LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 3, 22 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The balaflce-sheet of the Manawatn! A. and P. Association, 'presented' at yesterday's meeting of the committee, shojwed tihat the total Teceipts for the year amounted to £6574 17s 3d, andi the expenditure to £6028 8s lOd.

The Hon. James Allen (Minister for Defence) with General GooVley inspected the Coronation Hall on Wednesday afternjoon, and it is probable that as a result satisfactory arrangements will be made regarding the proposed exchange of this property for portion of the Rewa Rewa rifle range. The Prime Minister (Right Hon. W. F. Mossey) stated 1 the other day that on the whole the poultry industry in the Dominion was doing well, but it had been handicapped l during the teat two years by the high price of feed. The Government was now 6onsidering the establishment of a poultry farm near ChristcKwreJi to replace the one at Burnham, which was recently closed down. General Hamilton has been suffering, according to his own account, from a bout of mis-reporting recently. Besides questioning the correctness of the report of his Auckland speech, he gives another instance which occurred at Wanganui. He was reported to have said, pointing to a medal on his chest (where there was no medal) that ho would rather have silver in his pocket than on his chest. What he had said was that the Government of New Zeakmd ma spending a quarter of a million a year on defence, and that the boys of the country should answer the call, and would be doing a finer thing by serving the country freely than if they weTe paid l for it- The only reason he could assdgn for the mistake was the fact that a high wind was blowing at tlu> time he made the speech. Is a father responsible for the debts of his son, when . the latter has left the parental roof? was the interesting point which cropped up in the Magistrate's Court, Auckland, the 'other day. A. E. Mann, boot and shoe importer, Bought to recover from R. J. Gillepsic, the sum of fl 7s, being the value of a pair of boots delivered by plaintiff to defendant's son. The claim wag defended 1 , Gillepsie contending that &» his son had left his home and struc out for himself, he (defendant) could not be held responsible for debts incurred by him. It was stated that plaintiff had supplied goods to defendant's son before, and defendant had always paid. Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., who. was on the Ibencii, said that as plaintiff did dot know that the son had left, homo judgment would be for him for the amount claimed'.

A number of specially-equipped motor vans are being constructed fior the Commonwealth Postal Department for the delivery in Melbourne of parcels of agricultural produce sent through the post. The system is to take effect on July 1. Tho Posmastcr-General has received a re port from the United States that last year 300,000,000 paTcels were carried, and that the new service has bean mainly instrumental in turning a toss into a profit of over £BOO,OOO. Approval was last week given by the Federal PostmasterGeneral to an arrangemißnt under which parcels may in future be sent lirwn Prance to the Commonwealth by post, and delivery obtained by the payment of the prescribed duty through the Customs. A similar arrangement exists between Great Britain nndl Australia, and Australia and the United States.

The visit of General Sir lan Hamilton to New Plymouth gave a great deal of pleasure to one old warrior, who had seen over ninety summers. He had been far from well for some time past, and the fear that he would be prevented from shaking hands with one of Britain's greatest soldiers caused him great anxiety. On Wednesday morning he told his son that he would be unable to go to the Racecourse; he could not walk there and he was not going to drive. But the son persuaded him to go, and, sure enough, the General noticed him in the ranks of the veterans and spoke to him and shook hands. The General will never know the pleasure he gave the old "die hard" by that hearty hand grip. Tho old fellow went home the most pleased man on the parade ground: he had met and actually shaken 'Lands with tho soldier whose life and deeds had always appealed to him.

At the veterans' function in the Foresters' Hall on Wednesday night the Hawera branch of the Veterans' Association presented to their New Plymouth comrades handsome photographs of the five monuments erected in Taranaki to the memory of the men wbo were killed in 'the Maori war. The views were as follows:—Photographs of the monuments erected at Te Ngutu (near Okaiswa) over Major von Tempsky's grave; monument .erected in Manaia in memory of comrades killed at Patea and Ngatapu; Ohawe cairn, creetedi by Veteran James Livingston in memory of fallen comrades during the troublous times of the 'sixties, and the other cairn creeled over fallen comrades who fell at Turn Tun;. Mobai, July 12, 18(58. Mr Finlay. on behalf of the Hawera, Association, made a short speech, and then called upon Mr Okev, M'.P., to present the photograph. Colonel Ellis renliod on behalf nljh a wejnknts.

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Parliament meets on Thursday, Juno 25.—Press Association.

Mt Vickerman in bo be asked to report on the question of improving the Waitara river for harbor, 'purposes. A Presa Association telegram from Auckland gives the opinion of the Auckland Provincial Conference of the Farmera' Union that no change should be made in our naval policy until the matter 'has been more fully discussed.

Since June last to date 152,458 cases of cheese have been shipped from Patea, and it is anticipated th*t 16,000 mora will be sent away from, there b* fore the end of June. This, at £4 10s » case, represents something like £751,000.

It as an ill wind, etc The swollen river and the heavy gale combined (says the Waitara Mail) have completely cleared away the sand at the mouth of ■tihe river, and it has apparently gone right out to sea, judging by the depth of the channel

Included in the oaTgo rfiipped from Waitara by the s.s. Opawa fox London, was 303 boxesi of faoney. Although this article has been exported flrom the Dominion, this is the first shipment which has come this way. The consignors are the Farmers' Co-operatve Society of Hawera, and we believe we are correct in saying that they have the honor of having exported in one lot the laTgest" nwwtity, of honey from New Zealand.— va. ■ ,! '':'..gtf»GHflß

Three motor cars were going down Rcadon's Hill on the Cambridge road, just outside Hamilton on Friday afternoon, and a young lady, Miss Yeroer was riding up on her way home. The first car passed the girl safely, but the second, driven by Mr Mundy, struck ithe horse, and turned a complete somersault. Fortunately, the hood was up, and the occupants escaped with a severe shaking although the car waa severely knocked about. The young lady was thrown from her horse, which was so severely injured that it had to be destroyed. The rider was considerably dazed with the shock and her face an hands were cut and bruised. The third car was pruUed up safely.

An ex-Wcllingtonian, writing from Sydney to the Post, says:—"lt may interest the people of Wellington to know somehiing of rents in Sydnlftftnd it may make them thankful that iky are not so badly off in that Tespect e» people are here. I have been here about two years. I am paying for & flvie-roomed cottage, all small rctoms, no wardrobes, or cupboards of any kind, bare walls, no hot water service, and 2d section from centre, 35s per week, and my friends consider I have a oheap house. Houses of the kind I occupy run from 35a Ho 40s per week; seven rooms, from 45» to 65s per week; nine MfotaS, to 90s per week. All the above prices depend on the position and distance from' centre.

It may not be generally known (says the Auckland Star) that a farmer i» privileged to shoot imported game on Mb own property during the authorised season, without being the holder of a shooting license. A case bearing on this point was mentioned at Wednesday night's meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society, when a ranger reported having caught the son of an unlicensed farmer in possession of game. Reference to the Act showed that a farmer could shoot either on hia own property or allow a member of (hia family to shoot undc* a written permit. As no such pcrmision had been given in the caso cited, it was resolved to consult the Society's solicitor concerning the ad-

visability of prosecuting. How many hands will a half-crown pass through in a week? says the Lyttelton Times. With the object of finding out, the Canterbury Industrial Association sent abroad two genuine halfcrowns, putting a ring in them and attaching a label upon which people who handle them aire to sign their name during Industries Week. The result has been amusing. Despite the fact that the holder testifies to the genuineness of the coin, and the fact that at the end of the week its holder will receive another in excliiangc, some holders have experienced the greatest difficulty in geting rid of them. Christchureh warehousemen have looked upon them askance, and it seems that by the end of the week the advertising half-crowns will be more valuable, as cvidenco to the suspicion of the human mind than for statistical purposes.

A detective named Shade, who owns a hydro-aeroplane, with which he is wont to amuse the guests at the fash-

ionable hotels at Mimami (Florida), gave an exhibition of a new use which the machine could be put by flying 21 miles after a steamship in chase of a supposed thief, a negro boy, who had left there for Bermuda. . The negro was suspected of having stolen a diamond brooch from one of the guests at an hotel at which he was employed, and when Shado boarded the vesßel the brooch was found in the boy's pocket. Shade at once brought him back a prisoner, the whole affair occupying leas than an hour. The steamship was equipped with 'wireless,"-and tihe detective was thus enabled to learn before starting that the boy was on board, and that the vessel had been delayed by the lowness of the tide.

Interesting statistics of longevity are given on the authority of experts representing 43 leading life insurance companies in the United States. It appears that a spinster lives longer than a married woman. Business women live longer than business men. A woman who takes an endowment policy lives longer than tho woman who takes out the ordinary life policy. Mr Arthur Hunter, actuary of the New York life Insurance Company, could not explain why an unmarried woman survives, a matron, nor why a business woman outlives a business man, "but the longevity of the endowment woman," he said, "is undoubtedly a question of spirit and the determination to live until the policy matures. The other woman sighs, 'Oh, what's the use, ami shuffles off." It would seem, according to the actuary, that will power as regards 'longevity is hardly loss important in many cases than physique, and must always be reckoned with. Even in disease a. man or woman possesses a natural tendency towards health, and cures which often are attributed-to meuicine are really the assanfcion of the will over matter. ] TIP-TOP TOP-COATS. j AT THE MELBOURNE.

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