LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81893, 23 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tin.' attendance at the. Hawera show ycs.ciday wab very considerable, nearly every pan of thu province being well represented. Tin. actual attendance figure > wci'e not available when our reporters left Hawera. "Citizen,'' in reply to Mr \\. Ruwe's manager, wntcs: "Referring -o my remarki about tlie staircase at ii«' ol'tice of the Registrar of Births, etc., i am glad a broom is provided, and hope tnat next time it is handed out tlnj pei'san using it will use the i.aiiy end anil not tlio handle, as was evidently the case la-t Monday, when f saw tlie said stairway." Two Kaupokonui (Taranaki) -hareuolders- got talking the other day. Said one: "1 know of a record; a supplier down my way made £(j u/u per acre ior milk aluue lum his farm last year. That cam be beat." Tne other took out a notebook, nguml a little, and then said; "iour- not in it. Another supplier cleared 'ast season well over £,S per acie f.,r milk alone." Both faims are witJur two miles of Manaia. The speed trials of the Channel Fleet, fiom Ciornarty Firth to the Isle of Wight led io an amu-ing incident. The Ocean beamed gailypast the Prince George and made the signal "Good-bye!" The Prince " Ge rge retorted: "Remember the - fable, of tlie Tortoise and the hare!" Soon the Prinee George was lost to sight and the Ocean went on merrily But next morning the engines broke down and the -peed of tlie vessel had to be reduced to ten knots. When the Ocean steamed slowly into Portsmouth Harbour after the race there before the eyes of the crew lay the "tortoise'' -at anchor with the greeting: "Am very glad indeed to see you turn up." At a large and representative meeting at Eltharn a resolution was passed expressing- the opinion that tlie boundaries of the present Patea electorate were unsatisfactory, and respectfully requesting the Representation Commission of the North Isbud to give attention to community of interest and facilities of communication, both of which are lacking ia Patea electorate; and further suggesting that the Commissioners con- ; sider file ailvi-aoilily of including the ' country between Opunake ' and J Omona in an electorate of which El- ; tham would be the centre, provided < n:> injustice is done to neighbouring electorates. A committee was ap ' pointed to forward thc> suggestions ] ;:> the Commissioners, pointing out ' jliat a -implc rc-arrangement of boun ' darics would satisfy local require- ' meiits. I A list of don'!.- (~ l x . observed bv \ bathers nas been drawn up bv M',- ) Uilham lle„ry, bouorarv sccreurv of ih- Royal Life-saving Soeietv, as'follows:—"Don't bath,, j n „ u i,, t , ,n-]uti-;xl spots. Don't swim out from shore , m the sea and other tidal uaiers un- f attended by a bu.it. Dont bathe i alone if subject to giddiness or faint- x ' ne-s. Don't lake flight because you i happen to fall into the wa'or in vour r eioih.s; rlodie., „ i[| fl„ ; . t . |) )n >, ( . :'ke frignl heraiinf tiiken with ; ei.tmp; keep , ; alm and turn on the f luck then rub and -treich the a f- s fected limb. If sciz T J in t : u . 1,.g, g '.ii.ii tip ti'c toes. sliai K li.cn the len- :' i ..•'. ■ s : , " v ;' muscles, and a„plv bv kh'!.-in,r,he Ul ,-f !1( -, or 'to «-'»t. l,',v, ihe »;, 1(r ,;,„;': s ' po-s:ble. Mr ||,„, v eo.ie'udiV, ,„. L d.iiwing attain., ,„ ,1,,, „,.,.,, f " f » making -v.m.n,,,,..- a part of .mr na- ~ "Hal eduranon. :;y>;F-s s pklnch in Australia 'l Xol alone throughout New Zealand has spread ~,„. , h||||i , , |])fl Umo MM.SS DRKNCII, but tl, s sucNew Zealand pwpTualinn ha- :„ mvaded Australia a's.i. One of the largest d;.irv produce " nv reliant-; i„ Au.-tra'ia writes.- "Jfav '" ".<•■ SVKES'S DKL.VCII and found it to !,, >' <i>- me-t remarkable and valu ihle ~' ! "»»l r'-h,-i,e Me Lav., ,-ver l,,,nwn '' obe 11--' (I fi l- m.ws. ! ruse- e|.,.., p Kt f'j 1 I'nnish t',eiv,!,".-! v .„ „„,.„,t,-„„ s;lnd " f fir -kepers throughout Nov Sui'h J ■Vales. ~.„.,„ and „„«„„; and «< ;<> Mark.-- sMvc. Sydivv." ": This cnn-!uiovo!y proves l!,at the J.'.' nirdicme has mo-e than nrd'mrv . merit. Over a thousand farmers"in \ew Zealand have written '", <>" hiirh value tl,e v place „' n cal SVKF.S'S DRENCH. Trv it for '"' "■■uvsoif. but ; n s ; ?t on ' having m ° SYKES'S DRENCH. Your store- T keeper sells it at i/6 per packet.— SC Advt,

There is a great demand for second .iiul third class accommodation to San i, 1-rancisco. This is on aetuun. of the ( numbers leaving for 'Frisco to take ■- advantage of the nigh wages ruling .; for workmen there. Bricklayer.-, it ' l.s understood, aie getting as high as ' 30r per day, and otner woikers in ac- l cordance. Already the Sonoma's third-class accommodation is nearly I taxed to iis limit, while the second- | class is also well patronised.. s Anoiher Jifle is talked of fur the .- army, slightly longer in the bane! . than the latest new rifle, and consul- ; erubly lighter. The mechanism is extremely simple, and its shooting powers enormous. A soldier will be able to carry double the quantity of ammunition he docs now, rendering the bayonet practically useles*. The rifle is being tested by tini Sms'l Aims Committee,, and lengthened (experiments are being .carried out at the School of Musketry, Hythe. The causes of poverty which led to the granting of outdoor relief to heads of families arcj attached to the report of the Inspector-General of Charitable Institutions for tlie last financial year. The chief cause was "no male suppoiv' (widows and mothers of illegitimate children), of whicn there were 263 ca-es; sickness was responsible in 257 cases; 225 were duo to old age; 149 to lack of employment of able-bodied persons; 106 to accident; no less than 79 to desertion of breadwinner; and 15 to shiftlesness. The English railway workers have 1 begun to hold meetings ail over thc ■ country, in pursuance of their na- ; tional movement to secure shorter hours and higher wages. The aver- ' age pay for all grades is calculated ' at only 25/ per week. An increase ' to 27/6 per week would add £4,000,- ■ 000 to the total expenditure of he ! companies on wages, and a simultan- ; eous reduction in working hours [ would nece-sitale the employment of ' 50,000 more men, bringing up the ; yeaifly addition to the pay bull of ; £7>500,000. The companies, it need 1 hardly be said, are much concerned '' at the; prospect of having to meet 1 tiiis extra outlay, when, \\lith their ' utmost exertions, they are only able to pay from 3j to per cent on the ' bulk of their stock. The men who I may count upon a good deal of public support, point out that the major- ■ ity of the companies are over-capital- > iscd, but are not on that account en--3 titled to re-ist fair demands for an * improvement in the conditions of B work on their lines. e j When speaking about Japan as a s field for mining investment, Mr J. j R Frecheville, a British engineer of j eminence, who visited Kalgoorlie -ome time ago, says: "Japan is f little account. British and Am riB can companies woud bankrupt themseves trying to pay expenses in mines tliat. yielding, Japan rich re- || tuins." He found much to'surprise , and interest him in the Japane-fr-min-.l ing districts. "In large mines and small," he continues, "I found the ,_ same conditions—low grade ore ' everywhere, but cheap labour and plenty of it. The country is hilly, n and the mines are woiked by runningdrifts into the hillside." This saves ' the expense of pumping, which is quite an item under our methods. Mr j Frechcvillo considers Japan's mines n are of great value to Japan, but no good to anyone else. A sharp shock of earthquake was ... felt in Now Plymouth on Thursday ac about twenty minutes to one o'clock, the direction being from west lo east. ,1 in hi* speech at Mangere the other ,t evening, Mr F. \V. Lang, tne Oppoi, sttiou candidate for the ManaKau !- seat, came out as a stern opponent v of the Government's laud policy. ,'e After remarking that the Land Bui 1) nad been a surprise to the colony, he ;t went on to say that it had been considerably altered and improved by tne Waste Lauds Committee. Had it gone to committee of the House, it would have been altered still more, and had it gone to ihe-country, 1. would have been so altered that its w introducer would not have recognised r . it. He and other Opposition mem- „ bers had always advocated tne lease--j. hold system, with right to acquire , u tne fteenold, because it gave ihe pom man a chance. The freehold which the Government proposed to giv* *' would be of no use to the poor man, ■*> since the surplus of the large estates at was to be sold for cash. Again, the *• Bill provided that Crown tenants: ' having the land direct from the Crown could acquits tho frechpldi, l<i but their leases had to be put up lb to auction in the open market, and II they, had to bid against outsider- - , which might mean that they woul • e- be turned out of house and home. '. He hoped that there were not many a in New Zealand insano enough to 0 take advantage of an opportunity n such as this. He characterised tne ie Government's proposals to provide a for old-ago pcnJions, education, and n hospital and charitable aid by way it of endowments as ritHculous. He k argued thai the Government before 0 adopting a policy of limitation of area should settle all Crown and na- .] live lands. e The dust problem has set all tne t- local bodies of the Old World ihinky ing, and there will be plenty of ine formation available when current exe perimeius in dust-laying are conclude ed. The most exhaustive experiments are being conducted on the; 0 road from London to Portsmouth by - a joint committee .of the Roads lms provement Association and the Autu- - mobile .Protection Association. A . selected stretch of the toad has been j divided into twelve quarter mile : lengths, each of which will be treated r with a special material or subjected •- to a separate test. The first length ) will coiiois't. simply of the exiting granite road, winch has been recent- , ly repaired. On the next length lar . will be painted by hand, and tho . committee expects to find that it will 1 not only lay the du ; t, but also give [ tne road longer life. The nurd . length will bei treated with taafelt, . a patented material combining some . of the properties of tar and asphalt. . Tuis will be laid about half an inch . thick, and will have the effect, it is . claimed, of waterproofing the road . and providing a non-slippery surface absolutely free from dust. Over the fourth quarter of a mile there will be a coating of four and half inches of granite treated with taafelt. The -ucond mile will bogin with a length of limostone quarrile, a somewhat harder material, treated in the same way. will be tried. There will be at least one length of slag treated with tar, icithor the, patented material known as tarmac, or that which has ben used succes-fully 011 a portion of the Thaines Embankment. ' Another form of slag, a material known as Line's bitumenisetl slag, will also be tried and treated in the same way. On ihe first section of tlie third mile Kentish ragstone will be treated with tar. Then will come a material known in Germany as kleinpfiaster, which consists of small granite sets laid at random, so that the joints do not make a continuous line. This material hn :i be.,:n found, highly sal-t-factory in Germany, giving a road free ltom dust and hart! enough to stand heavy traffic. The remaining sections will probably bo i.pai*<i »,.Vi, ' different preparations of Trinidad'asphalt. Tin; cost W i|| | )r , bollle , M , subscription, sub-idiscd bv the Surrc-v County Council. „ IK I about £2OOO ; will be requnod. The special ad- ' vantage, of these tests is that thev will be made- on a coniinumis piece of ' roadway, and all the sectiont w i'i' * carry the same class of traffic. '

THE CELEBRITY OF SANDER \.ND SONS PURE. VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. » universally acknowledged Royally lonors it, and the entire medical pro"ssion has adopted its use. Imitations sprang- up without num*i The latest of them—all styled Lit lads''—was an oil foisted upon lie 'i listing- and umvarv, under (he tiwi'st misuse of Sander and Sons' '•puTati»n. Sander and Sons' insti in ml an adinn ;<: the Supreme Court f Victoria, before his honor Chief ustice Sir J. Madden. K. C. M. G. tc. and at the trial a '(void witness -sttfied that he had to stop the use < counterfeits on account of the irriiti"n produced. This shows what care is required i obtain an article that is scientifillly tested and approved of. As ten is solely endorsed and recomPRE GENUINE SANDER AND ON'S PURE VOLATILE EUCAL- ■ YPTI EXTRACT.

At the Methodist Synod at Stratford, t was decided (0 extinguish the Home tlissioa overdraft of £OOO, on Mr C. .arter's motion. The delegates ail ironnsed their quota. It was decided 0 take up more aggressive work, and 0 open new districts The first concert given by the New Plymouth branch of the United Irish League on Thursday night was very successful, the promoters having ieuured the very best talent procurable. Miss M. Clark's items were especially 3iijoyable, ■' The Exile's Return" being splendidly rendered. Ucv. Bradbury .vas in good voice for his items, and Mr W. Perry was also in his best form, fhe Misses Buckmann, Miss J. Moore, Miss Foley, and Mr McLean were also popular contributors to the programme. Special mention must be made of Dr. McCleland's recitation " Shamus O'Brien''' and of the solo by Miss Ilene McCloland and Miss Blatchford, '• A Ticket to Heaven." Garry's orchestra played several capital airs. The next concert given by the League should attract a bumper house. The United Gymuasium Clab closed its season on Thursday, a social evening marking the event. A very pleasant time was spent in songs, games, and all kinds of amusements, until ten o'clock, when an adjournment was made to the supper-rooni. After supper, Mr Walter Ambury, president of the jlub, after congratulating the instructor and the members on the excellent and beneficial results which had attended the constant practice of the year, then presented Mr Lints (instructor) with a purse of sovereigns; Mrs Lints, an arm-chair and a table; Master Ronnie Lints, a tricycle and a ball; Mr Smith (piamsl) a gold-mounted albert; and Mr A. Harlo (secretary) a pair of gold sleeye-links. Mr Lints, when replying, informed the members that he intended presenting gold and silver medals to the best gymnasts, and a date was fixed for the competitions. Mi Ambury anuuunced a credit balance of £33 is. Messrs MacDiarmid, Black, fc and Carter congratulated the club on its success.

A sda monster was observed off Stonehaven coast, near Dunattar Castle, on September 2t>. A party of volunteers (according to the "Scotsman") were having a shooting match when one of their number observed a commotion in tho otherwise calm sea. A huge body appeared above the surface, and as it was less than a mile off, the volunteers were able, by means of their field glasses, to make out that it was some sort of sea monster. As far as could be judged, iis length was about 50 yards. The body was narrow, and of a dark brown color, and was surmounted by a number of short fins, with protuberances, probab'y two or three on each side of the main fin. The monster was going northward, at the rate of six miles an hour. It remained above water for half a minute at a time.. It did not blow as it came to the surface, and those who saw it were quite convinced that it was not a shoal of porpoises. The monster was sighted for half an hour and was observed at half-past ten on the' same night about two hundred yards off Stonehaven beach. It was dear moonligiit. The monster encountered a ledge of rocks called the Hrachans, and rose high in the air, but, finding its way impedtjd, fe'l back into the water. The police compared it to a large trawler getting on ihe rocks, and thinking it was coming ashore they were prepared to watch its movements from behind a boat. I -