LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 111, 31 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A second newspaper is fo be started at Tauranga this month. An "oid identities' association'" is being formed at Te Kuiti, King Country. There is a rare suggestion of romance in the discovery at Christie's, after the sale of the jeweLs of the late 'Duchess of Marlborough. A secret locket was found in the pendant of a magnificent rope of pearls that was sold for '.€10,000. In the locket was a tiny wisp of brown hair. The necklace was composed of forty-one well matched pearls of rare quality, with a pearl and green enamel pendant in the form of a lily. After the necklace had been disposed of it was seen that the pendant was a split pearl.

liohlen. the Xew York ''bird mail," lately had in his shop a taciturn parrot. Day after day it sat silent on its perch, indifferent to every question. At last a Cuban lady came to the shop and spoke to it in her native tongue. The parrot brightened up at once, opened its beak, and emitted a jubilant volley of vehement Spanish words. When the parrot finally ceased speaking the lady turned to Mr I!olden and, blushing wolently, aske: "Do you understand Spanish?" '-No," lie replied. "Thank Heaven!" she replied, and left the shop, blushingly. . AYriting regarding the drowning disaster at 'Foxton the Herald says "it is nothing short of miraculous that fatalities such as happened on Sunday have not occurred more frequently. We have seen boat loads of men ami young women crossing and reenxsing tiiis .stretch of water in 'flatties' handled by inexperienced young fellows with no fear of the risks they -were taking. We have been asked to warn holiday-makers against such fooldardy trips, but previous warnings through these columns and by experienced hands h;>v<» 1 1 i-wirci'l. If steps are not to prevent the handling of these 'coffins' by inexperienced persons, we shall expect-to chronicle other mishaps as every year increased numbers spend their holidays at this locality." For chronic chest complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 1/0 & 2/0.

A prominent Waivarapa dairyman recently expressed the opirtion to an Age reporter that the utility cow of the future will be the Holsteiu-Ayrshire cross. As a result of the shipping strike, Foxton storekeepers have raised the price of kerosene Is (id per case, and sugar Is per bag. to cover the cost of extra railage freight.

The main rolls for Tarnnaki and Taumarunui are now printed. The former consists of 136 pages, with 07*28 names, and the latter 111 and 3442 respectively. The Patea roll has 7085 names, and the Egmont roll fJOfIO.

The s.s. Tliiwera, which is now being built for the Patea Shipping Company, will be launched "fiom the maker's yards at Auckland on the 10th prox., and will be fitted for ?ea and put into commission as soon as possible. '■Xo recommendation to make," is the report of the committee which dealt with the petition of Mrs. J. J, Meikle, who asked for compensation on account of loss "sustained through her husband being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned."

When shown a big bundle of testimonialjjt in the Auckland Magistrate's Court a witness caused some amusement by remarking: "Yes, no doubt they are all very well, but my experience teaches me that the more testimonials a man has the less likely is he to be any good."

A Stratford firm has recently had a unique experience (writes the Stratford Post). About 12 years ago a man who was living in Stratford ran up an account totalling about £ll, but he 14ft the town without paying and without leaving any address, and a year afterwards the amount was written off as a bad debt. Just the other day, however, the firm received a letter enclosing the amount from the man, who stated that since leaving Stratford he had been uniformly "hard up," and that the present was the first occasion on which he had been in a position to pay. A meeting o? the Taranaki sub-branch of the New Zealand Ayrshire Breeders' Association was held at Hawera on Saturday afternoon. A letter from Mr. J. Kyle, in reply to a question from the branch concerning appendix pedigrees was read, and it was resolved that the secretary write explaining more fully the point upon which the branch had made a suggestion, namely, that the pedigrees of appendix animals should, so far as available, be published in the, appendix. On the motion of Messrs. Campbell and Twigg, the secretary was instructed to write to the Association recommending that the rules be altered to admit of its officers being elected by means of ballot-papers, to be distributed to all members of the Association. It was resolved to nominate Mr. Wilkie as a member of the committee of the New Zealand Ayrshire Breeders' Association. —Star.

The vagaries of the Taranaki climate have been demonstrated during the last few days. An Eltham resident who travelled to Hawera by road on Thursday was surprised to And the dust blowing ,in such clouds that he could scarcely see the road from the Racecourse into Hawera the Eltham Argus), while in the town the water cart was in commission in an attempt to lay the dust. People were wishing for rain, the farmers complaining that the weather was too dry for the grass. They were surprised when informed of the wet conditions existing in Eltham. However, rain began to fall on Thursday evening, so the Hawera dust would lie l''id and (he farmers in that district, would share some of the blessings in the shape of rain which have been poured so liberally upon their Eltham confreres lately. Another Eltham resident drove to Opunake and back and escaped the rain, though it was raining heavily at Eltham. While he was at Opunake, however, it "teemed," hut it was fine again for the homeward journey. The usual wcolilv meeting of the Egmont Lod?e. No. 112.. 1.0. G.T., was held in the Good* Templar Hall on Monday evening, The t'.T., Bro. J. Salt, presided over a large attendance. Five friends were proposed for initiation The programme for the evening being election of officers, the following were .elected: 0.T.,, Bro. C. K. Pepperell j V.T.. Sis. I). Connett; secretary, Sis. L. White; fin. secretary, Bro. L. Pepperell; treasurer, Mrs. Legg; Mar., Tiro. H. Hayden: chaplain, Bro. George Maunder; guard, Bro. Bray; sent., Bro. J. Roch; pianist, Bro. L. Bullot; reporter, Bro. George Maunder. The chairman of the hall committee, Bro. G. Hartnell, read his report. Bro. ST. T. Maunder gave his report of the finances of the lodge, which was very good. Both reports were adopted. Bro. F. R. Pepperell proposed that a management committee be appointed, and this was carried, the following being appointed: Bros. <"). Hartnell, J. Roch, 0. Arnold, Loughlin and G. Maunder, including two trustees. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to all the friends who took part in the "At Home" last Friday. The Western Lodge will meet on Tuesday night instead of Thursday. The lodge picnic will he held on New Year's Da v.

It having come to the ears of Mr. Leo D. Chateau, advance manager for Clarke and Meynell's new English Comic Opera Company, that New Plymouth theatregoers would he disappointed if they did not see an interpretation of ''The Gay Gordons" by that company, he has asked us to state that New Plymouth was not originally included in the itinerary booked by their New Zealand representative early last year, but, at the request of several leading citizens, the representative of the Theatre Royal Co. and others, Mr. Chateau persuaded his management to have the New Plymouth ferry steamer detained in order to accede to the request. The company is due to open in Auckland on Friday, November 10, in the ''Gav Gorrionsi," and it is a matter of impossibility to produce this piece in New Plymouth. However, "Sergeant Brue," which is to be the production here, is universally adjudged to be in no way inferior to the ''Gav Gordons," and many critics qualified to judge prefer it. It is promised that the full company will be brought to Kow Zealand, and "Sergeant Brue" will be produced in precisely the same mnnwr as it is being staged in the principal cities of the Dominion, where is lias won golden encomiums for its all round excellence.

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While Constable Smythe was on diity, in Devon street at about 1.30 this morn-

ing, he saw smoke issuing from the rear of a dilapidated 'building near Mr. Bransgrove's boot shop, and used as a. Chinese laundry. A heap of refuse was well flight, and as it was in close proximity to the wall, there were the essentials for a brisk blaze. The brigade was alarmed and the (ire was put out before any damage was done.

This is how a Japanese dentist gets his preliminary training: A number of holes are bored in a stout plank, and this is fixed firmly to the ground. In the holes are driven woodeli pegs', and the wouldbe dentist has to extract them with his fingers wthont dislodging the board. This process is repeated with a board of pine wood, and finally with one of oak, and it is only when he has succeeded ill extracting the pegs from the oak plank that the Japanese considers himself qualified to practice upon hjs fellow-men.

They have some exciting street pastimes in Auckland, one of them being motor racing. At the Magistrate's Court there a young chauffeur pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven at a furious rate and on his wrong side of the way. Suh-Inspector Hendry said the defendant and other chaffeurs were apparently engaged in a motor race on either side of the road, and they made so much dust that the number on the other driver's car could not ,be seen.. Accused was fined £1 and £1 Is costs.

Her von Jagow, the Berlin Police President, who recently , declared war on "murderous" hatpins, has now issued a ban on enormous hats. Berlin theatre managers have been notified that henceforth women who wear modern, viewobstructing millinery will be guilty of a misdemeanour, for which the managers will be held responsible. A fine of £5 will he inflicted on managers every time a woman is allowed to keep on her hat while in a box. Herr von Jagow states that he is impelled to issue this decree with a view to the "preservation of public order," inasmuch as the wearing of large hats by occupants of boxes frequently leads to violent altercations with people whose view of the stage is shut off.

A paragraph has been.going the rounds of the newspapers that the cow which holds the highest record in the Dominion: as a butter-fat producer is a HolsteinFresian in the possession of the Agricultural Department at the Weraroa Experimental Farm. From this cow last s?iison was obtained! 58511) of butter-Jat, which at lid per lb \vorks out at the splendid sum of £26 16s 3d. Recently the Department was offered 300 guineas for this beast, but refused the'- oiler. This however, is a long way behind the record, as the well-known Jersey cow Grannie's Girl produced in one season 6781b of buter-fat, and if thip cow is worth 300 guineas, then Mr E. Griffiths, when he purchased Grannie's Girl at a Taranaki sale of Jersey cattle * recently for 100 guineas, must have made a particularly good investment. Mr Griffiths was the original owner of the cow, but had sold her. t

The Home Mission report presented t**"~ the Anglican Synod at Auekl&nd>4irfe<l that the Ohura had been separated from Taumarunui, and formed into'a separatedistrict; but as yet no m«n had been

found to work it. The mission priest at Taumarunui gave wluvtf time he could to the large district—'There ought to be two men at least working in this splendid country—one at Aria, to work tli» Waitomo County, and one at Manga roa, to work the Ohura County. There were over 2000 souls living within these counties outside of the townships, more than, half of whom were members of the Church of the Province of New Zealand. Mangaroa was destined to be quite a large place; it had already two banks, and was growing rapidly. At Taumarunui a ehurcli had been built seating about 400. It was opened in December last and another church was to be built at Kakahi.

I near a s-u>ry ai)out Queen Mary which, regarding the source whence it reaches me, may be accepted as authentic (writes Sir Henry Lucy in the Sydney Morning Herald). On the evening of Coronation Day when the processions were over, her daughter, Princess Mary, was met on the stairway of Buckingham Palace by one of the gentlemen in attendance on his Majesty, who genially remarked, "Well, little lady, so it's all over." The Princess went straight to her mother, told her what had passed, and protested, ''He ought not to speak to me like that; I am a princess." "Yes," said the Queen, "you are a iprincess now; I hope by-and-by you will be a lady. You may go and tell I said so." I am less sure about the authenticity of another story current affecting the Crown Prince of Germany. There has lately been seen a strange constellation in the heavens that greatly excited the populace. The Crown Prince going forth one night to view it was asked on his return what he thought about it. "Oh," he said, "it's only a new cross my father has bestowed upon the Almighty."