LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 61, 30 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Maheno, with Suez, American and Australian mails, arrived in Auckland at 12.55 a.m. yesterday. The Now Plymouth portion will arrive per s.s. Rarawa this morning.

A first-offending inebriate, who spent Saturday night in the police cells, was convicted and fined 5s by Mr. A. Grooke, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. The accused made no appearance. It is reported that serious defalcations have been discovered by a mercantile house doing business in various parts of the Dominion. The amount involved is stated to be well up to four figures. There 'have been several changes in the staff of a northern branch in consequence.

Napier, it seems, is not the only town in the Dominion which can l/,v claim to successfully growing tomatoes in the winter months. . In the Timaru district a settler has, according to-the Timaru Post, been for years past growing tomatoes of excellent quality right through the winter, and that in a climate much more rigorous than Napier.

Auckland appears to have an excellent name for its boats among Antarctic explorers. Captain Davis, of the Maw.son Expedition, says: "I do not know who builds these boats, but they are excellent sea boats." He showed how the boats were used among the ice, and also that while they were admirably adapted for Antarctic work, their lines of beauty were also preserved by the builders.

Four generations of a family alive is a most exceptional experience, but this is the present record of the Hudsons, of Manchester, of which Mr. ,T. A. B. Hudson, of Levin, is a member. Mr. Hudson, senior, is 93 years of age. Mrs. Hudson, senior, is 83, and their two daughters both are grandmothers. Mr. Hudson, senior, it is interesting to note, is reputed to be the' oldest living solicitor in England.

' In Zazaranto, Spain, a case lias occurred which is probably unique of it.s kind. A child has just been born, while his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather arc all living. His name is Urritieoecheu, and the family are Basque farm laborers. The j great-grandfather and the great-great- : grandfather have acted as godfathers to the latest arrival. The united family constitutes nearly a whole village. Justice is sometimes kindly in America. In order that the publication of a newspaper may not be suspended, Mr. H. G. Race, editor of the Washington Enterprise. has been allowed by the Supreme Court to serve out at night a thirty days' sentence for perjury. Roc. who was convicted of perjury in a case charging his father with accepting a bribe, is released from gaol each morning, works on the paper all day, and returns to the gaol to be locked up each night. It is stated that progress Ls being made with the erection at Ymuiden.in Holland, of works for the manufacture of artificial rubber according to the process of aM. Van der Heyden. The raw material is principally sea fish, to which 15 or 10 per cent, of natural rubber is added, and afterwards treated by a secret process. Tho produce obtained is said to be as flexible and elastic as natural rubber, capable of being vulcanised rapidly, and insensible ta the action of benzine and heat. The by-products inay serve for the manufacture of artificial manure, and the cost of production is said to be very low.

As from July 31, the Taranaki Supreme Court, which sits at New Plymouth, will he constitute a separate judicial district. At present it is included in what is known as the northern judicial district, which comprises Auckland, Hamilton and Taranaki. The district is being, split up into three parts. Auckland will be known as the northern judicial district, 'Hamilton as the Hamilton district, and Taranaki as the Taranaki district. The Taranaki district will bo bounded on the north by .the Mokau river, and, as before, on the south by the Patea river. . The next sitting will be on September 10.'

One reflection on the Titanic disaster was sent in a message from Cleveland, Ohio, in the following terms:—"Had the great steamer been a Chinese vessel, manned by Chinese sailors, not a woman or child would have been saved, according to Henry Moy Fot, special agent for the Chinese Merchants' Association of America. 'lt is the duty of Chinese sailors when a Chinese vessel goes down to save men firs.t, children next, and women last,' said the agent. "That is on the theory that men are most valuable to the State, that adoptive parents can be found for children, and that women without husbands are destitute.'" A fracas at the football match on the Recreation Grounds on Saturday afternoon was responsible for the appearance of two Maoris in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M. Thomas Wipiti pleaded guilty to drunkenness and using obscene language, while a charge of disorderly conduct while drunk was admitted by llenry Te Rangi. According to SeniorSergeant Haddrell a number of Maoris, more or less in a state of intoxication, drove up to the football match in a cab. In getting out of the vehicle Wipiti knocked over another Maori, and this caused the disturbance. On the charge of drunkenness Wipiti was convictod and discharged, while for the more serious offence of using obscene language he was mulcted in a penalty of £2, with costs 7s. Te Rangi, whom the Magistrate said seemed to have been the cause of the trouble, was fined £2. Default in each case was fixed at four weeks' imprisonment. with hard labor. Twenty-four hours were allowed .both accused to pay the amount of their fines. I!oth were ordered to pay Is fid each towards the hire of a cab to the police station. W.C.T.U. —Monthly meeting on Wednesday next at 2.30 in Oood Templar Lodge-room.—Advt.

HOW KIIEUMO CURED CAPTAIN 1 JOHN GIBBS. RITEUMO affords permanent relief from rheumatism, gout, sciatica or lumbago. It has cured hundreds of others, and if you suffer from these complaints will just as. surely cure you. RHEUMO neutralises and expels from the blood the cause of the excruciating agony—the excess of uric acid. Read the experience of Captain .Tohu nibbs. the popular skipper, lately of Auckland, lie writes:

"I was incapacitated for eight months, and could not go to sea. In fact, I was bent double with pain. I tried Rotorua for three months, and came hack to Auckland not having received any bonetit. Nothing seemed to do me good until a friend of mine, who had ,>lso taken RITEUMO, asked me to give it a trial I did so, and after taking fo'ir bottles the result surprised both myself and friends who knew how I had' suffered. I always recommend RITEUMO to anvoue who suffers from rheumatism or gout." RHEUMO is sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 2/6 and 4/6.

It is understood Hint the nmch-dis- ' cussed Prince Dikran, of Albania, applied for permission to deliver an address in a New Plymouth church. The offer was turned down, but then that was before the exile came so prominently into the limelight!

The appointment of the tenth member of the Executive, which has been hung up for some time, is due to a doubt having arisen as to the legality -of any such appointment. The Crown Law Officers have now advised that legislation will be necessary.—Dominion.

Addressing a public meeting in the Good Tempiar Hal! last night, Professor W. T. Mills asserted that the United Labor Party was at present assured of 100,000 votes. Before the next general election the party would, he added, have 250,000 voters on its side.

Says the Southland Times: —"It was noticeable at the meeting of the Winton Jockey Club that the rancour and strife that had been evident during the last election campaign had completely fizzled out, and former opponents,, who during that exciting period could hardly speak civilly to each other, but would glower, at each other as if they were tbe deadliest of enemies, fraternised as if they were long lost brothers. The hatchet had beyond doubt been completely buried, and judging by appearances there ijre few who would care to resurrect it again." Aeroplanes are adding a new terror to bird life. The huge and noisy apparition in the- air strikes them with the same fear as a bird of prey. A curious instance of this occurred at. Parramatta, near Sydney, recently, in connection with the aviation race between Hart and Stone. When Hart in his machine sailed over the town several flocks of homing pigeons happened td be out for their afternoon's fly. When the winged machine appeared in sight, humming like a gigantic bee. the pigeons llew wildly. First the various llocks commingled, then they started oil' in all directions, and several of t'lie birds in their wild flight dashed into the telephone wiies and were killed.

Here is a wrinkle from London respecting mining flotation that is too good to be confined to the columns of a London newspaper:—"lt is said that a syndicate, with a capital of £2OOO, was formed to acquire options over a certain district in Nigeria. An engineer was immediately dispatched to the property, while 'the shareholders waited breathlessly for his report. Within only a few weeks of his arrival, the following cable was received: ' Pnijperty absolutely worthless, Coming home.' As may be imagined, tlws- caused considerable disgust, but the chagrin soon changed to joy yhen a further cable was received announcing the fact that their engineer had been eaten by cannibals. He was insured for £3OOO. and out of this sum the shareholders were paid their first and final dividend of 150 per cent!"

AJI New York's wonderful skyscrapers were eclipsed on June 13, when the new Wool worth Building, Broadway, overtook and passed the 700 ft of its only rival, the Metropolitan Tower. Building. A few months hence die new marvel of Gothic architecture, with office apartments enough to hold the population of a small town, will soar 750 ft iijto the air, and a few months later probably every room of its 05 stories will be let. It is only 30 years ago that 12-storey buildings were thought rather lofty, but by comparison with the prodigies now erected and contemplated, 12 stories form mere dolls' houses. After years of work and study the steel skeleton method of construction has been perfected, and that form of building is now regarded as perfectly safe, and in view of the restricted space of the island on which New York is situated, and the amazing value of land, no other form is now deemed possible. Skyscraper architects interviewed expressed the belief that it will soon be possible., to erect buildings just as highas the Eiffel Tower, and the Woolworth Building will probably be eclipsed within a couple of years.