LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is understood that the marriage se < ement ui the Harding ease has been upset and that costs have been given "gainst Harding. c ■ Tlie tailoring-trade appears to •><.- flushing as f w as male apprentices •re concerned, and master tailors aii affirm lha lit is very hard to get h« M to lean, the trade (says the VVangauui The Kaiser ], as „,,]„,,,, ~,.,.„,.,„ m) . Tl tO . w ™ r mouataches. He .vcnllv AtUied that every real man should wmi a. decent moustache. Tl„. ti .„. •h'ney to clean shaving will in <.„„.,,.. quence be checked in German. Tim ij lliroa Sehool held its annual iwme at th v East End -reserve yeste.id;i.Y- Favored with fine weather, t>.-< cnildrou b ad a delightful dm,-, many of them making their fir,, acquaintance with the soa. -Judgment was given by Mr. A. CrookS -Jl-, in the following undefended eases ye-tci'day momihgr-Ncwton Kin<>- v r-awhanga Butler, B lis fld and casts" Vs bd; Lta Waitere v . Corge (J. Cameron (judgment summons) £SO ]<)<, an< i t *2s fid, order suspended for one month' In default one month's imprisonment

A man was attacked by « motor-car m ttaverley the other da v. 11,. h a; | started, but in mauoevuring to get out of a yard the machinery "jibbed." Leaving the clutch in gear, he alHilcd to restart the machine. Before he could get clear of the car it rushed forward, carried him along and pinned him against a fence. His leg was hurt somewhat, but otherwise he had a lucky ..-, cape. The question of noxious weeds was discussed at the meeting of flic X.-.r Plymouth Borough Council on Monday night, and it was decided to call (heattention of the noxious weeds inspector to the state of some town sections The town clerk pointed out that under amendment to the Public Works Act. the Council had power to deal with the matter in its by-laws. This will ')• (lone when the new bylaws come into force. , 'fl'lT A Whangarei resilient (~a y s t!|.. -Northern Mail) who was conversing in Auckland with Hammond, the aviatofills rather a good yam about the man; J lie were watching- some motorists culling out high speeds on the track it Alexandra Park, when Hammond remarked that be would not lake on racing for .CIOOO a ride. "Wve me i,r. above, where you cannot hit anvlhiii" " continued the aviator. "What about the ground ?" queried his companion. Oh, no tear of that; and even if 1 ,-|M it would only be once, and bad luck -if that," cheerfully concluded the ma,,; whose feats have made Au.-kUnders stand open-mouthed and still-necked. Major Sandford, speaking- at the >-1.(.A meeting yesterday, said that from observations on hi., travels recently through the country extending from Pe Kuiti to Waitara, he is stron"lv of opinion that the .Yew Plymouth brand. »>.the h.P.CA. has fully Justified its existence. He carefully observed every horse that he met and could not/detect any signs of ill-treatment. He also visited several shearing sheds, wheiMaoris were employed, ajid found evidence of very careful handling-out of , morning's work (250 sheep)' onlv (hre» were cut and these very slightly 'IV case which the society brou-ht recently" though it had not resulted in a conviction, had evidently bad the eH'ect of making people careful.

A me»tiii{? of tlie Society for tlie Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held yesterday nftenioon, when there were present: Me<*rs 0 .W. Browne (chairman). F. W. Randford, ,J. Paton and G. F. Robinson. The inspector, ilr. Collins, reported that lie had been out by the Westown bus when it had a full load of fourteen adults and three children, which was ouite heavy enough for the hill, though the horses were treated kindly, lie bad visited local auction rooms on varions occasions, and onlv had to warn men on one occasion for the wiit in which fowls were brought in. Tie had found pi ax roiiffhlv ha"nd!ol. T Te had also visit,.,! (he Stratford mil;'■■"l'ds. when- he „ inv n V.ullnek with i h-01-nii horn. The owner refused to remove it, hnf in response to the inspector's request, the police -ame on the ■■c-'ii" end th" owner ou'eklv removed :'■. ,T - al'-n vi-ited F.ltlinm. where he foun ! ■■ -"'i'lf !„ rennrt. lie bad vi-itell Wni- • '" hut. could im( mi anv fault with TV report was considered ■■'<"'-iorv. 'l'll- -.ecmhn- stated that '-'- ■S'er.rennt lladdrell bad informed !Mt the police would <ri"e the <* ■*- everv assUinnee possible. TV ••--•■ reported that. C'ere was - ■; - ' mhnrc of £l.*i 17* 3d. '■'■■ '.'est-Poelcet Kodak is the perfect ■••e ennn-ra. Tho Davies Pharmhnvo them. "•!'•'

When a duck lay., .m eg- :.he JH.-1 waddles oil' as if no; 'in',' iuu: happened. When a hen lays ui egg, there's .i wbalo of u noise. Tii hen advertises. Hence the demand for hens' eggs instead of ducks' eggs. Fruit-growing in Oiago this season is expected to reach a record standard as regards quantity and quality and commercial value. The trade has been very brisk since the opening of the! season, and as far as stone; fruits are concerned representative! ehialor* state that the orchards of Alexandra ami Clyde hold Ihe market easily in everything that makes fruit acceptable., and profitable. It is thought"that the' growers there j must be doing remarkably well.

Writing to the Duneelin Star regarding the burning of tint sli'anicr \\loa .when on her way to Wangunui with a cargo of benzine and kerosene.' Mr. •Keith S. Ramsay says: -"I do not believe for a moment that the burning of thi! steamer was the result of spontaneous combustion, but am more in-'cliiii-d to the belief that smoking in the steamer's hold during loading operations caused the catastrophe,, in .this ease made so lamentable owing to the untimely end of one of the cre\V. On more than one occasion during recent .years 1 have seen waterside workers smoking pipes and cigarettes when en[.gaged stowing benzine and kerosene in -the holds of n steamer, and have been fearful e>f what the result might hi'. . . I do not know of Any Act prohibiting ■smoking in a vessel's hold, but aiii •convinced that the *ooncr siie-h an offence is made a criminal one the better ■it will he for those who go down to the sen in ships."

An "affair of the heart" engaged the '.attention of Mr. Justice Denniston it -the Olmstehureh Supreme Court e>» •(Saturday morning. A bachelor of ii.) 'wished to wed a girl of prepossessing .'appearance. I'nforlunale-ly, she was only 18 years of age. Her father hail been absent from New Zen land for many years, and the mother rel'usi'd to give -her consent to the marriage, on the ■ground Of the disparity iu ages between ■the parties. Under the. circumstances, -the Registrar of Marriages had no alternative but to refuse, the nuptial license. Not to be beaten, however, the eager swain appealed to the Supreme Court, under tin- Marriage' Act. for an order requesting the Registrar to grant a license, and Mr. Justice Denniston heard the application. There was no appearance of the mother. After interviewing the parties, his Honor made their hearts glad by granting the order desired. A gloomy picture of (he ravages of insects is painted liv a correspondent of ■the lliiv.ke'.s « ; ev Herald, who states: -

■■'Swarms of birds on the plains have been unable to -.tup the ravages of caterpillars in some of the grain crops, but if it. were not for the presence of our feather friends it would be impossible to grow crop- at all. Tn bygone years myrilids of caterpillars were always present at haytimc. and grasshoppers ate up the hiimmcr vegetabh'B in our gardens, whilst green" beetles stripped the leave- off hedge plant* and plum trees, and completely destroyed our roses and many other things precious to the heart of the amateur hortictilturaliKt. The brown beetle is still with, us, but and crickets are now a memory hi the past, and the green beetle it 'rara. avis.'" . A peculiar ca-e n.vupicd the attention of Mr. .1. 0, T,. If.-u-itt, S.M., at Rcefton last wi.-ek, when ;i man named Heron, who did not appear, was charged with obstructing Con-table Mc.Vlahon in the execution of his duty. It appears that the constable was approaching a hotel on a Sunday, and the accused, who noticed the constable, threw a stone on the roof of the hotel. (nmicdialcly afterwards five men made a hurried exit from the licensed premises. In support of the prosecution, the sergeant of police cited an English ease in which the Chief Justice held obstructor, proved where a motor [mice -trap' 'was signalled to other motor-, and that obstruction need not be physical. The Magistrate agreed thai ob'-tmetion had been proved, j;nd inflicted x fine of us.