LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81883, 7 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Indies identified with public mstitutions in New Plymouth are having a articularly busy lime just now. Three bazaars are en tapis, in aid of the funds of thelJecrcation Spirts Grounds Improvement, Western Park, and the West End School.

The Drainage Committee of the New Plymouth Uorougli Council met on Tuesday night As a result of the deliberations, Or. Bellnnger gave notice to move at next Council meeting, that the resolution authorising the kerhing and channelling in Mine street be not given effect to until after the question of the Mine street seiver is settled. Numerous complaints have been made recently that it is impossible tor ladies to gum admittance with a perambulator, go-nart, or any ofher infant's carriage, to the New Plymouth Recreation Grounds, unless tk y have sullieient strength to lift the carriage over the gates, or are able to push the concern under .he turnstiles, ft is absolutely impossible for them to negotiate the Carrington road entrance. Could not a small gale be erected, with a spring attached to ensure its closing against stray cattle? Arising out of the discussion at last meeting of the Borough Council, Cr. Cjliis has given the following notice for Monday's meeting :—" Thai- all money received by the Council in the '.vay of extraordinary water fees charged lo such ratepayers as are connected with the draina ; c system be allocated by the Council each year for the purpose of further extending the sewers to such parts of the borough not already provided for."

•'Citizen" writes: "Regarding the atoppago of the Municipal subsidy 10 I the bands, what nonsense for the bauds to squeal. They broaght (lie mutter on themselves The conceits were li.trd for tile worst mghls 111 the year, I think, and no suilieient notice >\as given. Then agaiu, there were ;,iMet!ealiy 113 concerts given on sumiuer ,'Veiim:;s, when it wis possible to walk outdoors, but the bauds seemed to vie A'ilh one another in delaying mailers, oeneraily running about half the eoneerts into the last few weeks for which the lient, y was available. No wonder the Council declined to give anodic

Lady Solomon, who was accompanied hv Sir iiiehtml Solomon, Iv.CVl.t;., K t'.l! , Acting Licutcnaut-Coyci'norof the Transvaal, recently laid the foundation stone of the jiible House now being erected by the JMtisk and Foreign BiUc Society at .Johannesburg In the course of his speech, Sir Ru-h----ar.i sdd lie had a linn belief in the work of (ho Bible Society, and wished 10 express his sympathy with those who cere engaged in carrying out that work. In this connection it is iiiterosliiif, to note that Scriptures in no 1,-s • than oj iungiiago.-, rt ,.-,e sold hud year Irom til ■ Bible Soriciy', depot at JulniiiiicslnuL, tnda lifiy-iliird uuiguaye ,i,,., ask«, for by a newcomer to tlie '• Golorii City" : he wanted a Bible in leelainlic, wlneli wa-, unfortunately, not in sh rk at I lie moment.

HOW XO SAVE .MONEY. Sp' no I -, loan you cam. -Simpeenough, i-u'l ii Dtii way of trading ■• •- ea-v. Vu !'"! ihe very b, ~ Cieani Si p oalor llial nioM-v i.ul bti\ -■ol I'lv I' -- lor 'i than an ; nfe; ; "i '»'' '" ;■■ '.'.hen ret take dura!) b'ly, i'gain-- am cmpeiio:.-. and take' il i.'ih :' -' ■■!" exp.-n ■ p, vo„ mile-. ! '-'■" l ■ e-r v o oir—we make in "■ dli o- or r. ,-rvaio;,— ~,„„, ■ -■■■ l '.iir "d -'- ire- ■■■:■: hit V im ull r lV Vi ; h' o-o -' -,.| ai Ha- ]„:e,na:i,.nal Exlrlo'i. ~ ii-! .-■ i'-.. 1,.,..,- .. A!| -,. 'L.u.d" mod.'-, wli'e!, naaied the S|ee.iKioki M,da! I June, i .</■) b,-ercat-isi ■niio ivenvols in ary mnchne or ■|"'i''-io-'ii;. Cual'.-.gu-s mo'le-1 lie,-. V,. Oiif f'nhs and Co.. N w I'vmoolh. local .••'■■mi -. Sole Now Zealand agents. Mason .Stru'her- and Co.. Ltd.', Palmerston North and Christchurch,.

The Melbourne Br'nd si despatch | f jrd of October airivec! al London 'ii the night of 2nd November. A farmer in the Ruapuna district Cantcrbuiy) is iei-ored to po-ecss a .011b with live well-dtv loped tails. In the ease Wakefield and Wh'te v. Wright, claim ,/,'jj for damages and .l'spas- and pla'ntiffs were non-suited :v Mr T. Iliitciiisnii, S.M., after Consideration of die evidence adduced. 1

On Tuesday morning, a- M'ssl lloby of Be'l Block, was chiving down CottUoiiay met, tile horse fell, but fortunately tee vch'cle was not ep'et. One ,of the gig was -|dh, but repairs were s,,on effected. and the journey resumed. The New York police have an ideal baton. This is made of extremely heavy wood, judiciously coated with ndiaiubber. and has this mor't. w--,ile it w 1 knock a man down with a single bl..w, it will stun without bieaking his head. A cho'r of forty or fifty ladies is now ichear-ing for a Christmas carol concert on Christmas Day ii the Whltclcy Church, The music selected is a I of a very high order, and is iiv st!y set in two or th'oe parts for female voice-. Mrs Gaukrodger, who has had considerable expensive tin sm-hr functions, is conducting the rehearsals.

An Interest ng link with the past i- on view in the Marlborough Court ill die KxMbilien. This is a bronze medal struck in commemoration of Captain Cook's expedition in the ships K< solution and Adventure, which left England in 1772, The medal bears the head of George 111. and the representations of the two vessels, with the date. It was found in the province.

Councillor Andrews threw a sidelight at last meeting of the County Ci'ime 1 on the letters recently forwarded to the County Cha'rman in bearing out Foreman Moore's statement that he was always "on the job'' iit proper hours. Of the four men. he said, three were employed, or their carts were employed, on the road under Moore, and. asked Councillor Andrews, was it likely they were going .0 say anything against their immediate bo-s ?

The capture of an Bft shark near the breakwater the other day set a group of men to telling shark stories. One of these detailed a conversation between a Maori and a couple of pakchas concerning food. The white men lauded their varied dishes, but the Maori would have none of it. "No good for tc Maori, kapai for te white man. He like that stuff; Maori like shark. Yon eat shark one day, yot, have shark in your mouth three days."

People who regularly use that portion of Courleuay stieet near the Whiteley Memorial Church wish to lender thanks to the Borough Council staff for having rolled the loose metal out of sight. The temper of iliis suction of the populace may be expected now to improve. This roadway has been in trouble for a verylong time. At the commencement of the winter it would have done credit to the mud-famed Ohura, and latterly bole the appearance of a neglected river-bed. Now. after many day' it looks like a street in a civilised town.

Mr Dundas, Acting Con>ul-Gener-al. in his latest report to the Foic.'gn Office on the trade of Algeria, makes ibis statement: "One of the greatest drawbacks to British trade in this colony is the antiquated system of Brili>h w.eghts and nieauies. Millionare lost annually to Brit sh manufacturers by not adopting the metric system, and by not qtto'ing prices in die moneys of 1 he countries 10 which they wish to e.xpoit their go. ds, as is done by Germany and other countries," Mr Dundas also complains that com-, mire al travellers wi.l not call on the Consul 10 learn all markets, "good and bad, fresh and old."

It is staled by ihe Cambridge cornspondem of the Auckland "Star" ihiit the farmers of the Waikatu and F.iiisi Coast have combined- to send ! arge quantities of beef out of the : 0lony, with a view to compel butchers to pay a belter price for that remaining. Arrangements have been made for exponing o»c r 1000 head of cattle as a first consignment, through the Faimers' Freezing Company, and several irtick loads have already been put through. The coriespondent understands that several thousand head of catt e will be sent out of die colony from the Waikato and East Coast per the loule above indicated. The chef Ci.mplaint cf the fanners is that they only receive from 16/ to 15* per cwt. for. their beef, while the price quoted in the Auckland papeis for the same is about 22/ In addition to ih<; dressed beef the hides and offal must bring in a respectable sum.

Hoodlums have been enjoying ihcm-'elves on several occasions recently al the expense of the harbour work.-*., and on Sunday last the mischief done was serious enough to warrant the police in making a few enquiries. On this occasion all tuur doors of the cement store were dirown open, and a cask of cement thrown out from the top floor on to the sand heap at the back. As there were about 200 casks of cement in the store at the time, a shower of rain would have caused very serious damage. The miscreant also directed h's encrg es towards the door of the en-gine-house at the mixing sheds, and burst one off its hinges, breaking the bolt; a few ton's are missing from here. A couple of empty waggons at the quarry were uncoupled and the chocks removed. One of the trucks was run towards the brow of the hill, bui fortunately it was stopped by a collection of dirt in the crossings. 01 turpentine, and kerosene were wantonly spiled at the crane i n the quarty, and the water taps turned on in various places. There is no c tie to the identity i> f the person or persons whose penartecl senses directed them in this misch ef.

The Taranaki Chamber of Commerce recently protested against the small amounts provided in ihe Estimates for the Ohura, Awakino, Main North, and Moki roads. The matter was brought under the notice of the Minister for Public Works bv Mr E. M Snvth, M.IJ.R. In his rep'v. llift Minister writes:—"The amount voted for expenditure on the Ohura toad (smith of l'aorae stream) dur'njr the current year is £6OOO, of which ,{4OOO is provided on the 'Roads, etc' vote for the construction work, and j£-u<k> under vote 'Ma nlenance of Roads' (Consolidated Fund) for metalling' and maintenance. w,,rk. In ngard to the Awakino Ma n road, 1 have to state that here 1- a urn of /Jiooo provided oil the 'Roads, etc.,' vote, under the name of 'Mim'-Mo-kau,' and X'Goo on the 'Maintenance) of Roads' vote, under name 'Mokau to Uruti," for cpcndituio on the secion south, of the Mokau River. For the road north or the Mokau there is a iciial vme of ,{"2750, the sum of ,\ijoo being provided under ''l'e Kuit'. to Mokau,' and .£250 for 'Mokau to Awnk'no Heads.' or r,c 'Roack etc..-' vole. ~nd .£loo' ,~ '>e 'Main H-nanor of Roads' vet- ■• -!cr the name 'Te Kuiti to Mokau. For lie Moki road tin- sum of £(n< has been picvidecl on the 'Roads, etc.,' vote. In view of the many urgent wotkihioughom the colony, for whieh pro-

vision has to be made, 1 think it will be recogn's-ccl that the above-men-tioned roacb have not been treated 'liberally.-'

HEALTHY COWS MEAN LARLIEK MILK CHEQUES. . S'on kowners, we want 10 co-operate wilb you. Lei us help to make your uiontliK cheques bigger. To obtain lie"' maximum of profit' from youi lock, no mailer whether pigs, cows, calves, sheep, or horses, you must have iliem in tip-lop tellle. and aYKES'S DRENCH will put them in that condition. SYKES'S DRENCH has lood ihe ust for years and lias the en (loi-iimet of thousands of farmers Don't hesitate in ir-e lh" Ir-t thai money can procure: and the best ilui thought and biains can produce is b.uii'.l in everv packet wilh the won] SVKKS. Err the health of your noma Is and (lie beicfil of eoiir pocket I "'k for SYKES'S wlrncver needbig a drench. SYKES'S DRENCH cleanses ~nd completely cures all in-l!:-uima(o,-y and fovcijs!, disorders: .'!'■' colds, chills, red wa'er, eosiiveness, milk fever, indiges ion, hidofl I." nod. etc. l--;i,-h packet contains f'-(i drenches. Write for booklet cnnta ning full information, testimonials, eic. Sold bv all storekeepers. 1/6 packet, 16/. doz.— Advt,

There is not a. nation m the world that knows freedom !■. ws than the Germans do.—"Me-s-agero ." Rome.

A paper in the Auckland district stales that ai a bad on Kind's Birthday "tlio Herlin Polka w II be- danced in public f r die fust time." l'iogiess.ve couiitiy, dial.

The "stop'' notice at die Kliot ' si,cot railway crossing |, as qualified I 'i' superannuation, its last muio though coquent plea fur relief fium duty being recorded m Tuesday when the rotten wood at the foot succumbed to the bieeze, and the aged po-t fell full length on the roadway. For brevity on the doing- in Parliament the Uangiora Standard's announcement on Wednesday would be hard lo beat. The subject was dealt willi thus:—"The session.—The session wh cli lias just clo-cd shows that an immense amount of \v rk has been got through ; but of the kind that statesmen s brains should not be fatigued by passing." The euchre pany at the West End School on Monday light, was, despite the heavy downpour of rain, fairly well attended. Mrs Thompson and Mrs Yates fed lor the lad cs'prizc, the foimer w.nning the play off. In the gentlemen's competition Messrs Lynch and Krutz tied, Mr Lynch winning the play off. The motor-car and piano were won respective y bv Mi Thompson and Mr Berrldge. Owing to the veiy bad night, it is proposed to hold another euchre party on Thursday week.

Many potato growers in the neighbourhood of Cambridge find they made a mistake in us.ng nitrate of potash and sulphate of ammonia tc dress their seed potatoes with, for n a great number of cases the tubers have loited instead of sprouting. Tnis is chiefly when the potatoes had spiotited considerably before being picked, for tiie decoction killed the shoots. Nearly everyone thought that if the dressing d d not do any good it could not do harm, merely being a manure, but (says the Waikato Argus) they have now found out they were mistaken.

An interesting sidelight on German enterprise in China is thrown by an Englishman in.that country in a letter to a friend in London, in which he says:—"Calling at Tsmgtau, the German port for China, on my way to Peking, I was very much surprised to find how European it is. One could hardly believe it was China. The docks are the finest in the Far East, the streets are well laid out, the buildings are fine, and the sanitary arrangements and municipal adminisiraiion both excellent. I was told locally that the sum of five millions slerl'ng had been sunk in it. Of course there is not, nor is there ever like yto be, any return. However, it pleases the Emperor William."

The average colonial is not) very complimentary in his remarks concerning the "new chum" from Home. One of the latter class, however, writing to the Tauranga paper, puts in a good word for die New Zealander. He says;— The very first incident that occurred to me immediately on landing in New Zealand from South Africa was that on being overheard enquiring the way to the General Post Office In Wellington, a New Zea.ander told me to jump into his trap, on doing which he courteously drove me theie. Later, on arrival at my objective in the Bay of Pienty, on being deposited Hi the tuwnship of Tc Puke, ai the end of a drive Horn Rotorua, f found I had three miles to go in the pcAiring rain to reach a friend's house. In five minutes 1 had a perfect stranger offer.ng to take me in his buggy. Comment on such incidents would be superfluous. But I may remark they would not occur in the Old Country, and as to South Africa, well, anyone being so hospitable theie would probacy meditate sand bagging you and cleaning you out to your new set of teeth."

It has been a firm belief of he Maori that very often before a person dies Ins spirit is seen, and even be-le-re some great calamity occurs some of it is made known. Correspondents of tire Maori paper To l'ipiwharauroa have recorded two such :<istaucis. Jiefure bloody battles were fought up the Uanganu; river it is recorded a spirit battle was actually witnessed by human eye; again,belore the great Tarawera eiuption look place, it was commonly repotted that a phantom war canoe, ful'v manned, was seen on the lake. The editor of 'i'c Pipiwharauroa publ shed these -tories as curiosities, but now the editor himself records one of the wondcrfir coincidences, and thereby endorses the stones of his correspondents. The editor po'nts out that it is a re markably curious thing that only a few weeks before the ketch Sir Henry was wrecked at Cape, when ail hands were lost, the crew of this same vessel witnessed a phantom land covcrcdjyHh small trees, and with many seas beating against its coaM, if Mania, and, more strange still, the land seen was in many respects not unlike the East-Cape. A remarkable story, published In the "Retch,'' shows that it is not only the, theft of guns that is possib e in Rusrta, but that even whole ships belonging to the State may be stolen. The "Retch" states that after the war ili>; Ministry gave direct ons for the sale of 22 ves-cls lyingin Vladivostok Harbour, among them being three passenger steamers, and eight transports. The sale duly took place, but when the purchasers ariived at Vladivostok to remove the ships they found them in a most deplor able condition, al the more valuable parts, including even the bronze door handles having been removed. They further discovered that one of ihc transports, the Mathilda, was missing .altogether. It was at first stated that the ves-cl had been sent on a cargo cvui-o, but it subsequently leaked out that one day an enterprising, unknown gentleman went on board the Mathilda with a crew, got up steam, and was able to take the vessel away unchallenged. He then had her painted another colour, and changed her name. Where the Ma-ih'-lda is now is not known, but it is reported that the authorities arc mak■ng a diligent search for her. ft was wild and rough, windy and wet at the wharf on Monday night. It was, as one of the hands put it, "no sort of a night for a person to be about" when the train arrived from town to connect w'th the Karawa for Onehunga. With w'nd driving the. rain fiercely around them, the travellers were in no mood to appreciate the network of raiK standing half a foot high, in all direct orrs. ready to nip the unwary, or to ~eize the boo 1

of anyone who stepped in at tin' junct'ons. Now that the new wharf is be'ng railed, it seems a fitting time. to again suggest to the Harbour Board that the work oftfilling the intervening spaces to a4fcigl)t on a level w4ih the rails, should be proceeded with at once. Of course, tao cargo statistics aio looked upon as ihe all-imporianl item.. Every month see- ihe upon of the number of tons handl-d. I.ul no iceoid of the numbers of p.rsengus uh.i have express,! ihcir disappointment, ahno-t disgust, ai die inadequate attention paid i" their comtoii and conven'eni e ] )v a Heard which draws tv.o -hilhius a head poll-tax from the travelling pubbc wlio join or have vvs-e '5 ;i ( Ww riymouth. The work should not cost very much, but the Board seems to think the Radwav Department should undertake it. The Dipartnient is as hinily ot the opinion thai ; the harbour autiioril'es ale K-'-ponsi- . bit', and contend that the expend- ■ ore ncces-aiy would not git-ally fur- I dilate their working at the wharves. ! I( is to the llaibour Boakl that the i people turn, and the Harbour Hoard i g't- al 1 the curses showered on s ' , olloclive 10-ad. We glor. in the i prngrcssivcnoss ol die pou. Then ' l"t us see a mark of progress n n the wharf in the intoiesis of passengers. '

CHAMPION PRIZE BETTER. The following testimonial from ,\f,s. I). Clarke, of Creanhil he. Auckland proves that the liable Sep aralor holds its own when put to anv ie>! :—"| | )av; , muc h ph- ,-ui'e : ll :-laling my abso'tite sat'-f-o-tion with the machine. It work? up to its full skims almost too close, leaving nothing for the calv.-s. ]s very easy c, ''live, niv 3i vear old daughter cflen drives it. In seven nv.oiihs Ihe cost of upkeep is ,-no shilbng. 1 won trie Fir t and Champion prizes at both the Auckland and Pukcknhe Shows, for butler made from cream separatee! by the Baltic Separator, j

The i'itzroy Primitive Methodist I'hurch recently instituted regular Sun-il-iy morning- services, with such success that lliey are likely to be uoi.Uiiued. 'Hie opening of Ike new c.luu'cU takes pl.ice on January Kith next. Ow'ng to the diy, hot weather at ilie end of August there was a milk famine in London, and one hospital, which usually pays 4d a quart I'm m Ik, vainly oifeied 1/ a quart for j.|uu quarts.

Gambling among women in England is said 10 be rapidly on the inciease. "Mouse to hou-u'' bookies are the agents most rospons ble fur th's stale of affairs, and the woikingm'n's w.ves fall an easy prey. The axiom lliat "a man's as good a- h's master, is generally accepted ;n the colunu-s, win the occasional addition that ''he's a long s.ght bettei. Bu. it's 1101 often thai a discharged prisoner waltzes up to the justice who has just put him through his paces and asks hi- ct.mpany over a glass of l'quor. It has been left to Opunakc to furnish such an incident. The other day a man named Evans got into some noubie with the natives at Oaonui, and Constable Hickman gave him a free night's lodging, and next morning seized Mi Sam. Hill, a v.siting justice, to read hni a hctiire. '1 lie man was biought up on a charge of "disorderly conduct," and readily promised to leave the town straight away if given his liberty. A quaiter of an houi later he showed his respect for *he Court by inviting lis 'ate mentor to have a drink. With a show of dignity the justico declared, of course.