LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 16 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I'M, i„..|. ' ' " u - ' ■ -'Uilon on \ "an , I middle .■,..,.. will, •, -t,| '■■"■-■ '"' un-i.-ad: ::;.iC:,,,d In- ihionl -'.'■"■"•" : l will, blue!. uMrieted „ h.t in Devon -t.eet „„ TuesTl'- Wairamp., Hail, T„, ~ ,„ 'li.-uant ihat tic simi'ari.y l.eiwec, Aia-teriou and 1k,!,,., no! ful'y ,-,.. '"H'lig "' i..- i'-u.peralur v'':ei'dav' ■".'■- H'.'i!' I lyde n Hag,,',, wi.l, eg'-- was .he |„.ii si pla,,. ,„ ,!„,,,-, ■".''■ -had- icn... r.tti,,-,. ~,,,, .„) ,|, v lalo-n or, ~ .;;.; ; .iald ||„ i-nomcler in a ■ '.'v.-..-.,,! •■•i-en. i|.„s eii.-urii,.- the true -diade .eiiiperatiire," The I'o'lov.-;,,.. up, (,„,„(. i„ ~.,„ ! '"'" «'il- I be' nepaKm.v.l of Ami are -a/at-.I: Mr Imilc !|..p .'o'l : :M" !>. ' ;:d lie. Dairy •i: Me I!. ,<e ; ,:;,|de,. Insoeetor of Sl.-k. ■■■>:: Mr .1. At. il'.llmi. in p.'e lor neier 1i,.. Noxiou- \\'.-e,ls Ad; Mr ;;• '!'■ «'uii- uisp-cior ~., it,.and l)i"e. !„.•',.i Kvperim.'iilal'l'arms. Ihe railwav ..'.veil'le of , |,.. ~„|,,„v lor ihe period ~, ihe iiuancial V ,r lo lb' i-iU l)cc..nil..T ;m(",l l„ lMoli.c-H ,'■• coiupareil wilii ijj „■>;.- ;-7li !'■ I' Hi" corie-pouding period of lie previoes y,..,t, <it this toiai t hilluruni'i li'ui'f >,cli,,n .ceneibuled (.'771.J711. Hi- loial jri.ui the Snnih j i.'.aml beil.e ij!i:!S-ill.!, a'l.l from liie North Island C7-I I.oSS. of wl.ieh .he W'ellingtoii-Xapi'i'Xew l'lvinoulli seelion eonirilnii-d C-1.14 Otiik The expenditure totalled £l.2]-l,:ill. against L'i.il:lS..'i:iS for the corresponding period of Ihe previous year. The total number of passengers tarried Vols. $, 7S-J,7tf3, an iiit-iciise of 170,200, - v ; -,-. '

Horses on the footpath in the niid'!|o »f-Vew I'ly ithare somewhat of' a rarity, but man's noblest animal i v/ii., twice an oi'onder in this respect! near Mes-rs Okey, Son and Arnold's' premises on Tuesday. ] Tnihape is to have a town clock us the result of a generous oiler bv a resident to subscribe Cot) and raise a further sum of .C2OO by way of subscriplious. The Covernnienl has pn mised a subsidy of C for C. 'Hie .Minister for Kdueatioit the lb.it. Ccrgc Kowlds, interviewed reguiding the iiitrodueiion „( scientific 1e;).,;.-ranee i nstruclion in Slate Irosuee n l(--,i.ii on I his subject by the medium „i the Scluol dourual. I> is staled that a number ~f ;„||„. enliil Aiirtraliini and Wellinelon commeivi.,l men liav-e ilnaled a' company wiili a cnpilal of C20.U1111 to work th'e .inliiiiciiy mics a| Kndeavor Mile an I Dial, operations „„ a large ,eal. wdl be commenced ore i,., l£r .

At the (,ii P en Street Church thi., evening, the Ordination Service, at 7■M will he p,v.-ided over bv (he ■ deel of (1,,. Conference. The tlrdinatn.ii Charge will be delivered be Ihe Key haycock and („,■ Charge ('„ i|,<. Church-by tl,, l; ( , v . ni ,,k,.° ' ' Arthur 11. Uidd. ehoinist, I'ongaroa, was arrested on Tuesday and charged Willi a serious oll'ence against a girl. A remand of the case,'was grained until the llitli inst„ bail being allowed accused in £2OO and two "sureties in £2OO each. A little chap of six or seven years got a big scare in Devon-street on 'lt'esday afternoon. ]|e \va;s passing the drinking fountain by the Hank of New Zealand, anil put his hand ou it. .Next moment he nearly jumped out ol Ins skin, for he mid knocked the cap on top of the affair on to the pavement.

"After twelve months experience of Auckland province, my opinion is Hint, it is the real dairying country ol \ew Zealand, and a few more years will show a remarkable development. In i.ici 1 don't tiiiuk I am wrong in stating that it will be the centre of the dairying indusiry of New Zciu land."--Remark by jlr A. A. Thorn ton. the Covcriinient Produce Cruder at Auckland, Tarauaki not oven mentioned. Poor Tarauaki!

An cii.|uiry made liv the I'ublic Tri;:lee into alleged malpractice lit connection with the sale to the Government of certain native interests in the Waiiiiarama block, ilawke's exonerates all acainst whom there were rellections. 'the charges were that native signatures were obtained while the natnes were in a state ol intoxication. Mr I'ovuioa, who held the i.ni|iiiry. las no doubt, the natives «ere ,|uite sillier when they attested

White clover has saved the situa lion in many pasture fields this sea-

son (says the Press). There has been a great growth, of white clover i" spite of the protracted drought, ami, in some instances, a very luxuri ant crop has served to keep the slier-]) and lambs in prime condition. Owner's of farms do not always favor white "■lover, but this season it ha's justified its existence to a remarkable'extent.

and proved of iniiinil- service when nearly every other pasture plant and grass have shown weakness, if not complete failuil.. In the (lavs', of caiViy seliUeiiiiliil,. white c!ov<(- was (..biiiidaut on every cl.ftring, hut in recent ycais it had greatly disappear cil. lis re-appearance in the nick of lime has b,.,-.„ indeed fortunate, for it is holding its own in fields where the absence of moisture from water-races is complete, and in pa.blocks, where the subsoil moisture is a minus quantity.

In .May la,t a mail bag. either from Shannon to I'alm.Tston or bom.'■iirii to Palmer-.ton, was appropriated by someone in transit. The postal authorities preserved an inviolate -ecrcey wilii regard to the matter, out lone ami a imhpi* circ'uni-tamv Imve revealed the act. It appears licit 11 few days ago n Terrace End rcsi (lout, in a lit of iudir-trv. decided to '•''l his hedge. While engaged i„ the nprraliou the missing bag', with it: i-nicnls, a : l carefully scrutinised was '"■"" gilt to bs'lil. All valuables'ha 1, apparently h-en removed from (he op end enve'opes with the except ion of '•Dimpled stair in the b.-i„- The cm,'. M'.'-raf.. aeti.m. ~l th,'...,.!;,.,. ~l lfi r l. Ir.ile-i in i.dnniing t lit> <-nve'op-s in lie' bag has enabled Ihe Post 011 i,,. "hieia's (,-, ascertniii f„ r whom re «ere lettei, , M t|„, l, n; r. ~n „ | ~„ 11( i V ,,, .s now being ,„.„!,, ,„ n5( , ( .,-,. liM ||„. '•"l'.-ents cf the lclL-.rs.-Sta.idard.

(•"iii-crniiii; 11., ,-,,,,; i „'1,.n,.,| -- san ,j. ''f''-,"'-'. »i'-''l''nl. in (Srislel„„-,-l, M, i,.|„nii.,l a ••|) ll j| 1 . .V,,,,.-- ~,.., rosenhiii,-, ..!,,, t die newspaper ,-i-,.i>i I- <.■!■ was responsible .for all- the'fuss ""'l''- Mr Hooker hiatal th-u ho liiiil never i:s,,l (in., v.-or.l "saml!inj< ■- n, 7 " '"' ''*''■» l'i»ti'il lit it-, iinil that portion of fh, s torv wa . (i,, e.viidon •>r tin- reporter's fancy. IVcilia.lv ciioui!"- despite n,„ alleged, robl.crv. Mi- Hooker siibse<|i,oiitl'y, ,f (mm || iM( , l"'"' 11 ' >"' I'ail lost. ~:,«! he to:,l our iy-pi'''sent;iti,c thiil Is- ||,„| since !„;.-( tin' ;:'.lcr v.:■ 1 <-li W |,i ( .h (J,,, an,-,,,.,.,! ~ | l'"'s '"ft in his hand. 'in, "incident '■'■rLiiii.lv p.w the! Turauuki man a -!'-' d deal ill iiiioiiviiilili. notoriolv. i'l'il scores ~| people „.,,.,! tf) , (1(1 |. f ;. r Ll"' -mini ah.. thought hj,. had. | K ,,.„ s'ii..H.;ieg,,|." Tic p01i,,, „r, ~;,(,„■ nl.v incensed lit being H ,„t ,„, ~ „.;),, f.'ooso ehnso. It is freely illloued (hat II"! lirst ■slop in tl„. ohiiin „f denial v;.is th, ~„!„,. discovery that ~: tho lime of (1,,, was elsewhere..

»lien the l'i-i„ia!e 0 f Xnv Zealand tsi.ys 11,,. |)iin,i|iu star) Wil s wnilii., on Hie wharf lor hi s 1n,,,,,,,,. |„ conn -out of t„e Wiin-im,,,,. hj, o"oiii-i.,ou-,ly '•onsented to :iHs ( vci- a few question's pill to illlll ill teferolice lo his visit to His Lordship ~,i,l that ho Kid two purposes i„ ,- 0 i„,- ((„„„.- to fui-lhcr (1,., Ciithedrai seliem,. and "Is,, lo iiri-a,,,,. for setti,,-- ~,, „ 5 ,,,, c. rule lir.-heprie for the I'acilie Islands. I iilovtuiiiitely lie found himself consideral.ly hiiin r ,or..il i„ respect to tliesc niatlera l.y private l.usiness iliut «i,s thrust up,,,, 1,;,,,, ,■,.,.,.,■„, -i".- m which ho has nn intoreat wore uiie.\j.ec!e,lly (lirown into Chauoerv. mi'l, us a consef|i,enc,., his solicitors dcinaiidod his almost co.isH f aut yv<\-' ''"l".' wjlliin lmil „( Lcniloii. Two '■l' Hies, 1,,al mailers wore disposed '■' ;'";l Hie;:, a third Chauecrv „uit Wilß l"" ,| "'l Ht hiui. Uwiuj; to these cits upon ,-i-s time he could not nttend as lie would have liked io the l.usiness Hint look him Jloii.e. A'eveilholess hi' uiiiiiiigod to make some pi-o„ross will. Loth (he Cathedral scheme";..,,! "'" proposnl for a I'ueili,, bishopric, iiml in connect ion with (|„. ,„,,,„,,. ],, i.is brou-h( back jilans for Hi, Cadi'•'li'iil. which he in-0p05,.,, to l,iv before Hie Cn Hied nil Hoard at (|, c . i; ls ( „p. !e;I tlie'Duni-diii'jsl'ai- wliafwa's "he ni"-l iiuporiant roaso'i (or his visit limn,.- to inai-ry a wif, a 1,,,,,. ~ U] ; n |

I A Mnllgnrei correspondent writ,.-; - mini of your is-.,,. „f ih,T p, ,', il|s( a short lecture to farmers on "gruml. . ling," concluding with tiie asfonisliiii" inforiniiiion (hat Ihev are doim. ■>-, („" ■•lo per e.ml. better lliis vear than "cut '»''"'-. Many vim ar'- not cimaoe.l in tanning read „f ihe farmer getting li'on, 1(1,1 i„ i-M ,„.,- 11, |',„. huKm-fut. and immediately jump ),, ||.„ cniudii- ."'" h . , ' i ''; !)l,,k '" ; - M '" n ' U !'""■ 'l'i'iis a misliil;..; seven or eight vears bar' when gelling ,s,| |, ( . „a- <l„i„ u !„,,,.„. """!'!.>' lieeause Ihe eos! of production "* ""' 'U'ai-Iy •'" ".real. \'ow, on i"'»"l land.s about this end of Tara naki. unless a farmer sweats and mils ""'""s'ii I'-' hot summer iths. p.,1 on"irliliei,il "lands'",'j'iij'r "I"'!"''' "i Hot doing nt ~1! (ii X | vear. I have heard townspeople com I'laiu of Ihe ..weather, not bee,,,,... ii interfered with (heir means of live'ili""d. but their pleasure; so, after all. Mr Kditor, (here may be some excuse !'»i' the poor farmer indulging in a bit of a gamble. IVrehaneo he ntiiv have a hue paddock of'r.nv. which has eosl ■■"" » I" 1 lo.stump. ph,i,g|i. grass oul. luanure. .(.-. | ( „.,■, cut. sav. last Monday week, and -inre then 1 1 his neighbours lun,- been rea.lv to pill, ill long days of from it! |„ J7 hoiiis <ii save it—hut Ihe weallier savs >,'„! j and you a.dd. "don't grumble!"' J.'i.rmers as a class a,-,, un't cr.uplaiiier.-; I hey haven't the lime, and many ef you townsfolk don't realise what they have lo |„ij. up with. You would lie .surprised, sir, vicv I to furnish vou will, a complete list of unavoidable'ac eidenl, all entaiiii": Ins, which have occurred ill this vicinilv in one short week, but I havda'l, ' heard niiicl, , erouling, mid Munjjorei is stilt guiiig , ftfoug, _ _ rii 1 ,

At Ifavvera yesterday two Maori women were convicted of using obscene language and lined.

A grading conference will be held .it the MoLuroii Freezing Works, Nevv Plymouth, on Friday next, tvhich will be attended by the Dairy Commissioner. It is reported on excellent authority that at least two insurance companies' agents proceed to Waitara tu-uay to cancel tlie insurance risks held by their respective companies in that town. Duriug llic mouth of December, the Eltham Dairy Company manufactured 122 lons IN ewt. of butler and will advance for butter tut .Cl",'i!n, The figures for tlio corresponding month last year were 1171 tuns of butter made and advances i.'!isj(!7. On Tuesday liiQi'iiing. at the Police Court, Iwo Maori women were charged with drunkenness and with having procured licpur fi.r a. Maori w!nn:i>>. After hearing the story told by the accused, an adjournment was graided in the second 'ease, and the accused convicted and discharged on the drunkenness charge. The accused staled, that (he liquor was obtained from a licensed victualler, and Die police will make inquiries prior to the case coming on again.

They were travelling in a train, bound Tarauaki-wnrds. One was a | Tarauaki man, the other from Canterbury. The man from the shades of Egmont was full of boast about our " climate." until the other arciv weary of the subject. Then Kgmout loomed in view. "There," proudly said the Tarauaki man, ''that's Mount Egmont." Tlio other was interested. Had the man from Die Garden of New Zealand heard of the Canterbury syndicate that proposed running a railway to the top of Mount Egmont!' No,he had'nt ? How were they going to manage it ! J " Oh," replied the other nonchalantly, " climb it."—Key. Dawson, Primilivc Methodist minister of Wellington, is responsible for this yarn. The abattoir manager reported to the llorough Council oil .Monday thai, during December 182 cattle, SO'calves, ■T.tt sheep, :U!I lamb's, 110 pigs (inclnd-

mg six suckers) had been killed. 3!) tripes and one ox held cleaned. Animals condemned were, four cattle for tuberculosis, two snep for bloodpnisonmg and one sheep for apoplexv. fees amounted |, O CJ2II Is lUd. mid reins U as (id. Included i'u the above totals there; were slaughtered for export III! cows, M bulls and a <aiT. As compared with the Deccinlier ligures. there w-is an increase of three calves. 11l .sheep, fir, lambs, and live pigs; and a decrease of II cattle, and m tripes, etc.. fees showing a fall ing-olf of .d l:|/;l. The doe'rease in cattle was due to a less number having been slaughtered for export.

The. Duncdiu Star lias the follow ing:— A wide awake ranger, apparently, is .Mr W. !■'. Heck, who looks after the Acclimatisation Society's trout. It appears that "the boys" down at W'aipahi have lately been doing some extensive poaching. On receipt ol the news, the ranger left Dunodin !»„< week, and, reaching the "poachers' preserves," selected an island in the stream as a suitable point of observation. -In due course the '•guddlevs" and spearsnien came to the river bank, and got lo work on the trout. llalfeM'Jiour later three of them found Ihem.-.'lves within the four corners ol Hie scope of die law. To get his men the ranger had to swim the river ihd give chase for half a mile, but he brought them to bay in the linish. While tiie chase was in progress all Waipahi turned out to see. "the I'm.'