LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81830, 24 August 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A record price was obtained for fat wethers off tho Kimbolton country last week, 'lis being paid for a line.

Berne advertises that communication via Galveston with Santiago has been established. Conditions for other places remain unchanged. Stratford is entering enthusiastically into the proposal to purchase 7.V acres of land for the purpose of making a good sports ground. It is much needed.

There arc some embryco acrobats in iN ew Plymouth. A team of youngsters may be seen almost any evening performing all kinds of acrobatic feats on the roof of tho Eliot street railway station.

We be'ieye that Japan is preparing for another war with China. Japan must h.-.ve moaey, much money, hundred millions of money, and a war with China, that would not only pay for itself, but which would also pay off the present crushing war debt and make all China the treasury of Japan, would be popular from one end of the country to tho other.—" .Eastern World," Yokohama. Nobody can make London believe that every American man here is not a millionaire. The old oak furniture factories in Yorkshire and Belgum are now working overtime turning out treasurers for American millionaires. Of these the most popular this season is the chair m which King [Charles I. set during his trial by Parliament. Three thousaid of these chairs have been made and sold already.— " World." Nev York.

Mr Bligh arrived m New Plymouth last night, and is in ox :ellcnt form for his campaign here. H; expresses himself as pleased w th, the reception he has so far reccivid in New Zealand, and slates that he is anxious to be of assistance to all beys whom he may be in a position to kelp with regard to the subject of his lo;tu e. Jlis address tonight is expoctc 1 0 be well attended, as it is ono thai 's of considerable interest.

The great whisky appeal heard in England h:,s resulted in failure. Sixty thousand pounds has been expended in an endeavour to learn what is, aud whit is not, whisky, and the Bench can give no guidance. There is no autliorlly with a power to establish definitions. Pot still and patent sUU continue their rivalry, and till a court can authoritatively declare the contrary, both.can claim to be whisky. But as pure pot still is the dearer article most persons will consider it the better.

The dcsign-i- of our railway carriages lias now commenced to stilly the well-being of the optics. A new passenger car on the evening train to New Plymouth, beautifully finished as it was in all respects, was most noticeable for the fact that both the first and second-class compartments were brilliantly lighted, with incandescent gas lamps instead of antiquated and trying lights in use m the other carriages on the section, The doors connecting the two compartments slide to one side instead of being hung on hinges, which is much more convenient. The int rior o : the car is beautifully polished rimu, and the whole arrangements are excellent.

The Government s apparent willingness lo favorably consider the appointment of a Judge to ba solely devoted to the Arbitration Court naturally raises the query whether i.n extra Judge will be secured for ordinary work. The opinion of the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) is that there is ample work even now to justify the appointment of an additional Judge. The Appeal Sittings, ho says, takes about 12 weeks in the year, a quarter of every Judge's available tune. After allowing for vacation, etc., tins causes other work to fall behind. Moreover, every seven jeavs each Juilje is entitled to extended leaye of absence, au arrangemeut which requires an extra Judge.

In connection with the action of the Railway Department in connecting the new Dunedin railway station witii the main intercepting sewer without the Drainage Board's authority, and without notice, a telegram was sent to the Minister for Railways, asking if this ha I been done on his authority. A reply was received from the 'Minister stating that ho was making inquiry into the matter. The matter was again discussed by the Board. The chairman said the railway people were putting in pure lime, and they knew what effect that would have on drainage pipes. Wken spoken to the reply was that lime was cheaper than chloiv ide of lime. He thought the treatment they had received was contemptuous. He woula like to know what their representatives were doing. It was resolved that (lie connection be effectually stopped. In a discussion by the Wellington Kducalion Board as to Dr. Masou's suggestion for the medical inspection of s.-hool children, (he secretary sta f ed Ihil the present position was that the Board at its hist meeting decided to co-operate with the Health Department (subject to the sanction of the Education Minister) in a comprehensive scheme. The Chairman said that Clause -1 of tho scheme, which recommends the holding of meetings of teachers, to be instructed by the District Health OOHeor on the detecting of early signs of illness, could he dealt with at once. Iu regard to the rest of the scheme, the Board must await further detailed proposals from the Health Department. Mr Harris held that the Board was not right in usurp, ing the responsibilities of parents. If the doctor repotted a defect, the duty fell upon parents to repair it, hut in many cases trouble resulted from want of sufficient food, rather than from any physical defect. The Chairman said legislation would have to he got, if necessary. There were, however, defects, such as curvature of the spine, which parents would often not suspect hll it was too Into to remedy it. Mr Kdgecome said the same could be said of defective eyesight. The Chairman moved that in regard to Clause 4, Dr Frengley be aslod whether he could lecture to teachers as suggested by Dr Mason during (he Michaelmas holidays. This was agreed to. The well-known eyesight and spectacle specialist, Mr A. Green, D.S.A.O. of Auckland, is now on a visit to New Plymouth, and may be consulted laily from 31st August at the consulting room in Messrs Bowley and '.rilliths' premises, Devon street. Mr Green needs no introduction to this dis.rict, where there are many people can gratefully point to him as having given them renewed sight. Anyone who is suffering from defective vision, and who require (he use of spectacles, cannot do better than call at once upon Mr Green, who has come fully prepared to deal with any stage or kind of eye trouble. Sufferers wou'd do well to remember Ilia: where the eye requires attention delay is dangerous, and that au opportunity do. s not often occur of consulting a licst-class specialist. If you have the faintest suspicion that your eyes are not jus l riiiht. (hat your glasses don't suit your ught, if you have to hold a newspaper further from you than you should, or vou cannot see at a distance, or if you suller from headaehos, paiufu} bloodshot eyes, lnlhuued cycli Is, crossed eyes, etc., then do not go lo the average optican or spectacle seller, as he is unable to distinguish between optical defects and diseases, but consult a good eyesight specialist, who will thoroughly examine your eyes, and give you good glasses, whi-h will improve ami strengthen the si ;hl. flic optic nerve) will securerc-f, hoadaches ' will thus be prevented, and there will bj an absence of dizziness.—Auvr.

Pretty Tubulin' and other Silk Tic.i 3 lor Is, Merino Souks (i I pair, Men's Array Braces Od pair, Min's White li id. Gloves Is Od pair, Mens White Shirts (short bosom) 3s Del, Boys' Felt Hats (ill end), half guinea Hard Felt H its (latest shapes) 7s (i,l, at the Melbourne during tho wind-up week of the great bargains sale.

l <v >r Liuklnns Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is lid. and 2s 6d per Bottle—Adrt,

A movement has been set afoot by Ihc Stratford Band to form a second class association, to be called the North Island West Coast Brass Bands' Association. Mr Rountree [Stratford] has boon appointed secretary,- and the object will be to foster

Taianaki bands. It is understood that about a dozen bands have fallen in with the idea. At the conclusion of a native case on Tuesday, Mr Turnbull, S.M., remarked : "l am seriously considering taking depositions in these native cases and if I think they arc telling lies 1 shall lay the matter before the Solicitor General for prosecution." Mr Turnbull has had occasion to utter similar warnings before, says the Ilawcra "Star."

Many local people will remember the "human ostrich," a showman in Bostock and Wombwcll's circus, who swallowed gaseous flame, coal, nails, and any other thing of the sort that happened along. The man has paid the penalty of his extraordinary diet, and died in a London hospital on June 23. A post mortem examination was made, and more than 30 nails and hatpins were found in the body. Some of them were in the liver, some in the kidneys, but tho larger number were in the intestines. When the man was admitted to the hospital his story in regard to his diet was disbelieved by the doctors, and his request for a knife to relieve himself of the nails inside him caused the staff to regard him as insane. However ,an abscess forming on his body, and an operation producing a brass-headed nail, the opinion altered. He was too weak to withstand another operation, and gradually sank and died.