LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 10 April 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

_ A public trial of the HartncU milking machine has (wen given in tlio Paiincrstoii Xorlh district, and has been described by the Palmerston "Standard" as successful. A representative of the Admiralty i< arranging to obtain quotations in Dimeif :n for woollen goods for use by tJH Australasian and possibly the 'china squadrons. '•lnat thistle field was « turnip lk, U l «!'« they took the land," said counsel n the Compensation Court vestenlav But we didn't take the turnips," , )mr . » mured one of the parties for the defence No, we understand most of the volunteers got most of those," was the rejoinder. "■ There are eight candidates for the five « i? t," Vr Messrs H - Bfii'nitt, W. Cnt--1 ku W? rim ». F. W. Jackson, J a • M ; ia ! nSo ». L. Steele, and A w! Wood. Most of these gentlemen have wen service on local bodies, and the elec • tors have an excellent choice. ' ' davs Vi fW "' im Ttf 1 " a f '™ rm »ow»dajn, there ,- „„ telling where the W«7'K to lodge," said Mr Thomas Fsher. Judge of tire Native Land Court n evidence yesterday. "For my „ a V if vo unfeers were using the range I won dn't work within four or five chain • of he target m either side with any eehng of safety." Itather rough o ' n the volunteers! b J'"' 0 ."""/™" the East states tlmt a «ave of mad speculation has seized !■ pan s,nce the war, and the envl is not ,et, \\ .ld-eat companies have been formed and are being formed, and ac rordnig to one authority, every* busing must be run on company lines. Some huge successes have been reported/and toe peasantry, not understanding such matters, are confidently investin,, their savings, in the belief that fortune-awaits them. A crash or check is looked far. The Victorian wheat "yield for this season is stated io be 22,(118,043 bushels an average of 11.13 bushels per acril Last season's yield was 21,002,130 bush els, an average of 0.20 bushels. The requirements for consumption and seed this year are estimated at 8,315,000 bush. els, which will leave a big exportable surplus. The oat crop is set down at 8,545.(i54 bushels, an average of 23 23 bushels. Last season's figures were 7,232,42.; bushels, averaging 23.18 buslifl.«. Jhe yield of both wheat ami oats has only twice been exceeded. The statement was made at a nieetiii" of the Duned.n Ratepayers' Association the other night, lhat within chdit or ten years Duncdin should hold the unique position of being ruleless, or nearly so. The gasworks, although selling at ss, were returning the ratepayers a good profit. The electric tramways and waterworks were beginning to pay ' and the endowments were becoming m or'c valuable year by year. All that was . wauled to make Dunedin a ratepayers' paradNc was the return to the Council ' of men of sterling character, with ability ' and time at their disposal. ' ! The l'ieton Press is responsible for | the following story: "yyhiie a party of 1 natives was engaged in gathering mussels 1 at the Grove on Thursday they spied ; a large shark swimming about near the i shore. With more pluck than caution a , lad name!! Hoses Love dived underneath j the monster and grabbed it round the tail. After an exciting struggle, Love' j micoeeded in dragging the Jish, which is „ said to be an exceptionally large one— j Into shallow water, and with the assist- t a nee of his companions, ianded it high and dry on the beach, where it was killed. The incident naturally created a great deal of excitement amongst the members of the party, to one of whom we are indebted for details of the en-

counter." _in discussing the possibility of an | Eastern descent Ujion the colonics with a New Zealand Times reporter the other day, a Japanese officer smiled incredulously at the suggestion that at some future period, more Or less remote, the kindly feeling now existing between the Empire of the Mikado and the colonies might vanish. His reply was:—-''Japan fights for humanity; Japan is just. We do not, like other nations, want far-away domains. Our country will always lie high enough for us. Russia fought for territory. She treated Korea very badly.' 1 The occupation of Korea bv the lapancsc -elders after the war was explained by the officer, who remarked: 'Not many of our people have gone to Korea. ; Just a few are teaching the ' Koreans to cultivate the land."

_ Some years ago (says the Lyttelton e Times) a Jinn of brothers carrying on n (lax milling business' in the North Lobnrjj district had, through misfortune, to lake advantage of the Bankruptcy Court, an'd paid only a small dividend. . The brothers went to the North Island, J and eventually started a ilax mill in the ' Walraiapa district, where {hey are now i carrying on a highly prosperous busi--1 ness. Eecentiy thev •deterniiiied to pay ' o|]' all liabilities left'at the time of their bankruptcy, and on Wednesday a widow at. Rangiora in indigent craimstances was agreeably surprised at receiving a cheque for over £34-. for goods supplied the firm by her late husband, and an old njre pensioner had his heart made glad with a cheque for about £IOO. A number of others about the district also benefUcd by the meritorious action of the firm. ,

'Jilt; CEURBIUTY OF SANDER AND SON'S VVUV. VOLATILE KLCALYI'TI KXTKACT j [s universally acknowledged. Royalty .'""'U's it, and (he entire medical'prolession has adopted its „se. ( Imitations sprang up without number. I hj« .alest 0 f whom -all styled "K*. tracts--was an oil foisted'upon tl„ I nistmg and the unwary, under tin grossest misuse ~-,< Sander and firm's : reputation. Saiidei and Sous instkut- : nl ana-lion at tlie Supremo Court rf 1 \ ictona, before his Honor Chief Jusliv ' Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G., etcs., and at ' the trial a sworn witness testified that ' hs had to stop the use of counterfeits ' oil account of the irritation caused. f This shows what care is required to obtain an article that is scientifically 1 tested and approved of. As such is solely endorsed and '•cconvmcndcd \ !THR GENUINE SANDTIR & SON'S PORE VOLATILE EUCALPH J,\- H i TRACTS. »

• / " Yo ",.,'' Uk abont I'refweuce to unionists, incrc-s no closer union in the colony than the medical union," said a speaker at the Oddfellow*' gatlierim. last night. . On the completion of the new .Methodist parsonage in Liarviet street the trustees will invite the congregation ~( the Whiteley Church to inspect the building. The trustees will provide afternoon tea. Several Oddfellows last night made reference to the good fortune of the Xew Plymouth branches of Hie Order in having Secured such excellent' doctors for sick members or members' families. One Past Grand of long experience said the lodges here were ''particularly fortunate" in this respect, The Ifawera Slav sins- The Education Department has c:-.ll"ii upon Cap lam Struck (0 pay into the public account the cost of return railway tickets from Wellington to lla.vera. because the Hawei", cadets stayed in (hrisichureh three days longer [baa (he rest of the battalion. Con'ospffiil..|iiv has passed on (he sui, eit, and Hie circumstances v,»l probably be explained in 1 .„,. f,.( lm . Swimming sports will |c held |j ],;.,., defray the demand. At a special meeting of (he shareholders of the Si rat ford Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association, held on Saturday, it was considered inadvisable to inslel cheese plants throughout, A letter wis read from Mr. D. Cuddie, Dairy Commission, in which he stated that (her would be a gmit ,| ral „,- , is! . in clmnir . nig I rem butter to cheese in such a case as the me in question. He believed that il wj mi be better for them to continue maki ig butter in the meantime. Some months ago the Borough Council decided that Gill and East Devon streets were so closely limit upon and occupied as to be a source of danger unless properly drained. About half a dozen schemes were considered before the Council decided which to adopt, and probably half a dozen viealhs from ■diphtheria will be needed to make the Council (ix a day for making a start with the work. The tardy action of the Council, amounting almost to sinful neglect of the people living near this low-]yin« badly-drained land, is having the effect of driving the people 'out of the locality, searching for healthier places ,/sf residence. States a writer in the Sydney Bulletin: Was in Taranaki in 1004, when there was a slight epidemic of something or other nnnng the gentle cow tribe' One cock drove 20 miles to see a Govern ment Inspector about a hypochondria,; milke:.-, and, having secured the necessary advice and physic, drove 1 ome in the ram. A few days later cock was ill and delirious, yet. his relatives did not trouble to eoinmu..il,-ale with the doctor. Prelaw,- ( ] jey ,';,| ;l 'i, u li]lk it worth while. Four days later the local ' medico happened to hear that "old done... "ad a bit ot a cold," and wen, (.-, investigate. He found Joucs with hi; light jest on the. flicker, but after a . fierce struggle he saved that cocky's ' lifo. The lirst words ,'lones uttered when ) K became eonscious, after eight days oblivion, were: "Mu?t get out ivk; hx up (bat there sink milker.' And on],- ! personal violence on the part of the due- , tor prevented him committing suicide in the damp cow-yard there airl'ihen. At -i,e Te Ante Students' Conference, ■ held 111 Gisborne last week, some inter- ■ eating information was couveved in a papjr on ''Dairying Amongst' Maori <'• , The writer, Ihaka Wliaanga, a succtssfu, ; lative Jf,rmer, dealt with 11 particular _ facto-y which was started bv European, 111 1.).).!. Some of the natives were at that time invited to co-operate, and the [ writer and another took tip shares He .. hegan with 12 cows, but afterwards went down to nine. Three years later 12 other natives joined the suppliers, see- ' mg the success the first two had made. • To-day he owned 52 shares, and was i milki>ig 53 cows. The writer assured , the conference that there was every i prospwt of the Maori sticking to the in[J dustry. Previous to this they had tried i sheep-farming, but came to the conclu- ' ison that dairying suited them better. 1 He .aid his people had been taunted about the universal failing of (In- Maori , m tluir want of perseverance, but in . this instance the natives had practically . supc tedtc: the European suppliers. Asl'- , til as to what profits the Maoris had . mad.., le said that one of (hem niavl■ 1 £1 ['Or cow per month hist February. . I ast year lie had received £314 from the. I factory for his 53 cows, in addition to , which (here were other proiits from . calves and pigs. 1 The tragic incidents that have become part of the daily life of Odessa are occasionally relieved by a touch of comedy. Pecently, for example, just before closing time, at 4 p.m., the director of the local ihranch of the Imperial Slate Pauk, which is guarded within and without by about a hundred soldiers and police, or'lorexl a trial of the electrical signals with which the establishment has just been equipped. These signals give a terrific detonation, something very like a volley from half a score of 20-pounder guns, but they have, of course, no shattering eil'eel—there is no harmful vibration. When the signals went off thero was a sudden rush made by the guards, who had been told nothing about (he trial. A passing infantry patrol dashed in, and every person in the bank, which was filled with clients as we'd as members of the stall', was roughly arrested Dailies screamed and fainted, and the bank was closed amid a scene of extraordinary confusion. The correspondent who sends this account to the St. .lames' Gazette says : "1 am privately informed that the director had been wnrned that an attack upon the bank by sixty armed Anarchists was contemplated, hut that does not excuse his foolish false alarm t is true that one becomes habituated 0 any kind of environment, but, never-lmh-s, tins state of things lias a nervebreaking effect upon timid and peaceable citizens. In the present unsafe condition of the streets after nightfall the wife and family of a business man living on the outskirts of tire eitv become alarmed if he does not return punctually "i the evening. The police themselves are terrorised. Fifty-three members of he force have resigned within the last three days." ■■■■,,. -■.,.