LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 50, 8 June 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a meeting of the Ministers' As-o-ciation on Monday it was decided to invite Dr. Henry and Mr. C. E. Pott*, the well-known American missioners. to vi-it Xew Plymouth in Xovemher next.

We are desirous of obtaining a cony of the Whiteley- Memorial supplement .published with the Xcws in December, 181)8, and- would lie obliged if any reader having one would kindly forward it to this office.

A correspondent writes eoniplaininir of the practice of certain XeW Plymouth butchers hanging meat outside their shops, projecting on the footpath by at least a foot, thus causing inconvenience to pedestrians.

Some idea of the strength of the proposed additions to the wharf may ue guaged from the fact, that some of the piles that have lately arrived weigh tm less than three tons'apiece and contain about 300 feet of timber.

The evangelistic mission services conducted iby Mr. Pa ton are being well supported by the local ministers. Several were present on Monday night. ' The Baptist Christian Endeavor Society gave, up their meeting and flung in their strength to the mission. There have been good attendances these past nights, and everything indicates a successful and largely attended mission.

The civil business at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning was very light. Judgment by default was entered in the case of Standish and Standish. v. Henry Wells, a claim for £1 Is. with costs ss. T. B. Handley secured judgment for a debt of £!) is 3d against Samuel Barnett, and J. McCormick against W. A. Cowling for £3 and costs. In this action £lO was claimed. There were numerous cases paid into court, confessed, or adjourned. It is an old joke that if there were no (babies the fair sex would never be able to fix a single date. So with the farmer, if there were no regular sale days he would be completely lost. A witness in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning sought to fix the date of a certain event by stating that it was on the day before the Stony River sale. Upon it being pointed out that Mr. Xewton King had fortnightly sales at that centre, the witness was puzzled for :-. ibit, but then he remembered a road board meeting on the night before, and established the date beyond <|uestir,n.

The Central School pupils were given a treat yesterday afternoon by a former scholar, Miss Winnie Xixon, who, accompanied by Miss Po'ly Ellwood, visited the school and sang several songs. Mr. F. P. Corkill (chairman of the school committee) introduced the visitors and told the children that it was only a few years ago that Miss Xixon was there as a scholar. Miss Xixon sang "Three Green Bonnets," "Annie Laurie," and "A Wee Bit Shy,'' and was heartily cheered by the youngsters. Miss .Polly Ellwood played the accompaniments. Miss Xorah Corkill, on behalf of the school, presented Miss Xixon with a beautiful bouquet composed of red and white flowers and tied with red ribbon, both ends of which bore the school badge. Mr. Dempsey, the headmaster, thanked Miss Xixon for her kindness in singing to the children, and ringing cheers were given.

About five years ago an agent of an insurance company in the Pahiatua district invited a confrere in a neighboring district to come and help liim for a week or so. in order that the business written by the assisted one should reach the required limit. The two worked for about ten days, it 'being arranged that they should share expenses and coromis sion. The commission was duly paid to the district agent, but he did not share it with his confrere. He afterwards went to England. Upon his return to the Dominion he set up as a "spiritualistic seer." He declined to remember anything about this little matter when approached, and upon being sued, wrote again, practically admitting the debt. The matter came to a head in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when Thomas B. Handley, now of New Plymouth, secured judgment against Samuel Harnett, the forgetful spiritualistic seer, for .£0 Is 3d. 'being share ot the commission, less £1 3s !)d which 'the plaintiff had very uro■perly credited'him with as being his half of the commission earned in completing a couple of cases which the pair had canvassed together. Mr. F. E. Wil-on appeared for the plaintiff. The committee of the "social" given by the Egmont Lodge of Oddfellows must be congratulated upon the excellence of the vocal and instrumental talent secured. A capital supper intervened 'between the concert and the dance. The latter was directed by Messrs. Matheson and Bond as M.C.'s, and capital music was supplied gratuitously. The lodge has only to keep up to that night's standard to merit a full house at each "social." the arrangement of which, we are given to understand, is in the hands of the lady members. The concert programme, which we are unable to refer to at lontrth, but which was most anpreciativcly received, was as follows: Pianoforte solo, Mr. Hoskhi; sons. "A Chip of the Old Block" (encore, "Down in the Deep"). Mr. Asher; song. "A Dream of Paradise' (encore. "A Bowl of Roses"), Miss Florence Ward; violin solo, "The Caliph of Bagdad (encored). Mr. Scrivener; sonar. "A Dolly and a Coach" (encored). Miss Pea; recitation, "Rowers of F.aarlohawk." Bro. A. Loveridge; song, "Daddy" (encore, "The Cows are in the Corn"), Mrs. Maxwell; song, "Down in the Yale" (encore. "Echo"), Mr. F. Hooker; sonar. "Father O'Flynn," Bro. Ainsworth: song. "The Lover and the Bird," Mrs. Maxwell; song, "The Veteran," Mr. R. X. McTsaae; song, "The Little Hero." Mr. Asher; violin solo, "Tl Trovatore," Mr. Scrivener. The accompaniments during the evening were played by Mrs. Denton, Miss Ward, Miss McTCoy, and Miss Ainsworth. During a short interval Bro. C. E. Bellringer. Grand Master of the Xew Zealand Branch, conveyed to Bro. Ainsworth the congratulations of the members to him and Mrs. Ainsworth on celebrating their silver weddingr, of which he understood that evening was the anniversary. Bro. Ainsworth. on behalf of Mrs. Ainsworth and himself, thanked the members and friends for their kind wishes.

There are numbers of Jersey people in town to-day for Mr. C. Clarke's pedigree Jersey sale at Wniwakaiho. During the live years from 1000 to< ]!)t)3, New Zealand* gahed :'.n incrense of 'population of 28 'per cent., whilst New South Wales' only increased by 20 per cent.

A native named Munga Wainonga wan arrested by the New Plymouth police on a warrant charging him with having stolen cattle from -Mr. J. Morrison, farmer, residing near Xormanby. The accused will appear in Hawera to-day. Showing the necessity for advertising New Zealand at Home more thoroughly than in the past, a man who has just arrived in Timarti from (Ireat Britain, sold his bicycle before leaving because he had been given to understand that the roads here were not sufficiently good for cycling; he also disjmsed of his golfing requisite* never dreaming that he would see links in the Dominion. The Ellwood trio and Miss Winnie Xixou gave their second concert in* the Theatre Royal last night. The house was densely packed, and before the hour of opening money was ibeing turned away. The performers rose to the occasion, and gave of their best to an en"tlmsiastic and delighted audience, who were greedy in their demands for encores. It was a concert that will long be remembered.

(Jiving evidence before the Ohinemuri River Silting Commission, E. D. Clayton, engineer, at one time resident at Hutt. stated that the erection of stoplwnks had effectively coped with the floods there. The hanks were four feet above the highest flood level, six feet wide at the top, and the cost was t'1287 a mile. The .protection works hnd practically made the Hutt district, the population having trebled in a short time.

The registrar of the Royal Xaval Reserve (Xew Zealand branch) lias announced that senmen, firemen, yachtsmen, fishermen, and boatmen of the European race who have been bona fide residents of either Xcw Zealand or .Australia during the last three years are .eligible for enrolment in the Royal Xaval Reserve. The registrar, Captain G. G. Smith, who will be visiting Xew Plymouth with H.M.S. Pioneer, will be at the Customs Otliee, Government Buildings, on 18th, 20th, and 21st June, between !>.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.

The Dutch can still claim a pre-emin-ence in the matter of cleanliness, as "A, Wanderer in Holland" discovered. '•Spring cleaning," he writes, ''goes on here . . . .all the vear round. . . .

'lt's a fine day, let's kill something,' says the Englishman, 'Here's an odd moment, let us wash something,' says the Dutch vrow." And Mr. Jjucas recalls an old story of Sir William Temple's, which illustrates the habits of the Dutch. "It tells how a magistrate paying an afternoon call, was received at the door by a stout North Holland lass, who, lest he should soil the floor, took him bodily in her arms and carried him to a chair: sat him in it, removed his boots, put a pair of slippers on his feet, and then led him to her mistress' presence."

From Mr. F. GWanders, who is. now at Hawera, comes Iftlf a column letter to the Star replying to the Minister of Agriculture's statement at the Marton Conference of the Farmers' Union to the effect that Mr. Gillnnders, when manager of the State Farm at Mrmintihaki. had failed to carry out instructions to reduce expenditure. Mr. (iiSlamlera rehearses the now-familiar side of his case, and concludes: ''When next the lion, gentleman feels inclined to refer to Moumahaki he might be good enough to explain what retrenchment he authorised me to carry out that was not done. Until he can do so to the satisfaction of the public, he should ktep in mind the fact that he is doing myself a public injustice by saying that I did not carry out his instructions,"

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Hugo Gorlitz met a number of local gentlemen to (liscuss the "Festival of Empire" and the visit of the Sheffield choir of two hundred voices. This wonderful combination will pay Xcw Zealand a (lying visi<> n:i 1 the oiily evening performances in the North Island will he in Auckland an.l Wellington. An afternoon performance is to 'be given in Palmerston Xorth. and special trains will run on the NapierXew Plymouth-Wellington section of railways, conveying people to Palmerston and returning them to their homes the same day. The visit is as yet some twelve months off. The local committee. of which the Mayor is chairman and Mr. E. Gilmour secretary, is for the .purpose of keeping the matter mentioned publicly and to govern the sale of tickets at the time. Further particulars of this '•Festival of Empire" will be given in a later issue.

Prices for dairy stock in this district in the coming spring promise to he higher than they have been for some year (says the Stratford Post), and already far-seeing dairymen are in the market for next spring's requirements. Several dairies have been sold at £lO a, head, and there are numerous enquiries for bona fide herds. Good dairy heifers to calve in the spring are also' in good demand, and sales have been effected at £6 10s. Enquiries are coming here from both Islands, principally from Hawke's Bay and Canterbury, as Taranaki heifers have established, a. reputation for their milking qualities. Al--1 ready three hundred have bees sent I from Stratford to a Canterbury run- < holder, who is cutting up bis sln-'ep run j into milking farms, and putt.ng on | sharemilkcrs. If the result is sstisfacI tory he intends trebling the number I next season. The fact that this district isent some thousand two-year heifers to Waikato and Tauranga last spring has 1 naturally had the effect of lessening the available number of calvers for cur local dairymen's wants. This rise in price may be a blessing in disguise, is with much higher prices ruling farmers will have to see that they (buy only the best, which so far as dairy stock is enneemed is always the cheapest, irrespective of I price.

Ladies' this will interest you. To-day and to-morrow Cooper and ,Co., ladies' tailors, are making a display at the White Hart Hotel, Xew Plymouth, of new materials and stvles, the latest in coats and skirts.—Advt. GREAT REBUILDING SALE.

The news of The Melbourne's great bargain sale—inaugurated last week—spread far and wide. Every day the great corner store- has been filled with enthusiastic shoppers. Early buyers passed the good news along—told about the bargains and, what's better, brought their friends along with them. Everything was found to ibe as promised —nothing exaggerated. Hundreds of pounds' worth of new goods are l>eing simply slaughtered each week to give the builders elbow-room. This week eight cases of goods ex Corinthic, comprising men's welted boots, women's slippers, men's cashmere socks, and men's and women's handkerchiefs are included in the sale, and wilt be sold ftt prices that will not return us a single penny of profit. As fast as new good* arrive they are iplaced on the bargaintables, and as the watchword of the *a?e is '-Reduce the Stock." much desperate undernricing is Ving indulged in. Tt'R barsnin-time with a real vengeance at THe Melbourne just' now: For Chror'" Ch'p«<: Complaint*. Woods? Ireat Peppermint Cure, I/O, 8/1.