LOCAL ADD GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7724, 28 January 1905, Page 2

LOCAL ADD GENERAL.

The Waitara West Road Board notifies that ten per cent, will be added to rates unpaid after February lilh. The clerk will attend at Lepperton on the Ist and Bth pro.x. to receive rates. The S.M. delivered a written judgment on Friday in ihe case of Rogers v. King, heard at Opunake recently. The defendant, a bookmaker, was charged with trespassing on Opunakc racecourse, but the magistrate dismissed the case on the i ground that) defendant) lull the course when requested. Mr T. E. Taylor denies a statement in circulation 'in the colony that he has refused assistance towards the cofity of the action Seddon v. Taylor, and adds that he is not linancially strong enough to treat with contempt offers of assistance. He states that the author of | the statement is l desirous of creating' i n fills*! impression by the invention. The memherw «f the Scenery Preservation Commission arrived in j Wanganui on Thursday from a tour ol" inspection of the Wanganui River, ' ; on which vight days were spent itvl traversing the river from Piriaka to Wanganui, a distance of over 150 miles." It is understood the j commission will recommend thv> (>overnment's acquiring practically ail ' the beauty, spots not yet secured 1 from the natives. It is now definitely arranged that Mr George Stephenson's famous combination of English stars will appear at the Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, on Tuesday, 7th prox. During the season threi? musical , • plays will be presented, vi/.., ''The , Kose of the Hiviera/' The Dandy | Doctor/' and "The Skirtdancer." , Miss May Heatty and Mr Edward Lauri. two well-known, favourites, j are amongst the principals, The j combination, which numbers over j seventy people, is regarded as one of ' the finest musical organisations that - have u&itvcl the evivuiec^

Accounts against the exhibition committee should be rendered be- I fore February 20th to secure recognition. Entries for Mr Newt on Kiag's cat- I tie sates .at Waiwataiiho on Tuesday and n't Stony liiver oil Wednesday are advertised. The Education Hoard requires a teacher at the Cardiff School!, and a female assistant at the Central School. The appointment of Moiviv, of Hell I'.lock, as registrar of Maori dogs for the district, with the scale of fees to lie paid by dog" owners, is notified in this issue. At the I'olice Court on Fi'ida.v, Henry Cecil Wright and U. W. il. Robertson were each lined 5s for riding a bicycle on the footpath in the borough. Brisbane papers quote ail ' educated Chinaman" a.s saying : "Australia is now in the same position as was China -1000 years ago, when the Chinese built a wall to keep everything and everybody out."

At a cricket match on the Masterton Oval on the 23rd inst., Mr TO. Cullinge, one of the umpires, received an accidental blow l'rom the ball, by which his face was cut and his nose broken. It is notified that on Monday next Bishop Neligan will be in New Plymouth. and members of the Church of England are invited to meet his Lordship in the Vicarage Grounds at St. Mary's on that afternoon.

On Saturday next Mr Newton King will sell by auction at his mart a choice farm of 209 acres at Mangorei on account of the late Mrs Carrick's estate ; also two town sections and some Bank of New Zealand shares.

It is a common practice for young people to extract the honey from flax flowers by the primitive method of sucking. A Raglan .young lady was enjoying herself in this way a few days ago, when, in addition to the honey, she extracted a bee. iinsult : A stung tongue.

For the sake of the shareholders in the Co-operative Society it is to be hoped that all who can possibly get there will attend the third great auction sale of goads of every description to be held to-day at 1.30 p.m. at their premises, Carrie-street, and it is quite certain they will get bargains before unheard of. This, probably, will be the last of the Saturday series, as the affairs of the company must lie wound up without delay.

The'port ion of the skeleton of a human being was unearthed at Island Bay last week by one of the parly of men employed by the City Councjl to widen a road at Island Bay. The men were working near Baylis's Quarry, and digging in the face of a hill about 12ft above high water mark, when the first of the bones were unearthed. They had apparently been underground for a number of years. A fall of sand prevented the recovery of th'e whole of the skeleton.—Post.

The interest shown in the saluage ale of groceries, etc., from the fire at Messrs Burgess, Fraser, and Co.'s warehouse caused the Drill Hall on Wednesday to be well filled with bargain hunters, and it is expected that to-day there will be an even greater rush with the advent of the country people. The sale starts at 1.30 p.m. and the goods to be sold are those which were stocked in the middle of the room in which the fire and as they were hemmed..j'oiiiiTf by other cases they uriv-;,aUirally, in even better condition than those sold on Wednesday.

A sad death took place at the hospital on the 22nd inst., says the Grey River Argus, and was due to a very uncommon cause in this district, namely, lockjaw, or tetanus. A daughter of Mr Thomas Merrick, of Preston Road, injured lver foot with 1 a hayfork a fortnight t\go, and seemed to be getting well, until the symptoms of the fatal disease set in on Thursday last. She rapidly became exhausted after her removal to the hospital, where everything was done lo relieve the intense pain.

In reply to a deputation from the Amalgamated Soeiey of Carpenters, which urged that the Government should utilise the land reclaimed in the straightening of the Hutt line for workmen's homes, the Premier said he was entirely in sympathy | with the principle of housing all classes of the community at reasonable rents, but the Government had already procured land for workmen's homes at Petone and the Hutt, and until this was taken up it was premature to ask for more. Moreover, the particular land asked for was by law specifically set aside for other purposes. When the present land for workmen's homes at the Hutt and Petone was all taken up the Government would look for more.

Pr. Rockstrow waited on the meeting of the New Zealand Flaxmiller's Association at Pailmerston and submitted specimens of libre treated by the German process which he is endeavouring to introduce I'nto colony. Under the process, whicn was invented by a German lady, the flax was placed into boiling water and chemicals from an hour lo an hour and a half, and then rolled to remove the gum, the fibre then put through a wringer and scutched damp. Thie total cost of chemicals used in the process was 2s ttd for 1500 'gojllons| or £5 for every ton 'of li'bre produced, no refuse being left ! over. In reply to questions Dr. Rockstrow stated, the fibre was better than hemp linen and was worth £5 to £8 more than the home grown articW. The chemicals were not injurious to the fibre. It wa» suggested that the Government should bo asked to take the matter up and send a trial shipment Home to as;ceKainl its market va^uc.

From a report in the Dunedin Star of . the .24th we gather, that the great majority of the shopkeepers of that city have come 'to the conclusion that the Shops and Offices Act is after all a highly satisfactory measure. About seven-o : ght» of them have consistently observed the law from the date of its'coming into operation, and this majority now wish to bring pressure on the remaining eighth to enforce a uniform observance. For this reason a deputation of shopkeepers together with the secretary of the Retailers' Association (Mr R. Chisholm) approached iMr J. F. Arnold, M.H/R., this morning. Mr Arnold advised that the Minister of Labor (Mr Seddon) be wired to, and he also wired to the Premier on his own account, after which 'the member of the deputation joined forces and paid a visit to Mr Lindsay, the local Inspector of Factories, with the object of seeing whether that gentleman could put the law in force. Mr Lindsay replied that enforcement, of law was stayed pending the Newtown decision, and in the meantime it would not be wise for him to do 'anything ; Jjut he counselled the shopkeepers to "hang on'' until a decision shall have been given. Mr Lindsay fell in with 'the idea of the deputation wiring to the Premier asking that he (the inspector) should be empowered to eniorce the law against offending shopkeepers not exempted under the Act. Mr Lindsay also prpmiscd to lay the position of affairs bofore the Labor Department in Wellington.

Ilis Excellency the Governor is reported to have been we'll pleased with his trip laqt week" to the Sanatorium for the Treatment of Consumptives at Cambridge, Waikuto. He was accompanied by Lady PlunkeU the Minister for Pubkc Health (Sir Jospeh Ward), and Dr. Mason, (Chief Health Officer for the Colony) In Ihd course of a speech, His Kxcellency remarked that he had had a good deal lo do with a somewhat similar, but not nearly so good, institufion in Ireland. His admiration of the beautiful surroundings of the institution led him to say that he | thought the Government had treated him somewhat, unfairly in not projvicfing a Government House there. With regard to the worK which is .being undertaken 'in the colony with | the object of stamping out consumption. liis Excellency expressed his readiness to assist, in every possible I way in the establishment of an sociation having for its object the prevention of th'e spread of consumption. The Cambridge institution contains at the present time 03 patients —its accomodation is li'or 65—and the treatment followed has so far been quite succe'.ssiful. The last few months the weather, in compum with that in other parts of the colony,. ha« been very wet and miserable at: Cambridge, and the patlients undergoing the outdoor treatment have not derived the benefit I'they would otherwise have done:they are not affected by wind or cold only damp. Further improvements jhave been made in roading the 'grounds, and the whole of the bu,i'ld,ing.s and tifti.ch it is intended to lmvv now bevj* coipyU'ktl

E, Reynolds and Co. have ! n announsemerit regarding "RudgeiVhitworth" and "Fauber" cycles in this issue. I A party of Napier young men pulled to Fetane, six miles distant, and 'lunched, (says an ' exchange). They lunched all the afternoon, an-tJ, when the j) to vender ran short, catlled at the ioc.\l " pul) " for more lunch. Jt was 9.JH) p.ni. ami dark when the stroke gave the word and the party lit out Tor home. Strong in lunch, the crew pulled with vigour for four hours u*ithout picking tiji the WesLcn Spit light, and, completely worn out with lunch and puiling, they finally threw themselves down and slept with a reckless disregard to jthe 'dangers of the deep. In the jiiioming* they were still oft the mouth of the Tetane River, and the Mibsejquent light failed lo elicit who had Ar-,o:len to lift the anchor! Whiteley Cluavh, .Sun-Jay, January •• til. —Preachers; Morning, Mr 11. F. IV.i li.uii.j ; evening, Rev. J. N. Muttle. Sul\ject(: "Abraham Offerinu foaac.''

I U is worth remembering that: foi excellence of stylo and quality combined with large range of variety | and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery you must go to J, 11. Parker's, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.* Storage In dry brick store, low insurance rate, minim um fire risk, low rates for storage.—The New Zealand Express Company, Ltd. 3 Ii you do your own washing then here is good news for you. Try a tin of "Washime " ; It will help you and please you. See list of storekeepers who stock it.*

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Newton King.—Stock sales at Waiwakaiho on Tuesday and Stony River on Wednesday. Exhibition committee.—Notice re'garding accounts. Maori Council.—Notifies appointment. of Maori dog registrar, and fees. Waitara West Iload Hoard.—Notice concerning rat.es. E. Reynolds and Co.—Rudge-Wbit-worth and Fauber bicycles. Sintflie man wants work on farm. Quiet home wanted for girl attending school. Education Hoard.—Vacancies for teachers.