The Daily News SATURDAY, MARCH 16.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 16 March 1907, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, MARCH 16.

Miss Itrwn, dairy instructor, is in tlw I renui district, (writes a corespondent) niving farmers instruction in the science id' butter making". il is understood lint the F/.lucaiion Depar! me>«t li.is made ;i substsuitiiil grant for the enlargement of tin.* Knd sclji, >] buildings, treat a public body's lands in the same way as ii did private individuals; and that tlu» Hoard had therefore to see that their reserves were kept clear of noxious woods. In the four weeks ended March 13th, 0128 ions of cargo were handled. Imports were 471)0 tons, including 1224 tons of ra'lway coai and 259 tons of private coal: and the exports amounted to IMS tuus. .Mr. -I. Diiwin's, warder a! l!i« Ww Plyim-uth prism, is present on a large model of .St. Mary's Chnr<ii. which is to l»e .orwarded "i; the 2Mh inst. to lhr Hxhibitio«. at Chrislclmrch. Mr. Downer will sr.; rihitend its setting up tin re. lit connection with the Taranaki cadets* visit to the Fxhibiti.m on WYdncsdav next the people of llaweri an- contributing to the "Cadet V Kn joy men! Fund." to provide funds for the yjung >U'V» to vi>ii the side-shows. Now then New Plynwn'ii! j r J,he EqniUble Building Society mcl j on Friday night in the Town ihil, Mr : •J. Pat on presiding. Tenders were opened Jul* a i;MO appropriation in each of the fust ;.-id .-econd groyps. "J lie iirsl was sold at i.jj IDs and the second lor £U7. The dredge at the liarbor worked on 10'/. days in the last four weeks, making 73»/. trips and removing 4410 cubic yards of silt from the new berth. Captain liood finds that to further deepen this berth th'- grab bucket will have to be used in order to remove the hard sub-.-tance remaining. -Mr Connect, mentioned at yesterday's meeting that although the harbormaster had been unable to obtain soundings of die harbor dur.ng the past month, the fact thai the Tarawera, 2003 tons, had been berthed frequently at half tide, and the llawca, 1758 tons, at iow 'tide, showed that the harbor was in a very satisfactory state. The foreman at the harbor had told him that very little .sand had been coming round the wall into the basin of late.

The Went JOud selmol swinimiuy classes will musler at 111,' liat.Us to-dav for the luinuui swimming for t|ie ;>ss;>ciation cei'tilioutes. There uro ever M candidates, both boys and girls, and the distances range from 22') yanU to a mile. Tlu! swimming eulucation has been in tlw; hands of Mr. Ogilvv.. lualmlia'u tH« biths, mul tji'i :Lc-sr'i oarn capita (ion under the technical education angulations. Bo\s .start at 12, noon, ami girls at l .'o u'ciock. A Maori lad, aged IT. years and r months, was chirged :il Waiiara y< si<v day. iij'ticv I In- -I'lvi'ink' (Menders' Act with forging th'.' mini" of 1. Sarien U a ehetpw- lt:r C-J ;uid uttering sam. to \V. F. Xewbery. I'wo other clii'ijui: alleged to he i'orgcii;>,. one lor a simi lar amount to the above, and an.>th,-i t'ov i,j )s, were a'so passed, but. <>til\ the one charge was lv.id. The lad \v,iremanded to appeav before Mr W. t) Kiddell. N.M.. at Waitara oil Tm-sda> afternoon M-xl. Mr. Paris* Taylor goim.! iiojl'l to '.he extent of ,UlO. A thine*' fruiterer was flustered a( Fridav's fruit sale. Jlc Jiad jus! bought a line of bananas, and evidently thought he had cleared the mart. Then Mr Fred Watson put uj more bananas. The almond-eyed fruit seller expostulated: " Uut thai. the banana here, J buy hiii,.'' To which th-j auctioneer, with his ready wit, whipped out, '"Yes. 4Hit you're a Chinaman, ; xi iJ so is t'liing there; but look at the difference. (.'ljijig's good Jooking, and youVo as uglv as—well, ugly as :no!" The retort tickled Icrowd, and the finish of it j>nt Hit? Chinaman in an ee static humor. A very old .'inl semi-invalided resilient. who oi''y cnm: > i!'»w a about twi -e a year, made up his m'irl the ctlrr <i;.v t ll;ll li:» Would ( > tu || u . ]ii» \\* olliee whilst t!..- I:ae weatik-r lasiel. When he saw tir- pi k - 1.- grew i I. and ex J.tinied, *i)aj>g if. man. ::i;

exact t'iU-ifiiilt- ui 111-' famous tijili:itn gaol in ! iv-l-Tii-!." I!i • c|.| (Ir !■ wont »« «(o (r'l (;(' llu: |!niht.> '->! ~nuiLtrity, iiii<l tui.i thai in Hi" famous gad ill'.' lower spans the i'oot )>al !i. and lli.it M'Oll) Ij 11 ji> lull U-S Oil til I'. loWr] the e\e. .it :oj|.s too : place. Til ■ ;i:i;iato< was 0,, c «.♦' a guard on <.n ' occasion ])l;l(' tl to k< •••;> back llj populace. \\ e now kimw w'li tic anhitirts ered t 'r► <[ 'M<rn (.ii wiiit-l) our principal j»nlj|i<r building | } as heen civcted. Thi' (rival harvest (writes tin- -Australasian"! is practically completed, an.l it will In.- interesting to h-arn later on what tli;' actual yields of wheat," oats, ami barley have been. Tin- prc-harvest estimates have diil'cred wide!,v. lait i(, is now generally acknowledged that th.» sanguine expectations of (In- early portion of I lie reason liave not heen marly realised. With repaid to dairying there lias, naturally, been a considerable falling <dl' in the production id' butler- that always takes place at the corresponding time of your—but if we are fortunate enough to get early March rains, a prolitaide prob ugation of the j rod^i.-iiw period may be expected. In Victoria there j-> very little stirring in pastoral eirels. |<ut ii) New South Wales and Queensland there i> already talk if shearing dillieulties. which may lead to serious and regrettable trouUe later on, "Bovus v write* in the liawcra ''Star"; —Amongst dairymen jub(- now the OflC burning question is the advisability of our attention in I lu 1 n-ar l\iLtir.* to the more general manufacture of dicese as against butter, and m tin' fa<v :of the extraordinary prices being real- : iscd lor rhce»e it is little wonder that factories are somewhat on the horns of a ddennia. Those wf us who ha »•« been engaged in daiiying lor the pas! 10 years or more will icineinber--.and .-nine have very good cause to do so—that- in almost- all cases factories which possessed dual plants decided, nftfti* some unfortunate experiences of the) market?, to dispose of their cheese plants and devote tho-v attention to butter-making, t'ntil the present season I have never heard any regret that such was done, and it is strange that this season above all others, when hoth cheese and butter are fetching such high juices, should .sow the seed of discontent. Were butter low. there would appear more legitimate reason for considering the question of future working so .seriously.

The New I'lymo;!]] district sdiooJs excursion to Kit ham on I'Vhjay was at - tended by about eight hundred children and adults, hailing from the Central, West End. Fitzroy. Bell Block, and Egmonth road sehoi.k. i'he town school committees each sent a. couple of represeutati\es. and the lynchers were aH present. On ai:ivil at Klthani, the picnickers wie Welcomed hy the Mayor ami. the chairm.;,, ->V the >.-hool -on'iait • tee and they straightv.:iv mad*.' s< r Taumaia l.'ark, Here local committee ver\ kihdly I,.id « • :rythiiiu in readiness, and a cup of lea was one of tin.' th'st; orders of the day. (he lurdeon basi-ets >ull'er , "g n>n.-.idcraU\, even at thai carl;, hi'iir. Then the crowd broke up into Miial! , :»»< ~to ramble along the river bank or through-liie i:.wn •.if Kit ham. Leaving a good sports commit tee in chai'u'" 1" h»uk after the youngster*' Jm'T. I '!'"'''!! some of (he adults could he >ec» v.i ? \i|in» their w.ty to lh" bowling green, num.- the ••dominie rink'' from tie- Kit/roy Chit, v;j;i|,iir-hed a local seratcii '. a.m. Altogelh, j )],. day pas--d o|f veiy ; )!e, -in(ly in lovel\ weather, and t : v pii-j»icl-.er:- leturued home at about se\eii o'clu. |; jh i | u . evening. u>-'| pleased uiili ik-ir fiutiim if their eh- ering and i,aigiit--r w -re any ci it ci ion. The value of "ISYK J)UKXCH ? ' is recognised by the highest authority in dairying in the colony. Head what -Mr J. A. Kinselln, (.iovernment Dairy Coiumis.sioner, has to say about it: "Department of Agriculture (Dairy Division).—A. E, Sykcs. Esn., New Piymoutli: Dear Sir,—As Hairy Commissioner for this colonv, J have been carefully watching the effects and vabu Of "Sykes's Drench" on our dairy "herds for i-Le past few years. I have not the slightest hesitation in stating that an immense amount oi improvement has been brought about, in the health of our dairy cows, and that •"Sykcs's Drench" has become known and properly used amongst farmers. The best testimonial that one can receive is the pTaiso that "Sykes's Drench" receives from all quarter of New Zealand. Personally. 1 am of r-pinion that no farmer should be without a stock of "Sykes's Drench."— Yours faithfully, J. A. Kinsella, Dairy Commissioner.

'Jhe Harbormaster's returns show that (lie. aggregate gross tonnage of shipping registered at .New Plymouth during tho month ending March 13th, was 51,507 t"ns, m 44 steamers, a record for the At yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki School Commissioners, Mr Jennings asked what "was the position of 'the; Hoard in repcct to keeping it* propertes clear of the noxious weeds. Mr Wade, in reply, sajd the Covetmment A wire has been received at Wanganui from Cliristchurdi stating 'that it. Ai nst's supporters are prepared to back him against Webb for £2OO and the .•culling championsh'p of New Zealand, provided suitable arrangements can be made. Messrs \V. S. Clarke and Sons, of Sydney, who expect to do some business through sailing vessels to New Plymouth, have written to Captain Ilood, asking for some particulars as to the port, mentioning ttint few of the shipmasters seemed to know much about it. ihe inforuiat.on was promptly supplied. "1 believe if we don't take pains wc ! will see in the near future a great deal of counlry in Taranaki destroyed, by noxious weeds," saidj j\lr Jcuningg at yesterday s sitting of tho School Cot - uiissioncrs, Ac the same meeting, Mr \\ ade instanced the case of a reserve betonging to the Hoard which was being over-run w.th blackberry and ragwort to such an extent that the section was aJmoiJk valueless! "As a ma,t,ter of : tact,' - lie said, "if 1 were offered it as a gift 1 wouldn't take it. Speaking at Loburu, Mr liutherford, M.ii.ijj, reeonimcfndcjd the ejectors to rouiirii their member by a much smaller majority if they des red consideration from the Covernment. When the majority was large the Government felt secure of a district and neglected its wants, lie instanced Kaiapoi, where iiuddo was returned by a narrow majority, and soon after tho Premier ucnt through the district and promised a new ra lway station at Itangiora and other good tilings fur the district. A farmer in Court, during the hcaring of the Oeo (South Taranki) cases, was asked how long the milking l.fe of the average dairy cow was. He replied 15 years, ami said that afLer that il would not be wise to milk a cow. It would be better to fatten her—for beef.

A prime Uuliock, valued at £lO, the properly of Messrs Cordon Uros., butchers, was "found lying dead in one of their paddocks on Wednesday evening (says tne "nyiulam. farmer"), it had been siiut through the spine by a l>oa rille. the last >few years have seen an advance, almost io perfection, in the art uf making ready-to-wear garments, ■nd any who are still scept.cal have but to look at the costumes landed oy \\ iiito and Sons tliis season. Jn price tliey range from serviceable cloth each to handsome s Ik-lined goods at 4 guineas. A vis.tor to one of the local freezing works remarked on leaving, says the Jimaru "Herald" that the work of the slaughtermen provided an almost ideal exercise; that a freezing works butcher requires no "Sandow." lively musc»e of 1 lie body appears to be called into rapid and forceful exercise by successive movements m the course of deal"»g v/ithj>acli shoe]).. In this respect Hie buteiicr profwil>ly lias an advantage over every other tradesman in the world. Tiie bicycle stealing epidemic seems to li.tvej spread (dangerously of fate (say.* the '\Lyttelton Times"). The Cnrislehureh police state that they have had an average lately of from seven to e ght reported mi>sing daily from various parts of the town. Probably the owners are responsible to a degree for the thief-making opportunity, and the police say that greater precautions should bo taken in regard to securing the machines under lock when left in the .street. However, a heavy penalty is also deemed to be a very good n bad cases, and an excellent moral deterrent to the amateur thief. Tiie secrecy of Jihe, ballot-box fis'enously impeached in the Kketahuna v'ounty, where an aspirant to the "lined polled exactly three votes tlie other day, He ijus now no dilHcuify bribing tne support he received to Uie votes of his nominator, the seconder of li s nomination, and himself. '! he total cost of the new buildings begun in San Francisco be!ween May inth, iJKKi, and .January lilsij IUU7, is slated i»y Chief |su liling Inspector John l\ lio'-giin to be lOJ2S 3 7.j:) dollars. These ligures are official and accurate, being compiled from the records. The sum ui' ;i0")(MHX) dollars represents (lass A. !>lriu'Uu-ei>, LMO-MKH) dollars 'lass 15, 14,i!iS.f>-jy dollars Class C, and dollars frame structures, wli.le the "remaining dollars represents the cost of alteratios and repair*.