LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81877, 30 October 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rahotu, Koru, Warea and Bell Uli.ck news appears on the fouitll page, besides farm and dairy intelligence. Taranaki petroleum ' shares are still increasing in price. Yesterday a parcel of originals sold for 15/. In oihei words, this means that the original ,65 shares are now selling for

A. W. Crawford, a young Canadian who is roller-skating round the wor.d, has arrived at Karachi, and proposes travelling through India. Crawford has already travelled yooo miles on his skates.

It is said that nearly 100 Chinamen cuit.vate vegetables around Otaki. Ihe exceptional richness of the soil itnders it well adapted for the purposes of this industry. It is staled that in some instances Chinamen pay as much as £f> per acre per annum lor the use of their land.

A project is on foot to search for the ship Royal Charter, which was wrecked 111 185 Q. She had a valuable cons gnment of Australian gold on bond, toe steamer Royal Charter was wrecked off the coast of Anglesea, Wales, on the night of 25-26H1 October 1859, 446 lives being lost. The ves-el contained gold to the value of between ,£700,000 and ,£BOO,OOO, but much of this lias been recovered. General Booth, while on his way from Fleetwood to Blackpool in his motor car, was held up by some 3000 volunteers encamped near by, who refused to let hirh pass until he said a few words. Standing round in shirt sleeves, die men listened earnestly, and when the General had finished, there was a scramble to shake him by the hand. When he left Lord Ashton's house at Ryland in the morning, the General received a cheque for from his host. At the S.M. Court on Monday, evidence was taken in the case Wakefield and White v. Wright, a Waitara case, m which £25 was claimed on account of trespass and removal of fences. Mr Hughes appeared for Wakefield (the freeholder) and Mr Hutchen for \\hite( tenant), Mr Wilson appeared for the defendant. The evidence was of a very contradictory nature, and the Magistrate reserved judgment. Judgment by default was given in the civil action, Cattlcy v. A. J. Hill, claim £7, and costs. I Says the Dunedin Star: Many people are asking whether the l'ott Stphens will, if picked up by the Rakanoa, be the absolute property of vlic Union Company. The answer to this, kindly supplied by a solicitor, is that she will not. The only claim will be for salvage. The Jeannette Court's case is a typical one. She was abandoned, her masts gone, the pumps not workable, and a lot of water in the hold: and she was towed SSO miles to St. Thomas. It was admitted that she was worth .£7,500 and the Court awarded £3OOO. Professor Me'chfaikoff, the famous bacteriologist, makes the annoying announcement, especially at this time of the year, that raw fruit should never be eaten. He condemns it beyoirid remission. Asked whether grape pips might Dot give appendicitis, he thought that they might, but considered that a detail. The essential point is that microbes swarm on all fruit of whatsoever kind. We harbour quite enough bacteria as it is, therefore raw fruit should be absolutely "forbidden. The pi'ofessor has long since prohibited it in his own home. On the other hand, he recommends stewed fruit warmly, as it is palatable, wholesome, and sterilised by boiling. The Egmont Lodge, No 12,

1.0. G.T., neld its quarterly session on Monday evening m Queen street Hall. Bro. J.' C. Legg, C.T., presided. Two candidates were initiated. The banquet committee gave a very satisfactory report of tne recent banquet The election oi olHcvis resulted as follows:—C.T., Bro. J. C. Legg; V.T., Sister Mrs Bruce; secretaiy, Bro. W. Hooker; financial secretary, Sister Legg, sen.; treasurer, Sister E. Ullmei; cnaplaui, Bro. W. Pillar; marshal, Bro. C. Peppcril; guard, Brrj. W. Sturmey; sentry, Airs J. Jickor; assistant secretary, Sister H. Hopkins; D.M., Sister J. Cock; pianist, Sister A. Legg; registrar, Sister A. Yeale; librarian, Sister 0. Revel; P.C.T., Bro. G. Hartnell.

A painful sudden death occured at the Albury (N.S.W.) mecnanics institute last week. A valedictory conversazione to the Rev. Father Grifhji was drawing to a successful conclusion, when tne chairman invited Mr John Mac Lure, a very old lesident, to say a few words. Mr Mac Lure rose and delivered an eloquent and humorous address. He became much excited during its delivery. At the cbse he sat dowln, but it was noticed that hia eyes were rolling, and presently he lurched over and was caught while falling from his chair. Medical aid was at once available, but he died in a few minutes. The tragic sequel caused a painful sensation among the large audience. M;r Mac Lure had been suffering for some, time from heart disease.

Thcj«usual meeting of the Loyal Egmont Lodge, 1.0.0.1'., M.U., was held last evening. N.G. Bro. Ford presiding. Correspondence was received from Mr H. J| Hobbs, hon secretary of the United Friendly Societies' Picnic Committee, requesting the Lodge to appoint tiuce delegates to represent the Lodge on the committee.. "P.Gi's Bra s - Bennett, W. H. Butler, and G.M. C. A. Matheson were unanimously elected as delegates. Bro. C. W. Huisthou>e notified the Lodge that he was suffering from a recurrence of tne complaint that he was afflicted with about five months ago ilia many friends will be pleased to hear that u has not assumed so serious a form as on the previous occasion, and til at ho hopes soon to be able to resume his duties.

A South Canterbury farmer who has just jeturiied fiom a trip to Scotland, where he has been closel'y watchijriig the meat markets, gives an example of how buyers are duped, and New Zealand is made to suffer. The farmer in question said : —"1 wished to procure in Glasgow a piece of oui Canterbury lamb, and in company with my neice 1 went into one of the shops and asked for some. The then lie put a lamb on tin; counter the look of wliich" aruusod my suspicion that it was not Canterbury, and 1 asked to bo shown the bra/nd. whereupon he remarked that he had made a mistake, as it was an Argentine cat case. 1 told him he no doubt made those mistakes pretty often; then he put a lamb on. the courtier branded Canterbury. The Argentine he had offered me was about the size of a hare, and had it been possible lie would have sold it to me as prune but on being cornered he had lo acknowledge that he had "made a mistake."

The Health Department is a sort of '-Old Man of the Sea" riding on the shoulders of the colony. Its chief, probably, is a .very; harmless sort of man, and not one or the jioanerges of the profession. indeed, a real Boanerges would cost m«re U«in a question. Sunieone in the lower lank- 01 the had to be taken at the small salary available. The real "Old Man of the Sea" iprobably that mysterious secret society, the Medical .Association, a soci i'ty which i-sue.s edicts which are generally in the direction of making the medical profession a close corporation, and restricting all who attempt t" deal with medicine, food, etc., -x oepiiiig on the conditions which it 'm[loscs. It is impossible to identify the men who pull the strings and who float little Bills in the House, ostensibly in the interests of Ihe pubi'c, hut really to strengthen the position hf a spciel Medical Association. The Health Department will become a veritable "Old man of the Sea'' if members and Ministers allow it to always sit on the shoulders of the colony.—Masiorton ''Times."

A FEW GOOD HEIFERS. Although a very small number of calves are being- reared this season, the sale of Gilrulh Call Food has been very largo, farmers evidently realising this importance of making a good job of those they arc keeping. Write to J. B. MacEwan and CrJ,, New Plymouth, far particular",

The official opening of tint New Plymouth Tennis Club's season was postponed last Saturday on account of the wet state of tUe courts. The postponed function will take plate oil Saturday next. Ram bows arc in be discarded by the British Admii.d.y for future battleships. 11.M.5. Dreadnought, launched recently at Portsmouth, will not have a ram.

High collars in hot weather are (says the Daily Mail) a mistake, and produce headaches. This discovery, which has just been made by an Austrian doctor, is not exaetly novel. It has been realised to such an extent that in the hosiers' shops it is seldom that collars more than 2Jr inches high are now sold. Sizes, too, have gone larger. Nearly evonyone is wearing collars quite :}in to tin too large. This will revert to the normal ones when the colder weather comes. One of the chief reasons for the success of the "George Alexander" soft col-

lar is that with it headaches and giddiness, due to the ordinary stiff and high starched collar, are impossibilites. A West End physician liasstated that lie had had to treat women for the "collar headache," but that was owing to the- pieces of slecl 01 bone which are used to keep up the lace necklets of their blouses. He had advised stitching in a stiffening of cloth if the neckband would not stay up, with the result that the headaches disappeared.