LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 6 March 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

n was thirty-six years last night since Mew Plymouth was first illuminated by gas. The prizes won at the garden party swimming sports will be presented lit the euchre party on Thursday evening. Commercial travellers report that trade in all the towns throughout the province is much more brisk than has been the case lor some time past. A new water-sprinkler, obtained from Christc.hurrh by the Masterton Borough Council, has a holding capacity ol 111 I", gallons, and is capibie of sprinkling llie whole width of any of the Maslerton streets at once. fel'iu-onno.'tinu with the euchre par.y on Thursday evening, the committee have decided to set aside a portion of the Theatre lor those who desire to play bridge. I be grain crops of Taranaki are now being harvested, but so far the yields arc not up to the average standard nf former seasons. The slraw, 100. is nl inferior i|italily. being dull and stiiiiled. Not much rust is reported, but in some crops caterpillars have played considerable havoc. Willi I lie warm weather tlie snow is rapidly inciting oil the moiiniain slopes, and the various ravines and gorges will doubtless be searched for I lie remains ol the young man who, ii will be remembered, was losi. the Mi'm l'lyniouth side of the mountain last autumn. Tf, as is supposed, the body is lying j,, C |],e ~f 11, ( . gorges above the snow line, it should be in a perfect state of preservation. " li)uccnsland Worker says that it cost nearly t'.'llliO to gel Mr John Hums returned for Ballersea ; and Mr ICcir Hardy's election I'm- Mertliyr.onc ol the cheapest ever known in (he J country, ran up a bill for Moil. Contrast thai will, the p.isilion iu Australia. 'I lie t v > tiecns la in I Ccnlral I'oli- | lical Kxeculne gol through the last elections for the Semite, and secured ' the whole three seats, lor about In England the returning ollieers' fees, . uliieh have to be paid by (he candi-' ; dates, would alone have amounted lo , several times that ligure. ;

MERIT KEWAIiIM'iI) lu oOUKT OK .irSTICIf. Tlic acknowledged good r|ii;,liliis and iiicciiss ul' ,S,VNOi;u and .Sons' Euc.w.vi'ti YTit.KT 1 lasc, |.]iiii;ilil out many imitations, aid one caw: was jusl tried'in the Su(nonic Court i.f Victoria, l.cl'orc his Honor C'liicr Justice Kir J Madden, KG M.U.. etc. His lienor, in giving jinlgiitenl, said that whenever an aiticle is euninn.nded to the public by reason fit ils good fjuality, etc., il is not permissive lo imilale any of ils features. Hc.strnimng the imitators ]njr[x-l ual'iv from doing so, lie ordered tlnjin to |'av all osts. We piiMi li llii* loalf'ird (he people an oppovUmih of vrolcctin- hemselves, and of securing what is pruved beyond all I doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria, and by many authorities during the last :i; years to be a preparation of genuine merit, <iz.:_ Tin; Oksi'inr & Sons I'i'i.'i: Viilatii.K Ki'CALrm ExritAcr.

•'f want to get on with sonic business. We arc only ' yakking' now."—Mr Stevens at yesterday's County Council meeting. , A meeting of the South lioad Methodist Tennis Club will be held at . " Heidelberg," on Wednesday evening, i at 7.80 sharp, | "The next business is the appointment of the County Engineer," said the i Taranaki Comity Chairman at Monday's meeting, and Cr. Andrews took off his coat. Okato residents will be pleased to learn thai the County Engineer has been authorised to forward details of construction o( footpaths there, and the work will be proceeded with at once. There are outstanding rales in the Taranaki County to llic extent of £1265 lis Id, Moa riding is responsible for £296 I.Bs (id, Omata £00:! 14s sd, aud Waitara £304 19s 7d.

The test cases instituted by the Taranaki County Council for the recovery of rates from ratepayers in the Eltham-road special rating area, will CJmc before the S.M. at New Ply. mouth next Monday. Five hundred invitations have been issued by the lloturoa Freezing Works for the afternoon tea party ill connection with the Dairy Conference on Wednesday aud Thursday. The Hygienic Bakery will have charge of the catering. The Military Band gave a most enjoj'able concert on the Esplanade last night. The evening was line and warm, tempting many people out to enjoy the excellent musical menu provided by Bandmaster Garry and his bandsmen. The children attending the Midhirst, Dcnb'g'i-road, Stanley-road and Salis. bury-road schools, with their parents, had their annual outing at the Breakwater on Monday. The weather was glorious, and the excursionists, of whom there were a very large number, enjoyed themselves immensely. Information has reached Wellington that Mr li, S. Low, who has been missing for some days iu attempting to cross Ihe Southern Alps from the western ranges has beer, found alive. The delay in reaching the Hermitage was owing to his having sprained his aultle. We have received enquiries about the Technical Classes, aud would point out to intending pupils to apply to th Education Board, as the controllin authority. The notice being ralhct' short, application should he made a! once. It is stntcd that the class foi electricity is likely to be a populat one.

AVe are asked to state that lliei-i are still many vacancies in 1 In- t-liorm for the grand concert to be given ai New Plymouth on (inod Friday. Tin programme to lie arranged is an excellent one, Mr Hamilton Hodges taking the solos. Our readers who may In musically inclined are asked to assis! in the chorus.. Particulars are lob, had from Mr liobbs, of Devon-street. Mr Kinsclla, the Dairy Cominis sinner, has expressed the opinion thai a good deal of exaggeration is indulged in liy people wilt) sit down ill Wellingtm and write articles about child labour in Taranaki. •' If they went | ( . Denmark and Canada," he said, " and siw how milking is carried on in those e iiintries, in bitterly cold weather, lliey would come to the conclusion that the children here have a picnic."

A report was current the other day that the Waipuku stream Wits.scouriii* l ' out the piers of the new bridge recently e-cclelon the Mountain road. The Taranaki County Council's foreman has made in inspection, and found that a few hags of sand' which had been stacked at one corner had washed away, giv.n; the appearance of scouring. He i< of opinion that the p crs will never scour, as they stand ou a solid bed of conglomerate stone a'id i.-onsaud.

Whilst Mr and Mrs W. Brown, of Lepperlon, were driving to Wailat'a on Monday inoruinj;. an accident occurred through some dogs rushing out on to the road and frightening (he horse. Mr Brown escaped with a few scratches, hut his wile was considerably bruisc.l, whilst the trap was broken in several places The dog nuisance is responsible for a large number of sninsliesitp. It will suon necessitate drivers a id riders carrying some instrument of canine destruction.

Ihe Commissioner of Crown Laud: proceeded against a number of tenants whose rents are in arrears, at the S.M Court. New Plymouth, on Monday Ju Jgment was given, by default, against the following defendantsWillian Woocluey (Kohuratahi), £ls 13s and costs iJ 1 10s lid ; James Neilson 11!uiakama), £7 12s 2d and costs .tills (id; J o'. King (Whaiigainoiuonal, £t(i !ls :id, and costs £1 10s (id. Judgment was also given by default in J. I). Murray v. lhos. .Judge, claim £3 3s and costs Ids Arnold George v. W. J. ltcvell, claim £;! 15s and costs 10s.

Human brings, ami more especially I lu* poor and the ignorant, are eonstuntly sulTering I'roni complaints of (lie imagination, says' ihe Manawatu " limes. Often weak tempem,mentally as well as physically, they become , frightened at the slightest symptom oJ' illness. Upon this class these charlatans, ignorant of physiology, ignorant of the first rudiments of pathology, but well schooled in the arts of deception v and chicanery, prey unceasingly. They have always got n remedy up their sleeves which cannot be divulged ; but whose superlative etlicaey lies in the 1 fact that it can cure absolutely everything from angina pectoris to house-1 maid s linee. Those individuals, who are in the composite a quaint admixture ol ihe rogue and I hi- ailvenlui'er, are exposed again ;md again in the law courts, and yet they operate with siieh nerve and confidence that tliev never lack tor dupes; poor miserable human beings, prepared to venture anything in order tluit their pains, pangs and maladies nny be alleviated. Amongst Uie visitors to Wellington at present is Major Vena!jles,jil : L'ckin, who is spending his furlough in a tout' of Ansiraliri and New Zealand. Major \ enables holds a commission in the West Ivt'iti llegimeiii, and is attached to the Mi'itish (Itiard at the embassy a; reliin. lhiriug tlu» course of a eon\crsalion uilli n ■* l.'osl reporter I'erenfly, Miijnr \ enables said he had ! been Iravrliing since November last, \\ lien lie lelt, Chinese nHairs were iu a normal condition. Asked if he thought there was muclt behind the recent cablegrams concerning the trouble said to be brewing in China, he said there was always n sunnier of anti-foreign agitation over there. The trouble was fostered by the secret societies, which were as strong as ever in numbers and influence. Ifc had received several letters from lVkin during^his absence, and there had been no mention of anything out ol the eniiiinon hciug in tiie i air. 11 the trouble threatened to be more serious than usual. Major Veunhles would have been recalled to his : duties at Tekin.

•Jusl it lidli- spark ;nnl ilio fire of a great unlive war mill makeltalf British South Alrii'ii unhealthy fur whites for iL J°i'o iii'le I" come (says a Southern exchange). Tin- native trouble in >V lal is a much wor.su menace than llie newspapers malic out. AVliou Sun lainilies are beleagurcil in a township, and Inrceil (o take niylitly refuge ill a gaol lor a week, there is certainly ren"011 I'or anxiety about .South Africa, particularly as the Afrikanders and Uut DuU'h may smc (ho opportunity to strike a blow lor liberty, Tlie people who realise what a handful the whites lire, and how the tribesmen swarm in , several of our colonics, will appreciate the posilion best. No one who has been i in liasutohuid ami seen the well armed, «ell mounted niggers of those pa.'ts of Ins native heath, will have anv contempt tor the capacity of the'lda-I, wan for making trouble in ISoulli Afri(!ii its soon as ln> lims (lie st'ii.si? to combine. I'liu A'utul Kullir i* nut so well armed as the Basuto, lint if lie broaks loose lu? will ciivry ik'solntion into many colonial homes before lie is done with.