LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Australian and English mails ex Ulimaroa at Wellington, will arrive here on Tuesday afternoon, ISth inst. In New Plymouth, there are 1942 dwelling houses and ol shops and warehouses. The Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. Haselden), has decided (says the Hawera Star), that in future the criminal and civil sittings of ithe Magistrate's Court will be held on the one day—Tuesday, As the result of the New Plymouth High School children agreeing to accept certificates in lieu of prizes, the children i will have a sum of £27 10s to donate lo one of the patriotic funds. The hospital ship Malicno is being repainted in dock at Port Chalmers. The gilt lettering on her stern shows she is now Malicno, of London, instead of Dunedin, as heretofore. A Wellington telegram says that the Basilica was filled last evening when the ecclesiastical authorities of the Wellington Catholic congregations accorded an official welcome to Monsignor Cerctti, who conveyed the Papal Blessing to the congregations. Special music was rendered by the combined choirs of the city and suburban churches. The ballot of seamen for the position of general secretary of the New ZeaI land Federated Seamen's Union was completed last night, and resulted; V.". T. Young S2O, (leorge Bowers fJS3. The ballot for the assistant secretary of tliri Auckland Union resulted: Thomas Anderson 820, William Semple Glß.—Press Association.

Very little hag been heard of the fighting at the Montenegrin front; the more interesting is a description given of it by the special correspondent of the Herliner Tageblatt with the Austrian troop?. He says:—The Montenegrins themselves do not understand so much about artillery as about other arms, in the employment of which they are past masters. Their speciality i' s not the complicated modern war, tout trie partisan warfare in the mountains—the real Indian war. One hears them shouting something to one another on the bare, blade mountains; then they glide down into the valley in groups of two or three, jump in their soft, felt shoes from stone to stone, conceal themselves in the holes which are hidden by the evergreen hushes, and suddenly' they all collect at one spot in the rear or at the ttank of our patrols. Woe to these patrols if they allow themselves to be surprised! The Monteiigrins give no quarter to anybody, not even to the wounded. On the other hand, it is next io impossible to capture Montenegrin soldiers. Wherever a warrior goes r.r stands there aho is his wife, and when he falls she jumps to his side and drags him away. Xo dead or wounded are found after a battle.

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<!ooJ progress is being made with tlie discharge of the cargo „f tlmlier nil tlie schooner C. S. llolmers at Kcw I'lvmoutli. Tlie last of the deck car-o was landed yesterday, mid it is expected that tin- work will be completed on Friday. The future movements of ttit schooner are indelinite, but arrangements are. being made for a charter from New Zculand to Australia.

The Ngamotu foreshore, JuHlv named "the playshore of the Pacific,'* the place that delights the mind and abolishes dismal anxiety, was thronged with bathers and visitors at the week-end llolh the ladies' and gouts.' dressing sheds were taxed to an inconvenient degree, and it is <|uite apparent that the committee will have to provide much larger accommodation for the bathers who frequent this popular resort.

A meeting of dairy factory managers and a sub-committee of the Winter Show executive was held in Jlawera on Saturday to revise the dairy section of the schedule for this year's fixture. Some alterations were made, and it was decided to give increased prize money. The dairy factory managers present j were: Messrs Dunlop (Hawcra). McDonald (Kaupokonui), McQueen (Manutahii, Crosbie (Kakai'amea), Farley j (Riverdale), and Robertson (Jolls). ' William James Smitli was convicted at the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, yesterday, on a charge of illicit liquor selling, and was fined £25. The police described him as an old hand at the game known as "lighthousing," or carry;ing a bottle of'whisky and making surreptitious sales in the street. Smith 1 said he was unable to pay the fine and the alternative was iixed at a month in gaol.—Press Association. A monster eel was caught in tho Kahouri Stream on Sunday'by Master George Hunter, who had an' exciting time after gaffing the fish. It -was as black as coal, weighed 28 lbs., and was over 4ft Oin in length, with a circumference of 13i inches at the thickest part. It was an ugly-looking specimen, which must have had a voracious appetite for young trout, and a postmortem examination would he interesting, says the Stratford Post. Better control of (be motor traffic in New Plymouth was asked for by Cr. A. E. Watkins at the. meeting of the Borough Council last night. He complained of "the tremendous noise" made by motor-cycles, the riders of which did not use their silencers, and he declared that motor-cars were driven in tha streets at an excessivo speed. The practice of people riding behind motorcycles was, ho said, becoming very common, and should he stopped. it was decided to instruct the inspector to enforce by-laws governing motor traffic. A party of five, consisting of Messrs Corbett and Humphries, two young ladies and a little girl of nine or ten years of age, reached the summit of Mt.Egmont on Friday last from the western side. This i 9 a route rarely taken on account of its dangers and bard climb. They had no climbers' outfit whatever, and .yet reached the summit by 10 aju. A heavy fog coming on kept them in the crater till 12.:!0, when a party arrived from the Xorth house, and kept them company for a time, though ultimately thoy had to leave again in the fog. All were in good trim, not even the little girl appearing tired. The guide from the Xorth house tried to get the party to come down with him, but they went down the same side as they came up.

'■The time, is getting on and we will have to go jfito the question of providing a .destructor and erecting new municipal buildings," remarked, the Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgess), nt last night's meeting of the Borough Council. The Mayor said that the whole question of street works would have to be considered, and at next meeting he would propose the appointment of a committee to go into this matter with the borough engineer. The supply of metal was another question thut would have to be gone into pre sently. "It is imperative that we should have new offices for the Council stall' as scon as possible,'' added Mr. Burgess.

An interesting 9tory of the front ia related by the Timaru Post. It staten that when Trooper Munro, now on furlough in Timaru, was wounded, he asked the late Trooper Hngerty, who was near at'•hand, to get his (Munro's) hold-all, which was in a valise some two miles away. Trooper I-lagerty promised to do so, and Trooper Munro was taken from the peninsula in a hospital ship. Trooper Iliigerty was killed in action, and his friend thought there was little chance ->■ his hold-all rinding its way back to Ti.mnru. However, Private V. Wilson, who has just returned from the front, brought back a letter and the hold-all, which were in Trooper llagerty'3 possession at the time of his death. The letter is dated August IS, 1015, and runs as follows:—"Dear Friend,—This hold-all was given to me by Bob Munro to hold for him until we met again. Tn case anything happened to him I am (ii possible) to send it to his mother. If by any chance I am knocked out, would the finder of it, if possible, send it as I have been asked? Trusting it will not put the finder to any inconvenience, and also doing a fellow comrade a good turn, <—[ am, yours sincerely, Trooper ,T. llagerty, Bth S.C.M.R." 'Trooper lktgerty was killed the day after this letter was written, but 'the fact that Trooper Munvo now has his hold-all speaks eloquently of the late Trooper Hagorty's faithfulness to his trust. Attention is called elsewhere by the Taranaki agent (Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, universal provider, of TCltham) to the latest model Maxwell motor cars. These cars have probably won more of the great American classic races than any make, which goes to prove their wonderful strength and reliaoillty. The present model is an extremely beautiful one, following more the European streamline design. The radiator is slightly tapered ,and the bonnet is so high, that it melts into the body in a series of undulating waves, greatly adding to the car's distinctive appearance. It is most roomy and is sumptuously upholstered with curled hair and extra heavy leather. The quality of the springs, too, is much superior to those found in cars -costing -f-'IOO more. Difficulty of getting supplies has prevented the agent from satisfying more than local demands, lint by giving long notice, and also by the improved factory facilities, this 'trouble has been overcome. Prospective car buyers should inspect the Maxwell, which is manufactured by the second largest ear-producers in the world. Mr. Wilkinson has not yet appointed his lo;al Agents, hut in the meantime his representative will be pleased to arrange ->monstrntio)is during the next week or two. TRAVEL FREE FROM CARE.

CHECK BAGCAttK THROUGH US. Don't linvc on your mind wlicn travelling. You needn't, del ud to elioek it, and enjov plivrtieivl and mi'", tttl freedom. We call for" liaofc'.W. flu'-'k on, meet on nrriral, and deliver ai on.,'. You can also obtain your ticket i' l < ;|l office.—The Now Zealand Express w, Lta.