LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 1, 26 June 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Now that the planting season is at hand, the Beautifying Association will, no doubt, continue the beautification of Marsland Hill.

Birds 011 fruit and rose trees seem to herald an early spring. The "turn of the year" came before the shortest day as far as these were concerned.

A Wanganui telegram states that it is reported that the local dairy companies intend raising the price of first grade butter next week to Is 4d. Tickets for the football matches on Thursday, the proceeds of which are a "benefit" to the family of the late Mr. James Way, are selling freely.

On Saturday morning, at the local S.'M, Court, a further remand was granted in the case of alleged arson, preferred against Nicholas Albert Maddien, of Eltham.

Mount Egmont made a fine picture yesterday. A thick coat of snow envelopes Taranaki's silent sentinel now, and this has had its effect on the temperature locally. Some sharp frosts will do good, for insect life in the gardens is still over-plentiful. The interpleader case of Dwan Bros, v. Newton King recently decided, re out* Hubert Collyns, in which judgment was given in favor of Messrs. Dwan Bros, in the local Magistrate's Court, and against which Mr. 1). Hutclien, acting for Mr. King, lodged a notice of appeal, has l>een settled, Messrs. Dwan Bros, paying Mr. King's claim in full with all costs.

The courts in Piikeknra Park, recently made by the Park Tennis Club, are looking splendid. The recent topdressing was well done, and was completed early in the season, so that there has been a good germination of the seed. The courts will be available for play every day, except Sunday, in the coming season. Last season they were open on only three afternoons a week. With four good tennis lawns and a croquet lawn there is ample accommodation for a large membership, and applications in this respect are already being received. YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That t>y using the Commercial Eucalyptus Oil, which is now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottle, and, on account of the large profits, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal tract and mucous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe and pffeotive medicament, the result of a special and oareful manufacture. Remember: SANDER'S EXTRACT emhodi«*s clie resnli of M) year*' experience and of special study, and it does whal is promised; it euos and heals without injuring the constitution, as the oils on the market frequently do. Therefore, protect yourself by i rejecting other -

Sneak thieves are in evidence again. Oil Saturday night the clothes lines at the White Hart Hotel were visited and a number of articles of wearing apparel stolen.

While a Mrs. Collins was walking along the caiia! .lunik m Lancaster recently she suddenly saw a man put his overcoat over hi# head and jump into the water. Mrs. Collins rail to the spot, dived into the water, and dragged the man to the Imnk, afterwards taking him to a farmliou3e, where the polic» took care of him. Barrett street, the formation and metalling of which is included in the street loan proposals recently adopted, has been formed. The street is now in tho transition stage from mud and grass, the intermediate state being, of course, mud. Residents in that locality will appreciate the metal and the wide footpaths which are ibeing made. A number of prize-winners at the recent winter show have written to the secretary of tiro Agricultural Society donating their winnings to the AgriculturaJ Ilall fund. On Saturday when the prize money was paid out the society received several further similai donations. Needless to say, the society welcomed such spontaneous generosity. A good story is told of a certain Taihape housewife's method of practising domestic economy. A friend who was paying a slmrt visit remarked 011 the spotless appearance of her range, which was shining brilliantly. On rising next morning the friraid was surprised to see the lady of the house cooking the breakfast over tin old oven in the yard with it.ll umbrella up to keep otf the rain. She never used the range. Mr. George Browne, the newly-elected member of the Taranaki County Council, is at present making himself familiar with the requirements of t'lie Hurworth riding. He is quite in accord with the proposal of the Council to raise tho rate from a half-penny to three-farthings in the pound in this riding, and has in view the improvement of footpaths and streets in the suburban portions of the county. A good deal of rc-mctalling of roads is also looming in sight. 1 One woman in Portugal (Caroline Angcdo), wife of a doctor, is entitled to vote at the next election! This i 9 in eonscquenco of a judgment delivered by a magistrate of the Lisbon Civil Court, and is contrary to the decision of tho Government, which refused Mrs. Angclo the right to vote. No appeal is possible against the judgment. The decision of the magistrate is based on Portuguese law. -which does not formally exclude women from the exercise of the franchise, and 011 considerations of justice, logic, and right. No othet woman will vote at the next election, the period for making claims has now expired. There were some sensational happenings at one of the New York picture shows on the night of May 8. Six men had gained admission without paying, and it was this that caused all 'the trouble. The "dead-heads" were located,

and they were being unceremoniously bundled out, when one of them drew a revolver and started shooting. The sound of the shots, coupled with the cry oi ''Fire!" started a panic. There were about 81 Ml people in the hall, and in the wild rush for the doors many women and children were knocked down and trampled upon. A number of persons were injured, but only one man was wounded as a result of the shooting. Only one of the men rv&ponsiblc for the trouble wai arrested.

People who aro not in the habit of traversing the various streets of the borough, or those who do it regularly ' day by day, aro not the right persons to approach concerning the number of buildings that have been erected in the last few years. Rather get a man who up till, say, three years ago, lived in a certain portion of the town, and then left, to return no more for three years. Upon re-visiting his old haunts, he will find children's playgrounds of his day now covered with cottages, and others in course of erection. A former East End resident was surprised at the improvement in that locality when he cycled through and round about it the other day. The West End and Moturoa bear the same evidences of progress while in the suburbs the change that has come e'er the scene is very marked. The Borough Council has received an intimation from the office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, that the Council's application has been approved for a subsidy of £250 for New Plymouth's Coronation memorial, King George's Hall, to be erected by the Taranaki Agricultural Society. The president of the society, Mr. W. Ambury, has received several promises of subscriptions towards the cost of the building, the necessity for which has been clearly demonstrated .by the two winter shows held here. On Saturday he received a letter from Mr. Arthur Standish, a very old and respected member of the society, enclosing a gift of two guineas towards the project. Mr. Standish wrote that Mr. Ambury's eloquent appeal in the Press should be productive of the ibest results, and he extends his best wishes for success. A definite plan of campaign to secure financial support will be "out" in a few days.

"Wellington is the healthiost city in Australasia." declared Mr. T. M, Wilford, -Mayor of Wellington, in his address at the opening of the Industrial Exhibition. "That is no lioast, but a fact incontrovertible. Geographically it is the central port of distribution for the Dominion; commercially it is sound and prosperous. 1 have just received statistics of Melbourne, with its huge expenditure on sewerage, drainage, etc. In comparison with Wellington in the matter of health statistics, Melbourne sutlers. Tlie citizens of Wellington should remember and assert and claim until all know even beyond our confines that Wellington is the healthiest city in Australasia. Our capital value has increased from £!),- 581,000 in 11)011 to £17,(127,000 to-day. These figures speak eloquently. In conclusion, [ would say self-reliance is our watchword; stunfv iu<lei>endenre our motto; and with public spirited citizens and a healthy interest in civic afi'airs Wellington need not fear the future."

MILITARY OVERCOATS. ARRIVAL OF A SECOND SHIPMENT. The Melbourne Clothing Company, <<td., has much pleasure in announcing the arrival of a second consignment of clean, specially selected, British Army riding coats, with good long capes, as issued to the Royal Field Artillery. These famous coats are the kind known as "first grade" and are the very host of their kind supplied by the British Government to its forces both at home and abroad. These coats are undoubtedly the ideal coats for fanners and others exposed to cold and rni'i. We have only 100 coats in this shipment, and they are sure to be "birds of passage" in our three Taranaki stores. We have, too,'on the best authority that the sale of these coats by the army stores is likely soon to be stopped, so "we would advise intending buyers to make early application to either of the Melbouynp's three stares—New Plymouth, Sbmtford,' and Prices as usual—flu low- . .-amiki.

The case, W. Humphries v. (he West' port CWI Company, a claim for £IOOO damages for injuries received by being' knocked down by a curt anil horse belonging to defendant company, to liav« been heard at last, week's sitting of tit* Court, was .settled by plnintifT withdrawing the claim.

The remaining portion* of tlm new Town Hall organ which Mr. Henry ISrctfc ia presenting to the city of Auckland, was shipped from London in the lyser liner Muritai on May SI. This magnificont instrument, which has eoM ov.-r £OOOO to build, will be the largest in the Dominion, and more up to date than the famous Sydney Town Hall organ, which is the largest iu the world. Mr. Edwin H. Lemare, the celebrated organist, has supervised iU construction, and tnn materials and workmanship are guaranteed to be of the finest quality. The consignments that have been and ar« still to be shipped to Auckland, aggregate about fifty tons, and In addition' over £.IOOO worth of tne work' Inn been done in New Zealand in connection wuu the organ. Putting it together 111 Auckland will cost another £80(», and will o«cupy six months or so.