LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81880, 3 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Bi 11 Block School Committee lias approved llie appointment of Miss !lirc as assistant teacher at tho E'gmont road school.

The number (wo bore at Moturoa has reached a depth of 1310 feet, ano he drill is now passiug through clay ind sand formations. There is n bia escape of gas. Progress is satisfactar? it No. 3, and the Birthday well, tes.ed yesterday, ran as strongly as ever. Thcliaholu School Committee has decided to ask the Education Board to enlarge the teacher's residence, which is considered inadequate for the requirements.

The County Chairmau, Mr G. V. I'ate, has just returned from a trip .brotigh the Omata riding. Ou Friday >e went through the Moa riding, anil 11 company with Mr J. Skinner, .'otuily Liiiiineer, inspeekd the pro-.w-ed diviatton at Upjolm's hill. Tiie Tartmaki court at Ihe Christchurch l'Miil.iti n has already made its mark. Ou Eridiy Mr \V. (;. Malonc received a telegram from Mr Utirke, a retired sheep fanner, congratulating nil concerned on Taranaki's n tisti" show iug. The designing of the court was the work of Mr Malonc, and the actual arrangement Jiiis been done by Mr L O. Hooker, the provlncia represuntalive in charge. Mr Hooter wrote to the executive, eoinplainiuthat the aiiliionliis would not allow liim to complete the court, or to do anv further wo"k in it, until after Novell bcr 12th. To this Mr Malonc replied, instructing Mr Hooker to go rrdo acal, a- the space was sold to the ViinmiiU'c 1111 c -uditionally ; or if there icre any regulations Ihl-sc were nut .nade known to the Committee. The pnachcrs at the Aliitelcv 'hiircli to-morrow will be : m ■iniio'i lev. 11. F. Williams, and the evenm' he Key T. G. Brooke. At the latter service Mr Brooke will deliver hi:. monthly address to young men "Samson the Athlete."—Advt. MAKING JiKICKS FROM STRAW. An impossible wi-k .-.e; the childicn f l-ra.'i by the Egyi,:i.,„s. and ~,e 1 r.v lnm.-r who l-uv, ~„ mteiim paialor in piclereiice to the "Alia-

• : -V.il ' IS imp ...;-,-, if ;,,, C(pi;,]!v i, n . ' K''\ 'O'C .'ll'l Prii'll-, of hi.S daily. email' 'i arc om-taiitly Hoaiimr -■i" '"-' hi ,i-"i and wc would ad■ls" l l ; 'i'>" f; »> '- l" >-' v Hii-y do not •tile mi i in-. !"..: !>■-. A superabunar.ce i f brums is nl) i required to <-Vy ■■<•■•■ "Vohto pa t-rn of t.'i<. ond'> standard machine, but it does equirc a pretty frond nerve to foster ln'in "n tlv public a? the 'dates! ini'■love'! •epni.ucr." The "Alfa-La-■l ' i it'll- suprerrt". Visit our ■ ■ lid at I'ie 1 iii i national Inhibition, nd see the proof of our claim for ourself. Local Agents, E. Griffiths and Co., Vi\., New Plymouth,

Two large whales were disporting themselves oil the town yesterday : a l 'nTiioon, and were the ccnlre of much ' attention. The Government subsidy towards the cost oE the teacher's residence at the Outmakc school amounts to £l2B 16s. Che Garrison Hand will give, their usual fortnightly concert in the town to-night, marching from the Melbourne House corner at 7.30. On Sunday afternoon, the band will play at the rotunda on the esplanade, when a collection will be taken up in uid of the eontost funds. The public debt of the city of Wellington total,' £1,671,724. There will be no outward mail fn.m Auckland by way of Frisco until the' joui November. The Moeraki is to :eave We ling-ton on gth inst, making- . close connection with the Suez mad , at Sydney. ' Rev. John Nixon had the mWort- ■ lice on Thursday to fall from his horse, tne mishap being caused by tn- breaking of the sunup leather. f'.xcepc tor a severe shaking, the rev. 1 g.-iiileman e-caped injury. Messrs W.j. Shaw and Co, agents - f"i I'hos. Cook and Son, are distril bit my gratis a "Tourist's Guide,' t lKctal Exhibition number. The ijock, of 256 pages is replete with a i useful to tourists and ; travellers, and is well illustrated.

i\lr Morrow of Rahotu goes in largely for Holstein cattle, having an imported bull of the very purest tra n,—says the Opunake "Times" lucre are also some very fine Jersey caitle, and Mr Morrow is going in for a herd of hr<t cross Holstein on the Jersey. That, as he puts it himself, will beat the world. The HoiHuiii bull, whicn, when syrs old, Mr Morrow successfully backed to give any animal possessed by another bteeder, weight, was tethered in a paddock, and he is a splendid specimen. Mr Morrow is taking the

greatest care of him and tn another year intends to show him through Xew Zealand.

During the late session of the British l'ailiament unsuccessful attempts have been made to revive the privelcge once enjoyed by M.'s P. of having their correspondence carried free by the State. A contributor to "Note's and Queries" quotes some suggestive siatis'tics for iSjo. In that year the total number of letters was b'2,470,s<jO ; of which no fewer than 6,563,024 were franked. ''This enormous number of franks." he says, "will show how the privelege was abused. Members of Parliament coulcT receive an unlimited number of letters free of postage of anv weight—even a pianoforte, a saddle, a haunch of venison —and they might send out 14 a day. With the new Act franking was abolished. The Queen cheerfully volunteered to resign the privilege and pay postage like her subjects."

Auckland papers record that the. first poison to greet Sir John Gorst on arriving at Auckland was Patara Te Tuhi, an old Maori who was connected with some of the stirring- cxper ence. which befel Sir John in 'he Wakato in the early sixties. Patina at thai time edited the Maori ne«spapcr llokioi, published bv the Kingnatives at Ngaruawahia. ' The then Mr Gorst started a paper called the P.hoihoi Mokemoke, in opposition to the Hokioi's political views. Cer lam matier taat was printed, and indeed, the opposition itself, enraged the natives, who. headed by Rewi Mamapoto, seized the printing- press, type, and papers, and carried them to what is now Mercer, and landed them on "Queen's soil." Patara, however, took no part in the seizure, for he was one of the Maori peace party. It is interesting to" recall ■that some of the set tvpe that was seized was >et by Mr. Von Dadelzen, ihe pre ent Registrar-General, and at that time a missionary cadet.

People who desire to elim.nate the unnecessarily dangerous and brutal from our national outdoor pastimes (wines Die Bullet) can find anotnei argument in riie death of jockey jy. Regan at Moorfieid. ile was ruling K«yal Standard in the Steeplechase, and at the logs h ib mount toppled, shooting ihu rider r s the earth, and then toiling on him. Regan s sku.l was crushed like an egg shell and he was dead when the ambulance armed. The ghasily side of the business is that this mans' death served no useful put pose. H e did not perish in a manly elevating sport that makes people who follow it hardy, self-ieiant and better phyrically. and men.aly. He d.ed to make betting more Hukey and the gamble more uncertain. Racing produces a class of horses that ate, as a rule, of little value except for racing; a quantity of dwarfs to ride them, and a crowd of o;iili\.kers who are wasting the holiday that might be devoted to healthy exercise. Then the club puts up hurdles for the parties most concerned to break their necks over, and the sum-tota! of these things 'a Sport.

Speaking to au interviewer, Sir Juhu Gor=i, the Br.tish Government s lepro entauvc at tae Now Zealand Exli.biuoii, remaiked that the British Labour l'any proposed to introduce nuasurcs containing proposals thai ww'already :a\v in New Zealand. But conditions here were not so diltieult to deal with. There was not that fnghttul poverty that was really tlie dillicult thing to contend with at Home. He supposed it was no exaggeration to say that in London and \eik about 30 per cent, of the population wa» below the "poverty line ''— had not enough food, clothing, and housing to keep them in decency and comfoit. Laws might operate perfectly well in New Zealand which, will that poveity I; ]emcm, would be disastrous i„ England, ' Nothing was being done at present to siop the ev.l. The poor people were breeding the future race, because the richer people were unwilling to incur the Hie troubles and iesrmnsib:l./\tfs, of moiheiluod. The evil was really increasing instead of diminishing.

Memories of the American civil war are revived by the news uf the death recently at Liverpool of Captain John Low. one of the chief officers of the famous Alabama, the Birkeanheadbuilt cruiser whoso depredations on Federal shipping and commerce eventually cost ihe British taxpayer over three miliums of money. For many years past (says the 'London Te cStaph) Captain Low had resided in 'Liverpool, where he was a director of tie' Steam Tug Company ,and a familiar hVui-c on 'Change and in commercial and shipping' circles. He took :i great inlere-t in several charita'ble institutions. Captain Low, who was seventy-four, had quite a I mid of reminiscences associated with tlv: destructive raids of the Alabama. He stated_that tluHi-h the nw«--; f] .; ,"7, vested captured by the cruiser "ii the h gh seas were always treated Willi ihi. greatest courtesy. |hrr» were -cine who looked upon them as piraies, and a general dread existed 'est they ought hill into the maws of the Alabama. Their s urn ri<--<i was gicat when they fi.,md on board thai rhip a cnui't"sv and kiednes, icmVs've' "f .1 ISiui-1. and Amercan liner. On one ecen'-:on ihe passengers on a capniied vn ; e| were very much alarmed, and (.aptain Low, on going into hj" cabm, found the women and cVld.cn highly scared. lie uic-ce'-cli'd m pacifying (hem, and tliev soon began 10 have the groan si coiifiCence in bin. At another time, wben ihe iia-sengcrs were going away, [hey begged Captain Low 'o g'vi- them ■■omc memento nf their e x - I'ciien.-es. \V;ie„ lie had flushed I lie 'ivcmew he looked like a turkcv p'ueked, as In- had given all the button- mi Irs uniform. Captain Low ad rune reus memoranda rclat'iig to the .■:i].turi". made bv the Alabama.

CHAMPION PRIZE BUTTER. The following testimonial from -"*■ l>. Choke, of Greeuh'th". 'ueklaiul piove.i thai the IHtie y cp ■I'al": holds io.- ~»;, v,!„-„ n;„ tr. :,nv : ' -l :—"I h:iV' niii.-h pleasure in siali:ir, mv ute iat '■ faction with tlv o'-ieliine. Ii ...-,„■!-, „ nt „ its f„n '■lorc'v and ever if m -< s arv. It skun-s almost ino close, leaving noth•ii'.V for the calves. T< v erv e.-rsv o drive, my 3 l yen- old clauoldor often dr'v- f. In spt.,, trunihs the ec.-t of iipkr-ep is ~,„. shilhn.r. 7 won Ihe l-"ir t and Champion prizes at bod, the Auckland and Pukekohe Shows, for butler made from croam separated by the Baltic Separator,

Strong execpthm is taken 1)V Mr M. A. Elliott, lion. sccK'i.nv of the Wellington unci Tarauaki Wool, Skin, and Hide buyers' Association, to some comments made by the Rangitikei Advocate, as to the motion for the formation of that body. Mr Elliott, in ,t letter to the Advocate, j says:—"The objects of my association are to faelitate the proper conduct of sa'es, save the lime of all concerned, piolect ind : vidu;il buvers from dishonest piact'ees, .'|rJ',rochice finch 1 reforms Hoarding tare- draft, condition of produce, method of selling, proper cataloguing, etc.. as mav be cons'dercd expedient and reasonable, and to generally assist the brokers in cairying on the sales in a busi-ness-like way in the intere-ts »{ seller and buyer a'ike. Combining to fix prices, as insinua'ecl in your article, s not part of fur programme, and I thing it would be impossible for any associat on (■> attempt this. Certainly my association has not even moote.l the que lion and has no intention of do ; ng so, as buyers feel that they must have perfect liberty of individual action regarding prices they