The Daily News SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81843, 8 September 1906, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dining the financial year endc March jist Chines,. a iriving in Ne Zealand paid .£15.500 in poll tax. The Wairarapa News hears that th season dairymen in the Wairarapa c not intend 10 rear any calves exce] heifers from choice cows.

Tne new reciprocity tariff proposal of the Government have failed to fin. favour with the Taranaki Chamber 0 Commerce, who have passed a rcso lution asking the Government not ii ratify the treaty.

Although for the time being there is a lull at Newcastle as far as the industrial difficulties are concerned, it is felt that there is grave prospect of a crisis, owing to the demand of

the men for an increased hewing rai lays a Sydney paper.

The entertainment given by th Blind Brolh.-rs at the Theatre Ko.ya on Friday evening, drew only a mediui attendance. A varied and enjoyabl programme of moving pictures am pnonograph s.-lections was gon through, and was heartily appreciate! by those present

The fact that settlers in Taranal are asking from £0 to /J4O an an for land on which to run the very nei essary cow is one of the outstandin handicaps to a rapid settlement ( tli<- land. The youth who is aching t make the wilderness blossom cannt do it at the price.—Wellington "l"n Lance."

During 1-105, (14.750.510 letters wore P'.snd in New Zealand, as against u•>.<).',!),Jj.l in MJO4. Letters received from places outside the colony during iij<>s iijmbcrfd 4.1)14.431. Two mi'!ion nine hundred and forty twi ill- usand nine bundled and fifty three pustiards were ps e:| in the colony iast year, as nga'nst :. 053,363 11111)04.

A report published by the Bun,'it, of the census shows that iy,0.14,75; copies of nensp,.piT.s are issued even wivk day in United Stales, being cin ci.py for every four inhabi'an s. wh I, 5.)|),5-m. The cepital invested in newspapers is and the advert'sing ncipis in 1905 amounted to £3l), 100,36.:. Mr 1). Berry was unable to attend Friday night's meeting of the Chainhu of Commerce, but he sent powerfic proxies in the shape of a lump of iroi ore from Fnrapuru, and a block of tin Madaura bituminous cokim/coal, fount! in the immediate vicinity. They spolo most eloquently. It is suggested thai a special meeting should lie called b hear Mr Berry on the subject of exploiting these vast mineral ileitis. £^~ A London i;ab]i.' says the English cricket team sails for New /Zealand 01 l«th October. The Auckland Crickc' Association has agreed to guarantee i'.jUU loyrards the cost of the English men's tour, subject to the management committee being able to raise the re quired sum. Nearly all the delegateexpressed strong disapproval of the English team's propoj.il to bring ai umpire and servant.

One crafty farmci at the Kin: t'.n labbit meeting- oil S.ilurdav ( the S.,u) «-;i, somewhat doul ab' in sheep partaking of the poi ed pnllaid. and suggested that order to convince lie- farmers. Government should procure a ]

dock of sheep and lay the poison at their own expense,—lf iJi<- suggestion is adopted it should afford a good opportunity for farmers to dispose of their old crocks. Th- Mayor of Waitara. Mr T. Drynan: and the Town Clerk, Mr T. Buchanan, waited upon (he Clifton County Council on Friday in reference to International Exhibition matters, and asked that the Council should contribute towards the co-t of the Taranaki representation. The Mayor briefly outlined the proposals made, m order to bring the advantage of settle ment in Taranaki bafore the visitors to the Exhibition. He considered the | scheme a good one, and -dated the Wailara Borough Council had decided | to donate £5 ; be suggested the County Council might contribute £6, aiid the Waitara J'arbor .Board a similar anioj;!t, and the dairy factories and public subscription should bring the Waitara district contribution up to £SO. .Mr Buchanan described- the, Taranaki representation scheme in detail, urging that Taranaki could not afford to remain unrepresented. If our advantages wen- properly brought before the thousands at the exhibition, ,i must be to our benefit, if only in dispelling the idea that our iamj was a\ailablc only at a prohibitive price. Mr Foreman, the chairman, said he was, lie knew, prejudiced, fur he had never believed in the cvhibitton project from the start, and certainly objected to the local bodies bcuu< called upon to contribute. But they had to consider this—if other districts were forcing themselves on the public notice, could Taranaki afford to stand out Y Mr .101 l considered t'l could be better spent in dozens of pia-cK on (he roads where the raleiaiets would get a direct |jen,i-j lit, whereas in this case the advantages i was speculat.ve. The Council was not jiisttliisl in voting any money. Members generally tho ighl the money should be provided by private subscription, and on the motion of Messrs .101 l and O'Siilliyan, it was decided no', lo make a grant. A daintv little lunch, With a glass of, O.T. PCNCII, Is the acme of perfection, No fear of contradictios. N.i-ty little coughs and colds Uuiikly make you ill; Drive you to a legal man About \oiir final vtill.

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* The Customs revenue and beer duty I co! mi (1 ;i. We ingtoii last month to- w tailed ro.-pcclivcly and /Jo;*, \1 as again:., lives fer August. nj"s. If a fanner cannot acquire a home <- far iiiniwii and his family in NewL. Zealand, says tiie Outgo Daily Times, 0 lie will look foi it in other countries ; which, by their mural liberal land laws, will attract him to themselves. Mr iijrry has intimated I ha', (lie s Government is i|iiile prepared to amend clause M of tlie Parupara leases in 'j any way desired by the Conipmy, in order to ensure the development of the icon ore mdust-y. The news was hailed with great satisfaction at the * Chamber of Commerce meeting on I Friday sight. ' Mr D. Penwitrden is making Rood progress with the erection of the new <alcyards for .Messrs Webster Brothers a', Omata. They are excellent!.* situated at th- junction of the Mam South a.id Hurford roads, on Air Putt's properly, and provision is made for extension at any tine. There are twelve yards opening out from a wide race, besides drafting and pig pens. The I opening sale is to be held on Thau'sday. A prominent Thames resident has teceived a letter from a New ZcalanI dor residing in Calcutta, in which re ferencc is made to the poor success being met with there by Mr. Graham Gow, the New Zealand Government ' Agent, who has been meeting with little response to bis energetic endeavour to ' obtain exhibits for the Christehureh 1 Exhibition. The fact is that he has been sent liere much too late in the day. Three months is useless for the preparation of exhibits, and the St. I.ouis people did much better, as they sent their agents three years ahead, - and followed them up with successive agents each year to keep things mov--5j ing. TTieic will be only a few individual exhibits from Calcutta." Cal - cutta evidently requites a lot of pressing,

The Palmerslon North Chamber ol Jonnncrce is circularising local bodies ind Chambers of Commerce in the Wellington to Napier, and Wellington to New Plymouth districts, asking for resolutions urging the Goyeruuient tj give notice to take over the Welti agton-Manawatu Company's tailway, and suggesting the appointment of a b:g deputation to press the matter upon

the notice of the Premier. The Taruniki Chamber of Commerce considered lie matter on Friday, but in the abenee of full information, and recognising the subject was alreudy in treaty between the Government and the Company, refrained from taking a'lleu..

The Taranaki Chamber of Commerce at its quarterly meeting, passed a resolution recommending to the favourable consideration of the Government the ■ jiecdy construction of the proposed exensiou of the Carrington road to Opuuake, expressing the opinion that it .vould open up a large area of Crown 'ands and afford to certain Crown tenants means of access to lands which hey have taken up on the failh ol ,'oads being formed to their holdings. -,lr U. C. Hughes introduced the natter, and carefully explained the importauce of the road to New Plymouth. ,lr I'eun seconded the motion, and Mr ICerr uUo supported it, mentioning that a good road would enable Jarue areas of splendid milling timber to be converted into a commercial article.

.-Alter the San Francisco earthplaice the Japanese; Ouvernment sen ■! California an investigating com nitteo of experts to report on thr auses and results of the great dis turbance. One of its most distinguished members, Dr. T. Nakamura I'ri fe.-.sc>r of Architecture at Toki,( University, now reports that "dishonest moiiar—a corrupt congloiiiiraiioi !-l sea sand and lime —was n-spon sib c lor nearly all of the oarlhquakt iamng!' in San Francisco." He add' ihai, although earthquakes 01 great 11 S'-vcriiy are not uncommon ir lapan, brick btii,dings are found tt stand the test ow in", tp the care laker mi use only good mortar and to set ih.at ihe bricks are thoroughly wet bei'H'i- being 'aid.

Great amusement has been caused in New York (says a correspondent of a London paper) by the exportation lo London of a jug of water, drawn from the muddy Mississippi River, to be used in christening the infant son of 1 ho Duke and Ducliess of Manchester, l'he water was collected near Ravcnswcod, Louisiana, without the use of .1 sic\'\ Kavcnswcod is the birthplace ft Consuelo Duchess of Manchester, who was a Miss Yznaga. Mississippi water is never used for washing pur poses until it has been strained nor lor drinking until it has been boiled. The water is a bright yellow, owing lu the piesciico of mud and sewage from the Missouri River, the mighty udiutary of the Mississippi, which is said to be the mest polluted river in the United Stales. The representatives of the Duchess of Manchester had their jug of water duly attested by a justice of the peace.

A great society scandal at Munich i> causing intense excitement in liav.uian society. Ope royal prince, two dukes, about twenty' pij'n|s, and many lesser members of the nubility are imdved in the scandal, which has overwhelmed many leading Bavarian families with grief and shame. The root of the whole evil appears to be a fashionable club at Munich, which is nothing less than a gambIpg resuit of the worst type. Night alter night gambling proceeds there to a reckless extent, and enormous sums are w n n and lost daily between the hours of midnight and six in the morning. Heavy losses have ruined many promising young officers of the Bavarian army, as well as numerous young noblemen and members of the Civil Service. Some of them, unable to fare the disgrace of not paying debts incurred at the card tables, resorted to a-'l sorts of swindles to secure funds to enable them to continue attendance at the club. Others com milted suicide to escape the consequences of their folly. The suicides include Count Max Preysing, who

was unable to pay gambling debts ex .£"'o,ooo. Prince Francis jeseph of Oavarta, is i/nplicated in the s-oandal owing to tlic fiiih that a io|i)ibej- of officers forged hjs signature to promissory notes, whereby they obtained large sums of money by fraud. Investigations have shown that sums up "i j£s.v«if> have changed hands within the club in on., night. Some unscrupulous! members lcsorted to- system! alic card sharping in order to fleece hjexporionccd players. One young utiici-i has beep arrested in connection with the scandal, but the precise charge against" liim is not known. These revelations have created a profound sensation thr,oi(g||out Gerpiam. The preachers at Whiteley Memorial Church to morrow will be the Rev}i. |-\ Williams in the morning and tip- Hoy. '/'. II JJrooke ilt night. Subject for evening service "Lost on the way l|onie. : '—Advt.

Kami' and Fortune never overtake iii.ii in ihe In'iir of llii'ir discontent. Is your door shut at present lo j.iruspeiiiy's knock? It is if you are omiu' an inlnior Separator, for that iiir.ii'i.-> (eiti.ii) discontent. (Jpen !lu' ilimr in prospcriiy by j»tiyin H an '•Alia I.aval" Separator, Hie machine that has lifted over half a milium dairy farmers <m u> the high load lo fortune, and will make no c\. epiion in your case. When oner fixed and suited nt.ihin.e- further is lii-aid iibmil Hie >'Alta I.aval'' Put pi;e>e. Our experts uiulcrslaiul their business, and our mat bines are up I,i dale, and a Utile beyond. Wiin- i,ir illustrated catalogues today. Sole N./,. iiK'-nls, Mason. Siliiiheis and Off., I,id., Christ chun'i, Autkhnul, and Paltnersioii Xnrlli. Taranaki agents, K. Grifinlis and Co., New Plymouth.

For Bronchial Coughs and Coldd Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 0';. ami 2s tid per Bottle.—Adrt. 'A' lial. 0. T. PUNCH, in'a littjei Art te ; , A sound, refreshing' 'sleep, Yes. that is what I cot.

TIIF I'KICK ()!•' t'AI.VKS. There is no sense in starving 40 calves <;n tkim lui'k because prices are low. Hi keeping 2n, and feeding on Gilnuli Calf fond at a cost r.t ,'., each the supply of healthy stock' la kept up, without glutting the market. J.B. Mac Ewitn & Co., New Plymouth, are agents,

The cantata " Esther," the report of which is held oyer, eventuated at Wliilelcy Hull lust mglil, and vt'»s a huge success. Mr Flatman, M.11.R., wants the Government to procure samples of ciga., cites which are being sold and orleied for sale to the. public, with the view of having tin analysis madeThe Treasury has approved of the Egniont County Council collecting the special rates on the Kltham road loan area, at the same time holding the Taranaki County responsible for the payment of interest. The. loss o£ revenue to the Taranaki County Council, by reason of the forfeiture of Crown louses in tho Spotswood settlement, is becoming a serious mutter. Another batch of four forfeitures has been sent on to the Council this month. Messrs Boon Brothers' sash and door factory, New Plymouth, narrowly escaped destruction by fire early yesterday afternoon. Smoke was seen coming from the engine room, which is underneath the mam building, but the Fire Brigade arrived in time to prevent the fire getting a hold The damage Idone was not of any material extent, although portions of a wall was burnt through.

The death occurred on Thursday, at the residence of his sister, Belt road, of Ernest Wray, eldest son of the late Mr Alfred Wray, of Onacro, The deceased who was only 28 years of age, had been ailing for some time, having sustained an injury to his heart by a horse rolling on him shortly utter his return to the colony from South Africa, whence he had gone ?is a member of the Ninth Coutiugeut. Tho funeral takes placo on Sunday.

Some doubt existed in the minds of several membors of the Legislature, as well as of the general public, regarding ihe effect of a vital point in the new land policy of the Government. To clear up the doubt the following question was submitted to the Minister of Lauds on Wednesday :—" Am I right, in saying your proposal, announced last night, means that no man owning 1001) acres of first class land, or 50U acres of second-class land, will be allowed to purchase more?" Mr M'Nab replied that the questioner had correctly stated the ease.

A runaway yesterday afternoon c msed some excitement in Deyon street east. Two ladies, Mesdames Cooke and Sparks were on tlieir way to Wanara in a gig when the horse by some means was startled, and galloped out of Gover into Devon street, where it collided with an electric light pole. The ladies were thrown out, Mrs Cooke sustaining a broken nose and minor injuries, Mrs Sparks also being severely shaken. Continuing its mad career, the aminal dashed against the verandah of Evans' shop, portion of which was demolished, the body of the gig being also partially wrecked. Mr Drynan, the Mayor of Waitara, tried his hand on Friday as a special pleader, but could nol move the Clifton County representatives to dive into the ratepayers' funds for a donation to the exhibition committee's funds. Councillors sought to avoid the question by stating this was a matter for private subscription, and Mr Drynan quickly took his cue. Whilst the iron was hot lie quickly went the round of the Council tabic, and gave members a chance of showing a good example to the public, in general. Six members responded, handing over a couple of half-crowns each, the chairman " raising it a crown," and signing for half-a-sovcreign.

An ex-Otago teacher writes:—The Taranaki teachers are not alone in their grievance about classilication, lu Otago the inspector grunts no teachers marks, enabling them to rank as 1, unless they have carried oil' a scholarship, ir matriculated some of their pupils Putting boys through the civil service examinations, sc that I hey get billets is cadets, briugs no merit. Under this system 11 teacher can live to be as old as Mcthusalcm without reaching the lop grade, and do excellent work all the time, if he declines to take on the extra work and worry (for wlreh no thanks are giver.) of preparing pupils lor scholarships, and carrying oiV one. The Taranaki dominie has companions in misfortune. JS'o doubt both practices, the Taranaki and the Otago, arc contrary to the spirit of the regulations.