LOCAL AND GENERAL.
There is still some necessity for "speeding up" the railways. The Wairarapa Age says it took five days for a piece of machinery to be brought from Wellington to Master-ton recently.
A cinematograph plant is to be used at the Dunedin Hospital when lectures arc being given to the students. The University Council are to be asked to contribute one-third of the cost of the machine (says the Dunedin Star). The vital statistics for January show an all-round increase on the figures during the corresponding, month of last year. The figures are as follow, those of January, 1912. being given in parentheses:—Births 27 (24), deaths 13 (8), marriages 14 (5). A recent visitor to the Dawson' Falls Mountain House informs the Pa tea Press that visitors to the house are being given an opportunity to contribute towards the cost of a chain to stretch to the top of Mount Egmont, a* a guide for climbers. A shilling donation will provide a yard of chain. Good work was done "by Thursday's working bee at Paritutn, " There were about a dozen workers, aad a track 10 feet wide was opened a? far as the slopes of Paritutn. Afternoon tea 'was dispensed by the ladies. The next "bee" will he employed on the slopes which form the actual ascent of Paritutn.
Levin poultrymen met the Wellington merchants' "bear" movement of "last week by preserving their eggs instead of sending them to market (says the Chronicle). The latest market' report from Wellington supplies the sequel. The report runs: "A sharp advance has taken place in the local market for fresh eggs; supplies are insufficient for requirements at Is per dozen." In the abandon of their enjoyment at the Stratford picnic on Thursday many absent-minded resident of the' inland town left some of their personal effects behind them at the East End Bathing Reserve. As a result the secretary of the committee in charge of the reserve, Mr. W. IT. Fletcher, would he pleased to find the names of owners of a miscellancollection of articles, ranging from ikiddies' shoes to tea-pots. There is a probability in the near future of a crayfish canning factory being established at the Bluff, While on a visit to Stewart Island last week Mr. Wm. Stevenson, of Irvine and Stevenson, Dunedin, met those interested in the fishing industry, and discussed the matter of supply. It was reported that crayfish could be obtained in large quantities, and it is understood (says the Southland News) the company is favorably considering the matter of erecting premises at Bluff for the purpose of canning them.
Hen roost thieves appear t,o be profitably busy in Manaia just now, states the Times. Some little time ago a resident's poultry yard was raided at night and a couple of prize hens were carried off, as well as such egg-; as were found about. A night or two ago there was another visit and a couple of hens disappeared. Hen roost robbing is said to be unusual in Manaia, but it looks as if it was going to,become.a settled industry, unless something happens and the law steps in and hag a wordior two to say.
Indications are not wanting that the Taranaki Rifle Association's annual meeting on Rewa Rewa range will be a record one as far as entries tire concerned.. En-' tries close to-night, and already the secretary has received a greater number than he had last year on the Noising day. Local entries are receivable bv Sergeant Evans. Arrangements are well in hand in connection with flic fitting up of the range. The telephone is in good order, mound pegs have been provided, and squadding posts (immediately in the rear of the pavilion) are being erected.
There was a sensational scene at the Aberdeen Police Court recently, -when four suffragettes were remanded, ehargetl with causing disorder during Mr. Llovd-George's visit. When the case against Joyce Locke, an art student, of London, was adjourned, she stooped quickly in the dock and removed her shoes. Then, leaning forward, she threw one shoe ( at the magistrate, but struck the clerk, and the second shoe at the prosecuting solicitor, also missing him. The woman was at once seized and removed shoeless from the court.
The longest walk on record—soo,ooo miles—will he completed in 1915. Julius Rath, who began the task in'lßo7, has tramped 485,000 miles, and has walked round the world twenty times. Romance has its part in the task, the Express says. On the eighteenth trip he met and fell in love with a girl, hut he was so busy walking that he could not stop to propose. On the completion of another round he did propose, and now, after once more circling the globe, he has been married. He expects to complete the distance by arriving at the opening ceremony of the San FTancisco Exhibition in 1915, after walking with his wife through Europe and Asia. Earl Russell is now the representative of Socialism in the House of Lords (says ■ an American paper). His Lordship, who has been gravitating towards collectivism for some time past, was recently admitted to the membership of the Fabian Society, whose chief priest is George Bernard Shaw. To a correspondent who j asked his Lordship for a brief statement of the reasons that have weighed with him in taking this step, he replied that it is simply because he is in general agreement with the Socialist idea of placing the control of industry and of the means of production in the hands of society for the benefit of the masses.
It is rumored that the great Smithfield meat markets in London have been i captured by the American Beef Trust, [slates a cable, message to the Sydney Sun. The chairman of the markets denies the story, and asserts that such a course would be impossible, while Messrs Armour, who are largely interested in the Trust, insist that no one firm could control the prices in London. Mr. Asquith. in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said that he understood that an American trust had purchased 20,000,000 acres of land in South America, but he did not think this would have a bad effect on Great Britain's meat supply.
The services in the Whiteley Memorial Church to-morrow will he conducted by the Rev. J. W. Burton. The morning subject will be, "The Eccentricity of Jesus Christ," and in the evening' Mr. Burton will speak upon "The Gap between Knowing and Doing."
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