LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 18, 15 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In all probability a rescue home for boys will be established near Wellington at an early date by the diocesan authorities. .' ' .

The Borough Council is to take over the memorials on Marsland Hill, the Reserves Committee having reporieo. them to be in good order. One of the upright grand Bechstein pianos used in the duo by the Misses Warren and Leatbam at the Theatre Royal last night ha* been purchased by Dr. H. B. Leatham. .

The 11th Regiment of Territorials, of which the Taranaki companies form a part, has been attached to the 57th Middlesex Eegiment, with which the Taranaki Volunteers were closely associated during t(he Maori troubles. A motor-car funeTal, the first of its kind in Auckland, took place at the Otahuhu cemetery on Wednesday morning. The "hearse" was a big grey Daimler car, covered by the usual canvas hood, and was followed by two Overlands.

It would appear (says the Timaru Herald) from a statement made in Court by Mr. Elmslie, that married women in New Zealand have not the same contractual powers as ma-rried women at Home, The latter, he said, have power to enter into partnerships in the same way ae a man, but a married woman in New Zealand must first contain the consent of her husband in writing.

The North Taranaki Hunt met at Inglewood on Thursday afternoon in delightful weather, and hunted over the properties of Messrs. Death and Barwell. Hares were rather too numerous, but still there were several good runs, and a good afternoon's sport resulted. There were six kills. At the close of the hunt the master formally thanked Messrs. Death and Barwell for their kindness. The next hunt will take place at Mr. G. Foreman's property, Tikorangi.

Mr. H. A. Wickltam, who introduced the Para rubber tree to the East, in an interview with a representative of the St. James' Gazette, mentioned a very novel use to which the rubber latex is put on some plantations. "Some people," he observed, "ask if rubber is harmful to health. I have only one comment to make on that, and" it is this': When I was in Ceylon the Indian women on the estate used to procure the latex of Para rubber and drink it like milk, giving it to' their piccaninnies as well. And they seemed greatly to enjoy it."

It will be remembered that at the recent criminal sessions of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth, Lewis John Pepperill was indicted and tried for carnally knowing a girl under the age of sixteen years at Toko in May, June, and July, 1010. The jury, after a retirement of over four hours, were unable to agree, and were discharged. A fresh trial was applied for by the Grown Prosecutor at the same sittings, but on the application of Mr. Spencc, counsel for the accused-, the new trial was fixed for the next sessions in September next. Mr. Spence has now been advised by Mr. Weston, Crown Prosecutor, that a nolle prosequi has been entered by the Crown.—Post. It is a common belief that women in Australia and New Zealand mast look to England and America for their magazine reading. It has been left for the editor of "Everylady's Journal" to explode this idea by publishing locally a woman's magazine of which Australia and New Zealand women may be proud. "Everylady's Journal" is so rich in local articles, stories, competitions, pictures, etc., printed on good white paper, that we wonder how it can be done for sixpence. Both the June and July issues of this fine magazine lie before us. They provide striking evidence of the strides made in the art of magazine making in recent years. Into the sixty big and finely printed pages of each issue is crowded a wealth of entertaining articles, practical departments, fashion designs, clever short stories, etc. We wish "Everylady's Journal" continued prosperity. On patriotic grounds alone it deserves the support of all Australasian women; but, 11m aside, it is a remarkable sixpenn'orth.

A dramatic finish to a runaway drew a crowd to Currie street at about halfpast five o'clock last evening. A horse and gig had come round Sargood's corner at full gallop, the gig on one wheel. A man in the street yelled just in time to warn the driver of a vehicle, and a collision between an express and the gig was prevented. But the galloping horse slewed into the gutter, and the wheel brought down four verandah posts, one of them .snapping like a carrot. The corner post withstood the shock, but ttie harness didn't, and the horse went on his way alone, leaving the gifl with one verandah post where the steed ought to have been, and another foul of the step. The gig was undamaged, and the horse, which was caught just beyond Messrs. Sole Bros.,' was also unhurt. One trace was smashed. The owner of the turn-out, Mr. Lightband. of the United Insurance Company's staff, came on the scene some minutes later. The horse had cleared out from Mr. Blanchett's, in Vogeltown. At the Mill road corner he turned into the old Carrington road, and came on down the steep thoroughfare into town without! meeting any other vehicles.

The services at the Whitelev Memorial Church will be conducted morning and evening by the Rev. J. W. Burton. The morning subject will be: "The Christian and the World": and in the evening Mr. Burton will give a special address on Gambling: "Ts it Ethically Wrong?" Reference,,is frequently made in the press to the evils of excessive mmininir. while it is almost taken for {minted that there is no -wrong in the thing per se. The attempt will be made on Sumky evening to show that the act of gambling is in itself unethical, and therefore under the ban of the moral sense.— Advt. '

It is stated there arc nearly thirty applications for the position of harbormaster and secretary of the Waitara Harbor Board.

t The Wellington Football Association had a cinematograph film taken of the Canterbury-Wellington shield contest last Saturday.

Kaupokonui Dairy Co. are now giving suppliers Is 2d per lb for butter-fat, which is probably a record. But it has to be borne in mind (says the Star) that the supply is very low now. At a special meeting of the Stratford Borough Council on Thursday the following resolution was carried:—That in, view of the number of fires that have taken place in this town lately, some of them at least being of a suspicious nature, and of the difficulty in moving the authorities to hold an enquiry, this meeting strongly urges upon the department the necessity for the appointment of a local coroner, and that a copy of this resolution he forwarded to the Minister of Justice.

A somewhat remarkable coincidence has just happened in Opotiki. Some three years ago a local settler agreed to purchase a piece of land from a native' named Kurei. A meeting was arranged to complete the transaction, but on the day ic question the parties concerned missed each other, and next morning Kurei was dead, and his son reigned in his stead. Negotiations for the land proceeded later between the settler and the son, and it was arranged on Friday last that the deed should be completed. On Saturday the settler turned up, only to learn that Kurei No. 2 had been found dead that morning. A freehold site in High Holborn, within a few doors of Kingsway (London), with an area of nearly one and a-half acres a'nd a long frontage to Holborn in the front and to Whetstone Park in the rear, has just been sold for approximately £300,000. The freehold of the West End restaurant, The Globe, Coventry street, and the four adjoining buildings in Rupert street, cost the purchasers well over £IQOfiOQ. These two sales represent close upon half a million sterling, and the area of land is just under one and three-quarter acres, a price equivalent to a quarter of a million an acre.

Says the Te Kuiti correspondent of the Auckland Herald:—A new cave was discovered by Mr. W. T. Johnson on his property at Hangatiki, a few days ago, and proved to be the repository of some strange human remains. The cave was not a largo one, and within Mr. Johnston came upon a skeleton and othei human bones. The skeleton was remark' able for the size of the cranium, which was much larger than that of an : ordinary man, and was otherwise peculiar. No teeth seemed to have grown in the back part of the lower jaw, and the front teeth seemed to have grown inwards. Mr. Johnston will probably send the skull to the curator of the Auckland Museum for examination.

In New York a unique dinner was recently given by the Society of <>lG Alumni of Bellevuc Hospital. It required a good deal of nerve to be an unitiated guest on the occasion. There were 250 members present, and everything possible was done to make non-medical guests feel queer. Whenever a speaker tried to talk too long, or members at any table became too prominent, an ambulance bell rang violently, and waiters in physicians' hospital garb rushed on the spot. Cocktails were served in test tubes each marked with the name of a deadly poison.' A waiter wearing a surgeon's cap would ask quietly. "Will you have a little prussic acid? They recommend it in Nevada to be more convenient than the hangman's noose."' Another servitor would suggest, "Here's some of the finest cocaine in the country. Highly popular." Before dinner, tiny sandwiches were served from operating tables, and salted nuts from little bottles marked with the names of various unpleasant medicine. Cordials were served in hypodermic syringes, with the suggestion, "Take a little dope. It's good for everything." Cigars came in packages that appeared to be rolls of antiseptie gauze. This is the last word in fantastic dining.

At the Royal Institution Professor Stirling, of Manchester University. In a lecture on "Biology and the Cinematograph," showed photographs of movements of the wings of a dragon-fly in flight taken at the rate of 2000 a second by the "elcetro-stcro-chronophotograph." Other cinematograph films were exhibited, showing the working of the heart, the lungs and digestive organs of various animals, the last by means of a combination of X-rays and the cinematograph. A film of photographs of importance from the biological point of view was exhibited. The excised heart of an animal is connected from its lower end with a light lever. A liquid is then pumped through it, and every beat and fraction of a beat is graphically recorded by the end of the lever on a chart, with an instrument marking seconds on the ehart. at the same time. The normal beating was shown, then the gradually declining strength of the beat of the heart oh the introduction of chloroform into the system. The heart finally stops beating, but on the introduction of a stimulant a violent beating is at once caused. In this way the effect of various drugs on the heart can l>e observed. By the aid of X-rays the passage of fbod through the throat, stomach and other organs can be watched. A chemical is mixed with the food, making it impervious to the X-rays. A series of photographs can then be taken through the body showing the swallowing and "radnal digestion of food, which appears as an absolutely opaque substance. The Rev. R. J. Liddell will preach in Queen Street Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow evening on the subject, "The local press in its attitude towards Tattersall's colossal gambling system."— Advt.

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