boy Scouts, No. 199, recently formed at Vogeltown. He has also received Ins commission as inspector and Mr. W. P. Nicoll's commission as Scout-master. The patrol will accompany the Haweia scouts to V\ ellimrton next week. Mr. O. E. lingo had a good audience at his lecture last evening in St. Marv's .Hall, when he lectured on "Eyes." The lecture was largely illustrated, and was both instructive and amusing. A mi'iibe v of young ladies wuit up on the platform and had their faces delineated. The next lecture will be on Friday evening, upon "The Chin and the Jaw."

The Maoris are rolling up to :h f ' Okaiawa pa in large numbers, and by the end of the week if U estimated there will be some two thousand present. The object of the meeting w !o disease the land question. The H'Ui. .Tas. Carroll and Vr. Ngata. M.P.. a-e to arrive on Friday. The toll-gate on the Normanby road is reaping a ri.-h harvest, the keeper taking £1 from natives alone on one day last ■week, and no doubt this will be easily eclipsed during tiie present, week, when the main bulk of the visitors are to arrive. -Star. _ _ _.,.

The officers of U.M..S. Pegasus we-e I the guests of the Navy League la-t j night. The men generally were looked ! after by the local"volunteer company.,. | According to the local paper no less I than 4300 bales of wool were despatched <■ from the Pahiatua station during tlie j past three months. j The Southland chad' market is over- I stocked. Clean bright samples are I worth 40s on trucks at country sta- j tions; inferior is almost unsaleable. I The Whangarei Advocate has been in- ' formed that a woman living at Kame, who is suffering from consumption, supplies milk and butter to her neighbors. A man named William Fitzroy, a laborer, was brought in from Waitara yesterday by Constable Lapouple, charged with being a lunatic wander- - ing at large. Drs. Fookes and Walker ' examined him at the police station. , The Argus understands that owing to j an unwitting infringement of the disqualification ciaus* of the Municipal Corporations Act, at least one, probably two, of the Eltham borough councillors ; will deem it necessary to send in their resignations. j That first-class tomatoes can be grown in New Plymouth is evidenced by a sample that was' shown us on Monday by Mr. E. Uriffiths. They were grown from seed (Sutton's) by Mr. Mobottom, and would take the red ticket at any show of tomatoes. A settler who resides not many miles from Wanganui informs the Herald that pheasants' are more plentiful on his property at the present time than has 'been the case for years. The hens, he says, with their broods of young ones, remind him of a chicken yard. Last week thousands of mutton birds were to be seen at the mouth of the Aparima river in quest of sardines (says' the Western Star). The river was literally teeming with these small fish, and many were driven on to the shore, where they were eagerly collected by the local fishermen and quickly disposed of. Fo r the Kitchener review at the Hutt on the 25th inst., cadets will travel fr?e on the specified trains, the officer in charge giving a written order to the guard specifying the number conveyed. At least one officer will be required to travel in each carriage to ensure one safety and good conduct of the hoys. A train leaves New Plymouth at 6 a.m. on the 23rd, picking up cadets all along the line as far as Marton, and is due 10 arrive at the Lower Hutt at 10 p.m. In connection with the proposed celebration of the jubilee of the engagement at Waireka on March 28th, the suggestion is made that on that morning a military procession should be held. The idea is that the veterans, the Garrison Band, ana the headquarters companies should muster at Rowe's corner , in Brougham street, the point from which the volunteers started on their .historic march to Waireka fifty years , ago, march through the principal streets, and return to the starting poi.it for dismissal; the veterans afterwards : proceeding to their rifle match or picnic. Captain John Black, secretary of the , local branch of the Veterans' "Association, has received instructions for the veterans to parade at Wellington, for review by Lord Kitchener, on"the 25th inst. As yet no definite idea can be gained of the date of travelling to Wellington. It is more than likely that the veterans will travel by the express on the 24th. The volunteers leave here on that evening, but, although many of the veterans are still hale and heartylooking, it is hardly likely that th°y will be asked to do" the all-night trip. j, They've had their share of night duty in the long ago. Captain Newton, (he harbormaster, •.-, .making preparations for the survey of the approaches to the harbor. Fie proposes using a couple of motor launches, one at each end of a line to which Is i attached wire-netting that will sweep an area from 200 ft to 300 ft wide. A start will be made in a depth of ten fathom, and obstructions charted as met with, ami the survey continued j right up to the wharf. Very great care - will be taken to make the survey cor- | rect and complete, with a view of pubI lishing a chart to let navigators know exactly what sort of a port New Plymouth is. Captain Newton pointed out to the Board yesterday that immediatcJy the chart was published the P.oam had to accept responsibility in the event of an accident to shipping. Naval men are quick at "spotting" things. On Monday afternoon the commander and officers of the Pegasus visited St. Mary's Church and were shown the. hatchments that are such an interesting feature of the historic building. They were much interested in the Royal Marines hatchment, the lettering of which, however, the commander pointed out, was not quite correct. The "N.R.," he said, should be supplemented with the letters "G.R.," out of regard to the memory of King George TIL Even now the' colors of the Marines carry the "G.R." as well as those of the reigning sovereign. The sailors were much impressed with the hatchments' and the picturesque church j and its surroundings. j Judgment was given by default in j the following cases in the* Magistrate's (Court yesterday:— W. G. Malone (Mr. Johnstone) v. D. and M. Kehely, claim £!) 10s and .£2 17s Oil costs: N. King (Mr. Wright) v. A. A. Wischnewskf, claim £ll 14s 9d and £1 lis (id costs'! Judgment was given for plaintiff in the case of John Mynott (Mr. Hutchen) v. McCann, a claim of os, being charges for procuring a farm servant for the defendant, who is a farmer at Te Kiri. Costs amounted to 12s. McCann's defence was that the lad sent out by Mynott, and stated by him to lie an experienced milker, had never milked a cow in his life. He hadn't got a "brownie," so defendant took him for a week to *ee if he would be of any use. He was, however, quite useless. Defendant stated, too. that the boxhad told plaintiff he could not milk, 'but Mynott advised him to take the ! job. The Magistrate considered the j plaintiff entitled to his fee, and irave judgment for him. j FOR BABIES. j There is no better medicine made for i babies than Chamberlain's Cou<»h T!e- ---| medy. Its pleasant taste and prompt and effective cures make it a favorite with mothers of small children. Tt j quicklv cures their coucrhts and eol.U ' and prevent* pneumonia and other =,.••;. . ons conseononees. Sold by all chemists ' . and stoTekeeoers. j _ REXONA, The Rapid Healing Ointment, cures witn I remarkable rapidity sores, ulcers, burns. j cuts, bruises, eczema, chilblains, and ail diseases of the skin. 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J The Midhirst school children will nic- J | nic at New Plymouth beach on Ma;-h j lOlh. The "Rev. H. S. Woollcombe, organ.s- ---| ing secretary of the Church of Eng- ! land Men's Society, who is to speak to I, j men at New Plymouth on Friday evci- I j ing next, slates in an article in .in j English magazine that in Queensland he ' I was invited by some C.L'.M.N. men 'o '• ''chuck my <log-oollar and become their Labor member. •> I; I A double suicide took place at Tabi- | teuea, Gilbert Croup, recently, the j couple, a young man and woman, hav- i ing hanged themselves on a low limb of a pandanus tree. Ht appears that \ the pair -passed some cordage over a | bough, and, as they stood facing each j other, tied the ends round their necks, i i and then, clasping one another in tight i .embrace, lifted their legs on" the ground. 1 1 In thi>' position they were found locked I in death's grip. I A timiSlT business' firm got a pleasant surprise recently on receiving a dividend 1 from a bankrupt estate. It amounted j to the munificent sum of twopence. The letter in which the two penny stamps I were enclosed cost one penny to send, and as a receipt was asked for, the I 'firm named will have to spend half the ' dividend straight away in forwarding one, leaving them one penny net. The , firm also has to undertake to make a ' pro rata refund of its' dividend should ' any unforeseen claim come in! The I firm acknowledged receipt of the money, j tind added: "Please accept our best ! thanks for your remittance." They \ ' usually add to their receipt forms, I "Hoping to be favored with your furi ther esteemed commands," but in this , case the phrase was omitted. j ; The barque Marjorie Craig arrived at ! Sydney last week with her foremast ; I cross-trees inhabited by a large colony of bees, who appeared to he just «8 j , much at. home at sea as on sliore. Cap- j tain Mch'arlane told a group of interest- ' ed waterside frequenters that when he ; j was in New Zealand awaiting a cargo. I I five weeks ago, a swarm of bees came ion board, and, after having made a y ' minute inspection of the ship, decided ] ' j to make their future home on the JMar- , ! jorie Craig. Led by their queen, the , : bees selected their quarters in the cross- , trees, and soon settled down comfort- ■ ably. ''The Marjorie Craig has a slight . . list to starboard," someone remarked, II taking in at a glance the big deck cargo ■ : of timber. "Oh, that's the result of the i . honey stored up aloft." Captain McFarj lane replied. "We had no list when we - j left Kaipara." ' i "How is business' generally 1" I asked " j the proprietor of a large establishment ' j in the course of a chat this morning ' j (writes the Palmerston correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily Times). "Well," said he, "T could do with it a lot better. Money is scarce, very scarce. f The country people don't seem to be , spending much, or having much to ; spend. Between you and me, quite too t much money goes' in pleasure and 5 . amusement, race meetings, and so on, .! these days. The 'tote' is responsible for , i a good deal of the present tightness of . | cash, in my opinion. Now you have B ! Qot Prohibition in Masterton, and T r jhear it has done a lot of good. What i say about prohibiting the 'tote' for > about a year, just bv way of an cx- > pcriment? Wouldn't there be a roar. ; ;eh?" There can be no doubt, adds the ■> ■ correspondent, that race meeting divert i a lot of cash from legitimate trad" ■' channels.