LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81855, 2 October 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Sierra, wilh llic 'Frisco "-ail, | ■itvived at Anek' m i at ii. !-6 lust ni;»!it. 1 ill' Tnknpiinu with tile mail, filled to •ross }he bin 1 Inst, nitdil, Iml sill Ret out about li o'clock this morning. Special interression-il and tlimiks,'tving services were held 011 Sunday at >t. Mary's Church, New Plymouth. the >ccas'ion being tho (iOtli anniversary of '.lie opening of tiie church. .Vt the opening of the new Tost )ffice at tho Lower Ilii.lt Sir .T G. Ward said thai cnmpiring tiie N't>w 3o.tland postal service with similar ".Trices in countries lie hud recently visited, it was second lo none.

There was a very li«ht c<iu<« list on Monday morning at lite S.M. C mrt. Judgment was given for pkiniilis by lefuuit in two casesHonnur & Clark v. C. P. Gleeson, claim £l7. costs 15s, ind J. Bcllnngcr (Mr Vilzherbcrt) y. f. Brown, claim £■! 17s 3d, co'ts 10s.

"New bloi'd is a Rood thing, in <ociul and family life, as well as m easiness and public life." Such is Mr Malone's dictum, and lta is of firm opinion that this new blood can be, and •vill be, attracted to Taranaki by means >f good adyertising at tlie International Exhibition.

Foreman Holmes, in charge of the main County road between Now Plymouth and Waitara, generally manages to keep his road in splendid order ills latest departure was the employment of tho county traction engine in rolling new metal. A most satisfactory road surface is the result. The Eltham " Argus" states that the Egmont Butter Box Co. is already making 1300 butter boxes and cheese cases daily. The daily output of the Eltham Dairy Co. has now reached 81) boxes, equivalent to 2 tons. This is 18 boxes, or nearly half-a-ton more butter July than was being made at the orresponding period last year. The company anticipate an output of 800 tons for the season, 85 tons more than last year, The following will be gone through by Mr Taylor's pupils in the girls' playground at the school on Thursday and Friday next, under electric light: —l, Squad Drill with hells, 10 girls ; 1, t-quad Drill, with wands, 16 boys ; !■:, Running Maze, lfi boys; i, Tug of War, boys; 5, Club Race, girls; 6, ."stilt Race, boys; 7, Costume Race, boys; P, Pyramids, hoys; 9, Obstacle Race, boys; 10, Tho Horse, boys. Bro. J. C. Legg presided over a largo attendance of members at the Egmont Lodge, No. 12 I.O.& T., in the Queen street schoolroom on Monday evening, One new member was initiated, after which the Lodge was thrown open for visitors, and a good number attended. A Shadowgra|h Competition, arranged by Bro. It. Stokes, L.D., was held, and eventually won by Sister 13. Legg. Several members contributed (.0 Ihe programme with yocal and instrumental items.

Mr 0. Andrews does not appear to luive a highly exulted opinion of the uonesty of the folk ill his locality. \Vhen the County Council was discussing the tenders for making the footbath at Okato, ho remarked that he himself had ordered the timber for kc;'bing the path as far as Hammond's ;:ite, but it had been lying there so ;oug that it was doubtful now if there ■Viis enough left. "It's been kicking ibout the township for four or five mouths, and you know what that means. Anyone who wanted a piece

if Umber knew wlere to get it," explained Cr. Andrews, It was suggested by Cr. Stevens that " most of it is in iica-roosts by now."

l'he big spring lior.se fair, hold at [iiwera last wept by .Messrs Nolan,

Conks & Co., concluded 011 Saturday Over 1000 horses were put up for auction, and the fair 011 the whole was a very satisfactory one. Carriage torses were disposed of at from £lB iOs to £32, and good light harness

Norses tit from JUlo to £';jO. Good iiaeks ranged from £l3 10s to £25. uiroiiL'lioiit the stile there was a good demand for horses of all descriptions, especially heavy kmtls. Good draughts realised from £lO to £7O, medium draughts from £2B to £3il, halfdraughts from to £35, mid yearling heavy stuff from £3 lQs to'.fclS iOs. The priee obtained for this yrunß stuff was not quite so high as has been obtained recently. Mr Holt, of Feilding, was tire heaviest purchaser, taking away about 70 horses for Southern markets. About 100 went to the ilawke's Bay district, and about 5 J of the best were purchased by a Wellington contractor for work in the city. A. smaller proportion than usual was sold to go to the South Island.

About the time that E'lis shot: Col,i linson the local authorities at Martinl( borough happened to adopt a new 1. cemetery. Up to the time'of ihe aril rest of Ellis in Hawke's Bay there had been thirteen burials (including the u body of Colliubouj i|i the new cejna i-tary at Martinborough. Strange as s- it may seem, the thirteen persons met c their death in a violent, or unnatural s manner. One or two Wairarapa newsc papers •'•'the Fliis curse" as i- being the cause of these fatalities, and expressed the belief that there would . be* no cessation until the murdered n Collinson was avenged. Since ihe 0 capture and execution of Ellis, fatalc ttics in this district, it is said, have f ceased, and the "turso" lias disappeared. Of course this is simply a true story of superstition, but it is a further proof of facts being stronger than fiction, ■"'l,., "PreW says that a raster live--1 , ■'' "j, „ ■— r «l in Colombo street, ly incident occui. . ..' I Chiisieluirch, on Tuesday n>„.' * ! clergyman riding' a bicycle on the , wrong -ido of the road collided with t a girl going- in the opposite direction. ! The inevitable crowd collected, and several champions of the lady demanded the clergyman's narneand ad? t dress, at the same time informing him , of hers. Hut- the rev. gentleman stood , on his dignity, giving an assurance that he wou'cl call on the girl's father - in the morning. This, however did | not prove acceptable to the crowd, and the unfortunate cyclist was : n ' rather a tight comer for a while being considerably hustled. After headed argument lie was allowed to walk away. On mounting his machine he was pursued by a number of young men on foot and on bicycles, who dragged him off his seat. The altercation about his .name then began afresh, and -iiine humorists suggested that it might be Terry. At this juncture a spectator took charge of the clergyman's machine, and the latter telephoned for a policeman, who, on arrival, secured the names of several of the participants in the incident. The following letter from Mrs Barnado to ihe Bishop of W'aiapu was read at the Synod on Monday : "Thank you so very much for your kind letter and for the resolution enclosed. I have had such a number of letters from all parts of New Zealand and 1 know that my dear husband's work was greatly beloved and helped in the colony. Some years ago we ha.;] the pleasure of entertaining Sir William and Lady Fox, and I think they were a great help on their return to New Zealand in making my husband's wotk more widely known. Of course you know of the Barnado Memorial fund, and how we are trying to raise /Jjyhono. I expect 'he kind friends in your diocese have already commenced to help and that a large sum will come from the lands across the sea. My family have al- ; ways been specially interested in New ' Zea'and. My father's eldest brother, 1 Arthur Elmslic, was, as a young man, J shipwrecked on the North Island, and then settled in New Zealand, lie liaci ' immense influence over Ihe Maoris ( and Sir William Fox told me thai :it the lime ef the great rebellion his inIbtence went a great way in <p|e|]ing e. This is a matter of history." DON'TKEGLICTYOtTJJ COLD IT MAY COST YOU YOUK LIFE ° Have Syltes's Otra Cough ready to *1 u=e as soon as you begin to sneef. 'j shiver, or feel lhafc you are 'faking cold ' SYRES'S CITRA COUGH, if taken j 5 . as soon as tlin roll manifests ' il«o)f will break up any form of cold in a 11 few hours. ! \

According to the New Plymouth weather report, rain fell on 16 clays during September, tho total rainfa'J being 3.47 inches. A New York 'paper pays:—"The Blitiali House of Commons, even the present House of Commons, is unquestionably the best dressed assembly in the world, lis members have an air of good breeding about them, of men accustomed to drawing-rooms and the best kind of society. Congress looks at first glance like a gathering of Dissenting ministers on small salaries." But, the New York paper has not, of course, seen the New Zealand House of Representatives.

The Argentine correspondent of the Otaeo Daily times, writing from Buenos Avres under date June 20th, says:—Smallpox has been playing havoc here lately, the death roll running into 150 or 200 a week. Toll has been levied 011 all classes of the community by the fell destroyer. Las. week, one hailing from your tight little island was carried away by the dread disease, in the person of Mr Thomas Macintosh, who arrived here only a couple of months ago from Timaru, where, it is understood, he was on the staff of the National Mortgage and Agency Company. Grain crops in the North Canterbury district look promising, and iho growth of root crops has been remarkable. A farm at Woodend, an area ■ f elephant Swede turnips is yielding So tons per acre. One was taken up 011 Monday growing 16 inches above ground with a circumference of 41 inches, and weighing a little over 40 lbs. The ground had been constantJy cropped with roots and recently carried nearly 120 tons of mangolds to the acre. Lambs arc looking healthy, and good percentages have been recorded. In the orchards frui. trees have begun to put forth blossoms.

The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Egmont Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., was held on Monday evening, N.G. 11. 11. Ford presiding'. The auditors' report and balance-sheet for the quarter ended September 18th showed receipts for the quarter amounting to .£252 15/, and expenditure £223 5/8. One member had died during die quarter, and four members were initiated. The membership was now 217 members. A letter of recommendation was granted to Bro. A. J. Harding (who has removed to Levin) to visit the lodges in his district. An invitation was received from the local Druids' Lodge t.) a friendly game of cribbage and euchre on Monday evening next, in ihc Robc-strrcc Hall. Playing members will please note. The total worth of the lodge is now ,£5816 1X 3. A Tasmanian farmer visiting Victoria writes to the Launceston Courier.—Of all the good land I came across over there none was bet.or than that found in the Western district, that tireteh of splendid soil which comprises Camperdown, Colac, and Warnambool. This is without, doubt some of the richest soil one has seen, but the price fairly makes one shudder. Only think of a poor farmer having 1.0 pay any price per acre from £so to £IOO I Rent in the locality is, of course, exceedingly high, and how some of the people pay as much as £3 2/6 per acre for grazing land only is more than one can understand. Yet large numbers of cows are being- milked on land rented at the prices named. The week before I at Warnambool a farm of 100 acres of agricultural land was sold at £\oo per acre. While 1 have not seen better land, I fail to see how it is, worth ,£IOO per acre. In London last momh Mr Ilaldane, Secretary of State for War, gave publicity to Some tricks of the meat dealers when replying to a deputation from the Irish cattle trade, \vho desired to see the words "home-bred" restored in Army contract forms, ins cad of the now phrase "home-killed" The Secretary for War said his experts ro!d him that a large proportion of meat sold on the old contracts under Irish, English o r Scottish names was really foreign meat, and a recognition of this fact in the terms of tin' new contraci meant a saving of £50,000 per annum, which a Minister in his position could not disregard, lie was confident [hat no War Minister had ever been able to get home-bred meat for the Army since the other variety was imported. He pointed nut, however, that at the various military camps tho military 'authorities were already ready to buy sound British cattle if offered alive at suitable prices.