LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 26 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A race meeting be held at IngVwood on Thursday, March 14t.1i. Sir Jb. lie launay is 'secretary to the club. " '

A volunteer in uniform, passing down liginont sircet on Thursday night, is alleged to have used insulting language to a couple of women, llesides receiving a slap on the face, iie is 10 lie called upon to explain his conduct to the Stipendiary Magistrate.

No time U being lost by the direci >"i's of Ihe Taraua ki Oil and freehold Company in ire erection of .the derrick at the site of the lirst the Carrington road. The foundations are completed, and the derrick sliou'M be up in a few days. A young man named Leu, Duller worth apprehended on a charge of gambling in a railway earring.' during November last, was charged with i lie olfence at the S.M. Court on Friday morning. '1 lie n<eUM'd did not appear, but relumed his eopv ol the summons will, a plea- of guilty. The Mam'strato inflicted a line of Ills and cojs. In ti'e Magistrate's Court on Friday morning. a son applied fur the issue Jf a prohibition order against his lather, Mho got drunk whenever lie a .chance. and stayed out half the nign,. Ihe old man had been prohibiied far two years, but the order expired in December, and he had been drunk on several occasions sine. ' Tin' order was renewed. In addition to enloriitg for the marching competition and the test lection at the Inhibition the C!arri.-on Jiatid is furnishing good entries i u (1,,, „, t i o competitions as folows: —I! Hat cornet. Handin;is( it )!'•( oinicll; and Mand-smaii Donovan: 'soprano <*iljandsmau ' I'ton : saxhorn, llnniNmaii 'Mellonnell; baritone, liandsinan Knight; 'itoinbone. liandsinan C. IVarce; tenor trombone, liandsinan A. Hundley; I! Hal. bass. Bandsman N. Allen; double I! Ilat bass, liandsinan Cudby; K 11,-it bass, liandsinan Steele; trombone trio. Jiand'-nian llandlev. I'earce. and lloskin. 11l hi- last reporl. ,Mr Jiourne, head niast.'r of the Auckland ("iranunar School, -,iy-: -1 have no hesitation in | saying that free seeoudary edueatiou is being awarded too cheaply. Tt is not in the best interests of the chi'd ren themselves or of the mil ion. in the which they are factors, that so great a prize should lie won with so little cllori. In my opinion the pupil's of the two town -cltools should be com- ' poijed to take the Department's examination. to pass which I understand I that some real work is required, and I the qualitieation of ino sixth sland- 1 ai d eertilicate of proficiency should be : allowed oniy in the ease of country i children, who are under many disabili ( ties." ' J; The Wellington l'os! tennis from the j manager of J!o,s and Uleudiiiuing lir.it some of the .New Zealand woollen mills ! are making' what Mr Jones called v ••shoddy" goods, by mixing colton with v wool. In one ease he has seen as \

much as 40 per cent of cotton in a labiic, Cotton, ready lor spiunin"', costs Oil 01- Upor'iii, while wool, altfi tin l scoui-gin; uud oilier pnimnilioii, i»' wortli & j£ r II,; hence tin- groutcr margin of oil mixtures if tin'-,- an- sold nt anything like i ir.j *imo ]11'i(" as whole woollens. Mi' Join's t'<'n>iilcrs teat there is no lii-cil tor any Mich tm'Lics; there i s field enough for all the milk to work on pure woollens; and the manufacturers themseives have been talking of a compact to ,-pin nothing' but: wool.

The local option provisions of tin Licensing Act pas's.'d ivccntly bv tlit \ iciorhin legislature do uot coinc inl. operation until January Ist, 1017. They provide for (lie establishment Ironi that date ol a licensing court in every district. The maximum number ol liecnsed hotels or clubs is not to 'exceed the number in anv district 011 January Ist. I!U7. except on special authority. A local option vote is '.o be taken in every disiricl at every general election, ' provided that such elections do not occur within IS months. Tiie resolutions to be siibmilled arc : —(1) That the number of liceiisis exiting 'continue; (iij tlmt llic.v be reduced; or (:lj t ; n , (. 110 licenses be granted, or where prohibition shall have been carried pvevion-ly. (.() that licenses be restored. A simple majority will be sufficient lor continuance or redueiion. and a three-fifths majority for prohibition or nvlnrntion. If'reduction i,s carried, the licensing court, subject to tiie Ihll. decide what reduction sli'i 1 1 iake place; and if prohibition is decreed, it must be given elVecl to nt the end of the year in which Hie vol:is itaWcn. The 'Jiceifring court will inform the Treasurer tiie amount of compensation that, will hi' required for (he year, and the Treasurer must set, apart from the compensation fund suiieient to meet the requirement-. If necessary, he may levy additional 1-0111-lensation fees pro rata from licensees :o siV-ure enotioh to make the payiicnts. I'ivcry elector will be cntited to vote at the local option poil mt for 011 c resolution onlv.

Tiio \ aliuiiion JJcp.irtnient has ry mittod to Uio 'Taranaki (..'ounlv Council the sum of AJ7BI l.is lid, the subsidy rate* collected. Tin? recent Jloods in the Waiwakaili" have had the ell'eet ut' scouring out' the western abutment of tlio old bridge on Devon road. Sir Jdfieph Ward was gnilly ol a pun at tiie railway station last night. "\ou ll luivt' good tiine;' lie said, "when you get your "new Post Oflice clock." The mail steamer Sonoma is being overhauled in dry dock at Sydney, and will not leave Auckland for San Francisco till (j p.m. -on Saturday, Kebniary 2nd. ' Mr \V. T. Jennings, M.J1.1}., irave'k'd from Sliatford to New Plymouth I last nijjht Willi tin) J lon. the Premier, | and brought under jiis notice the work | done on ihe j\iokau lliver, the need for funds, anil tiie delay in forwarding the votes passed during last session. Sir Joseph Ward said hj»» would communicate immediately with Mr Donno, Snperintejideiit of the Tourist Department, ami instruct him 'to spend tho ,CJOO grant straightway. A start !);»s hem made witli the ivmod(<liing ol' the old Kgmonb mill, at top of C'urrie street, near tiie "N't'ws" ollice, which is to l>e convert ed into up to-datc iiremis;'s for Messrs L. D. Nathan and t'o.'s New Plynumtli branch. Tiie contractors are Mwsrs (J. Johns and Son, of Auckland, ami the contract. j)ricc is £1!)78. The tendering wiis very close, as will be M'en by the following figures:— Hoou Ib-os., .-Cl«)80; A. VM .C 2010: Coleman and Son, ;C2lL r >; .Pikt'tt and Wilkic, £2150; R. W. Bond. £2200. Tur-

nor Beadle, C23DD; J. Salt, £2580 J. Howe, £2(M9; J K. Guthrie, 27i55

A deputation of Waitara citizens met Sir Joseph Ward at lnglewood on Friday, and was introduced by Mr W. T. Jennings, M.U.K. The deputation made representations concerning the selection of a sits for the erection of 'the new Courthouse, Sir Joseph said tire matter was not in bis Department, but noted the request and referred it to the Minister for Justice. -V blind cow on a IMvedcrc property daily demonstrates ihe fact that animals of the bovine species, unlike human beings, are unable to adapt themselves to Ihe conditions imposed by tueir allliction. liven after two years' experience (if not more) the unl'oriunate creature stumbles upon meeting any «'\erescen(v or depression in tin: ground, and were it turned adrift, it woi/id probably wander over Koine declivity in following the scent of water. 'I ii;* cow strayed into its presenv quarters 'from parts unknown aboiu two \ears ago. K yields no milk, and it is lvmarkuble that it has not been turned into beef ere this.--Age.

"We have previously slatwl liml sharks arc i>leu,ifnl almut 111:' rivor mouth just luiw, alld til.' experience, u( « toiUier yesterday should ftiiwc others Hi lie particularly < :tici'n 1 when going into 11■ water." says tin' Wangauui Herald „f Wednesday Inst, "lie was about loft mil, tiv depth heing about mid-thigh, Iraching his little hoy to swim. He hail sent the child inshore, when, turning round, lie saw a slunk about 7ft long quite elose to him. Needless to say, lie made a bee line for thi' shore in record time. Later in tile afternoon, he informs us, he also saw tlie tins of several sharks in , tin-', neighbourhood.'' Mr (ieorge McGregor, most of who„e days have been spent amongst .Maoris whom he knows as well as any Jiuro pean in the colony. docs not,'accordnig to a Christchureh paper, regard (he unlive land question as a subject of primary importance. The Maoris themselves must be dealt with iirst, <iie says, and the 'land question can eoine in for secondary consideration. Their conditions of life must be inquired into, and they must lie led up to a higher standard of life, "It is not any increased revenue, speaking broadlv.Uial will be of lasting benefit to the race, but something that will induce them to work—work, to my mind, is their only salvation—that and total prohibition," says Mr Met.'regor.

"The underlying principle." said the I bill. I)r Kind la v, Colonial Secretary and Altorney (Jeneral, to a Christchurch Press reporter, "in the proposed Irgi-'ation ill respect both In native and Crown laud is (he same and I hat principle U closer productive setl! 'men!. tj-tmoinic waste cannot be rrniiltcd if without injustice it. can -'veiled. And the M iin which wetcs („ (|„. Jl() i dinf , x in I'.uropcan hands more productive lull eat has been called the 'burst in" up' ""deriics tl„. proposed legis'at'espet't sof native landl I s|»'ak with some knowledge of what h.is lollowecl the closer seltleuienl of our large estates j„ this colour; and «'« Wtfer contest i„ the 11-ii nina case down to the last ..-rent con }jt l I' lu vboii rne ease, closer sel - tlenient has meant enoriiiouslv in creased production from the sam'c area 1! is a beiiei'aclor who tan make two blades of grass grow "here j(; - H ; lll:lt » 'lnverninen't which j ,, s I 1 *>'«» Uiis in ultimate ""'-''•t is not misusing its power J opportunities''

I vie Wl '° ,V, ' r '' ™'- Mctcd o drunkenness a few days a"o. S - 51 - t' 1 .')!!;!\- niornng chaiged with having aided i„ com"l'tting an ollonce. ()„ their preyioiis appear;,nee, wiien asked to ac ''' : "i't lor the Injiior in their nosses ion INey stated that it was given (o p, ' '' l,l ;"" W T ti'e Moturoa Hotel. I'^ro^tin^r 1 r ' to -1

mon, hut Uio other, who had W» lw»fnrc tlx- r-ourt Moiv. .stuck sbndMaori ] vl "' ( ' h tl e oel n 'n 1,0< '" »' , oc'viip. Uoth SWOI .„ 0n I "itli, and the S.M. said lie didn't Wieve. llSccnu.se 1 ;„. v nafi^'wl^di! 111 1, "- V to realise b, gi.iMty of their 'oll'ence. he pro--«ed to deal leniently with (1 Ih'swaslranslaMtothepnir. Tliey been' l ,li'' "'""T 1 I,UI ' U '" V t 'f.v would bnye been sent ; giiol fnd tnat this would be ilu-ir, 11 drunk I" ol 10s was inflicted the »' «;P''"ioi"s fee of ins ,id being shared. -Oint costs were not imposed.

i.Uh. hn! M 'r !«»•<««•. view mi<l 1 " ,Slt ' llUr -' h ' ,n,,i a " made some remarkwith reference to the timber trad.' - Meltox state, (hat there is a V erv

. i; "\ I'" *°.vs, are fnsr 'Miijr depleted, and even the Canadian M.pplv isnnf uluif it used to he. >" W /"Hand tmibrrs, ,-peeial|v t] los( . »>"'! "i construe! i, m W( , rk ; tara. and wlute jiinc. which is , <*r 'the making of cats !'is (erlain tliere won),] be if niarkJt A ready a large IIKni is ,' V sin« Jiahautea, kohekoho, and k-.nvakn, and the top branches of (lie Mara, for the Winnulactuiv of lead pencils, which can be made troni tlie-o native woods 'III |"'r cent more cheaply Hum the usual cedar. Mr S-elfo.s points out tirit !>>r Joseph Ward, in a speech made soon after his return from England i said tli.'it lie had been much impressed on his visit to the North 'of UiHnnd by (he iinniense industrial popnlali,,,, centred around Manchester, and felt Mire that if Hie New Zealand exports were propely handled there a great hold would lie a/forded for tiie extonsion of trade.

UKOAI SIJ You KKIiD TIIE MONKS'

Its your business nnd it you dont attend to it, who will. You "cannot afford to keep cows for fun. That isn't business, and, furthermore, it isn't necessary. There is monov in cow keeping if yo,, g 0 at it right, and bevl.d.'t "' rc I s ! , "" ro " m nt il 1 -hi than there ]s staying wrong, von need an "Alfa Laval" Cream Separator because it will make money for J on; iccause it saves labour; because l ir'ren TV 1.1 Hitce between cow prolits and cow losses -Look into this matter and see what an Alfa-Laral" will do for J- and buy one , (wallso ynu nml , t _ [ .1 as-goods' and take it hack tree of expense unless it beats them protects you fro,,, an inf „„ rV'llrn f Cnßh w .torms. rnl.ilogues free on application. Hole ri 1' f C '! , Sl Sraso "- Strnthers and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Palmerston North and Chr'stehurol,. E. Griffiths and Co., new I lymouth, Local Agents.