LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13035, 31 March 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' Amusement advertisements will be found on page 3.

A Gazette was issued last night proroguing 'Parliament from March*3lst to April 30. : ~ Though- there are :: many reports as to Powelka, no trace of Mm -has yet been discovered-. '■

Kawau Island, wMch is one of the best known of the holiday resorts in the vicimty of Auckland, is to. be shortly cut np into suitable lots both for those who want a small area for a summer residence, and also those who want to engage in farming. The island, which, was formerly the home of Sir George Grey, is a perfect naradise in miniature, abounding in lofty hills, deen bays, splendid beaches, with good fishing and shooting, and, in fact, everything that the heart could desire. The island, embraces about 8000 acres, and the owner’s intention .is to ent it np into sections from one to 200 acres, every section having a water frontage..

In November last the Commissioner 6f Taxes sued J. L. Denniston, of Bnnediu, agent , for certain non-resident traders, for income tax. The amount qriginally claimed was £9 3s lid, hut -on Denniston refusing to pay the Commissioner re-assessed the amonnt at £34 9s 9d, and sued for that amonnt. The Magistrate held that the defendant was not protected “under the Act and gave, judgment for the Commissioner.- . The defendant lodged an appeal .to the Supreme Court on a point of law. After further consideration, however.- the Crown has decide the Magistrate’s decision cannot be supported, and- has intimated that 'no effort will be made to collect the tax.

It is stated that bad sovereigns and half-sovereigns are in circulation in Palmerston North. The final of the Taranaki golf championship was won by Harold, who defeated Lewis 3 up and 2 to play. At the Police Court this morning;, a man who was found drank in Campbell Place yesterday, was fined the usual amount. The EnyVett Defence Committee projxfcjs to carry on its campaign hy meeting* in Palmerston, Wanganui* New Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. The Garrison Band will (clrcnmstaaces permitting) give their promised open-air concert in aid of the widow and family of the late Mr Thompson, who was Accidentally killed some time ago. Full’ details will be given in onr next issue. While on the West Coast, his Excellency the.. Uovernor. visited the. Bos'; Goldfields Company’s deep min at E-oai,, Hud descended as far as the sixth level. The big -pumping, plant recently installed hr company was at work, and his Excellency was mnefa interested in what hk anw. A meeting of the representatives of the New Zealand Frozen Meat Companies was held vfsterday afternoon in the office of the Christchurch Meat Company (Christchurch) to consider various representations made by the recent conference and also proposals submitted by Mr W. D. Lysnaz, The meeting was not open to the Press. Ptomaine poisoning attacked Mr B. J. Chapman and several of his family at Carterton Last week, and for a time things looked rather serious. The attack was attributed to some brawn which the family had for lunch. The remainder was thrown out to the fowls, and the dog. and they, too, had a slight attack. At the Hobart band contest in connection with the Exhibition the A grads championship contest test piece, “Lortzing” (for which prizes of £175, 175, and £4O were given) resulted Derwent Infantry (305 points) 1, Ballarat (3(0) 3, . Senior Cadets (295) 3, Burnie and. Hobart City (each 234). . At Bobs last week a party of tyro in an alluvia! claim washed up for a return of £SO, as a result of three weeks’ -work. TUn is’an excellent return when it Hi oonadeted that the party had not. through shortage of water, worked full time. A halfshare in the same claim was disposed of recently for ,£l5O. Messrs Gilberd and Sons have received very kindly offers of assistance from the various soap manufacturers in the Dominion, one well-known maker going so far as to place his factory entirely at the disposal of the local firm. These practically sympathetic messages must be very gratifying to Messrs GOferi) |os< Bcfi% testifying as they dp tq thg which they are held. The Minister for Mines, Hon. B: McKenzie, on being asked by a New Zealand Herald representative as to the exact whereabouts of the rich seam of coal reported to have been recently discovered on Crown lands, near the middle of the North Island, stated iaat the locality was being kept absolutely secret. At present prospecting is being carried on, and upon the success or otherwise of this work the future development will depend. A man named Herbert Higgs has been missing from Bulls since Friday last- Be rented a piece of ground from P. Ellis at the back of the Bulls Racecourse, which he used for the cultivation of onions. Although of steady habits, fears are entertained of his safety, as be was in ; depressed spirits lately, being disappointed with his crop. Constable Breen and parties have been searching for him, hat without success up to the present. The miners at Wait! have decided that when a fatal accident occurs in a local mine work in that particular mine «h»3l cease until after the funeral. Recently two men were killed in the WaQii Company's mine, and for two days subsequently no underground work was carried on,' all the deceased’s fellow employees refraining from labour until alter the -remains' of the deceased were interred.

Writing to a Mend in Christchurch, D. the ex-Canterbury representative, says: “Played is fifteen matches doxipp my first three months in. the Wijptn team. The play is very rough, sad the payers seem to take pleasure in kmdil( mgn out. I have never played on a dry ground so far; there is always snow about. I am about ‘full up’ of the game, aid expect shortly to be back in- New Zealand.** Tim eight students who went sp for examination in Sydney for licensed annCfba failed'to peas the test, which was hosed upon a New Zeeland paper (noaib toe Sydney Morning HeraUj. * The lands Department particularly waded a couple «f young qualified mien, sad eonae concern is expressed at this general failure. It is pointed oift that the paper was rather a stringent one. AH the same, the totu failure is inexplicable. The same thing happened in Queensland, while in Victoria two only gotnihrongh. 'ABotherviamination will be held in Sydney in September.

.The an extract from a letter written by ‘an occupier, of a Crown leasehold at Flixbonrac to' a friend in Christchurch; “We were all in far till Bine Mountain rah, drawn by' ballot, last.. week, a ran of GOOQtacres. The lucky winner was Miss Violet Boyd. There is an question that it is a fortune for beq, Any. one would have given £3OOO to £3OOO fori it straight away. The ran is at mot leased, by the Richmonds, of BMiwiaj Brook. The annual rent is £2OO a year. There were' 160 applications- . Than an a nice block of country coming out at Kekerangn soon. I am going* to bare all the applications I can in for .It.” A man charged with being found drank, and also with procuring liquor while m prohibited person, was very severely can-, surod by the Magistrate, JSq W. Ear, at the Police Court this morning. The unfortunate man confessed thafc. the 1 maxing for drink completely .overpowered him!, and asked tSat'h'ebe allowed to leave the colony to get work in the Australian backblocks. if# Kerr referred ’to the numerous recent-convictions against the nrisonrr, and stated that his tonduot hH been absolutely disgraceful. He appeared to “ have, lost all traces of manhood; and; His treatment of his family hpd been scandalous. To enable him to avail himself of the only remaining chance of reformation, the Magistrate convicted the prisoner,laid ordered Mm to come np for sentence when called upon. The tender oT Messrs Hewetson «™jr Wools top _ i£SS3B) has been accepted fog the additions and alterations to the Cos- ' mopolitan Club. The new building will be a twostorey ope, the top floor being devoted to a billiard-room, 66ft x 44fa, which will provide sufficient lion for sin tobies. The ground floor additions wil» include a new committee - room, card rooms, chess and draughts rooms, and a kitchen fitted with drcvlita*>d cold water service, The. alter- - alums vo the old building will be the enlargement ot the present social byll —a provision being made for increasing tho bar accommodation, by which arrangemeats will be made for supplying thn wants of those desirous of obtaining tern, peraace drinks, such as beef lex, hat coffee, tea. /tc. The completed will have s troatoge to Campbell “■»— 166 ft. With such additions, the Cosmo, politan Club’s budding will be a vSS&fI handsome and impost

: Stated to he ,110 years old, a man named / 'Kelly .recorded, his vote at. Ballygawley, South Tyrone. . The Dominion conference of the New L&ealawrAlliance is to be held at Wellington: on June loth. ■We would again.remind our readers that ■the l alterations; in the railway time-table jOome into force to-morrow.,. >■ ■ i •; . It is expected that early next montb 30 ■rdadmen will be' employed .on-the- Ifongitatau Road. The Government, engineer, Mr Waters, has been,on the ground constantly during the.nast fortnight. ... ; The Weather.Bureau reports,as, follows: . .—.Winds, decreasing, south-east,erly,, strong to, gale; expect unsettled and . cloudy, feather; (.rain,..prqbable; rivers flooded; , rough,; ts<je| gopfl. ' ,