LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 78956, 11 August 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Portuguese official circles are discu.'sin# a proposal to ni(nke lVlagoa i* \ a free port. It is believed the development in trade would counter!>alpnee the loss Customs revenue. .Mr >Towton Kinfe reports having sol i, on behalf of Mr Shortlander, the goodwill of his le a se in the Ingkwl( d Hotel to Mr Fml Calgher, of X: w Plymouth. Mr Calgher ,h a s taken possession.

Af the annual meeting of the Tai■V] o Riir.v Company, u. .e of th« ■l-Cakci* emphasised the fact that uppliers should be most careful to Miie that everything connect**! with ; heir vessels wjas clean. In one int n e half a Iwr of soap had been di covered in (he supplier's cream.

A I,„ U„n cable s a \s a portion of *he consignment, of meat by the earner Somerset was condemned at . iu'ipool as "spotty." Owing U <' >id>n cold storagn oWtaers refusing fi> reduce charges, the colonial me a t .u.porters are considering a project to establisli a co-operative store. Frederick Simmons, married, aged "rty-live, died on 'l\iesda,v night jp paddci cell at Mount Eden gaol. We hud been remanded on a charge ■>f drunkenness, and suddenly liec.ime >ioknt. throwing utensils about. Iloclors were summoned, a; I'd found him in a state of complete collapse. Ariiliciul respiration was tried without avail.

In the Sydney Arbitration Court, on Wednesday, Judge Gibson, in finig an employer a half-iienny for pay:ig a Workman less than the pre■iribitl wipje, spoke 'very strong!;i the 1 nion's action in applyag for a [icnalty, as the in ;1 n war vial le to do responsible work, and ad been employed out of kindness le would n>w have to be turn" ,ut into the street.

A cable from llombay says the naives are greatly iricerisid over (.he •roposel partition of the pro inces and at'ding a [Kirtion to As nn. Immense meetings of protes eld in Calcutta endorsed tie resolu ions passed at recent provinciu meetings to Iw.vcott Uritish goods a: i protest against liriti;h indilTorenc ■i regard to Indian affairs and the lovernment's disregard "of Indian pub ic opirfion.

On Thursday afternoon the Tar»inki (Juards, under Captain Mills rained to Waitara for the puqtose of tercisv in route marching. Th ■ com•any was met ut the Waitara staion by the members of the Wiiitarn •ifliw, and marched to the hitters' amp, where after tea. the two coinanies paraded and headed for Now lymouth. The Waitara Rifles aemijanied their comrades for about mile, when a halt was made, and xpressions of thanks fo. - the kind rent mint extm-ted by the Waitara 'titles to the visitors were expressed 'lie (Junivis made the joum-v into Vew Plymouth in 2 hours .">0 minutes, isy going.

Wo would remind our reafl-'is of th< ■io'iraph enlert,]in 11l to be given in tlin Whiteley Hall t.'iis i-v.jiinj; t>\ he liritieh Hiogrnph Company. Th cents itu'ludf Fvn-rIun-t and the Hive'rhif.os, Scotland and its beaiitifu! Jens and lochs. Ireland and I-aki \i]lanu'y. America and the Kills «! viagai'u. an.l the Hot Lukes and eysvrs at Hotorua. Inteiniiersi*! ivith those will lie .">OOO feel of livin >ifture films, including many new t< New Plymouth. Besides these attractions will fic musical selec lions by the'latest loud-'lpcaking Ri'a.napbone. Hejmi'ts from other eeni'(s speak highly of the uiU'rta'in* uent. \vhit;h is considerably above he average in the tolnny : in leed one Auckland paper .speaks of it is the best yet seen there.

Reporting to the Works Comtiijt■ec on Friday night the Borough- Kn;iueer (Mr K. llarvey Gibbon) statd, inter alia, that Mr Mestaycr had ■xprcssed his unqualified approval of ,lie manner in which the septic tank :ontract has been carried out. The ;ank will be ready lor connection ibout the end of next week. The pipe >ridgc over the Hautoki should \!f finished about the same lime. The •ottage at the reservoir was completed, and that at the abattoir nearly ;o. Halt" the quantity of metal orlercd for Devon Street had been ipread. The contractor for the pow■r house had made a start, draining life water from the site of the building. The contractor for the electric light bad also made a start, poles' laving 'been erected from tlve borough lroundary to about a mile beyond the lenui/(ridge. Tlie Icrrg-concrete culvert in Queen Street had been finishid, and file filling should be done, at ' once. He proposed to use the stripi ping from the gravel pit. In order that tile sewage delivery be not 100 • ifilily diluted it pas essential that Uie continuous flows should be regulated. Automatic flush tanks should lie insisted upon in all urinals, and; the lavish use of water by means of hose should lie prevented by metering the service. Proper alii) efficient grease traps should be installed at all hotels, imariling' houses, hospitals and- all %uiKdings where extensive culinary operations are carried on. The report was adopted.

Tim Wellington City Council is being urged to have all cars required in future (or the cjty' tramways manufactured locally, A deputation from the Trades and Labour Council and the Industrial Association, which waited on the Works Committee of the Council expressed the opinion that practically the whole of the cars could *be manufactured in the city, and that they would be quite equal in quality, and quite as cheap, as J.lie imported article. It was pointed o#t the Railway Department is liianufactu'riijg In large numbers-, and most profitably'; at (Uj(i in Ohristchurch, saving money lufniflg out an article which it was claimed was letter in pwy respect than the imported. The i-'WjMAiiiiliw? trade was not in u very flourishing condition, but if Hip £4(1,01)0 or £st>,flO(t spent fay cats had been expended locally it woutd have been possible fo start a factory to compete with . ny. in the world, l'lii'ic was no timber anywhere better than New Zealand kauri. As for Uii! iron and electrical work, the deputation did |(oj claim thai this should ho done in the c.qlony, hecause it held the opinion that our industries arc not able to cope with work of that class. It was stated in reply to the deputation that the Tramways Committee has already, decided to recommend the Comici) to have all cars required in future Mailt ufactutc-il in WslUiiglePt

The annual meeting of the New Plymouth I 'ort iniltural Society will be held in tho Town Hall at 7.30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21. [ Advices received in London this week from the Oamcroons state that reports arc current that a tribe of cannibals has eaten 2000 negroes and eight ;German^. It is reported that the Nova, Sew. tian apple crop will not exceed 250,000 barrels, instead of Hie usual '(>00,000 barrels. Orders have been issued at Cleveland (U.S-A.) for a general strike against the American Bridge Company. It extends from Maine to California and involves over 15,000 men.

Graziers in seavch of a good invest- j merit. should read Air Newton King's advertisement in to-day's News,where-? in he gives particulars of a compact farm of G2O acres of f(oml grazing la. d, with nany improvements, including new iour-rofiined house,

;heep yards and cattle yards. The Hawera Star relates how a

young man named Outfield had a very narrow escape from a' fatal accident oji Tuesday while going down the Ivill near Mr Batten's property on tho Main, South road. Tie road takes a sharp' turn nt about the steepest part and danger is further increasdJ by a drop of three or four feet at the side. It appears that the lio'se, which was beflrtg driven in ft long-

shaft gig, was a young one, and did not take kindly to the work. Tho driver wns standing up in the gig in order to have ruoie control over the horse, when the latter slipp.ed. f'utlieM was thrown to the road, but

uckily clear of tlie vehicle. _T-h° siorsp was up in an iMstant, and £onitUKlod.hitf flight idovrn tlic hill by goover the frank before referred to ,ind landing the gig upside dfc>wn in a hoxthorn fence. Strange to H*y the driver wa9 unhurt and the gig only itVcred through the shafts being broken. These were tied up and the

journey, to Hawera safely completed. Reporting to the Works Committee on Thursday night, Mr A. H. Kendall, Borough Sanitary Inspector, stated that he had served notice of appeal on Mr White, driver of the New I'lymout'h-Opunike coach, in tho matter of taking out a license within the borough., One oase of typhoid has occurred wi-thiir the borough, in Courtenay Street. Many notices to stop leaky water taps had keen served, and plumbing work on several properties had been inspected. The wdrla of making the sanitary arrangements at the Coffee Palace as near as perfection as possible was now"Well under way. A notice as to the insanitary condition of the Drill Hall had resulted in application be-

ing made for sewer connection. The sanitary arrangements at tbc Old Masonic Hall had been improved. He found general satisfaction expressed that the septic tank is now so near completion, and that the discharge of crude sewerage into the Hautoki will s-hortly cease. No complaints

had been received as to the removal if nightsoil, and he could find no •:ase of improper disposal to tho detriment of adjoining occupiers, in

cases where burial in the grounds was •illowert. H was proposed to instal a septic tank at the South Road School. An invention has been patented by Mr W. Cowcrn, says the Hawera

Star, that gives promise ol achieving very considerable notoriety, ft is a well-known and admitted problem that to arrest oil, grease, and ctliti impunities from the exhaust condensed steam before returning it to the boilers as hot water is one of the most important to the engineering world generally, especially is this important on steamships where fresh water is not available. No known machine or device lias, wc believe, so f?r. accomplishtd this, although

machines are in use on all stcani,trips to minimise as far as possible the danger from the oil getting in-

to the. boilers,, as well as the loss iccasioned by 1 the consumption of ex-

tra fuel to overcome the oily scales deposited on the furnace crowns anil iides. 1 It is claimed by Mr Cbwern I hat. his paten t is perfectly effectual, and after passing through his filter the water is pure. It is also claAnid the application ol it will extend to city'and house supply, and for

all purposes where pure water is essential. Experts who have seen it n operation are very pronounced in their- opinion that it is a success. Its scope is almost limitless, and Mi

Cowcrn is proceeding to London Jit | onncction with this matter. | The Hon. K. Mitchelson, chairman if the Veterans' Home, received a [latter from Lord Ranfurly on Tues,lay, stating that he was glad to •hear that the Government intended to give £1 for £1 for the home. "1 im quite aware,"' ailital His Lordship, '"what an uphill task it has

m-ep, and wish to express my sin_ere thanks to you for your control, Without it I know only too well iiiat all my work would have gone

to the ground." Continuing, lie writes : "You will be pleased to hear if my daughter's enfjagiment (Lady Constance Knox) to Captain Gaskell, who was an A.D.C. on Sir Arthur Havelock's staff in Tasmania. . . 1 am sending out by this.mail to Archer, £lO as 'a pretsMit jfor a special fete for the old men on August 14, Which is my birthday, and in honour also ol my daughter's engagement. , ... I hear that Major Myers is Mayor of Auckland now, and .1 know ie takes a deep interest in the home. ... I met many New Zealanilers at the London dinner on June 28. We sat dawn 170 people aiiout, most of whom I either knew, or they knew jne. It was very pleasant meeting them ; more pleasant than dinners of such a nature jsually are, in that I had no speech lo make. . . . The pictures presented to Lady Ranfuily by the city of Auckland have been iminensly admired. They now hang in my diningroom at Dun-gannon. Though exceedingly glad to lie home in my own country, still 1! shall never forget the many pleasant years I spent in New Zealand."

The system of work on the Panama Canal (says a Panama telegram to Uie New York World) must be radically reorganised. There must be tpii tijpics as many steam shovels

in operation, and one thousand times less Governmental red tape, else the canal will not he completed for two hundred years. The statement is based incontrovcriibly on carelul observation and study here. The peoplo in the States tjmik, the French people did 110 work. The ipiprpssion is erroneous, as 7.5 per cent', of the work done up to was done b'y the French company. Travelling along the lini; pf the canal from Colon to Panama oiic sects millions of dollars' worth of abandoned French machinery. Thousands of small tral vclling-cranes, little engines, and dump-cars 'standing on the rails covered by vjnes jiml treps which have grown over and afoupq thembojjje of these have been recovered and put is use, but tp tlipughtful poojije all th|s ateniloneil a fid rusting machinery is soleinn warning lhat there lias been one failure to dig Hie canal, and that time Is passing. WHAT CAUSES RHEUMATISM, J lie real c.iuse of Khcuneitism is to be lound in thejjlood, which has become pointed through excess of uric ncjd, nnd in order to Cure the diseaso .tlig Wood must ftp puj-ified and restored to a nijalthy copclitlop. imonts i«nd plusLcr-s liwiy give tcmpppy rpljof, but can never remove the f'" ,se °f tl'B dppasp. The real remedy i« IIIIEUMo. it has i h inlands ol sufferers from Bheiima[t Bni, Gout, Spiatica and kindF.ddljjpa.scs. Jt wjll cu?e y o u I •lust, give it a f«j r tibial. Therp ill ' nothing equal to liHEUMO fl s nn antidote to Kheumatlsm, Ml chemists end storekeeper* sell it at 'is fid [and 4|>6B a bottle. Wholesale agents KomptAorae, Proescr and Co.* 2