LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7743, 20 February 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Tho tender of Sir Morris, of Auckland, fcas been accented by Messrs Burgess and Fraser for their nev. warehouse in Currie and G-il'-slreels.'

The Health Department's Inspector at Bunedin seized and condemned a& unfit for human consumption 226 out pf 1700 cases of bananus ex Navun, from Fiji.

Electricity is finding its way on to sheep-stations in Hawke's Bay. Mr H. D. D. McLean, ex-M.H.R. for Naflier, has forwarded an order for an electnic power plant for his> Marackakaho station to the Westinghouse Company.

A rare butterfly caught in Ecuador changed hands in New York for £IOOO. It was purchu«i;l by Lord ltothseliilri, and is on the way to London in one oif the steamers which sailed recently.

While the sports programme was being proceeded with at the Hillside workshop picnic at Waihola (Otago) on Saturday some sneak-thief visited tlie committee's tent and made off with most of the trophies intended for prizes.

Mr J. C. Maddison is at present in Wellington. Before returning to Christohurch, he will visit Waitara and Napier, in connection with the freezing works being elected at these places for Messrs Borthw-ich and Sons of Loudon.

| The Trafalgar Carnival Committee!. Nelson, -huts decided that a military review he held thereon the 21st of October (Trajfalgai' Day), and that any surplus from the review be devoted to the erection of a permanent | memorial in 'the city to Lord Nelson;.

| The form of general conditions of contracts, which has 'been under the consideration of the Master Builders' Association of New Zealand for three years past—and which was finally approved at the annual meeting held at New Plymouth a few weeks ago—is being distributed among arahitccts of the colony for their consideration.

| The police received information last evening that the clothes of a working man had been found on the bank of the Waiwakaiho, and a Swede employed at the reservoir works is missing from the camp. I;t is feared ho has been drowned white ba thing. A constablo hos been instructed to proceed to th'e spot early this- morning.; [ From information received by the police it is feared that a drowning fatality occurred at Mokuu last Thursday, a man named Al'.'-rcd Cyril Monkhouse being missing, and cries being heard from the river near Kelly's mill-. Beyond this there is no information, and up to last night no report of the finding of a body in the river had reached town.

i The machinery of the law was set in motion at the Magistrate's Court Auckland, last week, to assist in the recovery of 2s (id. Tlie claim read, "To holding a horse 10 times at 3d a time —2s 6d," and was by an c. J id man. The money was paid into the Court, with the addition of 2s 6d, Court fees.

The skin disease commonly known as horse mange is again very prevalent in the Tapanui district. The disease makes itself known by an [outbreak of spots on the skin, containing matter, and if not Iron ted at once these pis-tules spread all [over the body, like, smallpox on the human body. [ That it is not at times conducive to comfort to get in the way of the fire-hose was convincingly demonstrated on Saturday evening, when an 'early onlooker of. the fire in Devon Street got the full benefit of a high pressure stream of water. He is now a wiser if sadder man, cihiefly concerncd, as to the damage to his clothing.

In connection with the ton cheese which is being manufactured by the Wyndham Dairy Factory to the order of the Industries and Commerce Department for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, K is worth mentioning that for the half-ton cheese manufactured in Canada for the St. Louis Exposition the milk required was drawn from no less than eight factories, whereas for the monster New Zealand cheese the milk will be drawn from one factory only.

I There was a very large party at tho Mountain Mouse on Sunday, Ijiit the great quantity of smoke in the neighbourhood did not lend to a clear view of the country. A lady who .walked up the trauk on (he previous ! Sunday complains greatly of the danger caused by furious driving down tlwrSmdway, and spates that she hod a narrow escape of being ' run over. | A correspondent, who in evidently in accord with His Worship the Mayor as to tho present state of the ;lluatoki being a menace to the health of the town, suggests the erection of a temporary dam at the tack, of the Egiuoiit Mill, so that sufficient water may be accumulated to i jwell flush the at least once -,a day. Certainly something should ■jbedone before the outbreak of disease occurs.

I Tho Mauku correspondent of the Now Zealand Herald writes :—There is quite an unusual sight in a piece of native bush at the Mauku Falls. A large number of shags have come there for nesting. They have built I and arc hatching their young,, which may bo seen of all sizes. The nests .are very simple structuies, a few sticks placed in the branches of trees | and shrubs. What has attracted | them there this season for the first time is a puzzle to me.

A Scotchman was listening to the last instructions of his wYe, who was on her deathbed-, and after promising to cany out her many wish|es, was met with a final request that he would promise to ride in I the first carriage With her mother on the day of the funeral. The Scotchman deliberated much, but on her repeated exhortations, gave in with a sigh. '• Aweel," quoth he, ' I maun due your biddin . Hut ye ken, ifll spoil the (| ay f o r „ K , i'» ' At the last meeting <>r lh e Stratford County Council, the Chairman, Mr J.. Mackay. gave a history of the work of the Stratford District Hospital and Cahritable Aid Hoard to date. After consulting with Dr. Hay, assistant Inspector of Hospitals, he was in hopes that before long they would have, for its seize a hosp.tail second lo none in the colony. He , V as pleased th*t the Board thought of consulting Dr. Macgregor and the interview with Dr. Hav tvas most satisfactorv.

ti, „ ! U , Uotu v "«iuct, for which tho Public Works Department is about to call for tenders, is the largest viaduct that is yet to be erected on the North Island Main Trunk ,Jtpo. It will b„ erected over a raivmc about three or four miles south flf Waimanna- plateau. The bridge jwill consist of four spans of Soft and fl ve 0 , lmu witl - steel dt _ the height will be about 250 ft from | the bed of the stream to the level of he rail that is, about the same as he Makohme. The cost is estimated at about £40,000. Tenders will be my. ted in such a way that colonial firms will be able, to send plans Home by mail to English steel workers and quotations cabled in reply.

| HeUveen .10.30 and 11 ou Saturday mght the fire alarm was sounded in consequence of an outbreak beinir discovered by Mr T. Smith «t Hie vZ, $ U!C S oU,ur and ( '"l<">i"l I tano Company's warehouse in iw|on Street. The brigade were, a.ius|iml promptly on the spot, and , speedily put „„t the flames, which .Wore at the back of the office, the itT'Tn t ' une . bt ' ; "K *■"«"■ Theori-K-Mn , ' ' S " mno one belong ng to the establishment had We i ",* Vn ' l "' tho building since about <>.:«,. , vhpn *> was safe, and when (he de ot w,! for the night some'iC tS ~o ct" r w« « "*•»' was not|»(K lo indicate the presence of lire.

The estimated numb,.,. of ivm , s !;;i™f ""••-*«= made in October last was as f„||„, vs -torn crops : 871 .ftffi acres, |,eir l" a «a8.0«fl- acres, • in iOOft. Grasses, etc.: .4 535 «n Sf C Tq ,"" ,ncrt, °* »» the year iooa pi 39,122 acres. The number of f a l-, low acres was 03,31:!, an increase of -241 on the previous year. There were 97,00-1 acres of plantations orchards, etc.,. against 95,155 in the previous year. 't'he number of horses in the for years 1904-05 were Ji11.770, against 299 180 m 1 -oo ;f :1' CaUle increases from".l* 1 of-' \ ~ B OJM to 1.'7«8.8.T0 in I.MII-... Swine also increased in the same peripds from. 226,891 in 1903 4 to aSS,»aO in I>}p4,s. A deprease is shown in the number IS - 954,553 in 1903-1, decreasing to 18a 30,506 lu 1901-5, » ■

| Messrs Bewley and' Griffiths will continue their sale of Mr Caddy's household effects at his premises, ltrougibam Street, on Wednesday afternoon. '

! Mr C. A-rndt, Deputy Ollicial As-, signoe, calls for tenders for Uv hankruin siock of (!. IS. Alger, tailor, of Stratford, details of which wi.l he found hi another part of this issue. The Town Hand will 'jii'ir fourth "mucicipal concert" at "Thi Pines" this evening, and as it is full moon and the weather will probably continue fine, there ought" to be a large audience for an enjoyable musical treat. , It is related of the Duke of Wellington tha't once, when he remained to take the sacrament, a very poor old man went up the opposite aisle, and, reaching the communion table, knelt down close by the side of the Duke. Someone came and touched the poor, man on the shoulder, and whispered to him to move further away, or to rise and wait until the Duke had received the bread and wine. But the eagle eye and the quick ear of the great commander caught the meaning of that touch and that whisper, lie clasped the old man's- hand to prevent his rising and, in reverential undertone, said

"Do not move, we are all equal here."

! The principal 'feature of the colony's exports- for January, 190f>, says the Post, as compared with those of [January, 1901, is a -falling-oil in 'mutton, lamb, wheat, and oats. The falling off in carcases of mutton is £84,257 to £73,283, lamb from '£7.1,138 to £47,339, wheat, from '£11,979 to £ll. oats from £29,726 to £4139. Butter shows an increase from £230,421 to £243,755, cheese slightly declined from £37,839 to £33,031* beef from £7982 to ! £7B-10. Taking the last ten months (April to January inclusive), and |annexing in parenthesis the figures for the corresponding ten months of I the preceding year, we have the following comparison : Butter £976,413 '(£1,005,107), cheese £114,408 !(£14)„576), frozen beef £168,245 ',(£192,187), mutton carcases £l,020,03(5 (£1,117,031), mutton legs land pieces £25,246" (£44,761), frozen lamb £694,576 (£737,471), wheat I £84,903 '(£18,320), oats £167.863 (£399,236), potatoes £8975 (£12,■129). | "The New Idea" for I-ebruary is more than up to tlie standard. A striking, ghoulish figure on the outside lis an effective cover design by Miss Ida Itontoul, who has contracted for the supply of at series of drawings that will cover the first half of the present year. Another new feature is a series of adventures by Mrs Ellis Kowan, who lias travelled in all parts of the world. She supplies original sketches as illustrations. Miss Helen Davis continues her account of gaol-life in Australia, jundiiuggcxls reforms. "The Memoirs of a Ba,by" is one of the best illustrated and most amusing juvenile stories we have. seen. Then there is the account of Mis Maybrick's life--timo in gaol, and a most charming essay from the pen'of Helen Keller, a remarkable young American, who, in spite of the fact that she was deal, dumb, and" blind as a child, has I won not merely an average education, but distinction at one ol' the [leading Universities of the Slates. ,The interview department is full of I timely and racy matte.-. There are recipes for the cooKj patterns tor tho amateur dressmaker, sampfe of new styles for the fancy-worker, advicei for the reader, hints for the musician [candid Comment for the would-be contributor, and half a dozen columns of matter for the children. 'Altogether "The New Idea" is a [better threepence worth than ever it .was—which is saying something. I In a recent issue of the Sydney Evening News Mr D. P. Fisher, formerly Secretary of the Wellington Trades' Council, and | well-known some years ago in labour circles, | who is now living in Sydney, writes as follows :—" In the ddoatb at the conference of the Political Labour League on Saturday, on the Watsonj Isaacs coalition, New Zealand was I understand, referred to, Mr Itiley contending thnt the alliance of the Labour Party and Mr Seddon had 'proved injurious to Labour, whilst Mr Watson could not see how the alliance had been disadvantageous, in Aiew of the. splendid socialistic mcasI tires gained as a consequence of tliju' | alliance. Having been--n prominent ;Labour leader •on the other side, and, therefore, competent to speak, [permit me to say that both Mr Hil,e,v and Mr Walson arc correct. That seems paradoxical, ',mt it reallv is so, and the explanation is thai the .New Zbaland Liberal and Labour .Government, with the Hon. Mr llalI hince at its head, and Mr Reeves Labour Minister., did place on the SiaItute Book tho legislation that has earned for that country so much ku|dos. That Government, as at present constituted, in no sense roprcsen's (Labour, and therefore Mr Riley is* right in what he said Mr .Seddon is land could not be other than a selfl seeking politician, whilst Sir .1 jlVard (tho better man of 'the two) is at the head of two departmentsRailway and Tourist-thai are sweated. I am a great admirer of Mr m! *-.-? IUI ' 1 don ' l likl -' to *«■ Ins coAit:on with Mr Isaacs. Given , ? /2!i o f ,t r' t i C ?' Labour al «' a .v* Proves itself capable of doing what s fair and just, and it will very S oon, i believe control the destinies of this .and other countries."-

Waverley, December 18, igoi Ihe .ollowing i s taken from the Auckland Weekly News of the 18th February, i 90; l : Settler, near Ing " Z of .h ar v ßki ' Writcs : " In an *■ Lm *." little whiie back , !l ud ""I"""* about sick pigs and thought I would take the liberty v ~P. Vlllg y °" Uly experience, whlcn jo can , wss ~n t(J rofld you choose. In tho early spring I had hve young pigs, sevon Lnths'old set g "T What "PP OIII to be !! '• r U ™f , niou th« fP«n und their breathing thick and whistling. I had whicl? V' aCkCt , ° f **«'" D«™ch? cahim, ♦ • '' CK " Ull! >- ««« «w cows at whing time. I made a pailful of am, oatmeal gruel, p„t into it three arge cupfuls of sugar, and half a packet 01 the Drench, and a good spoonhil of dripping u> makc it fc ™ her greasy. This I f„d them at six the„, i„ eV v C '! , ," g ' Und n'twwards shut tiiciu ... n,ti, u wurm sU . aw ett l !r ori !; , ; B^ ht ' y Wtru considerably ught , in met. they have done well C .rench ln ? , H leenerali ye ct ' «uch at the store, but it is ...am, SEES, at Ncw ' u ' outh "-

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