LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 12, 8 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An aeroplane, enclosed in a ease, is included in the consignments from Di'inediii to Manchester by the Drayton Grange. "To all my friends I shall always want to be known us 'Jimmy."' These were the concluding remarks of the speech of Sir James Carroll at his lirst reception by the pakehas and Maoris on the Temuka railway station.

Japan is now becoming an important buyer of New Zealand wool, and Mr. T Kitmarua, a representative of Japaiii-e mills, has attended several of the recent V\ ellington sales of erntehings. The wool is required for tough fabrics such as army blankets, horse-cloths, and coarse khaki cloths for military purposes. For this kind of wool very (rood prices were paid by the buyers' re,.resenting Japanese houses. This season the Japanese paid in Sydney the record price for merino wool—namely, 16'/,d p Pr

In his address at Waimate (Canterbury), Mr. Tlnzleton, M.P., staled that the Government was erecting throughout, Ireland 50.1100 slate-roofed 'four-rimmed' cottages for laborers, and these would be let at a rental of Is per week. Refcrrin" to the Irish land problem, he said that in one county (Wexford) there was not a single landlord left, the land having passed by purchase to the tenants. He estimated that C 230,000,000 was bein"- advanced by the British Government for the purchase of land in Ireland. The services in the Whiteley Memorial Church will be conducted to-morrow bv the Rev. J. W. Burton. The morning subject will be, "The Science and Luxury of Giving," and in the cvenin" Mr. Burton will preach on " Life's "Attitudes."

For children's hacking cough at nipht Woods' GreatrPeppermint Cure, Is flrf and 2s fid.

Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., will hold I a sitting of the Assessment Court at * Waitnra on July 10th at !) a.m. to heal any objections "to the revised valuations in the Clifton County. The Rev. W. Powell, a misisonary from India, will preach in the Queent street and Gill street churches to-mor-row at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. He will lecture on Wednesday in Gill street on the most neglected people in the world. Three people were fined on Thursday for breaches ofthe borough by-laws. At Monday's meeting of the Borough Council the question will be asked why the inspector did not prosecute in three cases of breaches of the by-laws which . he detected and reported.

At yesterday's meeting of the Clifton County Council some of the road foremen reported various carters and settlers for breaches of the heavy traffic by-laws as regards width of tyres. The Council decided to write to the offenders and request immediate compliance with the Council's by-laws in this respect. In connection with the benefit concert tendered by the Taylor-Carrington C'o. last night to Mr. Fred Stephens, Miss Carrington asks us to state that the whole of the proceeds will go to the benefit, the company not touching a penny of it. Mr. Taylor and Miss Carrington seem to live largely for the good that they can do.

Bishop Xcligan, who recently resigned the See of Auckland, has been presented by Lord Joicey to the living of Ford (near Coldstream, England), which is of the net value of about £ ( JOO a year. Ford Castle was for over thirty years the residence of Louise, Marchioness of Waterforu, and the estate was purchased a few years ago by Lord Joicey from Lord Waterford.

Lads who are subject to the military training regulations, and who are desirous of taking the engineering or electricity courses at the New Plymouth Technical College, are asked to communicate at once with Mr. Heatley, the technical organiser, or Mr. W. 1). Ballantyne, director of technical education, so that the classes may be arranged so a.s to avoid clashing with the military training. In addition to incurring the usual expenditure incidental to arriving in it stae of hopeless inebriety, a man named Ernest Cottrcll was ordered yesterday by the magistrate to pay a fine of as and to pay expenses amounting to £2 14s (id. The man had been found hopelessly drunk at Warea on June 30th, and remanded 'for a week for medical treatment. Should the money not be forthcoming lie will have a week in gaol. The forthcoming cycle road race round the Mountain is creating a deal of enthusiasm amongst wheelmen. From all parts of the Dominion and Australia enquiries are coming to hand daily. During next week the committee intend to tleline the route, which will probably be from New Plymouh to Opunake, thence to Eltham, and on to New Plymouth. Entries for the contest close with the secretary on Saturday next, loth inst.

Mr. Ivesson Guthrie, son of Mr. 1). Guthrie, M.P., had just returned from Fiji and had been inspecting a farm near Taihape. lie was leaving a stable where lie had put his horse when he noticed something tangled in iis tail and turned t.o pick it up. The horse kicked him in the face, smashing his jaw and severely cutting and bruising his face and neck. Mr. Guthrie was taken to the Taihape. Hospital, where he is progressing favorably.

A deputation from the Technical College Advisory Committee, consisting ol Messrs. F. P. Corkill (chairman), and N. K. MacDiarmid, waited upon tile Works Committee of the Borough Council on Thursday night, with regard to the plumbing classes at the college. The committee decided that in future plumbing licenses should not be issued to persona who cannot produce certificates showing that they have passed examinations in practical and theoretical plumbing in accordance with by-law No. 92. The announcement a few weeks ago that an up-to-date picture theatre was to be erected in Devon street, next door to Mr. West's bakery, for Mr. G. H. Saunders, was received "with a grain of salt" in some quarters, and when no further announcement was made, there were many who said the project must have fallen through. The fact was that the property purchased was part of trust estate, and Supreme Court authority bad to be secured before the.sale of the site could be confirmed. Mr. Saunders was informed yesterday that the necessary order had now been issued, Work will be commenced almost immediately, the small buildings at the rear of the section being lirst demolished. The two small and not over- presentable shops on the frontage will shortly be pulled down, and then the work of erection of the new theatre in ferro-eonorete by day labor will be put in hand and pushed on. with the greatest possible expedition.

At Thursday afternoon's gathering of the friends of Mrs. E. M. Smith, Lieut.Colonel Okey, 111 referring to Mrs. Smith's keen interest in the local volunteers, said that her late husband had also been closely connected with them. Mr. Smith. for many years the Liberal representative for this electorate, displayed remarkable foresight in many matters, and a case of this had occurred to him in connection with the impossibility of accommodating the Territorial forces in the present drill'hall. Mr. Smith had always strongly opposed the erection of the drill hall on the Kawau-street site, urging that, there was no room for extensions which were sure to be required in the future. His advice was disregarded, and now the Defence Department had to look around for fresh quarters for the training of the troops. Colonel Okey said that Mr. Smith's idea was to place the Drill Hall on St. Michael's Square (Poverty Flat), which was then a military reserve. That reserve has now. however, passed from the Defence Department's control.

A WONDERFUL MILKING MACHINE. TO WHOM IT MAY CONvKItX. Mr. R. Linn, of Xormnnby. who is one of the biggest suppliers to this creamery, has a "Gane" Milk I'eleaser attached to his milking machine, and I may say thai the milk he has delivered here has, through the whole >caxon, licen in perfect, condition. During the hottest part of the season, when other suppliers' milk has been refused, his has been in a most satisfactory condition. During the whole season I have never lm! lo return a pound of his milk. — (Signed) J. EGGERS, Manager Tc lloti Creamery, June (i, 10]0. An improved cup, made of polished aluminium, has been patented, and is being manufactured in Glasgow, This cup is far ahead of present cups in construction, and easv to keep clean. The Gane Milking Machine and Automatic Milk Releaser are coming itno great favor all over the Dominion and Australia. Farmers are requested to place their orders early, to avoid disappointment. \ All particulars may be obtained from the Gane Milking Machine C 0.,. Ltd., Eltham—jAdvt. ' ,

A baby had a narrow escape from death by fire at lialelutha one morning; last week. Mrs. A. MeKwau up some clothes on a rack to dry. placing them near a lire in the dining-room, and then did some housework in (he kitchen. Later on she heard the lialiy. which was lying in a cradle in the dining-room, coughing, and 011 going to attend to it she was alarmed to sec t.lie clothes-rack a sheet of flame. With great presence of mind she instantly threw the miming clothes outside the house, burning her hands in doing so. She then rushed back and extinguished the fire in the clothes which had fallen to the floor. There was about £5 worth of clothes destroyed. Sweated sovereigns are a source of worry and loss to the Federal Treasury, as well as to business, people with a large turnover of golden coin. So many debased coins have been brought under the notice of the Acting-Treasurer (Mr. Fraser) recently that lie has determined to reward substantially any persons who gives information leading to the conviction of issuers of sweated or spurious coins. Mr. Fraser has an interesting return, showing the losses due to the debasing of the coinage. "The practice seems to have grown to a large extent in some portions of Australia," stated Mr. Fraser recently, "and we ask for assistance in stopping it." A romantic little story comes from Fulham (England). Six months ago an aged lady took lodging in a modest house in Linver road, Parson's Green, Fulham, and recently became ill and died. Before death she announced that she had appointed the landlord, a young married man named Gladstone, as hev sole executor. The will was read and it was found that she had left personal property and all the money in her rooms to ill's. Gladstone, who had shown her some kindly attention. Search in the room resulted in the discovery of a hoard of bank-notes and gold, of the total value of about £IOOO. Consols and other securities were-willed to two nephews.