LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7882, 26 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An advertiser writes 'lO us in the following strain : "Dear Sir,—Kindly withdraw my odvertisunent from yoi'r wanted column, as I have let lb • house. In doing So I feel lioii.d to acknowledge the great value nf ihis column as an advertising melii.'in, a lew insertions being, ns u rule, all that are necessary." The arra|.|gemcnts are -well in hand (:. the Garrison Hand ball, to lie hj, !(1 in the Theatre Itoyal to-inorrow cwnf ;:, and the function promises to he a jC'cil social success. The or<:h stra has just i-eceivcd |the latest •h nee music dir.ct from the con'luctr r of the largest orchestra (.")<! performers-) in the I'nited Kingdom, ami t!.' band intend making the music a sr.cial f«iliire of this year's 1 gatherin -. The final practice of the new V.ilcttn waltz was l held last evening an 1 this dincc promises to be a very popular introduction. The com--11 i 1 tee desire to' remind the ladies who have promised dishes for the supper to have them in readiness, for c Meet ion to-morrow. "F/vervono will lie glad to know," ... rites Sir H. W. Lucy, from London, to the Sydney Morning Herald, "that Miss Ellen Terry, after some reverses <>f her long sustained good fortune, l.'.x happened upon a returning g'wim. \l- Bnrrie tells me that tho gifle\ ;>ctress' engagonignt to play the prin- ■ ipal part in his new play, " Alice. :; t-by-the-lire," is based on a Salary '' £'JllO a week. As the niece is goi;g stronir, promising to run i»'i in-.!,-finite number of niehts. the prosis pleasing. The payments made <> popular aclors and singers exceed i:ost forms of wage. Cabinet Minisirs are not in the running on this track. Even the Lord Chancellor, ■■vhose salary is double (Jiat of his most hi«hly-paid CnUtnel Colkiague]. ■mst ne-ds have taken a back seat when the late Dan Lenre was in the '■oom with his weekly wage of £. r i<.<> Mr George Alexander is publicly re norted to have signed an agreement for a long term at a pnympnl ol .C2.->0 a week.

To commemorate tlye surces-suil completion of (he Simplon Tunnel an International Exhibition on a very large s-;\lo is to Ik> held in Milan next year, anil a strong committee has be<vi. formed to secure the suc:vss of 'he undertaking, which has th" nfv-l-roval and stip|mrl. of his Majesty the Kind of Italy, and of the Italian (loveinment. Special information n> sptcting the progress, laws, etc., ol other countries to be collected. The followij-g is from the Waiinale Witness :—"Si>cnking to a representntibc or this Journal in regard to the toported outbreak of an unknown disease amon£ young cattle at Kaimate, near Inglewood, Captain iYoiing, (•»'• vcrninent veterj'tary surgeon, who has lieen instructed to visit and report pn the outbreak, stated that hi" dm* noi anticipate the disease to be an uncommon one. 'Hue deaths have (,ecn spread over a number of years - , und he is of opinion that the extent of tlie trouble has been very considerably exaggerated. Tire disease, he believes, is lung-worm, common to voting stock." An interesting figure at the Maori tangi at I'orirua settlement on Saturday was ait old deeply-tattooed 'native named Poufrumi. a member of the Ngatiitaukawa tribe, whose homo is at Ortau, on thu Wellington-Mnna-iwitu line. Poiitniun is the last of the tattooed men of tin- native, race in this part of the colony. His fact' is thickly I'moko'd" in the deep-cut patterns of half a century ago. Among the native women of most native dis-M-icts in this island face-tattooing is still kept tip, and a l.iue-chisi-lleU chin is looked on as a tohu-rangatJru," u ■hiefly adornment and a token of patriotic racial pride. In another ten or liftcvn .wars, however, a tattooed. Miori man will be as rare a bird as the Notornis Mantvlli. The London corresptyiHent of the Auckland Star, writing under date dune 17, says: Mr T. Honayne, general manugej- of the N.W. Government' railways, has just arrived from Washington! where he has been attending the International Kuilway Congress. Mr Honayne expects to remain about a month in this- country looking i':ito railwaj- matters before he returns to the eulogyOne of the most extraordinary eases in New Zealand criminology is involved in the proceedings which have been taken by the police against a young girj resident of Kumctoa, I near Woodvjlle the Manawatu I Times). The ca&e jor. the police is : that she was riding along a road one j day recently and came upon a mob of dairy cows. Acting under a sudden temptation, she drove the animals in front of her to Pahiaiua, where the weekly stock sale had just, closed. The girl saw the auctioneer, and he told her she- was tcto late, but called a dealer over and asked him to make an offer. He said £2 (l he owner values them at £lO each), but a bystander offered £2 Ids, ami the glr) got the cheque and rode away. The owner of tin' cattle Was absent from the district, and when he returned, advertised for bis lost cows, but in vain. Luckily for him but unluckily for the girl some of the cows changed hands and came into the possession of a neighbour some distance away. They were identified, the police were communicated Willi, and the girl arrested. Meantime she bad made use of a portion of the ui/iney to some advantage, and fairly si-aggered local femininity hy appearing ail a local ball in a wonderful dress wide!* gained her a Mledom. The ■incident, is the more' painful, and astonishing as the girl, who is 21 years of age, is of very respectable parentage, and could not have been in need of money for (he 'ordinary eomfo!** and conveniences lof life. She seems, if the evidence in correct, to have succumhed lo an unfortunately sudden and .overwhelming hallucination.

Mr J. G. Wilson announced at the Agricul in-,-J C-mference that a very important, deposit of phosphate rock.runnin; up u, 75 per cont., fniad harm discovered in the centro of an agricultural district in New Zealand He was told by tho Government Geologist that tho percentage of ChristI mas Islarf.l phosphate, viz., 80, was exceptionally high, so the Now ZoaI land discovery was most hn()ortant. I lie had been urging the Minister of Agriculture and his officers to see , that this deposit was at onco pur--1 chased.

Speaking upon the subject of ragwort at the Agricultural Conference, Mr tJ. V. Tate (Tarannki) referred to the carelessness' of some fanners in regard to seed. He said that if a our- . tain man, near Inglewood'.had not allowed a .piece of ragwort to grow I'ccntii'c the flower was pretty, there would not to-day be thousands of acres in tho district covered with it. At the same time, even with care, they could not be truite Immune from ragwort.

It has been decided to establish a Faculty of Agriculture at the Mel bourne" I'nlver.sity,. which will conf'r both a di|-l-=ma nn 1 La degree. The, latter will carry the title of Bachelor nf Agriculture. It is proposed thai the course shall start in Jll.irch next, but the study system has already been arranged, so that a number of stiid'.'h'fs will Ciuve onipleled their lirst course by that tirtie, and will bo entitled to enter as second year stu-

dents. An officer of the law was in a i|Uandary, at the Jlusterton S.M. Court the ottier day as to what should be none with a bottle of whisky, which had been conliscateti. It could not be returned to the pro-, hibiti'd person from whom it was taken ; what was to he done. wit|i it v Mr .lames suggested that it should be given to some charitable institution, whereupon a solicitor, with a genial smile, volunteered to act as amicus curiae. The offer was not accepted. The. liquor still remains in the possession of the police.

Recently an cxtvao-rdinary scene was witnessed at Slip). A local excise official was cycling' past the Town Hall, and when, looking up he saw a huge rat make its way along the overhead electric light wires leading from Messrs Pollcxfen's flour mills t/o the residence of Mr Jackson J.P., one of the partners of the. firm. The allention of the Town Hall officials was drawn to the unique spectacle, and they watched an army ol rodents, numbering between 100 and ISO, pass along the wires, balancing themselves with their tails, which shot from side to site as they lost their balance ou one side or the other. Not a single rat fell and they passed safely from sight until they were hidden 'jy the roofs of the three storey houses over which the wires passed. The rodents had journeyed i some 200 yards before they came in-' view al the Town Hall. j The Poultry Society has everything arranged -for its annual t|ho\v ; . To__ by held in the Drill Hall on I-rixlay and Saturday. Mr Hyde. Govern-ei-nt Ton iry Expert, has telegraphed his intention ol being* present, and the i'pmmittcu has invited him to attend its supper, to he held on the first night wf the show. M'he Mayor has signified his intention of being present, and the. committee is extending invitations to visiting memerg of kindred societies. Childn.'n under 12 will be admitted half price 'ach day cyf the show.

The Financial Statement says that', in the year 1855 our population, exclusivo of Maoris, wus 37,192, of which 1-1,000 represcntiil the births for the year. In 1904 the population had increased to 857,."!19, births ueing 22,75(i. Jn 1858 livestock to tailed 1,1575,4 M), whilst in 11MM they bad increased to 20,«81,978. In 1858 the area includod in sown grass and under cultivation was 141,0t>7 acres, whilst in 1904 tho land under similar cultivation amounted to i;i,B(VB,074 acres." In 3 855 1 exports of the produce of tho colony were valued at £365,867, whilst in 1901 they increased to £14,<i01,787. I n 1855 the imports were £81:1,460, whilst in 1904 they wore £13,291,(591. The lotal trade in 1855 was £1,179,327, and in 1901 it wins £27,89:1.481. The shijiping in 1855 wns, inwards, 88,il4 tons: outwards, 79,825 tons; in 1904 the shipping inwarfis was 1,154,509 tons; outwards, 1,144,761 lons- The nliove -gives only a bird's eye view of tho progress which las already been made, and which will be eclipsed during the next fifty •■ears.

Two peciiWnrly similar stories concerning the strange deaths of cows ire reported. 'llin Christclnirch Press mentions one cow, purchased a fortnight ago by a Doyleston resident, which died. On an autopsy ieing made the stomach was found to contain several old boots and nails. The Auckland Star gives the account of the second case, which is •'ijunlly unusual. A cow at Kowhai, so the story goes, suddenly became unwell and .died, and its owner made :i;i> examination. Everything seemed healthy till he came to tho heart! ind heiT he saw something shining. He opened the prgnn up, and found ,1 25-inch wire nail had penetrated :he heart. This cow was always fed in the ball, and close 'by its head wns a small shelf, where a hammer and nails were always kept. From Ihe shelf the nail must have fallen fnto the hay, and ilwen swallowed by the cow. 1 In addition to the entries already I published (or the cattle sale at Ra- | hotu to-morrow, Mr Newton King I will sell tho household furniture of IMr W. N. Barker, who is leaving tho district. During Hie match on the racecourse on Tuesday nfternoon between the Trainers and Jockeys l an'd the Publicans. E. Laurent, playing for the former team, had tho misfortune to disloccte his knee. The accident will necussilate his; laying lip for some days. Mr Brerctop, manufacturing jeweler and electrician, nf Queen Stseet, undertakes the instiillution of electric circuits and the manufacture of jewellery to any design. Vogeltown residents should note that the 'bus time-table has been altered, to take effect (mmediately. Thu amended running is advertised in this issue.

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The Financial Statement, of aboiil. j 8000 words, was telegraphed to up. last night. Tho operator recei*iig| the message, Messrs Fookes, .Kssen, I and Mclisaacs, deserve, every crwli'l for the manner in which the "fliinßi" was turned out. Mr Newton King reports tho Bale jy auction of the plant and cutting rights of the Co-operative Sawmil'lmg Company of Tarnnaki, Limited, to Mr E. G. I'age, of Eltham. The technical classes weiv Continuwl 81 the Central School lust night, when classes in plane »nd solid geometry, freehand and niovicl drawing, snor-thand and bookkeop.ng were well altendid. I'p to the present 69 students have been enrolled. Touight 1 lasses in arithmetic (junior and senior) and machine construction will bo held. As , a . number of the students are taJdng several classes, the timetable will iiu alien:!, anil oacli subject will betaken for two censecutive hours on it K nifht, inwten<l c-f for I one hour tt nipht on two nights as at present.

Th.'re was but, a small attendance at the mooting hejd in the Old Freemasons' Hall last nigi'it for the purposo of protesting against the introduction of Bible-reading into our State schools. Mr Ad. Goldwatci was voted to the chair. After tho conv.-ner, Mr F. A. Tregclles, had explained the position, Messrs Aa. Goldwater, G;. A. Green, J. T Smith, Sloan, ,arw» F. A. Tregclles were ap]x>inted a provisional committee to obtain signatures to a petition approved by the meeting. The petition, which will be forwarded to the Government, asks that the present systum of free, secular, and compulsory education b/e not interfered

with, and that tho proposed Referendum Bill provide ftxr a direct I vote on the sltraight-out issue, "Are you in favour of uhe present system of .'lccular education, or itn fa.Voun Of religious instruction l>eing introduced into the public schools of tho polony ?" Mr George Riddell warns dog owners and others that poiston is laid on bis farm at Waiwakaiho. The Painters' f'nion notify master painters that tho employment book is now kept at the Golden Grid restaurant. On Saturday Mr Newton King l will oiler by nuction sevcru! sections of kind in the bankrupt estate of J T. While.