LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A first offender for drunkenness, who appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr A, Crooke, S.M., was convicted and discharged. At a public .meeting at Eltham on Monday it was decided to consult the Taranaki Education Board with a view to establishing a technical school for day classes in Eltham.

About thirty tons of pir-iron is bfing dispatched by the New "Zealand Iron Ore Smelting Company from the works at Moturoa to foundries which have given repeat orders after testing the ■September make. That now being sent away is part of the product of thu smelting operations a fortnight ag& The Fcatlicrston Co-operative Dairy Company has decided to erect a new factory building, in ferro concrete, at a cost of about £IO.OOO. It is expected that the new structure will be constructed to deal with 12,000 gallons of milk per day.

A great advance was going to be made in educational matters in Taranaki and it was only fair to say that this was being brought about bv the live n:anner in which this important question was being handled bv the Taranaki Education Board, said Mr C. A. Wilkinson, M-W at Eltham on Monday. Satisfactory reports have been received this season as to the fishing in Lake Ki.torua, and the adjacent lakes, statu the .Auckland Herald. Some good catches have been made, ami the trout are generally in prime condition. There are indications that they are regaining tlie weight which used "to characterise the trout in these lakes. A feu days ago a fish weighing lOilb was taken, and many six-pounders are reported to have been caught. Practically the whole of the 50 bales of wool wiiicli the launch Mahoe was carrying when wrecked at Waitara have been salved. Thirty of the bales were intact and the wool out of most of the remaining bales has been recov. ered in matted, sand-covered masses. The Collector ,of Customs (Mr R. Ji. P. Eyre) lias taken charge of the woor, which, it is understood, was insured. It is probable that the wool will be reconditioned and sold, though what the exact procedure will be is yot y C t settled. '

The long-established business of O. A. Wilkinson "Limited, of Eltham, Is about to be broken up into several parts, the company bavin;; disposed of the hardware and grocery business in Bridge street to Messrs Flyger and Carter, who have for many years been intimately connected with the firm's affairs. The garage and motor Dortion of the business has been purchased by Mr C. L, Wilson, the firm's accountant. The seed and produce branch of the business will be. retained by Wilkinson's, Limited. The changes indicated will take place on March 31st next.—Argus.

Brigadier - General Hart, C.M.Q., D.5.0., writing to a f.-ie.id in Carterton under date Xovembe: With, says: "So the Great War is as fcood as finished at last After so luac.y »veeks, months, and ynKMi of strup,gih;g against every con-och.-.b.'r. i-y>\y. <;■ horror, the end came s.. r..-ddfc*ily. ,1 i-coHied almost too good fr, k; true. The <a,:X bar. been too great to permit any of «3 to 'eel joyful, rather the feeling has been c-ne of supreme relief; but it is indeed gratifying tc know that those huge sacrifices liave not been made in vuin )( has been c great privilege to have iiv,' ■•> this age, ar.d been permitted to >-> nor.:ethirig for such a sacred, righted •*?. and" for the good of t-ne-s cu,«,„. .:. nosterity. Will The liiilcia Dt»i> i iuo iiweloped for oat people? tAic»»'( »ky. now in the time to sot aT>ui tt .._.«- ... noting ,'u better, brighter, happi«; worid, with'the spirit of and. M&.«aaiific&>

Tn spite of the enormous falling off in immigration, Die population of New York City increased last year by 200,000, which is 50,000 more than usual. In the- Magistrate's Court, New Plymouth, yesterday morning, land agents' licenses were granted to Joseph Crockett, Omata, and Richard A. Large, New Plymouth (Mr H. R. Billing). At a Palmerston North prohibition meeting—A voice-. "What did you come over from Canada for?" Mr Bayley: "To put some sense into people who have burned it out with booze."

At Monday's meeting in connection with school matters in Eltham, Mr C. A Wilkinson if P., indicated' that the present would probably he his last term on the Edn ■ ; ou Board, as he found it. difficult at times to give the attention—in view of his Parliamentary duties—to the work of the Board.

The Wairarapa Age states that the death of Mr William Judd, of Mastei--ton, brings "back recollections of the days prior to the establishing of the frozen meat industry. Sheep were then at u discount, aud thousands of them wore 'boiled down for their tallow. Prime wethers were sold for 6s and 7s per head, and ewes for 3s snd 4s. Mr Judd was selling legs of mutton in Masterton at from (id to Is apiece. Some English and French girls, who married New Zealand soldiers in England, now understand the old adage, "Mwry in haste ar.d repent at leisure." They came out to the Dominion expecting to meet their husbands, but up to the present some of these gentlemen are not to be found. Inquiries as to their whereabouts arc in progress.

A party of Wellington sports while on their way to the Feilding races per motor the other day struck trouble at Levin, where they ran into another car, with the result that one or two of them, including a well-known Wellington sporting writer, were rather seriously injured. Some of the injured returned to Wellington for medical attention, A very plucky aet was performed in Mangatoki last week by Master Roy Bailey, who, by his presence of mind, saved a little boy from serious injury (says the Mangatoki correspondent of theHawera Star). Roy was on horsebuck driving a mob of stock past tho tewKßhip, when a bull broke away and charged a little chap npmed Bobiw Smith, who was standing by tne factory buildings, and so could not get out. of the way of the infuriated animal The first named lad galloped between the bull and the boy, and so took the place of danger The bull fell and horse and rider fell over him, but beyond a severe shaking both the latter were unhurt.

A fight between two sharks was witnessed off George (Sydney) reeVntly. Four fishermen saw a shark close to their boat, and soon caught it; but while they were playing it a far larger shark arrived, ami attacked the one on the line. A battle royal ensued, but eventually the fishermen landed the smaller of the two, which proved to be an Sft. blue pointer. They then put out another bait for the bigger one He took it at once, and also took onargo of the boat, dragging it at a teriiiic tiace through the water for half an hour before he could be got alongside. This was a grey nurse shark, which measured loft- A third lir.e being put out, tho bait was again promptly snapped up, this timo by a wobbegong shark, 6ft long. In some parts of America a novel means of overcoming the gate nuisance on big estates or ranches is adopted. The nuisance of frequent stops to open and close gates, and the certainty that trouble would be caused by careless tourists who would not bother to close them, are neatly avoided by borrowing the idea of the cattle guard from the railroad- A shallow pit is dug between two fence posts, and over this at right angleo to the road aro laid pusts or pianks close enough to accommodate the wheels of a car, but not the feet of wandering cattle. There is no sate; tho road is always open for the motoristBut cattle drift up and sniff at this modern contrivance and turn away, too wary of the flitch beneath to venture over. It is a simple idea and apparently effective.

Edward Joseph Fay, a world-notorious crook and bank-roober, known as "Erldio Fay," was found shot to death in an alley in Chicago on November sth. There wus.a bullet wound in his head, just below the right ear. The police believe lie was slain by a member of his own pane, following an argument over the division of loot. Fay's career of crime extends all over America and parts of Europe. He became internationally known IS years ago, when he was arrested in Paris with "Eddie" Guerin, also of Chicago, for robbery of a Paris bank They were sentenced to Devil's Islnnd, a French ■ prison surrounded by cliffs, and Fay later escaped. He was the fir»t criminal to make a successful break for freedom from that prison. The American police estimate that Fay had stolen more than £400.000 from banks throughout the country In the following eases at the Wnw Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr A. Crooko, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiff by default:—Alexander Shuttleworth (Mr H. It. Billing) v. George Beere, £l2 (costs £2 Gs); Taranaki Farmers' Meat Co. (Mr R. H.. Quillinm) v. Arthur A. Piper, £23 19s 4d (costs C2 14s); Cook* and Lister (Mr A. O Lawrev v. C. Tu Poki, £7 7s (id (costs £1 8s (id); J. S. Fox (Mr Lnwrey) v . ,T. H Anderson £3(l Lis lid (co=ts £2 14s); Milton Scott (Mr V.'R, Wilson) v. Frederick Carr, £4 (costa 10s): George Gibson (Mr Wilson) v. same, £i 17s Bd (costs £1 3b 6dK In the judgment summons ease, W? O. Emeny (Mr T. P. Anderson) v. C. Millen, an order was made for payment of £l2 Is by February Ist, in default 14 days' imprisonment, and in the case of Thompson Bros (Mr F. E. Wilson) v. W. Hooker, an order was made for payment of £2O 19s 44 by February 4th, in default 21 days' imprisonment. A peculiar incident occurred at the Hon. W. D. S. MaeDonald's farm at Whakawhitiran, Matawliero. on Monday last. When the reaper and binder was at work on one of the- experimental wheat areas the driver noticed a hawko's nest with two young birds in it. The machine was then almost over the nest, and as soon as it. had been passed the driver wer.t back. Only or.e bird. . and that fully tledp'td, <Wle" K oi sconced, A search ■"<■,.- V.he other proved miavri'.'.' in;;, and ih; ilrivvi. i-rrter the appro- I hensioi. t.hr.i !>.•, « M hdalakc-r. in blinking thet,- w-ro. Wo, rtv.iimed his work. Oi. th> fo;'lr/,i i:.j- cky. -however, t.r.e of the ha'Tcvi Juvds i-j stocking the cheam felt something reov» inside, and tbe missing bird was discovered, bavin" beer, raised by the elevator and then il.-.tl isp in the sheaf for hilly ?A hours. As i.he hawk is a pest of the farmer both birds came to an untimely end. Mr A. B. Gibson, estate agent, New ; Plymouth, has returned to business, and j may be consulted regarding farm and ( property business at his office, Egnwnt I Street ■ — ■*