LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 174, 22 January 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Australian mail-, n S Willochra at Vieliinglon, will arrive here this (Thursday) afternoon. The first coach it,na Opoliki to Motu, connecting with tin- Gisborne railway, 1 got through on Tuesday, A cable message from Perth status 1 that the City Council has refused to ■ allow mixed bathing in the, new munii cip.'tl batiis. , Regarding the statement from Xel.son , that .Mr. Cawrhr.m'.- donation of i'lo,- ' I DIN) for a new h.,,pital at Nelson is the 1 largest gift to any public l„„ly in .\ev. : Zealand during the donor's lifetime, it i is pointed oul that Mr. John Poss, ot I Dnnedin. gave i'ls.ijiif) | () U u . Knox College and CiM) to the Y.M.C.A. fund. To those people who are o:i holiday bent to-day, a reminder is given of the ' picnic at Kawarui Park. Full arrange- • iiients nave been made to give all patrons an enjoyabl" time. Admission to grounds, hot water, v-,i, milk and sugar will lie free lo all. A collection \vil,'\' made in aid of further improvement, to ' the park. Tn connection v'th tiie recent compainls concerning the disturbance in the pit of the Theatre Royal during a pcr- ■ j formano", and the allegations made . j against the police of inattention to , I duty in not siiniinniiiy ejecting the offenders, it is midcr-tood that the police I have, no power to do -o, unless requested by the management, •■\cept in the case of il breach of the peace. Sixty boy M'otii- from (he Central School, Omnia and Fell Flock troops pitched camp yost'-iday on a silo on the Kguiont Poad, -.ontuuisteis ,f. 1!. Sullivan, .■.fcCregor and Milne being in charge. They were favored with excellent weather, an.l are looking forward to an enjoyable an I ~scful encampment. The boys are comfortably lixed iji fonts, L and have a 'large io.;r<|Uec for 'evening lectures and amusem-nts. Slot telephones arc a payable institution in Cliri'lcbureb. Mr. Kll has nscer- ; tained that t!ie takings of the machines in C'lrislrliurcli city for (be twelve [ monlhs ended December 111 were .Clal, the Catliedral Squar- iiiachines accounting for .LilfM. Thi- lolal is, he coiisul--1 ers, remarkable, in •!■ ;•: of the fact that ' there were only elev-n machines up till i July. The tola! i- now twenty-three, : but a number of tiic-e were installed in December. The people of the Pa (en harbor district have everv e.r;-e, lo be gratified with the manner -a which their port , has been worked during the past week (says the Pros). In -pile of the strong north-west wind-, ar.l heavy seas prevailing, no fewer than 17 vessels, fully laden, left the port. Somewhere, in the neighborhood of I'"' l .' eases of cheese went over the bar. ind about (1(1 tons of meal, to say leg ,lug of wool and other jiroiluce. Tie- value of the cheese was jjii'UJUO. Yesterday aftervi.\; a concert party of local ladies and n.e.-flenien visited the Old People's Home.' , :; d entertained the inmates with a li.-l:_'-.tful and nuicllappreeiated prograV.ig.a of yoeal and inFlrumental music, int. :sper-ed with recitations. Aniong t'.o-e who took part were Mrs Hills. Ali.-es Oiivr Ihicktuaiiu, May Ciimioil, Vera. !.i:iclc. and Winnie. Tiehbon. also the F.•,. H. T. Peat and Air Tichhon. Au.ith-r visit will probably be paid by tie -anic party in a month or two. Interest in lorn! • "Actions has evidently been considci.'ly revived. One genll'-miin, almo-i a:i octoeeiiariin, recorded hi- vote v,.-t-rd:iy. after Inning refrained from doing 'o in anv election, cither local or poihieal, for over :l() year.-, although he '... been a ratopavcr for lie., wind,' peri,!. He was struck otT ih? general election roll -ome ISO odd years aco. bicao-e. trough illness, he 'had failed to record :.!s yoie, and out of revenge, or pique. :,•■ b-lcruiincd lo refrain from voting. ,;!fl:oiigh he always; Attended electoral n .-tings. After this long interval, he h.i- viidcnily seen the errors of his way-, r.'.rd once more will tf.kc a li'.e inter,.-. !.; all elections. A drowning trrg-.y vra- narrowF averle,! in the \\',;i, ~f,io river on Sunday last Males i',.. u'airavapa Daily people wen enjo.-in- "rater spoils, and on, l.en: we'll ;.!-,,. ~-.. exhibition of lifesaving." So >a\!n:: '...' seized ''l.en" in the orthodox vr.-.v . l.d ...nimeneed lo tow him about :• .'.•.•,) pool. Tiring' after a little while"".,,, let go his coin ■union, who senk i!!. .: slim,.. llisiiig. he frautieallv sei:', ,[ ;> swimmer round ■the neck, and' both sank si niggling. Those on tin- bank -'..: ieked wi'li hiUL'hter al the "due' leg match." but ihe .swimmer .siiddonh .• ~li,-ing thai, bis comiianioii reallv .oil I not swim, called for help, and did hi- uli,io,,t lo n lease clutches. Twice <:,.•>- went dovrn, and the only icsjion-e to their calls was laughter. The .i„l lime under th' swimmer managed to kick bis <o niece - iou oil', and ro-e alone and called again. Then Hie truth of lee. situation dawned upon the watchers, and one of (he young men quickly dived down and broitg'ht ihe dro.viiiiig- man f.i Hie'surface. The ncgrly ixhnudul :-vyii>iiuer as- islineg ' Uiey'rieoeedi'd in ;:■' l.ting him to l;, n d, where after a short t.'me he revived.

11 is slated ilmt there is u possibility of the second Auckland express I'cing. kept running throughout tin: year IUI-i. The J.alior unions in Cermany have decided to witlulruw their deposits from a leading Berlin bank which recently discharged an employee because ho was engaged in agitating for the formation of a bank clerks' union. Many a garden is overrun with snails and sings. The. use of camphor for the destruction of these vermin is nothing new, but in n recent number of the American florist it i.s referred to. C.unphor or moth balls thai arc Used for preserving clothes during the summer, are placed on the soil, about l'iin apart, and wo are assured that the pests will soon disappear. The quiet activity of the shipbuilding industry at Home was one of the facts which particularly struck a resident ot Auckland, who returned last week from a 'trip to the Old Country. He went down tjie Clyde for the purpose of having a look at the ship-building, and be found all the stocks busy and trade thriving. There was a dilliculty of geling Millicicnt men, and the prospects for continued employment for all hands seem to he exceedingly good. At the* Waitara Magistrate's Court yesterday, Bert Jones, of Awakino, was charged on the information of Edward Walshe, of the same place, with assault and using language calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Mr tjuilliam appeared for plaintill', and Mr. Johnstone for defendant. The -Magistrate (Mr A. Crooks) characterised the evidence, a great deal of which was given, as contradictory, and he therefore had to dismiss the case. Xew Plymouth is fortunate in the. possession of a live body in the Expansion and Tourist, League. They have just published an excellently-printed and illustrated handbook, setting out New .Plymouth a,s the holiday centre of New Zealand. "The Lure of the .Mountain" is well known to tourists in New Zealand, and particular attention i.s paid in the publication to that scenic attraction, whieh appeals to the mountain climber, geologist, artist and botanist as a held of research unsurpassed for interest, opportunity and inspiration. As a valuable guide to travellers in the Taranaki district the booklet should be greatly appreciated.- Wanganui Herald. "In twelve months' lime the soap works should he in operation," Mr. W. Turnbull told a Wellington Times representative. Mr. Turnbull accompanied Sit William Lever, the head of the big soap ■firm, to Sydney on the s.s. Ivulambangra, in order to discuss the scheme for the .establishment of soap works at Petone. Mr. Turnbull, who returned by the Ul:maroa, says the preparatory work is now complete, anil he will go ahead with the drawing of the plans. These will be sent to the Sydney oliice of Lever tiros, for final approval, and tenders will be called. This stage, said .Mr. Turnbull, should be reached in a few weeks. A Wanganni resident who recently visited the Mother Country took the opportunity while there of engaging the services of a couple of domestic helps. She paid their passages to the Dominion, and the girls/on their part, promised to "make good" at this end to the satisfaction of their employer. They "made good" right enough, but not to the satisfaction of the lady by whom they were engaged, for on reaching New Zealand they carefully gave Wanganni a wide berth and have not since been heard of. There is n rumor that one of them took unto herself a .husband in preference to taking the billet for which she was booked, while the other, apparently, was content to take French leave. That steps should be taken to disseminate information about New Zealand in tho villages of England is a suggestion made by Mr. \V. D. Holgate, a resident of the Dominion. During a recent visit to (ireat Puitain, he covered UOtlO miles by motor in England and Scotland, and he found that New Zealand n, better known amongst the fanning community than he expected. lie also found many small farmers desirous of enlarging their knowledge of the Dominion and getting definite information about the prospects for practical men with small capital. Mr. Holgalc suggests that the dissemination of information in villages is of greater importance than publicity work iu towns, and would bring many desirable immigrants to this country. During his residence in Devonshire lie found that many people had a wrong impression of the conditions governing the securing of land in New Zealand, fie found, however, that the Dominion generally wa's well spoken of. and regarded as a coming country: in fact, most people, lo whom he spoke seemed to think lliev would rather settle here than in Australia.