LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 258, 30 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A child travelling on U„. \,. u . pj v . mouth-Wellington express the other day day had part, of one linger cut oil' bv the slamming of a door on it. Jli connection with the enlcrtaiuiii" and honoring of the pioneers at the Breakwater at Moturoa to-morrow we are asked to state that the invitation is not confined to llie menfolk, but includes the. lady pioneers-, who will he heartily welcome.

Recently an invcrcargiH lady advertised in a local paper Hint she had a pet monkey for sale. The announcement caused an extraordinary demand for the ape. Already the vendor has received nearly 2110 inquiries as to the price and general behaviour.

Mr L. E. Jackson Ims been aooointed Opiuiako manager for the Xew Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association. It it is understood (says the Hawera Star) that the society intend erecting bulk stores and yards for the due imnifpulation of their business in that district.

The EiverdaU- Dairy Company approves of the taking of shares in the Patea Farmers' Co-op. Freezing Company, but considers that there should be a substantial reduction of the capital subscribed before the fire. It suggest; that there should he a conference of delegates from all the dairv factories between Waverley and Eltham, to be held at Hawera, to consider the whole position in reference to the Freezing Company. Some of the settlers on the Mangorci, Carrington and Frankley Roads are moving in the. matter of erecting a central cheese factory to serve the whole three districts. The •opening of the CarringtonMangorci and Carringlon-Fiankton cross roads has done much to bring the three districts into close communication with each other, and there is no doubt that if a suitable site can be. selected would serve a big scope of country and prove a (laying proposition to the settlers interested. It is understood that those moving in the matter will call a meeting shortly to discuss the position.

In a breach of promise case, Rogers v. Hanley, set down (or hearing at Muster ton recently, in wliieli JuaUD damages was claimed, His Honor gave judgment for the plaintiff for £2OO, hy consent. Neither party appeared, but they were represented by counsel.

The project to establish co-operative freezing works in the Manawatu district has not met with much success. Mr. J. Balsillie, one. of the prime movers in the matter, informed a Standard reporter that lie was afraid the scheme would fall through. He had been steadily bringing it before farmers, but he could not bring the proposal to fruition. On the 21«{ inst,, thy New Zealand Dairy Association, Ltd., paid out to its suppliers £43,375 7a Oil. This covered 0C4,484'/ S lbs of butter-fat supplied during the month of February. The amount of butter-fat received during the corresponding month of last year was 859,751 Vybs; thus the increase for the month was 104,751'/ 4 lbs.

How time alters all things was tvoieally exemplified at the veterans' church parade yesterday, to celebrate the anniversary of the 'battle of Waireka. Fiftyfour years ago the veterans were fighting for their lives and homes against th« Maoris as deadly enemies. Yesterday the collection taken up was to be devoted to the Maori Mission! The Pa-tea Press understands that MrMcDonald, engineer to the Gisbornc Harbor Board, will arrive in Patea this week, and will subsequently submit an exhaustive report to the Harbor Board on the best means' of improving the port. The report will probably be submitted to the Board at its May meeting, and the improvements should be commenced by the middle of the followin™ month.

"If the gentleman at the back of the hall whs ia speaking in a foreign language will obtain the services of an interpreter I will be glad to answer his questions," said the Prime Minister, while, addressing the large audience assembled at the Collingwood Public Hall Lost Saturday week. Police interference, says the Times, and an ejectment cut short the. harangue of the interrupter and restored peace. The "foreign language" was very broad Lancashire dialect!

Only ten territorials attended tho church parade held by the veterans yesterday, to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the Battle of Wireka. This sparse attendance is said not to have been due to any want of respect to the vetorana, whom all territorials honor

BJ)d bold ill the highest esteem, but to tho apparent want of ilact in wording the advertisement "warning" the B Company to parade, without any explanation as to the occasion for tfce muster. That honesty, like virtue, is sometimes its own reward was recently proved by a Dudley Port (Rng.) ticket collector, who found in a first-class compartment of a railway carriage a handling that contained notes and gold amounting to £2OOO, a cheque for £ll,000, jeweller,-, and other valuable articles. The bag and its contents were restored to the .rightful owner, a lady living in Stafford, who is said to be still meditating as to what form her generosity should take. The light installed above the Honey-

field memorial fountain at the junction of the esplanade and lline street could with advantage be replaced with one of stronger power, for the lower end of Mine street is insutlicicntly lighted at present, the lack of illumination being in a measure due to the fact that this I light has to penetrate the coating of dust on the glass of the lampshade, which was originally designed to protect a gas jet. Should any borough councillor be inclined to investigate the matter, his attention is likewise directed to I the necessity for erecting a light on the end of the "May 1" bridge, owing to the dee]) shade cast by overhanging | trees from the Terminus Hotel grounds just at this point. A sad story was told in the Juvenile Court in Auckland. A little hoy of |4'/» years appeared before Mr. K. C. Cuttle, S.M., on a charge that he was not being properly cared for. ft was stated that this mother, who is now (inly 21 years old, had been married at hi, She had obtained a separation from her husband, but she had received nothing under a maintenance order against her husband. She worked for about a year, and then she came to Auckland, where, ultimately, it was found that .she was living with a man in a tent. Evidence was given by the police that the child had been twice discovered wandering about the streets in a neglected condition, and on one occasion he was hungry. The mother consented to the child being sent to the Taknpuiw Industrial School. An old resident of Xc.w Pl>mouth, who was acquainted with the lupin-cov-ered waste which made a mockery of the place known as Kawaroa Park, was astonished the other day when he paid another visit to the place. The ancient and untidy habitation has disappeared, and in its stead is the modern pavilion erected in feno-concrete. The band rotunda, which formerly frowned on an untidy space, now stands proudly as the centrepiece of an expansive lawn, interspersed with walks, and liberally supplied with seats for listeners to the band concerts or visitors generally to this delightful spot, which lioasls'alsn

an army of swings and swing-boats for the small fry, overlooking the beach. The Tisch Avenue, which leads to the centre of the operations of the West End Foreshore Improvement Society, is not too well cared for, but will one (lav be a valuable asset, with its fringe of cabbage-tree palms and other native trees.

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