LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Arthur Coulter was arrested in El tham on Saturday and charged with be ing implicated with his brother in Wed nesday’s burglary at the Bon Marclie

A Wellington message says that a summons has been issued against John Glover, as editor of the Maoriland Worker, on the ground of an alleged blasphemous libel which appeared in that paper on Octoiber 12. The hearing of the charge has been adjourned to December.—'Press Association.

The Supreme Court sessions at New Plymouth which opened .on Thursday will resume this morning, when the civi) business will be taken. The charges against Herbert Shackleton of alleged indecent assault on two girls, were adjourned to Wednesday, on an application made by Mr. R. TL Quilliam on Saturday morning.

What the purebred Jersey is doing for Taranaki was shown at the Jersey Breeders’ dinner at New Plymouth on Thursday night by Mr. A. W. Yeates, president of the Inglewood Jersey Breeders’ Club, who said that the average test of his herd was 4.8, and that he had produced more butter-fat from his 50 acre farm than had been obtained from farms of upwards of 100 acres in the same vicinity. During the evening reference was made to the good work being done by several breeders, including Mr. Radford, of Stratford.

The opening of "Aotea,” Messrs Sole Bros.’ property at New Plymouth, yesterday drew a large attendance, and the beautiful appearance of the grounds was the subject of many appreciative re marks by visitors. The gathering was a record" for Aotea. A programme of music was given by the 4th .Battalion Regimental Band and the items, which were tastefully selected, were splendidly rendered by the band. A collection taken up for the benefit of two sick bandsmen realised £l5.

Anniversary services in connection with the Whiteley Sunday School were held yesterday. The morning service was conducted by the Rev. J. F. Martin. and in the afternoon the Rev. W. J. Elliott addressed the children. At last night’s service there was a large congregation. and the Rev. Elliott took for his text Mark 10. 21—‘"Then Jesus, beholding him, loved, him, and said unto ■him, one thing thou lackest . . . and come take up the Cross and follow Me.” Special hymns were rendered by the choir and children. The collections yesterday, which amounted to over £2O, will be devoted to the Sunday school fund.

The theft of a quantity of drapery materials from the premises of the New Plymouth Soft Goods Manufacturing Co. in Currie Street was reported to the police yesterday. The shop had been locked up by the manager (Mr. M. Zemba) at 5.45 p.m. on Saturday, but when he. returned at 2.30 yesterday afternoon he found that a number of articles were missing. These included several rolls of crepe-de-chine, also bl''uses and skirts of this 'material, and similar soft goods,, making up a considerable quantity. Th;sum of £5 in cash was also taken from the till in the office. Entrance was apparently effected through a window on the second storey, via the roof of the verandah, as one of the windows was found to he open about eighteen inches. Previous to leaving on Saturday night the manager had fastened all windows and doors. Mr. and Mrs. meeting casually in the busiest street in Wanganui on Friday, sought by words and physical force to settle a long standing argument (says the Chronicle). A sister of the husband joined in and a “woman’s fight” between the two Amazons ensued to the entertainment of a crowd estimated at 500 people. There was a “dickens of a row” while he fight lasted and a lot of explanations were made round at the police station soon after.

{Exhibitors desiring to make entries for the Horticultural Society’s show are reminded that to-day is the closing date. The secretary wji'll be in laittendauce between 7 and" 8 o’clock at Mr. McGahey’s shop, 257, Devon Street, to receive the late entries. The individual and cumulative effects produced in the bouquet and floral design class at the summer show will no doubt be very beautiful, as the subjects include decorated tables and ma-ntlepiece, ornamented baskets, shower bouquets, floral wreath and cross, bridal sheafs, sprays,, buttonholes, etc., all of which are amenable, in the making, to the expressirn o f pretty and uncommon ideas in floral designing. The competitions should particularly appe.’.l to all who possess an ordinary degree of skill in the manipulation of flowers or foliage for purposes .of adornment. A children’s plain and fancy dress dance is to take place in the Kawaroa park bungalow this evening. Mr. Jack Hoskin, who is organising the dance, the whole of the proceeds of which are to be handed over to further the candidature of the Kawaroa Queen in the coming carnival, is very pleased with all the arrangements that have been made, and everything points to there being a very large attendance of the public. The children's dance, which is to commence a t 7 p-m. sharp, will be a most spectacular affair, with the large number of little ones in their various fancy dresses Mr. W. Oliver, wbo has very kindly consented to act as judge, will have a most difficult task in selecting t]ie various winners. After the children’s dance, which will finish at 9 p.m., the floor will be given up to the adults, and they can look forward to ’’-x-ing a most enjoytime. The music. w‘ ich will be stipplied by Miss Rita Sole, will b all , Uia/. cau be desir ac

We understand (remarks the Wanganui Chronicle) that the local office of the Public Works Department is being closed, and that the staff is being concentrated elsewhere.

“We should market our own goods, and our butter should be sold under our own recognised labels,” Mr. Polson in the course of an address to farmers at Pongaroa on Saturday night.

The new railway timetable in Taranaki operates to-day. The alterations are: —The train which now leaves New Plymouth at 7.43 a.m. will depart at 7.50 a.m., while the train which leaves at 11.50 a.m. has been put forward to 12.40 p.m. The train arriving at New Plymouth at 10.48 a.m. will, under the new timetable, arrive at 10.15 a.m., and the train arriving at 5.35 p.m. will reach here at 4 pm.

tr We have had help -from every class of the community,” said Mr. W. E. Leadley at Christchurch, when speaking on the public spirit shown in dealing with the unemployed difficulty.

“As soon as the need was made known donations came in from all quarters, from employers and employees, from churches and brewers, and from everybody else nearly. The only people who wore not prepared to help us, and who did not do anything to assist, were the very people who are going about teaching class hatred and class warfare.” A voice: “Labor members of Parliament.”

Owing to the Customs Department’s limited definition of the term “machinery for dairying purposes,” dried milk plants have had to pay a duty, though the new tariff enables them to come in free. Mr. Young, member for Waikato informed the House that one company which imported expensive machinery needed for dried milk manufacture had to pay £7OOO duty. Another Waikato company had paid about £20,000 duty for similar machinery. This was an important development in dairying, which .he was glad to see 1 recognised by the Government, but it should grant refunds of the duty already paid.

Mr. W. T. Jennings, member fo. itomo. who has just returned from a round the world, directs attention to the fact that the cost of visas in foreign countries is still extremely high, and militates greatly against travel. As an object lesson, it is shown that the price of a first-class railway ticket to Constantinople is 1075 francs, while the passenger has to pass through six countries on route. The price of the six different visas required amounts tQ another 530 francs. France and Switzerland charged only 2.50 francs, but' Italy wants 135 francs, Czecho-Slovakia 136 francs, Greece 130 francs, and Servia 125 francs. When the cost of stopping to secure these visas is taken into account it seems that only millionaires can afford to travel through Europe.

The concert held in the Wps-town Hall on Saturday night in aid of the funds of the Westo\yn carnival queen candidate proved very successful, the hall being well-filled. The audience showed its appreciation of the programme submitted in no uncertain way, encores being numerous. The majority of the performers were recalled, whilst Mr. Basil Hartman, who was in good form, bad to, submit io double encores for his humorous stories. Others who contributed to the programme included Mesdames Belcher. Duff, and Rock Misses Warren, Ruby Sole, and Master Roy Sole, songs; Misses Lucy and May Williams, vocal duets; Misses M. Williams and Garcia, dialogue; Miss M. Williams and Master D. Wright, recitation ; Misses Rita and Ruby Sole and Misses Ruby and Dolly. pianoforte duets; Miss Rita Sole and Mr. Hancock, pianoforte solos, and Miss M. Garcia Irish jig. The majority of the accompaniments were played by Miss Rita Sole, Mrs. H. Marfell assisting. Prior to the conclusion Mr. Jas. Lobb, who presided, thanked all who had assisted in any way to make the entertainment so successful.

An importation of pedigree Jersey stock for Mr. S. R. Lancaster, a wellknown Jersey breeder, of Palmerston North, arrived at Auckland last week by the Port Kembla from Liverpool. Included in the importation is the islandbred bull Marshal Aldan, aged one year and seven months. Mr. E. Leonard claimed the animal to be one of the best bulls ever exported from the island. The two heifers are from the herd of Mrs. F. Evelyn, recently a visitor to Taranaki. The' heifer Wotton Plush took four first prizes in England and a reserve championship as a yearling, twice beating the first prize winner at the Royal. The younger heifer is Wotton Sand Girl, a grand-daughter of the champion cow of England. The Island and English cattle were brought out through the agency of Dalgety and Co., Ltd. The stock, which appeared in good condition, was taken to Motuihi Island by a ferry steamer for a period of forty days’ quarantine.

A woman who was too economical to subscribe for a home paper, sent her little son to borrow the copy taken by her neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over a 20s stand of bees, and in ten minutes looked like a warty summer squash. His cries reached his father, who ran to his assistance, and failing to notice a barbed-wire fence, ran into it, breaking it down, cutting a handful of flesh from his anatomy and ruining a five-dollar pair of pants. The old cow took advantage of the gap in the fence, and got into the cornfield and killed herself eating corn. Hearing the racket, the mother ran, upsetting a four-gallon churn, of rich .cream into a basket of kittens, drowning the whole litter. In her hury she dropped and broke, past all hope of mending, a five pound set of false teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled through the spilled cream and into the parlor, ruining a four pound carpet. During the excitement the eldest daughter ran away with the hired man, the dog broke up eleven setting hens and the calves, got out and chewed the tails off four new shirts. All to save £2 Os a Moral: In the long run we pay for what we try to get for nothing.—Mid-Continent Banker.

A further stage in the matter of an electric steam plant for Nelson has been reached- A special meeting of the City Council considered a report submitted by Messrs. Toogood, Jones, and Holmes. The scheme is designed for a population of 10.000, and latest statistics give the population at 8774. It is estimated that the total number of consumers may eventually reach 1500, but the figures are based on a total of 1030. The maximum demand is set down at 36<> kilowatts. It is proposed to install tw§ 250 k w sets which will give an ample mar-in. It is estimated that the scheme will'pav its way in the third year if business is properly organised and canvassed for. Figures are not, given for the first vear. Tn the second year the revenue is estimated at £8,750, and the expenditure at £10,7'35; in the third year Cl 4,420 and £12,774 respectively. To obtain this revenue light would <>a sold at Hkl per unit. The cost of the scheme is set down at £60,000, witn a contiJigeiicy allowance of a loan proposal of £70,000.

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