LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 166, 30 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Harry Lauder, the Scottish comedian, is to receive £IOOO a week during his Australian tour of 22 weeks, which commences in 1914,

The public meeting in connection with the reorganisation of the Taranaki Garrison Band will probably be held on Wednesday evening next. There is reason to think that the Government will purchase no more estates, and enter into no fresh engagements, until the end of March 31 next.

The opening of the Tiscli Memorial Avenue will take place on Thursday, December 12, providing the weather continues fine, enabling the work to be finished.

To-day is the last day for entries in connection with the Horticultural Society's spring show. There are nearly 300 classes. Some very fine exhibits are promised, and the Coronation llflll on Thursday afternoon and evening should be the scene of quite a round of beauty and utility from the horticultural and domestic standpoint. The services in the Whiteley Memorial Church to-morrow will *be conducted by the Rev. J. W. Burton. The morning subject will be, "Imitation v. Mimicry," and in the evening Mr. Burton will speak upon "Unavowcd Discipleship."

A charge of alleged 'theft of a bicycle valued at £7 10a, the properly of Edwin May, was preferred against a man named Leo. Joseph Charles Thornton in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. The accused, who was a hotel poller, was allowed bail in his own recognisance of £25 and two sureties of £l2 10s, or one of £25. It was alleged against Edward William Stockman in the Magislrate's Court yesterday morning that he broke and entered the shop of Frederick Samuel Butler, of New Plymouth, and stole therefrom six pounds of butter of a. total value of 7s fid. On behalf of the police, SeniorSergeant I-laddrell applied for a remand until next Friday, whereat the accused, who was not represented by counsel, remarked: "I would like the case to go on now, because I am not guilty of any crime." In agreeing to the remand, the Magistrate explained that it was necessary in order to allow the police sufficient time to prepare their ease. Bail was allowed in accused's own recognisance of £SO, and two sureties of £25 each.

One of the boldest robberies ever committed in New York was carried out on tho night of October 2 by four burglars in extraordinary circumstances. The men drove up to the Metropolitan Warehouse with a van, and began taking out boxes of cigars. They filled the van with £2GOO worth while a policeman looked on'and actually prevented any interference with the men. The burglars each wore a detective's badge, and gave the constable on duty to understand that they were making a raid on the warehouse on behalf of Mr. Loeb, the Collector of the port. The policeman believed that they were secret service agents, and kept guard while the burglars calmly removed the loot and drove off: The facts were not found out until the warehouse was opened next morning and the policeman on duty interrogated. ' A military expert, in an article which appeared in the London Daily Mail, when the war broke out, took an optimistic view of Turkey's ability to repel the invaders. He wrote: —''Turkey holds in reality and in the field interior lines of inestimable military value. She has soldiers in plenty who know well how to use them. She has behind her, safe from molestation, in the provinces ' of Asia, reserves of such vast strength that when they are on the move to the front she alone of all the combatants in the 'field can dismiss all fear for the lines of communication. She is rich—if not in .cash, with men who will slave for nothing; if not in supplies, with men who .cannot starve. She is at one within herself. Despite recent troubles, there is not in all the world a nation of such '.interna! solidarity as Turkey, or composed of millions so united in thought or, which is equally valuable, in absence of thought."

Some weeks hack representatives.from the different States of Australia met in Sydney to confer on the subject of the artesian water supplies of Australia. One of the .results of this conference is'that Mr.' T. K. Dow has written, for Life magazine an up-to-date article on the subject. By means of a sketch map he shows the enormous underground reservoirs of the Commonwealth as far as they have been explored, and how thej are. distributed, and his explanation, accompanied by numerous photographs of hqw .the foundations of the deep are tapped, is extremely inter;sting. Mention should he made of the new series of somewhat unusual competitions that Life is running; the srcoiu! of these appears in the December number, and the subject is one that should i itcrest every man and woman of our leaders. It is on the question of "Inc. ■ing the Population/' and a cash prize of £5 is offered for the best idea accompanied by a coupon from the nmnbe,. December Life should certainly be be lglit by every reader who wishes to keep abreast of current thought in the pleasantest way and be entertained at the same time. Sixpence wil) bhv the current Life anywhere.

The now High Commissioner 'has not lost any time in running to ground statements. which may be detrimental to Now •Zealand (writes the ;t correspondent of the Christchurch Pr s). Needless to'say, lie found awaiting his. arrival a bale of literature from the peace organisation which has been so active in misrepresenting the New Zealand military training scheme. The sender drew Mr. Mackenzie's special ateniion to the fabricated story that he. intends to conduct a censorship of the British Press. Mr. Mackenzie wrote simply: '•'! have nothing to do with the censorship of the British Press, but when mislead! y stalements appear I shall deal with them us I think fit." The High Commissioner has already replied shortly and sharply to one gentleman who demons!rati u in a north country paper the deplorable "fact" that the enormous indirect taxation in New Zealand quite counteracts the benefits of increased wages. Mr. Mackenzie points out that a man and wife and four children, if they were not addicted to drink or smoking, would only pay £6 Ss 2d a year in taxes to the New Zealand Government, whereas they would receive in (return at least the equivalent of £2l 12s in education alone, and they could live in their own home up to a value of £IOOO without paying any taxes on it.

Mr. Theodore C. Havens, a member of the Melbourne Stock Exchange, was found drowned at Middle Park a few daya ago. It is presumed that he fell over the St. Kilda pier owing to an injured leg. The late Mr. Ilagens was a lieutenant in the German army. Before arriving in Australia he was trading in South Africa. It was difficult to get skins and other merchandise to and from the coast and the interior, owing .to the toll lc/icd by native chieftains, and the obstacles created. Lieutenant I-lagens helped a native king in his inter-tribal Avar aLd opened the way to the seaboard for his caravans. As a reward he was made a brother of the King. In his own words, it was an imposing ceremony. All the warriors. of the tribe, who wore painted hideously, assembled round tV> tlr-o-i.e. Ilagei'is was brought in as if to be executed. In the presence of the King wid his army he held out his hand, which Was scored across the palm by tlv' nn ril executioner. The king's hand was similarly treated. Then Lieutenant T-lng»us and' the king clasped the wounded hands and became brothers, with the same blood flowing in their veins. As a further mark of confidence, the king's son was sent to Mentenant Hagen's counting-house, in Capetown, to be trained commercially.

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Shearing is now in hand 011 many of tile farms in the Ilawera district. In the Ararata district over 20,000 sheep have been jmt through.

The Wellington Teachers' Institute yesterday endorsed the North Canterbury resolution urging the annual Conference of the New Zealand Institute to oddosc the Bible in schools. H

An unusual incident occurred at a Taranaki Cemetery recently, when the coffin of a very old lady was borne to its last resting place by six grey-headed and stalwart sons of deceased.

Mr. W. Bennett, manager of the South Taranaki Shipping Company, who went to Patea in connection with the stranding of the steamer Ilawera, telegraphed on Thursday evening—"Lifted Hawera clear of sand, made examination, damage confined to bilge and «tem. Bottom not touched. No kckons broken." It was first reported from Patea that the Hawera siitl'eied almost hopeless damages when she was thrown ashore. The vessel will now be repaired and relaunched into the river.

At a meeting of ladies held in Dunedin yesterday in connection with the Senior Cadets' prize fund: after Mrs. Godlcv had addressed those present, Mrs. T .K.'fiidev offered a donation for competition locally. Similar offers were made by Mrs, Colquhoun and Mik Ferguson, while Mrs. O'Neill undertook to provide two cups for Hibernian companies. Mrs. Park also promised one cup. and is making arrangements with the heads of the gins' schools in order that the girls may provide cups for the boys' schools.

On Thursday of last week £15,444 worth of cheese and butter was taken over the Patea bar in three vessels (records the local Press). Since Saturday last 110 Ws than 7-113 cases of cheese have been shipped, which at £.3 15s per ease, the estimated value of Thursday's shipments, is equal to £28.174. Cheese has, however, gone up in price, so it is fairly safe to estimate the value per case at £4, which will bring the total to £30.052. In addition 2250 boxes of butter have been exported,~tlie value _of which is £0543. That means that in eight days, at the lowest estimate. £52,030 worth of dairy produce alone ha* been sent out. Tn addition one shipment of frozen meat valued at £IOOO has gone over the bar, beside? 25 casks of tallow valued at £250, 50 sacks of hides worth £205, and fourteen cases of preserved meats equal to £2l. F>hty bales oj' wool have also been shipped, the estimated value of which is £I2OO 111 all. exports to the total' of £55,405 have gone down the Patea River in eHit days, an achievement of which the Press is naturally proud.