LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 1 February 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ai the wharf yesterday one of the crew of the lloloiti sustained the los, of part of a linger which became jammed in the working of the winch.

The New Plymouth regi.-trar. Mr .1. ('. Smith, furnishes tlie followin" vilnl statistic- for .liinuarv: liirt.is.V, in the boroned), ;i rf-ouu'u-v: deailh- i;.. and in.-irriages S.

A poll of ratepayers at I law-cm decided in favour oi' bringing the File brigades Act; into operation. Ilaweia is the fust place to lake advan.nee of Hie provisions of the. Act.

To show how the poultry industry hns been expanding in New Zealand ■f late years, it may l„. uionUnucd "'at las; yar i Itrv to I Lie value of L'ii:lS!l was -e„i away, as compared with e-l-12:! in t |,,, ,„. ( . vinll . ~,,.,,.

Tin- cost of lh,. i.ii-|,,i»iitlv se,-,j,-,-lietwccn W..'llingl.,n. and Svilney. ;,„ connect with the llrindih mail. wliK-ii the Premier has arranged; with lh,, I'nion and 'lac,lard I'arl ei ( nuipa'.'.es is JMo|l a month.

-Mr .lolm Hull, of Midhiisl. has livn added to the Veterans' Memorial Committee, Subscriptions are coming in fairly well, and a pariial canvass ol New I'lymoulh gave verv satisfactory icstilts.

The Shipiuaslers' Association vesier day cabled the Premier I hat it declined to be represented bv Mr A. I!. Ilis lop at the .Maritime' Conference. Mr Mills, the managing director of the (hi ion Company, will represent the Association.

The ch.impioiislrp meeting „f the New /.calami Athletic l-nioii is io a sullieieiitlv attractive progrannue is oll'eml. failing llawke's Hav socui iiig .In- meeting, an oll'ort will'he made to have the gathering held in New I'Jv

Countv Kiectrie Lighting ' Cninpau'i v. hit ham liorougii C.Minc'il. was again adjourned on Thursday. Mr peat, of Wangauili, asse-5,,,'. and Mr Kerr, for the claimants wore in attendance. Iml there wa's no appearance on behalf of tin' respondents.

It is well that the local ll<»pi,al Hoard's olliice. a place al which money is lent on personal properly of in.-li gent folk who need cash in order to travel in search of work, is not am enable to (he usual habils of "Cncle's" agents. A watch left in ciiai".- of Mr Copper over three years ago has ju-t been claimed by the owner, whose circumstance.,, appaienlly, hn\o improved. It may be Hia'i Urn cash received here was the stepping ytoiifc t-i better things.

Mra,f..rtl uiul New I'lymcuth Tennis Clubs jvill play a series of matches nn uie -Sew rlynioulh courts on Thursday next.

The income of the Wtliam corps of the .salvation Army in eolleetions and donations lor the past year was ,C7o:>, of which amount 'the soldiers contributed cril). The Army is evidently a well established religious organisation in Milium.

A destructive lire in Hie .Milton (Otago) district lust week devastated about 111111 l acres of agricultural and bush land. A considerable area of crop was destroyed, a, well as all feed on the burnt area. One owner had 120 sheep incinerated and aiiiuher .10.

The "Taihape New.," reports heavy lilies indicted by the Court, there on some Tur.uigarcre sly «vog sellers. ' John Busier was lined X.il), costs lis and witnesses' expenses, in default One moiKlij's imprisonment. Win i Archibald I'raser was lined a similar amount with 7s costs, and Elizabeth Eraser ,ClO with 7s costs, being allowed tiil the 2(ltli inst. t« pay. Landowners in the northern part of the province do not seem to be concerned about llu- growth of that noxious we.id ragwort, judging by the crops oaesees in many places. If farmers don't take steps to eradicate the weed, |or the departmental ollicers don't get , a hustle on, there will be little else Lut .rigwort on a portion of the country before long.

As usual, the Wliitolcy Memorial S mday School picnic, held on Thursdiy, was very suecossful. This year the annual re-uuioa was held m Mr Avann's grounds at Vogeltown, and the locality proved most suitable. Among other good points was its proximity to an orchard, and Mi- Avann g-atuitously regaled the children with a i abuudance of fruit. The usual ring aid other games, racing, and all kinds o* outdoor amusement were indulged in, to the immense delight of the scholars aud the full enjoyment of a hrgc gathering of parents and friends,

In the new batch of Legislative Coucillors, the -Native member seems to be the pick of the bunch. A Southern exchange writes of him as follows: "Wi l'ere is remarkable, mainly for home of his extraordinary speeches as a member of the Lower House, one of his last being an impassioned condemnation of tin; European settlers, lie wound up his speech wiih the emphatic remark, • |<„ j L , hell- te pakeha,' which sentence, however, the inter(proter refused to, translate" Tiiwe I, a vigorous honesty about W'i l'ere,

a fearless, outspoken tone, which we ,l " "" ; I amongst his colleagues. "Ko te belle W'i l'ere" is evidently won,,y of the honorable position in wibieh lie; has been pitch-for'ked. Would we eoiud say the same of sonic of laic other appointees. ■• .-,•, ,->,|

A dangerous man, according (o all accounts, has, ikv.cenued upon "Wellington, says the I'osl. He is a person beloved, seemingly, by the earthquake. Al all events he !.-dogged by eoiivllisi,,;,. of the. globe. Calling at the Tourist (Mlice lately he calmly mentioned'that while iie was in San Francisco the ci'ly was ruined. He went to Valparaiso, and ..as soon induced to pack Up In ids friend the earthquake, tie thought that he would be *,\w from persecution in Jamaica, and settled in Kingston. The earthquake, which hail apparently been endeavoring to lind the man'.- whereabouts, at lasl got his address and paid a visit to Kingston, but the call was to,, late, for the man moved out just a feiv weeks ago. After this confession it would seem only

fair that the authorities should deport the visitor who comes with a wake of violent earthquakes. He announces tmit he intends to spend the summer in New Zealand, and it will be no surprise therefore if the crust, of tli,. ground is perturbed all through the country, following tile line of the 'travelling itinery.

A lady friend of a well known Paraparn scdler and a daughter of the latter had an experience recently that they will not .soon forget. The former had the nii.d'ortiiuc to he thrown heavily from a horse she was riding, sustaining a compound fracture of the c.iilorhone, and neee.-sitatiiiii her iin - niediale removal to bum for medical attendance. The settler's daughter promptly volunteered to .hive her injlilwil friend lo Waiigaimi (a di.danee of about 2.) miles), where they arrived snortly before midniidil. The night was dark as pitch, and .he rain fell in torrents throughout the imirnev. The ladv driver handled lie,- 'horses' in the murky ilarknes., on a slippery., dillicult, road with conisiunnialc skill and caution, and the sufferer bore the long ami trying drive wiih wonderful fortitude. The other occupant- of the carriage, in speaking of tee incident, said iie hardly knew which to admire in-..--lunate sufferer or tiie skill and care the pluck and stoicism of the unforexeioisod by the driver in her efforts to prevent her friend from being jo,tod on the rough and in places danger-

lc-tcrday afternoon Mr (,'. Tisch, chairman, Mr .1. 11. I'jiikcr, one ol .lII' members, Mr C. Jl. Lcpper, -.ocivtary to the Hospital and Oharitabc Aid Board escorted some of the hospital nurses and a large party of svmpa thi.-.crs iu the Hoard's "home" at Miss Ovemlon's, 01l t|„ : Veal,. lloud, ami I lie children were treated lo a picnic which is likely to become iiu annual affair. Several of the, "old boys"' wen: allowed li.v their guardians to join the party, and a most onjoyabc tune was spent by young and old, races, sanies, and ["■ liny and lolly scrambles pleasantly passing ||,e lj,„e. Anion- Hid nio-t exciting linishes of the afternoon's sport was that of the three legged race, Miss Crozicr and Mr heating Miss Turner awl Mr Tisch by a pood neck. Tiie visitors were very complimentary in their references 'to the care evidently bestowed l,v Miss Oven deu on her Utile charges, and tlie wholesome cleanliness of the place; and willingly gave her the three cheers ••aMed for by Mr Tisch. A return salvo was given for .Mr T'i-clt on the call of Miss Ovenden. After partaking of a splendid tea. the visitors returned home.

_ The leader of the Opposition, Mr AY. I-'. Mn-scy, was very outspoken in his comments on the recent appointments to the Legislative! douuvil. S|,enk»rg '!<> a Herald representative ,ie s;tid:—" I think that men appointed to the Legislative Council should, if possible, he men who have had legislative experience -men. too. \v)io possess the eontidenee of hie public, and whom the public can look up lo and respect. I, i were ;„ ask voil how many of those just appointed po.-,e-s the qualifications J have outlined. I venture to say the answer would be •Very few indeed.' There is one appointment to which no exception can lie taken. I refer to that of Mr 0 Samuel, of New Plymouth, who I be. btve will be an acquisition (~ (]„, Council, and whom tiie electors would have been willing lo select as one of their representatives at any time during the last dozen yeais. ' lint oilierI.V have a chance line ■: an ifiedivo system, where people h...l ~ free choice without any other inlluenees bein" lirought lo bear. . . I think fee gentlemen who hale bee,, appoi„le,i are not representative of the colony as a whole, and that the appointments, as a whole, will not be satisfactory l» the elecior- of the colony. The'y present another very strong argument in favour of an elective .system. .1 simply cannot understand 'how self-rcsp-eling men can accept positions as members of (lie Council under such eondhions, and. in any cuse in a democratic community like New Zealand, the system of appointment by tiie Coy. eminent of (he day should not be tolerated."

The vaiue of "SVKIOS'S DIH0NCI1" is recognised by ihe highest authority in dairying i„ Hie colony. Head what Mr J. A. Kinsolla, Covemiuent Dairy Coniiiossioner, has to say about it.--"-"Doparlnicnl of Agi-icultni-e (Dairy Divisinn).-A. K Hykes, Ks,p, New Plymouth: Dear Sir,—As Dairv Commissioner for this Colonv. 1 Imvo boon carefully watching Hie ell'cets and value of 'Sykos's Drench' on our dairy holds for the past few years. I hav'e not the sliglitest hesitation in staling that an uninense aiuount of improvemint has been brought .limit in the health of our dairy onus, and Hint aboiiion is now loss prevalent since 'Sykos's Drench' has become, known and properly used amongst farmers. The best testimonial that one can receive, js flic m-aiso Hah, "Sykos's Drench' r.eeivi-3 from all .punters of Noiv Zealand. Personally, J :U n ut opinion that no farmer should be without a stock of '.Sykos's Drench.'— Voius faithfully, J, A. liiusclln, Dairy CimiuiUtsionor."

A North Island dealer has bcea I operating in Month Caiiici-biirv, and has purchased several thousand twotooth ewe-, to lie shipped north and there I'aU'iied. Tne pnee he had a, pay would no), however, leave n lai'ee margin, and does not necessarily i'ndica.e nmiv extensive •• deals" 0 f the same nature. The wuer, in -cllii,.. rid of hi, lloek Inr lack ~f pasture, stated that the forced sale meant a straight-out loss to him of LToO.

The following time table, -says a contemporary, should lie preserved liv every mother, as it i„ o.ti.n a ,-oir<'e of the greatest nnxielv to know whether or not a child will develop a disease after having been exposed lo it. Chicken pox symptoms ,: -aiu v appear on the fourteenth dav, diphtheriii second day, measles fourteenth day, mumps nineteenth dav scarlet fever JYJirtJ, ,| aV) 5111 .,,| : ,;; twelfth day, 'typhoid feu-'r tivent v-iirsl day, whooping eougli fourteenth 'day. A correspondent wiilcs: Whilst Mr Jirayshaw. of Stratford, was driving down one of the Euiiam by roads ihe horse snicd when Hearing a'bridge'. .Mr b'uvshau was thrown out, landing on l"s head with such force ns i() *,„„ loin for a tune, whilst his hands witalso badly cut. The horse galloped oil' •l»«;n the lull, and was not stepped until some miles hud been Irnvcr-ed One man who attempted to ciavk the runaway was knocked down, bill his interference caused the animal lo swerve and run into a fence, where he had to halt.

Statistics are published showiii" f hat the Kaiser's year bill for travelliin. bv rail irom one part of f.iie Jimpire to anollicr ami|uuts to ,€IOO,OOO llis Majesty has special trains and pays the ordinary rates on the railways. ' V few (lays ago ]ie travelled from Potsdam to Denauesehingeii, in (South tiermany. He returned next day, and tne trip cost hini .CISOO. Ilis Majesty travels almost continuously Jo cently the Emperor has adopted the motor curs, which is a cheaper means »• getting about. Jf or a ]J ceremonial visits, however, ho still considers it necessary to 'travel by rail.

A barrister who ought to have read every line of some legal document in W'c law courts lately (says m exciange), but did not do so, explained i nil lie lollowed tne example 0 f (,),,. clergyman when reading Daniel 111., with its relercnce to the "cornet, llute •narp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer and all kinds of music." When he came to the same phrase live verses later «»<' '"'other again live verses later, the e,eigynian substituted the words "the band as before." The court smiled and intimated that it had no objection to a similar meti.od of abbreviation on the part of counsel.

1 lie report presented to the halfyearly meeting of the New f'lvmouth (las Company showed very considerable 'invivases. In, the (.six months ending :ilsf December lr.o new customers wore added to the clientele, and the manager reported 21 additional one's tor January, lie also reported Unit i-W bet of new pipes would be landed here in tJie course of. a week or so when the nine,street, Molesworlhstreot, and Doit-road extensions would be pushed on. An application from Hospital-road resident to have the mams extended in that 'direction was referred to the manager for Ms report. All interim dividend of ,"i per cent was declared.

lime. Melon's son, Air (leorge Ne.sbitt Armstrong, was married at S.. George's Hanover square, London, last month, to Aliss Ruby (Jtwav.'onlv child of Colonel and Airs ,loceiy,i Otway. of l'ark Lane. Mr Ami-strong received as a wedding present from the famous prima donna a castle anil estate near Killarney, a large quantity of furniture, and 'a gift of C.JO,(IOo'. Al me Alelba also made handsome preseals to her daughter-in-law, while the other presents, numbering four hundred, included a maguilieeift co! lection of jewellery and gold and silver plate. The wedding was witnessed by a crowded congregation, and after the ceremony Airs Otway welcomed a laji-ge gathering of guests at her: I'arlc' lane nou.-e.. The voung couple left for Jlighcliffo Castle, lent by Colonel E. Stuart-Worthy fur the honeymoon.

A striking example of how a grain of seed will multiply has occurred on Hie farm of Air James Wviic. 'if

Arecgra, Victoria. In l!)l)2 , of ii'is suns secured a handful of Manitoba wheat from a friend. Among the seed was a single grain of oats. This was planted and carefully protected, yanil it grew into a line stalk. The grain was put aside, and plantc 1 the following season with satisfactory results. Each succeeding year life quantity has increased, anil this liarvest a, yield of -U bags of oats was obtained. The average was ten bags to tiie acre, and the result would have been much belter but for the fact that a wind storm broke down portions of the crop. The bos, yields „f Algerian oats in that district are not more than eight hags to the acre. Air Wylic regards this as a record demonstration of 'the productivity of Alanitoba oats.

With the object ol founding a professorship of Home Economics or Domestic Ser\ice on a plan extensive'y iiu, vogue in| |Uiei L'nited Slates oil America, Mr John Saidholnie, of Coldstream, has ollere.il to contribute for three years the sum of two hundred pounds per minimi lowards tlie salary of a professor, provided Miss (lilclnist, of Tennessee University, be appointed, ilr Studholine has placed his oll'er before the Minister of Education and, the Governors of Canterbury College.' Cnuiinonling on the oll'er, the A-'ihur-lon Uiinrdian .says:—"Were the conntry to establish a chair of Home Economics or .pomes! ic Science, its occupier- wool, he able -iof only 'o or giinise long courses for university students, leading to a degree, but shorter courses for students and others undesiroiis of going as far as a degree in Domestic Science, and also classes for teachers at .Normal schools and lectures to women in the various centres of population." Dr. Pomai'e, Native Health Ollicer. referring to civilising eil'ects on the Maori race, states thai it is onlv a question of time when the Maori race will disappear ;is it lieiomcs assimilated with the pakeha. Take tiie South island. Nearly all the .Maoris there now are half-castes, and fullv VI per cent of tlie .Maoris in the South have Furopeau Idood in then, if not more, 'there is the same tale to tell in .he North Island. The old stock is gradually dying oil', and even now lee majority'of the young stock has European blood in it. Within thirlv years there will not be a pure blooded Maori hum in the whole of New Zealand. 11l the King Country 111 per cenl of the natives are lia'lfcastes. It is in the Urewera Country, where you liud less liaU-caslc.- than elsewhere, but it is there that you also Hud the poorest class of natives, many of the old stockstill preferring lo live in iheir primitive methods.

The North American Kcviow makes the following important declaration in favour of kisperanlo:—"As a result ~f painstaking eininirics made personally in France and England, and through agents in C.ernuiuy and Switzerland, we have become convinced that K-pcr-anlo will soon be recognised, 'hie world over, as a language capable of universal use', and that, in consequence of such rocognision, it wi : l be generally adopted and acquired. The need of such n vehicle of expression, n,,l for Hie displacement of any existing* language, nor for the purpose of literature, (nit for ordinary 'service in business, 1 ravel and communication, has long been admitted, and indeed i- so obvious as to render the sidling forth of reasons therefore snpevH'.ious. There are now in various pa lis of the wor'd nearly 1110.(1011 registered shutout-, ol Ksporaulo. rendering the estimate not iim-eiis.iiuil.le that there are s-veral hundred thou-and actively inteie-led ill it. In, (.rent Britain alone there are more than lit) societies, supplemented by outlying groups in Austra'ia, | Now Zealand, India, and Alalia. I Haying become convinced, us we re-| marked at the outset, of the praciica- j bilily of F.speraulo as a universal hill- j gunge, we shall soon begin a regular lessons by competent teachers, supple- | luented from time to time by million-! lalivo articles, in Hie hope of arousing general interest."

Just now there is a grand chorus of bargain's at The Melbourne, ihe popular money saving store of Tarauaki, Parents buying suits for their bnvs will lind at'Tlic Melbourne Hie biggest, money's worth over oll'oreil in Tnru nnki. Hoys' handsome tweed Norfolk i>uits, smartly made to lit bovs 7 (o 14 yeans, al 7s (id, & (id, Us (Id the suit -Advt.

The great nugget of guld, the "\\. COIIIo KUllllJfi," whose' discoverer liila i just died, weighed hi lib, and has Iji-.-ii ' disciih-.d a-.i l! U . larger ,/.cr (ak-ii. I H'om Ue earlh. |;„( ,|,.. 1;ll ,, (;„„-,.., ■ l''l'ailci< Train Witnessed ll„. lindiug',,;' i n greater, lie <lrc» x . r ..-d in at Jtiij.ni = t i : when tli,. fever was at its heigh,, an,l j reamed Hi,, wale world aa'l 'sMlheivtl ! no rielies. ||,. was | )n ,|.,. „._ i,, J had found no gold, and con <l nol lied | I "'"'' employment, lie went one ,la', ' wiuh' Train w:ls || K .,. C |„ ,|„, „,vn,rs ■ of a worked on, siiaft, a inl asked per- ; illusion to try his | UL .k. |,,,, 1V1 , „..,.. I

wil li his pick, ana set to ',y,,.\ v,|„ . ' lie alighted. Immediately he M 'nick | Minii-Lhiny hard. It was'a nugget „l" gold weighing l'Jlilh—"cxacn' lie. j weight of a barrel of Hour,"' Train ! noted. -Is Ihat all miner" "asped the Under. "It doesn't belong "u, tee Uoveriiincnt'r" lie asked. They assured him that it was all liis own'. "Ad mine!" ile whispered, and fell au'.-s liis riches—dead. Tne mystery surrounding H,,. wealtli of Hi,; beggar (lerlach, wiio died in a .Budapest hospital worth ui.idU. has been cleared up. Thirty years ago. after a most brilliant "university career, Ccia'ach became domes, i'e chaplain to Baron I'.aldacsy, a weal-ny Hungarian noble,nan. and on the death of the baron (ook advantage ■•■ l.i I ■ selllllle-' and j •■,■.,■ lerv «,, ;i nearly .Clu/JUU. Ile told liis coale,,-.,,r

that in order to diver': suspicion id' the thcl'l from himself he determined to lead a beggar's life lor ten years, when any presecution would ue barrui by ill, .statute of liniitaiions, and iie would be able to invest liis ill-gotten gains and live on the interest. JSy the end of ten years, however, the habit,-, of the beggar and the miser had gained so li.riu a hold on liiin that he never took advantage of Hie wealth to c'liangu his lana't of life. ;'.'e '.'•'.'-

until his death as a beggar, wilhoii', even a dwelling of his own, sleeping fin railway waiting) rooms and telegraph oilices. J)y his will he endeavored to alone for his crime by leaving all the money to charitable purposes. The heirs of ilaroii llaldaesy intend, however, to dispute the will and claim 'the estate. *

A clerk employed in the liclgian Senate recently noticed in a tlioji ut Laeken ii dusty painting representing three cavaliers playing chess l),v a lighted Janiii. He went in anil, having bought it {or 12s, took ii to a linn of experts for examination, it was there dcelared to be a line example bv lt.mbrandt. 'J'he clerk lias now received an offer u; .tli ; 00U icr the painting. An Anglican clergyman, now living in England, but who was tor many years in Xcw Zealand, writes as follows: "I shall not p : ty you for being in Xew Zealand. The England of today, ashamed of having an army ami navy, weary of its Empire, a prey to passive resistors and 'suffragettes' would try yon very sorely. Tile fact is that the English artisans have quite suddenly awoken. They have eaten of the fruit and know I hey are naked. A tremendous and all-absorbing zeai for social reforms has taken possession of them. It is a new England, lired with a revolutionary zeal for socialistic laws and caring for nothing outside. 1 was at a huge meeting the other day of quiet, earneist. Batlloivfaeed working men, and wlkcn one speaker said England had awoken from a dream, and that the people that walked in darkness had seen a great light, Ihe 'tremendous cheer from the whole, dense audience made Hie reel what tliri temper of the people is. One cannot blame it, but at present it blind's taem to every other problem, and makes them ashamed of their own past and afraid of their destiny.'