The Daily News. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81882, 6 November 1906, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6.

The Auckland—San Francisco, despatch of the 2 U th Sepiember, arrived ui London on me 3rd inst. On the 22nd tust., Piivate A. Humphries will be presented with the gold medal won bv him as the best shut in the North Island. A presentat on will also be made to the Taranaki Rifles by ihe Veterans' Association. The heavy cost of maintenance of 'the Breakwater road has prompted the County Chairman to remark that ; t will soon be neces-ary to apply for half of the Harbour Board's passenger poll tax. One debt case was decided on Monday in the New Plymouth S.M. Court, Messrs C. E. Bclhinger and W. Runciman, Justices, presiding. John Love sued Wm. Pratt for £5 3, Mr Malone for planttf. Judgment was given lor this amount, and costs 18/.

The frequency with which the '•Tapuae'' is mentioned at CountyCouncil meetings has got on Mr llopson's nerves, although he has had a .ong spell off Council woik during his recent trip to the Old Country. "I'll have Tapuae on the brain soon, he complained on Monday. During the months of September and October, 12251 cases of butter, valued at ,630.027, and 2025 cases oi cheese, of the value of .6035.S weie slipped from the West Coast Refiigirating Works at Patea. During the coi responding period of last year 10,722 boxes of butter, valued at £25,182. were shipped.

The "man in the street'' has narrowed down the number of suspects unci he assctts he can place his linger on the man who perpetrated the monumental yard outrage the other evening. It is stated that the bottle which contained the Stockholm tar has been found, and fn m its peculiar description the rest should not be difficult.

County Foreman Walker, Moa r cling, seems to doubt the wisdom of the Council decision that no casual labour must be employed without Unsanction of one of the riding counc 1lors. He say. "1 am afraid it would be waste of tmc. I should have to lide sixteen miles or more to obtain the sanction of the nearest councillor 10 put a man on for say, one day : and even then 1 night not find the Councillor at home." The borough traction engine, whil-l engaged in loil.nig the new metal on the High School lull on Mond.i; mornings roused ihe ire of a horse n line of the Stores' Company's carts, ile "played up" beautifully for a whi.e, but the driver stuck to him. and eventually the bure landed in lnditch. There he was extricated from lis uncomfortable position and from the harness, and shortly afterwards merrily proceeded on his way. Messrs Steele and Cutficld. represent ng iht- Henui Road Board, waited on the Taranaki County Counc.l yesterday and asked them to undertake the lighting of the struts in Fitzroy instead of making a grant for the construction of fooptatlis. Cis. Brown and Uupson asserted cmpiiul - cally that the Counc.l could not contribute toward-, the cost of lighting on district roads. The chairman read from the Aci governing this matter, g vinir the Council power to light "any road in the county.' 1 The request was agieed to. Mr j. S. Medley, the Deputy Oflic al Assignee, announces mat in the oota.c of U . il. Woods, bankiupt, he will shortly be ■enabled to ucc.aic a dividend ot 20, m the £, as a rosuit

of hj.» ins.ituting, tlnough Messrs Staiuiish and Ketr, legal proceedingtj have certain tran-actions of the bankiupi set aside, ft would seem mat it ;s more satisfactory to put estates into bankruptcy nglit away than to waste time and money in ananging pr.vate assignments which, in the case in quest.oll, would clearly have been a great mistake.

A meeting- of delegates rcpte-cnt-iiig tile llawke's Bay, Taranaki and Wellington Farmers' Union Mutua Associations was held at Palmeiston on Wednesday. Mr A. H. Russell, of iiawkes Bay, was in die chair. After discussion, the urine pies of reinsurance between the As-odations was continued It was decided that at present it was not desirable to amalgamate, it was found that the taiili at pn-sent ruling was working well, so no alieiat.ons were made. A set of rues and regulations was drawn up for submission to the separate Boards of Management.

A bright \|ista is opening before the Lincoln sheep breeders of NewZealand. Argentine pedigree slock bnyeis ale discovering that Engl sh Lincoln:; are too leggy and aic going off in Heece, and an Argentine rjuyci vis.ting the l'almerston Norili Show declares thai the New Zealand L n coins seen t.n the show ground arc jti-i the type Argentine bleeders require—low se-. and with good con ttuiion and magnificent fleeces. The Argentine visitor has given evidence oi his faith in his op nion by purchasing from Mr \V. 11. Wybourne, a successful exhibitor at the show, two Lincoln ram hoggets at a hundred guineas each, and two at tevcnty-hve guinea- each. He declaied that Mr \\'\ bourne's champion Linen.n ram would iealsr a thou-and guineas if pu; up to auction in the Argentine, i'he hoggets ate to be shorn and their fleeces will be shown at the Christchurch Exhibition.

Wh Ist Guy Kawke's Day may be ail occasion of great enjoyment amongst the male generation, the genelalily of to k were pleased when Monthly night mined »ui so »ot in, to renmote contingency. Novel tholes- the \"ung"i'r- utni.il out iu tlie in n. and tint kers and rockets wete the order oi the even ng, -parks and cracklings -tanl ng the noise- and the wnyfan-i.-. \th" were unlortunate enough to be abmad on such a niglu. The f'utwcrks enthu-ia-ts did not pay the sliglnes, heed to the safety of the budding-, or the convenience of the public, but just blazed awiiy. "Boywill be bm-s." and thev'lT a wavs ii.iv.- ihelf Inn, but they should be watched. S""tii'- smart nippers in Inglewood the other day dropped a bunch of ('rackets under a vehklc I'lii hoi si- ic-cntcd the crack! ng and -et off. cap-izing the vclrcle and -iiih-'hing l, badly. The lady in .liarg. I,ad a rimarkablv luckv e-

HEALTHY COWS .MEAN LARGER MILK. L'ilEljLES.

S'-ockowners.' we want lo co-operate wiih you. Lei us help lu make your monthly rlu'i|ui'? b'ggo,-. To obtain i|"- maximum of profit foaii your ■OH-k. no ,aa o- r w!irth"r p ; g~, cows, reives, sheep. „,-hr,p.es, v i ; , „„,l 1,-, V r ihrin in lip lop fettle, and SYKFS'S DUEMTi v id put ilimi in lhal rouilnion KYUiS'S ItUI-'.NCII l-,as •lood ilo iro i,., years and has the en ,!,-!-, ni'vl ■ f ilmusaio.l- , f f,inn-is. Il.'ll'i hrsitale to u-r ill- b" I lha l „,-nee e;a, |,:.-rure: end ih- ben thai

Ihnug'-' an ! Ira lis ran pr, due is follll'l ; n <v-i,- p ekei wiih the wind SYKI'.S. I'- I'-e leaM, ~r vo„r a:vrrds and th b'-i"lii of i-„,„ p,,cket look P.>. SYKFS'S win never iie-doie-a d: in h. SYKFS'S HRKXCII cleanses and e-niplelely cure- all inllannnatorv and feveii-h disorders; a!-, r\R chills, r-l wao-r. D-ivr--1 1 ;-. ii.i'l: f-vrr. iiic'igcvion. h:di? 1.: end. i-o-. l-";i.-li park' t cmlains |AO dl irhe, V'rtr for booklet rf'll-ti'ni.-'j- ,'u'l i iformaiini, testimonials, (-r. Sold bv all storekeepers, 1/6 .packet, if)/- duz.— Advt.

'lhe Ventura- with the 'Frisco mail. Mi Honolulu on ihe 4th insi. at 6 d . in. Tnere are no dangerous clcctr'c light poles on the County Counc.l's section "f die Junction road, Niys the foiemail on that length. The Minister for Lands Hon. R. McNab, has consented to addiess a meeting on the Land question at Eltham at the close of the New \ear holiday. The following letters received from place- beyond the colony are ly.ng unclaimed at the Chief Post Ufliee New Plymouth :—Mi's Susan Flinders. M ss C. L. Worthington. Owing to the Borough Council's scheme of retrenchment and the withdrawal of die annual subsidy uj i.ie local bands, a mewing <>f the Gamson Band was held last night to cons del ihe position. It was decided to continue the seres of popular concert", without subs'dy, m order that the public shou.cl not be sufferers by the Council's parsimony. The first of the seasons concerts will accordingly take place next week, on an evening lo be notified later. The Bath Corporation, like the Bugaton Corporation (says an En'g.isli paper) has not been successful n Its electric trading. After crediting

hat department with /.4-100 tor street gluing the year's trading has re ult

Ed in a loss of £338. No provision ha» been made for depreciation of plant or ma.us, and, as the capital expended exceeds £ 160,000, a charge of three per cent, for the renewal of machinery and mains would swell the loss to over £SOOO on the year. Advices received from America by

Mr T. E. Donne, Superintendent of tue Tourist Department, make it evident that the visit to this country of the Hon. W.lliam Jennings Bryan.

who is to contest the American presidential election of lyoS, has been postponed— not abandoned. There has lately been much talk in favour of tne United States acquiring ;the means of transit as a weapon for combatting the evil of tiusts, and it is Mr Bryan's desiie to investigate in Australasia the matter of State ownership of railways ptior to the Presidential election. It was lis original intention to pay his visit during the American fall.

After infin te trouble, occasioned by the deplorable transit arrangements between Lytteiton and Christchurch. Mr Nelson lllingwoith, ihe sculptor, has had the bust of the late Premier culptured by himself in Wellington set up in the Touri-t Department's palatial bureau. It is a life s'zc bust of Mr Seddon, taking in- the full length of the lapels of his frock coat. Both straight on and in profile the sculptor has caught a capital likeness 0! ihe dead statesman. The rugged -trcngth of the b»ld features, the domI ; nating brow, and the creases of care under ihe eyes—not a fam lar wrinkle is missing from the mass vc face.

Inquires made by a "Star'' reporter ai the registry offices j n Duned n show that one effect of ths Exhibition is beg nning to be felt in the southern city. Applications for places as domestic servants are becoming scarcer. At present the suppi..' of grooms, night porters, and male cooks is about equal to the demand, but it is otherwise with fema e I servants. One informant said:

"They all want to get to places up Noith if they can. If they can't get to Chrisichutch right away they will take positions at Timaru, or any ot her part of Canterbury fairly adjacent to the big show.' It is consequently very hard to get female applicants for places in Dunedin." the Slock Inspector for the Wcsi Coast (Nortii Island) district, Mr A. iv. B undell, nrnarks as follows m 'he course of in-, annual report:—"Belore the appointment of a start' of oflicers io early out the inspection oi dairies, leg siation suould be enacted' Hluieby tne landlord, and not, as al piesciL, the lessee, may be held responsible tor the erection of all bladings and yaius. One of tne greatest d liieuuies to be met with at the present t,me in ihe enloi cement of the necessaiy improvements is the fact that in me niajomy of cases ihe supplier* are only tenants, ,n many cases Holding short leases, and 1 1-, but natural l.iat they should object 10 spend their hard earnings in making improvements f ur me ultimate benefit •<f the .andlord."

''Hut summer means death rate oi young infams will be very great/ tccyraphod Dv Slopford., of Auckland, to ilic Minister lur I'ublic Health (Hon G. Towlds.j "Can you gel leaflet- issued instiucting patents that almost all .niest.ual diseases of infants are due to milk infection and improper feeding? Would suggc.-t Government having proper depots for supply of humanised nn.k m sealed bottles, and i-sued at cost priee. Couid not it-liable nurses be appointed to go around and see to children's proper feeding under doctors' care also notify every case of summer diarruhea, also insiiuct authorities to see that all backyards, etc, are properly cleaned and streets watered, also milk in nouses kept in proper vessels and not in a safe with other food, animal el vegetable?-' 'J'h e Minister replied, promising careful and sympathetic consideration.

"A beginning has been made n two schools this year," says the Inspector of Native Schools in his annual report, "to impart the principles of pla.n cooking and domestic economy to tlie elder gills. ft -s true that the scheme is a t present a very crude one. It consists in the girls being taught the very commonest forms under conditions similar ;o those that obtain in nearly every Maori ka.nga, and with similar appliances. Hence it has been arranged thai girls sha.l get experience in cooking with the camp-oven as well as with die range in the master's house, should the experiment prove a success. 1 hope to be able to extend the system so that the new generatt.on of Maoris shall know at least how to cook bread—an art in which, from die specimens I have occasionally seen, all Maoris are not particularly gifted. Indeed, when one con-idcrs the fact that in the real Maori districts all the •■bread" has to be made, and bread and tea form the staple lood of many of the children, the need for good bread can be easily under--to°d. There can be little doubt that many Maoris, both chiklien and adults, die from want of proper food and from ignorance of the preparation of food suitable for invalids, and I the training of giris in cooking plain' food with simple contrivances, and wiih the maximum of cleanliness, is certain in lime to produce beneficial ■.fleets. j

In Australia where the eight-hour day is an accomplished fact, celebrated yearly with much rejoicing, it is d Ifieuli lo realise the long hours that are worked in America. In the Pullman car workshops, in Chicago, Mr 0 C. Dealt, who has jut returned 1 rum a vi-it to the American Continent, told the New South Wa'es Chamber of Manufacluiers on October 22,

the employees work th'u- i-n hours al night and eleven houi :n the cl.iy. wah ;m inierval in ear ;.--e for a meal; and work hard all ihe lime. In going 0.-er the factory he discoveied that a man employed in painting, ii-iiiy about 150 square yards of paint lor each car, was pad only 32 cents, not per yard, but for the entire car. and mule jdol a day (about 12/ ii). I,i New York, on tlie other hand, Mi b'-alt mi.! a lium:initar:an employe! who quite agreed that ilie United Stati'-, workman were kept 100 long at work, and received too iililo pay; lull lie then found that the girls 'in I'dii- man's ptujcr-iiiill were kept ai work ai night for til nocn hours, wilh- , lit any inierval at all except such as would' cnaolc t!:".".'. " , llUlfJ'sl'v ■-n„ti-li a sandwich. "What is lo be, on ( those girl-, working for iliiiieen hours taking 11 meal now and .he,- r ' ii'ierieil !\lr llealc Yet he learnr-.l a'so diirng his tour of Aiimt i ,1 ih .. ,-h'ldirn were kept ai woik for twelve hour-; a day looking after Siaii's of the I'nion wcic rutin Iv wiihou, labor regulation-. The Austra- |; ;i|i v. "ikman. even I hough he may i am hs-. is vastly belter "IT in Irs ntii cc.uniry. > Mr lieak-'s opinion. A FEW GOOD HEIFERS.

Although a very small number of calve are bring reared (his season, ihe sale „f (Jjlrutli Calf Food has been very large, farmers evidently realising Ihe importance of making-a good job 1 f those they are keeping. Write lo J. B. MacEivan and Cd,, New Plymouth* for particu)arß t 1

The police authorises have nude very complete airangvmcii.s ;i,r the care of the light ting.-led fiatcniity during llu- prugiu s of the Exhibition. A liumbei uf Sydney d.:tc<...\vs w II b'i stationed at Ciiri.-tchurch for the next six months, ami ii will be their especial duty to keep ;l tlosc watch on

the movements of any enterprising' visitors from Australia who have pieyiously come within the clutches of the aw. Several well known Atisttalian aim rials have already arr ved in the colony, but if they embark on a thieving cxped lion, their progress is l : kely to be short lived. The detective forces of the large cities have in no way been drawn upon for Chr stI church, but the services of a number of men from the smaller stations have been enlisted, and th's will ensure an adequate force.