LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 23, 21 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Saturday the Ngaere Dairy Co. will pay out £B6O to suppliers, being a (half-penny par pound on butter-fat, making up a shilling. The Stratford Co. .pays out £3860, the final payment for the season; which includes June milk. —Post. The Petone Chronicle says:—The Rev. J. McCaw, when attempting to peruse a letter at Knox Church annual meeting, told of a parßon who apologised for a short sermon, saying that his dog had torn his notes badly. A member of another religious 'body promptly rose to his feet and asked for a pup to give to their parson! The second act in the fancy dress bicycle accident 'recently was performed at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, when W. E. M. Cuy was charged by the borough inspector with cycling &t might.without lights. He was fined 5s without costs. Isabella Hart, for a similar offence, was fined 2s Gd without costs. !

When the youths Charles Sidney Ross and Leslie Jacklin Hardgravc appeared at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning on remand, charged with the theft of a bicycle tamp, the property of W. J. Crone,' Sergeant Dart said that the mana'ger of the Burnihnm Industrial School had asked that Rom be sent baric there. He had received no reply to 'his telegrams ito the Wereroa training farm. As foe did not think it well to send a youth like Eardgrave to prison, and as any fine' inflicted would mot fall on himself, the sergeant suggested that he be convicted and ordered to come up for sentence wh'en called upon. The magistrate adopted this suggestion, and Ross will be sent back to Bumlham. Harold l Arnold, of the firm of Okey, Son, amd Arnold, was charged at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morn'ng with having sold a pea-rifle to a hoy under 16 years of age, contrary to the provisions of section 26 (sub-section 1) of "The Police Offences Act, 1908." He pleaded! guilty, and evidence was adduced that tiffi boy told the defendant he was 1G years of age. 011 these grounds Mr. Quilliam asked that the penalty be not made too severe. His Worship said this was not, enough, and tlhait in case of doubt the salesman would do well to communicate with the young purchaser's parents. He inflicted a fine of £2 and costs. The bov was proceeded against, under the Juvenile Offenders Act. for having firearms in his possession whilst wider 16 yea lis of age. Sergeant "Dart said there wore 110 peculiar features. about the case. The hov waft working on a farm at Omnia, and had invested in a pea-rifle. Tie had \ reason to believe there were more of; these rides about, and (lie liooedi before loror to have another ease before the' court. Tie trusted these prosecutions would act ns a warning to others. The sergeant also referred to the danger rif l.ovs being in possession of pea-rifles. Taking into consideration that the hov's parent-' i<ere in poor cirewm-p.t-iiifM, be wnuM not press for a fin". TTiis Wnr=b'in referred to the danger of the praetiee. mid convicted 'he lad and ordered bin l to e'mue up for sentence when "ailled unon. The rifle had pl-re-adv been wi'il to an elder brother, and its confiscation was not asked for.

A German wants a divorce because his wife added four noughts to the pound in her bank book before he married her. What's in a name? "Tamatawhakatangahangakoaunau" is the name of a native settlement near Porangahau, marked on the map of the Pahiatua electorate.

The collections in aid of Mrs. Hepple, of Petone, and her children are expected to total over £2OOO. Mrs. Hepple had the misfortune to lose her. husband and two sons recently in a boating accident. The Invercargill brewers appear to intend to insist that customers must return the vessels in which beer is supplied to them, as a few weeks ago a defendant was sued for the value of a keg (ss), judgment being given against him. During the examination of a defendant in a debt case at the Palmerston Magistrate's Court lately, ho stated that he was formerly a bookmaker, and at present had a sum of £ISOO on his books, owing to him in wagers that had not been paid.

The wheel of fortune and the whirligig of time! An elderly man, who at one time owned two sheep stations in New Zealand, and whose wealth was estimated at £50,000, passed through Masterton the other. day with a swag on his back.

An ''absent-minded beggar" has turned up in Masterton. The other evening he marched into n house, hung his hat in the hall, divested himself of his coat, and began removing his boots, when a shriek of "Burglars!" from a feminine voice reminded him that ho had entered the wrong domicile. , During the recent flood in the Manawatu river the protective works erected by the Moutoa Drainage Board (says the Manawatu Herald) saved hundreds of acres of land from inundation. In fact, - the only flood water which came over the bank was at localities not yet protected against high floods. Although the present flood was very high, it was the first time on record that it had been kept in check to such an extent. The Board has more than justified its existence.

It has been decided by Cabinet that Government servants attending camps for training purposes will, at the conclusion of the camp, personally receive the amount earned by them in the capacity of soldiers at the rate laid down, but such amount will be deducted from their salary by the Department to which they belong. In cases, however, where the pay received by a territorial during a camp exceeds his ordinary salary, his salary for the period will not be paid him.

There is a peculiarity in the New Zealand coal trade that puzzles some commercial men, whose only explanation of it is a hint that there are wheels working within wheels. It seems that, although the bituminous collieries are not working at maximum pressure, a great trade is done in the importation of coal from Newcastle. It is thought that tho cheapened freight may be responsible for this "carrying of coal to Newcastle." Others would have enquirers believe that the inner wheel talked of is a strong company of shippers. A Masterton resident has learned by experience that it is not safe to turn a black cat from the door. Tho other evening he found a neighbor's black feline at his meat safe. He threw a chopper at it. The eat escaped, but the weapon smashed through tho wire-net-ting of a poultry yard and killed a prize rooster valued at £2, In returning to his house, he trod on a nail, which penetrated his foot, and he was horrified to find that a kettle had also upset and scalded his wife's arms severely. A creditor expressed an opinion at a meeting in Christchurch that a man who earned £2 10s a week and kept himself, his wife and four children, was in fairly good circumstances, and should not get into debt. "Talk about poverty," he said; "I fail to see it." "What! With four children going to school, and las a week to pay in rent!" the debtor exclaimed. "It leaves me £1 los a week to feed and clothe six persons. I can assure you that it takes a pretty smart man to do it, especially if his wife is sick and is ordered into a private hospital to be operated upon."

When a young man was walking along the footway on the town bridge at Wanganui, a sparrow dashed through the interstices between the roadway and the footway, and thence, on exploration bent, up his trouser leg. He thought it was a mouse, and forthwith executed a frantic war-dance in approved style. Aid came in the form of a passer-by whs, seeing the bulging trouser leg, 'firmly grasped the imprisoned creature till life had (led. And it was not until the dead sparrow dropped to the ground that the excited pedestrian was convinced that it was not a mouse which had been the cause of his agitation. The Bluff Press reports that the Norwegan syndicate which recently inspected the various whaling areas in New Zealand waters has completed its investigations and formed itself into a limited liability company, carrying the name of the New Zealand Whaling Company, Ltd. Captain Hasle, who mailo investigations on behalf of Messrs Christian Nielson and Co., of Larvick. Norway, lias written to Mr. E. Wiig (Norwegian ViceConsul for the Bluff) stating that 011 June 21 he cabled to his principals to go 011 with the formation of the company, with a capital of £50,000. Less than two days later he received the following reply from Larvick:—"Full capital of New Zealand Whaling Company, Ltd., subscribed in two days: £SOOO reserved for New Zealand shareholders; everything in order—Nielson." Chatting to a reporter, Air. Wiig expressed his satisfaction at the progress that, was being made ill getting the industry under way. The speed with which the formation ot the company had been carried out was a revelation and an indication of what whaling experts thought of the possibilities of an industry in New Zealand waters. There was no reason why the Meet of Messrs Christian Nielson and Co. (who, by t.lie way, are owners of the barque Margit, now discharging cargo at New Plymouth) should not he in New Zealand waters by November of this year.

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