LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81902, 14 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The total export of butter hu' i!;< month of November was 107.!jS packa;_e:. distributed as fobow>:—To tin t ni'ed Kingdom. 10:;,'.t-jJ packages: Ninth Africa, li'l-Vl picka.ie:-: ami tlie South Sea i>land-, 'JNii The total export of chee-e was JS.j;)] packages.

.Mi- Annie I'rewM 'T.. th- ma Iron a bourn lor feeble minded <-l»»idr-""i e.t | Kast ('oidenhaiii. New York, has died from blood poisoning caused by tie bile of an child. lier arm was amputated in l!ie ell'ort lo save hj: i- life. but fdn- died after Mili'eriiiLr.

Tile eledion of councillor., fur Ihe r; cent ly-iormed Kilha'ii Coital lakes piace ne\l We'iue .day. There wi'i It--1 oiilesi> fur seal.-, in two out of the live ridings, f'i-.e eandidalis are 110minaied for the iitree in .Maagatoki a I'd fiiitr for the two vacan■ie-. iu lite Kilh'im riding, hi Oniona, Ka|ionga. and Soutii ritlings there are hi c'lule-is.

In eonne'-i ion va ] 11,,, dei"elopme: i 'if ibe .'tbi'l'l of the Neiii I '.' I-It, p. le a r I.h ila iii, ; lee i e] u e5.,,,1;! ihes of the ll' 1 i.-.l tI- ill.l'lillg u: . bl'leeg i igllts liver the hil'i! ha ve seieef -il ii],, lor (he In-1 on la I'M- all.l up"!'ations he ctin;iaoie"l ie I'-''raafy. T :, e s : !e, for ji■ .i .jlie,it bore, o': a-l ioinine' e jell-. La \ 1 a '.so lit en tic ei-.iiiiieJ.

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To-day is the last dav for the payment of tlio Land, Mortgage and Propcrtv titx.

Tl-.o Kgmont Box Company at Eltliam is at present working at lop pressure, and is tui'iiiiij: out over 21)00 butter and cheese cases daily.

Strike pay was distributed to the men concerned in the Victorian building trade trouble Oil .November 24. A thousand loci participated, each receiving 20s. This makes £ISOO received bv the men, as against :C12,000 lost by 'tlscm in wages.

Sensational evidence was produced the other day before the grand jury of New York in support of charges of bribery ami corruption against metropolitan poliee magistrates. Witnesses lestillcd that in one case C2OO was paid to a magistrate to secure tiie dismissal el' a eiiarec of felony. .Mr W. Lints has declared the following handicaps for the- -New .Plymouth tS'.iir.ioihig Club's 100 yds handicap eveni, tu be swum at l'.;e baths ibis evening at i'..3o:—Stuhr, wrj

\'utts. l-vc; "Dixon. Hoivy and .Drown, ."»•(•!•; ileitis, Ivdlv, JVehauehow, tlibbon, 7*ee; While, Stacker, lOsee. -Use race, which will he started at o.ilO sharp, will not be delayed for any competitor.

The small hoy who daily drives the I'aniiiv cow to pasture is tl.e same the world over. lie is a playful 'little chap. loud of marbles, aud heuittsiulSy irresponsible. And vaiilsUm trundles liis hoop, or conducts si little exhibition of lislieulVs with the other youm; rascal who *lelu liis top, lite eow wanders at her own sweet will. She has tjuite a liking for the footpath, ami and takes io it accordingly. A tfale is '.eft open, :m invitation to .Madame j 'ovine, and it is promptly accepted. And ye>terday a local amateur was ■.;i'i: L vi]iy for the loss of his parsnips ,ind carrots, besides the damage done In t!ie cow as she hunted about for pleasing pastures. We have bam favoured with a copy of th;.' Woman's Magazine, an American public-alien, containing ati account of tliis country by .Mr kellingwei!, a recent visitor. We lea.rn from his article many interesting facts about tl.e colony. "Oftentimes as many as three crops sire raised of potatoes on the same piece of ground during one 'year. When the curfew tolls Hie hour of nine in New Zealand it is the signal ef warning for all youths to repair to their respective homes and not be found abroad except with satisfactory excuse. .In the poi dance, while the bodies or the performers sway their hands snap casiinets together and thdr feet and limbs move in perfect unison."

A porter at. the local railway yard was <i surprised man yesterday the Palmer.-ti'il Times). A (jueeu bee >edied soiiiewb'ere iiirfile his coat, and immediately a whole swarm of bitz/iii'i f(d!owers lavished their busy att'ii'.:nns upon him. They settled on head, face, arms, and body, and did all thev could to make themselves at

home I on exploring c man's neek and i porter felt taken I I 1 and smiled through h ; s he:s. Kxeiled companions danced round about beating kero-'ene tins and squirting water into the air. Then the nmn witi'. the bees on liim had a thought. He secured a small twig, ami with lhat genfly the bee*. ok' and laid them in a box. i!e cleared himself without receiving a I sling, and iu the evening carried oil' the bees to his home.

Prominent dews in ]>erlin have rec. ivetl authoritative information lhat tie Russian Government, :?o far from taking measures to improve the conditions of I ho dews, have revived those Nnvs iK'H'ssjluting the eonlhiement of •lews within the pale. The laws relating I hereto have been laxly administered in late years, and approximately 1.000,0(10 .Jews are settled in forbidden town*. Ail are to be expelled from their present place of residence,

and either driven back "within the pali-"' or ejected from the country, impulsions are already proceeding, the authorities executing the Government's instructions with extreme severity and Inulality. The measure of whoie-ale expulsion will menu the ruin of 1,000,I'O) dew.-', who will be wrenched out of their pr.-onl environment ami forced to begin life anew. .It is believed lhat only a comparatively small proportion will leave Kussia.

New I'lymciuth has alv.ays been more or less notcii for "giio-is or rather persons wlio have had tie- idea lint

ma>:[m-ra<Jin:;' iu roie \\a& fniinv -oii.ct .V juvenile "appai-iL-i"ii" who v,n- parading the South Kuud <m Wednesday e\ ening received a shock that shoiikl serve for ihe term of his career to remind him that practical joker, sometimes receive their reward. Clothed in a sheet' this youthful spook stood 011 the footpath and waved his anus around. A pedestrian came along and taking in the situation at a glance,'"proceeded leisurely tofranis the spot on' which the "gho.,r .stood. J list then the latter pi riorincd some fantastic gyrations and gave voice to an uiiearthli

s'-rei'eii. The pedi-siriau, not swing tiie funny side of the joke, hauled 01T, a,id with a well directed riglit-handerj landed the ghost a'Mow that sent him Hying. The howl of anguish that vent up told plainly lhat the inas--ipierader was decidedly mortal.

The Auckland '•Star,' ; ;t .Uini-U'rial journa I, sivs: —i'os.-iblv I\lr McNab does Will even yet vi'iifiv.' i 5 at if' thy nil'' straight is>ue of land tenure were submitled lo ilie .Vovtli Ul.inii electorate-. not only in the eoimii'y Iml iij (!•.«' towns, a latye majority of >eats wou'ri Ire won by frceliolders— Liberal >ti!!, we but opponents of ilie Uovi-rnr.icnt-'rt laud policy—:iml this surely nwik-.-s tlie* Manukau electorates an omen oj' Die gravest iit:]H*rt;inet» to the mid t! ,e Cabinet. Tito abolition of Ihe optional 1 cnuio is desired only by a small minority of extivmisls in i!i:- jJomie and the eouniry. There are a *r*»*»<l many «jood points in tlie Land liill with which we li;p. e already expres-ed our sympathy, but is tin l (;<)Voimnent jroing to sacrilice its !io ! d upon tin l electors by bowing to til.- will of a handful of faddists 1 and doeti'inaivi'es av!'o, in, (heir misjruidnl enthn>iasin, over tlio "imearnril increment." arc ready lo ebeck seiUenienl. (o sluiit. the growth of [he colony. and lo paralyse the preat Liberal majority by introducing discord into j iU ranks. I

An attempt u-ntle by a jjroiip of German author-, painter*, and philosophers lo fopnd a ••:-Jmule life" colony in the Island of Kabakou, one of (lie i'*"i'i!!:in i)o-v(»-.sions in t!»<» ]»isinarek Archipelago. has terminated in disasIrons failure. Tlio leaders of t!iis enterprise were u musi-iau. iierr Lui/ow. an author, llcrr Kng'loi-art,, a philosopher. Ik'rr IHtmami, and a painlor, Men* Jtobsohn, who were burning with yeal to slart ]if'. l afresh under eoiulitMttis a|ijiri>xinmlitijf imwt eltwly to nature, Tlio colonists named (liein.■elves the "Sun lirothers," in token ■ i tiieir ileeire to ' l !ij'iv periiuaneul mi:i baths by adopting as nearly as ]i"- i'ih' Adam's costume for daily use. '.inr-over. they intended to resume the diet of primitive man by eating exclusively nuis, fruit, ami so i'tlli. Their labor was to consist of tilling iaad ;' iid tcndiii"; lli'rb.-. ilr'i-!lilicy i' soi\cd to !e;m tl'c siianh' life on \iv;;iu S'.il. The cnicijiiti:e collapsed i'.riev a. c(i:!i;wnil ivclv ...lea l period. lI.TT I.ut/Jiiv a'al ll.'i-r died of ll;sea-e btol|e|l( ( I! by tilt' caiu'eacd results of e>;nesui'e vcs.ull.iiif from inadeqiiaic clotiiinp aial <><t!ijiu»tioii nilscd by iiiaiief|iiale diel. Tile phiiosoj.iier. Ilcrr licltnianii, ivas uiurdcrcd by uau"'., ||err llobsolm and the reaiaiu-loiir-ls t lie n abandoned their and ileal bacli in despair to civi1.

I'HE CELEIiIUTY OF SANDER AND SON'S l'UKi-: VOLATILF EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. universally acknowledged Royalty i.nners il, and th" entire medical pro-l-ta'.Mi lias adopted its use. Imitations sprang up ivnhout mim-i.-'-'i The latent of thorn—all styled '•Ewrails" —was an oil foisted upon the Trusting and unwary, under the Ktoasest misuse of Sander and Sons' i'-|)i:Tation. Sander and Sons' ins-i tuteri an action at the Supreme Court "f Victoria, before his honor Chief j e i: n-:e Sir J. Madden, K. C. M. G. ere and at the trial a 'worn witness U s;'fled tlirit he had to stop ihc use cruintcrh'it.s on aeeount of the irritation produced. This shows what care is required 'o r.ijlain an article thai is" scientifically tes'ed and approved of. As nob is solely endorsed and recommended. DIE GENU INK SANDER AND SON'S PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

A cycle road- race from Now ( Ply-1 mouth to Waitara ancl back on Thurr. day afternoon was won by L. Georco, W.Koobuck second. According to the Now South Wales anti-gambling law (says an exchange) :ill New Zealand papers containing betting news and starting prices are debarred from circulating in that State.

A mammoth mangle, costing £-100, has just bcon landed at Wellington from America for the Wellington I Hospital. The machine is for the hospital laundry worlt, and will be driven by steam. Within the past three years imports of colonial butter into Great Britain increased from 21,000 to 57,000 tons, while during the same period importation of foreign butter decreased from 180,000 to 158,000 tons.

The New Plymouth Fire lirigc.de rail off a series of competitions yesterday in connection with the pic king of the, loam for the Inhibition tournament. The results were not conclusive, and the competitions will be continued to-day. A shortage of labor m the tailoring trade is prevalent m Wellington. Several tailors were amongst the immigrants l-.y the Atlicnic on Tuesday, and si liumhci of master tailors visited the vtssel iii search of hands. There were

also inquiries for female for the boot trade,—Post.

Sir-John Gorst is gi I tod willi rare tact. In liis farewell speech he said much in praise o£ the colony and then added: "It may be said that I have not pointed out any of your faults. Of course no society is so perfect tliat-it has no faults, but these should be found out rather by the people theniselves than by tiieir guests. Residents of a country arc better aliie to find out and remedy these faults than persons who arc but imperfectly acquainted with the country."

We clip the following from an exchange:—"At a recent medical oMiference it was .e'enerally agreed that t.h» benefits derived from liberal use of fresh fruits cannot be overestimated, and that for influenza, with tie attendant sore throat, no remedy is so certain of good results as fresh pineapple.''

.V Duuedin hotelkeeper yives it as his opinion that prohibition orders will always fail nnlil legislation is intro-

duced ohlurinjf the piiblieau to jjive every prohibited person who enters liis premies in ehenje. "As soon as a pvnhihileri ])crson conies into an hote'!,"- lie says, "the publican should l;e oblipjd by law to nun; up the poliee at once/'

Some points on the land -juestion. There are fretdiold propcrlhs in the colony to the value of 77 millions. The Crown lands available for sett lament (exclusive <if pastoral leases) amount to a million and n.-hai!f aerea, at an avevaj.ro of 7s bd an aer.», or a lofa fl value of CBOO.ODO. It is from the returns from latter lands, say

t;»(),000 a year, that the proposed national endowments are to come.

Tl'o ''tana/' an old Maori eustmo, is brooming le.;s and loss freijent. We (Ilot Lakes Chronicle) cannot say whether or not this is becau-e the

Maori is becoming bolter, morally. However, a tana was in progress at Tarewa early the other morning. From iinjuiry. it appears that about 100 natives of the Xgatipikiao wore, on behalf of themselves nnd an injured hi'shand, attempting to procure "u'm" from tin' Ngatiwhahaue as compensation for the insult of a Xgatiwhakuue Maori.

A number of fat tie condemned by the (iovernmeiit inspectors at Auckland as unlit for fond will l.v made the

subject of an interesting demonstration of a humane way of performing tiie ''happy despatch"' by means of the instrument specially made for the purpose, one of these having been imported by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The instrument is placed against, tin* beast's forehead. and is given r. smart; tap wilh the hand, when, it is claimed, death follows instantaneously and pain'essIv—'"Star."

A Dun "din jreutleman.. wlio has just returned from the Mast, says tlat (he deaths by idle recent typhoons are variously estimated from ."WOO lo l-!, 000. The damage ashore ran into millions of dollars. i< raising an army in China, and it is estimated she has at present more (ha;; a million trained soldiers. Then- is »m uneasy feeling abroad that we are on the eve of a. war of extermination of foreigners in the h'ast. I'ndoubtedly the J a mis are becoming too chi'eky, and tkere is precious litlie disinterestedlove for Kngland in .Japan. The people of llong Kong are simply furious at the thought of the alliance. The Englishmen in Japan arc as much foreigners as any other European. The daps are sull'ering from swelled head, and in many <juartcrs it is believed they an' looking for trouble. The ya iv imit'li disiiki'il, aiid tin- (Icrinans r.f (lii'in as ntlilM-rx, clivals mill l-:vfr,utrlwrc outside Jaiwn tlt'v iiaviii Ixid iianic.

The Vancouver World of Xovcuiber 7th says:—A most obvious and desirable result of the visit of .Mr (low Craham, representative in Canada of tiie New Zealand Clovernnient, who is exhibiting New Zealand products at the Hadiniiitoii, is the fact that tiie steamer rondo, of the Allen line, which is at present at Auckland, will carry 1000 head of strep 011 her next run to Vancouver. This important move is in line with the determination of the .\ew r . Zealand tlovernnient to maintain and strengthen public contidenie in the ipiality and purity of .Vow Zealand mutton in face of the unsavoury revelations which -have done so much to destroy the colussal induslrv in canned meats which nourished so long- in the I'nited .States. The object of the Xeiv Zealand Covernment, according to -Mr (fraham, is to win and keep in Canada a market for New Zealand mutton similar to that which has been won in the Old Country, and that there may be 110 i|iiestion of the genuineness of the article, Xew Zealand is prepared to send it here as sheep and lamb. 'This action opens up wide possibilities which Vancouver enterprise wili not be slow to take advantage of.

the l.yttelton Times' Johannesbui'"' correspondent savs:—Tiieiv is evcr'v indication Unit .South Africa is driftiiif, and liv no means slowlv towards a linancial crisis, The ollicial rctimw IHinlislied as accruine' front the principal revenue producing' departments at the (.'ape, in .\atal and thu Transvaal c'.early show this. Tile A'atal Parliament mcels in a few weeks with the express object of eoiisiderin;' the linancial position of the colony,' and the taxpayers are likely to ijnd that, (jie necessities of the State are such I hat provision by further taxation cannot lie avoided'. The Cape is in even worse plight than the- garden colony. There the revenue hau been showing a falling o li of WO.OOO per month, as compared with the e.-,l:matcs subiniited to Parliament by the Colonial Treasurer only a lew months ago. There seems little ol' 110 hope ol a revival;, and at the present rate of retrogression the Cape ilelieit at the end o! li-e financial vear will be eonielbing like cii.-,ii,noi>. ' for three H'ars the Cape revenue had fallen far short of expenditure, and tie present year's shortage will probable make the accumulated dclicil:, reach iiuite I. vu and e.-half million-. As far as the Transvaal is concerned, the idea, appears to allow Ihings, to drift until jlie advent of (he iirM eieeicd Parliament. 'J he iirsl Covernnienl will have a pretty linancial muddle to wire* el.

'l'iie value of "NYKKISN JJlllvM'il" is rei.(.}..nised by the highest authority in ilairyin;; ill the colony, iler.d what -Mr -I. A. Kinsella, (loveriiinent Dairy Commissioner, lias in say about it:-'-•■Departnienl ,of A.!.;riciiil lire (Dairy itividoii}.—A. K. .Svkt's, Ks f| ., New Plymoulii: Dear Sir,—As Dairy Con,, aiissioiier ior this Colony, J. | lH v c | K .,,„ carefully wn t clii (he eiiects and value of '.Sykes's Drench' on our dairv herds fur the ]>iisl iVvv years. J. |j;i \v nni. tlio lu'Hilalinn in f,t;iiin«r thai uu imnK'HK l -unrMuit »!' incut Juii' Uvn ln-iiith <( (mv dairy eov.'ii, ;md that lal'orlion is now !<\-s jn-cvai'.'iii siiiL-f •S\'kcs'ri Drcsieii' Itus become kuo'.vn and jiro])ci'Jv unionist fanners. Thv iiest testiaionial Uml oixr van ivc 1* Uic jvr-'jiso thiil "Sykes'.s Drrjicir ree-.'ives from a!i quarters cf , X'.'W Zi'iilaiid. Personally, J am of opinion that no farmer should be without a rttock of 'JSyke-s's Drench.'— Vours faithfully, J, A. Kinsella, Dairy Cojinuifedoiier."