LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 49, 18 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The theory of -evolution is considered by Arcfhbishpo Clarke, of Melbourne, to fail to. establish the contention tint man has descended from the lffww form of life, Preaching last week, lie said that in no fossil remains that has been found "was'f here any sign of an ape-man or a man-ape. Dealing with the second chapter of Oneisis and the story of the'creation of woman, the Arehhishop said that there was no scientific fact more firmly held than that by marriage woman hecame one flesh with her husband.

The New Zealand groti-i which Miss Mackenzie, .laughter of the High Commissioner in London, and Diss Micliie are arranging for the great ball to be held in London shortly is to consist of fuirlceii couple-, each, reprc-enliug. as nearly as pos-ible, the Dominion coat of trms." The ladies wear flowing Grecian robes with old helmets, ami the men are to be at,'.ircd as Maori chiefs, each carrviug ikms and banners. When tlie New Zealand group enters the hall, the march \Vcw Zealand for ICvt. - ' be Mr Paul SotmVrhauf. of IVmedin. will be played.

A Smthlnnd sneep-biiyer put up a u'lioil performance, last week. LeaTiig luvrivargill on Thursday morning, lie n ached. Qncenstown at 7 p.iw.. aii.l came oil by coach to a local station, where lie arrived aliont two hours later. NVoiiatioiH for 'the purchase of a 1.-!-_ iv line of sheep werf immediately entered into, the sheep, which were local".I in handv paddocks.boins-miistorod and ir.spce|ed liy moniiliolil. A d.-nl. satisfactor-.- (~ both parties -va- concluded -horde after 2 a.m. and the biivcr r-'!l'.rlli 111,- elirlv (ai.-lrh In I plei'll -it 0-Vll ni rout,- to TiiVrivargill. (hi- sou'lktii city l.i-inir reached at A ji.in. A pcciliar innney-lendine; t ansa.-tion v..u ili- -io-ed 1-v a judu'iii'-nt debtor who appealed before ('he Ma„isi rate at m-.-.-hiimra. The debtor stated tlmt lie borrowed £i'i three rionlh. a,;o fi-'un .-- money lender, who demanded £-J .-:., a month, half lx-inir for principal ami half for interest. Mr Frazer, S.M.. iv-ir.n-ked tbal this would work out to M'\ :„-,- rent. The debtor then sl,n,ted that he bad been unab],- to pay any of the principal, but was simply paying I lie interest. "In that ease," oVerved I'ie court, "you are. paving a"!"! n-r ei-iil." The debitor was advised to eall toeetbev his directors and got tliem ti pay off the loan, which he' in turn, v mid repay to t'heia on b'eifier terms than lie was getting from tlie moneylender.

''•There are three cases 01' very bad witnesses. 'Hie worst, is the judge, the second is a barrister, and the third is a solicitor. That is to say, he is the best of the three."--Jmlg« Rentoul at the City of London Court.

Howell Parr, clad iu a padded football suit and with hands bandaged, won a wager of C-100 lip rolling.' for 15 'hours, with three short rests, aiong the streets of Baltimore. Pari' was followed by a fashionable crowd on foot and in mot-H----ears.

liilcrjcetcr-i do 1101. .-llways get the best of it. In a Weak moment. Mr 0. K. W Pon, the ineinher for Taumarunni. broke ii, upon the How of eloquence of (he South Maori representative. And this was Air Panic's rctort."\YoH, what does the member for Tauiiianinui think aboil! that? I would like lo point out that Tauniaiunui means—dark, shady, foggy, and the member for Taumarunui is always in a fog."

A Waipa colliery train of coal trucks was coming down an incline at Ngaruawahia on Saturday, when the Westinghouse brake failed to act. The tram had too much speed on for the 'hand brakes to act, and it skidded down the whole length of the grade, a distance of a mile and a half. "On the overhead bridge two of the trucks became derailed and knocked out a number of sleepers. The trucks capsized about two chains beyond the bridge. Very little damage was done. It is rarely that a member of the fair sex is seen at a smoke concert, but the gathering of the New Zealand Jersey Breeders' Association furnished a notable exception, one of those present being a well-known lady breeder, of Wuaganui, whose success aa a breeder of the little cattle was remarked on by more than one speaker. Mrs Nixon evidently enjoyed the experience, and received quite an ovation on rising to re*» spond to the toast of the ladies, which she did in a very graceful little speech.

In proposing the health of the visiting delegates at the Jersey Breeders' gathering, Colonel Hughes, of Wanganui. said that lie noticed recently that the port of Wellington had been given the credit of £IOO.000 worth of dairy produce that had really been originally shipped at New Plymouth. The Wanganui people, he said, hoped that, when the local harbor scheme was completed, most of that would be shipped away from here, and he smilingly added thai, if it were so. Wanganui would see that Taranaki g-ot the credit of it.

The question of the merits and demerits of the hire-purchase system and the suggested registration oS the agreements was again discussed at the last meeting of the Council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. It was pointed out (says the Herald) that many farmers beginning life on the land had plenty of grit but little money. The hire-pur-chase system was of great benefit to them in procuring the necessary implements. Very often, it was said, the registration of the agreement would be detrimental to the buyer. Many people too, did not want to disclose the state of their finances by the registration of agreements, but. oil the other hand, it was rather unfair that the sellers ofgoods on the hire-purchase system should rank as secured creditors without registration of their security. A resolution was finally passed to the effect that although much could be said for the proposed scheme, the council did not see its way to make a move in the matter.

That some town-planning scheme is urgently needed in New Zealand was declared to be evident by Mr O. C. Readc in his lecture at Wcillington recently. An example of how the private speculator inflates the value of land was given in the case of an Auckland estate. It consisted of .'SO'/, acres, and was bought, in ]»0l for f, ; l!i.io ; £7(100 was spent on roads and the land was so'd in lots in 1004 for £:;.-. 000 the speculator making a profit of fl.">,0l«). In 1014. the city valuer estimated l,'.e value at J!7B,Ofifi. and tin- ratepayers of Auckland were forced to spend £l7o;| to secure and make road.- on I lie land. Wellington was provided with a fine chance for the city to acquire an estate when a Miram'ar estate was valued •in ISOO aft £lO 000. aih | (l Karori estate was vailiied at the sine figure. Ir 1010, the Miramar block was valued at C7o7).<W). and the Kn.lT.ri l.Wk r,t fti.W.ooo. Values had dropped '■-'■„„„ • sll fi- ll( .'.;;. The rents i U «>W 1 wn'sX Uros arejveU k» 0 ' W n. In the ketchworth gafuen city, four rooms wij.li a Scullery, bathroom, large garden and all conveniences cost the tenant from 1M to 5* fid per week. The members of the Auckland Fire Brigade found themselves in an awkward predicament the other night. They had all donned their best attire-anil were about to enter upon the. enjoyment of a fortnightly dance in the' hall at the central station when, perversely enough, the alarm bell rang. Instantly, there was a general scatter for post* or duty, partners for the first dance being left to their own devices, lamentin? the ill-timed interruption. Many of" the firement stayed no longer than to change into their helmets and uniform jackets. The result was that thev arrived at the scat of of the fire in' foiisinby Road [tartly in the dress of office and partlv garbed for the ballroom. Some of the

spectators were surprised to so e Hi,. fiiv--fif,'hlers plunging into tin; buriiii!" building shod in dancing -pumps ate! with clean starched" collars cncirclin:: their nocks. Some (if the men fell to work on the (lames in new trousers tl ■ •- signed for lets damaging usnjic. On their vet lint to the station, drenched t-o the skin, half an hour or so later, thev had perforce to chaise into dry n--, v . ments of a more ancient character. However, no thought of spoiled clothes, was allowed to interfere, with the subsequent; delights of the ma/.v waltz. The ironv of the fact that no cull had been received since last Monday until the psychological moment when the periodic.)l dance was about to coinricncc whs freely commented upon. GOUT AND ITS CURE. Those painful twinges, that stitl'ne-s and soreness of the mv.scles, the swollen and inflamed joints, the dull aches and pains in the hark, are polity symptoms caused by excess uric acid in the Mood. Cout and the kindred diseases of ltheumatism, Sciatica and Lumbago are all due to this execs* uric acid accumulating in the system and depositing in the form of urates in the nnis'-lcs and joints. To effect a cure tliis excess uric aei.l must be removed. There's only one remedy that will do it-and it is RTIEOMO. Tt contains the essential specifies which will eradicate this uric acid excess from the !>]■■ ;d. It lias cured thousands.- Mr. V.*. -Tames, iate propriety of the. Teniii'.ms Hotel, C'hvisiehiircli, is well-known throughout Canterbury. He write: ■-"I suffered very "really from Rliculualii- for quite fourteen years. T tried almost every remedy .-ujjjiosled by my friends and medical practitioners, but with veiy little relief. About three years niro V was strongly advised to try BTTEUMO. I did so, and with the greatest satisfae tion." 2s Od and 4s Cd.

For CliiUlren's Hacking Cough at ni { ,f, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/fl, 2/8.

The Pungarehu team won (lie lug-o'-war competition at the Rahotu flail on Wednesday. '

The address at the meeting of ta .• ,\cw Plymouth Brotherhood to-morro,. will bo delivered by Mr. R. J. Rockeir M.A., on "Te Rauparaha." Large areas of land arc being taken up under the. Ilauiaki pastoral leajes. Twenty thousand acres have already been applied for.—Press Asso; iation. A .Sydney cablegram repoils thut Thursday was tin; coldc.-t <l:i v. :v, orded there for three years. The fi'o:sls Were severe and snow fell on the mountains.

At a largely attended meeting of The Orangemen of the Westport district last night, it vi'as unanimously resolved to telegraph Mr. C'olvin, member of the district, that lie is expected to support ~the Bible-Reading-in-Schools Referendum 35i 11.— Press Association. The North Taranaki Hunt met at Mr. Topless' farm, Waihi, on Thursday afternoon, and bad some excellent runs, being admitted generally to be the best of the season. There was an exceptionally large number of members present, and they were afterwards entertained liy Mr. R. 11. Pepperell at afternoon tea. The Citizens' Hand is holding a concert in th* Theatre Royal to-morrow evening. The proceeds will be devoted to a very deserving case which has come under the band's notice. The Theatre Royal will no doubt be packed, for the public of New Plymouth are not slow in according generous) support to a worthy cause. Mr. C. K. Wilson, M.P., forwards to the Waitara Mail a letter he has received from the Postmaster-General, '.n which it is stated that the representations made as to the Waitara Post Office being cramped have been enquired into, and it has been decided to improve the accommodation by extending the building at the side.

Mr. P. Jackson, native interpreter, has received unotice tha.l the sitting of (lie Native Land Court at New Plymouth, at which Judge .T. B. Jack will preside, lias been postponed until July 21. A sitting of tlie Native Appellate Court, under Chief Judge JacksonPalmer, and Judge Rawson, will lie held at New Plymouth next week.

At the meeting of the Taranaki Employers' Association last night members were unanimous in condemnation of the proposal contained in the Education, Bill to remove the headquarters of the education district to Wanganui, and it was decided to make representations to Messrs Okey and Wilkinson, M.P.'s, with a -view to preventing this injustice ♦■•> Taranaki,

At the meeting of the New Plymouth Harbor Board yesterday, Mir. D. J. Hughes moved that a return be furnished showing the position of the sinking funds and the date when the loans mature, with a view to the. Board's taking up debentures in the railway from Moturoa to Qpunake, which the settlers propose to build. The motion was carried unanimously. During the progress of ihe clearing' k.-iI" of pedigree Jerseys at Mr. W. V. llarknes~'. Tariki; yesterday, a very exciting incident occurred. A neighbor of Mr. Harkness. named Mr. A. Cowley, was leading the wolP-known bull "Rozelh 's Sultan," when the animal suddenly turned and gored bin). There was a general scramble for safety, but Mr. McC-uiuncss, wlio was in the ring, at once went to the rescue, and secured the bull. Mr. Cowlev was removed to the Strafford hospital by Mr. K. Doh--on. ft is understood that he, is not dangerously injured.

A somewhat serious accident oceuwed in Devon street yesterday, when a horse belonging to Mr. C. Lawrence, of Vogoltown, bolted from the •''Melbourne" corner with a light dog carl, of which the only occupant was Mr. J. Lawrence, father of the owner. The animal had got rid of the blinker.-'and .Mr. Lawrence was therefore vowcrl«s*. In the centre of the town the hor.se riwei-ved). narrowly missing a serious collision with the Fitzroy ImS)1 mS) which was standing opposite Messrs' Morev and Son's premises. The Tins, however, filmed across the street and the horse and trap dashed between it and the verandah post. The trap became, wedged. !£« Ila, ; n ™«>°k«. a'"| t„e iiorse got \' tA ' ...r. Lawrence was thrown violently aoainst the side of the 'bus. And then in the ground, .sustaining Mich seri""s injury ibat lie had to be taken to the hospital, kittle damage wa- done to either vehicle.