LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 109, 16 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A farmer in Nelson, who recently became bankrupt, has paid 20s in the £l. The creditors are to make him a presentation in recognition of his honesty. To get over the difficulty of publicans not being able to recognise prohibited persons, Sub-Inspector IPfhair, of Dunedin, suggests supplying a photograph with the order.

Advices from Hudson's Bay report the | richest find of gold yet struck' in that I region. The town of 'Hudson has been completely deserted, even the local telegraph operator and the postmaster having left to join in the rush.

The new superintendent of the Christchurch tramways says that the traffic in Sydney has grown to such an extent that underground railways are practically a certainty in the near future. He estimates the cost at between £5,000,000 and: £6,000,000.

Victoria heads the list of Australasian States in the number of friendly society with 123,443; New South Wales stands second, with 118,270; and New Zealand third, with 58,517. New Zealand, however, possesses the ibiggest capital per member, at £l9 4s Id, Victoria being second with £l4 10s 6d. A marriage in very remarkable circumstances took place in New York recently, when Christopher Wilson, president of the United Wireless Telegraph Gompany, who with other officials of the company is now undergoing his trial on a charge of conspiracy to defraud, was wedded to his stenographer, Stella i ! Lewis. There is now considerable speculation as to what effect the marriage | will have on the prosecution, as under j the Federal laws a wife can refuse to | give evidence either for or against her husband.

A very fine grey seal paid a visit to Caroline Bay recently (says the Timaru Herald), and created great interest amongst those who saw it. Had it not been for a few unthinking persons, the seal would have been viewed by many more than it was, but it had not been on the sands very long when it was driven to take to the water again. During its longest stay ashore it came right up on the sand, its ungainly mode of j scrambling ashore and its antics creating much merriment. At one time the seal I rolled about like a kitten at play, and [brushed' its nose with one of its flippers. The seal was in veTy fine condition, and judging by its magnificent set of teeth, was not very old. j

For chronic chest complaints, Woods Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d.

The modern hostelry on Mount E«mont will be erected'at a higher altitude than the present 'North Egmont Mountain House.

Our Warea correspondent writes'that an 'English buyer of pigs is at present 111 the district ottering a good price for l»gs-

A s«tt«ng of the Native Appellate Court will be held at New (Plymouth in the motth. C ° mmencin " on the 13th On the application of Mr. Roy, probate was granted yesterday by Judge RawtoNfr If "n" n I 1 late Paare w '»tara Mr V 1l n ' of Wan S an ui, and ton Becre, solicitor, of WellingWe have received a letter from "Pair Hay, who admits he does not know vl'ii 1 i7n • millt , arj matters > criticising •J 0 ' Bellnnger's promotion. We regret that the law of libel does not permit us to use "Fair Play's" letter.

. A bread- war is reported to be existing in Wanganui and Palmerston North, and the price of the commodity is being ticketed in shop windows of the town at 2'/ 2 d per 21b. loaf. No war of a_ similar character has yet broken out in 2\e\v Plymouth.

The Chief Postmaster has notified the Mayor, in reply to his representations on behalf of the residents in the neighborhood of St. Aubyn and Weymouth streets, for the erection of a posting receiver, that the box will be placed in position in the next few days. There is a big gathering of Maoris in town an connection, with the Native Land Court, whose sittings opened yesterday, Judge Rawson presiding. There are upwards of 700 cases to be dealt with, concerning appeals, applications for probate, succession, partition and administration. The Court will probably be held continuously for about three weeks. Mr. 0. C. Cooper exhibited, at a meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday a perfectlypreserved shark s tooth, which had been taken from the face of rock on the property of Mr. W. E. C. Tylee, Makuri, which is 1800 feet above sea level.

The deer season in the Wairarapa has again been a successful one, Seventeen deer were captured by the Acclimatisation Society's rangers on Mr. John Martin's property, and eight were obtained from Mrs. Jackson, of Gladstone; two others were also obtained, making a total of 27 young deer taken this Reason. Three of these have since died.

The London Daily Express is seeking the opinions of prominent people regarding a suggestion that King George should assume the title of "Emperor of the British." It is pointed out that Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand have ceased to be colonies, and that the sole .remaining link between them all is the person of the Sovereign. Beware of eleganus hedges! A local amateur gardener cut one a month ago and sustained a sudden hurt, quite incapacitating a finger and putting the citizen partly out of action. He suffered many painful sleepless nights, and underwent much treatment for "jarred liand." A month after the injury he dug a half-inch thorn out cif a wretched looking .linger. He hadn't the least idea that that thorn had even left the hedge. (It was reported to Constable Lapouple on Saturday that human remains were to be seen lying on the sand hills on the north side of the Waitara river. The constable went over and found shin and thigh bones, part of the vertebrae and ribs, evidently of a young person. The constable buried them. The spot, the local paper believes, was used as a burying ground: by the Maoris within comparatively recent years. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Egmont Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., was held last evening, Bro. W. Hooker, N.G., presiding. Two candidates were proposed- for membership, and a letter of recommendation was granted to a member residing in another part of the Dominion. Bro. Pratt, from the Loyal Thorpe Lodge, England, visited the Lodge, and' was accorded the honors of the Order.

The Mayor has received the following letter from Mr. J. H. Knowles, chief engineer of the New Plymouth Harbor Board's new dredge "I am forwardper favor of the secretary of the Harbor Board, a framed photograph of the new dredge Paritutu, which I would like you~Eo aocept with the compliments of the builders, Messrs. Fleming and Ferguson, Ltd., engineers and shipbuilders, Phoenix Works, Paisley, for presentation to the Carnegie Library, or other suitable location that you may deem fit."

American up-to-dateness was the leading theme in a paper delivered by Mr. A. G. Johnson at the Greymouth. Teachers' institute recently, and lie described how schools in that coflntry arc often furnished with telephones from various rooms to the principal's office. One school telephone was so arranged that the principal could ring up anyone in the city, but no otie could ring him up. In one school the doors could be locked and unlocked by pressing a button in the prinicpa% office, to the annoyance of late-comers.

An inquest was held on Saturday, before -Mr. 'H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., touch- | ing the death of a lad named James [ Ayston, sixteen years of age. who died in the New Plymouth Hospital 011 Friday night. He had been admitted to the hospital on the previous Wednesday, suffering from serious injuries to his head, the result of an accident in the bush at Waitaanga, in the Okau district. The accident occurred last Monday. The father, John Ayrton, was felling a tree on his farm, and the deceased was standing some little distance away. The 'falling tree caught on the limb of another, and it fell on the lad. Dr. Claridge tended his injuries and ordered his removal to the New Plymouth Hospital. Ayrton never regained consciousness. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

I A tragedy was narrowly averted on • 'board the barque County of Inverness I while she was casting off from the VicI toria wharf, Dunedin, the other day. The crew were busily intent on the hundred and one jobs that have to be done promptly and efficiently as a ship casts off. The officers were attentively supervising. From the forecastle a hulking Russian Finn slinked forth. His bloodshot eyes glared with the mania of alcohol, and a sheath-knife was so held j as to be scarcely discernible in his right hand. He was stealing up behind an otherwise engaged officer of the ship, and the knife was being raised to strike, when the captain of the Plucky noticed the movement. With a rush he grappled the foreigner, and in the fierce struggle that ensued the knife was broken into three pieces, as its blade was warded' off and stuck in the deck planks. An artist who was accompanying the Plucky in search of a seascape immediately flew to Captain Spence's assistance. With the aid of some others the drinkdemented sailor was disarmed. A stitch in time had saved nine, and the incident only delayed the vessel a few minutes.

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