LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Postal Department advis<s tiiaf the Australian mails, ex Manuka, at Wellington, will arrive here at .'1 p.m. today. The rates of pay for members of the New Zealand Territorials while in training at the annual camps this year will be the same as on previous occasions, with the exception of the color-ser-geants, who will receive 5s (id per day instead of ;Is, as in the past. A new tunic is now on issue to senior sergeants of police. It somewhat resembles the uniform of a sub-inspector, but the principal distinction between it and that garment is that there is no stripes on the sleeve, a crown being worn instead. The tunic is very smart in appearance, and is a decided improvement to the uniform. A somewhat remarkable accident is recorded from Dunedin. A motor car, which was left temporarily unattended, started off down the hill, and finally dashed into another street, where it crossed the footpath and partially wracked the side of a house. The outer weatherboards for a considerable distance were stripped off. The car was also damaged, and had to be left in the street.

The question of how to eradicate the blackberries on the Tangoio estate, Hawke's Bay, was recently gone into by the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr. R. T. Sadd). He has obtained two solutions for spraying, and these are to be used on the plants as an experiment. One solution, which has been discovered by a man at Te Pohue, has very simple ingredients, but is said to have the desired effect with two sprayings.

An attic in Paris, which was occupied by the present King of Servia in the days of his Pretcndership, is bringing to the concierge a rich harvest of tips from visitors. The agreement can also be seen by which Peter Karageorgevich hired the attic for the annual rental of 750 F. The concierge has been offered large sums of money, chiefly by Americans, for the agreement, which contains King Peter's autograph, but he refuses to nart with such a valuable source of income.

During a storm at Grafton (X.S.W.I on the 7th hist., William Michael Cosgrove,; son of Mr. Michael Cosgrove, was struck by lightning and killed instantly. Tie had been assisting his father in the milking yard, and as lie did not return to the house bis sister went in search of him, and found his body, which was a good deal burnt, lying on the ;ti v >mv!, the hat being torn to .ribbons. The lightning struck the boy above the left ear, and the current travelled through his body. His boots were ripped oil' his feet in strips and his clothing was in tatters. The fluid circled his arm. burning a ring round it. His belt and buckle were burnt into the flesh.

The scale of travelling allowances payable to police travelling on duty has been fixed as follows by the new regulations:—Commissioner. 15s per day; other commissioned officers, 12s 6d; non-com-missioned officers, 10s; detectives and acting-detectives, f)s; constables, Ss per day. When on relieving or temporary duty for defined periods exceedintr a week, constables are allowed -1- „, ,j,,y, and sergeants and detectives ss. officers, non-commissioned officers and detectives travel first class, and constables second class, by rail or steamer. 'Provision is made for an allowance being granted to members of the police force who can advantageously use their bicycles in the execution of their duty.

A Wairarapa stock buyer has met with some funny happenings during his travels. Recently he was expected at an out-back station early in the morning. I bul by hustling a bit be managed to arrive about half-past nine the previous night. The house was silent and in darkness, all hands having "turned in." The slock buyer had generally made himself at home at most stations that he was in the habit of visiting, so he quietly entered the house, had a smoke, and went to the room where the father and three grown-up sons slept, lb- undressed, and as no one stirred, he pushed one of the boys over and made room for himself without disturbing anr of the occupants of the room. lie slep; the sleep of the tired horseman, until awakened by hearing the father rousing the boys out, telling them: "That confounded stock-buyer is fairly energetic, you know, and T don't waul him to catch, us in bed. or we would never hear the last of it." When the person referred to rolled out of the bed the look of astonishment on the faces of all four was something to be remembered.

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A Sydney cablegram state- that the , 'trade Commissioners were passengers for New Zealand by the Warrimoo. Mr. liowring. Newfoundland repi'esen- I tative on the. Empire Trade Commission, j is a pa.-senger by the Olrantu, which has I reached (M'omanUe. and will join his colleagues in New Zealand. ' The master of the four-masted American barqiientine Koko Head, which brought a load of Oregon pine to Wellington about a month ago. has presented a growing pine to the Wellington City Council, which has been accepted, and placed in the Botanical Gardens. Mr. Ceorge Frost (chairman of Hie Reserves Committee) states that the pine had made such rapid growth in a cask on board the vessel that it, was becoming cumbersome to have about the deck. The young tree is about four feet high, and is a line, healthy specimen of a very useful member of the pine family. It is understood that in congenial conditions an Oregon pine will grow up to two feet every year. Members of the force, runs a clause in the .new police regulations, are prohibited, on pain of dismissal, from borrowing or accepting money or property from any other member of junior grade, or otherwise making use of him as a means to borrow or procure money, or inducing him to become, security for a loan or debt. A junior'member is also prohibited from lending money to a superior, or from becoming security for him in any way. Any policeman who borrows money from, or places himself under a pecuniary or other obligation to, a persfln interested in the liquor trade, renders himself liable to dismissal. Obtaining receipts before payment, or accepting signatures to blank receipt forms, i is strictly forbidden.

A Southland reporter was told recently, in 'conversation with a leading Commonwealth politician, that Australian visitors to New Zealand derive a lot of fun out of (lie Dominion racing legislation in so far as the prohibiting of the publication of totalisator dividends was concerned. The totalisator records, which were being beaten at each succeed'ing meeting in every part of the country, were proof conclusive that the absurd restriction, placed on the newspapers was not tending to reduce the public's betling propensities. The absurdity of the whole business was further emphasised by the fact that, while Dominion newspapers were prohibited from publishing dividends, the figures were cabled to Australia, published there, and duly circulated throughout New Zealand by Australian papers a week afterwards. Investigation has shown that hundreds of babies are regularly sold in New York every year, and that the prices range, from a few shillings to a few pounds. The sale of human beings is

j a felony under the federal laws, hut if ithe seller swears that she was paid for her oltices a- procurer of the child, and that the money received was for her trouble, and not in exchange, for the child, she cannot be charged with the crime. The investigation was confined tn New York, but as advertisements similar to those which provided the first clue appear in Chicago. Philadelphia and Boston, it is presumed that identical traffic exists elsewhere, and'that the prices are equally low. One middle-aged, motherlylooking German widow, living in New York, whose name, portrait and address are published conspicuously, candidly admitted to interviewers that since she • has been in business she has sold hun- ) dreds of babies—boys and girls of almost I every nationality, and with hair and eyes of the color desired by the purchaser. Most-of her wares are forced upon unsuspecting husbands.

The very latest fad of fashion is the cameo, and those who are fortunate to possess--among their half-forgotten treasures—some of the old-time ornaments should bring them out and wear them.

Tin"? larger oni'i —even.those of considerable size—are set.in plain gold or silver rims, ns pendants, slung on fine chains, or us clasps of buckles, while the smaller ones are utilised as brooches—in a row of three, or buttons, or even earrings.

They harmonise charmingly, too. with almost any gown. The aquamarine has had a, tremendous vogue, and the tourmaline and beryl, too, have been in great favor, csp cially as pendants. But, on the Whole, the wearing of jewellery—in liie dayiiine-is iiut UMial. unless it be. of course, with a smart garden-party gown or reception frock. Very few people -nowadays wear bracelets— probably because they impede the energetic huatle of the age. while very often a simple enamel brooch is the ornament. One must except the wrist watch, which is so common an appurtenance alike of the society maid or the working girl. The pendant watches are beautiful trifles, but not nearly so practical or so safe.