LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 791, 6 April 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

« Tho Japanese strictly enforce a 'f< taw which' prohibits the use of tokao t 3o by boys under twenty-oiie years t J,f age. If 45,0001b annually of butter are t guaranteed by tho residents, the di- |M lectors of the Stratford Farmer' t' Co-operative Association are empow-|l [.red by the shareholders to erect a . t ireamery at Ilird Hoad. The settlers undertake to pay tho cast of eiec- U tion. I j "Of course you Know how many > minutes there are to an hour," suit! c counsel to a costermonger in ilio' • Clerkcnwell County Court. The o<>s- ' J tcr hesitated. But ho was equal to | the occasion. " Look here," he said r j frankly, " t haven't hail much educa- l lion. Let's hear your \ersion of it." v A housebreaker, in whose posses- ' sion jewellery of considerable value 1 was found, was caught red-handed in ' a suburb of Adelaide recently. He ' threatened the lady occupant of the t house with an axe, and escaped by 1 a window, but he was caught by a j dog and held by the neighbours until « I the police arrived. 1 Interviewed on the subject of age, ! the oldest inhabitant of London . to be old," and mentions later on, " my mother died at the age of i eighty." the child has, however, i reachod a hundred and eight, so may i be assumed to have been safely reared. 1 Dr. Banks, Field Director of the ; University of Chicago Expedition to Babylonia, has discovered a statute of white marble, nearly entire, which he regards asi the oldest known. It i was found eight feet underground . on the site of the City of l.'idmim, ' and it is referred to the time of King Duddu of Udnuiu. We have, says the Globe, come upon additions to the King's English in the shape of two nouns. A tom-cat at A'lycrtysswg has just sue- . ceedod in the feat of rearing three • chickens, to what a dally paper describes as henhood and -cockerelhood. . The kittens to which the cat is tho . father are meanwhile 'growing up ' to tonloisesihellr-wi t h-jahffy HS'h-o rahood. In the Dutch schools the picture postcard lias for some time played a prominent part in the geography , lesson, and it is the custom for teachers going abroad on their holidays to send a certain number of the postcards of the different countries they may visit to their respective schools. These arc carefully jtreusured up, and nrc far more attractive to the child's eye than tie ordinary woodcut in the book or | .chart on the wall. | " Arc you in favour of State dry ' | nurses (the present head of the t!ov,eminent to be head nurse), all the dear little Liberals to be reared on ' |btnto milk obtained from State cows, grazed on State farms, milkoi 'by Mate cow-boys), and admin'ister|ed out of State foodingHbottlcs ? " |lh;s was one of Ihe questions sent 'meeting ™ sTtu'rday ™dtu ras ns muih ! S^ hC^ Ce Court on w «dnesda.v, ' I allrey, who was recently ITZ f Bnd a charge of vagiancy, wns ag , ain l>efore lhr I Court for a similar olTence, having been found sleeping in a shed" at the back of the Town Hull on Tuesday night. Accused said he had been trv|ing to get work, but had failed. He gave as a reason for not going to his brother, as he had pro.uisSJ to do, that ho was in hopes of get line I work. The S.M. said he would give accused another chance and would adjourn ,the case for a week to enable him to at once proceed to his toother at Awatuna. i Aw Kssay on Pcrseve'rance "Were (theirs a will theirs n wav. Tlu's is a very old proverb that'has- to do .with what I am writing. If we nearr ,Jy always succeed we always is geton but if we don't succeed, we .should try till we dose and then we should do it aguin which is a verv w|iso way to perscver. who sits down never gels on and People 'sh if l, sit down. We should an get on because it is the best thing to do nl (i , »\ > will have trails (trials'! h„i must u-y again until them trails is I The Stratford Post records with much jubilation the settlement of all in conncct 'on with the I cent Carnival there, which it claims ' purp . oscs ' I" tho first troJ n ("-ought under tho notice of our more distant friends that Stratford is a live and flourishing , t h °" r n ' a " d its residents are nol-' * < r n ° r : slcc|lin «'" ""I secondly the payment "without murmur " f? tw ? da J' s . of the £2OO odd which

:tho above important has™ the ■EVT' - con,men?ary on | lit J ?' es so P ers 'stcntly circulatedregarding Stratford's unhappy cond.t,on.» The same issue can £ns ™ n ~t th at the ,fire bell 'er tone? " S aWi haS now a loudj In connection with Mr Frank W ,Watts scheme for settling land in small areas and providing- homos for , | working people on the moat liberal i, terms, a synopsis of which was pubi lished m a recent issue, Hit' origina- . tor has been in receipt of many let- I . tors on the subject, congratulating ' 5-1? ■° n ' l ' s P° ss 'ble solution of a oilhcult problem, and asking qucs* tions relative to tho scheme. Some ',500 persons representative of all .classes of the community have signed a. petition expressing their belief .that it is quite practicable and likelv Ito bo availed of by all classes, and as the financial clauses of the scheme I have been drawn up in detail the Government is to asked for n definite pronouncement on the subject. It will be remembered that the Premier and Sir Joseph Ward expressed the opinion that it was worthy of , favourable consideration, tho former ( indicating the probability of it being worked out in some form. Messrs Keynolds and Company, of! Devon Street, havo in stock one of j the latest Hudcre-Whitworih hi-

niLi.ni, i\uuge-«nitworth bicycles, with three speed gear, and yesterday Mr Nat-trass- ulTorded a News representative an opportunity of practically testing the machine during a run to Fitzroy and back. We are able to say that the device for changing speed is very simple, I and can be manipulated with ease .while running. Hy means of the 1 speed changer the ordinary gear of . .the bicycle, whatever it may be, con I be reduced 25 per cent, for hill ! j Climbing, or where the'road is level ' land fast time desired, the normal . | gear can be raised 2f> per cent, by \ simply moving a small lever. Ail 1 .three speeds work with the freo ' I wheel, and it is obvious that tho vantages of travel on an "up and down country,"- such as Taranakl, must be groat with a machine of this sort. The bicycle in question is fitted with two cable brakes, head* 1 lock, and is in fact a good sample 'of the latest production of the Budge- ' I Whit worth Company. J | The price of butter on the Londou ' market has for the last six weeks , been a good deal higher than it has been at this particular season Tor | some years past, although a cable , message on Saturday state;! that t prices were easier. Enquiries by a ( I'osl reporter this morning amongst t produce exporting linns elicited an explanation. There has 'been lor i Homo time a considerable shortage s in the supplies sent to London. The c Siberian and Kussian supplies have •'

■- been completely checked, and other 1 countries hav,e also had short S uj>s plies lor export. Some of the ex's pprling countries have actually been 1 exporting considerable quantities of 1 butter, a fid Canada and the Unite:! 0 Stales havo both been buying in tho it London marfiet. The position, said u (i 'Jocwl mprchant, is unique, in that (1 thq shortage extends to all classes of 1 the article Ho thinks, however, that o the top price ljas been reached, and that, although prices should keep I .withing 2s to 4s of the present Jiglive for Some weeks, thy advent of I the northern spring will result in a i * S r adtial drop to normality. Anoth-I pr exportpr, on the other liaml, i .tmnks that prices will show a fur- I thcr rise, and will stand at a f,r m I levd throughout the coming winier. I | With respect to prices in the local ' .market, these have already udvaiiq-1 .Od a halfpenny, and wKI bo Wnher than usual throughout Hie winter |i.be explanation is that tin; .Ire miimjiner Caused a shortage iioc-;-,si"tul'ii<. ;tho despatching of March 1 .si:op|i o , to jLoadon, and a part of t!.-* Ai.iii supplies will also 1» ex.>.,r. ol | As the March and April butt..,- j s lls . ually placed in cold store toi assist Hi meotjng the local winter demand it will be seen that thore will be a- tight pinch. The supplies coming in from the country districts are ' said to be aiU'oady from 25 to l 30 • per cent, less than the amount usual 1 at this time o'f the year, i

During the financial year ending March 31st, the Wellington Benevolent Institution paid away for rent [or persons who were given relief, the sum of £963 as against £ 1250 the previous year. 1 Mr Smith, M.11.1t., received a telegram from tlie Minister for Pub- ( li'q works on Wednesday intimating ■ , that the tender of Messrs Boon , Bros. had been accepted for the erec- . tion of the Pungurehu post oilice. : The exports tor the month of ! March from the port oMVuea were : 21,498 boxes butter ' (10,749cwt), 1 value £47,056 ; lit) cases cheese (80 1 cut), value £l(j8; wool, value, 1 £ii~(K*> ; 592 cwt frozen meat, value £llß ; total, £51,707. There was a good assembly aJ, the ' Tennis Court on Wednesday., when the linal of the ladies' championship was played oft between Mis Mannering and Mrs Thompson. The copied honour for t/hii yeur was i-c;:uie.l by Mrs Mannerinjj. The men's I'lunipionship final will take place this aiternoon, when A. 1.. Tuke und Nicholson will play for supremacy. A large gathering is e.X)>ectul nt the courts on Satiu'day afternoon when the season will foe brought t 0 u conclusion. The ladies arc providing afternoon teav and members are invited to bring their friends. To say that a novelty has the | countenance of llarntim and ltniley is to say that it is Well worth a visit, and that provided by I'anl Delano, who appears here to-nig'ht, is no exception. A representative of the Daily News had a private view of the wonderful tattoos on his body. These were worked by a Mexican in Central America, and far surpass anything in this line we have seen. There are dragons, ships, heads, serpents, flowers, and mottoes, all with artistic design. Mr Delano, who claims to be the champion juggler, will give exhibitions of this in Kelsey's" Buildings. It is worth remembering that for excellen«e of style and quality comjbined with large range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery, you . must go to J. H. Parker, Jeweller, next j railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.* MORE ABOUT RIIEUMO. Mr W. Welland, 42, Tory Street, writes: "I have suffered severely from rheumaltism, until I tried your Itheumo. I have since recommended it to many with-very pird results."- What cured Mr Wolland will cure you. Try it. Sold by ail chemists and storekeepers, 2s <°xl 'inl 4s 6d. Wholesale Agents, Kemp'thorne, J'rosser and Co. 2 A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCI HON. | The Western Alodical Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue I "Thousands of physicians in this and other countries have attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is not only reliable, hut thnt. it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Your heu'.th is too precious t 0 be tampered with, therefore reject all products foisted upoffl you by unscrupulous inei'ceranjics, and insist upon' getting Sunder and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended by your physician and the meilical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diarrhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, burns, etc., it heals without inflammation. As a mouthwash f5 drops to a glass of water) it prevents decay of teeth, and destroys nil disease germs.*