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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Yesterday the barometer at the Bluff fell to 28.47, which is the lowest pressure ever recorded in New Zealand. At the High School breaking-up and distribution of prizes this year, a new departure will he made, in that the function will be held in the evening in the Good Templar Hall. The event will take place on Friday, 15th inst. The 'balance-sheet of the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board has been returned from the Audit Department certified to as correct and minus any tag—rather an unique experience for a local body's balance-sheet. The quarterly meeting of the Taumarumii Licensing Committee was held yesterday. The only business was an application for the transfer of the license of the Club Hotel from A. T. Lake to Mrs. Kate Jury, which was granted. The staff officer for senior cadets is in Now Plymouth to make arrangements for officering the senior cadet companies, which he will do after consultation with the Technical School and other authorities. Drill will be commenced immediately after the holidays. A youth was arrested on Tuesday evening by Detective Sergeant Boddam and Constable Boulton on a charge of breaking and entering a shop, and with theft. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, on the application of the police, a remand was granted by Mr. Fitzherbert, S.M., for one week. "See America First," is the name of a convention which will meet in Baltimore next May to discuss means of inducing Americans to see their own country. It It it calculated that 290,000 Americans visited Europe during 1910, and spent .140.000.000 in travelling expenses, and something like £20,000,000 for clothes and trjnkets. They do things on a large scale, and their touring parties frequently number 50 and over. At the Gisborne Magistrate's Court a Maori had been sued for debt. Defendant, who did not appear, sent a letter written in good English, stating that as he was of Maori blood he should be furnished with a translation of the summons into the Maori language. The magistrate remarked that it seemed very funny that a man who could write good classical English wanted a translation. The native was a skilled wool-classer. As he was not living with his tribe, as stipulated by the Act, he did not come under the statutory definition of a Maori, and judgment was given against him by default. Under the new defence regulations th? officers and men of the Territorial force receive, in addition to the ordinary uniform and equipment, a khaki overcoat, an article of dress which formerly had to be bought from the Department. The overcoats thus procured are now ddscarded, and in some cases are being sold by business people. The recruit will have to supply himself with underclothing and boots only, and of the latter he will purchase a serviceable pattern from the defence stores at a special rate. The new order entails no alteration in the style of the service--Uniform, which is the familiar khaki. Any regiment desiring to retain its distinctive dress uniform must do so at its own expense. At yesterday's meeting of the Hospital Board Dr. \valker, medical superintendent of the hospital, who has just returned from a trip to England, attended the meeting and was heartily welcomed back. The chairman (Air. F. Bellringer) said Dr. Walker would be pleased to hear that Mr. Wylie had carried out the duties of medical superintendent during his absence with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the moaad. Dr. Walker, in reply, said he had had a most enjoyable trip, but was very pleased to get back to the land of his adoption. In common with many others who had taken the trip, he had come to the conclusion that there was no place liKe New Zealand. He was very pleased to know that everything had gone on satisfactorily, which he fully expected, under the capable management of Mr. Wylie. Speaking with reference to the plans of the new hospital, a copy of which had been forwarded to him at Hobart, Dr. Walker said the board had adopted a policy of which ho heartily approved, and when the new building was erected the people in the Taranaki hospital district would have an institution of which they might well be proud. They would be particularly fortunate in their hospital accommodation. There were one or two minor alterations he would like to see given effect to, but ho would prefer to consult with his colleagues before expressing himself definitely on those points. The final acceptance of the plans was therefore deferred. 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There are 120 picture shows in the Dominion, representing a capital of £500,000, and an annual earning power of about £600,000. The wages sheet is put down at £140,000. For impersonating a policeman and using violence, which he intended to be considered a joke, a Timarn youth found himself in trouble. The Magistrate said practical jokes were dangerous things. Jt was a very foolish thing to do. Defendant was fined 40s, and witnesses' expenses, 10s. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday before Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, ,S..\i.' Christopher Johnson, who was arrested by Constable Smythe, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk when in charge of a horse, and was convicted and fined os. At his own request a prohibition order was issued against him. [n several Hawke's Bay orchards a few nights ago the glass showed freezing point in one part of the orchard, and two degres above it at another, while the inspection at another orchard showed within half a degree of frost. A light frost prevailed in places where there was no shelter, but no damage was done by the unseasonable visitation. The orchardists were on the qui vive for their old enemy. A certain and sure prediction for a severe winter is said to lie in the reports received from the bee-keepers all over France, that they are everywhere noticing the bees doubling the walls of the hives with an extra lining of wax. The instinct of these intelligent builders is never at fault, and when they take thin extra precaution it is in provision of an exceptionally cold winter. The ancients of the villages can only remember a similar proceeding on the part of the bees in the year 1860, before the cold year that preceded the Franco-German war. The Toronto Globe reports that a new lifeboat, the invention of a New Zealander, Mr Harry Fisher, has .been successfully kunche'd. The boat was put through three severe tests, being dropped' from various heights into the water, once in an inverted position, but in each cas« it landed right side up. It is eigar-shap-ed, is twenty-four feet long by seven feet wide, has capacity for fifty persons, and can be made in, an emergency to carry one hundred. It is claimed for it that it is fire-proof, non-sinkable, and non-ca.p-sizable. After undergoing an exhibition test in New York, the boat will be taken to England and tested before the British Board of Trade. In reply to a question as to the effect of national prohibition on the wine-grow-ing industry, which is becoming of considerable importance in the North, Sir John Findlay states:—"So soon as national prohibition conies into force it will become unlawful for any person to manufacture home-made wine or any alcoholic drink, whether it is intended for sale or not. There is no doubt whatever that this is the effect of tinsection in question. The words 'for sale' do not apply to or limit the earlier word 'manufacture.' The section absolutely prohibits three things— (1) The manufacture of intoxicating liquor; (2) the selling of it; (3) the possession of it for purposes of sale."

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 7 December 1911, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 7 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 7 December 1911, Page 4

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