LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8046, 7 February 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In the iuternational liugby foolbull match on Saturday, Wales boat Scotland by nine points to three. At Aucklaad, 011 the 2nd inst., on the application o£ Mr Hughes, His Honor Mr Justice Edwards granted probate of tlio will ot the late Bryan Henry Darnell to Messrs liobert John Bakcwell anil liobert Clinton Hughes, the executors named in the will. Notwithstanding a general appearpearanee of quietness in town, the business people of New Plymouth report business good. Messrs Morey and Moore state that Saturday last was one of the busiest days the lirm has experienced, over four hundred customers being attended to 011 that day. Talking of the price of meat, one New Plymouth butcher points out that it is unreasonable to expect that prices should lie lower than those ruling prior to the erection of the abattoirs, lie points out that his expenses 111 connection with the abattoirs are. over £SOO per annum, tvliilo his staff remains the same as when he did his own slaughtering. The dairying industry 111 Queens" land is making rapid advance. During December butter and cheese factories in the southern portion of the State paid £IOO,OOO for milk. At present there arc awaiting shipment at Brisbane 12,000 boxes of butter, of the value of about £30,000. This large quantity has accumulated during a fortnight. Mr Andrew Tooby, wiio, says a northern paper, oiliciated as judge of cattle at the Nuliaka Show, states that lie was astonished at the progress that is being made by the Maoris in that district, who can show the Europeans points in industry and the excellence of their fanning. The natives'sec.ired the lion's share of the prizes at the Show.

The Xcw Plymouth Recreation Sports Ground Committee intend putting on a grand sacred concert in the Theatre lioyal on Good Friday evening. The services of Mr Hamilton Hodges, the well-known baritone soloist, of Auckland, have been retained for the occasion. Iu connection with the Garden Party in the Itecrealion Grounds on February 31st, the Oommittee are offering prizes for the best fancy dress, anil also for the most original costume for both bnys anil girls. Anyone wishing to enter for the poster or fancy dress may do so by notifying Mi's Doekrill.

Any machinery user is able to appreciate (lie fuel that the slightest breakdown may eventuate iu u serious mechanical accident, if proper cxperieneeil attention is not given at once. No matter how trillinm or how complicate.! the (rouble with your machinery may seem, write for ailvice anil assistance lo Okey anil Hollo, the Taranaki Foundry, New Plymouth. Charges are very reasonable.—Ami. Commenting on the result of the Wales-Scotland football match, the New Zealand Times says The result of this contest may alford some salve to our footballers and (heir supporters lor (he disappointment felt at New Zealand's defeat bv Wales last December, inasmuch as it shows that the Welshmen are in excellent form this season, and to be beaten by them involves no disgrace, When the Maorilanders met Scotland the northerners put up a great light, and it was only in the last, few minutes thai the visitors succeeded in scoring the half-dozen points that Save them the verdict. In the lill) 1-05 season the Scottish-Welsh match resulted favorably for Wales by 21 points lo 3. In the past twenty-one years Scotland has beaten Wales twelve times anil been beat on by Wales eight times, and one match has been drawn.

Tliis is a sample of the bosh that is , being printed about the dairying industry in Tai'anaki. It is from Christchurch " Truth " Wlio can read the story of the sweated child slaves of Taranaki and refrain from indignation? Hurry up, Christian ladies and gentlemen, and subscribe liberally to the missions in India—lndia, where they don't work delicate children to dentil, and have a religion older than ours. Taranaki you needn't consider. It is Christian already." The plans for the new Technical School are being prepared as speedily as possible with a view to having tenders invited at the next meeting of the Education Board. As the building has to be erected in brick, il is not expected that (he Government grant of £3,501) will sullice to provide a building possessing any claim to architectural beauty, and il the people desire that the building should be one of beauty as well as utility, they will have to open their purse strings. The school will be erected on a commanding site facing Liardet street.

The Government Biologist, in a Icnile which lie Ims issued, states that the onion mildew lias been greatly in evi. deuce, tlie climatic conditions during the past season having been especially favourable for its rapid dispersal. The disease is mused by a fungus, a near relation of the potato blight. The first signs of disease consist of the development of yellowish patches 011 the leaves. These areas soon become covered wilh a delicate coating of mould, much as if they liad been powdered wilh Hour. This coaling soon changes to a grey or liglit brown colour. Meanwhile the disease increases rapidly until the whole leaf is alTectcd and withers away. Mr .Kirk recommends that the crop should be thoroughly sprayed wilh Bordeaux mixture as a preventive, but, if that has been neglected, then it should be thoroughly sprayed as so.m as Iho disease is delected. Spraying should he repeated whenever the disease up. pears to be gaining ground. The use of potassium-sulphide—loz to Iwog.illons of water—is also effectual, aud is recommended for small plots.

If the English Liberals nt'c in earnest in Ihe desire they have expressed lo see an end put to the e inpayment of Chinese labour in llie Transvaal, they will not have to w ail long, snys the London correspondent of a Melbourne paper, for definite encouragmcnl from a large mid increasing section of tlie people of the colony. The special correspondent of the Daily Chronicle at Johannesburg repeats in the strongest terms that the people there—"outside the mining houses and (heir hangers-on " —are altogether antagonistic to the coolie influx, and will give conclusive proof of their hostility at Ihe coming local elections. Many man in good positions at the capital "loathe and detest the whole shameful business," mid the mine-owners Iliemselves are nimble to conceal its failure from their point of view. The Chinese cost more than the Kallirs, both to recruit and maintain, mid they do less work by nearly 51) per cent." The working cost of the mines are going up, and the latest statistics short' a decline in the total output of gold on the field.

For the "shady nook," or a i|uie road during the evening, much pleasure is provided by well-selected books, of Ibe deeply interesting kind. When once you pick up stories sneh as tbe following, yon absolutely cannot put them down until finished : " Beverley, of (iranst.'irk," by MeCulebeon , "The l'illar of Light," by Louis Tracy; "The l'rineess I'asses," n delightful novel by C, and A. jl. Williamson; or " r.X.1i.1." liy Peter Jiosscgcr. 'l'hese are but a few of Mr T. li. if idder's selections ; bookseller, of Devon street. These books make pleasing gifts al auv time.—Advl Men who sliave themselves should he informed of th excellence and smooth.cutting qualities of the "Kiwi" mora. Have an even tempor, extraordinary keenness of edge, do not vibrate when cutting into an extraordinary heavy beard, and give von a clean, luxurious sliave, even if you have the tuuchicsl skin. Make me prove the.-e statements. I will change your razor as often as you like until you are satisfied. KIWI is the name. Get it at J. Averv's, the place for men's sundry needs, Devon street.—Auvi

Tlio tender of Henry Brown and Co. 1 has been accepted by tlic Tarauaki Education Hoard for sullies of school furniture for a term of three years. The Mayor of OhrisUluireh, Mr (J. M. Gray, lias written to Sir Joseph Ward suggesting that the Government should earnestly consider the question of the electrilicatiou of the Lyttclloii railway line, with the object of abilcdiiug the smoke nuisance in the litiiu.'l.

Owing to a mishap (o tin- tit PjiUm, the mail Inin was I') minnles J lie in in*riving al >W Plymouth on Tm *sday evening. Housewives should ljo.-iv in niiinl the l<r«c fruit s:ile to" be lielil l>y Mr Newton King this afternoon. The consignment is large anil well assorted, and include*, amongst other choice varieties, a large number of cases of the well-known Blue Diamond ]dum, Which is such a favourite for bottling.

One of the Cossack olliccrs of Moscow who recently protested ag.iinst the use of the Cossacks in massacring Russians escaped the clutches of the police ami arrived in London. After much persuasion his natural suspicion was overcome, and in a strange guttural language he said to a correspondent of the " Evening Standard " : lfeccnt events have made the name of Cossacks synonymous with bloodthirsty, callous, butcher ; but those who have made us what we are now are the bureaucrats. Our education consists of only one sentence: " The Czar is your supreme master, whose words you have to obey like the words of the Lord, and for whom you have to fight and die.' As a matter of fact the Cossack knows of no other god than his 'Little Father ' "

Among the largest sheepowncrs in the colony are rnnholders iu the Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay districts. In the following figures are compiled from the annual sheep returns:—T. S. Williams, Tuparoa, 8!),907 sheep; R. Campbell and Sons. Wailaki and Wallace Counties, K5,9(i.J; Archdeacon Williams, Hawke's Bay, 79,772; Dalgety and Co., Wniroa, Vincent and Selwyn Counties, 71,210; New Zealand and

Australian Land Company, Waimate, 62,953; G. P. Donnelley, Hawke's Bay, 61),010; R, D. I). McLean, Hawke's Bay, 56,000; 6. and P. Hunter, Porongahau, <18,000; J. D. Orlnond, Hawkc's Bay, 52,1'JU. Air Williams is the largest sheepowncr in the eolony. At the Wangantii l'oliee Court, J H. Parker, formerly a porter at Kai Iwi station, was charged with the theft of railway ticket*. It was explained that two [young ladies whom accused knew in New Plymouth wero passengers on the train which met with the acci.lent at Momohaki. They wished to return to Mow Plymouth', aud not having tickets, asked the accused to oblige them. As a result he took two first-class tickets and gave them to his friends, intending, he asserted, to pay for them out of his next week's wages. In the second ease, in which one ticket was involved, it was understood that the lad had torn it up, while in the third ease, in which again only one ticket was involved, it appeared that the lad had bought some cheap jcvcllcry from an Assyrian hawker and had given a ticket m payment. Accused pleaded guilty and was admitted to probation for nine months. ■ Mr K. Takahashi, the Special Financial Commissioner of Japan, before leaving England for Tokio, stated that his Government has established a new bureau in (lie Department of Finance for the control of a separate fund to pay the principal and interest of the national debt. The department will bo known as the Loan Consolidation Bureau, lie informed Renter's representative. Every year the Government will set aside .€11,600,000 out of the revenue for the service of the national debt, and by the employment of this sum Mr Takahaslu says all Japan's indebtedness will be extinguished in about thirty years. "The general policy of Jjie Government for the moment," lie said, "is one of retrenchment, But at the same time it will bo lieeOssary to continue a policy of preparedness, both from a naval and military standpoint. To make our allianee .with Grrat Britrin effective, we must be always prepared," Since her introduction to society the first winior her father was President, Miss lioosevelt has continued to grow prettier and more attractive in manner and speech, while losing none of her frank open nature. " She was a shy, demure-looking slip of a girl the day slie first crossed the threshold of the White House," says the Washington correspondent of the " New York Herald." then she has bloom® iuto a Tivaeio.is, fascinating young woman, aud numbers her friends by the score. Aud they are not all new friends either, who may have been attracted to her by her position, for a host of old schoolmates declare her to be as jolly a companion as when she was the daughter °| the Assistant Secretary of the avy. Miss lioosevelt is the popular daughter of a popular President, facts which suggest what one paper calls a serious question: " What will she do with all the wedding presents she will undoubtedly get i" Representative -Nicholas Longworth, the bridegroomelect, is thirty-six years old, of large frame, inclined to stoutness, good looknig, with brown hair aud eyes. He has the reputation of being a "'good fellow," tells a good story, sings a good song, and is an all-round good companion, and m consequence is immensely popular in Washington, Mil STBVENS'S S'l'OHY. Mr John Stevens, J.|>„ „f u tiles: " Home months since ) had a severe attack ot rheumatism, and was advised to try (tie e lioacy of Khemuu. I did so with 'most satstaetpry results. After taking two buttles it has praclicallv cured me. I have no hesitation in saving thai your remedy is the best I haie used." Wkmuu,,, It given a lair trial, will cure you of rheumatism, gout, lumbago, sciatica and kindled disease", just as it cured Mr Stevens and hundreds of others. It is sold by all chemists and stores at 2s 6d ami 4s (id a bottle.