LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 181, 10 November 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui advises that the entries of live stock for the Wanganui A and P. Show total 1823. The tri-weekly steamer service between Onehunga and New Plymouth will be resumed on December 8. A prominent official in a Tnranaki town will shortly appear in Court to{ answer a charge of tampering with mail matter. Fifty-six applications were recoivea for tire position of superintendent of the Wellington Zoo, including a number from Australia. Messrs. Gilmo;v.- and Clarke report the sale of 90 acres to Mr. Bathurst, and a quarter of an acre at Fitzroy to Mr. A. Matthews. It is reported that Mr. Robert Clark, of Kaponga, has come in for a legacy of £2500, left him by a deceased relative i« England. At Nelson yesterday a close holiday was observed. Various sports meetings and picnics were held, the Tadmor sports being the chief atraetion. The weather was fine. "Girls go in for factory work because it enables them to stop work at 5 o'clock and parade the streets dressed up," said the Hon. Sir George McLean, M.L.C., on Monday. The New Zealand Trades and Labor Council's executive is circularising the branches, throughout the Dominion. It proposes to raise a fund which will be presented to Mr. E. Tregear, Secretary of Labor, who is shortly retiring.

A poultry-raisers' conference of those interested in the business throughout New Zealand commenced in Wellington yesterday. It has been decided to form a New Zealand Association, and it is understood that Lady Islington will be come the first president Kaponga is talking of utilising the spare power of the Kaponga Dairy Company's factory for lighting the town. A canvass has been made, and the Town Board considers that at least from £250 to £3OO would he forthcoming in the first year from the sale of current for lighting purposes, with the prospect of an early increase. Jn Lady Dorothy Xevill's anecdotes, one relates "the greatest instance of impudence on recorJ." It is of a Scottish tourist, who, whilst in an Italian city, stopped a religious procession in order to light his cigar from one of the holy candles. Before the procession had recovered from its astonishment, she adds, the audacious smoker had disapepared. Mr. J. R. Hill writes: ''Kindly explain that my remarks, as reported in the News, referred to the roads in what was formerly the Egmont Road District. 1 have every confidence in the county foremen being capable men; but this particular portion is too much for one man to look after. There is evidence already of a better system than that under the old system." A young man named Charles Frederick Edwards was brought in from Rahotu by Constable Kelly on Tuesday night on remand on a charge of theft of a box and contents, valued at £lO, the property of Thomas Knowles. The box was recently lost off the New Ply-mouth-Opunake motor coach, and it is alleged that Edwards found it and eonverted it to his own use. He will be brought before the Magistrate's Court on Monday next.

Another attempt is to be made to rear swans on the ponds in the Recreation Grounds. Two black swans arrived by train on Tuesday from the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, and were placed on the lake. Attempts to breed swans in the Park have hitherto proved futile owing to disturbance of the swans on the nest. It is thought that the presence of numerous swans will effectually cope with the growth of weeds in the lower lake.

Two residents of Hawera, accompanied by Mr. H. Graham, of Dawson Falls House, made an attempt to reach the summit of Mount Egmont during last week-end. A start was made from the Mountain House at 4.30 in the morning, and Fantham's Peak was reached shortly before 7. After getting to within 1500 feet of the apex the party encountered a blizzard, and had to seek shelter under a rock. As the' wind increased in violence, and a mist at a high point of saturisation enveloped the mountain, all idea of reaching the summit hod to be abandoned, although the snow was in excellent condition for climbing. The dispersal sale of Jersey stock at Waiwakaiho yards yesterday by Mr. Newton King on account of Mr. C. Clarke was a record for the Dominion. The only animal catalogued that dia not reach the owner's reserve was the champion imported bull, Campaniles' Sultan, who was "passed in" at 350 guineas, Mr. Clarke asking (500 guineas. Lady Disdain, the famous .prize-win-ning cow, realised the fine price of 157 guineas, and was secured by Mr. A. A. Ward, of Tariki, who was heartily congratulated on his purchase. Other cows brought as high as 113; 96, 87, 82 and 71 guineas. Altogether, forty-two animals from this famous herd realised, in the aggregate, £2125 4s. Mr. S. W. Shaw wielded the hammer in his usual efficient manner throughout. i The monthly, meeting of the St. Au- ' byn Town Board was held on November B.' Present: The chairman (Mr. G. E. | Blanchard), Messrs. F. Hudson, Percy | Lealand and H. Putt. Mr. Russell sent I apologies for his absence. It was resolved that the Minister of Internal Affairs be asked to have the town dis- ! trict declared, by Order in Council, not to form part of the county within the. boundaries of which it is situated. It was also resolved th;"t the St. Aubyn Town District be included in the New Plymouth abattoir district. A circular! from the Department of Lands, dealing with the matter of removing standard "survey blocks and marks, was received and is to be acknowledged. The foreman's report for the month was read and some accounts were passed for payment. A special meeting of the Board was held on October If), 1910, for the purpose of confirming the resolution passed on September 21, declaring by special order that gorse, oxeye daisy, penny roval and broom be noxious weeds within the town district. MELBOURNE TAILOR-MADE SUITS. They're distinctive, highest-grade suits. Not alone, because they represent in every feature the best in jsuit construction. That's just what lias put the Melbourne Teputation as men's suit builders head and .shoulders, above every other Taranaki comsitiiior. As a business policy, it is a goad, investment to buy your suit from a responsible company—a company whose guarantee means something. You know' what the Melbourne suits stand for—now learn what they can do; get into one. Prices 49s 6d to 655.

Tlic function at "Aotea" this afternoon will he notable as the first public fineweather function for the ladies' new summer costumes, and there promises to be a very largo gathering. Music, refreshments, cool sl*ide, and scenic beauty comprise the remainder of the programme.

An experienced fanner informed an Ashburton reporter that he was of opinion that the continuous late frosts and bitterly cold easterly winds had caused more harm to the cereal crops and pastures than the dry weather. He added that the sub-soil is still in a moist condition, and only the surface of the ground is parched. Still, unless a heavy rain tails during the present week, the'spring cereals will, he fears, be in many cases a complete failure.

A sensational incident occurred in a large public school in Wellington the other day. A boy possessed himself of a small loaded revolver, and took it to the school for the purpose of showing it to his chums. He was toying with the revolver, unknown, of course, to the master, when it went off. The bullet whizzed past the head of another boy and struck the blackboard. The owner of the weapon stoutly disclaimed anv knowledge of the fact that it was loaded.

It is stated that steps are being taken to form an eeling imlu.-oy in New Zealand. In an interview ct Gore Mr. Win. Buhmann, of Denmark, who has for some weeks been investigating the possibilities of the Mataura river oilers for such a project, stated that he had been in the country for nearly three venrs, and had kept in touch with the question all the time. He considers the industry would prove a success, arid it was his intention to export eels in such large quantities that it must pay. The Continent of Europe would be his working basis, and extensive contracts for importation etc. had been already fixed. Later, local pie would derive a considerable benefit from the industry.