LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 321, 10 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Seven horses were shipped north by the Rarawa last night. Several claims for veterans' war medals will be heard at New Plymouth on Friday morning by Mr. A. Crooke, 6.M. Lady Campbell, the wife of the late Sir John Logan Campbell, was. one. of the refugees who escaped to the hills at Xainee Tal (India), where all were shut up for many'months until the mutiny was partially quelled. Their marriage took place at Meerut. At Cambridge yesterday four youths were each fined £2 for failure to comply with the Defence Act, by absenting themselves from drill and camp. One defendant Isaid that it did not pay to leave a job at nine sih'illings a day and work for the Government at four shillings. Walter 11. Gordon, the junior porter who rescued a woman and saved her from being cut to pieces by an oncoming express train at Hastings, is a. Wairarapa boy. Young Gordon has been commended by the Railway Department and 'lias .been awarded £5 by the General Manager.

No less than 78 different consignments of furniture have been made per rail from Wailii since the strike commenced. In addition to an epidemic of mumps there is also a .severe epidemic of German measles i» the borough. Notice has been given that the King's Theatre (pictures) has closed down sine die. There was a short civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M. Judgment for the plaintiff by default was given in the following undefended cases:—Ridd Milking Machine Co. (Mr. E. P. Greatbatch) v. G. J. Muir, claim £65 19s lOd, costs £4,. 12s; Westport Coal Co. (Mr. llutehen) v. W. Taylor, claim £7 Gs Id, costs £1 3s 6d.,

At the instance of the. police A. Curie, proprietor of a picture entertainment, was lined £1 at the Cambridge Magistrate's Court yesterday for a breach of the Gaming Act. The offence was concerned with the award of money prizes in connection with a luckv seat competition at picture shows. The wording of the charge was "disposing of property by means of chance."

The monthly New Zealand Products Export Leaflet shows that during June Waitara ' exported 001/tewt of beef (valued at '£841!)), '1(5,098 carcases of mutton (valued at £14,079), 74 legs and pieces (valued at £121), and 549 carcases of lamb (valued at £279). New Plymouth exported 377cwt of ' 'butter (valued at £2259), and 1497cwt of cheese (valued at £4116).

• The ranks of the Taranaki Veterans;' Association have been appreciably swelled by a number of new members from the Hawera district., All of them possess the New Zealand war medal, and their names are as follows:—Messrs. John Flynn, Wm. and Disten Ginger, John Hislop, Wm. Rowe, Wm. Wallace, and Tom Morgan. Several other veterans from the same locality have intimated their intention of joining. ■ Prom almost every telegraph office in New Zealand, ■ says the Mr. Massey has received telegrams congratulating him on the victory of the Reform party. They have arrived literally faster than he has been able to open them. Yesterday there were many cablegrams from overseas. About six hundred messages were received by Mr. Massey on' Saturday, and this number was far exceeded on Monday, when telegrams poured in by the hundreds. Private members, as well as the leader of the Reform party, have received their share of'the shower of congratulations. Almost any member of the party is in a position to produce on demand a large handful of telegrams.

The following new books have been added to the New Plymouth Public Library:—"The Sacrifice,"' Arthur Applin; "Julia France and Her Times," Gertrude Athertoii; "Through the Postern Gate," Florence Barclay; "She Buildeth Her House," Will L. Comfort; "Anne of the Barricades," S. R. Crockett; "The Far Triumph," Elizabeth Dejeans; "The Measure of a Man,'' Norman Duncan; "The Court of the Ansrels," Justus M. Forman; Tip," Tan Hav; "The Right Stuff." lan Hay; "The Danger Zone," F. Heaslip Lea; "Out of Russia," Crittenden Marriott; "Jack Ballington, Forester," John T. Moore; "Peter Ruff," E. P. Oppenheim; "My Lady of Doubt." Randall Parriali; "A Country Lawyer," Henry A. Shute: "The Prison without a Wall," Ralph Straus; "Tn the World of Bewilderment." John Travers; "Blinds Down," Horace A. Vachell; 'The Devil's Wind." Patricia Wentworth; "The Girl in the Other Seat," Henry K. Webster.

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'lhe value of the 'butter exports from Auckland i'or the last six mouths was £480,930, against £328,032 for the same period of the previous year. The appeal made by the London Daily Hail to the women. of England on behalf of the sufferers of the Titanic disaster met with a splendid response. Not only was the sum of £57,000 raised in less than four weeks, but money still poured in at the rate of more than £SOO a day after the fund was declared closed. A West Coast resident has been making a careful survey of the coal beds in the "vicinity of his home Buller Valley, in close proximity to the Westport-Iria-ngaluia railway, and is satisfied that there is a large bed of coal available for development as soon as the railway is completed. The seams measure from 18ft up to 30ft.

The report on the Government railways superannuation fund states that the funds amounted at the close of the year to £233,457, the contributions during the year totalling £58.404. Superannuation allowances actually paid amounted to £59,020, representing grants to 744 members of the service. Allowances amounting to £0397 were paid in respect of 170 widows and 270 children.

About 30,000 acres of hind in the Patoka and Rissington districts on the inland Patea roads have been inspected by Mr. R. T. Sadd, Commissioner of Crown Lands for Hawke's Bay, and Mr. T. Hyde, a member of the Land Board, with a view to ascertaining their suitability for closer settlement. Pour estates are comprised in the area, and the land is described as sheep and cattle country.

Two extraordinary accidents occurred at Beaconsfield, in which twin, brothers, sons of Mr. P. Rutherford, were the victims (says a correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle). One of the three-year-old boys slipped on the floor and broke his leg near the hip. He was taken into Feilding for medical treatment. The other twin, strange to say, had his hip broken in precisely the same manner, only the broken limb is on the other side.

Thieving of a peculiarly despicable nature is reported to' have been taking place on the Wanganui wharf. A few days ago a set of grappling irons were stolen, and the ropes from the life-buoys are being continually taken. "Every time I put a new rope On a lifebuoy," said Captain Pope, '"it is stolen within a few hours. And now they have started on the grappling irons." Some day the thief may fall in the water and find that no appliances are handy to save his miserable life. .

Agents in Invercargill are experiencing continual" demands from farmers and graziers to quit turnip feed for them, and it is stated that one firm alone has from 250. to 350 acres on its books .for sale. It would seem, therefore, the Southland News states* that, owing to the lack of buyers, owners will have' to buy in stock to eat off the turnips, and this' will have a firming effect on prices for stock. It is expected by those who should know that given a good spring prices for store sheep will be high during the next four months.

The first shipment of dairy cattle for Java left Auckland the pther day by the AVestralia, one Shorthorn bull and 29 cows of various breeds having befen purchased by Mr. P. L. J. Mulder ! in tho_ Auckland district. Mr. Mulder explained that upon the' arrival of the Westralia at Sydney the cattle would be placed on a lighter, because if once landed in Australia he would not be allowed to take them to Java. From the lighter the cattle in due course will be transferred to the Dutch steamer Waerwyck, and convevfcd to their destination. It is estimated that by the time they are landed in .Tava the" cattle will have cost about £3O, per head.