LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7739, 15 February 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL .

. Bi The death isj reported from Nupicr m of Mr U. E. 0. Hichardson ( . a \vu|ll- te Known settler and sportsman. al The mail from Melbourne, \ iu Urin- aj disi, despatched January 11th, arriv- la in London on the afternoon of the 'l' 11th inst. ui Messrs Bewley and Orifhths report t! the sale of Mr W. D. Webster's 5J '" acres and house, Franklcy road, to n Messrs Jemison, of Oakura, at £6OO. "1 For £1,200 Mr Picrpont Morgan . (| has secured (says the -New Wrk , Herald) the first pinno ever made. I It was constructed by an Italinn in S 1706. i w It is stated from Wellington that .]' it has been deiin!fte r .y deckled to ap- : point Mr McKerrow chairman of the I* Land Commission in place of Mr W. , 8, Iloid, resigned. Ilj A Surge grey salmon, weighing f, about 'lolb, was recenlily found is stranded on thetwach of the Waira- b rapa Lake. It is said by experts to a be a species of tho American Alas- jp kan salmon. e Next May a new symphony com- in posed by the famous musician I'aderewski will be performed in London. Its title is "The Year 1863" (the .o date of the last Polish rising), i'a- v derewski is also at work on a new .ci opera. U< It is cabled under date February | 13th that there is a most extensive r outbreak of typhoid at Lincoln, . England. There are five hundred ~ and seventy cases, and these are all attributed to a tainted water sup- \ Ply. \ For the extension of the entrnnce I exhibition system at Trinity College, s Dublin* a Dublin citizen nasi offered 'n £5,000, says the Irish Times, and has ' c promised still more generous support It to the extension of the college as U the national university of Ireland. .' There v;as a very fair attendance * at Messrs Bewley and Grifliths' auc- i' tion mart lust night, when several town sections were submitted to auc- ! ( tion, but the reserves were not ,j reached for any of the lots, all of I, which are now open for private ',- treaty on very favourable terms. ', The Hawke's Bay Ileraid under- h stands that tho associated fire in- |i ■ surance companies doing business in | New Zealand have decided not to ac- 1 cept re-insurances from the State . Firo Insurance Deportment, or to ac- j , cept risks on any property on which ' ; a risk is held ',>y the State office. j. Tho various commliUees in connec- .: with the exhibition and carnival arc putting in a good deal of time , over winding-up operations. The j skein, however, appears lobe some-j what tangled, but some of the active members are meanwhile comfort--1 ing themselves wvth the assurance | 1 that their particular section of the i ' :show paid w.'U. The steady advance in poultry \ leads to some astonishing figures. The farmers' hens now produce one ! and two-thirds billion dozen eggs, and at "the high average price of the y'.'ar the hens during their busy season lay enough eggs in a single month to pay the year's interest on the national debt.—From the annual report of the Secretary of Agricul- ' ture, James Wilson, of the United States. , A notification to parents of mis- ' ■ chicvous children is given by the . chairman of the Hospital Board. It , seems that certain wild ducks have . taken up their qaiarlers about the . Waters on the hospital grounds, and . are at present engaged in rearing a . family there. The thoughtless youths , : and others who have derived plea- . | sure from the stoning of these are ] warned that further interference will '_ entail prosecution. ' | A curious point in connection with j " costs was the subject of argument I 1 at the S.M. Court on Tuesday. The - Magistrate was asked to allow the - cost of preparing a plan;, but on i I looking into the regulations as to , i j costs he found that whereas a stir- I ? .veyor called as a witness to prove . ; ; the correctness of a, plan could not ' .be given any fee for attending Court ' I yet could receive payment for the i Iplan prepared, but no provision was I jmado for allowing the cost, of a plan 1 alone. ' A reader gives the Southern Stan- ', I'dnrd a treatment for diphtheria which- \ he claims to (-« an infallible cure, i »JThe cure is ordinary brewer's yeast, \ the child to be given a teaspoonful l every 10 minutes or as often as it can swallow it, the throat and chest to 3 I be well rubbed with the yeast also, 'it is staled that in the Nelson district 23 out of 24 boys belonging to . a school in which diphtheria appcarj od were treated by the simple yeast , . euro and all recovered. The twenty- . jfourth was treated in the orthodox .manner and succumbed. | 1 Mr E. M. Smith. M.H..11., yester--1 day morning wired Sir Joseph Ward I I with regard to the new post office, I . inquiring whether it would Mo so i . built that tiro portico might project > over the Devon Street footpath, and ; > thus give a clear view of the clock . from both ends of Devon Street. In | . repiyi, the Postmaster-General tele- | % graphs :—"The Public Works Departt merit haß been instructed to prepare : , plans for the post office and call r ~ for tenders for it. Suggest that you I . look ut the plans after they arc pre- I r pared, and then you can make any T . suggestion you think advisable."- j E The question of turnip flavour in ' - milk was discussed by the National i Dairy Association at their meeting ' at Auckland lately. It was resolved: - " That all factories 1)C written to f strongly urgiing upon directors to inf sist upon their factory managers re- > jectins all mailk from cows grazed j on turnips." The mover said he was - strongly of opinion that factories - should do all in thier power to tlis»i courage the production of turnipy i milk, as- there was a danger of the - winter supply being secured by the • North island, where turnip grazing - was not necessary. A little while ago an amateur - daily inspector nearly scared the life out of some Wairarapa dairy » fnr.iueits by ordering titan to do all 1 kinds of inconceivable things, with • the result that he has now an apart--1 ment to himself at Mount View. - No sooner have the producers of > milk recovered from their fright I (writes a correspondent) than a > machinery inspector conies and takes ' the held, and he is knocking their boilers about and issuing orders in i such a demonstrative way as to ! cause tho settlers to regret that dail ry factories and cream separators • were ever invented.—Manawatu Mail. " A witness in the Flaxbourne estate case va,s asked if he had pre- ' pared a certain mass of figures which | were tendered as evidence. Witness ; replied that he could if he was given sufficient time. Counsel iher.'fore ask- ■ pd him to capitalise £88,675 at 4.J ■ per cent. After about ten iu-intifes" ' delay the answer was given, woi ked ' out to the utmost, fraction of a p'n- ' liy. Counsel qiuietly reuurked thn I he ; had " fa,l|en in," Another witness ' was .subsequently asked if he had worked out certain figures and he rc- ' plied ; 'l No. Willie Tel'oiM did; and J II back him aga : nst uny lawyer In New Zealand." (Telford was' the ■ mathematician previously referred Mr Alexander Bathgate, of Dune- , -din, who sent a copy of his pa-ier , n;i Hie sparrow plnjruc to , Theobold). Economic Zoologist to the ' South Kensington Museum has received the following reply : " If voll added any. birds to ypui- fauna vviih the hope of checking the sparrow. , '1 sihould suggest the fo'!lowiiig-'oi,.r ; eared owl, tawny owl, and red-buck" ed shrike. « e are now keeping the sparrows in check by the forma I ion 01 sparrow clubs. These dlubs have bepn th,.'means of lessening the number of sparrows and rats to a great : extent?. I should advise their form„. t|pn in New Zealand." It is worth remembering that for i toed med with largo range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery v ou must goto .1. H. Parker's, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.* Jt-IOLLpWAY'S PILLS. Weak Stomach's. The wisest cannot oiiumerate one quarter of tha distressing symptoms arisjng f r b'rn enfeebled digestion, all pf wfijch may be readily dispelled by these admirable Pills. They TO uh'b the stomach, liver, and every other organ, helping digestion to that healthy tone which fully enables it to convert all we eat and drink to the nourishment ' of our bodies. Hence these pills aro ! {hp surest strengtheners and the snfest restoi-ativps in nervousness, wasting and cbronfc debilfty. Hollo- : way sPills remove ajl taste from the mputh and are jjjf®i- i ble rcmedi.-s for imp'aired appetite i eructations, flatulency, constipation I and a multitude of other disagreed i able symptoms which render miser- < able the lives of thousands l . These , j Pills are approved by till classes* 4 a

At the sittings of the District | 3ourt at Ha worn on Monday Mi' , larton said an application had boon nadc for a Maori jury. According c ,o the Act a inuoii jury was allow- * ible when a case WKS brought r igaihst a Maori for ' breaking the aw in connection with another Maori j I'his case was one against the Crown ,i ind therefore he submitted that the I trial should take place before a com- < non jury. Mr Cajyit-ii and Mr Welsh, i ivfco appeared for the defendants i made no objection as the iaw was j .dear on the matter. The Maori jury >ancl was therefore discharged. I. A Southern c.orresponrient tele- , graphs, says the Stratford l'ost, ' with icgai-d to the Seddon v. Taylor case :—" From nil appearances the conference between counsel repie- ■ senting the parties ho.s. been abortive ; at any rate, when l>r. Findlay was seen by a pressman to-day I he staled that no news was available for publication, and addid rather significantly {hut it would probably be some time before there would be anything for publication. This appal eiitiy indicates that Mr Taylor's counsel proposed lei ins that were not palatable to the other side.." | The question of the- fairness or I otherwise of asking it court witness ! whether he has ever been in gaol came up at the Darfleld Court (Canterbury) on Wednesday, During the i hearing of a case there counsel ask- ; ed a witness this question, and got | an affirmative reply. The magistrate (Mr K. W. Byes) said that he had , little sympathy with this class of | tpiestion, because if a man had serv- I ed at term of imprisonment lie had paid,the penalty he owed to society. If he had not again traiisigre.s'.e.l such a person,'; So far as he (the magistrate) was concerned, stood clear. Counsel said it was to test the credibility of the witness. VThat man starts afresh," Mr Dyer said, " and 1 don't see how it bears on this case. I don't sympathise with the question." The Mataura Ensign is responsible for the publication of a story, which it believes is new. Many years ago | the owners of one of the few remaining patches of native bush in the j.vicinity of Invercaigill offered the timber for sale to a well-Known |sawmilling firm at £4OOO. The offer found no response in this quarter, and was repeated to another saw-miller who, though he had no need for the timber just then, did 'not want anyone else to get it. 'And sc\. after taking a week loionsidor tre matter, he offive.i to l.uy, in terms of an agreement of his own 1 preparation, which stipulated tnal he jwas to pay £3 deposit and th< li.-'i-anee of £3,995 when he began to cut. lie has not yet begun. There is (says the Sydney Daily i Telegraph') a very general idea, sometimes used with effect for the defence when persons me accused before country justices of the. peace, that arresting constables 1 , or constables who intend to arrest, are bound to caution people they suspect, and have no right to ask any question till they ■do. As a matter of fact, there is no law or regulation calling upon them to do so, the, only Caution required being when the prisoner tis accused after arrest. .Whether this is an equitable arrangemonl or not, is perhaps 1 , a matter of solicitor complained bitterly that n constable had. ■'■' pumped dry " his alient before arresting him. It was pointed out, in reply, that so high an authority as Mr Ju&'tiqe Simpson had ruled that there was nothing irregular in the asking of any number of questions of anyone with a ,vi»w of obtaining information. No one is bound to answer, but refuses at the risk of being suspected. There !was a consensus of opinion among | the solicitors that a new rule on the matter was needed, although Mr Donaldson, who occupied the Bench, ■dissented from this viewi He was quite clear that at present there I was no restriction, and he did not see that any was needed. | Replying to, a deputation at Nelson recently, the IVemier evidently referred to a statement recently telegraphed from Invercargill to the effect that there was a desire on the part of the Education Department to centralise all authority in Welling- , ton.- IDe said the Government had no i wish to trench upon the functions of education boards, and did not desire to centralise. In some districts money was not spent properly, and hj« had to bo watchful. At Tauranga, in shifting a school half-a-milo away, and then shifting it back again, £llOO had lieen spent., and in Wellington £10.,000 had been taken from building grants, and spent on I technical schools', primary schools being left without repairs. This was I wrong. The boards wero naturally expected to spend the grants to the best advantage, and if they did not. | the Government might have to spend money. He wished to give a I warning. They did not wish to interfere or to centralise, but they did wish to see the money spent in the best interests of the children. I Mr A. E. Thomas, a Westralian politician now touring New Zealand, :paints an attractive picture of his r State. There is a plentiful rainfall, land there are not the droughts experienced in other States of Australia. The soil is good, omd last year jthe average for the wheat crop was I the highest of all the States of the Commonwealth. As an inducement to settlers the State will assist in clearing the land. The free area (now 163 acres! is to be increased and settlers will be assisted financially if necessary until such time as they may get returns. Free railway travelling is also to be granted to intending settlers who desire to inspect the country. Liberal advances are already being nint j e upon im _ provements by the State Agriculture Uank-an institution which has been in successful operation for vears and is well managed. The construction of light lines to tap agriculture areas and open up new country is contemplated. ■• Altogether,"' said M.r l'honras, "we h av e been work nir very much along the lines' ~f the ■ftew /x?alaml Government, and already we have found that most „f the so-called Socialistic measures which we havo work well." ffaverley, December 18, 1904. am (" l ' ow, ' n S is taken from the Auckland Weekly News of the 18th February, 1901 : Settler, near Inglewood Tarnnaki, writes : •■' In an issue of the News a little while back J noticed inquiries about sick pigs and thought I would take the liberty of giving you my experience, which you can pass on to your readers if you choose. In the early spring I had (ive young pigs, seven months old suffering from what appeared to bo severe colds. Their heads were swollen, their mouths open and their breathing thick and whistling. I had u-"i e " ' ,ncket of Sykes's Drench, which I regularly use for cows at calving tjine. I made a pailful of .Warm oatmeal gruel, put rnto it three large cupfuls of sugar, and half a packet of flip Drench, and a good spoonful of dripping to make it rathpr greasy. Thjs I fed them at six in the evunjng, and afterwards shut them In with a warm straw bed, Jn he morning they were considerably etter, and the following day all nght ; in fact, they have done well ever since. 1 generally get Sykes's Drench at the store, but it is manufactured at New Plymouth." - Thanks.* MORE ABOI.TR KHEUMO. Air Wi. Wolland, 42, Tory St net, will's : 'T have suffered severely irom rheumnhisin, until 1 Iriedyour KlUMinio. l have since .recommended it to many with verv gixd results, •"hat cured Mr Wolland will cure you. Try it. Sold l,y nil ..hcmr, «"; d , stor <-*eopers. 2s M and 4s £L Agents, Kempthorne, Do you dread washing day ? Then buy a tin of Washine afd Pheerpp it A /m*/ «t Dr *Wrs who stock »J»Ww. *" 8Bfl "*»t fpr * ,**, A MOST BOKOmtAULB DlgTINd TION - The Western Medical Review, « medical publication of the highesd standing, says, In a recent issue : - t thousands of physicians in this and other countries have attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Kxi' tract (a not only reliable, but that' it has a pronounced and indisputable' superiority over all other 'prepu'a-J tif-ns of EriPaJyptus." you,, health' Is too pieoioas t e be tampered with therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenaries, «nd insist upon getting SanJsrand Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended lij| your physician and tho medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diaw rhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is ipsjtanianeoiuy. Woundrs, ulcers, burns, sprains, eje., ijt heajs without inflammation. As mouthwash (il : drops to a glass of water) it pro« ' vents decay of teeth, and destroy* all 'disease germs,* 11

I During tho audience recently granted by the Czar to tho Swedish traveller Mi. Sven Hedin, his Majesty said that he regarded Lord Cnrs-on as one of the greatest of modern statesmen. j The man Barry, who was charged with assaulting another man Mat- ' thews wiih a cleaver at Wellington l on Monday night, was '.jrought be- i> foro the Court yesterday moaning,,. £ and remanded on bail. it j "I enjoyed mysoM much better ' when it was in opposition .and a d 1 free lance than 1 have ever clou I .'Hnce . j 1 luue been in a position of , J isibility," remarked the Premier nt ', tiho luncheon on the Wiminera on the •Jth inst. " And," he slyly added, .'• I Know that enjoyment is fully shared by Mr Duthie and Mr Ait- h ken." t | I The task of lto.jdest,\Vn.ky's sqna- ' t 1 dron is becoming more coiiipliented. , The urgent ncceesity of leinforc-in;; f, him in some way or another is as e clear as day. Our friends the Eng- t ■ lish are putting every possible dilii- t cully in the way of the voyage of t i ' our Baltic sqiuulv n by endeavouring \ Ito deprive it of coal. Buss, St. t Petersburg. e I Among the most remarkable iuci- c dents occasioned by the fog which t prevailed in London on December t 122 nd was an act of great gal'Uin'ry ' performed by an unknown man at ' ! Fins-bury Park station. Owing to the ' [ 'delay in the train service the plat- 1 ', forms were packed in the evening, ' ! j when excitement was caused by a ' ivoting lady falling on the line. A ' i young man. had just jumped down ' to her assistance when, to the hor- i' [ ror of the crowd, a train loomed M , ruddcnly out of the fog. It wis on- ' j ly twenty yards away, so thue vas; ' no time to' render assistance. Loud ' ' shouts of" Stop the train" v.cnt ' up from the platform.'), but it was ' too atej. and screams- of horror were ' ' heai<d as the engine and carriages 1 passed Oivor the two people. When j the train had moved on the tense < excitement was relieved by deafening i cheers. Instead of two mutilated j bodies, both the man and woman - were seen to be unhurt. With extra--5 ordinary quickness and presence of i> mind, "the young man had pulled the i woman between tWe rails, and then, - holding hen down by the head, had - thrown himself'flat. The train pa»r sed over them without inflicting the i> slightest injury. '• In all my exper;l ience," said a Wigh railway official, . "I have never seen anything so ex- - traord'inary as the young man's ag- -, ility and coolness." ■«• " i Although it was generally known e that Mr Jna. Sarten junr., (youngest '" son of Mr and Mrs Jas. Sarten, of 0 Tikonangi) was seriously ill, the j nows of his death on Saturday j morif ag cast a deep gloom over j l_ Tik'orangi, and caused a feeling of regret in Waitara, where the family arc highly res]>ected. Pneumonia was f tho first trouble, and then other com- ■"' plaints ensued, and although the bust f ]' medical advice obtainaljlo was reccive cd the ravages of disease could not j '7 be arrested, even with a comparative | ; v l youth and a previously strong con- "' slitution as part of the forces atl" tacked. Verily it is grevious to see '• a young li'fe like this cut off. Only g, '" .couple of weeks ago, the deceased ,was pulling, for tine Tik'orangi chamK pion crew and in his place as bow, he was considered one of the best a men in the boat. A couple of sea- ; " sons he also played football, lifting a IS -forward in the Clifton (aiu. For work, ho wasi just as keen ns f-'-r " sport, and being a generous minded " young 'fellow, ho wan .popular with '" all with whom he came :n contact. '" To his father and] mother, as well ns n other members of the family, we ex- , ° ]>ress our sincere sympathy in their | ■ s bereavement. The funeral was large- j e ly attended. The three Rowing Clubs i S sent wreaths and several Waitara and i n Clifton men wont up to pay respect ' '' Ito the memory of deceased.—Waitara '" Mail " _______