LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 334, 22 June 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Ernest Short lias purchased the estate of the late Mr E. J. Riddiford, *3 and intends converting it into a model stud farm. * A new form of disease, known as 1 ".sandisitis," Ims overtaken stock in the Foxton district. A bucket of sand was taken from the stomach of a hor«e which recently died in that locality. Two Waipukurou lads-aged respcc tively 10 and 17 years—were recently lined 15 each for interfering with the doorkeeper at a skating rink. Prohibition orders were also issued against tlio boys. In the libel action, Masson v. Richardson, an which .the jury awarded £SOO damages, Judge Edwards awarded plaintill costs on the highest scale. The hearing of the action extended over ten days and about fifty witnesses were sulipoencd' on both sides. Exclusive of the damages awarded, it is estimated the case will absorb about £IOOO. Apropos of the Coronation. It is said that the late King Edward once played "crib" with Pierpont Morgan for five-guinea points. A noble earl-in-waiting desired to get the ear of liis Majesty and was told. "His Majesty is playing cards, my lord!" "With whom?" asked the earl. "Mr. Pierpont Morgan, my lord." "God sav.e the King!" piously exclaimed the peer. ' , According to the Auckland Herald, which is urging the taking of steps Ao improve the quality of that city's water supply, a glass of pure drinking water is practically unknown in Auckland. Whilst an analysis of the water has shown it to be chemically pure, its discoloration hna been a source of complaint almost ever since the Xiliotapu supply was initiated. No provision was made in the scheme for filtration or sedimentation.

I The box plan for the Scarlet Troubadours will open at Collier's on l'riv day morning at 9 a,m. The installation of W.M. and officers of the Sir Donald McLean Lodge, Waitara, takes place on Tuesday next, 27th inst.

The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday decided to grant some extra luxuries to the inmates of the Old People's Home to-day in celebration of the Coronation.

The euchre party and dance held at Frankley Road school gymnasium on Tuesday evening in aid of the gymnasium fund, was well attended, seventeen tables being fully occupied. The first prize for ladies was won by Mrs. J. Lovell (a handsome fernstand), Mrs. W. Prentice securing second prize. Mr. A. Roberts was successful in winning the first prize in the gents' competition (a razor), Mr. A. Lister gaining second award. Tile return tournament between Frankley Road and Westown wag played, Frankley Road being successful by five .points. After supper, supplied by the ladies, dancing was indulged in. Miss N. Crozier supplied first-class music, extras being played by Mrs. Wallach and Mrs. Crozier. When the first jury was summoned yesterday morning at the Supreme Court there was no response to stentorian calls for "Oliver Nelson Firth." .He was called again a few minutes later without result, but at 11.15 the calls were greeted by his appearance. Asked for an explanation, Air. lirth said that he had misunderstood the hour at which the court was to resume. His Honor saia he could nardly see how such a misconception could have arisen, and told the penitent that he had power to fine him, for he had shifted the burden of his work on to some other juror; to which Mr. *irth replied that he was quite willing to do his share of this sort of thing. He was called on the very next jura, ana was chosen foreman.

A meeting of the Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday night. There were about 24 memibers present. The approximate ■balance of the winter show was placed before the meeting, shawm" a credit balance of about £llO A committee, consisting of Messrs.' Ambury, Ward, Smith, and Jackson, was set Tip to bring forward a scheme for the building of an agricultural hall, the foundation stone of which will be laid by his Worship the Mayor (Mr. G. lisch) to-day (Coronation Day) at 3 p.m. at St. Germain's Square, to which function the public are cordially invited. Thirty-two members were elected, bringing the number to about 800. Ihe secretary notifies prize-winners at the winter show that they can collect their prizes on Saturday next. He also requests those who have any articles belonging to the society to return the same to his office.

The pleasant corrective .practice of ducking one's wife for obstreperous behavior or for undue nagging was referred to the other night by Mr J. 11. Upton in an address to_.the Auckland Institute. While in Warwick recently, lie said, lie had seen the old "duckingstool" used for the purpose of administering the sentence. It consisted of a rocking beam 18ft long, with a chair at one end. The lady would be strapped in the chair, and the affair being harnessed to a horse, she would be driven through the town to the river. There the beam would be see-sawed the appointed number of times, downing tlie unfortunate misdemeanant eachj time. The barbarous punishment, in retrospect, impressed him strongly, and not being able to secure the large and bulky original "stool," he procured a one-inch scale model, to present to the Auckland Museum.

When a Maori witness was called yesterday in the Rahotu case of alleged cattle stealing, Mr. Weston, the Crown Prosecutor, said that this witness had requested that an interpreter bo made available to him, and that he had an interpreter in attendance. Hi 3 Honor said lie supposed the man could speak English, and that he preferred that they should start in English, anyhow, and they could call on the interpreter later on if he were required. The witness wasn't too much at home at the start, and gave the impression that his halting English was to effect the intervention of the interpreter. His Honor remarked that lie did not like crossexamination of witnesses by the medium of an interpreter, for it gave the witness a long time to consider the answer. The interpreter didn't get the .lob, for the witness gave his evidence very clearly for the most part, even using a few slang phrases with an evident full understanding of their meaning.

"If that is a sample of the nurses you have in New Plymouth it is not surprising that the hospital is a popular institution. It's been a grand advertisement for the hospital down our way. Thus remarked Mr. Macßeynolds at yesterday's meeting »f the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. 8 fuology was called forth when he was discussing a charitable aid case in the Opunake district to which Nurse Lee from the New Plymouth Hospital had been sent. The family consisted of a husband, wife and live children, some of whom were suffering from measles and were in n terribly neglected state H was not intended that the nurse should act as charwoman; it was intended to make the husband <lo the scrubbing and cleaning. Accordingly, some J eyes' fluid and some buckets were provided, but on the arrival of Sir.Macßeynolds and the loeal guardian or the law the husband was down with the measles and the scheme fell through. Members here looked very interested, as it was thought Mr. MaeKeynolds intended to announce that he did the scrubbing. He, however, disappointed tliem by stating that a ladv was obtained for the work. As an instance of their poverty, he showed that Woln : ,n ' s temperature was 104, this was certainly not caused by the clothing on her, as that was of the scantiest. The nurse on arrival pluckily rose to the situation, and with the am of £5, subscribed bv residents, and CI pledged by Mr. Macßeynolds on behalf of the Board, soon had the family comfortably fixed up and in a fnir way to recovery. The action of i'. Macßeynolds was 'confirmed.

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Tii formation jn Wellington status that the Privy council appeal, John Norton, proprietor of New Zealand -nibli, v. T. Stringer, K.C., was withdrawn in London.

At the S.M. Court, Waitara, yesterday 1). u. Sliute was convicted of drunkennes-. and procuring liquor during the aurrency of a prohibition order, ana lined 4IM and costs on the tirst charge and liiXs and costs on the second. A charge against Margaret Box and Christiana Stewart of selling and keeping liquor for sale at Mokau was dismissed. Mr. Fitznerbert, S.M., presided. Our report of the proceedings is crowded out. A country doctor tells a story of a man who moved into a dilapidated old cottage, and was found by the doctor busily white-washing it inside and out. "I'm glad to see you making this old place so nice and neat,'' said the physician. "It's been an eyesore in the neighborhood for years." "'Tain't nothin' to me about eyesores," was the reply. "The last couple what lived nere had twins three times, and I hear whitewash is a good disinfectant. Ye see, we've got ten .children already."

From the middle of last month Hawera Dairy Company commenced to make butter, working every other day. In the month of May the pounds of butter-fat manufactured at the factory was 28,902, for which the suppliers will receive between thein £1325. The payout was at the rate of lid per lb. The milk cheque for the Normanby Company for the same month totals £470. The butter-fat amounted to 11,4371b5. The sum of £430 will be distributed among the Mellg Co.'s suppliers for 10,5401bs of butter-fat. Both factories: will pay out on the lOd basis.—Star. A gentleman who knows the cheese trade thoroughly, remarks as estrange the fact that the colonial prejudice in favor of colored in preference to white cheese still exists in New Zealand, in defiance of the common knowledge that the natural tint of clieese is a light creamy white, and that the darkening material is, to say the least of it, of no nutritious value. The educated classes at Home know the troth, and demand oheese that is white, but the old preference for the dark cheese continues here, apparently as a result of the mistaken idea that the dark color means richness.