LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81856, 3 October 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The attention of our farming leaders is diav, n to an au'eic appealing on the fourth page of this issue dealing with the cultivation of paspalum glass. It is written by Mr R. Harrison, of Burringbar, Tweed River, N.S.W., and is well worth perusal. W'arca, Rahatu, and Opunake Notes, besides general information, also appear on the "ami 1 page. The Experimental Dairy School Bill was read a lust lime in the House yesterday af ernoon. The mai' steamer Sonoma arrived at San Francisco on the ist October, at 4 p.m.

The s.s. Rarawa will be laid up for boiler-cleaning on Thur-day, October iS, and will coivequently miss her usual trip from New Plymou h to Onehunga on Friday, 19th inst. A Taranaki chemist states that there is an excejlem demand at prosem for medicated wines. His customers fur this description of p.iysic are non-frequenters of the publichouse. Naturally. His Worship the Mayor, Mr E. Dockiill, received the following telegram from Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.R., on Tuesday: "Western Park BUI passed the third and final reading in die Legislative Council to-day." A runaway liorse in a gig caused some consteration in Devon-street on Tuesday afternoon. There were two ladies seated in the vehicle at the

.imc, and they managed to regain control by the time the post olliee was reached. One of the cases to come before the Native Appellate Court contains evidence that man is prone to err. A will of a Maori was drawn by a so licitor in English, and an interpreter commissioned to transla.e it into Maori. A very material matter in a will is the date of making it. In this case the English will bore the date of the 15th of October, but the Maori copy was da:cd November, by which time tho testator had long since been called to his long last s.eep.

Mr Arnold complained in the House tho other day that there is the material for a good warder's hou-e lying somewhere between W'elington and New Plymouth, and likely to lie there umil a few competent carpenters fall within the Ciutchcs of the law. The Department of Justice, it seems, does not let contracts for such work, but it employs prison labor when available. Carpenters just now refuse to abandon house-building for housebreaking, thciefore the building of warder's houses remains at a standstill. The police would like to find a few depraved carpenters.

A telegram has been reeived in Wellington from a prominent Rugby official in the Old Country, expressing the opinion dial a Biiiish foolball team will visit New Zealand in

iijub', and that every effort will be made to secure a very strong representative combination. Particular attention is to be paid to the forwards, so as io secuie the veiy best material, as after tne visit to Britain ol the New Zealand team it has come to be recognised that if success is to be attained the British team must have a very powerful vanguard. There is eveiy probabili y that all the best Welsh playeis will be able to make the trip. It is believed that t.ie team will prove the strongest Englisa Rugby combination evei seen in New Zealand. Dr F. Truby King (says the Oam-

aru Mail) is decidedly original in his niehod of showing ais disapprobation of our preseii' educational methods. "This boy is wasting his time,'' saic, he, ironically, at his lecture the othei evening, explanatory of a picture thrown on the screen depicting a bright-faced lad engaging in the exercise of steering a yacht, "lie s j exercising all his facuhics. Sense ol reason, sense of touch, sense of sight, sense of hearing-—ail these are being healthfully developed by the ploasam occupation. Sull people imagine that the knowledge he is gaining will b< of Utile use to him and that his time could he much better employed. . Ah '. This is what he ought 10 be doing ; this is how he ought l'i be employed, he continued, as the next picture came in —a fac simile of a page from one of the standard school arithmetic books, in which some of the absurd problems with which children are made to puzzle their young brain 1 stood out in remarkably bold type; "sitting in a Bluffy school room pondering over such problems as these. The knowledge he is gaining mainover be of much use tii him, but it is a capital method of improving his education and properly fhting him for the battle of life!"

Discussing Ihe dissolution question, the Wellington Post says:—We believe that the Premier would be able 10 get a dissolution on such a momentous' question as this, if ho desired one, and also that the knowledge of his possession of this power is the best safeguard against his being required 10 uso it. The rural Tories among its own followers constitute the chief peril of the Government, and a week or two ago their bark was very valiant indeed but their bite is likely to prOYB a good deal less dangerous, and we do not cxpec) to see them carrying an intolerable demand to the point of breaking up their party, precipitating a general election, and accomplishing their own annihilation. They woukl risk a far bigger stake than the Government by attempting such a course, and this they will have full; realised before they are called upon to vole. For the Government, at any rate, die safest cuursn is really the boldest. There i s no need ''for bluster, nor is there any of their number who would be likely to attempt it; but absolute firmness in adhering to the programme already sketched is a paranieiiiiit necessity. The matter having gone- ; so far, postponement woukl now be hardly less fatal than withdrawal, for ic would imp'y a surrender to the vJamour that has been raised against the be st parts pi the Land Bill. 1

The Australian Star gives an account of a row on the Sonoma at Sydney, is the rule on most America", yi'osehj trailing to the colonies, the ■'" crew was made up of all Sonoma., ... | la jj au " Germans, sorts—Spaniard, —ision'there Mexicans— and on this oc-... lu " "...

did not seem to be any kind of discip-' line. The third assistant engineer got mixed up in an affray with a water tender named Steins, who had mteifered when om of the crew had been put in irons for being drunk and abusive. In the struggle which ensued the engineer was mobbed by the crew, who behaved like maniacs, all yelling, and swearing in every language. Being hard pressed, the engineer whipped out a revolver and fired at .he deck to frighten his assailants. He i then hi. the water fender on the head with the butt of the revolver. The c.ew then cleared out. The shot wounded Seins in the ealf of the leg. When brought before the Water Court on a charge of maliciously wounding Steins, the engineer stated that he found it necessary to carry a revolver on the ship, as there sometimes arose trouble with the men. Other officers described the incident, and gave evidence that there had been a great noise and confusion. Accused could not gei away tronj the men. who were attacking him, and tiled in self defence. There was no doubt about the want of discipline in the vessel, and no other course was open lo the Court bid to discharge .he engineer.

Time is said to be money. It's a good thing to have both. You'll save both ;,t the Melbourne Clothing Company; you won't have to wait a minute for the suit, hats or pair of boots, and yotrre bound to be pleas "d with the prices if you're a judge of a bargain.—Advt. SF.PAkATOK T.OSSF.S. It is an ea\v mailer to lose the piice of a Cream Separator twice over in one season, farmers should carefully test their separators, to see that the skimming is perfect whil" i tinning' at the full slated capacity. Many separators skim better when the capacity is reduced, but this means loss of linv and labour, and thai the capacity has b"cn over-rated. Discard any sepaialor showing this weakness. Write to J. li. MacKwan ei Co., New Plymouth who will supply the very latest machine, and will guarantee the lia'tic Cream Separator to skim perfectly, while running at full capacity. J

An old Taranaki settler tells us that ia Lis experience of 35 years, Tnranaki never had such a fine and mild tre])tember as the mouth just passed. Between sixty and seventy trades' displays have been entered for tho demonstration on Labour Day, about Half of diem being working exhibits mounted on lorries, The " Waitara Mail" states a Waitara housewife had delivery given her a few days ago of apiece of diseased pork, which was seized and examined by Mr Howan, Government Stock Inspector, who says the meat is badly affected with tuberculosis. Court proceedings will follow. Mr Tanner is to ask tho Minister of Justice whether his attention has been directed to evidence taken by a Royal Commission to the effect that aJ P. in Tarauaki named Mr Bayly has engaged in lendmg money to Maoris at 50 per cent, per annum, and whether it is desirable that Mr Bayly's name should bo retained ou the commission of the peace. There was a large attendanoe at the concert held in the Westown Hall last night, tho occasion being the wind-up of the Mutual Improvement Society for the year. A lengthy musical programme was gone through, in which the following assisted: —Mrs Okey, Miss P. Ukey, Miss A. Cowic, Messrs .). Whitcoinbc, Okey, Cammy, and H. Smith. The programme concluded with, a very laughable farce, " Oysters, a shilling a bucket." The characters .vere taken by Mrs Leepe and Messrs Cameron, Whitcornbo and M, Smith. Miss Smith officiated at the piano, which was generously lent by the Collier Piano Co. After a splendid supper, provided by the ladies, the nail was cleared for dancing, which was kept up spiritedly for some time, 1 Mr il. hobb acting as M,C.

A Wairarapa contemporary says : With reference to ihe controversy now going on as to the best breeds of milking cows, the details given below show what can be done with good cows, well kept and kindly treated. The owner is a farmer at Parkvale. lie milks 10 cows of Shorthorn cro s and Jersey cross. Even though the herd did not come in fully till 'he middle of November, these ten cows gave for the factory of milk, averaging 7213 II) each. The factoru average for each cow was 3051bs of butler fat equal to 356113S of butter. With butter fat at i/id, each cow earned £ls 18/5. With a few pounds for whev and calves, the total per cow is brought to £l6 13/2. This record is a splendid one. A Mataura man's returns show a return of £ll i/io» per cow, while an EUiam farmer, with thirty-seven cows, giving 20,144 gallons of milk of loi'bs to (he gallon, brought in £4lO 13.'4. °r £ll 6/10 per cow for the past season. The breeds in the two latter cases were not stated. A voung man walked into the office of a well-known timber firm recently (says the Otago Daily Times) and said: "My father owss you some money," and for.hwith produced an account for £75. The manager of die firm cast his eyes over the bill, 1 and remarked: "I have no recolleciim of anyone of that name being on ,;ur books.'" "Oh, yes," replied the stranger; "he owes the money all right." Then he pulled out a roll of notes, counted mi seven £w notes and a £5 note, and handed them over the counter. The manager of the lirm glanced over the bill a second ime. It was dated "April, 1 ,S (J G, to account rendered, £75." Lagers were brought down, some time was spent in hunting up records, and event ually the young man's statement was proved correct. The books plainly showed that the debt was owing, the his. occasion on whihe ihe account had been rendered being April, iSijd; but, as the debtor was then in somewhat straitened circumstances, the debt had been written off. "It is not an every-day occurrence," remarked ihe manager to our representative, "to find people calling in and liquidating a debt after so '»ng a period, and one can appreciate an act of his kind, even though to all intents and purposes H -e had cleaned the slate and forgotten all abou: il." It only needs to be added that the manager, in the fulness of his bean, impressed upon the young man the gratefulness of Iris firm, and handed him in return a subs antiai amount to depart in peace and exploit Duncdin with a free and easy consci nee.