LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 260, 1 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thomas Foster, a native of Hampton. who was in the employ, as n shepherd boy, of King William IV. when, as Duke of Clarence, he resided at Bushey House, has died at the age of ninety-six.

Under section 5C of the Pensions Act, of 1913 an old resident of Reefton was charged with attempting to obtain an old-age pension by a 'false declaration. She Btated that she was getting as per week only in cash, when it was really 15a. The Magistrate dismissed the e,i°.c, as it waa the first brought, under the Act, as a warning.

The Christchurch Sun states that an, extraordinary rise has taken place in the price of aromatic tobacco. On four occasions of late years ; prices have risen slightly, but the increase is so large on this occasion that it must be passed on to the consumer. The prices of tinned tobacco are to remain as at present, hut the amount of tobacco in each tin will be reduced.

Writing of his experiences in Xew Zealand, a "new chum" says in an English paper:—We try an imposing looking house, and after some negotiation decide to go there. Clearly it is a very great favor to take us at all! As we leave our future hostess she concludes with a '-Right-o. see you liter!" Our mothers would have stood aghast at such a mode of address from i hoarding house keeper, lint in a country where shop assistants, in big concerns, call the principals bv their Christian names, and where doctors, dentists, parsons and lawyers have no very different status from the grocer and the milkman, nobody is surprised. And so we learo otrr fiittl day in "Clod's own Country." wJiere the. only folk who must be polite and mind their manners are those who are privileged to pay the wmes of some free and independent worker of workers!

Preparations are bums marie by the Electoral Department for getting the rolls in proper condition in view of the. fiencral Election, which will fake place late in November or early in December. A house-to-house visitation is to lamade for the purposes of enrolling electors and discovering which decors have left the district or the Dominion, and thereby purging the roll, besides discovering the names of those who ,are already enrolled. In the meantime a supplementary roll for each doctoral district is being printed, ft. will contain the names of those, who hive been registered since the main roll was printed in November, l!)ll,and at!ached will be a list of numbers representing the names of those electors who have removed since the main roll was printed. Later on there will be a new main roll printed, which will be the result of this canvassing and purging (says the Post).

"Wherever I wont on ike font hum t. v said Mr. Theodore Quercc in the course of a talk with a. \Vclliu«-!,>e Dominion reporter; ''l could not help being struck with the manner in which flm towns and cities are made beautiful. The Kuglish provincial towns are dii'l, dnli. and uninteresting in comparison. You cross the Channel, and no maHrr where von land there are strips of bvn. beds' of Howcrs, palms, garden cents, statues while. many of the residents combine to make business si reefs bright and cheerful by growing flowers in the balconies. In some cases She standards of tramway poles in the middle of the street are made in the forr» { ,f big vaselike iron baskels. in which (here are (lowering plants nr shrubs. Everywhere the municipal authorities are doing their utmost to make (heir towns attractive, whilst in Kugkind the tendency is to keep a business thoroughfare uncompromisingly a business thoroughfare.

The notion of giving a free picture show in order to attract an audience to a political meeting must have been borrowed from America by the Reform organisers, but fhe.'good people of Westport (says (lie Lvlfolton Times) seem In li-ivo taken lo Hie idea, kindlv enough. The reports published in the local papers show that (lie entertainment which preceded Mr. Ma-sey's meeting at Westport the other night was enjored thoroughly by n largo gatheriu<j\ ami it mav be assumed that the showman handed the audience over to the Prime Minister in n state of '-budi good burner. The Press Association's report of the subsequent proceedings mentioned, be the way, that, Mr. Masscv bad been nccor;le.\ a vote of thanks and confidence. The fuller reports puliM-Thcd in Wesfpor! show that neither the official Keform . motion nor a hostile one was put to l.lie meeting, wliich became verv disorderly towards its close. Tim guest of the evening returned thanks for a "unnnimous" vote, but Dial is the way of the experienced politician.

IT HAS XO EQt'AL. "1 had cramping pains in the stomach, and nothing gave me ease." savs Mrs. A. .Tones. Main Tload. Aft. Clear,' Vie. "As a number of my customers swear bv Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedv I thought I would give it a trial imil I got relief after the first (lose. I think there is nothing to equal Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for pains in the stomach." Sold by ail c-cisisls and storekeepers. ;;,

As the result of the recent revaluation of the Patea borough (says the Press), the total capital value has been increased by over KIO per cent.

The inoculation of calves in the Han'cra district lias been completed, and approximately 18,000 have nasted through the Stock Inspector's hands, about 1000 more than for the corresponding season last year. During the past few days the Hawera. Mana. and Kapuni have taken over £19,000 -worth of cheese across the Patea bar. The consignments will he shipped toy the Kaibaura, which sails from Wellington next week.

So much has been written of the- dangers of motor-cyclists scorching along the main roads that there is no need to comment on the fact that two Xew Plymouth motor-fiends travelled from Stratford to Xi-w Plymouth, post office to post office, tin an hour* last night. Two tmotor-eyclists from Inglcwood called ai the News Office early this morning, and complained that the Courity Council was making alterations to the roadway near Kent Itond, leavincr a dangerous trap for motorists. Owing to the works being imlighted, one of them had a "spill." The following is a rather wise Chinese proverb: "When the sword is dusty, the plough bright, the prisons empty, tile granaries full, the steps of the temple are worn down and those of (he law coHrts grass-grown, when doctors go afoot, the bakers on horseback, and the men of letters drive their own carriages, then the Umpire is well served."

The New Zealand Honey Producers' Association has recently completed the .purchase for cash of the business, ania>ies, and goodwill of Mr W. Lenz, Masterton. A Press Association message from Hawera states that the purchase includes 1200 colonies of Italian bees at present located around Masterton, and that these will probably be brought to Tarana-ki. Considerable comment was ' excited at Moturoa, yesterday by the sight of a sheep, tied by the neck to a post, with its legs trussed, sweltering in the sun while it waited for people to come along .and guess its weight. A kind-hearted bystander released its legs, and the animal immediately tried to choke itself with futile attempts at freedom. It was finally conveyed to a cooler spot, but it should have been penned in the first' place, and not tied up. In reply to the resolution passed on Monday toy/ the Eltham Chamber of Commerce and Opunake Hallway Leainie, and reported in the Star, the Hon. W. Fraser, Minister for Public Works, lias sent the following telegram to Mr Parrott:—''l have to thank you for the expression of approval conveyed by your Chamber in your wire of to-day, re route for Opunake railwaj'. I intend to start ■work on the line as soon as 'specifications for small contracts are ready for inviting tenders therefor. (Signed) W. Fraser, Minister for Public Works." A little fellow, the son of Mr. P. S. Roche, of Kakaramea, had a trying experience on Sunday. He happened to pass close to a hive of wild bees, with tlie result that he received a sting behind the ear. Little was thought of the occurrence at the time, but after about lmlf-uii-hour the little fellow was seized with sickness and pains ill his head and body, an eruption shortly afterwards breaking out all over his body. It is thought that the bees must have been feeding on the flower of some poisonous plant, and transmitted some of the poisn to the. boy in the sting. He is recovering.— I'atca Press. The Star reports that Dean Power's half-yearlv balance shows thai £I4OO was raised since September, wiping out the old debt of f:l:j.'i and enabling !>im to open free of debt St. Patrick's handsome schnol ill Regent street and the school enlargement in Victoria street. Amongst the largest subscriber* were Dean Power himself. Mr Sydney Johnston, of Takmiau. and Mr Martin Kennedy, K.K<!.. of Wollimrton, The dean has also made arrangements (subject to tin* Archbishop's consent) to hand thb boys' school to a staff of teacliina brothers in January, and this without adding any burden to the parish or to the diocese.

Captain Stevens expressed thanks at last night's veterans' banquet to the Taranaki .loekey Club I'ov the v.-e of th-. basement, of its pavilion for the cadets on the occasion of their inspection here by General Inn Hamilton on May 20, and also for placing at the disposal of the Defence' Dcpiirl'inent a quantity of hay for the hoys to sleep upon. Captain Stevens also appealed for further funds towards providing tlie boys' commissariat. Scrgt.-Major Mahonoy, of llawera, suggested a combined veterans' re-union on tlie evening of May 20, to which the distinguished visitor could be invited. The llawera veterana intended to make the journey to \cw Plymouth on the occasion of the cadets' review, and he felt ±n\\' the re-union, if taken in baud by (.he veterans, would be curried through as successfully as all functions with which they wen- connected bad been. The proposal was verv favorabl-,-received, and will probably be acted upon.

A meeting of shareholder? in the Amusement Company which controls Wonderland ,nl the Au«klaud Exhibition was informed by the chairman that the company consisied of i(MKIO shares, 10,(1(1(1 of which went to the vendors of the remaining shares. Six .thousand sold so well Ml JLI per share that the directors decided that the balance should be offered at all increased price. Another one thousand shares were sidd at £2 per share, bringing the subscribed capital to something over £OOOO. The expenditure in connection with Wonderland ran into That the venture had not. come up to expectations was no fault of the dire-tors. They had to contend with the strike, the smallpox epidemic and mi favorable weather, while Wonderland might, almost, be said to have carried the Exhibition on its back. Though there was no prospect of a dividend there would he no question of (be Amusement Company going into liquidation. It was si a ted'by speakers that no rcllectiou was made on the directors' management. The meeting appointed a committee to confer with the directors and report on the exact position of the company.

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