LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 96, 13 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., two cyclists, on the information of Inspector Tippins, were charged with cycling without lights in Devon street on the evening of October 3. Clyde Penwarden, who did not appear, was fined {is and costs 7s, as was also Cecil Fargie, who appeared and pleaded guilty.

As the outcome of a recent visit of the police to the shop of a Waihi chemist it is understood that an information charging the person suspected with keeping liquor for sale will be held, and that the case will be heard at the next sitting of the Magistrate's Court, on the 18th inst. The action will be the first of its kind in the Dominion.

In the new Army list, the .first issued under the existing regulations) there appears the heading "New Zealand Branch of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service." Sub-headings are "Matroi>-in-Chirf," ''Matrons," '"Sisters," "Staff Nurses," It is something of a curiosity, for there are no names under the headings, aad the nursing service does not exist. Headings in the blank spaces are "N.Z. Ordnance Department" and "N.Z. Pay Department."

The Mana-watu Times is informed that a number of sympathisers in Wellington and PaJmerston districts subscribed £2OO and sent Powelka. out of the country. The paper gives the statement for what it is worth, as, of course, there is no means of verifying it, though it says its informant professed to know. Another story is to the effect that Powelka's prison clothes have been returned to the Terrace Gaol through the post from the South Island.

Asked in Auckland the other evening whether he was in favor of nationalising the doctor, Sir John Findlay said that the doctor would probably have something to say about that, and he did mot think it would be wise for him to say lie would take the medical profession under the Public Works Act. A numl>er of medical men at Homo had shown themselves very anxious to separate commercialism entirely from their profession if the State could see its way to use their services in return for some reasonable recompense.

Over six weeks have now elapsed since Powelka walked out of Terrace Gaol, Wellington, and from that time several unfortunates who bore a more or less close resemblance ■to the escapee have had to complain of the persistent attentions of zealous members of the force. The latest of these is a fireman on a vessel in port at Greymouth who signed on at Lyttelton. The local police received a'tclegram to the effect that this individual closely resembled Powelka, and several of the local guardians of the peace paid him a 'visit unannounced. After they had closely examined him and compared* his physical peculiarities with those of Powelka, they left quite satisfied that someone had blundered.

During 1930, 10S persons were placed on probation in New Zealand. Of these 24 have so far satisfactorily carried out the terms of their licenses, and been discharged, 24 have been re-arrested, nine absconded, three, were granted permission to leave the Dominion, and 68 still remain under the supervision of the probation officers. Of the 2301 personn placed on probation since the passing of the First Offenders' Probation Act, 1880, li) 80 have been discharged after properly carrying out the conditions of their licenses, 141 have been re-arrested and sentenced to various terms of imprisonmen, 57 absconded, live were permitted to leave the Dominion, one committed suicide, five died, and 112 still remain under the supervision of the probation officers. Do you know how many words in the English language mean "crowd?" asks an American paper. To a foreigner, anxious to master the language, it was explained thait a crowd of ships is termed a fleet, while a licet of sheep is termed a flock. Further a flock of girls is called a bevy, a. bevy of wolves is called a pack, and a jack of angels is called a host; and a host of porpoises is called a shoal, and (i shoal of buffaloes is called a herd, and a herd! of children is called a troop, and a. troop of partridges is called a covey, and a covey of beauty is called a galaxy, and a. galaxy of oxen is called a drove, and a drove of people is called a mob, and a mob of whales is called a. a school, and a school of worshippers is called m congregation, and a congregation of engineers is called a corps, and a corps of musicians is called a band, and a tend of been is called a swarm.

Knowledge of signalling by tire Mors* code is becoming necessary to all officers on ships, so aa to be able to send messages between passing vessels or to lightbouses. To be an efficient signaller one lias to be in regular practice, and this is nut ail-ways obtainable by a seafaring man. By the aid of a machine that has just been invented, a novice can send or receive a message (says the Otago Daily Times). In sending a message you touch the letter required on a typewriter key, and the dots and dashes are flashed out from the lamp shutter automatically. In receiving a. message the attendant repeats the, dots and dashes Hashed from the sending station, by working a lever from one side to the other, dots being made to the left and dashes to the right, and when a. letter is completed a plate is depressed, thus printing the letter by a typewriter (which is part of the. machine) on a -paper ribbon. The receiving machine is placed above the sending machine, and the whole is enclosed in a ease. Tn making this machine, the inventor has had no other machine as a guide for giving him his ideas, Being a seafaring man himself, he conceived the idea of having a machine that would be of assistance to those who had not the opportunity of being proficient in the use of the Morse code signals. ,Mr. T. .Melville, chief engineer of the s.s. Comma, is the inventor of this automatic signaller.

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Already Mr. O'Dca is being "tipped" as the winner of Hie Patea seat. The Patea Press, reporting the performance of the Starr-Baldwin Company, says that the lady magician of the company when asked who would win the Patea seat gave it iM her prognostication that Mr. O'Dea would.

A native of great age, Koro Kelio Kakakino, tin uncle of Messrs. Taiwhaio and Puhara Te Tau, died at the residence of the latter at Lansdowne, Ma.storton, on .Saturday last. The deceased Was saiid to be 111 years of age, and was one of the first converts made by the Rev. Marsden in the Wairarapa. Farmers iiml all interested in the polity of the district will be overjoyed at the ,-plcndid soaking rain that fell yesterday. The thirsty soil was particularly dry, and there had been very little growth, even the weeds having remained sleeping. The timely fall of rain is an earnest of plentiful feed and steady prosperity for the season. Mr. Jennings takes a paternal pride in hia electorate. On Wednesday he gave notice of his intention to ask the Minister of Defence whether he was aware that in the Taumarunui electorate candidates for the territorial forces in many instances eclipsed the world's records for weight, stature, etc., one young fellow under eighteen years of age turning the scale at 18 stone, another of the same age being 6ft Sin high and built in proportion, another not sixteen years of age Cft high and turning the scale at over 12 stone; and, if so, will he direct the attention of associates of local eugenio societies to the above instances for the purpose of inquiry. Mr. Mitchell, of the Patea Shipping Company, informs the Hawera Star that the Aorere is practically the only .boat of the "mosquito fleet" running from Wellington to a coastal port. His company's four boats have l>een laid up, but j arrangements will, it is hoped, to made to keep the Kapiti in commission. | Eighty tons of cargo from 'Lyttelton per Kapiti will be unloaded at Wellington. There are 4000 cases of cheese lying at: the Freezing Company's stores in Patea. fhe chairman, of the Shipowners' Federation advises Patea that he expects the trouble will last miti] the end of October. He says that all points are agreed on with' the exception of overtime. A bonus was offered, but not accepted by the men. The Hon. T. Mackenzie states in the annual report on tourist resorts that the tourist trallic during the year did not quite come up to 1000-10, the falling-oft being attributable to reduced travelling on the part of our own population. The oversea traffic showed an increase, and there is every reason to anticipate even better result's in the direction during the ensuing year. The receipts from all sources- we're' £2(i,o.'>7, as compared with £30,872 for the previous year. The expenditure amounted to £44,338, as against £43;238 for thu previous year. The system of hooking passengers by steamer, rail, motor and coach, reports the Minister, has been continued with very satisfactory results. The total receipts from this source to March 31, 1011, amounted to £2»jO'«, the commissions received totalling £1343. He hopes j there will be a. large and increasing re- ' veuuo from this source. The entries for the factory butter competitions to take place at the Taranaki Agricultural Society's forthcoming spring show close on Saturday, the 14th inst, and from a perusal of the schedule, with suc-h valuable prizes set forth therein, "ood entries should be received by the secretary. Class 1 is for export butter, and the lprb.es (Offered include a 7*l guinea cup, besides £l7 17s cash; class 2, also for export butter, commands a 25 guinea cup and £<S (is in cash; class 3 is open to Taranaki factories only, who subscribe £1 each towards the prize money, the total of which is divided between the prize-takers. The alteration in the conditions this year of the selection of the butter is all in favor of the makers, as they have the right to nominate the day's make from which the society's nominee shai) select the number of boxes required for each competition. Butter-makers should support these competitions, as it not only brings the factory they represent before the public, Init helps to encourage agricultural so- : cieties to increase the prizes every yeor, and this can only be expected when good ' entries are received each year.