LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 213, 7 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The committee of the Taranaki Agricultural Society has decided to recomfend that the name of Mr. W. Birdling be added to the official list of judges of fat stock.

New Plymouth poultry fanciers were very successful at the Normanby show yesterday. Mr. W. Scott secured three first prizes with three entries, and Mr. F. Boulton four first prizes with fou* entries.

On the application of Mr. A. H. Johnstone, at the Supreme Court yesterday, the case of the trustees of the will of Henry Andrew Arthur versus Alfred Hurley Arthur, claim under mortgage, was adjourned until the next Supreme Court sittings at New Plymouth. On the motion of Mr. R. G. Sellar, of Hawera, probate of the will of the late George Buckrell has been granted by the Supreme Court to his widow, Caroline Buckrell. Probate of the will of the late Geo. H. Brown, of Hawera, was granted to his widow, M. K. Brown. Tlie young Scotsman, after having been entertained all day long by a friend, without making an offer to "stand" anything himself, was at last seen to put his hand in his pocket. "Oh, don't you offer to pay," said his friend, a little contemptuously, "you'd better leave that to me." "I never thocht o' payin'," exclaimed the Scotsman, with indignation; "I was ainly scratchin' me leg." Four prisoners will come up for sentence before Mr. Justice Sim at the Supreme Court at ten o'clock this morning. They are: W. J. Koss, for theft, and unlawfully receiving; W. Ryan, for theft; Edward Saunders, for attempted theft from the person; Te Kira, for theft. All of the criminal cases on the calendar have been disposed of, and the first of the civil cases will be taken to-day. i Says the Lyttelton Times: Under no circumstances should the Cabinet appointments be regarded as the rewards of mere party loyalty. The work that lies before the Government demands the best brm'is and the broadest sympathies that can be applied to it. We believe 'ourselves that the individual members will be found to lie as ready as Sir Joseph Ward is to sacrifice self-interest and personal ambition when the occasion arises, and that there will be no such, scramble for office as our Opposition friends are delighting to depict. Ten young men were charged at the Auckland Police Court on Monday with using threatening behaviour and assaulting two passers-by. The Magistrate said he wished to make it quite clear that anything of the nature of formation of gangs would be put firmly down, and he was going to take the somewhat unusual course of sending them all to gaol, except one. -Each would be sentenced to 14 days' hard labor. The accused, when they heard the sentence, were evidently staggered, few of them treating the affair seriously, says the local Herald. There has passed away at Belvedere, Kent, at a venerable age, Mr. Henry Stone, believed to be the last survivor of the expedition which, under the command of Captain McClure, went in search of Sir John Franklin in 1850. Mr. Stone was on his ship Investigator, which was hopelessly locked in the ice, and was abandoned. He, with the rest of the ship's company, spent four years in , the Arctic regions, walking and sleighing over hundreds of miles of ice. He shared in the Parliamentary grant awarded to Captain McClure's party for the discovery of the north-west passage. We are told very often (remarks the Lyttelton Times) that the Dominion's libel law is too severe, and sometimes there has seemed to be justification for the complaint. But the law clearly requires no modification if words like "traitor" and "corruption" can be made the common currency of party controversy without a shred of evidence being adduced in their support. It is a rather remarkable fact that the newspapers which have been the worst offenders in ignoring the rules of fair play and decency are loudest in their demand for what they are pleased to call the rights of "fair reputation" and "reasonable comment." If the lieense that they have allowed themselves in their criticism does not transgress the present law then the protection that is accorded our public men can only be regarded as deplorable.

A good number of students have en rolled to date at the Technical College, It is rather surprising, however, that more do not take advantage of such classes as electricity and the principles of mechanical engineering. The book-keep-ing class will commence on Friday night at the Technical College. Those who are engaged in offices during the day should take advantage of this opportunity of receiving instruction in the subject. The shorthand and typing classes meet tonight (Thursday), under the expert instruction of Mr. White. Mies Dempsey will be at the Technical College on Saturday at 11 a.m., and will be pleased to see any ladies who desire to take the course on that day. Nominations are being received for a millinery class at the Technical College and the instructress will be present on Friday first at 2 p.m. to meet intending students. Mr. H. Dempsey, headmaster of the Central School, asks us to state that when the idea of the Central School picnic to-day was first mooted it was intended to charge adults sixpence for ad--1 mission to the Reserve, as is done by the East End Reserves Committee. The School Committee is short of funds, and the members thought that "a few pounds raised in this way would not be unduly heavy on anyone and would help to put the school grounds in order before the winter comes and so prevent, as far as possible, discomfort to the children when the wet weather sets in. For every 20s raised the Education Board will give 335, so that every sixpence means Is 4d to the school. It now transpires that all money taken for admission to the Reserve must be spent on the Reserve itself, so that the idea of charging at the gate must be abandoned. But there is

no reason why the school should not accept voluntary contributions from those who would like to give; to these an opportunity of doing so will be given. Admission, therefore, will be free; but it is hoped that all adults who are present will join in helping to make things more comfortable for their little ones

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