LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 272, 20 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As showing the ineroiiHc in the value of [and in Sydney, a blofk in the city brought £BO,OOO. I.ess than four years ago the block was sold for £IOOO. ' Permits were issued for the last Borough financial year for CO new buildings, the. total cost being £511.700. This ;s not a yiolent growth, but it ijiows that Aew Plymouth, despite the croakers, 's steadily growing. . In the Magistrate's Court. New Plymouth, on Saturday, before Mr. -I S "'a Medley, J.P., George Finnerty was 'remanded on a charge of having failed to support his illegitimate child, the warrant having been issued from the Dun >- din court. At the conclusion of Saturday's plav Mr. Bruce, of Kcw Plymouth, was eleventh on the list of results ini the New Zealand draughts championship tournament, having won nine games anil drawn IS, out of the 40 played D Calderwood (Huntly) and F.' E. Hiliker (Dunedin) are leading, with 20 points ttac.li. A wealthy Chinese merchant recently gave a banquet to his friends oil the occasion of his son's marriage, 300 guests being present. Suddenly a band 'of 00 armed men burst into the hall an J fired upon the guests, 22 of whom were killed, including nine belonging to the families of the bride and bridegroom. The tond then fled to the mountains, taking with .them 20 guests. In a divorce action at Edinburgh, James Wilson, thirty, a labourer, said not long after his marriage in 1905, lie o«me home frequently from his work on the night shift, and found no breakfast ready for him. His wife was fond of lying in lied in the mornings reading novelettes, and she practically took no interest in the .house. Diror»e wafs granted.

It is stated by the local paper that there is no indication of any opposition to tile candidature of ill'. D. J. Hughes on the New Plymouth Harbor Board for tile Waimate ward Mr, Hughes' work in the past entitles him to support. He has proved a particularly able and ale.-t member, and the people of the Manaia district would be acting against tlicr own interests were they to do other than return liiin for another team. A remarkable case of tha loss and the recovery of a go.ld ring <kas come under the notice of the Wanganui Herald. About two months ago a young lady resident of (lomilie, while engaged weeding in the garden, lost a gold Lund ring which she was- wearing. Sb? and others searched diligently for the treasure, bui without success, and f.nally it was given up as lost.. However, 011 (.'.aturday, a brother went to cut some cucumbers,and was surprised to find the missing ring encircled on the end of one of the vege■tablas. It was firmly lixed on, the end of the cucumber having grown about an inch through the ring. The mountain house committee has decided, to close tlw new mountain hostelry to casual visitors as far as lunch is concerned from April 20 till further notice. Afternoon tea will, however, still Ue provided, and either the new o* the old hostelry wiil be available for those who wish to go up for the day and take their own provisions. Anyone, moreover, who wishes to spend a few days at the new hostelry con do so, after notifying the manager, Air. Graham, who, with his wife, will be still in charge during the winter. The conditions for the winter season will, as can be seen, be practically the same as usual, except that casual lunches .vill not be arailable. On a country road not far from Feilding stand the ruins of a butter factory. The factory was erected and worked 111

other days and on a different system from that of the present day.. Payment according to the quantity of milk supplied was the rule then, and that is the reason why it stands in ruins to-day. For a little way off a stream crossed the road, ami the water was beautifully demand abundantly plentiful. Some of the suppliers -used to water their horses—and their milk—at the stieain anil tliintw became so bad that one r orning the factory manager. found that though the cans on a certain cart were full the dairyman had forgotten to put in any milk.Fciding Star. Negotiations are in progress for the building of a steamship at livlfast which will eclipse in size and tonnage either the Vateriand, or her sister ship, now being built in Germany. Lord I'irir and the Belfast Harbour Commissioners have arrived at a umlersfxmlin;! regarding the dredging of Belfast Lough channel "to a considerable depth, and at an earlv date the vessel, which is i 0 l-.e one of *1)0-000 tons, will be under The '■ '''' "- 'he largest existing liners, those of the "i-ilnnme and Vateriand beini' approximate, are as follows (tons gross;) Hamburg-/nier. Vaterland 58,000; Hamburg-Amer. fniiieratov 52.171; White Star Britannic .iO.OOO; Cunard A<|nittania 47.0C0; White Star Olympic 40,350.

I sav that it is entirelv against Catholic principles for men 'to speak of war between class and class until 011 c olas* is extinguished." 'finis Archbishop Kelly informed liis -juidioneo at Svdney last week wlien opening t.!ie new promise of the f.'iitholie Chili. "C!a>s must help class," he insisted, "and if one rlass does evil to aMother, that class mi'.sl overcom ■ ovil by .nooil. A inaji lias no right to >■ ,v to another: '•fiive ; me work.'" Prav to Ood for work*, and lie will send you work bill, you must liiak your work profitable to your emplover. A man who would not irivc a fair da.\'s waues for i'uir day's work will stand in lawful jmhonwi! before Cn,l. and 1 ,;iv thai :i man who will liol give a fair dav's work for a fair day's wages will also 'have to stand before. (!od in judgment.' Members of the Equitable Buildin™ Society of Xew Plymouth (First and Second Groups) are; notified that subseriptions will be due and payable today (Monday), at the Secretary's ollice, Cnrrie Street, from ft:a.m. to 12.30 p.m.! from 1 p.m. to 5 pn'i., and 7 p.m to S p.m.—Advt. • THE QfAr.lTfY COUNTS.

Crescent Tea is mueh higher in quality ind no higher in prioe than other teas. It ia a scii'i.iilic blend 1 of the choice t.i»i« from Darjeeling and Ceylon. There is a ■"uibtle charm about the tlavor that gives pleasure to tbe palate, and th.-.'. flavor never varies. Three grades, 1/8. ''lo, if. «r lb. ,

The main road tsmigli Vogeltown is fast reaching a deplorable condition in places. The citizens' committee that hiuL .!& iiand the running of the recant carnrtMb entertained Professor Cardston at uinncr • at the 'fe rminiis Hotel 011 «Saturdiv night. the Eltlvini Dairy Company manufactured .Willi cheeses in, March. Th»' average te i was 4.0(1, and the pay-out will bo £B4i*?. The pay-out of the Lowgarlty Dairy Company will be £1957. file Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Limited, commenced its autumn hoi'3c fair in Hawera on Friday. Anything heavy was in good demand, and the priqeg for draughts ranged up to £4l; St. Mary's Church yesterday wht specially decorated on the occasion .if the harvest festival. Appropriate sermins were delivered to large congregations by the vicar (Rev. A. 11. Colvile) m the morning and Archdeacon Evans in the evening. Special anthema were rendered by the choir, More records were lowered in Stratford in a few seconds one day last week than has ever bee n known. A trap accident near the convent resulted in the roadway being strewn with record* and amid the scattered tubes were the occupants of the gig floundering in th* mud.--Own correspondent. In reply to a question at liig meeting . at West End on Friday night, Mr. J. E. Wilson, candidate for'mayoral honors,' said he was in favor of' giving local tradesmen the preference in the provision of borough requirements, where '.t was possible, and if there were no material difference in prices.