LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 293, 14 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Australian mails, ex Moeraki, at Wellington, will arrive here this (Thursday') afternoon.

Make the acknowledged, accepted, accredited carrier of the news of the day —the newspaper—the bearer of your message to people who should buy your goods. The Daily News readers have the money to spend. An elderly man, calling "Police," and holding on to another man, became the centre of an exciting scene at the Hawera races yesterday. The old man alleged that the other had picked his pockets, and gave him into custody. The "VYalkure" has not yet arrived. Her coming was announced at least three times yesterday, ,but the presence of a Sydney boat and the departure of three large steamers during the day formed the only foundation for the rumors. The average attendance at the Central school during the last three weeks was 5.12.9, or 92 per cent, of the average roll. The number at present on the roll i-9 581, fourteen new pupils having been admitted and four pupils having left during that period. pronounciation of the word VYalkure the name of the direct boat now expected from Hull, has been the subject of not a little argument by the man in the street" lately. The correct pronounciation is said by a German scholar to be "Valkyrie." Willie in Sydney, General Sir lan Hamilton r<xle a magnificent brown charger, which was much admired by the crowd. Sir lan also praised the big warhorse, and wa3 very much pleased when informed that the Government had decided to make him a present of it. He intends to take the charger back to England on his return. A conference of North Taranaki school committees will be held in the Town Hall oil June 11, under the auspices of the North Taranaki School Committees' Association. The indications are that there will -be a good attendance of delegates and plenty of remits for discussion. Among the matters to come before fcho meeting will be the dissatisfaction concerning the scripture classes.

The Hon. Jas. Allen told, a reporter recently that lie was greatly pleased at the progress that was being made with the physical education scheme. He added that the teachers had taken it up witli praiseworthy enthusiasm and he did not know of an instance in which they had not com« to the conclusion that the new system would be of great benefit to education generally, to the children, and to teachers themselves. It would be necessary before long, the Minister stated, to appoint additional instructors and more medical inspectors of schools were also required. Chili's two Dreadnoughts, which wore laid down in 1911, are approaching completion at Elswick, and very shortly crews will leave Valparaiso for Britain in order to take delivery of them. The two vessels, which cost nearly £5,0011,000, and are among the most powerful battleships in the world, ought to interest New Zealand people, since they are coming into the So'ivth Pacific, the .ocean where Mr. Massey and Mr. Allen are going to assert British supremacy with that British cruiser. A squadron of ten British cruisers, costing, say, £4,000,000 to build find £1,500,000 a year to maintain, would be well adriscd to keep out oif the way of either the Almirante Latorre or the Almirante Cochrane. Chili's battleships will be supported by some serviceable cruisers of British manufacture and some new destroyers and .submarines.

During the progress of boat-drill on board the Union Company's training steamer Aparima on Tiiui'siday afternoon, while the vessel was on the coast, hound .from Calcutta and way ports to Auckland, one of tile apprentices fell overboard (says the New Zealand lierald). A port lifeboat was being swung inboard, when the vessel lurched to one side, and the apprentice (who was 011 the outside of the boat) was knocked over the side. The weather was squally at the time with,heavy and a confused sea. The apprentice, a young man named Cerryman, of Nelson, being a powerful swimmer, had no difficulty in Moat after .kicking Jstf ilia sea boots. The Aparima was stopped, and a l»oat manned by apprentices was (juickly lowered over the side, and the lad picked up none the woirs.> for liis immersion. Tlic rescue was smartly carried out.

A peculiar accident and miraculous escape from drowning occurred to Mr. James Fleming, of Cape Road, t'migarehu, on Tuesday last. He was engaged in removing fencing, and was hauling away the posts and wires in long lengths attached to n dray, wlien, the wire catching on the slope of a hill, tipped over the dray whilst crossing a stream, and Mr. Fleming was pinned iface downwards. Luckily hie head was above water. The horse, after struggling for an hour or so, was drowned. It was not until about four hours later that he was found, ll'c had made a pillow for his head with the stones, and had stood his long exposure with wonderful fortitude Yesterday lie was reported, to be progressing satis factorily, although suffering seve.reh from his immersion in icy water, and from contusion of the leg, largely brought about bv the struggles 'if the horse while Hr. Fleming was under the d ray.

We referred yesterday (o certain local golfers' "self-reliance" in extracting from a stray bovine peacefully browsing oil the links the necessary lacteal fluid for afternoon tea. The owner of the animal, who. it was statod, was an eyewitness of the proceeding.-, denies, in a letter to the. News, that she was in the vicinity at the time. She explains: "A neighbour saw the man and came in to my place and told me there was a man milking my prize cows, I' was greatly disgusted, for there was no need whatever for him to provide himself with milk ill that way when the milk for the links was ready waiting in a can not far .nvav. The man who did so ought to have known better, for lie lias been all his life among cattl". To .joke over so disgraceful an act i : , not very gentlemanly. However, it is 110 joke to me. [ complained, hut lie did not even tender an apology, but treated il a- a huge joke."

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Young people who want to learn dancing .will learn witli gladness of the institution of, fortniylitly "learners' nights" at the Ea-(t End pavilion. Thus there will be dancing' at this popular rendezvous every Thursday.

At Invercargill yesterday a quarter, caste prisoner in tint reformatory was sentenced to seven days' bread and water treatment and the loss of 540 good conduct marks for assaulting a warder by throwing the contents of a vessel over him and then striking him with portion oi u stool, whose preparation showed that "the oifenee was premeditated. At the Invercargill Club Hole! t.licre is i\ bar for the sale oi soft drinks. Customers are charged threepence for the hire of ft glass with each drink, and threepence for the ai rated water-, they providing their own stimulant. At the S.M. Court there yeslcrdav the proprietor of the establishment was charged with having allowed his premises, in a no-license area, to be used as a place of resort for the consumption of liquor. Decision was reserved.

The first of a series of euchre parties and dances in aid of the funds of the Westown hall eventuated last night and proved most successul. The attendance was good, and the arrangements made by Mr. H. Marfell, who had charge, were perfect. In all, sixteen games were played, and the count up gave the prizes as follows:—Ladies' lirst prize (fern stand and fern), Mrs. J. Lobb, 14 games; second (bag of flour), Mrs. Sadler; gentlemen's) first (Orpington tri-o), Mir; H. Wallath, 15 games, and second (tobacco pouch) Mr. N. Berridge, 13 games. After a very tasty supper had been duly despatched, the hall was cleared, and two or three hours pleasantly spent in dancing to excellent music provided by Miss Rita Sole. Extras were played by Mrs. H. Marfell and Mr. 0. George. Mr. A. 'Lander, as M.C., kept matters merrily moving.