LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 40, 8 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

lEltham has established a social chtb, to be called the "Eitham Town and Country Club." A London cablegram states tliat Sir Thomas Lipton's firm ! has been -removed from the list of army contractors. "It has been said that the Government are trying to stuff the Upper House—l always understood that they were trying to knock the stuffing one of the 'Upper House.' "—Mr. F. Maader.

"No scheme of superannuation will be satisfactory that does not embrace the whole of the municipalities of the Driminion," is an Auckland remit for the consideration of the conference on the Municipal Association. Another instance of the shag's voracity is related by an Olago sportsman. Having slhot a shag, lie foun!. on making a post mortem examination, that it contained five trout, the largest, •being easily half a pound or more in weight.

Dr. Bashford, Director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory Institute, laid down rule* for the avoidance of cancer, which may be epitomised a.i follow!". Out down your tobacco allowance, take the pledgV., and eat yo.ir dinner with the calm of a cow.

A good idea to keep the legs warm ir. winter when motoring is mentioned in an English paper. Remove a narrow strip of floorboard, and as soon as the car starts the current of warm air mining from the engine will rush through the space, keeping legs anl body warm. The petrol-electric motor engine now running on the YVellington-JolmsonviH.: suburban line is found to be incapab'e. of negotiating l with a trailer,the stecy inclines existing between Tliorndon and Khandallah. We would suggest, in view of this, that he engine be put on between New Plymouth and Tlawera, pro v iding a fast morning and evening passenger service, ami a Saturday night service to and from. New Plymouth. The members for the district might interest themselves in the matter.

At tlio public reception tendered to (lie Rev. J. W. Burl-on (late of New Plymouth) in Wesley Church, Melbourne, one of the. speakers was- the Rev. Dr. Morley. In referring to tin* warmth of the welcome given to Mr. Burton, Dr. Modey said that New Zealand ministers owning to Victoria had not ahvavs been so cordially receive!. He could remember that a minister had once come from New Zealand to settle in Victoria for his work, and nobody met him on his arrival, while lii.-, name was not even placed on the minutes 0 t conference the following year. A party of three Klfcham gcntU>m->n, Messrs H. Hornblow, C. Pitts 1 and A. I'pcburch. bad a rather exciting experience on the slopes of Mt. Egmont on Sunday afternoon, relates the, Argus. They were taking photographs of the mountain in winter garb, and Mr. Hornblow slipped ami.fell, and went sliding down the slope. He'slid a distance of feet before -being able to stop himself, while his friends were quite unable to render him any assistance. At this moment Mr. I'. fioodson and his daughter. and Messrs Walker and Edgar,'of ITawera, arrived on the scene of the »c----cident. and the latter gentleman endeavored to reach Mr. Hornblow. who was imiiUlf! to move from his precarious po-i----tion. But the, would-be rescuer also met with disaster. Tie slipped, and after sliding some BO feet, fell over a precipice about 40 feet in height. Mv. Murphy, caretaker at ihe house, was summoned, and lie cut stops down the side of the gully into which both men, had fallen, and rescued them by the aid of ropes at the end of half'-an-ho;!.-. Neither sustained serious injuries, but both suffered from braises and a severe shaking.

■Vrr. .7. Hart has just returned from a visit to Auckland, where his lirm were the successful tenderers for the si eel: in the assigned estate of W. .1. Wlielan's. of Ooodson's Arcade. A wrv large shipment, of thi, stock is lo arrive in New Plymouth in a lew days. an.' wonderful bargains will lie ollVcd in ail lines of useful fancy gwcK Welch thi. paper for further announcements.

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In the Magistrate's Court yesterda;,', before Mr A. Oroolce, S.M., judgment by default was given in the following undefended cases:—>NewtonKing v. Alexander L. McPhee, £73 12a Id (coats £5 12a Gd); and W. M. Perry v. Harry George Tailored, £1 19s (6a). The building trade is regaining it* former activity in Hastings, and promise* to be busy lor some time to come (says the Tribune.) Besides numerous dwellings in course of erection, a contract, t'h'c price for which it said to be in the vicinity of £IO,OOO, has been let to a Christchurch firm for the erection of a block of shops. ■Miss Neville, employed as a cashier it a Northampton cinema palace, has just heard tihat she has inherited a fortune o* £IOO,OOO from an uncle who died /recently in Dresden. Miss Neville, who has left fo r Dresden, is the daughter of a German, who marrfed- an (English woman. The news of her fortune came as a complete surprise, as she. has not heard from her uncle for some years. The singular sight of eight men, locked together with handcuffs, was witnessed in. Gisborne on Saturday momI ing, as the Tuatea left for Auckland | bound boat. The men were all prisoners who were sentenced for terms of imprisonment during the Supreme Court Sessions. Four constables escorted the I party to the boat, and constables' Fisher [ and T. Johnston went North on escort ! duty.

A mathematician; has been working out out we spend our lives. "If you live to seventy-two," he says, "your life i.s spent in the following manner. — An 'hour a day is three years out .if seventy-two; this makes twenty-seven jpears sleeping, nine years dressing, nine years at table, six years playing with dhiUlren, nine years walking, drawing and visiting, six years shopping, and three years quarrelling. * Two little girls about ten years oid were knocked do™ by a motor-car n Hamilton the other evening, but, fo"tunately, they escaped serious injury. I They ran out from behind a. car just j as another car was coming in the opj posite direction. Th e driver of the J latter put on his brakes, 'but, the sur- | face being wet, the car skidded and j struck the children sideways, dragging f them along some distance. , Their es- | cape from being run' over was imiraeu- ' lous. J I For the vacancies on the Taranaki Education Board caused by the retirej ment of Messrs A, M. Bradbury, A. H. j Halcoiube, and W. Rogers, the folio,vI ing candidates hnve been nominated: Mr Bradbury for the west ward, opposed by the Rev. A. B. Chappell, of New Plymouth; Mr. Ilalcombe for the north ward, opposed by Mr. J. R. Rowlands, of Kent road; and Mcstsrs Rogers, W .T. Mills, of Denbigh roid, and F. Mackay. of Stanley road, for the east Ward.

'Speaking to ono of tlie organisers J the ISaltic Exhibition at Malmo (in the south <if Sweden), King .Gustav of Sweden expressed great surprise that in several leading foreign newspapers he had noticed nothing about the exhibition. ''Your Majesty must rememuer how expensive il is to advertise in these journals," said the organiser, according to the MaJL "A small page costs £100." "TJwt U very cheap," the King replied. \ou must tic]vertise in these and send the hill to nie,. It is mojt piofitable."

Steamship neu in-New York sav that the number of bicycles taken abroad in recent years is so small as to be negligible. Time was when a different condition existed, when the bicycles and tricycle* and tandems which annuaily went oversea in the holds 01 ocean liners were numbered, .by thousands. The company which wished to make the greatest appeal fo r patronage was careful to afl'ord every faciMtv for the cai'e and handling of "the vehicles. These were the day* before the advent of the inotbr-ear.

Mr. John Memonitoll, who states that he was the first man to discover gold ,u payable quantities in Queensland .it Peak -Downs, in the Clermont district, has forwarded to the Commonwealth Government'a. claim- for .is 7d. He says the above is claimed from the. Queen-slam! Government- and if his claim, is not satisfied he. will take 300

square miles of land which 'he prospected and explored. He also claims a premium on all kinds of minerals discovered in Queensland. He concludes by saying, "I would like the claim settied, so as to avoid ,\nv further trouble." The Government is' very much' perturbed over the claim.

Fiji's imported population is n,e most debased and criminal community in the (South Peas, and the Fiji gaol's see more executions in the course ); f a yoar_ that all Australasia provides. Even New Zealand cannot., remain m«ifTerent_ to this state of thing.-, for.the tnne-expirnd coolie labor i.< already overflowing into this country by way of Auckland. Fiji indeed is an object lesson to all Australasia, and the Australian Federal authorities will surely have something to say in regard to the Solomons. The big 'syndicates would flood the islands with 'lndian. Chinese, or Japanese labor if they had their war, and the Crown colony type of administration is nicely adapted to their purposes.

Some time ago the. vestry of Si. Mary's Church decided to memorialize the Bishop of Auckland on the subject of making Taranaki a separate Hi ric. It was also suggested that he might, -address churchmen on the su'.iject; during his visit here next month. The vicar of St. Mary's (Rev, A. I'. Colvile) Iras received from the. Bishop the following reply: "I am in favor ~f the scheme, and much regret thai t, was not made the Hj\st and chief w »rk of the c.lm.vh in connection with the Mar.silen centenary. I shall he glad In do what, I can when 1 visit Taraimki. I quite realise (hat the growing requirements of Auckland itself need a great deal of the Bi,-hop'.s time, and that, Taranaki needs and deserves more time f.oin the Bishop than he can possibly givc."

"(>u r missionaries in Papua. h.iVhw to den! with i.aked savages in a climaie in which clotl intr a trying even to the while man. leave come to the cone! ision that it was liot their hiisinc-; to drc.«s the natives, who - ; uv no i; decency in being- without clothing'." slid tin- Ucv. V,. W. Thompson, speakina in Sydney wee];. •<!„ ,i ue tinm. whee civilisation spread, clothing became i,.cvil.able wlici*' there were communities of v.-hile p'ople, as they would „,>t allow- tils' natives to walk aboil I the streets naked, lint the seriou* Hiing ithat the natives have a very limited wardrobe., and in a moist, ami hot climate they eel llioi,- clothing dren<'n..,| wilh perspiration, and tbrongh bavin. no change they get <-]iill< wliic:):! lead to phthisis and other complaints. rhe native women wear a kilt, which nerfectlv iiioircnsive, hilt, the greal prebiem is to gc t suitable garnicnls for the men. As Dr. VN,> r e<-e>! ii. 'A hall of twine would a whole village.' "

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