LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 132, 28 October 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

U is ]i ' 'w(nt> j< ir i o U, ] %) HI til \ Hi lIIJHII v n i 1 on tin. tu limr \Si he, ur< poi . f )0 1 ehu a i uici the tluimwuo'a hid touched Hi degrees. *> tn \tv> ]f i „, |, Ul | u til 'u U ut m tin loun lui' ton in Ot uiiii _1 IJI u wei om duit) persons present. Th ; . Order in Council inergin« 'die Talnraiimika j; oa ,i district i'nio the T.iraiiiiki County was gazetted on October 15th and took effect from that date. __ At the S.P.C.A. meeting last night 'd'ss RevenUh put in a strong 'plea on behalf of variant cabs, whose owners dneivod them. Tile matter was referred to the incoming committee, who could doubtless obtain voluminous in formation on (.he subject. Mr C. YV. Palmer, honorary secreiaiy in New Zealand for the Kavv League, has received advice from London that liis request for the supply t 0 tho leading Taranaki libraries 'of ■■The Navy" will be given ell'ect to. Copies will be addressed to the Town Clerks at each of the larger towns. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday in the following undefended eases judgment for plaintiff was given:—dohnston Rroe. (Mr. R. If. Quinine;! v. Pat PoWe!'. .Co IXs lid. costs US i 11,1: New I'lvnmuth

: i as i.d. i.iir. yuiiiiiini) v . .lung Yon" ,C I s 10s, costs IOs ; David Fliilclien (Mr (;,■,.,-) iv. Win. .1. .tid.., vi ifi.. ; ( . 0;U -,_ > • •Cuii.itable i'laimag.u;, ol X, lH .:vi a ,. ' rested ;i „ L'niti „u .M, ; n.i,-,. u '„ 1UI1 Uiowii as John Hammond, alius iiackcU, aliaj Hardcourt, who is wanted oa several charges of false pretences at Auek- ; lued, liamiltou, and in the iiiratford di'sj ''let. lie was brought to New PlyI mouth yesterday, a nd nil! probably api petr ut tho Court this morning, j A privaio hater revived by Mrs j Patchett from friends i u Arm ley,' l.eed-i, j iiiii'd .-r'.pi ii.iHT :;!)ui, siaie,, that Uiou- ; SRiids of Russians pa.ssed tliroug'u Lceil., i '■''' '•'"■ " : ' ; '"..i io b.- i.ni.di.il in Pianre. i Aiiolhe,- letter received from. Scotland j by ji local resident also riders I<j a u-ovi- ! i"enL of Riis-ian 11-oup.i lliroiirdi .SeotI land, It will be remembered I hat pome j v.-eoks ago a eabl ( . message, fir-i ~man|- | atiug from American soiirees, referred l to C'e arrive I of Riissian-i in franee lie j J.idgium and it was conjectured, that ! I hey had come from. Areba'ngo], through i ficnUninl and England. The siatemeut | thi-s "übseqiienitly officially denied. | _ The. Taranaki Chamber of Commerce is ! in receipt of the following resolution ; from the Liverpool Chamber of Coini ineree:— "That the Liverpool Chamber of : Coinmei-ce desire to place on record their i ociip sense of admiration and gratitude ! for the magnificent rallv made bv the colonics to the side of the Mother Couu- ; U-y m this time of trial for the whole ; Ijntisl, Empire.. Tjiey ilosire to state , tbat tiie sj.lfiidid contributions the colo:n,es are giving to England in men and material fire appreciated warmly bv the . business community, not only of the citv of Liverpool, but tliroiurhoiit the whole oi the United Kingdom." ■■ A Yorkshire woollen manufacturer wntmjj to a Wellington friend, teds of a family who had a tk-nnau governess for 1,5 years, who was treated, almost aa a daughter. "The police," he 'says, 'Vailed and examined her box, which was lull ol incriminating papers; codes, suggestion.!, etc., and showed her to' have come as a spy and to have been a spy for 1.) yiars. One of his sons has been ;iu charge of a Territorial company yiixrding a most important wireless st'i •. turn, and had not had hi, c ] o u,, ;s ut { Sm . I ten days at a time, sleeping on the wet 2'rass. Spies were very numerous, and H ,l \ mon WL ' r « ( ' il! !cd out three times a i"}l"t. The cable supplying electricity , 'as some miles away, and spies were contrying to cut the cable at places | vvhcie it was only two feet underground. A ban was stationed every 100 yards i'/'.ural spies were shot, and now'there ; w an installation of electricity at the j -Vlareoni station." I Some enthusiasts in the West End arc j anxious to construct an asphalt curt j or courts in Kawaroa Park, and reprei WKUtiona will be made on the matter , to the Vvesk Knd Foreshore Improvement j Society, which controls the property, jllicruisan excellent site in the hollo'w I at the rear of the baths, well sheltered' j by tue undulations of the ground a,id :by trees. There is a fine foundation of ; soil, and earthwork would cost but little j flic idea is to form a club, the subscrip- | lion to which would be almost nominal, um! to do the necessary earthwork bv ! " I(,rklll S b <'«- As the establishment of ; tennis courts would be an undoubted atj traction to this portion of the sea-front, , tie hearty co-operation of the Foreshore j should be obtained without .litI Acuity. The main question is the nro- | vision of cash for the initial outlay Tennis enthusiasts who are interested in tho laying down of a public court for winter use in this convenient location and who would l, e pr( ,p ari . d to , lcl in | any way, should communicate with the. I West End Foreshore Improvement Society's secretary, who will presently nave details of the scheme

At a meeting of ih;. Munawafu A. and I'. Association's general committee lust week,. intimation ol a donation of Ho was received from the I'niiuoi'stoii Licensed Victuallers' Ai-sOciution. The committee decided to return the amouii , lis the. Association eonsidcred it too small, and to ask that it be increased. Tlie Liccn-ei! \'ietu:ilU-rs' Association subsequently expressed its indignation, mid passed the following motion: ''Tha ! , in view of the hostile attitude taken up by tile Mauawatuu A. and P. Association, we withdraw the. letter offering ii't as a donation, and thai the money be donated to the Belgian Relief Fund."

i'ercy Faulkner surrendered to his bail yesterday morning to answer in the Court, liawera, a charge 'if common assault upon two children of tender years, and also a charge of theft of beads' and cards from the Church of England Sunday School. Sergeant McGrirth asked for a remand unti'l next Monday. .Mr O'Dea, who appeared for tho accused, offered no objection, but asked for bail. The remand was granted and tail was alowed— the accused himself in £-5 and one (surety of a like amount. As the result of complaints to the police the accused was arrested on Saturday n'ght, and owing to the holiday yesierdav he was bailed cut to appear this morning. "Neither locks bad they to their doors, nor bars, to their windows." Thus was described Arcadia, 'home of the happy, Sue-ill a condition of affairs represents in New Plymouth not Arcadia, but the result of the operations of the hoodlums who frequent Kawaroa Park by night, ' The locks on Lee doors of the bungalow liavu been forced; tools nvslaid; and swings and other property < broken and abused. It is small salisfaction to the people of tho district that their efforts to make a children's playground should be nullified by young fellows who prove by their actions that they have not .vet become men. The Society appeals to the public to see Ihjit this public property is respected.' 'f it were possible to lay hold of those individuals who broke the locks and the wing-boats these gentry would have a ivelv time. The provision of a couple of lamps along ihe Tiseh Avenue and at the bungalow would act as a deterrent, 'or larrikins "love darkness rather than tight" for the perpetration of their misdeeds.

The brutality of the 'jeiT.uin is shown by the following s.ory:— When the Teutonic hordes entered' Brussels they approached the convent of the tracret Heart order. Two uf tihe sisters approached one of the windows of the convent to see if any damage was being wrought upon the convent or grounds, when the Cerman.s lii'ed upon them, killing both sisters oulrijii',. They next invaded the convent, acting in an uproarious manner. Suddenly they were addressed in their native tongue by several German sisters of Uio order, and the effect was magical; they became at oncm quite subdued. The Mother General of the order (Mather Janet Kr.skme fStiiar!) who belongs to a noted Scottish family, and who was in Auckland at tlie commencement of this your, was in the house at Brussels at the ilmc of the raid, and was urgently pressed to go to England. She (lid so, but- th" shock of the Oorman raid was so great tbat the Mother Oenenl died, another victim to German brutality. .Speaking at ihe Anglican Diocesan Synod at Auckland last week on u motion asking the churches to assist flic No-linece movement, the Rev. A. 11. Coi\ile deprecated the in loducLion at tho prevent time of a motion of a distinctly provjeative character, calculated to arouse passionate lcsea/ment m many who conscientiously to whai ihey considered intolerable ' tyranny. Prohi'bitionisu apparently failed ■;<) recognise that the opponents of prohibition were not all nersomlly interested. "Moderates'"' were lumped together, and labelled "liquor party." Tlie 190S resolution had aroused resentment in many churchmen, and bad he 'then been :i layman or one of the imregrnevates he would have felt inclined to shake his fist In 'lhe face of anyone who attempted to dictate to him in that way. ITe dip waled the use of patriotic feeling at the present t'me for the purpose of Tine motion, for he felt that if prohibition were carried when the minds of Unpeople were enneentriited elsewhere i: would be hwg resented. ITe was glad hat branches of the Moderate Lrac.ie had been formed 'throughout the Dominion. National prohibition might suit pcopie like th ( , Germain, but Englishmen were not ready to submit to vexations. irritaCnix, and (to him) unnecc*?ary prohibition.