LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 112, 19 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A mail for Auckland and north will be despatched at 10.30 a.m. to-day, per s.s. Rosamond, which sails at noon for Onehunga. The Sydney Referee is satisfied that Not Zealand will in future have to be satisfied with much less racing than •in the past. A Gazette published last week notified that the name of the town district of Kaikora 'North, Hawke's Bay, has been changed to Otane, at the request of the Town Board there. The Hon. R. McKenzie has written to the Stratford -County Council stating that the application of the chairman for a grant of £ 100 for the East Mountain House track on Mt. (Egmont would receive consideration when the Estimates were being prepared. I The wages of foremen throughout the | Stratford countly are to he raised to 9s per day (wet or fine). Cr. Astbury, the mover of the resolution at Wednesday's meeting of the Council, considered that if the men were not worth that the Council should get men who were. An Eltham solicitor was agreeably surprised to receive a day or two ago a cheque from the Official Assignee at Palmerston covering the second and final ( dividend of 19s 9d in the £ in a certain bankrupt estate, which was placed in the Assignee's hands 15 years ago.

An Oamaru lad of 12 had a difference with his father and hurriedly decided to leave the parental home for evermore. He mounted his father's bicycle and set out for Timaru, spending the night in the open air. Arriving there, he proceeded to a. cycle firm and endeavored to turn his machine into money. This proved his undoing, for the police, being alert and suspicious, detained the lad and had' him sent home by train. At a special meeting of the Stratford County Council on Wednesday, a separate rate of y 2 d in the £ was struck on ratepayers in the East riding, who were not at present paying any special rate. The proposal, which was brought forward by Cr. Christoffel, and seconded by Cr. Thomson, evoked a considerable amount of discussion. Special orders were also passed confirming the new Kopua drainage area, and also the special rating area for re*metalling portion of the Stanley road.

The chairman of the Stratford County Council (Mr. G. A. Marchant) during Wednesday's meeting, referred to the delay in pushing forward the Mount Ugmont line to a satisfactory supply of metal. He stated that considerable com- ! ment had been made concerning this. He J-was always of opinion that there was 'never any delay without good reason for it. When in Wellington recently he had made it his business to enquire, and was satisfied that the dekya were caused by prospecting for a suitable permanent reef. It was absolutely useless pushing on the line until sufficient and tory metal had been discovered. He understood, ihowever, that a suitable reef had now been located, after prospecting for over twelve months.

There is a good deal of speculation in the lobbies as to what action the Government will take in connection with Mr. Hine's charges of "Tammanyism." One thing is considered certain—that the matter will not be allowed to remain where it is at present. The Wainiate football team lias won the championship for three years in succession. They had the same record in the early nineties. The Star Football Olub has an unbeaten record, having won the first, second and third grade cups all in the one season. Tlie entrance to Taumata Park yesterday was a disgrace. The Eltham people are very keen on having big matches played there, but people don't like wading through several inches of mud and slush to reach the gates. A few loads of gravel would solve the difficulty, and gravel is very cheap at . Eltham. A whirlwind paid Moturoa a visit a couple of days ago. A boat lying on the beach was lifted up and carried in the air for several yards. Another, half full of water, was badly smashed about. The little settlement on the beach had a bad time, one of the houses being considerably damaged, whilst in another the chimney was blown down. . The disturbance lasted only a few min- , utes. I A circular has been issued by the liquidator of Wilier and Riley, Ltd., stating that the whole of the assets ■ haive been .realised except the packet • pea business, ilt appears that the liqui- , da-tor has carried on this branch success- ; fully and with good results financially. ' It is proposed to form a new company ' with a capital of £25,000, the share- ' holders in tlie old company to have a • preferential right of allotment in the ; new company. \ The captain of the barque Viganella \ was fortunate in his decision to leave here on Wednesday. During the night a, strong wind sprang up from the northwest, and soon 'brought in such, a heavy sea that the offing would have been | anything but a safe anchorage. Local people, who are acquainted with the \ vagaries of the nor'-wester, heaved a ' sigh of relief yesterday morning when they found that the barque had not > come back to us. The vessel is «>ul | after her long voyage, and, though she | has 350 tons of ballast aboard, she is I riding high, and is not in good sailing (! trim. • The Tukapa Football Club's annua! : social last night in the Theatre Royal l was a great success. There was a very E good attendance. The Club's banners formed a prominent feature of the dei corations. During the evening Mr. G. ; Tisch, president of the Club, presented ■ the Dan O'Brien shield to Mr. H. My- • nott, captain of the senior team, and , the Carbine Shield to Mr. D. Webster, ' on behalf of the first junior team. Mrs. I Woods' orchestra provided excellent mu- " sic, and Messrs. Bullot, 'Standish and McGiven were M's.C. The supper ari rangements were capital, reflecting great I credit on the Ladies' Committee, which i had charge of this department. Tn speaking to a Hawke's Bay Her- ' aid reporter of the Zambesi river and , the approaching contest for the world's , sculling championship, Miss Mary Hall ' expressed considerable doubt as to its t possibilities as a ifuture field for re- , gattas. The promoters, she said, are , making every effort to popularise the I place. The country is undoubtedly fine, but the climate is not easily borne by • whites iuninnured to the tropics, besides , which, added Miss Hall, there i 9 always the danger of being upset from one's ! boat by an umveildy hippopotamus. Despite the inconsiderate habits of these • animals, Miss 'Hall declared her strong disapproval of destroying them whole- [ sale, as, it is stated, the promoters of L the Arnst-Barry contest are doing, in order to ensure the course being kept ; clear—"butchering them to make an , African holiday." A sequel to a fire which occurred in i the stables belonging to the New Plymouth branch of the New Zealand Express Company some months ago was contained in a case heard before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., at the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. E. Price and Co., Ltd., merchants, of Wellington, sued the New Zealand Express [ Company, Ltd., of New Plymouth, for . £37 18s 9d, value of traveller's samples . entrusted to the defendants, as carriers, on April 25 last, for removal from the railway station to the premises of West ; and Sons at (New Plymouth, and which ■ were destroyed by fire whilst in defendi ants' charge. The evidence of witnesses from New Plymouth was taken, and the case was adjourned till Tuesday next, to enable another witness being brought down to give evidence on the question , of delivery at West and Sons', in regard to which the evidence was very conflicting. !tln the course of a talk on the sub- '• jeict of Russia, Mr. P. M. Koonin, a ; Russian student and exile, now in , Auckland, made reference to a cablegram i which appeared in the papers to the effect that the authorities in Odessa are fighting against the plague and cholera. ; "f his cholera," he remarked, 'is nothing ' uncommon in Odessa, and immediately it isriehecked in one place it breaks out in another. I should like to say that it is particularly noticeable for its virulence iifythe Jewish ghettos, due to the over-! crowded homes which the authorities force upon the people by the expulsion of them from other towns and locating them within such pales are as already overcrowded. But if instead of cholera was written consumption the cable would have been nearer the truth. For consumption and kindred deadly diseases, produced by the awful congestion of humanity, are rife in many parts of Russia, spreading from the "ghettos to the other sections of the community." Yesterday, at the imitation of Mr. Marchaflt, consulting engineer to the Harbour Board, and designer of the new dredge, "Paritutu," representatives of the Xew Plymouth Harbor Board and the local Press spent some hours on the little vessel. She was engaged in deepening the basin of the harbour a few chains put from the end of the wharf by means of the suction pump, and it was interesting" to notice the manner in which Mr. Marchant's patent rotary cutter on the end of the suction pipe cut up the hard sandstone bottom and crushed stones to such a size as to admit of their passage through the chute into the hoppers. These cutters are of manganese'steel, the hardest metai] known, quite proof against a file or a drill or any instrument of that kind. The spoil brought up by the dredge included rocks of some pounds weight, but it was mostly silt, being gathered from an area over which the old dredge had often worked. The depth of water was 24 feet, and the nozzle of the suction pipe was working rigihtcmfwyp mfwyp hrdlu hrdlu hrdluu eight feet deeper. About 300 tons were lifted in an hour, taken out to tea, nnd emptied by means of doors m the bottom of the vessel. On the previous day, dredging in sand, the "Paritutu" brought up 400 tons, of sand and stones in three-quarters of an hour. Send your o:del for printing to the "Daily News Printery. Prises right »nd satisfaction guaranteed.

, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The annual contest for the New Zealand Ladies' Golf championship commenced at Shirley this morning in fine spring weather, and with minor events will last for six days, one round being played to-day. There are 40 championship entries, as against 52 at Manawatu last year, - and though many ot the cracks have 'been unable to attend there are present many promising young players notably Miss Collins, of Wellington, who recently won the Wellington championship, though only 17 years of age. The form shown to-day was consistently 'good, and, in fact, it has been steadily improving at every championship meeting. Unfortunately, Mrs. Bevan, the present champion, was onable to come, and Miss Tweed accordingly won her match by default. Miss Collins, Wellington champion, prevailed over Miss Alison, of Auckland, wliilst Miss Christie, ex-champion, was well ug on Mrs. Ward, of Dunedin. Miss Brandon, runner-up last year, beat Mrs. Mathieson, whilst Miss . Pearce (Auckland) prevailed over Miss Innes (Manawatuj. Miss Wray is showing \eiy pro- | mising form, and is picked by several competent judges as a possible winner of the championship. Miss Snodgrass, ! of Westport, West Coast and Manawatu champion, though only arriving thisimarning after being bar-bound for Ave days, easily won her match'. Miss Snodgrass 'beat Mrs. Bevan (New Zealand champion) for the Manawatu championship. The championship contest of the «&y, however, was that between 'Miss Wood, of Christchurch, and Miss Nora Qwrie, of Auckland. Both players were »eck and neck at the 18th hole, and on aa extra hole being played, Miss Wood won. In the afternoon play took place for the Donnelly Cup, presented oy the late Mrs. G. P. Donnellly, of Hawkey B»y' some years ago, through the Hawfee's Bay Club, to the ladies of New Zealand. With the Donnelly Cup contest there i» being played simultaneously a medal competition, both events being decided on stroke handicaps. In the medal competition "there is a first prize for handicaps under 10, and one for 16 and over. The Donnelly Cup, however, is open to all winners in one class. Miss F. Moore, of Christchurch (hep 25, net score 77) was the winner of the oup, also winning the first prize for those with a handicap of IB '-nd over. Airs. McCarthy, of St. Clair, (hep 10, net score 80) won the first prize for those with handicaps under 16. Miss Collins of Wellington, (hep 0, net score 82) won the prize for best gross score.