LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 250, 31 March 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

%„ t Z ((0 '" 1 lm^] - On' Monday (Laster Monday)thc p apcr will be pub"shod as usuaJ. . ' ..The offices of the local court will be closed to-day, being Anniversary Day and also from Friday to Tuesday inclusive for the Faster holidays. Mr. Moves lias kindly consented to allow the High School hoys to tat part m the swimming , and nthpr t Ivawaroa Park on Easter Monday. v„l 0 N 1 ' al -., COmplaillts havc latft lv been weed with regard to trees and toshes overhanging some of our streets. Perhaps'the borough inspectors wil] shortly look .into his matter when their other multifarious duties permit. The North Egmont Hostelry will down for the winter months on 'llt'i April. Intending visitors wiio use this popular resort after that date will require to include provision baskets w their outfit. A hermit sheep was shot last week fn LeC T,T oilk • Stati ° l ' 7 °> , l ,ositp Q' lC <™- tOHn The animal was a thrce-ru.arter-bred four-year-old ram. its fleece being f" By 18m long, and the tail, which was taken as a trophy cT the chase, a yard in extent. J

Iho Board of Governors of the Canterbury College resolved at a meetinon Monday to record their sorrow for the death of Bishop Grimes and an appreciation of the services rendered hroftttr mofofeas -" c » ; - The Kaponga orchestra will render several selections at the Falls Mount*, House on Cfood Friday. They will „] av as mia under the baton of Miss K<£ son, and providing weather conditions a e favorable the outing should he a pleasant one to themselves and visiU

Some time arjo it was announced by a adys outfitter in Gisborne that she mtendod givwg «„, w]iolo of t]]c lof her business for twelve months to the Mg.an Relief Fund. ' Within ?hree ci edit ot the fund, and recently a second instalment of .€IOO was received". A good deal of money goes un in smoke The latest ports to New Zealand concerns the month of October. In that month w W4,"' W wortll "f tobacco a-db-LJ worth of cigars, and £39515 £°/M3a f Cigatfittes -' ' rhese su ™ total

ivm' al u aml StoHt t0 tlle amouilt °f U..US gallons Was imported to New Zealand ,n October, according to the latest trade Supplement . .The value of the importation was .£0544. During the ten months ended October 31 the quantity imported was 204 3GS Gallons, valued at £52 591 °

Hospital Board & ] » &tort ot the Dimcdin Hospital, havimvolunteer,.,! for service i„ a . i; : ilita.Y ■osp'tal ni France. Mrs. MaoiChi. T ;°i, '■ \ nmn ' n [ of the Australian J rained Nurses' Association, will accompany him. with the intention of ofFran! *° T Sm ' ice "'

The Totalisator Commission (Mr C hunter. MP., and Mr T. IT. DaveV) left on Saturday afternoon, for the MarlWough and Nelson districts: : Thence they will go to the West Coast. Tlicv expect to complete" tneir investigation's in about a fortnight's time. * Their report as to the allocation of the thirtvmne additional fotalisator permits will be reauy for presentation to the Government about the end of April . It is estimated that as the result of .the patriotic concert held at Masterton a siim of over £2OOO will be added to the Great Britain and Belgium relief I fund. The concert is to be repeated at ; Carterton, Featberston and Maryborough, as a result of which it is hoped to bring the amount. up to £4OOO. The price which the Union Jack realised by sale, £llß7. is a record for New Zealand. Messrs E. J. Young and F. Huiin were the promoters of Hie concert.

Arrangements, in connection with the big loliday gathering at the East Knd Bathing Reserve on Easter Monday are now nearing; completion, and a most pleasant day's, entertainment is promised. - There is no lack of attractions, and the prizes on exhibit in Devon Street are attracting considerable attention. The committee have worked very Imvl in connection with the day's proceedings and every possible means of amusciuiit and aid to enjoyment have been provided

The formation, of the concrete roadway on a boulder foundation in Brougham Street attra-cted a good deal of attention yesterday. The operations of the borough employees were watched by <]iiite an interested crowd for th-i greater portion of the day, the work being the subject of a large variety of comments. It was generally admitted that the.system adopted would provide a substantial, hard-wearing roadway, though manjt street-comer experts shrugged their shoulder* when discinslng the co3t.

The Teutonic morality is simply that what is adantageous for Germany is good, and what is to her disadvantage is evil, says the London Express. That is to say, it 13 perfectly righteous to sink ships and drown their crews if by so doing tlie British food supply could be jeopardised, as it is perfectly righteous to kill babies in Scarborough and widows in Yarmouth if by so doing the British nation can be terrorised. On the other hand, for Great Britain to use her sea power to prevent copper and other contraband from reaching German ports is an act of the devil. Complaints regarding freight and charges on the Wanganui river were brought before Mr. Massey at Wellington yesterday -by a deputation from Taumarunui. During the discussion hj« «aid that the schedule of ratej submitted by the tenderers would have to be 'submitted to the Wanganui and Taumarunui Chambers of Commerce and to tlie Department of Lands. The Mayor of Taumarunui said this intimation had quite upset their calculations. Had they known that they need not have attended. Mr. Massey said the 'Government knew there had been innumerable complaints, and its desire was to arrange a schedule which would be much more satisfactory than in th e past. The Stratford A. & P. secretary was busy on Saturday night dealing with the entries for the Gymkhana. This year's figures are an easy record for all events. The Association'has provided a large marquee for the accommodation of mothers and babies in connection with the baby show, entries for which will be taken on the grounds on the day of the Gymkhana. iProgrammcs of the handicaps in , the trotting events will be on sale on Saturday. Several outside teams have entered in the wrestling and tug-of-war. Further entries for these events will be taken on the ground. A special feature on the. programme will be the Stratford orchestra, of -fifteen members. The ordinary sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held in the Courthouse, New Plymouth, yesterday. MrA. Grooke, S.M., presided, and juug-* ment was given for plaintiff in the following undefended cases:—Goldwater Bros. (Mr D. Hutchen) v. Campbell WW son Merrilces, claim £SO 3s Od, ami' costs'fl 15s; Raymond Smith (Mr-R. C. Hughes) v. John Coleman, £9 7s, costs £1 3s 6d; J. C. Spedding,- Ijfoli,. (Mr A. H. Johnstone) v. Florence Mary Lloyd Wills, '£2 l 4s 2d, costs. £& ];4&j Taranaki County Council (Mr K. H. Quilliam) v. Francis William Scott, £8 Os 3d, costs £1 3s Cd; Taramtki Building Society (Mr J. E. Wilson.), v. William and Ernest Brocklebank, £ST 15s Od, costs £2 ,17s. -"

Kawaroa Park should present a very animated appearance on Easter Mondar, present indications all pointing to a very successful, picnic. From all sides people are coming to view th* great menagerie procession—the one and original—which will wend its way down Devon Street en Monday morning to the Park, The forest animals will escort Mr. and .Mrs. Punch, the giantess, Darby and Joan and other storied eharacters through the densely-thronged streets. At the Park itself there will be a great programme of novelty sports, games of skill, costume comedians and musicians at work and play, a programme by the New Plymouth Citizens' Band, with ample i'pfreshments and afternoon tea. Hot water and milk are provided free for picnickers. At the municipal baths there' will be a fun furore in the water, which will be heated for the occasion. Champions in swimming and diving will appear in the afternoon andßlondincrsTiiil do tightrope-walking. A well-known llanakau native, ' in executing an order from his better lu!», applied at the shopkeeper's counter for a tm of aeroplane. The business man was at a loss to understand what was meant, and after an interrogatory the customer said, gesticulating, that it was something to "rise—rise quick"; something to "go up, up, up." For a time the shopkeeper was unable to grasp the" order, but, meditating said: "Is it, baking-powder that you want?" "Yes by korry that's the stuff, all' right." The warrior all smiles, carried the tin away a s if he was a full-blown hero: A pair of zebu, the Indian sacred bull, arrived in Wellington on Saturday by the Paioona. They come from Melbourne, and are for the Wellington Zoo. Half the cost of purchase has been borne by the City Council and half by the Zoological Society. \Thcy aro very handsome animals, and arrived in excellent condition.

Troopor Rutherford MilnT an old Halswell boy, who left Chriatchurcli about fifteen month ago to settle in the Argentine, left there on the outbreak of war, and went to England whore he enlisted in the Second Dragoon Guards, Writing from the Western Cavalry Department Newport, under date of February \ to his brother m Christchureh, Trooper' Miln says:— "I am doing well as a soldier in Kitchincr s Army, wiring in like the very deuce. It doesn't do to be \ half -trained. The better a man does his sword and bayonet practice, the better chance he has of keeping a whole skin. The chances are, however, ten to one whether you will see me again. The Queen's Bays (my regiment) were "cut up to the devil in the beginning of the war. There is not much use for cavalry just now, while the squabbling is in the mountains but when we shove the enemy back on to the plains in Germany, the cavalry will become the advance gunrn". Our camji here is very comfortable."

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A meeting of the Committee ofii'tke Moa Road Board appointed to fur«lfe: the object of the formation of a county was held in the Board room on Saturday for the purpose of consulting wffli the Boards solicitor, Mr 11. J. M. Thomson, "as to the steps to he taken tofurthcr than end. After considerable discussion, it was decided to establish a complete canvass of the district for the purpose of ascertaining what support would be likely to, be afforded and what opposition offeicd to a petition for the formation of a new county. The work will possibly take some time as a very complete canvass will be made in order to ascertain the advisability, or otherwise, of prosecuting the matter any further.