LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 13, 16 June 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

" -Miss Ruby Curran, the young pianist,' by special request, will give two additional recitals at the Winter Show today, at 4.30 p.m. and 9 p.m., when she ■will Jiave the assistance of a talented Auckland vocalist.*

The Pitzroy School Committee, propose holding a euchre party and dance on July 17, the proceeds to go to the gymnasium. The last concert and dance was very enjoyable, and the committee hope to improve this one.

A tender from Messrs. Boon Bros, for hjuilding a gymnasium has been accepted by the Fitzroy School Committee. This should be a most welcome addition to .the school conveniences, as the playing ground is not by any means an ideal one especially in the winter time. The gross proceeds from the New Plymouth Fire Brigade's recent ball in the '-•Theatre Royal, amounted to £!)0 3s 3d. The expenses totalled '£l9 15s (id, leaving a net balance of £7O 7s 9d. This is a record, being the largest amount yet taken since the ball was inaugurated.

The Waitara Harbor Board has a longstanding tag on their balance-sheet—an heirloom, handed from Board'to Board, and 'now accepted with equanimity. It is in connection with an old Government loan, which the Audit Department require to be entered as a' liability, and apparently the balance-sheet would now seem incomplete without tliat tag. Mr. A. Wood, a prominent member of the committee of the Taranaki Agricultural Society, was on Saturday evening, the recipient of an illuminated, address, the text of which read:—"A Wood, Esq: Pear Sir.—The .Committee of the . Tara T . naki Metropolitan Society wish to express their great regret at your leaving New Plymouth for Auckland city, thus necessitating your resignation from the. committee of the Society, with which you have been associated for many years past..' Much of the success achieved by the Society during the last five or six years has been due to the keen interest and hearty manner in which you have personally worked for its welfare. Your services on the committee have been most valuable, and the work undertaken bv you. both in connection with the .Whiter Shows; and also the Autumn Shows, has always been carried through in a thorough- manner. We are losing one of our most industrious workers, and. whilst expressing regret at your removal from amongst us, we..wish to convoy to vou and Mrs. Wood on:- hearty good wishes for vour future welfare arid happiness. The address, which is signed by all the officers of the Society, was presented to Mr. Wood by the President (Mr. J. B. Connett), at a pleasant function held in the supper room of the Winter Show building. Members of the Equitable Buildin? Society of New Plymouth (First and Second Groups) are notified that subscriptions will be due and payable today (Monday)» at the Secretary's office, Currie street, from 9 a.m. to 12.30, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.— Advt.

.The Government officials in town have been granted a holiday for to-morrow. The "Taranaki Daily News" will be published as usual to-morrow (Dreadnought Day). The average attendance at; the Fitzroy school for the last four weeks was 150 out of a roll of IG3.

The takings at the Winter Show on Saturday amounted to £125, making the total takings to date £3BO.

The war veterans of the district are entertaining the visiting veterans at a dinner at the Brougham Street Hall tomorrow night. The purse of sovereigns presented to Mr. D. L. A. Astbury, who unsuccessfully contested the Egmont by-election, amounted to over three figures. The New Plymouth Borough Council has received a definite offer to take up the recently authorised loan of £97,000. Tenders for the money will be accepted up till the end of the present month. The Rev. A. M. Colvile, vicar of St. Mary's, gave an address to men at St. Mary's Church yesterday. The subject, which was "Free Will," was very capably treated, and much impressed the large number present. It was stated the other day that the

"Hygienic Turkish Rug," shown by the Red Post at the Winter Show, was guaranteed to last two years. This does not do justice to the durability of the rugs, which are guaranteed to last 22 years.

The Empire orchestra will be under the direction of' Mr. Gerald vantHeck to-night, when 4 specially brilliant musical pjogramihe .will ,be .subrttftted.', AWng" selections; Vthereijwiil ; ■ be' the overtures to Wagner's "Lohengrin" and Quhod's "Faust." .'■■; A measure dealing with the judiciary is likely to be introduced by the Government this 1 session. It will provide, it is stated, for increasing the salaries of Supreme Court judges from £ISOO to £2OOO per annum, and that of the Chief Justice from £2OOO to £2500. The art union conducted in connection with the Winter Show was drawn by the Mayor on Saturday night. The winners were as follows:—First, J. W. Bishop, No. 1348; second, C. W. McLean, No. 1094;. third, Mrs. Nixon, No. 318; fourth, Miss Moverley, No. 2839; fifth, W. E. Cliff, No. 1176. It is expected that there will be about 20,000 people at Moturoa to see the battleship. The Railway Department expect to deal with 10,000, and the other 10,000 will probably be made up of local and coastal residents. If fine, every motor car in northern Taranaki will doubtless be pressed into service. The local picture proprietary will run matinees at the Empire Picture Palace arid also at. the Theatre Royal on Tuesday, commencing in each instance at 2.30. The attraction at the Theatre Royal will be the great Vitagra'ph ma* terpiece, "The Vengeance of Durand" and at the Empire Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in the renowned historical play, "Queen Bess."

The New Plymouth Operatic Society rehearsals of "A Country Girl" are going with a swing. The greater part of the,caste has already been selected, and the principals are getting down to work in earnest, as als6 are Mr. Renaud (conductor) and v Mr. Johnson (stage manager), who confidently expect to the opera irf ' tip-ton ■ going order by the intended dates, July 30 and 31..' The Mayor, in his interview with the Minister for Hospitals on Thursday evening, pointed out that the legislation of 1912 excluded local bodies from further advances. The position of the local bodies was that the people by vote incurred the liabilities, whereas the hospitals had -the liabilities forced upon them by the Department. He asked the Minister to consult his colleagues with a view to passing legislation enabling the advances to be made to lpcal bodies for capital expenditure on the new hospital. A Wanganui business man, at present on a visit to Sydney, writing on the.day before the Federal elections, says: "Business is very good in Australia just now. Money, though tight, is plentiful, and should the Liberals gain the day to-mor-row the ldnd will be one pf plenty from a pecuniary standpoint. Should, however, Labor remain in power, Australia lias a bad time before her. The difficulty is that whichever party gains the' majority, neither has any men of really outstanding qualities to lead them."

The Rev. R. J< Liddell was the speaker sit the meeting of the Brotherhood yesterday afternoon, when he gave an eloquent address, basing his remarks on the famous words of Bishop Latimer, when he exclaimed to his fellow martyr, Bishop Ridley: "Play the man, Master Rid-, ley, and we shall this day light such a candle in England as shall never be put out." The speaker remarked that to play the man, it was necessary for a man to have high ideals, not to* despise honest toil, to endeavour to purify his place of employment, to pay the highest respect to womanhood, and to possess "a tender conscience." Mr. C. E. Bellringer was in the chair. Next Sunday, Chaplain-Major Luxford, of Wanganui, will speak on the Bubjeet of "Our Territorial Camps." "The milking machine is a most valuable invention for the dairy farmer in these days of a scarcity of ,labor. It would be practically impossible to continue the 'development of, the industry without the aid of such an invention." Thus spoke a southern farmer who has a wide and intimate knowledge of milking and machines. Continuing, he said: "Although there may be sins laid at the door of the machine, they should rightly be placed to the account of the careless farmer.' The state of his byres, of his stock, and of himself, are often indescribable, and the supply of milk under such conditions must always be detrimental to the general supply. It is the dairy farmer who should mend his ways. There is no more valuable addition to the equipment of a dairy .than the milking machine, and there should therefore be no disparagement of it in the first instance."

The ordinary monthly meeting''-of tfc,e W.iitara Harbor Board wtts held at Wak tara on Friday night. Mr. Jennings was in attendance, and had taken little part in the proceedings, before Mr. Hine, on behalf of Messrs. Ogle, Vaughan, and himself,, formally protested against his presence at the meeting. They ■ were not desirous, he stated, of again retarding the transaction of business by retiring from the meeting, but wished to record their protest against the presence of a gentleman who hail no legal standing as a member of the Board. Mr. Jennings asserted that he was quite happy, and would continue to occupy a seat at the Board's meetings, until his successor _ was appointed. After some further discussion, the business proceeded without further interruption. Ordinary routine work was dealt with, which lack of space precludes our publishing until our next issue.

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