LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 197, 18 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ''knutt" lias 110 sort of a time in the ranks of the New Zealand Territorial fortes. The latest- is that white collars and black ties may not be worn with uniform, even when not on parade. Tie-pins -arc especially iarred. Following the lead given .by Wanganui Collegiate School, it i.> understood that Wuitaki High [school will, next month, lw placed under complete military control for a period of om- or two weeks, and that the whole time will be devoted to training in militarv duties. , A Gazette notice states that owing to the recent labor troubles in England the supply of swords ordered for the officers of the New Zealand Defence Force will not come to hand for some time. Meantime the supply is exhausted, and what a chance for Germany! _ By yesterday afternoon's train a fine line of ten two-tooth Lincoln rams were consigned to Wanganui. Thev have been entered in the sheep fair there. The sheep were bred by Mr G. J. Bridges, at Tataraimaka.'and prove that Taranaki coastal land can do sheep as well as it does dairy cattle. There was a fairly long list of cases set down for hearing at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, but they fizzled out as they have a way of doing, and only one defended and one undefended case waa dealt frith, the latter being a Judgment for plaintiff in the case of Newton King v. Rangi Topu for £l-23 Os ad with costs £6 9s Gd. Territorials who live more than one hour's journey (or two hours, u mounted) from a drill centre will in future (according to a recent order) take their training with the general training section, and will not be posted to the Territorial Force. No more drill centres will lie established unless special circumstances demand it.

A motor-car owner from Hawora Lad a somewhat heated argument with the New Plymouth Borough Inspector yesterday. He had just landed a car by the Auckland steamer, and was driving it gaily through the streets when the lynx-eynd one noticed that the only number visible at all was painted 011 a portmanteau stranned on the buck of the car. Tho number was legally "attached thereto," but, fortunately, it waa identical with one under which another ear owned by the same man was registered in the inspector's books. Explanations followed.

An English witness in the Magistrate's Court, New Plymouth, yesterday displayed a loyalty to his employer whieh is not often encountcrod among tho average New Zealand workmen, whose criticisims of tho "boss" from every point of view are generally most frequent and free. He was asked whether lie was aware that a couch which he had made for his employer to be sold under contract at £l3 iOs was subsequently returned and offered in the window for £9. "No." said he. "my master's prices are nothing to do with me. I simply make the furniture for him as well as I can, and that's all that concerns me."

According to the Kltham Comity Council excellent results have been obtained by tho use of restar upon road surfaces. At the last meeting Cr. liest quoted an outstanding example where the worst piece, of the ltiiwhitiroa road near the school had been treated with restar. and it was now an immeasurably superior piece of work compared with the remainder of the road which had been tar-sprayed. Cr. Belcher endorsed this, remarking that heavy mobs of sheep were rough on the ordinary tarred road, but made absolutely no impression on the piece treated with restar. The engineer suggested that the Council should consider motor tnction for their next season's tarring work, maintaining that it would lie a great saving as against their present cost of carting the barrels of tar from Kltham on to the various sites.

New Plymouth cyclists will no doubt remember Mr. Morry Randrup, at one time well-known as a rider in Taranuki —as indeed he was in the whole of New Zealand and Australia. Mr. Randrup has recently been spending a few davs' holiday with his brother in New Plymouth. He won championships at Wa verify and Kltham, as well as in the large eentre.s of New Zealand, and Australia, and put up no less than four New Zealand records between 1903 and 1005 in distances from half a ir.ile to two miles. From 1901 to 1905 ho won four Australian and eight Now Zealand championships. He first took the track 111 1807, racing at meetings in the smaller towns, and between that vear and 1005 he had a total of 147 firsts, 104 seconds,-and 70 thirds. Mr. Randrup reckons he Ims just about finished with racing, and is taking a short holiday. The construction of the buildings for the San Francisco Exhibition of 1013 is proceeding apace and last month the completion of "the palace of machine 1 .**', the largest Inline structure in fie world," was announced. This hall is 1000 feet, long, 400 feet wide aim 1:15 teet high, and the Americans appear to have been unable to hear the thought ot its glories remaining unadvertised )oi a whole year. The exhibition authorities arranged, therefore, that it should be tho oi tho first imloor aeroplane (light, and Mr. Lincoln Tieachv, a successful airman, was commissioned to make the experiment. The airmin took his machine into the hall, started from one cud, rose forty feet and crashed into the. wall at the other end. He wrecked his aeroplane and damaged himself considerably. Still lie had made (us (light and the "palace of machinerv" was the scene of tl'.e exploit. Some few years ago an amendmentwas made to the Magistrate's Court Act whereby the defendant in a civil action was required to notify the clerk of the < ourt and the solicitor 'or tile plaintiff it he intended to defend the action. If he did not do so within five clear day 3 alter the service of tie summons, the ease could be determined |,v default and judgment given against lnm unless- lie showed special icasons why leave to | delend should !,c given him at the eleventh hour. In the .Magistrate's < oui't at New Plymouth -yesterday Mr. Hlitelion "ought IV r .-p. <ial leave to ,|,- tend, alleging j-., J S| IM .; ; ,J , eason that rlll ' nl )«•••<> "i'.iware of ''■'auge 111 the ls.w, 'tat.ng (.hat as .' u.Moa,.es. i( was "illy reasonable t, |,» Would defend il, tdll of (he :',n:,"in(. well as of his cllelll, emei'e.l m|„ !hc e;,.-., Mr , ('rool e N\l.. point".! n:,l thai ()„. change in l: V v h:, .' ! 11 '» soMie'time ami tliat ('.III Ull'i-1 111:! I ii-:l ol il W:l; 1,1,1 "II tae ear; of tie- ' ii!i'.!l)ons. If,' I. " ot l' f . a"' a yj'.-eiiil rea-oii. '«H that a. di-i wt re ad |,U siunmoi!-. K'.eain.iilv (! :l . , utiesc] gaged. agreed to r.di.v.mi ease, as if was likely that a eomwomi*. would be ellected, but the &-Jf. again stated thai he would not give heive to defend unlescouusel for the 'plaintiff agreed, .

Tho cost of improvements effected by tile Taranaki Jockey Club to the New Plymouth racccour-e and buildings during the p&st season .iraonnted to some £3OOO.

A horse wandered 011 to the Alpha road railway viaduct at Auckland and fell through (lie sleepers (0 the ro;:,l beneath just as a train was approachinfi 1 . 'l'he horse was struck by the train and received injuries necessitating lis destruction. Near Winnipeg 1 lie Manitoba Co-op-erative Farm and Dairy Company, is establishing what is claimed to be the largest dairy farm in the world. WII.-11 completed the farm will contain 2500 head of cattle, anil with liilM) head nf these in milk the total yearly output is estimated lo be :1,00i1,0U0 gallons. Arrangements are being made for

cadets' review 011 the New Plymouth racecourse on May 20. Cadets from town and country, to the number of 1500, will be inspicted by General Sir lan Hamilton, with General Godley and staff. The hoys who live too far out of town to return home tho same evening will be billetted 011 the floor and basement of the prandstand. A safety razor, connected to a motor by means of a flexible shaft, is the latest invention to simplify shaving (says tho Electrical World). The blades are actuated in such a way as to cut the beard by impact or blows. «Tho blades, therefore, do not need to be so sharp as in hand-shaving. No soap is necessary, wetting the skin being sullicienr, anil a clean shave can be accomplished, it is declared, in 11 very short time. The after affects are described as ueinjr those following a mild massage. A plug is provided for attaching the razor to any lamp socket. The popular East End bathing reserve was the happy hunting-ground for a large number of Whangamomona folk yesterday, when the Morions weather with which the picnickers were favored added greatly to the enjoyment of the outing. All day the children tumbled on the sands or paddled in the briny, while paterfamilias disported himself in the surf and (despite the remarks of tho Mew Plymouth Borough Council) even the big staters tasted the jovs of seabathing. Altogether tho Wlianga. folk camo to the conclusion that the East End beach is a very wood place for a holiday. At a meeting of tho committee of the Taranaki Agricultural Society last night the arrangements for the forthcoming autumn show were advanced another stage. A sub-committee wa3 set lip to call tenders for the supply of prize medals. It was decided to provide covers for all bulls aged two years or over entered in the show. The charge for admission to the inner grandstand was fixed at Is instead of 2s, as formerlv.

It was decided to ask the Taranaki Kdueation Board to give the children of as many schools as tiossible a holidav on the second day of the show. A "killer engine - ' was referred to during the discussion at the conference of the New Zealand Locomotive Association at Cliristehuivh oil the question of the disabilities under which drivers and firemen labor. The particular engine referred to is ollieially known as engine "EOG," and its outstanding eusscdness (says the I'ress) is that on the Wellington-.lohiMinville line, on which it is running' and on which there are

several tunnels, it. belt-lies out so much smoke that, the health of the enginedrivers and tirenieu is endangered. The conference concurred''with the sugg' -- tion that "K(i(i" should be relegated to a line on which there were no tunnels. The excessive speed of motor waggons was discussed at the last meeting of thj Kltham Comity Council, one member re marking thai, he had heard that a motor waggon with 40 people on board had gone from .Mnngatuki to llawera in seven minutes under the hour. This led to an informal discussion as to the advisability 01' re-arranging the tollgate charges, and the clerk pointed o'lt that if a waggon were geared so as to enable it to travel more than a certain number of miles per hour it forfeited its right to the present toll rates, finally it was decided to take 110 nctimi until the suggested conference of delegates from all Taranaki County Councils interested in toll-gates. Tile object of the conference was to adopt a uniform tariff throughout. It was made clear at the meeting of the Land Hoard this week, savs the

Marlborough Kxprcss. that the word ''ballot" in the latest land laws signifies the process of balloting for each section in the disposal of the allotments of a property subdivided under the Lands for Settlement Act. In the case "f the llillcrsdcii Kstate, lor instan".',

the word will not be interpreted as solely applicable to the day's prmci'dings as a whole. Thus any person who at the outset is not entitled to the nivferencc extended to married people with children dependent on them and people who have been twice unsuccessful at previous ballots, may secure this advantage for applying for a number of sections. Having failed to acquire a section in two appearances at the bal-lot-box, he will on the same day be included in the preferential class of applicants. In this way the rigid disability imposed on -ingle men will be removed.

"We modern Knropeans are not Warlike people." said Dean Inge in SI. Paul's Cathedral, (liristcluireh, "warlike people like the. Turks do not make these elaborate preparations. The true lighting' man trusts to bis own right arm to protect, him when the time comes. I( the old. timorous nations who laboriously guard themselves against enemies of whom there is no sign in any i|tiarter. Kurope is like a street of tradesmen who should pay half their income in burglary insurance against each other." The 'l)ein said that the bloated armaments would provide their own remedy. They would become such an intolerable buraen to the nations that their abolition would be demanded by the voice of tire people. lie aroused some critics to vi"orons protest by adding that he saw "nothing specially unchristian" about the preparations of the Powers to light one another. Apparently he was able to discover some essential distinction between arms ami their uses. Messrs. Web-tor Hros. advise that their sale on Friday at Oakura will communce at 12 ./clock noon instead of one "clock, a- usual. This will allow timel» attend the sale and also hear the "oval Artillery Hand at three o'clock.

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