LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The local office of the Northern Steamship Company has received advice to the effect that the Rarawa !s barbound at the Manukas Ilpads.

A legacy of £IOO has been received by the Pukekurn Park Board from the executor of tna estate of the late Mrs. Ann Hulks.

The steamer Tainui put in at the breakwater yesterday, being unable to enter the Waitara river owing to the state of the bar.

The Haw era Borough Council, after a lengthy discussion, declined to accede to the request af its employees to reconsider the decision to increase the iv.en'j wages. The men asked for a shilling per day extra. The sum of £8240 is to be paid out by the Xew Zealand Farmers' Union for butter-fat for December. This is an increase of £IO9B on the corresponding payment last year. The rate of advance is lid more. For the. month (December, lOlfi), sixty-five tons of butter were made.

At the meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Board on Wednesday the chairman (Mr. T. H. Battle) said that on his recent visit to Wellington the Minister of Public Health (Mr. G. W. Russell) stated that he' intended to vUit the various hospitals along the Coast and ill the Taranaki district auring the present week.

At the meeting of the Taranaki Executive of the Fanners' Union yesterday the- question of the establishment of a Producers' Shipping Company was discussed, and it was decided to ask the Dominion Executive to make this the main business of the next conference, and, in the meantimee, to take any step 3 thought necessary tn further it 3 inauguration.

"It is; one of tlioss 6&d accident." that do occur," said the Coroner (Mr. Hewitt, S.M.); at the close of the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death o? James Grogan, who was killed at the Wariganui Borough Council's quarry .'it Tumvhare cn Tuesday. , The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, and acMed that on the evidence given no blame was attachable to anyone. The evidence went to show that life lines were provided for use, but, as.deceased was working on a ledge twelve feet wide tbejr were not considered .necessary.

The members of the PuKekura. Park Board met in the Park yesterday and, with the curator (Mr. W. W Smith) and the Mayoress (Mrs. C. H. Burgess i. went over the grounds and discussed various improvements, that have been proposed. The Mayor recently donato/l £25 for the provision of hot water in the Park for picnickers, and the Board decided yesterday to instal the service just behind tlu buna rotunda. The work will be put in hand at once. Some time v/aL ipent in the open space near the d:essing-shed adjoining the recreation ground, and hero it waa decided io erect a pergola. Tree ferns and wambling rcses will be planted. Th>, Boaid would be pleased if country resident;; who have tree-ferns at their disposal would communicate with the Board. With reference to former efforts oi tr.r. Government to prohibit the Bhooting of the -native pigeon, it was stated at the meeting of the Wcnganui Acclimatisation Society on Wednesday evening that ] ali societies have ugrosd that it is a farce to protect a bird in busn localities where the bird's natural food is being i destroyed by bushfelling and burning. This is happening in most bus; districts. It was suggested that it would be more Bensible to protect these. Birds only in fh;ed sanctuaries; juch. as scer.i: reserves, National Park;;, etc., and make the penalty for interference with or destruction of native birds, by both Maori and pakeha in these localities, say £SO cr £IOO. Then only would the Government jiiccpcd in vlio protection of the avi-fauna of New Zealand in general or the nati"e pigeon in particular. If such a system was adopted and each Acclimatisation Society notified of the areap set aside as sanctuaries, there would bi a united effort on the part of societies to help the Government to protect the birds and upheld the law oil the subject in the strictest' manner possible.

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The Under-Secretary of Internal Affair.', in acknowledging the receipt of ,■£'"23 contributed to the Belgian Children Christmas Appeal, at the instance c! the Mayoress, expressed the appreciation of the Government for this handsome donation, and states it must be a rratter of gratification to the organisers and contributors that such a splendid result hns been obtained.

The Petone Borough engineoi reported at the last meeting that the municipal howling greens had been well patronised during the season. The .around was not as pood as it might be, but would improve each year ,It was repcrtujl hv one councillor that jver -10 persons were using the uroens the previous Saturday, and that .more conveniences were required 011 the ground.

The collection of cocksfoot grast seed in various parts of Wellington city and suburbs is affording profitable employment U a number of boys during their holidays. The grass is growing luxuriantly on the Town Belt iVnd other open spaces. The boys cut it and take to their homes, where they ihrcsh out the seed with long sticks. Thete is a ready sale for th seed at 8d or !)d a pound.

Through the efforts of the Auckland Commercial Travellers' Club £2340 18s fld has been raised during the past year for the cenefit of the North Auckland hospitals. Eight, years ago, wlier this fund was inaugurated, the /(-suit was £01). The grand total for the eight years is £477G os lid. This is the only fund foi the benefit of hospitals irganised by any commercial travellers' association in Australasia, and the Auckland commercial travellers are proud of the result achieved.

In Timarii some ten years ago a man was charged undci the with playing a game of chance with dice at the Caledonian grounds, and he was fined ;£]o, and 9s costs. But ho left the district without paying the fine, and the authorities had not been able to lay their hands on him. Last ween, Detective Ward, of Christclntvch, recognised a man in the street as the culprit, and promptly arrested him He was taken to the police station, and there paid the long-standing account.

A stowaway was discover.*. O.i board the Westralia after th* itn.ttr.cr left Auckland last trip fot Syir.cy. "Tin; roan was allowed his liberty on the way across, but the day before t.ie vessel ai rived at Sydney he tiandjuued and locked in a room until givei. in charg.; o* the police at Sydney. IMor. the Sydney Police Court He fined £2."), or throe months' imprisonment. He elected to serve the sentence, and on his release from rao! will he Handed over to tht military authoritie.- for lanrt'inj in Australia without a [Permit ueir.g of military a?e.

Two members of the 00th Company Senior Cadets—M. Winter and 1) lan—went proceeded again=t in the Magistrate's Court yesterday for falling t" attend drill. Defendants did not appf.'ii. Sergeant-Major Williamson sail the two boys wire employed in barbers' shops.' They were often late for drill. It was essential, said witness, that the cadets should attend a certain number of half-day parades in the year. The defendants had missed tvvo. such parades this veur. Theii behaviour while at drill was very nad, and in punishing them by detaining them at drill he often punished himself. The sergeant-major asked Court to make an exr.mpie of tht defendants, for he felt sure the" punishment meted out to them by the Court would have a salutary effect cn other members of the Company. Tne Court inflicted a »fine or £1 in ;..eh east, with costs.

A sequel to the collision whHi occurred at the intersection of Powderham and Brougham Streets on tiK: evening of January 5, when Mr W. 'I. Hookium vas injured, v/.is heard at the Magi.-.-tiate's Court yesterday, when H.irry Horsnell, the driver of the motor-car concerned, was clinrged with driving across the i.iTorsectioi. Nt i,-. excessive speed. Evident... given by ihriv witnesses, including Dt. Blackley and Mr. Hookham, thai Horsnell was driving at an unreasonable rato of speed, any thing between 20 and 30 miles an hour. Senior-Sergeant Bowden, who prosecuted. said Horsnell had been twice previously convicted for reckless driving. Ho was a danger to the town and absolutely irresponsible when in a car. Vv'ht'n he was on the road uther drivers avoided him for fear of accident. A heavy penalty was asked for. Defendant was convicted and fined £3, with Court ccsts iljs and witnesses' expenses 18s.

The pets at the Mountain House are general favorites with the publi-j ' Chum," the collie dog. being a favorite with everyone, and is almost as good as a guide to the different parties who take journeys around the mountain apartfrom that to the summit. But "Chum" has to take second place now, since onof his avowed enemies (a kitter "Ginger" by name) took it into hi head on Tuesday last to follow a part* to the summit of iCgmont, finally reaching there though having to climb through an altitude of 2000 feet of snow. The nartv consisted of five ladies—the Misses W. k M„ A. E„ and P. S. Clemance, of Vvanganui; Miss E. M Pigott. of Palmerston North; and Miss A. Wells, of Brixt .n, • England, and ail testify to the above being a fact. "Ginger" had his photo taken on the,summit, and was carried back to the hostel by Mr. Williams. He is now to hare a firstclass collar and a silver medal affixied by his many admirers. The trip was very cold, a fierce wind prevailing, tout the cat stuck to it splendidly. He went of hi« own accord, of course, and previously had often followed parties to Hum- ! r.hries' Castle.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercar.til? Agency Co., Ltd., draw attention to their sale in the Stratford yards on Tuesday, 23rd inst., at 1 p.m. Full particulars will be found on page 8 of this issue.

The Melbourne, Ltd., continues to offer the finest values in men's tennis anil neglige shirts, and although Ilorrockses' high-class shirtings are almost exclusively used in the making, prices are below competitors. White mercerised striped tennis and neglige shirts 4s lid, mercerised cotton tussore shirts 4s lid and 5s Cd. LOOK TO YOUR PLUMBING. You know what happens in a house in which the plumbing is in poor condition—everybody in the house is liable to contract typhoid or some other fever. Tlie digestive organs perform the'same function in the human body as the plumbing does for the house, and tliey should be kept in first-class condition all the time. If you have any trouble with your digestion take Chamberlain's Tablets, for the stomach and liver, and you we certain to get quick relief. Sold everywhere.

As a precaution against the mosquito nuisance, tlic Epsom Road Board lias gi,ven instructions that kerosene lie applied to swampy places. The Mount linen Borough Couwil is framing a bylaw to deal with the fly nuisance. A New /ealande, who has just returned from an eight months visit to England and Scotland states that as a result of the withdrawal of the trawlers from the fishing grounds to ac„ as, mine-sweepers the cost of fish has risen enormously Fish which sold before the. war at per cWt is now bringing £7 per cwt,. and lias been as high as £lO.

As evidence oi the patriouc >vay m which some men are helping in the present crisis, L was mentioned at the last meeting of the Mackenzie County Council that a farmer in the Albury district who is nearly eighty vent's of agt, who had practically retired for sonn years, and whose only son is at the war, is now doing tile whole of the work on a 000-acre farm single-handed At a meeting of farmers at Colchester, England, a speaker said there were more dogs in England to-day than there were sheep. In London alone there were about a million dogs, many ot them costing 18s a wcei- each to keep, in Germany the dogs had eithei neen kilh-ri or sent to Switzerland, „nd lie (bought the dogs in England ought to be killed, except those needed foi .tock purpose*. A passenger, who appaiently value;', his hat more highly than he did his; life, had a narrow escape froiu serious injury at Lyttclton He war. a passenger by the ferry train, which was jus-t approaching the tunnel, when he lost his iiat. Without any hesitation, he jumped from the train, crashing through a ladder as he did so, and recovered his hcadgeai. He did not seem to icaii?c his narrow escape, for it took the combined efforts ot' the signalman ami, several railway workers to prevent him from pursuing the ferry train through the tunnel. Mr. T. Baxter's farm oi 132/ acres i;; Seafield, near Ashburton, has been pmchased by the Government for tin ,Jurposes of returned soldier settlement. The price asked by Mr. Baxtci from tlu Government was ,£1 an acre less than he had previously been privately offered for the land, and he afterwards voluntarily reduced it by i furtliet £1- per acre. He stipulated that the aoveviv ment should give him the purchase money in the form of wax bonds. The land is to be divided into three iarmi, and it is understood that the Government has other similai purchases in view.

A lady not a hundred miles from Auckland suspected that lice husband was in the habit of kissing the servant girl, and resolved to detect him in the act. On Saturday night she saw n'.m pa« quietly into the kitchen. The servant girl was out, and the kitchen was dark. Tht jealous wife tqoK a few matches in her hand, and hastily placing a shawl over her head, as the girl often did, entered the back door and immediately she was seized and kissed a.id embraced in 311 ardent banner. With heart almost bursting the wife prepared to administer a terrible .-ebuKo to the faithless spouse, and tearing herself fr.1.11 his fond embrace she struck . match and stood face to face with —the gardener.

To have lived for* 18 years .vith a du'let in his body is the experience 01 Mr. George Xorbury a resident of Wellington. Eighteen years ago Mr Xorbury was -the victim of a shooting affair in Harcourt's rooms, Wellington. The bullet entered the abdomen 011 tin right side and efforts by the doctors to locate and extract it met with 110 success. Recently Mr. Xorbury suffered from what he believed to be a boil above hi right hip. He treated it in the usual wa,., but one day when he was mowing hU lawn the pain became ven severe. An examination of the hip .revealed the fact tlmt the bullet had at last worked its way out.

A growing desire on the part of Xew Zealand firms to place large orders with Canadian instead of American linns v. as referred to reeently 1)V Mr. \\ A. Poddoe, Canadian Trade Commissioner: ''As a matter of fact, very many more orders have been placed with Canadian firms within the last few months than ran possibly be filled," said Mr. I'cddoc The demand for iron and steel goods, wire, vails and similar articles, wns particularly heavy, and Xew Zealand firms were constantly receiving advice that wt,r orders made it impossible to forward supplies. Mr. Heddoe also mentioned the difficulty of obtaining any kind of aircraft An order was recently sent for an aeroplane for an aviation school in the South Island, but by return mail came the reply that the Curtis factory had been taken over hv the British Government, and no further orders could he filled.

A strange story concerning the loss or the Hampshire, the British cruiser aboard •vhioli was Lord Kitchener 011 his ill- ' 1 ted journed, has reached Oamarn (say* he Mail). A lady has. received a leter from a relative in England in which the writer states that a friend of his, the supposed widow of one. of those aboard the Hampshire, niio had given up her husband for lost when the Hampshire went down, was startled into hopefulness 011 receipt <}f a lettei from he l .' husband in Germany, stating that lie was a prisoner there, and that his wife would be astonished if she. knew who were prisoners with him. that, however, he was not allowed to tell. It will be remembered that there were only one or two survivors from the Hampshire, who drifted ashore on raft amongst the rocks on a rugged part of the Scottish coast, from which porilous position they were rescued. A storm was raging ftt the. time, and it was not suggested that the cruiser was torpedoed" if, however, the story is true—and the receipt of the letter from the prisoner in Germany is vouched for—then the Hampshire must have been torpedoed els'? liow did the man reach Germany as'a prisoner of war? It must have been a submarine or p German war vessel that rescued him and others. The story is a remarkable one, but the lady whose husband is reported to be a prisener in Germany is sure that that part of th# 4 story is correct.

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