LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 11 December 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

» Tlie' Wanganui Presbytery meete 'here to-day. .

Thiirt^-seven students of the Teohmil-ea-1 College sat last evening for examination in the different sections of shorthand. w<frk set by Pitma,n'is Phoiiretic Insititiute. ' -

The Palniersfcon Biowling iClub. e^ pects to hove /& big g'altheirinig at_ tlh'e cereanoiiiiail operiing of "the new paiviiLiom on Wednesday week.' Hearty invitations have ibeein sent out to Ibowlers lafll aJoing tho coast and inland.

The Anglican sale of work fit Waverley proved *a great success, the tak--ings-being over £100.'! The winners of the competitions were:—Sheep guessing, Mrs. Lupton and Miss lon, who tied.. Tho Aveight was 821bs. The lamb guessing was won by C. Julian, and the cako guessing by Mrs. Workington, Mr. Workington, and Mrs. C. Dickie.

The annual exhibition of work will be

held this year at the Sacred Heart Con- ■ vent, Mount St. Joseph, St. John's Hill. Tho exhibition will open on Monday next, 16th inst., at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and will remain open until 7 o'clock. On Tuesday the hours will,, be from. 10 o'clock in the forenoon until

7 in tho evening

The .Sisters of St.

Joseph cordially invite the public to

attend

Our travelling reported writes: Considerablo dissatisfaction is expressed at Feildij|g and other adjoining places, that though the Napier train from Wellington stopped at Plimmerton, the New Plymouth express did not, and thereby causing- considerable inconvenience to the many residents of Marton, Feikling, and other places, who frequented Plimmerton. It was decided that President Cofob© and the secretary interview Mr. D. H. Outline, M.P. for Oroua, on tho matter. Feilding's troubles would soon end, if a better acquaintance with " Castlecliff "\vere made. The Hon. James Allen, in the course of >a brief interview in lOhristahuroh, wliile on his way north yesterday, sta»ted in regard -bo Sunday dr,i.ll of Territorials, that the whole, nrajt/ter is to be controlled by .regulations, w3iich he expetets to lixive siiibmibted to him on Juis arrival in Wellington. A depuitia,tion representing the Dooiifinion Coun.cil of tho Rqj-al Life Saving 'Society.wlaited on tho Miiniisiter and tasked' that instruction in life earinig methods be given an conjiMnctiion. with pihysical education in', public scihools. The Minister said th© objeat in view iuad his sym.pia.thy, ana' the m-a/ttcr would be submitted to QVlir Giarlick, director of phy&ical educatioai, on his return froan Australia.

T:ho sad oaso of little Clyde Redfchiaiw, of Huntly, has been reported in the public press, but there may be' some who do not yet know the cirouimistanees. The little fellow, only five yea-rs of ago, in crossing the railway oni has way to school was knocked down iby a passing oii'giine, f,he wh«e.ls of wihicli pass^ ed over b'otili liib wirists, and necessitated the amputation, of both arms just below tho elboiw. A f.und (has Ibteen founded to provido tho best substitutes for hands that medical science can supply, and to this fund the chikl-i-en of the schools all over tho Dofmdnion aro being asked to contribute. The D.H.S. wall repeat tlioir emitertJainment which was so well received last August, and will devote one-third of the net proceeds to this fund, retaining the remaiindeir to assist with the proper cleaning of the schooil. It as hoped rfchat the public, always xeady to support a deserving cause, will look upon these as both eminently deservdnig, and -will purchase the tickets, wh/ioh "will be on sale from mid-day to-day.

The annual dfetrf>u<taon of V™**** connection witih the day Tech^oal College will take place to-morrow afternoon. ; A Wellington wire says that a movement to commemorate Iflie m^ory <* the Jiate Father Vewung. has xesajbad «k a decision to establish a Itoman. Cat-ho-liio girls' primary school an the cento© of *tiie city. . , "I don't think that you in New. Zealand realise the influence you are bruising to bear upon Empire matters, said the organiser of the Overseas Olu-b (AirE. Wrench),.at a function at welcome in Auckland. He added that the example which the dominion set •>?,£: ing a Dreadnought to the Mother Country had produced an electrical eftect in" other parts of the Empire. ' An improvement has .been effected on the Castleclitf wharf ! by the laying of a.n additional line of mils, whaoh walll ereatly facilitate the hanldiknK of. car|ols botii in and out. This will now live accommodation for-about sixty Trucks, and,with the .prospesog ofJpiaer vessels disehargimg fob' Wasttacftinj vmarf, the irnprovenientis should soon ; be iput in practical use.. It is reported by a Melbourne cable that Keginald .Grasp, «g«l 3*, recently signature dark in the Savings Bank,, received three-quarters ©t a niolkon and expenses (whdon will !be very heaivy) from an American syndicate !ror a patent revolutionising cool storage. It is claimed'-that the invention .abolishes the necessity of costly refrigerating machinery, making it possible-. *o-carry »" fruit'a.nd-other •penishiaibles for any dastance under any circumetanioeis. It as stated that the invention is on the* va- . j.cuuim-prinoijp'le. I Shareholdei-s in tihe Tanain'aiki (iN.Z.) ' Oil Wells Ltd., oir other Taranakd oil » companies, are scattered all over New ' i Zealand, '.flhe operations of the jpraniaij pal company are now so far adivamced F that a visit to the works may_ ibe miade most interesting and instruiative, and 1 shareholders sec'kinig a plaice to spend _a r holiday dv.ring summer cannot do - better tbam pay Nei\v Plyrooutih, the centre of the industry, ta visit. Apart ' from the oil wells a.nd refining "works, ' there are inumerpus exoursioms *o _h& ? made in the neigtubourhood, makimg 5 New Plymoutlli an "ideal hblidtay centre." Write to the secretary of iflie New Plymouth Expansion and Tourist 1/eiague for information. ;" A serious accident 'befelil Ma- -Leo--1 nard Tingey, foireroah for Messrs. R. li and E.-Tinigey,. od.l and" oolovur merch.s' aiits, in Wellington. .He was xdding r I liiis motor,.bfcyole ailong the Hu/tt OEkiad , i on his way back to the city, wheai tihe L" machine skidded^ as he was (paissing r the Peltiome railway station. The ; _ ""rider was thrown heavily, and the H-' \ cycle fell heavily on Ihim. Some peo- " pie close by went to his assiatanice, •' and Dr. K/oss 3 who attended him, ►f found that he was suffering from ia is baldly brok«in leg, a severe goalip wound and a-shaking. Mr Tingey, wih© is a son of Mr Bicfoiard Tkigey, of WelHng--5S ton, was afterwards removed to Welfc,' -l'ihgtoai Hospital. *c It 'wtas four years yesterday sinjoe the ra eleotriic'.tr.ams commenced t» ran in' Wanganui. The. service comimenicedon Deoemiber 10, 1908. and on tihe fblltowld ing 31st of OViartfh (the end of the finir anfciail year) there 'bad'been ca.«riied dur[v ing the tteree months and 22 day5,375,----:.i 235 ipassemgers, the nuimlber of cair • miles registered was 49,960, and the re-J °" venue" tatalled £2696 Os sd. OPof ih& in next (the first full year)^ the tickets [1- were .passengers 1,275,158, oar' miles 179,448,'iand revetnue £8884 15s 2d; for the year ended 31®b March, 1911, tiblo a > figures were resipaotively d,388,184 pa»T serbgeirs, .192,193 «ar imiileisj and £9555 3e 7s 3dj for 1912 the, figures were 1,477,----258 passeingers, 193,223 c«w mileis, .andl £10,152 10(3 4d; while for the : ed'gnt montShs and nine dJays of the cunrejnt year (31st Marich to 9th Decembeir inclusive) th-e rotuirns show 1,238,514 paisisengers, 173,676 oar miles, anid £9204 Is sd. The respactive totals ; for. the -fall fiour years during which' the oars have ■ 'been rainninig are: Piasseingers 5,754,349; oar nuiles 788;500j revenuei £40,492 14s 7d. -

We'll toid, if not true, is the following sitory from the. "Patea Prised." It was in a back country tevwJisihiip not 1000 miles from Mt. Eigahonlt withl the usual "-one store, one dhunch, one pub." In thiis case -tlhere lhaipipened bo be ia bank aJso, and the ammagef was one of tho&e hai>py-go-luoky so'rtis one so often in©ets south of 'bhe Line. Tlhe storeke&per was a young New Zaalian'der of a ve.ry fii:milar tempera^emt. It» so 'hajpipfencd1 that there was a sluinip in the money manlcet, and things wer© "tight." so much so that the1 iblaaik manager was forced to cadi upan the storekeeper and remind him ftihat Ms overdraft was too/ large, amd tlhat as the ' half-yeai-'ly balanlce of the ibank was near it would be necessairy to -reduce it forthwith. The- stbreftesipeir declared with truth and vigour that he couldin't raiise lainatlier cent. "iGdve us a bill," said the hard caise ananager. "T3ill!" l-Ciolied the ' eftodekeeper. "Whom can I draw on?" "Oh, Lord, anyone yoU 'like," was the' reply. "Draiw on tlhe Sultan of Turnkey and I'll c;rf' i you with the amount for the tiane being until th© balaaic-e tiime is ovei\" "Right ho," said the sttorekteaper, and the transaction was duly comipleted. By an jaccident the bi.ll was sent Home .and presentsed through RothscMMs to the Sultan- foir accept-a-n-oe. Just^t that time d'fc so happenicd that Tiu-key Avias negotiating a very heavy loan with the, aid of British financiers, amd the Turkish authorities, foa<rful of offending so great an authority as Rothsdliilds, ihonoured the draft without demur. iNeedlesas to cay, the jubilation ofitho istoirekeeper was groat and the transaetiodi' wias duly ".wetted."'

Mr W. T. JMansMd, .who, after lewing Waaiganui, took up the poisAtioai of borough engiueeriat Hiaimilton, appears to have caused Qiastory to repeat itself in that borough. Repoiite cif irepejit mecftiings of the Ooimcil indicate that a good d'Ofail of friction had been engendered. The trouble culmiivatedl at the teb meeting of the Council, when Mr. Mansfield tendered his resignation. Tlhe letter, saiys tihe local paper, "was read and considered in coanmittee, land .therefore we are unable to putMish tlhe contents; but his action was due to the rceent_ tnoulble avor the .by-laws. The! Oounciil decided to aocepit <tiho reisagniation, and the legal and fin'anioe conwniittoe were empowered to arrange for the tornxination of his engagement." Commenting od/itoriia.l'ly on the -position, tho I'Waikato Times" says: "Tlie eaiginearing question in Hiaimilton Unas always been attended with a good deal of wornv and expense, .and the results achaeved have been anything flbuit satiisfiaictory. Tho most recent official was appointed to _ the position -largely on account «jf his reputation as a iroad-vmak-er, this being an im;no-rtiant branch of the Council's work in connection witfh the loan proposals. He luas ibeen in HiaimiltoJi- for several months, ibut his time flipipeairs to hiave ' been fully oictcupicd in detail work, which should not have claimed so much of lhia attention, the reeuilt being thiat the reading eclieme has ibeen ncsg\ected. and the -urgent woYk of irc-oreoting No. 1 ibridige Shas also ihad to give way. Mr Mansfield bias now severed his connection with the iborough, a.nd iby the time another man is secured and initiated into bis duties, the season will 'bo praidtdoally over, a.nd our road works, if tihey airo to'bo darnied out, will have to Ibeiidone in the .win/tea* time, a very injconveniient and extravagant process."

The Fire Brigade Held a one-man event in the Queen's Park on Saturday afternoon. - The winner turned up.m Fpreman Piper W,«<*.), Messenger Langridge being second (46 2-5 sees.), and Fireman Keane third (48 sees).

Another syndicate has been fotrmed to bore for oil in the Weber (DanneW'k©) district. It is comprised of Bominaon shareholders, with options over J-&y----acres. An expert oil manarrives tnom. America this month. A deatriok wall be ereabed at Wajpatiki and operaitaons oonumenoed with all expedition.

The chief lycstmuaster advises tihat ia posting ibox has been erected (at Hodson Bros., corner of Dublin 'and Harrison Streets, cleared; daily at 4 a.m., 10 a m. and noon; and one at Ftemington, Bridge, cleared Idail-* *t 10.46 a.m., and 2.45 p.m., except 'Thursday, when only the morning clearance will Ibe unlade.

During the eight months of the current finanicoal year, the "Wellington Corporation electric lighting department's revenue totalled £43,274, ami ithe woateinK expenses £18,882, increases of £5,----584 and £2,104 .respectively. The ne* result of the working ris a creidit [balance of £12,192, as compared iwith £9,----312 latfb year,, an.increase of £2,880.

According -to a Dunedin wire, tine Horn. James Allen gives an efinphjatic denial-to the report that Ixo abstained from speaking on Defence at Liaiwrence on (account of medical advice tikat lie must "go slow." He1 xleataired that lie was never dn better haaltih or trim, and says that he lias not • seen any medical-men on his southern tour. Speaking to a " Southland Times" reporter on Saturday, a member of an Invefcargill mercantile firm stated that if the slaughtermen refused to kill this year, it might come as a 'boon and a 'blessing to the Dominion. His contention was that New Zealand was understocked ; that a>year's spell would allow the flocks to be built up, and that great benefit -would be derived thereafter.. The exporting of the best young ew'essw&s, he said, having an injurious effect on the Dominion's flocks.

The. union of the Methodist and Primitive Methodist-ChvTches in; 'Nepy Zealand will come" aiiibo-, opetation' in Feibruiary oiextj when the iannjual conference of tmnrilstesrs .arid officers iof both Ohoirches will ibe dield in WelHnjgton. A few years ago ,the WesleyaJis, Unitetd' Free Methodist and Bible; # Cho-istiains united, and now the Primitive 'Methodists are to become part of the Mfeltlhodiist Church of New Zealand. Excerpt in the miatter olf foreign missions, .there will then bo no cotnn-octdon bietaveen Australia and (New .Zealand. > Acoo'rding to' our travelling a-eporter, the Hunierville High School is p|r)ogire6»ing in a highily satisfactory aiianner, and great interest is evinced in the technical classes. It seems isftiranigje, lu'owever, itiluat it i^impossi'ble to get a qualified (bookkeeper jji_ the place - to undertake the supervision of tlhe. boo/k----keeping classes. " Over ftiwenty yoiung people eigniified their interition of ta-k----lnig irp ttiie course, but the el'ass tad to be dnoroped beoa'use of the inability to secure a suitable "instjructor. The dressmaking class under *he diiirectiom of Mrs Lomiax is iboomingj there bedng over 20 young ladies leapninig show to T>e useful in the ."building inp of # ja trousseau, etc., and irsialvirxr (those thing* that imako the- girl indispensable at fiome.

j' Judgment -for plaintiffs by default %Vias given in the following u/ndclf ended debt cases yesterday by 'Mr Wj Kerr, S.M.: A. C. Lennard v. W. iG. Bnaeey £27 53%!, costs- £3 2s; G. C. Camei ron v. "Benare Tainiehana. £126 10s., costs £7 11s; C. E. Mackiay v. W. G. Gracey £9 18s, coste £1 3s 6d; Jam<jte Thai.n and 00. Ltd. ,v. lieuipenia\ Mete.' Kingi £19 Ob 3d, -costs £1 18s 6d; H. ,T. <Graa>nder v. 'Reupeira M«'be Kingi' £4 15s, costs ,18s 6d; A. C iLennia'rd v. W. G. Gracey £20 13s Gd, coste £3 2s; Horsley and Co. v. L. B. Batkin £2, costs lls; A. I>oig v. H. 'Cooper £2 9s 3d, costs 10s; Wanganiui M-eiart; feezing 00., litd., v. Mrs Bennett £7 4s •Id, ooste £1 3r Gd; same v. Kc'remoama Tohikuna £2 18s 6d s .costs £1 2s 6d; F. D. Gaffaney and Co. v. . H. Cooper £3 10s, costs 10s; 'L. Kaiganski v. Mies Brooks £1 12s 6d, costs 6s. Says yesterday's "New Plymouth News"-: There is .at .present at 'large, in the town ia gentleman of strongly egotistical tendencies who ds busily engaged' in dOstriibuting some of -his awn typewritten effoskms, portions of whlioh. are" dii-tinctily oibjecfcionablo when . -placed promiscuously, as they 'have Ibeen, in the hands of children. So fair as adulits arc concerned these' documents are* Biinpliy laonusing, but wa most ceattiainly strongly object to their (being placed in the hands of young people. . We can>-no-t very*' well quote ,t!he objectioiiablo features of this person's jwodiictioiis, biut lan eyideince of his peculiar teimpenamen/t may be gathered from Jiis statement that he is "a/ mdlitary, athletic, moral wiiiter, oraJtor, humorous, ' oii'iginal, p'hiilanthrop.ical prodligy, buft," he mldidts, "las I have W.t 32 yoaa's of my lifd through not .'being pujfc on itilie right track of iGod at the sliai't, I can only ibe an aapateur. 'Now, had I been what I know I. could have 'been, I wouM' have been one 'of the wondetrs oif the human raice." This is a. harmless emoiigh pretension, iaipa.rt from its alonost piatihotic humour, but it is ia sufßcient indictment, without the extraordinary context, to suggest tliat ffche powea-s that ibe ehoiuM take istepß to Imvo rthe author's samLty tested. Mr W. H. Heynolds, of Christchui-ch, who has suffered a short, term of impris011'nion.t in I/yttelton gaol under circumstances which do little oi'ediit to the coanmonsenjso of the law, has performed a.n impioirfcant puhlic service 'by giving a " LytteLton Tiknes" rcrporter a, pladnuruvarnished account of liis exfperiein.ee. Everybody knows that the (practice of confining ikiiw-breakers in cetllß,. depriving them of useful ooctipiation and ex-ei-cusing theon^iii ga.ngs fn waMed yama is sini/ply' a method of mia.nufeicturi,ng crimo,na.l3. But New Zealand ia continuing the practice, and the only exmsq. the Goveirnm'ent or Pa>r,iia/ment dan offer for thds callous abuse of hunian is that a change would involv© the ospend/iture of a. lai'ge sum of money. Mr Reynoilds tells of the prisonefrs in the exercise yard "(walking round in throe rings, each about tetn or twelve yards across, staring lat one lanjoither's backs or at the stone walls and growing gidd^ from the constant turning. He meiiitilons, too, that the rights are taken from the cells .at 7 p.m., and1 the _ prisoners left alone until the moriuiing bell is r,ung at 6.30 a.m. —'eleven hours and a, naif of solitude for men whose thoughts in none cases out of ten will be ibad company. The maintenance oifthis prison system, cruel, wasteful, and inefficient, should (says our contemporary) ibring shame to every one of us. The 'burden of blame which reste upon Parliament is the greater because" the path of refonm has been nuarked clearly by the experiments in the reformativetreatmont pf prisoncre under ia ©aner and more Kumano system.