LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 3 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Covcrnment is reported tn hav" purchased :i half-acre section for a postoffice site at ilangatoki. Australian and Kuglish mails, ex Viet iriii. .il Auckland, will arrive linru by fir: Uarawa this (Tuesday) morning'. I'ln- destroyed the Kaupokoiiui Dairy I ompaiiy's branch factory at Auroa on Saturday night. About SO cheeses wore l.unieil. The insurances were: --On Hi" I adding £401). on the plant £-100, ami or. Lie stock £IOO, in the State Office. The rainfall in January was 3.37 in.. i tin lulling on 11 dn.vs. ' In January. 1013, (ho rainfall was (i.OSiu., tJiero bei.i. 1"» days on which rain fell. The maxiiium leiupc-valni-o in the shade was 7!) i "grees in both January. 1013. and IOU. • The registrar of iiirtiis, deal lis. and 1 tarriages for Hie district of Xew Pivnoutli (.Mr .1. S. S. Medley) reports I hat (iurinjr last month thei'c were 2"> 1-irtlis, 0 marriages, and. 11 deaths i;i ! is district., figures for the corrospomliig inontli l:i-t vear were 27 hirllis, ]i and 13 deaths.

There was a good attendance at St. iury's Hall last eveoin 0 . when .Mr. ;:ugo Icclured on "Laces." The lecture "as both interesting and amusing, and !lively illuslrated to show that it is 'ho mind that makes the face. At the <!ose of the lecture a number of \ iniittr i olies took seals on Ihe platform, and ind li.eir faces criticised. The next lecture will be. held on Thursday evening, rnd the subject will be "l-'oreliea,;, ami -'oses." A member of a deputation wliich "ailed on the Taranaki Couutv Council , rslerd.iy to ask That repairs should b • ■ui" lo a portion of a road in his district, was asked if the settlors would be ' repard l„ assist with the work. '-\\'e aavc always done our best." he .said, : " ! i "in- year we agreed to cart, metal m to the. road. We did so, and when !■'. hail lain some time, the C'ouni'.l's workmen carted it back to where L came from." Owing lo changes in the (Lpaitment.il .'■-ieiii. the details of the Customs du'ics collected at the port of New Plymouth eatd mill will no longer be i vaiiable for pdblii alion. These in future will be compiled at the Wellington I'ltice. ami ibe onlv montblv figures available at 'New Plymouth will be the totals. For January, £l2.S|', 10.- 2d wa-iMll-cied from imports, am! £72 \ ■ as evcise .lilt\ on beer. The correspondintr inures f„r .lauiiarv last year were £3OIO lis (Id and m 2s 3d. It appears as if nothing would stop depredations among tin; bird-life at I'ld-'ekura Park. A short time ago, the caralor reported that dog, had been ,|ef.to.viiig .lucks there, and the Hoard i 1 ■■hied In notify its iuleiitioii of laving poison in the Park for the benefit of the irresponsible canines. \(, last i.'ght's meeting of the Kn„rd. Mr Smith r. t.orte.l that between December 1!) and • : ajnury 12. nine of (be tamer ami liner ducks disappeared from the lower lake, lie did not think it was the work of ih.jts. otherwise some trace of the ducks v ..lihl have been found.

for .-ome tiui" pa-( complaints ha,'I eu made as (o Ihe slate of the ron- \ uieuccs at Ihe rear of (he drcssiutrs!.eds on the Sports (Iround at Puk'cl- iia Park. At the meeting of (he Park I'oanl last ni»bi, Mr (i, W. }b»wne reI' :nvd |.i (he nialter as one which reu 'ircd imuu-.liate attention. He slated t'al he had inlcrviewed the secretary o' the Sporls n.uniid Committee on the matter, and a suggestion had been made that the Board should assist the eomeonnected with the sewer, erected near the Fiilis Street piles. After ,- short " .-Uesoii ihe matter was held over, p- mini." Ihe receipt of a coiuniiiuic.il ion !'■ 'Hi i'.e Sports (,'round Committee.

Al a ni'M'tinir 01' the llrcakwatci'lVm-h C.niiiuiiieo. hold kis( niviht. Mr Williams I' .sided in era e.ood alionduiicc of inein-h-"s, Twche new members wen' elccf- (•■', tin- Indil membership Uuiuji now „,vr i; ;'- ' ;l "' l!iiri)iiKli Council will be i":'"!;' ' ■•:!■ '.'TaillilO:' (Il ( . committee Coll- " : ' 'l'.' beach. It was decided In eivd :w i!ij;-. ami swim.-boats, and to ni-h'' provision for free !„,(- water inn 'l>;il'|v. Ah application will be made t „ !':•■ N"V Plymouth Umbo, Hoard for ,l! '' '■■'■'■■' i>f a foolbridi;,. mi,],.r the uia.rf for (!„. convenience „f passengers "H (lie motor-branch trip.. Later on a '"'tlnn;:- pavilion will be erected for l,|!lll| i' ,: : l>i:rpo-cs. raid also au onterlainm..nt room. The liiolcwood school chilllmi - '" ilm ' number of aliout 1000. will ("•]>>< "" t'i" reserve on fYbrmirv 111.

A I. die L'einont Loil-e. \ !!•> 1.0.'1. T., held in the Cood Templars' llall last immlm, (|„, roUowinc, install ition of ■ officers look place ' for i he ""'iii'i;;' <|iiar|.'!- ; Chief T. miliar. Pro. K. I'- IVpeivil: \-ir.-Teiuplar,' Sister ,!. I!l "'i : -ivlir.v. !!ro. Win. Hooker: liii.vi';iyl ■•'" "I"n. liro. X. While: (v.isurc". l ! 'iil'-i'e('..v,neii:\,nirshal.'liro'.''i!.'|'lVv' '!en: ,acrd, lb-,,, f. Poullon: soulim, 1 . I!l '"- i; - '''■■' •:!■■: a -UaM-e, reiarv, Si-t'-r W. :'ir(iiell; depul ■ -marshal Si, ter I). I :.',•■ ?.C. Teiindar. -lisle." Mr, !.«■:■::: p':.i''.■',. Sister Dellc Connoth i■ ■■ poivr. Li',,. T. W. Welch. !lr„. L. Pep-I'-rch .as ■■npniuied sii|ierinteiideiif of (he .liiveni,. Temple. Five new liienibcrs were proposed and will come up for initiation next .Mondav night, after which (he iiev oll'iccrs will entertain the mem-

'•I. have known lawyers to argue for two oi- three days on a question on which there was no doubt," said I lie Chief Justice! (Sir Hubert Stout) at tin. bearing of the strike appeal case in Wellington last week. The snapshotter is not allowed in Hie Aiiekliiiiil Inhibition grounds with Ids camera. The rights to photograph every thing within the grounds have been sold 'by Ihe authorities, and hundreds of amateurs are prevented from taking a picture of any kind within the grounds. '■Too lired to breathe," was the only cause that could he ascribed by doctors for the death of James J. .Mu'ncray, of ■lersevville, who was known as tin- laziest man in Illinois. For Jifteen Years lie. refused to leave his lied, even Tor hi< meals, although he 'had no disease <:r physical disability.

From the Mangawekn district fully SlKlO'bales of wool have so far been scn'i. away this season, the approximate v.ilue being in the vicinity of £-ir>,l);;i|. Big business is also being done in sheep. Week before last ,->Ut)(> sheep and fat lambs were trucked away, whilst fully that, number were 'held back, owing to tile fact that no trucks were available.

The second sale of cargo salvaged from the wrecked steamer Tyrone realised over £2OOO in Dimodin'. A crate of three enamel baths brought up to Co 10s each, or within CI of the landed value, and it was so with ninny other of the lots ollVred. Two iptarjvr casks of special port were sold for £IS His. The salvagers take 75 per cent, of the net proceeds.

Bargaviile residents are in a somewhat serious plight for lack of water, and the supply is being retailed a( Id per gallon. It is now over a year ago since a poll to raise a :C2.).0I)'() waterworks loan was approved. The Kurough Council has not, so far, however, succeeded in raising that sum. If rain docs not fall shortly, Dargaville, with its iil-.lli inhabitants, will Ik; in a very serious plight. It does not always pay to steal. A week or two ago a lent belonging to the North Canterbury Hospital Hoard, and in use by a tuberculosis dispensary patient, was stolen. The tent was in readiness to be sent, to the hospital for disinfection when it disappeared. "Tee person who was guilty of this particularly mean theft may have reason laler lo regret having 'taken away an infected tent." remarked Ur. ISlaekntorc, olticer in charge of the dispensary, in hireport, to the Hoard. A motor lorry brought from Wellington to l'almerslon, after being nn'uadcd at tlTe latter place, was driven acr„ss the track on the Tararua ranges lo Vahintua, instead of traversing the usual route through the alauawaUl l.'orge. This (says'the. Pahiatu.i Her- . aid) is said to be the. first occasion upon which a motor lorry has been driven i over the ranges between Palmer.itoii Xorth and this district. The journey I was accomplished without any mishap. 1 The lorry lias now been taken through to the Wairarapa.

A writer in the Christchureh Press reealls an unusual incident in the early history of Christchureh, A tire broke ■out in the Wesleyan chapel in High street, and it was quenched by using' the beer from a neighboring brewery. It is recorded as "the lirsf lire in Obristcbureh," and -happened in I.S.V). There was no water nearer than the Avon, but Packer's brewery was near by, and a. line of buckets was manned by willing- volunteers, which connected up the beer barrels with the church, and soon extinguished the. fire.

A smart, ami plitc-1: \- action was performed the other day by a telegraph mesfeem/pr in Christchureh (says the Press). The horse in a van hail holl«(1 (luriiifi- the absence of Ihe ilrivv. and was cominf* up Manchester sir,.it at a great rate. The boy jumped o!T 'bis bicycle, and climbed into l.lic back ot the van and over the seal. I)e'r: niiiible to reach the reins bv :mv oilier means, lie streli-hed out his le- and lifted (hem with his. fool, and tlien seizin.!; tliein, managed lo pull (he horse up jus'i as it was about lo collide with a 'vrandah post near (lie Excelsior Hotel. A persistent hold thief came before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M.. in the Ma«islrale's .Court, Xew Plvmoulh. on Saturday in the person of Herbert llenrv Ta'vlor. alias Albert. Tavlor. The accused 'was convicted of 111,. th,.fl of two pieces of rubber hose and six knives, of a loi.il value of 2.Ys. the propertv <if Mr. Chart.s Harrison, of the Orosvenor hotel. The articles in .pieslion 'had been ahstraefed from (ho hold duriii"' a succession of visits to Ihe premise., on Woilnr-ilav. wis I hen deiecled bv Mr. Harrison, and baled before Ihe police. 1!,, was sen(diced to'2l days' imprisonment in New Plymouth jrnol. The Te Kuiti Chamber of Coiiinicr-a is oll'erine CM) in cash for (he be-! essay o„ ••Tim advantages of doiii" business in Te Klliti." To held those (aimers win, wish to compete, they oiler aiaoe.;: others, the following headings:--]. "Advantages of personal selection." 2. "laical patriotism. The int. rest, of your centre is your interest." ,'i. "P.ural land values rise with yrowth of centre." -I. "Money spent in Hie district is money kept in the district." Tin: essay is intended cbiclly to assist the storekeepers in town.

A Waiiiranui swiinnicr (l.ampe) in beatin,- tin- |dun»e record of Ihe llawera at Ihe carnival on Wcdues.lav, e\..'uiiiff, did so almoM at the peril ol his own life. Me became exhausted and before the spectators were aware of what was happening;', be.ean lo sin;. Compel iiors standint:' by, seeiue the ';..""- dicaineiit of the man', dived into tile water to his assistance, and with some little trouble -rot him out of (he bath' in an unconscious condition. Met ho Is to restore respiration were at once applied, and a. few minutes afterward-; l.ampe rceained consciousness. The incident. for Ihe moment, caused a painful sensation. I.auipe. althom.di he did uoi compete in any further events, laicr in the cv.uiuK K'l'ive a short exhibition of fancy divim,'. ami was loudly cheered.— Star.

The Mint in London has been worth.", overtime lately in ordt r lo meet the demand i'ov pennies caused liv H:e operation of (he Insurance Act. A shod aw of pennies lias I)ecn fell, in the Mulher Country even since (lie appearance of tin) penny-in-tlie-slot machine, and the trouble became acute two or throe years nj;ii. when (he London jrus companies installed (ens of thousands of slot machines, which hoarded ''coppers' 'he the ton. The Mint had no! fullv overcome ill;, t. dill'icully 'before (he Insurance A",: rcouired employees (o make deductions from Id lo Ida' week from the wasTcs of their ha nils. The system broke shilling •nnl lel'l odd sums to be paid in pence. "The colonies all want pennies too," >aid a distressed ollicial. of the "Mini r«ccully. "'and we cannot run (lie machines fast. cnouj;h." The Chancellor of (lie. klxdietiuei" finds (he position rml mipleiisinfr, for there is it. substantial profit attached to the lnnkiii"; of copper and silver coins. When you need a prescription inane up. you want, to be assured of nec.ur >,ey. Personal supejvjsion la assured by coming to Sykes'i Devon Stre,e