LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 131, 24 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The lady who presided at a meeting addressed by Sir John Findlay last week declared that a married woman had two votes—her own and her husband's. For stealing a trap rug from a stable a young man named Percy Wood, a new arrival from the Old Country, was fined 10s and costs at Hawera yesterday. At a. meeting of the New Plymouth Employers' Association on Wednesday evening £2 3s was voted to the fund for purchase of an electric motor for the Technical College, The police notify that a small hand.bag containing a small sum of money was picked up on the show ground yes'terday and can be obtained on application, at the police station. Mr. Reakes, Chief Government Veterinary Surgeon, telegraphed yesterday asking Mr. Broome, Stock Inspector, to represent him at both New Plymouth and Stratford shows owing to his unavoidable absence in the South Island.

A Homo paper reports that a party of peasants who'had been to the theatre for the first time in their lives at Timrovo, Austria, waited for the "villain" of the play as he came out after the performance, and gave him a severe thrashing. The Clifton County Council has decided to apply for the following Governments 1 grants: Kaka £l5O, MimiMokau £2lO, Matara £2OO, Otaroa £IOO, Pukearuhe £3OO, Piko £lO5. Other grants will be left to the Government Engineer to expend.

It is stated that a farm of 40 acres near Wanganui recently changed hands for the consideration of £3OOO, and that since then the purchasing syndicate has disposed of 10 acres, including the homestead, for the full amount of the purchasing price. Mr. H. Hill, the Labor candidate for Napier, proposes that every young man and woman, at the age of twenty-one, shall receive a grant of .£25. as a start in life, providing he or she has passed a satisfactory course of primary and technical school training. A Parliamentary candidate at Christchurch said: "No prisoner should be sent to gaol for three months for you and me to keep. He should be sentenced to earn £2O in the State coal mine.

(Applause.) And if it took him twenty years to do it he would have to do it." (Loud laughter.) The following horrifying item has been received from Mexico City:—"Rebellious Indians in the State of Chiapas sacked Chamulu on Saturday. They crucified one man, barbarously slaughtered women and children, and tossed babies in the air, catching them on the tips of their lanceß as they fell."

A contemporary affirms that present indications go to show that the wool clip this year will be some 30,(100 bales below what it was last year. The wool freights also will be unprecedentedly low, and owing to the severe weather which has been experienced the lambing returns are likely to be rather low. A young lady who was a patient in the infectious diseases' ward of a hospital not a hundred miles from Masterton became desperately lonely for the one she loved, and. in a moment of despair, she quitted the institution. Her explanation was that, if she could not convey the disease to her lover, she would have bim in the hospital by her side. Advertisements of second-hand aeroplanes are now quite common in English newspapers. Some of them are surprisingly cheap, so cheap, indeed, as to suggest unpleasant adventures in the past. One of these announcements reads, "Offers wanted for full-sized monoplane, without engine; nearest £5." An Edinburgh ex-aviator advertises, "Monoplane for sale, fitted with 30-h.p. 3-eylinder engine: £l5O. or exchange for motorcar." The willingness to exchange for a motor-car is both unkind and suggestive. An accident which might have reunited tragivally. occurred at Mr. fi. F. Ronno's farm, Kawhatau, on Friday afternoon (reports the Mangaweka Settler). Mr. T. ; McAlley, accompanied by Mr. Bonnor's little daughter, was inspecting a pen of sheep, when a vivid Hash of "fork" lightning struck them both. The little girl received injuries to 'her side but nothing very serious. .Mr. MeAlley was more unfortunate, having his side and chest severely burned, besides other hurts. Five' sheep out of the pen of nine which Mr MeAlley was inspecting were killed by the flash.

"Would yon accept the High Commissioncrship if it were offered you?" was a question put to the Hon. Oeo. Fowlds at Mount Eden the other night. The- ex-Minister replied: "I am not out for the position. I have been practically divorced from my wife and family for the past five years while a Minister of the Crown, and as Mrs. Fowlds would not leave Auckland, even if T had the offer, I'm not 1 a candidate for the High Commissionership." Further asked if he would accept another portfolio in the Ward Administration. Mr. Fowlds gave the laconic reply, "That depends upon circumstances."

Mr. T. Barle Giles, Conciliation Commissioner for the Northern and Taranaki industrial districts, arrived in New Plymouth by the liarawa yesterday. His visit is for the purpose of hearing two disputes, viz., the Taranaki tailoring trade and the Taranaki painters and decorators. The former will be heard before a council for conciliation at the Borough Council Chambers this morning at 10.30 o'clock. The assessors for the union are Messrs P. L. Muir (Wellington) and F. Wainscott (Christchurch), and the employers' assessors are Messrs. Geo. Stewart (New Plymouth) and J. Stubbs (Eltham). The painters and decorators' dispute will be beard at noon on Monday at the same place. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. 11. IS. Filzhcrbcrf, S.M., a first offending inebriate was convicted and discharged. In the civil ease in which John Charles Smith was sued by his wife, Mary Ann Smith, for the balance of maintenance order, (.':; lid. Mr. Johnstone appeared for plaint ill', and said that nothing bad been done since the last adjournment, lie would like to know what defendant meant to do. f)efendant explained that he was engaged in an ironsand venture,' and when he obtained results from this would be able to pay the claim. He thought that this would be in about a month. Mr. Johnstone objected to waiting for such a nebulous contingency. He would, however, ask that the matter be further adjourned for one week, but he wished Smith to understand that this would be the last adjournment asked fur.

Captain Faber's startling story about l.lin British navy appears to be more or less a fairy tiile. No doubt some of the details are correct, hut one could never persuade the people that the keen "ion of the navy were so remiss. The British Navy was ready, as it always is. iml so also is Crescent Blend Tea. Tt ■ ' fi". pnrwt In-ilny ;•? it \ra- a mo'i 11 .;, i'.itd as it will he ;< year hence; and is a popular tea. Only 2s per lb.— ddvt.

We recommend Roslyn suits for style ;ir! lasting wear; from 32s 6d. All 'lothiers.— Advfc.