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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144196, 12 September 1913, Page 2

Albert Johnson, oli?s Jones, alias Boss, who was committed to 48 hours’ imprieoumeni on Tuesday for drunkenness, re-appeared in Court this morning to answer charges of theft yesterday from the Royal and White Hart Hotels. Ho was remanded until tomorning.

By an unfortunate oversight the namo of Mr. Roy Murphy was omitted from tho list of the orchestra in tho recent production of “A Country Girl”; tho leader of tho second violins, Mr. H. Wells, and Mr. Murphy are both pupils of Mr. Van Hock, of great promise. We are very fortunate that such local talent is coming forward, giving every promise of future usefulness.

A boy was walking along Queen St., Auckland, one day recently when he noticed a purse upon tho ground. On picking it up he discovered that the purse contained notes, coins, cheques, and valuables worth in all £375. Tho boy immediately took tho purso to tho address given on a card inside. The owner (tho Now Zealand Herald says)— she was a lady—beamed on him and said. ’’Will you have a drink of lemonade?”

Motor cyclists will be .interested to know that Mr. L. A. Edwards, the Now Zealand representative for Ch’no motor cycles and sidecars, will have a 1913 model on show at tho Devon Street garage of tho Taranaki agents, Messrs Stephens, Byrn and Co., for a few days. Inspection is invited. These are the motors which are used by tho Now Zealand Post and Telegraph Department.—Advfc.

"Within the next few years London, said Mr. H. H. Gordon at a meeting of the London County Council on July 29, will have to spend between £4,000,000 and £5,000,000 on reconstructing roads, owing to tho motor-omnibuses and other heavy motor traffic. "The old macadamised roads will not stand this now traffic, the foundations are not strong enough,” said Mr. Gordon after tho meeting.

Tho process of “trying-out” the grease of the whale which was recently washed ashore at Sumner, has not, it appears, been as profitable a business as tho owners expected. Altogether, says tho Tress, about 160 gallons of oil have been extracted at tho soapworks noar tho Heathcoto bridge, but so far little has been sold, the buyers being unwilling to pay more than Is a gallon for the oil, while the sellers aro demanding about 6s. r

The prodigality of the Maori race is remarkable. At a football match at To Puke, Winiata Tapsoll had just scored tho second try tor tho homo team and was receiving .an ovation from the spectators present, when a stentorian voice arose above the tumultuous din and exclaimed with evident sincerity: “By golly t AVini, I give you my daughter for that I” What pakeha would have niado such a magnanimous offer?

A pensioner who was formerly a ticket inspector on the. German railways, died recently at Berlin. -He was supposed to bo in poverty-stricken circumstances, but it nas been discovered that ho left £SOOO. Tho miser occupied one room for 42 years, and his only diversion was to tako ono cup of coffee. Every time ho left the cafe he carried off a piece of lump sugar, and, after bis death, 10,000 lumps were found in his room.

Ah Irish lecturer, expatiating on the nature of man, remarked that one point of distinction between human Doings and lower animals consisted in man’s capacity for progress. “Man,” exclaimed the lecturer, “is a progressive being; other creatures aro stationary. Take, for example, the ass. Always and everywhere it is the same creature. You never bavo seen, and never will sec, a more perfect ass than you see at the present moment.” Encouraging reports have been received in Christchurch from many parts of the Dominion regarding tho Every Member Campaign for tho-Canton Villages Mission. The total in hand is £6300. Tho principal contributions wero; St. Andrew’s, Christchurch, £300; St. Paul’s, Christchurch, £200; Knox Church, Christchurch,' £130; Trinity Church, Timaru, £l77;' St. Andrew’s. Dunedin, £107; St. Andrew’s. Wellington, £ll2.

The average yearly prices of good to choice steers at Chicago, as given hy tho Cincinnati Price Current, for the seven years ending with 1912 show a remarkable advance. Beginning with 1900, the annual averages in dollars* fer 100 Tb. live weight were as follows: .35, 5.95, 0.05, 0.35, 0.85, 6.45, and s;O7. Compared with the average for 1906, that of 1902; shows an advance of ovef 60 per cent. In the earEor year the ratio of beef cattle to population was 0.30 per head, and at the beginning of 1913 it was only 0.87. Queen Victoria, who was very fond of step dancing, one night at Balmoral, asked her maid, who she knew had been taking lessons of an eminent dancing mistress, tor a little exhibition of her art. Princess Henry of Batten'berg, chief musician to her mother’s ‘Court, struck up a tune on tho piano, land Miss Barnhart forthwith began her Vdance. Tho Queen, delighted, asked ■her at its close to name something she rwonld like for a reward. Now the maid of honour was conservative in tho' extreme. “I should like,” die said, “the head of Mr. Dabonchero on a charger.’’ Want of politeness in tram oars is ■ not common in New Zeadand, but it is . not altogether unknown ; -and the rebuke administered recently hy a Jewish robbi to a rode passenger in one of the Amerioa.n cities wiß bear passing on. Tho rabbi was riding in a street car, and rose to offer his seat to a lady. Before she oonld take it a young man plumped himself down in the vacated seat. The rabbi said nothing, _ but cased at him in disgusted silence “What’s the matter?” suddenly demanded tho young man in a gruff voioe.“What are you glaring at me for like that? You look as if you would like to eat me.” “1 am forbidden to oat you,” answered tho rabbi. “I am a Jew.”

A joke nearly brought about a disaster or something like it a few days ago at Oamden, New Jersey (says a cable message to the Australian papers). Jennie Oobinpa, a factory girl, laughed so heartily at another girrs jest that her'jaws became dislocated. Not knowing what had happened to her, the terrified girl rushed out of the factory screaming. Tho other employee®, thinking that an outbreak of fire bad ocenrod, were on the point of making a wild rush for thb exits, and the panic was averted in the nick of time. The girl whose immoderate lough ter had caused all the trouble, was taken to the local hospital, where her jaws were reset.

A man named Albert Edward Osborne disappeared from his homo at Point Chevalier on Tuesday, and an active search was pursued. The mystery . was elucidated about noon on Thursday, when a milkman called at tho gates of tho isolation hospital ut Point Chevalier, at which instituting* 26 smallpox patients are housed. Tradesmen are not allowed to cross a “chalk line,” but aro mot at a point some distance from the hospital. In the course of a chat this morning the milkvendor detailed the story of the missing man, whoso untimely ond was feared by his relatives. “Oh,” came the response, “wo hare a‘chap here named Osborne. Wo caught % him prowling round tho hospital buildings, so we seisred him as a contact, and he is under detention now as a fit subject for quarantine.”

The very unfavourable weather which was experienced on Thursday interfered considerably with the attendance at tiie annual spring flower show which is being held in the "White-ley Hail. In addition to the special exhibits mentioned on Thursday, Mrs. R. White is showing a Chatham Island lily which has aroused considerable interest. The competition for the most original and effective decorated table was judged last night by public vote with the following result;—Miss Irene Frcthey Ist., Winnie Solo 2nd., and Mrs. Walter Ambury 3rd. During the evening a number of young people connected with the church gave a number of choruses which were keenly appreciated by those present. The general opinion is that the show is by far the prettiest that has been hold at the Wluteley Hall, and lovers of flowers will do well to avail themsedves of the opportunity of visiting it to-night. Sport suits are going to be “all the rage” this season. The Kash, the great outfitters, is to the front, as usual, with a splendid range of these feuits in all the newest colourings. They 'are priced a little lower just now for tho sale, so it will pay you to .buy now, Trices range from 4os to sos.*