LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 124, 16 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Plymouth High School will break up for the Christmas vacation on Friday, December 15. The arrangements for the breaking-up ceremony were left in the hands of Mr. X. K. MacDiarniid, chairman of the High School Board. An extraordinary growth, lli't. Ilia. In length, and weighing about 2cwt., was found in a cow recently condemned by Mr. Rcakea, inspector in charge of the X ew Plymouth abattoirs. Specimens of the growth have been sent to the head office at Wellington for analysis. At a large meeting of delegates representing ali labor unions in Xew Plymouth, licld in the Town Hall hist niglit. it was unanimously resolved to form a Trades and Labor Council. With this end in view a sub-committed was appointed to deal with preliminary matters and report to a general meeting to be held on Tuesday next. Tn the Magistrate's Court yesterday Mr. Fitzherbert heard the case William Tweedalc v. Mrs. H. Brown, si claim for 34 weeks' hoard. Mr. C. H. Weston appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Johnstone (acting for Mr. Bunny. Masterton) for defendant. A mass' of contradictory evidence was heard, the Magistrate remarking it was a most peculiar case. Judgment was entered for £7 2s Od, with costs 14s. solicitors' fees £1 Cd, and witnesses' expenses 12s. Some of the Cambridge boys hit upon a novel method of celebrating Guy Fawke's Day. They poured a tin of benzine on to the YVaikato river, and then ignited it, and it went burning down the river for a considerable distance. This is the sort of experiment that might cause much damage. The boys of a generation ago did not have the money to spend so lavishly, and their parents would have had somcthiiii' to say over such waste. From a cable message published in the Auctralian papers, it would appear that an attempt was made to assassinate the Tsar while he was out motoring, and tha 1 he was wounded by one of the several shots which were ' fired at him. The chauffeur is said to have been killed. The report was not credited at the Russian' Embassy. At Vienna there were persistent reports that an attempt was made to assassinate the Tsar while he was hunting in the country. Some interesting landmarks of old Auckland are still to the fore. The site of the office that is. now occupied by Sir John Campbell has been in his possession for over 70 years. It was purchased at the first Crown lands sale held on April 10, 1841. The upset price of the land at the time was £IOO an acre, but the estate averaged £550 an acre. "'Acacia Cottage," which was erected on the back portion of the section shortly afterwards, and which was first ■ occupied by Sir John's partner in business, is still standing. One of the outstanding results of the recent strike in England is the increased demand for motor lorries and waggons. During the strike business firms who had hitherto relied on horse-driven vehicles were compelled to avail themselves of motor transport, and this has been followed by a rush of orders for motor waggons. "It has opened the people's eyes to the possibilities of motor transport," said the manager of one firm recently. "Provision dealers especially have been quick to realise the importance of being able to deliver their goods swiftly and under their own direction." , A woman just returned from South Africa writes thus to the Daily Mail: I am in love with England. 1 confess it frankly; but why blink facts in the character of one we love? England—and by that 1 mean, of course, Britain—is hard on the working woman. In Scotland I found the wives of working men doing their enormous washings, all their own housework and cooking, their own knitting and needlework, and a good share of the work rightly belonging to the man as well. They do not know what it is to sit with a book in the shade watching the sunlight blinking beyond until the golden haze makes them too lazy to read. They do not even know what it is to be disregardful of muddy feet, to think that a little dust below does not matter very greatly when there is so much blue above They do not know, in short, what it is to be easy-going about their household duties. And how is it out there? A'ery often, 1 am afraid, they get too easy-going. The great cause of failure of women to make happy homes in South Africa—when they do fail, that is—is the rapidity with which they begin to expect too much ease, too much money, and too much leisure. A meeting of the Nov Scouts Committee was held in the Town Hal] last night. Present: Messrs. F. P. Corkill. W. X. Ewing, H. E. Fookes, A. H. Glasgow, District Commander J. A. Kempthorne, Inspectors F. W. Sandford and 0. MeGahey. Scoutmasters ,1. K. Sullivan, E. Barry and H. Y. McGahey. The meeting was an. enthusiastic one, and good work was done for the Scouts. Mr. Corkill. in welcoming .Mr. Kempthorne. referred to the assistance Mr. Kempthorne. had given the movement in associating himself with it. On the motion of Messrs. Fookes and Ewing. a vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Osborne for his offer of three prizes. A. lengthy discussion took place as regards finance. The meeting agreed .that the co.mmit.teo had power to levy funds in accordance with the regulations, and that the committee should have a substantia] fund of its own. To raise this it was decided, on the motion of Inspectors McGahev and Sandford. that 200 tickets for honorary membership of the Scout movement be printed, tickets to be sold at 2s Od each. On the motion of Messrs. Kempthorne and Corkill the following subcommittee to arrange finance was set up: The District Commander and Messrs. Fookes. Glasgow. Sullivan and Melsaac Mr. Kempthorne mentioned that an area camp should be held next year. A local camp should be authorised for this year. The matter of arranging this latter camp was left in the hands of Mr. Kempthorne and Mr. Sullivan. The matter of parade:; and inspections was left in the District Commander's hands. The matter of having an overland trek was favorably considered by the committee. It was Imped that this would be held early next year. The committee was of opinion that all merit, badges should be snnplied and awarded by the committee. This matter was held over for consideration til! next meeting, when funds would be in hand. 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A very pleasing instance of sympathy in a time of distress is refitted in the West Coast Times. A farmer who died at Cronaduu lately, had left his family, a wife and young children, in reduced circumstances, while the farm, owing to his illness, had fallen hack in condition. The other morning, however, a double furrow plough with horses; cares, and seeds, and men with disc ploughs and harrow*, all appeared on the farm, and were worked by neighboring farmers or their men, who had come to lend a helping hand, laborers from the township also" came to freely give their labors, and all worked like Trojans for the ,-ade of the "widder ami children.''and made a wonderful improvement in the farm. Needless to say, the chivalrous and kindly-assistance of farmers and laborers was much appreciated. A murder case that has excited the, attention of everyone, and attracted special reporters from New York dailies to a quiet village in Virginia, has been concluded with a verdict of guilty. The convict is a young man of old and weal-' thy family. He is only 27 years o!d. The charge was wife murder. The evidence showed that live years ago he saw a pretty 13-year-old girl taking shelter from a shower in a doorway, while lie was passing in his automobile. Acquaintance developed without marriage, and in little more than a. year the girl became a mother. A year later the young man married a respectable young woman nearer his own age, and in another year she became a mother. About this time he renewed his relations with the former girl, decided to get rid of his wife, took her for an automobile rid.* to a lonely road one evening, and returned hurriedly with her corpse, stating that she had been shot by a highwayman. The gun was found and traced to his ownership. The jury were out less than an hour to consider their verdict. They opened their deliberations with prayer. The judge, in quaint, old-fashioned style, expressed politest regret in pronouncing sentence, that it became his unfortunate duty to do so; and thus seal the stain upon an honored name. He addressed the prisoner as ' 4 A[r Beattie, sir," spoke to him frequently with all the respect of a gentleman, had personally hoped that lie would have l>een able to disprove the charge, and sentenced him to execution on November 24.