LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 210, 24 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sixty rams were shipped Xort.li by the Rarawa last night. iiie I'.xp,union and Tmuist League have decided to keep a Tourist Book for the recording of visitors' impressions and suggeslioiiis. The .New Plymouth High School put up a good record this year by getting 21 pupils through in the Junior Civil .Service examination. Owing -to the temporary insufficiency of funds, the State Guaranteeed Advances Department has had to decline the application of the Taranaki County Council for a loan of £MOO to-construe! the upper jportioji of the Plymouth Road.

A rather unique christening ceremony took place at Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth, last week, when eight "randchildren of a local resident were baptised. The remarkable feature was that their ages varied from three weeks to 30 years. That Taranaki, and Opunake in particular. is a land of milk and honey was exemplified on Sunday morning, says the Opunake Times. Whilst the milk carte were traversing the main road to the Opunake factory a swarm of bees came down the road to Opunake and til.' "'Hying honey" and the "milky fluid" traversed in the same direction for a few minutes. Mr. Fred Merton. a well-known Sydney racehorse owner, has hit upon a new method for enjoying himself. It is his custom to exchange a sovereign for pennies. He then goes through the poorer quarters and throws the coins to small boys who now eagerly await his coming. He avers that he gets more enjoyment out of the expenditure of this particular money than any he has ever spent. The Rev. Mr". Ilandby. in giving his successors an idea of what they were to expect by May of winter roads in the Taumarunui district, related in all seriousness an extraordinary instance of a horse getting swallowed up in a bad hole in a road in the Oluira, and being left there to perish, if being found impossible to extricate him. 11 is bones, said Mr. Tfanby. were left to take the place of road metal.

Tn motor-cycling in Devon street yesterday. Mr; Bert Emery swerved across the road at the Brougham street corner, in order to avoid a collision with a horse and vehicli. In doing so. his ma-chine skidded, jumped the kerbing near Mr. TTooklmm's premises, struck a verandah post, and pulled up ill the centre of the footpath. The front wheel of the cycle was irreparably damaged, but Mr. F.merv. with a good deal of luck, escaped msuulcss. A novel and cruel substitute for confetti was used at a wedding jollification in 'Timaru the other day, when the bride and bridegroom left Timaru by taxi to catch the express northward bound from Teiiiuka. The driver on returning to town was amused to find that the guests Jifid introduced sundried field peas with which to "pepper" the departing happy couple. The floor •of the vehicle was literally strewn with what he termed "bruisers." .ilr. John Bunny, the cinema actor, whose face is probably known to more people than that of any other American, says he i 3 glad he is so heavy. He believes that, but for his avoirdupois, ho would have gone to Davy Jones' locker. Mr. Bunny was having his luncheon on the deck of a steamer recently when an unusually heavy sea come over the rail, and he was spilled on the deck. "My weight was too much for the comber to curry," lie said.

Per medium of a three-and-a-half horse-power motor cycle and side car Mr. and i[rs. David Brown, of Mastering. have "toured the whole of the territory lying between Masterton and New Plymouth. Tliey renehed Waverley on Tuesday on their return From the notli. Tn addition to themselves they carried two heavily tilled portmanteaux. and over the whole distance had not a minu! trouble with the machine. Some of the roads over wltieli they passed were inches thick with dust.

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson, who live at P>right. in Victoria. was asleep in a cradle in the shade of a tree a few yards from the house, when a boar, which had escaped from a sfvo close by. dragged it out of the 'cradle by the leg. Attracted by its cries a man named MeKinnon endeavored to rescue the baby, .whose leg by this time had been eaten off, and the boar turned on him, and fought savagely. The boar was eventually beaten off. The child had to undergo an operation, which left it in a critical condition. Steam-heated towns, where houses and shops are warmed by the mere turning of a' tap. as we now turn 011 gas and water, promise to be one of the great developments of the future. New as the idea may be in England, it is an old story to Wilkes-Barre, a populous industrial centre in Pennsylvania. WilkesBarre has had a large part of its area steam heated for over a quarter of a century. Tt is stated that at the present time about 250 buildings draw their heat from aCcommon source. The customers in steam are charged for their supplies in one of two ways. It is possible to pay according to the cubic feet warmed or by the more ingenious record of steam condensed. The pipes are laid fift below the street level, anil the steam is supplied at the low pressure of slb per square inch, which safeguards consumers from the risk of bursting pipes. "There are very few sensible women," said Archbishop Kelly recently at the laying and blessing of the foundation stone of a memorial chapel at North Sydney to Mother Mary of the Cross, the foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart. "You should know that by the hats they wear," added the Archbishop, who went on to say ihat in Mother Mary they had found a sensible woman. She saw the needs of Australian children, and she thought not so much of those in the city as she did of those iji the bush. She, was a woman of strong views, and would not give them up for anyone: and so determined was she in this respjet that in the furtherance of her mission she went to Rome alone, and lived in Rome alone. She w ■ould have her plans carried out. Tliis great, gcneralette had established an "rder that had over "00 communities throughout Australasia, 120 of which "ere in New South Wales, as well as 700 Sisters.

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The Boy Scouts of Eltham, Taranaki, have presented a Union Jade to the Eltlmm (Kent) lads, who are to send another in exchange. iloi'ho races are very fascinating, but tliey do not always pay. The other day two Bangitikci sports were recalled from the Foxton races in view of the fact that their respective premises had been destroyed by fire.

A very serious disease is attacking cattle in man)- districts (writes the Taihape correspondent of the Auckland Star). It is one which can be easily remedied if veterinary advice is sought at once. With that c-asualness characteristic of farmers, many do not seek advice at once as they should. Gne farmer in Mangaweka has had 28 cows out of 30 put out of commission for the season, and probably for the next. There have also been severe losses in and around Palmerston. The Government stock inspector is at present visiting Manganoho.

An invention which promises to be of " great value has been patented by Mr. James Templeton, of Alfredtown, Otago. 'The invention consists of an apparatus 1 designed to raise water from the river by the power of its current. A small model is at present working near Mr. ' Templeton',s residence, and by its use water for domestic purposes and irrigation is elevated to a height of 60ft. With a larger machine greater level* can be commanded, and the supply of power is inexpensive and inexhaustible. It is understood that the rights of the invention have been placed under offer to the Government.

Southport has a machine which, it is claimed, will revolutionise street-sweep-ing. As it passes over a street it sucks up every particle of dust or damp dirt which may be lying in the track, no matter how stony the setts or deep tho indentations in the road. The machine is also said to be a labor-saving device, as one will accomplish with greater efficiency the work of at least a dozen men who work on the ordinary methods. In appearance it resembles an ordinary motor car, it is petrol-driven, and it moves along the street at from seven to ten miles an hour. The machine has been designed by an Italian in Milan, but a member of an English ordnance firm has purchased the patent rights. The life-saving brigade had a busy day oa the Yamba Beach (New South Wales)' on Boxing Day. The first case occurred about two o'clock, when a man was carried out beyond the breakers. The brigade rescued him, and lie was very quickly resuscitated. Twenty minute's after the second case happened. Two men named William Murphy and J. Banney entered the breakers wiiere the danger flag was flying, and were quickly in trouble. Banney was rescued at once Clarrie Englert, one of the brigade, tackled Murphy, and, under great difficulties, held him up until a lifebelt man arrived. Englert's, brave efforts weakened him/and he had to be assisted ashore with the lifeline. Murphv was rescued within half an hour, but all attempts at resuscitation failed.