LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 376, 29 April 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. 11. Eyre-lvenny, S.M., two inebriates wore convicted and fined. The Gas Company has promised to put in. l'roo of cost, twii gas ranges for cooking demonstrations in connection with the winter show. Probably the cheapest motor cycle ever sold anywhere was disposed of by auction in Levin last Saturday under a distress warrant. The price was (iftv shillings. Messrs. Okey, Son and Arnold iiauforwarded a cheque for £1! Us to the New Plymouth Fire Brigade as a small token of their appreciation of the services of the brigade in suppressing the recent lire near their premises. A wire from Woodville states that the Auckland syndicate that has had possession of the Maharahara copper mines for the past throe years must be giving up possession, for they are soiling aii their tools and buildings on the property this week. It is stated that as the result of an enquiry into alleged pilfering of goods on the Wairarwpa railway line, a railway servant has been dismissed from tne service. An appeal to the Railway Appeal Hoard will probably be made against this decision. During the hearing of evidence at Raetilii Court last week, it was elicited that a person (a carter), who would have been an important witness had he been present, had left the country, having ■been benefited by a windfall, amounting to some thousands of pounds. A meeting of the executive of the Card Association was held last ni»ht. It was decided to start the fixtures on 9th May, and Messrs. Goldwater and Webster were appointed to draw up the fixtures. Nominations are to close at the Fire Brigade Station on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The Whiteley Debating Society held its opening "social" last night. The attendance was only moderate, owing, doubtless, to the insitllicient publicity given to the fixture. Mr. W. Anibury, one of the vice-presidents, presided, and was assisted by the ladies' committee and the secretary, Mr. W. Lewis, in carrying out the arrangements. A very enjoyable musical programme was given, and in the intervals games and supper were the order.

A correspondent of the AA'airarapa Age writes: —A peculiar circumstance in connection with a "head" brought in b- a AA'harau sportsman may be worth relating. On the jaws of the animal being examined, the teeth were found lo be covered by a layer of yellow substance, iw.hich good judges have declared to be gold. The teeth have been forwarded to the Government Analyst, and some interesting developments may result from his analysis. The plans tor the new convent which is to he erected at Reniuera for the Sisters of the hatred Heart, at a cost of about .(.'20,000, have been prepared by the architects. Messrs E. Maliony and Son (says the Star). The convent, which will be one of the finest of its kind in Australasia, will be built on the grounds recently purchased by the order from the Hon. E. Mitehclson. The structure will be of (lothic design, of three stories and a basement, with a frontage of 115 ft by a depth of 100 ft. The material to be used in the construction of the .building will be pressed Melbourne brick, with a facing of Oamaru stone. Tref, the famous police dog. was brought hero from Moscow (savs a Renter message of 28th February from Voronesh), and successfully tracked down the murderer of one of the employees on the property of Prince VisiltchkotT, in the borough of Pavloyskv. On the train by which Tref travelled a passenger was robbed of a pocket-book containing over £SO. The services of the "four-footed Sherlock Holmes," as he is called in the papers, were at once called into requisition, and after smelling all the passengers Tref went for one of them as he left the train :at the next station and was entering a cab. The stolen property wfls found in his possession. Hardly a week passes but that some fresh exploit of Tref is recorded. and'M. Lebeleff's initiative in founding a training establishment for police dogs in St. Petersburg is meeting with warm public recognition. In September and October. ISB2. n comet of great brilliancy was observable in Xew Zealand, and for several days was visible in the day-time to the naked , eye. It was in perihelion on ISth September. and was twice in conjunction , with and very near the sun within a I few hours, the eastern portion of its j orbit being described as the interval. | J The comet approached perihelion oil the '. remote side of the" sun, and was thus I much nearer the earth while receding. ( Describing the comet as it appeared on i ' 20th September, the Xew Zealand Times ! said: ''lt rose from behind a bank of dark clouds, out of which apparently, I the tail shot, a luminous, broad brush, six or seven degrees long. As the comet, attained altitude it cleared the bank, ■and both tail and nucleus appeared in i all their gorgeousness. . . . This j was about a quarter to "> o'clock. The beautiful spectacle was visible fur about ten minutes, and was then obscured by clouds. The brilliancy of the nucleus exceeded that of a star of the first magnitude."

In the Magistrate's Cnnrt ;il Strntford on Friday (the Post reports), hefore Mr. A. Greenfield, S.M.. John Ilorind, farmer, of Xgaere, proceeded apinst Mishacl Burgess, fanner, also of Xgaere. for tlie recovery of £lO. value of turnips belonging to plaintiff anil claimed to have been wrongfully used liv defendant. Counsel for plaintiff said the position was that the 'plaintiff had agreed to lease a property at Xgaere from defendant, ami it was agreed that defendant should buy a crop of turnips for £2O. At this time some '2OO sheep of defendant's were grazing on the property. lmt defendant's son had assured plaintiff that they would lie all oil 1 early in July. As a matter of fact the sheep were not removed until nearlv the end of July, and the plaintiff claimed that the value of the crop had therein- been reduced by at least £lO. F or the defence. counsel said the plaintiff, who was a perfectly honest man, had evidently misunderstood the deal. Defendant had lejised the farm to plaintiff', who had wished to pet into possession a month earlier than agreed, but Mr. Pat Burgess had a valuable crop of turnips on the land, and said that as he would not have time to use the turnins before the l=t August, plaintiff would have to buy the turnips. There was, however, no agreement to remove his (Pat Burgess') stock before Ist August, though Burgess had removed some stock within a few days. The crop was worth £SO. and Burgess was not foolish enough to sell a £SO crop for .£2O. In anv case the crop belonged to Pat Burgess and not to defendant, who was therefore entitled to a nonsuit o:: tin' point. Decision was reserved. (

At the conclusion of the mooting of ilic tramways committee on Wednesday night one Fitzroy delegate expressed his opinion that in a very short tinio Fitzroy would he formml into a borough. That, he siid. was why its residents were against joining in the Greater Xew, Plymouth movement.

E. ,1. iiiddiford, Xew Zealand's wool' kin*,' arul reputed millionaire, was hailed the other day with ■< number of others before the .Magistrate, charred with infringing the Orchard Peats JcV ami were each fined 10s and costs or '24 hours imprisonment. A newspaper jocu* larlv states that Mr. Riddiford did 1106 ask for time to pay. A correspondent wri'es to the Waimate Witness:—We hear a good deal from time to time about record shearing tallies and cow spanking. Let me ;_ r ivo you one, then. I know a voting fellow not a hundred miles front Mann ia who milks thirty cows twice a day single-handed, doing the bailing-tip and carrying away the milk himself. I hap* polled on him a few evenings ago when he was finishing oIT the last of his biff contract, well within two hours. I hold 1 his to bo the champion record for tho district.

Maize Ins great attractions for the farmer, and many advantages over other fodder crops, the 'principal of these being its easy, successful cultivation and the luxuriance of the growth. As green feed it has been extensively and very successfully used oil several Taranaki dairy farms, the benefits from its usobeing very pronounced. Mr. Jas. Purdie. of the Waitara road, has now proved that maize makes a capital ensilage, and has forwarded to this office a fine' sample. This ensilage was made in the middle of January from maize growing about nine feet in height, and he is well 'pleased with it. A Victorian candidate for Parliament* an honors was recently facetiously asked if the State Government proposed to withdraw its annual donation towards ' l;r Melbourne Cup and Derby Stakes, wc-uld he oppose nucli a proposal. Tak;ii- it seriously, and realising that he was addressing a sporting assemblage, the candidate declared promptly and emphatically that he would "strenuously oppose the subsidy being either withdrawn or reduced in amount." The poor chap beat a hasty retreat from the front oi the platform as his interrogater yelled, "Gain, yer silly goat! Don't yer know as tney don't: give nothink? Where was yer brought up?"

!lie Telegraph Department is installing in the Hawera office a ealeulagraoh, the purpose of which is to keep a check <>n the length of communications with telephone bureaux outside the town. AA lien a conversation is commenced the exchange clerk will slip into the machine a card on which, will dc written the name of the person responsible for payment, and by pressing a button or lever the recording clockwork will be set going. Immediately the conversation ceases the recorder will be stowed, and on the card being withdrawn there will he found printed on it the exact time which has elapsed, and the charge* will be entered up.—Star. The Methodist asks:—"Why do men not ,;ro to church?'' si nil answers its own finery thus: "Freiiuently because they have 110 hearts for spiritual things. The \ve;ld engrosses then), and religion invoted dull and uninteresting. But does it not sometimes happen that the reason of the Absence of many is to be found in the dull and even dreary character of the services of the church? A writer in me .of the English religious weeklies complains bitterlv of the dulness of ser--111 ;n- and services, lie says that recently lie lias listened to sermons in seven counties, and his verdict is that with but few exceptions the sermons have Iven too long and prosy, they have lacked v'lility and freshness, and many of the services have been extremely dull. "Mr experience in the pew," he says, "lias inught me that the majority of sermons are too long, that the ' long pivyer" is also too long, and that many pre.K li«rs make no attempt whatever to meet ilie demands of the age." The Dunedin City Council his set ah excellent exnmnle in municipal enter-"r:-e. It has initiated a vigorous polifv in regard to the afforestation of its reserves, having planted a large area of hind in the vicinity of its re=ervoirs. Primarily, the object is to conserve the source of the water supply, but indirectly t 1 1• same afforestation policy will he revenue-producing' in vears to come, while it will aild considerably to the beauty of the landscape. The trees plant d in the catchment area are Oregi'i nine, which, it is anticipated, will re.iih a marketable stage more rapidly than any other tree. The Council has now decided on extending its plantations. A start will shortly lie made to plant out about IdO.OOO timber trees in the Leith A alley and on the sandhills. Local bodies in this Island should take note of the last-named fact.. So far tree planting on sandhills has been here left to private enterprise, the only object lesson mailable being that on the sandhill property at Waiknnae of Mr. W. H. Field. M.P.

Tho 'Wangnnui Iferald ur<jes the Government to push on with a scheme of native lands settlement. Our contemporary savs:—There are vast tracts of native land which the dwindling number of Maoris will never he ahle to make use of. and there are thousands of people in the Dominion who want land and cannot obtain it. And the Government knows it, too. Only the other day the Minister for Public Works stated' that in the Tauraii'ja, Opotiki and Whnkatane counties alone there were 2,:iSO.(KK» acres. of which large area onlv 1.12.000 acres are under cultivation. The balance is nearly all Maori-owned, and inelmlcs some of the finest land in the Dominion. If the vacant country wenthrown open to settlement in the tpirtlltity that is possible, and thousands settled upon it every year, there would he a hoom of prosperity, owing to the larger market for labor and material that would he created, and the greater volume of exports available. If Mr. Mnssey would abandon his scheme of national plunder and become a strenuous advocate of settlement he would twin many supporters.

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