LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 212, 27 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

m —. . A Chicago man lias been sued by a storekeeper for £285, the value of beans l'c has eaten during the past two years. At a wild beast show in Dunkirk, on tin- trench coast, a spectator attempted to caress a lion through the liars of a cage, and had his hand bitten oil'. Motor cars have been used for polo by American sport™™. Specially built cars are used, one man driving and another standing „n the running bo „ d holding a mallet. There were about 150 visitors to the Ml,. Lgmont hostelry yesterday, including the southern bowlers. Sixteen motor f MS ™ r \ ttt thu ll0 " SP > besi(k ' s tw ° fourhorse brakes.- ~ A special meeting of the Taranaki County Council will be held this morning for the purpose of receiving a deputation of representatives of dairy factories regarding the traffic on the main South Road. We are in receipt of a copy of the New Plymouth Boys' High School magazine for the past term. It is in every way a creditable production. The matter is well written and arranged, the illustrations arc- capital, and the printing is excellent. Ciregorio Finimondi, an Italian exsoldier who distinguished himself in Tripoli, has appealed through the press of Buenos Ayre». where he-is now residing, hogging his countrymen to cease from feting him, as their hero-worship will drive' him to suicide. After, living happily together for over twelve months in one kennel at a Belvenlere (Kent) hotel, a family consisting of a spaniel, a wire-haired' terrier, a black eat, four pigeons, a bantam cock and a tortoise, lias been broken up by the spaniel killing .the birds. Speaking to a Wairarapa Age reporter, a farmer who possesses a knowledge of the district stated that, if the freezing works were closed for the season, the less to the small farmers in the Masterton and Wairarapa districts would be nearly £50,000. A fine of £4, with an alternative of one month's hard labor, was inflicted on a laborer named John Gilmour James in the Magistrate's Court on Saturday, for jjiavuig lised obscene language in Brougham street. The accused. who denied the offence, was allowed 14 days in which to pay the fine. , A constitutional league has been formed at Salisbury. Rhodesia, to obtain responsible government for that .province as soon as conditions justify the change. Creat prosperity is reigning in Japan in every trade, and there has never been liftter times there. After a long period of depression, the populace is again happy and contented.

In the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Friday an unusual ease was heard. James Cole proceeded against his wife on a-: information charging her with failing to maintain him. ft was elicited during the evidence that the wife had got a separation from complainant on the ground of cruelty. The Magistrate dismissed the information.

In order to correct certain misapprehensions, the Mayor submitted figures at Friday night's meeting of the Borough Council giving the comparative cost of the Morley street and Belt Road culverts. The former which was carried out by the Borough Council bv day labor is 00 feet long, and cost £34<f. The Belt Road structure, which is shorter than the Morley street culvert, was carried out under contract to the late St. Aubyn Town Board and cost £3OO.

At the Opunake Court on Thursday a charge against A. Shaw for procuring liquor for a prohibited person was dismissed. The following \wn' finedjor failing to attend drills and camp:—Victor ij. Warner (fine £1 and 7s costs), John F. Cooke (10s and 7s), Henry M. Waller (1 and 7s), William Mitchell (10s and 7s). A charge against E. Callagalian, grocer, of attempted assault on Mrs. Martha M. Smith was dismissed. Judgment for plaintiffs was given in the following cases:—Holmes and Arthur v. P. Smith, claim £2 4s, costs ss; Watson

and Ngahaia v, R. Still, claim £3 7s, costs 8s; L. Buttcrworth v. A. Hills £2, costs ss. Judgment was given in the summon-;, Bealc v. D. 51. Carmichael, £4 ss, or imprisonment. v Joseph Banneker Edger, a prisoner at lite Auckland gaol, was charged before Mr. Outten. S.M.. the other day with malingering. Prisoner, who has the appearance of a negro, and.who describes himself as an Amcfrican citizen, was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment at Wellington for having indecently assaulted two girls. He was confined in the Terrace Gaol for nine months, and during that time he earned the reputation of being a •'champion malingerer." Tie was kept in solitary confinement practically the whole time. Early in December last he was transferred to Auckland gaol and put to work breaking stones. He protested, stating that he was unfit for work, and persisted in using only the left hand. The gaol surgeon concluded that the prisoner was malingering. Edgar said, in explanation, that he was a musician, and quite incapable of doing the work allotted him. Mr. t'utten decided that he was suffering fioin a severe attack of imagination, and smtenced him ,to seven days' close confinement in the night coll, on half rations, and without exercise.

BURNT OFFERINGS. SENSATIONAL SALVAGE SALE. The sensational salvage sale of Arch. Clark & Sons' warehouse stock is attracting hundreds of shoppers at the Melbourne Bargains like the following are good and sufficient reasons for the great rush of business. Boys' linen crash varsity suits, os 6d; boys' tussore varsity suits, 7s fid; children's ff'fc and serge hats, 9d; island hats, 9d each; men's coats and vests, 15s 6d; men's handkerchiefs. Is fld dozen: women's dairy boots, 5s lid; men's tennis and neglige shirts, 2s lid; men's flannelette working shirts, Is 9d; men's dark, blue striped drill working shirts. 2s 3d; nun's and boys' tweed hats, Is; large heavy towels, only slightly singed', Is 1M pair; men's fashion "shirts, with stiff cuffs and soft bosoms, only 4s fid worth 7s 6d; ladies' umbrellas,'only 2s 6d. Sensational bargains. Hundreds of other ''snips" at this great, sale, the givefest. of the century.

Despite the fact that the majority of the Norwegian whaling companies have discontinued their operations in southern waters, it is interesting to know that at least one company lias faith in. the whaling potentialities of these seas (says the Southland Times). During last week the Loch Tay, a vessel of about 700(1 tons, is reported to have been in the vicinity of Stewart Island, supported by two .small steamers. This completes the plant of a Norwegian whaling company which is satisfied with the prospects ahead. These vessels havegone, to Chalky Sound, the sperm whale being the victim they intend to fasten on. The sperm whale season is just now commencing. An Auckland resident, who has «eturned from a visit to Christehurch, told a Star reporter that he had been very much struck with the municipal tepid bath there. The building, he said, was a most attractive one, and was decorated with beautiful ferns. The bath itself was lined with wiiite tiles and xrtm always very clean. It was filled with clean artesian water which was running continual!)', and the bath was completely emptied once a week. As indicating the popularity of the pool, the informant mentioned that one day last week, when the temperature was 00 degrees in the shade, no fewer than 700 females used the bath during the ladies' hours. So largely was it being patronised, indeed, that it was not now sufficiently large to provide the necessary accommodation, and there was a movement on foot to establish another bath essentially for ladies.

Members of the Equitable Bmldin* Society of N T ew Plymouth (First anl Second Croups) are notified that subscriptions will be due and payable today (Monday), at the Secretary's office, Curne street, from 0 a.m. to 1-2.30, from a i'?' l 0 5 l ),m -' and 7 P- m - 3 P.m.— Advt.