LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 72, 4 July 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A meeting of local railway- employees was held in the Social Hall on Friday for the purpose of considering the amended regulations under the Government Classification Act. Mr. S. G. Smith was in the chair. Various resolutions were passed protesting that men who were sick should not be penalised, and endeavouring to introduce regulations over-riding statute law. Copies of the various resolutions are to be forwarded to the Minister of Railways. In the Geelong (Victoria) Police Court recently, John Williams, a horse-breaker, was charged with having committed an assault upon two hoys named Jennings, aged seven years and nine years respectively. The "assault" consisted of cuttings the lads' hair with horse-clippers. Defendant stated that the hovs had said their mother had sent them to have their hair cut. The Bench held that Williams had acted without justification, and imposed on him penalties amounting to £2 10s.

His Worship the Mayor waited on the veterans at their meeting on Saturday, and brought before them the proposal to erect a memorial at Moturoa, on the spot where the first settlers landed. He asked that a committee be appointed to work in conjunction with his committee. The veterans were fully in accord with the proposal, and thanked Mr. Tisch for bringing the matter up, and the following committee was appointed: Lieut. Davies, Messrs. A. J. Hopkins, Tims Allan, J. Black and J. Andrews. Thu9 a Home correspondent: Of course, Uncle Sam is going to use the Panama Canal at all times to promote the peace of the world. But, like nations with divine ambitions of this kind, he is going to take care to provide plenty of big guns to convince anyone who does not like his way of keeping the peace. President Taft has a-k----ed Congress to immediately furnish nearly £3,000,000 to build forts at the gates of the canal. He declares that the work must be begun at once in order to be complete by the time the canal is opened in 1915. It is amazing (writes a London correspondent), but it is nevertheless a fact, that the people of New Zealand were in receipt of the news of King Edward's death long before even the majority of Londoners, living, as one might say, in the very shadow of Buckingham Palace. King Edward died ere Friday midnight came, but only a small minority of the population of London became aware of his death until they reecived their morning papers between G a.m. and 7 a.m. on Saturday. New Zealanders on the other hand were awake while London slept, and .so heard the news hours before London or the rest of England drd. A good deal of anxiety is being felt at the Bluff concerning the party of eight men who went to the Macquarie Islands to obtain penguin oil last September under instructions from Mr. Joseph Hatch, of Invercargill. Mr. Hatch has been unable to obtain a vessel to make the trip to the southerly group in question, and as all the ■ stores must have been used up during their nine months' stay, their bill of fare must be a nfeagre one. It will be remembered that the schooner Jessie Niccol endeavored to make the Macquaries a few months back, but had; to return to Dunedin for repairs. Mr. Hatch is trying to get the Government to send a vessel. The Manawatu Daily Times reckons up that instead of 21 years Powelka was liable to a total of 178 years' imprisonment for his crimes for which he was found guilty, while in addition to these, charges Jhere were serious ones withdrawn. When Powelka was first arrest- j ed for cruelty-to his wife and other offences, it was found that he had a complete disguise, including a wig, and car- { ried ;i revolver, the ammunition for which he had deliberately converted into "dum-dums" by carefully cutting off the tops of the bullets with his knife. That was a deliberate and significant act, j done before the police ever heard of him j as a criminal and thief, and before thei e I was any interference of any kind with*! him. I

Fifty-three veterans attended the meeting held in the Town Hall on Saturday in connection with the petition that had 'heen signed some time ago asking that a military pension he granted veterans. Lieut. Davies presided. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Meredith, seconded by Col. Messenger. "That this meeting of veterans request the Taranaki members of Parliament to move in the matter, and see that the petition •re military pensions placed in the hands of Sir Joseph Ward be broiigm in.fore Parliament." A committee, consisting of Lieut. Davies (chairman), R. Wells, J. Andrews, J. Black and W. Humphries (secretary), was appointed to watch events. During the proceedings the question'*of ways and means was •brought forward, and the sum of £2 Os Ad was collected in the room.

Mr. Robert Holgrate, a, former resident of Bathurst, N.S.W., who for months had been mourned as one of those who sailed in the missing Waratah, lias turned up alive in New Zealand. Mr. Holgate, who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holgate, of Bathurst, left there with the intention of booking bis passage by the Waratah for England. In Sydney, however, he met a frienu, wno asked him to accompany him to New Zealand. Mr. Holgate was undecided, as he had looked forward to seeing Europe, and eventually, while standing at Circular Quay with his friend, he "took a shilling from his pocket, and said, "Til toss up for it." Spinning the coin in the air, he cried, "Heads, London; tails, Auckland." The shilling bounced on the wood blocks and lay tail uppermost. It was not until recently that Mr. Holgate discovered that he was being mourned as dead, when he hastened to inform his relatives of his safety. He was very much amused to read the resolutions of regret passed by the various local bodies to which he belonged. TAILORED SUITS FOR MEN. A DEMONSTRATION.

At the Melbourne Clothing Company, it is the firm's purpose to demonstrate the superiority of their offerings by a series of outside and window displays from week to week, where shall be made a comprehensive showing of their models at stated iprices. By this method the show windows are turned into salesmen, and enable buyer.? to examine the suits with the least possible effort. The firm can offer no 'better test of their belief in the merits of their apparel than that the garments themselves, without writton or spoken word of ipraise, are conuncing evidence that the materials, are 'btiter, the styles more exclusive, the workmanship more thorough, the assortment.-* more complete, and the values bettc than can be found elsewhere. For those who desire to be served quickly and satisfactorily it is important that they go it once to a store where they, can be sire of finding the size and the s'rode desired in the suit chosen. Reii ember, "he Melbourne's the place.— AM- . v

The Eltham gas works loan has-been-approved by the State Guaranteed Advances Board, subject to the gasworkabeing included in the security in addi* tion to the rates.

It is reported that a new -coalfield hasbeen discovered on the Green Hill* estate, near Kaikoura. Samples of coal have been received at Christchurch. It is intended to get an analysis made and to have a further prospect of the field. A number of residents in the King Country have petitioned Parliament, pointing out that there are over tea thousand persons resident in the King: Country, which lias been largely openea up for European settlement. They therefore a*k that tha power to exercise loen] optioir in regard to the licensingquestion lie given- to them.

The town of Reno, Nevada, offers social' inducements to others besides the promoters, of big prize lights; in'faet, since it lies in-the only State where do* nu'stic freedom can be'obtained after six months' residence, it has become the divorce headquarters- of the United States.. From all parts of the country petitioners llnck to this haven of refuge, and, at a. total cost of 2000 dollars, including railway fares, this obliging town will sever their matrimonial ties. Some of them onnot afford to remain idle for six months, and these "work out" their time as servants or at any occupation that suits them.

Members of the Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth (First and ."Second Groups) ar« notified that subscriptions will be due and payable today (Monday), at the Secretary Offiot, Currie-street, from 9 a.m. to 12.30, from 1 o.m. to 5 pan., and 7 p.m. to 9 v.m.— Advt.