The Daily News. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81849, 21 September 1906, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.

The Harbour Board meets to-day. Midhirst Notes and Commercial appear on our fourth page. According to the Auckland papers timber meichants have been notified by the Kauri Timber Company of a nse, amounting in some cases to 21 per ijiiojft, wuicu came into force on Ist September, and as a consequence prices have increased accordingly, The increase in cost is ascribed'to the lessening quantity of kauri avail able.

A dispute between a farmer* and a machine owner, as lo the price of cutting chaff, was decided by the Stipcndiaiy Magistral e at Timaru last v.eek, who found that _|d for sheat cball under 100 bags and 3} for 100 to 300 bags, were reasonable prices. The farmer had declined to pay more than j-J and 3d, because fie had never paid more before.

The harbour foreman's staff was engaged in Wednesday in bringing to iand some of the blocks and boulders which were shifted in the big storm of last March, the high seas affecting the stability of one section that had not had time to settle pioperiy. The reclaimed stone is being toppled over the end of the wa.l lor protective work. The following extract from the letter of a New Zca'andcr in Edinburgh, especia iy the tefeiencc to the develop ment of a twang among our people, of which we may have been unaware, w.U be read with interest.—l was standing in the (Juadrangle the other da}' and a man came up to me ami asked some directions, etc. 1 thought he was a New Zealandcr, and he turn ed out to be a doctor from Christchurch, who knew you and waa witn ycu tit Otago University jo years ago. Did you ever know the New Zealanders have, certain peculiarities, in the hist p ace they generally have a green-alone pendant, and in the sec unci placej, their accent is usua. y unmistakeable; it is a sort oi modified American twang which people say is rather pleasant lhan otherwise. 1 have almost lost mine; at least, ii has been modified by the intioduction of a certain amount of Edinburgh drawl and general Scutch aco'ii:. I lew ever. 1 am to'd it is still recognisable.

A Chiistcliurcii Truth reporter, on the wearying eveilasiing search l'er "copy ' on SaturJay m-irning, suddenly hail "copy' tliiust up.m linn m a shower tn.u seldom teems on ' n> hi ad of a piessman. lie was accos ted by "a decent-.ooking y-mng fellow ol the respectable wolK.ng cass type —a thin wisp of tiulf lay lightly on his upper lip." lie had no designs on lac journalist's hard earned coin, but it was obvious that he was in some distress. He soon explained that it was his wedding morning. The bride had arrived at the rendezvous, lie had the ring ill Jlis pocket, but he was held up by a litt.e accident. Witnesses who had promised to meet him had broken their pledge, lie had secured a stranger from the stieet, but he wanted another. The reporter, of course, stepped into the bleach. He went to the Registry Oliice, and took an interesting part in a ceiemony which lasted exactly five and a half minutes.

A yc-rv interesting return, showing the per head of population consuniplion of articles in common use has been presented to Parliament. Tue reiurn covers the 1655-1905 period. The consumption of spirits indicates a deciease per head ot population, although the giuas consumption lias gone'up. A similar state ot things is noted in reeard to wine, ale, and beer, bui tobacco has siightiy in creased in popularity. Tea-di inkmg has substantially increased during tue past decade, but 111 18X5 the per-head-consumplion was 6.511b, an' in 1905 it was O.j/lb. Sugar has 111 creased m use considerably during the period, the IKHS consumption being '72.3.b, and in 10,05 per head, and in 10,04 Hie consumption wa 5 104.9 H). As to' New Zealand-bre-,\"u beer, iu posuioji was maintained throughout, tne figures being 12 gal per liea'l 1111SS5, and I2.6gat last year. The following are the articles from the return tor 1905: — Spirits, 2.34 gal per head of population; tobacco, 7.391b; wine, 0. iSgal; ale and beer, o.Jsgal; tea, 6.371b; coffee, cocoa, and chicory, 0.531b; sugar, ioo.2i|i.

An expert in advertising s„i.£ ! Those advertisers who unci u.t'li the gieaiest success ate those who use space 111 the same papers, year by year. Their names become familiar to the readers, and then results come round. If you can thoroughly impress a few hundreds of people, it is better than having your advertisements read by thousands." The fact of continued and extensive advertising, too, always impresses the public that the goods are sel.ing, and so creates an iniep'-i and consequent demand, the nvio fan of prolonged ad-v.-i using lending to isiabbsh a firm's bono lidis. besides acting as an introduction. The argument that "good

ai.icle, adveiiise themselves" ill;ly |;e r.ghl in a way, but the process is too slow lor the modenn man of business. Competition and imitation of good articles lender it necessary thai lie •duuikl hustle. .Some of the imitations may be just a, good as the original artiee, ajvl witn pushing thev "ill v H jti-.i a-* icadily. This must be pii'Venlul if p.i-sib '■. tile j.r r al point being lo ihomiighly impicss die W( ,.,d,. and ihat vim ale conli-d-iii ihat yen are able t-. give- cum-

Ail illHUeslillg de-riipiiun of the Make o,p. viaduct on tin- Main Tiunk line appeals in the Auckland lleiald. Tin viatlui tis i A m.les from thi- lam i..,- -pirai, and is being constructed In- Me-s,s i. and A. Anderson, of Chiisli luii-oh. and i> coniract price i-i /J5.i.-;o.|. The lendu w.,~ lei n luiie. 0,04. and ihe „„;]- „. hS ,„ |,,. Implied bv lone, n,0 7 . The V i- M \ m will beK.e.p i„„ K . fr,. m !,t,,,k in bank, and oft wide .11 the top; bill the trestles thai siippoit it, and the five moft -pan-;, will be .-uppoii.-d on trestles ;/;fi broad, and widening out from the top to ,s 411 at ihe'baitoiri, where li.t-y will rut upon gieat concrete blocks of various heights, one „f them, the biggest, being Noil long, above and below fix- .-arlli, whi'e the highest tie,lie. in the ci ntii' of Ihe viaduct, will be ;:.[ft from the cement base to the road bed. which itself will be nearly 30oft above the bed of the creek. There will bo 1.000 tons of steel and 1,000 tons of c-ment refill i red for the work most of which, at am- rate until the line is opened be voncl Oio—the present railheadwill |„. r.-trted to the viaduct, at the rate of four tons to the load, a distance of over 20 mi'o3, including Wpe ycry steep grades,

Owing lo an axle of the coach breakm„' on 11-o Katikara Hill the Now Plymouth mail was an hour late reaching Opunakc on Wednesday night, writes our correspondent. Mr Newton King reports having sold to Messrs E. and J. Skinner, of New Plymouth, 250 acre farm at Pukearuhs, White Cliffs, on account of Mr Geo. Kiddell.

The idea that the cottages acquired by the railway authorities in Molesworth street are lo be occupied by the railway employees is entirely erroneous When ready, the Department will let the buildings in the ordinary way.

An officer from the Department ot Public Health has just completed an inspection of the New Plymouth bakehouses. Beyond the discovery of a quantity of over-ripe butter, which he condemned, there was little fault to lind.

Mr and Mrs Newton King hive mtiinato.l to the Whileley Memorial Church stewards their willingness to allow the latter lo hold a girden party it " Brooklauds " during the summer months, m aid of the new parsonage funds. The stewards have expressed their smccro gratitude for the offer, Mr King's grounds affording every facility and attraction for such a function.

As a collection of products of ingenuity the " art gallery" at the Whiteley Hall will tako a lot of beating. " Sroct memories of Childhood," " Relics of the Great " and a few score of other exhibits will be on view again this evening. A meeting of the Provincial Council of the New Zealand Alliance was held m Stratford yesterday afternoon, Mr 0. E. Bel'ringer presiding. The organising agent repor'ed being well received everywhere, the financial report being particularly good. At present he is working the southern part of the Palea eleslorato, Egmont being the next to bo visited, the back-blocks to follow in the summer. It was decided to arrange for a liberal su'-ply of literature for distribution, principally with respect to the physical aspect of the temperance question. Eltham peuple have good reason to bo proud of their Domain. Five years ago it was a log-covered pieco of rough land. To-day it is one of the finest sports grounds and picknicking spots on the west coast. The football ground is splendidly turfed, drains naturally, and is fenced on all sides. There is a good banked grass track, and a big grandstand commands a good view of the whole sports area. Plantations are ■springing up and altogether the Tau■nata Domain is becoming a very attractive spot and it is doubtful if there is mother sports ground in the district so complete in its arrangements. Outside of the general sports fieid is the chopping and sawing arena for the X.Z.A.A. Carnival, with all its own grandstand and seating accommodation. An improvement would be a belt of quick-growing pines to break the southerly winds. The roaming minstrels have become rather frequent visitors lately, and a Hawera business man seems to have ost all patience with them. "I don't mind helping ihi blind or the maimed musician," he remarked the other day, 'but I object to this style of thing," indicating a band of able-bodied men .vho were churning out music of all grades and times a little further up the street. He knew his turn was to joine—that he would soon be called on Tor a cash contribution. So he tried a icw dodge. He affixed lo his ollice loor a notice, " Wanted—fifteen milkers, wages £1 a week." Truo to sample, one of ihe mendicant musicians valked in lo solicit subscriptions, and was jusr entering the ollice when the proprietor, with an "excuse me" reached out and tore down the slip of paper, remarking " you're late, those positions are all filled." The man took the hint and left.

A gentleman with some railway experienee litis been interesting himself in the matter of the suburban railway station lo be ereeted on the new railway line. From the standpoint of convenience of the public just now he favours the Hobson street site, but, .ooluug a lew years ahead his opinion .s that the growth of FiUroy demands that the station should bo placed at .he Devon road crossing. But as a railway man lie votes straight out for Hobson street, as the approaches to it on either side are level. At Devon road there is an incline, which would make it difficult to stop a train coming in to town, and anything but convenient in starting away outwards up the incline. The consideration of this question led him to the opinion that from a tvorkiug point of ykvc the proper scheme is to shift the Smart road station to the top of the hill at Mr Pikett's. A gradual decline on either side makes this, in his opiaion, an ideal site for a railway station that would serve the Fitzroy people excellently.

Mr Major has given notice in Parliament of the Opunake Harbour Bill. It is stated that Mr. J. C. N. Grigg, of Lbngbeach, Ca'jiteibifry, intends to anticipate the £50,000 limit of land ownership by cutting up his property, which comprises 15,567 acres, of a capital value of £133,730, unimproved valuc,6<>S.oi4. One hundred pounds sterling for the twenty-seventh part of a perch ! That was the price paid in Wanganui for a tiny corner of land at Te Aro )'a, Wellington. Needless to say u was an emergency price, but it works out at the respectable figure of £432, 000 per acre).—Chronicle. In view of the heavy summer passenger traffic, some of the sidings at the railway stations along the Taranaki section are being lengthened and extended.

The sheep returns for 30th April, 10,06, shoiv that Wellington and the West Coast have 4057 owners and 4,520,074 sheep. There are 10,000,731 sheep in the North Island and 10, oo'->,~'C ' u th e South Island. The net increase for the iVC'I!! Is'and >= 621, 120 and for the South Island 356,476, the total net increase for the colony l"'ing 977,590. Timber is now arriving on the ground for the erection of the temporary traffic bridge in New Goverstreet over the deviation of the railway line. The permanent bridges ever the railway will have concrete abutments, steel joists, and a rather ornamental superstructure of iron. They will also occupy the full width of the streets.

We have received from the publish ers, the Otago Daily Times paper Co., Duncdin, a copy of a val liable handbook, of 100 pages, eri tilled "The Colonial Horse Doctor,' by A. M. Patrrson, M.R.C.V.S., hiti vo.oiinarian and lecturer to the Far niei's Union of Southland. The char acler of Ihe publication is given in the introduction of ihe preface: "Many good books have been written on the diseases of the horse; but. while ah may have served the puipost of their authors, very few of theni are of real value in cases of sudden end mtiuus illness. Some are too t'clinical, many are too diffuse, and others are 100 indcjiimte, to be of ii.uch service at critical moments. Mr. Paterson's hook will set t'.ie horse mencr on die right track on the insianl.