LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 119, 7 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

According to recently compiled statistics, Stockholm has one telephone for every four inhabitants. A servant girl at Petersburg, Indiana, U.S.A., has just received a farm worth £BOOO through the will of a tramp to whom she gave a breakfast six years ago. J A street collection taken up in Christchurch yesterday in connection with the Y.W.C.A. building fund campaign resulted in over £IOO being added to the fund. , Members of the Equitable Buildinc Society of New Plymouth (First and Second Groups) are notified that subscriptions will be due and payable today (Monday), at the Secretary's Office Currie street, from 9 a.m. to 12.30, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 9pm Advt.

An eel which turned the scale at 321b was landed from the Makora stream, below 'Masterton, a few nights ago. The Eecreation Sports Ground Committee have decided to run evening syoria on December 26 and 27, the two race nights. A Short Name Club has been organised in Flushing, New York State, the members of which may not have more than four letters in their name. Bill Ay heads the list.

On Friday last a very successful ascent of Mt. Egmont was made by motor cycle and side cut by Messrs Lightband, Emery, and passenger. In spite of the bad state of the roads, Mr. Emery was successful in piloting his 3'/ a L.M.O. and passenger to the Mountain House.

The building returns are a good indiex to a town's progress. During the six months ending September 30 last permits were issued by the Borough Council for the erection of buildings to the value of £12,051 los. This .represents an increase of £2570 15s over the corresponding peried of last year. Captain J. Black, secretary of the local branch of the Veterans' Association, received the following telegram from the Hon. Thos. Kelly on Saturday:—'-The .report on the Veterans' petition was brought up yesterday and approved by the Legislative Council. The Government will give effect to it." An accident which happened on Saturday afternoon serves to call attention to the frightful condition of the road

from Awakino to Mokau. Mr. Fred Carrington, of Awakino, was proceeding ■to Mokau when the .vehicle which he was driving went over a steep bank. One of the horses was killed, but Mr. Carrington 'escaped with a bad shaking.

There are about 64 new subscribers in Hawera and Manaia waiting to be connected up to the Telephone Exchanges. Owing to the scarcity of wire, the Department has been unable to make the necessary connections, although it is doing what it can with the supply on hand. A quantity of material is arriving from Wellington shortly, and then tke work will be pushed on vigorously. ' -Referring to the "recall" plank in the Labor Party's platform, Mr. W. T. Jennings, ex-M.P. for Taumarunui, referred on Friday night to an instance of the working of this in the early days of the Thames. Being dissatisfied with some of the actions of their representative, Mr. Sheehan, they called upon him to resign. Addressing a stormy meeting at the Thames, Mr. Sheehan remarked, "If you don't know when you've got a good member, I know when I've got a good constituency, and I'm not going to resign"—and he did not.

( At a meeting of old boys of the High School, last week, it was unanimously decided to form an old boys' association in connection with the school. Mr. Ron. Bailey was elected secretary, and a provisional committee to draft rules and report to a future meeting was elected as follows;—Messrs.'Ken. Webster, T. King, L. B. Stohr, G, Fraser, P. C. Bellringer, A. Bewley, and L. B. Webster. Among other things the committee will consider the question of holding an annual re-union dinner at the end of each year. It. was decided to donate a trophy to be awarded to the champion athlete of the school.

The Sunday afternoon meetings of the Brotherhood are unflagging in their popularity. Yesterday's gathering was addressed by Mir. H. W. Lees, M.P., organiser in New Zealand for Dr. Bamardo's Homes. There was a good atendance, and the gallery was filled with ladies. Mr. Leee described the work of the Homes, and made an appeal for assistance. The was particularly gratifying. A collection • realised £lO, and .in addition the Brotherhood undertook to suport two children at the Homes each year, at an annual cost of £l6 each. A vote was taken on the question of the continuation of the meetings during the summer months, as the result of which it was decided to go on until the end of October with . the weekly gatherings. After that date the Brotherhood will meet once a, month, until the beginning of April. These meetings will, wihen the weather permits, be held in the open air. The Egm'ont National Park Board held its quarterly meeting at the Mountain House last-week, when it was reported that the Stratford Borough Council and the Stratford County Council- had each agreed to contribute one-third of the cost of installing the telephone in the Stratford Mountain House, the Board to find the balance. The financial statement showed a credit balance of £45 15s lod. The Stratford representatives were delegated to interview Mr. G. T. Murray, District Roads Engineer, in support of the application for a Government grant to improve the track to the Stratford house. By-laws were adopted, makin<* it unlawful for motor cars and other traffic to exceed a speed of ciuht miles am hour over any part of the track between the house'and the radius line; to damage or remove any post or material placed for the protection of water-tables and 'other purposes within the reserve; .to remove any direction post within the park reserve; and making it lawful for the caretaker to refuse 'accommodation to any person suffering from disease or amy other complaint likely to affect other persons staying at or resident in tfee house.

Mr. E. P. Lee, M.P., who has boon spending a few days in New Plymouth, leaves by the express for Wellington this morning. Mr. Lee has not wasted this time, for in addition to making the Mountain House trip he has "done" the Gardens, the oil bore, the hatcheries amd inspected several of the best dairy herds, as well as making himself generally acquainted with the .possibilities and .requirements of the district so far as time would permit. He expresses himself as pleased and surprised with the potentialities of a province that was hitherto practically unknown to him. Mr. Lee was one of the members who recently enjoyed the hospitality of the Wawgamii residents, and he is warmly appreciative of the reception that was extended' to himself and- his fellow-members there, as well as subsequently here. He is a strong believer in Parliamentarians making themselves personally Acquainted with the various parts of the Dominion, amd is expressing this view in a practical manner by making week-end trips to the most available centres. It is a pity that a few more of our politicians are not imbued with a similar inspiration, and it is equally a pity that New Plymouth does mot 'emulate' the enterprise of Wanganui and issue a hospitable invitation to the House generally to jwv us a visit.

SALE OF LONDON JOB PURCHASES,

[ Tho sale of Loudon "job" goods recently bought by the Melbourne Clothj ing Company's managing director, is now Jin full swing. This sale presents a remarkable opportunity of purchasing new goods at the beginning of the season. The purchases were made by the firm's representative at the close'of the English summer, just at a period when business was exceptionally quiet there owing to various causes, chief of which of course was the great strike of dockers. Manufacturers and warehousemen were in desperate straits, a position of affairs of which you may depend our managing director took full advantage. With cheque book in hand he was able to buy practically at his own price and we have been enabled to offer in this our first instalment of job goods a medley of bargains little short of marvellous.'The list of bargains has already been published. It you have not seen it please call or write. Whatever happens, don't let anything keep you away from this great sale. i

For assaulting the licensse of the Empire Hotel, Hawera, on Friday, two young men, Philip Gunn and Henry Kilgour, were sentenced to seven days' hard labor. '

Horse-racing is on the wane in the United States, according to Mr. U. Z. De Arman, a noted Australian racing man, who passed through Auckland the other day. "There is not enough clean sport in it for a man who loves horses," lie said.

The percentage of actual deaths to expected deaths in the life insurance companies of the United States last year was -09.01, compared with 74.93 for the decade. In industrial insurance the percentage for 1911 was 87.03, compared with 99.0 for the ten years. A representative of u London firm in New Zealand recently booked refrigerated space for 7000 cases of New Zealand apples on a steamer of the San 'Francisco line. The cases will be : railed from San Francisco to New York, and then shipped to London. By this new route transit will occupy only 31 days, compared with aii average of 45 days by the Magellan route.

,A lodger «t the Coronation Hotel, Eltham, left a bag of money to the value of very close upon £tioo under his pillow, and it was discovered the next morning by the licence's wife, and handed to her husband. It was not long before the telegraph wives were hot with an anxious inquiry from the loser. The wires were kept warm by a soothing reply that there was no need for worry as the money hud been found and was in safe keeping.---Argus. .Lord Islington's address to farmers on Saturday was crowded with good matter. "See," he urged, "that vou have got good markets so that you can ire tain good prices in those market*. You are geting very good prices now, and tare enjoyed them for some years past. The high price of land which 'is being sold today in the agricultural districts is largely the result of these high prices, and it would be a ve-ry devious tlnng for those farmers who' paid high prices for their land, if there was any substantial reduction in prices on the Home market. I

merely utter this as a warning. Don't move in and out of farms too often. When you have got a good farm stick to it." • •