LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 332, 20 June 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Daily News will be published as usual on Thursday (Coronation Day). The News' jobbing department will be closed on that day. Residents are requested to make a brave show of bunting on Coronation Day. The probable date for the North Taranaki Hunt Club Ball will be Thursday, August 3rd, the night of the North Island v. Taranaki football match.

In the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., a Maori charged with drunkenness pleaded guilty, and being a first offender, was convicted and discharged. A man calling himself Lindon Turnbull has been arrested in Auckland on charges of defrauding various persons in New Plymouth by means of valueless cheques. He will be brought before the court here after being dealt with at Auckland.

The adjourned annual meeting of householders was held at the Fitzroy School last night, Mr. J. Tisch presiding. Only six householders' attended, and of them the following were elected a committee; Messrs. A. Cathro, W. Coombs, V. Arden, and E. Lee. Mr. Tisch did not seek re-election.

It appears from a Palmorston telegram that Dr. Harris is not going to bring his orchestra to Palm#rston North, but only the choir. The local people are somewhat perturbed over this action, and wires have been sent to Dr. Harris, who, however, has intimated that there can Be no change in his plans. Rudeness par excellence. A lady was reading a newspaper in the pulblic library when a couple of men came in, and, being desirous of seeing something in that particular newspaper file, they just turned over the page and looked, without a "by your leave," or anything else. The lady didn't even murmur.

A very instructive demonstration and lecture will be given iby Major Young, veterinary supervisor, on Wednesday at the New Plymouth Technical College to the boys who are taking the one day a week course. This is a step in the right direction, and it is hoped ' that similar demonstrations will be given during the courw. We have received a copy of the Coronation number of the Christchurch Press. It contains a splendid lot ot views of the King and Queen and of matters appropriate to the occasion, besides a colored plate of their Majesties. The whole number is splendidly got up and produced, being quite in keeping in these respects with the admirable Christmas numbers issued from the same office.

Evidently there is money to be made out of growing (lowers. A Hutt resident sent to the market the other day jonquil blooms sufficient to about fill a banana case. The price realised at the auction was over £7 10s. In the lot there were 52 bundles, and the figure at which they were knocked down to the florist was 2s lid a bundle. As the bundles contained about 30 blooms the buyer paid a penny and a sixth per bloom. Violets sold at the same sale at from Is 8d to 2s 4d a dozen bundles.

The arrangements made by the Bailway Department for the transit of the public to and from the Dominion Dairy Show at Hawera on July 5, fl, 7 and 8 are very complete, and far exceed the facilities of last year. Special trains will be run daily, and will be delayed to leave Hawera to suit all existing arrangements. The arrangements completed will allow of the Department carrying 10,000 excursion passengers without interfering with the ordinary traffic. Full particulars will be available for the public within a day or so.

As showing what a Minister lias to do, the Hon. R. MeKenzie, Minister of Public Works, at the finish of his. recent busy tour through the Taranaki and Taumarunui electorates, found on arrival at Ohakune a large basket hamper of papers and letturs from the Public Works Department, Wellington. These he had to go through. In addition to the papers, there must have been four hundred letters, which the Minister had also to attend to. He 6pent the whole day, from 9.30 in the \ morning till 0.30 at night, at this I work, and at 9.30 p.m. he had to rest, I for, according to the rules of the Hotel Windsor, all the lights wore turned off at that hour. That Is industry. The Waimarino correspondent of the Auckland Star wrote: "Last Monday Ngauruahoe was particularly active. About 9 a.m. we felt a slight earthquake, then Ngauruhoe sent up a great shot of dense black smoke. When this cleared away it. was noticed that a portion of the mountain-top had fallen in. Oil Friday morning I was awakened by a rumbling noise, followed by a sharp earth - quake (two sharp shocks), which made the house creak in every joint. I jumped out of bed and struck a light—it was five past three a.m. On •Saturday morning at about 4.30 another severe sharp shock was felt.. This was preceded hv a loud rumbling noise. All the people were awakened by the rumbling and shocks, ft would appear that these disturbances were local and probably caused ' bv Ngauruahoe. Have uiey any connection with the disturlwnci's in Mexico?" The Waitara Harbor Board is considering the matter of leasing portion of its foreshore to Messrs. Curtis and Son, for the purposes of utilising the deposits of ironsand there. These gentlemen are prepared to spend £2OOO in plant, buildings, etc.. by the end of December. 1912, and will "forfeit the lease then if nothing has eventuated. Theniat- , ter was again mentioned at yesterday's meeting of the Board, and Mr. W. T. Jenningg, M.P., said that he felt sure there were going to be very great developments in connection with the ironsand. He knew one gentleman who had been authorised to expend up to £SO in collecting samples of the ironsand from various localities and sending them to , Wellington. He believed the Board should deal generously with the applicants in this matter, but should also take care to protect the interests of the ratepayers. The committee set up to go into the matter of leasing, etc., will meet on Wednesday. military Overcoats. ' ARRIVAL OF A SECOND SHIPMENT. The Melbourne Clothing Company, Ltd., has much pleasure in announcing the arrival of a second consignment of clean, specially selected, British Army riding coats, with good long capes, as issued to the Royal Field Artillery. These famous coats are the kind known as "first grade" and are the very < best of their kind supplied by the British Government to its 'forces both at home and abroad. These coats are undoubtedly the ideal coats, for farmed and others exposed to cold and rain. We have only 100 coats in this shipment, and they are sure to be "birds of passage" in our three Tnrnnnki stores. We have, ton. on the be»t authority that the sale of these coats by the army stores is likely soon to be stopped, so wo would advise intending buyers to make early application to either of the Melbourne's three stores—New Plymouth, Stratford, and F'tham. Prices as usual—the loverianaki.

une now learns io ny (writes an expert in the World) quite comfortably for £SO, plus the cost of breakages, which may be nothing at nil; and before very long one will be able to buy a machine outright for £2OO or £3OO, and to keep it going for a mutter of £3 or £4 a week. "Hump-backed whales are very human," said Mr. D. O. Lillie, in a lecture at Canterbury College; "they are said to make love, and to show t.lieir affection by exchanging, pats on the body. These love pats can be heard six miles away!" Another interesting fact mentioned by Mr. Lillie was that the throat of the sperm whale is very elastic, so much so that two men could be put down it. He suggested that it must have been a whale of this kind that swallowed Jonai.

Speaking about barmaids and registration to a Wellington Post reporter, Mr. E. J. Carey said:—"Further consideration leads mn to think that the number of girls available for bar service will be lessened much sooner than I at lirst anticipated. In Auckland there is even now a demand for barmaid*, and some dozen vacancies were waiting to be filled when I left. The position is that although there ba.s been a large number registered, many of the tfirls have only applied so that in tue event of necessitous circumstances arising, bar employment will be open to them." The Colonial Office disapproved of the proposal to bring the Maoris into the Festival of Empire, but as the troupe was already on its way to England, and as the New Zealand Government strongly urged that the Maoris should not be banned, the Colonial Office decided to remain passive* in the matter. It has not withdrawn the expression of its disapproval, but , has accepted assurances that the Maoris will be well looked after, and kept rigidly away from London temptations. "So far as the Maori Troupe are concerned," said Sirr William Hall-Jones to the London correspondent of the Wellington Times, "I have no hesitation in saying that I am certain they will conduct themselves as units of a great Empire should. Take one of the women, for instance—her name is Maggie Papakura. I know for a fact that she could hold her own in the best English society. She could attend any function and behave as a lady should do. She speaks perfect English, and would never be lacking in matters of etiquette." "Were I stranded without a penny in my pocket," he concluded, "I would sooner be within a mile of a Maori village than "within a mile of London town."