LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 89, 31 August 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There has been a great expansion- in dairying in the Eketaliuna district. A start is about to be made with the erection of the fourth new cheese factory this season. An elderly woman, who was removed a week ago from Hawera to New Plymouth for medical treatment, appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning on a charge oi helpless drunkenness. The accused, who denied the charge, was further remanded until this morning, in order to enable the police 'to procure evidence from Hawera. An important sale of Queen street property was completed in Auckland 011 Wednesday, when Tanton's -block, adjoining the Mutual Life Association's buildings in Queen street, was sold to Messrs. John Fuller and Sons, who intend to erect a continuous picture theatre on the site. The block has 33 feet frontage to Queen Street, and it is understood that the price was in the neighborhood of £I2OO per foot —a record price. Indian laces ami chicon work and a host of little knick-knacks and homely serviceable articles dear to the heart of every woman are comprised in the list of goods that will -be offered to buyers at the sale of work which is to be held in aid of the building fund of the new Baptist Church. The fair will be held in the Good Templar Hall next Thursday afternoon and evening, and patrons can rely upon hearing a good programme of musical items. At a meeting of the New Plymouth lLquitable Building Society last night, over which Mr. .1, Paton presided, two appropriations of £1,30 in Group No. 1 were drawn by Mrs. A. Kendall. Two other appropriations of *l5O each were open for tender, but as none were received they were balloted for, the lucky marble being drawn by Mr. G. A. Corney. In Group No. 2 an appropriation of *3OO was drawn by Mr. A. Stark, and an appropriation of £3OO was sold by tender for £52. The Salvation Army intend 'holding a national memorial service to their late beloved leader, General Booth, to-mor-row, in the Good Templar Hall, at 8.15 p.m. Peeling his death to be a worldwide sorrow, the Army extends to all a (01 dial invitation to join in the 1110morial service. The Rev. Mr. Pioseveare. president of the Ministers' Association, will speak on behalf „f (,],<. churches, and Staff Captain Glithroe will also address the meeting. Special singing jlias been arranged for. There will be a collection to defray expenses. The services in the Whiteloy Memorial Ohuich to-morrow will foe conducted liv the minister, Rev. ,T. W. Burton. The morning subject will he. "The Destructive Forces of Nature"; and in the evening Mr. Burton will speak 011 "William Booth: the Prophet of the Poor,"

l ■ The memorial service at the New PlyI mouth Brotherhood on Sunday next, at 3 o'clock, should attract every man who can manage to be free between the hours of three and four. All have some interest in the passing away of the famous brother of all mankind, General Booth, and seeing that his Worship the Mayor (Mr. G. W. Browne), Mr. 0. E. Bellringcr, Ensign Adams and the Rev. J. W. Burton are among the speakers a record attendance should result. The jubilee of the Canterbury Philosophical Society was celebrated at a large and brilliant gathering in the Art Gallery last night. Dr. Cockayne, the president, in a lengthy and able address, sketched the history of the society and the scientilic work achieved and to be done. Mr. G. M. Thompson, M.P., detailed what the Government proposed to do 'to encourage scientilic .research in New Zealand. During the evening Dr. Cockayne was presented with the Hector ' Medal for scientific research in botanical work. "A mixture of Hebrew scripture with missionary comments, and translated into Maori," was how the Chief Justice ilecribed the only available treatise of the common law of Rarotonga during the course of a curious case at the Auckland Supreme Court last' week, where • an appeal had been made from a decision of the High Court of the Cook Islands. 1 Mr. R. McVeagh, who was conducting the appeal, had previously'remarked that ' the law referred to was apparently a mixturte of 'English law 'and -'New Zea- " 'land' law, and that the book spoken of was distinguished only for the appropriate texts at the beginning of each chapter. , The largest euchre party and dance : ever held in New Plymouth took place | .in the Theatre Royal last night in aid of the Circular Road Race funds. The Theatre was beautifully decorated, the Hunt Club having kindly permitted their decorations to be used." There were about sixty tables, and sixteen games , ■ were' played. The winners of the handr some and valuable prizes were Miss M. , Crockett, Miss Jakes, Mrs. Hoskin and Messrs. W. Rocli, E. Francis and E. Loveridgc.' No fewer than six ladies had to ' : play off for second and ihird places. Af- , ter a tasy supper had been partaken of, dancing to the sweet strains of Mrs. George's orchestra commenced, and was kept up till an early hour this morning. Messrs: Brooks, Way and Tabor acted L as M.C's. > Professor Maragliano, rector of the i University of Genoa, who aroused great i interest at the recent congress at Rome i by his new treatment of consumption, i says:—"Vaccination is the safest way i to realise the protection of'the healthy ; man against tubercular affections." : The professor does not believe that any - one remedy that will of itself cure ; phthisis will ever be discovered. The i treatment should necessarily deal with other morbid factors which arise from ; the major complaint. Tuberculine scrum should be administered to the patient > either by hypodermic injections or by 5 other methods, but this' in itself will not i be sufficient to build up the patient's t health. He' is in favor of the vaccina--1 tion of all healthy people, so as to guard ) against possible tubercular infection. He 1 points out the great good this lias done f in unhealthy Italian villages. The vac- , cine used is formed of tubercular baeeili 3 duly killed by a heating process, and is I quite inoffensive. « ' When mustering on their property 1 near Broughtou, Victoria,' a month ago, > two well-known mallee runholders, Wil- " liain and Donald McMillan, missed oOlM) sheep. They found traces of sheep " having been yarded in the mallee block r and thfe tracks of sheep that had been 8 ' driven away. The police were informed, 1 and black-trackers pickelt up the tracks " of the .sheep that had been driven in a " biob through tho fence, the wire of 3 which had been lowered to the ground. '> They also discovered the tracks of the e , drovers' waggonette at a disused woolI shed in the mallee, and also traces where e the sheep had been shorn'for some years '• past, and the marks of a camp. They e . followed the tracks of the caravan and r the mob of sheep towards. Lake Alba; ' cutyaybut the marks'' were ; indistinct on account of hea.vy rains. It is supposed that the men who had stolen the 0 sheep were warned; but it is hoped to s trace the sheep in tho saleyards in Vic- " toria or some other State. The McII Millans" and other graziers had been los- ■" ing sheep for the past four years, and s .it was thought they had strayed away. It is believed that large robberies of i sheep have been going on in Broughton I and Kaniva districts.

A distinctly new note was • touched by Mr. S. Kennedy, president of the Grand Council of the Engineers, Firemen and Cleaners' Association, when speaking 011 the question of superannuation at the annual smoke concert of the Dunedin branch on Saturday night (says the Otago Daily Times). "I consider that the superannuation money should be equally divided between the husband entitled to it and his wife, when the former retires," Mr..Kennedy said. "I say that if a man has lived with his wife till he is retired, and they have battled through life together till that time, it is only a fair thing that the wife should be entitled to one-half, and the husband to the other half, of the superannuation money. If it were- paid out in that way the wife would draw half her husband's retiring allowance so long as she lived, but, of course, the husband would continue to draw only his half should his wife die. That is the point 1 know," continued the speaker, amidst laughter, "but what I propose would ensure the wife being kept from poverty so long as she lived. A husband might retire on superannuation, and the very next month might die and his widow be left practically destitute. We should see that this state of affairs is altered, even if we have to pay for it out of our pockets." A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Otto Christian Peterson was convened for yesterday afternoon in the ollice of the Deputy Official Assignee, but none put in an appearance. Tire only persons present were the bankrupt and his solicitor (Mr. Stead) and the Assignee. Peterson, who is a laborer residing at Awakino, has liabilities amounting to £lOl.- His only assets comprise £5 worth of furniture. Examined by Mr. Medley, the bankrupt stated that he was at present earning £7 a month, and it cost him all that to live. He was married about IS months ago. His creditor was a storekeeper (Govenloek), of Awakino, to whom he owed £74. Of this amount £24 10s was incurred four years ago through his failing in a post-splitting contract. The balance of flovenlock's account was contracted in partnership with two other men, for which he (the bankrupt) was liable Owing to bad weather and other causes he could not make his contracts pay, and consequently got deeper into debt. His reason for marrying even though in debt, was because he thought he could thus live cheaper ihan as a single man, for board and lodging was very expensive at Awakino. lie was 21 years of age. He had no banking account, and lie had no prospects, that lie knew of, of receiving any money from his relations. Tie could make no offer to the creditors. He had 110 book-debts. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 1/0, 2/fi Public attention is directed to the beautiful photo of the celebrated Maggie Papakura on the cover of the Roslvn writing pads (only Gd each), including 100 sheets fine bank paper. Prom drapers and storekeepers. ; f"j j