LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 380, 4 May 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There is still nothing to report concerning the negotiations between the Taranaki Petroleum Company and its probable purchasers. Mr. D. L. Hutton, of the Technical School, has initiated a painting class for the instruction of ladies, and the first session will be from 2 to 4 o'clock this afternoon. A general meeting of the committee of the Xew Plymouth Employers' Association will be held this evening to make arrangements for "Dominion Industries Week." The Xorth Taranaki Hunt has accepted the invitation of Mr. J. McKean, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, to a dinner after the next meet, which takes place at Omata. Those who have not paid their income tax had better beware. The Commissioner yesterday came down upon a local lady who had neon too forgetful to send in her cheque in the stipulated time. She was mulcted in costs amounting to 15s.

The Ministers' Association has received a copy of the following resolution passed at the meeting of householders at the Central School:—"That the thanks of the householders be conveyed to the ministers, through the Ministers' Association, for services in connection with Bible instruction classes conducted at the school during the past year." Sir Joseph Ward passed through Christchureh yesterday morning on his way south to deliver a speech at Winton. He met a deputation which urged that the work of the erection of new Government buildings should be proceeded with on the site in Cathedral Square. The Premier said arrangements had already been made for calling for tenders. The work has been held over until the approach of winter, in order to sustain the labor market in the slack months. That bees can do well in Taranaki was conclusively proved to us yesterday, when Mr. 0. J. Herrick, of Te Arei, Sentry Hill, showed us a splendid sample of honey that was produced on his farm. There is a good market for honey locally, and Mr. Herrick has had no difficulty in disposing of the output of his hives; in fact, he could have sofd ten times the quantity. During last season his apiary consisted' of 31 hives, from which he obtained over 10001b of honey. It is his intention to go in for bee-keeping next year on a much larger scale.

A meeting of Bristol road and Waitui settlers was held in Inglewood on Saturday afternoon for the. purpose of considering the question of erecting a factory on the Alanganui river at the end of the Bristol road, and converting the Waitui factory into a creamery. After considerable discussion it was proposed by Mr. J. Hopson and seconded by Mr. Smith, "That Messrs. Hopson, Curtis, Williams, and W. P. Bishop be a deputation to interview the directors of the Moa Company and ascertain, if the Waitui settlers will erect a creamery on the Manganui river and equip it properly, and convert the Waitui factory into a creamery, if the company will take them over as creameries, and if so, on what condition." This was carried, and the meeting closed. —Record. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Messrs F. C. J. Bellringer and C. M. Lepper, -LP's, judgment was given bv default in the following cases:— Weston and Weston v. Albert Wills, claim £l, costs, 10s;. A.B.C. Boot and Shoe Co. (Mr, Wright) v. Edwin Wells, claim £1 2s Od, and costs ss; WereKmo Road Board (Mr. Johnstone) v. May Tutiwhakai and others, claim £2 Us Or!, and costs CI 7s; Dr. MeCleland (Mr. F. E. Wilson) x. John Orford. claim £-1 lis Od, costs Ss; Southam Bros. (Mr.'A. 1?. Standish) v. Eric f>. Harding, claim £2 ss, and costs 10s; W. T. Hookham (Mr. firey) v. Finlav John McLean.claim £3 uis, nnd 10s costs. A number of judgment summons cases had to be -idjonrncd. pending the appointment of a relieving Magistrate.

At the Courthouse yesterday afternoon one of the s.s. Koonya's trimmers, named Denis O'Brien, was charged hefore Messrs. F. C. J. fiellrrnger and C. M. Lepper, J.P.'s, with wilful disobedience of the lawful commands of the. chief engineer, William .1. Cannon, by refusing to go on duty and persisting in his refusal throughout tie; whole of the watch.. The accused plei;ied giii'f.y to the oflViife. which was committed on the voyage from New Plymouth to Weilinjrton lietween Holiday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Asked by the Bench as to the man's character, the chief engineer said he had been on the vessel only a couple of months, and his behaviour was fairly pood, 'i'iie Bern 1 ! pointed out lo the accused l';c serious nature of his offence, cmnliaspir.g that it was absolutely necessary that the officers of the ship, U p o „ whom devolved great responsibilities, should !m>» im plicit obedience to their commands and rigid diseinline uoon their vessels. As, however, the accused's superior officers had interested themselves on his behalf, the accused would not lie treated harshly. A fine of £1 and ns costs was i»flietcd.

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Times must be bad! Wong Hang, fruiten v. of Woodville, has fded his petition in bankruptcy. A cat club is nourishing in Christchurch. It has fifty lady members, Lady Clif/ord being president, and it is intended to hold a show in June. licpoiN from Gibraltar state that a blockade !■;' ihc Kill'coast, Morocco, hal been established in an effort to stop the lam'.imr of anus fo- ""> —ti'.vs. The Kill'* are still earning on their guerilla warfare ;i.ainst the Spaniards, and Germans .ire suspected of supplying them with weapons.

At Giecnsborough. Victoria, there is an apple tree 72 years old, which this year is c-arrvin<j a crop , Miniated at between 2S and 30 cases. It has been topttrafted twice, the last working beinjr to the Rhymer variety. In the same orchard there is a tree of the Rhymer variety carrying 40 cases. The Blenheim Express states:—Recently a new hoarder at Nelson College, coming from the "wavliaeks," on putting on a white shirt for" the first time, put it on back to front. On seeing' this the other boys began to laugh and ask him why he put it on that wav. He said: "I thought the stiff part was to keep the back straight." Spurious half-sovereigns are reported to he in circulation in Wellington. They take the form of sixpences which have' been carefully gilded. It is stated that when the head lies turned' up it is almost impossible to detect the fraud. On Monday one of these coins was palmed off on a shopkeeper at Aewtown,. and other cases are reported. Consul Junior, the so-called educated chimpanzee, who was dressed and taught to act like a man, died last month at Dallas, Texas, of bronchial pneumonia, after an illness of four days. Consul was valued at 50,000 dollars, and wj» insured with a London insurance company for that amount. During his illness several physicians attended him. A telegraph messenger named Louis Xorris had an unexpected and unlookedfor dip in the Xelson harbor on Thursday. He was cycling towards the wharf at a pretty fair pace, and was unable to pull up quickly enough as he reached the wharf, the result being that bicycle and rider went ''overboard." Xorris was none the worse for his adventure, and the bicycle, when recovered, should not be much the worse for its immersion.

Mr. C. E. Bartholomew a director of Bryant and May, is at present on n tour of the colonies with a view to giving effect to an agreement arrived at between the firms of Bryant and May, Ltd., and R. Bell and Co.! Ltd., by which Bryant and May enter the Xew Zealand trade as manufacturers and become possessed of an equal share with R. Bell and Co. in the latter's Xew Zealand factory and in tlie business of both Arm? so far as Xew Zealand is concerned. A similar arrangement has already been concluded in Australia. It is not "a question of tin- absorption of R, Bell and Co., • but of the amalgamation of the two firms, each bein« on an enual footing. This arrangement will have important effects both in Australia and Xew Zealand.

There is an abundance of fish in the waters round Kawhia just now, an<l"a Wellington resident who has lately paid a visit to that quarter suggests that steps should be taken to obtain regular supplies of flounders and schnapper for the local market, which for some time lias been rather bare of fish. He also states that settlement nt Kawhia is prosressinar. despite the fact that lar«e areas of fertile land owned hv the natives are still locked up. .Several Wellington residents have taken up land in the district, and two others are negotiating for the purchase of properties there. In the opinion of the gentleman •who lias just come hack from Kawhia, the time is ripe for the establishment of a steamer service between Wellington and Kawhia.