LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 191, 2 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wirth Bros.' Circus will lisit New Plymouth on the 15th February. The estate of Mr. Joseph jjould, of New Zealand, has been sworn at £112,333. The total number of departires from Dannevirkc since the holidays somnicnced was 1070 persons. An opinion from a Westport;ouneillor. at a farewell gathering: "A batle is the spice' of life. If it were no. for the continual struggle life wouh not be worth living."

A Wellington resident while enjoying an outing at Day's Bay on Thursday was relieved of £3O in notes, Lightfingered gentry are said to be fairly numerous in Wellington just row. A woman witness at Bow jtreet recently admitted that she stole, a letter from a man's pocket while s'tting on his knee. "Well," explained, "if you are going to marry a man ; t ou must know something about him."

While driving at Fitzroy j'estcrday, Miss Pote, of Bell Block, and tpo other ladies were thrown out of / a trap through the horse stumbling, jand sustained severe bruises and were} severely knocked about.

Quito a number of men walked over Arthur's Pass from Otira to .Cass on Sunday and Monday, the inability of the coach proprietors to cope with the holiday rush compelling the young l men to foot the distance covered by the' coaches. Bain appears to have been! general yesterday, interfering with j outside functions in all parts of the jforth Island at any rate. New Plymouth was particularly hard hit in this respect, and the prospects for the Maori Sports this afternoon are not reassuring. A Maori woman at Opotiki found a packet containing £l5O and promptly returned it to ( -the rightful owner. A Cape Runaway storekeeper had lost the money; he was simply overjoyed at having recovered it again and treated the finder handsoriiely.

, A well-known stock dealer stated a ' few days ago that within the next few years every centre of any importance would'require its own freezing works. This industry, lie said, would develop into something bigger than many New Zea'landers at present 'realised.

At a. recent meeting of the Gisborne Hospital Board it was stated that over £3OOO in fees was outstanding. The secretary said he had sent out notices with no result. He thought the Board would have to look upon at least £2OOO as gone, as most of the patients belonged to a floating population. The Southland News states that the luvereargiil electric tram service won general and enthusiastic appreciation during the recent show. Traffic was heavy all day, and the. cars were fro* quently crowded. The number of passengers carried was 20',G42. Ten cars were employed, which gives an average for each : car of '2OO passengers. The Akaroa Mail states that the prevalence of the udder cows (contagions niamniitjtff is ,a somewhat serious matter on the Peninsula this year. . Qiw farmer, who has a herd of forty-five milking cows had to turn Out thirty-eight that were affected with this complaint. In several other cases, cows have had to be turned out, for the season, andJtho loss is a serious one.

The installation of the storage battery tramcars for Gisbdrne has advanced a further stage. The work of constructing the first car has been completed. The batteries are now all in position, and the wiring has been connected up. All that remains to be done to the ear is the painting' and itlie screwing on of the various fittings. In the meanwhile the Council's car-builder is at work on the second car, the erection of which is' well advanced.

Writes the Okaiawa correspondent of the Hawera Star: One of the dangers to which buyers of stock arc exposed has been related to me. Last year a local settler purchased a "pedigree Holstem bull, bred by Mr. E. Short, of Feilding." Some time afterwards 'the purchaser ■wrote to Mr. Short asking him if he would kindly forward the pedigree ;>f the animal. Mr. Short's answer was brief, but to the point: "Know nothing of bull; breed notJhing but HereforaV' Following. are returns of births, deaths, and marriages for the New Plymouth district (Mr. J. S. S. Medley, Registrar), for the year ending Slst December, 1012:—Births (year, 1912) 367, births (Year 1911) 363; deaths (year 1912) 120, deaths' (year, 1911) 125; marriages (year, 1912) 104, marriages (year 1911), 91. For the months of December, 1912, the figures are as follows:—Births (December, 1912) 29, births (December, 1911), 31; deaths (December, 1912), 15, deaths (December, 1911) 5; marriages (December, 1912), 14, marriages (December; 1911. 10.

The new North Egmont Mountain Hostel has leapt into popularity in a very short time. The whole of its rooms are occupied, and there are ten visitors billeted at the old house. The cottage is also taken up. On Tuesday there was a record number of automobiles at the hostel, some 17 cars making the trip. Fully 70 visitors were present that day, and yesterday, despite the bad weather. 50 persons visited the bouse. Three parties visited Bell's Falls. Those at present accommodated at the hostel come from all parts'of the Dominion, and express themselves delighted with the new building and its charming prospect.

In 'the district in the vicinity of Mararoa (Southland), there is a herd of about, 000 wild cattle, half of which are bulls, and graziera naturally are averse to their presence, which is a menace to station operations awl a danger to human beings( says the Southland News). Several attempts 'have been made by venturesome stockmen to remove theiii by the usual means, but all have failed, the animals being extremely intractable, while the country is rough, adding to the difficulties of the Two'residents of Invercargill recently spent six week in the district, and made repeated efforts to secure control of some of the beasts, but though provided with horses and dogs and armed with rifles, no success was met with. The bulls were the wildest, but the cows showed almost as strong resentment to interference, and the rifle, had to be used on more than owe occasion in self-defence. It is a dangerous task, but would have provisi a profitable one to the hunters had thev toeen able to reduce to control a dozen or so of the animals.

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