LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 111, 26 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following novels have been recently added to the Camegie Library ■•Dwnis of the White Veil,--by Caroline Brown; "Halcyone," by Eliuor (Jlyn: The Just ami the Unjust,' by Vaughan Ivcster; "Beggars and Sorners," by Alan McAulay; -The Lighted Wav,"'by E 1. Oppenhcun; '-Essence of Honeymoon" by 1-1 ■ Perry Robinson; ''Rules" of the Game." by S. E. White.

The latest picture sensation is a film depicting the thriliin,, flights which Mr Frank Voffin has made in his hydroplane ;a machine equally, effective on the water or in the air) over the city of -New \ork. It is without doubt the most .sensational ever attempted. The operator ,has accompanied Air. Coffin on Ins Wight over New York, all the main features of which are .diHcernable in a series of birds-eye views. ... .

Ihe question of building a school at \ ogeltown had, noted the' Secretary of Education .at yesterday's Education Board meeting, been Under the Ministers consideration, "ft would appear" ran the letter, ''that settlement in the suburb had not advanced to such an extent as to make the establishment of the school an immediate necessity The -Minister had, therefore; been unable to see .his way to make a grant at present, --.the letter was received, the Chairman remarking that the matter would again be brought under the Ministers notice when the-opportunity presented itself. J l

: An unfortunate, bachelor who attended a sale ot furniture yesterday for the purpose of buying, a- stretcher a,nd ; ts appurtenances for his establishment fell m rather badly. In the hum of conversation he heard, the auctioneer ca.ling "the whole lot with a mattress and good, pillows thrown in," and he promptly offered a bid, thinking that his particular requirements w.ere- being'submitted. : The lot was knocked down to him, but to his dismay on going to claim it he. found that he .had. purchased a baby s cot with its- accessories. Subsequently h c admitter that his blushes were worth the nionev.

Y\hi.e Mr. A. K. Sykes was in Austra-" ba recently lie secured two copies of an excellent .publication entitled ••Dairying m Australasia." written bv Mr. M' \ OVallagha-i. chief'of the Dairy Branch Department of Agriculture, KcW South " ales. We have to thank Mr. Svkes for' :i copy of this useful book. As'a,. work of reference on all matters associated wiih jurying il is of great utility. : ft oontaiij.s .some-seven .hundred paVs of splendidly written matter 'interspersed' with over two .hundred plates of'prize stud animals, etc: As alt the-best dairying breeds of cattle and ilie.latest, approved methods are-fully .treated, the work should be an acquisition to every dairyman's library.

horgery ls alleged against .a maimainod i-rederick -Muir who arrived by last night's mail train, under arrest." from lalmerston North. It is alleged that he left lircmii on Monday after havin<T forged ami uttered two cheques, and on his arrival at Waitara, so it is .said forged and uttered another. From Waitara he fame to New Plymouth, where it is further alleged that he abstracted some (cheques from the cheque-book of a ocil hotel-keeper, and subsequently cashed them. Tuesday morning he left by the morning (rain, but when he n- 0 t to Pa;lmcrslon lie was arrested by the local police, who had received telegraphed .instructions from the New Plymouth police] 'Jhe accused man will be brought before the Magistrate at this mornings sitting of the Court.

-Mr. \\edilerspoon, representing The Bntsh Imperial Oil Co., Ltd.. is at present visiting Taranaki in the interests of Ins Company. The British Imperial Oil Company are the proprietor* of the world-famous "Shell" Kerosene, and it must be most gratifying to llr. Wcd(lerspooii, as also to the British Imperial Oil Company, that .this gentleman, as the result of a recent tour round the business centres of .Mount Kgmont found a ready, demand for "Shell" kerosene Some IS months ago the 8.V.0. initiated business operations in the Dominion, and the business has made such rapid strides, that they have already built lar?c storage acommodation in each of the main centres, namely, Wellington, Auckland, Oliristchurcli, and Dunedin. In addition to these, they have purchased land at Wanganui and Napier,, where they will shortly build, and we understand, that in' the. near future they mill build in every seaport of consequence throughout the Dominion.

In the House of Representatives nn Tuesday, the. IJon. W. I<\ Massey (Prime Minister) notice to move:—"That a Select Committee be appointed with poun to confu \Mth' im ninnl 1 Com mittr. of tin hliw Council ami Willi pOttll to inritl n„,i j ,„„! with mi h ( imiiluo tSSteJiun -InJI 1 nUmd lh | (titirn ot' Jo Inn Ton ff \H in tmli io\\n to (ill toi i«i ">s <"" 1 P i nil I Kpoll io tl i Tlonsi \\h tlm th, petition i hi miMii 1 ]o , ,f nn njit Miifmid up u him h\ stilus oi uiulii Uu pnu i iof in d(( 1 < i dcels if leiM h\ ](a m ol m\ ini mini nt ot tin stitud ltw of \e\\ /oiliiid oi tit in, imtlti oi thin done or omitted by the (Joveriiiiii-nt of Ncn /nil ml un ( ommiltu to t si tof A r i ( I \ n 1 i ! Cm ,W I 1) 'ii \t \ln, 1 i „ll | Ml ''l 11 ll tll> (( 1-dlllU ConiKil l'i Hon II 1) ] (11 „-ui n( I fc lo mm Unl tin felloe he; --el I Committi li p punt 1 f i cniilii with i ( niiiiut i i nn tin llmse ef R< i ii-< nl ltiu-, 1 h II n ( \i Tul T 1 TMiil T Ki i ( i ill 1 - Ili ii ( ii.

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The Xew Plymouth branch of Hi'- Society for the 'Prevention of Cmeity to Animals has decided to advertise for applications for the position of inspector. | A committee has been set up (o draw up conditions of appointment. About ninety members have paid their .sul.-criptions. the amount banked to date aimmntino to -Hi i* 4d.

Our Parliamentary correspondent telegraphs that Robert Old, father of Alfred Old, a railway porter, who was killed at Ohakunc while shunting on the railway trucks on June 22nd, is petitioning Parliament for the payment of an extra sum by way of compensation in respect of his son's death. Petitioner lives at Fitzroy, near New Plymouth. On the motion of Mr. Masters, it was decided at yesterday's meeting of the Education Board, to" ask the following School Committees if they had any objection to their school districts being renamed in accordance with the names selected by the Postal authorities: - Pembroke to "Motonui," Stanley to "VVhare Iluia," and Acklaiul to "Te Popo." .

The-liquor question will form the .subject for debate between the New Plymouth Brotherhood Societv and the Egmont Olub, Stratford, to "be held at Stratford on Thursday, 10th October. The motion, which will be moved by New Plymouth, reads: —"That Stale control would be abetter solution of the liquor problem than Prohibition." The Brotherhood Society will debate the same subject at their next meeting to be held on Friday week, 4th October, when a lively meeting is anticipated. Speaking at a local Territorial function last evening, Lieutenant Willis emphasised the fallacy of attempting to train Territorials to defend their hearths and homes, and neglecting to give them rilie-shooting practice. It was a re- ; markablc thing that the Defence authorities did not consider it necessary to insist—for insistence was necessary—that every Territorial should go down to the butts and learn to shoot. It was just about as logical as trainings a football team without a football! The men who were liable to be called upon to defend our country should be made to visit the rille-range, not but a dozen tiroes or more in the year, and given instruction in service shooting as well as ordinary target practice.

President Fal'lieres has signed the Hi!! authorising an £8,000.000 Paris municipal loan for the construction of cheap dwellings. The Paris Municipal Council has worked out an elaborate scheme for the housing of the working class, to be financed by the £8,000,000 loan. The i»terest and amortisation' of the loan together are not to exceed ',i 4-5 per cent. Half of the buildings are to be let'to families in which there are more than threw children, and those families mu-t be of French nationality, tlic rents iwill be £lO a year for four rooms, about £BS for three rooms, and about £9 for (wo rooms; but families with more than three children will be required to pay £l-2 for four-roomed' duelings.' Further reductions ranging from 1 to .'! per tent, will- be allowed to families with at least four ehidreu under i!i years old. The rents are calculated so "that the scheme shall be just self-supporting. It is ai-o provided that a certain, number of the houses .shall be erected in .the central quarters of Paris, so that tin; occupants nifty be near their work. .. A Company Territorials and their officers spent a convivial evening in the Drill Hall hist night, as a scnd-oIT to Lieutenant Willis, and in .honor of the promotion of Col.-Sergeant Clarke and Sergeants Crutch an dSoutlmm. Captain Fletcher presided over a large attendance. The officers present' included Major Bellringer. Captain s Loiiiperi, Stevens, Boon, Lieutenant Willis, Buxton, Ilartnell. Staff-Lieutenant Purdy, and. Stall-Major Bond. The evening went, oil' with a swing, several hours being spent in song and'story. The following toast list was gone, through: -- "The King," Captain Fletcher; ,''Mav.v and Army," Captain' Stevens, responded to by Captain Dampen; "XI. Regiment,'' Mr. JI. B. fUdd, responded'to by Major Bellringer; A. Company, Lieutenant Hartnelk .responded'to by Captain Fletcher; "the Visitors," responded to by Lieutenant Willis. The programme was contributed by the following:—Captain Stevens, Sergeant-Major Bond, Privates Coodacre, Hudson, liaylard; flJiompson. Smith, Donovan, and Messrs-. -Vcale, lieid and Tunbridge. A number of phonor graph selections were given by Mr. H. Abbott. During the "evening shooting .prizes were presented to the following members of the Company: Lieutenant Buxton, 1; Private Coodacre. 2; 2nd. Match: Sergeant Soul ham, ); Lieutenant Buxton, 2. Aggregates: Sergeant Soufham (Yvcstport Coal Company's), 1; "Lieutenant Buxton (Major Bellringer's Trophy), 2. The Championship Medal of the Company went to Lieutenant Willis.

Lapsing into vein, at the A. Company Territorial Smoke Concert last nig'ht, .Major F. T. Bellringer recalled the ■honorable and famous past of the Taranaki Rifles, the forebears of the present A. Company Taranaki llit'.es, now embodied in the XL Regiment of Territorials. He urged present member of the Rifles to uphold the prestige of the Company which had the honor of being the first Volunteer Company in the British Umpire to engage in active service. It had been under fire at the Battle of Waireka. and again had been represented by n detachment of twentylive in the Smith African War. He understood that it would not be long before tire Company had , onferred on it a special distinction from the Imperial authorities. The local Territorials should be on their guard iso as not to bring disgrace on those noble llat-twd colors, which had been carried amidst shot and shell. Captain Lrun pen also n :.de stirring reference to the weal lb of .old and honorable traditions hound up in the Taranaki Rifles—the first Ne.v Zealand Corps to earn two battle '. mors. Ineide.utaly. the speaker expressed the hope that a detachment of the A. Company would go ao'.vn to Christelmrch at Chrisfmai-% and be represented in the military competitions which yeic t'• be ■held there. All expenses would 'be paid, and in order to ensure the men had a right royal time he proposed Lvkgiug an amateur operatic company to New Plymouth to give an entertainment, •wherewith to raise the Uivessa-y funds for extra shrdln ■shnllu shrdl urdlu lun ior "extra;." I lis aiiiioii'H">ui"nt "was loudly applauded. l"ndoubtcdly it is the kindly coutddeivtiou shown by CV.ptaiu Lumpen and his ft How oiTic.": < to the social side of lliin;;s T'rritorial :hal does mueli to mate tlm eMinpul-ws. clcmeni' U-Si-j irksome to tiie 'oral Territorials.